Is New York City helping its homeless or hiding them?

New York Metropolis Police Division (NYPD) officers converse to a resident of an encampment of homeless folks in his tent on East ninth Avenue in Manhattan, New York Metropolis, US [Andrew Kelly/Reuters]

New York Metropolis is the wealthiest metropolis in america, by some counts, on the earth. However after three years of pandemic, it has but to construct again higher: rents are skyrocketing, concern about crime is at an all-time excessive, and the main target has landed on folks dwelling on the streets and the subways.

There’s been a high-profile effort by town’s Mayor Eric Adams to clear the streets, together with controversial sweeps of encampments and hospitalisations by police, even when folks don't need to go.

So how can town defend essentially the most susceptible New Yorkers?

On this episode:

• Peter Malvan, Homeless Advocate, City Justice Middle
•  Max Rivlin-Nadler (@MaxRivlinNadler), Co-publisher of @HellGateNY

Episode credit:

This episode was produced by Alexandra Locke with Chloe Ok. Li and our host, Halla Mohieddeen, in for Malika Bilal. Ashish Malhotra fact-checked this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Andy Greiner and Adam Abou Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s govt producer and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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