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BAYSIDE’S QUEENSBOROUGH COM- munity College has named alumnus and former Marine Shaneen Festus a CUNY Hero. Festus has been given the award, which honors service and generosity, for No new cash for NYCHA her volunteer work at the college’s Office of NYCHA tenants have been beset by lead paint, crumbling infrastructure and broken boilers. Photo by William Alatriste via City Council/Flickr Military and Veterans Services. The office helps the nearly 400 former and active military members who study in the CUNY Cuomo’s executive budget excludes NYC public housing system, Spectrum News reports. By David Brand York City’s ailing public housing system, the ex- complexes. NYCHA must seek approval from a  Queens Daily Eagle ecutive budget reallocates $100 million that was federal monitor appointed to oversee NYCHA directed to NYCHA last year, and $250 million operations before spending the money. QUEENS’ LARGEST STREET FES- Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget, released Tuesday, includes no new funding for that was originally allocated in 2018. That money The agency needs an estimated $31.8 billion tival, ancient Hindu event Phagwah (or Holi), NYCHA, despite mounting physical problems is part of a $450 million agreement between the over five years and $45.2 billion over 20 years to will return to Richmond Hill this March. that require tens of billions of dollars to address state, NYCHA and the Dormitory Authority of pay for needed repairs and maintenance, an engi- Main celebrations will take place on Mar. 9, at public housing campuses across the city. the State of New York to pay for boiler and ele- neering and consulting firm hired by NYCHA to and the community’s 32nd Annual Phagwah Rather than provide new money to fix New vator upgrades across the city’s public housing Continued on page 2 Parade will be held on Mar. 22. The parade this year will be planned by the Arya Spiritual Center and the Federation of Hinu Mandirs, QNS.com reports.  Fundraising heats up ahead of “THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO thank the thousands of faithful supporters, our Mandirs, and the business community, likely Assembly special election that have turned out to this event for more than 30 years,” the parade planning committee By Victoria Merlino wrote. “Their exuberance and support for Queens Daily Eagle our culture are the essence of what makes Nearly a month after veteran Assembly- this parade so special. We would also like to member Michele Titus took the bench in thank our donors, the media, the 106 and 102 Queens Civil Court, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has precincts and other members of the NYPD, yet to call a special election to replace her — NYC Parks Dept., NYC Sanitation Dept., but that hasn’t stopped at least seven candidates and Community Boards 9 and 10 for their from raising campaign cash in the uncertain support.” contest. Democratic District Leader Richard David,  a York College adjunct professor, has raised the A PUBLIC FORUM ABOUT THE most money in the race to represent Assembly development of a large amount of LIC District 31, according to financial disclosure waterfront property will be held at the Plaxall reports published by the Board of Elections Gallery in Hunters Point this evening. The last week. David has not officially declared his meeting will give community members a candidacy, but he has $36,871 on hand. He re- chance to ask questions and give suggestions ceived 124 individual and 11 corporate contri- butions during the last financial disclosure pe- to developers regarding 28 acres of land by riod, which lasted from July 15, 2019 to Jan. 15. Anable Basin, LIC Post reports. It is the Notable contributors include Brooklyn State third in a series of four workshops organized Sen. Roxanne Persaud, who donated $100, and by YourLIC, a group formed by multiple a number of area businesses, including $1,500 developers at the request of the city council in from Hack’s Halal in Richmond Hill, $200 order to encourage the developers to create a from Golden Arrow Sports Bar in Richmond unified plan for their projects. Hill and $100 from Cabana Breeze in South  Ozone Park. At a Richmond Hill town hall in November, THE CHABAD OF REGO PARK ON Former Assemblymember Michele Titus took the bench in Queens Civil Court earlier David and U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, chair of Wednesday started a program which this month and her inauguration ceremony is Jan. 30. Titus’ move vacated the Assembly the Queens County Democratic Party, called provides Jewish neighborhood residents on Queens to elect South Asian lawmakers. District 31 seat, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo has yet to call a special election to replace her. Continued on page 2 AP Photo by Hans Pennink Continued on page 7

Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Visit us Online @queenseagle facebook.com/queenseagle queenseagle.com No new cash for NYCHA Continued from page 1 Nevertheless, he added, “it is definitely disap- conduct a physical needs assessment determined pointing that the needs of hundreds of thousands QUEENS in 2017. of New Yorkers were not reflected in the admin- “We’re immensely disappointed that in the istration’s proposal.” face of actual needs of NYCHA — while NY- “After decades of disinvestment from all lev- CHA is in crisis and residents living in deplor- els of government, it is absolutely critical that able conditions — this administration is ignoring everyone steps up to address the issues of lead TODAY the needs of more than 600,000 new yorkers and paint, aging boilers, mold, chronically broken continues to do so,” said Legal Aid Law Reform elevators and overall quality of life,” Richards Unit attorney Lucy Newman, who advocates for continued. January 27, 2020 more funding for public housing. The Housing Justice For All coalition has More than 380,000 authorized tenants cur- called on the state to provide $3 billion to im- with mezuzahs for their doorways. The effort rently reside in NYCHA’s 134,084 apartments, prove public housing statewide — $2 billion for is meant to encourage Jews to express pride according to agency reports, but the actual pop- NYCHA sites and another $1 billion for public in their identity in the wake of a rise in ani- ulation is likely closer to 600,000, according to housing elsewhere in the state. Semitic attacks, Patch reports. other city agency estimates. The federal housing “I’ve been a New York City public housing administrator who oversees NYCHA has even resident for over thirty years, and I have seen  pegged the population at 1 million. how decades of disinvestment at the federal, “MEZUZAHS KEEP YOU PROTECTED Toxic lead paint, faulty boilers, busted eleva- state, and city level has hurt public housing res- More than 3,000 Queensbridge residents whether you’re at home or in the streets,” tors and other capital needs have beset NYCHA idents,” said NYCHA tenant Rose Fernandez, a were without hot water in September Chabad of Rego Park Secretary Breina Horvitz tenants for decades, particularly in the oldest member-leader of the organization Community after an unplanned outage. buildings, which date back to the Great De- Voices Heard, in a statement last year. “The idea told the Forest Hills Post. “So many bad things AP Photo/Mark Lennihan file pression. Queens is home to 21 NYCHA sites, is simple: in the richest country in the world, we are happening in our community, we want including the Queensbridge Houses, the largest can and we must guarantee that everyone has a state lawmakers to obtain additional funding. people to feel assured — like they’re not alone public housing complex in the United States. safe, sustainable, healthy and truly affordable “There’s a lot that needs to be done between out there and that God is watching over them.” Councilmember Donovan Richards, a mem- home.” now and April when the budget is finalized and  ber of the Committee on Public Housing, said he Cuomo’s office did not respond to a request we look forward to working with the Legislature anticipates the state Assembly and Senate will for comment for this story. and the Governor to secure the funds that NY- POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A address the lack of NYCHA funding in their A spokesperson for NYCHA said the public CHA residents need and deserve,” the spokes- suspect who stole thousands of dollars from a budgets. housing authority plans to continue working with person said in a statement. number of city seniors by calling and telling them that a relative needed bail money. The man’s victims include an 81-year-old Queens woman, who on Nov. 8 was swindled out of a total of 25,000. The NYPD have released a ‘She was our abuela’ — Richmond sketch of the suspect, according to the Daily News. Hill remembers slain 92-year-old  A MAN STOLE HUNDREDS OF By Jonathan Sperling dollars from a Ridgewood bank on Thursday Queens Daily Eagle by handing a note to a teller. The incident took Richmond Hill residents were somber on place at Popular Bank on Seneca Avenue, and Jan. 19 as they remembered the life and legacy the man took over $500. Police are searching of Maria Fuertes, a 92-year-old woman who for the suspect. was sexually assaulted and killed near her home earlier this month. The attendees also pushed back against xenophobic messaging that resulted from Fuertes’ death, allegedly at the hands of an undocumented immigrant. Richmond Hill residents gathered to remember Maria Fuertes. They asked ICE The man charged with killing Fuertes, not to politicize the women’s death after it was discovered her alleged killer was 22-year-old Rheaz Khan, was reportedly sought by Immigration and Customs Enforce- undocumented. Photo courtesy of District Leader Richard David ment agents before the alleged attack. ICE’s around at midnight collecting bottles, as she tle Guyana,” along Liberty Avenue, where New York Field Office Director Thomas normally did, because she felt safe here,” said she collected bottles to recycle and redeem Decker criticized New York City for not com- Richard David, a Democratic district leader in for money so that she could buy food for the plying with ICE detainer requests. Assembly District 31. neighborhood cats. Get 'The Best of the Nest' Fuertes’ neighbors, who fondly referred to David added that it was “despicable, but not “I’m heartbroken, but the love this com- her as “our abuela,” made clear that the wom- surprising, that ICE would use this tragedy to munity has always shown my family is tre- delivered to your an’s death should not be used as a tool by ICE further the anti-immigrant campaign of the mendous and this vigil brings me to tears” to promote the Trump administration’s an- Trump administration.” Fuertes’ son, Louis, said at the vigil. “We inbox every week: ti-immigrant policies. Fuertes herself was an immigrant, who have always been a part of the fabric of the QueensEagle.com/Subscribe “She was our abuela! Maria lived in Rich- came to the U.S. from the Dominican Repub- Guyanese community, although we’re not mond Hill all her life after migrating from lic in the 1960s. Despite not being Guyanese, Guyanese, because this community is full of the Dominican Republic. She was walking she was well known in the community of “Lit- love.”

