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One of the major issues awaiting Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani when he takes office on Jan. 1 will be how to approach New York City’s growing street homelessness crisis.
Mamdani has pledged to end homeless encampment sweeps that city data shows largely fail to connect New Yorkers to permanent housing. Homeless advocates have long criticized the sweeps as traumatic tactics that simply push people from one street to another, though some business owners say they help keep public sidewalks safe for passersby…