NEW YORK(AP) — 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 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.

CITY HALL, Manhattan (PIX11) — Protesters took to the streets near City Hall with brooms in hand, calling out the mayor’s encampment sweeps policy. Near City Hall, protesters swept across the pavement ...

The Mamdani administration restarted sweeps of homeless encampments on Wednesday — a policy the mayor once vowed to end and that homeless advocates have criticized as cruel and ineffective. A City ...

He’s Zo-ing back on his word. Many of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s lofty campaign promises have already bitten the dust 100 days in ...