MTA is looking for those who want to take the homeless from the subway to shelters at night

In an effort to get the homeless out of the New York City subway, the MTA plans to provide a new service - free removal of these people from the subway to city shelters. Now the MTA has announced tenders to find a company that is ready to deal with the transportation of the homeless, writes New York Daily News.

On March 22, MTA officials issued a notice seeking a contractor willing to “provide drivers and vehicles to transport the homeless overnight,” the documents said. The contractor's drivers will be required to pick up the homeless at the city's 16 subway terminals from midnight to 8 am each day, and social workers will direct them to shelters.

New York Mayor Eric Adams, Governor of New York Katie Hockool and City Transportation Authority officials are moving into action to remove homeless New Yorkers from the subway. In this regard, the cops were forced to tighten the rules of the subway, including the requirement for all passengers to get off at the end station. People on trains and on platforms were forbidden to lie down.

The contractors will be paid by the MTA. The agency is trying to help the city's Department of Social Services, which is responsible for social helping the homeless and caring for them in five boroughs.

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The city contracts with some charities to transport the homeless from the subway to shelters. The tender documents list four reception centers and four homeless shelters where homeless people can be taken after they leave the subway. City officials said some homeless people could be moved by an MTA contractor to other safe locations, but did not specify which ones.

Homeless rights advocates noted that nothing in the bidding documents requires the contractor to provide wheelchair accessible vehicles, although the Americans with Disabilities Act does.

Applications for the MTA tender must be submitted by March 25th.