Commuters are calling attention to a growing problem of drug use in the homeless population at New York City train stations; CBS2's Hazel Sanchez reports.
The stench of the station is ridiculous can’t take going to and from work. Very dangerous as well with the used needles on the floor and piss everywhere.
I encounter the addicts on a nightly basis while heading to work in Chelsea. If it's not someone with obvious mental issues, it's the k2, Dust or Heroin addicts shooting up everywhere. Some of those homeless won't bother you, but others will harass the hell out of you around those stores in Penn. The only thing that stopped me from kicking one of the Penn regulars asses a few days ago is the filthy condition he was in. I don't want no superhero type of symbioid action going on over this way☝️🤓!
Penn station is the worst. I hate that I have to get on and off the train there. It was bad before the pandemic but it has gotten worse. I feel like I’m walking through a scene of the walking dead down there. I don’t know why they even bother with all the construction, if they’re not going to do something about all of the drug addicts in there.
Of course those officials don’t care about the risk to people living in the city from homeless maniacs. They go back every night to their houses in the suburbs.
It went into their pockets. What's your problem? Don't you understand how NYC grifting works? Tammany Hall was a small time operation compared to these people.
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
@@jgray4234 Yes with more rules in place that protect the public instead of the mentally ill, changes can be implemented to further the success of many states with huge homeless populations. There's a Mcdonalds on almost every corner in NYC. If the state opens more mental health facilities and rehabs instead of fast food joints. The state can begin to heal. Opening more facilities creates more job opportunities for the community. Not to mention there is a billion dollar budget for the homeless population yet none of those funds are being used accurately. Which is why Auditors and Advocates are vital. Human rights activist had their way and the results are scarce. I agree that due to those activist now the mentally ill are free to harrass and attack innocent people. Changes need to made again. Its time for the mentally ill, drug addicts, and criminals to be reprimanded accordingly. Allowing people who are not in the right state of mind to roam freely and disturb the peace while sleeping on the dirty hard concrete, in scarce weather is not humane its inhumane and heartless.
It's not but using drugs is, it's the Addicts that's the problem, we all need to stop supporting Addicts and their Bad Habits Drug Addicts Are Not Homeless Drug Addicts Are Homeless By Choice
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
I mean, tbh housing should not come with strings. Would you be okay with someone telling you when you can come home, when you can leave, how long you can stay, that you can’t bring people over, etc etc,? A lot of homeless shelters don’t have personal space or space for more than a person and none of their things. Curfews can also be fairly early (like 9pm). That’s not dignified. If people really want to help those who are homeless, they need to do so in a dignified way that doesn’t treat full grown adults like children (and no, not all of them need mental assistance. Some of them are just like you or me, except they lost their job or one emergency wiped out their finances)
@@harashe1000 Honestly, affordable housing ALREADY comes with strings attached. Most affordable housing apartments have rules similar to the ones you stated. If someone is sleeping on the street and denying treatment and constantly saying they can work. Then they should be provided with the opportunity to work. Some homeless people are just lazy and don't want to work. Some prefer to just sleep on the street, rob, nd attack people. No one gets a free ride in life. Either the homeless will work for affordable housing, go to rehab, go to a psych ward, or go to prison. No more options to sleep on the trains and streets free to attack innocent people.
@@sashal6593 I don't think you've spoken to or heard first-hand from many homeless people. Checkout the invisible project on youtube if you're interested in unlearning the harmful myths about the homeless population
It isn’t a crime being homeless, but no one should be living on the streets, and didn’t they say a while back that they’re going to take all the homeless people off the street!? They need to enforce them into a shelter or rehab and get the help that they need, it’s putting other people at risk just to go to work. They need to lower the train fare if it’s going to continue to be like this.
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
Primarily because of addiction, it’s most certainly not because of a lack of employment. The job market is on fire right now, if you can’t get a job in this market you’re pretty much useless.
okay but the R was the cleanest line I've taken so far. there was even some cool wallpaper in a few of the cars. the 1 on the other hand, that's a different story
Where are the good cops? Several weeks ago I called 911 three times in Williamsburg because a man was walking out into traffic, acting erratically and throwing biohazard materials in the parking lot under the bridge. Law enforcement never showed. Meanwhile, they’re at the diner down the block..
