A recent audit released by the city comptroller found that the city Department of Homeless Services has had limited success "convincing the homeless individuals encountered during the sweeps of homeless encampments to enter temporary shelters."

The audit found that of the 2,308 individuals present during "cleanups" conducted between last March 21 and Nov. 30, only 119 accepted temporary shelter. When examining 99 encampment sites cleared by the city in April, auditors found that homeless activity had resumed at 31% of those sites.

Last year, Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city would start involuntarily hospitalizing people who appear to have severe mental health issues and cannot "meet basic needs" like food, shelter and health care.

"It is interesting that people judge my homeless plan based on how many people are in shelter not based on how many people are not living in the streets or in encampments. How about using that as an indicator? Maybe some people went home," Adams said.

The city comptroller's report also found that the Department of Homeless Services does not collect data needed to determine the effectiveness of its clearing of homeless encampments. The department only tracks individuals if they accept temporary shelter, the report says.

City Comptroller Brad Lander joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis Monday night on "Inside City Hall" to discuss the findings of the report.

"Of course, it makes sense that if folks are chronically homeless, if they're struggling with mental illness or substance abuse, but forcibly removing them and taking all their stuff, when there's no grounds of trust and you're really not offering them a path to housing, it's just unlikely to be successful," Lander said.

During Monday's interview, Lander also discussed rent prices in the city, the future of the city economy, virtual work becoming more popular and Yusef Salaam winning his City Council primary.