Junkies take over Midtown: Homeless (麻薬)常用者s flock to the heart of Manhattan to 取引,協定 and use 麻薬s in 幅の広い daylight as 警官,(賞などを)獲得するs turn a blind 注目する,もくろむ

  • 地元のs say parts of Manhattan's Midtown 地区 have been 侵略(する)/超過(する) by 麻薬 (麻薬)常用者s during the pandemic
  • 苦しめるing photos showed possible junkies struggling to stand and 崩壊(する)ing on the sidewalk in a plaza at West 34th Street and 8th Avenue on Thursday???
  • A woman was seen 注入するing a needle in her arm in 幅の広い daylight a few 封鎖するs away on Wednesday
  • 公式の/役人s at City Hall have 定評のある the 状況/情勢 and branded it '完全に 容認できない'
  • But 地元のs say the いわゆる '狙撃 gallery' is only getting worse because nothing is 存在 done to 演説(する)/住所 it
  • The 明らかな rise in brazen public 麻薬 use comes as New York City is roiled by an alarming 殺到する in 罪,犯罪?

Police appear to be turning a blind 注目する,もくろむ to a growing (人が)群がる of 麻薬 (麻薬)常用者s 狙撃 up in 幅の広い daylight in Manhattan's Midtown 近隣 as 地元のs 嘆願d for someone to step in and put an end to the unsettling scenes.?

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the once bustling area at the heart of the Big Apple has emptied of office 労働者s 急ぐing to and from 会合s and tourists snapping photos of 誘発するing 超高層ビルs.??

They've now been 取って代わるd with people 負かす/撃墜する on their luck, many of them struggling with 麻薬 中毒, who have come to call that stretch of Broadway 'home'.?

苦しめるing photos taken by DailyMail.com at a 歩行者 plaza 国境d by Broadway and West 40th on Wednesday 逮捕(する)d a disheveled woman 注入するing herself with a needle in 幅の広い daylight, and then settling 負かす/撃墜する for a nap in the sun.????

The wider 範囲 of the problem has now been 逮捕(する)d in another 始める,決める of snaps taken several 封鎖するs south at West 34th on Thursday, where clusters of people in tattered 着せる/賦与するing were seen milling about with glazed 表現s on their 直面するs.

Some of the photos showed two men 密談する/(身体を)寄せ集めるd over a 捕らえる、獲得する 含む/封じ込めるing a 怪しげな 実体, one of them with a 禁止(する)d wrapped around his upper arm.?

Others showed people splayed out on the ground or hunched over railings as they struggled to stay upright.??

一方/合間, several NYPD officers were seen passing through the area unfazed by the 麻薬 use that 証言,証人/目撃するs say has been happening in 十分な 見解(をとる) all day, every day for months.??

Police appear to be turning a blind eye to a growing crowd of drug addicts shooting up in broad daylight in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood as locals plead for someone to step in and put an end to the unsettling scenes. Pictured: One man doubles over on the ground while another holds onto a railing for support in a plaza at 34th St and 8th Ave on Thursday

Police appear to be turning a blind 注目する,もくろむ to a growing (人が)群がる of 麻薬 (麻薬)常用者s 狙撃 up in 幅の広い daylight in Manhattan's Midtown 近隣 as 地元のs 嘆願d for someone to step in and put an end to the unsettling scenes. Pictured: One man (テニスなどの)ダブルス over on the ground while another 持つ/拘留するs の上に a railing for support in a plaza at 34th St and 8th Ave on Thursday

Since the start of the cor
onavirus pandemic, the once bustling area at the heart of the Big Apple has emptied of office workers rushing to and from meetings and tourists snapping photos of skyscrapers. They've now been replaced with people down on their luck, many of them struggling with drug addiction, who have come to call that section of the city 'home'

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the once bustling area at the heart of the Big Apple has emptied of office 労働者s 急ぐing to and from 会合s and tourists snapping photos of 超高層ビルs. They've now been 取って代わるd with people 負かす/撃墜する on their luck, many of them struggling with 麻薬 中毒, who have come to call that section of the city 'home'

Two men were seen openly engaging in a possible drug deal on a bench in the plaza at West 40th St and 8th Ave on Thursday

Two men were seen 率直に engaging in a possible 麻薬 取引,協定 on a (法廷の)裁判 in the plaza at West 40th St and 8th Ave on Thursday

A man is seen taking a drag out of a hand rolled cigarette while sitting in the plaza near Penn Station on Thursday
Moments later he leaned over the table and placed his head in his hands while wearing a pained expression

A man is seen taking a drag out of a 手渡す-rolled cigarette while sitting in the plaza 近づく Penn 駅/配置する on Thursday. Moments later he leaned over the (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する and placed his 長,率いる in his 手渡すs while wearing a 苦痛d 表現?

