'Shocking'! Bill de Blasio's super-progressive plan to keep NYC parks free of needle litter has backfired

Doug P. | 10:06 AM on December 28, 2018

Here’s something that might not surprise anybody familiar with how progressive intentions often play out in the real world:

De Blasio's plan to safely dispose of used needles is failing https://t.co/CtYf5yyPHE pic.twitter.com/NfRWus4mnF

— New York Post (@nypost) December 28, 2018

Ya don’t say!

From the New York Post:

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to have junkies toss their used syringes into special receptacles has failed to clean up drug-infested parks, and the bins are serving more as suggestion boxes — spreading the message that the city is OK with them shooting up there.

Official statistics obtained by The Post from the first six months of de Blasio’s controversial program show that parks in the Bronx are still littered with dangerous hypodermic needles, with nearly 60,000 found on the ground compared with just 7,000 in Hizzoner’s 44 locked containers.

Even worse, the green metal bins are seen as a welcome mat for druggies to take over the parks, said one addict who openly injected himself in St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx Thursday morning with what he said was a speedball of heroin and cocaine.

“I’m really surprised,” said nobody.