The mayor's goal is to connect homeless individuals with social services like shelter or housing and to clean up public spaces across the city.
On Wednesday, the NYPD introduced K9s Jenny and Piper, two emotional support dogs trained to help officers cope with the stresses of the job. Eyewitness News Reporter Brittany Bell has more.The Coalition for the Homeless applauded the increase in shelter beds, but spoke out against the sweeps.
"We are glad that Mayor Adams is opening new Safe Haven and stabilization beds, as homeless New Yorkers and advocates have long called for," Policy Director Jacquelyn Simone said."These low-barrier beds were already in the pipeline prior to this administration, and thousands more must be brought online as quickly as possible to begin to meet the need.
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