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Josephine Stratman

Josephine Stratman covers New York’s emergence from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic for the Daily News. She is a graduate of DePaul University and previously worked for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Flyers distributed ahead of the meeting in Gowanus encouraged residents to discuss concerns including the potential community impact on “youth physical and mental health safety, general community outcomes, vagrancy, detritus, crime,” as well as whether the shelter could provide necessary services.

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A fight in a Brooklyn neighborhood over a planned migrant shelter sparks allegations of racism

March 5, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.

Flyers distributed ahead of the meeting in Gowanus encouraged residents to discuss concerns including the potential community impact on “youth physical and mental health safety, general community outcomes, vagrancy, detritus,...

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Brutal SoHo hotel murder suspect moves to fight extradition from Arizona to New York as DAs battle out

March 5, 2024 at 1:16 p.m.

The suspect in a recent grisly SoHo murder moved Monday to drag out the process of being extradited to New York from Arizona, where a local prosecutor is trying to...

Charges were dropped against Jhoan Boada, a migrants arrested in connection to the Times Square melee between migrants and two cops.

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Manhattan DA clears Times Square cop assault suspect who flipped off media

March 2, 2024 at 12:09 a.m.

Charges were dropped against Jhoan Boada, a migrants arrested in connection to the Times Square melee between migrants and two cops.

Mayor Adams said the situation points to the larger issue of affordable housing in New York City and pointed the finger at Albany, adding that “we got nothing out of Albany last year” to help the housing crisis.

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Dozens of migrant men found crammed in Queens furniture store basement

February 27, 2024 at 9:12 p.m.

Mayor Adams said the situation points to the larger issue of affordable housing in New York City and pointed the finger at Albany, adding that “we got nothing out of...

The man accused of killing Queens mom and sex worker Denisse Oleas-Arancibia in a Manhattan hotel tried again and again to end her life before finally succeeding, authorities said at a Monday court hearing in Arizona, where he remains held without bond.

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Raad Almansoori tried again and again to kill sex worker Denisse Oleas-Arancibia: prosecutors

February 26, 2024 at 10:14 p.m.

The man accused of killing Queens mom and sex worker Denisse Oleas-Arancibia in a Manhattan hotel tried again and again to end her life before finally succeeding, authorities said at...

The city's poverty rate jumped from 18% to 23% between 2021 and 2022, impacting 2 million residents struggling to make ends meet. It's the largest single-year increase in at least a decade, with profound implications for children.

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Poverty spiked across NYC in 2022, with children hit especially hard: study

February 21, 2024 at 9:59 p.m.

The city's poverty rate jumped from 18% to 23% between 2021 and 2022, impacting 2 million residents struggling to make ends meet. It's the largest single-year increase in at least...

Police released surveillance video image of a man who they said swiped $10 worth of flowers in the Bronx, police said Tuesday. (NYPD)

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Crook brandishes gun during $10 Bronx flower theft

February 20, 2024 at 5:41 p.m.

The crook lifted his shirt, displaying a firearm tucked into his waistband, then shoved the 39-year-old worker to the ground.

Video surveillance footage from the Times Square melee between a group of migrants and NYPD officers.

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Bail set in Manhattan court for five migrants accused in Times Square assault on NYPD

February 16, 2024 at 6:32 p.m.

Kelvin Servita Arocha, Yohenry Brito, Yorman Reveron and Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel face assault charges. Wilson Juarez is charged with evidence tampering.

More than a thousand people flocked to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday to pay tribute to Cecilia Gentili, a renowned trans activist and award-winning author and actor.

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Funeral for NYC trans rights activist Cecilia Gentili held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

February 15, 2024 at 5:58 p.m.

More than a thousand people flocked to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday to pay tribute to Cecilia Gentili, a renowned trans activist and award-winning author and actor.

Another migrant man accused of participating in the shocking January beating of NYPD cops in Times Square has appeared in court — getting held on bail Thursday after the release of other suspects sparked outrage.

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Bail set at $100K for latest migrant man charged in Times Square cop attack

February 15, 2024 at 5:23 p.m.

Another migrant man accused of participating in the shocking January beating of NYPD cops in Times Square has appeared in court — getting held on bail Thursday after the release...

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