Mayor Zohran Mamdani is turning to an administrator from outside the five boroughs to lead New York City’s sprawling social ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Monday that his administration had taken lessons from the city’s last storm, when at least 20 ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani paused the previous mayor’s policy for clearing encampments days after he took office in January, ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that street encampments won’t be torn down during one of the worst blizzards in New York City’s history — even as homeless people kept camping out and rejecting offers ...

The new head of the New York City Department of Social Services, hired by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will lean on her prior experience with addressing homeless encampments in the Pittsburgh area. Erin ...

The Mamdani administration will have the Department of Homeless Services lead the sweep efforts, instead of the police department, the mayor announced Wednesday.

Department commissioner will be Erin Dalton, who conducted outreach in Pennsylvania among unhoused communities ...

New York City is enduring a brutal winter that has claimed at least 20 lives. Soon Mayor Zohran Mamdani will have to choose — ...

New York has failed to solve its homeless crisis for a half century. Well intentioned promises were made for community mental health programs and affordable housing, but they were never adequately ...

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city will resume clearing homeless encampments with a new approach after pausing the controversial practice in January.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said sweeps of improvised homeless encampments in the city will restart, according to ...