New York City's subway system has become a haven for homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. Patrick Warren, the Metropolitan Transit Authority's chief safety officer, said the homeless issue has become a "pandemic in itself." According to the local Department of Social Servi...
Kathy Hochul delivered her State of the State speech and discussed subway safety. What happened to Michelle Go On Jan. 15, 2022, 40-year-old Michelle Go, a manager at Deloitte who made it her mission to help at-risk and homeless families, was pushed in front of the oncoming train...
Those two incidents follow CBS News New York going underground last week with police, homeless outreach workers, and the city's senior advisor on severe mental illness to see what's being done to keep New Yorkers safe. City and state officials say they're adding more cops on trains overnigh...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams seized on a spate of recent high-profile attacks in the subway system as he pitched his vision for the city going forward, announcing Thursday an additional $650 million over the next five years to combat street homelessness and mental illnes...
Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran at the center of the New York City subway chokehold trial, has been found not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely. A Manhattan jury on Monday cleared Penny, 26, on a criminally negligent homicide charge. He had initially
Marine veteran who held Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway earlier this month, turned himself into New York City police on Friday to face a second-degree manslaughter charge.In a statement on Thursday, Penny’s attorney said that Penny “risked his own life and ...
NYC has a large homeless population. While NYC does have homeless shelters, they do not have a good track record to provide safe harbor for the homeless there, which is why you often see homeless people prefer to seek shelter in subway stations on benches or on trains themselves. Note that...
Witnesses to the incident said Neely – who had struggled with drug addiction, mental illness and homelessness – had been shouting and demanding money when Penny approached him. Penny pinned Neely to the ground with the help of two other passengers, and placed him in a chokehold for more tha...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City and state officials on Saturday announced new efforts to curb violence and other crimes on the city's subway system, including increased police patrols, cameras and mental health help for those in need.
During morning rush hour at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets Station in Brooklyn, a homeless man sleeps on a chair on a platform as commuters swarm the busy station. At the busy Pennsylvania Station-identified by City Hall as one of six subway stations that have the "highest need" for homeless ...