Several NYPD officers were seen passing through the plaza outside Penn Station without paying any mind to the drug use that witnesses say has been happening in full view all day, every day for months

Several NYPD officers were seen passing through the plaza outside Penn 駅/配置する without 支払う/賃金ing any mind to the 麻薬 use that 証言,証人/目撃するs say has been happening in 十分な 見解(をとる) all day, every day for months

A woman is seen preparing to injecting herself with a needle in broad daylight at the intersection of Broadway and West 40th Street in Midtown on Wednesday

A woman is seen 準備するing to 注入するing herself with a needle in 幅の広い daylight at the 交差点 of Broadway and West 40th Street in Midtown on Wednesday

地元の 商売/仕事 owners and 居住(者)s have been up in 武器 about their 近隣's 早い 変形 into an open-空気/公表する 麻薬 den, reminiscent of the 1970s and 80s, when はびこる 罪,犯罪 and 崩壊するing 組織/基盤/下部構造 earned New York the moniker '恐れる City.'???

公式の/役人s at City Hall have 定評のある the unsettling 状況/情勢 and branded it '完全に 容認できない', but 地元のs say it's only getting worse as little is 存在 done to 演説(する)/住所 it.???

Hours after DailyMail.com published photos of the woman appearing to 注入する herself at the 歩行者 plaza by West 40th Street, city 衛生設備 労働者s were 派遣(する)d to the area to clean up 証拠 of 麻薬 use there.?

A 衛生設備 スタッフの一員 wearing a 激しい-義務 呼吸器械 and gloves was seen using a trash-picker to collect used 洗浄器/皮下注射/浣腸器s buried in a planter and place them into a special 処分 コンテナ.??

Other 乱すing photos showed a man sprawled out on the sidewalk and grimacing in 明らかな 苦痛, with what looked like pill 瓶/封じ込めるs or vials 残り/休憩(する)ing next to him.?

一方/合間, several groups of homeless people congregated in another plaza その上の downtown at the corner of West 34th Street and 8th Avenue, passing around 手渡す-rolled cigarettes and 診察するing what appeared to be 麻薬 paraphernalia.??

Two men are seen huddled over bag with an unknown substance in the plaza at West 34th Street and 8th Avenue on Thursday

Two men are seen 密談する/(身体を)寄せ集めるd over 捕らえる、獲得する with an unknown 実体 in the plaza at West 34th Street and 8th Avenue on Thursday

Possible drug paraphernalia is seen on the table next to the men

Possible 麻薬 paraphernalia is seen on the (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する next to the men

One of the men was later seen laying down on a bench where suit-and-tie clad office workers used to eat lunch

One of the men was later seen laying 負かす/撃墜する on a (法廷の)裁判 where 控訴-and-tie 覆う? office 労働者s used to eat lunch?

A man appears to fall asleep against a railing outside a Duane Reade while two of his friends stretch out on the ground

A man appears to 落ちる asleep against a railing outside a Duane Reade while two of his friends stretch out on the ground?

A man counts cash while sitting alongside several other disheveled people outside a Duane Reade near Penn Station

A man counts cash while sitting と一緒に several other disheveled people outside a Duane Reade 近づく Penn 駅/配置する

The man then appeared to roll an unidentified substance into paper to make a cigarette

The man then appeared to roll an 身元不明の 実体 into paper to make a cigarette?

Several police cars were seen in the area but officers did not appear to approach any of the people scattered around the plaza

Several police cars were seen in the area but officers did not appear to approach any of the people scattered around the plaza

A sanitation worker is seen on Thursday picking up a syringe at the pedestrian plaza at Broadway at West 40th Street

A 衛生設備 労働者 is seen on Thursday 選ぶing up a 洗浄器/皮下注射/浣腸器 at the 歩行者 plaza at Broadway at West 40th Street

The gloved and masked worker deposited the needle into a special blade disposal container

The gloved and masked 労働者 deposited the needle into a special blade 処分 コンテナ

This section of Midtown Manhattan has been overtaken by apparent drug users, who have been observed shooting up substances in broad daylight

This section of Midtown Manhattan has been overtaken by 明らかな 麻薬 使用者s, who have been 観察するd 狙撃 up 実体s in 幅の広い daylight?

