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BY VANESSA OGLEResidents who suffered dam-age to their wheels
driving over an exposed manhole in Midwood last fall when the
De-partment of Transportation was doing roadwork recently received
refunds from the city for repair costs.
Eleven drivers destroyed their tires or rims riding over the
rough roadway on Ocean Avenue and Avenue L while the department was
doing construction in the area last November. One of the drivers
who blew two tires on a blus-tery day last fall said he was stuck
out in the cold for hours while he waited for help.
“There I am, stuck in front of it because AAA can’t get me for
hours and I, unfortunately, didn’t carry two spare tires,” said
Glenn Wolin, who lives in Ditmas Park and received an $800 refund,
which he said covered nearly all of the dam-ages.
The comptroller’s offi ce routinely settles claims from citizens
who are injured or have property damaged be-cause of the city’s
neglect. In the last fi scal year, the city made payouts amounting
to $200,000 for claims regarding vehicular damage from poor road
conditions, according to
BY VANESSA OGLEA controversial Sheepshead Bay speed camera that
earned the city more than $2.4 million in six months last year is
be-ing relocated, according to an elected offi cial who called its
lucrative location unfair.
The moneymaking speed camera at the Belt Parkway exit ramp on
Shore Parkway near a fenced-off location of Abraham Lincoln High
School issued nearly 50,000 tickets to drivers between September
and December of 2014 as part of Mayor De-Blasio’s Vision Zero plan
to eliminate traffi c fatalities, ac-cording to the Department of
Transportation.
But a local councilman who received hundreds of com-plaints
about the camera said the camera’s placement on an exit ramp behind
the fenced schoolyard didn’t protect pe-destrians, but merely
gener-ated revenue.
“After hearing from count-less constituents, it became obvious
that this location was only serving to raise revenue for the city
and was not pro-tecting pedestrians since it was not placed near
any cross-
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BY VANESSA OGLEHere’s a prom-onition — these teens will have a
fantastic prom!
More than 250 students re-ceived free prom dresses at the
third-annual Operation Prom — a formal wear giveaway for low-income
students who are doing well in school — at Bor-ough Hall on April
25.
Soaring prom costs can cause some students to dread the dance
that’s a rite of pas-sage for teenagers, according to the director
of the organiza-tion’s Brooklyn chapter, who said youngsters
throughout the borough should be able to dance the night away with
friends before graduating high school.
“We know that costs for prom can add up quickly, and that some
kids just can’t afford to attend,” said direc-tor Dawn Simon. “Prom
is one of those quintessential high school experiences no one
should have to miss — and especially not for finan-cial
reasons.”
There were more than 1,000 dresses for students to shift
through, along with essential accessories, including high-heeled
shoes and clutches. And to ensure a phenomenal fi t, a Staten
Island seamstress is performing alterations on the dresses at no
charge, be-cause she said she knows how expensive it was to send
her three kids to prom.
“It was very, very hard to buy them all the things they needed,”
said Sheryl Gordon of Sew Perfect.
One student said she found her dream dress — and it felt like it
was made just for her.
“It was everything I was looking in my prom dress,” said Hakima
Mathis, a senior at It Takes a Village Academy in East Flatbush.
“It was the perfect color … it was the right size, the design was
perfect — it had a fl ower on the shoulder and it had a trail.”
To receive a prom dress at no cost, students must be passing all
their classes, re-ceive a recommendation from their guidance
coun-selor, meet the fi nancial need requirement, and register in
advance — so the youngsters who take part are certainly deserving,
according to Si-mon.
“Our prom-dress giveaway is our way of helping students who live
in Brooklyn partici-pate in this important night and we are lucky
to have com-munity-based partners help make it happen for these
de-serving young people,” said Simon.
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By Max Jaeger
Get your olé of the land. Long Island’s New York Cosmos soccer
club is playing a one-night-only game against the hated Ottawa Fury
at MCU Park in Coney Island on May 2. So we talked to two of the
team’s biggest fan clubs, the Borough Boys and the Cross-Island
Crew, to bring you a step-by-step guide on how to be the big-gest
Cosmos fan in the cosmos — for one glorious afternoon only.
