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Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rauw Alejandro's ‘Cosa Nuestra' Shows Brought New York's Salsa Era to Puerto Rico
As New York City celebrated Boricua pride during Puerto Rican Day Parade activities this weekend, superstar Rauw Alejandro brought a little bit of the Big Apple back to the island. The multi-hyphenate kicked off four nights of his acclaimed Cosa Nuestra tour at San Juan's José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, sharing the Nuyorican influence that's been front and center of the album with his fans at home. The visual and sonic aesthetics of the project borrow from the culture that brewed in Nuyorican communities in the Sixties and Seventies. For his tour, Rauw invited his fans to embrace the theme, urging them to dress up and experience the evening as if they were heading out to Spanish Harlem or the 'Loisaida' ('Lower East Side' to you). His previous two concerts were both inspired by the sci-fi visuals of his album Saturno and of its spinoff, Playa Saturno. This time, the retro flair of decades past informed every detail of the San Juan shows, from actors walking around the venue in era-appropriate wardrobe, staying in character and role-playing scenarios in front of amused fans, to special activation rooms set up as the kind of smokey bars and lounges you could imagine Fania legends and/or mobsters mingling in after a long day of getting up to no good. More from Rolling Stone Rauw Alejandro, Los Ballers, and Clarent Are Kings of the Club on 'Forni' Carne Asada or Parrillada? Rauw Alejandro Celebrates All Grill Parties With New Buchanan's Collab Rauw Alejandro Pays Homage to Puerto Rico on Single 'Carita Linda' The show itself had all the hallmarks of a musical, playing out over three hours. Rauw has spent the bulk of his career proclaiming himself a showman, openly espousing his love for Michael Jackson, Usher, and Chris Brown. His dance moves have always been a centerpiece of his shows, and he's never been better than he was here. The Puerto Rico stops mark the midpoint of his tour dates, serving as a segue from his U.S. dates and his Latin America/Europe stops later this year. As is often the case, being back home seems to have lit a potent fuse under the production. Sequences where bomba ('Carita Linda') and salsa ('Aguanile,' 'Tú Con Él') reverberate more on these nights, and Rauw even managed to smuggle a specific reference: 'On the island of the coquí, whoever doesn't like their song, has got to leave' he ad libs at one point, a direct shot at recent controversy that's involved Americans on the archipelago complaining about coquí frogs on social media, and even inquiring about ways to exterminate them. The show is centered around a specific plot that ties everything together. Rauw presents the colorful story of the lead character, named Raúl. An artist with deep mob ties, Raúl meets and falls for María, played by the outstandingly talented dancer Akira Rivera. Through the set list, made up of Cosa Nuestra and prior hits, Raúl courts María, his infatuation becoming dangerous as María slowly reveals she's not who she says she is. All of this plays out in between moments where he addresses the crowd, giving his thoughts on relationships, gassing up 'strong, independent women' and warning them to stay away from mediocre suitors, and of course making sure — with a flirty smile and a wink — that people know he's not one of those. He packed the San Juan shows with buzzy guest stars, including hometown acts like Omar Courtz ('S E X P L A Y L I S T 1'), Marconi Impara with Yan Block ('Espresso Martini'), Alexis & Fido ('Baja Pa' Aca'), and Mexican pop group Latin Mafia, for their hit '2:12.' For those in attendance, the performances were a chance to experience Cosa Nuestra just as the characters in the story do. The skinny kid from Carolina has become one of the biggest urbano acts in the world, and for many it's been a thrill to see him create a project that celebrates cultural exchanges between Puerto Rico and those in the diaspora. Where Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS mostly stayed inside Boriken's borders and the sounds that were born within, Rauw explored the effects of a musical melting pot. As the show's host Gilberto Gómez shares at one point, salsa, for example, wouldn't exist without the combination of 'drums from Africa, clave and timbales from Latin America, piano from Europe, and horns from American jazz.' What comes next for Rauw, after the full tour is completed, is more open than ever. Cosa Nuestra demonstrated that his ceiling is skyscraper-high, and anything he does next will undoubtedly be compared to his efforts here. But as his shows prove, his creativity, discipline, charisma, and talent can take him wherever he wants to go — from the far reaches of space to back in time — so the future is boundless as ever. Set List 'Punto 40''Il Capo''Panties Y Brasieres''Dejame Entrar''Santa''Mil Mujeres'Medley: 'Tattoo,' 'Fantasias, 'El Efecto''Desesperados''Revolu''Committed''La Old Skul''No Me Sueltes'Medley: 'Touching The Sky,' 'Todo de Ti''Carita Linda''Amar De Nuevo''2/Catorce''SexPlaylist''Diluvio'Medley: 'Khe?,' 'Pensandote''Se Fue''Pasaporte'Medley: 'Cosa Guapa,' 'Baby Hello,' 'Pasaporte''Ni Me Conozco''Cosa Nuestra''Tu Con El''Espresso Martini''Lluvia con Nieve'Medley: Ronca,' 'Baja Pa Aca''Que Pasaria''Lokera''2:12am''Desenfocao''SEXXXMACHINE' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
