Violence-plagued East Village intersection with illegal market getting major boost in NYPD security

By Dean Moses Posted on August 8, 2024

At long last, the city is taking action to bring safety to an East Village intersection plagued with violence connected with an illegal open-air market that has operated there for years.

Mayor Eric Adams, a slew of elected officials, and the NYPD announced on Thursday that they will be making a $1 million investment to implement a mobile command center along 14th Street and 1st Avenue — the scene of a violent stabbing in June that left one man dead and several others wounded.

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