E S I D BROOKLYN’S ONLY COMPLETE U • Brooklyn’s boutiques have S L I N P great holiday gifts • Review of new Cantina Nightlife Guide • Star-studded show at St. Ann’s CHOOSE FROM 54 VENUES — MORE THAN 175 EVENTS! SATURDAY • DECEMBER 4, 2004 Including The Bensonhurst Paper Brooklyn’s REAL newspapers Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2004 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages •Vol.27, No. 47 BRZ •Saturday, December 4, 2004 • FREE CB11 ON OVERFLOWING TRASH BAN THE CAN Citing residential use, Feuer calls for removal of public wastebaskets By Jotham Sederstrom and asked when was the last time you put tion. “The baskets are all overfilled and The Brooklyn Papers something in a receptacle. Most people they aren’t filled with litter [from When the cup runneth over, throw can’t even remember.” passersby]. It’s people’s garbage bags.” Reverse logic or not, Feuer’s un- The question, however, is whether the the cup out. orthodox solution is catching on — initiative would stave off neighborly trash At least that’s what some officials in west in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, or, instead, compel impatient passersby to southwest Brooklyn are saying as they members of Community Board 10 are discreetly unload their candy wrappers on mull the removal of public wastebaskets also looking into the idea. the street. Feuer claims the former, but in hopes that their absence will ease the Fran Vella-Marone, chairwoman of admits uncertainty. For that reason, he flow of filth along some of the bor- CB10’s environmental committee, said has suggested a pilot program, which, af- ough’s most littered commercial strips. wastebaskets along 10th, 11th and 13th ter consulting with Sanitation Department Charging that their presence actually encourages unsightly sidewalk trash, avenues are routinely filled to the brim officials, was designed to include a por- Howard Feuer, the district manager of with refuse dumped by homeowners and, tion of his district. Even then, the experi- Community Board 11, said that he occasionally, merchants. Neither she nor ment won’t be considered until CB11 would seek to eliminate receptacles in Feuer could say why either group prefers members, who have already been briefed Bensonhurst altogether. Rather than the public receptacles, but both reasoned on the issue, rule on its implementation at keeping litterbugs in check, said Feuer, that their neighbors’ own overflowing de- their Dec. 9 general board meeting. the baskets actually embolden un- positories could be the reason. Feuer said he announced the idea to scrupulous residents to dump their Despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s board members and elected officials at household debris into the already Fiscal Year 2004 management report, last month’s board meeting. “A few which earlier this year ranked the side- people applauded me, but, basically, I /Jori Klein stuffed trash bins. “I’ve seen a computer in one, a car walks of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights hit them right between the eyes with battery in another and, in another, a suit- among the cleanest in Brooklyn, Vella- this,” he acknowledged. case,” said Feuer, whose Bensonhurst, Marone contends that the area’s avenues Sanitation Department spokeswoman Bath Beach and Gravesend district con- are far from majestic. Taryn Duckett said her agency would tains 401 public wastebaskets, according “I think it’s something we should take seriously Feuer’s ideas once he has The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn to Department of Sanitation records. “For look at,” said Vella-Marone, who has drafted a proposal. A trash can on the corner of 86th Street and 18th Avenue overflows on Tuesday. Community Board 11 would like to see the recep- the most part, it’s bags of litter from heard similar complaints as president “Apparently, Howard is having prob- tacles, which are often illegally used by homeowners who deposit bags of household waste in them, taken off the streets. someone’s home. I’ve spoken to people of the Dyker Heights Civic Associa- See CANNED on page 15 A DOG’S LIFE Bloomie riled over Shelter charged with abuses Marty’s UN block By Jess Wisloski The Brooklyn Papers By Jotham Sederstrom Golden’s role in persuading the entire set with his rejection” of the legisla- State Attorney General Elliott The Brooklyn Papers body of the Republican-led state Sen- tion that would grant state money for Spitzer has launched an investiga- ate to remove legislation involving the the proposed UN building. tion into the possible misuse of State Sen. Marty Golden drew project from its agenda indefinitely. Roy Goodman, president of the funds by the director and founders the ire of Mayor Michael Bloom- Both Golden and