We Will Not Be Intimidated

The lucrative holiday season is filled with the Thanksgiving Day Parade, Christmas shopping, ice skating, holiday church services, the tree lighting at Rockefeller Center and of course the New Years Eve ball drop.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the terror attacks in Paris on Friday which killed 129 people at a concert hall, restaurants and a football stadium.

ISIS has released a video warning of an impending attack on NY City.

“We will not submit to their wishes”, de Blasio vowed.

The former NY state senator called for a US-led global fight to defeat the extremist group in the Middle East, shut down its flow of fighters, propaganda and weapons to the West, and to counter radical jihadism in general.

Bratton, who reiterated that there are no credible threats against the city, said a few of the video contained footage taken in August in connection with a terrorist threat against Germany, as well as in October with a threat against Israel.

Mayor de Blasio once again reiterating on Thursday the most significant fact, “There is no creditable or specific threat against NY City”.

Bratton said the video appears to be produced from a collection of previously released ISIS videos. “The NYPD, working in close, close cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and our other government parties, and with the great, great assistance of the residents of this great city, that we will keep it safe”, Bratton said.

“And just in this last week we’ve initiated the first wave of our new critical response command, which will grow to 500-plus officers, specifically dedicated to anti-terrorism activities. According to eturbonews-one of several sources covering the new video threats-” NY City officials are taking precautions after ISIS released a new video that mentions city landmarks.

NY state governor Andrew Cuomo has also addressed the video in a statement, vowing to step up all security to detect any threats before they become a reality.

Two days ago an armed jihadi threatened in another video Isis would target Washington next.

“This is an old video that was kind of rehashed”, NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller told CNN.

The new unit will supplement an existing 1,000-officer counterterrorism program, police said.

“Maybe I’m more jittery”, said Jordan Veneman, sitting at La Colombe cafe in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood earlier in the week.