A group of teenagers destroyed a restaurant in New York: damage amounted to $20.000

A group of teenage vandals attacked a Chinese restaurant in New York on the evening of March 4, causing about $20.000 in damage, with employees saying life is becoming increasingly unsafe as crime continues to plague the city. The publication told in more detail Daily Mail.

Shocking footage shows more than 10 masked youths running amok at a Fish Village restaurant in Queens shortly after 20:15 p.m. as diners dine.

The crowd that took the elevator to the third floor to get to the diner caused total destruction by overturning tables and chairs.

The staff of the 127th Street restaurant appear shocked in the video, and while no one was physically harmed, there are concerns about the perpetrators returning.

Restaurant worker Tong Yi Hu said he thought "New York City is getting less and less safe."

“It was frightening,” he said of the teenage trashing of the restaurant. “We have no idea what the reason was.”

Tony Hu, the restaurant's manager, said he still doesn't know why the attack happened.

“From the moment they entered to the moment they left, it was only a minute. They didn't say a word. We have no idea what is going on,” he said.

“I was so worried that they would harm my employees or clients. But it quickly became clear that they just wanted to cause as much damage as possible,” Hu added.

He explained that he was at the front desk at the time of the attack, ran to call 911, but by the time he got through to the police, the bandits had already fled.

The manager said he was concerned about what the attack would mean for the restaurant's future, as he feared it would have financial repercussions and damage its reputation with customers.

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Property damage totaled approximately $20.000, and the restaurant also had to provide free food to 30 or so customers.

Attackers wearing masks and hoodies also smashed plates and damaged a large window.

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliva called the rowdy group a "wolf pack" and said his community watch team would step in and patrol the diner.

“It was a wolf pack, a bunch of teenage thugs running amok in a restaurant,” Plum said. Nothing will happen to criminals. They will be charged as minors and returned to the streets. Their friends will see the video and they will be treated like heroes in the neighborhood.”

Sliva, who previously ran for mayor, added that he felt "the city is out of control."

He said that his public surveillance team would now try to support the restaurant by patrolling it.

Community activist and president of the Asian Wave Alliance, Yatin Chu, shared the video on Twitter, writing: "We have fallen so low that we should not expect the consequences of this terrible attack on private property."

Mayor Eric Adams vowed to crack down on crime in the city after crime rates soared across all categories last year, according to NYPD figures.

In particular, anti-Asian crime has skyrocketed in 2021, rising by 96% in New York City, reaching a century high, according to California State University experts.

Adams has repeatedly pointed to the current practice of the "catch, release, repeat" justice system as a major driver of crime in New York City.

Last summer, he accused the city's criminal justice system of making the Big Apple "the laughing stock of the nation."

The mayor said he is asking business owners to order visitors to take off their masks when entering businesses to reduce shoplifting.

Adams pointed out that thieves are taking advantage of measures introduced in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic by wearing masks when committing crimes.

"Let's be clear. Some of these characters go into stores wearing masks but don't because they're afraid of the pandemic, he said. “They are doing this because they are afraid of the police, and we must stop allowing them to use security by wearing masks and committing crimes.”

He said that if shoppers remove their masks when entering stores, this will result in their identity being captured on camera if a crime is committed.

He spoke about a recent incident in which an innocent store owner was shot dead.

“The man was wearing a protective suit and mask. He didn't try to protect himself from the pandemic," Adams said.

A gunman shot and killed a wine cellar worker in Daona Deli during a late-night robbery.

The gunman shot the 67-year-old victim in the head and then fled south on Third Avenue on a scooter. Police believe he showed up in the Bronx about half an hour later, where he threatened a Yaya Deli employee with a gun. Nobody was hurt in that incident.

Police say the two incidents are linked and both were perpetrated by a gunman wearing a white Tyvek hazmat suit and black mask.

Earlier this week, Adams attended a safety event in Queens near the crime scene when masked thieves broke into a jewelry store.

The thugs beat and attacked a 79-year-old woman during a jewelry store robbery just a few days before.

Business owners in the area raised concerns about their safety at the event and stated that crime in Queens was an increasing problem.

Last January, there was outrage after a 19-year-old cashier was shot dead by a masked gunman during a robbery of a Harlem diner for just $100.

But this year, criminal activity seems to have declined.

Adams noted the recent decline in crime after it spiked and then stabilized during the pandemic.

Last month, the NYPD reported a 5,6% year-over-year drop in serious crime in February, including 11 fewer homicides compared to 2022.

And the New York Police Department announced that subway crime was down 21,5% from the same period last year after Mayor Eric Adams told more police officers to patrol the subway.

In the first nine weeks of 2023 alone, police issued almost 10 more summonses than at the start of last year, authorities say.

Rape decreased by 10,5%, robberies - by 2%, shootings - by 11,2%, murders - by 16,9%.

In 2023, the number of serious crimes increased by 11,2% - 3780 cases compared to 3398 cases in 2022.