Wednesday, March 18, 2015

How New York's Massive Homeless Population Endured Winter 2015

According to Mike Austin, the E line was the most popular subway for homeless people in New York City this winter. It never goes above ground, he says, making it ideal for a warm night of sleep. The B and D trains were nice, too: You could ride them back and forth all night, from the Bronx to Brooklyn.
Just be ready for the cops.
It happens quickly. All of a sudden, a late-night subway freezes at the platform, that brake sound suggesting the train isn't going anywhere fast—or at least that it will stick around long enough for undercover NYPD officers (as Austin describes them) to scour each car. For cops, the line's last stops must make for natural targets: That way, all they have to do is wait for whoever is sleeping on the train to roll right in.
 READ MORE:http://www.vice.com/read/this-is-how-nycs-massive-homeless-population-endured-winter-2015-317

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