Homeless

Criminal Justice

‘It Should Be Murder,’ Neely Family Says as Daniel Penny Faces Manslaughter Charges

May 12, 2023, 3:39 p.m.May 12, 2023, 6:47 p.m.

Penny’s arraignment came 12 days after he killed Neely in a crowded subway car in Lower Manhattan.

Eric Adams

‘Eric Adams Please Give Us a Call’: Mayor Hasn’t Reached Out After Jordan Neely Killing, Family Says

May 8, 2023, 2:47 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

A week after Neely was killed in a subway car, Daniel Penny, the man who was recorded putting him in a fatal chokehold, had not been charged.

Transportation

Man Who Endured ‘Hell On Wheels’ Commute Can Finally Say, ‘I Love New York’

March 21, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 21, 2023, 11:47 a.m.

Saheed Adebayo Aare has gone from unstable housing and a nightmare commute to feeling that anything is possible in the Big Apple.

Shelters

NYPD Sweeps Migrants from Manhattan Hotel Sidewalk Following Days of Protest and Uncertainty

Feb. 1, 2023, 9:57 p.m.Feb. 1, 2023, 10:34 p.m.

Some asylum seekers who had refused to move to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal gave in after cold nights outdoors, while others held out demanding work permits.

NYPD

City to Pay $135K to Homeless Man Dragged Off Subway by Cops

Jan. 4, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 3, 2023, 8:21 p.m.

Police claimed that Joseph T. assaulted them in the May 2020 incident, but body camera footage published by THE CITY showed otherwise.

Public Schools

Asylum-Seeking Students Reshape Charter School in Queens

Nov. 28, 2022, 8:52 p.m.Nov. 28, 2022, 8:52 p.m.

Staff jump in to provide education and many other essentials for an unexpected influx of some six dozen migrant youth.

Immigrants

Inside the El Paso Operation Busing Thousands of Migrants from Texas to NYC

Sept. 26, 2022, 5:30 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, offers asylum-seekers who just crossed the Rio Grande a free bus ride out of town — as long as it’s to New York or Chicago. Police recently evicted an encampment of people who refused.

Shelters

Mayor Adams Wants to Reassess New York’s Right to Shelter. Can He?

Sept. 19, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 19, 2022, 10:17 a.m.

The decades-old shelter policy would have to go back to court to be undone, experts say.

Immigrants

Survival Games and Months of Missed School: How Migrant Children Are Adjusting to New Lives in NYC

Aug. 25, 2022, 2:03 p.m.Aug. 25, 2022, 4:03 p.m.

Promises from Mayor Eric Adams to connect kids with translators and backpacks only begins to address the trauma of treks over thousands of miles to America.

Homeless

‘It Should Be Murder,’ Neely Family Says as Daniel Penny Faces Manslaughter Charges

‘Eric Adams Please Give Us a Call’: Mayor Hasn’t Reached Out After Jordan Neely Killing, Family Says

Man Who Endured ‘Hell On Wheels’ Commute Can Finally Say, ‘I Love New York’

NYPD Sweeps Migrants from Manhattan Hotel Sidewalk Following Days of Protest and Uncertainty

City to Pay $135K to Homeless Man Dragged Off Subway by Cops

Asylum-Seeking Students Reshape Charter School in Queens

Inside the El Paso Operation Busing Thousands of Migrants from Texas to NYC

Mayor Adams Wants to Reassess New York’s Right to Shelter. Can He?

Survival Games and Months of Missed School: How Migrant Children Are Adjusting to New Lives in NYC

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