By Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito seeks to make our city most unsafe. She proposes to decriminalize six low-level offenses like public urination. biking on the sidewalk, public consumption of alcohol, being in the park after dark, failure to obey park signs and jumping subway turnstiles.
These broken-windows policies have been proven to bring down crime for some of these offenders who are wanted or in the process of committing more serious crimes. As the NYPD police commissioner has said, “Under no circumstances will I support anything that weakens the ability of my officers to police and keep this city safe.”
Well, I totally agree. We need such policies or crime shall reign supreme.
Kudos to Bill Bratton for standing up for the city and our Finest.
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Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Glen Oaks Village
