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Midtown Manhattan and Times Square looked like a war zone Tuesday. The mayor and his would-be successors are a lost cause, but if Gov. Cuomo won’t stop the looting, we’ll lose our retail tax base and hundreds of thousands of jobs — for years. Macy’s, Bergdorf Goodman — icons of New York, windows smashed. But that’s not the worst part: It was clear that the office-building and retail managers and workers were bracing for more. From Central Park South through Rockefeller Center through the Bowtie to Herald Square, hundreds of essential workers — most of them minority men — scrambled...

Most of the looters and rioters arrested by the NYPD over the past several days are immediately released as a direct result of New York’s new bail-reform law, New York City police chief Terrence Monahan told the New York Post on Tuesday. While the city police made over 650 arrests on Monday night alone, Monahan said that “just about all of them” will be released without bail. “We had some arrests in Brooklyn where they had guns, [and] hopefully [Brooklyn district attorney] Eric Gonzalez will keep them in, [but] I can’t guarantee that’ll happen,” Monahan said. “But when it comes...

Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., was caught on a hot mic Tuesday saying he “wouldn’t care” about not being allowed to speak at a news conference about the unrest in his Bronx district following the death of George Floyd – if he wasn't in a competitive Democratic primary. “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care,” Engel can be heard telling Bronx President Ruben Diaz twice, as he asks for a chance to speak at a news conference with city and state officials. “Don’t do that to me,” Diaz responded.

The looters tore off the plywood that boarded up Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square, swarming by the dozens inside to steal whatever they could find before being chased down by the police. Others smashed the windows at a Nike store, grabbing shirts, jeans and zip-up jackets. They crashed into a Coach store,ransacked a Bergdorf Goodman branch and destroyed scores of smaller storefronts along the way. The eruption of looting in the central business district of Manhattan — long an emblem of the New York’s stature and prowess — struck yet another blow to a city reeling from the nation’s...

The looters of a New York City Rolex store did not get justice, but they did get a high price timepiece on Monday night. Looters grabbed $2.4 million worth of watches after breaking into a Rolex store in New York’s Soho neighborhood, according to a New York Post report citing police sources. A video shows a huge crowd of people running toward the store, entering it, and then leaving shortly afterward.

Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) of New York’s Staten Island declared that Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) has lost control of the city’s streets and called for the deployment of the National Guard to assist with enforcing Tuesday’s 8 p.m. curfew. Rose said in a statement that the “majority of the protests yesterday were peaceful,” but he acknowledged the “mayhem that occurred in parts of the city last night—the unprecedented looting and attacks on officers and bystanders.” “It was not part of the movement to ensure justice for George Floyd and other victims of police brutality. And anyone who would say...

The NYPD’s top uniformed cop talked to the Post in an exclusive interview Tuesday about how his cops have been “giving their blood” as they’ve responded to protests that have become increasingly violent over the past five days and raged against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s criticism of his department. Chief Terence Monahan said he had slept for only three hours since the fifth night of protests and that all his guys are “cut up” from struggling with troublemakers in the city. “Our guys are tired, they’re bleeding,” Monahan said. “I think everyone you’re going to see is walking around cut up....

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declined to accept help from the National Guard, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, as the governor mused that he could “displace” his fellow Democrat and take over his duties. Looters and others fomenting chaos ran rampant in New York City on Monday night, stealing from stores, assaulting police officers, and setting fires, amid nationwide mayhem taking place at or near protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis police custody. Cuomo blamed de Blasio and the New York City Police Department (NYPD), telling reporters in Albany: “The mayor...

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday commented on his daughter’s arrest during a Manhattan protest over the police-involved killing of George Floyd, saying that it was a “surprise” to him, but that he’s “proud” of her. De Blasio, speaking during his daily City Hall press briefing, said his 25-year-old daughter, Chiara, did not inform him or first lady Chirlane McCray “of her intention to get arrested” — and he first found out through a press inquiry “I love my daughter deeply, I honor her. I’m proud of her that she cares so much, she was willing to go out there...

Curfew-defying looters with free rein beat a cop to the ground in a disturbing scene caught on video, set fires on streets and ransacked stores in the Bronx late Monday into early Tuesday. The chaos finally prompted Mayor Bill de Blasio to dispatch extra police officers to the area, the New York Post reported Tuesday. “Fordham is on fire,” Uptown Collective tweeted, showing a half dozen fires burning along a trash-strewn Fordham Road in the West Bronx. “This is an ominous sign familia,” the tweet said, the Post reported. “This is not good for communities of color. Protest is called...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has gone to war with his own cops as he demanded the officer who pointed his firearm at protesters 'should have his gun and badge taken away'. De Blasio called for the NYPD officer to be fired after footage surfaced on social media of him pulling his handgun and pointing it at protesters outside The Strand bookstore in Manhattan Sunday night where activists gathered to demand justice over George Floyd's death. 'It is not the place of an officer to pull a gun in the middle of a crowd, knowing that there are...

I noted on Twitter last night that rioting, coming right after the virus, is a catastrophe for the cities. Regardless of whether Trump or Biden is elected in November, it’s easy to envision the following happening: Americans will flee the cities as they did in the post-1968 era. Thirty years of great progress for cities will be undone by the events of one spring. People will move to suburbs and exurbs. A lot more families will buy guns. Gun owners vote heavily Republican. People in less densely populated areas vote Republican too. Trust in the government to provide basic services...

NIKE flagship store as well… VIDEOS AT LINK.........................

Looters besieged Macy’s iconic Herald Square store in New York City Monday evening as police brought in to enforce an 11 p.m. curfew set by the city’s mayor struggled to control and apprehend an overwhelming crowd that smashed windows and damaged property at the store. Shortly after the curfew began, police were bringing out a third looting suspect, according to a Fox News crew at the scene.

New York State’s top prosecutor is threatening to sue President Trump if he follows through on his threat to deploy the United States military to put down domestic protests that were sparked by the police-involved killing of George Floyd. ‘The President of the United States is not a dictator, and President Trump does not and will not dominate New York state,’ Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement on Monday. ‘In fact, the president does not have the right to unilaterally deploy US military across American states.'

A protest march through the City of Buffalo took a violent turn Monday night. Protesters began the evening in Niagara Square, then marched through Buffalo, ending on Bailey Avenue near Buffalo Police E-District. According to officials, two officers were hit by a vehicle and injured. Police say the "injuries appear serious in nature." The officers have been transported to Erie County Medical Center. According to Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on social media, one officer is a member of Buffalo Police and the other is from New York State Police. He says the driver and passengers of the vehicle are...

It has started in New York City again. https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1267621792333643778?s=20 

Andrew Cuomo @NYGovCuomo · 1h The president is calling out the American military against American citizens. He used the military to push out a peaceful protest so he could have a photo op at a church. It's all just a reality TV show for this president. Shameful.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a curfew for New York City, following four nights of sometimes violent protests following the death of unarmed black man George Floyd. “There’s gonna be a curfew in New York City that we think could be helpful and more importantly there’s going to be an increase in the force in New York City,” the third-term Democrat said on the upstate radio show “WAMC The Roundtable.” Cuomo noted around 4,000 officers were on duty during last night’s protests, adding: “There will be double that, about 8,000 tonight.”

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed Monday morning that the officers who were captured on video driving into crowds of George Floyd protesters will be investigated and called the footage 'troubling' as he walked back his initial response to the disturbing incident. De Blasio was addressing protests that took place in multiple boroughs in the city over the weekend. Most were peaceful and some weren't. According to de Blasio, looting took place around the city. 'We also have seen situations where police officers acted inappropriately,' de Blasio began.