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Are you really surprised? With the lax enforcement and the change in our laws, the criminals can do whatever they want with no repercussions. Pathetic.
NYPD rebuffs claims of inaction over junk market along East Village street
Despite cutbacks to its homeless outreach program, the NYPD says it is working to stop problems associated with a large junk market that cropped up along 14th Street near First Avenue in the East Village.
Yes, it's the poor working people who are victimized by the trash throwing people. Look at the picture.
Jimmy Jiang points to the garbage left behind by the flea market vendors. (Photo by Dean Moses)
"Jimmy Jiang, owner Hawa Smoothies and Bubble Tea juice bar, also feels helpless about the whole situation. He has now been forced to close his shop on weekends since customers say it’s just too dangerous for shoppers."
Who are the criminals? The people leaving the trash and creating an unsafe and unsanitary street, or the storeowner who is losing business due to the trash left by them?
Response: Opinion
On point! Good Job...
Who are the true criminals in DiBlasio's world?
People who have contributed to New York paying more
than their fare share of taxes.
That's who.
All the while empowering factions under him to loot the
piggy bank and dispense free cheese as far as the eye can see.
Guess what?
No return on the cheese investment.
The impoverished still remain status quo but now joined by the one time
hard working class as they were finally turned upside down and shaken until
all the coins fell out of their pockets.
East 14th Street in the East Village has become a haven for homelessness and drug use as unlicensed vendors fill the sidewalk peddling trash and broken items, according to local merchants and residents.
Before the pandemic, Immaculate Conception Church, located at the corner of First Avenue and East 14th Street, continuously held their weekend flea market in their parking lot.
But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 the church was forced to shut down the community event. In the wake of this closure, a homeless community moved onto the block — spreading out blankets and cardboard boxes on which they peddled everything from pirate DVDs to used food items, sometimes even going so far as to sell open seasoning containers and tangled extension cords.
Been a while since I been there. I need to check this out.
City agency claims outreach ongoing to vagrant vendors at East Village junk market.
The city agency responsible for aiding homeless New Yorkers said Thursday that it’s working to assist destitute vendors who have set up a junk market along 14th Street near First Avenue in the East Village.
Don't know why people are pretending to be shocked at the low quality of what trashpickers sell!
I avoid that stretch because trying to keep even a few feet's distance from others is impossible there, but you don't become a criminal or "filth" just by existing in a place that's inconvenient for others. I wonder why the church can't reopen that front area to make it a more organized flea market again--it's outdoors, after all.
There is nothing to indicate the people selling stuff are "criminals."
The church parking lot closed, so they can't sell their stuff there. This is only temporary.
So if you had men puking, doing drugs, masturbating and leaving trash behind on the sidewalk in front of your house, you'd be ok with it?
Sometimes I'm really surprised at what people think is ok.
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