The New York Post – The Upper West Side has devolved into a Wild West atmosphere where anything goes, terrified crime victims and neighbors begging for more cops told The Post.
Criminals are more emboldened than ever in the ritzy nabe — with robberies soaring over 30% compared to last year — and carjackers so brazen they flashed their guns without concern on consecutive Sundays in broad daylight.
“I have never felt so scared in this neighborhood the way I feel now,” one of the carjacking victims told The Post this week.
Graphic shows crime soaring in Upper West Side
“‘Give me your f—ing purse!”
“Many in the famously liberal neighborhood — which reportedly donated the most dough to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign in the five boroughs– are imploring the NYPD for more law enforcement.”
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous for fear for her safety, had just parked her $245,000 2024 Mercedes G Wagon at West 83rd and Broadway on Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. when two men who pulled up alongside her in a grey Acura and pointed “big and dark grey” guns at her chest.
“‘Give me your f—ing purse! Where’s the f—ing keys?’” the men barked at the woman, 44, who has worked at a nearby hair salon for the last 20 years.
“I was so scared…I was screaming so much,” she recalled.
Cops later found the Mercedes in The Bronx and returned it, according to the woman, who also said the thieves had unsuccessfully tried to remove the computer from the dashboard, causing nearly $50,000 worth of damage.
“I am not doing very good…every person who passes by me with a mask, I start shaking. It’s so scary,” said the still-terrified woman.
