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Norm Langer backs the city of Los Angeles’ recent work toward combating crime in MacArthur Park, and although closing his Langer’s Deli isn’t off the table, he says he’s decided to stick around for a little while.

Seven months ago, Langer told The Times he was considering shuttering his historic 77-year-old establishment due to drug activity, crime and encampments in the area that he and other business owners had grown weary of dealing with.

Tuesday, Langer told The Times he had nine tables and six counter seats empty; in years past, there would have been a line of customers going out the door.

The public is entitled to know what’s going on, Langer said, such as when six people were injured by gunfire in a gang-related shooting in MacArthur Park in January.

There are some business owners and community leaders who don’t agree with the approach that city officials are taking to quash crime, Langer said.