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MT-11-15-17 PAGES.Indd NOVEMBER 15 - NOVEMBER 21, 2017 • VOL. 18 • No. 46 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS • INWOOD • HARLEM • EAST HARLEM NORTHERN MANHATTAN’S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EL PERIODICO BILINGUE DEL NORTE DE MANHATTAN NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY TODOS LOS MIERCOLES Destroyed p3 p4 Photo: Cristóbal Vivar Destruido Public p5 Park p10 Giving p14 ¡PUERTO RICO SE LEVANTA! Acacia Network is asking everyone to join us in supporting the people of Puerto Rico, and we will ensure that 100% of ALL donations will go directly to the victims of this hurricane. Your contribution (large or small) is much needed and will make a di erence to our familia on the Island. EMERGENCY SUPPLIES: Please DONATE today! CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES: • Bottled Water • Extension Cords • Baby Wipes Muchas gracias a todos. • Ground Fault Protectors • Hand Sanitizer En solidaridad, Raúl Russi. • Pop-up Canopies • Diapers • Shovels • Canned Foods DROP OFF LOCATIONS • Wheelbarrows • Dry Foods Acacia has set up donation drop-o • Crowbars • Baby Formula • Hammers • Garbage Bags locations across the city. • Utility Knives • Towels At this time, there is greatest need • Work Gloves • Canned Milk for the supplies listed here. • Wood Panels • Canned and Dry Pet Food • Electric Generators • Baby and Adult Pain Relief Medicine All donations must be 100% • Electric Cables • Stomach and Diarrhea Relief Medicine • Tarp • Mosquito Repellant sealed and new. • Ropes • Blankets and Pillows Please check expiration dates. • Chainsaws • First-Aid Kits We cannot accept donations other than • Safety Glasses • Laundry Detergents and Dish Soap • Cots these items or that have expired. MANHATTAN BRONX East Harlem Multi Service Center The Loisaida Center Ramon Vélez Health Center CASA Promesa 419 East 120th Street, NY 710 East 120th 9th Street, NY 754 East 151th Street 915 Westchester Avenue, 3rd oor Contact: Paul Delgado 347-489-6516 Contact: Libertad Guerra, Bronx, NY 10455 Bronx, NY 10459 646-757-0522 Contact: Michael Orozco 347-924-3435 Contact: Eileen Enmanuel 646-224-9207 Institute for the Puerto Rican and Hispanic Elderly Carver Senior Center CASA Promesa White Plains Road 55 East 102nd Street, NY between Madison Avenue 308 East 175th Street 3677 White Plains Road Contact: Maria Rivera 917-838-8028 Bronx, NY 10457 Bronx, NY 10467 Contact: Adriene Rosell 347-924-2002 Contact: Adalgisa Capellan 917-612-7258 www.donatepuertorico.com 2 NOVEMBER 15, 2017 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com The fi re began on Sunday morning. Blaze on Nagle Photo: Cristóbal Vivar Sunday morning re destroys Inwood businesses Story by Gregg McQueen and Desiree Johnson Photos by Cristóbal Vivar and Gregg McQueen four-alarm fi re destroyed Aa row of Inwood stores on Sunday morning, November 12. Six fi refi ghters were brought to New York- stores. “And there, I bought my Lotto,” she Presbyterian Hospital and treated for minor said, pointing to where the liquor store had The inferno gutted a string of businesses injuries, the FDNY said. stood. on Nagle Avenue near Thayer Avenue, The day after the fi re, the Offi ce of On Monday, fi re offi cials said the cause of and caused six fi refi ghters to be sent to the Emergency Management and Department of fi re was accidental, started by sparks from an hospital. Small Business Services’ (SBS) Emergency operating saw blade. Flames and thick smoke shot high into the Response Unit visited the scene of the fi re, as The fi re originated in the dry cleaning air as the fi re quickly spread through a half- FDNY offi cials surveyed the wreckage. business, Nagle Cleaners, which was dozen stores, destroying a dry cleaner, food Inwood resident María Cifres lamented undergoing renovations at the time, offi cials market, barber shop, liquor store, Chinese the loss of the burned-downed businesses on said. food restaurant and the already-shuttered Mi Monday afternoon. “I feel bad for these people,” At the time of the fi re, all of the businesses Nido Tavern, which closed in August. she said with tears in her eyes, referencing the were closed except for the New Food Plaza Firefi ghters arrived at the scene just after employees and store owners. “They are good Market, located next to the dry cleaning store. 