A pro-Palestinian passenger berated Democratic New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>, slamming him over his support for Israel, as he flew home from Miami after speaking at the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit.
Adams was in Florida to speak about the migrant crisis and the impact on local communities when border states transported illegal immigrants to self-described &#8220;sanctuary cities&#8221; like New York City — but the topic quickly turned to Israel when he boarded a plane to head for home.
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&#8220;F*** you! You support the genocide in Palestine! There are homeless people all over New York, yet you’re always partying!&#8221; the woman shouted, accusing Adams of paying New York City police officers instead of funding initiatives that would help the homeless.
&#8220;Why are you even in Miami? You know there are people being arrested there? People are homeless in New York. People cannot afford food. You keep cutting the education budget so that you can fund the police. That’s all you care about, funding the police. Everything is underfunded because of you.&#8221;
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Adams recently issued a public statement on the anti-Semitic protests at Columbia University — which have gotten so heated that the University president switched the campus to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/demand-a-refund-critics-slam-columbia-univ-as-anti-israel-protests-force-hybrid-classes-until-years-end" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remote and hybrid classes</a> for the remainder of the semester &#8212; warning students that police &#8220;will not hesitate to arrest&#8221; protesters if they deem it necessary.
&#8220;I am horrified and disgusted with the antisemitism being spewed at and around the Columbia University campus — like the example of a young woman holding a sign with an arrow pointing to Jewish students stating &#8216;Al-Qasam’s Next Targets,&#8217; or another where a woman is literally yelling &#8216;We are Hamas,&#8217; or another where groups of students are chanting &#8216;We don’t want no Zionists here&#8217; — and I condemn this hate speech in the strongest of terms,&#8221; Adams said.

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Several illegal migrants spoke at a New York City Council meeting this week to complain that the city&#8217;s free services provided to them are not acceptable.
The City Council held a meeting on Tuesday specifically to hear about the experiences of black migrants in the city. There, migrants and their advocates accused the city of treating them unfairly.
&#8220;My kids cannot eat the food at the shelter,&#8221; one mother said at the hearing, speaking through a translator. &#8220;And on Ramadan time we couldn&#8217;t eat because when you come back on the break the food is no good at all.&#8221;
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&#8220;And they give us two months to stay at the shelter and then you have to go out again with your luggage and your kids and find another place. It&#8217;s very difficult,&#8221; she added.
She added that she has children over 18 who have never had any schooling.
&#8220;So please help us,&#8221; she said.
Migrants also pushed for a speedier process to work authorization.
&#8220;Anywhere you go to find a job, they ask for working papers,&#8221; said Mohammed Bah, who <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/migrant-rally-for-housing-work-permits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came</a> from Guinea five months ago.
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Corinne Obongo Golden, a member of the group Africa is Everywhere, became heated at the hearing, telling councilmembers, &#8220;This is unacceptable. This is shameful time in New York history. This city is not friendly for all people. It is anti-African and xenophobic.&#8221;
&#8220;Africans deserve dignity and respect. We are not animals,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m so upset &#8230; I want all my fellow Africans to know what it is that they will face if they come to New York City.&#8221;
&#8220;They are here to show you that they belong, and that they are here and that they should not be erased. Please listen to them,&#8221; said Patrice Lawrence, executive director of the UndocuBlack Network.
Other migrants held a rally outside City Hall prior to the hearing to air their grievances.
“We have issues with housing. We don’t have work. A lot of us weren’t able to apply for asylum yet, because we don’t have the means to pay the lawyers,” one migrant <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/politics/2024/04/16/black-migrants-call-on-city-to-provide-equitable-and-fair-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, speaking through an interpreter.
Several local lawmakers showed up at the rally as well and echoed the calls from migrants for better services.
“Our color should not determine what service we get in New York City, because when every once else comes they get the services,” said Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse, who is Haitian American and a Democrat representing Brooklyn.
New York has seen an influx of more than 180,000 illegal migrants over the past two years creating a crisis that has strained the city’s budget and caused officials to plead for federal help. As of last month, the top African countries from which migrants come to New York City and end up in the city&#8217;s care <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/politics/2024/04/16/black-migrants-call-on-city-to-provide-equitable-and-fair-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are</a> Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania.

