The Mamdani administration will have the Department of Homeless Services lead the sweep efforts, instead of the police department, the mayor announced Wednesday.

A formerly unhoused New Yorker examines how Mayor Mamdani’s reversal on encampment sweeps reflects a broader pattern.

Mamdani said his administration will handle "sweeps" of public homeless encampments differently from previous Mayor Eric Adams.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is bringing back homeless encampment sweeps — reversing course on another campaign promise following backlash for not getting people off the streets during the deadly cold snap, The Post has learned.

The mayor previously pledged to end the practice of clearing unhoused encampments, calling prior mayor Adams’ strategy a failure.