The building was subsequently cleared out before authorities provided the all-clear at 12:41 p.m., cops say.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.A bomb threat forced the temporary evacuation at an early voting site in Manhattan, officials said Sunday.
The NYPD was alerted to what they described as a bomb threat at 10:32 a.m. Sunday at the 1573 Madison Ave. polling site, also known as the Jackie Robinson Educational Complex in East Harlem. The school building was subsequently cleared out before authorities provided the all-clear at 12:41 p.m., cops said.Vincent Ignizio, deputy executive director with the city Board of Elections, said voting will continue as scheduled on Sunday until polls close at 5 p.m.
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