{"id":981,"date":"2020-04-24T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=981"},"modified":"2020-04-24T11:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:02:07","slug":"new-york-subway-becomes-homeless-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"New York Subway Becomes Homeless Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the Covid-19 lockdown, New York&#8217;s subways are supposed to be a primary mode of transportation for people working in hospitals, grocery stores and other essential services.\u00a0 But as <a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2020\/04\/23\/coronavirus-new-york-city-subways-conductors\/\">reported<\/a> by CBS New York,\u00a0 nurses taking the subway to work are sharing the cars with dozens of passed out homeless and shopping carts filled with garbage.\u00a0 &#8220;There is an astronomical amount of homeless people now in the subway,&#8221; 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