by BFTS | Feb 22, 2021 | New York, News
On Friday, Feb. 12, homeless man Rigoberto Lopez boarded the Manhattan-bound A train. Over the next 14 hours, two homeless people were found murdered in their sleep, and another two were severely injured from multiple stab wounds. Quickly nicknamed “The A-Train...
by BFTS | Feb 17, 2021 | News
A Brooklyn man was charged with murder Sunday after a string of brutal knife attacks targeting homeless people left two dead and two injured in New York’s subway system. Police said at least three of the attacks Friday and Saturday appeared to be connected....
by BFTS | Feb 13, 2021 | News
Advocates for homeless people in New York City sued the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday over a series of Covid-19 rules that the suit says unfairly target people who shelter in the city’s subways. The rules prohibit people from staying in a...
by BFTS | Feb 9, 2021 | Heartache, News
New York City’s homeless population has faced a particularly brutal winter as coronavirus restrictions have kept the subway and other indoor public spaces closed. On a piercingly cold December night, a handful of homeless passengers sought refuge on heated...
by BFTS | Feb 3, 2021 | News
As the snow began to pile up Monday night, Jim Greene set out to bring a sleeping bag to a Boston man spending the night on the street. “I wish we could convince him to come in, but he just refuses,” said Greene, director of the Boston Public Health...
by BFTS | Jan 10, 2021 | News
Queens Theatre To Become Mass Coronavirus Vaccination Site A 24-hour coronavirus vaccination site will open at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, but officials haven’t said when. In Corona, Queens a 24-hour coronavirus...
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