In order to prepare for the Pope's arrival, the NYPD kicked all of the homeless out of the streets. The pope visiting the United States for the first time in taking his position is a huge event. The police threatened to ticket anyone who did not vacate the area that the pope was walking into this past week. The homeless have nowhere to go and they have developed their homes where they were staying a few blocks from where the pope was visiting. This was the first time that Pope Francis was visiting the United States in his time of being the Pope. The New York Police Department went to extreme measures when the homeless refused to leave their chosen spots by threatening them with tickets as well as put up metal spikes where the homeless people slept so that they could not return. Later in the day when the Pope arrived, he discussed that it is everyone's duty to help the poor and New York had done quite the opposite. The NYPD got rid of the homeless where the Pope would be visiting, sweeping them to the side. The homeless were furious because their homes were being disregarded and as one argued in an interview, "they are our homes, the pope doesn't live here, we do." If New York City wants to be seen in a good perspective by the Pope, they should build affordable living establishments rather than kicking them off to the side.
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