Month: October 2020

Guardian Angels prepare to defend NYC

Guardian Angels prepare to defend NYC

Last night Curtis Sliwa graduated some new Guardian Angels into our ranks. In attendance were patrols from all over NYC. He told all of them that they would need to prepare to protect their neighborhoods if there were riots and looting after Election Day. Already, major businesses are putting plywood on their storefronts because they have lost faith in the Mayor and the NYPD to protect them.

GOP mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa lays out mayoral platform

GOP mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa lays out mayoral platform

Radio personality and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa laid out a mayoral campaign platform Tuesday that would prioritize austerity amid the city’s fiscal crisis, and strip the NYPD of some of its current responsibilities.

In Darkness & Daylight, Guardian Angels’ Chelsea Patrol Sees Little Action, Much Interest

In Darkness & Daylight, Guardian Angels’ Chelsea Patrol Sees Little Action, Much Interest

It’s the sunny Saturday afternoon of Oct. 10, and Chelsea is filled with people enjoying the kind of warm fall day we’ll be seeing less and less of. What’s more, with COVID-19 restrictions loosening, there are plenty of shoppers and pedestrians on the street at this time of day.

A night with the Guardian Angels: Legendary vigilante who once survived a mob hit by John Gotti says NYC has turned into a ‘muggers delight’ under Mayor de Blasio and claims the the Big Apple is returning to the ‘Fear City’ he knew in 1979

A night with the Guardian Angels: Legendary vigilante who once survived a mob hit by John Gotti says NYC has turned into a ‘muggers delight’ under Mayor de Blasio and claims the the Big Apple is returning to the ‘Fear City’ he knew in 1979

New York City is on the ropes and it is déjà vu all over again for Curtis Sliwa, 66, and his crime fighting red beret vigilantes. Shootings were up by 127% for the month of September and the year-to-date murder rate has increased by 34%.

New York Post: ‘Corridor of misery, despair and crime’: Guardian Angels patrol NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood

New York Post: ‘Corridor of misery, despair and crime’: Guardian Angels patrol NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood

The Guardian Angels have begun patrolling Chelsea — the third Manhattan neighborhood the crime-prevention group has descended upon this year.

New York Post: Guardian Angels to patrol UES amid increased homeless ‘warehousing’

New York Post: Guardian Angels to patrol UES amid increased homeless ‘warehousing’

By Carl Campanile and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon The Guardian Angels will begin patrolling the Upper East Side amid safety concerns stemming from the “warehousing” of the homeless in the area. Angels founder Curtis Sliwa told The Post that a dozen members of the volunteer crime watch squad will hit the streets in what has historically been one of the […]

NYC Guardian Angels Rapid Response for Victims of Crime

NYC Guardian Angels Rapid Response for Victims of Crime

Wednesday night, October 7th, a woman came to the Guardian Angels patrol site in the UWS of Manhattan. She said that she had been groped by a suspect at the West 96th St subway station on Broadway. She had taken a picture of the suspect with her cellphone. She had also filed a report with the NYPD.

Guardian Angels Return 30 Years Later to Help a Neighborhood in Need

Guardian Angels Return 30 Years Later to Help a Neighborhood in Need

In the late 1980’s we worked in the area of Bushwick, Brooklyn on our “Crack Down on Crack”. At the time Maria Hernandez and her husband were leading an effort to get rid of the crack dealers in Bushwick. One nite they fired 5 bullets into the Hernandez House killing Maria.

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