‘I lost a bunch of things’: homeless New Yorkers struggle amid police sweeps

Mayor Eric Adams promised to build more shelters - but advocates are slamming his tactics as retreading old policies that have failed to address the underlying problems

Sinthia Vee is not sure where her art supplies went.

That's a big old question mark," she said, sitting outside Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood, on a recent sunny afternoon. It will rain soon.