Inside New York's shanty town: Festering in the heart of Manhattan, the stinking tent city offers squatters electricity, water and even free needles to inject their drugs... while police turn and walk the other way

A makeshift tent city has sprung up in Manhattan, providing squatters with basic amenities like electricity, water, and even free needles for drug use, while authorities seem to look the other way. Markus C searches through discarded items to find something he can sell, highlighting the harsh reality of homelessness in one of the world's most affluent cities. This situation underscores the failure of current policies to address the growing homeless crisis and raises questions about the broader societal issues that allow such conditions to fester in the heart of a bustling metropolis.