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New Yorkers planted a tiny forest in a spot where the city used to warehouse prisoners and smallpox patients
On a chilly Saturday morning in early April, a few hundred people gathered in a park on Roosevelt ... City Lunatic Asylum, and a smallpox hospital on what became known as Welfare Island.
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Roosevelt Hotel lease to end amid asylum housing controversy
New York City has announced the termination of its $220m lease agreement with the Roosevelt Hotel in the US, which has been housing asylum seekers since its reopening in 2023. This decision will lead ...