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Loss P9 Legacy P11 Mural P4 AUGUST 26 - SepTember 01, 2015 • Vol. 16 • No. 34 wAShiNGToN heiGhTS • Inwood • hARLEM • eAST hARLEM NORTHERN MANHATTAN’S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EL PERIODICO BILINGUE DEL NORTE DE MANHATTAN NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY TODOS LOS MIERCOLES Now what?p3 ¿Ahora qué? p3 Surveying the damage at the JFK campus Evaluando el daño en el recinto de John F. Kennedy Photo: Mayoral Photography Office Legacy p 11 Mural p4 Loss p9 “These men and women earned this money,” Lost no said City Comptroller Scott Stringer (center). more Workers called to claim wages Story and photos by Mónica Barnkow or over five years, Hector FPadilla worked in carpentry. He was contracted with a private company to work on projects at Bellevue Hospital. The medical center is the oldest public hospital in the United States, and is part of the city’s Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) network. Padilla injured his right arm on the job, and soon after, without warning, he found that his weekly salary had been cut in half – a violation of the terms stipulated in his contract. Padilla sought help with the state’s Department of Labor and the City Comptroller’s office. “I am very happy,” he observed, adding that unclaimed wages as a result of prevailing Through the enforcement of prevailing Though he is undocumented, Padilla knew he was considering the idea of opening his wage settlements with contractors who did wage laws, which requires employers to that that his status could not prevent him from own construction company with the money. work for New York City. pay workers the wages set annually by the monies he had earned. “I want to make an investment.” Padilla spoke out at a conference organized Comptroller when those employees work on “Para todos hay ley [For all, there is law],” Padilla’s case is not isolated. Instead, this past August 19th by City Comptroller the city’s public works projects, Stringer has said the Ecuadorian immigrant, who will he is one of 1,056 workers across the city Scott Stringer, who launched a campaign to reached settlements with private companies recover over $75,000 in lost wages. entitled to more than $3.7 million dollars in reach as many of the workers as possible. See WORKERS p23 34th Precinct No más pérdidas Trabajadores Community llamados a th Council 34 Precinct reclamar salarios Commanding Officer Historia y fotos por Mónica Barnkow Meeting Deputy Inspector Chris Morello Executive Officer Captain Peter Andrea or más de cinco años, Héctor Padilla Community Affairs Officers trabajó en la carpintería. P Detective Haydee Pabey “Estoy muy feliz”, dijo Héctor Padilla. PO Christian Perez Él fue contratado por una empresa privada WHEN Crime Prevention Officer para trabajar en proyectos en el Hospital de construcción con el dinero. “Quiero hacer una PO Erik Rodriguez Bellevue. inversión”. Wednesday * * * * * El centro médico es el hospital público más El caso de Padilla no es aislado. En cambio, Community Council President antiguo de los Estados Unidos y es parte de la él es uno de los 1,056 trabajadores en toda la September 9, 2015 red de la Corporación de Salud y Hospitales de la Steve Feldheim ciudad con derecho a más de $3.7 millones ciudad (HHC por sus siglas en inglés). de dólares en salarios no reclamados como 7:00pm Community Council Vice President Padilla se lesionó el brazo derecho en el Doug Levy resultado de los acuerdos salariales vigentes con trabajo y poco después, sin previo aviso, se Community Council Treasurer los contratistas que trabajaban para la ciudad de encontró con que su salario semanal había sido Nueva York. WHERE Conrad Johnson reducido a la mitad, una violación a los términos Padilla habló en una conferencia organizada el Community Council Sgt. At Arms Columbia University estipulados en su contrato. pasado 19 de agosto por el contralor de la ciudad, Jeffrey Oppenheimer Padilla pidió ayuda al Departamento de Trabajo Campbell Sports Complex Scott Stringer, quien lanzó una campaña para del estado y a la oficina del contralor de la ciudad. llegar a la mayor cantidad de trabajadores como 515 West 218 Street A pesar de que es indocumentado, Padilla sea posible. (Between Broadway and Park Terrace East) For more information, you can call (212) 927-0287 or email sabía que su estatus no evitaba que le entregaran A través de la aplicación de las leyes de salarios [email protected] el dinero que se había ganado. prevalecientes, que obligan a los empleadores Twitter @NYPD34PCT “Para todos hay ley”, dijo el inmigrante a pagar a los trabajadores los salarios fijados ecuatoriano, quien recuperará más de $75,000 anualmente por el contralor cuando esos empleados dólares en salarios perdidos. NYPD 34th Police Precinct trabajaron en proyectos de obras públicas de “Estoy muy feliz”, señaló, y agregó que está considerando la idea de abrir su propia empresa Vea TRABAJADores p23 2 august 26, 2015 • Manhattan tiMes • www.manhattantimesnews.com The blast caused severe damage to the school building. Now what? Photo: Mayoral Photography Office Thursday evening. Confusion looms after But authorities say that