Jarrett Murphy
Johnny Hincapie embraces his mother as he leaves the courthouse after getting his conviction overturned on October 6.
Johnny Hincapie was found guilty of being part of a gang of teenagers who jumped a tourist family in the 53rd Street/7th Avenue subway station on September 2, 1990.
It’s common on the streets of New York to see new neighborhoods rising from old ones. Along the eastern shore of Staten Island, however, a very different process is now underway.
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