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Uneaten and Trashed: How New York Wasted 5,000 Migrant Meals in One Day

DocGo, entitled to receive up to $11 for each meal, throws away thousands of uneaten meals each day, according to internal company records.

Montauketts’ Bid for N.Y. State Recognition Is Vetoed for the 5th Time

The tribe on Eastern Long Island, which lost state recognition more than a century ago, has won over the State Legislature, but not the governor.

From Smugglers and TikTok, Migrants Get a Message: Go to New York

Many migrants entering the U.S. southern border have been steered to New York City by relatives, politicians and smugglers, in part because of the city’s...

Mayor Adams’s Ability to Freely Spend Money on Migrants May Be Curtailed

The New York City comptroller is auditing a no-bid $432 million migrant-services contract, and is weighing whether to scrap the mayor’s blanket approval to enter...

NYC’s $432 Million Migrant Services Contract With DocGo Is Rejected

Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, refused to approve the $432 million contract, questioning the qualifications of DocGo, the medical services company awarded the...

DocGo Used Unregistered Guards at Migrant Hotels, N.Y. Officials Charge

Security firms hired by DocGo, a medical services firm that was given a $432 million no-bid migrant services contract by New York City, used unauthorized...

NY Attorney General Will Investigate DocGo, a Troubled Migrant Contractor

Migrants have said the contractor, DocGo, which was hired by New York City, misled and mistreated them. The police are investigating whether the company improperly...

NYC Migrant Contractor DocGo Faces Scrutiny in Sexual Assault Cases

The city gave DocGo contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to care for migrants. Now it faces problems, including a police investigation.

New York City Had a Migrant Crisis. It Hired a Covid Expert to Help.

DocGo, a medical services company, received a $432 million no-bid contract to move hundreds of asylum seekers outside the city. Many say they have been...

The Secret Deal for a Tribal Casino and Why It Imploded

As a deadline looms for reaching a gambling deal with the Seneca Nation of Indians, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office tried to give the tribe a...
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