In New York’s subway shutdown, an unthinkable departure Posted on May 11, 2020 in Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not the end of the line. But it once was. When the first New York subway line connected Lower Manhattan to Harlem in 1904, the stop at 145th Street was its terminus. Since that inaugural run, the subway has never ceased running. There ..Read More
NYC Shuttles Homeless Men from Subway to Packed Shelter Posted on May 10, 2020 by Greg B. Smith in The City The convoy arrived in the chilly Manhattan darkness around 1:30 a.m.: vehicles pulling up one after the other outside 30th Street Men’s Shelter, the city’s biggest refuge for homeless New Yorkers. The passengers who emerged at this temporary bus stop all s ..Read More
The New York City Subway System Suspends Its Round-The-Clock Service Posted on May 6, 2020 by All Things Considered in NPR The New York City subway system has suspended its 24-hour service due to the coronavirus pandemic. Transit officials say they need more time to clean and have to save money while ridership is down. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One of the hallmarks of New York City was i ..Read More
Homeless Stranded by Subway Shutdown End up on Streets and Buses Posted on May 6, 2020 by Jose Martinez in The City More than 90% of the estimated 2,000 homeless New Yorkers who have been sleeping on trains and in stations during the pandemic ended up on streets and buses after the first overnight subway shutdown. Just 139 people migrated to city shelters, NYPD officia ..Read More
Closing New York subway will have ‘devastating’ impact on homeless, experts warn Posted on May 6, 2020 by Miranda Bryant in The Guardian New measures to close the New York subway for nightly coronavirus cleaning will have “devastating” consequences for the thousands of homeless people who regularly sleep there, experts have warned. Starting on Wednesday, for the first time in its histo ..Read More
The largest mobile soup kitchen in America is scrambling to keep up with a 50% spike in demand Posted on May 6, 2020 by Jacqueline Baylon and Claire Molloy in Business Insider In a kitchen in Harlem, volunteers prepare vats of hot soup every evening, meant to feed hundreds of homeless people across New York City. Juan de la Cruz, who runs the Grand Central Food Program, helps the volunteers by preparing the so ..Read More
The Homeless Will Soon Be Forced Out Of The Subway Overnight. Where Will They Go? Posted on May 4, 2020 by Daniel Moritz-Rabson in Gothamist When New York City’s nightly subway shutdown begins on Wednesday, Ann Marie Finley doesn’t know where she’ll sleep. One of the city’s estimated 3,600 street homeless, Finley said that she hadn’t heard about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement ..Read More
The Grand Central Food Program Responds to the COVID Crisis Posted on May 4, 2020 by Tim Campbell The Grand Central Food Program (GCFP) was founded in 1985 the day after a homeless woman died of starvation in Grand Central Terminal. This memory of a homeless person starving on the streets of NYC is embedded in the fabric of the program.&nbs ..Read More
Homeless in NYC: Scared of shelters during COVID-19 crisis Posted on May 4, 2020 by David Crary in Associate Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three hours before mealtime, a line begins to form on the sidewalk outside St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, facing Park Avenue in one of New York City’s poshest neighborhoods. By 5:30 p.m., when plastic bags of carry-away suppers are u ..Read More
