ALT Black text on a white background with a tight yellow border. The text reads: PERMANENT HOUSING SOLVES HOMELESSNESS. A Brief Guide to Eric Adams’ War on Our Houseless Neighbors. Eric Adams is conducting sweeps to remove the “cancer” of homelessness without fixing the problem. While Adams says he is giving 24-hour notice, there have been sweeps without warning. During sweeps, people are deprived of their belongings, traumatized, & disconnected from their communities – friends, neighbors, advocates. The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is a front for the NYPD. The “services” they offer exist solely to coerce people into shelters. They show up with the NYPD to intimidate people into compliance. Sanitation claims they don’t discard peoples wanted items, but often homeless people are pressured to pack up without help, are overwhelmed, and give up defending their belongings. (continued on next image)

ALT Calling 311 harms, not helps – The ‘services’ that show up are private companies profiting off of homelessness-– not hot food, blankets, or socks. “Safe havens” are a myth: Dilapidated hotels run by private companies & abusive staff who profit by preventing people from having their actual needs met. Second slide shows the same yellow border, now revealed to be a background with darker yellow font repeating “we keep us safe” across the entirety of the background. Info is again on a white background set within the yellow background, and it reads: Be a Part of the Solution If you see a sweep notice, ask residents how you can help. Contact @SweepAlertNYC if you need help supporting your neighbors. Force the city to reckon with the needs of New Yorkers, not sweep them away.