New York’s MTA Deploys Transit Officers to Handle Homeless in the Subway

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New York’s MTA Deploys Transit Officers to Handle Homeless in the Subway
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New York’s MTA has enlisted dozens of police officers and volunteers to help homeless people seeking shelter in the subway system

On a recent night, the chief safety officer for New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority stood on a subway platform at a station in Manhattan’s Upper East Side while a team of transit officers and volunteers tried to coax homeless people into shelters.

As Q trains pulled into the station, the MTA team boarded and roused people from almost every car. Many of the riders were forced to stand or leave the train before they could resume sitting or sleeping. Some workers engaged the riders in conversation, offering information...

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