Report: Mamdani Restricts NYPD Response To 311 Homeless Encampment Calls

Report: Mamdani Restricts NYPD Response To 311 Homeless Encampment Calls

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is barring the NYPD from responding directly to 311 complaints involving homeless encampments unless the department receives authorization, according to a New York Post report published Tuesday. The policy would place responsibility for responding to the complaints primarily with the city’s Department of Social Services and other homeless-services […]

POLITICS: Mamdani’s latest move will let homeless encampments flourish

Get set to see more homeless camps lasting longer now that Mayor Zohran Mamdani has told the NYPD “hands off.” City Hall sent out word Tuesday: Police may no longer even respond to complaints about homeless encampments. Yep: Though unsightly, unhygienic and completely illegal, those clots of cardboard boxes, sofa pillows, broken office chairs and blue tarps that congeal under sidewalk sheds and outside vacant storefronts are now safe spaces. Cop…

Mamdani bans NYPD from responding to 311 calls on homeless encampments

A new City Hall policy prohibits the NYPD from responding to complaints about homeless encampments, leaving the job to overworked city staffers.

NYC Mayor Mamdani Bars NYPD From Responding to 311 Homeless Camp Calls

NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal City Hall is sidelining the NYPD in responding to New York City’s homeless encampment complaints. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has directed the NYPD not to answer 311 reports involving homeless encampments, leaving the responsibility with the already strained Department of Social Services, according to sources familiar with the policy who spoke with The Post. Under the […]