Marvin Bolton, one of New York City’s most vulnerable residents, spent his first winter without a real roof over his head developing a strategy for survival.

Pope Francis arrived in New York City Thursday afternoon, where he greeted a crowd of thousands along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.

“Maybe it’ll change laws,” he said. “Or maybe Freddie’ll be a martyr and his name will live on forever. And that makes us very proud.”

Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Manhattan Thursday night, shutting down intersections and major roadways for hours.

Thousands of protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday in a second day of demonstrations over the Eric Garner grand jury.

The drawn-out process of distributing millions of dollars collected in the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre has agonized and infuriated many.