Brian Lair on WNYC.

Now we're going to talk about mayor-elects around Mobbani, sparking debate with his announcement on the future of homeless encampments.

Last Thursday, Mamdani announced that under his administration, he will end the practice of sweeping

tents pitched by homeless New Yorkers, policy started by Mayor Adams.

Here's 30 seconds of what he said to reporters at that news conference.

If you are not connecting homeless New Yorkers to the

housing that they so desperately need, then you cannot deem anything you're doing to be a success.

We are going to take an approach that understands its mission is connecting those New Yorkers to

housing, whether it's supportive housing, whether it's rental housing, whatever kind of housing it is. Because what we have seen is the treatment of homelessness

as if it is a natural part of living in this city when in fact it's more often a reflection

of a political choice being made time and time again.

Right, Nick go ahead. Mom Donnie last week. The Adams policy has been in effect since 2022.

According to reporting from the news organization, the city, Katie Honan there,

New York City has spent $6.4 million just since last year on sweeping encampments,

but out of the 4,148 sweeps that were conducted, according to the city,

not a single person was offered permanent

shelter through housing voucher applications, direct placements, or transfers to supportive housing,

unquote, from that article. Gothamist Karen Yee reported that in May, the city's data showed that

although 3,500 people were moved out of homeless encampments,

just 114 were placed in shelters.

Mamdani's announcement has drawn praise from advocates for homeless New Yorkers,

but sharp criticism from Mayor Adams himself, also Governor Hokel,

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