Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers: East Harlem opioid crisis 

I loveeeeee Lisa…..she’s been around FOREVER!

We need to hold accountable unelected judges, so called community leaders 😂 and corrupted politicians and I just wonder nobody talking about them.

3rd Avenue in The Bronx is the same. Ayala has never once taken the time to attend a community board meeting. We need leaders who truly care about positive change just like those who represent the residents below 96 Street and not show up when election time rolls around with empty promises.

Glad someone has the courage to expose a drug problem on the streets of Spanish Harlem! Too many people are dying like flies from this epidemic.

My family and I recently moved away from East Harlem (126th and Lexington) and it’s truly terrible over there. We were hoping the new buildings would make it better but nope. K2 and opioids have that community in a chokehold. Needles everywhere and people selling their meds to one another and us paying $2.4K a month. SMH

It makes me laugh when they act like they care about crime reduction. I don't believe that they are on a down trend . Like it is getting better. You will not catch me spending my hard earned dollars there.

THIS IS AMAZING COVERAGE LISA !!!!!!!!!!!

Prayers up for Harlem

If the government didn’t fund public housing, homeless services, and have rent reguation, none of this would exist in the area. It’s impossible to have 1 in 3 residents below the poverty level when the median market rate rent in East Harlem is $3,400.

I live here, and there are people walking the streets fully naked to get sympathy from people on the street. Then they'd tell you that their situation is like that because no one donates money to them. It's absolutely ridiculous, especially during the summertime and holidays. My train was held up because one of these people decided to pull the emergency stop button on the train, and their reason was "There shouldn't be this many *expletive* on this train, and not a single person giving a penny to me". It makes me late for work all the time...

Lisa Evers has been around for a long time! I live in Harlem on the east side and it has gotten worse during the pandemic. Idk if it’s starting to look up. There are meth clinics in the area and this is why it’s heavily populated with ppl that have really bad drug addictions

Let’s go Trump! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪

This feature is right on time and on tv ONLY because all the thousands of new luxury units and developments now coming to market. And the 2nd Ave subway line. One of the last prime areas (location wise) when it comes to Manhattan so it will be cleaned up...just like the LES/East Village in the past. Actual residents been dealing with the night of the living zombies since covid and way before. No one cared.

I hope this helps and shines light on this situation

What is she talking about. For 59 years, these people have been drugging it up despite attempts to gentrifying the area! People travel there SPECIFICALLY for the drugs!😢

It's back to the nicky Barnes days straight facts

During the pandemic they provided clean needles for free and access to drugs. They basically was fueling the fire 🔥

Great job, Lisa! Thank you for bringing humanity to these issues with real people and real voices. It’s been sad to watch the decline of East Harlem. Hoping to see a rejuvenation of this community that is historically rich in beauty and culture.

In all seriousness do you really think any form of political leaders in New York City actually care ?

They don’t want gentrification but they don’t want to suffer the consequences of degenetrification.

East Harlem is colorful, VIBRANT.

All I heard is politicians offering excuses. Present policies and solutions. Had this been a company messing up, these politicians would not waste time to bring hearings and sound bites.

This is footage from a couple of months ago,and nothing has changed.

This my home S/O to 116St Lexington Johnson P-jets S/O my brother Omar Director of Save Harlem 💯

I have little empathy for drug users and none whatsoever for drug dealers.

bruh she blamed it all on covid lmaooooooo

Diversity, culture, music, etc! Hmmmm, you left out crime, shootings, new high-end rentals that the local can not afford & small businesses that's no longer able to afford the rents! East Harlem, is losing its roots! Crime is still there & so is high-end apts the locals can not afford! Who wins?

Politicians like her dont want the police to do their jobs. So the neighborhood will always haven for criminality.

We need a new Mayor Eric Adams is a 🤡

I remember growing up in nyc in the 80/90s and see crack vials on the ground like they were leaves, literally everywhere

I remember Harlem back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I used to work at Harlem Hospital.

East Harlem have been turned into Kensington Avenue Philly.

Lmao I still don’t see power washing the sidewalks. These business owners like clean but I don’t see them power washing the sidewalks. Invest in power washer

People don't realize how bad it really is heroin problem

One thing is decriminalization, another thing is a complete free for all. There has to be order & a sound structure. If you feel the rights of one portion of the population should be respected, then the rights of all the population should be respected. All this money for programs, but what about money to house people, to help those with the most needs, to have a place of their own, a routine to abide by, a way to make them want to stop the heavy drug use, & to be off the streets. If that doesn't work then mandatory treatment at a center like the wealthy use for drug abuse, where you stay for at least 6 months, & if they refuse, then Rikers Island where they won't be smiling. You have to help make a change in peoples lives one way or the other, life ain't all peaches & cream. I've been incarcerated, yeah the jail experience can be better, but it did help me change my life for the better. MAY GOD BE WITH YA'LL 😎

They should have went into the. 116 th train station and take a look at all those needles on the platform and on the tracks

