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Police presence around Penn Station will be increased during the holidays. Not just because of possible terrorist threats, but because Police Commissioner Ray Kelly thinks there are too many panhandlers lurking around. While being driven by Penn Station, he was outraged by the number of beggars outside. And the NYPD spokesman said, "The police commissioner expects the police department to keep it free from panhandling." The NYPD will work with homeless services groups, though they have clashed in the past. One homeless man told the Daily News he noticed the NYPD's restrictive stance, saying, "I don't know what's going on this week. It's like President Bush is in town." Forget Bush, it's Commissioner Kelly, who at this point might be more powerful that the Commander in Chief. Hmm, we hope that Commissioner Kelly gets angry at people who don't scoop their dogs' poop next, because that impacts our quality of life a lot more.
Links: The city's Department of Homeless Services, plus advocacy groups Coalition for the Homeless and the Bowery Mission.
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Nobody seemed to notice the crazed looking shady guy standing in the middle of the station on Thanksgiving weekend...I know I sure did..
they are the same homeless people who are there everyday at the same spots...they notice them now? they have been there for years...
I think the homeless smell better then the seating area and bathrooms combined which equal a rancid mix of vomit and sweat odor. yum!
Sorry about that previous hit by accident. Anyway. Having been harassed outside of Penn Station in younger years by aggressive pandhandlers, I would have to agree with this crackdown, and would like to see it on the subway as well. The subway system and Penn Station is for commuters, not a Make-Shift Beggars Row or Shelter.
Maybe they can bring the Gawker crowd in to pretent they're homeless?