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Natalie Migliore, WOR Reporter · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Now, it's 710WOR Speed on the Street with Natalie Migliore. Ah,
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  Speaker 1: so today, coming from Central Park up to the suites here,
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  Speaker 1: but not because of the marathon, which is good news.
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  Speaker 1: You were there for what reason?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we were there because of the NYPD boosting patrols
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  Speaker 2: in Central Park as they continue searching for that suspect.
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  Speaker 2: who raped a woman at knife point over the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: So I will be going back to Central Park later
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  Speaker 2: today for the marathon, but we're really there talking to
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  Speaker 2: people who live in the area, and there's no shortage
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  Speaker 2: of reaction from New Yorkers who heard about this attack
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  Speaker 2: on a 39-year-old woman being attacked, being pulled into a
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  Speaker 2: wooded area near East 66th Street and 5th Avenue around
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  Speaker 2: 9 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: I live on Central Park West. I often walk through
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  Speaker 3: the park. I just said to my husband this morning,
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  Speaker 3: I don't feel safe walking through the park anymore.
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  Speaker 4: Now it's terrible because I was concerned it was right
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  Speaker 4: off of Fifth Avenue on 66th Street. It wasn't like
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  Speaker 4: in the middle of the park. So that was quite shocking.
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  Speaker 5: It's heartbreaking for sure, especially knowing that's part of my
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  Speaker 5: daily commute is to go past that entrance. But it's
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  Speaker 5: not surprising. Disappointing, but not surprising.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, now note, you heard from all women. Because take
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  Speaker 2: a listen when I ask a guy if he's concerned
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  Speaker 2: about a walk through Central Park, specifically at night.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I bet.
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  Speaker 6: I don't have very much to say about it, sorry.
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  Speaker 4: And that's what you get.
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  Speaker 1: Was every guy like that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, guys, they don't necessarily stop all the time either.
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  Speaker 2: Neither do women. But yeah, not very, not very.
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  Speaker 2: Afraid or or concerned in a sense.
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  Speaker 1: Not about rape right i mean when's the last time
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  Speaker 1: a guy said man i gotta watch my back so
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  Speaker 1: i don't get raped except in jail right fair point
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  Speaker 1: i mean so you want to expound on that natalie.
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  Speaker 2: Just you're right and i'm gonna keep moving on No,
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  Speaker 2: but because this is a serious matter and this attack
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  Speaker 2: was the fifth reported attack in the park so far
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  Speaker 2: this year. So the suspect remains on the loose and
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  Speaker 2: police have released images of who they're looking for over
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  Speaker 2: the past couple of days. But New Yorkers, they know
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  Speaker 2: the cardinal rule.
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  Speaker 6: No, I'm not going in the park at night because
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  Speaker 6: you have to be cognizant of your surroundings and be
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  Speaker 6: able to put yourself in situations and take yourself out
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  Speaker 6: of situations. And one of the things you don't do
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  Speaker 6: as safety is go running late at night.
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  Speaker 4: In the park. I grew up in Manhattan all my life.
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  Speaker 4: I've never gone in the park at night, except I've
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  Speaker 4: gone ice skating in Wallman Rink. But there's hundreds of
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  Speaker 4: people around and music. But as far as taking any
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  Speaker 4: of my dogs in the park at 9, 10, 11
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  Speaker 4: o'clock for their last walk, I just don't think it's advisable.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think a lot of stuff happens in the
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  Speaker 3: park in the middle of the night. I think the
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  Speaker 3: unfortunate incidents that have just happened were sort of random,
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  Speaker 3: but it's still better to take precautions.
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  Speaker 2: Now, the victim wasn't necessarily taking a stroll through the park.
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  Speaker 2: She is said to be homeless. And if you do
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  Speaker 2: walk through Central Park, especially during the day, you will
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  Speaker 2: see people getting There are people who sleep in the park.
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  Speaker 2: There are a lot of them who are now living
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  Speaker 2: in Central Park. So honestly, a lot of people telling
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  Speaker 2: me they've really started noticing a difference in their sense
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  Speaker 2: of safety once the pandemic hit and things just changed.
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  Speaker 6: I don't think enough is being done to take care
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  Speaker 6: of the mentally challenged that are out in the street.
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  Speaker 6: And I think that definitely plays a part in being careful.
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  Speaker 5: Social care networks are not where they need to be.
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  Speaker 5: There's been an increase in like hostile architecture. Just the
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  Speaker 5: way that unhoused people are treated is really upsetting and
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  Speaker 5: really disturbing. And like the lack of care for the
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  Speaker 5: members of our community that need that mental health help.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know the solution. Somebody else needs to figure
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  Speaker 4: it out. But it's definitely the mental health of the
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  Speaker 4: people that are doing this.
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  Speaker 2: Now, one council member says this is the second attack
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  Speaker 2: on a woman in the park in the last week.
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  Speaker 2: The NYPD is also looking for a trio of suspects
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  Speaker 2: who attacked and robbed a woman on the 18th, so
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  Speaker 2: about 10 days ago now. But when it comes to it,
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  Speaker 2: the women who I spoke to, you know, they tie
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  Speaker 2: this back to mental health, but we don't know at
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  Speaker 2: this point what's behind the motive of the suspect who
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  Speaker 2: was in Central Park until cops get him. and interview.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I can only tell you just by being in
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  Speaker 1: the park so often, a lot of emotionally disturbed persons
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  Speaker 1: who live in the park. And again, if we're going
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  Speaker 1: to allow people not to get mental health care, where
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  Speaker 1: are they going to go? Subway, Central Park, they're going
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  Speaker 1: to go places. And if they have an episode, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: you may end up being victimized by them. So de
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  Speaker 1: Blasio did nothing. Adams did nothing. Zoran does nothing. And
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  Speaker 1: the problem is growing. That's very well said. And by
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  Speaker 1: the way, speaking for the men, they're afraid too. That's
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  Speaker 1: why they don't want to talk to you. They're afraid.
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  Speaker 1: Their head's on a swivel when they walk through any
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  Speaker 1: dark area in Newark, especially the park. So they were
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  Speaker 1: just cowards not to talk to you.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: That's so nice of you to say. No, but at
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  Speaker 2: least you're, you know, I think a lot of people say, though,
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  Speaker 2: that living in New York, you just have to be aware,
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  Speaker 2: wherever you are.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Natalie Migliore will be back tomorrow morning at 7.50.