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Saks Fifth Avenue surrounded its flagship Manhattan store with razor wire on Tuesday to keep thieves from smashing their way in and making off with troves of expensive merchandise, The Post has learned. The luxury retailer has also hired private security guards with specially trained dogs to protect the premises in the wake of Monday...

A mass of anti-police brutality protesters gathered in front of Trump International Hotel ahead of Tuesday’s 8 p.m. curfew, as demonstrations continued to rage across the city for a sixth day. Thousands of people took a knee or sat across from the luxury hotel near Columbus Circle around 7:15 p.m. as they protested the death...

Business mogul John Catsimatidis is laying the groundwork to run for mayor again next year. Catsimatidis, 71, a Republican whose Red Apple Group owns the Gristedes supermarket chain, a slew of energy companies and 77 WABC radio, said he’s forming an exploratory committee for a 2021 mayoral bid. He ran for mayor in 2013, narrowly...

New York City descended into “total chaos” overnight, as swarms of looters took advantage of a fifth night of George Floyd protests, a high-ranking NYPD member admitted to The Post Tuesday. “Manhattan and Bronx crammed with UMOS [uniformed members of service] being shot at, run over, retired UMOS being shot or shooting looters,” a high-ranking...

Looters left parts of New York City in ruins Tuesday morning following a second straight night of mostly unchecked raids on stores, including Macy’s flagship in Herald Square and shops in Times Square. The mess of bashed-in windows, broken glass and pilfered goods extended to the Bronx, where thieves broke into pharmacies, banks and other...

All NYPD employees previously allowed to work from home during the coronavirus crisis must now report for duty in person — another “all hands on deck” move amid escalating citywide looting that has co-opted protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody, law enforcement sources told The Post on Tuesday. All full-duty uniformed cops...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he’s extending the Big Apple’s citywide 8 p.m. curfew, which kicks off Tuesday, through the rest of the week following a second night of the city descending into chaos thanks to throngs of looters and a largely unenforced 11 p.m. shutdown. The new curfew will continue for the rest...

The head of the Minneapolis police union says George Floyd’s “violent criminal history” needs to be remembered and that the protests over his death are the work of a “terrorist movement.” “What is not being told is the violent criminal history of George Floyd. The media will not air this,” police union president Bob Kroll...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has threatened to sue President Trump for mobilizing military forces to states to quell riots and looting that have broken out across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “The President of the United States is not a dictator, and President Trump does not and will not...

A New York City woman who worked as an aide for President Barack Obama pleaded for looters to halt their destruction of New York City — accusing them of “profiting off our f–king pain” in a powerful video that surfaced on social media. Desiree Barnes, who worked for first lady Michelle Obama and as a...