Parents in a Lower Manhattan neighborhood are holding their kids a little closer since The Post revealed convicted pedophiles are continuing to live near local playgrounds.

While cops are keeping a better eye on the area, the sickos still roam around free, forcing disgusted moms and dads to remain hypervigilant.

“I don’t know what New York has become,” said EJ, a 40-year-old neighborhood mom, as she recently pushed her young daughter on a swing in Hester Street Playground.

Children play at the Hester Street Playground, just 243 feet from a shelter housing sex offenders, on April 26, 2026. Luiz C.…