New York Post
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Andrew Cuomo's great disappearing act in NYC's mayoral race is yet another sign of his arrogance
Andrew Cuomo is running for New York City mayor, but it feels like he's running away from New Yorkers. Where the hell is that guy? With early voting now underway ahead of June 24's Democratic primary, New York's embattled former governor has barely shown his face, save for two debates and a photo op at the Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 8. He's held no real rallies, had no big presence interacting with voters — and he's been ducking the media like a fugitive avoiding the law. Cuomo's built a moat around himself. Advertisement Remember, this is a former camera magnet who, for 111 days straight during pandemic lockdown, happily hosted his own variety show — I mean press conferences — to the delight of his now disbanded army of Cuomosexuals. He once claimed 59 million people were tuning in. 7 In a rare appearance, NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo spoke with Al Sharpton at a National Action Network event Saturday. Here, he's seen with Sharpton in April. AP Now the wannabe mayor has disappeared into a cloud of his own arrogance. He seems so convinced that, despite all of his political scandals, he's got the Dem nomination in the bag and doesn't need to lift a finger for it. His entitlement is, frankly, off-putting (and all too familiar). Advertisement Cuomo's invisibility has become such a joke that, last week, New York Magazine posted a video with all the Dem hopefuls interviewed over plates of spaghetti and meatballs — except the lone Italian. You see Adrienne Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander and, of course, the ubiquitous Zohran Mamdani answer questions … then the camera cuts to a cardboard cutout of Cuomo smirking above the caption 'declined to respond.' It might as well have been accompanied by cricket sounds. Advertisement 7 Last week, New York Magazine posted a video with all the Dem hopefuls interviewed over plates of spaghetti and meatballs — except the lone see the camera cut to a cardboard cutout of Cuomo smirking above the caption 'declined to respond.' @NYMag/X Cuomo is most present in my inbox, where sporadic emails announce endorsements. While he spoke to Al Sharpton's National Action Network about Donald Trump the bad orange man over the weekend, Cuomo rarely has a public schedule — and his spokesperson hasn't bothered to respond to my multiple questions about when or if I can see the man in action. Maybe a few months ago, when Cuomo was seen as the only serious contender in the field and blowing away the competition in every poll, an invisibility cloak would have been a sound policy. Keep quiet and dodge the media, who would surely ask questions about his fall from gubernatorial grace — including COVID policies that were blamed for more than 13,000 nursing home deaths, and his 2021 resignation after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment. Advertisement 7 Zohran Mamdani supporters are urging New Yorkers to not rank Andrew Cuomo in the primary's ranked-choice voting. But something happened as he was seemingly skating to victory: a shiny new (and dangerous) object named Mamdani filled the vacuum. The rapper turned 'defund the police' champion turned Democratic Socialist of America candidate has gained major steam in the polls — effectively boobytrapping Cuomo's once-unobstructed route to City Hall. Mamdani has raised millions of dollars via small donations and built a strong ground game of devoted zombie canvassers who are urging voters not to rank Cuomo at all. Various ranked-choice voting analyses have shown this could end up doing real damage to the former gov, and the other Dem candidates are cross-endorsing with Mamdani to further block Cuomo. 