'This is a good thing': Community reacts to Bronx heroin hub closure

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — Siraj Bhaiyat and his neighboring business owners, all collectively breathing a sigh of economic relief Thursday.

A day after Mayor Eric Adams came here and pledged to clean things up, the once drug-ridden pedestrian plaza in the heart of the South Bronx remains barricaded… and patrolled, around the clock, by the NYPD.

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"This is a good thing, sir. No more drugs outside. I hope it is going to be long last. Not like temporary.