New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met with the public during a hot chocolate giveaway event before speaking with the media in attendance on December 4, 2025 in New York City. Andrew Schwartz/SIPA/Shutterstock

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Thursday said he will end the clearance of homeless encampments in New York City.

The inevitable result of this decision will be more crime and disorder on the streets — and more deaths among the homeless themselves.

Mamdani claims that encampment clearances are cruel because they aren’t “connecting homeless New Yorkers to the housing they so desperately need.”

But such complaints ring hollow when New York City has the most expansive “right to shelter” laws in the nation.

Those sleeping outside have the option to get inside. They just don’t

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