NYC opening adult homeless shelter next to pre-K-5 school
New York City is planning to quietly open a homeless shelter for drug users and ex-convicts just five feet from the entrance to a Lower Manhattan elementary school, according to information obtained by The Washington Post. The city’s Department of Social Services waited until June 13 to notify local elected officials and zoning board members […]
NYC migrant groups brawl at Randall’s Island shelter after stabbing
A fight broke out at a Randalls Island shelter on Friday night following an earlier stabbing, sparking bad blood between rival migrant groups, police and officials said. Sources said six migrants from Africa and South America were involved in the brawl at about 8 p.m. in a huge Manhattan tent city where rowdy behavior is […]
Staten Island officials protest plan to shelter illegal aliens at church: ‘We have to stand and fight back’
Staten Island church faces plan to house illegal immigrants Bipartisan backlash From local elected officials translation Recently reported. Staten Island officials held a press conference Monday outside Faith United Methodist Church on Heberton Avenue in Port Richmond to protest a proposal to set up 15 cots inside the church to provide shelter for single adult […]
Homelessness skyrockets in sanctuary city as migrants surge into shelter
New data shows Chicago has seen a surge in the number of homeless people in the city over the past year, blamed on a continued influx of migrants into the haven city. The city, which will host the Democratic National Convention in August, released a snapshot of the Windy City’s homeless population. 18,836 homeless on […]
NYPD tows migrant mopeds from accused cop shooter’s shelter in latest crackdown — but many still out there
Police on Monday towed about two dozen scooters away from a shelter in Queens where a suspect in a fatal police shooting lived, sources said, shortly after The Washington Post reported on the moped threat. NYPD officers converged on the converted hotel in East Elmhurst where Venezuelan national Bernardo Raul Castro Mata was living before […]
Pastor Convicted of Forced Labor Charges at Migrant Shelter in Mexican Border City
A Mexican pastor is currently incarcerated and awaiting sentencing after being convicted this week of forced labor charges related to a migrant shelter he ran in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. This week, Pastor Belia Hernández González was tried and ultimately found guilty before Chihuahua state Judge Jorge Arturo Gutierrez Ortiz. The Diario de Juarez reportThe guilty […]
New Orleans valedictorian graduates after living in homeless shelter
Elijah Hogan recently graduated at the top of his class from Walter L. Cohen Charter High School in New Orleans after living in a homeless youth shelter for more than a year. In his speech, he congratulated his classmates for enrolling and graduating from high school during the pandemic and extolled the value of continuing […]
Homeless Florida woman allegedly tried to sell her 10-year-old daughter for sex to stranger outside shelter, police say
The Florida Police Department arrested A homeless woman allegedly tried to sell her daughter to one woman and then to another man for sex. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said officers responded to a call about a 32-year-old woman in downtown Jacksonville. “If you give me $20 I’ll give you her.” Police said the kindergarten teacher […]
Haitian man indicted for allegedly raping girl at Massachusetts migrant shelter arraigned
A Haitian man living in a Massachusetts hotel used to house migrants has been charged with child rape after allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl. Corey B. Alvarez, 26, of Haiti, pleaded not guilty Friday in Brockton Superior Court to charges of rape and forcible rape of a child 10 years his senior, Plymouth County District […]
Idaho man Thomas Gray survives 5 days in snowy backcountry without food or shelter after his raft flips
Authorities say a 73-year-old boater whose raft capsized had survived without food for five days in the snow-covered backcountry of Idaho before giving up and being rescued shortly after he was found. Thomas Gray’s incredible story of survival began with a three-day journey in the Middle Salmon River earlier this month, during which he ate […]