{"id":12478,"date":"2020-06-22T02:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-new-contract-for-the-nonprofit-that-doesnt-get-homeless-off-the-subways\/"},"modified":"2020-06-22T02:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T23:31:00","slug":"a-new-contract-for-the-nonprofit-that-doesnt-get-homeless-off-the-subways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-new-contract-for-the-nonprofit-that-doesnt-get-homeless-off-the-subways\/","title":{"rendered":"#A new contract for the nonprofit that\u00a0doesn\u2019t get homeless off the subways"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#A new contract for the nonprofit that\u00a0doesn\u2019t get homeless off the subways<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 21, 2020 |<\/span> 7:31pm <\/p>\n

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\n People sleep on the floor outside the Bowery Residents’ Committee homeless outreach office inside New York Penn Station, back on Feb. 1, 2020.<\/span>
\n Jacob Henry<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n In as classic a case of rewarding failure as you\u2019ll ever see, the city Department of Homeless Services is renewing the main contract for the Bowery Residents\u2019 Committee to do key work in getting homeless out of the subways and mass-transit stations \u2014 despite the nonprofit\u2019s beyond-spot record.<\/p>\n

Heck, BRC is getting a raise, from $40.6 million in the expiring three-year contract to $68.5 million in the new deal.<\/p>\n

This, when the MTA\u2019s inspector general<\/a> recently flagged the outfit\u2019s work as both \u201cvery expensive\u201d and \u201cminimally effective.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the nights OIG staff observed the program, dozens of app<\/a>arently homeless individuals stayed on the trains for every 1 that accepted services,\u201d IG Carolyn Pokorny\u2019s report noted. In all, 10-person teams of MTA cops and BRC social<\/a> workers could only lure three transients out of the system per station per night.<\/p>\n

In recent months the nonprofit has charged at least $2.6 million beyond the contract to cover overtime costs \u2014 even as it\u2019s clearly Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s order to close the subways overnight that\u2019s really driving better results.<\/p>\n

The IG probe was launched after state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli called out \u201cshoddy\u201d homeless outreach being done on subways in January. He also pointed to a lack of oversight by the city and the MTA, saying BRC workers spend just 26 percent of their time conducting in-person outreach to homeless individuals \u2014 half the amount of time required by the firm\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n

And in February, The Post reported on how the nonprofit\u2019s workers went missing in Penn Station for days after one vagrant threatened to shoot the BRC staffers.<\/p>\n

A DHS flack insists that \u201cBRC is an essential partner in the effort to help New Yorkers living unsheltered on the subways get back on their feet, along with the MTA.\u201d And: \u201cWe need their experience, expertise and collaboration every step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

No: DHS needs to stop doubling down on a hopeless approach, and look for one that actually works.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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