Welcome to Newburgh, Murder Capital of New York
Beautifully situated on a picturesque bend in the Hudson about a 90 minutes’ drive north of New York City, Newburgh does not look, from a distance, like a community mired in High Noon levels of lawlessness. But in actuality, it has less in common with bohemian Beacon, just across the river (“Williamsburg on the Hudson,” as the Times recently anointed it), than it does with, say, West Baltimore. Despite its small size and bucolic setting, Newburgh occupies one of the most dangerous four-mile stretches in the northeastern United States. “There are reports of shootouts in the town streets, strings of robberies, and gang assaults with machetes,” an alarmed Chuck Schumer said in a Senate hearing last year, describing the situation in Newburgh as “shocking.” With a higher rate of violent crime per capita than the South Bronx or Brownsville, little Newburgh, population 29,000, is the murder capital of New York State.
fascinating read.
The armory has a basketball court, and on Saturday mornings, Gagliano coaches 3-to-11-year-olds. They are the most adorable, sweet, lovable group of kids, he tells me. Then he catches himself and adds, Yet some of them will be murderers.
(via peterwknox)
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Note to self - Never Go to Newburgh.
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