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NYC struggles to protect homeless as temperatures plummet
NYC has made over 860 shelter placements and opened new low-barrier units to protect homeless people during a prolonged cold snap causing 14 outdoor deaths, officials said.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on February 1, 2026 that 14 people have died outside during dangerously cold weather.
- Since Jan. 19, the emergency code has been in effect and officials have forcibly removed people experiencing homelessness from the streets to save lives.
- City officials deployed expanded outreach and sheltering with more than 860 placements, 17 on-call ambulette teams, 20 warming buses, and 16 involuntary transports; officials urge calling 311 for help.
- Preliminary findings show hypothermia contributed to eight deaths, and officials are awaiting final results from the medical examiner's office.
- Mamdani said `By making new single-room units available, we are meeting people where they are and removing barriers that keep too many New Yorkers out in the cold` as the city opened units in Upper Manhattan and melted 67 million pounds of snow, using 188 million pounds of salt.
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NYC struggles to protect homeless as temperatures plummet: ‘No one is safe’
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – This may be the longest period of consecutive sub-freezing days in New York City history, with at least 14 outdoor deaths since the snowstorm last weekend. On a bone-chillingly cold Saturday night, it appears that at least 10 men and one woman are sleeping outdoors in makeshift tents and cardboard boxes […]
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