the gas had not been drained completely, and the blast was school blast ignited when a match was lit to test the line during the installation of a tabletop gas Story by Debralee Santos and valve. Mónica Barnkow The explosion was severe, hurting Photos by Mónica Barnkow the workers; blowing out the walls and windows of several classrooms; damaging the fourth, fifth and sixth floors; rocking iguel Almanza’s daughter nearby apartment buildings; and sending MAmbar Cristal is due to start debris flying as far as 200 feet away. her senior year of high school in a 138 firefighters and 31 Fire Department of New York (FDNY) units swiftly responded few days. to the scene. The three injured workers were rushed to He was glad, however, that she was still on Jacobi Medical Center. They were identified vacation this week, and far from the school bell. as Luigi Barillaro, James Intriago and Ambar Cristal is one of the approximately Charles Marullo. Worker Barillaro, who is 3,000 students who attend the seven schools believed to have lit the match, is in critical clustered on the John F. Kennedy campus in condition, with burns on over 90 percent of Marble Hill. his body. He is being kept in a hyperbaric But now many are likely to be traveling chamber. The other two workers suffered The SchoolS oN The JFK cAmpUS iNclUde: elsewhere come the first day of school on Sept. burns on their hands, arms, and torsos. 9th. Mayor Bill de Blasio said authorities had • Marble Hill School for International Studies • Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy A gas line explosion this past Thurs., Aug. determined that human error was the cause. (approx. 450 students) (approx. 400 students) 20th seriously injured three workers and heavily “Clearly there was no negative intent • Bronx Theatre High School (approx. 420 • New Visions Charter High School for damaged the school. It cast into doubt for local here, but clearly this was an avoidable students) Advanced Math and Science (approx. 475 families what opening day will look like – and accident from what we’re seeing so far • Bronx School of Law and Finance (approx. students) where it will actually be held. and something we’re going to learn from,” 400 students) • New Visions Charter High School for Workers were draining gas in the sixth floor said de Blasio during a radio interview the • English Language Learners and International Humanities (approx. 475 students) science laboratory before beginning work Support Prep Academy (approx. 330 students) on a construction project just after 8 p.m. on See BLAST p16 ¿Ahora La explosión se originó en el sexto piso. qué? La explosión La explosión fue grave: lesionó a los trabajadores, destruyó las paredes y ventanas de escolar varias aulas, dañó el cuarto, quinto y sexto pisos, meció edificios de apartamentos cercanos e hizo Historia por Debralee Santos y volar residuos hasta a 200 pies de distancia. Mónica Barnkow 138 bomberos y 31 unidades del Fotos por Mónica Barnkow Departamento de Bomberos de Nueva York (FDNY por sus siglas en inglés) rápidamente a hija de Miguel Almanza, Ámbar respondieron a la escena. LCristal, debe comenzar su último año de Los tres trabajadores lesionados fueron preparatoria en unos pocos días. lAS eScUelAS eN el cAmpUS JFK iNclUyeN trasladados al Centro Médico Jacobi. Fueron identificados como Luigi Barillaro, James Intriago • Escuela Marble Hill para Estudios (aproximadamente 330 estudiantes) Él estaba contento de que ella estuviera todavía y Carlos Marullo. El trabajador Barillaro, quien Internacionales (aproximadamente 450 • Academia de Ingeniería y Tecnología del se cree que fue quien encendió el cerillo, se de vacaciones esta semana y lejos de la campana estudiantes) Bronx (aproximadamente 400 estudiantes) de la escuela. encuentra en estado crítico con quemaduras • Preparatoria Bronx Theatre • Preparatoria Charter New Visions de en más del 90 por ciento de su cuerpo. Él se Ámbar Cristal es una de los aproximadamente (aproximadamente 420 estudiantes) Matemáticas y Ciencias Avanzadas 3,000 estudiantes que asisten a las siete escuelas mantiene en una cámara hiperbárica. Los otros • Escuela de Derecho y Finanzas del Bronx (aproximadamente 475 estudiantes) dos trabajadores sufrieron quemaduras en sus agrupadas en el campus John F. Kennedy en (aproximadamente 400 estudiantes) • Preparatoria Charter New Visions de Marble Hill. manos, brazos, y torsos. • Aprendices del Idioma Inglés y Academia Humanidades (aproximadamente 475 El alcalde Bill de Blasio dijo que las Pero ahora muchos probablemente viajarán Preparatoria de Apoyo Internacional estudiantes) a otro lugar el 9 de septiembre, el primer día de autoridades determinaron que el error humano clases. fue la causa. Una tubería de gas explotó el pasado jueves “Está claro que no hubo intención negativa 20 de agosto, lesionando gravemente a tres Los trabajadores estaban drenando gas Pero las autoridades dicen que el gas no se aquí, pero es evidente -de lo que hemos visto trabajadores y provocando un gran daño a la en el laboratorio de ciencias del sexto piso ha drenado por completo y que la explosión hasta el momento- que fue un accidente evitable escuela.
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