The marquee sign at a shuttered Sunnyside movie theater was altered for the third time this year with the perpetrators taking yet another shot at landlord and political candidate John Ciafone.
“Ciafone Lost Again, Long Live Radical Communism,” the sign reads, referring to Ciafone’s unsuccessful run Tuesday in the Democratic primary to represent the 22nd Council District in Astoria.
The latest message comes just months after the perpetrators targeted him by putting up signage that read “Death by Speculation, Starring Limpdick Landlord.”
The harsh messages directed toward Ciafone, however, largely stem from his ownership of the 42-17 Queens Blvd. building containing the movie theater. The site has been vacant for about 6 years, although he plans to develop it in the future.
This time the perpetrators sent an e-mail to the media — explaining their behavior.
“Sunnyside Soyboy Strikes Center Cinemas Again,” the e-mail reads, which comes from the address sunnysidesoyboy@gmail.com.
Ciafone told the Queens Post that the perpetrators put up the latest sign at 3:30 a.m. today. He said that his video footage shows that it is the same people who targeted him in January.
He said he doesn’t have footage of the people who put up the pro-Palestine message, although given what’s involved in putting the marquee signage up he believes it is the same people.
“These people should be ashamed of themselves,” Ciafone said. “Don’t they have anything better to do?”
Ciafone, an attorney, described them as “radicals.”
“These people are anti-American,” he said. “The deface private property and try to stop free speech.”
“They hate the police, hate this country, hate Jewish people, hate everyone and are anti-development and against gentrification,” Ciafone said. “These people are destructive not constructive — and they want to take us back to the ’70s and ’80s when the city was saddled with crime.”
Gentrification is not a good thing Johnny. This is why your marquee is such an easy target.
9 comments:
When black people move into white neighborhoods it's called integration.
When white people move into black neighborhoods, it's called gentrification.
When did the 22nd council district become a bastion of communism? I would think with the large number of 1-family and 2-family homes that would be a moderating influence.
Why ? Double "WOKE" standards ! Like the following.
Four suspects sought for vandalizing George Floyd statue in NYC !
The NYPD "Hate" Crime Task Force is investigating the vandalism.
What abot all the other ones ? TR, Columbus,Grant,Mother Cabrini ect...
https://nypost.com/2021/06/25/suspects-sough-after-defacing-nyc-george-floyd-statue/
Next up on the Cinema follies...
"The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves" Vladimir Lenin
Why doesn't this guy just move to Levittown and be done with it? Why try to make the city what it isn't? Or what it used to be? The city has evolved, and you can still commute in to the city for work and play.
"Why doesn't this guy just move" That's Racist !
This city was great once. Crime free, clean and peaceful. Than along came Columbus and boat loads of Europeans. It was downhill from then on.
I smell a troll ! Little Marxist Piggies...
The Council District 22, which encompasses Astoria and LIC, has become the most far left district in Queens and probably all of NYC. The number of mostly white millennials who have moved into these areas circa 2010 has been unbelievable. The first thing these white millennials do when they move in is register as Dems and they have become an enormously powerful voting bloc who are voting in the most far left candidate on the ballot defeating establishment Democrats like Aravella Simotas and Crowley. Alexandra Cortez got the winning margin in her primary against Crowley because of Astoria/LIC. Plus, millennial types seem to also prefer voting for a candidate of color with the marxist bonafides over a white candidate with similar leanings. That's why a carpetbagger like Tiffany Cabran, a Richmond Hill resident and committed communist public defender, moved into the district and was able to win the seat. I'm not counting the general because the Repub is not going to win.
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