of a citizenry is the first principle of any government, and from that principle derive all other benefits a society confers. Like the freedom to go to a bar and get hammered without getting shot on your way home. , as worsening street conditions have become a significant drag on the city’s famed nightlife. It’s another downstream effect of rising crime and homelessness – and one which won’t help the city’s looming budget problems.
Police respond to a reported stabbing inside the 137 Street/City College train station in Manhattan on July 9, 2022.ILLINOIS POLICE REFORM ACT WILL ELIMINATE CASH BAIL AND MAKE OUR STREETS LESS SAFE Another neighborhood bar owner, Michael Younge of The Landmark Tavern , backs him up."Yeah, there’s been a change," he says."We’re closing earlier, because we can’t get the staff for two shifts." Younge acknowledges the effect of deteriorating street conditions."It’s not just the homeless. It’s homeless who are mentally disturbed. One of my servers used to go home by the Port Authority. She can’t go near the place now.
"There’s definitely a different vibe in town," Barounis says."Yes, we’re closing earlier. The market dictates it." A critic of New York’s"bail reform" laws – like many other business owners around town – Barounis doesn’t blame the police."There are no consequences for crime anymore. I’m seeing fewer outer-boroughs people. Just turn on the news.
This too shall pass. Crime goes up and down all the time just like the stock market.
Yea, so not really a 'comeback' then...