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Why is it so hard to get mentally ill homeless people, living in the subway system, the treatment they need and deserve?

That question forms the core of Nolan Hicks’s unparalleled deep dive into the city’s $30-billion-a-year social safety net — a net so riven with holes that it can’t accomplish what everyone says is absolutely necessary: Getting a population of 1,000 or so people the care they need.

Read Hicks’s story, exclusively on Streetsblog today. It’s an eye-opener.

  • Jersey City Counted Its Cars. Other Cash-Strapped Cities Should, Too
    by The Editorial Team
    October 27, 2026
    A first full fleet inventory led to 70 fewer vehicles, fewer take-home cars and new accountability for crashes. Experts say New York’s deficit-ridden cities should audit their own.
  • Non-Profits With City-Issued Parking Placards Harbor Super-Speeders, Data Shows
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 27, 2026
    DOT should revoke parking placards issued to non-profits that rack up excessive speed-camera or red-light violations.
  • Manhattan Community Board Asks DOT to Revise Narrow Grand Street Bike Lane
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 27, 2026
    There’s nothing “Grand” about this bike lane, and now everyone’s upset.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines: Justice For Scofflaw Drivers Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 27, 2026
    Find out why a state Senator wants to eliminate bus lane enforcement cameras in Harlem. Plus other news.
  • Pedestrian Victimized By A Hit-And-Run Driver Just Wants Cops To Do Their Job
    by Sammy Sussman
    October 26, 2026
    He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
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