NEW YORK (WABC) -- In a big shift from the previous administration, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Friday that he will not focus on breaking up homeless encampments and will instead center his policy on providing housing.

On the coldest day of the season, Eyewitness News found homeless New Yorkers taking refuge underground.

That included a woman named Harriet, who said she needs help.

"Nothing is being done... shelter is supposed to be temporary place," she said.

Harriet says she doesn't know where to turn, which may be true for many who need to stabilize their lives.

Mamdani told reporters that the answer to homelessness is to provide homes.

"Connecting those New Yorkers to housing, whether it's supportive housing, whether it's rental housing, whatever kind of housing it is,"

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