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Hochul and Adams Challenge Mamdani’s Plan to Halt NYC Homeless Encampment Sweeps

Audits citing high costs, negligible placements drive his housing-first stance.

New York City Parks Department Officers and workers, along with NYPD Officers and New York City Homeless Outreach dismantled a long existing homeless encampment situated among the trees and shrubbery in an area bounded by Cadman Plaza West, Middagh Street, Prospect Street and the Brooklyn Bridge Exit Ramp in Brooklyn on Monday October 10, 2022. 1119. (Theodore Parisienne)
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks to the press after attending a hot chocolate distribution event in New York on December 4, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says police-led encampment clearings will stop unless people are placed into stable housing.
  • Governor Kathy Hochul opposes ending clearings outright, backing enforcement when needed with connections to supportive housing and treatment services.
  • Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams criticized the plan on ABC7, calling street encampments inhumane and warning of negative consequences.
  • Reporting cites city data showing more than $6.4 million spent on thousands of sweeps from January 2024 to June 2025 with zero people housed, alongside a 2023 audit finding 95% returned to the streets.
  • Advocates urge a housing-first pivot with faster placements, better shelter and outreach, and use of thousands of vacant supportive units, while a federal lawsuit seeks notice and property protections for encampment residents.