STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The owner of a popular cocktail bar on Staten Island is reeling after a vandal destroyed an outdoor display in broad daylight.

Katia Kolesnikova, the owner of The Alchemist Cocktail Lounge in New Dorp , arrived at her bar on Friday, Nov. 14, to find that two mannequins — part of an artistic exhibition in the front of her establishment — had been pulled from their bolted-in positions, destroyed, and then dumped in the entryway to the bar.

The bar’s iconic red drapery got pushed in front of the cameras, preventing the devices from recording the suspect.

According to Kolesnikova, the lapse in footage occurred between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. She believes this is when the vandal struck the business, located at 1363 N Railroad Ave.

“It [the display] was bringing me busines

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