The crackdown covers a nearly two-mile stretch along the avenue from 74th Street to th Street in Elmhurst, North Corona and Jackson Heights. Mayor Eric Adams made a bold promise Tuesday, setting a day target to clean up the illegal vendors and prostitution he says are plaguing Roosevelt Avenue. We are not here for one day and go away. We're here for the problem to go away," he said.
The mayor said the beefed-up police presence includes nine lieutenants, 42 sergeants and police officers. Adams stresses this is a day program, saying they want to get these problems contained within three months so that this increased police presence is not a permanent fixture.
Just before noon Tuesday, a large group of local police and New York state troopers deployed by Gov. Kathy Hochul shut down a suspected brothel on the third floor of a building at 95th Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The major crackdown came just days after CBS News New York reported on officers raiding another massage parlor just down the street.
The increased enforcement is a huge relief to neighbors like Gloria Contreras, mom to 9-year-old Victoria. But police can only do so much, with some of these alleged brothels reopening under a different name just days after getting shut down. We are going to shut all you down before this 90 days are over.
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