“What everyone has forgotten was the scandal over how poor Kitty Genovese screamed for help and was ignored; it took several slashing attacks for the murderer to finally kill her. No one even bothered to call the police.”
Some here remember. It has been said that was the exact moment that New York was confirmed dead as a livable city. There were some signs of life when Staten Island’s secession was halted by the election of Giuliani. But who knows where it’s going now with the Sandinistas in power?
I remember New York then. My Dad’s war college class visited the U.N. in October 1963 by train which came into Pennsylvania Station just weeks before it was demolished. Went to the World’s Fair in 1964 & 1965, stayed with friends in Manhasset L.I.
The murder of Kitty Genovese shook the nation, even just after the JFK assassination. I was 15, remember it clear as a bell.
Again, hope her killer croaks in lockup. Vermin like that & their liberal enablers are what ruin a city. I’m afraid New York is in for a wild ride that will make David Dinkins look like a hanging judge.