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INSIDE A Sbarro trades Including The Downtown News, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper and Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper BROOKLYN ’S WEEKLY pizza for steak NEWSPAPER Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 26 Court St., Brooklyn 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 AD fax 718-834-1713 • N EWS fax 718-834-9278 © 2002 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 14 pages CROOKED JUDGE including GO BROOKLYN • Vol.25, No. 43 BWN, DTG, PSG, MID YASSKY W • November 4, 2002 ARNS BROOKL • FREE GETS NO MERCY YN BRIDGE P Use it or lose ARKit By Patrick Gallahue The Brooklyn Papers Brooklyn Heights City Councilman David Yassky said this week that with the city facing its toughest fiscal crisis in decades the developers of the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park could lose some or all of $10.8 million set aside for the project that has not yet been allocated. “I’m very concerned that time is passing and the city has not yet figured out specifically which part of the park they want to move forward with first,” Yassky told The Brooklyn Papers. “We’re in danger of seeing the project slip behind sched- ule if the city doesn’t focus on this pretty soon.” The city allocated the $10.8 million for Fiscal Year 2003, which runs through June 2003, for the construction of greenspace north of the Pur- chase Building and the demolition or truncation of the building itself. The city’s office of Emergency Management Former judge Victor Barron (left) listens to his attorney Barry Kamins on Monday after being sen- (OEM), which had been housed in the World tenced to three to nine years for soliciting a bribe. At right, Barron Trade Center, temporarily moved into the Purchase away in handcuffs. Building, located under the Brooklyn Bridge over- pass near Fulton Landing, last February, promising By Patrick Gallahue ’s wife, Joy, watches as he is led to occupy the building for only 12 to 18 months. This month, OEM presented plans to the The Brooklyn Papers Associated Press sentencing Monday. But Judge / Bolivar Arellano community to raze the 60,000-square-foot Red A disgraced former Brook- Nicholas Colabella wasn’t buy- Cross Building at 165 Cadman Plaza East, to lyn Supreme Court judge who ing it and sentenced Barron to mentia when he demanded a erect a high-tech, windowless bunker in its pleaded guilty to extorting a three to nine years in prison. $250,000 kickback from an attorney tracks by 2005, possibly stalling plans for representing a winning plaintiff in OEM’s evacuation of the Purchase Building. six-figure bribe from an attor- In sealed court documents to ney, pleaded senility before his which Colabella made reference at civil lawsuit. Jim Moogan, executive director of the Brook- sentencing, Victor Barron allegedly Monday’s sentencing proceed- lyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, a claims he was in the throes of de- ings were replete with apologies subsidiary of the Empire State Development from Barron and his attorney, Barry Corporation that is charged with overseeing the construction of the waterfront commercial and House proud See BARRON on page 5 recreational development, downplayed Yassky’s Senator Hillary Clinton was on hand Tuesday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration of the four Hunterfly Road Houses, 19th centuryThe structures Brooklyn Papers in the historic Dems back GOP See USE IT African-American settlement of Weeksville (in today’s Bedford-Styvesant). Holding/ Sherri Liberman the on page 5 candidate in hi-$ tapestry behind Clinton is Pamela E. Green, executive director of the Weeksville Society. Bay Ridge race The Brooklyn Papers Cops wrap up Former Bay Ridge Council- Mr. Gentile has crossed the line of man Sal Albanese shocked common decency.” Brooklyn Democrats this week Albanese, a former candidate for mayor known for his liberal posi- by endorsing Re- kid snatches tions, is just the latest borough De- publican City mocrat to board Golden’s ship. Councilman Democrats such as Assemblyman 3rd arrest in string of threats Marty Golden Dov Hikind and state Sen. Carl over his incum- Kruger both held press conferences bent Democratic to announce their support of Golden, to Brooklyn Heights children opponent, state and the former leader of the City Sen. Vincent Gen- Council’s Brooklyn delegation, By Patrick Gallahue The Brooklyn Papers Marty Golden tile, in the new Herb Berman, had one planned but the man fled. 22nd district. cancelled at the last minute, al- Police in Brooklyn Heights Caretakers, however, took all In a letter distributed by Golden’s though his endorsement remained. campaign office, Albanese slammed have gone 3-for-3 in catching the