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In response to a recent spate of violent muggings in the West Village, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has sent an email to constituents warning them to "remain alert." In the email, Quinn cites six violent muggings that have occurred in the neighborhood from November 15th to December 4th, explaining that "every time, the victim was approached from behind by two males, hit and then mugged. This past Monday, the 6th Precinct formally declared these muggings to be a pattern." (This contradicts the Post's earlier report, citing NYPD sources dismissing the notion a pattern was emerging.) In the most recent attack, a young woman's jaw was broken during a mugging near The Spotted Pig. Quinn's email details exactly where the crimes took place but does not include a description of the suspects. And she assures residents that the 6th Precinct's Anti-Crime Unit, in conjunction with the NYPD City Wide Robbery Squad, will beef up their presence in the area.
As Village Crime Soars, Christine Quinn Warns Residents
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Hmmmmm! Not to much crime where Sen. Tom Duane lives
at 8th avenue and 28th street but down near
Broadway and 28th street,forgetahbout it.
Maybe Quinn lives near where the muggings are in
this report.
Quinn already mugged us all with the slush funds and extending term limits which now entities her to a life long pension. I hope someone beats Quinn.
Don't forget her stamp of approval for the garbage garage on Spring street. She is fat, disgusting and also not worth two ......
Quinn is repulsive. I hope someone throws a bag of feces at her...
No description of the suspects, because....?
I thought crime free street was what we got when we created a police state. What happened? If there is going to be crime, then I want my freedom back.
a bag of feces covering her face would be a great improvement
Crime isn't only on the rise in Greenwich Village. It has been on the increase everywhere in the city.
There is no description of the suspects because they are black.
Yet still no description of these two thugs. Some warning.
blah, remove Quinn's Picture!!!!! I feel sick, blah
I live on Perry and see these people every night. Mostly black, some hispanic, 22-mid 30's. The occasional white trash eminem wannabe, usually on the younger side than the blacks and hispanics.
Close that PATH station down and you'd see most of it disappear. That's where they come from and that's where they go running to when it hits the fan.
The police are loathe to do anything about the obvious issues with Christopher street. Because of the Stonewall legacy with the street. But it's not about people expressing themselves, it's about the seriously thuggish atmosphere that develops and has developed for years on that street. I have seen more fights and verbal attacks break out on that street in 20 years living in this city than I did anywhere else.
The community needs to strongly oppose the type of atmosphere that's created by the lowpiced bars and cheap sex shops.