Stand in solidarityIn their home stadium, Cosmos sup-
porters rally in a fan section dubbed “Five Points” for the
historic Manhattan neigh-borhood. They’re bringing the Points to
MCU Park’s bleacher section on May 2, and it is the only place for
a newly-minted die-hard fan to stand (fans don’t sit). And be ready
to get really close with your new
allies, one super fan said.“We stand very tight — there
might
be 200 people standing in the space of a couple parking spots,”
said Kevin Odell of the Cross-Island Crew.
Pipe upYour main goal is to be as loud as pos-
sible. Show your home-team-for-a-day that they’ve captured your
heart — if only for a few hours.
Supporters have a slew of chants set to well-known tunes like
“Yankee Doodle” and “Maple Leaf Rag,” which you can pick up on the
sidelines. Learn them, live them, and bring some cough drops,
because you’ll be singing a lot, supporters said.
“We sing for 90 minutes and we’ll keep singing after the game,”
Odell said.
“And if the other team scores, we just sing louder,” said the
Borough Boys’ Nick Laveglia.
Be a fan on paperYou’re not just cheering — you’re
mounting a sensory assault. Come armed with signs poking fun at
the other team or offer to carry one of the many banners the
Borough Boys and the Cross-Island Crew roll with. One hardcore Long
Islander brings a giant cardboard cutout of Pele’s head, because
the legendary Brazilian played for another iteration of the Cosmos
in the 1970s and is now the club’s honor-ary president. But that
guy might not show up to the Brooklyn game, Odell said, so come
with your own cutout of the soccer phenomenon’s dome, and you’ll
likely be welcomed with open arms.
Go greenIf you don’t have a Cosmos jersey, hang
your head in shame and wear anything green — the team’s color.
There is not a lot of face-painting or costume-wearing
among Cosmos supporters, but a scarf is a nice touch, Laveglia
said.
“You’ll see a lot of scarves — that’s a big thing for soccer,
especially in Europe,” he said.
Just goReally, if you show up at all and can
handle a little red-card-worthy banter, you’ll be an honorary
Cosmos fan, sup-porters said.
“We welcome anybody who wants to join in our culture — you might
hear some colorful language but we’re a very inclusive group,”
Laveglia said. “As long as you’re wearing green and rooting for the
Cosmos, we welcome you.”
New York Cosmos vs. Ottowa Fury at MCU Park (1904 Surf Ave.
between W. 18th and W. 19th streets in Coney Island,
www.nycosmos.com). May 2 at 7 pm. $15–$95.
Your guide to becoming an instant Cosmos fan
Center holds it! Holds it! Holds it!: Green is the Cosmos’s
color. If you don’t have a jersey, just recycle your Saint
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It’s easy being green!
‘Operation Prom’ helps high schoolers with gown giveaway
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A DRESS TO IMPRESS: (Above) Students sifted through more than
1,000 prom dresses as they searched for their dream gown at the
third-annual Operation Prom, where more than 250 low-income
students received free prom gear at Borough Hall on April 25.
(Right) Michaela Jarvis shows off the blue prom dress she chose.
Photos by Stefano Giovannini
DRESSES ACCOMPLISHED
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BY MAX JAEGERYou can’t go out on a test night!
Bensonhurst protestors blasted the Department of Ed-ucation for
scheduling a pub-lic hearing on local charter school proposals on
April 21 — the night before high-stakes state math exams.
The department held a hearing to collect parents’ feedback on
the proposal to establish two publicly funded, privately run
charters in the area, but the timing showed total tone-deafness,
according to the area leaders.
“If you want parent engage-ment, you’re not going to get it the
night before the test,” said Heather Fiorica, president of the
District 21 Community Ed-ucation Council.
Two charters are looking to open in school district 21. Mentora
International wants to put a 400-seat high school in a Brighton
Beach building that’s under construction, and Hebrew Language
Academy is asking the city to fi nd space for its proposed 474
students in one of the district’s public schools.
The state sent a letter to Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña on
March 30 giving her 30 days to hold a hearing on the applications
somewhere in the Coney Island-to-Midwood district.
On April 14, the depart-ment told the district’s com-munity
education council that it would hold the hearing at David A. Boody
Junior High School in Bensonhurst just week one later — giving
par-ents helping their kids prepare for state exams little
opportu-nity to review the proposals before the April 21 hearing,
Fiorica said.
