Sad landscape, empty of life New York - Watch video showing how the famous shops on 5th Avenue are fortified - Security forces are everywhere "in the city that never sleeps"
New York, which before returning to normalcy from the coronation crisis, is facing a fortified city, facing the effects of the wave of anger that has erupted in the United States after the death of African-American George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
The videos show that the "Big Apple" has been turned into a sad landscape. The once noisy streets are empty, while the big shops that once dominated the streets have been shut down and placed protectively on the windows.
Stores began repairing broken windows. No one can see the shop windows. Employees, instead of bothering their former customers, cover the damaged areas with wooden boards. At roadside, firefighters and police are on hand to intervene.
Authorities have imposed a traffic ban from 20:00 in the evening, a measure that will run until Sunday. However, yesterday, the ban did not stop thousands of protesters from walking the streets. Tensions continued on Tuesday night with one dead in Brooklyn, but authorities are talking about a calmer night. The largest protests were in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The governor and the mayor are on the "knives"
At the same time, the already strained relations between New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blazio are hanging by a thread, amid riots and looting.
Cuomo criticized the mayor for his handling, saying he did not develop the police needed to enforce order. According to him, the 38.000 police officers were too few to deal with looting and vandalism, and would have to seek help from the National Guard.