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Mayor Eric Adams, left, joined Shams DaBaron — aka ‘Da Homeless Hero’ — social services commissioner Gary Jenkins, and city public advocate Jumaane Williams on a bench outside Morningside Park just outside of Harlem last weekend for a vigil and sleep-out for those who have died experiencing homelessness.

Sidewalk debate seeks to end homelessness

Mayor Eric Adams made an impromptu visit to Morningside Drive just outside Harlem Saturday, sharing a park bench with Shams DaBaron, a man who reads Rumi and Homer, and has slept on many park benches since first finding refuge in the streets as a child. more

By Abigail Nehring | 8/5/22

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