"Erin Dalton has spent decades proving that government can and must work better for people who rely on it most. She has expanded access to housing, strengthened social services and protected our most vulnerable neighbors."
"I was very disappointed to see the mayor backpedaling on those promises. The sweeps do not do anything to address unsheltered homelessness in the city."
"The model that Mayor Mamdani is going to be using is better than the one that Mayor Adams was using, which was really based on criminalizing people for being homeless. But unless people who are sleeping outside are being connected with what they need, all it's doing is making life much more difficult for them."
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani hired Erin Dalton as the new commissioner of the city's department of social services, replacing Molly Wasow Park who resigned. The appointment follows scrutiny over the city's handling of its unhoused population, particularly after at least 20 people died outdoors during a severe winter. Dalton previously directed the Allegheny County Department of Human Services in Pittsburgh. Advocates for homeless populations have criticized Mamdani for reinstating encampment sweeps and declining to expand CityFHEPS, a rental assistance program he promised during his campaign. However, Mamdani's new policy directs the department of homeless services rather than police to conduct sweeps, representing a shift from the previous administration's approach.
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