Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he is accountable for a communication breakdown over warming buses for homeless people during the ongoing stretch of dangerously cold weather that has killed at least 17 people.
“I think at the end of the day, that is a responsibility that I have as a mayor,” Mamdani said during an interview on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show.” “It’s never a moment to pass the buck to anyone else.”
Gothamist reported earlier this week that multiple officials – including an NYPD officer and Department of Transportation employee — overseeing the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Manhattan had no idea that they could direct homeless people to two warming buses outside. The terminal, which also lacked any signage about the warming buses, has been a well-known hub for homeless New Yorkers…