Overview
- Officials said the toll reached 18 after an 81-year-old was found on a Flatlands roof and two men were discovered on separate trains in Manhattan and Brooklyn over the weekend, with causes of death under review.
- Police reported no signs of trauma in the train cases, said criminality is not suspected, and withheld identities pending family notification.
- The medical examiner previously ruled five early fatalities as accidental hypothermia, with alcohol contributing in three cases and methamphetamine in one, while autopsies for later deaths are still pending.
- Under Enhanced Code Blue, the city deployed 62 warming centers and vehicles over the coldest weekend and reported serving about 860 people, with roughly 1,400 shelter and safe-haven placements since Jan. 19.
- An oversight hearing is set for Tuesday following the social services commissioner’s resignation, as critics push for broader removals even as City Hall notes none of the deceased were found in encampments and reports 33 recent involuntary transports to hospitals.