1977 New York City blackout-related unrest

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civil disorder historical event looting incident riot

The 1977 New York City blackout-related unrest refers to the widespread looting, arson, and civil disorder that erupted across several neighborhoods, particularly in economically distressed areas like Bushwick, during the citywide power outage of July 13–14, 1977.

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Label Occurrences
1977 New York City blackout 2
1977 New York City blackout-related unrest canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil disorder ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
looting incident ⓘ
riot ⓘ
affectedAreaType economically distressed neighborhoods ⓘ
hasAftermath increased policing in affected neighborhoods ⓘ
public debate on crime and poverty in New York City ⓘ
urban renewal initiatives in some affected areas ⓘ
hasCause 1977 New York City blackout-related unrest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1977 New York City blackout

citywide power outage ⓘ
economic distress in affected neighborhoods ⓘ
hasContext New York City fiscal crisis ⓘ
surface form: New York City fiscal crisis of the 1970s

high crime rates in New York City in the 1970s ⓘ
urban decline in New York City ⓘ
hasCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasDuration approximately 24 hours ⓘ
hasEndDate 1977-07-14 ⓘ
hasLanguageOfCoverage English ⓘ
hasLocation Brooklyn ⓘ
Bushwick ⓘ
surface form: Bushwick, Brooklyn

Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
hasMainActivity arson ⓘ
looting ⓘ
property destruction ⓘ
rioting ⓘ
vandalism ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage newspaper reports ⓘ
television news reports ⓘ
hasStartDate 1977-07-13 ⓘ
hasTypeOfDamage commercial property damage ⓘ
infrastructure damage ⓘ
residential property damage ⓘ
hasYear 1977 ⓘ
involves FDNY ⓘ
surface form: New York City Fire Department

New York City Police Department ⓘ
local residents ⓘ
isConsequenceOf failure of Con Edison power system ⓘ
isRelatedTo 1977 New York City mayoral election ⓘ
history of New York City ⓘ
notableNeighborhood Bedford–Stuyvesant ⓘ
Bushwick ⓘ
Crown Heights ⓘ
partOf 1977 New York City blackout-related unrest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1977 New York City blackout
timePeriod July 1977 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bushwick → historicalEvent → 1977 New York City blackout-related unrest ⓘ
1977 New York City blackout-related unrest → partOf → 1977 New York City blackout-related unrest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1977 New York City blackout
1977 New York City blackout-related unrest → hasCause → 1977 New York City blackout-related unrest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1977 New York City blackout