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2 • Queens Daily Eagle • Monday, January 27, 2020 President Donald Trump and Mike Bloomberg could hardly be more different as people but now they both want the same job: Trump’s.Trump photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File; Bloomberg photo: AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File Trump vs. Bloomberg: Fortunes collide in pricey knife fight By Jonathan Lemire tion is whether Bloomberg’s attacks on Trump will Trump’s campaign advisers have acknowl- down as one of the great mayors, if not the great- The Associated Press do damage to an incumbent who does not have a edged that the impact of Bloomberg’s spending is est, in New York City.” They are circling each other like wary boxers, serious primary challenger. impossible to model and are paying close attention Meanwhile, Bloomberg appeared on an epi- with taunts on Twitter, snarky asides and belittling The president and his campaign team have to the president’s approval numbers in the swing sode of “The Apprentice” in 2004. At the same descriptions. They rose to prominence in Manhat- been warily watching Bloomberg’s spending spree states Bloomberg is blanketing with ads. And ribbon-cutting ceremony three years later, he said, tan on parallel tracks, amassed wealth real and per- since the former mayor’s late entry into the presi- while the Trump campaign’s own formidable bank “If there is anybody who has changed this city, it is ceived and displayed a penchant for putting their dential race. account could be overwhelmed by Bloomberg’s, Donald Trump.” names on things. Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Par- the president’s team has tried to fight fire with fire, But no longer. That’s where the similarities end. President scale, recently told staffers he would not worry buying its own $10 million Super Bowl ad just af- Bloomberg campaign advisers talk about a Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg could about Bloomberg until he cracked double digits ter Bloomberg did likewise. two-track operation that’s focused on winning the hardly be more different as people, but now they (Bloomberg had 9 percent support in a Monmouth Bloomberg’s fortune dwarfs Trump’s wealth nomination and defeating Trump in November. both want the same job: Trump’s. poll this week) while mocking the amount of mon- and has played into a number of insecurities And Bloomberg has already pledged to pay for op- Bloomberg is making the case that he is many ey the former mayor was spending, according to Trump has long held about the former mayor, ac- erations in key states through the general election things that Trump is not: a builder of a financial two Republicans close to the White House who cording to two presidential confidants who spoke even if he’s not the Democratic nominee. data and media company that employs 20,000 peo- spoke on condition of anonymity. on condition of anonymity. In addition to the ad Bloomberg released Thurs- ple, a billionaire whose worth Forbes estimates at But others in the president’s orbit have not been Not only is Bloomberg vastly richer than day, he is running ads in 27 states calling for the $60 billion, a problem-solver with a steady tem- so sanguine about Bloomberg — including Trump Trump, but he has also had an easy entry into the Senate to convict and remove Trump in the im- perament who was elected three times as mayor himself. most elite Manhattan social circles, the same ones peachment trial. A digital ad blasts Trump for fail- of the nation’s largest city and one of the world’s Trump, who has been fixated on the Democrat- that looked down on Trump as a tabloid creation ing to repair the nation’s infrastructure. leading philanthropists. ic race even in the face of an impeachment trial, and reality TV star. Before this cycle, both men had talked about “Bloomberg is someone Trump would have was initially irked by Bloomberg’s entry and has The two men, for a time, enjoyed friendly rela- running for president. But their differences were liked to have been: to have invented something noted to confidants in recent weeks that the mayor tions, though they never were close. By the time also clear. In 2011, when Trump was flirting with everyone uses, to have real wealth, to be seen as has steadily picked up support. Bloomberg became mayor in 2002, Trump had a 2012 presidential run, then-Mayor Bloomberg a creative person. Trump had to create an image Trump has also complained that Bloomberg has largely transitioned from real estate development called Trump a friend but said Republicans were for himself,” said George Arzt, onetime press sec- benefited from a disproportionate amount of posi- to licensing and television, so the pair did not butt “making a terrible mistake” in questioning wheth- retary to former New York Mayor Ed Koch. Arzt tive news stories. heads at City Hall in the way Trump did with some er President Barack Obama was born in the U.S. knows both men professionally and personally. And he has avoided the counsel from aides, in- of Bloomberg’s predecessors. — a conspiracy theory that Trump championed. He said Bloomberg is someone who likes to cluding senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kush- The two occasionally would rub shoulders As for Trump running, Bloomberg said, “Anybody solve problems, who likes to be hands-on, even ner, to ignore Bloomberg, thus avoid elevating him at golf tournaments and charity events, and both can run for president if you’re 35 and an American including the design of new Department of San- in a Democratic field that remains unsettled. attended one of Rudy Giuliani’s weddings, with citizen.” itation trucks, while Trump is “basically a show- But Trump has been unable to do so, delivering Trump as a guest and Bloomberg officiating. They The last time the two men spoke, according to man.” Arzt added that Trump always sought the several Twitter broadsides while obsessing in pri- also crossed paths at Yankees games and when Wolfson, was when Bloomberg called Trump after limelight while Bloomberg shied away from it vate over Bloomberg’s wealth. Bloomberg hosted the International Olympic the 2016 election to congratulate him and urge him until he ran for mayor. Bloomberg has spent money at a rate of about Committee at his Upper East Side townhouse. to surround himself with great people. Trump, who said he once considered Bloomberg $100 million a month and has trained his focus not They would sometimes even praise each other. Says Wolfson, “You can see how well he took a friend, had a brutal assessment of his now-rival on those with whom he is competing for his adopt- At a 2007 charity golf club event, Trump said it that advice.” during a CNBC interview this week: “He’s spend- ed party’s nomination, but on the president as if in was “my really terrific privilege to introduce a man Associated Press writers Zeke Miller and Kath- ing a fortune. He’s making a lot of broadcasters a general election. that I think is one of the great mayors and will go leen Ronayne contributed to this report. wealthy. And he’s getting nowhere.” Howard Wolfson, Bloomberg’s senior adviser, jabs right back: “Mike hired Donald Trump to run a golf course in the Bronx but would not hire him New York City Council votes to ban cashless businesses for any other job. And the president knows that.” By Karen Matthews will review it. “Whatever your reasons, con- laws and statutes,” Nick Marsh, Bloomberg is running for the Democratic nom- The Associated Press Backers of the cashless model sumers should have the power to CEO of Founders Table, parent ination for president on a path no serious candidate New York City lawmakers voted say the benefits include greater ef- choose their preferred method of company of the Chopt Creative in the party has ever taken, forgoing early primary Thursday to require stores and restau- ficiency and eliminating the risk of payment,” City Councilmember Salad Co. and Dos Toros Taqueria states and debates while spending hundreds of mil- rants to accept cash for payment, say- theft, but opponents say millions of Ritchie Torres, the Bronx Demo- chains, said in a statement. lions of dollars on ads, almost all of which take a ing businesses that accept only credit Americans still rely on cash. crat who sponsored the legislation, A company spokesperson said hard shot at Trump, in larger Super Tuesday states. and debit cards are discriminating In adopting the ban on cashless said before the Council’s 43-3 vote six of New York City’s 18 Chopt He doesn’t accept any campaign donations. against New Yorkers who lack bank businesses, New York City joins a in favor of the bill. locations and all of its 17 Dos Toros Trump has responded by calling Bloomberg accounts and credit cards. growing backlash against the digi- Councilmember Kalman Yeger, locations are currently cashless. “Mini Mike” on Twitter, trying to ridicule his “This practice punishes the under- tal-only economy. a Brooklyn Democrat, said that Mary LeSage, waiting to buy 5-foot-8-inch stature. Bloomberg has hit Trump in banked,” City Council Speaker Co- Philadelphia became the first businesses should accept cash but lunch at a Chopt counter in Man- another way that might hurt more. In Texas, when rey Johnson said before the Council’s U.S. city to ban cashless stores last that the local government shouldn’t hattan earlier Thursday, said the asked whether the country wanted a race between 43-3 vote in favor of the bill. year, despite opposition by retail force them to. cashless policy is efficient but she two New York billionaires, he replied, “Who’s the Under the bill, businesses that re- giant Amazon. San Francisco and “We’re inserting ourselves into agrees that it might be discrimina- other one?” fuse cash will be fined $1,000 for the New Jersey passed similar mea- the business of business in a way tory. Bloomberg has said that even if he fails to first violation and $1,500 after that. sures soon after. Only one jurisdic- that we don’t have a right to do in “It’s an ease of use sort of thing, win the Democratic nomination, he is prepared The measure, which is expected to tion required businesses to accept my opinion,” he said in explaining to make it go faster,” LeSage said. to spend hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps go into effect by the end of the year, cash before 2019: Massachusetts, his “no” vote. “I’ve seen this line go all the way more, to deny Trump reelection. also prohibits stores from charging which passed a law nearly 40 years But some businesses that will around there. But on the other hand, On Thursday, he started running a new nation- higher prices for paying in cash. ago. be affected by the no-cash ban said I do think it’s wrong to bar people wide ad that condemns Trump’s treatment of deco- Democratic Mayor Bill de Bla- Backers of the New York City they will follow the law when it is from food because they don’t have rated military leaders, and his campaign manager, sio is expected to sign the legisla- bill said that hundreds of thousands enacted. the necessary resources. If it takes Kevin Sheekey, went on Fox News to highlight it. tion. A spokesperson for the mayor of city residents don’t have bank “We are proud to do business in me five minutes longer to get lunch, Their fight will be a test of the power of tele- said that he supports the intent of accounts or credit cards and that New York City and will of course that’s fine if it means everyone can vision and digital ads versus the impact of Twitter the bill but that his administration others simply prefer to use cash. comply with all New York City get food.” and the megaphone of the presidency. A key ques-