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Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott slammed New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams during an interview on Sunday for &#8220;aiding and abetting&#8221; President Joe Biden&#8217;s illegal immigration crisis.
Abbott made the remarks on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; in response to criticism that he faced from Adams over his decision to bus thousands of illegal aliens from Texas to New York City.
&#8220;The person who is actually using illegal immigrants as political pawns is Joe Biden,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;Joe Biden has created this open border policy that has allowed illegal immigrants into our country to appeal to and to appease the far leftists in the Democrat Party that people like [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez in hopes of trying to win their support while at the same time destroying the country that he&#8217;s in charge of. He is the commander-in-chief in charge of national security for our country. Our country is being invaded in ways that put our country at risk because of the political games that Joe Biden has played.&#8221;
&#8220;And Mayor Adams is just aiding and abetting that by having a sanctuary city status, welcoming in anybody from across the world to live there or stay there in New York City on the bill of New York City,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And what Mayor Adams needs to do, he needs to stop talking boldly about illegal immigration and the migrants that Texas is sending there. And he needs to step up and do his own job because look at the dangers in New York City under his watch. You have a police officer who is killed. You have the train system in New York, which is treacherous for travelers. You got police officers attacked in Times Square by illegal immigrants.&#8221;
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Abbott said that Adams needed to &#8220;step up and do his job as mayor and protect the people of his community as opposed to gimmicks about what&#8217;s going on on the border. &#8221;
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An artificial intelligence chatbot introduced on New York City’s government website last year to help small business owners will remain in place despite criticism that it advised people to break numerous laws.
NYC’s <a href="https://chat.nyc.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MyCity Chatbot</a> was launched in October as a “one-stop-shop” to help small business owners navigate the Big Apple’s plethora of laws and regulations, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-chatbot-misinformation-6ebc71db5b770b9969c906a7ee4fae21" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. A report from <a href="https://themarkup.org/news/2024/03/29/nycs-ai-chatbot-tells-businesses-to-break-the-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Markup</a> last week, however, revealed that the AI tool was advising that it was fine for small businesses to break multiple laws.
Some of the most troubling responses from the chatbot included telling business owners that they can take a cut of their workers’ tips, keep funeral home pricing secret, and operate a store that doesn’t accept cash for payments. All of those practices are prohibited by city, state, or federal laws.
MyCity Chatbot gave an even more bizarre response to the AP after it was asked if a restaurant could serve customers cheese that had been nibbled on by rats. “Yes, you can still serve the cheese to customers if it has rat bites,” the chatbot answered, adding that the restaurant should consider “the extent of the damage caused by the rat” and “inform customers about the situation.”
While the chatbot includes a disclaimer stating “its responses may sometimes be inaccurate or incomplete” and tells users not to take “its responses as legal or professional advice,” some tech experts have expressed concern that the AI technology was rolled out prematurely.
“They’re rolling out software that is unproven without oversight. It’s clear they have no intention of doing what’s responsible,” Julia Stoyanovich, a computer science professor and the director of the Center for Responsible AI at New York University, told the AP.
New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said in a press conference on Tuesday that allowing users to find flaws in the AI tech was a part of the process.
“Anyone that knows technology knows this is how it’s done,” Adams said. “Only those who are fearful sit down and say, ‘Oh, it is not working the way we want, now we have to run away from it all together.’ I don’t live that way.”
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Stoyanovich responded to Adams’ comments, telling the AP that his approach is “reckless and irresponsible.”
A spokesman for Microsoft, which is powering NYC&#8217;s chatbot, said it was working with city employees “to improve the service and ensure the outputs are accurate and grounded on the city’s official documentation.”
New York City has also introduced AI technology to help detect firearms in the subway as Adams seeks to cut down on subway violence. The mayor introduced new body scanners that use AI tech at a news conference last month.
Evolv, the company that makes the body scanners, <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-to-test-scanners-with-ai-tech-to-crack-down-on-guns-in-nyc-subway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> it uses “advanced sensor technology and artificial intelligence to distinguish between weapons and everyday items.”

