Just a pic of the sidewalks in harlam should prove evidence enough.
Before all the hate NYC bashing begins, Harlem has been gentrified for years. Inwood is in the process. For some reason, Inwood attracts people from the opera world. I have friends who live there. It’s coming along.
There are dozens of parks there. I’m not at all surprised that they have problems with animals. After all, parts of London are overrun by fox.