Prostitution busts plunge 60% — but hookers multiply — in NYC’s infamous ‘Market of Sweethearts’

Prostitution-related arrests have dropped by nearly 60% along Queens' Roosevelt Avenue. Reports suggest illegal sex work remains prevalent in the area.
Scoring illegal sex along Queens' Roosevelt Avenue has never been easier -- as records show a nearly 60% drop in prostitution-related arrests along the seedy strip since soft-on-crime socialist Zohran Mamdani became mayor this year.
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