Recycling magnate Chen Guangbiao, known for his sometimes eccentric gestures, served up a fancy lunch Wednesday to hundreds of homeless New Yorkers at a Central Park restaurant and serenaded them with "We are the World". Chen had promised to give each attendee $300 incash but was instead convinced to donate the money to the New York City Rescue Mission, according to local media. Several hundred people showed up for the lunch, and a ceremony in which Chen was presented with a certificate declaring him "the world's greatest philanthropist".
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Sharon Robinson, left, and Roy Gantt, both residents of the New York City Rescue Mission, look over their desserts at The Loeb Boathouse restaurant in New York, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. [Photo/IC] |
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