A closeup view of a syringe filled with a
n unknown substance, which was found inside a planter at the pedestrian plaza once popular among tourists and office workers

A closeup 見解(をとる) of a 洗浄器/皮下注射/浣腸器 filled with an unknown 実体, which was 設立する inside a planter at the 歩行者 plaza once popular の中で tourists and office 労働者s?

A man is seen sprawled in the middle of the sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan, with pill bottles or vials resting next to him

A man is seen sprawled in the middle of the sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan, with pill 瓶/封じ込めるs or vials 残り/休憩(する)ing next to him?

A man who appears to be homeless is seen walking through the deserted sitting area, carrying hefty black garbage bags

A man who appears to be homeless is seen walking through the 砂漠d sitting area, carrying hefty 黒人/ボイコット garbage 捕らえる、獲得するs?

The New York 地位,任命する first raised alarm about the burgeoning '狙撃 gallery' in Midtown on Tuesday and published a photo of the same woman wearing the same 着せる/賦与するs as she pierced her arm with a needle.??

While it cannot be said for 確かな whether the woman was using 麻薬s, 地元のs said it wasn't an uncommon sight in the plaza.?

'They've taken over the (米)棚上げする/(英)提議するs, blatantly using needles and 狙撃 up ヘロイン all day long,' a 地元の 労働者 指名するd James told the 地位,任命する.?

'There's no police 活動/戦闘, there's no reach-out. There's nobody 妨げるing this, and you know we've had 多重の calls to 311 but nobody really 答える/応じるs. It's becoming a real problem.'?

The 欠如(する) of 法律 施行 attention was 最高潮の場面d in another photo 得るd by the 出口 which showed an NYPD officer walking by the 申し立てられた/疑わしい junkie without batting an 注目する,もくろむ.??

A third image showed four people 密談する/(身体を)寄せ集めるd around a (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する with 麻薬 paraphernalia in (疑いを)晴らす 見解(をとる).?

The NYPD told the 地位,任命する that they've only received one 麻薬 (民事の)告訴 in the area in the past month, and that the 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うs were gone when officers arrived.?

James said that he's 本人自身で 接触するd the city's 311 line, but he referred to those calls as 'futile 演習s'.??

The woman appears to fill the needle with an unidentified substance as she sits barefoot at a table in the middle of the pedestrian plaza once bustling with people in suits

The woman appears to fill the needle with an unide ntified 実体 as she sits barefoot at a (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する in the middle of the 歩行者 plaza once bustling with people in 控訴s??

The woman then turns around and appears to inject the needle into her arm

The woman then turns around and appears to 注入する the needle into her arm?

Moments later the woman stretched out across three chairs for a nap

Moments later t he woman stretched out across three 議長,司会を務めるs for a nap?

Construction 労働者 Edgar Rivera, who's been working 近づく the 交差点 for the past few weeks, said he's come to 認める many of the (麻薬)常用者s.?

?'It's almost always the same people you see around,' Rivera told the 地位,任命する. 'It's always the same ones all the time.?

'They are here every day, they start in the 早期に morning. We see them sleeping on the 床に打ち倒す.?

'いつかs the 救急車s come around here to help them out. It's always the same guys.'

Another man 指名するd Jeff who has worked for a 私的な 衛生設備 company in the area for about six years 確認するd that the 状況/情勢 has より悪くするd in the last year.?

'It's gotten really bad,' he said. 'I've been seeing more 洗浄器/皮下注射/浣腸器s, discarded 洗浄器/皮下注射/浣腸器s, ever since they started coming in.'??

A spokeswoman for City Hall called the 状況/情勢 '完全に 容認できない' when approached by the 地位,任命する on Tuesday.??

'We will do everything we can to connect these people with 麻薬 治療 and help so they can get their lives 支援する on 跡をつける,' the spokeswoman said.

She said 計画(する)s were in place to send outreach 労働者s with the city health department to clean up the area by 供給するing 洗浄器/皮下注射/浣腸器 処分 道具s, naloxone to 逆転する overdoses and connecting (麻薬)常用者s with 治療 services.???

DailyMail.com has reached out to City Hall for 解明 about when those outreach 労働者s will be (軍隊を)展開する,配備するd.???

L ocals, 一方/合間, don't sound very 楽観的な about how 効果的な the outreach will be.??

The 地位,任命する spoke to a 安全 officer with the 衣料品 地区 同盟 on Wednesday who said: 'There have been outreach programs out here, but most of the time they don't 受託する the help.'?

