. . . "And the growing problem isn’t solely on city streets.
"Transit hubs, including Penn Station, are plagued by surging numbers of homeless people who publicly masturbate, harass bystanders and demand free food as the city looks the other way, commuters complain.
“ 'It reminds me of the pre-[Rudy] Giuliani era,” said Jim Hoover, 60, who has been commuting through Penn Station since 1986. “The police aren’t chasing them away anymore.”"Just outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a homeless man drunkenly knocked a woman to the floor while stumbling around the sidewalk.
"The bum, who goes by “Monk,” was arrested by a cop at the scene and taken away by an FDNY ambulance.
“ 'He’s going to get a hospital bed and a slap on the wrist,” said Timothy Arroyo, who was watching from a crowd that gathered.
“ 'He’ll be back out here tomorrow.”
"A PA source said there has been a “noticeable uptick” in vagrants at the terminal in recent months." . . .
New York wants to bring public urination out of the shadows
"But now, with the far left wing mayor leading the charge, more and more minor crimes are not being enforced. Predictably, this has led to a surge in violent crime and an invasion by vagrants and homeless people that hasn't been seen since the pre-Guiliana days." . . .
De Blasio and Dinkins: When cops and mayors feud
. . . "After a fanatic assassinated two cops on Saturday, de Blasio clearly understood he had to do something to calm the waters between himself and the NYPD.
"But it was telling that de Blasio could not restrain himself during a press conference he called on Monday to try to set things right with the NYPD — reserving his greatest passion for an unplanned defense of anti-cop demonstrators against the media.
"So, yes, he has three years to fix things. Problem is, he’s Bill de Blasio.
"And Bill de Blasio gives every indication that, left to his natural instincts, he’ll just make things worse."
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