Monday, January 27, 2020 • BQ Daily Eagle • 3 GG uest Editorial Opinions ‘Uncut Gems’ celebrates Manhattan’s Diamond District, a neighborhood that’s a window into the past By Barak Richman The Conversation In “Uncut Gems,” an overleveraged diamond jeweler named Howard Ratner, played by Adam Sandler, frantically tries to cover his bad business bets by making bigger ones. The film brilliantly captures the manic energy of New York City’s Diamond District, a bustling commercial stretch on Man- hattan’s 47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue. A preserve for the barter economy and the transaction sealed by a hand- shake, this small slice of the city has sustained a unique way of life. It has survived urban decay, revitalization and gentrification. It has withstood the rise of modern finance and e-commerce, resisted economic booms and busts, and adapted to the ebbs and flows of global migration. In my book “Stateless Commerce: The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange,” I explore how New York’s Diamond District seems to withstand the forces of economic change. I found that the mechanisms of a pre-mod- ern economy are precisely the devices that allow diamond mer- chants to thrive in the 21st century.

A 17th-century industry in a 21st-century city From the mid-19th century until the 1920s, New York’s di- amond epicenter was Maiden Lane, four blocks north of Wall Street. When wealthier banks started driving up downtown rents in the 1920s, diamond businesses started moving uptown to 47th Street. Forty-seventh Street’s significance grew substantially as ref- ugee diamond merchants fled to New York during World War II. When Belgium and Israel established themselves as post-WWII diamond hubs, the industry for decades was dominated by Jew- ish merchants triangulating from Antwerp, Tel Aviv and New York. A visitor in the 1970s would have heard as much Yiddish and Hebrew as American English. Starting in the 1990s, a surge of Indian diamond merchants entered the industry, eventually making Mumbai the unquestioned capital of today’s diamond world. Even as the faces have changed, business practices have re- mained the same. The New York Times in 2001 described 47th Street as “an anachronism, a 17th-century industry smack in the middle of a 21st-century city.” And an ethnographer of 47th Street once said that the diamond industry allows its residents “to mix in and stay apart, [to] adapt to new times in ways that are Beers mines stones in Africa and then sells them rough or uncut merchants know that blind trust is naive. They’re aware that the both modern and traditional, indeed ancient.” in London. These are resold in Antwerp. Then most go to Mumbai diamond industry — like all others — includes many Howard The district’s endurance is remarkable. It withstood the area’s and Gujarat, India for polishing and cutting, before arriving at Ratners, and that trust only works when there are repercussions decline in the 1970s and 1980s, a period when Times Square — 47th Street, where they are then sold to dealers and jewelry man- for bad behavior. just a few blocks west of the district — was home to a high crime ufacturers. The true genius of the Diamond District, I discovered, is a rep- rate, peep shows and what Rolling Stone called “the sleaziest Forty-seventh Street is, in fact, a thick network of middlemen, utation mechanism that rewards honest behavior and shuns mer- block in America.” with diamantaires buying and selling large caches of diamonds chants with a blemished record. More recently, the district has survived the area’s rapid gen- much like stockbrokers buy and sell at the New York Stock Ex- There are two pillars that hold people accountable. trification. The district remains an island of cramped retail space change. And since diamonds are so expensive — a pocketful of First, the industry imposes economic sanctions on those who and backroom manufacturing even as Manhattan commercial diamonds easily exceeds hundreds of thousands of dollars in val- fail to uphold their financial obligations. A trade association pub- rents reach historic highs. ue — diamantaires rarely have sufficient liquid assets to pay for licizes to the entire industry the identities of anyone reported to Visit 47th Street today, and the stylish pedestrians of Fifth stones in cash. So they rely on purchasing stones on credit. have cheated, misallocated funds or exhibited any disreputable and Sixth Avenues vanish. In their place are elderly, ultra-Ortho- But a credit sale exposes a diamond seller to an enormous fi- conduct. The formal mechanism is a bulletin board that — much dox Jews wearing black overcoats and fedoras; south and central nancial risk. Because diamonds are portable, universally valuable like the “Wanted” posters in the Old West — displays pictures Asians with traditional karakul hats; and gaggles of merchants and virtually untraceable, a would-be purchaser on credit could of individuals who haven’t paid their debts. Those whose faces shouting in languages from across the world. easily abscond with a cache of diamonds. Even if a thief skipped appear on the wall are known to be in default and are shunned Diamond merchants — also known as “diamantaires” — town, leaving assets behind that a jilted seller could recover, those by the industry. Those who remain off the board and maintain openly do business on the sidewalk, negotiating terms for assets would pale in value to lost diamonds. an unblemished reputation are guaranteed a lifetime of lucrative bundles of gemstones as if they were fruit in an open-air mar- Though credit sales impose some risk on sellers in every busi- business. ket. Others bark on cellphones and hold briefcases handcuffed ness, other industries can use the law to secure their sales of ex- Second, families and communities police their own. Family to their wrists, sealing deals using lingo that outsiders can’t pensive items. Banks attach liens on cars or mortgages on homes, businesses form the backbone of the industry, and reputations comprehend. Jewelry salespeople peddle their products to which enable those lenders to recover the secured items if pay- are bequeathed and inherited. Those who break the code of passersby, luring customers in a way that evokes the merchants ment is missed. Bonds are routinely administered when expensive trust bring harm not only to their own reputation but also that of of an Old World bazaar. products arrive in ports of entry. Sellers are even given assurances their family. The reputational stakes are high, since many plan by intermediaries for credit card purchases. These legal devices to bequeath their lucrative businesses to their children. They’re Massive risk – with no legal recourse give sellers and lenders the assurance that they can recover funds also sources of employment for extended family and ethnic How has the diamond district withstood the pressures of from a cheating or overextended purchaser. compatriots. Since families and communities have so much time? But none of these modern instruments are available to dia- to gain by everyone behaving honorably, they bring shame It helps to understand the mechanics of a typical diamond mond sellers, meaning that if a party were to cheat, there is no and impose penalties to any of their own who cheat in the busi- transaction. legal recourse. The law is of no use to diamond sellers, so they ness. Practically all diamonds on 47th Street are new ones; very must operate outside the law. The importance of business reputations explains why the in- few come from pawns or estate sales. They arrive in New York dustry has been able to sustain a pre-modern, pre-legal system. by multiple pathways, but as an example: the diamond giant De- Your reputation is all your have It allows old world commerce to outperform modern capitalism If there’s no long arm of the law, what prevents theft and other on its home turf — and the Diamond District is a reminder that forms of wrongdoing? family businesses and community enterprises still have a place in Daily Eagle of Brooklyn and Queens welcomes opinions, According to a 1984 New York Times article, diamantaires “trust the 21st century. both pro and con, on all subjects affecting our daily lives. each other not to walk away with the world’s most valuable, easily Barak Richman is the Katharine T. Bartlett Professor of Law at We also welcome responses to the published articles and concealed commodity…They are protected from embezzling only Duke University. opinions, which should be sent to [email protected] by the character of those who transport.” The article concluded The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of (Brooklyn) and [email protected] (Queens). that mutual trust is “the real treasure” of the diamond industry. news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. A market defined by mutual trust is all well and good. But

