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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore in New York

The frontline scouts fighting to end homelessness in New York’s subways

A person sits on the ground in a subway station in Manhattan in February 2022.
Homelessness has become a political issue in the US and especially in New York under its new mayor, Eric Adams. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Like millions of New Yorkers, Antoinette Wilson and Ciarah Richmond spend time on the subway system. One day last week, they were on a platform at 168th street in Washington Heights, where the 1 and A lines connect at one of the system’s warmest stations.

That makes it a likely spot to meet people experiencing homelessness, an issue that appears to many to be observably worsening across the city.

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