Hookers’ haven no more: WNY cops crack down on prostitution

Prostitution is so ingrained in West New York, police don’t have to raid apartments anymore: Hookers are coming to them. The next prostitution arrest will put the city in double digits — and it’s not even the end of March yet.

Jerry DeMarco

03/09/2010 2:41 p.m.

Liza Rivera (courtesy WNY PD)

Before, police called numbers on business cards distributed through the city. Now, the Vice Squad is finding the hookers in classified ads, dialing them up — and setting them up.

An undercover cop this weekend called an advertised number and made an appointment for sex with “Luscious” — 20-year-old Liza M. Rivera of Jersey City — at a residence on 58th Street near Palisade Avenue, police said.

When the hooker showed up, she was arrested.

EDITORIAL: How about some props for West New York police? In a little over a month, they’ve busted five prostitution rings operating out of the city. That’s quality-of-life policing that doesn’t get big headlines — but makes for a safer community. CLICK HERE FOR STORY

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