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BROOKLYN Library Supporters TODAY Plan to Speak Out At Hearing Today SEPT. 30 Library supporters across New York City plan to make Good morning. Today is their voices heard at a City the 273rd day of the year. Council oversight hearing on The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Monday. The topic of the 1 Sept. 30, 1902, carried the p.m. hearing, held by the sensational news that Lt. Committee on Cultural Af- Commander William Bro- fairs, Libraries and Interna- nough, assigned to the bat- tional Intergroup Relations, is tleship Kearsage at the “capital construction needs Brooklyn Navy Yard, had and the potential disposal of “blown out his brains” with libraries in New York City.” a revolver. The Eagle specu- The Pacific branch in lated that Bronough’s pro- Boerum Hill and the Brooklyn motion to executive officer of Heights branch of Brooklyn the ship was too much for Public Library are two of the him to handle. After other of- city’s libraries facing sale and ficers heard the shot and dis- redevelopment, along with the covered his body, they were Central Library in Manhattan, BRING ON THE BLING! Here’s another step in the upscaling horrified and grief-stricken. which faces draconian shrink- age, and the Mid-Manhattan of the ever-popular Fulton Mall: Crystal king Swarovski quietly No one offered any motive, and Science Industry and opened its doors Thursday, Sept. 26 at 490 Fulton St. The sparkly and indeed, Bronough was Business Libraries, which face shop, as seen in photos here, is just up the street from Swedish happily married with a daugh- closure. (The Pacific branch powerhouse retailer H&M, which recently joined the growing ter in a local private school. has received a reprieve However, one source told the roster of national and international credit-worthy tenants on through the efforts of City Fulton mall, which through good and bad times has been Eagle there was a “wave of Council Member Letitia suicides” in the Navy. James.) See story page, 2. Brooklyn’s Numero Uno shopping street since the 1800s. See brooklyneagle.com for more photos. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

BETTE MIDLER, FOUNDER OF the New York Restoration Project, recently unveiled the flood-prone Gowanus Gar- den as a transformed storm- resilient space. See story, page 2. Photo by Mia McDonald

Judge: Community Groups Get a Seat at the Table in LICH Case Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Carolyn Demarest decided on Wednesday that six Brooklyn community groups would be allowed to intervene in legal issues BROOKLYN’S SADAM ALI IS FINALLY READY FOR HIS MOMENT being decided in her court in the spotlight as the headliner for Monday night’s concerning the ownership of nationally televised fight card at Downtown’s Barclays Long Island College Hospital (LICH). See story, page 2. Center. See sports, page 8. Eagle file photo by John Torenli Wine Country… In Bed-Stuy? PARTYGOERS AT THE Toast of Brooklyn, which celebrated the history and potential of Bed- Stuy, where some hope a $20 million revitalization project will spur an economic revival. See page 11. Eagle COMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNCIL 20 President Laurie Windsor photo Paula by Katinas (left), pictured with District 20 Superintendent Karina Costan- tino at a Bay Ridge luncheon, is one of NIA’s six award win-

Photo by Seitu Oronde Photo ners. See page 11 for story. Monday, September 30, 2013 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • 1 Library Supporters Plan to Speak Out at Monday Council Hearing that can be invested in other BPL fa- Group Seeks Library Sale Moratorium cilities to help address $300 million By Mary Frost in the skyscraper replacing the li- in deferred maintenance across the Brooklyn Daily Eagle brary is priced at $60 million. borough,” BPL said in a statement. Library supporters across New Citizens Defending Libraries BPL said it wanted to lock in a con- York City plan to make their voic- (CDL), a group pushing for a moratori- tract in Brooklyn Heights before the es heard at a City Council oversight um on library sales, says the deals ap- end of the Bloomberg administration. hearing on Monday. The topic of pear to be structured to benefit the Library user Justine Schwartz the 1 p.m. hearing, held by the Com- developers rather than the public. says she is upset that the Business mittee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries More than 13,000 people have Library, which currently shares the and International Intergroup Rela- signed CDL’s online MoveOn.org peti- building with the Brooklyn Heights tions, is “capital construction needs tion protesting the sales and the over- branch, will be moved to Grand and the potential disposal of librar- all defunding of the city’s libraries. Army Plaza, far from its user base ies in New York City.” “Proposals to sell-off the Brook- and inaccessible to the handicapped. The Pacific branch in Boerum Hill lyn Heights and Pacific library In a statement she has submitted and the Brooklyn Heights branch of branches mean that Monday’s over- to the City Council, Schwartz says, “I Brooklyn Public Library are two of sight hearing is an important one for have filed a complaint with the ADA. the city’s libraries facing sale and re- the people of the 33rd District,” said The Grand Army Plaza library is not development, along with the Cen- City Councilman Stephen Levin, assessable by subway for the handi- tral Library in Manhattan, which who represents Brooklyn Heights capped. There are no elevators at that faces draconian shrinkage, and the and parts of Greenpoint, Boerum stop. I am the voice for those who Mid-Manhattan and Science Industry Hill, Park Slope and other areas. “I can’t make it into the library because The Brooklyn Heights branch library is one of several facing sale and redevelop- and Business Libraries, which face clo- encourage everyone to make their of their physical restrictions. I have ment. Photo by Mary Frost sure. (The Pacific branch has received voice heard about the need for excel- trouble with my knee and climbing a reprieve through the efforts of City lent libraries in our communities by the subway stairs now is agony.” help from librarians, books, DVDs to the Woolworth Building) in Man- Council Member Letitia James.) attending or submitting testimony.” Schwartz says that while she is and more, she said. “It’s a hardship hattan, in the 16th Floor Committee The Donnell Library, sold in BPL says it needs to sell the fortunate enough to be able to af- being handicapped and closing Room. If you have any questions, 2007, is being shrunk by more than valuable Brooklyn Heights and Boe- ford a car service if multiple stair- down my library in Cadman Plaza is please call Ms. Thompson at 212- two-thirds, from 97,000 to 28,000 rum Hill properties because years cases are involved, many people heartless and wrong.” 788-7348 or 718-875-5200. Please ar- square feet. The New York Public of budget cuts have mired it in debt. are not. “They won’t be able to en- The hearing will be held be- rive a half hour early (12:30 p.m.) to Library is netting only $39 million The sale of the Heights’ property “is joy free career development classes, ginning at 1 p.m. at 250 Broadway go through security, and bring valid from the sale, while the penthouse intended to generate capital funds computers and WiFi,” along with (across from City Hall Park and next photo ID with you. Judge: Community Groups Get a Seat at the Table in LICH Case No Decision Yet About Public Advocate, Nurses, Healthcare Workers By Mary Frost in Cobble Hill. SUNY has refused to ing over the standing of the Pub- Brooklyn Daily Eagle provide the names of these interest- lic Advocate and groups represent- Brooklyn Supreme Court Jus- ed parties to stakeholders. ing nurses and staff at LICH: the tice Carolyn Demarest decided on De Blasio and the civic groups New York State Nurses Association Wednesday that six Brooklyn com- filed a “Motion to Intervene” in the and 1199 SEIU. “Those motions were munity groups would be allowed a case as stakeholders in the hospi- argued, but she did not yet rule,” voice in legal issues being decided tal’s future in late August. Walden said. in her court concerning the owner- “We are gratified that Judge De- “We’re thrilled they have a seat ship of Long Island College Hospi- marest rejected SUNY’s attempt to at the table, said de Blasio spokes- tal (LICH). quash the community’s important person Wiley Norvell. “The judge is SUNY Downstate Medical Cen- role in this litigation, and the Com- taking additional time to render a ter, which has been stymied in its munity groups are equally grateful decision on the standing of the Pub- attempts to close LICH, had con- to the Public Advocate, Bill de Bla- lic Advocate,” he confirmed. tested the legal standing of the sio, for paving the way for their suc- The legal proceedings could ex- groups, which include The Boerum cessful motion to intervene in these tend well past the Mayoral elec- Hill Association, Carroll Gardens law suits,” said attorney Jim Walden tions, where de Blasio, who long- Neighborhood Association, Cobble of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, who ago committed to saving LICH, is Hill Association, Brooklyn Heights represents both the community the front runner. Association, Wyckoff Gardens Asso- groups and de Blasio. Nurses and 1199 members said ciation and Riverside Tenants’ Asso- Besides the community groups, they hoped to be included, as mem- ciation. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Carolyn Demarest decided that six Brooklyn com- the state Attorney General, “Old bers of the Coalition to Save LICH, On Aug. 20, Justice Demarest munity groups would be allowed a voice in legal issues being decided in her court LICH” (represented by Continuum which includes a broad spectrum of found that SUNY Downstate had vi- concerning the ownership of Long Island College Hospital (LICH). Photo by Mary Frost Health Partners administrators and advocates from doctors, nurses and olated its contractual obligation to board members), SUNY Downstate staff to patients, community groups keep LICH open and ordered that Partners or another willing opera- consideration, but at least seven and the state Department of Health and de Blasio. its valuable assets be transferred tor. health organizations have indicated are also a party to the proceedings. Check brooklyneagle.com for up- back to either Continuum Health Continuum removed itself from interest in the 155-year-old complex Justice Demarest is still mull- dates on this developing story. Flood-Prone Gowanus Garden Becomes Storm-Resilient Oasis and reuses about 65,000 gallons of for three years and be analyzed by over time. A rain garden and perme- Bette Midler Unveils storm water annually. Monitoring the City College of New York. This able pavers will manage the nearly equipment has also been installed data will supply helpful information 85,000 gallons of stormwater that Transformed Space in the bioswale that will record data about how the bioswale performs falls on the garden each year, mak- The New York Restoration Proj- the neighborhood by retrofitting ing it a model for outdoor urban ar- ect (NYRP) recently completed the garden with permeable pavers, chitecture and landscape design. the renovation of its Gil Hodges flood-tolerant plants and a rain gar- In addition, the garden plays a Community Garden in Brooklyn’s den. NYRP also installed a DEP de- crucial role as a public community Gowanus neighborhood, thanks to signed bioswale in the sidewalk asset. A birch reading grove and pa- support from Jo Malone London adjacent to the garden that man- tio provide quiet getaways for pas- and a New York City Department ages storm water runoff from Den- sive recreation. The garden also has of Environmental Protection (DEP) ton Place and the sidewalk. In to- an outdoor classroom area com- Green Infrastructure Grant. tal, these components will manage plete with blackboard, a compost- The transformation turns the 150,000 gallons of storm water an- ing station and raised vegetable space into the first NYRP commu- nually, thereby easing pressure on beds. Together, these garden fea- nity garden with high-performance the city’s sewer system and reducing tures make Gil Hodges a beautiful storm water infrastructure. The overflows into the Gowanus Canal. retreat for all ages and seasons. 3,140-square-foot garden is located The design in and around the Founded by Bette Midler in at the flood-prone intersection of garden incorporates new elements 1995, New York Restoration Project Carroll Street and Denton Place, an that naturally absorb and filter rain (NYRP) is a non-profit organization area regularly impacted by storm water. On Denton Place, a DEP-de- dedicated to transforming open water runoff and industrial pollut- signed street tree bioswale, which is space in under-resourced commu- ants. NYRP resolved to address the a street tree in an enlarged bed with Bette Midler, founder of the New York Restoration Project, unveiled the flood- nities to create a greener, more sus- immediate hydrological needs of native plants and a low curb, diverts prone Gowanus Garden as a transformed storm-resilient space. Photo by Mia McDonald tainable New York City.