I use to try to help the homeless quite a bit. The ones I’ve dealt with don’t want help. They want money. They’re mentally ill and terribly difficult to reason with🤷🏽♀️
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
Monday me and my husband was heading to an appointment for my MRI mind this I’m pregnant and had my son in the stroller ... and some guy told my husband he would shoot him right in front us the cops were there and they didn’t do shit. I always carry a weapon with also being pregnant and having my 4 year old son I wouldn’t hesitate to defend my family .
@@youtubepremium3621 I was by the 4 line he followed us all the way to Bronx Lebanon hospital and kept saying how he wanted to shoot my fiancé and how he was going to do it.
… have you ever asked yourself why they spit on people when denied cash ? Or why they poop and pee on the streets? No. Because you are blind to the real problem
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
It isn’t just the subways... I’ve been spit on by a homeless man while I was on my way to a funeral.. he was swearing up and down.. and kept spitting.. until I sped across the street and got to a convenience store. he continued to watch me after I left the convenience store.. shouting
@@leviathancain5822 sometimes it’s just your “white privilege”. They hate you and target you because of your skin color... they believe that life was easier for you and that triggers them...
@@leviathancain5822 oh, I guess I forgot to mention that I was dressed for an extremely traditional catholic funeral. That means I was wearing a black dress, black jacket, opaque black tights, black dress shoes, black gloves, black hat, and black veil. He was yelling at everyone and probably chose me because I stuck out. I did nothing to him.
Trust me. It is ok. That is what SF supervisors keep insisting it is ok. They even pass out needles for them. Good thing I hardly take the subway nowadays.
@AgentMC Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
why would a bum pay $5,000 a month in rent when he can get moved into public housing and have a warm place to live? the city pays for everything, food, utilities, rent, transportation, and degree. thats what i expect.
No one goes in there anymore if you don't have 2 don't! the state governments and City governments have turned our train stations into impromptu homeless shelters where these human zombies just wander around and then they collapse on the ground and they stay there 24/7 I'm sick of it!! why are Democrats crazy and they're not helping these people they do need help but it's not good if they harm other people who are sane..trying to get through life..
@@annnieves5561 It's just unbelievable the amount of human shit you'll see here. And they are just some many homeless people acting out and assaulting people
@@erickn7985 ughh same thing here in philly!!!! You literally have to watch where u walk ,they shit anywhere and everywhere even on the buses and trains ,on your front steps ,theybhave no shame!
The homeless is still human, some been born into poverty, some of them been through a lot before they got in that position, we need acknowledge God and try to find a way to be a help to them. America is falling and most likely they will enjoy here more than the rich and middle class. Remember Jesus said the poor you will have always, DO THEM GOOD!!!!
People with mental health issues are more likely to become homeless, but homelessness makes people develop mental health issues. Ultimately shelter are not a solution. Even when the health issues are treated, if there are no jobs and affordable housing the homeless crises cannot be ended. Ultimately, as low skilled jobs go away, we will see more and more. Believe it or not, it could be you.
I worked sanitizing train stations from 7:00pm to 1:00 am, and I tell you the situation is worse than it’s portrayed here. They do it everywhere, unashamedly, even, sometimes apologize for doing it like that in front of everybody.
Putting homeless in half way facilities won't fix the problem just put a bandaid on the issues. You should hire licensed people who can distribute dmt or ayahuasca. That'll help guide them back on on the road of human experience
Putting a mass amount of mentally ill and drug addicted homeless people on intense mild altering substances and then just releasing them back on to the streets- great idea
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
You dont suffer from substance abuse. You choose to abuse yourselves. Yes get the homeless off the streets. A lot are on drugs or mentally ill or both. Homelessness isnt a crime. But it doesnt mean we shud accept it. Put the mentally ill in hospitals. And take the drug addicts to rehab.
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate psychiayric care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to attack innocent souls should be sent to jail, no excuses.
