About this episode
The episode discusses the increase in criminal charges against individuals sleeping on the subway in New York City and its implications for residents.
New York City police are taking a skyrocketing number of people to criminal court for sleeping or spreading out on the public transit system. WNYC public safety reporter Samantha Max joins us to understand how this is affecting New Yorkers, and why charges were up 3000% last year. Photo: Samantha Max Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
People in this episode
Guest: Samantha Max
Topics covered
- subway sleeping
- public safety
- criminal justice
- New York City
- police actions
Keywords
- subway
- New York City
- police
- criminal court
- public transit
- sleeping
- charges
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WNYC
Places: New York City, public transit system
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