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…
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…
The city’s annual count of street homeless New Yorkers recorded a 38 percent decrease this year. But advocates say the city increased enforcement against homeless encampments—known as sweeps or clean-ups—in…
Gov. Cuomo and editorial writers often chide the city about doing more to get street homeless people into shelters. A few nights with one of New York’s street outreach teams…
