NYC won’t tear down street encampments, Mamdani says – as homeless people spotted camping out during historic blizzard

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that street encampments won’t be torn down during one of the worst blizzards in New York City’s history — even as homeless people kept camping out and rejecting offers for shelter. The bomb cyclone offered a new wintry test for Mamdani’s administration after its response to another storm in January...