{"id":10284,"date":"2026-07-19T05:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T00:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10284"},"modified":"2026-07-19T05:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T00:53:59","slug":"manhattans-reported-12-block-homeless-camp-tests-mamdanis-outreach-first-sweep-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10284","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan\u2019s reported 12-block homeless camp tests Mamdani\u2019s outreach-first sweep policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/07\/07\/NYC_Building_Collapse_Risk_22583_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A homeless encampment reported to extend roughly 12 blocks along Manhattan\u2019s West Side \u2014 from West 34th Street to West 46th Street along 11th Avenue \u2014 has become a flashpoint for Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, with residents, workers and tourists near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/intrepid-museum\/\">Intrepid Museum<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/jacob-k-javits-convention-center\/\">Jacob K. Javits Convention Center<\/a> telling reporters the city isn\u2019t doing enough to address it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s embarrassing,\u201d Joan G., a woman who declined to give her last name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/see-it-massive-nyc-homeless-encampment-fuels-backlash-against-mamdani\">told<\/a> Fox News Digital near the camp. A nearby construction-site security guard who identified himself only as \u201cJoe the Dog Man\u201d was more blunt, telling Fox News Digital the situation involves \u201cdrugs, prostitution and everything else in between.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mamdani initially offered few specifics about when the encampment would be removed. Asked about it last week, he said the city was \u201cgoing to look into the details of that,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-offers-few-answers-massive-homeless-encampment-sprouts-west-manhattan\">report<\/a> that cited the New York Post. He later said that under the administration\u2019s procedure, the Department of Homeless Services conducts seven days of daily outreach after notice is given before an encampment is dismantled \u2014 and that \u201cby the 7th day, following the notice, the encampment will be cleared.\u201d A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-city-homeless-encampments-manhattan-zohran-mamdani\/\">CBS New York<\/a> report quoted the mayor saying his focus is \u201cconnecting New Yorkers to shelter,\u201d not \u201cjust moving New Yorkers from one place to another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mamdani paused encampment sweeps when he took office, fulfilling a campaign promise, before reinstating them in February under a Department of Homeless Services-led policy requiring the seven-day outreach period. City workers who visited this week were seen mostly collecting trash, with many tents remaining in place.<\/p>\n<p>Some campers have also been drawing power from utility poles, prompting a police response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NYPD has not been given the green light to clean this encampment up, but we are ready to do so,\u201d an NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy echoes arguments raised during Los Angeles\u2019 mayoral primary over the roles of housing costs, mental illness and substance abuse in street homelessness. Spencer Pratt, a Republican who ran in the city\u2019s nonpartisan mayoral primary and was eliminated in June as City Councilwoman Nithya Raman advanced to a November runoff instead, argued during his campaign that Los Angeles\u2019 street population largely reflects drug use rather than a lack of shelter beds. \u201cThey\u2019re not homeless. They\u2019re drug addicts,\u201d Mr. Pratt <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/la-mayors-race-spencer-pratt-claims-homeless-have-homes-choose-drug-addicts\/19148120\/\">said<\/a> in a May interview with ABC7 Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #3e3e3e;\"><em><br \/>\n                          This article was constructed with the assistance of artificial intelligence and published by a member of The Washington Times&#8217; AI News Desk team. The contents of this report are based solely on The Washington Times&#8217; original reporting, wire services, and\/or other sources cited within the report. 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