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Remember the barefoot homeless man who was given a costly pair of boots by a NYC cop who felt sorry for him on a cold, cold night? He’s barefoot again: His name is Jeffrey Hillman, and on Sunday night, he was once again wandering the streets — this time on the Upper West Side — […]

Remember the barefoot homeless man who was given a costly pair of boots by a NYC cop who felt sorry for him on a cold, cold night? He’s barefoot again:

His name is Jeffrey Hillman, and on Sunday night, he was once again wandering the streets — this time on the Upper West Side — with no shoes.

The $100 pair of boots that Officer DePrimo had bought for him at a Sketchers store on Nov. 14 were nowhere to be seen.

“Those shoes are hidden. They are worth a lot of money,” Mr. Hillman said in an interview on Broadway in the 70s. “I could lose my life.”

Mr. Hillman, 54, was by turns aggrieved, grateful and taken aback by all the attention that had come his way — even as he struggled to figure out what to do about it.

“I was put on YouTube, I was put on everything without permission. What do I get?” he said. “This went around the world, and I want a piece of the pie.”

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