Police cleared out Carl Schurz Park on Tuesday afternoon during the investigation.
The NYPD responded to a suspicious device located near Gracie Mansion, several days after two men lit a homemade explosive in what law enforcement has called an"ISIS-inspired terrorism" incident in Manhattan.
A senior law enforcement source said the latest device was discovered near Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence on Tuesday, but it was not immediately clear if it was a real explosive, a hoax, or something else discarded near the scene. The NYPD posted a bulletin on social media telling New Yorkers to avoid the area near Carl Schurz Park.The Upper East Side neighborhood where the mayor lives became a crime scene after two men from Pennsylvania joined two protests on Saturday and attempted to deploy the explosive devices. Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18, are facing federal charges in connection with the incident, including unlawfully possessing and using a “weapon of mass destruction,” transporting explosives and attempting to aid a “designated foreign terrorist organization." It was not immediately clear if the investigation Tuesday afternoon was linked to the developments from Saturday.
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