New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that more than 3,500 homeless individuals have been moved from streets and subways into permanent housing since the beginning of his term, as reported by The New York Post.
Over 1,000 of those placements came directly from the subway system through the city’s “Subway Safety Plan,” launched in early 2022.
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The milestone was presented as part of the mayor’s new “End Anything Goes” campaign, which aims to address public disorder while expanding services for New Yorkers dealing with mental illness and addiction.
City Hall said the initiative seeks to “change the culture” and remove legal and logistical barriers that have prevented mentally ill residents from receiving treatment.
“From the beginning, we said we needed to build trust with the city’s unsheltered population, whether outside, on our subways, or in our shelters,” Adams said in a statement.
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He credited the progress to expanded Safe Haven beds, outreach teams, and what he called a “record-breaking creation of affordable housing.”
Since its launch, the Subway Safety Plan has connected 8,600 people to various forms of shelter, with more than 1,000 now in permanent housing. The program emphasizes outreach at subway stations, targeting individuals with serious mental health issues.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reported that July recorded the lowest transit crime statistics since data collection began in 1995, with an 8% decline in subway felonies last month.
This drop came despite a series of violent incidents in recent weeks, including a rider being slashed and another pushed onto the tracks.
Adams also highlighted an expansion of the city’s shelter network. City Hall says 1,600 new Safe Haven beds have been added since he took office, with plans for 400 more by the end of 2025.
In his January State of the City address, Adams introduced a $650 million plan to reduce homelessness and move mentally ill New Yorkers off the streets and out of the subway system.
The five-year proposal includes building a facility specifically designed to house and treat individuals with mental illness.
Part of the initiative involves a $13 million pilot program to create a 100-bed supportive housing facility for people leaving psychiatric care who are not yet ready to live independently.
The plan also calls for adding 900 more Safe Haven beds across the city, increasing the total to 4,900, and adding 100 beds for homeless and runaway youth ages 21 to 24.
A new “Bridge to Home” program will provide home-like environments at NYC Health + Hospitals for patients with serious mental illnesses who are ready to leave hospitals but lack housing.
City officials say the program is intended to help individuals continue medication and treatment while transitioning to independent living.
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