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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, for everyone (or maybe just one suck puppet) freaking out about my so-called freak out, here’s an example of media coverage that led me to ask what I think is a simple question, posed to people actually living in the area. From the Wall Street Journal just a few months ago. Just gave me a little pause, that’s all.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-police-target-midtown-crime-increase-with-patrols-blockades-11623675600

“The New York Police Department has set up a mobile command post and increased patrols in the heart of Midtown Manhattan following a surge in robberies, assaults and shootings along a corridor popular with tourists and office workers.

The command post was installed on June 4 at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and West 38th Street near several hotels, stores and offices. The setup includes an NYPD truck and metal barricades that run along the city block to carve out a staging area for police.

An additional 24 officers have been dispatched on daily patrols along Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue from West 36th Street to West 46th Street to reassure the public and deter crime, according to NYPD Assistant Chief Stephen Hughes. Homeless outreach workers are also assisting officers in interactions with homeless people where public safety isn’t an issue, he said in an interview.

Police officials say the rise in crime in the area has been fueled by an illegal narcotics market that sprung up on Eighth Avenue between Penn Station and Port Authority Bus Terminal after the city rehoused thousands of homeless people in area hotels during the Covid-19 pandemic. Local residents say it is the first time in decades that police have had such a significant, protracted presence in the area.”[/quote]

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