Mayor Zohran Mamdani will place the Department of Homeless Services in charge of the sweeps, replacing the Police Department as leader of the interagency efforts.

Homeless encampments under downtown Salem bridges tend to grow in colder months. What are city and state officials doing to address concerns?

Just weeks ago, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was against the sweeps. He says now, however, they'll be unlike how ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is reversing a campaign promise and reinstating homeless encampment sweeps. CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reports.

Homeless encampments are still a critical problem in New York City, and it remains to be seen how Mayor Zohran Mamdani will deal with them. CBS News New York recently discovered a handful of the ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans this week to reinstate homeless encampment sweeps — reversing a promise he made on the campaign trail to end the practice. The about-face comes after Mamdani ...

The Big Apple is about to become Tent City, and never mind the icy temps that apparently left 10 people dead outdoors. Or perhaps we’ll start calling it Lepto Town — once leptospirosis, the bacterial ...

Seattle city crews cleared a large homeless encampment in Ballard after a month-long extension granted by Mayor Katie Wilson.

Homeless encampment sweeps have been increasing since a pivotal Supreme Court decision in 2024. But medical experts and advocates for unhoused people say those sweeps have hidden health costs.

Mayor Andre Sayegh said the tentative site for the homeless hub would be the Salvation Army building on Van Houten Street.

The Big Apple is about to take on a new name — Tent City, or Filth City. Or perhaps Lepto City, after leptospirosis, a bacterial infection increasingly found in homeless encampments. New York’s new ...