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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.

Two days after the Guardian Angels roughed up a Bronx man in Times Square, the group's leader, Curtis Sliwa, came under fire Thursday from a broad swath of elected officials and everyday New Yorkers.

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Curtis Sliwa faces torrent of outrage after Guardian Angels’ Times Square ‘migrant’ fiasco

February 9, 2024 at 2:52 p.m.

Two days after the Guardian Angels roughed up a Bronx man in Times Square, the group's leader, Curtis Sliwa, came under fire Thursday from a broad swath of elected officials...

Manhattan district attorney preparing to present charges to Grand Jury in migrant beatdown case

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Jury indicts suspect at center of migrant attack on NYPD cops near Times Square shelter

February 7, 2024 at 3:09 p.m.

A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Yohenry Brito, the man allegedly at the center of the shocking Midtown melee in which a group of migrants attacked two NYPD officers.

Two NYPD officers and a lieutenant from the NYPD’s Midtown South Precinct were attacked by a group of men outside a migrant shelter on W. 42nd St. near Seventh Ave. on Jan. 27, 2024. (NYPD)

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Migrant brawl with NYPD at Times Square shelter points to increasing anger, despair

February 3, 2024 at 2:40 p.m.

Struggles finding work on top of shelter stay limits have created a volatile reality. The tens of thousands of migrants spinning through the city's shelter system are often driven to...

He lived, like thousands of others in New York City, largely unnoticed and anonymous in one of the city’s public spaces. But in the wake of his death earlier this month of hypothermia, a coalition of neighbors has formed to search for his identity.

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A homeless man died in Central Park. His neighbors are trying to figure out who he was.

February 3, 2024 at 2:42 p.m.

He lived, like thousands of others in New York City, largely unnoticed and anonymous in one of the city’s public spaces. But in the wake of his death earlier this...

Yohenry Brito, 24, was the man the officers were seen attempting to place under arrest on Saturday night — but he resisted by swinging his arms and tensing up, bringing him and a lieutenant to the ground — according to prosecutors.

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Migrant accused of fighting NYPD cops held on bail, unlike five other suspects

February 1, 2024 at 7:56 p.m.

Yohenry Brito, 24, was the man the officers were seen attempting to place under arrest on Saturday night — but he resisted by swinging his arms and tensing up, bringing...

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell decried the Saturday night brawl targeting two officers as "reprehensible," adding that people will copy them after the suspects were released without bail.

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NYPD brass blasts migrant cop attackers as cowards; suspect flips middle finger on way out of court

January 31, 2024 at 9:51 p.m.

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell decried the Saturday night brawl targeting two officers as "reprehensible," adding that people will copy them after the suspects were released without bail.

St. John’s Episcopal Church's decision to walk back plans to convert space into a shelter for asylum seekers is just the latest episode concerning migrants on conservative-leaning Staten Island.

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Faced with threats, Staten Island church backs down from plans for migrant shelter

January 26, 2024 at 7:52 p.m.

St. John’s Episcopal Church's decision to walk back plans to convert space into a shelter for asylum seekers is just the latest episode concerning migrants on conservative-leaning Staten Island.

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Curtis Sliwa faces torrent of outrage after Guardian Angels’ Times Square ‘migrant’ fiasco

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Jury indicts suspect at center of migrant attack on NYPD cops near Times Square shelter

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Migrant brawl with NYPD at Times Square shelter points to increasing anger, despair

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A homeless man died in Central Park. His neighbors are trying to figure out who he was.

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Migrant accused of fighting NYPD cops held on bail, unlike five other suspects

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NYPD brass blasts migrant cop attackers as cowards; suspect flips middle finger on way out of court

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Faced with threats, Staten Island church backs down from plans for migrant shelter

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NYC officials, advocates demand end to Mayor Adams’ migrant shelter limits

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Maine man pleads guilty to attempted murder of NYPD cops in New Year’s Eve knife attack

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Trump rails at his NYC fraud trial, Judge Engoron cuts him off: ‘Control your client’