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You're being ridiculous about Harlem. It's not that bad, though some parts a certainly worse than others.
Welfare policies favor single mothers who don't work, and penalize those people on welfare who start to earn money. Instead of immediately kicking them off welfare because their income goes above a certain level, give them a grace period and let them save up money before reducing their benefits. It's the policy of the system that discourages these people from finding work and encourages broken family. Change the public policy while continuing to arrest gangsters and you fix the problem.
As it is NYC will end up dealing with the matter, since the only place long term for people who work in retail, the service sector, and other low wage jobs in the housing projects. Get rid of them criminals and make the housing projects for working people or retirees on social security.
Beautiful this will save black america. They need to stop encouraging this irresponsible behavior.