Posted on February 15, 2016 by Emma Whitford in Gothamist Gothamist, By Emma Whitford Following his issuance of a Code Blue warning on Friday, and in an apparent effort to walk the walk, Mayor de Blasio took to the subway over the weekend and urged at least two homeless men to go to a shelter. “You deserve better than sleeping in a subway station,” the Mayor told one of the men on the 2nd Avenue F platform on Sunday, who ultimately accepted the invitation from DHS personnel standing by. One hundred and five homeless people were taken to shelters or hospitals on Saturday night according to the City, as wind chill dipped well below zero. Of that group, one was taken involuntarily. An additional 288 people walked into hospitals across the city to escape the cold.
