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.
“We had this terrible tragedy not so long ago that has, it should be said, been a catalyst for a renewed focus on this,” state Sen. Brian Kavanagh said. “Our parishes are in financial trouble. They are relying on the revenue from that market to help sustain them, but we have been in talks with them and the Archdiocese to really figure out how we help some of these parishes to not be dependent on something that is so hard to manage. So, while the flea market continues, we are looking towards maybe suspending it,” Councilmember Carlina Rivera said.