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The MARCH Disbands

"This is an era of no more demonizing successful businesses, but promoting, lifting them up,” claims Eric Adams

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Bossa Nova Civic Club brings a full night life experience to Bushwick. (all photos by Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily)

The MARCH Disbands

"This is an era of no more demonizing successful businesses, but promoting, lifting them up,” claims Eric Adams

The MARCH Disbands

“Essentially it’s like a Friday or Saturday night, at a bar in Bushwick, there’s a few people dancing and people drinking cocktails, other than that it seems like a very standard night,” recalls John Barclay, one of the co-founders of the Bossa Nova Civic Club, along with the newer Paragon. “Out of nowhere, there’s about a dozen agents from different city and state agencies that raid the place all at once,” he remembers. 

That was life under MARCH, the Multi Agency Response to Community Hotspots taskforce that was created in the 1990s by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to enforce a cabaret…

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