Migrants Scavenge NYC Sewers | Raleigh News

Raleigh News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 25, 2026 · 1m

NYPD detectives are investigating a chilling video of three figures in overalls and headlamps emerging from a manhole near Penn Station—suspected migrants scavenging for valuables in NYC’s perilous underground. This isn’t an isolated incident: similar sewer exits surfaced earlier this summer in Brooklyn and Queens, with some caught and confessing to looting. Officials link the trend to migrant communities from Venezuela, drawn to the city over recent years. Though no arrests have been made yet in the Penn Station case, prior suspects have been identified. The city warns that entering sewers…