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Mamdani administration officials told the City Council this week that outreach teams have cleared 40 homeless encampments since January, and referred 85 people to the shelter system, though did not…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Resources

Mamdani’s Approach to Homeless Sweeps, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mamdani said his administration will handle public encampments differently from Mayor Eric Adams, with extra emphasis on engaging street homeless individuals to direct them to services and housing. But advocates…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Dec 2025

2025 Elections Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: How Mayor-elect Mamdani Can Achieve a Human Right to Housing

“New Yorkers, and Mayor-Elect Mamdani in particular, have an open window of opportunity to fundamentally shift the city from maintaining the status quo between the haves and have-nots to actively pursuing housing…

BySiya Hegde 3Comments

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Jun 2024

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice

Advocates, Lawmakers Frustrated By Late City Hall Report on Homeless Encampment ‘Sweeps’

City Hall was supposed to begin reporting more details on how it removes homeless New Yorkers from public spaces, sharing data on where each sweep took place, the agencies involved,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

NYC Will Soon Have to Report Details of Street Homeless Sweeps

The Adams administration will have to report quarterly on the cost and characteristics of “removals,” when city agencies force a person out of a public spot, often clearing their possessions…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: First, Let’s Try Housing

“A better approach to tackling homelessness in New York City would be to just give unhoused New Yorkers housing.”

ByIriane Narcisse 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Council Bill Would Require Monthly Reports On Street Homeless Sweeps

“We think this bill will bring much-needed transparency to how the administration is conducting these sweeps, and what is involved in them,” said Councilmember Sandy Nurse. “And if you think…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

‘Policy Failure’: Audit Finds 3 Housing Placements From Months of Street Homeless Sweeps

Of the 2,308 homeless New Yorkers present during the city’s encampment sweeps over more than eight months in 2022, only three people—about 0.1 percent—had landed in permanent housing placements as…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics Transportation

The NYPD Now Decides What Homeless Encampments Get Swept

The new, formalized procedure essentially codifies what has become a de facto sweeps policy under Mayor Eric Adams, and replaces a 2020 directive that removed the NYPD from most street…

ByDavid Brand 10Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

What Would It Take to Move Street Homeless New Yorkers into Housing?

If the ultimate goal is housing, might there be a way to save lives and money by giving some people a key to their own apartment without the wait, bypassing…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

The Mayor Promises a New Approach to Encampment ‘Sweeps.’ Homeless Advocates Don’t Buy It.

Mamdani’s Approach to Homeless Sweeps, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Opinion: How Mayor-elect Mamdani Can Achieve a Human Right to Housing

Advocates, Lawmakers Frustrated By Late City Hall Report on Homeless Encampment ‘Sweeps’

NYC Will Soon Have to Report Details of Street Homeless Sweeps

Opinion: First, Let’s Try Housing

Council Bill Would Require Monthly Reports On Street Homeless Sweeps

‘Policy Failure’: Audit Finds 3 Housing Placements From Months of Street Homeless Sweeps

The NYPD Now Decides What Homeless Encampments Get Swept

What Would It Take to Move Street Homeless New Yorkers into Housing?

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