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But hay, crime is down and citizens just don't realize how good they have it, says the Biden administration
Roosevelt Avenue near 91st Street is littered daily with migrant vendors hawking goods they ripped off from shopkeepers just steps away, while prostitutes proposition passersby at all hours — and frustrated merchants and residents say they’re helpless to do anything about it.
Sex workers openly cruise the street, as older madams sit nearby and point out potential johns as they pass by.
One law enforcement source blamed soft-on-crime laws that severely limit what cops can do and cut low-level, non-violent offenders loose once they get to court.
“Roosevelt Avenue is the microcosm — a perfect storm composed of lunatic legislation that prevents enforcement of laws and the subsequent punitive results,” the source said.
Add to that waves of people with nothing to lose and you have criminality and degradation in quality of life for the community — and the city as a whole.”
They have been training people,” said O’Porta, 55, of Long Island City. “They have lookouts, you know, people to yell so they can pick up and leave when police come. I am catching a lot, a lot of them stealing. I caught 20 people last week. Twenty in one week. They are
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But hay, crime is down and citizens just don't realize how good they have it, says the Biden administration
NYC block turned into illicit open-air market for migrant crooks, prostitution: ‘It’s relentless’
A stretch of Jackson Heights has devolved into an illegal migrant shopping district — an unchecked open-air market where everything from women to stolen goods can be had, The Post has learned.Roosevelt Avenue near 91st Street is littered daily with migrant vendors hawking goods they ripped off from shopkeepers just steps away, while prostitutes proposition passersby at all hours — and frustrated merchants and residents say they’re helpless to do anything about it.
Sex workers openly cruise the street, as older madams sit nearby and point out potential johns as they pass by.
One law enforcement source blamed soft-on-crime laws that severely limit what cops can do and cut low-level, non-violent offenders loose once they get to court.
“Roosevelt Avenue is the microcosm — a perfect storm composed of lunatic legislation that prevents enforcement of laws and the subsequent punitive results,” the source said.
Add to that waves of people with nothing to lose and you have criminality and degradation in quality of life for the community — and the city as a whole.”
They have been training people,” said O’Porta, 55, of Long Island City. “They have lookouts, you know, people to yell so they can pick up and leave when police come. I am catching a lot, a lot of them stealing. I caught 20 people last week. Twenty in one week. They are
NYC block turned into illicit open-air market for migrant crooks, prostitution: ‘It’s relentless’
A stretch of Jackson Heights has been turned into an illegal migrant mecca where everything from prostitutes to stolen goods are being peddled in broad daylight, The Post has learned.
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