New York City’s second night under curfew was calmer than the first, with mostly peaceful demonstrators marching to protest the death of George Floyd and sporadic reports of vandalism. The citywide curfew from 8 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday was imposed to prevent the nighttime chaos and destruction that followed peaceful protests for several days in a row. Chief of Department Terence Monahan said the order to clear the streets at 8 p.m., three hours earlier than Monday’s 11 p.m. curfew, allowed police to take control of city streets. “The earlier curfew really helped our cops take out of the neighborhoods people that didn’t belong there,” Monahan said on NBC’s “Today.” Monahan said officers allowed peaceful protests to continue after 8 p.m.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologized privately to top New York City Police administrators late Tuesday after earlier in the day ripping their response to rioters as a “disgrace.” The NYPD Chief Terence Monahan told NBC’s Today show Wednesday that Cuomo’s office called him, and the governor called commissioner Dermot Shea to apologize and clarify his remarks. “You’d have to come out and see what these men and women are doing, don’t ever call them ineffective,” Monahan said during the interview. “As a matter of fact, last night his office called and apologized to me. I know he called the commissioner directly to apologize that that is not what he meant – that he did not mean to put down the police officers.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A family in Boro Park has created a unique shout-out to Hatzolah. A massive sign was hung down the side of a 7 story apartment building on 51st Street and 14th Avenue. The family tells YWN that they did it to show their appreciation to Hatzolah to for their dedicated work 24/7 especially during COVID-19. The sign reads “THUMBS UP TO HATZOLAH”. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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New York City contact tracers hired to contain the spread of the coronavirus reached out to all of the roughly 600 people who tested positive for the virus citywide on Monday, the first day of the program, and succeeded in reaching more than half of them, officials said Tuesday. “On Day 1 of the program, seeking to reach several hundred people and have what could be an hour conversation with each of them was a tall order,” Dr. Ted Long, the head of the city’s contact tracing program, said at a briefing. Long said the fact that the contact tracers actually got through to more than half of the new cases “shows that the system we’re setting up is working.” The city has hired 1,700 people for its contact tracing effort and needs to reach 2,500 in order to meet Gov.

New York City police fatally shot a man Tuesday night in Brooklyn in an incident that did not appear connected to protests elsewhere in the city. Officers responding around 10 p.m. to a report of shots fired at a public housing complex in Crown Heights found a man who had been shot and another man with a gun hiding behind a fence, a police spokesperson said. The man allegedly pointed the gun at officers and they opened fire. As many as 10 officers shot at him, the spokesperson said. Chief of Department Terence Monahan tweeted “an illegal gun was recovered at the scene.” An NYPD investigation into the shooting will include a review of footage from the officers’ body-worn cameras.

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 to a burglary [at] a commercial store, which is looting, they’re back out. . . . Because of bail reform, you’re back out on the street the next day. You cannot be held on any sort of bail.

Veteran Hamodia reporter Reuvain Borchardt received a shocking response from the failing NYC Mayor Deblasio. QUESTION: While you’ve recommended that protestors stay home, for others in the city, you’ve enforced gathering bans, not recommendations. The retail store owner who has been closed for two months and is experiencing financial ruin has been banned from opening his store. People for whom attending houses of worship are a regular part of life been have banned from doing so with more than 10 people. Now, you’ve expressed solidarity with this particular protest cause. Is that why it’s been given dispensation to disregard all pandemic guidelines? I know you were asked about this yesterday.

Letter from Mayor of Cedarhurst regarding the Protest March that will take place 6:00 pm tonight in Far Rockaway: June 2, 2020 Dear Residents, Merchants and Patrons, The news of a protest march scheduled to take place in Far Rockaway on June 2nd has obvious implications for our Village and the greater Five Towns community.   While the freedom to express one’s opinions is a fundamental right, rioting, looting and violence are not.  They are crimes and must be treated as such. I had several conversations with Nassau County Police Commissioner Ryder and with Inspector Barbieri, the commanding officer of the Fourth Precinct.

Nearly a month after Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein called for summer camps to be allowed to open this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that day camps will be allowed to operate this summer, albeit under strict safety guidelines. After weeks of Assemblyman Eichenstein leading the negotiations with the senior staff of Governor Andrew Cuomo, this is wonderful news for all New Yorkers, and especially for families with children who are yearning to enjoy a real summer camp experience with their peers. “I’m delighted that Governor Cuomo recognizes the tremendous significance of this decision for so many New Yorkers,” said Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, “Summer camp provides an outlet for children and much needed break for their parents.

Welcome to the world of Mayor Deblasio. After 5 nights of lawlessness, where thousands (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise) of criminals did NOT protest “peacefully”, but instead vandalized and destroyed THOUSANDS (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise) of businesses, there is a new reality coming to New Yorkers: NO CITY TRASH BINS. Photos have been submitted to YWN of the NYC Sanitation Department driving around and picking up trash bins from street corners. The reason? Trash bins can be used to smash store-front windows, and attack our hero NYPD Officers with. Please throw your trash on the streets instead, as that is what NYC has descended into under Bill Deblasio: A TRASH BIN.