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Legal assistance providers can be reached for Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island residents at Legal Services NYC, 917-661-4500; Manhattan residents can contact Mobilization for Justice at 212417-3700; and Queens residents should reach out to the Jewish Association Serving the Aging at 212-273-5359. Others can call 311 or 212-NEW-YORK (212-6399675) for assistance.

For more information, visit on.nyc. gov/LegalHelpforOlderAdults.

–– Compiled by Karen Juanita Carrillo least five LGBTQ+ people killed throughout the U.S. in recent weeks. Dr. Rich Blint— visiting assistant professor of African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College—said the incident is indicative of a partisan, nationwide effort condemning people like Sibley.

“The reality that allows a 17-year-old boy to ruin the rest of his life, because he sees someone voguing at a gas station, is absolutely astounding to me,” he said. “That has been going on for all the time I’ve been alive…we can’t pretend this is a new question, and we can see from the current discourse from Republicans—in certain presidential candidates—there’s a really stark division in the country along racial gender and sexual lines.”

The Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes does not comment on individual cases, but connected the AmNews with partnering organization NYC Anti-Violence Project (AVP) on how the city may strategize on stopping similar violence in the future.

“We continue to say O’Shae Sibley’s name and mourn his loss along with our community. Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric is harmful and anti-LGBTQ+ violence and harassment is rampant among our communities,” said

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