From Fox News: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he would stop clearing homeless encampments when he takes office in January, ending a longstanding practice by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.
While answering questions at “Hot Chocolate, Frozen Rent” in Manhattan, Mamdani confirmed he would halt sweeps of homeless encampment sites across the city, marking one of his clearest breaks yet from an Adams policy launched in 2022.
“If you are not connecting homeless New Yorkers to the housing that they so desperately need, then you cannot deem anything you’re doing to be a success,” Mamdani said.
The mayor-elect said his administration’s focus would be securing long-term housing solutions, “whether it’s supportive housing, whether it’s rental housing, whatever kind of housing it is.”
NYC mayor-elect Mamdani just promised to stop clearing homeless encampments. Soon it will look like a city in the country he came from. https://t.co/4sARbeZMlr
— DMLNewsApp (@DMLNewsApp) December 6, 2025
Meanwhile, Mamdai is bragging that he has raised $3 million for his transition fund, and is asking New Yorkers to cough up $1 million more.
Every dot on this map is a New Yorker who chipped in for the Transition to make sure we can hit the ground running on Day 1.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let’s cross that finish line together. pic.twitter.com/CD45LdWXNI
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) December 5, 2025
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