NYC Leaving AI Chatbot In Place After It Advised Small Businesses To Break The Law, Said It’s OK To Serve Cheese ‘If It Has Rat Bites’

NYC Leaving AI Chatbot In Place After It Advised Small Businesses To Break The Law, Said It's OK To Serve Cheese 'If It Has Rat Bites'

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> expressed his condolences for the family of a slain police officer and called to restore “law and order” on Thursday.
Trump attended the wake of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller on Thursday and met with people close to the slain police officer, including his widow and 1-year-old son. Diller was killed on Monday during a traffic stop in Far Rockaway, Queens.
“What happened is such a sad, sad event. Such a horrible thing, and it’s happening all too often and we’re just not going to let it happen, we just can’t,” Trump said in brief remarks at the funeral. “But the Diller family will, you’ll never be the same, you can never be the same, but we have to stop it, we have to stop it. We have to get back to law and order. We have to do a lot of things differently because this is not working. This is happening too often.”
Trump noted that the Queens man accused of murdering Diller, 34-year-old Guy Rivera, had a lengthy history of run-ins with the police before Monday’s fatal shooting. Rivera had at least 21 prior arrests. Rivera has been charged with first degree murder and attempted murder related to Monday’s shooting.
“This is such a sad occasion. The only thing we can say is maybe something is going to be learned. We’ve got to strengthen it up, we’ve got to toughen it up,” Trump said.
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Rivera <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/nyregion/nypd-officer-shooting-charges-rivera.html">sat</a> in the passenger seat of a parked car in Far Rockaway on Monday when Diller repeatedly instructed Rivera to exit the vehicle. Rivera ignored the order, pulled a gun, and shot Diller, the bullet hitting the officer just below his protective vest, according to prosecutors. Diller’s partner, Veckash Khedna, shot Rivera in the back.
Diller was taken to Jamaica Hospital where he died. Rivera is undergoing treatment at the same hospital.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/227-24/transcript-mayor-adams-holds-in-person-media-availability">said</a> during a press conference on Tuesday following Diller’s death that repeated crimes committed by “dangerous people” is a significant problem in the city.
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“We&#8217;ve been talking about the severe recidivism of dangerous people over and over again and how do we stop them from coming into our streets,” Adams said. “There&#8217;s a total disregard. They could care less when they discharged that gun if they shot a cop or if they shot someone that was at Selvena Brooks‑Powers&#8217; office, who was the councilperson that it happens right near her office. Just a total disregard.”
“These are bad people who are doing bad things to good people. It&#8217;s the good guys against the bad guys. And we have to recognize that,” he added.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> will soon install body scanners at several busy subway stations meant to check for people carrying guns.
Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/233-24/mayor-adams-nypd-commissioner-caban-pilot-new-technology-additional-clinicians-be#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a pilot program for the scanners at a news conference on Thursday at the Fulton Street subway station in Lower Manhattan.
“This is our Sputnik moment,” Adams <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-to-test-scanners-with-ai-tech-to-crack-down-on-guns-in-nyc-subway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Like when Kennedy said we’re going to put a man on the moon. &#8230; Let’s bring on the scanners.”
The event included a demonstration of how the scanners work. The scanners appeared to flag a man carrying a loaded gun, but not a man with a backpack full of electronics.
However, subway riders will not be required to pass through the machines.
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“This is our Sputnik moment. Like when Kennedy said we’re going to put a man on the moon,” Mayor Adams said just now. <a href="https://t.co/bZ7K5xtgE8">pic.twitter.com/bZ7K5xtgE8</a>
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Body scanners coming to the ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCTSubway</a>⁩ system. Details to come. <a href="https://t.co/hNUhHNdX18">pic.twitter.com/hNUhHNdX18</a>
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The new scanners will not be implemented for several months, however.
During a legally mandated 90-day waiting period, the NYPD will look for vendors of weapons detection technology. The public will be able to comment on the scanner program for the first 45 days of the waiting period.
The city has not said which subway stations will get scanners as part of the pilot program. Police are expected to monitor the machines to see if the program should be expanded.
&#8220;We are taking the next step forward in our ongoing efforts to make our subways even safer and ensure New Yorkers feel safer in the transit system,&#8221; Adams said Thursday.
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The new scanners come amid a sharp increase in gun violence in the subway. Four subway killings have happened so far this year, just under the five that occurred over all of last year.
The NYPD says cops have seized 19 illegal guns in the subway so far this year, up from nine by this point last year.
Transit crime overall is up 4.4% so far this year compared to last year, <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " href="https://compstat.nypdonline.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-testid="prism-linkbase">according</a> to NYPD data.
Earlier this month, Governor Kathy Hochul (D) deployed 750 National Guard soldiers into he subway system to check riders&#8217; bags. Last month, the NYPD started sending another 1,000 officers into the subway system each day.
Nevertheless, the city&#8217;s announcement of new body scanners was met with criticism online.
&#8220;TSA-ifying the subway is not going to fix anything,&#8221; one X user <a href="https://twitter.com/kristenmag/status/1773409450826826116" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Who will man this? A police officer? And how about when it does beep will there be enough police there to tackle the person if they get out of control? Yeah it’s all well and good to hear the beeping but then what do you do after?&#8221; another user <a href="https://twitter.com/miriam_riviera/status/1773407712015008248" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.