Just 15 people out of a crowd of about 75 testifi ed at the
hearing, according to a Community Education Coun-cil
spokeswoman.
Many in the crowd were teachers taking part in a union-organized
protest against charters, Fiorica said.
In contrast, 330 people fi lled a 2013 hearing and 37 people
testifi ed on a proposed charter co-location at Benson-hurst’s IS
96, according to edu-cation department records .
The district’s community education council is not sup-porting
applications for the two schools, and is asking for a moratorium on
all new char-ters in the district, according to a letter members
sent to Fariña on April 17.
“We object to such unethi-cal methods bestowed upon us by the
DOE and applicants, and therefore, we are hereby requesting that
such applica-
tions be denied and no further charter school applicants are
permitted in District 21,” the letter states.
A Department of Educa-tion spokesman said that the awkward
timing was im-posed by the state, which re-quired the city to set a
hear-ing date in the same month when kids spent one week on Spring
Break and two weeks taking state tests.
Parents blast city for holding controversial meeting on eve of
high-stakes state exams
UNGOVERNABLE: (Above) Janet Tropea, a teacher at PS 215, aired
her grievances against Gov. Cuomo during a protest against charter
schools on April 21. (Right) Par-ents and teachers rail against two
charter schools being proposed in the Bensonhurst school district
on April 21. The city galvanized oppo-sition when it scheduled a
hearing on the proposed schools the night before high-stakes state
math tests — a move that prevented many parents from attending the
public meeting, protestors said. Photos by Georgine Benvenuto
Tone-deaf hearing
BY NOAH HUROWITZLynch has clinched it!
The United States Sen-ate last Thursday confi rmed Loretta
Lynch, Brooklyn’s top federal law-enforcement offi cial, as
attorney gen-eral. Lynch will be the na-tion’s fi rst
African-American woman to serve in the post.
Elected offi cials in Lynch’s home district welcomed the confi
rmation with a fl ood of happy statements.
“She’s an extraordinary prosecutor, possesses great integrity
and will be relent-less in protecting the inter-ests of the
American peo-ple,” said District Attorney Ken Thompson, who
previ-ously served with Lynch in the United States Attorney’s offi
ce. “I have no doubt that Loretta will serve our nation with honor
and distinction. As the fi rst-ever African American woman to serve
as attorney general, this is also a proud moment in our coun-try’s
history.”
Lawmakers approved Lynch, the current United States attorney for
the East-ern District of New York, in a 56–43 vote, to replace
for-mer Attorney General Eric Holder.
President Obama nomi-nated Lynch in November , but the confi
rmation pro-cess dragged on far longer than usual — in part because
many Republicans objected
to her support of Obama’s im-migration policies, according to a
New York Times report . Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell
(R–Kentucky) also refused to hold the con-fi rmation vote while the
Sen-ate was at loggerheads for weeks over an unrelated hu-man
traffi cking bill. Sena-tors fi nally passed the bill last
Wednesday.
Lynch has served two stints as top prosecutor for the Eastern
District of New York, fi rst under the Clinton administration from
1999 to 2001 and again from 2010 through today. She worked at a
private law fi rm during the Bush Administration in be-tween the
two gigs.
Lynch’s fans have cham-pioned her for holding law enforcement
and public of-fi cials to account, citing her role in the civil
rights pros-ecution of the NYPD offi cers responsible for torturing
Haitian immigrant Abner Louima in the 70th Precinct station house
in 1997 and the subsequent cover-up.
More recently, Lynch tackled several high-profi le terrorism
cases and made a point of pursuing crooked politicians including
tax cheat and former congress-man Michael Grimm , who resigned in
January after pleading guilty to Lynch’s charge of federal tax
eva-sion.
Brooklyn rules! Senate confi rms
Loretta Lynch
APPROVED!: Brooklyn’s U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch — President
Obama’s pick for the nation’s top legal eagle — has fi nally been
named attorney general. Associated Press / Carolyn Kaster
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BY MAX JAEGERThis beauty queen had their heads twirling.
Miss New York 2014 — Jillian Tap-per — dropped by a
baton-twirling competition at Our Lady of Perpetual Help to give
contestants a pep talk on April 25. The pageant winner is also an
accomplished twirler, and parents said their kids were stoked to
meet someone who knows her way around a baton so well.
