NYC homeless advocates say Mayor Eric Adams' street sweeps aren't working

Sanitation workers moving a tent at a homeless encampment to a garbage truck in New York last month. The effort is part of a plan by Mayor Eric Adams to rid the city of people living in the streets. (Seth Wenig / AP)

Months into his first term in office, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is touting early progress in his administration's effort to clear the streets of homeless encampments.

"I have said since we started this initiative that every New Yorker deserves dignity, and we are demonstrating that this is possible," Adams said in an emailed statement.