7 City Hall hopeful Andrew Cuomo listened to Brad Lander during the latest Democratic primary debate on June 12. via REUTERS Mamdani has earned the endorsement of progressive firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — and there's talk that he could replicate her grand upset of congressional Dem stalwart Joe Crowley back in 2018. He may be woefully unqualified to run the city, but the social media influencer is good at one thing: being in everyone's face. Mamdani has churned out ad after zippy ad in multiple languages, always smiling like a used car salesman as he promises a socialist utopia in the Big Apple. It's all made Cuomo's 'I got this' absence seem even more conspicuous. Advertisement 7 Zohran Mamdani held a rally featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at Terminal 5. They also walked the Puerto Rican Day Parade together. William Miller 7 It's been impossible to escape Momdani's ads, signs, canvassers and social media posts. William Miller When Donald Trump avoided the primary scrum in the 2024 election, he was at least extremely present at rallies, speaking directly to the base and building his martyrdom and candidacy on the steam of four indictments. He worked a parallel campaign route — one that Cuomo is seemingly unwilling to carve. But hey, if he doesn't show his face or interact with voters or reporters, he doesn't get pushed on his past indiscretions and political sins. Advertisement A few months ago, between the Dem's anemic talent pool and incumbent Mayor Adams dealing with his own basket of dirty laundry, Cuomo's return to public office felt inevitable. It was mostly revived because the new left has abandoned common sense, and New Yorkers — having lived through years of out-of-control homelessness, surging subway crime and general disorder that favored criminals and the criminally insane — want to keep this city moving back in the right direction. 7 Zohran Mamdani in a Spanish-speaking ad — one of the many blanketing the internet. YouTube / Zohran Mamdani for NYC But thanks to our blisteringly fast and disposable online culture, we have short memories these days. Mamdani's socialism seduction, and his efforts to show up every damn day, could produce a spoiler scenario as polls close — and not just to Cuomo's chance at redemption. More importantly, to New York City's future. Cuomo is taking victory for granted. And it feels like he's taking New Yorkers for granted, too.
American Military News
16-06-2025
- American Military News
Torching of 11 NYPD vehicles in Brooklyn ‘connected' to LA protests, mayor says
A vandal torched 11 NYPD police cars in a Brooklyn parking lot just down the street from a police stationhouse early Thursday, police said. At a press conference at the lot near the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Ave. and Bleecker St. in Bushwick, Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch decried the brazen act of vandalism, which the mayor tied to the ongoing anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. 'This is unacceptable,' Adams said. 'We have stated over and over again, everyone has a right to peaceful protest. You do not have a right to destroy property of the City of New York. We have reasons to believe the person who participated in this act is connected to some of the protests that's taking place in Los Angeles and throughout the entire country,' he added. But when asked what evidence he had connecting the vandalism to the unrest in LA, Adams did not elaborate. The marked and unmarked NYPD vehicles were set ablaze inside the lot around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said. The FDNY managed to put out the blaze within a few minutes. No injuries were reported, but the vehicles suffered extensive damage, according to officials. Tisch did not offer a motive for the crime, but said that preliminary investigation has turned up surveillance footage of a masked suspect, who is dressed all in black, entering the lot after hopping a fence around 12:40 a.m. Around 40 minutes later, an officer from the 83rd Precinct caught the perpetrator in the act of committing the crime, or 'in flagrante delicto,' as Tisch put it. The officer 'interrupted the perpetrator as he was setting fire to a number of vehicles, at which point the perpetrator threw a piece of plywood and fled through an alleyway,' Tisch said. Investigators believe the vandal poured gasoline on the police cars before setting them on fire. 'On scene we found three vehicles that did not sustain fire damage with unignited fire-starter rolls and haystack bundles scattered across the rear passenger tires, the front tires and the windshield,' Tisch said. 'In total, we found 12 unignited fire-starter balls and 10 unignited haystack bundles, as well as a torch-style lighter — all are legal to possess and can be purchased at stores like Home Depot.' The vandal also busted the windshields of some of the vehicles that weren't torched, a police source said. 'We are in the process of conducting a massive camera canvass at this time,' Tisch said. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD's elite Arson Explosion Investigation Squad. The NYPD could not say if the perpetrator was connected with the protests in LA, as the mayor asserted, but tensions between the Brooklyn neighborhood and police are running high for several reasons. The attack happened just hours after protesters held a 'Speak Out' at the stationhouse, during which they blasted the cops for their treatment of Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrants at after-parties in the neighborhood on Sunday night and Monday morning. Community leaders called for calm as the vandalism stokes growing tensions between the NYPD and Brooklyn residents. City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, D-Bushwick, called the cars' torching 'completely unacceptable.' 'Actions like this have no place in our neighborhood,' Nurse wrote on X Thursday. 'Our community is already under stress with ICE present. Now is the time to de-escalate, stand together and work through our challenges peacefully.' City Councilwoman Jen Gutiérrez, who also represents Bushwick, agreed with Nurse and called for cooler heads to prevail. 'We cannot stand up to this and any other threat with more violence,' Gutiérrez posted. 'We must de-escalate and keep our families safe.' Precinct officers are being accused on social media of having been heavy-handed as they broke up Puerto Rican Parade after-parties in Bushwick on Sunday. 'On Sunday evening, NYPD pigs from the 83rd Precinct launched a fascist offensive against the community of Bushwick, NYC, attacking Puerto Ricans and non-Puerto Ricans during peaceful celebrations during the Manhattan and Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parades,' one post noted. 'The first attack happened around the Bush Dyke Bar around 8 p.m. Victims of this unnecessary raid reported being slammed to the ground, resulting in hospitalizations.' In a second incident, cops shut down an after-party at Mood Ring on Myrtle Ave. The incident resulted in at least one hospitalization, BKMag reported. An NYPD spokesman said cops were called to the second venue around 12:20 a.m. Monday after getting a 311 call about a disorderly group outside. Officers tried to disperse the crowd, but several people refused to leave, the spokesman said, adding that at least one partier assaulted a cop trying to move the crowd along. Police took five people into custody. Three were hit with criminal charges, and two were given summonses for disorderly conduct, officials said. The criminal charges ranged from assault and resisting arrest to obstructing government administration and criminal mischief, cops said. 'The NYPD did not shut down the premises and no enforcement action was taken inside the establishment,' the NYPD spokesman added. 'The NYPD entered the establishment only to speak with management.' The NYPD was aware of the Wednesday night protest, but it wasn't immediately clear if it was connected to the arson incident hours afterward. _____ Vandals torched 11 NYPD police cars in a Brooklyn parking lot down the street from a police stationhouse early Thursday, police said. The brazen act of vandalism happened just hours after protesters held a 'Speak Out' at the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Ave. and Bleecker St. in Bushwick, decrying the cops for their treatment of Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrants at after-parties in the neighborhood on Sunday night and Monday morning. The NYPD was aware of the Wednesday night demonstration, but it wasn't immediately clear if the two incidents were linked. The marked and unmarked NYPD vehicles were set ablaze inside the lot around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said. The FDNY managed to put out the blaze within a few minutes. No injuries were reported, but the vehicles suffered extensive damage, officials said. Two men dressed in black were seen fleeing the scene. Investigators believe someone poured gasoline on the marked police cars before setting them on fire. A torch lighter was found on the scene. Vandals busted the windshields of some of the vehicles they didn't torch, a police source said. Palm-sized wads of kindling were found in the wheel wells of at least one car. Cops were scouring the area for surveillance video that captures the vandals walking to the lot, which is just down the block from the stationhouse. Community leaders called for calm as the vandalism stokes growing tensions between the NYPD and Brooklyn residents. City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, D-Bushwick, called the torching 'completely unacceptable.' 'Actions like this have no place in our neighborhood,' Nurse wrote on X Thursday. 'Our community is already under stress with ICE present. Now is the time to de-escalate, stand together and work through our challenges peacefully.' City Councilwoman Jen Gutiérrez, who also represents Bushwick, agreed with Nurse and called for cooler heads to prevail. 'We cannot stand up to this and any other threat with more violence,' Gutiérrez posted. 