That officer, who was helping 力/強力にする wash the pavement in the plaza at the time, said he's worked in the area for seven years.???

DailyMail.com has also reached out to the city health department for comment about the 趣旨d outreach 計画(する)s.?

The New York Post first raised alarm about the burgeoning 'shooting gallery' on Tuesday and published a photo of the same woman wearing the same clothes as she injected herself

The New York 地位,任命する first raised alarm about the burgeoning '狙撃 gallery' on Tuesday and published a photo of the same woman wearing the same 着せる/賦与するs as she 注入するd herself?

While it cannot be said for certain whether the woman was using drugs, locals said it wasn't an uncommon sight in the plaza

While it cannot be said for 確かな whether the woman was using 麻薬s, 地元のs said it wasn't an uncommon sight in the plaza

The woman looked around to see if anyone was watching before she pulled out the needle

The woman looked around to see if anyone was watching before she pulled out the needle

After appearing to inject herself she was seen walking away with the used needle in her hand. Locals have complained that the plaza is littered with improperly discarded syringes

After appearing to 注入する herself she was seen walking away with the used needle in her 手渡す. 地元のs have complained that the plaza is littered with improperly discarded 洗浄器/皮下注射/浣腸器s

The 明らかな rise in brazen public 麻薬 use comes as New York City is roiled by an alarming 殺到する in 犯罪の activity, with gun 暴力/激しさ 二塁打ing in the past two months compared with the same period last year.??

市長 法案 de Blasio has 非難するd the 最近の spike in 狙撃s on the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that people grew 動かす crazy after weeks under a strict stay at home order.??

But NYPD leaders placed the 非難する squarely on de Blasio, 告発する/非難するing him of losing 支配(する)/統制する of the city after he 屈服するd to 需要・要求するs of 黒人/ボイコット Lives 事柄 抗議する人s and 削除するd the department's 予算 by $1billion.?

Police 公式の/役人s have also 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d that the 罪,犯罪 殺到する was driven in part by the 最近の 解放(する) of thousands of 囚人s from Rikers Island under a new 保釈(金) 法律 and 予定 to coronavirus 関心s.?

Former New York 知事 George Pataki bemoaned the 明言する/公表する of the Big Apple in an interview on Sunday, 説 that the 暴力/激しさ is a 'regression to those dark days when 犯罪のs 支配するd the streets'.

'When I took office, New York was the most dangerous 明言する/公表する in America. People got used to safety over the last 20 years. They don't remember the time 支援する when we were so dangerous,' the 共和国の/共和党の said during a 無線で通信する interview with John Catsimatidis on 770 AM.?

'I'm worried about the 未来 of New York. We're going backwards. It's 悲劇の. We've got to change it.'??

大統領 Donald Trump has also 発言する/表明するd his 関心 over the rise of 暴力/激しさ in New York and 脅すd to send in 連邦の officers if 地元の leaders couldn't buckle 負かす/撃墜する on the 狙撃s.?

The 暴力/激しさ is now 燃料ing 恐れるs that many of the thousands of people who left the Big Apple when the pandemic 始める,決める in will no longer want to return.?

And if they don't come 支援する, the city and 明言する/公表する would take a 大規模な 攻撃する,衝突する in income and 物品税 歳入 on 最高の,を越す of the enormous cost of the coronavirus 返答 and the 支えるd shutdown.?

The Midtown neighborhood used to see a constant stream of people - tourists and professional
s at all hours of the day - but it emptied out when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March

The Midtown 近隣 used to see a constant stream of people - tourists and professionals at all hours of the day - but it emptied out when the coronavirus pandemic 攻撃する,衝突する in March

There is a concern that New York City could be headed back to the bad days of 1970s and 80s, when skyrocketing crime rates and the crack epidemic overwhelmed the city. Pictured: a crack dealer is arrested in 1989

There is a 関心 that New Yor k City could be 長,率いるd 支援する to the bad days of 1970s and 80s, when 急上昇するing 罪,犯罪 率s and the 割れ目 疫病/流行性の 圧倒するd the city. Pictured: a 割れ目 売買業者 is 逮捕(する)d in 1989

A Transit Authority police officer with a German shepherd stands in a subway car defaced with graffiti as a crime deterrent, New York in 1981

A 輸送 当局 police officer with a German shepherd stands in a subway car defaced with graffiti as a 罪,犯罪 deterrent, New York in 1981

NYPD officers are photographed January 12, 1988 frisking a man, presumed to be homeless, near Port Authority in New York City

NYPD officers are photographed January 12, 1988 frisking a man, 推定するd to be homeless, 近づく Port 当局 in New York City

The rise in 狙撃s, homelessness and public 麻薬 use has raised 関心s that New York City could be 長,率いるing 支援する to the bad old days of the 1970s and 1980s, when 罪,犯罪 and 割れ目 統治するd 最高の.

