"What I'm opposed to is the failure that you've seen characterize the Adams administration's approach, he said. What I'm opposed to is looking at an entire calendar year and seeing the Adams administration be unable to connect a single homeless New Yorker that was affected by those sweeps to permanent housing."
"I don't think pushing those New Yorkers to sleep elsewhere is the answer either. We have to create a policy that actually puts New Yorkers in a warm place, not just a marginal improvement in conditions, he said. We need to ensure that when homeless New Yorkers look at their options, they no longer think that the best option for them is to sleep out on the bench like the one behind me, but instead to be in a shelter that is safer than the ones that we have today."
Zohran Mamdani defended a plan to end sweeps of homeless encampments while meeting with developers and homelessness advocates. Mamdani rejected criticism from Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams and criticized the Adams administration for reportedly failing to connect sweep-affected New Yorkers to permanent housing over a calendar year. The administration would intervene in high-traffic encampments only by providing guaranteed indoor alternatives and by improving shelter safety to make indoor options more appealing. The policy emphasizes creating truly warm, safe shelter options rather than displacing people to other outdoor locations. Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy disputed the claim and cited shelter placements from subway outreach.
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