It’s a free-for-all junkie heaven in East Harlem!
The drug infested haven was still going full-swing Sunday as NYPD officers simply looked the other way while zoned-out addicts tried to rob and harass locals passing by in broad daylight.
Saber Saifullah, who owns Pizza 2 Go on East 125th Street, said, “I had to shoo away an addict, who was trying to rob a 15-year old girl outside my shop, while the cops were standing just 10 yards away patrolling.”
“The cop is standing there, drug dealer is standing there,” Saifullah said. “I’m here 20 years managing this, never like this. The junkies see the good people come here to buy, and they snatch the food, they snatch the money.”
Another addict was seen pulling down his pants Sunday and shooting up right next to three NYPD squad cars, with no one intervening.
“The addicts are not like humans when they are all drugged up,” Saifullah added.
Media coverage brought attention to the troubling Manhattan block, revealing open-air shooting galleries with dozens of zombie-like junkies wandering the Park Avenue stretch begging for money or just stealing it.
Critics blame the junkie takeover on liberal crime laws, including Gov. Kathy Hochul’s move that decriminalized the use and possession of hypodermic needles. A directive, citing the new law, has ordered cops not to arrest addicts shooting up in public.
“I called 911 every day,” said local street vendor Ali You. “It’s for the same reason, the drug overdoses. All the time they are robbing people here, then they buy the drugs, then they are falling on the street and overdosing right there.”
“Monday through Friday this is like a drug market here, right here on the street,” You said. “People cannot even walk down the street because they keep saying, ‘Excuse me, excuse me,’ and while they are begging, another is robbing them.”
“The police are here every day,” You said. “The undercover police … they are here often. They arrest a lot. But they’re too much. They are always fighting, and there’s always more coming.”
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