MTA, Governor and Mayor Agree Homeless Need to Vacate Subways

The MTA, mayor and governor are in agreement on one thing: they want to get homeless people out of the subway system.

On Monday night, the NYPD and several social workers from the city descended on the World Trade Center station to clear it of homeless people. The President of New York City Transit Sarah Feinberg says that’s exactly what needs to be done at 40 stations across the system.

But Giselle Routhier with Coalition for the Homeless says that’s the exact wrong approach.

"It’s really actively harmful to be adding extra policing resources when what people really need are access to a safe private space so they can take the advice of health officials and self-isolate, and socially distance,” she said.

Mayor de Blasio announced this week he'll be opening 200 safe haven beds for this population.