With the NYPD slowdown continuing to embolden scofflaws and turnstile jumpers, The Daily Show turned its attention to the state of the frigid city. Jon Stewart tackles the NYPD's new motto ("To Chill and Reflect") then hands the baton to Jason Jones, who celebrates the "new New York" by running amok around the city, drinking in public, buying weed in front of a cop, selling DVDs on the street, beating up an Elmo, and defecating in a Salvation Army tin. Watch it below, courtesy of advocacy group 'New Yorkers For A Shittier New York.'
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