The Big Apple is about to take on a new name -- Tent City, or Filth City. Or perhaps Lepto City, after leptospirosis, a bacterial infection increasingly found in homeless encampments.

New York's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is barring the New York Police Department from closing down encampments.

Since Mamdani previewed his policy in December, new encampments are emerging in many neighborhoods. The consequences are dire both for vagrants and for the city's viability.

Between Friday, when the city was hit with a bone-chilling winter storm, and Sunday night, eight people were found dead outdoors, suggesting they were homeless. Mamdani conceded that several of the victims were known to the city's shelter system.

As the encampments pop up, neighborhood residents call 311, but the NYPD is now powerless. Even New York's Strongest -- the sanitation workers -- are barred from clearing the encampments. They've got orders to remove garbage and human waste but leave mattresses, clothing, makeshift cardboard huts and other items intact.

In other words, provide maid service, but don't actually clear the dangerous mess.

Outraged City Councilwoman Joann Ariola, who watched this new procedure play out along Jamaica Avenue, in Queens, asked, "What next, a city-funded turndown service?"

Everyone should be outraged. Mamdani is showing a........

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