4 • BQ Daily Eagle • Monday, January 27, 2020 PROPERTY TAX PRESSURE Coalition of states sue over rules Homeowners governing 3D-printed guns By Michael Balsamo and on procedural grounds. But the administration await report from Chris Grygiel published formal rules on Thursday that trans- The Associated Press fer the regulation of 3D-printed guns from the mayoral panel Attorneys general in 20 states and the Dis- State Department to the Commerce Depart- By Paula Katinas trict of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday chal- ment, which could open the door to making the BQ Daily Eagle lenging a federal regulation that could allow blueprints available online. With the New York City Ad- blueprints for making guns on 3D printers to be The state attorneys general argue the govern- visory Commission on Property posted on the internet. ment is breaking the law and say such dereg- Tax Reform continuing its work New York Attorney General Tish James, ulation will “make it far easier for individuals to develop recommendations on who helped lead the coalition of state attor- ineligible to possess firearms under state or how to reform the city’s byzantine neys general, argued that posting the blueprints federal law to obtain a deadly weapon without property tax system, homeowners would allow anyone to go online and use the undergoing a background check,” according are eagerly anticipating the find- downloadable files to create unregistered and to the lawsuit. They also argue that the Com- ings of the blue-ribbon panel. untraceable assault-style weapons that could be merce Department lacks the power to regulate “Property taxes are too high. difficult to detect. 3D-printed guns properly. It’s ridiculous. And it’s not just The lawsuit, joined by California, Washing- “Ghost guns endanger every single one homeowners that are getting hurt. ton and 17 other states, was filed in U.S. District of us,” James said in a statement. “While the It’s people who rent apartments, Homeowners in Bay Ridge and other neighborhoods are sick Court in Seattle. It is likely to reignite a fierce president and his administration know these too. If the landlord has to pay and tired of paying high property taxes, one property own- debate over the use of 3D-printed firearms and homemade weapons pose an imminent threat, higher property taxes, they raise er told the Eagle. The photo shows homes on 76th Street be- is the latest in a series of attempts by state law he continues to cater to the gun lobby — risking the rent,” Bay Ridge homeowner tween Fifth and Sixth avenues in Bay Ridge. enforcement officials to block the Trump ad- the lives of millions of Americans.” June Johnson told the Eagle. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas ministration from easing the accessibility of the In 2015, Cody Wilson and his company De- “I can understand why people blueprints. fense Distributed sued the federal government are leaving the city to go and live his mayoralty. would mandate that if a New Proponents have argued there is a constitu- after it told him to remove online blueprints of a someplace else. The city is becom- Property taxes are the largest York City taxpayer’s property tax tional right to publish the material, but critics 3D-printed gun. The State Department reached ing unaffordable,” Johnson added. source of revenue for the city, bill or Real Property Tax equiv- counter that making the blueprints readily acces- a settlement with the company in 2018 and re- There is a growing sense of generating billions of dollars each alent for renters is over a certain sible online could lead to an increase in gun vio- moved the 3D gun-making plans from a list of anxiety on the part of homeown- year, according to the Citizens percentage of household income, lence and put weapons in the hands of criminals weapons or technical data that are not allowed ers who are growing impatient Budget Commission. the taxpayer would receive a who are legally prohibited from owning them. to be exported. But a coalition of state attorneys with the city and are hoping for a Brannan, a Democrat who said benefit percentage of the amount Washington state’s Attorney General Bob general filed a lawsuit to stop the maneuver, sense of relief when they get their constituents in his Bay Ridge, over the threshold back as a tax Ferguson said a previous multi-state lawsuit led arguing that undetectable plastic guns pose a property tax bills. Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst refund. a federal judge last year to strike down the ad- national security risk. The seven-member commis- district are hit hard by high prop- “In a fair system, the very ministration’s earlier attempt to allow the files The Justice Department did not immediately sion, appointed by Mayor Bill de erty taxes, offered ideas. wealthiest New Yorkers wouldn’t to be distributed. respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit Blasio and City Council Speaker “The way I see it, three things get a special loophole, while se- “Why is the Trump administration working filed Thursday. Corey Johnson in 2018, was sched- need to happen in order to get true nior citizens and working people so hard to allow domestic abusers, felons and In addition to Washington, California and uled to deliver a preliminary report property tax reform: One, reforms struggle to get by. Park Slope terrorists access to untraceable, undetectable New York, the states suing are Colorado, Con- in the summer of 2019 and a final should include a ‘circuit-break- shouldn’t pay less than Bay 3D-printed guns?” Ferguson said in a state- necticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, report by the end of 2019. But the er’ provision which would limit Ridge,” said Gounardes, a Dem- ment. Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minneso- deadlines passed with no report. property taxes in relation to fam- ocrat representing Bay Ridge and For years, law enforcement officials have ta, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Penn- The commission spent several ily income. Second, tenants of several neighborhoods in South- been trying to draw attention to the dangers sylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia months holding public hearings rent-stabilized units need guaran- west Brooklyn. “A circuit break- posed by the so-called ghost guns, which con- as well as the District of Columbia. in all five boroughs and heard tees that savings will be passed on er is designed to prevent damage tain no registration numbers that could be used “We successfully challenged the Trump from property owners about what to them if property taxes decline from an electrical system becom- to trace them. administration’s first reckless attempt, and we homeowners charged are vast on rental properties. Third, Alba- ing overloaded. Right now, New A federal judge in November blocked an will continue to fight against this latest attack and unfair inequities in the tax ny must correct the inequities and Yorkers are overloaded and need earlier attempt by the Trump administration on the safety of our communities,’’ Califor- system. problems in the current 1981 state relief.” to allow the files to be released online, argu- nia Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a Chief among the complaints was law, which imposed assessment Assemblymember Nicole Mal- ing that the government had violated the law statement. that the city’s property tax structure caps to keep taxes from rising too liotakis, a Republican represent- is set up in such a way that home- fast for one, two and three-fami- ing parts of Bay Ridge and Staten owners in more desirable neighbor- ly homes, but didn’t apply those Island, is calling on the mayor to hoods, like Brooklyn Heights and caps to multi-family homes with cap the property tax levy at 2 per- Park Slope, wind up paying less 10 or more units,” Brannan said. cent voluntarily. than their fellow property owners “Bottom line is right now “Property taxes are one of the in other parts of Brooklyn, like Bay owners of multi-million-dollar top issues affecting affordability Ridge and Flatbush. brownstones are paying less in in our city for low-income and “The most expensive home property taxes than people in my middle-class families. Residents in U.S. history was a condo in district who live in a two-family are either paying for the increase midtown Manhattan that sold for attached house. If that’s not a tale directly or through their rent. If $238 million. Meanwhile, the of two cities, I don’t know what municipalities around the state owner of a two-family home in is,” Brannan added. can operate within a 2 percent the Bronx that sold for $439,000 On Friday, State Sen. Andrew cap, there is no reason why the pays more in property taxes,” Gounardes announced that he city of New York can’t do it too, Councilmember Justin Brannan is sponsoring a bill aimed at ad- at least until the property tax told the Eagle. dressing property tax problems. commission moves forward and New York Attorney General Tish James is helping to lead a coalition of attorneys gen- The property tax fight makes The bill that Gounardes and implements a structure that is eral in 20 states and the District of Columbia that filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging for high stakes drama as de Bla- Staten Island Assemblymem- equitable and fair,” Malliotakis a federal regulation that could allow blueprints for making guns — such as the Liber- sio enters the last two years of ber Michael Cusick introduced said. ator, seen here — on 3D printers to be posted on the internet. AP Photo/Eric Gay, File

