{"id":2519961,"date":"2025-12-11T07:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-vows-to-let-homeless-roam-free-republican-accuses-him-of-leaving-them-to-freeze-on-the-streets\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T07:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:58:55","slug":"mamdani-vows-to-let-homeless-roam-free-republican-accuses-him-of-leaving-them-to-freeze-on-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-vows-to-let-homeless-roam-free-republican-accuses-him-of-leaving-them-to-freeze-on-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani Vows to Let Homeless Roam Free, Republican Accuses Him of Leaving Them &#8216;To Freeze&#8230; on the Streets&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-vows-to-let-homeless-roam-free-republican-accuses-him-of-leaving-them-to-freeze-on-the-streets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2519961&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced that he will not remove homeless encampments but will focus on connecting homeless individuals to housing resources, including supportive and rental housing. Mamdani criticized the treatment of homelessness as an accepted part of city life, attributing it instead to repeated political choices. In response, Republican City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov strongly opposed Mamdani&#8217;s approach, arguing it would leave homeless people without proper care and housing. She claimed that Mamdani&#8217;s supporters, mostly affluent liberals, are out of touch wiht the realities of homelessness and described the policy as harmful. The article notes a meaningful 53 percent increase in homelessness in New York City last year, partly due to a large influx of migrants, with about 158,000 homeless people reported in 2024. The city faces a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-teachers-union-wants-to-open-high-school-parking-lots-to-homeless-people\/\" title=\"CA Teachers Union wants to allow ... people to use high school parking lots.\">severe homelessness crisis<\/a> that may not be resolved quickly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York City Democratic Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani vowed to avoid cleaning up homeless encampments, prompting Republican New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov to rebuke the policy.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani said on Dec. 4 that he would not remove the encampments, instead claiming that he would connect the homeless with housing resources.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you are not connecting homeless New Yorkers to the housing that they so desperately need, then you cannot deem anything you&rsquo;re doing to be a success,&rdquo; Mamdani said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to take an approach that understands its mission is connecting those New Yorkers to housing, whether it&rsquo;s supportive housing, whether it&rsquo;s rental housing, whatever kind of housing it is,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because what we have seen is the treatment of homelessness as if it is a natural part of living in this city, when in fact it&rsquo;s more often a reflection of a political choice being made time and time again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Vernikov contended on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media platform<\/a> X that while Mamdani floated a seemingly compassionate policy, the result would be homeless people suffering without badly needed care.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-attempt-to-use-14th-amendment-to-disqualify-him-from-2024-ballot-a-trick\/\" title=\"Trump dismisses 14th Amendment ploy to bar him from 2024 ballot as a &#039;trick&#039;.\">radical left communists<\/a> would rather the homeless freeze to death on the streets, live in tents without showers food or medicine than make sure they have PROPER housing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-introduces-bill-to-decriminalize-psychedelic-drugs\/\" title=\"California Introduces Bill To Decriminalize Psychedelic Drugs\">mental health treatment<\/a> which many of them desperately need,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The radical left communists would rather the homeless freeze to death on the streets, live in tents without showers food or medicine than make sure they have PROPER housing and mental health treatment which many of them desperately need. After all, most Mamdani voters are rich&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BTkG5mZ3Gp\">https:\/\/t.co\/BTkG5mZ3Gp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (@InnaVernikov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InnaVernikov\/status\/1996712372963070401?\">December 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vernikov asserted that many Mamdani voters are disconnected from the reality of homelessness, or that letting the homeless do as they please is part of their broader guilt-driven social justice project.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After all, most Mamdani voters are rich entitled liberals who never have to struggle and who believe that leaving the homeless on our streets in their tents is also appropriate PUNISHMENT for our &lsquo;intolerant and racist&rsquo; neighborhoods,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Vernikov closed with the warning, &ldquo;BRACE YOURSELVES.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Zohran Mamdani was given multiple chances to walk back his language that he wanted to tax Whiter neighborhoods at a higher rate but he refused to walk it back. He wants higher taxes for affluent Whites. As I&rsquo;ve said, he&rsquo;s a communist.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yvsnHavzaS\">pic.twitter.com\/yvsnHavzaS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1978463560729612600?\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York City had a 53 percent spike in homelessness last year after massive numbers of illegal aliens poured into the Big Apple, per a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/08\/us-news\/ny-saw-53-spike-in-homelessness-in-2024-largely-due-to-migrants-in-nyc-shelters-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>There were 158,000 homeless people in New York as of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, New York City has a substantial homelessness problem that the government is unlikely to quickly resolve.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On December 4, Mamdani stated he would focus on linking homeless individuals to housing options rather than clearing the camps. He emphasized that success depends on providing access to supportive or rental housing and criticized the ongoing political choices that have allowed homelessness to persist in the city.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Vernikov argued on social media platform X that although Mamdani&#8217;s approach may seem compassionate, it would leave many homeless people without essential care. She accused &#8220;radical left communists&#8221; of preferring that homeless individuals endure harsh conditions-such as freezing outdoors and living without basic necessities-instead of receiving proper housing and mental health services. Vernikov also claimed many of Mamdani&#8217;s supporters are affluent liberals disconnected from homelessness realities and suggested their policies serve as a form of punishment for neighborhoods they view as intolerant or racist. She concluded her remarks with a cautionary &#8220;BRACE YOURSELVES.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, critics have highlighted Mamdani&#8217;s refusal to retract previous statements about taxing wealthier White neighborhoods at higher rates, labeling him a communist. Meanwhile, New York City faces a significant homelessness crisis; reports indicate a 53% increase last year amid large numbers of undocumented immigrants arriving in the city, with approximately 158,000 homeless people recorded in 2024-underscoring the challenge ahead for local government efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2519962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Featured-Image-405.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4586,54018,56552,38835,68628],"class_list":["post-2519961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-homeless","tag-homelessness-crisis","tag-mamdani","tag-public-policy","tag-republican-accusation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Featured-Image-405.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519961"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519966,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519961\/revisions\/2519966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2519962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}