while the people who actually use the subways deal with the filth, the threats, and the consequences of their refusal to enforce basic order.

New Yorkers are posting the raw footage of their train stations, once functional public spaces now reduced to open-air drug markets where addicts shoot up, nod off, and leave needles and human waste, while the severely mentally ill turn platforms and entrances into chaos zones that endanger everyone else. Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James have no intention of clearing them out. Their response is to scold the public into showing “more compassion” while the people who actually use the subways deal with the filth, the threats, and the consequences of their refusal to enforce basic order.

— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) October 22, 2026