Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has been focused on the issue of housing and, by extension, those without homes.

“Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are just one rent hike, one medical emergency, one layoff from joining the ranks of the homeless in our city, which have swelled to the greatest numbers since the Great Depression,” Mamdani said Tuesday.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met separately with real estate leaders and homeless advocates Tuesday to talk about the housing crisis

Mamdani said he solicited input on the roadblocks faced by developers, and on how city government can work better

He reiterated his opposition to NYPD sweeps of homeless encampments, a stance that has drawn criticism

Mamdani spoke to reporters after meeting with business and real estate lea

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