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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 W Brooklyneagle.Com Brooklyneagle @Bklyneagle 50¢ Facebook.com/ Twitter.com Volume 59, No. 117 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 w BrooklynEagle.com BrooklynEagle @BklynEagle 50¢ BROOKLYN TODAY ‘Ridge Mayhem A MOTORCYCLIST LIES IN SEPT. 25 the street critically injured Good morning. Today is following a serious acci- the 268th day of the year. In dent that took place on the Sept. 25, 1934, issue of the Third Avenue in Bay Ridge Brooklyn Daily Eagle, a let- ter-writer who identified him- on Sept. 21. Police said self as “M. Walker” objected the motorcyclist was travel- to the idea of uniting the city’s ing south on Third Avenue three separately owned sub- at approximately 4 p.m. way and trolley networks, the when the motorcycle collid- IRT, the IND and the BMT, under municipal ownership. ed with an SUV whose driver He said the BMT (Brooklyn- was making a U-turn mid- Manhattan Transit), which he block between Ovington rode on a daily basis, could Avenue and 69th Street. be profitable if it did away with free passes for employ- The motorcyclist was ees and if it started charging rushed to Lutheran extra fares on long routes. Medical Center. The three transit systems were “The motorcyclist is in very unified six years later, al- critical condition,” said Dep. though they kept their sepa- Service by Acme News Photo rate identities as divisions of Insp. Richard DiBlasio, the city transit system for commanding officer of the many years. 68th Police Precinct. The SUV driver remained Well-known people who at the scene and was were born today include U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert issued a summons by Gates, actor Mark Hamill police, DiBlasio said. (“General Hospital,” “Star Wars”), actor Will Smith (“Ali,” “Men in Black”) FORMER BROOKLYN BOROUGH and TV journalist Barbara Historian John Manbeck has Walters. published “Chronicles of His- OOK BEAT toric Brooklyn,” a collection The Healthcare Admin- B istration Department at St. of columns he originally Joseph’s College’s Brooklyn wrote for the Brooklyn Eagle. Campus will hold a panel dis- His book contains interesting cussion on the new healthcare details that few people other exchanges enacted by New than professional historians York state as part of the Af- and history buffs would fordable Care Act at 7 p.m. in know. See review, page 10. the Tuohy Hall Auditorium. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Lauren Pete, Ph.D, MARCO POLO RISTORANTE J.D., chair of the Health Ad- in Carroll Gardens is one of ministration Department. ... the better-known Italian The Prospect Park Alliance restaurants in Brooklyn. Now, will open a new comfort sec- tion at the Parade Ground at 1 the Brooklyn Chamber of p.m., adjacent to the conces- Commerce is hosting its first sion stand. ... The Greenpoint ever “Explore Brooklyn: Eagle Community Environmental Italian Restaurant Week” Fund will meet tonight at from Oct. 10 to 17. Thirty- file photo 6:30 p.m. at The Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave. nine restaurants are partici- Photo courtesy of LIU-Brooklyn Athletics of LIU-Brooklyn courtesy Photo pating. See page 3. DA Transition In The Works AFTER SOME SPECULATION THAT INCUMBENT Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes (right) may challenge the Democratic nominee, Kenneth Thompson (left), on the Conservative Party ticket, Hynes has unequivocally stated that he will not continue to campaign for the D.A. seat under any political party’s line in the Nov. 5 general election. See page 12. AN ANIMATED CROWD FILLED THE BARCLAYS Center on Saturday to witness the first- ever NHL game played in Brooklyn, an exhibition game with the New Jersey Devils. Here, Matt Moulson just misses AP Photo on the Islanders’ best scoring chance of File photos the night Saturday. See Sports, page 9. Wednesday, September 25, 2013 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • 1 EVIEW AND COMMENT RDrop in Child Labor Points to Progress for All Children Advocates for children sometimes deserve a pat on the back as much as the children they cheer on. The latest tribute to their efforts is a report from the International Labor Organization, an arm of the United Nations. The ILO finds the number of children doing hazardous work has dropped by half since 2000. The total number of child laborers, either in dangerous jobs or simply working the family farm, has fallen by a third, from 215 million to 168 million. While the current number is still too high, the progress is remarkable in such a short period. Of all the treaties on human rights, the Convention on the Rights of Children is the one ratified by the most nations. That has required a global shift in thinking. Instead of a 19th-century view of poor or abused children as charity cases, the world now sees them as having in- dividual rights, ones that can be enforced either by law or public pressure. A related cause to child labor is the child sex trade. Since the early 1990s, private groups and the UN have partnered to push countries to curtail the trafficking of young people for sex. “We are now in a good position to en- sure the full realization of the rights of children to live free from com- mercial sexual exploitation,” states the latest report from ECPAT, a Thai- land-based network of groups. One success is the adoption of “The Code,” or rules used by travel busi- nesses to curb sex tourism. And dozens of countries are now tracked in how well they enforce rules against child sex trafficking. Other progress is worthy of praise. Child mortality rates have been al- most cut in half since 1990. And school attendance rates continue to rise worldwide. Girls are the targets of concern in two causes: child marriages and fe- male genital mutilation. Global awareness of both problems has brought good results in a few countries. But the UN estimates about 37,000 girls are still married each day. And the ritual cutting of girls’ genitals in the be- lief it protects the girls’ virginity remains “remarkably tenacious, despite at- tempts spanning nearly a century to eliminate it,” states a UN report. Not every success story for children proves to be a model that can be eas- ily transferred. Advocates find they still need the right mix of social change, money, and political will. Children’s lives are also heavily influenced by prog- ress in the economy, such as adoption of new technologies, or in the rule of law. The issue of using child soldiers in conflicts seems intractable. The successes in lessening child labor picked up in the 1990s after mul- tinational companies began to open up more factories in low-wage na- tions. Overseas sweatshops became a campus cause. Companies such as Nike were forced by activists to make sure their plants didn’t employ under- age workers. By 1999, trade rules in the West began to impose restrictions on imports of products from countries that used child labor – although the tactic can backfire if it keeps a country in poverty. And enforcement of child-labor laws must be accompanied by a general improvement in living conditions. When young children are forced to work by impoverished parents, they miss out on schooling, leading to the possibility that someday their chil- dren will be forced to work. One way nations break that cycle is by compul- sory education. Such ideas are clearly taking root as the world accepts an expanded view of the worth of each child. —The Christian Science Monitor Is published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Federal Holidays by Everything Brooklyn Media, LLC (USPS 971380), located at 16 Court Street, Suite 1208, Brooklyn, NY 11241. Subscription price Publisher - J.D. Hasty: [email protected] is $130 per year, $65 for six months. 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If you are, then the Brook- The list of participating restau- lyn Chamber of Commerce has rants ranges from classic eateries good news for you. such as Marco Polo Ristorante in The Chamber is hosting its Carroll Gardens and Gargiulo’s in first ever “Explore Brooklyn: Ital- Coney Island to newer places like ian Restaurant Week,” which will Broccolino near Barclays Center take place from Oct.
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