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ŽIVOT U LINIJI 3 Gradske vlasti žele istjerati tisuće beskućnika kojima je metro krov nad glavom

Trebali su započeti s linijom 3 koja je najpopularnija među beskućnicima jer vozi non stop 24 sata dnevno i jer nikada ne izlazi na površinu
Piše:
Petra Bulić
Objavljeno: 25. veljača 2014. 00:17
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Outreach worker Alvin Thompson (right), speaks with a homeless man in Penn Station on January 28, 2014 in New York City. Over 3,000 volunteers canvased parks, subways, bus stations and other public spaces early Tuesday morning as part of the New York City Department of Homeless Services annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE), where it tries to gain an accurate estimate of the city's homeless population. The study is part of the federally required Point-In-Time survey, which serves as a snapshot of how many are homeless on any given day in a community. The results are used to devise ways to both better understand the nation's homeless population and ways to assist them in getting off of the streets. According to a recent study by the by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, New York City's homeless population increased by 13 percent at the beginning of 2013. Despite an improving local economy, as of last January an estimated 64,060 homeless people were in shelters and on the street in New York. Only Los Angeles had a larger percentage increase than New York for large cities. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Outreach worker Alvin Thompson (right), speaks with a homeless man in Penn Station on January 28, 2014 in New York City. Over 3,000 volunteers canvased parks, subways, bus stations and other public spaces early Tuesday morning as part of the New York City Department of Homeless Services annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE), where it tries to gain an accurate estimate of the city's homeless population. The study is part of the federally required Point-In-Time survey, which serves as a snapshot of how many are homeless on any given day in a community. The results are used to devise ways to both better understand the nation's homeless population and ways to assist them in getting off of the streets. According to a recent study by the by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, New York City's homeless population increased by 13 percent at the beginning of 2013. Despite an improving local economy, as of last January an estimated 64,060 homeless people were in shelters and on the street in New York. Only Los Angeles had a larger percentage increase than New York for large cities. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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Njujorške vlasti odlučile su – barem privremeno – poštedjeti beskućnike koji žive u podzemnoj željeznici te su odustali od plana da ih sve izbace na ulicu.

Gradske vlasti planirale su danas u ranim jutarnjim satima proći kroz sve vlakove na liniji broj 3 koji dolaze u postaju Svjetski trgovinski centar i terminal Jamaica i istjerati sve beskućnike koje tamo zateknu. U timovima koji su trebali raditi na izbacivanju trebali su biti policajci, zdravstveni radnici i zaposlenici gradskog poduzeća za javni prijevoz. Trebali su započeti upravo s linijom 3 koja je najpopularnija među beskućnicima jer vozi non stop 24 sata dnevno i jer nikada ne izlazi na površinu. Vlasti su najavile kako će na sličan način kasnije proći i sve ostale linije.

Na izbacivanje beskućnika gradske vlasti odlučile su se zbog mnogobrojnih žalbi putnika, no najava je izazvala demonstracije, a prosvjednici su tražili zaštitu prava beskućnika.

Iz gradskog poduzeća za javni prijevoz, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, kažu kako je njihova akcija samo odgođena, te nisu željeli potvrditi je li ih na takvu odluku nagnao pritisak prosvjednika.

Trenutačno u njujorškim skloništima za beskućnike živi oko 52 tisuće osoba, a tisuće ih još živi na ulici. Broj beskućnika u podzemnoj željeznici je, kako se procjenjuje, povećao sa oko tisuću 2009. godine na gotovo dvije tisuće.

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