Aryana Noroozi

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Stefano, 47, used to be a forklift operator in lower Manhattan and helped with the clean up post September 11. But after the 2008 financial crisis and recession, his boss lost the construction business, and Stefano lost his job. That’s when he became homeless. Stefano talked about being from Germany, having a sister who he thinks is in Paris but they don’t stay in touch. To him, one of the worst things about being homeless is the rain. “Snow is okay and even heavy rain but the misty stuff, that is the worst, it just soaks through everything,” he said. The police make sleeping outside difficult. “When you finally fall asleep that’s when they come and wake you up, asking you a bunch of questions and you just have to tell them to piss off.” Stefano hates the shelters, says they are dangerous and doesn’t want to get robbed. Photo @arynanna Upper West Side, New York City, December 11, 2019 The primary cause of homelessness is lack of affordable housing. Each night thousands of people sleep unsheltered on New York City streets and in the subway system. In 2018, according to the most recent statistics from the Coalition for the Homeless, 133,284 different homeless men, women, and children slept in the city's shelter system number, 45,600 were children. #outinthecoldnyc #homeless #unemployed

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Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a celebration of life. The holiday falls on the Spring equinox and celebrates light triumphing over darkness. Only this year, it did not feel quite this way. NY City Lens reporter @arynanaa talked to the Iranian community in the U.S., as well as those in Iran, and learned of a great fear towards the pandemic. 📷: AP photo by Ebrahim Noroozi #coronavirus #pandemic #covid19 #iran #iraniannewyear #iraniancommunity #nowruz

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A break from the coronavirus— Influenced by the ever-growing litter on New York City streets, Alex Dabagh initiated @anybagproject and applied his leather bag production techniques tomaketotes from plastic bag waste. @arynanaa and @jw_cachen have the story. #sustainablefashion #sustainability #sustainability #environment #environmentallyfriendly #plastic #plasticwaste #plasticbagban #plasticbag #smallbusiness #familyowned #newyorkcity #newyorker #nyc

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