2 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • Monday, September 30, 2013 On This Day in History Brooklyn’s Only Daily Record of Historical Events in the Borough

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Birthdays — September 30 Another 1st for ‘King of Swat’ MANHATTAN — The crack of the bat was audible throughout Yankee Sta- Deborah Allen, singer Martina Hingis, tennis dium on September 30, 1927, and 10,000 fans knew that the big moment had (“Baby, I Lied”), songwriter player, born in Kosice, Slo- arrived. As the ball headed for the right field bleachers, they were on their (“Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me”), vakia. feet, screaming for their hero, George Herman Ruth. The Babe had fulfilled born in Memphis, TN. Johnny Mathis, singer their earnest wish, smacking his 60th homer of the season, a feat never before Crystal Bernard, actress (“It’s Not For Me to Say,” accomplished. Who cared that some people derided Babe Ruth as a boozer (“Wings”), born in Garland, “Chances Are”), born in San and glutton? He was also the consummate batter and the name of Thomas TX. Francisco, CA. Jonathan Walton Zachary of the Washington Senators would go down in his- tory as the man who served up the historic pitch — fast, low and inside. Ruth’s Angie Dickinson (Ange- Marilyn McCoo, singer wallop, with one on and the score tied in the eighth, also enabled the Yanks Wikipedia / line Brown), actress (Emmy (Fifth Dimension; “Up, Up to defeat the Washington Senators, 4 to 2. Irwin, La Broad, & Pudlin for “Police Woman”; Rio and Away,” “One Less Bell Before he crossed the plate after walloping homer No. 60, the portly Yankee slugger jogged Bravo, Dressed to Kill), to Answer”), actress, born in around the bases in almost regal style. And as he did, he carefully stomped on each sack, as if he born in Kulm, N.D. Jersey City, N.J. Johnny Mathis were punctuating the feat officially. Fran Drescher, actress Dominique Moceanu, The historic homer was a tribute to Colonel Jake Ruppert, Yankee owner, who had the foresight (“The Nanny,” Jack), born gymnast, born in Holly- Victoria Tennant, actress to buy Ruth from the financially troubled Red Sox for $125,000. He transformed Ruth from a stel- in Flushing, N.Y. wood, CA. (“Winds of War,” All of Me, lar pitcher — he once hurled 29 2/3 scoreless innings — into a slugging outfielder. In 1920, his first L.A. Story), born in London, year with the Yanks, Ruth lofted 54 homers and was paid $20,000. He soon became a folk hero, hit- Jenna Elfman, actress Eric Stoltz, actor (Fast England. ting a record 59 homers in 1921. Although ill much of 1925, he still rapped out 25 homers. (“Dharma & Greg,” “Town- Times at Ridgemont High, ies”), born in Los Angeles, Pulp Fiction), born in Los CA. Angeles, CA. Truman Found Brooklyn Living ‘Cheerfully Austere’ NEW ORLEANS — Tru- stage version of The Grass Capote regularly took a man Capote (whose given Harp opened on Broadway in walk that led past “a ghost Adventurous Brooklyn- name was Truman Streckfus 1952. hotel” (No. 1 Water Street) Persons) was born on Septem- In one of his excursions to down to the waterfront. “In Built Sloop of War ber 30, 1924 in New Orleans, other shores Capote visited aggravated moments,” Tru- LA. His mother Lillie Mae Haiti which inspired the writ- man wrote of the hotel, “I moved with him to New York ing of the script for the Broad- imagine retiring there, for it is in 1931. Following a divorce way musical House of Flowers as secluded as Mt. Athos, re- from Truman’s father his in 1954. At the time Truman moter than the Krak Chevalier mother married Joseph Capote had a pet raven named “Ole in the mountains of wildest who adopted Truman renam- Crow” for whom he wrote a Syria. Daytimes, the location, ing him Truman Garcia part in the play. The part had to a dead-end Chiricoesque piaz- Truman Capote was one of Capote. While attending be stricken out when Pearl Bai- za facing the river, is a little several major American Franklin School on Manhat- ley, star of the show, proved al- disturbed; at night, not al all; writers who resided during tan’s Upper West Side Truman lergic to birds at rehearsals. not a sound, except foghorns their productive years in was employed as a copy boy Also in 1954 Truman collabo- and a distant traffic whisper Brooklyn. Capote lived on at the New Yorker magazine. rated with John Huston on the from the bridge which bulks Willow Street in the When he left the New Yorker screenplay for the movie Beat above. Peace, and the shiver- Heights. He said life there he stayed with various rela- the Devil (1954). ing glow of gliding-by tugs was “cheerfully austere.” tives in the south while at- In 1957 Truman visited the and ferries. From the locale of The famous novelist was tempting to write a novel, home of theatrical designer the hotel, Capote would walk born on September 30, 1924. BROOKLYN — In the The USS Peacock was Summer Crossing, which he Oliver Smith at number 70 along the waterfront past This photo shows him relax- Brooklyn Navy Yard’s 165- launched at the Brooklyn never completed. Willow Street in Brooklyn “silent miles of warehouses ing in his Brooklyn Heights year history of building ships Navy Yard on September 30, Truman rented a room in Heights. Truman was en- with shuttered wooden win- apartment around 1956. for the U.S. Government, 1828 after her construction New Orleans where he wrote tranced by the house, which dows, docks resting on the Photo: Libreary of Congress most of the many vessels led there. This illustration his first novel Other Voices, somewhat reminded him of water like sea spiders,” past exciting and often perilous shows the vessel in Antartica Other Rooms which was pub- the Southland where he was ships and the men who work starring Audrey Hepburn, lives. The 18-gun second- while on the 1838 to 1842 lished by Random House in born. Capote convinced Smith on them. “Every kind of sailor George Peppard and Brook- class sloop of war USS Pea- U.S. Exploring Expedition. 1948. The “scandalous” ho- to let him set up housekeeping is common enough here,” he lyn’s own Mickey Rooney. In cock, launched at the Yard on mosexual theme helped in the five-room basement noted. the November 16, 1959 Tru- September 30, 1828, was no Illustration: U.S. Naval Institute launch the gadfly author’s lit- apartment. There was a bed- It was at the house on Wil- man read abut the murder of exception although her life erary career. Some of his other room that opened onto the gar- low Street that Capote wrote the Clutter family in Hol- was comparatively short. She within … and that it is open works include A Tree of Night, den, a kitchen with its floor Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In comb, Kansas, and began re- was reported wrecked on a at the poles twelve or sixteen and Other Stories (1949), painted lemon yellow and a Cold Blood. The movie Break- search on his book In Cold bar on July 17, 1842 in degrees.” His theory had Local Color (1950), The Victorian parlor in which fast at Tiffany’s based on Tru- Blood. treacherous waters. The crew doubts but did create some Grass Harp (1951), and The Capote installed his personal man’s novella was a great suc- His writings were serial- was rescued by the USS Ore- curiosity. Congress finally Muses Are Heard (1956). The treasures. cess when released in 1961 ized in The New Yorker on gon. Fortunately no lives decided to find out for sure. September 25, October 2, 9, were lost. What was discovered was and 16, 1965 and published in In 1838 Peacock began that the poles were frozen On This Day In Brooklyn History hardcover in 1966. A film ver- her most important mission. landmasses and not an entry sion of In Cold Blood was re- Lt. Charles Wilkes was cho- into realms below. leased in 1967. sen to lead the United States As mentioned above, the September 30, In Neil Simon’s film Mur- South Sea Surveying and Ex- Peacock was wrecked. The der By Death (1976) Truman ploring Expedition (aka The Sea Gull had been lost in a 1910 played the role of Lionel Great United States Explor- storm and Relief returned Former Twain, who invites the world’s ing Expedition). His flagship from the expedition early. greatest detectives to his home was the USS Vincennes. The other ships returned to Police Inspector and involves them in a baf- On August 18, Peacock New York on June 10, 1842 O’Brien and fling whodunit. under the command of Lt. after much additional explo- 11 police plain- For Capote, Brooklyn William Hudson was one of ration. clothesmen Heights was “cheerfully aus- five other ships to sail with New whaling and sealing are indicted for tere, as elegant and other-era the expedition. The other grounds were discovered, the failing to as formal calling cards, these ships were (besides the Vin- North American Coast was suppress houses bespeak an age of able cennes) Porpoise, Relief, charted from Puget Sound to vice in servants and solid fireside Flying Fish and Sea Gull. San Francisco Bay, and ease; of horses in musical har- John Cleves Symmes, Jr. Antarctica was visited twice Coney Island. Bain News Service image shows revelry at Coney Island Mardi ness …” Truman Capote died believed that “the earth is Gras, c. 1910. to explore the northwestern Read more at www.ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com in his sleep in Bel Air, Califor- hollow and habitable coast of North America. nia on August 25, 1984.

