Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Jackson Heights Residents Fight To Clean Up Roosevelt Avenue

… L. to r.): 115th Police Precinct Executive Officer Captain Johnnie Ramirez Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown (standing), Assemblymember Jose Peralta (D-Corona), Assistant District Attorney Gregory C. Pavlides, Bureau Chief for Economic and Environmental Crimes, Mariela P. Herring, Bureau Chief for Gang Violence and Hate Crimes and Executive Assistant District Attorney Jesse J. Sligh. Photo Jason D. Antos Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown and Assemblymember Jose Peralta (D-Corona) hosted a panel discussion on December 9 in Jackson Heights to discuss the area’s growing concerns over public vagrancy, prostitution and gang related activity.

Another major concern besides the area’s forged or stolen identity rings is prostitution. Residents from Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City who shop on Roosevelt Avenue have been approached on numerous occasions as they go about their business by shady looking characters who say in Spanish, “Chicas, chicas” or “Girls, girls”. These men then present a white business card with the address where these girls can be found.

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