'We must de-escalate and keep our families safe.' Precinct officers are being accused on social media of having been heavy-handed as they broke up Puerto Rican Parade after-parties in Bushwick on Sunday. 'On Sunday evening, NYPD pigs from the 83rd Precinct launched a fascist offensive against the community of Bushwick, NYC, attacking Puerto Ricans and non-Puerto Ricans during peaceful celebrations during the Manhattan and Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parades,' one post noted. 'The first attack happened around the Bush Dyke Bar around 8 p.m. Victims of this unnecessary raid reported being slammed to the ground resulting in hospitalizations.' In a second incident, cops shut down an after-party at Mood Ring on Myrtle Ave. The incident resulted in at least one hospitalization, BKMag reported. An NYPD spokesman said cops were called to the venue around 12:20 a.m. Monday after getting a 311 call about a disorderly group outside. Officers tried to disperse the crowd, but several people refused to leave, the spokesman said, adding that at least one partier assaulted a cop trying to move the crowd along. Police took five people into custody. Three were hit with criminal charges, and two were given summonses for disorderly conduct, officials said. The criminal charges ranged from assault and resisting arrest to obstructing government administration and criminal mischief, cops said. 'The NYPD did not shut down the premises and no enforcement action was taken inside the establishment,' the NYPD spokesman added. 'The NYPD entered the establishment only to speak with management.' ___ © 2025 New York Daily News. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Yahoo
Torching of 11 NYPD vehicles in Brooklyn ‘connected' to LA protests, mayor says
NEW YORK — A vandal torched 11 NYPD police cars in a Brooklyn parking lot just down the street from a police stationhouse early Thursday, police said. At a press conference at the lot near the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Ave. and Bleecker St. in Bushwick, Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch decried the brazen act of vandalism, which the mayor tied to the ongoing anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. 'This is unacceptable,' Adams said. 'We have stated over and over again, everyone has a right to peaceful protest. You do not have a right to destroy property of the City of New York. We have reasons to believe the person who participated in this act is connected to some of the protests that's taking place in Los Angeles and throughout the entire country,' he added. But when asked what evidence he had connecting the vandalism to the unrest in LA, Adams did not elaborate. The marked and unmarked NYPD vehicles were set ablaze inside the lot around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said. The FDNY managed to put out the blaze within a few minutes. No injuries were reported, but the vehicles suffered extensive damage, according to officials. Tisch did not offer a motive for the crime, but said that preliminary investigation has turned up surveillance footage of a masked suspect, who is dressed all in black, entering the lot after hopping a fence around 12:40 a.m. Around 40 minutes later, an officer from the 83rd Precinct caught the perpetrator in the act of committing the crime, or 'in flagrante delicto,' as Tisch put it. The officer 'interrupted the perpetrator as he was setting fire to a number of vehicles, at which point the perpetrator threw a piece of plywood and fled through an alleyway,' Tisch said. Investigators believe the vandal poured gasoline on the police cars before setting them on fire. 'On scene we found three vehicles that did not sustain fire damage with unignited fire-starter rolls and haystack bundles scattered across the rear passenger tires, the front tires and the windshield,' Tisch said. 'In total, we found 12 unignited fire-starter balls and 10 unignited haystack bundles, as well as a torch-style lighter — all are legal to possess and can be purchased at stores like Home Depot.' The vandal also busted the windshields of some of the vehicles that weren't torched, a police source said. 'We are in the process of conducting a massive camera canvass at this time,' Tisch said. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD's elite Arson Explosion Investigation Squad. The NYPD could not say if the perpetrator was connected with the protests in LA, as the mayor asserted, but tensions between the Brooklyn neighborhood and police are running high for several reasons. The attack happened just hours after protesters held a 'Speak Out' at the stationhouse, during which they blasted the cops for their treatment of Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrants at after-parties in the neighborhood on Sunday night and Monday morning. Community leaders called for calm as the vandalism stokes growing tensions between the NYPD and Brooklyn residents. City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, D-Bushwick, called the cars' torching 'completely unacceptable.' 