THIS WEEK IN Cancer survivor walks borough: p.8 Marty coulda partied: p.4 WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM Swede he is ‘Maria Stuart’ actresses Our neighborhood’s independent voice discuss Ingmar Bergman Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 AD fax 718-834-1713 • NEWS fax 718-834-9278 © 2002 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 16 pages including 8 pages GO BROOKLYN • Vol.25, No. 23 BRG • June 10, 2002 • FREE INSIDE BAR STAB DEAL DA: Galante ready to cop a plea By Heather J. Wilson due to a “conflict of interest.” stood in handcuffs beside Martin, The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE Goldberg agreed that Martin that a lawyer of equal experience could not represent Galante. The and competence would be assigned Prosecutors this week told reason why Martin could not do so, to represent him. “We’ll see if we The Brooklyn Papers that a plea Galante’s lawyer, William Mar- however, was not made public. can’t get this case back on track,” deal may be in the works in the tin, told Judge Joel Goldberg as Goldberg and the two attorneys met Goldberg told Galante, Hale and case against Carmine Galante, a preliminary proceedings were set to behind closed doors before making Martin before exiting the court- Bensonhurst man accused of get underway in Brooklyn Supreme the announcement that Galante room. Sheinberg was subsequently murdering a Bay Ridge college Court Downtown on May 23, that would be appointed a new attorney. appointed to represent Galante. student three years ago in a he could not represent his client The judge told Galante, who See GALANTE on page 2 neighborhood bar. Assistant District Attorney Mark Hale, who is prosecuting the case, said this week that the Friday pre- trial hearing could turn into a “dis- position of the case.” According to a DA spokesman, a disposition would involve a defen- Red Hook racket dant pleading guilty to certain charges in exchange for a lighter sentence than he might face if con- Feds arrest 17 waterfront mobsters victed by a jury. Hale would not comment further and Galante’s attorney, George By Patrick Gallahue According the indictment, they efforts to clean up the wide-spread Sheinberg, did not return calls seek- The Brooklyn Papers wielded corrupt influence over the corruption of a vital segment of ing comment. Seventeen alleged members Brooklyn waterfront, controlling ap- New York’s economy — our water- The Friday pre-trial puts the trial and associates of the Gambino pointments to powerful union posts fronts, and as important, to disman- back on track following the quiet crime family, including the pres- and extorting money from business- tle the Gambino crime family’s in- resignation of the accused killer’s ident of International Long- es, employees and their relatives, fluence,” said state Attorney court-appointed lawyer. and an individual in the film industry General Eliot Spitzer. shoreman’s Association Local — reported to be action film star The Brooklyn-based U.S .Attorney Carmine Galante, 25, was on the 1814 and two brothers of former lam for two years before police Steven Seagal. for the Eastern District, Alan Vine- caught up to him in connection Gambino boss John Gotti, were Sunset Park-based Local 1814, grad, said, “When it comes to the wa- with the murder of William Mano- arrested Tuesday and charged whose president Frank Scollo is terfront, the greedy grip of organized lis. The St. John’s University stu- with racketeering and other among those indicted, represents crime knows no bounds.” Vinegrad’s dent was celebrating his 18th birth- crimes perpetrated on the Red hundreds of Brooklyn waterfront office will prosecute the case. day in the early morning hours of Hook waterfront. employees at the Mini-Container This week’s arrests follow indict- The 68-count federal indictment Port at foot of Hamilton Avenue in ments against eight men in January The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango April 4, 1999, inside the now de- Arts award funct Bee Kee Nee Bar at 9060 charges the men with conspiracy, Red Hook and smaller shipping allegedly belonging to the Gen- Bishop Kearney High School student Dana Catanzaro (center) with her award-winning painting titled Fort Hamilton Parkway, when, extortion, wire-fraud, loan-sharking, sites in Sunset Park. ovese crime family, including its “The Menon Inn.” Catanzaro, flanked by her mother, Fran, and Rep. Anthony Weiner of Sheepshead prosecutors charge, Galante gambling, money laundering and Scollo attorney Gerald DiChiara boss Vincent “the Chin” Galante. Bay, who presented her with the Congressional High School Arts Competition award. stabbed him. witness tampering. did not return calls by press time. Prosecutors allege the Genovese Law enforcement authorities allege family attempted to gain control of that three of the indicted men — An- the ILA and its locals in New