• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Keep the benches, and pressure the system to help house and treat the underlying issues of homelessness.

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      New York City already provides shelter space for anyone who asks. It’s the city’s obligation according to the state constitution. (This is one reason why so many migrants came to NYC.) The homeless people in the subway system generally don’t want to go to a shelter.

      As for treating the underlying issues: many of these people are either schizophrenics or drug addicts. There’s no straightforward treatment for either condition.

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          18 days ago

          If the solution was as easy as you think it is, someone would have already done it.

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            It doesn’t make profits, that’s why people haven’t done it. They’ll bend over backwards to help if it’s insanely profitable. Short term profits, to be exact