73rd Street Clear while the 75th Street Pest Remains...for now

 Thanks to working together, Sanitation and the Dept. of Transportation were able to remove the perpetual "PSYCHIC" sign chained to a lamppost om the corner of 73rd and 1st Avenue (opposite Bareburger). Nice to NOT see that eyesore:

Meanwhile, two blocks up, the classy neighborhood is still sullied by yet another phony with palm reading games and a scofflaw mentality. Like the 73rd Street "psychic," this one has been a scofflaw since 2012, if not longer. You'll find entries on her antics throughout this blog. She's still at it, chaining up a sign in broad daylight on 75th in front of the Pony Bar (1444 First Avenue). All to try and get grieving people and superstitious immigrants to go down the block and part with their money. 

This kind of trashy, ugly sign has no place in any neighborhood. The "psychic" (at 435 E 75) has somehow festooned the front of the building with three huge signs advertising her "skills," and that's not enough. She's been called up time and again and told to remove the sign, and she says, "Oh my, I had no  idea it was illegal," and then it's chained up a few days later. One sanitation worker, Scott James, went to her door, knocked, announced he was with Sanitation, identified himself, and she wouldn't let him in.

In the summer, her repulsive husband lounges in front of the walk-up building...while she pesters passersby with illegal flyers....

When there's a summer street fair, she doesn't buy a table like any normal merchant. She sneaks a chair at the corner of 75th and 1st, puts up a table, and goes after fools:

Yes, cops were there, and the local politicians had staffers at paid-for tables, and she was not paying a cent for her street fair "space." This has been going on since...well, here's an entry on this blog going back to 2012, when she had a preposterous sign that offered "pet readings." It does look like the dog might be stupid enough to bite...

The bottom line is that none of this should be going on after eight years. Both "psychics" (73rd and 75th) should have been fined so heavily they'd never THINK of chaining up a sign ever again. Some of the problem has been the "it's not my job" and "who handles this" confusion when people report to 311. A free-standing sign and a chained one can be two different city agencies! But clearly, the 19th Precinct and its "Community Affairs" officer should have been on this and personally told off BOTH "psychics" to stop their games and respect the neighborhood.