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A majority of the City Council’s members called on Mayor Adams Tuesday to immediately halt his administration’s “cruel” homeless encampment crackdown and instead focus on expanding social services. The Council’s Progressive Caucus, which comprises 34 of the chamber’s 51 members and includes Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Queens), issued the demand in a lengthy statement that comes as budget negotiations are underway between the mayor’s team and the Council. The missive contended it doesn’t make sense for the mayor to order the dismantling of homeless street encampments while at the same time callin…