Attempted knifepoint robbery and arrest outside the 92nd Street Y days after Mayor Adams attended ribbon-cutting | Upper East Site
Attempted knifepoint robbery and arrest outside the 92nd Street Y days after Mayor Adams attended ribbon-cutting | Upper East Site, Karl Ault/Michael Priest Photography

Knifepoint Robbery & Arrest Outside 92nd Street Y Days after Mayor Adams Attends Ribbon-Cutting

MANHATTAN – Just three days after Mayor Eric Adams stood on the sidewalk along Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side to announce and celebrate the 92nd Street Y’s new name and look, investigators say NYPD officers subdued and arrested a homeless man for an attempted knifepoint robbery outside the cultural institution last Friday.

Upper East Site was on the scene, just after 2:00pm on May 13th, as NYPD officers held down the suspect— later identified by police as 52-year-old Gary Harris, a homeless man with more than thirty prior arrests, including those for robbery, forgery and grand larceny— a block south of the 92nd Street Y.

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Detectives say it was ten minutes earlier, around 1:50 pm, when police received a report of an armed suspect, who witnesses said walked up to a 37-year-old man outside the 92NY, flashed his knife and demanded money, becoming aggressive and putting the attempted robbery victim, as well a 42-year-old woman and her 9-year-old daughter in fear for their safety.

NYPD officers restrain attempted robbery suspect/Upper East Site
NYPD officers restrain attempted robbery suspect/Upper East Site

It’s not clear what injuries he may have suffered, but the suspect was heard complaining about leg pain while being restrained by NYPD officers, before being loaded into an ambulance and taken away. 

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It is important to note, Upper East Site’s photographer did not witness any NYPD officers putting their body weight on the suspect— instead, half a dozen officers gingerly use their hands and arms to restrain the suspect.

NYPD officers restrain attempted robbery suspect/Upper East Site
NYPD officers restrain attempted robbery suspect/Upper East Site

After police made the arrest for attempted robbery, officers could be seen interviewing witnesses and speaking with security at the 92nd Street Y, New York, who appeared to be assisting the NYPD officers on the scene. 

Police interview witnesses and 92NY securit | Upper East Site
Police interview witnesses and 92NY security staff| Upper East Site

Mayor Eric Adams was on hand for the ribbon-cutting celebration for the 92nd Street Y’s new name and $200 million redevelopment plan for its Carnegie Hill campus last Tuesday, as New Yorkers continue to lose faith in his ability to get rising crime under control in New York City. 

The 92nd Street Y gets new name and new look/Upper East Site
The 92nd Street Y gets new name and new look/Upper East Site

Earlier this month, a Quinnipiac University poll found just thirty-seven percent of New Yorkers approve of the Mayor Adams’ handling of crime— a sharp drop from the nearly half of city residents that gave the former transit cop a thumbs up on fighting crime last February.

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According to NYPD CompStat data, robberies on the Upper East Side have increased a staggering fifty-eight percent this year compared to the same period last lear.

Attempted robbery suspect was loaded into ambulance after arrest/Upper East Site
Attempted robbery suspect was loaded into ambulance after arrest/Upper East Site

Upper East Site reached out to the 92nd Street Y, New York for comment on this article but did not hear back by time of publication.

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