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Crime is creeping closer to New York politicians who advocated for defunding police in recent years.
Two men on motorcycles robbed several patrons at a New York coffee shop on Tuesday, across the street from the office of a prominent proponent of defunding the New York Police Department.
Two brazen thieves on motorcycles robbed a group of people dining outside a Queens coffee shop.
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New York City council member Tiffany Cabán’s office is less than 150 feet from Under Pressure Espresso Bar, where men on motorcycles pointed guns at customers outside on Tuesday, according to the New York Post. The two men threatened to shoot customers as they took valuables, a witness told the outlet.
No one was injured in the robbery, and the two men remain at large.
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The armed robbery took place at a coffee shop across the street from the office of Council member Tiffany Cabán.
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As crime continues to plague New York, politicians such as Cabán are coming under fire for their calls to support pulling funding from police officers.
In February, Cabán criticized New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ anti-gun police unit operating in her district.
“Our district is already home to some of the highest stop-and-frisk rates in the city,” she wrote. “Now we will also have to contend with the unit that, despite containing roughly 5% of the force, committed nearly 1/3 of all police murders in the 20 years before it was [previously] disbanded.”
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In 2019, Cabán ran to be the Queens district attorney, with the backing of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
After her defeat, Cabán told supporters that her campaign had “terrified the Democratic establishment,” after showing she could “run on a boldly decarceral platform.”
