The summary of the excerpt is about the squalid living conditions in the slums of New York in the 1880s.
"How the Other Half Lives" was documented by Jacob Riis and it exposed the squalid living conditions in the slums of New York in the 1880s.
The author documented the slums, immigrants, abuse, and diseases that people faced in the slums. Jacob was a police reporter who became familiar with tenement living and drew attention to the horrendous condition of the people living there through his work.
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