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Discusses the campaign, begun October 25, to purge the New York City subways of homeless people. So far there has been no discernible headway. Horror stories of underground confrontations, including one which resulted in a homeless man being killed; Lack of support; Criticism.

Recounts the accidental killing of 14-year-old Jeffrey Vilain in Brooklyn on January 3 by a man being chased by police. Discusses bystander deaths in New York City.

Discusses the violence at the Underground discotheque in Manhattan. Patrons say that angry neighbors are using the club as a scapegoat for crimes that afflict any urban area, but a policeman said that `there are definitely more criminal complaints there than at the other clubs in the precinct.'

Discusses the fact that stores which specialize in selling pornographic videocassettes are opening up in various neighborhoods in New York City. Some residents, particularly in Greenwich Village, are furious. Comments by store owners and their opponents.