Promoting Urban Well-being: NYC Takes Action to Address Drug Use and Vagrancy by Suspending Outdoor Furniture
In a rare moment of sanity, Broadway in the Garment District recently experienced a reprieve from drug addicts and predatory vagrants. Merchants, employees, and shoppers were delighted as an “experiment” cleared the so-called “pedestrian plazas” from West 36th Street to West 41st for about 10 days. The question now is: how long will this embrace …