Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch recently emphasized the NYPD's intent to act against the presence of sleeping homeless individuals in the subway. Despite plans to create a quality-of-life division and mental health training, commuters report seeing many unhoused individuals using subway seats as beds. Although there is a push to handle this problem, citizens express frustration over the ongoing situation, urging that help be provided to both the homeless and the commuters affected by their presence in the subway.
As a city, we have a moral duty to provide services to people who need them. Our subway trains and platforms are not homeless shelters, they are not psychiatric hospitals.
commuters say many undomiciled New Yorkers continue to retreat onto subway cars to keep warm and in doing so, have turned seats into makeshift beds.
While not looking to demonize or demoralize the city's most vulnerable, subway riders hope the homeless can get the help they need.
Tisch outlined a plan to address quality-of-life issues, pledging to correct conditions violating the law and disrupting passengers.
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