“She loved it,” said Lisa Silva of her daughter Isabella. “She
felt very proud because it was really nice to see some-one who
twirls and is so successful.”
And Tapper has more baton bona fi -des than you can shake a
stick at, said one twirling coach.
“She used to twirl at FSU in front of 80,000 people during
football games,” said Perpetual Help twirling coach Cecilia Fedyn.
“She won scholarships that paid for her entire college.”
And she still has the skills, Fedyn said.
“She put on a little performance,” she said. “She twirled three
batons so she’s pretty good — she did it like it was nothing.”
The Miss America runner-up ad-dress the crowd before 100 baton
ma-jors and majorettes from the tri-state area tested their hands
in team, duet, and solo exhibitions as part of the New York
Twirling Championship.
Isabella Silva took home fi rst place in the Intermediate Solo
category, but she really showed off what the sport has taught her
once the competition was over, her mother said.
“The thing I really like about the twirlers is that they teach
them how to be good sports and to be good win-
ners,” Lisa Silva said. “Isabella was twirling against was one
of her best friends, and they were competing for champion — both of
them had a very good attitude about competing against each other.
Isabella was very happy she won, but she was also mindful that her
friend was disappointed.”
Miss New York visits Bay Ridge baton-twirling competition
BATON BESTIES: Miss New York 2015 Jillan Tapper — a
baton-twirler in college — hangs out with fellow twirlers Isabella
Silva and Amaya Collado during an exhibition at Our Lady of
Perpetual Help in Bay Ridge. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto
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BY VANESSA OGLEMore than half a dozen Southern Brooklyn civic
groups united to dis-cuss their concerns with Comptroller Scott
Stringer at the Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting on April
22.
Nearly 120 people from eight groups in nearby neighborhoods —
including Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Ma-rine Park, Sea Gate,
and Plumb Beach — put their differences aside to work towards a
unifi ed future for an area that locals say is too often
overlooked.
Because there is power in numbers, according to the president of
one of the civics, the groups are collectively speaking out about
the problems that plague Southern Brooklyn.
“We came up with this concept to show our elected offi cials
that we do communicate and are ready to work with each other for a
common good,” said Judy Baron, the president of the Manhattan Beach
Community Group. “There are issues that overlap many neighborhoods
throughout this city. Sadly, it is obvious that many of us have to
raise our voices as one to gain attention.”
Residents shared many concerns with the comptroller, including
their fears about the proposed citywide re-zoning , which some
residents fear will ruin the character of their close-knit
communities .
The city wants to allow develop-ers to build higher in certain
zones if they agree to include below-mar-ket-rate housing. But one
outspoken critic of the plan said the Department of Buildings is
making homes less af-fordable in the area by turning a blind eye to
illegal home conversions . The department’s neglect is actually
infl at-ing home prices because one- and two-family homes are
selling for more than they are worth since developers know they can
turn a profi t by sub-dividing them and renting out the rooms, he
said.
“We’re talking about affordable housing, we want more affordable
housing — we have the affordable housing right now it’s
disappearing,” said Bob Cassara of the Brooklyn Housing
Preservation Alliance. “We need some help.”
Stringer, who recently audited on
the Built It Back storm-recovery pro-gram , said he is
considering auditing the Department of Buildings. He said the
current procedures at the depart-ment are archaic and need an
update.
“There is a way to construct the building department that is
21st cen-tury,” he said.
Members of the many participat-ing civic groups also shared
their con-cerns about preparing for the next su-perstorm, and the
city’s tree removal process.
But one group was noticeably ab-sent from the ecumenical
gathering — the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association, which has
been locked in a Hatfi eld-and-McCoy-style feud with the Manhattan
Beach Community Group since 2011 .
A member from the neighborhood association said the group didn’t
at-tend because its members weren’t in-vited.
But Baron said they were welcome to attend the meeting — and she
said she wants to continue to have merged community meetings in the
future.
“The meeting was open to all,” she said. “We’re going to try
very hard to increase this group.”
