NYC Outreach Program has Moved Nearly 30% of Subway Stations’ ‘Chronic Homeless’ Into Shelters

An unprecedented city outreach program has amassed a caseload of nearly 1,000 “chronic homeless” who took up residency in subway stations and trains, the Daily News has learned.

Social workers and clinicians in the program have convinced 261 of these hardcore homeless — nearly 30% of the underground population — to accept housing and services above ground, city Department of Homeless Services officials said.