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More than 4,500 New Yorkers live on the streets, according to the city’s latest estimate. And whenever the temperature, with windchill, dips below 32 degrees between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m., the emergency management team at the Department of Social Services issues a “Code Blue” alert.
That’s a signal for the Department of Homeless Services to follow specific protocols during their street outreach efforts — which are carried out by more than 400 workers around the clock daily.
On typical days, outreach workers — mostly contracted through non-profit organizations — are generally focused on canvassing the streets, building trust with unhoused individuals and responding to 311 calls about homeless assistance.
During Code Blue nights, however, outreach workers are focused on reaching individuals on priority lists, which are submitted by service providers to DHS before the beginning of the cold months. Calls to 311 about homeless people are rerouted to 911 first responders, and shelters and drop-in centers around New York City relax their rules to help get people in from the cold.
Read more here about what the operation that kicks into effect citywide when the temperature plunges and vulnerable New Yorkers are caught in the cold — and about what you can do to help.
Weather 🌤️
Partly sunny with a high of 35 before plunging all the way down to 11
MTA 🚇
In Queens, the F train skips Sutphin Blvd. and Briarwood overnight. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
New year, higher Con Ed bills. The state just approved increases for Con Ed customers in New York, amounting to hikes of about 9% for electric and about 6% for gas over three years.
‘Tis the season for joining your local community board! Applications for members are open in four of the five boroughs, and will open soon in The Bronx. We updated our community board guide with everything to know about the volunteers at the entry level of city government.
The Hudson River Park Trust intends to abide by the remainder of its long-standing deal with ICE to provide parking for the federal immigration police on Pier 40 in Chelsea, even as pressure mounts on the public benefit corporation following reporting this week about that contract.
At a public meeting of the board of directors Thursday afternoon, Trust President Noreen Doyle said that “we know that the news about our contract has caused fear and anger” and that the Trust would not renew it after it expires in June, ending what’s been a two-decade-long arrangement.
But in a letter sent to Doyle Thursday evening, Congressmember Jerry Nadler and 11 other Manhattan Democrats serving on the City Council and state legislature wrote “we believe that ending the ICE parking contract as soon as possible would… help restore public confidence that the park’s facilities are being used in a manner consistent with the interests of all New Yorkers.” —Gwynne Hogan
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things going on around the city this week.
THE KICKER: Former Mets outfielder Carlos Beltrán is headed to the Hall of Fame. But which hat will he wear on his plaque? He hasn’t said for sure, but is leaning Mets..
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Friday.
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