Homeless Person Assistance · West 50 Street, Manhattan
15
service requests in the current reporting episode since July 25, 2026
This is continuous reporting activity, not proof that one tent remained for 42 days.
#18 of 2059 active Homeless Person Assistance approximate blocks citywide by service-request volume
Since May 2021, NYC 311 logged 617 service requests in this approximate-block record and the city closed 379, including 371 with a "nothing found" response. The reporting record remains active. Knowing is not fixing.
What repeated response has cost
~$6.2k-$25k
Estimated response labor across 441 deduplicated response-days and response classes. The lower bound assumes one worker for 30 minutes; the planning estimate assumes two workers for one hour.
441 units × $28.16/hour × 0.5-2 worker-hours
Not an audited bill. This deliberately excludes 311 intake, vehicles, supervision, contractor overhead, cleanup, shelter, and medical care because the location record does not support assigning those costs. Wage reference: NYPD published starting salary.
What we are asking for
Ensure outreach is reaching this location. Request that DHS street outreach teams make contact with the individuals here and offer shelter, services, and connections to care.
Connect people to services. The goal is stable housing and support, not removal.
Follow up in writing. Ask for a status update within 30 days on what outreach occurred and what was offered.
The city closed 371 of these reports saying nothing was found.
617
NYC 311 service requests
379
closed by the city
371
"nothing found" closures
311
new request after a closure
4.0d
avg. closure to next request
13
reporting episodes
Every red band is a reporting episode separated from the next by more than this location's adaptive quiet-window threshold. Bands do not identify a physical tent. 2021-05-23 to today.
What the record shows: the city closed 379 requests, including 371 with a "nothing found" response. The current reporting episode remains active under the published quiet-window rule. Responding agency on the requests: DHS.
How we define this spot
A report is one NYC 311 service-request record. For configured campaign addresses, positive agency observations and outreach contacts anchor occupation support. The continuity window is four times that address's median gap between all report days after support begins, bounded to 30-60 days; a longer gap between supporting observations creates an interruption candidate. A gap becomes a likely interruption only when it is at least twice the window, or at least 1.5 times the window and contains a negative-only inspection. Same-day positive and negative inspections remain visible as conflicts. The 0-100 confidence result weights report frequency, supported span, recency, and consistency. It is an evidence index, not a probability, proof of one unchanged object, or proof of cleanup. Other map locations still use the broader reporting-episode method.
Built from New York City's own 311 open data (dataset erm2-nwe9), current through 2026-09-05. This page documents a government's response to a public-safety obstruction. It is not about, and does not identify, any individual experiencing homelessness. They are failed by this inaction, not the cause of it.
Make this a public campaign.
Confirm this issue is still present and start organizing from the city-backed record.