Warren Wilhelm, AKA Bill de Blasio, bringing jobs back to NYC.
Via NY Post
Is this Christmas 2014 — or 1974?
A stark reminder of New York City’s bad old days appeared on the streets of Manhattan Thursday , as three-card monte dealers turned out in force on Fifth Avenue.
An army of the shady gamblers — offering both crooked card and shell games — set up between West 53rd and 56th streets, fleecing Christmas tourists like hapless rubes in an old-time movie.
“My husband is pissed!” fumed one woman, just moments after her spouse dropped $500 to a team of scammers on 56th Street off Fifth Avenue near Henri Bendel on Thursday.
Her husband, who lost several $100 wagers as part of a shell game, huffed, “It’s a waste of time!” before storming away.
He was too sheepish to demand his money back from the dealers, whose associates stood watch over their box-top game boards.[…]
Most losers walked away with their heads bowed and not even a lump of coal for their stocking.
One visitor from Washington, DC, was philosophical about losing.
“That was an interesting one,” he said, gesturing to his teenage son. “I taught him something.”
HT boboadobo