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NYC Putting Body Scanners In Subway, Mayor Calls It ‘Sputnik Moment’

NYC Putting Body Scanners In Subway, Mayor Calls It 'Sputnik Moment'

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A GoFundMe set up for slain New York Police Department officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-officer-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop-this-city-lost-a-hero">Jonathan Diller</a> has raised more than $500,000 for his family after he was killed on Monday.
On Thursday, a statement on the <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/police-officer-jonathan-diller">crowdfunding site</a> for the fallen 31-year-old NYPD officer said it has raised more than $573,000 &#8212; through nearly 8,000 donations &#8212; ranging anywhere from $25 to $5,000.
&#8220;Thank you everyone for your continued donations,&#8221; a message on the site read. &#8220;What started off as an attempt to put together $10,000 has exploded to over 10x that in less than a day.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s almost overwhelming to see,&#8221; the message added. &#8220;The amount currently raised seems almost life changing, but unfortunately the only life changing part of this story is life that was lost. Every penny counts for the Diller family at this point, please keep spreading the word. Thank you.&#8221;
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Barstool&#8217;s Sports founder Dave Portnoy also stepped in to raise money for Diller&#8217;s family after raising $1.5 million, as of this publication.
On Wednesday, Portnoy went viral when he made a plea for donations in a video on <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1772999541018554616?s=20">X</a> about Diller and said, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure everybody has seen the story. Tragic. The New York City cop, Jonathan Diller, who was murdered.&#8221;
&#8220;Routine traffic stop, pulled over two guys, a million priors, been in and out of jail a million times and they just open fire on him, basically,&#8221; Portnoy said. &#8220;Tragic. Leaves behind a one-year-old child, his wife. We put T-shirts on sale. We&#8217;ve raised about $240,000 directly for the family.&#8221;
&#8220;Every penny that we make goes to the family,&#8221; he added, as he promised to match that total. &#8220;I know money doesn&#8217;t cure this. Nothing can cure this, but it&#8217;s the least we can do and Barstool, myself, we’ve got a long history supporting the cops, supporting the boys in blue, supporting first responders.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, it&#8217;s tragic,&#8221; the media personality continued. &#8220;These guys go out, risk their lives. … It&#8217;s just awful, so whatever we can do to support it, we will.&#8221;
In a follow-up <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1773316067063898529?s=20">post</a> on Thursday, Portnoy wrote on X, &#8220;Thanks to everybody who donated. We raised [$750,000]. With the matching of the funds that brings the total to $1.5 million that will go directly to the family.&#8221;
Diller, a husband and father to a 1-year-old, tragically died Monday after he was shot by a career criminal during a traffic stop in Queens, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-officer-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop-this-city-lost-a-hero">according</a> to law enforcement.
A 34-year-old man named Guy Rivera was sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle during the traffic stop. As police attempted to get Rivera to vacate the car, he allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot Diller in the stomach, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/nypd-cop-shot-in-chest-in-queens-rushed-to-hospital-sources/">reported</a>.
Witness Deon Peters told the Post that he saw Diller fall to the ground after being shot, yelling, &#8220;I&#8217;m hit, I&#8217;m hit!&#8221;
Zach Jewell contributed to this piece.