Monday, SeptemberBrooklyn 30, Daily 2013 Eagle • Brooklyn • September Daily 30, Eagle 2013 • 30 eview and Comment RHow the U.S. Can Respond As College-Prep Test Scores Falter In 2009, President Obama asked high school students to “commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training.” The goal was to improve America’s global competitiveness. If there is a report card on how well the country has succeeded in this challenge, it can be found in the re- sults of two tests that measure the readiness of students to do well in college. Recent scores for the SAT and ACT reveal just how difficult Mr. Obama’s challenge is to achieve. SAT scores were flat in 2013 after two years of de- cline, while the ACT scores were the lowest in five years. For the ACT, which is now the more widely used test, nearly a third of students didn’t meet any of the four benchmarks (English, reading, math- ematics, and science). For the SAT, fewer than half of the test-takers were deemed college-ready. In an echo of Obama’s challenge, David Coleman, president of the Col- lege Board that administers the SAT, said the results were a “call to action,” saying that even the SAT itself had to improve the way it measures skill lev- els. “We must dramatically increase the number of students in K-12 who are prepared for college and careers,” he said. On at least two other measures, public schools are succeeding: A higher percentage of students are graduating from high school, and the academic skills of those entering high school have improved. Both are a testament to the national efforts since the 1970s to raise education standards and to mea- sure the quality of each school through state-level testing – despite the on- going disputes over how to do each. But training students to be prepared for a post-K-12 education is still a problem. One theme that runs through the many reforms is that parents and teachers need to have higher expectations of students, and not just by raising standards, redesigning curriculum, or conducting regular and rigor- ous testing. Students respond to a host of incentives, and the most import- ant may be an adult’s perception of how well a student can perform. “One thing that’s so striking is how students will often be surprised that they can do harder work than they thought they could,” said Mr. Cole- man, who was also instrumental in coming up with the Common Core standards now being implemented in most states. (Those standards were drawn up by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, not the federal government.) One leader in raising expectations has been Massachusetts, which has had two decades of success in raising student achievement. The state now ranks alongside Japan and Switzerland in educational quality. Its high school graduates met the Obama standard of being globally competitive. The tyranny of low expectations also extends to teacher training. In a report this week, the advocacy group Education Trust cited the leading problem in teacher preparation as “low expectations for who is accepted and who graduates.” “In the same way that states and districts are increasingly holding indi- vidual teachers and leaders to higher expectations for performance, states must implement a real system of performance measurement and account- ability that holds programs preparing those teachers and leaders to a high standard,” the report stated. Most students who went through school can cite a teacher who expect- ed far more of them than they could imagine being capable of delivering. That teacher saw talents and qualities that others didn’t. The real challenge for public schools is to expand the ability of all teachers, as well as many parents, to do the same. —The Christian Science Monitor

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Marty Golden who easily message can be viewed by going “Private Sector and Public Sector.” holidayerously partylends onhis Dec. stage 19 skills at the in ele-the Comptroller Bill Thompson had week. er, she learned that her lymphoma also remember that Richard M. gant Dyker Beach Golf Course woman voters sided with President won re-election over Democrat Nick online to brooklyneagle.com and, if Nixon won his first congressional Reception Hall. Obama to prevent the possible over- Gounardes. Golden is one of the you’re lucky, clicking the right com- race by painting opponent Helen Leading the way as usual this ruling of Roe v. Wade, election- most influential Republicans in mands! Albany. He’s been quiet on the Gahagan Douglas as a “tool of year is past BRLA President Ray savvy Democrats and moderate  Communist Russia” and other names Ferrier, who has served honorably Republicans know that the only way Felder switch, and though he’s not (ComSymp, Fellow Traveler) that as the association’s judiciary chair. to stop the pouring of billions of dol- talking about strategy there’s a good Helping Candidate Thompson today would seem ridiculous. “It’s going to be a great night!” said lars into political campaigns is to do chance his party will lure enough Build an Election Treasury Nixon and Sen. Joe McCarthy the veteran trial lawyer, who added, away with the infamous Citizens Democrats to their side to win con- By the way, Barrister Hill isn’t finally had their way with Hiss and “This is an opportunity for members United (read Billionaires United) trol of the upper chamber. just talking or writing politics — he’s others through the House Un- of the bench and bar to get together case. In closing, a query for political taking an active role in next year’s American Activities Committee, in the holiday spirit.” Some expected a chastised buffs: how many votes did Felder mayoralty race supporting former which scared this country into enter- The most active and successful Republican Congress to become and the Romney-Ryan team win on Comptroller William Thompson, ing the Vietnam War and much more. neighborhood bar association in the more malleable and cooperative with the Conservative lines in his senato- Jr. The Court Street attorney is team- Democratic Presidents John F. city, the BRLA was the first legal Democrats, especially on the ‘fiscal rial district? How many Democratic ing up with partner Jim Ross and for- Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson organization in Brooklyn to institute cliff’ issue. But they are working out votes did Felder receive? Maybe our mer Appellate Division Presiding after him, were every bit as warlike a Continuing Legal Education pro- their grief by using our U.N. ambas- astute online colleague Gatemouth in Justice William C. Thompson, Sr. to against “Communist domination,” gram, established through the efforts sador as a punching bag. Room 8 can tell us. hold a fund-raiser on Thursday, Dec. picking up where McCarthy left off. of John Bonina, Jr. and Thomas This brutal behavior may be ini-  13, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lulu & Me (Historic note: Nixon, Ike’s vice Tafuri. tially therapeutic but ultimately it Gastrobar at 253 Fifth Ave. in president, never did win the endorse- will hurt them even more with Pro Bono Reader Liked Manhattan. Justice Patricia DiMango BayThe Ridge association Lawyers President is to Joann hear Monaco from Administrative Justice Lawrence Knipel Justice Carl Landicino Attorney Lisa Becker ment of President Dwight D. Justice Jeffrey Sunshine Nov. 28 as women and minorities. 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PBB — Lisa Becker, who was sworn The Inn is lead this year by presi- Romney beating President Obama Hikind. ernment’s response to Hurricane their official appearances. dent Marc‘Land Dittenhoefer Use, Zoning, the trial out-of-control situations that some- Many observers thought that in as vice president by Justice Di- conditionPolls seem had to progressed, give Ms. Quinn and shethe In New York City’ by four to five ‘points’). Or, perhaps This all comes as no surprise. Sandy. As you mentioned, the lawyer with a slate that includes it’stimes been arise so when flummoxed attorneys ever clash since at Felderde Blasio’s supported relentless the national war against GOP RepublicansMango. A woman have said of in theinspiration past that- edgewas given in the a Stage2013 4 diagnosis.Democratic pri- President-electThe following week,Justice on Oct.Ellen 9, an- electionexaminations night beforethat people trial (EBTs). out there Mayor Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk al courage Lisa put aside her metal mary, but most observers see this Spodekother expert, Counselor panel Davidwill delve Chidekel into a. on theThe far Kings right Panel,have yet guided to meaning- by Fed- policy was the key to his winning crutch to walk unaided to the podi- edgeFight as a Againstfunction largely Lymphoma of day-to- Treasurervexing problem, Justice Arthurespecially M. for Schack those fullyeral Judge react Williamto the future Kuntz, of Justice the U.S. Carl campaign, giving him a substantial um. Just a few months ago Lisa was day Alsovisibility Involves as opposed Fracture to her elec- andwho Judge practice Miriam in historic Cyrulnik and ,densely secre- SupremeLandicino Court and Directorif the president Dave Chide gets- edge over Thompson, who actually diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphoma. tability.For the last decade, Ms. Beck- tary. The immediate past president is to select one or more members of that Others serving on the Lulu & Me Rosariopopulated Marquis New York D’Apice. City – “Land Use kel, endeavored to demonstrate true- grew up in a neighborhood served Vice President Becker has been Committeeer had been areactive Warren with theDiamond, Leuke- highest bench. one of the bright lights in the Bay mia and Lymphoma Society’s Light The Inn is governed by a commit- Except for an occasional outburst Marc Aronson, Joseph Owen, tee of Inn Masters: Hon. Gloria Ridge Lawyers Association for sev- Williamthe Night Ross Walk. and Her Joseph perseverance Porcelli. from Bill O’Reilly or Rush eral years. She is a highly regard- served her well and didn’t dimin- Cohen Aronin, Appellate Division Limbaugh, the Murdoch conglomer- Those interested in attending should JusticeSchacks Cheryl Chambers, Justice Lendate has yet Supportto foretell — ominously to Parade ed and respected lawyer and has callish evenDenise after Felipe she enduredat (718)-855 a “patho 2324- Sylvia Hinds-Radix, former chief as its wont — what will happen to the worked hard to maintain the tradi- orlogical e-mail fracture” [email protected]. of her left femur in administrative judge for Civil U.S. Supreme Court now that this tions of the BRLA. More important June. She spent three weeks in Stat- Matters (now on her way to the Democratic chief executive has four to Lisa and husband Ralph Mercan- en Island Hospital, where a metal Appellate Division); Justice Barry more years to name new justices who te are their two boys, ages 7 and 10. rodPRO was emplaced.BONO BARRISTER She now walks is a State Sen. Marty Golden Simcha Felder Arthur Hill, Esq. Kamins, chief A.J. for criminal mat- could move the top court from center Becker, who graduated CUNY Law weeklymainly withcolumn the dedicatedaid of crutches. to telling ters; Justice Carl Landicino, U.S. right to center or even center left. ticket and urged his thousands of suchSchool a role at wasQueens in the College province in of1994, the aboutGiven the good the high that esteemlawyers indo. which Send District Judge William Kuntz II, states and not the federal govern- your comments or suggestions to this Most of Fox airtime thus far has dedicated Senate backers to vote for has also had a busy and useful ca- she is held by the Bay Ridge Lawyers Judge Joanne Quinones, and barris- gone to a continuously enraged Sen. him on the Conservative line all the ment. writer care of this newspaper or to ters Paul Weitz, Mark Longo, way up to and including Mitt reer“I as try a lawyer.to read four papers every [email protected], it seemed almost a giv- John McCain, whose soaring hostil- ______Victoria Wickman, Steve Goolnick, ity against U.N. Ambassador Susan Romney and Paul Ryan. Democrats day She[Post, had Daily been News, active Newsday throughoutand en that President Monaco would call Steven Finkelstein, Lawrence Rice — over her reading of unclassi- weren’t happy with his switch. But, Thelaw Timesschool]. inI have the Batteredread a tremendous Women’s uponNotice: the organization Readers seeking to act onlegal Li- DiGiovanna and Jon Besunder. fied yet misleading material on the rest assured, State Conservative amountClinic and of representedmaterial about hundreds the hurri- of representationsa’s behalf. So on this a Pro past Bono Saturday, Publico The Kings Inn chapter was found- Benghazi murders — is sad to see. Chair Mike Long and Kings canewomen these in past need. few Later weeks, she and became to my basisSept. should28, her notfriends contact and this colleagues colum- ed by four justices: Justice Marsha Even with Fox on their side 24/7, Conservative Chair Gerry Kassar, knowledge,an A.D.A. in you the were Kings the County first [or Dis if I- nist.walked Rather, in her they honor should at the seek 2013 out Light the Steinhardt, Hon. Gerard the far right may ultimately be con- both Brooklynites, appreciate his amtrict wrong, Attorney’s one office,of the first]serving to inmake var- BrooklynThe Night Bar Walk, Association which took Volunteer place Rosenberg, Ret., Hon. Abraham fronted with a Supreme Court more boost to their elective ballot line. thisious connectiondivisions suchbetween as Grandthe federal Jury, Lawyerson the Midland Project atBeach 718 -624-3894. Promenade Narcotics Grand Jury and Domes- on Staten Island. tic Violence.. She was instrumentalBrooklyn Daily EagleShe reminded November us 26, Wednesday 2012 • 5 When the Bay Ridge Ragamuffin Parade Committee held their annual luncheon last Sunday – marking the popular tradi- in securing over 100 indictments in night that she is “forever grateful for tion’s 47th year–many community leaders turned out to support the Ragamuffin effort. Among them (right-left) were Jus- connection with this work until she the outpouring of love, support and tice Arthur Schack and Dilia Schack, a past president of the Ragamuffin Committee; Pro Bono Columnist Chuck Otey, Carlo went into private practice. prayers” she has received from her Scissura, president of Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce; and Dyker Heights Civic Association President Fran VellaMarrone. After spending a period doing friends and family during this ordeal.

