It used to be a severe problem in NYC, a few decades ago....ever since some 'bleedin' heart judge' ruled that they were 'public buildings', and police could not throw them out.Does New York allow the homeless to hang out in Grand Central or Penn Station? I don't recall that they do. I didn't see a bunch of homeless hanging around the Boston terminal either.
It got so bad at one point, that the floor was litterally covered with sleeping bodies. Grand Central reacted by closing down the building from around 1 to 5 AM, when there were no trains running. Penn Station reacted by having a 'ticketed passenger' waiting area. The Port Authority Bus Terminal brought in homeless advocates that would find them shelters, and if they refused to go, they were forced out of the building.
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