500 hypodermic needles were recently discovered at one homeless encampment that was dismantled in New York City as the Adams administration continues to remove the makeshift shelters from the streets.
In its most recent estimate in January 2021, the city said about 1,100 people were living in parks and on the streets — a number seen by many advocates as an undercount. Most of the roughly 50,000 homeless people in the city stay in shelters.
The city is encouraging the homeless to go inside Safe Haven shelters that have more than 1,200 beds and more than 680 stabilization beds.New York City's mayor spoke with FOX 5 NY morning program, 'Good Day New York,' about a wide range of topics from removing homeless encampments to vaccine mandate exemptions.
Each person gets their own bed, toiletries, and a locker. There's a laundry room, clean showers, and a dining facility with free meals and snacks. Plus, there's a federally qualifiedA notice is posted 24 hours before the removal. The items removed from the encampments are tagged and can be retrieved by their owners. All of the removals made thus far were video recorded.
"Do we wait until they create a crime or do we go find them and give them the help they need?" said Adams.
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