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Video shows about five people emerging from a Manhattan sewer manhole near Penn Station early Tuesday; the city DEP says the sewer is safe but entering sewers is illegal and hazardous, and police say it’s not yet known if this incident is connected to earlier Brooklyn cases. No arrests have been made and investigators are examining the situation.
New York City police are investigating overnight sightings of groups emerging from manholes in multiple neighborhoods; no injuries or arrests have been reported. Authorities checked the sewer system and found no threats, and investigators consider theories such as scavenging for valuables, though it’s unclear whether the incidents are connected.
Videos showing groups of men climbing out of Brooklyn manholes triggered a police inquiry, but authorities say there is no threat to the public and no injuries or arrests have been reported. Investigators suspect the group might be scavenging valuables from the sewer system, though two Brooklyn incidents aren’t yet linked and no sewer damage was found by the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit or NYC DEP.