July 25, 2016 6:07 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — As the New York City homeless problempersists, passengers have been encountering crowds of people camped outside Penn Station.
As CBS2’s Jessica Layton reported, Penn Station commuters said the city needs to do something.
Annette Woods is a frequent visitor to the city from Trenton, New Jersey, and she loves New York City – she even wears an “I love NY” T-shirt. But she said she would rather not be hassled for cash by the homeless people who are hunched over and camped out in the doorway.
“Not clean,” Woods said, “and they need food, shelter or, place or a job.”
“It’s sad, but that’s the reality here, and it’s part of the city,” said Kinneret Ladizinsky of Canada.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s refrain has been that when the city sees an uptick of homeless people in a particular spot, police officers or outreach workers are sent to check things out.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/07/25/penn-station-homeless-encampments/
