In New York City, police removed over 27,000 homeless individuals from streets in a nine-month span, primarily in Lower Manhattan and Midtown. The administration under Mayor Eric Adams is prioritizing street homelessness, creating a special NYPD unit to address related issues. Despite extensive removals, data on the outcomes for those displaced remains vague, with only a small fraction offered shelter. The city is now mandated to disclose details of these operations and the effectiveness of their responses.
"What we're doing is kind of like a cyclical process," said Adolfo Abreu, a housing organizer for the grassroots group VOCAL-NY. "You're just moving people around instead of providing real solutions to homelessness."
The city, under a new law, is required to release data on how often theyâre clearing homeless people from public spaces and what services are provided.
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