Public Safety: New York City: Market of Bodies. Prostitution crisis.

For many newly arrived migrants, sex work is not a choice of profession but a “mechanism of survival” necessitated by the high cost of urban living and the inadequacies of the city’s shelter system. This phenomenon, often termed “survival sex,” has led to “corner fights” between established sex workers and newcomers as territory on Roosevelt Avenue becomes increasingly overcrowded. Organizations like Colectivo report that the stress of the migration journey, combined with the lack of social s…