Mac’s Public House lawyer slams Sheriff’s officers as ‘ill-trained’; Sheriff defends actions
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
Sheriff s officers stand outside Mac s Public House in Grant City on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Irene Spezzamonte)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. One of the lawyers representing Mac’s Public House in Grant City in its standoff with officials over coronavirus restrictions slammed the Sheriff’s Office as “a force of ill-trained, undisciplined and inexperienced officers” that is the “antithesis of the NYPD.”
“The current situation with the New York City Sheriff is extremely dangerous for both the Sheriff officers and the public,” criminal defense lawyer Mark Fonte wrote in a letter to the Advance/SILive.com. “The Sheriff’s Office should be led by a professional from the NYPD. Allow the NYPD to institute a training program for the Sheriff’s department.”
New sheriff in NYC? No, but pandemic lifts obscurity of one By TOM HAYS, Associated Press
Published: December 18, 2020, 2:42pm
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4 Photos FILE In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, New York City Sheriff s deputies stand outside Mac s Public House after co-owner Danny Presti was arrested, in the Staten Island borough of New York. A crackdown on COVID-19 restriction violators has drawn attention to a sheriff in New York City few knew existed. Sheriff Joseph Fucito has worn the badge for the past six years in a civil-enforcement post that hasn t carried the notoriety of his counterparts with roots in Wild West folklore.
In recent months, the sheriff’s office has been the primary New York City agency enforcing the rules set up to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Fucito’s force first stepped into the pandemic fray earlier this year while the New York City Police Department was busy grappling with massive street protests over the police killing of George Floyd and a spike in city shootings.
Since August, sheriff’s deputies have shut down 41 illegal large-scale gatherings, including underground parties featuring DJs, alcohol and maskless revelers. They have also stopped more than 9,000 vehicles at bridge-and-tunnel entry points to check on travel origin and warn of quarantine regulations, passing out nearly 64,000 masks in the process.
New sheriff in NYC? No, but pandemic lifts obscurity of one
by Tom Hays, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 18, 2020 10:59 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 11:12 am EDT
FILE In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, New York City Sheriff s deputies stand outside Mac s Public House after co-owner Danny Presti was arrested, in the Staten Island borough of New York. A crackdown on COVID-19 restriction violators has drawn attention to a sheriff in New York City few knew existed. Sheriff Joseph Fucito has worn the badge for the past six years in a civil-enforcement post that hasn’t carried the notoriety of his counterparts with roots in Wild West folklore. (Steve White via AP, File)
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