# Vagrant sets up City Hall encampment along Mamdani’s daily route, exploiting weak city rules

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/vagrant-sets-up-city-hall-encampment-along-mamdanis-daily-route-exploiting-weak-city-rules/
- Published: 2026-11-15T10:34:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T11:34:10+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/15/us-news/mamdanis-new-neighbor-a-tenacious-tramp-making-city-hall-sidewalk-his-home/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A pavement camp has appeared near City Hall.
- Its occupant moved 35 yards after a clean-up notice.
- The case highlights a gap in the city’s encampment process.

## Summary

Mark Roggemann has set up a makeshift encampment on Centre Street, steps from New York City Hall and along Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s daily route. The article says he has used a gap in the city’s homeless encampment rules to remain nearby, raising questions about how the policy works in practice.

Roggemann occupied about 200 square feet of pavement roughly six weeks ago, with a plywood bed, storage containers and other belongings. After receiving a clean-up notice on 6 November, he moved his camp about 35 yards, which the article says restarted the seven-day engagement period before removal or relocation efforts. He says he may move again, while a city council member criticises the rules; the article also quotes a visitor who questions the city’s approach.

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