Ten agencies are coming together with community partners to address quality-of-life concerns near Washington Square Park — the goal is to streamline communication.

“We have issues of drug addiction, mental health illness and homelessness, coupled with petty left,” Scott Hobbs, co-chair of Village Interagency Taskforce, said.

Hobbs is hoping the task force can start addressing those issues. Village Interagency Taskforce brings together stakeholders and government agencies, so everyone is on the same page about quality-of-life issues happening near Washington Square Park in the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and the West Village.

“My understanding is a lot of these problems came about because of the pandemic. I think what the pandemic did was lay bare some of the flaws and holes in our social service system,” Hobbs said.

This is the newest addition to the mayor’s community link initiative, which is already in six other areas of the city.

“I’m more alert, but you get a little more frightened. I don’t know if it’s true, but you get a different feeling in New York after the pandemic, there’s no doubt about it,” Greenwich Village resident Liana Theodoratou said.

Residents say they often get alerts when there’s police activity in the area, but they haven’t seen some of the issues themselves.

“I’m kind of curious what their goal is and if there’s resources coming in and where they’re going to move everybody, because what I was mentioning was it feels like everyone is kicking the can down the road,” Greenwich Village resident Dana Bevilacqua said.

The group will meet twice each month to address concerns and deploy teams for a walkthrough to observe hot spots and speak with community members.

While there are areas where quality-of-life issues are more visible, the Sixth Precinct, which encompasses the area, has seen a 23% drop in crime year-over-year.

“I think with the renewed attention of the city on the neighborhood, we have seen some very promising signs, but there are some challenges,” Hobbs said.

The initiative follows public outreach efforts, which started back in May last year.