From every corner of the world to every corner of New York City, newcomers are carving out communities in unexpected — and sometimes hostile — places.
A Queens man accused in a drug case shinnied down nearly five stories at a hospital, caught a cab and couch surfed with friends and relatives before he was recaptured Tuesday.
Migrants were sleeping in the streets because there was no more space, the city said. Within days, it had found beds, and critics argued there had been room all along.
Once a symbol of affluence, the stretch limo has largely fallen out of favor as the rise of Uber and Lyft, the Great Recession and new regulations hastened a shift to chauffeured vans and S.U.V.s.