Homelessness on New York City’s streets reached an alarming five-year high amid socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s still-fledgling term, data released Friday shows.
Nearly 5,000 unsheltered people were estimated to be living on streets, parks, under highways in the subways and public transit stations across the city during an annual survey conducted in March, according to the Mayor’s Management Report.
That is up 11% compared to fiscal year 2025 — and an astounding 45% surge from fiscal year 2022.
The worrisome findings from the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate are not only buried near the end of a section on homelessness, but seemingly waved off as a weather-related aberration.
“While the HOPE survey is typically conducted in late January, this year’s effort was postponed until March due to historic winter weather,” the report states.
“Ultimately, the average temperature on the day the survey was conducted—March 10—was nearly 60 degrees, the highest ever on the day of the survey and about 20 degrees above recent years.”
The data shows street homelessness has increased during each survey since the 2022 fiscal year, when former mayor Eric Adams was in office.
