State coffers, reports InsightCrime, “have been pillaged on an industrial scale.” Add to this state control of armed militias and crime gangs, and large numbers of extra-judicial killings, and you have the makings of a criminal state.
The Civic Center Residents Coalition was formed shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 to address street shutdowns including Park Row, rerouting of MTA bus routes and rampant government permit placard abuse.
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