'Actions like this have no place in our neighborhood,' Nurse wrote on X Thursday. 'Our community is already under stress with ICE present. Now is the time to de-escalate, stand together and work through our challenges peacefully.' City Councilwoman Jen Gutiérrez, who also represents Bushwick, agreed with Nurse and called for cooler heads to prevail. 'We cannot stand up to this and any other threat with more violence,' Gutiérrez posted. 'We must de-escalate and keep our families safe.' Precinct officers are being accused on social media of having been heavy-handed as they broke up Puerto Rican Parade after-parties in Bushwick on Sunday. 'On Sunday evening, NYPD pigs from the 83rd Precinct launched a fascist offensive against the community of Bushwick, NYC, attacking Puerto Ricans and non-Puerto Ricans during peaceful celebrations during the Manhattan and Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parades,' one post noted. 'The first attack happened around the Bush Dyke Bar around 8 p.m. Victims of this unnecessary raid reported being slammed to the ground, resulting in hospitalizations.' In a second incident, cops shut down an after-party at Mood Ring on Myrtle Ave. The incident resulted in at least one hospitalization, BKMag reported. An NYPD spokesman said cops were called to the second venue around 12:20 a.m. Monday after getting a 311 call about a disorderly group outside. Officers tried to disperse the crowd, but several people refused to leave, the spokesman said, adding that at least one partier assaulted a cop trying to move the crowd along. Police took five people into custody. Three were hit with criminal charges, and two were given summonses for disorderly conduct, officials said. The criminal charges ranged from assault and resisting arrest to obstructing government administration and criminal mischief, cops said. 'The NYPD did not shut down the premises and no enforcement action was taken inside the establishment,' the NYPD spokesman added. 'The NYPD entered the establishment only to speak with management.' The NYPD was aware of the Wednesday night protest, but it wasn't immediately clear if it was connected to the arson incident hours afterward. _____ Vandals torched 11 NYPD police cars in a Brooklyn parking lot down the street from a police stationhouse early Thursday, police said. The brazen act of vandalism happened just hours after protesters held a 'Speak Out' at the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Ave. and Bleecker St. in Bushwick, decrying the cops for their treatment of Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrants at after-parties in the neighborhood on Sunday night and Monday morning. The NYPD was aware of the Wednesday night demonstration, but it wasn't immediately clear if the two incidents were linked. The marked and unmarked NYPD vehicles were set ablaze inside the lot around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said. The FDNY managed to put out the blaze within a few minutes. No injuries were reported, but the vehicles suffered extensive damage, officials said. Two men dressed in black were seen fleeing the scene. Investigators believe someone poured gasoline on the marked police cars before setting them on fire. A torch lighter was found on the scene. Vandals busted the windshields of some of the vehicles they didn't torch, a police source said. Palm-sized wads of kindling were found in the wheel wells of at least one car. Cops were scouring the area for surveillance video that captures the vandals walking to the lot, which is just down the block from the stationhouse. Community leaders called for calm as the vandalism stokes growing tensions between the NYPD and Brooklyn residents. City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, D-Bushwick, called the torching 'completely unacceptable.' 'Actions like this have no place in our neighborhood,' Nurse wrote on X Thursday. 'Our community is already under stress with ICE present. Now is the time to de-escalate, stand together and work through our challenges peacefully.' City Councilwoman Jen Gutiérrez, who also represents Bushwick, agreed with Nurse and called for cooler heads to prevail. 'We cannot stand up to this and any other threat with more violence,' Gutiérrez posted. 'We must de-escalate and keep our families safe.' Precinct officers are being accused on social media of having been heavy-handed as they broke up Puerto Rican Parade after-parties in Bushwick on Sunday. 'On Sunday evening, NYPD pigs from the 83rd Precinct launched a fascist offensive against the community of Bushwick, NYC, attacking Puerto Ricans and non-Puerto Ricans during peaceful celebrations during the Manhattan and Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parades,' one post noted. 