Drug pushing has long been a stain on Washington Square Park , declassing its iconic arch and proximity to NYU.

Parents from around the world pay some $93,000 per year for their children to attend the august institution, despite hardened street dealers operating in all-too-close proximity.

While street performers sharpen their acts, chess players position pieces on stone tables and NYU kids enjoy the park as a de facto campus, there have always been shadowy dudes hissing about their loose joints and cut-rate bags of blow.

But what may have started as a few hippie types dealing pot in the 60s has now morphed into a full-on organized crime operation. And last month, that resulted in the alleged homicide of Bailey Shaw, a promising teenager from Aspen, Colorado, through a suspected over

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