Some of the other residents would sometimes give Mr. Elliot money to pick up food for them and let him keep the change, he said. “He’s one of them guys I wouldn’t have associated with,” Mr. Montanez said. He described Mr. Elliot as someone who needed to be in a setting where he could “get his mind together,” rather than a homeless shelter. Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen sharply during the pandemic, according to police departments across the country. In the initial footage released on the attack on Ms. Kari, several workers in the lobby of the luxury building appeared to do nothing to intervene, which heightened anger online.

Source: New York Times March 31, 2021 15:04 UTC