Community groups come together to make their voices heard by
city
IN COMPTROL: Comptroller Scott Stringer speaks to eight
different Southern Brooklyn civic associations at the Manhattan
Beach Community Group meeting on April 22. Photo by Steve
Solomonson
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You and your parents or guardians are cordially invited to the
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68TH PRECINCTBAY RIDGE—DYKER HEIGHTS
Agates a-goneA jabroni jacked hundreds of
thousands of dollars in jewelry from a 99th Street residence
while the ho-meowner was away from April 18 to April 22.
The intruder snuck into the home between Third and Fourth
av-enues in Bay Ridge through a rear window and took $3,000 in cash
and another $212,000 in jewelry, police said.
Checked outAn opportunistic bookworm
checked out a woman’s cellphone and wallet after she left them
unat-tended at a Third Avenue library on April 22.
The woman didn’t take her stuff when she went to the bathroom in
the bibliotheque between Ovington and Bay Ridge avenues in Bay
Ridge at 3:40 pm, and when she returned, someone had taken the
phone and wallet, police said.
Cafe con larcenyA caffeinated cretin copped a
woman’s purse from a Third Ave-nue coffee house on April 21.
The lady left her luggage on a hook in the cafe between 74th
Street and Bay Ridge Parkway in Bay Ridge when she went to the loo
at 4 pm, but when she returned 30 min-utes later, the bag was gone,
police said.
Buggy burglarA punk pinched clothes and
credit cards from a parked car on 92nd Street between April 23
and 24.
The driver left her ride between 92nd and 93rd streets in Bay
Ridge at 11:30 pm, but when she returned at 4:30 am the next day,
her stuff was gone, police said.
60TH PRECINCTCONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Nightmare awakeningA woman has no idea how she
awoke bloody and battered on W. 24th Street on April 20.
She was walking her dog be-tween Surf and Mermaid avenues in
Coney Island at 5:50 am, and the next thing she knew, she woke up
on the sidewalk with a skull fracture, police said.
A witness said he saw a man blindside the woman, a police
re-port states. The woman’s dog was recovered nearby at the corner
of W. 28th Street and Mermaid Avenue, offi cials said.
Bag checkA trio of ruffi ans rifl ed through
a teen’s bag under threat of violence on Neptune Avenue on April
23.
The victim was between W. Fifth and W. Sixth streets in Brighton
Beach on his way home from school at 4 pm when the threesome
started to follow him, police said. A block west, between W. Sixth
Street and Shell Road, the toughs surrounded him and told him to
empty his pock-ets, a police report states. They took his backpack
and went through it, but didn’t take anything, offi cials said.
Bad neighborThe anti-Mr. Rogers attacked
his Brighton Third Street neigh-bor because her kids were
too
loud on April 23. The alleged assailant winged a
glass at his neighbor in an apart-ment between Neptune Avenue
and Shore Parkway in Brighton Beach at 7:30 am, because he thought
the children were too raucous, police said. The mom suffered
bruises from the fl ying cup, offi cials said.
Savings snatchedA heartless heathen stole $1,000
from an elderly woman’s W. 36th Street home on April 18.
The 76-year-old woman spent the night at a friend’s house the
evening before, and when she returned to her home between Surf and
Mer-maid avenues in Coney Island at 10 am, she discovered that
someone had busted her front door lock with a drill and taken a
stash of cash from under her bed, police said.
Left hangingA group of goons stole a pre-
teen’s phone on W. 29th Street on April 25 — and then stood up
the tween’s dad when he tried to get the phone back.
A punks bumped into the kid between Surf and Mermaid av-enues in
Coney Island at 3:20 pm, police said. One of the fl eet-fi sted fi
ends slipped the 12-year-old’s phone from his pocket, a police
re-port states.
The teen tracked the stolen cell to W. 31st Street between Surf
and Mermaid avenues, but he was afraid to confront the bandits, so
his father texted the stolen phone, saying, “Re-turn phone or we
will call the po-
lice,” according to police reports. The thieves called the dad
and ar-
ranged a time and place to exchange the gizmo for a ransom, but
they never showed up, offi cials said.
— Max Jaeger
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Two thieves assaulted a 13-year-old girl and stole her cellphone
while she was walking in a park on Haring Street on April 20, cops
say.
Authorities say the girl was near Avenue Y at 2 pm when the
punks pushed her down. The good-for-nothings then snatched her
cell-phone before fl eeing on foot, accord-ing to a report.
