Mary Altaffer
New York City put a new law into effect this year that “relieved” the police of the responsibility of managing illegal street vending operations and sidewalk gambling activities. This was part of the movement to defund or abolish the police. Instead of having cops maintain the situation, that responsibility was handed over to a group of civilian “intervention” specialists. The theory behind this law was that confrontations with the police over so-called “quality of life” crimes could lead to more instances where the police would need to use force to clear the streets and gain compliance.
The problem is that the new agency tasked with these responsibilities was given no authority to confiscate goods or take anyone into custody. They aren’t even allowed to demand to see the identification of the people they “intervene” with. Would anyone care to take a guess as to what happened next? In one business district in the Bronx, illegal vendors and three-card
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