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New York City is about to earn a shiny new nickname: Tent City, Filth City, or maybe Lepto City, courtesy of that charming bacterial souvenir from homeless encampments.
New York's socialistically new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has decided the NYPD should keep its hands off closing down these charming outdoor living rooms.
Ever since Mamdani teased this genius plan back in December, fresh encampments have been sprouting like weeds across neighborhoods. The fallout is a disaster for the folks actually living rough and for anyone trying to keep the city functional.
From Friday through Sunday night during that lovely bone-chilling winter storm, eight people turned up dead outdoors, likely homeless. Mamdani even admitted several were already known to the shelter system. Compassionate, right?
As these setups multiply, locals dial 311 in desperation, but the NYPD is now handcuffed. Even New York's Strongest, the sanitation crew, get orders to scoop up the trash and human waste but leave the mattresses, clothes, cardboard shanties, and all the rest exactly where they are.
In other words, full maid service, zero actual cleanup of the hazardous junk pile.
City Councilwoman Joann Ariola watched this farce unfold along Jamaica Avenue, in Queens, and quipped, "What next, a city-funded turndown service?"
We should all be furious. Mamdani's serving up a twisted version of "compassion" for the homeless while flipping the bird to every resident and business owner stuck dealing with the fallout. These encampments drag in crime, garbage, and a general collapse of basic street decency.
They also invite lovely blasts from the past like leptospirosis, currently making the rounds in a Berkeley, California encampment. The bug hides in rat urine but spreads through tainted surfaces or puddles. The cold keeps it somewhat in check now, but come spring thaw, parents near these setups will be yelling at kids not to splash in puddles or paw random street junk.
Even fellow Democrats are losing it over Comrade Mamdani's refusal to act. Upper West Side Council Member Gale Brewer fumed, "You cannot have defecating, you cannot have food on the street, you cannot have all these boxes."
City Councilwoman Joann Ariola watched this farce unfold along Jamaica Avenue, in Queens, and quipped, "What next, a city-funded turndown service?"
We should all be furious. Mamdani's serving up a twisted version of "compassion" for the homeless while flipping the bird to every resident and business owner stuck dealing with the fallout. These encampments drag in crime, garbage, and a general collapse of basic street decency.
They also invite lovely blasts from the past like leptospirosis, currently making the rounds in a Berkeley, California encampment. The bug hides in rat urine but spreads through tainted surfaces or puddles. The cold keeps it somewhat in check now, but come spring thaw, parents near these setups will be yelling at kids not to splash in puddles or paw random street junk.
Even fellow Democrats are losing it over Comrade Mamdani's refusal to act. Upper West Side Council Member Gale Brewer fumed, "You cannot have defecating, you cannot have food on the street, you cannot have all these boxes."
But Mamdani's answer is apparently yes, you can.
His predecessor Eric Adams went hard the other way, clearing encampments and declaring, "We cannot tolerate these makeshift, unsafe houses on the side of highways, in trees, in front of schools, in parks. This is just not acceptable."
Mamdani's responded: "We are going to take an approach that understands its mission is connecting those New Yorkers to housing."
Sure, that's one job, Comrade Mayor. But you're also supposed to keep the rest of the city safe, livable, and appealing to the tourists and businesses that keep the lights on. This policy basically tells them all to pound sand.
No city should have to put up with sprawling encampments. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2024 that towns can clear them. Justice Neil Gorsuch nailed it: otherwise, "with encampments dotting neighborhood sidewalks, adults and children in these communities are sometimes forced to navigate around used needles, human waste, and other hazards to make their way to school, the grocery store, or work."
Sound familiar, New York?
Since that ruling, even Democratic heavyweights like failed California Gov. Gavin Newsom and various mayors out west have cracked down hard.
Mamdani is sprinting in reverse, dooming Gotham to more crime and disease outbreaks. Los Angeles Police data from 2018-2022 showed the homeless were 1 percent of the population but 11 to 15 percent of violent crime suspects.
Nationwide, 13 percent of those in encampments are registered sex offenders. In states like Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, it's a jaw-dropping 50 percent or higher, per the Cicero Institute. Yeah, that's exactly who you want your kids dodging on the walk to school or after dark.
Mamdani claims he's doing the right thing for the homeless, keeping their plight front and center to force housing solutions while they now freeze in their tents and cardboard boxes.
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In reality, he's turning them into political props and making their situation worse. Street life slashes life expectancy by about 27 years on average. Crime, disease, overdoses under cardboard or on piss-soaked mattresses; that's the compassion we're witnessing.
Adams put it perfectly, calling out the nonsense: "there is nothing compassionate or 'progressive' about leaving people to freeze in makeshift encampments. It ... dehumanizes the very people who need help."
But hey, virtue signaling over results, the classic move.
His predecessor Eric Adams went hard the other way, clearing encampments and declaring, "We cannot tolerate these makeshift, unsafe houses on the side of highways, in trees, in front of schools, in parks. This is just not acceptable."
Mamdani's responded: "We are going to take an approach that understands its mission is connecting those New Yorkers to housing."
Sure, that's one job, Comrade Mayor. But you're also supposed to keep the rest of the city safe, livable, and appealing to the tourists and businesses that keep the lights on. This policy basically tells them all to pound sand.
No city should have to put up with sprawling encampments. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2024 that towns can clear them. Justice Neil Gorsuch nailed it: otherwise, "with encampments dotting neighborhood sidewalks, adults and children in these communities are sometimes forced to navigate around used needles, human waste, and other hazards to make their way to school, the grocery store, or work."
Sound familiar, New York?
Since that ruling, even Democratic heavyweights like failed California Gov. Gavin Newsom and various mayors out west have cracked down hard.
Mamdani is sprinting in reverse, dooming Gotham to more crime and disease outbreaks. Los Angeles Police data from 2018-2022 showed the homeless were 1 percent of the population but 11 to 15 percent of violent crime suspects.
Nationwide, 13 percent of those in encampments are registered sex offenders. In states like Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, it's a jaw-dropping 50 percent or higher, per the Cicero Institute. Yeah, that's exactly who you want your kids dodging on the walk to school or after dark.
Mamdani claims he's doing the right thing for the homeless, keeping their plight front and center to force housing solutions while they now freeze in their tents and cardboard boxes.
If you enjoy Brain Flushings and would like to subscribe or Buy Me a Coffee, and check out the sponsors on this page, I would appreciate it, as it supports my work and my coffee drinking habit. No pressure and subscribing is free.
In reality, he's turning them into political props and making their situation worse. Street life slashes life expectancy by about 27 years on average. Crime, disease, overdoses under cardboard or on piss-soaked mattresses; that's the compassion we're witnessing.
Adams put it perfectly, calling out the nonsense: "there is nothing compassionate or 'progressive' about leaving people to freeze in makeshift encampments. It ... dehumanizes the very people who need help."
But hey, virtue signaling over results, the classic move.
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