10 a.m., the FDNY said. Before the blaze was people. They are fi ghters and hard workers.” Idamis Adanes, whose family owns the brought under control nearly three hours later, Cifres, who has lived in the neighborhood food market, surveyed the charred remains of 170 fi refi ghters across 40 different units were for 32 years, said she frequently shopped at the the store. José worked at the brought to the scene. New Food Plaza Market, one of the destroyed See NAGLE p4 dry cleaner store. Through november 17, 2017 NOVEMBER 15, 2017 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 3 NAGLE from p3 “Everything is gone,” she said. Adanes said her younger sister was working at the store on Sunday morning, along with another employee. The employee went to bring something outside and saw fl ames coming out of the dry cleaners, said Adanes. “He ran back inside and told my sister to get out,” she said. “It’s a good thing he saw the fi re when he did.” Danny Lin, owner of New York Liquors, said he received a call shortly after 10 a.m. from his security company, informing him that the alarm went off in the store. “I drove here as fast as I could from Queens, and when I got nearby, I saw all the smoke,” said Lin. He said he was waiting for information from his insurance company, as well as an indication from the city on when businesses could start rebuilding. “We have no idea what’s happening, we’re just waiting,” Lin said. A neighboring market also owned by Adanes’ family was undamaged by the fi re but closed due to smoke damage, as was a Kennedy Chicken & Gyro store. “We’re waiting for the Health Department to come and tell us we can reopen,” said Nader Kabeer, owner of the Kennedy Chicken & Gyro, noting that his business was in a better position than the destroyed stores. “I feel sorry for them. People have families to take care of,” he Firefi ghters sprayed from above. said. Fuego en Nagle 170 bomberos se reportaron en la escena. Historia por Gregg McQueen y Incendio del Desiree Johnson Fotos por Cristóbal Vivar y domingo por la Gregg McQueen mañana destruye n incendio de cuatro alarmas negocios de Inwood U destruyó una fi la de tiendas de Inwood en la mañana del domingo 12 de Reportándose. noviembre. El infi erno destripó una serie de negocios en la avenida Nagle, cerca de la avenida Thayer, y provocó el envío de seis bomberos al hospital. Las llamas y el humo espeso se elevaron en el aire mientras el fuego se extendía rápidamente por media docena de tiendas, destruyendo una tintorería, un mercado de alimentos, una peluquería, una licorería, un restaurante de comida china y la taberna Mi Nido, que cerró en agosto. Los bomberos llegaron a la escena justo después de las 10 a.m., dijo el FDNY. Antes de que el incendio fuese controlado casi tres horas por la tarde. “Me siento mal por esas personas”, El incendio se originó en el negocio de después, 170 bomberos de 40 unidades diferentes dijo con lágrimas en los ojos, haciendo referencia limpieza en seco, Nagle Cleaners, que estaba fueron llevados a la escena. a los empleados y propietarios de tiendas. en proceso de renovación en ese momento, Seis bomberos fueron llevados al Hospital New “Son buenas personas, luchadoras y muy dijeron las autoridades. York-Presbyterian y fueron tratados por lesiones trabajadoras”. Al momento del incendio, todos los negocios menores, dijo el FDNY. Cifres, quien ha vivido en el vecindario durante estaban cerrados a excepción del New Food El día después del incendio, la Ofi cina de Manejo 32 años, dijo que con frecuencia compraba en Plaza Market, ubicado al lado de la tintorería. de Emergencias y el Departamento de Servicios el New Food Plaza Market, una de las tiendas Idamis Adanes, cuya familia es propietaria para Pequeños Negocios (SBS, por sus siglas destruidas. “Y allí, compré mi Lotto”, dijo, señalando del mercado de alimentos, examinó los restos en inglés) visitó la escena del incendio, mientras el lugar donde se encontraba la licorería. carbonizados de la tienda. ofi ciales del FDNY inspeccionaban los restos. El lunes, ofi ciales de bomberos dijeron que la “Todo se ha ido”, dijo. La residente de Inwood, María Cifres, lamentó causa del incendio fue accidental, iniciada por la pérdida de los negocios incendiados el lunes chispas de una hoja de sierra en funcionamiento. Vea NAGLE p21 4 NOVEMBER 15, 2017 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com Learn with Dr. A. COMMUNITY NEWS The Collins Collection Colección Kathleen Collins Join Schomburg Center librarians and Únase a bibliotecarios y archivistas del Centro archivists as they unveil the latest pop- Schomburg mientras presentan la última exposición up exhibition on Tues., Nov. 28th from emergente el martes 28 de noviembre de 1:00 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. The exhibit features p.m. - 3:00 p.m. La exhibición presenta elementos items from the library’s coveted collection de la codiciada colección de materiales de of archival materials on groundbreaking archivo de la biblioteca sobre la pionera cineasta fi lmmaker Kathleen Collins. Guests will be Kathleen Collins. Los invitados serán los primeros the fi rst to experience the exhibit and enjoy en experimentar la exhibición y disfrutar de una an audience Q- and-A with the collection’s audiencia de preguntas y respuestas con los curators. Registration is highly encouraged curadores. La inscripción es muy aconsejable en at http://bit.ly/2yNi4aQ.
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