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And selected removal and maintenance of existing landscaping Phase II will include renovations to the exterior building and interior renovations. Phase I started in December and should wrap up in May 2021, while Phase II will be a nine-month construction project starting in May with scheduled completion by late January 2022. The project team features architect NANO, LLC, contractor Centric Gulf Coast, Inc. (Phase 1), and CPA Project Manager Jennifer Lilos.   The Fire Administration, Safety/C...

Experienced sniper teams that the nypd has as part of emergency services. the strategic response group, they are part of normal control. the critical response command which are the heavy weapons tea teams, they have more of a counterterrorism mission. they are all part of the groups that train there as well as squads. so it is a very robust facility. and they can handle any sort of these type of devices. >> tom, thank you. and somebody who knows quite a bit about where this vehicle, where this b...

Elsewhere to respond to similar type locations. in this case the news media outlets getting extra coverage from the critical response command. no indication in the early stage its a terrorist act. it is an abundance of caution in new york which we have very large resource s to do this. other major cities like los angeles, chicago are probably doing the same thing. as to the shooting in the newspaper office down there, preliminary information from law enforcement sources there may be as many as f...

A law enforcement source telling cnn the suspect has plebdged allegiance to isis and that he was motivated by recent actions in gaza. most recently, investigators say ullah had worked during the port authority, doing electrical work along with his brother. he had been licensed to drive a taxi in new york, but its unclear if he ever did. his license expired in 2015. ullah is a permanent legal resident who came to the united states in 2011 to join family members already living in new york. this at...

Sustained minor injuries. the subject was placed in custody and transported to bellevue hospital. immediate police response to the scene included members of the transit bureau, emergency service division, bomb squad, counter terrorism, state troopers and f.b.i.s joint terrorist task force. in addition, the nypd response group and critical response command were assigned to other key transportation hubs in other locations throughout the city as a precaution. this incident was captured on transit s...

Body. he intentionally detonated that divide. looks like there are three other people in the immediate area that also sustained injuries. the subject was placed in custody and transported to bellevue hospital. immediate police response to the scene included members of the trans transit bureau, state troopers and the fbis joint terrorist task force. in addition, the nypd strategic response group, critical response command, assigned to other commercial hubs in other locations throughout the city a...

Critical response command cops assigned counterterrorism duties, working alongside strategic response group officers and patrol cops in the emergency service unit too. there will be what the public wont see as well. >> reporter: their arent any specific concerns for terrorism, any threats at this point but new york city has the best anti-terrorism unit in the world so they will be all over that through the entire morning. the other story is the weather, temperatures fell through the overnight ho...

Our city. and weve enhanced security for this also. its going to be a very safe event. weve added more sand trucks, more blocker vehicles. i cant give you the exact number. i do have it, i cant give it to you, but it will be the most ever deployed at this event. we more than doubled our observation teams, our rooftop observation posts, as well as our counter-sniper teams from the emergency services unit throughout the boroughs, not just here in manhattan. and weve also added more heavy weapons t...

The trains. they will see more officers on the platforms. they should expect more bag checks at more stations. they will be canines, explosive detecting canines in the subway system and heavy weapons teams from our strategic response group as well as our critical response command will be deployed to major hubs and other stations throughout the city. there was some traffic closures that remain in effect. i would like to point out. the west side highway from 14th to the tunnel remains an active cr...

Will line the streets in all the burroughs in our city. weve enhanced security for this also. it will be a very safe event. weve added more sand trucks, more blocker vehicles. i cant give you the exact number. it will be the most ever deployed at this event. we more than doubled our observation teams, our rooftop observation posts as well as our counter sniper teams from the emergency services unit throughout the boroughs, not just manhattan and added heavy weapons teams throughout the city. fro...