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NEWBURGH, N.Y.,
Aug. 30 - When fighting broke out on Aug. 25 at Broadway
and Dubois Street, word spread quickly among the many
people whiling away the warm summer night on sidewalks
and street corners.
The fracas
began, the police said, when someone threw a bottle or a
brick at a car. It escalated after the driver, a
33-year-old woman, got out to confront her attackers.
By the time
officers arrived, an estimated 150 to 200 people were
battling with sticks, knives and bottles…
The police, who
are still investigating the melee, note that gang
violence has been a major contributor to crime in the
area….
Late last month,
five men, thought by the police to be gang members, were
shot on a block just south of Broadway, prompting State
Assemblyman Thomas Kirwan to call for help from the
federal Immigration and Naturalization Service. Mr.
Kirwan said many local gang members were illegal aliens
from Mexico.
Ismael Ortiz,
owner of Mi Casa Restaurant on Broadway…, 69, longs for
the city he found when he arrived as a teenager from
Puerto Rico in 1952.
"In those days,
you could sleep in the street, it was so safe," he said.
"Now it's different. It's bad."
