De Blasio said there is no credible threat to NY and encouraged people to continue with their normal business in the city.
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Meanwhile, in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio said his city wouldn’t be intimidated by new threats made in a propaganda video published by ISIS militants. “It is the goal of terrorists to disrupt and intimidate our democratic society”.
While the 5-minute video showed Paris attacks praising the Friday assault suicide bombers who had killed 129 people, it soon followed with pictures of New York City’s crowded place Times Square.
An NYPD spokesman said the video has some old footage but reaffirms the city remains a major terror target.
“Their main bread-and-butter has been recruiting people online, ” Miller, the NYPD deputy commissioner of intelligence and counter-terrorism, told Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie.
Passengers heading to New York City can also expected to see heavily armed officers standing guard in Times Square.
The new unit will supplement an existing 1,000-officer counterterrorism program, police said.
ISIS has set its sights on NY.
The video shows several scenes in Manhattan including Times Square, a Gap in Herald Square, T.G.I. We cannot be intimidated. Officials noted there is no specific threat against any specific location in New York City, which since the 2001 terrorist attacks has developed extensive programs to investigate and respond to terrorist threats against the city.
Next week, tens of millions of visitors are expected to start flooding into the city for holiday celebrations, such as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Christmas tree lighting in Rockefeller Center. “We have very vigilant citizens and the slogan, ‘If you see something, say something, ‘ can be very powerful in a situation like this”. “In addition, we are continuing to deploy additional Critical Response Command teams throughout the city out of an abundance of caution”.
ISIS released a video that threatened to replicate the Paris style attack in Washington.
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Meantime, it’s still not clear what happened to the suspected mastermind of last week’s terror attacks in Paris following a police raid north of the city on Wednesday.
