{"id":1869331,"date":"2023-03-06T15:12:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T20:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facing-crime-surge-nyc-mayor-tells-storeowners-to-ban-face-masks\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T20:13:03","slug":"facing-crime-surge-nyc-mayor-tells-storeowners-to-ban-face-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facing-crime-surge-nyc-mayor-tells-storeowners-to-ban-face-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing Crime Surge, NYC Mayor Tells Storeowners To Ban Face Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacing-crime-surge-nyc-mayor-tells-storeowners-to-ban-face-masks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1869331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<h2>In 2020, City Dems repealed a law prohibiting facemasks in public<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> Eric Adams, New York City mayor (D.). Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Eric Adams, the New York City mayor (D.), instructed stores to deny entry to anyone wearing a mask to combat masked robbers. This is three years after Democrats overturned a city ordinance that prohibited facemasks from being worn in public for nearly 200 years.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Putting out a clear call to all our shops, don&#8217;t let people in the store wearing their facemasks,&#8221; Adams spoke out in radio interviews, and referred to the New York Police Department&#8217;s latest guidance that shops should ask shoppers to remove their masks when entering a establishment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Democrats in May 2020 repealed a 1845 law banning the use of facemasks in public due to pandemic. Andrew Cuomo (D.), then-governor, issued directives requiring masking. The law was not followed. The practice is being revived by city officials amid an increase in crime committed by masked criminals.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The number of burglaries, thefts, felony attacks, and other charges rose 22 percent between 2022 and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/retail\/new-york-businesses-urged-require-customers-remove-masks-amid-crime-surge-be-proactive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/retail\/new-york-businesses-urged-require-customers-remove-masks-amid-crime-surge-be-proactive&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1678209041538000&#038;usg=AOvVaw15WKct3_p_eUWSCp_FxkRa\">compared<\/a> Police data shows that the number of shoplifting complaints rose to 2021. According to police data, shoplifting incidents increased by 45 percent in the past year. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bern_hogan\/status\/1632728870305554434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/bern_hogan\/status\/1632728870305554434&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1678209041538000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1Ufg-c6IhgwRperkMSaTBG\">same<\/a> period.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adams stated that COVID-19 is being used by criminals to disguise their identities and shoplift or assault owners.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;And when you see these mask-wearing people, oftentimes it&#8217;s not about being fearful of the pandemic. It&#8217;s fearful of the police catching [them] for their deeds,&#8221; Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bern_hogan\/status\/1632725921911255043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/bern_hogan\/status\/1632725921911255043&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1678209041538000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0pYmuq4MdRtfQjsdonWhRT\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jeffrey Maddrey, chief of NYPD&#8217;s Department, stated last week that companies should &#8220;make this a condition of entry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We need our businesses to be proactive and do their due diligence. We need to make sure people are identifying themselves,&#8221; Maddrey stated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adams supported the draconian Pandemic Mandates and was present at this event in December 2022. This announcement represents a major change for Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/20\/nyregion\/nyc-covid-flu-rsv-eric-adams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/20\/nyregion\/nyc-covid-flu-rsv-eric-adams.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1678209041538000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1q-n8s9hifHtdmafvGQcjL\">told<\/a> New Yorkers will not be silent. Adams&#8217;s move to clamp down on crime is just one week after Lori Lightfoot, Chicago mayor (D.), lost her reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;With the holiday season in full swing and cases of COVID-19, flu, and R.S.V. rising, we are asking New Yorkers to protect themselves and their loved ones once again,&#8221; Adams spoke at that time.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adams and Bill de Blasio were both pro-pandemic strictures, which included sending letters <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/?post_type=post&#038;p=1691376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/?post_type%3Dpost%26p%3D1691376&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1678209041538000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3hDCVD9yYJc80VwPK9BXEB\">unvaccinated<\/a> FBI will have the teacher&#8217;s fingerprints.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/facing-crime-surge-nyc-mayor-tells-storeowners-to-ban-face-masks\/\">Facing Crime Surge, NYC Mayor Tells Storeowners To Ban Face Masks<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, City Dems repealed a law prohibiting facemasks in public Eric Adams, New York City mayor (D.). Getty Images Eric Adams, the New York City mayor (D.), instructed stores to deny entry to anyone wearing a mask to combat masked robbers. This is three years after Democrats overturned a city ordinance that prohibited facemasks &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1891574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[7008,7204,4528,4438,4602,7332,20744,4395,4425],"class_list":["post-1869331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-ban","tag-crime","tag-facing","tag-masks","tag-mayor","tag-nyc","tag-storeowners","tag-surge","tag-tells"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}