社区领袖表示，纽约市市长早期的努力未能解决这一问题，在某些情况下甚至使其恶化。
Community leaders say New York City mayor’s early efforts have failed to address the problem and in some cases made it worse An encampment on W. 45th Street, across from the Intrepid Museum in Manhattan.
位于曼哈顿西侧、停泊着退役航母的“无畏号”海空天博物馆一直是本地家庭热门的游览去处。今年夏天，随着附近街道上无家可归者营地和吸毒现象激增，一些家长将该博物馆从活动清单中划掉了。
PAOLA CHAPDELAINE FOR WSJ The Intrepid Museum, housed in a decommissioned aircraft carrier moored along Manhattan’s West Side, has been a popular destination for local families. This summer, as homeless encampments and drug use proliferated along streets nearby, some parents crossed the museum off their activity list.
“地狱厨房”家长留言板创始人莱斯利·伍德拉夫表示，城市方面一直在清理营地——这些营地由防水布、胶合板和废弃家具搭建而成——但营地很快就在游客步行经过时代广场附近社区的视线范围内全面回归。“这么多人来此游览，看到的却是这一幕，真是让我难以置信，”她说。
Leslie Woodruff, founder of a Hell’s Kitchen parent-message board, said the city has been removing encampments—made out of tarps, plywood and discarded furniture—only for them to return in full sight of tourists walking in the neighborhood near Times Square. “It boggles my mind that so many people come here to visit and that’s their greeting,” she said.