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The father of pop artist lady gaga and a new york city restaurateur, Joe Germanotta, criticized the condition of the city on monday during an appearance on fox news.

Germanotta, who owns joanne trattoria, claimed that if he had small children now, he would not raise his two girls in the city.

He told america reports co-host sandra smith that: “I would never raise two girls here again. It’s just not safe here anymore. The crime — it’s unpredictable. You don’t know where it’s going to happen, when it’s going to happen,”


When asked if he had noticed a rise in crime at his upper west side eatery, Germanotta bemoaned the fact that it had once been "immune" to what he is now witnessing. The businessman said that he thought the city had gone back in time by a decade, that weed stores were springing up "everywhere," and that the city was "lowering" the punishment for violations like public urinating.

“The upper west side used to be pretty immune to this stuff, but now it’s come full circle. It’s like the city took a step back 10 years. I want to say the ’80s, but it’s not as bad as the ’80s,” he said.

The restaurateur claimed that since Eric adams became mayor of new york city, he hasn't noticed any "noticeable shift".

Adams has previously discussed his concerns about crime in new york city and criticized loose bail laws for facilitating rapid releases.

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