– Мэр Нью-Йорка Эрик Адамс, комиссар полиции Нью-Йорка (NYPD) Джессика С. Тиш и комиссар Департамента социальных служб Нью-Йорка (DSS) Молли Уасоу Парк сегодня отметили первую годовщину программы «Партнерская помощь бездомным в транзите» (PATH) — инициативы по совместному реагированию общественной безопасности и социальных служб, запущенной в августе 2024 года, чтобы помочь обеспечить безопасность и здоровье жителей Нью-Йорка в системе метро. Команды PATH осуществили более 20 100 встреч с бездомными ньюйоркцами, живущими в системе метро, предоставив им важнейшие услуги, включая жилье, питание, медицинскую помощь и поддержку в области психического здоровья, — более 6 100 раз. Кроме того, сотрудники Бюро транзита полиции Нью-Йорка, работающие вместе с врачами PATH, удалили более 2 100 человек из транзитной системы за различные нарушения правил поведения Управления городского транспорта (MTA) или законов штата.
Сегодняшнее заявление основано на кампании мэра Адамса « Покончим с культурой всёдозволенности » – знаковой попытке администрации изменить культуру и законы, препятствовавшие людям с тяжёлыми психическими заболеваниями получать необходимую им помощь. Эта инициатива одновременно вкладывает необходимые средства в поддержку информационно-просветительской работы, снижения вреда, комплексных услуг и жилищного строительства, чтобы оказать долгосрочное влияние на жизнь и сообщества, а также улучшить качество жизни жителей Нью-Йорка. Мэр Адамс привносит ту же энергию и подход, которые оказались успешными в прокладывании нового пути для людей с тяжёлыми психическими заболеваниями, в решение других кризисов здравоохранения, разворачивающихся на городских улицах, таких как наркозависимость , и недавно он изложил планы по реализации этой идеи, обеспечивая страдающих от неё лечением.
“Keeping New Yorkers safe is our number one commitment — especially on the subways, which millions of riders rely on every day,” said Mayor Adams. “Today, we are proud to celebrate the one-year anniversary of our PATH program, which has already connected thousands of New Yorkers in need on our subways to critical services. When we took office, we made it clear: the days of ignoring people in need on our streets and in our subways were over. And since then, our administration has fundamentally changed the conversation on severe mental illness and fought to end the culture of ‘anything goes.’ Our PATH program shows that compassion, public safety, and justice must all go together — and this anniversary marks an important milestone in making New York City just that: more kind, more just, and safer for everyone.”
PATH teams bring together NYPD Transit Bureau officers, New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) nurses, and outreach staff from NYC Health + Hospitals to connect New Yorkers to services, including shelter, meals, medical care, and mental health support. From 8:00 PM to 12:00 PM the next day, teams conduct targeted outreach across Manhattan stations and trains, engaging anyone who appears to be unsheltered.
The program is part of the city’s growing use of “co-response” — a crisis response model gaining traction nationally in which clinical professionals are paired with police to engage with members of the public in need of medical care and/or social services. Participating police officers receive specialized training in crisis de-escalation and allow their clinical partners to take the lead once safety is assured. While co-response is not meant to replace traditional outreach conducted without police involvement, in certain situations, the presence of police officers affords clinicians a greater sense of personal safety, enabling more meaningful engagement with those in need. Co-response also greatly enhances the ability of a clinician to initiate transport to a hospital for evaluation in circumstances where an individual exhibits symptoms of mental illness presenting a danger to themselves or others.
Co-response offers tailored support based on each person’s needs — from a hot meal and a bed for the night to medical attention or psychiatric evaluation — improving both the safety and effectiveness of outreach efforts and increasing the changes of connecting people to lasting care.
“Strengthening interagency collaboration through initiatives like PATH is vital to expanding the scope of the city’s outreach efforts and increasing reliance on social workers to ensure meaningful engagements with New Yorkers experiencing homelessness,” said DSS Commissioner Wasow Park. “We are grateful for the dedication of our outreach workers and nurses who always lead with dignity and compassion as they engage New Yorkers who have fallen through every safety net, building trust and connecting them to life-saving supports. We are committed to leaving no stone unturned in our efforts to reach and support some of our most vulnerable neighbors and improve health care and housing outcomes for them.”
“The PATH program is a critical initiative to address homelessness and other quality of life conditions in our subway system, and one year later, the results of this whole-government approach speak for themselves,” said NYPD Commissioner Tisch. “Thousands of New Yorkers are getting access to the resources they need and deserve, and transit crime is at record lows across the city. None of this is by accident — it’s because of the incredible work of the NYPD, DSS, DHS, and NYC Health + Hospitals that have all provided this important care, and Mayor Adams who has always put the safety of our city first.”
