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New York police remove barriers from Trump Tower
NEW YORK, Feb 12, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – New Yorkers walking down Fifth Avenue in
recent years have become used to navigating security barriers outside Trump
Tower. Now, there’s more space on the sidewalk.
The barricades that went up after Donald Trump won the presidential
election in November 2016 have been removed, New York police confirmed on
Thursday.
Police had already reduced their presence around Trump’s New York home,
located between 56th and 57th street, following President Joe Biden’s
inauguration on January 20.
Last Friday, “In partnership with the US Secret Service, the decision was
made to remove the barriers around Trump Tower,” an NYPD spokesman told AFP.
Since leaving the White House, Trump has moved to his resort at Mar-a-Lago
in Florida, which he made his official residence at the end of 2019.
But his company the Trump Organization, which is headed by his two sons,
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, remains based in the 58-story skyscraper
near Central Park.
The spokesman would not say what security has been left in place to protect
the Tower or when members of the Trump family visit.
“The NYPD does not discuss security measures” he said.
Trump Tower has been the site of many anti-Trump protests over the past
four years.
Last summer, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, took great joy in
joining with activists to paint a giant Black Lives Matter slogan outside the
tower.
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