New York City opening new homeless shelter in the Bronx, as Adams administration continues encampment crackdown. elijahwestbrook reports:
It comes as homeless encampments are being torn down across the city. "I'm not going to have an inhumane city that allows people to live in a dangerous environment with no restrooms, no showers, no way to take care of themselves," he said last week. wearing body cameras, are visiting more than 150 locations to offer shelter and services to residents before giving then 24 to 48 hours notice to vacate.
But the initiative was met with mixed reviews from New Yorkers, and comes just two weeks after the mayor launched an aggressive plan to"You're kicking us while we're already down. It's a nightmare," one person told CBS2."I've been in numerous shelter systems, and there's people bidding. It's like they're in prison."
"If the Mayor is serious about helping homeless people, he needs to open thousands of New Safe Haven and stabilization rooms and offer them to those in need, not take away what little protection they have from the elements and other dangers on the street."
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