Tag: Illegal Drug Sales

  • Drug Arrests

    Drug Arrests

    Vice has a fascinating look at how drug arrests have plummeted in the decade from 2009 to 2019: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8k97/how-new-york-quietly-ended-its-street-drug-war Just this visualization (below), showing the massive drop in the number of NYC drug arrests in 2009 to 2019 (red line) and the number of drug convictions from 2009 to 2019 (white line) is stunning: The…

  • Build The Block Tonight

    Join the 25th Precinct’s Neighborhood Coordination Officer for our area, tonight at 6:30 PM. We’ll meet in Ginjan Cafe (Park/125). % of Students Living in School Zone (By Race/Ethnicity) From: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/wwl-plan.pdf Drug Bust in East Harlem Linked To A Yacht ‘Dope Joint’ The New York Times reported 100 years ago that a man living at…

  • Purchasing a Home And What The Bank Looks At…

    Last month Chase Bank attended our HNBA meeting and Kevin Cruikshank went over a whole range of housing options and what a bank will look at if you apply for a mortgage on any one of these properties. Classic Mistakes People Make When Purchasing a New Home Harlem World has a good, quick article on…

  • CBS News Coverage of Oversaturation and the Explosion of Illegal Drug Dealing in Our Community

    CBS News had a great piece last night on how Harlem and East Harlem are oversaturated with substance abuse programs which has attracted unprecedented numbers of illegal drug sellers who prey on the men and women seeking treatment. Harlem residents showed the CBS reporter evidence of illegal drug sales and use – all concentrated around…