De Blasio calls off police raid on Bronx park littered with syringes

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office planned — then abruptly canceled — a police raid on a South Bronx park that has been at the center of Post stories about public drug use and littered syringes, a report said Monday. Politico New York reported that City Hall had been planning to step up enforcement at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven starting Monday following the series of articles, but the sweep was scrapped when the news site reported on the plan.-- More...