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Helping the family of Jordan Neely cope with the violent death of a loved one is, sadly, nothing new for Rev. Dr. Johnnie M. Green Jr. The Harlem pastor delivered the eulogy for Neely’s mother, who was murdered by her boyfriend 16 years ago. Now he is arranging the funeral for her son, killed in a chokehold on a Manhattan subway train on May 1. “I’ve been pastoring this family for 17 years now,” Green said Sunday as he stood outside Mt. Neboh Baptist Church on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. These days, he said: “I’ve been in constant contact with them on a daily basis, offering them words of ho......

Thirteen people were hit with charges after a group of protesters angry about Jordan Neely’s chokehold death took over a Manhattan subway station and jumped onto the train bed, cops said Sunday. The protest brought a busy Q train at the Lexington Ave. and E. 63rd St. station to a halt Saturday night, after a line of demonstrators got onto the tracks at about 6 p.m. Video showed one man jumping atop the board that protects the third rail, which normally carries a killer charge of 600 volts of electricity, while a woman yelled, “Don’t get on the rail! It’s electrified! It is electrified!” Of tho......