The article doesn't say they actually ask him to leave every day. Just that they visit every day. It sounds like the people visiting him are also responsible f

The article doesn't say they actually ask him to leave every day. Just that they visit every day. It sounds like the people visiting him are also responsible for various other aspects of Times Square, and tracking the only homeless guy there does not seem like a particularly onerous task. Checking up on him frequently to be sure he isn't dead or dying doesn't seem all that unreasonable to me.