Firefighters battled a fire that broke out at a homeless encampment located underground near the Amtrak train tracks on the ...

But only 114 of the 3,500 homeless people displaced by the clearances were moved into temporary shelter, according to the ...

A fire broke out Tuesday morning at a homeless encampment located underground near the Amtrak train tracks by West 78th ...

Street homelessness has been a common and tragic sight in New York for decades. After years of studies, news articles, and political promises, our local, state and federal governments have failed ...

In the first three quarters of 2024, it cost the city $3.5 million to conduct homeless encampment sweeps across the city. City Councilmember Sandy Nurse says new data from the administration shows ...

The NYPD will soon have a shiny new division, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced last week, dedicated to handling the city’s pressing quality-of-life issues. The squad, she told the ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial homeless encampment sweep program has struggled to move chronically unsheltered individuals directly into transitional housing, according to new figures released ...

President Trump demanded Wednesday that Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser clear out the “unsightly” homeless encampments throughout the nation’s capital — including near the Executive ...

"The federal government needs to recognize the new reality and join the local municipalities that are crying out for it," said Elizabeth Funk ...