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GoFundMe For Slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller Over $500K

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The New York City Council is asking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York&#8217;s</a> highest court to reverse a pair of rulings in a move that could ultimately allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.
The controversial law would allow 800,000 non-citizens with green cards to vote.
“Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/city-council-asks-highest-court-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> City Council spokesperson Rendy Desamours.
“Empowering New Yorkers to participate in our local democratic process can only strengthen New York City by increasing civic engagement,” he said.
The election law has been winding its way through the court system since it was passed by the City Council back in 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio (D).
Last month, the law was struck down as unconstitutional by an appeals court. The appeals court&#8217;s decision <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/21/us-news/nyc-non-citizen-voting-law-struck-down-as-unconstitutional/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upheld</a> a lower court&#8217;s ruling in 2022 that was appealed by Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council.
Adams, a Democrat, said at the beginning of 2022 that he had initially had some concerns about the bill, but that he was reassured after speaking with colleagues.
“I believe allowing the legislation to be enacted is by far the best choice, and look forward to bringing millions more into the democratic process,” Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/021-22/mayor-adams-on-our-city-our-vote-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time.
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The appeals court judge wrote in his ruling last month that if non-citizens could vote, they could also potentially run for mayor.
Assemblyman Michael Tannousis, a Republican representing Staten Island, was one of the plaintiffs in that case.
“During a time where nearly 200,000 migrants have flooded our city and streets, disrupting the public and attacking our police officers, my colleagues and I have worked tirelessly to protect our voting laws which were created for citizens of the United States,” Tannousis said last month.
Illegal migrants would not be able to vote under the bill, but they remain a major concern for the city. More than 183,000 migrants have shown up in New York City since the spring of 2022, straining the city&#8217;s shelter space and causing budget cuts.
The City Council argues, however, that non-citizens in the U.S. legally, such as those with green cards, should be allowed to vote since they pay taxes.
“In plain English, the New York state constitution says only citizens have a right to vote in these elections,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/city-council-asks-highest-court-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Staten Island President Vito Fossella, who filed the legal challenge to the law along with other lawmakers.
“The city council has no authority to do what they did,” Fossella said, adding that, “We are not surprised.”

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A 31-year-old New York City Police Department officer died Monday after he was reportedly shot by a career criminal during a traffic stop in Queens, according to law enforcement.
Jonathan Diller, a husband and father who had served three years on the force, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle where a man identified as 34-year-old Guy Rivera was sitting in the passenger seat. As police attempted to get Rivera to vacate the car, he allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot Diller in the stomach, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/nypd-cop-shot-in-chest-in-queens-rushed-to-hospital-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Witness Deon Peters told the Post that he saw Diller fall to the ground after being shot, yelling, “‘I’m hit, I’m hit!’”
Rivera “was asked to leave the car, he was given a lawful order numerous times to step out of the car, he refused,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. “And when the officer took him out of the car, instead of stepping out of the car, he shot our officer.”
The NYPD officer, a father to a one-year-old boy, was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Jamaica Hospital.
“Tonight this city lost a hero, a wife lost her husband, and a young child lost their father,” NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said. “We struggle to find the words to express the tragedy of losing one of our own. The work that Police Officer Jonathan Diller did each day to make this city a safer place will NEVER be forgotten. Our prayers are with his family, loved ones, and brothers and sisters in blue.”
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Tonight this city lost a hero, a wife lost her husband, and a young child lost their father. 
We struggle to find the words to express the tragedy of losing one of our own. The work that Police Officer Jonathan Diller did each day to make this city a safer place will NEVER be… <a href="https://t.co/q639gQGgoz">pic.twitter.com/q639gQGgoz</a>
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Rivera, the suspect in the officer’s shooting death, has 21 prior arrests and was released from prison in 2021 after serving five years for criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to the Post. He was also in prison from 2011 to 2014 for first-degree assault. Rivera was shot in the back when police returned fire following the shooting. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he remains in stable condition.
Lindy Jones, who was identified as the 41-year-old driver of the vehicle, also has a criminal record and was arrested on gun charges last April. In 2003, Jones was convicted of attempted murder and robbery and spent ten years in prison before being released in 2013.
“I can’t … say it any clearer: It is the good guys against the bad guys and these bad guys are violent,” said New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, adding that the shooting was another “senseless act of violence.”
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“Officer Jonathan Diller was just doing his job in Queens, working to keep his fellow New Yorkers safe, and a senseless act of violence took his life — a senseless act carried out by a dangerous individual with a gun and a total disregard for our people in uniform,” Adams <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1772456144121811323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. “Let us come together in this devastating moment and pray for his family and our fellow officers.”
Adams addressed Jones’ prior arrest and said it represents “not a crime problem, but a recidivist problem.”
“Same bad people doing bad things to good people,” Adams said.

