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  A count conducted last January found the number of youth sleeping in drop-in centers, places of worship, subways, fast food joints and other crash spots spiked as migrant arrivals grew.  This article originally apeared in The City. By  Gwynne Hogan , and  Katie Honan Follow @x NEW YORK - An annual count of homeless youths conducted last January found the highest number of unsheltered young people in at least a decade, more than double the number last year.  The report resulting from the survey conducted by the city’s Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), and released this week, counted 418 young people between the ages of 14 and 24 sleeping in houses of worship, overnight drop in centers, the subways, fast food restaurants and other tenuous situations during a four-day period in January.  That’s up from 147 last year, nearly double the number of homeless youth the count found last year.  ...

Cops ID Elderly Groper The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a sexual assault on an elderly woman in Upper Manhattan. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice February 29, 2024 MANHATTAN - A homeless man groped a 74-year-old woman inside her apartment in Upper Manhattan, cops said.  Click to see More... The NYPD have identified 64-year-old Aldred Eaddy as the suspect and are asking for the public’s help in catching him. Cops released Eaddy’s previous mugshot and said he is homeless.  At around 8 pm on January 31, the 74-year-old woman was returning to her apartment in the vicinity of Broadway and West 142 Street in Hamilton Heights. Cops said the suspect followed the victim into her building and to her apartment door. He then pushed his way into the victim’s apartment and groped the elderly woman, cops said. The suspect was last seen fleeing the building on foot.  Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYP...