Posted on November 3, 2015 by Pam Fessler in New York Now New York Now, By Pam Fessler Work crews in Honolulu recently dismantled wooden shacks and tents that lined city streets and housed almost 300 people. It was the latest example of a city trying to deal with a growing homeless population, and responding to complaints that these encampments are unsafe, unsanitary and, at the very least, unsightly.