NYC Under Communist Mamdani Spirals Even More As Open Air Illegal Drug Vendors Sell In Broad Daylight As Cops Stroll By

NEW YORK — A once-quiet stretch of Washington Heights has been transformed into a sprawling, illegal prescription-drug flea market, where vendors openly hawk everything from painkillers and antibiotics to erectile-dysfunction pills in broad daylight.

A half-mile section along St. Nicholas Avenue between West 179th and 183rd streets is now lined with at least 20 folding tables piled high with loose blister packs, bottles and boxes of meds, The Post has learned.

Shocking video captured by J.C. Rice shows the chaotic scene: towering stacks of white bottles, colorful pill packs scattered across rickety tables, and vendors, many Spanish-speaking, chatting up customers while cars and pedestrians stream by just feet away. One table alone was loaded with what appeared to be pain relievers, supplements, spray bottles and rows of blister-packed tablets.

The brazen operators are reportedly smuggling the drugs over the counter from the Dominican Republic, slapping on markups and even doling out dosing advice to buyers looking for a quick, no-prescription fix.

Locals and pharmacists are sounding the alarm.“It’s a prescription for disaster,” fumed City Councilwoman Joann Ariola.

“These aren’t Tic Tacs, people could be popping God-knows-what with zero quality control.”A neighborhood pharmacist warned the meds are often stored improperly in the heat and humidity, with no guarantee they’re not expired, counterfeit or contaminated.

Yet NYPD officers have been spotted strolling right past the pop-up pharmacies without intervening, residents griped. Selling prescription drugs without a license is a felony in New York, but enforcement has been spotty despite previous busts.

Vendors are raking in as much as $300 a day, sources said, moving popular items like amoxicillin, Cataclofen Plus, Viagra and Cialis to anyone with cash in hand.

The eye-popping operation stretches across roughly 10 blocks, turning sidewalks into a 24/7 drug bazaar that’s drawing complaints from frustrated locals who say it’s another sign of lawlessness under soft-on-crime policies.

One passerby in the video could be seen pushing a stroller past a table stacked with pills while vendors casually rearranged their illicit inventory.

City Hall and the NYPD did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

But for Washington Heights residents, the message is clear: the streets have become a giant, unregulated pharmacy, and nobody in charge seems willing to shut it down.