the country if requestedafter looters ransacked luxury stores in manhattan in june during protests over floyds death some businesses in new york city are particularly on edge and bracing for another potential blowthe report added that last month shea had said in a memo to police officers that they should prepare for larger and more frequent protests around election day and continue through the end of the yearwe are on the dawn of a new era in this country obviously something is going to happen tomorrow thats going to frame the future of our lives whatever it is we are all of us concerned about what happens tomorrow night and in the aftermath we have to be ready but we also have to feel that well be able to manage it whatever it is de blasio said