New York City is about to become a lot more disgusting

New York Post ^ | May 26, 2016 | Michael Gartland

[detective]

Scofflaws of New York, rejoice — the City Council has cleared the way for you to litter, loiter and pee in the street to your heart’s content.

New legislation dubbed the “Criminal Justice Reform Act” was passed by lawmakers Wednesday, giving miscreants a get-out-of-jail-free card by eliminating the criminal penalties on a raft of quality-of-life crimes.

The disgusting and disturbing acts that the council voted to decriminalize include drinking alcohol out of a paper bag, lurking in parks after hours, urinating in the street and making enough of a racket to violate the noise code.

Under the legislation, which Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign, offenders will face only civil summonses instead of criminal citations.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Why can’t we all just get along?

[miss marmelstein]

Oh, come on! You get out of Manhattan before dark? Where the heck are you visiting in Manhattan that scares you so much? You find it an exciting city but don’t go to concerts, plays, nightclubs or restaurants? No cocktails on rooftop terraces overlooking the entire city as the sun goes down?

Under DeBlasio NYC is definitely experiencing problems. In my opinion, it started experiencing problems under that fascist Bloomberg. But for people to suggest that everyone is defecating in the streets is mindless or trapped in boxcars...er, I mean, condos, is nutty. Absolutely mindless. It’s still a great city and I think the current occupier of Gracie Mansion is going to be out on his ass next election.

[Gay State Conservative]

Oh, come on! You get out of Manhattan before dark? Where the heck are you visiting in Manhattan that scares you so much?

1) I worked in a big city ER for a long time...years,in fact.

2) A nurse I once worked with had worked in Kings County's ER for quite a while and told us many,*many* stories.

Translation,I've seen...*up close and personal*...what can happen in a big city after dark.Plus,I've heard many,many stories about what can happen in *New York City* after dark.

[miss marmelstein]

Wow. No offense but a pretty snowflake answer.

[Gay State Conservative]

Wow. No offense but a pretty snowflake answer.

Have you ever seen surgeons open the chest of a person who's been shot/stabbed in order to "plug" the hole so that the patient doesn't exsanginate on the way to the Operating Room?

I have...more times than I care to remember.

Have you ever seen medical personnel (surgeons...nurses) slip and fall on the blood that was,just moments earlier,in a newly arrived patient who had been shot/stabbed?

I have...more times than I care to remember.

Just sayin'....

[miss marmelstein]

Actually, I worked 3 years at New York Hospital when the Shah was brought in and during the whole Libby Zion fracas. You see a lot in these places. Particularly when the crowd is baying for the blood of the dying Shah.

I've been in dozens of emergency rooms in both NJ & NY and seen gunshot victims. I once saw a guy come out of a house in Neptune, NJ with a butcher's knife in his chest. It's amazing how fast you can run with that thing sticking out. All of these were almost exclusively black on black crimes that were done in the inner cities. Manhattan is NOT an inner-city. It has it's problems due to DeBlasio but it is certainly not a hellhole and still a vibrant exciting place to live and work. Even, as Dracula once said, after dark.

[Gay State Conservative]

All of these were almost exclusively black on black crimes that were done in the inner cities.

Assuming that you believe that I'm white (which I am) I'm simply not as confident as you seem to be that my whiteness will protect me *anywhere* in NYC after dark.Call me cowardly and I just might plead guilty.

And as for Manhattan no being a ghetto I've seen the dirtiest homeless people you can imagine sleeping on park benches just a stone's throw from Lincoln Center.

But I *will* give you credit for one thing though...you're an excellent advocate for your home city! ;-)

[miss marmelstein]

I don't think I said that whiteness will protect you in NYC. First of all, I'm talking about Manhattan, not all of NYC. That's one borough. There are many bad spots in the entire NYC area but most smart folks keep out of there or use their smarts to maneuver through it. Yes, there are now homeless back in Manhattan - especially around the Times Square/Madison Square Garden area. Probably areas like Tompkins Square Park although I'm no where near that. In my area, the 20s on the eastside, it's perfectly OK. But I blame Bloomberg & DeBlasio for the return of the homeless. Both were ineffectual and downright anarchic in allowing them to flourish.

Thank you for your compliment. I do love my city because it has given me great happiness in all my years here. Such vibrancy, such dynamic (if flawed) people, such great culture and food. Sadly, the suburbs of my youth were stultifying.