FORT LAUDERDALE — Riverwalk has lush greenery, luxury yachts and landscaped gardens.

To the chagrin of critics, the charming promenade on the New River also has plenty of homeless people who come and go all hours of the day and night.

On occasion, some of them doze on the benches and winding path along the Riverwalk, in violation of a statewide ban on camping and sleeping in public places. The new law went into effect Oct. 1.

Frustrated neighborhood leaders shipped off a blistering letter of complaint in late June to several government officials, from Gov. Ron DeSantis to the entire Broward County commission and the entire Fort Lauderdale commission.

The letter, signed by leaders of nine condos near Riverwalk and five civic associations, included eight photos of homeless people sleepin

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