168 sats \ 9 replies \ @siggy47 OP 13 Mar \ parent \ on: Westfield announces it is breaking lease with Fulton Center due to crime econ
After 9/11, this mall really became a gathering place. All the subway lines converge at that spot. I spent many mornings drinking my coffee there. It's a big deal that it's shutting down.
"The rate of subtenant vacancies is at an all-time high," Westfield wrote in a legal filing. "Few businesses want to open and operate a store where their employees and customers regularly would experience theft, property damage, bodily harm, or threats."
Workers and subway riders told Eyewitness News that the biggest concern is the homeless population that congregates at the Fulton Center.
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It is sad to see. I like giving NYC shit, but the decline of a once great prosperous city is deeply tragic.
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I'm thinking about your post from yesterday about when predictions don't pan out. I predict NYC will survive these horrible leftist state and city governments. It's happened before (1970s,early 1990s) and the pendulum seems to swing back faster than other places. Maybe I'll be proven wrong this time.
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It's interesting you mention that. I was just speculating with my wife that we might be heading for another Guardian Angels situation.
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Yep. A conservative republican mayor will ride into town soon.
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Alvin Bragg is probably the biggest problem.
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He's bad, but so is the mayor, the city council, and the governor
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The rise of progressive Soros backed District Attorney is the most dangerous and deranged development since 1992.
Crime started to decline unexpectedly in 1993, the 20th anniversary of Roe v Wade. Steven Levitt became famous and infamous.
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