As NYC homeless sweeps surge

As NYC homeless sweeps surge, advocates say strategy fails to ...

Advocates for street homeless New Yorkers say that, in addition to violating public health guidance, the sweep strategy simply does not work to ...

Homeless New Yorkers sue NYC over encampment sweeps

A new lawsuit is challenging New York City's policy of homeless encampment sweeps - a practice in which city workers clear out encampment ...

NYC homeless advocates say Mayor Eric Adams' street sweeps ...

... homeless population. "It's much more politically expedient to surge police officers to push people out of sight rather than to actually ...

NYC's Homeless Camp Sweeps Violate Constitution, Lawsuit Claims

The plaintiffs are seeking to have the suit certified as a class action, which would allow thousands of other homeless people impacted by these ...

Homeless Encampment Sweeps Criminalize and Displace ...

Businesses claim that the encampments are causing a surge in criminal activity, trespassing, and drug use. But do these businesses and residents ...

Mayor Adams' homeless encampment sweeps result in just 115 ...

New York City has seen a surge in homelessness even before thousands of migrants overwhelmed the city's already-burdened shelter system. As ...

'Fascism works like that': homeless New Yorkers struggle amid ...

'Fascism works like that': homeless New Yorkers struggle amid police sweeps ... In recent years, New York City has seen a surge in homelessness: ...

1 in 8 NYC public school kids was homeless last school year

That's a record high of more than 146000 kids, and the figure is partly driven by a surge of migrants to the city ... A sweeping 67% of ...

Homeless New Yorkers sue city, seeking end to 'inhumane ... - MSN

Six homeless New Yorkers have filed a federal complaint against New York City seeking a permanent injunction to stop what they call “inhumane and illegal ...

New York tries to curb subway violence with more security and ...

New York tries to curb subway violence with more security and homeless sweeps ... surge from 2022 and almost triple the 2019 number.

NYC's Adams' sweeps of homeless camps criticized | New York

NYC's Adams' sweeps of homeless camps criticized. By Christian Wade ... surge of immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border. Homeless ...

Black Unhoused Communities Targeted After Supreme Court Ruling

Advocates for unsheltered people say encampment sweeps have surged across the West Coast as well as Florida. The fallout of the Supreme Court ...

Shelter seeing surge in homeless people - Yahoo

There has been surge in homeless people at LifePath Christian Ministries in York.

NYC Advocates Say Mayor Eric Adams' Street Sweeps Aren't Working

Ignoring this reality, the Adams administration continues its aggressive sweeps campaign, without making much progress in helping homeless ...

Department of Homeless Services - Queens Daily Eagle

As NYC homeless sweeps surge, advocates say strategy fails to keep people off streets ... “It's not they don't want to come inside. It's that they don't have the ...

New York Is Pushing Homeless People Off the Streets. Where Will ...

Cleanup crews are clearing encampments, but advocates say the sweeps just move people from one place to another and fail to address the ...

NYC's homeless population grows by 18% | New York

The increase comes as the city's homeless population has been compounded by a surge ... homeless crisis with stepped-up enforcement, sweeps of ...

Maya Wiley on X: "#JulyHomelessRights means we stop street ...

#JulyHomelessRights means we stop street sweeps of homeless ... As NYC homeless sweeps surge, advocates say strategy fails to keep ...

30K children lived in NYC homeless shelters every month last year ...

As homelessness rates among the youngest New Yorkers continue to surge, nearly 30,000 children in 2023 were living in shelters, according to the ...

Homeless “Sweeps” Increase Mortality Rates of Unhoused People ...

During encampment sweeps, police often seize, damage or destroy items needed for survival, such as tents. These sweeps — and the displacement ...