Homeless men die on NY subway

Two men who cops say were homeless died while riding subway trains during a grim 13-hour stretch over the weekend, raising concerns about the spread of COVID-19 just as the MTA aims to close the system overnight to disinfect cars and to move indigent passengers to above-ground shelters.

In the first incident, MTA crews cleaning a C train at the line’s northern terminal at 168th St. came across a man slumped over at 7:30 p.m. Friday, police said. The 57-year old man likely died of natural causes.

”It’s scary going back to work and the first day this happened," said train conductor Joanne Green, who was on her first day back to work after taking sick time because she’d been exposed to COVID-19.

“There is a lot of homeless people on the trains and I am very scared daily. People have on masks, but most don’t. My co-workers and I are very vulnerable to these conditions and would like to see something done. It takes a toll on us as well.”

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