Michael Green’s brother Kareem awaits the Harlemite’s return after going missing last October. He hopes the public can help bring Michael home safely.
The 46-year-old missing man is known around the community as the founder of the nonprofit organization Hugs for Harlem. He was frequently the subject of crank calls by the Howard Stern Show back in the 2000s. But for Kareem Green, he is his brother—and best friend.
“We always hung out and traveled together,” he said. “We both work together to take care of our nephew, Steven. He was a man of the community. He was a family man. He always loved to help people. My relationship with my brother can never be replaced. We have a bond, and we bonded even more after my mother passed away and we became really inseparable. I really love my brother and I just want to find him.”
He adds that Michael Green, who is the older brother, inherited the role of family patriarch after his parents passed.
According to the NYPD, Green was reported missing on Oct. 13, 2023 and was last seen in Harlem around W. 143rd Street wearing “a black knit hat, black New York Yankees jacket, blue jeans, and green and white sneakers.”
He also walks with a cane, Kareem said.
Green’s brother last recalls seeing him on the night he went missing. He was apparently going to 125th Street. The brothers spoke over the phone after Kareem returned home from the gym around 6 p.m., and Green remained active over Instagram until around 1 a.m. the last time anyone heard from him, says his brother.
“My brother never left like this before,” he added. “So if the public could help me find him with any information—anything. His last whereabouts, the last time anybody else [has] seen him in the public. Just anything.”
Those with information about Michael Green are encouraged to reach out to the detective Borough at Manhattan North at 212-694-1093 or directly with detective Carlos Matos at 212-690-6315.
Tandy Lau is a Report for America corps member and writes about public safety for the Amsterdam News. Your donation to match our RFA grant helps keep him writing stories like this one; please consider making a tax-deductible gift of any amount today by visiting https://bit.ly/amnews1.
We ned to find home ASAP!
Rip to him and he will be missed.
Please contact
Plz contact
my fav quote of his was “A f—- is a street term for a sucka” during one of his shows with New Gravity