Acacia Gardens apartments in East Harlem site of May 2020 murder.
Acacia Gardens apartments in East Harlem site of May 2020 murder. ( Photo: Google Maps)

A man made homeless by COVID was taken in by another man. They became intimate, and then things turned horrifically wrong, and violent.

Bragg Announces Sentence in May 2020, COVID-Related Murder
09 Mar 2026 | 02:02
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., reecntly announced the sentencing of Aljo Mrkulic, 37, to 39 years-to-life in state prison for murdering 30-year-old Christopher Rodriguez, his intimate partner, setting fire to Mr. Rodriguez’s apartment and assaulting three police officers who responded...

City Arts
The Company of Ailey II: Top row (l to r): Darion Turner, Xavier Logan; middle row standing (l to r): Eric J. Vidana, Jordyn White, Christian Butts, Shay Bland, Rehearsal Director, Francesca Harper, Artistic Director, Xhosa Scott, Meredith Brown, Jada Ammons; middle row kneeling (l to r): Kamani Abu, Adanna Smalls; bottom row (l to r): Carley Cruzat Brooks, Jennifer M. Gerken.
The Company of Ailey II: Top row (l to r): Darion Turner, Xavier Logan; middle row standing (l to r): Eric J. Vidana, Jordyn White, Christian Butts, Shay Bland, Rehearsal Director, Francesca Harper, Artistic Director, Xhosa Scott, Meredith Brown, Jada Ammons; middle row kneeling (l to r): Kamani Abu, Adanna Smalls; bottom row (l to r): Carley Cruzat Brooks, Jennifer M. Gerken. ( Photo by Nir Arieli)

Ailey II: The Future Is Now

06 Mar 2026 | 04:59

For more than five decades, Ailey II, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has merged...

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