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NYPD Officer Shot And Killed During Traffic Stop: ‘This City Lost A Hero’

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Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in an apparent attempt to show his empathy for the suffering of the Haitian people, claimed that New Yorkers call their city the “Port-au-Prince of America.”
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We call New York City the Port-Au-Prince of America. We feel the pain our Haitian neighbors feel as the situation grows dire. 
To the people of Haiti and our own Haitian community here in New York City, know that we stand with you today and always.
&mdash; Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1767927779364860256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Common nicknames for New York include: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World, The Center of the Universe, The City That Never Sleeps, The Empire City, The Five Boroughs, and Metropolis (the latter coined from the Superman comic books.)
Adams’ claim elicited guffaws on social media and a Community Note that stated simply, “No one calls New York City the Port-au-Prince of America.”
Sample responses from social media included, “&#8217;I’ve lived here my entire life and I&#8217;ve never heard anyone say that,” “Who the f*** has ever said that?”, “Two minutes ago you were crying about the strain all the illegal immigrants were putting on your city and blaming Texas,” “Oh yes, can’t go a day without hearing NYC is Port Au Prince of America or that Cincinnati is the Istanbul of the Midwest,” “No one has ever called NYC that until you did just now. Literally no one. Like, ever. Never has anyone ever called it that until this tweet. You, sir, are a terrible and blatant liar,” and “Is it because both are s*** holes? Because then, yes.”
But Adams may have a point with his comparison.
“165,000 Haitians have fled their homes, driven out by gang violence, with nowhere else to go in Port-au-Prince,” a report <a href="https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/haitis-homeless-desperate-after-entire-neighborhoods-destroyed-by-armed-gangs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> in June 2023.  In November 2023, 92,879 homeless people slept each night in New York City’s main municipal shelter system, the Coalition for the Homeless <a href="https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/basic-facts-about-homelessness-new-york-city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“Haiti’s crime rate has more than doubled since last year, as the Caribbean island nation faces widespread insecurity and gang violence, new data has revealed,” CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/03/21/exp-haiti-gang-violence-rampage-port-au-prince-live-032103pseg1-cnni-world.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in April 2023. “More than 1,600 incidents including homicide, rape, kidnapping, and lynchings were reported in the first quarter of 2023.”
New York City had 386 homicides and 974 shootings in 2023, <a href="https://abc7ny.com/nypd-crime-shootings-murders/14259597/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Police Department. And then there’s the perennial garbage in the city. As The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/02/upshot/nyc-trash-rules.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> earlier this month: “Consider the ubiquitous New York trash bag. It tears. It leaks. It smells. It multiplies on the sidewalk, attracting carryout clamshells and still-full coffee cups tossed on top until it all melds into a sticky mess. That mess feeds rats, blocks sidewalks and spills into the street.”
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In Port-au-Prince, “Waste is piling up because of the capital city’s <a href="https://globalpressjournal.com/americas/haiti/young-haitians-combat-countrys-solid-waste-problem/">underfunded waste management services</a> and a lack of landfills that are close enough to where people live and the waste is generated. The entire country has only one landfill to serve more than 11.3 million Haitians, located North of Port-Au-Prince,” Caroline Attaway. a Development Officer for University Advancement at Georgia College &amp; State University, <a href="https://medium.com/@GSPIAe_eBlog/could-incentivizing-waste-pickers-prolong-lives-in-port-au-prince-haiti-ffaf5b4a955a#:~:text=Waste%20is%20piling%20up%20because,of%20Port%2DAu%2DPrince." target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> in 2023.

