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The Big Apple�s top cop took his first tour of Queens� sleazy migrant
�Market of Sweethearts� over the weekend, vowing to crack down as sex
workers and illegal vendors openly peddled their wares around him.

�We�ve always taken it serious, but we�re gonna kick up to another
level,� Interim NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon said of enforcement as he
walked through Roosevelt Avenue�s hotbed of illicit behavior on
Saturday night with other department brass, NYPD video shows.

�I�m out here for the first time, but I want to come out here again,�
he told Queens North patrol borough Assistant Chief Christine
Bastendenbeck. �You know, once a week, twice a week, because this is
very very important, and the public wants to see how we�re addressing
this.�

Nearby sex workers strolled the streets and migrant vendors peddled
stolen goods on the sidewalk � part of a surging pattern of crime along
the strip that is driving local residents crazy and frustrating cops,
whose periodic raids have failed to halt the madness.

�What goes on on Roosevelt Avenue is a lot of different conditions
here,� Bastendenbeck told the commissioner. �If you take a look around,
you�ll see that we have folks that are vending on the corner, you�ll
see women that are scantily clad on the street, offering services or
massages.

�So we do have a lot of prostitution that goes on here,� she said. �It
is a team effort that we use here with our patrol officers, our vice
officers � a really big collaboration to address the issues that are [on]going.�

The Post has repeatedly reported on the troubled strip, where migrant
gangs have set up sex-trafficking operations and goods stolen by
migrant hoods are sold.

�We appreciate the police commissioner visiting Roosevelt Avenue,�said Democratic district leader Hiram Monserrate, a member of the Let�s
Improve Roosevelt Avenue Coalition, to The Post on Sunday. �It would
have been great to see him at the community�s rally last week.

�Nonetheless, the commissioner heard our cries for help. This
lawlessness did not happen overnight and has been on full display for
well over a year. The community is looking forward to seeing results.�

Cops have tried before: In January, for example, the NYPD raided and
shut down a dozen brothels along the avenue, describing their �inhumane conditions.�

In September, a 24-hour brothel dubbed �the worst of the worst� was
also padlocked

Periodic raids of the area�s illicit sidewalk vendors have occurred,
too, although the busts have failed to deter the illegal vendors from
coming back after police left.

https://nypost.com/2024/10/13/us-news/nypd-commish-makes-first-visit- to-market-of-sweethearts/

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