Aug. 21, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A city parks department employee has been charged with murder after he allegedly fatally shot a Venezuelan migrant in a Clinton Hill park last month. Elijah Mitchell, a 23-year-old seasonal parks worker from Queens, was indicted on Wednesday with murder as a hate crime, second-degree murder, criminal possession…
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Parks Department employee arrested in fatal shooting of migrant man in Clinton Hill
Aug. 2, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A 23-year-old Department of Parks & Recreation employee was arrested on Monday for allegedly killing a 30-year-old man last month in one of two violent incidents that left three men dead on the same night within just a few blocks.
Man arrested for fatal shootings in Brooklyn as city boosts security at migrant shelters
Jul. 31, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A man has been arrested in connection with two possibly gang-related shootings that left three men dead in Clinton Hill this month as the city grapples with a spate of violence at migrant shelters.
Brooklyn community rallies against gun violence and oversized migrant shelter
Jul. 24, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Community members in Clinton Hill and neighboring Fort Greene are seeing red after back-to-back shootings near a crowded migrant shelter on Sunday night.
Police release images of alleged gunman who shot 3 men, killing 2, in Clinton Hill
Jul. 23, 2024 By Dean Moses
The NYPD has released new images of the man they now believe gunned down three people in two separate incidents near a Clinton Hill migrant shelter on Sunday night, killing two of the victims and leaving a third critically injured.
Crowd packs Gowanus church for rowdy meeting over migrant shelter
Mar. 7, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Spaced elbow to elbow in Hoyt Street’s City Life Church Monday night, Gowanus locals aired their concerns at a community meeting on a migrant shelter for 400 men slated to open in a former factory building on 3rd Street.
Pols call for closure of Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter, but Schumer calls Malliotakis bill a ‘non-starter’
Jan. 29, 2024 By Adam Daly
Republican Congress Member Nicole Malliotakis on Thursday led a group of bipartisan New York elected officials in renewing their calls for the cancellation of the migrant shelter lease agreement at Floyd Bennett Field.
‘Who is being held accountable?’: Parents, pols protest outside Midwood school used to house migrants overnight
Jan. 10, 2024 Adam Daly & Lloyd Mitchell
Outraged parents and elected officials held a protest outside James Madison High School Wednesday morning after the city placed some 1,900 migrants there overnight to ride out a storm.
Pols slam migrant shelter operator for ousting former residents of Staten Island senior living home
Oct. 3, 2023 By Adam Daly & Paul Frangipane
The not-for-profit organization operating a temporary migrant shelter in Staten Island is facing criticism from local pols for allegedly ousting the residents of the former senior living facility earlier this year after they were told the site was up for sale.
City eyes partnering with local charities to help distribute donations outside migrant shelters
Sep. 5, 2023 By Adam Daly
The city’s Office of Emergency Management is exploring partnering up with nonprofits to facilitate the collection and distribution of donations from the public outside migrant shelters as it continues to grapple with the growing migrant crisis.