This Ain't No Picnic

<p>Lawlessness in NYC is becoming unwieldy, and it's not just the index crimes.</p> <p>More New Yorkers are pushing back in various situations, both big and small.</p> <p>Too many weirdos relieve themselves in public. Drinking in public, smoking dope and jumping the turnstile to increases in more serious crimes. </p> <p>Unlicensed vendors have lately become an issue. They are totally unaccountable, uninspected potentially dangerous to the health of everyone in the city. </p> <p>In this episode I interview NYC attorney Sonya Shaykhoun who talks about her experience with an unlicensed vendor, and how their dispute snowballed into something much larger. </p> <p>It's emblamatic of a belief system that spreads like a mind virus, one for which there is no known cure.</p>