{"id":295956,"date":"2026-07-14T21:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295956\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T21:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:42:10","slug":"homeless-encampments-on-manhattans-west-side-will-be-cleaned-up-mayor-mamdani-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295956\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless encampments on Manhattan’s West Side “will be cleaned up,” Mayor Mamdani says"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday homeless encampments<\/a> along Manhattan’s far West Side will be cleaned up.<\/p>\n

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A homeless encampment on the West Side of Manhattan.<\/p>\n

CBS News New York<\/p>\n

City will step in after 1 week of outreach \u00a0<\/p>\n

The city’s Department of Homeless Services took over encampment sweeps from the NYPD in February, starting each job with seven days of outreach.<\/p>\n

“At the end of those seven days, whether it’s the site that we spoke about the other [day] or any site, for that matter, will be cleaned up,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

The mayor said his administration is working to build faith in the system.<\/p>\n

“What we want to do is ensure that we are making connections with shelter, with supportive housing, and, frankly, a lot of this also comes back to the investments that we’re looking to make in constructing more housing,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has been under pressure on the issue<\/p>\n

People living near the Intrepid Museum say conditions around the encampments are a problem. \u00a0<\/p>\n

At the growing makeshift shelter on West 45th Street at 11th Avenue, people shave with water from a hydrant and use strips of plastic and cardboard to find shade.<\/p>\n

The scenes are similar one block away on West 46th Street and all the way down to West 34th.<\/p>\n

City Hall has been accused of being too slow to respond to the encampment that has been growing between the Intrepid Museum and Javits Center.<\/p>\n

When asked Monday what he is doing about the issue, Mamdani said the plan is to get the homeless into stable housing, not force them to clear out.<\/p>\n

“We are focused on connecting New Yorkers to shelter and on establishing a pipeline to stable housing, not just moving New Yorkers from one place to another place,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

Homeless to get homes in planned East Village mixed-use complex<\/p>\n

Mamdani’s announcement Tuesday coincides with a plan to\u00a0build affordable housing complex in the East Village<\/a> that will feature a large chunk of homes set aside for formerly\u00a0homeless New Yorkers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The initiative, which the mayor announced Monday on the city’s official website, will transform an underused NYPD parking lot at 324 E. 5th St., into a mixed-use development called The Aurea, which will contain approximately 131 affordable homes, a senior center, community space and replacement parking facilities.<\/p>\n

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