Families Get Rejected from Homeless Shelter Without Required Review, Comptroller Audit Finds Posted on February 10, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in The City Most families rejected from homeless shelters did not get a full required review of their housing histories before being deemed ineligible, a new audit from City Comptroller Brad Lander finds — including one who’d applied 38 times. ..Read More
Crews Stall Trains Over Shopping Cart Worries as New Rule Goes Unheeded Posted on February 8, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in The City The death of a motorman in 2020 led the MTA to ban large carts from the subway after fire investigators said a man ignited one, causing a train to burst into flames. But the union that represents subway workers says enforcement of the ban on the carts often as ..Read More
What the homeless need: More mental health care Posted on February 2, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in New York Daily News In the 1980s, I was attacked by a homeless woman suffering from mental illness. She knocked me to the ground and injured my windpipe. She was in her 60s and had come to the upstate shelter where I worked after being kicked out of her home. A day before this in ..Read More
Hochul’s Promised Plan For Homeless Outreach in the Subway Hasn’t Left the Station Posted on January 20, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in Gothamist More than a week before 40-year old Michelle Go was pushed in front a moving train at Times Square on Saturday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan to bolster safety in the subways: More police officers patrolling platforms, and t ..Read More
Federal COVID Test Delivery Program Out of Reach to Some NYC Shelter Residents Posted on January 20, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in City Limits The federal government’s free at-home COVID test initiative is having mixed results for New Yorkers staying in homeless shelters, with some people locked out by residential requirements even as others manage to snag a kit. ..Read More
Straphangers and advocates call for action after fatal subway shove Posted on January 19, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in NY1 Ali Alejandrino says he’s more alert while riding the subway these days, standing back on the platform and lowering his music to be more aware of what is going on around him. “There are various different kinds of people, all going through the ..Read More
‘We are a transportation agency’: Reopening subway restrooms not a priority, says MTA chief Posted on January 19, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in amNY Unlocking subway station restrooms that have been shuttered for the entire COVID-19 pandemic is not a priority for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to acting chief Janno Lieber, who told state lawmakers Wednesday that the agency is strapped ..Read More
Video shows subway cops roughly handcuffing man after pulling him off West Village train Posted on January 12, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in amNY Two subway cops forcibly restrained a man and booted him from a West Village subway station in an incident caught on camera early Monday morning, just days after Mayor Eric Adams vowed to coordinate closer with outreach workers in the transit system. ..Read More
Homelessness: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC Posted on January 11, 2022 by Zoe Johnson in The City The pandemic has been harsh for homeless New Yorkers — but their numbers have been shrinking, Department of Homeless Services statistics show. The state eviction freezes imposed during the COVID pandemic helped former Mayor Bill de Blasio end his admini ..Read More
