In the aftermath of Ms. Johns’s departure, Mr. Rodriguez scrambled. For a time, he lived in the apartment of an aunt, he and the children sharing a large bed. Mr. Rodriguez and his children lived in shelters in Brooklyn and Queens before settling in one in the Bronx for the past year. “I was jumping from place to place,” Mr. Rodriguez said. In New York, Mr. Rodriguez studied business for a year at Boricua College and earned an associate degree in criminal justice at Berkeley College in Manhattan.

Source: New York Times January 04, 2020 05:18 UTC