Adams vowed to remove all homeless shelters from NYC subways

New York City Mayor Adams pledged on Friday, February 25, to remove all homeless encampments in the city's subway system. NY Daily News. According to him, they are dangerous not only for the people living there, but also for the city as a whole.

His words come a day after Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials said transit crews and homeless workers had discovered 29 homeless shelters in the tunnels. Metro and 89 more at stations earlier this month. According to official data, more than 350 people lived in the shelters.

Rooming houses in subway tunnels were identified by emergency workers on the night of Feb. 2-3, MTA officials said on Feb. 24. Officials said they were quickly removed, but it's unclear what happened to the people after they were dragged off the subway.

During a standalone performance on 10110 WINS Adamc said the camps in the tunnels also show how vulnerable the subway system is to terrorist threats.

“As a former traffic policeman, I understand, firstly, how dangerous these tunnels are, but also we must be clear that we are also balancing terrorism in our city,” he said.

Adams and New York Gov. Kathy Hokul have been presenting their new subway homelessness initiative for a week now. It includes sending some people sleeping on trains and stations to shelters or mental health treatment. According to the plan, police officers will also be more strict in enforcing subway rules. These rules ban large carts and require passengers to leave stations when their trains reach their terminus.

The mayor said that in the past week, social workers have interacted with homeless people on the subway 125 times daily.