A sprawling homeless encampment stretching roughly 12 blocks along Manhattan’s West Side is alarming people who live, work and visit nearby, with several telling Fox News Digital that the city is not doing enough to address the tents, trash and reported illegal activity.

«I think it’s embarrassing,» said Joan G., a woman who did not want to reveal her last name told Fox News Digital near the encampment.

A nearby construction-site security guard who identified himself only as «Joe the Dog Man» also criticized the city’s response. «I just don’t think enough is being done,» he said.

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Mamdani initially paused encampment sweeps after taking office, fulfilling an early campaign promise, but later introduced a revised removal policy that gives homeless-services teams seven days to conduct outreach before an encampment can be dismantled.

«They gotta clean them up, they gotta keep on top of them,» Joe said. «This seven-day stuff, or whatever it is now, is really not working.»

City outreach workers visited the encampment this week and were seen primarily collecting trash while many tents remained in place.

Joe told Fox News Digital he believed that police should be given greater authority to enforce the city’s rules.

«I think we need to enforce and give the police the right to do their job,» he said.

NYPD officers patrol near encampments along Manhattan’s West Side on July 15, 2026. (John M. Taggart/Fox News Digital)

The encampments near the Intrepid Museum have drawn complaints about blocked sidewalks, trash and illegal activity.

«It’s terrible,» Joe said. «Drugs, prostitution and everything else in between.»

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A woman walks past tents and belongings near the Intrepid Museum in New York City on July 15, 2026. (John M. Taggart/Fox News Digital)

Some people at the encampment appeared to be drawing power from utility poles, prompting an NYPD response Tuesday.

«The NYPD has not been given the green light to clean this encampment up, but we are ready to do so,» an NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

The New York Post reported that sex workers were bringing customers to tents and nearby bathrooms, citing interviews with people in the area. Fox News Digital has not independently verified that claim.

A person sleeps beside an encampment near the Intrepid Museum on July 15, 2026. (John M. Taggart/Fox News Digital)

The encampment runs from 34th Street to 46th Street along 11th Avenue. The encampment’s proximity to the Intrepid Museum and Javits Center has also raised concerns about its effect on tourism.

Karen, a visitor from Belgium, said she was disappointed by what she viewed as the government’s failure to support homeless people.

«It’s sad that they’re not getting the support they promised them,» Karen said. «I don’t know how it works here in America, but yeah, like when a politician promises to help people, they should help everyone.»

A woman walking around the homeless encampment near the Intrepid Museum in New York City on July 15, 2026. (John M. Taggart/Fox News Digital)

Mamdani made expanding housing assistance and changing the city’s treatment of homeless New Yorkers central parts of his mayoral campaign. The socialist mayor promised to expand the city’s housing voucher program but later appealed a court order requiring its expansion. His administration said the appeal was necessary to pursue an expansion that would be financially sustainable over the medium and long term.

«Shame on us. We have so much wealth in this city,» Joan said of the conditions and the city’s failure to house people living on the street.

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Tents, carts and personal belongings occupy part of a sidewalk near the Intrepid Museum on July 15, 2026. (John M. Taggart/Fox News Digital)

«I’m okay with paying more,» she continued. «Taxpayer dollars help people who don’t have a place to stay — give them shelter, give them food, help them get trained, get a job, whatever.»

Mamdani said earlier this week that the encampments would be cleared, although he did not give a specific timetable.

Mamdani’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

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«Make this a better place for everyone, make it a better place for tourists,» Joan said.

«This is not a great look for us,» she continued. «Great city. We can do better.»

Con la participación de la Iglesia católica, numerosos premios Nobel, expertos y científicos de nivel internacional, líderes religioso y ex jefes de Estado, firmaron la “Declaración de Roma», con un firme empeño sobre el riesgo de las armas nucleares y de la Inteligencia Artificial.

”La humanidad se encuentra en un momento decisivo de su propia historia”. Así comienza la Declaración, que contiene también un dramático llamado para que “la potencia técnica no devenga más alta que la dignidad humana”.

De la “Asamblea Global de los Premio Nobel sobre la Inteligencia Artificial y la Guerra Nuclear”, participaron también instituciones de investigación “entre las más importantes e influyentes del mundo”, señala el documento final signado en el Capitolio de Roma, sede de la capital italiana.

El 14 y 15 de julio, la asamblea de los premios Nobel se reunió en el Borgo Laudato si, en la sede pontificia de Castelgandolfo, donde el Papa se encuentra de vacaciones.

El documento, señalaron los participantes, fue inspirado por la encíclica Magnifica humanitas publicada recientemente por el Papa León XIV, que siguió de cerca el encuentro.

El mundo vive “un desafío sin precedentes”, señala la Declaración de Roma, que “interroga a todos porque la inteligencia artificial ofrece grandes oportunidades pero es probable que provoque una perdida enorme de puestos de trabajajo y acentue las competiciones económicas entre las potencias nucleares”.

El fenómeno se desarrolla “con una rapidez sin precedentes y aparece destinado a producir transformaciones económicas, militares y sociales de vasta dimensión”.

La declaración destaca que la creciente carrera por los armamentos nucleares va al mismo paso de “una carrera a la Inteligencia Artificial igualmente peligrosa”.

El documento acoge la invitación del papa por “una paz desarmada y desarmante”, que “rechaza la idea de que la seguridad se apoye en el miedo, el dominio, la amenaza y la destrucción recíproca”.

En los seis puntos de la Declaración de Roma se invita a desactivar “la próxima carrera a los armamentos en el campo de la Inteligencia Artificial y los armamentos nucleares, antes que sean ellos los que determinen el rostro del próximo siglo”.