Monday, September 30, 2013 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • 5 Our World in Pictures

WARM AUTUMN IN MICHIGAN: Friends play a game of volleyball on a warm day at Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Mich., on Wednesday. Temperatures in southwestern Michigan have maintained a summer warmth for the start of the autumn season. AP Photos

IRANIAN MINISTER SPEAKS: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks at his watch after a meeting of the five permanent members of the Securi- ty Council plus Germany during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Thursday.

TOY SHOWCASE: Madysin Shipman shows off the toys named to the Timeto- PlayMag.com 2013 Most Wanted list, a roundup of 20 items predicted to be the TOWN WITH DARK HISTORY: La Crosse Public Library archivist Bill Petersen stands outside the Casino bar in La Crosse, most in-demand this holiday season, during the TimetoPlayMag.com Holiday Wisc. Petersen did the research for the upcoming Dark La Crosse event, a downtown walking tour of sites of grisly murders Showcase press event on Thursday in New York. and other seedy events, including a suicide at a former barbershop at the site of the Casino.

SHOOTING PLOT FOILED: Jack Harry Stiles, left, stands with his attorney during his first court appearance at state court Thursday in Salt Lake City. Stiles, 42, was booked into jail Monday on terrorism threat charges. Tipped off by a hospital cri- sis worker, police learned in mid-August that Stiles planned to “randomly shoot and kill people” at the City Creek shopping center on Sept. 25, the anniversary of his mother’s death.

FALSE ALARM: Security personnel keep pedestrians and cars out of a closed sec- tion of Second Avenue near United Nations headquarters in New York on Thurs- day. A section of the street was closed while a suspicious package was investigat- ed. The package was harmless, and the area was opened soon afterward.

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REBELLION IN KASHMIR: Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, center, pays tributes to Indian police- men killed in a rebel attack. Suspected separatist rebels stormed into a police station in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Thursday and shot and killed at least six people before attacking a nearby army camp, killing four soldiers, police said.

SOUTH KOREAN MINISTER: Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ko- rea Yun Byung-Se, left, is guided into place by a member of protocol for a pho- to with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Thursday at United Na- tions headquarters.

DRONE WITH A MISSION: The crew of a NASA Global Hawk pilotless aircraft, with the captain at right and the first officer HONDURAN PRESIDENT VISITS POPE: Pope Francis poses with Honduras’ Pres- at center, controls the aircraft remotely on its return from the East Coast after a science mission monitoring Tropical Storm ident Porfirio Lobo Sosa during a private audience at the Vatican recently. Gabrielle. The crew is located at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

PROTEST IN MOROCCO: Anti-government protesters shout as they in front of VISIT TO NATO: Bronislaw Komorowski, the president of the Republic of Poland, center left, and Allied Command Transfor- parliament as they hold a portrait of Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla, who was arrest- mation’s highest ranking military officer, French Air Force General Jean-Paul Paloméros, center right, are saluted by mem- ed for posting an al-Qaeda video last week in Rabat, Morocco. Editor Ali Anouzla’s bers of NATO as they walk into NATO Headquarters in Norfolk, Va. Lakome.com site is known for its trenchant criticism of the government. AP Photos