NAME CHANGE VELASQUEZ Why didn’t accusers shun Weinstein? Expert: It’s not unusual NOTICE is hereby given By Tom Hays and Michael R. Sisak him to meet her mother. that an Order entered by the The Associated Press “Ladies and gentlemen, that’s not how you talk to Civil Court, Queens County It’s the defense’s go-to question at Harvey Weinstein’s your predator,” Cheronis said. on the 22nd day of Novem- rape trial: If he’s such a monster, why did some of his Weinstein, a onetime studio boss whose downfall en- ber, 2019, bearing the Index accusers stay in friendly contact with him for years after ergized the #MeToo movement, is charged with forcibly Number NC-001015-19/QU, the alleged assaults? performing oral sex on former production assistant Mimi a copy of which may be ex- Prosecutors sought to give jurors some answers Fri- Haleyi in his New York apartment in 2006 and raping an amined at the Office of the day by calling to the stand a forensic psychiatrist who aspiring actress in a New York hotel room in 2013. Clerk located at Civil Court, The 67-year-old producer of such Oscar-winning Queens County, 89-17 Sut- testified about the same topic at the Pennsylvania trial phin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY that led to Bill Cosby’s 2018 conviction on charges of movies as “Chicago” and “The King’s Speech” has in- 11435, grants me (us) the sexually assaulting a woman. sisted any sexual encounters were consensual. He could right to: assume the name of Dr. Barbara Ziv told Weinstein’s jury of seven men get life in prison if convicted. (First) KYARA (Middle) VIC- and five women that most sex-assault victims continue Thursday’s court session was consumed by actress TORIA (Last) VELASQUEZ. to have contact with their attackers, who often threaten Harvey Weinstein arrives at court for his rape Annabella Sciorra’s testimony that Weinstein overpow- My present name is (First) retaliation if the victims tell anyone what happened. trial. AP Photo/Richard Drew ered and raped her after pushing his way into her New KYARA (Middle) VICTORINA Victims are “hoping that this is just an aberration,” she York apartment in 1993 or 1994. (Last) VELASQUEZ SAN- said, and they tell themselves: “’I can put it in a box and forget She did not, however, evaluate any of Weinstein’s accus- Weinstein’s lawyers seized on her actions after the TOS AKA KYARA V VELAS- about it. I don’t want it to get worse. … I can handle this phys- ers, a point his lawyers seized on. alleged assault. Defense attorney Donna Rotunno ques- QUEZ. The city and state of ical trauma, but God forbid this ruins the rest of my life.’” They have also offered a different explanation for the tioned why Sciorra made the 1997 Weinstein-produced my current address are KEW Victims can end up blaming themselves “without know- women’s continued contact with him after the alleged at- film “Cop Land” if he had raped her a few years earlier. GARDENS, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The ing that their behavior is entirely expected,” said Ziv, who tacks. In his opening statement this week, Weinstein law- Sciorra, now 59, said she wasn’t aware of Weinstein’s month and year of my birth is has described herself as an expert on “sexual assault victim yer Damon Cheronis zeroed in on a message from one involvement until she had agreed to appear in the film. January 1999. behavior” who has evaluated more than 1,000 such people. woman telling Weinstein that she loved him and wanted Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz contributed. #176796

