As the mayor turns up the heat on how his administration tackles the rise in homelessness, city data shows his encampment sweeps result in modest gains.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.As Mayor Eric Adams ratchets up his administration's approach to tackling street homelessness, city data shows that only about 5% of the homeless people caught up in the mayor's encampment sweeps entered the shelter system as a result.
The business community is lauding Adams’ approach as the city gradually returns from pandemic lows in employment and tourism. But homeless advocates have blasted the mayor’s encampment sweeps since they began in the spring, saying they only chase people from one location to another and don't address the underlying problems that cause homelessness.
City data obtained by the Safety Net Project through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that teams of workers – which, at a minimum, include the police, sanitation workers and social workers – target the same encampments repeatedly. In Midtown, city officials have attempted to shut down one encampment as many as 97 times in a span of six months.
“Sitting in those tents, in those encampments, seeing human waste, stale food, dirty clothing, people who are dealing with mental health crises, and then we have the audacity to say that they should live that way? I'm just not going to do that,” Adams said at a news conference in City Hall. “And I know some people may look at what we are doing saying that we are trying to do something to take away the rights of people. No, we're not.
The mayor’s office contends that the 115 people who entered the shelter system as a result of the encampment sweeps is quadruple that of Adams' predecessor, former Mayor Bill de Blasio. “I think the mayor's commitment to discourage encampments has kept New York from looking like one of the West Coast cities,” Wylde said.
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