It’s been like that since the 60’s

Lisa, why did you not press State Assemblyman Edward Gibbs? Is that his district? Would love to hear his take

Street soldiers never heard especially seen 😮this Lisa ever😮

The area is still 100 times better than Kensington

The gentrifiers are like yes works Every time

the men shelter on wards Island doesn't help

This place always been like that no news here😂😂😂 get real😂😂

I LIVED IN HARLEM & WASHINGTON HEIGHTS IN THE 90s FROM 1994-1998 THE CITY NEVER SLEEPS FULL OF VILLAINS & CREEPS 💰💰🔫🪖🩸💯💯💯🤞🏿

Let's get this straight: 'she said' it's not how social media describe it, yeah we have crime & drug use increasing, but yeah now everything is stabilized...and so on... 🤨seriously!

It’s our own ppl serving them. Not no outside entity. What’s needed is never gone happen.

Its funny how she interviewing drug attics talking about how bad the drugs are in the neighborhood😂😂😂The one with the glasses in a drug dealing attic😂😂😂😂Good lord

They just ignore the fact of the young and old drug dealers on the block with the with the fancy clothes 😂😂😂

Hey Lisa. You can still get it mami

Police commander and supervisor should resign

Lol spare me, this is what ya'll voted for and I'm happy the city is in turmoil. Good for yall😊😊😊😊

East Harlem is no JOKE !!!!! West Harlem is bad as well but not like the east side man, east Harlem is just terrible

They played this story last month

It's terrible

A Mexican store owner in Harlem New York “ and he can’t speak English “ enough said , facts !

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East Harlem always had problems so I don’t know what that cafe shop owner talking about

This Bronx ‘hood will remain poor and forever poor with the members of the community will not change, I mean if leaders will stick to politics as usual and continue to decriminalize poverty and disregard sense of accountability.

BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS VISION FOR AMERICA

who else watches fox, only for Lisa...

So we’re going to talk about people using drugs for 20 minutes, but not the ones selling. She didn’t bother to cover gangs at all? Let’s be honest Harlem is a nesting ground for gangs. Nypd knows who is who, but want to act like there are no laws to make arrest on anymore. Yes politicians have weakened certain laws, but it’s like nypd just gave up. If cops were as tough on crime as meter maids are tough on parking violations imagine how clean the streets would be.

4:22 🎯

It's all by design

All the drugs coming trough the border

Close the mother F. Border. FJB. Vote for Trump 2024

New Flash, these CHALLENGES have been CHALLENGES since at least the 80s. The End

It’s a victim culture. I know a guy born and raised there who I’ve seen work hard for 20 years. He just gets check to check. Of his 5 siblings, 2 are in jail and 3 unemployed living together in public housing. It’s disgusting. The public officials are all lifers there for the pay check.

Crime is down cause numbers are manipulated and or not reported. Ayala is part of the problem.

This has been going on for years! I guess it's "ON THE AGENDA" now

Back in the 90s Louisville slugger always kept dope fiend and crackheads on check sometimes it benefit when they landed in hospital with head cracked open they cleaned up a bit but they got the point

The coffee shop owner is tossing an enormous "word salad". Brother. A lot of hot air amounting to nothing.

The issue with crime stats, is if the police and courts aren't arresting, or charging people, then of course the statistics will show less crime. I do understand that NYC is one of the safest major cities, but it's still a nightmare for people who can't afford to live in the areas that are safer. The people paying $15k a month and up, in Uptown, are obviously going to think NYC is safe, but they can't speak for the people who are living in the red zones.

I live in NY and never hang out or do business in NY or NYC is a ugly and horror show.

There are hundreds of drug treatment centers in that neighborhood!

It makes me laugh when they act like they care about crime reduction.

How and why our city got so bad😢oh nooo. We need order. This is so sad. God help us all.

I wasn’t shocked when I ran into DMX in that area back when Pathmark was there.

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Is Mayor Adams aware of this? 😢Where is our Mayor???? 🤷🤦🤦🤦

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These women make money, through the non-profits they run, off the crisis. Most of their efforts just aid in accomodating and fostering the dysfunction. Some of those people need to get two jobs before they receive a nickel of assistance

Its alsoCrack and Meth

Harm reduction is wack imo

Stop giving excuses for your laziness and criminal activities for the last 70 years

Spanish harlem love dope and coke

Two places I try not to go to, the Bronx and Harlem smh , the Bronx is dangerous and Harlem to many dope heads.

Lisa lQQking good

NYC is a cesspool

cops should bring back stop & frisk

Street soldiers my azz i thought it was some people trying to clean up the streets not do a story

Keep voting democrat, and it’s your own fault

Her picture is 40lbs lighter 😂😂😂

Like Creole soul food is to New Orleans so is Drugs to Harlem let tradition live

accountability has no effect on democrats

You can thank guys like Rich Porter,Ace and Alpo for sparking a dark revolution for the future of harlem....smdh

This is an old story

News se tavak

Fakers

Bye dyana