More than a week before 40-year old Michelle Go was pushed in front a moving train at Times Square on Saturday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan to bolster safety in the subways: More police officers patrolling platforms, and teams of mental health professionals to connect people experiencing homelessness, particularly those with mental illness, with resources. They spoke at a lectern emblazoned with the name of the new state-funded homeless outreach program: “SAFE OPTIONS SUPPORT TEAMS.”

Hochul said she was “immediately” issuing a request for proposals to fund an entity to run the program “right now.” 

“I'm announcing that I’m signing a [Request For Proposal, or RFP] to go out immediately to develop these teams, to staff up an initial five batch of teams right now,” she said.

But a review of state RFPs show that the state has yet to publish one. 

Instead, only one part of the Hochul-Adams plan has been implemented: More cops. About 1,000 additional officers are now working in the transit system, according to NYPD chief of transit Kathleen O’Reilly, and as of earlier this week they had conducted nearly 7,000 patrols.

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