The lawmakers argued that the current capacity at psychiatric hospitals leaves vulnerable New Yorkers “wandering the streets ...

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The city’s real-estate market will be crippled by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plan to stop clearing homeless encampments, ...

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A unique housing development proposal in Harlem moves closer to reality with the Manhattan Borough President's approval.

New Yorkers in several neighborhoods where Mayor Eric Adams won handily on a platform of reducing crime through increased policing now say they’re ready to embrace policies meant to minimize NYPD ...

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A new city-run temporary housing facility to provide shelter and medical care to individuals after a psychiatric hospitalization will start to accept tenants this week, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.

“Sweeps, crackdowns, and mass hospitalizations may make homelessness less visible for a moment, but they don’t solve it. They just push suffering out of view—until it resurfaces again, often worse.” ...