Amy Julia Harris

Every year, tens of thousands of young people are sent on visas to toil as farmworkers, housekeepers and office interns, all in the name of cultural exchange.

Some American companies have used the cultural exchange program as a supply of cheap, exploitable labor, records and interviews show.

An extensive review by New York City’s Department of Investigation identified hundreds of issues, including financial mismanagement, nepotism and conflicts of interest.

New York City has helped some of the most severely mentally ill homeless people, Mayor Eric Adams said, but he said more needed to be done to reach all those on the streets.

Amid a drumbeat of preventable errors by shelters, hospitals and care teams, state officials issued guidance to increase communication.

The broker, Sheina Levin, was a former business partner of Victor Rivera, whose dealings were the subject of a New York Times investigation.

Sheina Levin was a former business partner of Victor Rivera, whose dealings were the subject of a New York Times investigation.

Ten people were injured early Sunday morning when panicked throngs of people tried to escape what they thought was a gunman.

Victor Rivera was sentenced to more than two years in prison for accepting kickbacks while running his Bronx homeless shelter organization.

New York officials found misspending by African American Planning Commission, which runs homeless shelters, but public money continued to flow.

Victor Rivera’s guilty plea followed a Times investigation that revealed allegations of sexual abuse and financial misdeeds at his nonprofit organization.

The companies purchased Twin Parks North West, the Bronx building where there was a deadly fire, along with seven other buildings in the borough for $166 million.

Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to revamp the homeless shelter system, but some of the main players have not changed.

The city will no longer work with CORE Services Group, the nonprofit run by Jack A. Brown to provide housing and services to the homeless.

Some executives at nonprofit groups that operate New York City homeless shelters are benefiting from the plight of the people they serve.

Victor Rivera gained power and profit as New York’s homeless crisis worsened. Accused of sexual and financial misconduct, he has largely escaped consequences.

Prosecutors accused Victor Rivera of enriching himself through kickbacks as he led one of the largest homeless shelter operations in New York City.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered a review of the groups that run New York’s homeless housing after The New York Times uncovered accusations of sexual and financial misconduct.

Victor Rivera, the chief executive of the Bronx Parent Housing Network, one of the largest operators of homeless shelters in New York City, was accused of sexual abuse and financial impropriety.