Month: May 2020

Guardian Angels Making Masks for the Homeless While Doing Wellness Checks

Guardian Angels Making Masks for the Homeless While Doing Wellness Checks

Portland Oregon Guardian Angels and Albuquerque Guardian Angels have been busy patrolling their neighborhoods, distributing food to those in need & making face masks for the homeless. With all of the stay at home orders throughout the US one segment of the population that has been ignored is those living on the streets. With no […]

Curtis Sliwa Defies Mayor de Blasio and Swims at Coney Island

Curtis Sliwa Defies Mayor de Blasio and Swims at Coney Island

May 24th, 2020 – BROOKLYN, New York: Curtis Sliwa of the Guardian Angels came to Coney Island on Sunday to defy mayor Bill de Blasio orders not to swim. He brought a paper cut-out of the mayor, buried it in the sand, and then went for a swim. Park Enforcement agents immediately began screaming “The […]

Making the Most of 2nd Chance From Steinbrenner

Making the Most of 2nd Chance From Steinbrenner Ray Negron and George Steinbrenner (Courtesy Ray Negron)

Out of respect to Cope 2 and Slone, two of the greatest graffiti artists of all time, I must admit that I was not doing graffiti art when I was caught by George Steinbrenner in 1973. I was doing a simple interlocking “NY” with blue spray paint on the wall outside Yankee Stadium on a […]

3 Days Left and de Blasio doubles Down on NYC beach closings

3 Days Left and de Blasio doubles Down on NYC beach closings

3 Days to go to the Memorial Day Weekend and Comrade Bill de Blasio the Part-time Mayor the Dope from Park Slope refuses to open up the NYC Beaches.   Because of this Nassau & Suffolk County in Long Island have issued executive orders to ban NYC residents from coming to their beaches this weekend.  There […]

4 Days Til Memorial Day Weekend – How You Gonna Keep the People off Orchard Beach in the Bronx?

4 Days Til Memorial Day Weekend – How You Gonna Keep the People off Orchard Beach in the Bronx?

From Coney Island to Orchard Beach in the Bronx the people are already on the beach.  Comrade Bill de Blasio, the part-time Mayor the Dope from Park Slope, insists he will put up fences and keep the people off the beaches this Memorial Day weekend.  With the weather this weekend expected to be in the […]

NYC Mayor Closes Beaches While Opening Up Streets???

NYC Mayor Closes Beaches While Opening Up Streets???

NYC’s part-time Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Dope from Park Slope, made the absurd decision to close down hundreds of streets throughout the boroughs while keeping beaches closed….huh? We are less than one week away from Memorial Day Weekend and people are still out of work, businesses & schools are closed throughout the city and […]

Florida Begins to Open Up and the Guardian Angels Continue their Patrols

Florida Begins to Open Up and the Guardian Angels Continue their Patrols

Ron  “”JAWS”  Smith has been with the Guardian Angels in TAMPA since 1986. As their Chapter Leader he has led their patrols in Ybor City and Seminole Hts.He is the IRON MAN of the Guardian Angels. Ron is older than most Guardian Angels and has pre-conditions. Yet he has gone out on patrol with his […]

Guardian Angels Caring for Cats During Coronavirus

Guardian Angels Caring for Cats During Coronavirus

Caring for cats outdoors always has its share of obstacles, but during this pandemic the difficulties have increased. While adoptions are being encouraged there is no talk about helping the outdoor cats. The Guardian Angels Animal Protection has been out and about feeding homeless cats and due to some many people holding up inside there […]

New York citizen crime-fighters tackle Covid-19 crisis

New York citizen crime-fighters tackle Covid-19 crisis

The Guardian Angels, a volunteer citizen crime-fighting organisation, have been patrolling the streets of New York City for four decades. But with the city still emerging from the grip of the Covid-19 crisis, they say they are busier than ever amid a spike in burglaries. New York has been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic with around 20,000 […]

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