The NYPD announced that it conducted a four-day prostitution sting in 27 police precincts across the city, resulting in many arrests. One hundred eighty-six johns were arrested—the Post says, "Undercover cops pose as hookers and collar those johns looking for a prostitute," and the sting was called “Operation Losing Proposition."
Ten prostitutes were arrested and 56 cars were seized. The neighborhood with the most arrests was Brownsville in Brooklyn (3 prostitutes, 16 johns) and runner-up was Jackson Heights in Queens (14 johns).
