Sen. Gillibrand thanks law enforcement for preventing attack on NYC

November 21, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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CAPITOL HILL — EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO THE FBI AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on Thursday, Nov. 21, praised them for preventing a major terror attack on the New York Stock Exchange and “for taking quick and decisive action.”

Gillibrand explained, “According to the Department of Justice, during interactions with an undercover FBI agent, Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, stated he wanted to target an NYC business the week before Thanksgiving in order to ‘reboot’ and/or ‘reset’ the United States government. Yener anticipated the impact of the explosion would be ‘like a small nuke went off.’” She continued, “An attack on New York City during the holiday season would have been catastrophic.”

Gillibrand, who is a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said she “will continue working closely with the FBI and other intelligence agencies in my role on the Senate Intelligence Committee to keep New Yorkers safe.”

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