JFK AirTrain terminal overrun with homeless aggressively begging for cash as police ‘do nothing’

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“Yes, it’s a problem,” complained Arata, 69, who works at a newsstand at the terminal. “There are four of five homeless outside here every day. They confront customers. No, the police do not make them move.”

The AirTrain hub connects JFK terminals with Long Island Rail Road and city subway systems — a vital link for Big Apple flyers.

Unattended belongings on carts and a stroller at Jamaica Station near the AirTrain entrance.
Carts lugged by the homeless sit alongside luggage-carrying travelers at the JFK AirTrain terminal in Queens.Robert Mecea

While frigid temperatures have recently driven many of the homeless into the terminal, the vagrants reportedly packed the station even on a 50-degree day earlier this month, according to the Daily Mail.

“I think the city should definitely do something,” Stony Brook University student Aishik Deb told the outlet. Continue reading…

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