Bloomberg are United Nations Development Corp., of the 11-year-old pet rescue organ- berg this week for his outspoken Republicans. also called Golden, earlier in the day, to ization Hearts and Homes. criticism of the United Nations John Quaglione, a spokesman for voice his disapproval, said Quaglione. / Jori Klein and its bid to issue $600 million in The inquest comes in response to a Golden, confirmed the phone call “The mayor called him this after- complaint by a former volunteer for the bonds to build a 35-story building from the mayor, placed shortly before noon,” Quaglione said on Thursday. Brooklyn-based organization, which on state park land. Bloomberg jetted off to Croatia to “They aren’t cooperating right now until a few months ago existed largely In a telephone call Thursday to the promote the city’s 2012 Olympic bid. but the senator is holding firm. This is on the streets and in the apartments of Bay Ridge legislator’s district office, Quaglione declined to comment on a principle issue.” its founders. on Fifth Avenue at 74th Street, specifics of the conversation, other Mayoral spokesman Chris Coffey Papers File The Brooklyn Bloomberg voiced his disapproval of than to say that Bloomberg was “up- See BLOOMIE on page 15 Marty Golden Laurie Bleier, a major fundraiser for A dog in one of the new cages at the Hearts and the group over the past three years, hi- Homes shelter at 908 McDonald Ave. in Kensington. jacked the organization’s Web site, of which she was in charge, when she discovered that a new shelter space — for investigated. which she claims to have raised at least $29,000 Bleier said she had paid the rent deposit for over the past year — was nowhere near open- the shelter space out of her own pocket, and had ing despite being rented since June. secured two months of free rent, while paying Cop dies after Spreading word of alleged corruption via e- August’s rent. She was also paying for the no- mail, telephone and Internet postings, she’s kill shelter’s Web site and soliciting donations been enlisting the help of former Hearts and via the Internet service PayPal, she said. Homes volunteers and donors. Based on records of accounts shown to The rooftop chase Bleier contacted the attorney general’s office Brooklyn Papers that included PayPal activity in early November. A spokesman for Spitzer logs, a $10,000 donation from a 9-11 widow, this week confirmed that the group was being See HEARTS AND HOMES on page 16 Fiance, a fellow Everything I did was for him. I was his leg, his arm. Sometimes I’m walk- cop, recalls P.O. ing down the street, and I don’t know William Rivera where I’m at. It’s a shock to me.” The highly decorated Rivera, 35, / Greg Mango / Greg By Jess Wisloski died last Wednesday from a blood clot. He had been recuperating from Beep plans scribe fest The Brooklyn Papers a line-of-duty injury that left him As Rebecca Rodriguez recalled the with two shattered legs and a severe- By Jotham Sederstrom Council has been quietly organizing both a five years of love, romance and pro- ly injured back. The Brooklyn Papers component to next summer’s annual Best of fessional respect she’d shared with her Rivera was a plainclothes officer The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Brooklyn event and, if all goes well, a rousing fiance, Police Officer William Rivera, who worked the overnight shift in A consortium of writers, publishers and stand-alone festival slated for spring 2006. who she met “on the job” as a fellow the anti-crime unit. agents with ties to Brooklyn are crafting a As a prologue, hundreds of scribes and publish- cop at the 78th Precinct, she had his While the entire precinct took off full-fledged literary festival they hope ers will gather on Monday at Borough Hall, where Better not pout! laundry going in another room. last Saturday to mourn the beloved will rival those in Los Angeles, Miami Markowitz will promote the planned events. Jamie Vento, 7, (left) and 6-year-old Maggie O'Neil have a seat on San- “I’m in a daze,” she told The officer at his funeral in Queens — and Manhattan. The effort is spearheaded by book publisher ta’s lap during tree lighting ceremony at Triangle Park on 94th Street at Brooklyn Papers. “I don’t know what officers from other precincts filled in Since last summer, the Brooklyn Literary See SCRIBES on page 16 the meeting of Fourth and Fifth avenues. to do. All my life was with him. See RIVERA on page 16 HOLIDAY Trunk Show Saturday evening, December 4th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm handcrafted jewelry • handpainted silk scarves • neckties and shawls • dressy hats • handbags ❅ CASH ONLY ❅ ❅ Congregation B’nai Avraham – 117 Remsen Street ❅ ❅ ❅ (between Clinton and Henry Streets) • BROOKLYN HEIGHTS ©The Brooklyn Papers.