The chaos that is characterizing the nights in this park lately led the Police last week to impose a curfew at 10 p.m. in this usually quiet place, although visitors refuse to evict it, which comes after the city began to end restrictions imposed by the pandemic.
This Saturday night ended in general with six injured and a 27-year-old man arrested and accused of serious assault, indicates the New York Post newspaper.
“Criminals rule this city,” said a disgruntled policeman to the Post that was not identified.
Even street boxing fights are taking place in the park and there is deafening music that residents of the area have denounced without success.
According to data from the Post, a Queens County resident, identified as 28-year-old David Ortiz, is one of the party planners in Washington Square Park in Manhattan until late at night, which has spiraled out of control.
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It also indicates that, according to Ortiz, neighbors who complain about noise should move. “This is my answer to residents: if you have a problem with amplified sound and you live in the center of the city, you live in the Washington Square Park area, then you should move,” says the newspaper.
“I’m not going to let anyone steal our joy,” Ortiz declared., one of those who coordinates boxing matches without a license. A video on the networks shows two men with gloves fighting near the emblematic arch of the park while listening to the uproar of the public.
In addition, neighbors have denounced drug use in the park, motorized vehicles, the sale without a license of alcohol and even fireworks, which led to the imposition of a curfew.
It should be noted that this wave of insecurity had not been seen since before Mayor Giuliani took office when he ran the controversial “civic cleanup” of New York as its mayor from 1994 to 2001
In particular, Giuliani focused on eliminating beggars and sex clubs from Times Square, promoting an atmosphere of “family values” and a return to the area’s previous focus on business, theater, and the arts.
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