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HOUSING Double park in the Bronx at your own risk. Cops responding to Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero traffi c safety plan to reduce pedestrian deaths have launched an educational outreach campaign along a busy PROJECTS South Bronx commercial shop- ping strip, with others potentially on the list. Additional security cameras approved Tagged Operation Move-Along, Continued on Page 63 BY BOB KAPPSTATTER citizens living in its 23 six-story These cameras could wipe the buildings, the move for security smile off bad guys’ faces. cameras at the Pelham Parkway There’ll soon be several hun- Houses, off Williamsbridge Road dred security cameras installed and Astor Avenue,was sparked to help improve safety at these two by the murder of an 88-year-old east Bronx city housing projectss grandmother two years ago. After two years of waiting Vacca previously secured since the original city funding funding for security cameras now Photo by Walter Pofeldt Walter by Photo was approved, some 2,531 resi- in place at two senior citizen NY- MAILING ADDRESS GOES HERE dents at the Pelham Parkway CHA buildings in his district, Houses will shortly be seeing 375 at Middletown Plaza and Boston security camera installed there. Road Plaza. Residents at the Throggs Neck “Cameras make developments, Houses will see similar security as well as the surrounding resi- cameras installed, thanks to al- dential communities, safer,” he most $5 million in city funding noted. obtained by City Councilman “I put my money where my Messier Scores In The Bronx Jimmy Vacca. mouth is by getting city funding Hockey legend Mark Messier and Bronx Chamber of Commerce President Vacca, offi cials from the NYC in place,” said Vacca. “Now, the fi - and CEO Lenny Caro show off an autographed New York Rangers jersey Housing Authority and others nalization of the Pelham Parkway inked the fi nal paperwork on Fri- camera design means we are mov- that was auctioned off for charity at the Chamber’s gala on Wednesday, day, Feb. 28 to begin installation ing full steam ahead. I’ve told NY- Feb. 26. Chamber Chairman Joe Kelleher mans the microphone in the work after the two-year red tape CHA very clearly we will accept background. For photos and story see page 38. funding wait. no delay.” With a large populaton of senior Continued on Page 63 A CNG Publication • Vol. 34 No. 10 www.bxtimes.com BRONX TIMES REPORTER March 7-13, 2014 2 March TIMES REPORTER BRONX GoFor To More Our Blog Information To See Our Weekly Visit Specials!Us At VistVisit Our Our New www.bronxdentistny.comNEW Web-ite: Web-Site: www.reliablebronxdentist.com www.reliablebronxdentist.com (718) 547-5280 Police warn of phone scam 7-13, 2014 March TIMES REPORTER 3 BRONX Bogus bill collectors use Green Dot cards, wire transfers MAKE SURE THE REST BY PATRICK ROCCHIO OF YOUR LIFE IS THE A scheme to steal peo- ple’s hard earned cash through Green Dot Mon- eyPak cards, and wiring BEST OF YOUR LIFE. money, is raising suspi- cions. Now the Police Depart- ment in the east Bronx is getting proactive and rais- ing awareness after what police sources said are string of con-artist scams involving the pre-paid cards. Suspects pretending to be bill collectors are calling people on the phone and ask- ing them to buy Green Dot Joseph Donahue, a victim, speaks with Assemblyman Benedetto at MoneyPak cards, or wire a 45th Precinct press conference on the Green Dot scam. money, for bogus debts. Changing stories Photo by Silvio Pacifi co The con artists’ stories are always changing, said a is placed on the card, the fers.” police source, but the most scammers ask for a 14-digit The police are asking % common is a person posing pin number on the back of anyone who receives such APY* as a bill collector for a util- the card, and gain access a phone call to get the ity company or the Internal through the money elec- number of the person mak- Revenue Service. tronically. ing the request, and any 1.35 ** They tell the victims Warning signs other information they can 3 Year Bump Up IRA CD that they need to send There are some tell-tale gather, and phone the local money immediately and warning signs, said 49th precinct. that they should go to phar- Precinct crime prevention Offi cer Mederos said macies that sell Green Dot offi cer Tyrone Mederos. that as he walked through- MoneyPak Cards, which “No private entity or out the precinct area to % can be used like debit or gift government offi ce is going tape up fl yers warning of APY* cards and need to be loaded to call you over the phone the scam, he heard reports with money. 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