HARLEM (WABC) -- Six miles from the parade, the line stretched for half a block along 145th Street, where volunteers and staff at the National Action Network served Thanksgiving dinner for their neighbors in Harlem and beyond.

Among them was their host, the Reverend Al Sharpton, state Attorney General Letitia James, filmmaker Spike Lee and mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

"There's so many homeless people that have nowhere to go. So, when we come together like this, it's a beautiful sight to see," Harlem resident Zaquon Jones said.

Many guests, like Jones, come here every year.

"And every year I come, I meet so many different people. I hear so many stories. And that warms my heart. So, you know, I'm just, you know, overwhelmed. I mean, because when you think we got it bad, we hear stories t

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