As you likely know by now, President Obama is in town this evening... Among other things, he'll be holding a dinner fund-raiser thing at
the Gotham Bar & Grill (we hear that the roasted cauliflower risotto is good!) on East 12th Street between University Place and Fifth Avenue...
Here are Officers Weber and Sanchez...
Meanwhile, multiple readers have noted an incredible NYPD presence in the area ... and there are reports of the NYPD
randomly towing cars all along 12th Street — down to Avenue C. And a reader notes that parts of Avenue C are shut down. There's even a
rumor that the fund-raiser tonight at a private residence is in the East Village (note to self: pick up some hummus).
[Thanks to
Christina Holmes for the photos ... and
Shawn Chittle for the tips]
Updated: A few photos from Bobby Williams...