Why do NYC Dems care more about the Great Lawn than skyrocketing crime in Central Park?

Gale Brewer wants a disruptive concert moved to a new venue. Good. But why is THAT social disorder bad enough to warrant action?

Gale Brewer speaks onstage during the Children's Museum of Manhattan $300 million campaign for a new home overlooking Central Park at Tavern On The Green on Oct. 1, 2024 in New York City.New York’s Global Citizen Festival — a glitzy concert to raise money for the poor worldwide —

But where is this tender concern when it comes to a vastly bigger park problem — namely the fact that crime is skyrocketing there? Yet in a recent City Council meeting Brewer suggested that as a solution the city give the young illegal immigrants playing a huge role in the the crime spike “something to do . . . between now and when school starts.”

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