A well-known volunteer group known as the Guardian Angels has vowed to patrol the New York City subway system once again following horrific criminal incidents on the train, including an illegal immigrant fatally setting a woman on fire.
The group, currently composed of about 150 individuals, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/us-news/guardian-angels-say-theyll-start-patrolling-nyc-subway-again-after-woman-burned-to-death-on-f-train/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Post that it wants to beef up its number of volunteers and act as another resource for residents.
“We’re covering the actual trains from front to back, walking through the trains and making sure that everything is okay,” founder Curtis Sliwa said on Sunday. “We’re doing this constantly now. Starting today. That’s going to be our complete focus because the subways are out of control.”
Sliwa said the red beret-wearing volunteers will hand out water and conduct wellness checks for those who are homeless or emotionally disturbed, and the group will also focus on reporting issues to the NYPD, the Post detailed.
“We’re going to have to increase our numbers, increase the training and increase our presence as we did back in 1979,” he said. “We’re going to step up. We’re going to make sure we have a visual presence just like we had in the ’70s, 80’s and ’90s.”
Sliwa said hundreds of citizens have requested that the volunteers head back to the subway in the wake of the recent crime. As highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-indicted-after-allegedly-burning-woman-to-death-on-nyc-subway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>, a 33-year-old illegal named Sebastian Zapeta was charged this month with murder and arson after allegedly burning a woman to death on the subway.
The horrifying incident follows the high-profile case of Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine who stepped in to protect fellow passengers after a homeless man named Jordan Neely threatened straphangers. Penny was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-daniel-penny-found-not-guilty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acquitted</a> in Neely&#8217;s death earlier this month.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul, both Democrats, have been under fire for the violent crime on the subway system. Notably, Hochul, in a particularly tone-deaf tweet, <a href="https://gazette.com/news/wex/hochul-touts-new-york-subway-safety-same-day-as-barbaric-crimes-occur/article_4ef823f3-a5f1-535a-8917-ba3934a70f67.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> subway safety on the same day the still-unidentified woman was burned alive on the train and two others were stabbed.
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In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day.
Since deploying the <a href="https://twitter.com/NationalGuardNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NationalGuardNY</a> to support <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYPDnews</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MTA</a> safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up. <a href="https://t.co/T7uRxx9nIO">pic.twitter.com/T7uRxx9nIO</a>
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1870932469266190412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daniel-penny-is-not-guilty-justice-wins-in-spite-of-new-yorks-rigged-court-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Penny Is Not Guilty. Justice Wins In Spite Of New York’s Rigged Court System.</a>

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Guardian Angels Return To NYC Subways As Crime Remains ‘Out Of Control’

Guardian Angels Set To Patrol NYC Subways Again As Crime Remains Out Of Control

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On Tuesday night, the Guardian Angels fought against looters in the East Village of New York City as the looters targeted a Foot Locker store.
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa stated, “We ran inside and started throwing guys out the door. There was loot on the floor,” adding that the 25 or 30 looters fled from the store but then returned with a bigger mob, some of whom brandished aluminum baseball bats and brought lock cutters and backpacks with tools to pry off plywood.
Sliwa continued, &#8220;Once they were inside, they summoned others with their smartphones. It was like flashmobbing or a hail of locusts.&#8221; He estimated that by 10:25 p.m., the mob of looters included roughly 300 people, the <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-guardia-angels-attacked-by-looters-20200603-vio6syiv6fbqnijrtuezahzipi-story.html">New York Daily News</a> reported. Sliwa said the looters targeted the Foot Locker and a McDonald&#8217;s.
Calling the fight an &#8220;all-out battle,” Sliwa added, &#8220;They were hell bent on getting through us and getting to the McDonald&#8217;s, and we just held our ground,&#8221; adding that someone hit him with a ball peen hammer, breaking his jaw. His colleague, Aram Sabet, according to Sliwa, was hit in the eye with a metal device used to break windows. &#8220;Forty-eight stitches, injuries to the eyebrow, left sinus is shattered, nose broken, I got a chipped tooth,&#8221; Sabet said, as <a href="https://abc7ny.com/guardian-angels-battle-looters-in-nyc-2-hospitalized/6229476/">ABC News</a> reported, adding, &#8220;He also lost sight in his left eye.&#8221;
Despite the fact that the Angels reportedly detained some of the looters, Sliwa said that when police arrived they made no arrests. He commented, “The police were in the distance, but they weren’t confronting them or making arrests. The cops weren’t aggressive. They didn’t collar anyone. They were like chasing tornadoes, but never catching them. They kept telling them to go home.”
Sliwa pointed out that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have not deployed the National Guard, which Sliwa favors. He said, &#8220;Too bad Cuomo and de Blasio weren&#8217;t here to see this. When the sun goes down, the streets are left to the looters and the thugs.&#8221;
In March, Sliwa, who is a Republican, announced he was running for the mayoralty of New York, telling <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/guardian-angels-founder-curtis-sliwa-vows-to-run-for-mayor/?utm_campaign=iosapp&amp;utm_source=mail_app">New York Post</a>, “I am the only candidate with the onions to take back the city. I have the street cred. I have bled in the streets. I’ve given seven lives. I have two left. I’ll use them for the City of New York.”
He tweeted, “I am the anti-de Blasio candidate. The part time Mayor &#8216;Dope from Park Slope’ has single-handedly destroyed our city. Roll with Sliwa through the subways &amp; streets &amp; you’ll see why I’m the only one who can #SaveOurCity.”
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I am the anti-de Blasio candidate. The part time Mayor &quot;The Dope from Park Slope&quot; has single-handedly destroyed our city. Roll with Sliwa through the subways &amp; streets &amp; you&#39;ll see why I&#39;m the only one who can <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveOurCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveOurCity</a><a href="https://t.co/pDQ0nGTb0a">https://t.co/pDQ0nGTb0a</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nypost</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/karol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@karol</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mta</a>
&mdash; Curtis Sliwa (@CurtisSliwa) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisSliwa/status/1236853384164114433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Citing the city’s new bail-reform law, which has been blamed by the NYPD for the city’s rising crime rate, Sliwa stated, “It took us a long time to crawl out of the belly of the beast of the 1970s through 1990s. Bill de Blasio and the Democrats are bringing us back in.”
Sliwa said he would get rid of the mayor’s security detail, add more police, bring back “pro-active” foot patrols and encourage more organizations like his own to cooperate with the NYPD. The Post added, “He also wants to keep open and refurbish Rikers Island and <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/02/12/south-bronx-group-sues-nyc-over-plan-to-shutter-rikers-island/">thwart plans to open jails</a> in the boroughs, as well as opening more psychiatric facilities to aid mentally ill homeless people — calling it an ‘absolute sin’ to leave them in the streets.”
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