NYC s homeless struggled with mental health during pandemic nydailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nydailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It shouldn’t be news to anyone, but New York is at an affordable housing crossroads.
“We are in a homelessness crisis, and the driving factor is lack of affordable housing,” mayoral candidate and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said in a statement last month. “Why, then, are affordable units in [the Housing Preservation and Development Department’s] portfolio sitting empty right now that struggling individuals and families could be living in?”
Adams isn’t alone in his push to move the 55,000 New Yorkers who slept in shelters in January, according to a report from the Coalition for the Homeless, into long-term affordable housing fast. It’s been the battle cry of those in the affordable housing business for decades.
The subway system doesn t really go to Albany : Cuomo explains why he rarely takes mass transit in NYC nydailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nydailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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With a mix of embarrassment and frustration, Scotty Stone described having to step off a subway train, desperate to find a place where he could relieve himself on the sly.
“Luckily, nobody was around, so I had to go to the back of the platform and do whatever I had to do,” said the 53-year-old, who most nights sleeps in Central Park. “I can’t wait and there’s no bathrooms in the subway.”
All MTA-maintained subway bathrooms covering 76 stations, 16% of the entire system have been closed for more than a year as part of the MTA’s efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19.