Gunman Robs Store on Upper East Side: Is Mayor to Blame? (New York: 2015, crime)
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A pistol-waving crook walked into an H&M store on the Upper East Side late Saturday night and ordered its employees to the ground before fleeing with thousands of dollars, police said.
The robbery occurred at 150 E. 86th St. at around 11:20 p.m., 20 minutes after the store closed to customers, according to police.
The gunman entered through an unlocked front door, flashed his weapon and demanded that workers hit the floor, officials said.
He then ordered the manager to put all the cash from the clothing store’s registers into a plastic bag. The manager shoved $8,700 into the pouch, and the thief ran east on East 86th Street.
The robber was wearing a gray skullcap, gray coat, sunglasses and a blue scarf. He was about 5-foot-5 and 150 pounds, police said.
Sam Ray, a 28-year-old banking consultant who has lived in the area for five years, said the crime is just the latest sign of the deteriorating quality of life under Mayor de Blasio.
“When I get on the subway, I feel less safe than I used to. It’s all about management. It comes from the top,” he said.
Does this person have a point? Is this an example of quality of life in the Upper East Side getting worst under the current mayor/NYC administration? Or is this the case of anything is capable of happening anywhere. Gunman holds up H&M store on Upper East Side | New York Post
Live in that area and was up on 86th last night (NYPD is still lurking about).
One thing stands out; why was a front door still unlocked twenty-minutes or so after closing? Especially when the registers had not been counted out and contents sent to the vault/bank?
Any retail one has worked in or visited locks all but one door about fifteen minutes before closing. Someone is usually assigned to stand near the door as "security" (if a guard is not always on duty otherwise), to let customers out and keep others from coming in.
Because of the holiday 86th Street was not as busy as it normally would be on a Saturday night, but there was still enough "traffic" that the thief could blend into the crowd and get away. Most likely a person or persons were waiting somewhere in the area with a vehicle.
Stores all over the UES and NYC have and continue to be jacked on a regular basis; cannot leave this at the foot of de Boob. Again the store manager was careless and someone made the best of an opportunity. Wouldn't also put it past that either the place was cased well before hand and or someone inside gave information.
The world at large is a more dangerous place overall these days. Mass shootings, terrorism, random attacks by mentally disturbed people etc All one can do is be aware of their surroundings as much as possible.
No its not the mayors fault. It's the managers at H&M's fault for not locking the door.
As Bugsy said most stores have lock up and someone standing by the doors with keys to let the remaining shoppers out a good 15 minutes before the store is closed.
Makes me wonder was it a inside job?
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