New NYPD Unit To Patrol Times Square Will Be First Phase In Plan To Spur City's Economic Recovery

CBS New York

April 22, 2021

Call it the retaking of Manhattan.

A new NYPD unit will flood Times Square and other business hubs with officers to convince workers and tourists the city is a safe place to be.

And as CBS2’s Marcia Kramer has learned, it’s just the first phase of a plan to put extra cops in business districts in all five boroughs to spur the city’s economic recovery.

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