Editor’s Note: Because loose cigarettes are sold without without age controls, they are a threat to children.
From: The Wall Street Journal
The New York Police Department has made nearly 33 % fewer arrests citywide so far this year for selling untaxed cigarettes
Since Mr. Garner’s death, “the police don’t bother me about selling loosies,” said Yusef Malbon, 42 years old, another peddler who stays in a nearby homeless shelter and uses the $8 to $16 he can make in a day to wash his clothes and buy food. “They don’t care about it as much as they used to.”
The NYPD has made nearly 33% fewer arrests citywide so far this year for selling untaxed cigarettes, the crime Mr. Garner was suspected of during a deadly confrontation on Staten Island last summer.