Monday, September 30, 2013 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • 7 ports S Sadam’s Time to Shine Brooklyn’s Ali ready to strut his stuff in Golden Boy debut at Barclays By John Torenli about to mess with his train- on a nationally televised (Fox- With a win in his Golden Sports Editor ing regimen in advance of Sports 1, 9 p.m. ET) boxing card. Boy coming-out party against Brooklyn Daily Eagle the biggest fight of his life. “It’s a great feeling to Krupp (17-5, 8 KOs), be it via Brooklyn born and bred “I’m very excited. I’m have all the media here,” Ali knockout or an eight-round de- and thus-far unbeaten welter- ready to perform in the big admitted in advance of one cision, Ali could potentially be weight Sadam Ali was offered spotlight,” noted Ali, who of the final workouts before in line for a co-feature bout at a delicious-looking chocolate self-promoted his career in his big night. “I’m very ex- Barclays televised by SHOW- cupcake to commemorate his the ring with the help of his cited about being the main TIME as soon as early next year. 25th birthday Thursday after- family before officially an- event. I’m ready to shine.” “There’s no place like noon at our borough’s histor- nouncing that he’d joined the Ali hasn’t stepped in the home,” Ali added. “I’ve seen ic Gleason’s Gym. Golden Boy stable in June. squared circle since scor- some great fights at Barclays “After the fight, I’ll eat it,” “I have everything it takes ing his 10th career knockout Center and I’ve waited for my said the main attraction for to be a champion and I’m against Ronnie Warrior Jr., at name to be called to fight here. Monday night’s headline bout ready to show it.” Aviator last October. Now that day has come and I at Barclays Center’s Cushman For all intents and pur- When he finally slides couldn’t be more excited. This and Wakefield Theater. poses, Krupp isn’t viewed as a through the ropes Monday is going to be a performance It was a prudent move by serious obstacle in Ali’s path night before the millions and a win you won’t forget.” a serious and ever-gracious to bigger and better fights on watching on TV and thousands Ring Notes: On the un- Brooklyn’s Sadam Ali is finally ready for his moment in the spot- young man who has waited a the Golden Boy circuit. of local boxing enthusiasts in dercard of Monday night’s Ali- light as the headliner for Monday night’s nationally televised fight very long time for a moment But after staging most the arena, including hundreds Krupp fight will be unbeaten card at Downtown’s Barclays Center. Eagle photo by John Torenli such as this. of his previous bouts on un- of family members and friends, light-heavyweight contender Making his Golden Boy dercards at Newark’s Pruden- he’ll finally have arrived on the Marcus Browne (6-0, 6 KOs) “He’s the reason why I be- 2, 8 KOs). ... Only the Browne Promotions debut against tial Center before headlining big-time world boxing stage. vs. Kevin Engel (20-8, 16 KOs). lieved I could be an Olym- and Ali fights are expected to “Smokin’” Jay Krupp in a couple at Brooklyn’s Avia- “The recently signed Sad- It will be Browne’s fourth pian,” Browne noted. ... Also be televised by FoxSports 1. Downtown Brooklyn, “World tor Sports Complex, the Yeme- am Ali is a perfect headliner, appearance at Barclays. The fighting on Monday night However, tickets for the en- Kid” Ali (16-0), the first-ever ni-American contender realiz- as he is a Brooklyn native and 2012 U.S. Olympian credited will be Newark’s Michael tire card are still available Arab-American to fight for es the importance of making unbeaten former Olympian,” Ali with inspiring him on his “The Artist” Perez (18-1-2, 10 and starting as low as $25 via Team USA during the 2008 the most of this rare opportu- said Golden Boy President way to making the Olympic KOs), who will take on Mi- www.barclayscenter.com and Beijing Olympics, wasn’t nity to be the featured fighter Oscar De La Hoya. team for the London Games. guel “Dinamita” Zuniga (13- www.ticketmaster.com. Brooklyn Marathon Runner To Raise $5,000 To Support Lung Association On Saturday, Nov. 7, thou- and remained in the hospital er runners that are supporting keep flare-ups at bay. A for- mother struggle to breathe sands will take to the streets for almost two months follow- the American Lung Associa- mer co-worker, Ryan Graney, from chronic obstructive pul- of New York City as part of ing her birth. She went on to tion of the Northeast through unfortunately did not expe- monary disease (COPD), Bon- the 2013 ING New York City play basketball in both middle their participation in the ING rience the same kind of mild nie felt it would be an ideal fit Marathon. The course, which school and high school. It is NYC Marathon this Novem- symptoms and has been hos- for her. Her grandmother ulti- starts in Staten Island, cov- because she was so active that ber,” said Jeff Seyler, president pitalized countless times be- mately lost her life to COPD, ers 26.2 miles through all five Bonnie started to notice diffi- & CEO of the American Lung cause of her asthma. Ryan the third leading cause of boroughs, finishing in Cen- culty breathing; she was diag- Association of the North- has been a longtime sup- death in the United States. tral Park. nosed with asthma at the age east. “Bonnie is doing a real porter of the American Lung In the past couple of Brooklyn resident Bon- of 12. When she experienced service by talking candidly Association and, recognizing years, Bonnie’s asthma has nie Ann Miller, 25, will run for flare-ups, Bonnie used an in- about how her condition has that Bonnie is an avid run- not posed a problem for her the first time in 2013 in sup- haler prescribed by her doc- affected her and by raising ner, brought the challenge of when it comes to her active port of the American Lung tor which she said worked ef- funds that will help so many running the ING NYC Mara- lifestyle. Still, because of her Association of the Northeast. fectively for her. She is among through our research, educa- thon to benefit the Ameri- condition, completing the Her goal is to raise $5,000. the 25 million Americans who tion and advocacy efforts.” can Lung Association of the ING NYC Marathon was some- Bonnie, originally from Brooklyn resident and mara- suffer from asthma, including Bonnie describes her Northeast to her. thing she never dreamed of. Sarasota, Florida, was born thon runner Bonnie Ann Miller, more than 8 million children. asthma as “mild” and has Having lived with lung “I definitely never thought nine weeks premature with se- who has suffered from lung dis- “We are so pleased to continued to work in con- disease most of her life and I would be running a mara- verely underdeveloped lungs ease since birth. have Bonnie and the four oth- junction with her doctors to having watched her grand- thon,” said Bonnie. Brooklyn Native Viola Introduced As Owner of the Florida Panthers By Tim Reynolds It’s about the players and the ultimate goal of winning a fewest points in the NHL last mitment, hard work, team- Associated Press fans and our service to those Stanley Cup will be available. season. work, and he’ll make sure Vincent Viola’s first event two respective groups that As part of the deal, Doug- Then again, his resume that the resources that this as owner of the Florida Pan- will determine our success. I las Cifu takes over as the Pan- shows he’s never hidden club needs — not only to be thers opened in a manner really, truly believe that.” thers’ vice chairman, partner from a challenge. competitive, but to be a win- worthy of a West Point grad- Viola also gets the Saveo- and alternate governor. Team Viola is a graduate of West ning, successful team — will uate like himself, with a col- logy.com Iceplex where the president Michael Yormark Point, once chaired the New be available to the club and or guard presenting a U.S. Panthers train, along with was promoted, now getting York Mercantile Exchange to the players.” flag and an Army sergeant team’s development partner- chief executive officer as part and was so moved by the af- Viola said he has a long singing the national anthem. ship with Boyd Gaming, an of his title. termath of the Sept. 11 attacks hockey background, as a fan. Viola sang along and effort to put a casino adja- “When you think back that he decided to found a The Brooklyn native was a clapped at the end. His enthu- cent to that arena. His acqui- at the 20-year history of this center devoted to helping New York Rangers fan going siasm was evident, as he hopes sition of the Panthers hap- team ... there has been one military officials combat ter- back to the early 1960s, when it will be in his new role. pened quickly, starting about constant,” Bettman said. rorism. Viola helped ensure he couldn’t afford a good seat Viola, who grew up in a month ago when he asked “South Florida has always that the mercantile exchange at their games, or really one Brooklyn, was formally in- NHL Commissioner Gary been an important, terrific reopened quickly after the at- that allowed him any decent troduced as the Panthers’ Bettman to have lunch. hockey market for us and tacks on the World Trade Cen- view of the ice. principal owner, chairman Brooklyn native Vincent Vio- “A very nice lunch,” Bett- we’ve had passionate, loyal ter, earning him a citation say- Eventually, his seat kept and governor on Friday, af- la was formally introduced as man said. fans for the Florida Panthers. ing in part that “his actions getting better. ter spending $250 million for the Florida Panthers’ principal Must have been, since Well, today, we open a new embody the American Spirit And he said watching the the team and the operating owner, chairman and governor Viola didn’t wait around to chapter.” in its most noble form.” Panthers at the end of last rights to the BB&T Center, on Friday. complete the deal. He and his Viola is the chairman and “With Vinnie as the prin- season provided him with where Florida plays its home (AP Photo/Virtu Financial, Mark Maxwell) family — his sons are hock- CEO of Virtu Financial, an cipal owner, we are going to the intuition that the time games. ey-mad — plan to relocate to electronic trading firm with be looking at an era where I was right to call Bettman and “We understand the priv- anything. The players sweat, South Florida soon, and Vi- offices in the U.S., Singapore think there will be unprece- start thinking about getting a ilege of the stewardship that sacrifice their health in later ola said he’s already assured and Ireland. He’s taking over dented commitment,” Bett- view from an owners’ suite. ownership of a sports fran- years to do well on the ice, general manager Dale Tallon a franchise that has been to man said. “Vinnie represents “It’s poised to win,” Viola chise really means,” Viola to provide the right feeling that any resources the team the playoffs only once since a focus and a determination said of the Panthers. “And I’m said. “We don’t really own and connection to the fans. needs to move closer to the 2000 and finished with the to bring out excellence, com- committed.”