Double trouble Police say a gun-wielding goon
and a crook with a knife robbed a 28-year-old man on E. 27th
Street on April 22.
The dastardly duo ambushed the victim near Avenue X at 1:20 am,
ac-cording to a report. Police say the crooks pulled out their
weapons and one perp allegedly said, “Give me your phone and your
wallet.”
The victim then handed the crooks his belongings and the perps
fl ed, cops say.
Home heist A crafty crook broke into a home
on Avenue W and stole jewelry on April 22, cops stated.
Authorities say the robber broke into the home between E. 26th
and 27th streets at 2:30 pm. Police say the crook ransacked the
place and stole the baubles. The thief broke the lock on the front
door to enter the residence, according to police reports. — Vanessa
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BY MAX JAEGERPolice released images of two twerps they say tried
to rob a 76-year-old Co-ney Island woman in her Surf Avenue
apartment building on April 20.
The woman was waiting for an el-evator in the apartment, which
sits be-tween W. 20th and W. 21st streets, at
10 am when the pair of punks tried to take her purse, police
said.
The scrubs failed and scuttled off to parts unknown, offi cials
said. Police are describing the would-be robbers as two males
between 15 and 19 years old who were last seen wearing black and
white jackets.
BY MAX JAEGERJohhny Law is on the hunt for the thief who boosted
two laptops from a Brigh-ton Beach Avenue business on April 11.
The guy snuck into the building be-tween Beach Walk and Brighton
First Road at 3 pm and made his way into a fi fth-fl oor offi ce,
where he took two computers before taking an elevator back to the
ground fl oor and fl eeing the building, police said.
Offi cials are describing the burglar as a male last seen
wearing blue jeans and a green jacket.
HACKED: Cops believe this punk broke into a Brighton Beach
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BY DANIELLE FURFAROTalk about fl ower power!
Tens of thousands of na-ture lovers and Japanophiles crowded
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Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom fes-tival.
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blossoms, celebrate with friends and family, and watch traditional
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“This is the perfect day to come see the cherry blos-soms,” said
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The entertainment in-cluded taiko drumming en-sembles, kabuki
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Botanic Garden also offered tours of its Japanese gardens and
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the comptroller’s offi ce.“Sometimes it takes a bumpy road
to show that government can be re-sponsive to its constituents,”
said Comptroller Scott Stringer at a press conference near the site
on April 24. “Today is an example of how we can work together to
produce results.”
The total paid out by the city for the Ocean Avenue damages was
$5,000.
And even though the road to a re-fund may have been rough for
resi-dents, another elected offi cial said he is pleased locals fi
nally got the green light on their reimbursements.
“We can’t undo the past or make up for the hassle, but I’m proud
to have worked with my colleagues to ensure reimbursement for many
of the people who were subject to these out-of-pocket expenses,”
said Councilman Chaim Deutsch (D–Sheepshead Bay).
Deutsch said local and state elected officials also worked
to-gether to ensure a refund for 10 resi-dents who were over 60
years old or under 18 years old whose tires were slashed in
Sheepshead Bay and Mid-
wood last December . “Both of these success stories are
indicative of what can be accomplished when city and state
elected offi cials work together with our governmental agencies for
the benefi t of our constitu-encies,” said Deutsch.
To receive a refund, residents must fi le a claim within 90 days
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walks or intersections,” said Council-man Mark Treyger (D–Coney
Island), who lobbied the city to move the cam-era.
Treyger announced over the week-end that the camera is now being
moved further from the exit and closer to the Ocean Parkway
crosswalks near the school to protect the pedestrians who cross the
street.
“DOT Commissioner Trottenberg has agreed that the camera should
be moved further east towards Ocean Parkway, where it will meet the
goal of the speed camera program by pro-tecting the many
pedestrians — es-pecially students, seniors and fami-lies — who
cross Ocean Parkway each day.”
The speed camera, which was only in operation during school
days, racked up millions of dollars of tickets in a matter of
months , according to data ob-tained by this paper from the
Depart-ment of Transportation last year:
• July: 1,931 tickets were issued.• August: 6,169 tickets were
issued.• September: 14,535 tickets were is-
sued.• October: 14,604 tickets were is-
sued.• November: 6,350 tickets were is-
sued.• December: 5,586 tickets were is-
sued.But instead of keeping the roads
safer, multiple elected offi cials ar-gued that the camera was
causing more chaos. Treyger said that drivers were braking abruptly
on the parkway when they realized there was a cam-
era, which disrupted the fl ow of traf-fi c and potentially
increased the likeli-hood for accidents.
