Last week, Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul vowed to remove the homeless population that has been sleeping in New York City’s subways to decrease subway attacks and establish a safer environment for commuters. The plan entails sending homeless people to homeless shelters and positioning specialized cops with mental health professionals in the subway grounds. Security forces focused on four out of six subway stations that have higher homeless populations sleeping in those grounds.
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No Longer Hotel Subways
In 2021, record shows that 48,691 homeless people reside in New York City. In January 2020, record shows 1,670 homeless people slept in New York’s subway station. Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul planned on sending social workers to remove homeless people who sleep in the subways. The police will enforce rules in the subway station such as not allowing someone to take on multiple seats.
