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NYC’s homeless camp chaos puts all of New York — and Mamdani’s ‘big plans’ — in danger

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The homeless encampment rapidly spreading across twelve blocks along Manhattan’s West Side is a warning to New Yorkers in every borough: Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, this city has no interest in protecting you, your business or your property.

The stretch of real estate from the Intrepid Museum to the Javits Center attracts tourists year-round, a boon to nearby stores and restaurants — but not if visitors have to step over human waste, navigate around half-conscious drug addicts and hold their breath against the stench.

“If a mom (moms usually plan the trips) sees the stories and photos near the Intrepid, they will go elsewhere,” warned Cristyne Lategano, New York City’s former tourism czar.

“Tourism is a choice, not a requirement.”

Yet when Mamdani was asked this week what he’ll do about the growing eyesore, he waved away such worries. 

Not a word about the impact on working people, families and property owners. 

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But their concerns are real: Homelessness turns a city street into a petri dish, encouraging communicable diseases like hepatitis A and tuberculosis to fester.

They spread illnesses like typhus, a bacterial infection spread by lice and fleas that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has labeled........

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