“We’ve known all along that more effective mental health outreach and treatment were needed in our subway system to help cut down on transit crime and deal with disorder underground,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “Thanks to investments from Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams, we’ve made progress on both fronts — as proven out by surging ridership and customer satisfaction.”
Addressing transit crime and homelessness in the subway system has been one of Mayor Adams’ top public safety priorities since taking office. In February 2022, Mayor Adams first launched the Subway Safety Plan to address public safety concerns, protect riders, and connect some of the city’s hardest-to-reach New Yorkers to services. Since the start of the plan, over 8,600 New Yorkers have been connected from the subways to shelter, with over 1,000 now in permanent, affordable housing. These outreach efforts, along with others, such as Subway Co-Response Outreach Teams (SCOUT), encounter a range of people living unsheltered with various needs.
In the fall of 2022, Mayor Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul deployed an additional 1,200 police officers to subway platforms and trains each day. Following the end of that deployment, in 2023, Mayor Adams again directed the NYPD to surge an additional 1,000 police officers into the subway system each day to help keep New Yorkers safe and bring overall crime in the transit system down. In January 2025, in partnership with the Adams administration and Governor Hochul, the NYPD began deployment of two police officers on every train during overnight hours, seven days per week.
These safety efforts together are delivering indisputable results: overall transit crime fell 17 percent in September compared to the same month last year — the lowest level for any September in recorded history, excluding the 2020 and 2021 pandemic years. This follows record low major crime in transit for July and August, excluding the pandemic years.
PATH complements the city’s 24/7 above-ground HOME-STAT outreach efforts — one of the most comprehensive outreach programs in the nation — which have also resulted in vital connections to shelter services for thousands of New Yorkers experiencing unsheltered homelessness across city streets, parks, and other public places. As of today, DSS has approximately 400 outreach staff canvassing the five boroughs around-the-clock; this includes a reliable network of contracted outreach workers from not-for-profit human services providers with extensive experience addressing unsheltered homelessness.
Throughout his administration, and as laid out in “Care, Community, Action: A Mental Health Plan for NYC,” Mayor Adams has been committed to taking a public health approach to supporting people with severe mental illness, focusing on prevention and intervention.
That Adams administration has opened 1,500 new low-barrier Safe Haven and stabilization beds for New Yorkers — bringing the total to 4,000 — and invested in innovative mental health programs like SCOUT, the opening of 13 new Clubhouses, and expanded Intensive Mobile Treatment teams.
Additionally, earlier this year, in his State of the City address, Mayor Adams announced a historic $650 million plan to tackle homelessness and support people with severe mental illness by dramatically expanding the city’s capacity to serve people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, as well as offering supportive, home-like environments to patients with serious mental illness who are ready for discharge from the hospital but do not yet have a place to go through “Bridge to Home,” a new innovative transitional housing model.
Наконец, администрация Адамса также успешно выступила за внесение изменений в закон штата, принятый в 2025 году , который устраняет препятствия для получения психиатрической помощи теми, кто не может признать свою собственную потребность в ней, а также повышает прозрачность за счет предоставления общественности данных о принудительной госпитализации .
Основываясь на всей этой работе, в августе мэр Адамс объявил о новом изменении, которое он предлагает на законодательной сессии штата 2026 года, чтобы поддержать людей, борющихся с расстройством, связанным с употреблением психоактивных веществ, и решить проблему общественного употребления наркотиков на городских улицах, которое ухудшает качество жизни и оставляет ощущение беспорядка у многих жителей города. «Закон о сострадательном вмешательстве» даст клиническим специалистам необходимые им полномочия доставить в больницу человека, который, по-видимому, представляет опасность для себя или окружающих из-за расстройства, связанного с употреблением психоактивных веществ, и позволит судье назначить лечение, если человек не желает проходить лечение добровольно. Это изменение поможет поставить Нью-Йорк в один ряд с 37 другими штатами, которые разрешают принудительную госпитализацию для людей, связанных с употреблением психоактивных веществ, поскольку оно основано на успешной работе мэра Адамса с начала его администрации по решению взаимосвязанных кризисов тяжелых психических заболеваний, наркозависимости и бездомности, которые разворачиваются на городских улицах.
Объединяя целенаправленные меры по обеспечению соблюдения правил с сострадательной и основанной на фактических данных разъяснительной работой, программа PATH и более широкий План обеспечения безопасности в метрополитене, а также другие планы в области общественной безопасности, здравоохранения и жилищного строительства, обеспечивают более безопасные метрополитены, более крепкие сообщества и лучшее будущее для жителей Нью-Йорка.
10 октября 2025 г., Нью-Йорк
Источники: NYC.gov , Big New York news BigNY.com
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