Eric Adams needs a plan for getting dangerous homeless off subways, streetsBy NY Post Editorial Board
January 16, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams was positively De Blasian Sunday when he claimed there is only a “perception” of fear underground.
“We have a safe subway system,” he said after a heinous subway shoving that killed Michelle Alyssa Go. “Cases like this aggravate the perception of fear.”
Bill de Blasio similarly liked to say that attacks by the mentally ill homeless were “rare.” Except they’ve happened again and again and again.
It was just about a year ago that a deranged man stabbed four people while riding the subway, killing two. There are at least a half-dozen cases of people being thrown onto the tracks or into moving trains; most, thank goodness, survived. How many people have to be hurt or killed before it becomes a crisis?
The killing of Go is a crime that shocks the conscience and has far-reaching consequences. The subways are the veins of our city; if they are unsafe, the entire metropolis withers.
Mr. Mayor, stop talking about “perception” and give us some reality. What’s the plan?
Saying we’re only two weeks into your administration is a distraction. You’ve known since November (and let’s be honest, July) that this would be your mission. New Yorkers need to see that he has a strategy to deal with the mentally ill on our streets and subways.
We have some ideas:
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/16/eric-adams-needs-a-plan-for-getting-dangerous-homeless-off-subways/