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6 • BQ Daily Eagle • Monday, January 27, 2020 Fundraising heats up ahead of likely Assembly special election Continued from page 1 dividual contributions, most struction Co. special election, but voters in No one of South Asian or In- of whom chipped in less than Derrick DeFlorimonte, a the Southeast Queens Assem- do-Caribbean descent has ever $125. Anderson is a board Community Board 13 mem- bly District may be heading been elected in Queens Coun- member of the Rockaway ber, has $1,739.63 on hand. He to the polls three times in less ty. David was raised in a Hindu Youth Task Force. received 31 individual contri- than three months. household in Jamaica. Tavia Blakley, a former butions during the last filing New York’s Democratic Chiedu “Shea” Uzoigwe, staffer of Titus’, has $2,195.55 period. presidential primary will take a former staffer for State on hand, with 16 contributions And Varinder Singh, a real place on April 28. If Cuomo Sen. James Sanders Jr., has and two loans to the campaign estate consultant and construc- picks that date, for the AD31 $27,658.16 on hand, with 23 from Blakley totaling $1,525. tion manager, filed an “in lieu special election, voters will re- contributions during the last Lisa George, a current of statement,” which means turn to the polls less than two filing period, including $3,500 staffer in Sanders’ Rocka- that the campaign’s receipts months later for the state pri- from the Iron Workers PAC. way office, has $2,139.19 on and expenses did not exceed maries on June 23. Khaleel Anderson, a Com- hand with 23 individual con- $1,000 this reporting period. Queens residents will also munity Board 14 member, tributions and one corporate Cuomo’s office did not re- cast their ballots in a special has $15,000.42 on hand. He contribution, from the Rock- spond to an email asking for election for Queens Borough Titus will be sworn-in to the Civil Court bench at a special received money from 118 in- away Beach Boulevard Con- information on the potential President on March 24. ceremony on Jan. 30. Photo via state Assembly Access-A-Ride users face access challenges at Access-A-Ride centers By Christine Chung ery five years with an in-per- 21,000 complaints submitted THE CITY son visit to an assessment to Access-A-Ride in 2016 and This story was originally center where they are tested on found that more than 40% were published on Jan. 23, 2020 by their ability to use public trans- left unresolved past the MTA’s THE CITY. portation. deadlines. In order to qualify for Ac- Tim Minton, an MTA “I’ve been a customer with cess-A-Ride, the MTA’s much spokesperson, noted the cen- them for 12 years. That’s al- maligned paratransit service, ters are run by at least three ways been the feeling I’ve got- New Yorkers with mobility is- different vendors and said ten from them — we’re going sues must get an in-person as- “their doors are required to be to make this service so bad that sessment at one of six facilities ADA compliant.” you’re not going to leave your Alfonse and Barbara Spacagna, of Marine Park, Brooklyn, wait for a car inside the “We are continually review- house ever,” said Rimawi, a across the city. Midwood Access-a-Ride office, Jan. 17, 2020. Photo by Christine Chung/THE CITY But first they need to get ing center logistics in an effort, double amputee who uses a through the doors. when contracts are renewed, rolling walker. Ride are asked to obtain a doc- ties Act and litigation against new restrictions in place, such None of the locations — two to provide the most optimal “It’s ableism all over the tor’s note outlining the nature the city and MTA, to expand as limiting the number of in Brooklyn and one in each of possible customer experience,” place.” of their need for the service, public transportation to people monthly rides to 16 and replac- the other boroughs — has au- said Minton. Cold Shoulder which is supposed to provide who can’t easily ride buses or ing the $2.75 total cost with a tomatic doors, a situation that ‘Ableism All Over’ At a Midwood, Brooklyn, door-to-door services for $2.75 subways. The MTA contracts $15 subsidy per ride. Access-A-Ride users, appli- Advocates and experts said Access-A-Ride assessment fa- per ride, the same as a MTA out the work to private van and Advocates and elected offi- cants and advocates for people that while the non-automatic cility last week, Barbara and bus or subway trip. car operators. cials plan to hold a news con- with disabilities say poses a doors likely didn’t constitute a Alfonse Spacagna waited in Then, at the assessment cen- The centers are run by three ference Friday to announce significant hardship. violation of the federal Amer- a 20-degree chill on Coney ters, applicants are asked to contractors — Horizon Health- new legislation to extend the “They are heavy doors,” icans with Disabilities Act, Island Avenue for a vehicle to use a simulated bus set-up to care Staffing Corp, Metro Ur- pilot another year and double said Judith Mitchell, 64, of Access-A-Ride was sending take them back home to Ma- try walking a short distance, gent Medical Care of Brooklyn the number of users. Forest Hills, Queens, who uses the disabled community a clear rine Park. climbing up bus stairs and and NY Doctors Urgent Care Advocates say that Access- a walker. message. After a few minutes in the then holding onto the railings. — previously at a cost of at A-Ride is crucial in a city When she visited the assess- “That’s Access-A-Ride bracing cold, Barbara strug- Multiple advocates questioned least $18 million to the MTA where mass transit isn’t easily ment center on Woodhaven saying they don’t want us to gled to push her husband’s whether these obstacle course over the past five years. navigable by people with lim- Boulevard in Rego Park last actually use the service,” said wheelchair up a ramp, through exams are even necessary. The transit agency recently ited mobility. A 2019 investi- month, “I had to ask somebody Eman Rimawi, who coordi- a set of solid manual doors, and “There is so much about the requested an additional $4.3 gation by the New York Times to hold the door for me. Not nates an Access-A-Ride im- back into the building’s lobby. evaluation process that people million to continue these con- estimated that 550,000 New only is it not accessible, it could provement campaign for the Alfonse, 76, has nerve damage dread or resent,” said Susan tracts, which cover both para- Yorkers have mobility issues be a hazard.” group New York Lawyers for and said he’s undergone multi- Dooha, executive director of transit service and handling and that two-thirds of them “It’s like an accident waiting the Public Interest. ple spine, hip and knee opera- the Center for Independence of appeals for reduced fare Met- must walk long distances to to happen,” Mitchell said. Rimawi said that the doors tions. the Disabled New York. roCard eligibility, for another the nearest accessible subway She also noted that the cen- were just the latest in a litany of “She can hardly handle me Dooha added that MTA re- two years, according to pub- station. ter’s waiting room was filled complaints she hears about Ac- on level ground, it’s hard,” he lies on a “giant bureaucracy” lished documents. Said Dooha: “There really with folding chairs without cess-A-Ride — ranging from said. that’s been “created to do silly None of the firms imme- needs to be a sea change from armrests, which advocates say poorly trained drivers and in- Alfonse had come to the fa- evaluations on people” instead diately returned requests for the top down that in the biggest could cause extra discomfort accessible vehicles showing up cility that day to get recertified. of trusting doctors’ notes out- comment Wednesday. matters but also in the smallest for people with hip and back for people in wheelchairs, to He said that guiding the wheel- lining reasons for eligibility. In 2017, the MTA launched ways that they make them- issues. THE CITY’s survey hours-long waits and custom- chair through the facility’s Advocates said that it was a limited pilot program for selves welcoming to people of the six centers found two ers who never get picked up. heavy doors was “ridiculous.” their understanding that ap- on-demand rides where a pool with disabilities and they make others — in Manhattan and A 2016 report by Comptrol- “Nothing here is working plicants were required to visit of 200 users could hail taxi it clear that transportation is for Queens — with similar setups. ler Scott Stringer’s office found right, but it’s better than it the assessment center in their rides on an app in real time, everyone.” Mitchell is one of the more that nearly 32,000 Access- was,” said Barbara, 75, adding home borough. But Minton rather than heed Access-A- This story was originally than 150,000 New Yorkers A-Ride customers had been that they’d been told on the spot said there was “flexibility” re- Ride’s normal day’s notice re- published by THE CITY (www. who log a total of 12 million stranded the previous year and that Alfonse’s renewal was garding the choice of location. quirement. thecity.nyc), an independent, rides via the MTA-adminis- one of the service’s contrac- granted, rather than waiting A Fraught History The pilot later grew to in- nonprofit news organization tered program, which costs tors had less than half their the usual three weeks. Access-A-Ride service first clude 1,200 customers, but in dedicated to hard-hitting re- nearly $600 million a year. rides arrive on time. In 2018, A Process People Dread began in 1990, in the wake of December of 2019, the MTA porting that serves the people Most users must renew ev- Stringer’s office analyzed Applicants for Access-A- the Americans With Disabili- announced intentions to put of New York.

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Monday, January 27, 2020 • Queens Daily Eagle • 7 Our World In Pictures

KENYA — Swatting the swarm: A child used her shawl to try to protect her family’s crops from desert lo- custs in Katitikan on Friday. Hundreds of millions of lo- custs have swarmed into the country, causing the wide- spread destruction of farm- land. AP Photo/Ben Curtis

AFGHANISTAN — Snow day: Children played in the snow on the outskirts of Kabul on Friday. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul

GUATEMALA — Journey by foot: A Central American migrant carried a child across the Suchiate River into Mexico on Thursday. Migrants hop- CZECH REPUBLIC — Shoes and pants: Dogs competed near the village of Deštné v Orlických horách ing to reach the U.S. waded en masse across the river in an effort to con- on Thursday during the traditional Šediváčkuv Long dog sled race. This marks the traditional five-day vince Mexican authorities to allow them passage through the country. race’s 24th year. AP Photo/Petr David Josek AP Photo/Moises Castillo

8 • BQ Daily Eagle • Monday, January 27, 2020 Our World In Pictures INDIA — Sending a mes- sage: Demonstrators in Sha- heen Bagh, New Delhi on Jan. 18 protested a December cit- izenship law that provides a fast track to Indian citizen- ship for non-Muslim refugees from neighboring countries. Women are leading Shaheen Bagh’s protests and have for over a month maintained an around-the-clock sit-in to block a major city highway. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri

CHINA — Moving earth: Workers used heavy equipment in Wuhan on Friday to begin construction on a 1,000-bed field hospital for patients infected with Coronavirus, which has sickened hundreds and prompted unprecedented lockdowns of cities. Chinatopix via AP

IOWA — Economy talk: Reflected in a mirror, Democratic presiden- PENNSYLVANIA — New boss: Cleveland Bishop Nelson Perez spoke during a Thursday news conference tial candidate Andrew Yang spoke at a campaign event on Thursday in in Philadelphia. Perez has been chosen as the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, making him Dubuque. AP Photo/John Locher the first Latinx archbishop to lead the region’s 1.3 million-member community. AP Photo/Corey Perrine

