FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 Dear New Yorkers, The deportation of 19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez Flores to a megaprison in El Salvador earlier this year set off a huge firestorm when it was first reported by Documented because the Venezuelan had no criminal record and a pending asylum application. But a previously unreported interaction that took place […]
Xian Chiang-Waren
Xian Chiang-Waren is THE CITY's audience manager for newsletters.
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Daniel Penny acquitted in Jordan Neely’s death
Dear New Yorkers, Daniel Penny was acquitted yesterday by a Manhattan jury in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a crowded F train last year. The killing had electrified the city, and triggered contentious debates about public safety on the subways. Penny, an ex-Marine, had held Neely, a homeless street performer, in a six-minute […]