• Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
    1216·
    2 days ago

    It’s the NYC Subway. It’s not a company, it’s government mass transit. They had big problems with homeless people harassing people and the cops weren’t doing much. Ridership was dropping. So they did the only thing they could do.

    It sucks, but what do you expect from the subway? A solution to homeless people? It’s for getting people to where they want to go, not for being a shelter.

    • PunnyName@lemmy.worldEnglish
      182·
      2 days ago

      Keep the benches, and pressure the system to help house and treat the underlying issues of homelessness.

      • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        109·
        2 days ago

        New York City already provides shelter space for anyone who asks. It’s the city’s obligation according to the state constitution. (This is one reason why so many migrants came to NYC.) The homeless people in the subway system generally don’t want to go to a shelter.

        As for treating the underlying issues: many of these people are either schizophrenics or drug addicts. There’s no straightforward treatment for either condition.

          • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
            47·
            2 days ago

            If the solution was as easy as you think it is, someone would have already done it.

            • PunnyName@lemmy.worldEnglish
              82·
              2 days ago

              It doesn’t make profits, that’s why people haven’t done it. They’ll bend over backwards to help if it’s insanely profitable. Short term profits, to be exact

    • BigMacHole@lemm.eeEnglish
      34·
      2 days ago

      Taking Benches away is LITERALLY the ONLY Option! How can you Expect Police Officers to do anything when there’s FARE JUMPERS that need to be SHOT!