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City sher­iffs on Tues­day night shut down a Stat­en Island bar that declared itself an “autonomous zone” and con­tin­ued to serve indoor cus­tomers in defi­ance of COVID-19 restrictions.

The raid at Mac’s Pub­lic House also result­ed in the arrest of its co-own­er, Dan­ny Presti, who was not coop­er­a­tive as offi­cers issued the pub sev­er­al vio­la­tions for flout­ing city and health health orders, sources said.

Dozens of angry sup­port­ers of the bar descend­ed upon the estab­lish­ment as offi­cers with the New York City Sheriff’s Depart­ment exe­cut­ed their order.