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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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Murder Victim Id’d in Quadruple Shooting in Bronx

1 Dead, 3 Wounded in Bronx Shooting 

The NYPD has identified the lone murder victim in the Sunday quadruple shooting in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD has identified the lone murder victim in the Sunday quadruple shooting in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

January 22, 2024 


BRONX - Police have identified the lone murder victim in a quadruple shooting outside a Bronx hamburger joint that left one man dead and three injured.


Police have identified 23-year-old Dashawn Hibbert as the victim in the Sunday morning shooting. Investigators would not comment further or say whether was the target of the deadly shooting.


At around 6 am on January 21, cops from the 47th Precinct responded to a 911 call at Jimbo’s Hamburgers at 4137 White Plains Road. Cops discovered a Hibbert with a gunshot wound to the torso. 


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The victim was rushed by EMS to Jacobi Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. 


Police also found three other men wounded at the scene. A 44-year-old male suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. A 26-year-old male inside the hamburger restaurant suffered a gunshot wound to the torso. Both were taken to Jacobi and are listed in stable condition.


During the investigation a short time later cops found a 52-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the leg. 


At this time cops do not have a description or video of the gunman or a motive for the shooting. 


Developing….


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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