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In the mid- to late 1800s, insane asylums served as catch-all facilities for violent and difficult women. But were they ... her head,” in the words of The New York Times. Meanwhile, the Daily ...

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Dubbed the “new Ellis Island” of New York City, the Roosevelt Hotel has welcomed upwards of 150,000 migrants and asylum seekers from more than 160 countries since reopening as a shelter.