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Shooting near NYC migrant shelter leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded

One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting near a migrant shelter on New York City’s Randalls Island early Monday, authorities said. According to the New York Police Department, police responded to a call at 71 Wards Meadow Loop Field around 3:30 a.m. and found three gunshot victims. Police said a […]

Israel airstrike hits Gaza shelter, leaving 30 dead

As Israeli negotiators prepared to meet with international mediators to discuss a ceasefire, an Israeli airstrike struck a school used by displaced people in the center of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing dozens. At least 30 people who had taken refuge in a girls’ school in Deir ez-Zor Barah were taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital […]

Two Fatally Shot at New York Migrant Shelter, Police Probe Venezuelan Gang Ties

Three migrants were shot, two of them fatally, in two separate shootings on Sunday, including one outside the Ryerson Immigrant Center in Brooklyn, and the New York Police Department (NYPD) suspects members of a Venezuelan street gang may be involved, according to reports. Police said the shootings happened in two locations around 10:44 p.m. New […]

Shooting near NYC migrant shelter leaves 2 dead, 1 injured: NYPD

Two men were killed and a third was left life-threatening after two shootings that happened just minutes apart near a migrant shelter in Brooklyn on Sunday night, police and law enforcement sources said. According to police and officials, a man in his 30s was shot in the chest and arm at about 10:44 p.m. in […]

DOJ Accuses Gov’t Shelter Contractor of Sexual Abuse of Hundreds of Migrant Kids

The Justice Department has alleged that staff at one of the federal government’s largest shelter operators committed hundreds of cases of sexual abuse against unaccompanied migrant children in its care. On Thursday, the Justice Department Announced An investigation into Southwest Key Programs employees, including managers, has been ongoing since 2015 over allegations of sexual abuse, […]

Locals pan NYC homeless shelter 50 feet from migrant center

Financial District residents are outraged by plans to open a “safe haven” homeless shelter in a lower Manhattan neighborhood just 50 feet from city-funded housing for immigrants. But it appears the Fidi West Neighborhood Association is fighting a losing battle. At a Community Board 1 meeting Wednesday evening, shelter operators said the 84-bed coed facility […]