“This was a planned attack. This is all preempted. They were prepared to do exactly what they did,” Paladino said Tuesday on “Fox & Friends,” describing how the mob blocked off intersections and set a vehicle ablaze while another resident was being beaten nearby.<\/p>\n
The attack began around 12:30 a.m. Sunday after a group of drivers were seen speeding across residential lawns and doing doughnuts on the corner of South Drive and 141st Street in Malba, a neighborhood located in Queens<\/a>, according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n A private security guard who tried to defuse the situation was attacked by the crowd and had his vehicle set on fire, Paladino shared previously.<\/p>\n ‘NOBODY’S IN CONTROL’ AS CHAOTIC STREET TAKEOVERS TERRORIZE CITIES ACROSS US: CRIME EXPERT<\/a><\/p>\n Firefighters work to extinguish a vehicle fire during a street takeover in the Malba neighborhood of Queens, New York, on Sunday, Nov. 23. (@VickieforNYC\/X)<\/p>\n Paladino claimed a lengthy police response time added to the problem, as New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani<\/a> said he intends to keep the NYPD force at its current budgeted number of 35,000 officers.<\/p>\n “[It’s] a sufficient number. What we have to do, however, is allow those officers to focus on policing. And what I mean by that is that in 2020, the response time for the NYPD was less than 11 minutes. Today, it’s closer to 16 minutes. A large part of that is because officers are now having to deal with 200,000 mental health calls a year,” Mamdani told NBC News on Sunday.<\/p>\n ORGANIZED CRIME RINGS DRIVE STREET TAKEOVERS BY USING KIDS TO STEAL CARS FOR WILD STUNTS: EXPERT<\/a><\/p>\n New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino attends a meeting at City Hall in New York City on Nov. 13, 2024. (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n “So our proposal is create a Department of Community Safety, task it with the mental health crisis, the homelessness crisis. And allow officers to focus on serious crimes.”<\/p>\n Paladino voiced concern that Mamdani could be “talking out of both sides of his mouth,” telling Fox News host Brian Kilmeade<\/a> that the Democratic socialist will ultimately be a “wait and see mayor.”<\/p>\n![\"Firefights](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764084502_283_new-york-city-street-takeover_02.jpg\")
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