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The NYPD has beefed up security at New York City synagogues and other Jewish sites in the five boroughs in the wake of Saturday's invasion of Israel by radical Muslim militants, raising terror concerns in the Big Apple.
An NYPD counterterrorism unit that's the "first line of defense" against a potential terror attack faces staffing cuts of up to 75%, reports say
An NYPD counterterrorism unit that's the "first line of defense" against a potential terror attack faces staffing cuts of up to 75%, reports say
Of the unit’s 300 cops assigned to the unit — part of the NYPD’s Counterterrorism Bureau — the department is mulling moving 240 of them back to street-level patrol, staffing other commands, including the new 116th precinct in Queens, set to open next spring, sources have said.
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