![]() ![]() Narcotics officers say knots of street dealers have been replaced by a handful of "steerers" on the sidewalk, directing customers to apartments outfitted as sales offices. These days, the police see more organization and sophistication among dealers, whose operations have been forced from the streets into apartment buildings by years of enforcement pressure. While new programs in Washington Heights are offering youths alternatives to the street and more tenant groups are fighting drugs in their buildings, the biggest changes in crime appear linked to police efforts and changes in the drug trade. "When I was driving around making parish visits - a white guy in a Jeep - it was constant soliciting: 'Hey, Popi. Earl Kooperkamp of the Church of the Intercession, at 155th Street and Broadway, says he is rarely harassed by drug dealers now. With legions of former drug sellers now consigned to either cells or coffins, both the police and residents say there are fewer new recruits taking their places on the streets.Įveryone has his own barometer for the drop in crime. And possibly as a result of an increased police presence in the neighborhood, reports of other crimes, like auto theft and grand larceny, fell significantly last year. Shootings dropped by a quarter from 1993 to 1994. In 1991, when those wars were raging, 119 people were killed in Washington Heights last year the number fell to 56. With the sharp decline in the city's crime rate, Washington Heights offers evidence that the deadly edge of the drug business has dulled, at least momentarily, with police strategies more effective and some turf wars between dealers now settled. One thing you can say about Washington Heights: you can walk down the street here and be safe."Īlthough there is no evidence that the drug trade has diminished significantly, it has become less violent. "They have less people selling drugs in the street. Cabero, 20, who went back this spring to the northern Manhattan neighborhood that became a landmark in the nation's cocaine crisis. King's successor as S.C.L.C.When Danny Cabero returned recently from two years in prison for drug possession he hardly recognized his old turf in Washington Heights, where streets were once congested with young men hawking drugs to drive-by addicts, and guns and knives were preferred means of communication.Dutch explorer who lent his name to a sea and an island (10).About to get a Ph.D., definitely, if not this year then sometime in the next five (3).I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do singers (4).Edible mollusks that cling to rocks (8).What the Brooklyn Cyclones play, informally (5).Double-platinum Genesis album of 1981 (6).Thomas Jefferson's first vice president (9).Restaurant chain known for its root beer floats (5).She played the title character in "Queen of the Damned" (7).German city near the Belgian border (6). ![]() Driver entitled to free maps, perhaps (9).Generalized model of a real-world phenomenon, e.g.The wearing away of a rock or glacier (8).Leaving the throne, as King Edward did for Wallis Simpson (10).Relating to an ancient Germanic tribe (8)."I can't be _" (Brit's "I'm too lazy") (5).Category of painkillers, such as aspirin (anagram of DINAS) (5).Tune which the Jarabe Tapatío is danced (15).(In other words, 1 Across and 1 Down both appear before 2 down, which appears before 3 down.)Īlso, this puzzle has standard rotational symmetry as far as we've checked it (which, to be fair, isn't very far). In this diagramless crossword, Acrosses and downs have been merged into a single combined clue list in order of appearance. The World's Longest Diagramless Everything's bigger in Texas. ![]()
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