'The first attack happened around the Bush Dyke Bar around 8 p.m. Victims of this unnecessary raid reported being slammed to the ground resulting in hospitalizations.' In a second incident, cops shut down an after-party at Mood Ring on Myrtle Ave. The incident resulted in at least one hospitalization, BKMag reported. An NYPD spokesman said cops were called to the venue around 12:20 a.m. Monday after getting a 311 call about a disorderly group outside. Officers tried to disperse the crowd, but several people refused to leave, the spokesman said, adding that at least one partier assaulted a cop trying to move the crowd along. Police took five people into custody. Three were hit with criminal charges, and two were given summonses for disorderly conduct, officials said. The criminal charges ranged from assault and resisting arrest to obstructing government administration and criminal mischief, cops said. 'The NYPD did not shut down the premises and no enforcement action was taken inside the establishment,' the NYPD spokesman added. 'The NYPD entered the establishment only to speak with management.' _____
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Yahoo
Vandals torch 11 NYPD vehicles near Brooklyn police precinct
Vandals torched 11 NYPD police cars in a Brooklyn parking lot down the street from a police stationhouse early Thursday, police said. The brazen act of vandalism happened just hours after protesters held a 'Speak Out' at the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Ave. and Bleecker St. in Bushwick, decrying the cops for their treatment of Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrants at after-parties in the neighborhood on Sunday night and Monday morning. The NYPD was aware of the Wednesday night demonstration, but it wasn't immediately clear if the two incidents were linked. The marked and unmarked NYPD vehicles were set ablaze inside the lot around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said. The FDNY managed to put out the blaze within a few minutes. No injuries were reported, but the vehicles suffered extensive damage, officials said. Two men dressed in black were seen fleeing the scene. Investigators believe someone poured gasoline on the marked police cars before setting them on fire. A torch lighter was found on the scene. Vandals busted the windshields of some of the vehicles they didn't torch, a police source said. Palm-sized wads of kindling were found in the wheel wells of at least one car. Cops were scouring the area for surveillance video that captures the vandals walking to the lot, which is just down the block from the stationhouse. Community leaders called for calm as the vandalism stokes growing tensions between the NYPD and Brooklyn residents. City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, D-Bushwick, called the torching 'completely unacceptable.' 'Actions like this have no place in our neighborhood,' Nurse wrote on X Thursday. 'Our community is already under stress with ICE present. Now is the time to de-escalate, stand together and work through our challenges peacefully.' City Councilwoman Jen Gutiérrez, who also represents Bushwick, agreed with Nurse and called for cooler heads to prevail. 'We cannot stand up to this and any other threat with more violence,' Gutiérrez posted. 'We must de-escalate and keep our families safe.' Precinct officers are being accused on social media of having been heavy-handed as they broke up Puerto Rican Parade after-parties in Bushwick on Sunday. 'On Sunday evening, NYPD pigs from the 83rd Precinct launched a fascist offensive against the community of Bushwick, NYC, attacking Puerto Ricans and non-Puerto Ricans during peaceful celebrations during the Manhattan and Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parades,' one post noted. 'The first attack happened around the Bush Dyke Bar around 8 p.m. Victims of this unnecessary raid reported being slammed to the ground resulting in hospitalizations.' In a second incident, cops shut down an after-party at Mood Ring on Myrtle Ave. The incident resulted in at least one hospitalization, BKMag reported. An NYPD spokesman said cops were called to the venue around 12:20 a.m. Monday after getting a 311 call about a disorderly group outside. Officers tried to disperse the crowd, but several people refused to leave, the spokesman said, adding that at least one partier assaulted a cop trying to move the crowd along. Police took five people into custody. Three were hit with criminal charges, and two were given summonses for disorderly conduct, officials said. The criminal charges ranged from assault and resisting arrest to obstructing government administration and criminal mischief, cops said. 'The NYPD did not shut down the premises and no enforcement action was taken inside the establishment,' the NYPD spokesman added. 'The NYPD entered the establishment only to speak with management.' _____
