NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — An anonymous female caller on Wednesday threatened to blow up a Brooklyn YMCA which she apparently believed Mayor Bill de Blasio frequently works out because he “likes black people,” according to officials.
The woman called the YMCA at the Park Slope Armory at about 7:30 a.m. saying that she was going to blow up the gym because de Blasio goes there. De Blasio actually frequently uses the gym at the Ninth St. YMCA, six blocks away.
She said, “He likes black people and is running for president.”
A spokesperson for the mayor said de Blasio was on his way to the gym when the threat was called in.
The NYPD sent an emergency services unit to search both gyms and briefly evacuated the Ninth St. YMCA.
“Don't ever question whether @realDonaldTrump's racist pandering is bringing out the worst in our country.,” de Blsaio tweeted about the incident.
A source told the New York Post that the call came from the Upper West Side.
No arrests have been made so far.