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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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Slipper Wearing Slasher Stabs Man Repeatedly While Vic was Ordering Sandwich

Man Stabbed While On Line Ordering Food in Bronx Deli

The NYPD is searching for this slipper wearing suspect in connection with a stabbing inside a Bronx deli. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

December 19, 2023


BRONX - The NYPD is searching for a slipper wearing slasher who allegedly stabbed a man repeatedly while the victim waited on line to order a sandwhich. 


At around 11:45 pm on December 10, 26-year-old man was on line ordering food inside a deli on Stratford Avenue. Cops said another male walked up to the victim him and punched him in the face. The attacker then pulled out a knife and repeatedly stabbed the victim across his body, causing puncture wounds and lacerations, investigators said. 


The attacker then ran out of the store. 


The victim was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center where he is listed in stable condition.  


Muggers Knock Woman, 82, to the Ground


QUEENS - A pair of muggers knocked an 82-year-old woman to the ground and robbed her in Sunnyside, Queens, cops said. 


The suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion and a goatee. He was last seen wearing a hat, dark colored long sleeve shirt with white lettering, black jeans and white slippers.


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.


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