{"id":4147,"date":"2026-07-12T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T02:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2026-07-12T07:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T02:53:05","slug":"the-homeless-encampment-on-manhattans-west-side-is-a-mamdani-campaign-promise-come-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4147","title":{"rendered":"The homeless encampment on Manhattan&#8217;s West Side is a Mamdani campaign promise come to life"},"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:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F07%2F260711-homeless-camp-46th-street-134083239.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Post\u2019s report on the<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/10\/us-news\/homeless-encampments-thriving-near-intrepid-museum-but-city-wont-tear-them-down\/\"> fetid homeless camps springing up on Manhattan\u2019s far West Side<\/a>, near the Intrepid Museum, is the latest result of a heartless policy from Mayor Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>Before taking office, Mamdani vowed to reverse the policy of his predecessor, Eric Adams, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/04\/us-news\/mamdani-to-stop-all-sweeps-of-homeless-encampments-as-nyc-mayor\/\">saying he would no longer dismantle such camps<\/a> and force occupants into shelters.<\/p>\n<p>He couched his \u201cholier than thou\u201d argument in claims that Adams\u2019 policy lacked compassion because it did not always provide permanent housing or social services.<\/p>\n<p>The first fatal results of the change came last winter, when <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/opinion\/mayor-mamdanis-cold-heart-on-full-display-refuses-to-solve-nycs-homeless-crisis\/\">at least 20 people froze to death on city streets<\/a>. So that\u2019s compassion?<\/p>\n<p>The summer casualties include West Side residents and businesses disgusted and afraid of the encampments taking over their sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a man who lives in one of the filthy camps identified himself as Markus C. to The Post. He declared that \u201cMamdani is awesome\u201d because there are no police sweeps.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--columnist inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--single-line \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Michael Goodwin<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That\u2019s not a coincidence. In an interview before he left office, Adams told me most people did not understand how much power a mayor has.<\/p>\n<p>He said the NYPD would have to obey if Mamdani ordered police not to make misdemeanor arrests for public drug dealing and prostitution and not to roust homeless encampments.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, City Hall said it had dismantled more than 18,000 camps during Adams\u2019 tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Most removals came after residents and businesses called 311 to complain, with the city saying it received more than 100,000 such calls in Adams\u2019 last two years.<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers who are fed up now can\u2019t say they weren\u2019t warned.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Post\u2019s report on the fetid homeless camps springing up on Manhattan\u2019s far West Side, near the Intrepid Museum, is the latest result of a heartless policy from Mayor Mamdani. Before taking office, Mamdani vowed to reverse the policy of his predecessor, Eric Adams, saying he would no longer dismantle such camps and force occupants&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/260711-homeless-camp-46th-street-134083239.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}