{"id":57968,"date":"2025-12-02T01:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/57968\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T01:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:24:06","slug":"hooray-for-manhattan-us-attorney-jay-clayton-and-his-war-against-gangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/57968\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooray for Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton and his war against gangs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How about that: Trump-appointed Southern District <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/18\/us-news\/judges-approve-trump-pick-jay-clayton-to-remain-interim-us-attorney-for-southern-district-of-new-york\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Attorney Jay Clayton<\/a> is standing up for public-housing tenants.<\/p>\n<p>His top targets include gun violence, drug and sex trafficking, transnational gangs and public corruption \u2014 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/30\/us-news\/manhattan-us-attorney-to-target-nyc-housing-projects-warns-mamdani-not-to-undermine-nypd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">particular emphasis on protecting New Yorkers in violence-plagued public housing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe charge [suspects] federally if we can because there\u2019s a greater likelihood of detention,\u201d Clayton explained on WABC. <\/p>\n<p>This recalls the feds\u2019 approach during the 1990s \u201ccrack wars,\u201d tackling the drug-gang gunmen who  terrorized poor minority neighborhoods: It helped drive down shootings and murders all across the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, the NYPD and local DAs worked with their federal partners to ensure that the worst of the worst got arrested, tried and convicted in federal court under harsher sentencing guidelines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Editorial Board<\/p>\n<p>Clayton (whose NYC jurisdiction is limited to Manhattan and The Bronx) understands that New Yorkers \u201cwant gun-toting criminals off our street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope Eastern District US Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. brings the same hard-nosed approach to Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton\u2019s recent indictment of 19 drug dealers in and around Washington Square Park gives hope to South Bronx residents and shopkeepers who have long complained about the open-air drug market besetting The Hub at Third Avenue and 149th Street.<\/p>\n<p>If Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani\u2019s White House love-in with President Donald Trump is to pay off for the most vulnerable New Yorkers, it must include friendly cooperation with<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/14\/us-news\/trump-asks-doj-to-probe-jeffrey-epstein-ties-to-bill-clinton-other-dems-big-banks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Clayton and his team.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope to hear the new mayor announce that there\u2019s nothing progressive about letting the gangs run the projects. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How about that: Trump-appointed Southern District US Attorney Jay Clayton is standing up for public-housing tenants. 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