The Mamdani administration will have the Department of Homeless Services lead the sweep efforts, instead of the police department, the mayor announced Wednesday.
Mamdani said his administration will handle "sweeps" of public homeless encampments differently from previous Mayor Eric Adams.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that the city will recommence clearing makeshift homeless encampments, promising a more compassionate approach to a practice he previously ...
The mayor previously pledged to end the practice of clearing unhoused encampments, calling prior mayor Adams’ strategy a failure.