program to deal with homeless people on the subway

Mayor Eric Adams announces an expansion of an initiative that seeks to relocate homeless New Yorkers who use the subway system for shelter.

The program aims to improve safety for the homeless themselves, as well as MTA riders and employees.

The initiative, called Partnership Support for Homeless Transit (PATH), brings together members of the NYPD Transit Bureau, the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS), and NYC Health + Hospitals to help New Yorkers lives without protection in the underground system to connect. with shelter and care.

“Our new PATH initiative combines outdoor homeless professionals with law enforcement. In just one month, they have already connected more than 1,500 homeless New Yorkers to our subway system and connected 500 of them to vital services,” wrote Mayor Adams in a social media post about the program .

Our new PATH initiative combines outdoor homeless professionals with law enforcement. In just one month, they have already connected more than 1,500 homeless New Yorkers in our subway system and connected 500 of them to vital services.https://t.co/hLoYYJbTzk pic.twitter.com/eO32AXMpQo

— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) October 11, 2024

PATH teams, which launched in August, are made up of DHS nurses and outreach workers who work with NYPD transit police and conduct overnight outreach at subway stations on throughout Manhattan, from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.

While in the field, interagency PATH teams reach out to anyone they see who appears to be vulnerable and offer individualized support based on the individual’s challenges. expressed or what they saw.

“Keeping New Yorkers safe on our subways and maintaining confidence in the transit system that carries more than 4 million people every day is critical to ensuring that New York is the great city safest in the United States,” said Mayor Adams.

The program will be expanding in the coming months.

Watch the video with Jennifer Cabana’s report from Upper Manhattan.

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