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Homelessness at end of subway lines and district-specific concerns
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Council Member Riley raises concerns about homelessness in his district, particularly at the end of subway lines. Administrator Carter explains the outreach efforts at end-of-line stations and high-utilization areas.
- Outreach focuses on end-of-line stations from midnight to 5 AM
- Riley notes a high presence of homeless individuals in his district during morning commutes
- DHS agrees to look into outreach in the Upper Eastern Side of The Bronx
Kevin C. Riley
1:36:28
Do you typically see more homelessness towards the end of a subway
Christopher Leon Johnson
1:36:34
line?
Joslyn Carter
1:36:34
Yeah, the end of lines.
1:36:35
So, the reason I'm asking is actually do have a program that we do at the end of lines at high utilization stations
Gale A. Brewer
1:36:44
where we
Joslyn Carter
1:36:45
see high density of those
Kevin C. Riley
1:36:46
So the reason I'm asking is I'm a hybrid commuter in New York so I drive and I take the train.
1:36:52
I cover the 12 districts of my train line is by the five train Baychester Dyer Avenue.
1:36:59
I get a lot of homeless people that are on train and I haven't seen any outreach in my So
Joslyn Carter
1:37:07
we're there at from twelve a.
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M.
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Just the midnight to five a.
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M.
1:37:13
We are trying to catch those who are there very late at night.
1:37:16
Okay.
1:37:17
With the end of line teams and that is with BRC, our colleagues at MTA and our nurses that they are also trying to engage those who are out.
Kevin C. Riley
1:37:25
So I had a parent come to me the other and she's seeing a lot of homelessness when 's commuting and taking her child to school.
1:37:32
So I'm not sure if you guys should revisit a specific time that you guys are doing outreach, but I know in the morning time you I'm I'm sorry to cut you off.
1:37:40
In the morning time, you are seeing a a influx of homelessness and people on the subway cars that are just sleeping in my district that are riding all the way to Dyer Avenue, that are riding all the way to 240 First, and they're taking the train ride all the way back.
1:37:55
So I don't know if you guys could do some outreach in the Upper Eastern Side in The Bronx, but we really would appreciate that.
Joslyn Carter
1:38:05
Councilman, we would do that because we do rotate through, so we will certainly look at that.
1:38:10
So end of line looking at the 24 highest end of line stations, subway stations, and then throughout the city.
1:38:17
So we all pay attention, but we are on that five and three and two lines absolutely doing that.
1:38:23
So we're rotating those end of line at night, but during the day, BRC is also out, so twenty four hours.
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And