Bohemian Greenwich Village not so liberal anymore as crime, drugs push residents to beg for more cops

Greenwich Village isn’t truthful freewheelin’ anymore.

The bohemian Mecca made celebrated for its anything-goes attitude, counterculture philharmonic scene and clashes pinch police is begging for rule enforcement, a shocking caller study found.

The Sixth Precinct Community Council polled 600 vicinity residents and recovered 487 of them — 83% — want much cops connected nan streets.

And 74% of Villagers said nan Empire State needed stronger prosecution for supplier dealing, while 80% thought New York needed stricter bail laws, according to nan first-of-its-kind survey, conducted successful February and March.

“The colony is often criticized for being wide — but intelligibly nan numbers present bespeak we’re not happy,” said precinct assembly personnel Steve Zammarchi.

No spot is much emblematic of nan diminution than Washington Square Park – wherever Bob Dylan utilized to singing songs astir societal injustice. Despite falling citywide crime, nan greenish abstraction continues to beryllium overrun by junkies and dealers — and repetition offenders are connected a loop – arrested, released and backmost by lunchtime, neighbors said.

“Enough is enough,” said Village-raised Trevor Sumner, president of nan Washington Square Association. “Liberalism is being challenged and group are realizing that our attempts to grant immoderate ideals are starring to worst outcomes.”

Sumner says he would person described himself arsenic “quite liberal” up until 2 years ago, but his individual views shifted erstwhile conditions successful nan parkland took a nosedive aft nan pandemic.

But it’s not conscionable successful nan park. The Sixth Precinct routinely posts connected X astir nabbing supplier dealers plying their waste and acquisition successful wide daylight connected Sixth Avenue — thing that would person been unimaginable only a fewer years back.

“It’s very difficult for maine to unsee nan realities of nan outcomes connected nan streets. It’s shifted really almost everyone I cognize who’s progressive successful nan organization is reasoning astir voting,” he said, blaming Albany’s bail betterment and find changes for nan unending rhythm of lawlessness.

Major felonies person surged complete pre-pandemic levels, pinch 1,789 reported successful 2024, up from 1,534 in 2019 — a 16% climb. So acold this year, felonies are down 21%, compared to past year.

The blimpish displacement is showing up successful voting records too, a Post study found. Nearly 13% of voters successful nan vicinity backed President Trump successful 2024, up from nan 8% of 2020 supporters, according to Board of Elections data.

Eli Klein, who runs an creation assemblage successful Greenwich Village, grew up successful a very salient wide family – his mother Janet Benshoof was nan laminitis of nan Center for Reproductive Rights and a champion of nan left. But nan erstwhile lifelong Democrat said nan statement abandoned them.

“The near has gotten much utmost arsenic opposed to america really going nan different way. There’s a batch of recidivist criminals connected nan streets. The progressives push really soft connected crime stuff. It’s difficult to judge that a immense conception of our organization wants profession criminals connected nan streets,” he said.

Longtime colony residents opportunity nan free-love power of nan past has shape-shifted into something little poetic.

“There’s a batch much crazies, unstable people. It’s conscionable an eyesore, it’s disconcerting,” said Philip Spinelli, 75, who’s lived connected Christopher Street since nan 1960s.

Back then, they say, they were protesting for a cause. Now, not truthful much.

“We person literal zombies stepping done nan streets and framing it arsenic someway these reforms person fixed them immoderate benignant of dignity – this is not dignity,” said Sumner.

The NYPD did not return The Post’s petition for comment.