Accountability
Amid criticism, NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends policy of clearing homeless encampments in the city
New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended his decision to clear the city of homeless encampments in an interview with Brian Lehrer on WNYC this week, saying one homeless advocate had made a “conscious decision” to be homeless so she could get housing.
When Lehrer played Adams a 30-second audio clip of homeless New York City resident Synthia Vee, who explained her reluctance to sleep in city shelters, which homeless people have continuously said are dangerous, Adams put the blame on Vee for having nowhere to sleep.
“As the young woman stated, she doesn’t have mental health issues,” Adams said. “She made a conscious decision that she wanted to live on the street because she wanted housing.”
Adams’ policy of clearing homeless encampments involves NYPD officers discarding tents, blankets and other belongings from homeless tent areas in the city. Some have criticized the policy as cruel and poorly thought out.
“Once again, Mayor Adams is demonstrating his lack of understanding of unsheltered homeless New Yorkers,” said Jacquelyn Simone, Policy Director for the Coalition for the Homeless.
“His administration has no plan to provide safe, single rooms where they can stay inside, and is relying instead on the tired and cruel old tactic of chasing those without shelter out of Manhattan.”
Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
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