{"id":51905,"date":"2025-11-25T18:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/51905\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:03:10","slug":"nyc-councilwoman-calls-queens-street-takeover-a-planned-attack-after-couple-beaten-car-torched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/51905\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC councilwoman calls Queens street takeover a \u2018planned attack\u2019 after couple beaten, car torched"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino is speaking out after a violent mob took over<\/a> a Queens neighborhood she represents, leaving a couple beaten and a car engulfed in flames over the weekend.<\/p>\n

“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

\"Firefights<\/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.<\/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

Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/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<\/p>\n

New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino attends a meeting at City Hall in New York City on Nov. 13, 2024.<\/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

Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n

“As soon as Jan. 1 comes along, bam,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Thank God we have [NYPD commissioner] Jessica Tisch.”<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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