- A task force led by NYC Social Services and the NYPD has started clearing over 150 homeless encampments across NYC streets and the subway stations.
- City officials are trying to move the homeless into shelters as part of efforts to reduce crime and make public spaces cleaner.
- Homeless advocates denounce these efforts in which the homeless are given 24-hours notice without being guaranteed safe, single-rooms within shelters.
- Mayor Eric Adams claims the shelters are “extremely safe” in contrast to “dangerous” makeshift housing.