8 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • Monday, September 30, 2013 Community Board Chairman New Business Formations Legal 11209 11225 Demands Curb Cut Crackdown AL AN ED LLC REDUCTRESS MEDIA LLC Notice of formation of limit- Notice of formation of limited ed liability company (LLC). Name: liability company (LLC). Name: RE- Notices Says City Should Fix Curb, AL AN ED LLC. Articles of Orga- DUCTRESS MEDIA LLC. Articles of nization filed with Secretary Organization filed with Secre- LIQUOR LICENSE of State of New York (SSNY) on tary of State of New York (SSNY) Notice is hereby given that a Li- Then Bill Homeowner 6/11/2013. NY office location: on 05/30/13. NY office location: cense for “On Premise Liquor” Kings County. SSNY has been des- Kings County. SSNY has been des- By Paula Katinas has been applied for by the un- Brooklyn Daily Eagle ignated as agent of the LLC upon ignated as agent of the LLC upon dersigned to sell at Retail, Beer whom process against it may be whom process against it may be Wine and Liquor for “On Premise Bill Guarinello wants served. The post office address served. The post office address Consumption” in her Rest. Estab- homeowners who install il- to which the SSNY shall mail to which the SSNY shall mail a lishment at “2933 FULTON STREET legal curb cuts to be hit by a copy of any process against copy of any process against the FOOD CORP.” Located at 2933 Ful- the LLC served upon him/her is LLC served upon him/her is 345 ton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207, the city where it hurts: in the 415 92nd Street, 1fl Brooklyn, NY, Montgomery St., Apt 4C Brook- under the ABC Law. (Serial No. pocketbook. 11209. Purpose/character of LLC: lyn, NY, 11225. Purpose/charac- 1273220) Guarinello, chairman of Any Lawful Act Or Activity. ter of LLC: Any lawful purpose . #122441 #122666 #122637 Community Board 11 in Ben- PAWNBROKER sonhurst, has an outside-the- 11211 11228 AUCTION SALES box idea on how the city THE CONDOS 4B @ GRACE CITY S. Price, auctioneer of The Jewel- ry Auction market of America, could crack down on illegal NORTH FIFTH, LLC PRODUCTIONS LLC curb cuts in his neighbor- Notice of formation of limited Notice of formation of limited li- Inc., sell at 139 E. 23rd St., Man., liability company (LLC). Name: THE ability company (LLC). Name: GRACE at 9 a.m. All unredeemed pledg- hood and elsewhere. “The CONDOS 4B @ NORTH FIFTH, LLC. Ar- CITY PRODUCTIONS LLC. Articles of es for the following pawnbro- same way the city fixes a ticles of Organization filed with Organization filed with Secre- kers including all holdovers from previous sales: sidewalk that’s in violation Secretary of State of New York tary of State of New York (SSNY) and then sends a bill to the (SSNY) on 07/11/2013. NY office lo- on 7/31/13. NY office location: Oct. 1/13 - Modell Collateral cation: Kings County. SSNY has Kings County. SSNY has been des- Loans, Inc., 21 W. 47th St., Man., homeowner, the city should been designated as agent of the ignated as agent of the LLC upon from 256790 of Oct. 19, 2012 to fix the curb and then bill the LLC upon whom process against whom process against it may be 261427 of may 31, 2013. Oct. 1/13 - Modell Collater- homeowner,” he told the it may be served. The post of- served. The post office address to Brooklyn Daily Eagle. fice address to which the SSNY which the SSNY shall mail a copy al Loans, Inc., 150 Atlantic Ave., shall mail a copy of any pro- of any process against the LLC Brooklyn, from 248590 of Dec. 7, Guarinello recently an- cess against the LLC served upon served upon him/her is C/O United 2012 to 252800 of may 31, 2013. nounced that he is organiz- him/her is 169 Wythe Avenue, Suite States Corporation Agents, Inc. Oct. 1/13 - Modell Collateral Loans, Inc., 139 E. 23rd St., Man., ing a task force to look into Community Board 11 Chairman Bill Guarinello and District Man- 102 Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Purpose/ 7014 13th Avenue Ste 202 Brook- solutions to the curb cut ager Marnee Ealias-Pavia are calling on the city to step up enforce- character of LLC: . lyn, NY, 11228. Purpose/character from 158044 of July 11, 2012 to #122602 of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose. 165306 of May 31, 2013. problem and said his idea to ment of illegal curb cuts. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas CREATIVE LINEAGE LLC #122652 Oct. 1/13 - Modell Collater- step up enforcement would al Loans, Inc., 1736A Pitkin Ave., be discussed by the new pan- CREATIVE LINEAGE LLC, Arts. of LUMINOUS JANITORIAL Brooklyn, from 487360 of July Org. filed with the SSNY on SERVICES LLC 27, 2012 to 503060 of May 31, 2013. el. He has reached out to from the street and across The problem, according 09/04/2013. Office loc: Kings Notice of formation of limited Oct. 1/13 - Modell Collateral leaders of Community Board the sidewalk to a legal park- to Guarinello and Elias-Pavia, County. SSNY has been designat- liability company (LLC). Name: LU- Loans, Inc., 8104 5th Ave., Brook- ed as agent upon whom process 10 in Bay Ridge to join the ing space within the proper- is that many homeowners MINOUS JANITORIAL SERVICES LLC. lyn, from 535552 of Nov. 8, 2012 task force. Both Bensonhurst ty line. ignore the city’s wishes and against the LLC may be served. Articles of Organization filed to 538634 of may 31, 2013. SSNY shall mail process to: Wil- with Secretary of State of New Oct. 1/13 - Modell Collateral and Bay Ridge have seen an The city’s Department put in the curb cut anyway. liam Jhun C/O The Forgione Law York (SSNY) on 08/22/2013. NY of- Loans, Inc., 169 E. 116th St., Man., increase in the number of il- of Transportation (DOT) reg- Those homeowners found Firm PLLC, 395 Graham Avenue, fice location: Kings County. SSNY from 614762 of Nov. 29, 2012 to legal curb cuts over the years, ularly inspects sidewalks to to be in violation are subject Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: Any has been designated as agent 616339 of May 31, 2013. Lawful Purpose. of the LLC upon whom process he said. ensure that they do not con- to fines of $2,500. The viola- #122944 Oct. 1/13 - Modell Collateral against it may be served. The post Loans, Inc., 36-03 Ditmars Blvd., “Here’s my dilemma. The tain cracks, holes or other tions are issued by DOB. 11212 office address to which the SSNY Astoria, Queens, from 719955 of city goes after homeown- trip hazards. If a violation is Why would a homeown- ANDREW GEWIRTZ shall mail a copy of any pro- Nov. 8, 2012 to 721789 of May 31, ers for a crack in the side- found, the homeowner is no- er put in a curb cut when he cess against the LLC served upon 2013. walk, why not curb cuts?” he tified and is granted 45 days knows it’s illegal? M.D. PLLC him/her is 7014 13th Avenue, Suite Oct. 1/13 - Modell Collateral ANDREW GEWIRTZ M.D . PLLC, a 202 Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Purpose/ Loans, Inc., 116-17 Jamaica Ave., asked. to repair the sidewalk. If the “They do it to create car Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed character of LLC: . Richmond Hills, from 102778 of A curb cut is a break in homeowner ignores the no- ports for themselves,” Guari- #122592 with the SSNY on 08/22/2013. Of- July 8, 2011 to 106787 of may 31, the curb that allows access tice, DOT comes in, repairs nello said. “And people don’t fice loc: Kings County. SSNY has 2013 been designated as agent upon GARY ALLEN MODULAR #122792 the sidewalk to remove the think the violation is that big whom process against it may be HOMES, LLC violation and then sends the a deal,” he said. served. SSNY shall mail process Notice of formation of limit- SUMMONS Commonwealth of Massachu- bill to the homeowner. Often, the violation re- to: 1710 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn, NY ed liability company (LLC). Name: setts The Trial Court Probate Guarinello said the city mains on the books with 11212. Purpose: To Practice The Gary Allen Modular Homes, LLC. Public and Family Court Hampden Di- Profession Of Medicine. Articles of Organization filed should do the same thing no further penalty, until #122945 with Secretary of State of New vision Docket Number: HD13W- to homeowners who put in the homeowner is selling York (SSNY) on 4/16/13. NY office 1164WD SUMMONS BY PUBLICA- TION & MAILING Lascelle Marsh, Legal curb cuts where they don’t the house and it comes up 11215 location: Kings County. SSNY has OCTAGON SOFTWARE LLC been designated as agent of the Plaintiff(s) v. Tanya Fancis, De- belong. during the title search. But Notice of formation of limited LLC upon whom process against fendant(s) To the above named Curb cuts are a sensitive that could be years down the liability company (LLC). Name: Oc- it may be served. The post of- Defendant: A Complaint has Notices issue in many communities road. In the meantime, the il- tagon Software LLC. Articles of fice address to which the SSNY been presented to this Court across Brooklyn because they legal curb cut stays. shall mail a copy of any pro- by Lascelles Marsh, plaintiff, Organization filed with Secre- take away on-street park- “The result is that you have tary of State of New York (SSNY) cess against the LLC served on a complaint for Modifica- DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL on 8/20/13. NY office location: upon him/her is The LLC 8304 13th tion of a Foreign Decree. You TRUST COMPANY ing spaces. Many homeown- a car parked in an area that’s Kings County. SSNY has been des- Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11228. Pur- are required to serve upon - NOTICE OF SALE ers seek to install them in or- not a real driveway and it just ignated as agent of the LLC upon pose/character of LLC: Any Law- Lascelles Marsh - plaintiff - SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, der to create driveways next looks bad. I think it’s cutting whom process against it may be ful Purpose. whose address is 17 Patricia Cir- DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST #122864 to their houses and have per- the quality of life of the neigh- served. The post office address cle, Springfield, MA 01119, your COMPANY AS TRUSTEE OF AMER- to which the SSNY shall mail a answer on or before Decem- IQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, manent parking spaces, elim- borhood,” Guarinello said. copy of any process against the 11236 ber 20, 2013. If you fail to do so, INC. ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH inating the need for them to “The illegal curb cuts take LLC served upon him/her is The GPS FLEETWISE, LLC the court will proceed to the CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R2 UN- hunt for a spot on the street. away so many parking spac- Notice of formation of limit- hearing and adjudication of LLC 393 4th Street #3 Brooklyn, DER THE POOLING AND SERVIC- Homeowners are re- es, it’s ridiculous. If you go NY, 11215. Purpose/character of ed liability company (LLC). Name: this action. You are also re- ING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF LLC: Any Lawful Purpose. GPS Fleetwise, LLC. Articles of quired to file a copy of your MARCH 1, 2005, WITHOUT RECOURSE, quired to obtain a permit to 75th Street between 13th #122783 Organization filed with Secre- answer in the office of the Reg- Plaintiff, vs. LEONARD SANDERS, from the city’s Department and 14th Avenues, there are tary of State of New York (SSNY) ister of this Court at Spring- MARYAM SANDERS, ET AL., Defen- of Buildings (DOB) before in- only about six spaces for the 11217 on 6/5/13. NY office location: field. Witness, Anne M. Geof- dant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment stalling the curb cut. general public on that whole PROJECT JB LLC Kings County. SSNY has been des- frion, Esquire, First Justice of of Foreclosure and Sale duly PROJECT JB LLC Articles of Org. ignated as agent of the LLC upon said Court at Springfield, this filed on August 24, 2010, I, the But not every permit re- block. And that’s a long block filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) whom process against it may be fourth day of September, 2013. undersigned Referee will sell quest is granted by DOB. For near a commercial zone,” he 5/20/13 Office in Kings Co. SSNY served. The post office address Suzanne O. Seguin, Register of at public auction at the Kings example, a curb cut cannot go said, referring to the 13th Ave- to which the SSNY shall mail Probate. design. Agent of LLC upon whom #122823 County Supreme Court, Room process may be served. SSNY a copy of any process against 224, 360 Adams Street, Brook- in too close to a fire hydrant, nue shopping strip. shall mail copy of process to the LLC served upon him/her is lyn, NY on October 24, 2013 at a tree, or a utility pole and a Homeowners who delib- The LLC 367 ½ Pacific St Brooklyn, The LLC 10537 Flatlands 10th St. 2:30 p.m., premises known as 275 homeowner cannot install erately ignore the law should NY 11217. Purpose: Any lawful Brooklyn, NY, 11236. Purpose/ East 39th Street, Brooklyn, NY. a curb cut if the house is lo- have to pay a penalty, he said. character of LLC: Any Lawful activity. Registered Agent Alys- FOR HELP IN All that certain plot, piece or Elias-Pavia said that the sa Becker-Ducker 367 ½ Pacific St Purpose. parcel of landFOR, withCHANGES the build OF- NAMEcated close to an intersection #122860 Brooklyn, NY 11217. PREPARATION AND ings and improvements there- where a car coming in and mayoral election makes this #122676 11354 on erected,PLEASE situate, lying CALL and KATRINAbe- out ,of a driveway would in- the right time to suggest such FILING OF ing in the Borough of Brooklyn, terfere with oncoming traffic. a change. “We are coming to 11222 5TH AVENUE REAL County of Kings718-643-9099,, City and State EXT 103 402 MEEKER AVENUE LLC ESTATE LLC of New York, Block 4893 and Lot “If you have been de- a new administration. It’s im- 402 MEEKER AVENUE LLC Art. Of 5TH AVENUE REAL ESTATE LLC Arti- ALL YOUR LEGAL 54.Approximate amount of judg- nied a curb cut, there is a rea- portant for new ideas to be Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY cles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State ment is $384,622.96 plus interest son,” said Community Board presented,” she said. 09/06/2013. Off. Loc.: Kings Co. (SSNY) 7/21/10 Office in Kings Co. NOTICE NEEDS, and costs. Premises will be sold 11 District Manager Marn- It’s not clear if the city SSNY designated as agent upon SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon subject to provisions of filed whom process against it may be whom process may be served. Judgment Index # 13812-07. Don- ee Elias-Pavia. “It might be would take up Guarinello’s sug- served. SSNY to mail copy of pro- SSNY shall mail copy of process CALL ALICE ald M. Zolin, Esq., Referee Knuck- because there isn’t enough gestion. A spokeswoman for cess to The LLC, 402 Meeker Ave-For Legalto C/O Advertising William X in Z ou, Esq. 136-20 les, Komosinski & Elliott, LLP, 565 clearance from the house to DOB referred a reporter to DOT. nue, Brooklyn, NY 11222. Purpose: 38 Ave Ste 10D Flushing, NY 11354. Taxter Road, Ste. 590, Elmsford, the property line,” she told Representatives from DOT did Any lawful act or activity. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 718-643-9099, EXT 107 NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff #122937 #122674 #122702 the Eagle. not respond to an email.

