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[[File:Obama domestic terrorists.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Soros]]-trained lawyer tosses a Molotov cocktail into a police vehicle. The Progressive terrorist was bailed out of jail by a former [[Obama administration]] intelligence official.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/former-obama-intelligence-official-helps-secure-bail-for-molotov-cocktail-throwing-nyc-lawyer/</ref>]]

[[File:Obama domestic terrorists.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Soros]]-trained lawyer tosses a Molotov cocktail into a police vehicle. The Progressive terrorist was bailed out of jail by a former [[Obama administration]] intelligence official.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/former-obama-intelligence-official-helps-secure-bail-for-molotov-cocktail-throwing-nyc-lawyer/</ref>]]

:{{See also|2020 Marxist insurrection}}

:{{See also|2020 Marxist insurrection}}

Shootings in New York City have been on the rise since looting and protests began on or about May 28, 2020.  For July 2020, shootings increased from 88 to 244, an increase of 177% over July 2019.  In August 2020, shootings increased from 91 to 242, a 166% increase over August 2019. While the city faced increased unrest, gun violence, and property damage, the New York City Council cut $1 billion from NYPD’s FY21 budget.  The budget resulted in the cancellation of the new police recruiting class, cuts to overtime spending, and the transfer of certain police functions, including school safety, out of the NYPD.

Shootings in New York City have been on the rise since looting and protests began on or about May 28, 2020.  For July 2020, shootings increased from 88 to 244, an increase of 177% over July 2019.  In August 2020, shootings increased from 91 to 242, a 166% increase over August 2019. While the city faced increased unrest, gun violence, and property damage, the New York City Council cut $1 billion from NYPD's FY21 budget.  The budget resulted in the cancellation of the new police recruiting class, cuts to overtime spending, and the transfer of certain police functions, including school safety, out of the NYPD.

The Manhattan and Brooklyn District Attorneys declined to [[prosecute]] charges of disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly arising from the protests, and the District Attorneys in Queens and the Bronx declined to prosecute other protest-related charges. Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] forcefully rejected federal law enforcement support.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-identifies-new-york-city-portland-and-seattle-jurisdictions-permitting</ref>

The Manhattan and Brooklyn District Attorneys declined to [[prosecute]] charges of disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly arising from the protests, and the District Attorneys in Queens and the Bronx declined to prosecute other protest-related charges. Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] forcefully rejected federal law enforcement support.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-identifies-new-york-city-portland-and-seattle-jurisdictions-permitting</ref>

Teams of looters armed with power tools systematically worked together to loot one location after another.  A neighborhood eyewitness stated,

Teams of looters armed with power tools systematically worked together to loot one location after another.  A neighborhood eyewitness stated,

{{quotebox-float|“Cars would drive up, let off the looters, unload power tools and suitcases and then the cars would drive away.  Then the cars would come back pick them up and then drive off to the next spot. They seemed to know exactly where they were going. Some of the people were local, but there were a lot of out-of-towners.”<ref>https://6abc.com/nyc-looters-and-vandals-chauffeured-in-cars-had-power-tools-witness/6228327/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|“Cars would drive up, let off the looters, unload power tools and suitcases and then the cars would drive away.  Then the cars would come back pick them up and then drive off to the next spot. They seemed to know exactly where they were going. Some of the people were local, but there were a lot of out-of-towners.”<ref>https://6abc.com/nyc-looters-and-vandals-chauffeured-in-cars-had-power-tools-witness/6228327/</ref>}}

[[File:Davell Gardner Jr.png|right|230px|thumb|1 year old Davell Gardner, Jr. was murdered by peaceful protesters<ref>https://youtu.be/NGBSCJ0dyyU</ref> while in his stroller after the Democrats cut $1 billion in funding for NYPD.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/13/go-to-hell-gardner-family-slain-toddler-tells-killers/</ref>]]

[[File:Davell Gardner Jr.png|right|230px|thumb|1 year old Davell Gardner Jr. was murdered by peaceful protesters<ref>https://youtu.be/NGBSCJ0dyyU</ref> while in his stroller after the Democrats cut $1 billion in funding for NYPD.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/13/go-to-hell-gardner-family-slain-toddler-tells-killers/</ref>]]

