The destruction of homeless encampments across New York City, a hallmark policy of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, will be halted by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Adams ordered the crackdown in 2022, pairing police with social workers to convince people sleeping on sidewalks to go to shelters.
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Mamdani said the practice of destroying encampments and carting individuals’ possessions away will be a thing of the past once he takes the oath of office.
He said the policy, which cost millions and used a multi-agency task force to break up the encampments, was not very successful…