Addicts, displaced from Washington Sq. Park, now congregate at Sara D. Roosevelt Park due to homeless sanctuaries, leading to open drug use, burglaries, and safety fears for families. Residents decry a "vicious cycle" of ineffective enforcement.
A year-long investigation led to the arrest of dealers operating a drug market in Washington Square Park. Increased police presence aims to reclaim the park and deter narcotics activity. Arrests increased by 50%.
Washington Square Park drug dealers busted after overdose death of Colorado woman who came to NYC for an internship. Dealers had 80 prior drug arrests but were released back to the street.
Federal indictment unsealed, charging nearly 20 drug dealers for narcotics trafficking in Washington Square Park. Overdoses, fatalities, and soft-on-crime laws cited. Fentanyl, heroin, crack-cocaine involved.
