Mayor Eric Adams vows to clean up the NYC subway system by removing homeless people

Eric Adams, the recently elected mayor of New York City, is aggressively working to remove homeless people from abusing the city’s public transit systems.The Associated Press reported that Mayor Adams wants to keep New York City’s homeless population from sleeping in the city’s expansive subway system and prevent them from riding “the same lines all night.”Adams’ plans to remove more than 1,000 homeless people who have been using New York’s rail system for shelter. On Friday, the mayor who previously referred to homelessness as a “cancerous sore” said that the city will begin to deploy more police and mental health workers throughout the city’s transit network. The New York Times reported that Adams said, “No more just doing whatever you want. Those days are over. Swipe your MetroCard, ride the system, get off at your destination. That’s what this administration is saying.”“People tell me about their fear of using the system,” Adams continued, “And we’re going to ensure that fear is not New York’s reality.”Many of the homeless who use New York City’s subwa …

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