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Thousands of Manhattan moms form anti-crime group amid rising lawlessness
New York Post ^ | February 15, 2020 | Sara Dorn

Posted on 02/15/2020 4:11:49 PM PST by karpov

They’re the Real Housewives of Fighting Crime.

A band of Manhattan moms are trading luncheons and playdates for political lobbying and police meetings — all in the name of protecting their kids from rising crime, bail-reform loopholes, aggressive panhandlers, and what they see as a general return of lawlessness.

The 2,600-mother movement formed on the Upper West Side in the fall, when a string of high-profile muggings and a playground shooting put the family-oriented neighborhood on edge — and one woman decided to do something about it.

“My background is in finance and non-profit. I’m not like an activist or a crusader. I’m home with three kids,” said Upper West Sider Elizabeth Carr. “I started in the last year feeling like we were seeing homeless encampments pop up, regular panhandlers in our face … and walking through clouds and clouds of marijuana smoke with my kids at 8 a.m.”

After the October gunplay at the Samuel N. Bennerson II Playground, Carr put out a call to action on various parent Facebook groups, and “NYC Moms for Safer Streets” was born.

Armed with branded literature, a professionally produced website and personal stories of coming face-to-face with unruly youth and mentally-disturbed New Yorkers, the moms secured meetings with a slew of community leaders, from state lawmakers and Gov. Cuomo’s office to NYPD brass and City Councilmembers.

“We came together as just a group of parents who have seen a considerable change in our neighborhood, and obviously the shooting was a major incident, but there has been a deterioration for some time,” said Nicole Palame, an Upper East Side mom to a 5-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New York
KEYWORDS: deblasio; manhattan; nyc
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I hope they will stop voting for people like de Blasio. The Left may smear them as Beckies, but they and their husbands pay the taxes that support the welfare dependents of New York City.
1 posted on 02/15/2020 4:11:49 PM PST by karpov
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It’s a women’s issue. Letting thousands of criminals on the street harms women.


2 posted on 02/15/2020 4:13:04 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: karpov

Women: Until we get a real sheriff in town we and the ropes and guns are here to stay. Get it?


3 posted on 02/15/2020 4:13:43 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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They voted for it.


4 posted on 02/15/2020 4:14:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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If they vote democrat . . .they are spinning their wheels for reform.


5 posted on 02/15/2020 4:14:23 PM PST by Maudeen (http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)
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protecting their kids from rising crime, bail-reform loopholes, aggressive panhandlers, and what they see as a general return of lawlessness.

The Women: And we are naming our brand new organization the Republican Party. Oh, wait. That's taken.

6 posted on 02/15/2020 4:15:43 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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This is the real war on women, why does deblasio hate women?


7 posted on 02/15/2020 4:16:11 PM PST by Jeff Vader
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To: karpov

Probably a lot of these people voted for de Blasio, if they even bothered to vote, but they’re finally having a wake-up moment. Hope they stick with it and carry it through.

De Blasio can’t run again, but his would p-be successors are as bad as he was. I have heard rumors that Giuliani might make run again, and even at his age, I think he’d win. Even with these (disgusted) Dem moms.


8 posted on 02/15/2020 4:30:44 PM PST by livius
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They built a website. Meaningless drivel.


9 posted on 02/15/2020 4:31:52 PM PST by ameribbean expat (Socialism is like a nude beach - - sounds great til you actually get there. -- David ge.)
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To Elizabeth Carr and the others:

If you need more people, or greater involvement of the people you have, remind them that their property values go down when the neighborhood gets crime-infested. Co-ops, condos, private residences-—all lose lots of value when the area deteriorates.

That’s not the main reason, but it’s very persuasive to some, to get them involved or to get them to be more involved.


10 posted on 02/15/2020 4:39:49 PM PST by firebrand
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“the old Ansonia Hotel”

LOL


11 posted on 02/15/2020 4:42:44 PM PST by firebrand
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Upper class in San Francisco pay for security with their own funds.
This situation seems ripe for some sort of Organized Syndicate to provide such security.


12 posted on 02/15/2020 4:43:09 PM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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I hope they will stop voting for people like de Blasio.

It is possible they did not vote for him. Single or divorced women (and men) tend to vote democrat while married couples tend to vote Republican.

It is an interesting twist that may partly explain why cities tend to trend democrat.

13 posted on 02/15/2020 4:43:21 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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Where were they during the past 2 elections when only 22% of registered NYC voters bothered to vote?”


14 posted on 02/15/2020 4:44:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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“...Manhattan moms are trading luncheons and playdates for political lobbying and police meetings ...”

And the police tell them there isn’t shit they can do.


15 posted on 02/15/2020 4:48:31 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo2)
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The reason is that we are a one-party town now. I’ve said this before, but the reason is that the Dems don’t bother to vote because they know they can’t lose, and the Republicans don’t vote because they know they can’t win.

Result: Nobody votes.

Dem primaries are the only time the mass of voters get their wienies up, and if the candidate is a celebrity, it’s no contest. That’s why we should stop posting Miss Lipstick of the Bronx’s picture all over the place and stop talking about her constantly. Now she can’t lose, even though she has some really good people running against her.


16 posted on 02/15/2020 4:52:28 PM PST by firebrand
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“I’m home with three kids,” said Upper West Sider Elizabeth Carr”

Here’s your problem madame...if you were even halfway normal you wouln’t be living there.


17 posted on 02/15/2020 4:53:32 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo2)
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I wish I had more sympathy for them, but as they voted for the dems, these are the consequences in which they have to deal. Good luck to them.


18 posted on 02/15/2020 4:55:20 PM PST by Dave W
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David and Nicole Palame:


19 posted on 02/15/2020 5:42:23 PM PST by nwrep
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Enjoy the Clockwork Orange you created!

Or learn how to connect the dots.


20 posted on 02/15/2020 6:40:00 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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