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In the past 24 hours, we've learned about sweeps affecting an additional 50+ people in three boroughs in recent days.
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 30, 2022
We'll provide coverage, or boost coverage from others, once residents and advocates feel it's safe to do so. https://t.co/MDLBgPYOR6
"Both DeMaria and Grima see reallocation of empty housing units as a preferable solution to sweeps and temporary shelter.
Grima repeatedly alluded to [dire national/local housing data and] posted flyers with statistics like those all over the encampment." https://t.co/w86PIG4SuA
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) April 1, 2022
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 31, 2022
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 31, 2022
Among other things, the conversation around sweeps and cleanups over the past few days have had us thinking about how trash is treated around NYC. [1/4] https://t.co/MDLBgPYOR6
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 31, 2022
As below, NYPD legal, SRG, other units on site in Manhattan, where #ClimateXHousing demonstrators are blocking the road. https://t.co/RxakLR7yh7
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 28, 2022
A few official vehicles (including NYPD) have been keeping an eye, mostly from a distance, on Meeker / Manhattan encampment in Brooklyn, one of at least 150 such spaces the city says it will clear out. https://t.co/vgPbOyT4Wf
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 28, 2022
Police are now at the encampment; brass reportedly said no structures will be permitted to stand.
Here's a picture our reporter took there this morning just after dawn, plus a screenshot of recent info on what stabilized property values are like in the area. https://t.co/za8bQt8puG pic.twitter.com/0flwduvnXI
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 28, 2022
[EDITOR'S NOTE: As below, NYC officials plan to sweep homeless encampments across the city in coming days. If you live or work near an encampment and see a notice posted from the Dept. of Homeless Services (DHS), or witness police hovering nearby or entering, please let us know.] https://t.co/d65SANaBVX pic.twitter.com/YS63u7nAdl
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 27, 2022
Monday event highlight:
Three days of #Climate X #Housing actions kick off tomorrow morning at Gov. Hochul's office. https://t.co/oczOk7csDL
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 28, 2022
As below, another homeless man died in his longtime NYC neighborhood on Sunday from causes unrelated to the recent killings after all, police say.
[Screenshots via NBC New York, CNN] https://t.co/EpU8F8ZlmF pic.twitter.com/z2pNyNynSg
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 14, 2022
In November, police arrested a community member at Tompkins Square Park during a 'homeless sweep' for attempting to gather someone's property.
— PROTEST_NYC (@protest_nyc) March 7, 2022
Charges were dropped, and now the city is looking into the incident. https://t.co/ozB9WJ5SsO https://t.co/u4mlAYKCxc
