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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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Attackers Beat Man with a Scooter

Metal Scooter Used to Beat Man

The NYPD is searching for these two men in connection to a beating with a metal scooter. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for these two men in connection to a beating with a metal scooter. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

January 25, 2024


BRONX - Police are looking for a pair of attackers who beat a Bronx man with a metal scooter.




At around 2:15 pm on January 24, a 23-year-old man was walking in the vicinity of East 168th Street and Ogden Avenue. Cops said two men ran up to him and pounced.


The attackers punched and kicked the man and then started wailing on him with a metal scooter, cops said.


Both attackers fled on foot in an unknown direction.


Low Profile? Smoke Shop Thieves Use Luxury SUV as Getaway Car

The NYPD is searching for this BMW in connection with the burglary of a smoke shop in Queens. -Photo by NYPD


QUEENS - A pair of smoke shop thieves may have thought they would attract little attention with their clothing but then drove a pretty conspicuous getaway car - an $80,000 plus luxury SUV, the NYPD said.

 


The victim was treated for his injuries at the scene.


Police did not reveal a motive for the beating.


Both suspects are males with medium complexions and medium builds. Both men wore black bubble jackets.



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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