The announcement of new shelter beds in safe haven and stabilization shelters comes as the mayor ramps up controversial efforts to remove homeless encampments across the city.
Mayor Eric Adams announces the opening of the Morris Avenue Safe Haven site in the Bronx.Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
The rollout comes as the city ramps up controversial efforts to physically remove homeless encampments seen across the city, a move that advocacy groups have scorned. Over the weekend, Adams pledged to target 150 encampments over a two-week period, raising questions from advocates about whether the city has sufficient bed capacity for those sleeping on the streets.who were forced to leave their encampments under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway said they were uncertain where they would go.
Speaking at a ribbon-cutting for the Morris Avenue safe haven site in the Bronx, Adams said he was seeking to rectify years of government dysfunction that have allowed people to live on the streets and subways. The New York Post recentlyon a survey showing that the city had 2,500 vacant apartments specifically designated for those who are experiencing homelessness.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NYC Mayor on Controversial Vaccine Mandate Change for ‘Famous People': ‘That's Over'New York City Mayor Eric Adams is over the vaccine mandate controversy. And he says everyone else should be, too. The Democrat on Monday sought in his sternest terms yet to end conversation over the still mounting backlash, declaring when asked about it at an unrelated briefing that, “The Kyrie story, the performers story, that’s over.” “We’re in this universe…
Read more »
17 Shot, 3 Fatally, During Weekend in Mayor Lightfoot's ChicagoSeventeen people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
Read more »
Mayor Adams shares video of mother, baby robbed at gunpoint as he defends anti-crime unitNew York City Mayor Eric Adams shared security camera video of a shocking robbery of a mother and her baby.
Read more »
Mariupol mayor says Ukrainian city 'in the hands of the occupiers'Mariupol, Ukraine, has come largely under the control of Russian forces, its mayor said, after weeks of bombardment left the besieged city in pieces, killed an unknown number of civilians and forced hundreds of thousands of residents from their homes
Read more »