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... downtown buildings with high vacancy rates. Meanwhile, planning is underway to host the 2028 Olympics, and the region contends with perhaps the nation’s worst homelessness crisis, which had been Mayor Karen Bass’ priority before the fires broke out last week. The government has not yet released damage estimates, but ...
Giuliani’s eight hours of deposition testimony offered a vivid portrait of a still-proud, combative and downtrodden man who has lost almost everything and remains convinced that it has been unjustly taken. Recalling his days as a two-term Republican mayor, he boasted that he “cured” homelessness in the ...
... number of people experiencing homelessness in one night. The count, done in January 2024, showed an 18 percent rise in the number of people experiencing homelessness from 2023. Experts agree the country’s lack of affordable housing is at least partly to blame for the burgeoning homelessness crisis. Some state ...
... where she lived that should not have happened.” In an emailed statement, a New York City Department of Social Services spokesperson said the city's homelessness agency worked with partners to track down any information they could on the victim’s family.“As we mourn this loss, we resolve to ...
Friday on the News Hour, a new report shows a dramatic rise in homelessness across the United States with the increase being especially high among families. Syria's future remains uncertain as the forces that overthrew the Assad government work to combat those loyal to his regime. Plus, we examine ...
... acquitted former Marine Daniel Penny in the chokehold death last year of an agitated subway rider. The case became a flashpoint in debates over safety, homelessness and mental illness on the system.Policing the subway is difficult, given the vast network of trains moving between 472 stations. Each stop contains ...
... count. The case was a flashpoint in the long-standing debates over racial justice and as well as failures by New York City to address homelessness and mental illness, both of which Neely had struggled with. “Daniel’s a good guy, and New York’s mob district attorney tried to ...
On Neely's side, this was coming at a time when there was a huge debate already happening in the city about mental illness and homelessness, especially after the pandemic. And so many people who are struggling with mental illness or who are unhoused have really been in the subway ...
... he perceived as a peril, not a person. The case amplified many American fault lines, among them race, politics, crime, urban life, mental illness and homelessness. Neely was Black. Penny is white. There were sometimes dueling demonstrations outside the courthouse, and high-profile Republican politicians portrayed Penny as a hero ...
... performer with a tragic life story: His mother was killed and stuffed in a suitcase when he was a teenager. His adult life spiraled into homelessness, psychiatric hospitalizations, drug abuse and criminal convictions, including for assaulting people at subway stations. Penny, 26, went on to study architecture. He is white ...
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