In one other win for the forces of decay dragging at New York Metropolis: Vagrants, scofflaws and thuggish teenagers are already plaguing the MTA’s new, futuristic subway automobiles.
As The Post’s Matthew Sedacca reports, a walkthrough Tuesday discovered “three homeless males and a junkie” in “various states of consciousness throughout 4 of the ten swanky automobiles” of the $27 million practice. “One man was zonked out and muttering to himself, and others stretched out on benches to nap throughout rush hour.”
It appears the homeless want the brand new automobiles as a result of they’re better-heated than older fashions.
Too unhealthy that may depart the trains reeking. “It nonetheless smells unhealthy, and there’s nonetheless any individual laying down on the seat,” one passenger commented. “I used to be undoubtedly hoping for higher.”
Additionally seen: “a group of teenagers within the hole between two automobiles, hanging their arms beneath the shifting practice to report the sound of the wheels.”
The Put up additionally noticed smoking (tobacco and pot), beer consuming and different illegal-in-the-subways habits.
Earlier within the week, the brand new practice made the information when one other pack of teens pulled an autistic boy, 15, off a automotive and pummeled him on the platform, shouting racial epithets.
“You may have the best piece of kit within the subway, however should you don’t have the extent of safety to protect passengers, then what’s the aim?” requested Charlton D’souza of the transit advocacy group Passengers United.
Thoughts you, the NYPD (with funding help from Gov. Kathy Hochul) has managed to deliver subway dysfunction means down in latest months by paying overtime for a beefed-up police presence underground.
However OT is just sustainable for therefore lengthy; cops must sleep and lead private lives. Plus, the force is facing record levels of exits.
And, as Nicole Gelinas notes, subway crime nonetheless isn’t again to 2019 ranges, and certain gained’t get there except the Legislature lastly agrees to severe fixes to its hapless criminal-justice “reforms.”
New Yorkers elected Mayor Eric Adams to get crime and dysfunction down beneath and above floor, and he’s attempting. (As is MTA administration: The brand new trains have a lot of cameras and different options that ought to increase safety.)
However the forces of dysfunction nonetheless have a bunch of supporters in Albany, the Metropolis Council and in District Legal professional Workplaces. It certain appears the voters must do much more “electing” to get the change they need.
Till the politicians get the message, as Sedacca notes, “we will’t have good issues.”
In one other win for the forces of decay dragging at New York Metropolis: Vagrants, scofflaws and thuggish teenagers are already plaguing the MTA’s new, futuristic subway automobiles.
As The Post’s Matthew Sedacca reports, a walkthrough Tuesday discovered “three homeless males and a junkie” in “various states of consciousness throughout 4 of the ten swanky automobiles” of the $27 million practice. “One man was zonked out and muttering to himself, and others stretched out on benches to nap throughout rush hour.”
It appears the homeless want the brand new automobiles as a result of they’re better-heated than older fashions.
Too unhealthy that may depart the trains reeking. “It nonetheless smells unhealthy, and there’s nonetheless any individual laying down on the seat,” one passenger commented. “I used to be undoubtedly hoping for higher.”
Additionally seen: “a group of teenagers within the hole between two automobiles, hanging their arms beneath the shifting practice to report the sound of the wheels.”
The Put up additionally noticed smoking (tobacco and pot), beer consuming and different illegal-in-the-subways habits.
Earlier within the week, the brand new practice made the information when one other pack of teens pulled an autistic boy, 15, off a automotive and pummeled him on the platform, shouting racial epithets.
“You may have the best piece of kit within the subway, however should you don’t have the extent of safety to protect passengers, then what’s the aim?” requested Charlton D’souza of the transit advocacy group Passengers United.
Thoughts you, the NYPD (with funding help from Gov. Kathy Hochul) has managed to deliver subway dysfunction means down in latest months by paying overtime for a beefed-up police presence underground.
However OT is just sustainable for therefore lengthy; cops must sleep and lead private lives. Plus, the force is facing record levels of exits.
And, as Nicole Gelinas notes, subway crime nonetheless isn’t again to 2019 ranges, and certain gained’t get there except the Legislature lastly agrees to severe fixes to its hapless criminal-justice “reforms.”
New Yorkers elected Mayor Eric Adams to get crime and dysfunction down beneath and above floor, and he’s attempting. (As is MTA administration: The brand new trains have a lot of cameras and different options that ought to increase safety.)
However the forces of dysfunction nonetheless have a bunch of supporters in Albany, the Metropolis Council and in District Legal professional Workplaces. It certain appears the voters must do much more “electing” to get the change they need.
Till the politicians get the message, as Sedacca notes, “we will’t have good issues.”
