Overview
- Westchester’s Real Time Crime Center is scouring online chatter and camera feeds and has compiled potential locations, focusing on Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle.
- Yonkers police say they have well-practiced protocols and will respond with zero hesitation, while actively watching citywide camera networks for unusual crowd patterns.
- County officials report seeing posts that name local malls, with the Cross County Center in Yonkers cited on circulating lists, though no Westchester incidents have been confirmed.
- A Presidents' Day surge at the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx, involving roughly 200 youths and 18 charges, prompted the heightened posture in neighboring counties.
- Public Safety Commissioner Terrance Raynor urged teens to avoid these gatherings and asked parents to counsel children, while promoting tip lines at 800-898-TIPS, tips@wccops.com and the WCPD mobile app.