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. Ribeiro for NY Post The kiddie hot spot is near a converted hotel at 61 Chrystie St., which two high-level registered sex offenders call home. A nearby second shelter at 197 Bowery counts a half-dozen sex-offender ex-cons among its residents.…