New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday his plan to “flood the zone” with NYPD officers into Times Square and other neighborhoods as crime spirals out of control in the Big Apple.
De Blasio plans to cut NYPD budget by $1 billion as NYC shootings spike https://t.co/YsGCMphy5L pic.twitter.com/qJZxLq0FRt
— New York Post (@nypost) June 29, 2020
“We have found a plan that will keep this city safe, that will achieve the billion dollars in savings,” said de Blasio on June 29th, 2020.
#BREAKING: Mayor Bill de Blasio says: "We are going to flood the zone in Times Square with additional officers." pic.twitter.com/CMu4UtjMjB
— Forbes (@Forbes) June 28, 2021
De Blasio is reversing course one year later.
“We are going to Flood the Zone in Times Square with additional officers to make sure this situation is resolved once and for all. We’re going into the summer, they have to be safe and they have to feel safe!” said the Mayor.
Watch De Blasio’s comments above.
DE BLASIO SPIRALS: 2 NYPD Shot, 1 Stabbed, Mayor Says Protests Remind Him of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’
Two members of the NYPD were shot in Brooklyn overnight Monday and another officer stabbed in the neck as protesters defied an 8pm curfew imposed by beleaguered Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“The melee unfolded when a suspect approached a cop on Church Avenue near Flatbush Avenue at about 11:45 p.m. and stabbed him in the neck, a police source said,” reports the New York Post.
Meanwhile, the mayor faced a growing backlash after saying the violent situation reminded him of John Lennon’s utopian anthem ‘Imagine.’
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: "I don't mean to make light of this but I'm reminded of the song 'Imagine' by John Lennon." pic.twitter.com/ElerZgB2y3
— The Hill (@thehill) June 3, 2020
“I don’t mean to make light of this. But I’m reminded of the song ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon. We played it at my inauguration! What about a world where people got along differently? What about a world where we didn’t live with a lot of the restrictions that we live with now,” said De Blasio. “We’re not there yet. The protest movement themselves is how we make progress!”
Read the full report at the New York Post.
DE BLASIO SPIRALS: 400+ Shootings in NYC Since March, Mayor Says ‘I’m Going to Answer in the Positive!’
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continued to deflect criticism as violent crime spirals out of control in the nation’s biggest metropolis; saying Big Apple residents must work together to “get past this tough moment in history.”
There have been more than 400 shootings in New York City since March 1st.
“People can ask questions in the negative, I’m going to answer in the positive,” Hizzoner said. “I think this is a little inside baseball, with all due respect.”
NYPD boss Shea a no-show as de Blasio hammered over shooting surge https://t.co/2DKqGGyVFU pic.twitter.com/3lZMFSfPUZ
— New York Post (@nypost) June 8, 2021
“We are doing what we’ve got to do to set the strategies in place to get past this really tough moment in our city’s history — and we will overcome it,” he added.
“It’s all smoke and mirrors like yesterday,” said one police officer. “De Blasio can’t blame COVID and his perfect storm anymore.”
“Next they will announce a new program called ‘community policing,'” the person added. “The truth is crime is out of control, these cops feel they have their hands tied and feel no one in City Hall will back them.”
Read the full report at Fox News.