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Bronx Local News: No More Shutting Down Homeless Encampments - Mamdani Vows

Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps   City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year. This article originally appeared in The City. By Katie Honan  Bronx Voice  December 5, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he will not continue sweeps of homeless encampments — which city data shows have not yielded any permanent or supportive-housing referrals in more than a year. Advocates slept outside City Hall on Wednesday night to protest the crackdowns, which Mayor Eric Adams began at the start of his administration. Asked at an unrelated news conference if he would encourage the practice once he’s mayor, Mamdani said “No.”  “If you are not connecting homeless New Yorkers to the housing that they so desperately need, then you cannot deem anything you’re doing to be a success,” Mamdani said.  Data shows that the city has spent more than ...
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Bronx Miracle - No Victims Found in Building Collapse

Cleanup at Building Collapse - No Victims 

Despite the fact that the entire corner of a seven-story building collapsed, the FDNY has reported finding no victims. -Photo by Benny Polatseck | Mayoral Photography Office


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 12, 2023 


BRONX - As Bronx families are left looking for housing following a partial building collapse, officials happily announced that the FDNY found no victims in the rubble. 


Firefighters worked throughout the night digging through the debris at 1915 Billingsley Terrace in search of potential victims. None were found. Only minor injuries were reported. 


At around 3:30 pm yesterday the corner wall of seven stories collapsed, revealing exposed apartments including beds, clothes and furniture.


New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other senior administration officials visit the scene of a partial collapse of a building in the Bronx and brief the media. 172 West Burnside Ave, Bronx, NY. December 11, 2023.  -Photo by Benny Polatseck | Mayoral Photography Office

 

“Miraculously, no one was severely injured at the partial building collapse at 1915 Billingsley Terrace. From looking at the scene and surveillance footage, it could have been so much worse,” FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said in a social media post.


-Photo by Benny Polatseck | Mayoral Photography Office


About 138 tenants in the building were left homeless. The Red Cross assisted families at the nearby elementary school and at Bronx Community College. 


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The city’s Housing Preservation and Development reported 103 open violations on the property dating back to 2019. The violations were for unsafe facade conditions. However, officials cautioned that none of the violations gave any indication of the potential for the spectacular collapse.




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Location: 1915 Billingsley Terrace, Bronx, NY 10453, USA

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