Homelessness

Federal Health Authorities Warn Against Dispersing Homeless Without Refuge

May 20, 2020, 9:04 p.m.May 26, 2020, 1:44 p.m.

CDC guidance challenges busing scores of people from subways to group shelters, as Council and mayor square off over expanding use of hotel rooms.

Homelessness

De Blasio Vows to Break Up NYC Homeless Shelter Crowds

May 15, 2020, 5:12 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:33 a.m.

The mayor reacted after photos THE CITY obtained showed social distancing nightmares at two facilities — scenes one official called “heartbreaking.”

Homelessness

Homeless Sent from Subways to Social Distancing Nightmares

May 14, 2020, 4:09 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

Pictures show a human sprawl along the stairs at Manhattan’s 30th Street Men’s Shelter. A similar scene was captured at a Wards Island facility.

Transportation

NYPD Turns MTA Crew Break Bus Into Refuge for Homeless

May 13, 2020, 9:24 p.m.May 14, 2020, 8:43 p.m.

Subway workers looking for some socially distant rest between shifts were instead crowded out by people moved out of trains by cops during shutdown.

Homelessness

NYC Shuttles Homeless Men from Subway to Packed Shelter

May 10, 2020, 1:49 p.m.May 13, 2020, 9:53 a.m.

Amid the overnight train shutdown, caravans take men to Manhattan’s notorious 30th St. Shelter where social distancing to stop coronavirus is elusive.

Transit

Homeless Stranded by Subway Shutdown End Up on Streets and Buses

May 6, 2020, 10:11 p.m.May 13, 2020, 9:53 a.m.

Less than 10% who have been living on trains and in stations during the pandemic went to city shelters — boosting calls to send people to hotels.

Coronavirus

Garbage Bag Ponchos for Workers Moving Homeless People’s Belongings

May 6, 2020, 7:27 p.m.May 19, 2020, 3:40 p.m.

The shift from shelters to isolation hotels and housing leaves storage and moving staff largely unprotected from coronavirus, union officials say.

Transit

MTA Bus Drivers Brace for Subway Shutdown Unruliness Spillover

May 5, 2020, 9:33 p.m.May 13, 2020, 9:53 a.m.

Spitting attacks on bus operators are up. With the overnight suspension of train service, drivers expressed safety fears as they picked up the slack.

Transportation

NYC Subway Late Night Closure Throws Some Riders Off Track

April 30, 2020, 11:27 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

The shuttering of the subways from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. left people who rely on the system to get to work or to take shelter scrambling.

Homelessness

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