Tattered tents turned into homes. Worn blankets as makeshift beds. Shopping carts used for storage right on the sidewalk. Residents say this is the daily reality of homelessness on their street.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey carry all their possessions. If they have any bags and you see them sleeping here and there, it is very tragic, you know? These people are being left to rot,\u201d said Juan Blanco, a neighbor.<\/p>\n
For five years, calls to 311 have targeted homeless encampments along Nostrand Avenue, but some say nothing\u2019s changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlenty people need help on the street. People trying to get an apartment to get going into a program. They\u2019re still waiting,\u201d said Curtis Green, a neighbor.<\/p>\n
Dante b. Arnwine, district manager of Brooklyn Community Board 9 tells News that that they “encourage residents and organizations who engage unhoused individuals to call 311 to request for Breaking Ground or homeless services to visit the area to provide support.”<\/p>\n
Some say even with outreach from Breaking Ground and 24\/7 canvassing by the New York City Department of Homeless Services, it\u2019s still not enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou got some that want to do better, and you got some that don\u2019t want to do better. So, I feel like the mayor should have a certain place for them, just like everybody else,\u201d said Rachel St. Juliette, a neighbor.<\/p>\n
This week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city will resume clearing homeless encampments after pausing the policy last month – reviving it with a focus on consistent, ongoing outreach.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe increased funding for specifically this kind of outreach so that we can actually connect homeless New Yorkers with the services that they require,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n
A DSS spokesperson tells News 12 that, in coordination with Mayor Mamdani, 60 new outreach workers will be hired and more low-barrier shelters will open to better serve those in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tattered tents turned into homes. Worn blankets as makeshift beds. Shopping carts used for storage right on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,102,57587,20995,27544,2000,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-140659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-crown-heights","12":"tag-encampment","13":"tag-homeless","14":"tag-homeless-shelter","15":"tag-homelessness","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}