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New York City Pulls Plug on Second Homeless Shelter in Chinatown
For the second time in less than a week, New York City canceled plans on Monday for a shelter in…
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2 on Subway Tracks Killed by Train at a Manhattan Station
Two people were killed Friday morning when a subway train hit them at a Manhattan station, the police said, the…
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Mayor Proposes 1,400 Shelter Beds to Move Homeless People Off Streets
Putting additional funding behind his efforts to move homeless people off New York City streets, Mayor Eric Adams announced on…
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Decades After the Destruction of Homeless Camps, What Have We Learned?
In many ways the modern era of class warfare in New York can be traced to a humid night in…
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As Police Hunt for Gunman, Fear Rattles Homeless People in 2 Cities
Anthony Pla, homeless since 2015 and a New Yorker for 35 years, said that until this weekend, he had never…
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Murder of Christina Yuna Lee Heightens Safety Fears in Chinatown
A 25-year-old man was arrested on murder and burglary charges on Monday, a day after the police said he stabbed…
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Lars Eighner, Who Wrote Eloquently of Being Homeless, Dies at 73
Lars Eighner, who vividly recounted his experiences with being homeless in “Travels With Lizbeth,” a book widely regarded as one…
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