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Inside New York's shanty town: Festering in the heart of Manhattan, the stinking tent city offers squatters electricity, water and even free needles to inject their drugs... while police turn and walk the other way
A tent city in Manhattan provides squatters with electricity, water, and free needles for drug use while police avoid intervening. The area is described as a festering, stinking encampment in the city's heart.
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