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TO PROMOTE YOUR NEW BUSINESS IN NUMEROUS ON-LINE VENUES, CALL 718-422-7410 1010 •• BrooklynBrooklyn Daily Daily Eagle, Eagle Monday, • Monday, September September 30, 2013 30, 2013 NIA Hands Out Awards to Police Chief, Principal, Other Leaders By Paula Katinas Annual Community Recognit- education, Laurie Windsor, watch them. We want to enrich Brooklyn Daily Eagle ion Awards Dinner. president of the Community their lives. We consult with The Neighborhood Improve- Assistant Police Chief Owen Education Council of School teachers to find out what lessons ment Association, a Dyker Monaghan, commanding officer District 20, and Nancy they’re doing in the classroom so Heights-based organization that of Patrol Borough Brooklyn Tomasuolo, principal of PS that we can continue that after- has won praise for its outreach South, is one of the honorees 204 in Bensonhurst, will be school in case the child needs efforts to schoolchildren and who will receive an award at the given the Community Service some extra help,” she said. senior citizens, will hand out dinner, which will take place on and Educational Leader At one school alone, PS 186 some praise of its own when it Thursday, Oct. 3, at Gargiulo’s awards respectively. in Bensonhurst, 585 children are honors six southwest Brooklyn Restaurant at 2911 West 15th St., “I’m very honored. I’ve had enrolled in the NIA after-school law enforcement, business, and in Coney Island, at 6 p.m. a close relationship with NIA for program. educational leaders at its 15th Monaghan will be presented many years,” Windsor told the “We also have parenting Eagle. “I’ve worked with them workshops. We go to schools to on a lot of projects,” she said. talk to parents,” Cassella said. “We like to give awards to NIA offers social service NAME CHANGE people who have done a lot for referrals, sponsors graffiti BOMAR the community and who have cleanups, and works closely with NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil been supportive of the NIA,” the three police precincts in its Court, Kings County on the 27th day of June, 2013, bearing the Cassella said. service area, the 62nd in Index Number NC-000745-13/KI, a copy of which may be The annual dinner also serves Bensonhurst, the 66th in Borough examined at the Office of the Clerk located at 141 Livingston as a fundraiser for the NIA. The Park, and the 68th in Bay Ridge. group also receives grants, dona- NIA also sponsors health and Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me the right to tions, and other sources of funding. wellness programs for senior cit- assume the name of (First) NORE (Middle) LEE (Last) Under the leadership of its izens, offering advice on how to BOMAR. My present name is (First) MIU NORE (Last) LEE president, Michael Bove, CEO exercise and eat healthy foods. a/k/a MIU N. LEE. My present address is 537 46th Street, Mary Ann Cino, and Cassella, NIA assists Assemblyman Peter Brooklyn, NY 11220. My place of birth is New York, NY. My Community Education Council 20 President Laurie Windsor NIA has grown over the past Abbate (D-Bensonhurst-Dyker date of birth is February 20, 1983. (left), pictured with District 20 Superintendent Karina three decades from a small group Heights-Sunset Park) at the law- Costantino at a Bay Ridge luncheon, is one of NIA's six of community do-gooders clean- maker’s annual senior picnic, an award winners. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas ing up graffiti to an organization annual event that takes place at employing 30 full time employ- the Fort Hamilton Army Base in FOR CHANGES OF NAME PLEASE CALL with the Outstanding Law Yueng. “Joe was our lawyer ees and 300 part-time workers. Bay Ridge. Enforcement Award by the when NIA was first starting out The headquarters is located at “They’re one of the premiere KATRINA, 718-643-9099, EXT 103 Neighborhood Improvement back in 1981,” NIA Executive 6614 11th Ave. in Dyker Heights. organizations in the community. Association (NIA). Director Rosa Cassella told the NIA sponsors after-school They’re a vital part of the com- Harry Nespoli, president of Brooklyn Daily Eagle. “Even programs in 16 schools, offering munity,” Abbate said. Local 831 of the Uniformed today, we still call on his expert- thousands of children the chance In recent years, NIA has Sanitationmen’s Union, has been ise,” she said. to take drama classes, take part expanded its coverage area to named NIA’s Man of the Year. The Leadership in Business in writing workshops, play bas- offer programs in Crown NIA is giving its Distin- Award will go to Rosario Gangi, ketball, and get homework help. Heights and State Island. guished Brooklynite Award this owner of Gangi Heating and “The after-school program is not Tickets for the dinner are year to lawyer Joseph Seminara Plumbing in Dyker Heights. a baby-sitting service,” Cassella $125 each. For more informa- of the law firm Grimaldi & Two women involved in said. “We don’t just want to tion, call NIA at 718-236-5266. Wine Country … in Bed-Stuy? By Darren Sands years in the making. City Limits Officials hope the beautifi- Reporting from CityLimits.org cation project attracts new busi- This month’s Toast of nesses, and makes the area safer Brooklyn, the food-and-wine for people who call the strip of focused celebration of Bed-Stuy’s Fulton St. home. A public art culture and history, marked the installation—”Mathematical culmination of the $20 million Star” by local artist Ellen revitalization project that trans- Harvey—was funded through formed Restoration Plaza and the the Department of Cultural adjacent Marcy Plaza—which Affairs Percent for Art Program. now has green space, benches, Held earlier this month at For Legal Advertising in public art and Wi-Fi. Bed-Stuy’s newly-renovated Partygoers at the Toast of Brooklyn, which celebrated The hope is the revitalization Restoration Plaza, Toast of the history and potential of Bed-Stuy, where some hope a spurs something of an economic Brooklyn organizers told just $20 million revitalization project will spur an economic revolution in the area; indica- about anyone who’d listen about revival. Photo by Seitu Oronde tions are that may have already their aim to transform the Bridge Street Development Corp., Center’s State of New York taken effect: Officials say that plaza—renovated as part of Bed-Stuy Gateway Business City’s Housing and Neighbor- the city’s investment brought in Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC— Improvement District (BID) and hood, a third of board 3’s resi- nearly $100 million in private into “beautiful wine country.” Brooklyn Community Board 3, it dents lived below the poverty And assistance filing notices funding that will bring 300 But business and community seems, would settle for an level in 2012, and the neighbor- Please contact us at mixed-income housing units to leaders from the Bedford improved local economy. hood posted an unemployment the area. The project was seven Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., According to the Furman rate of 19 percent. 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Francis of Assisi will be celebrated recognize the life and legacy of the Hayden Planetarium and is well — by Fr. Brian Jordan, OFM, Director two people who served as living known on TV and in print for his Thursday, Oct. 3 at 11:10 a.m., of St. Francis College’s Campus models to others and inspired a work in spreading science to a larg- Callahan Center, Interfaith Ministry. worldwide movement for good that er population. For more informa- Prayer Service In addition, a Franciscan Photo continues to thrive more than 800 tion, see www.brooklyneagle.com. Students, faculty and adminis- Gallery will be on display in the years later. — trators from a variety of ethnicities Mcardle Hall through Oct. 7. The Throughout the week, all are Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 12:30 p.m., and religions will come together to images feature a collection of encouraged to bring in canned F. Hall, An Inconvenient Truth share their common goal of Franciscan sites and scenes.

