NEW YORK CITY: Mayor Plans To Stop Homeless People From Sheltering In Subways

NEW YORK CITY: The mayor will increase enforcement of certain rules in the subway system as part of a broader safety plan to address homelessness.

The NYPD will boost their enforcement of the “rules of conduct,” which includes the prohibition of lying down or sleeping in a way that interferes with others, exhibiting aggressive behavior, spitting, smoking, using drugs, and “using the subway for any purpose other than transportation,” according to the 17-page plan.

The new plan, which also involves deploying more mental health professionals to the system, creating new drop-in centers close to stations, and requiring riders to leave the train at the end of the line.

This comes after several high-profile violent incidences involving homeless.

The city will deploy teams made up of people from the Department of Homeless Services, the Health Department, the NYPD, and community-based providers to “high-need” locations to better engage with those experiencing homelessness.

The plan also calls for “End of the Line” teams that will require those aboard to leave the train when it reaches its terminus.