NYC’s No. 1 recidivist just can’t stop stealing — even after mind-boggling 134 arrests

A career crook Mayor Adams once dubbed “Recidivist No. 1” and the symbol of NYC’s revolving-door justice system is still circling back on crime — his staggering rap sheet is now 134 arrests long, The Post has learned.

Harold Gooding landed on the front page of The Post in August 2022 as the person atop the NYPD’s “Worst of the Worst” list of repeat offenders — and he only had 101 arrests at the time.

He’s been busted another 33 times in the 33 months since that report, records show.

“It’s frustrating . . . for this guy to get out the same day or the next day committing the same crime he’s been doing over and over,” said a Manhattan cop who’s dealt with the 56-year-old serial thief from Brooklyn and the Bronx…

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