New York City Mayor Eric Adams is making a media push this week by taking reporters on a tour of the city’s subway system and the outreach efforts to the homeless people living there.
With The Post tagging along, the mayor and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch joined a crew from a city multi-agency outreach effort at the 34th Street/Herald Square station, with staffers coming upon a total of 96 troubled drifters — many of them struggling with mental health issues.
But the late-night outreach teams face an uphill battle — only 16 of the vagrants offered help accepted it, including a shoeless man taken to a shelter and a woman who was hospitalized…
“We did a disservice years ago when we closed our psychiatric wards,” Adams said. “We have excellent homeless outreach, and if we don’t address this it’s going to elevate and it’s just going to get worse.
“In a minute this could turn violent,” he added.
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