This photo provided by Jennifer Foster shows New York City Police Officer Larry DePrimo presenting a barefoot homeless man in New York's Time Square with boots Nov. 14, 2012 .
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City homeless man — whose gift of boots from an NYPD police officer became an online sensation — is back on the streets with no shoes.
The New York Times found him Sunday night wandering barefoot in Manhattan. The paper
identified him as Jeffrey Hillman, formerly of South Plainfield, N.J.
Asked
about the $100 all-weather boots Officer Larry DePrimo gave him on Nov.
14, Hillman says he's hidden them because "they are worth a lot of
money."
He says he's grateful for the gift, but he wants "a piece of the pie" because the photo was posted online "without permission."
An
Arizona tourist snapped the photo of the officer presenting new boots
to Hillman. It went viral after it was posted on the NYPD's Facebook
page.
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This photo provided by Jennifer Foster shows New York City Police Officer Larry DePrimo presenting a barefoot homeless man in New York's Time Square with boots Nov. 14, 2012 .
