Gary Jenkins, head of the city’s embattled Department of Social Services (DSS), is set to resign from his post next month, marking the latest high-profile departure since Mayor Eric Adams took office just over a year ago.
Jenkins’ exit comes as the agency he oversees has had to contend with finding shelter for a large portion of the over 44,000 South and Central American migrants — roughly 26,700 of whom are in the city’s care — who’ve been arriving here for almost a year. And the city continues to contend with the sprawling homelessness crisis that predated the asylum seeker influx.
