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De Blasio touts plan to remove homeless from the subway — without specifics

By
Julia Marsh
Published May 12, 2020
Updated May 12, 2020, 9:50 p.m. ET

Mayor de Blasio and his homelessness honcho on Tuesday continued touting the so-called historic success of their ability to get people off the subway and into shelter — without providing any specifics to support the claim.

When the trains shut down between 1 and 5 a.m. beginning early last Wednesday cops and outreach workers “engaged” 362 people leaving the stations. Some 211 accepted help with 178 going to shelters and 33 to hospitals, de Blasio announced Tuesday during his daily coronavirus briefing.

“Every single night we’re seeing the same things, high level of engagement, large number of homeless individuals being engaged, the majority accepting help,” de Blasio claimed.

“If the first week is any indication this is a game changer. I think it could fundamentally change the future of homelessness in the city for the better,” de Blasio crowed.

But it’s unclear how many of the 1,258 people who’ve gone from the subway into shelters over the past week are repeat customers cycling in and out of the system.

“I’m suspicious of the numbers they’re putting out on a daily basis,” Joseph Loonam, housing campaign coordinator for the homelessness group Vocal NY, told The Post.

“We have no idea how many folks are staying in these shelters and receiving services,” Loonam said.

De Blasio and his Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks ducked questions about whether the 1,258 people who’ve accepted help are unique individuals or duplicate cases.

“I would tell you that when you’ve had this many people accept engagement and come in for anything, that’s a victory unto itself,” de Blasio said.

Banks pledged to provide clearer data in the near future.

“When we get a few days for further we think we’ll be able to have a broader look at the individuals who have accepted services and actually remained in shelter and the individuals that are need more services in order to remain in shelter,” Banks added at the briefing.

NYPD and outreach workers have “engaged” 2,305 people leaving the subway overnight since May 6, according to the mayor. As the MTA and homeless advocate estimate there are 2,000 people sleeping underground, that figure shows that workers are at least talking to some of the same people multiple times.

Loonam said more homeless New Yorkers would come inside if they were offered private hotel rooms instead of congregating in shelter beds to ride out the pandemic.

“COVID has broken out in over 170 shelters and workers and staff and residents all do not have the PPE and social distancing is largely impossible,” Loonam said.

“If the mayor wants to enact bold, historic policies to save lives he should open 30,000 hotel rooms” to the homeless, he added.

So far city officials have moved 8,000 shelter residents from crowded facilities into hotels, but the mayor refuses to put subway and street homeless directly into hotels because he says they need additional services.