New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city will resume clearing makeshift homeless encampments, promising to take a more humane approach to a practice he previously criticized. Mamdani paused ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans this week to reinstate homeless encampment sweeps — reversing a promise he made on the campaign trail to end the practice. The about-face comes after Mamdani ...

Just weeks ago, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was against the sweeps. He says now, however, they'll be unlike how ...

"We will meet them looking to connect them with shelter, looking to them with services, looking to connect them with a city that wants them to be sheltered and indoors and warm and safe," New York Cit ...

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 a humane approach to clearing homeless encampments, prioritizing outreach and support amid rising concerns over recent outdoor deaths.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mayor Zohran Mamdani must immediately reverse his policy of allowing homeless encampments to proliferate on the streets of NYC.

The city announced Tuesday it will open a long-stalled shelter for more than 100 street-homeless New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces mounting pressure to move people out of ...

The decision came as at least 19 people have died outside over several days of brutal cold in the city, prompting concerns about the city's response.