by Emma Davey 
During a freezing Monday morning in Williamsburg, Department of Sanitation workers, in conjunction with officers from the 94th precinct, cleared out long-standing encampments used by unhoused people, located underneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
The residents gathered up the belongings that they could carry and then watched as workers destroyed the rest. In an Instagram post, local group North Brooklyn Essentials estimated that about five to ten residents were affected by the sweep.
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