Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, April 17 (UPI) -- A homeless man in New York City was evicted from a spot he had made for himself inside the Manhattan Bridge by NYPD cops on Thursday. When he was given the boot, “Joe” was forced to leave behind Chinese cookies, a gas heater, hot sauce and beer. Advertisement The raid on Joe’s lair was conducted when a city worker used bolt cutters to remove a red bicycle lock from the wooden shelter while 12 officers looked on. When cops yelled “Police department, Police department,” they got no response, so Emergency Service Unit officers began using a saw on the structure. That’s when Joe, who was dressed in white pajamas, emerged. “He’s fine. He’s fine. He didn’t answer. No one got hurt, thank God,” a senior officer told the New York Post. Joe was taken to Bellevue for a check-up. “That’s amazing! I didn’t think he was in there. When I saw his legs pop out, I was like, ‘Oh [expletive]!’” said another officer. [NY Post] [Gothamist] Read More Dog fingered as culprit after six months of tire slashings in England Disney Channel's 'Jessie' will soon feature the network's first engagement Israeli Arab journalist arrested on return from Lebanon Former BP employee charged with insider trading during Deepwater Horizon spill London Underground workers to strike for 5 days in April and May