Monday, January 27, 2020 • BQ Daily Eagle • 9 NYC health officials on high alert as deadly Coronavirus spreads around the globe By Mary Frost virus but not yet show symp- ing on “donning and doffing” Queens Daily Eagle toms, Dr. Mercado told the personal protective gear. The Wash your hands “a lit- Eagle. public hospital system has also tle obsessive compulsively” Several Queens neigh- started putting travel records if you want to reduce your borhoods like Flushing have into the electronic health re- chances of catching a new, a high Chinese population. cord system so any patient rapidly spreading and poten- “We do have a large Chinese walking into any public facil- tially deadly virus, says Dr. community where my office ity can be identified and iso- Jorge Mercado, director of the is. With Chinese New Year lated. pulmonary medicine section coming up, we’ll see increased At NYU Langone, “We of NYU Langone Hospital — traffic from all over the have a high alert,” Mercado Brooklyn. world,” Mercado said. “This is said. Airports, including JFK in Queens, have begun screening for a new and mysterious First detected just last a historically high travel time The virus spreads through contagious disease — “Novel Coronavirus” — as it spreads around the globe from China. month in Wuhan, China, the in China.” bodily secretions — coughing, With a large Chinese population in Queens, area health officials are on alert. previously unknown 2019- The New York City De- sneezing or touching a secre- AP Photo/Kin Cheung nCoV — or “novel Coronavi- partment of Health said it is tion left on a door knob, sub- rus” — has now been detected working with state and federal way pole or elsewhere could might want to try it,” he said. chills and a productive cough, The virus is related to Se- in Thailand, Taiwan, Japan agencies in a coordinated re- transmit the virus. That’s why “The CDC doesn’t suggest one the same as influenza,” Mer- vere Acute Respiratory Syn- and South Korea. The first sponse. washing hands is so import- thing or another.” cado said. He went on to say drome (SARS), responsible case in the United States was “CDC and WHO are learn- ant, Mercado said. As of noon on Wednesday, that the CDC protocol for di- for a pandemic that killed at confirmed Tuesday in Seattle, ing more about this new Coro- Wearing a face mask may the virus has been detected in agnosing the virus is “if some- least 800 people around the Washington. navirus every day,” Health offer some protection, but it 440 people and it has killed one has viral symptoms, plus world. Like SARS, Coronavi- China said that it is shutting Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Bar- has to be rated at least N95 17, but these figures are very contact with someone from ruses are “zoonotic,” meaning down all public transportation bot said in a release Wednes- — a rating that indicates the preliminary. Coronavirus can Wuhan, or any contact with they are transmitted between to and from Wuhan starting day. “At this time, the actual mask is designed to remove 95 mutate and is easily trans- health providers or researchers animals and people. Thursday morning, according risk to New Yorkers is low, percent of particulates from missible, alarming the World in contact with Coronavirus.” The World Health Organi- to China Daily, the official but our level of preparedness inhaled air — and even then Health Organization and the So be very aware if you are zation on Wednesday formed state media outlet. is high and we are monitoring there’s no guarantee. Most of CDC. around someone who recently an emergency committee Currently the Centers for the situation daily to deter- the flimsy masks being worn The virus causes a form returned from China, espe- with members representing Disease Control is checking mine if our plans to protect in Asia, as pictured in recent of pneumonia. Unfortunately, cially if they are sick, he said. countries around the globe, in- travelers from China for fever New Yorkers need to be ad- news photos, are “not helpful, with a bad influenza season It still pays to get a flu shot, cluding the U.S., to determine and other symptoms at JFK justed accordingly.” almost like a placebo,” accord- already underway, the initial Mercado said, because having whether the outbreak consti- airport in Queens, as well as at NYC Health + Hospitals is ing to Mercado. symptoms of the novel Coro- the flu increases the odds that tutes a public health emergen- airports in San Francisco and distributing clinical informa- Still, if you are around peo- navirus can be confused with the Coronavirus will have a cy of international concern, Los Angeles. Some people, tion about the virus to public ple who are coughing or your the flu. more serious effect on your and what recommendations however, may be carrying the hospitals and providing train- immune system is low, “you The symptoms are “fever, immune system. should be made to manage it. MTA begins study of dormant line linking Queens and Brooklyn By Alex Williamson Queens Daily Eagle Passenger cars may once again rumble down a stretch of tracks that’s been moving only freight since 1924. The MTA has started to study the Bay Ridge Branch, an above- ground rail line that runs from Brooklyn Army Terminal in Bay Ridge/Sunset Park to As- toria. The agency kicked off the study period, which will evaluate the feasibility of re- storing passenger service to the line, by awarding a $1.3 million contract to engineer- ing firm AECOM and its sub- contractor WSP. A LIRR-owned segment of the Bay Ridge Branch intersects “This project is hugely with the Gowanus Expressway. The line would run from exciting — partly because Astoria to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Photo via Wikimedia Commons it is based on the concept of squeezing more out of our al- Branch for passenger trains have excellent rail service ready existing infrastructure would be the first step in re- right now, including ‘transit so we don’t always have to alizing the larger Triboro RX deserts’ where there’s limited build new subway lines from plan, first put forward by pub- rail,” said RPA Senior Vice scratch,” MTA Chief Devel- lic transit advocacy group the President of State Programs opment Officer Janno Lieber Regional Plan Association in and Advocacy Kate Slevin said in a statement. 1996. during an October panel dis- The Bay Ridge Branch is The Triboro would connect cussion about the proposal. owned by the Long Island Brooklyn, Queens and the The RPA estimates that the Railroad and CSX. It runs Bronx, making 22 stops, link- total cost for all 24 miles of the from the waterfront at the ing up 17 subway lines and Triboro would be between $1 BAT east through Midwood four commuter rail lines and and $2 billion, a relative steal and Flatbush, veers north in shaving precious tens of min- in a city that spent $2.7 billion Flatlands, travels through utes off commutes between per mile on the first phase of Brownsville, East New York, the “outer” boroughs. The the Second Avenue Subway Bushwick and parts of west- RPA says this is a necessary extension. ern Queens, and then termi- change, since the city’s job Critics have pointed out nates in Astoria. The 16-mile growth is no longer concen- that mixing passenger and route offers potential points of trated in Manhattan as it was freight trains, as the proposal transfer with 16 MTA-operat- when the subway tunnels were calls for, could present sched- ed subway lines and the Long dug over 115 years ago. uling challenges. In cities like Island Railroad. “The line runs through a London and Chicago, the two Resurrecting the Bay Ridge lot of communities that don’t uses already co-exist.

10 • Queens Daily Eagle • Monday, January 27, 2020 CUNY Excelsior Scholarship sees boost in executive budget By Victoria Merlino residents. Currently, students’ $29,000 worth of debt, ac- City students attending public Queens Daily Eagle gross family income must be cording to the College Board, and community colleges ben- An underwhelming state $125,000 or less to receive which puts further strains on efited from the scholarship, scholarship program origi- the scholarship, among oth- students as they try to find while only 20,086 students nally billed as a way for tens er qualifications, but Cuomo apartments, buy houses and out of 633,543 undergradu- of thousands of New Yorkers hopes to raise it to $150,000 settle into their careers. ates received it statewide. to attend CUNY and SUNY in the new budget. CUNY has historically The scholarship’s tight schools for free may be get- Cuomo claims that this served as a means of upward credit requirements presented ting a boost in the next state change would allow more economic mobility for many a major obstacle for students, budget to help it meet its lofty than 230,000 students who students and, when tuition the CUF study revealed. Stu- goals live in New York to go to was free, was known as the dents must take 30 credits The Excelsior Scholarship, CUNY or SUNY tuition-free. “Gateway to the Middle each year that they are in col- which covers tuition for a That has been nowhere near Class.” Roughly 61 percent of lege, a hurdle that can be hard subset of CUNY and SUNY the case since the program students’ parents do not have to clear when just over half of students, saw a significant in- debuted in 2017, when it was college degrees, according to all students in CUNY work clusion in Gov. Andrew Cuo- billed as a means for “hun- fall 2018 enrollment data. more than 20 hours a week mo’s 2021 executive budget, dreds of thousands” of stu- The effectiveness of Excel- at a paying job, according to introduced Tuesday. dents to attend college virtu- sior, however, is debatable. A enrollment data. Cuomo proposed raising ally debt free. 2018 study from the Center The state legislature will Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his 2021 executive Excelsior’s eligibility thresh- The average college stu- for an Urban Future found mull Cuomo’s budget propos- budget proposal on Tuesday, which includes an expansion old, which would open the dent who takes out loans that only about 4,000 of the al before its final iteration is of the Excelsior Scholarship program. scholarship to more New York for college is saddled with roughly 242,000 New York passed later this session. Photo courtesy of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Office Holocaust Remembrance Week begins today, Council declares By Rachel Vick the widespread persecution tion of international Holocaust Behind Queens Daily Eagle and geonicide by the Nazi re- Remembrance Day provides The City Council Com- gime and aims to “foster em- an opportunity to educate stu- mittee on Civil and Human pathy between city residents, dents about the dangers of big- Rights unanimously voted beginning with the children otry, giving them insight into Wednesday in favor of a reso- themselves, through the learn- what can happen when we do the Bench lution committing the week of ing of this important historical not value the lives of those dif- January 27 to Holocaust Edu- event and the impacts it has ferent from ourselves.” cation in schools city-wide. had on the present-day world.” The proclamation also The measure was spon- "If we do not learn from dedicates Jan. 27 as the city’s The Eagle will devote even more coverage sored by Councilmembers the past, we are doomed to re- official Holocaust Remem- Chaim Deutsch, Ben Kallos peat it,” said Councilmember brance Day in solidarity with to the court officers, law clerks and and Carlina Rivera, as well Barry. Grodenchik. “With the the International Day of Com- as Public Advocate Jumanae resurgence of anti-Semitic at- memoration designated by the other workers who make our courts run. Williams. tacks and hate crimes over the United Nations General As- The resolution addresses past three years, the recogni- sembly. Have someone in mind who deserves a profile? Let us know who we should be covering.