Jer- thony Ciccone, Primo Cassarino and sey, Miami and New York region, Scollo — along with others, con- while the Gambinos ran the Brook- spired to force out a local 1814 dele- lyn and Staten Island waterfront. gate to replace him with a handpicked In the early 1800s, as New York member of their gang. Prosecutors became the leading port in the na- Bloomie’s Gravesend getaway also allege the three forced officials of tion, Red Hook was one of the another ILA local to hire men select- city’s most coveted shipping hubs. ed by their crew. In the 1840s, Daniel Richards By Heather J. Wilson are cars in the lot.” “This case is a major step in our See RACKET on page 8 The Brooklyn Papers Frank McCarton, a spokesman for the city Office of Emergency Management If it was meant to be a secret, (OEM), said the locations of such somebody slipped. bunkers are a sensitive topic. According to Community Board 11 “Our current or backup facilities that District Manager Howard Feuer, the win- we operate are geared to protect and plan dowless warehouse at the corner of Still- for a full menu of emergencies that would Murder or not? well Avenue and Shore Parkway is affect the citizens of the City of New known throughout southwest Brooklyn as York,” said McCarton. “It would be inap- Ferrari driver’s lawyer questions DA’s charge an emergency command center — even if propriate to discuss our facilities or the government officials won’t confirm its lo- security that we have in place at them.” cation. In his State of the City address, Mayor The building, which used to house a Michael Bloomberg said Brooklyn would Brands for Less, is not marked as an be the home to a new emergency com- emergency bunker by any sign, Feuer mand center, commonly referred to as said. But the concrete barriers, high-tech “the bunker.” antenna towers, a newly paved parking “We intend to rebuild our emergency lot, and the presence of official city cars command center that was destroyed in — along with the simple understanding the devastating September attack,” among residents that the building is gov- Bloomberg said. ernment owned — characterizes the loca- The main bunker currently resides in tion for what it is. the Purchase Building, a city warehouse “It’s there but I didn’t know it was a below the Brooklyn Bridge off Water secret,” Feuer said about the emergency Street in DUMBO. A city government command center. “People know about it. source told The Papers in February that I don’t know how but they do. Somebody the city storage facility would replace the told me there is actually a helicopter pad command bunker former Mayor Rudy there, too. And quite frankly, it might be Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s back-up emergency bunker on Stillwell Avenue and Shore Giuliani had built at 7 World Trade Cen- occupied. There are people in it and there Parkway in Gravesend. The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango See BUNK on page 2 The crumpled Ferrari that killed Howard Mazariegos outside the 68th Precinct. The Brooklyn Papers / File photo By Heather J. Wilson of the recent sentencing of for- The Brooklyn Papers mer cop Joseph Gray. A Florida man who allegedly Darninka Rachamin, 24, the Water treatment plant stinks driver of the Ferrari that struck and tried to flee the scene of the crime after he struck and killed killed Howard Mazariegos, of The plant, located next to the cials informed him during a May the plant and we went over the pro- management facility. Gravesend while driving drunk and By Heather J. Wilson a pedestrian on Fourth Avenue The Brooklyn Papers 69th Street Pier, has piqued the 31 meeting of their plans to modify cedures at that location,” Golden “In the sewage treatment process at speeds of up to 100 miles an noses of numerous residents, who the existing facility by means of a said. “DEP is concerned that I am we collect a lot of grit, and that is in Bay Ridge early Friday hour, was arraigned on April 25 on Thanks to drought and rising have contacted Golden’s office and $14 million city-funded project. concerned and they explained what collected and removed from the morning, April 19, was indicted charges including second degree temperatures, Bay Ridge resi- the city Department of Environ- The construction is currently in the they do on a daily basis in checking waste water in one building. It is by a Kings County Supreme murder, second degree manslaugh- dents and Councilman Marty mental Protection (DEP) to ask bidding and legal review process. the air and sewers.” then stored in covered containers. Court jury on Thursday, May ter, second degree vehicular, crimi- Golden are looking to curb the why the odor is permeating the “There have been complaints According to DEP spokesman The existing facility cannot hold all 30 on charges including second nally negligent homicide, leaving foul odor coming from a local northwest corner of Bay Ridge.