One out of every seven arrests in New York City were of people from out of state. Those arrested came from [[Massachusetts]], [[Connecticut]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New Jersey]], [[Iowa]], [[Nevada]], [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[Texas]] and St. Paul, Minnesota. The Police Commissioner estimated at least 20% of arrests were from out of town. Democrat mayor [[Bill de Blasio]]'s daughter was among those arrested along with others for acts of violence.  The counterterrorism deputy commissioner told [[NBC News]],

One out of every seven arrests in New York City were of people from out of state. Those arrested came from [[Massachusetts]], [[Connecticut]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New Jersey]], [[Iowa]], [[Nevada]], [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]], [[Texas]] and St. Paul, Minnesota. The Police Commissioner estimated at least 20% of arrests were from out of town. Democrat mayor [[Bill de Blasio]]'s daughter was among those arrested along with others for acts of violence.  The counterterrorism deputy commissioner told [[NBC News]],

Days after New York mayor [[Bill De Blasio]] cut $1 billion and 6,000 officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) a one-year-old baby was [[murder]]ed in the [[Leftist]] [[violence]] perpetrated by the [[DNC]]'s [[Black Lives Matter]] fundraising operation.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/13/go-to-hell-gardner-family-slain-toddler-tells-killers/</ref>

Days after New York mayor [[Bill De Blasio]] cut $1 billion and 6,000 officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) a one-year-old baby was [[murder]]ed in the [[Leftist]] [[violence]] perpetrated by the [[DNC]]'s [[Black Lives Matter]] fundraising operation.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/13/go-to-hell-gardner-family-slain-toddler-tells-killers/</ref>

In 2020, New York City’s [[homicide]] rate was at a five-year high; the number of shooting victims was up over 42 percent through June 21, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. The number of shootings in the first three weeks of June 2020 was over twice that of the same period in 2019, making this June the city’s bloodiest in nearly a quarter century, according to the ''[[New York Times]]''.<ref>https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nycs-criminal-justice-system-is-imploding-nypd-boss-says-as-homicides-hit-5-year-high/2483376/</ref>

In 2020, New York City's [[homicide]] rate was at a five-year high; the number of shooting victims was up over 42 percent through June 21, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. The number of shootings in the first three weeks of June 2020 was over twice that of the same period in 2019, making this June the city's bloodiest in nearly a quarter century, according to the ''[[New York Times]]''.<ref>https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nycs-criminal-justice-system-is-imploding-nypd-boss-says-as-homicides-hit-5-year-high/2483376/</ref>

== Politics ==

== Politics ==

[[File:Gotham1.jpg|thumb|120px|right|]]

[[File:Gotham1.jpg|thumb|120px|right]]

New York City is historically considered a [[liberal]] city, with the majority of the population voting Democrat. However, the mayor has recently been [[Republican]], in the case of [[Rudy Giuliani]] or independent in the case of the [[liberal]] [[Michael Bloomberg]]. In November 2013, liberal Democrat Bill de Blasio was elected mayor and despite his anti-law enforcement rhetoric and liberal socialistic policies, was re-elected in November 2017. [[Fox News Channel]] is based there in Manhattan. Of the 13 congressional districts that include parts of New York City, only one is represented by a Republican (Nicole Malliotakis of [[Staten Island]]).

New York City is historically considered a [[liberal]] city, with the majority of the population voting Democrat. However, the mayor has recently been [[Republican]], in the case of [[Rudy Giuliani]] or independent in the case of the [[liberal]] [[Michael Bloomberg]]. In November 2013, liberal Democrat Bill de Blasio was elected mayor and despite his anti-law enforcement rhetoric and liberal socialistic policies, was re-elected in November 2017. [[Fox News Channel]] is based there in Manhattan. Of the 13 congressional districts that include parts of New York City, only one is represented by a Republican (Nicole Malliotakis of [[Staten Island]]).

=== New York City and a can-do attitude ===

=== New York City and a can-do attitude ===

[[File:1024px-View of Empire State Building from Rockefeller Center New York City dllu (cropped).jpg|thumbnail|right|450px|View of Empire State Building from Rockefeller Center [[New York City]] ]]

[[File:1024px-View of Empire State Building from Rockefeller Center New York City dllu (cropped).jpg|thumbnail|right|450px|View of Empire State Building from Rockefeller Center New York City]]

The article ''Branding a City – New York, New York'' states:

The article ''Branding a City – New York, New York'' states:

{{Cquote|'''New York’s Brand is a ‘Can-Do’ Attitude'''

{{Cquote|'''New York’s Brand is a ‘Can-Do’ Attitude'''