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Holocaust Memorial Park is located in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Photo via NYC Parks Far Rockaway pharmacist indicted on oxycodone pill mill charges By Jonathan Sperling lent corporate income tax re- epidemic. Queens Daily Eagle turns by omitting the income “We can count the hun- A Far Rockaway pharma- earned from illegally selling dreds of thousands of dollars cist has been indicted on 12 the oxycodone. Russo allegedly pocketed counts charging him with il- Russo faces up to 20 years from the charged scheme, but legal distributing oxycodone in prison if convicted on the the resulting human misery and filing false tax returns drug charges. If convicted in our communities is incal- between March 2011 and June of the tax charges, he faces culable,” Donoghue said in a 2014. up to three years’ in prison statement. “This Office will Daniel Russo, the owner of for each count. Over a dozen continue working with feder- Russo’s Pharmacy on Cornaga physicians for whom Russo al and local law enforcement Avenue, allegedly conspired filled prescriptions have been partners to investigate and to fill fraudulent prescriptions convicted of crimes related to prosecute medical profession- for oxycodone and dispense oxycodone distribution. als who seek to profit from the thousands of oxycodone pills United States Attorney for opioid epidemic.” in exchange for hundreds of the Eastern District of New All in all, Russo failed to thousands of dollars in cash. York Richard Donoghue said report over $1 million in cash Between 2013 and 2016, Rus- Russo’s alleged actions con- earnings, according to prose- so also allegedly filed fraudu- tributed to the nation’s opioid cutors.

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CTY: KINGS. #176548 ORDER ENTERED BY THE CIVIL COURT, TO 56 CLARA ST., BROOKLYN, NY, 11218. COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS SSNY DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM ORDER ENTERED BY THE SUPREME KINGS COUNTY ON THE 21ST DAY ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS PROCESS AGAINST MAY BE SERVED COURT, COUNTY OF KINGS, ON THE O TYPE, LLC OF JANUARY, 2020, BEARING THE IN- #176387 O TYPE, LLC ARTICLES OF ORG. FILED AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY & SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO JASON 13TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2020 BEAR- DEX NUMBER NC-001489-19/KI, A NY SEC. OF STATE (SSNY) 12/19/19. SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: 41 GAY- GOLDFARB, 142A 31ST ST., BROOKLYN, ING INDEX NUMBER 4165/19, A COPY JTNJ CAPITAL LLC COPY OF WHICH MAY BE EXAMINED OFFICE IN KINGS CO. SSNY DESIGN. LORD DR. N., BROOKLYN, NY 11234. NY 11232. PURPOSE: LAW. OF WHICH MAY BE EXAMINED AT THE JTNJ CAPITAL LLC, ARTS OF ORG. 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Monday, January 27, 2020 • SECOND DEPARTMENT/Brooklyn/Daily Eagle • 13 RECENT COURT DECISIONS AND APPEALS

By C. B. Abruzzese Brooklyn Daily Eagle LACK OF PERMISSION FROM HOUSING COURT LEADS TO DISMISSAL Appellate Division, Second Department In order to recover damages for injury to property, Abdus Shahid appealed an order by Hon. Wavny Toussaint of Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term, that granted the motion made by MHANY Management, Inc. to dismiss the complaint. According to the complaint, Shahid is the owner of a build- ing located in Brooklyn and in October 2013, the Housing Court appointed MHANY as the administrator of the prem- ises. In December 2017, Shahid filed a complaint against MHANY, alleging that it had intentionally destroyed certain prop- erty. Before answering, MHANY moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that Shahid had failed to obtain the required leave of the court before com- Hon. Wavny Toussaint mencing the complaint. In response, the Supreme Court granted the motion. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese Shahid appealed in the Appellate Division, Second Department, where the lower court’s decision was affirmed. The justices noted that permission of the appointing court is generally required before filing a suit against an administrator, but that “permission from the appointing court is a condition precedent to suit and not a jurisdictional predicate without which a suit must be dis- missed.” In this case, the justices determined that Shahid did not obtain permission from the Housing Court prior to commencing the suit, nor did he seek permission retroactively. Therefore, they agreed with the Supreme Court’s determination to dismiss the suit, although it was not required to do so. In their review of the record, the justices found that many of the issues raised in the complaint were simultaneously raised by Shahid in a motion before the Housing Court that sought to remove MHANY as administrator. Additionally, the justices explained that, contrary to Shahid’s contention, whether the Housing Court would ulti- mately have subject matter jurisdiction over his claims was irrel- evant when considering whether he was required to obtain per- mission from the Housing Court in order to maintain a complaint against the administrator. —Shahid v. MHANY Mgt., Inc., 2018-12382, Jan. 22, 2020 • • • LOCATION OF FALL RELEASES TENANT FROM CONTRACTUAL INDEMNIFICATION Appellate Division, Second Department In the Appellate Division, Second Department, Gioacchino and Francesca Milazzo appealed an order by Hon. Carmen Velasquez of Queens County Supreme Court, Civil Term. The order granted the renewed motion of defendant Eagle Aluminum Windows, Inc. (Eagle), which was for summary judg- ment, dismissing the cross-claim of the Milazzo defendants for contractual indemnification asserted against it. Talaat Hanna filed the complaint in an effort to recover damages for the injuries he allegedly sustained in February 2015, when he slipped and fell on snow and ice on the sidewalk abutting a building in Ridgewood. The building was a mixed-use residential and commercial build- ing owned by the Milazzo defendants who operated a hair salon business from a storefront on the first floor. A second storefront, adjacent to the Milazzos’ hair salon, was leased to Eagle in 2004. Though the lease expired in 2009, Eagle continued to occupy the storefront as a month-to-month tenant. According to the lease, Eagle was obligated to keep the sidewalk of the premises free of snow and ice. Additionally, the lease contained a provision in which the tenant agreed to indemnify the lessor for personal injury claims arising from accidents on the premises or the adjoin- ing sidewalk. After the complaint was filed by Hanna, the Milazzos asserted a cross-claim for contractual indemnification against Eagle, based on its alleged failure to clear the sidewalk as outlined in the lease. After discovery was conducted, Eagle moved for summary judgment, dismissing the Milazzos’ cross- claim, which was eventually granted upon a renewed motion by the Supreme Court. The Milazzo defendants appealed, and the decision was affirmed in the Second Department. The justices explained that, contrary to the Milazzos’ contention, Eagle had established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. In their review of the record, the justices found that Eagle had sub- mitted, in support of its motion, the lease and the transcripts of the parties’ deposition testimony. They determined that the lan- guage of the lease unambiguously established that Eagle’s snow removal obligations were limited to the sidewalk next to the leased storefront and that the contractual indemnification provi- sion was similarly limited. Hanna’s undisputed testimony demon- strated beyond any doubt that he had slipped and fallen on the sidewalk outside of the hair salon and not on the sidewalk next to Eagle’s store. Therefore, the justices concluded that any con- tractual obligation of Eagle to indemnify the Milazzo defendants had not been triggered. —Hanna v. Milazzo, 2018-11953, Jan. 22, 2020

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