I'm from nyc and I just moved to Philly....rn as I speak to you I just left a septa train car because someone decides to light a funny smelling joint.. the car sat there as it was normal!!! Homelessness isn't a crime but y'all gotta clean up and actually make housing
No easy answers. Where are you going to put them? Real estate is one of the most coveted assets on the planet. If you moved them to a desert, it would be gentrified in a generation.
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
What the city needs to do is try to give them a opportunity by helping them find a job. If the city just send out social workers to talk with the homeless, and there is no actual productivity that derives from that small talk then it's useless. You might help a homeless get by in the short term by providing them a meal or a short-term bed, but that is not solving the long term issue. If that person have mental illness then get that person off the streets and to immediate help, it's not benefiting the public or that person with mental illness to be on the streets.
Give the homeless four options only. 1. Affordable housing along with a job. Create contracts and large tax write offs for landlords willing to house them and for companies willing to hire them. 2. Mandatory in-house rehab if they fail a drug test. 3. Mandate Psychiayric Care. If a patient is not following the mandate treatment. They should be shipped to the nearest Psychward in a straight jacket. 4. Anyone who refuses treatment and decides to disturb the peace attacking locals and tourists should be sent to jail, no excuses.
This has been a problem since BEFORE COVID! There wasn't enough help available to start with because the city keeps downsizing funding for shelters and affordable housing.
@@august21xp Obama mandated everyone get health insurance. Everyone has to get car insurance. Why not at least make a law that says you can't squat out on the streets? And if you do the state will take action
I live in a shelter and I was puzzled when last week a woman was escorted out of the shelter and into the rain at 3 am... I thought we were being forced into shelters and now also out of them? I'm so confused
SUV. Overall problem with shelters 1, safety. 2 .not allowing homeless men to stay all day . After breakfast you have to leave . 3. Levels of homeless, 21 size doesn't fit all . 4. The security guard/ working poor. To be lumped into general population. They go to work , come back to the shelter and your stuff is gone . You can't sleep because of the traffic . My personal fav the guy next to you is coughing up a storm , and his body odor is ripe . Shelters need to have tiers . Also stop putting single homeless people in good neighborhoods. Good areas need to have family shelters. Let's the kids enjoy the upper west side . Wards island is a good spot for singles .Add job training .Next step ,working person shelter. Next step Apt maintenance, next step Apt. 30 years , it's not rocket science .It's take a helping hand ,not getting lumped into a group that doesn't wash .That has lost hope . How the hell does the guard at you job maintain his sanity. Come out on top of a system that lumps people together ,and give a phuck on paper but nothing more. So many advanced degrees, but there is no solutions to the basics. Empathy with no results, homeless men in well too neighborhoods. Homeless families in the hood with no exposure to better living conditions. Brilliant, frickin Brilliant.
This is why I need a f-ing RAISE so I can take UBERS to work. I'm sick 😷 of the trains. LIKE EVERYONE STAYS ON HIGH ALERT 📢 on the trains due to dangerous unknowns
year s ago i was one of the homeless fresh out of jail nowhere to go... I utilized every program available and within 3 years I was managing a womens sober house and on my way to becoming a drug and alcohol counselor, which i completed. Dont blame NY, its all about the individual
and if they are crazy nutcases who wont help themselves, who do we turn to? NY gov is to blame, they need to clean this shit up, stick those crazies in mental facilities.
This is so true, I was at Fulton station so I can catch the Nj path train, and there were so many homeless people sleeping in that station is ridicules. And one homeless guy was kind of violent walking back and forth shouting and carrying on and that's not a police issue? And police just standing in a group having a conversation not even paying attention to the homeless guy that looks like he's about to snap and it's not a police issue... definitely will become one if they don't do something.
Have not rode on a train in 4 years and do not plan too. I rather deal with traffic jams than that bs. Mfs pushing you out the way where there is finally a free seat, bums taking up 6 seats at a time. Mfs dancing over your head on the pole just to much bs on mta. Worst part is all of that bs is going on simultaneously, it’s ludicrous. Spend 14 hours working because rent is like 4K a month for a studio just to bump into that bs.
Can't even take the subway without having to dodge these crazies. I'm no one to judge but I care for my safety as everyone else has the right to. When did the police become so soft?
