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Sotero Cirilo stands near the tent, left, where he sleeps next to other homeless people in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. The 55-year-old immigrant from Mexico used to make $800 per week at two Manhattan restaurants, which closed when the COVID-19 pandemic started. A few months later, he couldn’t afford the rent of his Bronx room, and afterward, of another room in Queens he moved into. “I never thought I would end up like this, like I am today,” he said, his eyes filling up with tears. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sotero Cirilo stands near the tent, left, where he sleeps next to other homeless people in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. The 55-year-old immigrant from Mexico used to make $800 per week at two Manhattan restaurants, which closed when the COVID-19 pandemic started. A few months later, he couldn’t afford the rent of his Bronx room, and afterward, of another room in Queens he moved into. “I never thought I would end up like this, like I am today,” he said, his eyes filling up with tears. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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