Free from enforcement interference!? You may wonder what this means. 



It means NYPD stopped enforcing. It means that vast amounts of illegal dealing and open-air consumption take place near On Point every single day (and vast amounts of daily cleaning up of human feces and used syringes by the doormen and maintenance staff) without the police making arrests. 



Is this really the “Eureka” moment we’ve been waiting for, as the editorial suggests? Absolutely not. The NYT’s editorial staff’s unrelenting support for harm reduction reveals an unfortunate ideological commitment by the Times that is not evidence-based. The editorial staff should go to West 126th street outside On Point, and look at the dystopian scene there, look at the school right across the street, and remind themselves of an important code of moral conduct. “If I as a journalist wouldn’t be willing to have my own children attend ABC School across the street from On Point, and have my children see the open air drug dealing and consumption each morning and afternoon, then it’s morally wrong for me to advocate in support of the On Point site on East 126th street.”