At the time, Midtown Manhattan was a far cry from the 比較して clean, 安全な and family-friendly 目的地 of the 2000s.

直面するing a 大規模な 赤字 and a possible 破産, New York descended into lawlessness 範囲ing from graffiti everywhere and trash in the streets to 急上昇するing 殺人 and 強盗 率s.

The NYPD 反乱d, going so far as to 問題/発行する a 小冊子 called Welcome to 恐れる City: A 生き残り Guide for 訪問者s to the City of New York.

罪,犯罪 固執するd in the 1980s and the 割れ目 and the HIV/エイズ 疫病/流行性のs took 持つ/拘留する of the city, 荒廃させるing its most 攻撃を受けやすい 全住民s.

罪,犯罪 started to recede under 市長 David Dinkins, but it wasn't until Rudy Giuliani moved into Gracie Mansion in 1994 that 罪,犯罪 took a nose dive.

市長 Giuliani and his new police commissioner William Bratton 器具/実施するd the いわゆる 'broken windows' 政策 that 焦点(を合わせる)d on minor 罪,犯罪s, such as jumping the turnstile to get on the subway for 解放する/自由な and tagging subway trains with graffiti.?

Giuliani also 焦点(を合わせる)d on きれいにする up Times Square, an area that was 居住させるd with pornography and sex 労働者s.

It is 不明瞭な the extent that 'broken windows' worked and critics pointed out it 不均衡な 焦点(を合わせる)d on low-income communities and people on color, but 殺人s and 罪,犯罪 went 負かす/撃墜する in the latter half of the 1990s and 罪,犯罪 remained 負かす/撃墜する until the 増加する of 狙撃s that have 攻撃する,衝突する the city over the past few months.

In New York there were 634 shootings through July 12, compared with only 396 in the same period last year, according to police data. Police have made arrests in 23 percent of shootings thus far in 2020, which is below the typical rate of 30 percent. Police pictured at scene of shooting on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn on July 18

In New York there were 634 狙撃s through July 12, compared with only 396 in the same period last year, によれば police data. Police have made 逮捕(する)s in 23 パーセント of 狙撃s thus far in 2020, which is below the typical 率 of 30 パーセント. Police pictured a t scene of 狙撃 on 大西洋 Avenue in Brooklyn on July 18

During 市長 Michael Bloomberg's three 条件 from 2002 to 2013, New York City enjoyed growth and 繁栄 - although his stop-and-frisk 政策 的ing young men of color remains 議論の的になる.?

現在の 市長 法案 de Blasio (選挙などの)運動をするd and won on a 壇・綱領・公約 of equality, such as building affordable 住宅, and a different type of policing and department than Bloomberg.

But the city that never sleeps ground to a 停止(させる) in March 予定 to the 脅し of the COVID-19 pandemic and 学校/設けるd a lockdown to 抑制(する) the ウイルス that so far has killed over 18,600 New Yorkers.

The lifeblood of the economy that 含むd 観光旅行,事業, the service 産業 and small 商売/仕事s の近くにd. After years of the city's 予算s 存在 in the green, it is now 直面するd with a $9billion 穴を開ける, high 失業 and 抗議するs against police brutality.?

Police retake Avenue A during a riot outside Tompkins Square Park that erupted after police allegedly beat a homeless man. The late 1980's and early 1990's was a period of rapid gentrification in the East Village, and many homeless residents, activists, and squatters, battled the process, frequently clashing with the police around Tompkins Square

Police 奪い返す Avenue A during a 暴動 outside Tompkins Square Park that 爆発するd after police 恐らく (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 a homeless man. The late 1980's and 早期に 1990's was a period of 早い gentrification in the East Village, and many homeless 居住(者)s, 行動主義者s, and 無断占拠者s, 戦う/戦いd the 過程, frequently 衝突/不一致ing with the police around Tompkins Square

An anti-neutron bomb demonstrator is arrested for sitting in on 5th Ave on August 13, 1981

An anti-中性子 爆弾 デモ参加者/実演宣伝者 is 逮捕(する)d for sitting in on 5th Ave on August 13, 1981