{"id":2572234,"date":"2026-02-21T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-changes-mind-on-homeless-policy-after-multiple-people-die\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:39:53","slug":"mamdani-changes-mind-on-homeless-policy-after-multiple-people-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-changes-mind-on-homeless-policy-after-multiple-people-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani Changes Mind on Homeless Policy After Multiple People Die"},"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\">20<\/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-changes-mind-on-homeless-policy-after-multiple-people-die%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=2572234&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 Zohran Mamdani, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-parents-demand-schools-defund-school-resource-officers\/\" title=\"Maryland Parents Demand Schools \u2018Defund\u2019 School Resource Officers\">democratic socialist<\/a>, has shifted the city\u2019s approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-supreme-court-could-weigh-in-on-californias-long-standing-homeless-encampments-debate\/\" title=\"Supreme Court&#039;s potential role in California&#039;s ... ... dispute\">homeless encampment sweeps<\/a>. After pausing the previous governance\u2019s policy upon taking office, he announced that sweeps would resume following a winter crisis in which at least 20 homeless people died.Amid the cold snap, Mamdani declared a Code Blue, requiring shelters to accept anyone seeking refuge. The obligation for encampment operations will move from the NYPD to the Department of Homeless Services, and the administration is adding staff to boost shelter placements and connect unhoused residents with services.While Mamdani had campaigned against sweeps as unhelpful and argued that housing and services are the solution, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reversal sparked social-media backlash<\/a> and criticism that he was breaking campaign promises. The city emphasizes that the goal is meaningful progress by prioritizing shelter placements and service access before encampment clearances.  <\/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 Zohran Mamdani changed his mind on whether his administration would sweep homeless encampments &mdash; but only after 20 homeless people died amid winter weather.<\/p>\n<p>In the past year, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams asked the New York Police Department to sweep camps where homeless people congregate.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani paused the practice on Jan. 5, days after he assumed office, but announced Wednesday he would resume the policy, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/politics\/mamdani-homeless-encampment-sweeps-restart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from AMNY.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I made a decision with my team to put a pause on that prior administration&rsquo;s policy as we started to develop our own policy that would deliver far better outcomes for the city,&rdquo; Mamdani told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ag-sues-electric-supplier-griddy\/\" title=\"Texas AG sues electric supplier Griddy\">recent cold snap<\/a>, Mamdani declared a Code Blue, which requires city shelters to accept anyone desiring refuge from the cold.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>At least 20 homeless people died during the bout of frigid temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We knew that that is a policy that we would only deliver on once the prolonged Code Blue came to an end, because, as we know, in a Code Blue, the focus should be on getting homeless New Yorkers inside, not on the question of how we respond to structures,&rdquo; Mamdani added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; BREAKING: Ugandan Mayor Zohran Mamdani BREAKS MAJOR campaign promise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-announces-plan-to-give-homeless-free-rein-over-nyc-his-base-is-already-turning-on-him\/\" title=\"... Announces Plan to Give ... Free Rein Over NYC - His Base Is Already Turning on Him\">ending homeless encampment sweeps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s now REINSTATING homeless camp sweeps, infuriating leftist voters<\/p>\n<p>How many campaign promises is this guy going to break?! You got duped by a COMMUNIST, NYC! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbRoyUyRfu\">pic.twitter.com\/LbRoyUyRfu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2024146352192492023?\">February 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But instead of the NYPD running the sweeps, the program will now be led by the Department of Homeless Services.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has broadly shifted some government operations &mdash; like mental health outreach and homeless outreach &mdash; to agencies outside of the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani had also said on the campaign trail that homeless encampment sweeps were unhelpful.<\/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; he remarked while campaigning to run the Big Apple, per AMNY.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/17\/us-news\/mamdani-brings-back-homeless-encampment-sweeps-turning-on-campaign-promise-after-backlash-over-cold-weather-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the city government has already received over 3,300 complaints about homeless encampments since the start of this year alone.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani&rsquo;s administration is adding 60 more people to help get homeless people off the streets under his new budget.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When Mayor Mamdani took office, he paused the failed encampment sweep policies of the past, making clear that the city would no longer rely on approaches that simply moved people from block to block without real support,&rdquo; City Hall representative Matt Rauschenbach said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The goal is to maximize placements into shelter and connect unhoused New Yorkers to the services they need so that when DSNY clears an encampment on day seven, meaningful progress has already been made,&rdquo; he added.<\/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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