Residents living near Tompkins Square Park in the East Village say it has become overrun with illicit drug use, prostitution, and more.
park tell FOX 5 NY that police have only skimmed the surface of a much seedier situation.
A visit to the park on Friday uncovered numerous needles, baggies, and other evidence of illicit drug use in just minutes. "We've been in the neighborhood for 12 years," said a mother with her children. "I’ve seen things in the past year… things we haven't seen ever."Parkgoers say the sight of crack smoking and needle injecting is the new norm here.The NYPD said officers from the nearby 9th Precinct were aware of the condition of the park, that police are deployed regularly inside the park during the day, and that it is locked and lit up each night.
But Allie Ryan, founder of Friends of Tompkins Square Park, says police are inconsistently locking the park at night due to issues with manpower shortages. She says she has filed multiple 311 complaints and formed the group in a desperate attempt to help clean the underfunded park that has become a hazard to their pets and kids.
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