NYC Subway Safety Plan

Last week, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul unveiled a new plan to address homelessness and crime in the New York City subway system. The new Subway Safety Plan will expand response teams throughout the city, adding trained clinicians to connect people with resources, and direct NYPD officers to enforce MTA rules such as sleeping across multiple seats, exhibiting aggressive behavior to passengers, or creating an unsanitary environment.

Train passengers will also now be required, instead of requested, to leave the train and station at the end of the train line. MTA trains and stations will be patrolled by police officers and mental health professionals in joint outreach teams. Housing placement processes will be streamlined and access to psychiatric hospital beds will be expanded. The Plan also calls for changes to state and federal laws to connect more New Yorkers to needed care and support, as well as additional safe havens, drop-in centers and stabilization beds to ensure the homeless have more short- and longer-term options.

Click here to read the Mayor’s press release and here to read the Subway Safety Plan to learn more.

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