City’s subway safety policy collides with reality as enforcement begins Posted on March 4, 2022 by Chau Lam in Gothamist The woman sitting on her walker in a tiled corridor at Penn Station wouldn’t give her name, but her story illustrated the cat-and-mouse game that plays out between the authorities and homeless people seeking shelter in the nation’s busiest transportation h ..Read More
Today’s Read: A Mental Health Crisis Grips the City Posted on March 4, 2022 by Zoë Johnson Recent high-profile tragedies and newly announced government initiatives have focused increased attention on the unmet needs of unsheltered homeless people, including those struggling with mental illnesses. In mid-February, Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy ..Read More
Losing hope on the streets: A mental health crisis grips the city Posted on March 3, 2022 by Courtney Gross in NY1 It’s just after 3 a.m. in mid-February. It’s the end of the line – the E train in Queens. Car after car, New Yorkers have taken to the subway, some in desperate need of medical care or social services and housing. ..Read More
NYC subway crackdown sends 22 homeless people from trains, stations to shelters — Adams says it’s a start Posted on March 3, 2022 by Clayton Guse in New York Daily News Outreach workers convinced 22 homeless people to leave the subways for shelters during the first week of a citywide crackdown on the destitute, according to Mayor Adams’ office. ..Read More
NYC’s COVID battle: A new mayor and a—slightly—new approach Posted on February 28, 2022 by Eric Grossman in MarketWatch As the restrictions and mandates surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are being phased out around the U.S., subtly different methods of combating the virus in New York City are emerging between current Mayor Eric Adams and his predecessor, Bill de Blasio. ..Read More
Personal Needs Allowance (A. 8061) – Social Toolkit Posted on February 28, 2022 Twitter Graphic: Download Twitter graphic here. Sample Tweets: New Yorkers sleeping in certain shelters receive as little as $22.50 2x/month as a personal needs allowance. This amount hasn’t been raised in decades. Thanks to @LindaBRosenthal, this can change ..Read More
Adams Plan to Remove Homeless People From the Subway ‘Right Away’ Has Hit a Delay Posted on February 27, 2022 by Greg B. Smith in The City Last week, two police officers approached two apparently homeless women on the No. 1 train platform at Penn Station, asking them to leave after one of them tossed something from her collection of plastic bags onto the tracks. ..Read More
Perils and promise in Adams, Hochul joint subway safety plan Posted on February 22, 2022 by Brian Pascus in Crain's New York Business Homeless service advocates say the joint public safety plan for subways announced Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams holds promise, but they stressed it must do more than target mentally ill and homeless individuals and put them under professiona ..Read More
Homeless advocate Jacquelyn Simone discusses concerns with Adams’ subway safety plan Posted on February 22, 2022 by Errol Lewis in Inside City Hall Jacquelyn Simone sits down with Errol Lewis on Tuesday’s “Inside City Hall,” to discuss the plan and how it’s impacting people experiencing homelessness. Simone is the Policy director at the Coalition for the Homeless. She explains ..Read More
