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‘Treated and Streeted’: How The City’s Safety Net Fails Homeless People in the Subway
The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net cannot reliably get a homeless person in psychiatric crisis out of the subway and into a hospital bed, a Streetsblog investigation has found.
September 23, 2025
Investigation: NYPD Nixed Thousands of Calls at Coney Island Station Before Horrifying Fire Attack
Nearly two-thirds of calls from the station were closed out just seconds after they were assigned to a police unit, evidence that nothing is being done to help troubled people like Debrina Kawam.
March 3, 2025
Monday’s Headlines: Gun Control in the Subway Edition
The big news yesterday was that Gov. Hochul disarmed the National Guard of its long assault weapons. But there was other news.
March 11, 2024
