New York City's 122-year existence is in jeopardy over its reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, and its politicians are largely to blame
New York City police are engaged in a “slowdown” and are planning a “sickout” for the July 4 weekend. Violent crime has tripled in the week since Mayor Bill de Blasio appeased social justice protesters and dismantled the NYPD’s iconic plainclothes unit. A new phenomenon of youths setting off fireworks has taken hold across the city, disturbing people’s sleep and frightening children. The scariest part is that police are not even responding to the pyrotechnical complaints.
Nearly 500,000 of the city’s eight million residents — over six percent — have fled in the last three months and have no plans to return, according to a New York Times analysis. Most of these families are of means and contributed heavily to the city’s tax base.
The feeling in the street is of a city on edge — or over the edge. The Orthodox community has historically relied on police protection more than other populations, and now the blue and white are no longer feared. The community is gripped with anxiety. A petition calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to put “an end to the chaos that has reigned on the streets of New York City” garnered over a thousand signatures as of press time.
And there’s no sleepaway camp. For parents, this is the latest chapter in a months-long book of horrors. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced two weeks ago that he will not allow sleepaway camps to open, igniting a storm of indignation. Several of the larger camps are absconding to other states, while others are reconstituting themselves as day camps or other entities.
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