New Day Co-Op
| Founded | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Stringer Bell and Proposition Joe |
| Founding location |
 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| Years active | 2004-Present |
| Territory | Baltimore |
| Ethnicity | African American |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, conspiracy, money laundering, and murder |
| Allies | Stanfield Organization, Barksdale Organization and The Greeks |
| Rivals | New York-based drug trafficking organizations and Omar's crew |
The New Day Co-Op is a fictional criminal organization on the HBO drama television series The Wire. The New Day Co-Op, commonly referred to as the Co-Op, is a democratic alliance of drug dealers formed in the interests of promoting business and reducing violence. There are at least a dozen members of the Co-Op, many of whom are not named on screen. Their attempts to reform drug dealing in Baltimore often fail but the organization persists through several changes in leadership.
Believing that the police would pay less attention to the drug trade if violence were kept to a minimum, "Proposition Joe" Stewart and Stringer Bell reached out to all the major drug dealers in Baltimore, with a proposition: Joe would provide the members with high quality heroin, shipped directly by The Greek's organization; in return co-op members agree to settle their differences peacefully. They run their organization by Robert's Rules of Order. When Bell's business partner Avon Barksdale gets involved in a war with Marlo Stanfield in season three, the Co-Op votes to deny Bell the high quality heroin unless the violence stops. Ultimately, the Barksdale Organization dissolves, and with the death of Bell, total control of the Co-Op cedes to Stewart.
In the fourth season, the Co-Op faces two threats to their territory: an incursion of New York drug dealers into Eastern Baltimore and the Stanfield Organization muscling in on independent west side drug crews and that the Co-Op supplies. They decide that their primary concern is the New York drug dealers and to try to convince Stanfield to join the Co-Op to help to drive them off. Despite being offered a far better heroin supply to sell, Stanfield is initially reluctant but is convinced by two factors. First, Stewart engineers a conflict between Stanfield and Omar Little. Secondly, Stanfield faces an ongoing police investigation. Stewart convinces Stanfield that joining the Co-Op would provide him with more information on police activity and stick-up crews. Stanfield then attempts to frame Omar for murder so that he could be easily killed in prison. However, Omar is released from prison after Bunk Moreland is able to prove that Omar had nothing to do with the murder.
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