#Homeless man assaulted elderly victim in NYC: cops

#Homeless man assaulted elderly victim in NYC: cops

“#Homeless man assaulted elderly victim in NYC: cops” A homeless man has been arrested for punching an elderly man who confronted him for blocking a building entrance in SoHo, authorities said. Suspect Kuldeep Sharma, 39, was sitting or laying down in front of a building on Broadway near Broome Street minutes before 9 a.m. July…

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#No, social workers don’t do better than cops at mental-health response

#No, social workers don’t do better than cops at mental-health response

“#No, social workers don’t do better than cops at mental-health response” Last month, New York City joined dozens of other cities experimenting with “alternatives” to policing by launching the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, or B-HEARD, in a pilot study in parts of Harlem. The program dispatches social workers and paramedics to certain mental-health-related…

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#Venice Beach homeless camps finally being cleared out

#Venice Beach homeless camps finally being cleared out

“#Venice Beach homeless camps finally being cleared out” It only took years of outrage, several shootings, multiple other violent attacks and thousands of complaints about filthy beaches littered with syringes and garbage, but Los Angeles finally started to clean up the famed Venice Beach Boardwalk. Workers finished up phase one of the Venice Beach cleanup,…

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#Two-year-old found dead at Harlem homeless shelter

#Two-year-old found dead at Harlem homeless shelter

“#Two-year-old found dead at Harlem homeless shelter” A 2-year-old girl was found dead inside a homeless shelter in Harlem, police said Tuesday. The toddler, identified as Mariya Huebler, was found unconscious and unresponsive just before 11:45 p.m. Monday at 30 Hamilton Place in Hamilton Heights, cops said. The shelter is run by nonprofit Help USA…

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#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless

#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless

“#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless” Subway shovings, sucker punches and slashings by raving homeless madmen have rightly grabbed headlines and put New Yorkers on edge. What’s most infuriating is that it’s all largely preventable: City government used to know how to protect the public; we should be doing better now — including for…

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