It's Monday in New York City, where Rowena Manapat pays $4,400 a month for her two-bedroom apartment inside One38, a luxury tower in the South Bronx.
It's not cheap, but for that price, the amenities seemed incredible: rooftop pickleball court, indoor pool, sweeping water views.
But when she moved in in 2024, she noticed “filthy” dust covering her floors. Soon after, the power went out, so the building used loud mobile generators for months. Then the brick facade started crumbling. Brown water came out of the taps. Ceilings leaked. The gym and parking garage flooded.
Health care workers and immigrant rights advocates say fears of immigration enforcement have made some New Yorkers more hesitant to access health services, though hospitals said they haven't experienced an uptick in ICE activity during Trump's second term.
"Who here has heard the words, ‘Go back to where you came from?' Who here has returned home to their city only to be ushered aside and greeted with suspicion?" Mamdani said. "We are whole here in this city we love."
Survivors of convicted gynecologist Robert Hadden say Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital are far from demonstrating accountability — or reforming the practices that allowed his crimes to flourish.
