Two brazen thieves on motorcycles rob a group of people dining outside the fashionable Queen's Cafe. This cafe is across from the office of Alderman Tiffany his bag, who is a major supporter of defunding theNYPD., police officers and witnesses said.
Around 3:00 pm, under his pressure espresso on his 31st street in Astoria, masked men dressed in all black to customers relaxing outside his bar. climbed onto the pavement and pointed his gun at him. Police and witnesses said Tuesday.
"Hands up, don't move." They barked at the victim and said, "I'll shoot you" if he moved, he said, two employees who witnessed the incident said he told The Post.
"Two men came on motorcycles, pointed guns outside, and took chains and bracelets from some people outside."
Another employee said about a dozen people were outside the coffee shop when the robbery occurred, calling the incident "a mess."
No one was hurt, but the crooks stole bracelets and chains from an unknown number of people. They fled north to his 31st Street and were still on the run on Thursday.
The firefight on Kaban's doorstep came after Kaban issued his February letter criticizing the New York Police Department and dispatching anti-gun units to the 114th Precinct, which covers the area. Discovered.
"Our district is already home to some of the highest stop-and-frisk rates in the city,"she wrote. "Despite now containing about 5% of our force, we [previously] committed almost a third of all police murders in the 20 years before we were disbanded. We have to fight our troops, too."
When the first employee was informed that Kaban was seeking funding and disbandment of the NYPD,she burst out laughing. was called a "clown".
"She should go talk to her," he said.
"Is she serious? Is she going to defend the police? Ha! She had no good reason, brother.
He asked the police to "find" those responsible for the robbery and "make sure this doesn't happen again".
Cold brew orders her $4.50 coffee. I refused.
"She's not here right now. She's in a meeting right now," said the worker when reporters asked Kaban to tell her about the incident.
"I heard it happened at a coffee shop, but recently I realized it was the coffee shop."
A Kaban spokesperson said Didn't return request for comment.
