Staten Island Autonomous Zone Bar Owner Won t Be Prosecuted For Allegedly Driving Into Sheriff s Deputy
arrow Mac s Public House co-owner Danny Presti attends a press conference outside his closed bar in Staten Island in early December. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Shutterstock
The co-owner of a Staten Island pub infamous for defying city and state COVID-19 health restrictions has avoided felony charges after he allegedly drove into a sheriff s deputy who was trying to detain him outside his bar on December 6th.
Daniel Presti, 34, faced charges including felony second degree assault causing physical injury to an officer, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving for the incident. But after hearing testimony from Presti, a Staten Island grand jury decided to charge him with only two misdemeanors for allegedly selling alcohol inside the bar, Mac s Public House, without a license.
The Congregation Shaarei Zion synagogue in Borough Park held a wedding attended by thousands on Monday night
Shlomo Halberstam, the 18-year-old son of the head of the Bobov Hasidic sect, married his bride in the parking lot
The ceremony then moved indoors where video shared on social media showed hundreds of men packed together
The synagogue is allowed to hold services at 50% capacity, which would have allowed 900 people to be inside the building
It is supposed to enforce social distancing and attendees are required to wear masks, but this was not evident from the video and pictures shared
Yet the NYC sheriff s office has claimed the celebration was in line with COVID-19 guidelines
NYC Deputy Sheriffs Break Up Illicit New Year s Eve Bashes In Brooklyn, Queens, & Manhattan
arrow A crowd of partygoers inside an apartment in Manhattan on January 1st, 2021. NYC Sheriff s Office
Even as the pandemic rages in New York City, barring mass gatherings, it did not stop at least three underground New Year s Eve parties from taking place in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, according to the NYC Sheriff s Office.
In Queens, more than 300 revelers were found attending an illicit party at a lounge Friday morning, according to the Sheriff s Office. Four people have now been issued summonses for organizing the illicit party.
Mac’s Public House still on hook for criminal summonses, despite letters from court initially stating otherwise
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Fines and criminal summonses totaling more than $40,000 were issued when the Grant City establishment refused to shut down in compliance with COVID-19 restrictions, as owner Danny Presti and his business parter, Keith McAlarney, declared the pub an “autonomous zone.”
One of the Dec. 22 notifications stating the summonses had been dismissed was addressed to Presti, and stated in part:
“The New York City’s Sheriff’s Office has failed to file a legally acceptable accusatory instrument with this court. There is no need for you to return to court on the summons number referenced above.”
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City Hall and the NYPD knew in advance that an Orthodox synagogue would hold a massive funeral in Williamsburg Monday, and begged leaders to comply with COVID-19 restrictions to no avail, The Post has learned.
In pleas before the event, Mayor de Blasio’s representatives, including Pinny Ringel, the mayor’s liaison to the Orthodox Jewish community, asked the Yetev Lev D’Satmar temple at 152 Rodney St. to hold the funeral more safely outside, or at least require that everyone wear masks. The Satmar sect leaders refused, agreeing only to announce that masks were available at the door, sources revealed.