A non-profit group with a sketchy record secured a $103 million contract with the city this month to conduct homeless outreach on the subways. The MTA Inspector General wrote in 2019 that the group often turned away those seeking assistance.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A nonprofit with a spotty track record inked a $103 million contract with the city this month to conduct homeless outreach on the subways.
The state comptroller wrote the following year that the nonprofit provided “unreliable” data about how often workers are deployed to subway stations and how many homeless people they convince to enter a shelter. The nonprofit is headed by CEO Muzzy Rosenblatt, who earns more than $400,000 a year, according to tax filings. The group has continued to secure top-dollar contracts with the city despite the scrutiny.
That’s despite the mayor’s effort to move homeless people out of the transit system and into shelters over the last 18 months, through a touted surge ofThe growing outsourcing of homeless outreach on the subways comes as the Department of Homeless Services faces a staffing shortage. Data from the city Independent Budget Office shows the agency employed 1,807 people as of June 2022 — 22% fewer than the 2,318 it employed in 2019, the year before the pandemic hit.
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