“I would appeal to anyone who wants to cause violence and pogroms - don't even try.

We know who you are.

And you will be arrested, ”RIA Novosti quotes the head of the New York Police Department, Terence Monahan.

Thousands of additional staff will be on standby in New York at night and in the coming days, he said.

He noted that at the moment there are no major security incidents in the city.

Earlier it was reported that the Attorney General's Office of New York is conducting an investigation into the receipt of telephone calls to voters calling not to participate in the presidential elections in the United States.