"During and after the COVID era, tents being used as shelter for the homeless have popped up all across New York City, creating enormous quality-of-life concerns. Drugs, needles, and crime all while the homeless, many of whom suffer from various mental health conditions, starve, freeze, and have no access to a shower, warm meals, clean water, or medical treatment. Surrendering our streets to tent cities is no dignified way for the homeless to live or fair for the public to contend with."
"The Adams strategy was to conduct encampment sweeps and pair NYPD officers, Breaking Ground, and the Department of Homeless Services to approach homeless New Yorkers and convince them to enter a shelter facility. If they refused, they would be left untouched. Many of them, however, accepted services and moved from the streets into a shelter. My office was directly involved in this process for years and witnessed the issues firsthand."
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will discontinue Mayor Adams' policy of conducting homeless encampment sweeps. During and after the COVID era, tents used as shelter have proliferated across New York City, producing severe quality-of-life problems. Drugs, needles, and crime accompany encampments while many homeless people, including those with mental health conditions, lack food, warmth, showers, clean water, and medical treatment. The Adams strategy paired NYPD officers, Breaking Ground, and the Department of Homeless Services to persuade individuals to enter shelter facilities, and many accepted services and moved off the streets. Mamdani will rely on a Department of Community Safety approach that retains social workers but stops sweeps, allowing tents and unsanitary conditions near schools, parks, and public spaces.
Read at www.amny.com
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