The Trump administration has demanded the NYPD crack down on “an organized and unlawful campaign of harassment” against staffers with the US mission to the UN — or face federal troop deployment.
“Demonstrators regularly and aggressively approach USUN staff walking to and from the mission, using obscenities and terms including ‘fascists,’ ‘baby killers,’ and ‘Nazis’ in a threatening manner,” wrote Craig Goldstein, regional security for the US Mission, in a letter Friday to the NYPD deputy inspector of Manhattan’s 17th Precinct, which encompasses the United Nations. 4
“We are writing to request the New York Police Department immediately take additional appropriate measures to address the organized and unlawful campaign of harassment, impediment, and intimidation targeting officers and