{"id":38463,"date":"2025-10-11T15:52:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=38463"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:52:40","slug":"mayor-adams-celebrates-one-year-anniversary-of-path-co-response-program-connecting-new-yorkers-in-need-on-subways-to-shelter-health-care-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/38463","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Adams celebrates one-year anniversary of path co-response program connecting New Yorkers in need on subways to shelter, health care, and support"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK:\u00a0New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, and New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park celebrated the one-year anniversary of the partnership assistance for transit homelessness (PATH) program, a public safety and social services co-response outreach initiative, launched in August 2024, to help keep New Yorkers safe and healthy on the subway system.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The PATH teams have made over 20,100 engagements with unhoused New Yorkers living in the subway system, delivering critical services \u2014 including shelter, meals, medical care, and mental health support \u2014 more than 6,100 times. Additionally, NYPD Transit Bureau officers, working alongside PATH clinicians, have removed more than 2,100 individuals from the transit system for various violations of the Metropolitan Transit Authority\u2019s (MTA) rules of conduct or state law.<\/p>\n

The announcement builds on Mayor Adams\u2019 \u201cend the culture of anything goes\u201d\u00a0campaign, the administration\u2019s landmark effort to change the culture and laws that prevented people with severe mental illness from getting the help they needed.<\/p>\n

This initiative simultaneously makes the investments necessary to support outreach, harm reduction, wraparound services, and housing \u2014 to make lasting impacts on lives and communities, and improve New Yorkers\u2019 quality of life.<\/p>\n

Mayor Adams is bringing the same energy and approach that proved to be successful in carving a new path for people with severe mental illness to\u202faddress other health crises playing out on city streets, like drug addiction, and he recently laid out plans realize that vision by connecting those suffering with treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeeping New Yorkers safe is our number one commitment \u2014 especially on the subways, which millions of riders rely on every day,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, 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 \u2018anything goes.\u2019 Our PATH program shows that compassion, public safety, and justice must all go together \u2014 and this anniversary marks an important milestone in making New York City just that: more kind, more just, and safer for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The program is part of the city\u2019s growing use of \u201cco-response\u201d \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

Participating police officers receive specialized training in crisis de-escalation and allow their clinical partners to take the lead once safety is assured.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Co-response offers tailored support based on each person\u2019s needs \u2014 from a hot meal and a bed for the night to medical attention or psychiatric evaluation \u2014 improving both the safety and effectiveness of outreach efforts and increasing the changes of connecting people to lasting care.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrengthening 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,\u201d said\u00a0DSS Commissioner Wasow Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful for\u202fthe 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\u202fstone unturned in our efforts to reach and support some of our most vulnerable neighbors and improve health care and housing outcomes for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d said\u00a0NYPD Commissioner Tisch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThousands 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 \u2014 it\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve 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,\u201d said\u00a0<\/strong>MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to investments from Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams, we\u2019ve made progress on both fronts — as proven out by surging ridership and customer satisfaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing transit crime and homelessness in the subway system has been one of Mayor Adams\u2019 top public safety priorities since taking office.<\/p>\n

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