Druggies take over NJ park after costly renovations — but one homeless man is fighting back

A newly renovated park in Paterson, New Jersey is once again overrun with drug addicts, vagrants, prostitutes and trash dumpers, but one homeless man is fighting back. Roberto Clemente Park, a 12-acre site in one of Silk City's roughest areas, stood out as a symbol of urban blight when Rolando Vásquez first came here five […]
$20 million in taxpayer funds spent on NYC park, dog run that few use thanks to location, homeless druggies

Millions of dollars of taxpayer money Spent About the new park and dog run in Queens. Now all that's left is for residents to use it. Maspeth Park, built with $17.8 million in state funds, has been a virtual ghost town since it opened last year under the Kosciuszko Bridge. Local residents told The Washington […]