children back to their day care According to campaign disclo- alleged kiddy-snatchers after center before calling the police, the three-term incumbent Gentile sures, the Republican Senate Cam- / Robert Mecea for questioning the service record of a rash of attempts in the giving the suspect almost an paign Committee and the New hour’s lead time. Golden, a former police officer, dur- York State Republican Committee neighborhood over the past ing a live New York 1 debate. several months. For the past two months, police have put $1.96 million into Gold- had been searching for the alleged Albanese wrote: “I am fiercely en’s campaign. State Democrats Associated Press The last suspect in three sepa- loyal to the principles of the Demo- rate cases is currently in custody abductor, who was described by will spend about $500,000 on their Brooklyn Bishop Thomas Daily, center, in the lobby of a hotel near La Guardia Airport in June. Daily witnesses as wearing a colorful cratic Party and I do not make this candidate, according to state Senate and charged with attempted kid- decision lightly. … Unfortunately, was there to give a deposition regarding John Geoghan, a defrocked priest accused of molesting napping, endangering the welfare robe and a turban. One of the de- Minority Leader Martin Connor. more than 130 children in the Boston archdiocese. Daily served in Boston from 1973 to 1984. tectives on the case, Det. Rudolfo For more on this race, go to www. of a child and unlawful imprison- BrooklynPapers.com. ment. Those charges were still be- Lynch, was on his way home when ing considered by a grand jury as he spotted a man baring a resem- this went to press. blance to the suspect’s description. Bishop: I knew priest Police charge that at around Lynch pulled over and briefly noon on Aug. 26, a 45-year-old questioned the man, and got his homeless man living in a shelter name and address. He let the sus- in Fort Greene, approached a 2- pect go but later ran a background year-old girl in the Pierrepont check on him, finding an unrelat- approved man-boy sex Playground while she was under ed prior arrest, so he decided to the care of a local day care center. show his mug shot to witnesses of the incident. By Denise LaVoie The man, who is black, attempt- With positive witness identifi- Associated Press ed to convince day care workers and battery for allegedly sexually that the child, who is white, was his cations, Lynch and Det. Francis BOSTON — Brooklyn abusing boys from 1979 to 1989 daughter, police said. The workers Keane caught up to the man at the Bishop Thomas Daily, formerly while he was at St. Jean’s. The such activities himself. refused to release the girl into his corner of Prince Street and Myrtle a top-ranking official in the boys were between the ages of 6 “The only thing, the only saving custody, and as staffers and Parks Avenue on Oct. 22. Archdiocese of Boston, knew and 15. Shanley has pleaded inno- feature of it is that we are talking Department employees intervened According to police, the sus- cent to the charges. about ideas and opinions in his pect is a transient, who resides at the Rev. Paul Shanley endorsed promotion verbally ... to my sex between men and boys but Daily gave sworn testimony in See SNATCHER August in civil lawsuits filed by three knowledge at the time, he wasn't on page 5 promoted him to head a parish men who claim they were sexually involved in activities,” Daily said. in Newton, according to a depo- abused by Shanley at St. Jean’s. The Daily said there was no indica- sition made public Monday. same men are involved in criminal tion Shanley was promoting sexu- Daily, who served as chancellor, complaints against Shanley. al relationships between men and vicar general and auxiliary bishop In the deposition, Daily ac- boys at St. Jean’s parish, but was in the Boston archdiocese from knowledges that he considered speaking in favor of the idea in Vets day 1977 to 1984, promoted Shanley Shanley a “troubled priest” who other parts of the country. “But having said that, I would Brooklyn’s 69th Street Pier was renamed the American Veterans to administrator and acting pastor needed help. He said he knew The Brooklyn Papers have very great regrets,” Daily said. Memorial Pier this week. Sunday’s ceremony included vets Howard at St. Jean’s parish in Newton in Shanley had attended a meeting of / Greg Mango the North American Man-Boy “You have regrets you made the Dunn, Philip Corhan and Vincent Buccigrossi. 1984, where he allegedly went on to molest and rape boys. Love Association and had spoken appointment?” asked MacLeish. “I think I would have done Shanley, 71, was indictedin favor ofin the group. But under questioning from civ- much better if I hadn’t made the June on 10 counts of child rape appointment,” Daily replied.