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‘Who The F*** Has Ever Said That’: Eric Adams Calls NYC ‘Port-Au-Prince Of America’

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New York City is reimplementing some tough-on-crime policies while surging police officers into the city’s subway system amid a spike in crime.
Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced the revamped approach to crime during a press briefing on Tuesday. Adams’ efforts are supported by New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, who committed state resources to the crackdown.
“We are going to continuously make sure we show a visible presence to deal with how people are feeling in our subway system right now,” Adams said, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nypd-subway-crime-security-check/5196047/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC New York</a>. “When I ride, people say, ‘Eric, nothing makes me feel safer than seeing that officer walking through the system, walking trains.’”
The city intends to increase police presence in the subway system train as they work 12-hour shifts. Adams said the change could be a significant deterrent to would-be criminals. The state is supporting the surge with 1,000 additional officers composed of 750 national guardsmen and 250 state police, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/us-news/gov-hochul-to-deploy-1000-national-guardsman-state-cops-to-carry-out-bag-checks-in-nyc-subways/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>.
“These brazen heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated,” Hochul said on Wednesday. The crackdown on crime in New York City comes after a spate of violence in the city&#8217;s subway, including three New Yorkers fatally shot on the subway this year.
Part of the plan to curb criminals plaguing the city is to reimplement stop-and-search of riders’ bags at train stations, a move reminiscent of the stop-and-frisk policy that ended under Adams’ predecessor, former Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio. Stop-and-frisk ended after de Blasio, who ran for mayor on reforming the practice, sought a resolution to a years-long court battle over the policy, deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge. 
Adams has <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/05/25/eric-adams-explains-why-he-supports-stop-and-frisk--when-it-s-used-legally" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> support in the past for aspects of stop-and-frisk.
On Tuesday, Adams said police would search bags at train platforms to check for weapons and potential weapons, such as knives, box cutters, and firearms.
“We are reinstituting bag checks. There are several things we are reinstituting in the system,” Adams said, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/new-york-city-reinstituting-bag-checks-to-combat-rising-subway-crime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a>.
The city is also looking at getting machine detectors, similar to those used at airports, to scan riders.
“We’re definitely on the pathway of coming up with some new technology that&#8217;s going to help us identify weapons, as well as guns. My big thing is guns,” Adams said.
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Hochul’s office expressed support for Adams’ new public safety plan on Tuesday.
“Governor Hochul has made historic commitments to make our subways safer, from security cameras to mental health personnel, and tomorrow she will unveil new legislation to protect riders, new State personnel to assist NYPD with bag checks, and other new measures to keep New Yorkers safe,” a representative from Hochul’s office said, according to NBC.

NYC To Bring Back Bag Searches, Surge 1,000 Officers Into Subway System

New York City Democrat Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> said this week that illegal alien crime in the city is getting so bad, officials need to look at modifying the city&#8217;s sanctuary status so that local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration officials to deport violent criminals.
&#8220;We should not be allowing people who are repeatedly committing crimes to remain here and we cannot collaborate with ICE in the process,&#8221; Adams said on Monday. &#8220;Those who are committing crimes, we need to modify the sanctuary city law. If you commit a felony, a violent act, we should be able to turn you over to ICE and have you deported.&#8221;
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Adams&#8217; remarks come after a group of violent illegal aliens viciously beat two New York City Police Department officers late last month and were later released due to the city&#8217;s Democrat sanctuary city policies. After they were released from custody, they flipped off reporters while smirking.
The illegal aliens then fled the state and were on their way to California when they were stopped and arrested by federal authorities in Arizona.
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell slammed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s office for allowing the illegal aliens to be released after the vicious attack on the police was caught on camera and went viral online and in news coverage.
“I would have assumed that they wouldn’t let illegal immigrants who attack police go, but they did,” Mitchell said.
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Adams&#8217; remarks about needing to modify the city&#8217;s sanctuary city laws come as illegal alien crime has <a href="https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/increased-illegal-immigration-brings-increased-crime-almost-23-federal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surged</a> across the U.S. under President Joe Biden. Under Biden, more than 7.2 million illegal aliens — a number <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrants-biden-admin-amount-greater-population-36-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">greater than</a> the population of 36 U.S. states — have entered into the U.S. due to his policies. Biden’s border crisis has now become the <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4422273-immigration-overtakes-inflation-top-voter-concern-poll/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top overall</a> issue for voters heading into this fall’s general election rematch between Biden and former President Donald Trump. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cbp-enforcement-statistics/criminal-noncitizen-statistics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> seeing a massive increase in the number of criminal illegal aliens encountered at the U.S. border under Biden.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-alien-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-toddler" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illegal Alien Arrested For Allegedly Murdering Toddler</a>

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Illegal Alien Crime Getting So Bad In NYC That Democrat Mayor Adams Wants To Modify Sanctuary Status

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