Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD brass got a firsthand look at the desolate homeless wasteland inside the Big Apple subway system in an eye-opening overnight tour of the city’s transit vagrant crisis.
With The Post tagging along, the mayor and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch joined a crew from a city multi-agency outreach effort at the 34th Street/Herald Square station, with staffers coming upon a total of 96 troubled drifters — many of them struggling with mental health issues.
But the late-night outreach teams face an uphill battle — only 16 of the vagrants offered help accepted it, including a shoeless man taken to a shelter and a woman who was hospitalized.
Most, however, shunned the helping hand.
“Everyone must do their part and we need Albany to step up,” Adams said. “If we’re on the ground talking about what we need on the ground, they need to assist us by giving us what we need.
“If we’re saying we need to codify around involuntary removal they shouldn’t be pushing back because we’re out here. Give us the tools that we’re saying we need so we can turn the corner on this issue.
“This is inhumane,” he added. “It requires determination.”