The New York Police Department is launching a unit that will address quality of life concerns and crack down on panhandling, public urination, some street vending and abandonment of vehicles, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Thursday.
“When neighborhoods are plagued by issues such as aggressive panhandling, unruly street vending, public urination, abandoned vehicles, it gives the impression of an unsafe community,” Tisch said at the department’s annual state of the NYPD.
“Our work must not only make people safe, but it must make them feel safe too,” she added.
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