Monday,Brooklyn September Daily Eagle 30, 2013• Monday, • Brooklyn September Daily 30, Eagle 2013 •• 11 Federal Court of Appeals Follows in B’klyn’s Footsteps: Holds Court In Local Law School On Monday, Sept. 30, the United PAGE 12 September 30, 2013 States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will harken back to its itinerant origins, bringing together lawyers and lit- igants at New York Law, in Lower Manhattan, instead of at the courthouse, Seven Brooklyn Residents allowing an opportunity for jurists to honor the court’s roots, and for law stu- dents to observe due process at work. Brooklyn’s Appellate Division, 2nd Charged in DMV Fraud Case Department held its first ever sitting at a law school in April at St. Johns University School of Law. Presiding Justice Randall By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Eng announced at the time that he hoped Brooklyn Daily Eagle the visit would “be the first of many occa- Attempting to obtain commercial drivers sions the Appellate Division, Second licenses, 11 individuals, including seven Department has to hold sessions in law Brooklyn residents, were charged in Brooklyn schools located within its jurisdiction.” Federal Court with conspiracy to commit mail fraud as part of an extensive scheme to enable applicants for New York State commercial drivers licenses to cheat on required tests. New York requires drivers of commercial vehicles, such as transport buses and large Alleged International semi-trailer trucks, to obtain a commercial drivers license (CDL) issued by the state and Terrorist Arraigned in regulated by the United States Department of Transportation. In order to obtain a CDL, Brooklyn Federal Court an applicant must pass a series of tests— Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, a Nigerian citi- including written and audio examinations, zen charged with providing material support both requiring applicants to fill out a paper to the designated foreign terrorist organization answer sheet—often taken under the super- al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (“AQAP”), vision of Department of Motor Vehicles and with using firearms in furtherance of that security officers. crime, was arraigned Friday before United It is alleged that in exchange for cash, DMV States District Judge John Gleeson at the fed- security guards signaled to applicants the eral courthouse in Brooklyn. At this initial appropriate time to leave the DMV testing loca- appearance in court in the United States after tion, blank tests in hand. The applicants would his extradition from Nigeria, Babafemi was then meet with the defendants who completed DMV SECURITY OFFICER ALLEGEDLY RECEIVING A CASH BRIBE TO ALLOW ordered held without bail. the CDL tests on the applicants’ behalf. Commercial Driver License applicants to leave the DMV testing site with blank CDL tests According to court documents, between Another cheating scheme, according to the to be completed by outside persons. Photos courtesy of United States Department of Justice approximately January 2010 and August 2011 the charging papers, was defendant traveled twice from Nigeria to Yemen the alleged use of a Loretta Lynch. “In doing so, they jeopardized the to meet and train with leaders of AQAP, the coded pencil that con- safety of other drivers, their passengers and even Yemen-based branch of al-Qaeda. Babafemi tained a series of dots pedestrians.” assisted in AQAP’s English-language media oper- and dashes inscribed Investigators contend that the defendants ations, which include the publication of the maga- on the sides of the charged each applicant anywhere between zine Inspire. At the direction of the now-deceased pencil. These sym- $1,500 to $2,500 for assistance in cheating on senior AQAP commander Anwar al-Aulaqi, bols reflected the cor- the CDL exam and that between April 2013 and Babafemi was provided by AQAP leadership with rect true or false September 2013, the defendants enabled over the equivalent of almost $9,000 in cash to recruit answers to the audio 60 people to fraudulently obtain or attempt to other English-speakers from Nigeria to join that version of the CDL obtain CDLs. group. While in Yemen, Babafemi also received exam. “Truck drivers — many of whom are weapons training from AQAP. “As alleged in the charged with transporting hazardous chemicals AQAP claims many terrorist attacks including complaint, with their — are trained to drive several tons of cargo the 2009 attempted bombing of a Northwest wide-spread cheating often through busy streets and highways. Bus Airline flight from Amsterdam to Detroit by a scheme the defen- drivers take our children to school every day,” Nigerian with explosives hidden in his underwear. dants enabled unqual- said New York State Inspector General “As alleged in the indictment, the defendant ified drivers to take to Catherine Leahy Scott. “These are among the was a member of a violent terrorist organization our roads and high- serious responsibilities of anyone who acquires bent on doing harm to the United States and its ways behind the a commercial drivers license… and we will allies,” said United States Attorney General for wheel of large buses take all steps to ensure that everyone who has the Eastern District Loretta Lynch. and heavy trucks,” gamed the system will be off the road.” On February 21, 2013, a Brooklyn federal said United States If convicted, the defendants each face a grand jury indicted Babafemi with unlawful use Attorney General for DMV SECURITY OFFICER AND BROOKLYN RESIDENT LATOYA maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment of machineguns, conspiracy to provide material the Eastern District Bourne outside of A New York State DMV testing facility. and may be fined up to $250,000. support to a terrorist organization, and other related charges. He was extradited to the United States in September. If convicted, Babafemi faces up to 15 years in prison on each of the material support charges and B’klyn Judge Named to Head New Human Trafficking Part up to life on each of the firearms charges. By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Barry Kamins. “We are pleased that, as part of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle state-wide plan, our Criminal Courts, in all five Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of the New counties, and beginning on October 7th, will be York State Court of Appeals, the highest court in helping to implement the plan.” B’klyn Couple Pleads Guilty the state, has recently taken steps to assist one of Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge John Hecht the nation’s most victimized groups: human traf- will oversee Brooklyn’s new human trafficking To Asian Immigrant Ripoff ficking victims. Creating a statewide Human part. Hecht was first appointed as an Interim Civil Kings County District Attorney Charles Trafficking Intervention, Lippman has powered Court Judge in January 2011 and has since been J. Hynes on Friday announced the guilty the New York State court system to create special serving in Criminal Court. Receiving his under- pleas of Patrick Panettieri, 63, and his wife, parts, within its criminal courts, to specifically graduate degree from Yale College and his J.D. Joanne Panettieri, 59, who admitted handle defendants linked to prostitution and other from Boston University School of Law, Hecht defrauding Asian immigrant families out of prostitution-related crimes. served as a principal court attorney in Supreme thousands of dollars each in tuition fees “We cannot tolerate this practice [of human Court, Criminal Term and was a supervising attor- paid for their children to attend schools for trafficking] in a civilized society, nor can we afford ney for the Legal Aid Society. English as a Second Language. to let victims of trafficking slip between the cracks “We now recognize that the vast majority of The defendants plead guilty to the of our justice system,” Lippman said as he individuals charged with prostitution offenses felony charge of Scheme to Defraud in the unveiled his new initiative. are commercially exploited or at risk of exploita- First Degree, the top count of the indictment “Judge Lippman has proposed a bold and tion,” Lippman noted. “By offering vital servic- and Petit Larceny. The defendants must unprecedented judicial response to the problem of es instead of punishment to these defendants, the make full restitution of the stolen money, human trafficking which is, in every sense, a form Human Trafficking Intervention Initiative will which includes tuition and back-pay owed of modern-day slavery,” noted Administrative act to transform and save lives and in turn, to teachers, totaling over $50,000, or face 1 Judge for Criminal Matters for the Second Judicial enable law enforcement to identify, investigate 120 SCHERMERHORN STREET, KINGS COUNTY 1/3-4 years in prison. District and Brooklyn Supreme Court, Judge and punish the traffickers.” Criminal Court. Photo courtesy of nyc.gov

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