El documento hace una firme invitación a los desarrolladores de la Inteligencia Artificial a obrar en el interés de la humanidad, “el respeto el derecho internacional y los derechos humanos”.

“Le decisión final de emplear un arma nuclear, no debe jamas ser confiada a un sistema automatizado”, afirma la Declaración.

Al contrario, se pide la adopción “de un tratado internacional que prohiba la integración irresponsable de la Inteligencia Artificial en los sistemas de comando, control y lanzamiento de armas nucleares, garantizando que permanezca siempre bajo control humano, efectivo y significativo”.

El documento enfatiza la necesidad de evitar un uso malévolo de la Inteligencia Artificial en las operaciones informales y en los ataques contra las infraestructuras nucleares. Destaca la necesidad de “promover el desarrollo y el empleo responsable de la Inteligencia Artificial, para mejorar el bienestar humano, acelerar el progreso científico y médico, proteger el ambiente, reforzar la resistencia de la sociedad y promover la paz, el desarrollo sostenido y el bien común”.

Los últimos puntos de la declaración se refieren a la “necesidad de nuevas vías institucionales hacia un gobierno global en este ámbito”.

La Declaración de Roma propone crear un bien común digital que favorezca la reunión y la condivisón de los datos necesarios “para profundizar el conocimiento y sostener las acciones eficaces con relación a las armas nucleares y la Inteligencia Artificial.

En conclusión la Declaración de Roma reclama con urgencia “el inicio de negociaciones para alcanzar la eliminación verificable e irreversible de las armas nucleares”.

Se relanzan también los empeños suscriptos en el Tratado de no Proliferación de las Armas Nucleares (TNT) y en el Tratado sobre prohibición de las armas nucleares, el TPNW.

De aquí el pedido a los Estados de detener la carrera a los armamentos, apuntando a la negociación y a la realización de las obligaciones asumidas. “Las naciones dotadas de armas nucleares deben promover políticas y doctrinas que reduzcan progresivamente el papal de tales armamentos».

La Declaración de Roma concluye con el auspicio que “la reducción progresiva de tales armamentos (los nucleares) refuercen la estabilidad estratégica y disminuyan el riesgo de su empleo y de una guerra de consecuencias catastróficos”.

“Está en juego nuestra supervivencia y la de las generaciones futuras», advierte.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ignited an online firestorm on Thursday evening when, in response to President Donald Trump’s election integrity speech, he suggested that it was time to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove the president for displaying what he described as cognitive impairment.

«The only thing missing in Donald Trump’s speech was tin foil. This was a legitimate 25th Amendment moment — the rambling of a mad king,» Newsom said.

Newsom’s call to use the 25th Amendment plays into preexisting calls from Democrats to examine Trump’s cognitive performance, but also sparked controversy online about how Democrats could seriously question Trump’s mental state when they dismissed similar concerns about now-former President Joe Biden.

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The 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967, allows the Cabinet to deem the president unfit for duty or allows Congress to establish an independent body to make that call.

To some critics, that case was much stronger under the last administration.

«You literally propped up a vegetable and lied to the American people about his cognitive decline for four years and never mentioned the 25th amendment once,» the official Republican National Committee X account wrote in response, referring to Republican doubts that Biden had the mental acuity to run the country at age 82.

«Given Newsom’s defense to this day of President Biden, calling him one of the greatest presidents ever, there’s a saying around sitting this one out that applies here…» Fox News contributor Joe Concha wrote on X.

«Gavin Newsome wants to remove [Trump] from office for disclosing California could have tens of thousands of aliens illegally registered to vote and that China attacked 220 million voters,» Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.

Trump addressed the country on Thursday evening, informing the public that his administration had discovered a series of weaknesses in election integrity.

In particular, Trump said newly declassified documents would reveal foreign data theft carried out by China, that members of the U.S. government had known about election vulnerabilities for years, that Americans had been misled about those weaknesses and new evidence of «election fraud.»

Fox News Digital could not independently verify the content of the documents that were released by the White House.

Like many Democrats, Newsom cast doubt on the motives behind Trump’s speech, which came just four months ahead of the November midterms.

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Former first lady Dr. Jill Biden gave an update on former President Joe Biden’s cancer on Saturday, saying that the 83-year-old will live with cancer for the rest of his life, he maintains a busy schedule but has slowed down. (Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)

«He wants to rig the election in 2026. He knows he is going to lose. That’s what that whole thing was about,» Newsom said.

Other Democrats on Thursday rushed to Newsom’s support.

«Boom. Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for the 25th Amendment to be invoked after Trump’s unhinged speech tonight. He’s right! Trump is mentally deranged and unfit to be president,» Harry Sisson, a Democratic influencer, wrote in a post to X.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., also echoed those calls.

«He lies with every breath he takes. How can anyone deny the urgency of the 25th Amendment at this point?»

This isn’t the first time Ansari has called to implement the 25th Amendment. Earlier this year, she joined other Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., to call for Congress to remove Trump and establish an independent group to review the cognitive state of any president. The group would have included past presidents, physicians and other experts.

«Trump is clearly experiencing severe cognitive decline and leaders from every political affiliation have recognized this. He’s become a national security threat to the United States,» Ansari said in April.

Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on if he would support the bill supported by Ansari.

Other conservatives raised concerns about how invoking the 25th Amendment might upend the country, taking it into uncharted territory.

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Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., was previously the Phoenix vice mayor and was elected to Congress in 2024. (Getty Images)

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«Does anyone else think it’s weird that as he talks about Trump rigging an election, he simultaneously asks for the president’s cabinet to remove a duly elected president?» Joe Patterson, a California assemblyman, said in a post on social media.

«Yeah, Gavin … that would pose no risk to our democracy at all. Get real!»