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Is New York City helping its homeless or hiding them?
Published On 6 Mar 2023
New York City is the wealthiest city in the United States, by some counts, in the world. But after three years of pandemic, it has yet to build back better: rents are skyrocketing, concern about crime is at an all-time high, and the focus has landed on people living on the streets and the subways.
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There’s been a high-profile effort by the city’s Mayor Eric Adams to clear the streets, including controversial sweeps of encampments and hospitalisations by police, even when people do not want to go.
So how can the city protect the most vulnerable New Yorkers?
In this episode:
- Peter Malvan, Homeless Advocate, Urban Justice Center
- Max Rivlin-Nadler (@MaxRivlinNadler), Co-publisher of @HellGateNY
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Alexandra Locke with Chloe K. 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 executive producer and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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Source: Al Jazeera