“This location protected no pedes-trians and actually made it
unsafe for drivers,” said Treyger.
Treyger said the department made the right choice by moving the
camera.
“This was a common-sense deci-sion,” he said.
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CAMERA
FAST CASH: This speed camera on the Belt Parkway exit ramp of
Shore Parkway issued nearly $2.4 million worth of tickets in just
six months last year. The city has now agreed to move the
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BY MAX JAEGERIt was an exercise in crisis manage-ment —
literally.
The Offi ce of Emergency Manage-ment handed out rations during a
mock disaster in Kaiser Park on April 28.
The agency mounts the city’s re-sponse to catastrophes, but most
of the relief workers come from other city agencies that must work
together under unusual circumstances, so the offi ce periodically
stages faux calam-ities to get parks and health depart-ment
employees used to handing out blankets and dealing with victims, a
spokeswoman said.
“It’s a little bit outside of their day-to-day role, so on the
back end, they’ve been doing some training,” said Nancy Silvestri
of the Offi ce of Emergency Management.
Relief workers handed out self-heating, pre-packaged meals from
the city’s Community Emergency Re-sponse Team to more than 150
volun-teers posing as displaced victims dur-ing the disaster drill
in Coney Island, Silvestri said.
The offi ce maintains meals com-plying with an array of special
diets — including kosher, halal, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free
rations, she said.
And volunteers got a taste of what’s
in store the next time a disaster hits when workers whipped up
hot meals, she said. And the new rations seem to be an improvement
over the previous fare.
“We were testing out the hot food contract by having them eat
some of the meals,” Silvestri said. “They went over pretty well —
people said they were better than what they had during Sandy.”
The offi ce also rolled out its In-teragency Command Center — a
bus outfi tted with computers, communi-cations equipment, and a
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cials responding to a cata-clysm, she said.
City holds mock disaster in Coney Island
THE HEAT IS ON: A city relief worker hands a ration of
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BY NOAH HUROWITZThe robots are coming!
Students at New York Uni-versity Polytechnic School of
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University,” said Dr. Kimberly R. Cline, president of LIU. “A
leader in business curriculum development and an experienced
entrepreneur, he has a deep understanding of New York City,
national, and global business landscapes. Dr. Rogoff’s vision for
the University’s business-focused academic programming reaffi rms
LIU’s growing reputation as a leading experiential
learning university.”“It is an honor to join LIU Brooklyn,
a rising university rife with opportunity and a palpable spirit
of entrepreneurial thinking,” said Dr. Rogoff. “I look forward to
working with the esteemed faculty at LIU Brooklyn to bring the
School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences
to new levels of achievement. My approach has always been to teach
students to be business leaders, not to teach students about
business leadership.”
“I see the rapid change in technology, fi nancial systems, and
entrepreneurship support systems as new demands on business
education and great opportunities for LIU with its current
curriculum in these areas, strong faculty, and involvement with
many of the leading businesses in these sectors,” said Rogoff. “We
need to keep evolving to meet these needs and anticipate the coming
demands on business schools,” he said.
Dr. Rogoff prides himself on building what he calls “structures
of opportunity” to serve LIU Brooklyn students, the
University community, and New York City. According to Rogoff,
exceptional opportunities exist in the form of potential synergies
with leaders and organizations helping to take advantage of
downtown Brooklyn’s preeminence in real estate, technology, and
arts activity and commerce.
“Dr. Rogoff possesses the rare combination of entrepreneurial
skill and educational creativity, said Dr. Jeffrey Kane, vice
president for Academic Affairs.” He has a well-deserved reputation
for making a difference at the convergence of business,
scholarship, and community. We are delighted about the educational
and career opportunities Dr. Rogoff’s leadership brings to current
and future LIU Brooklyn students.”
LIU Brooklyn’s business-focused students and academic programs
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communities. Students currently hold competitive internship
positions at the Barclays Center, the Brooklyn Nets, New York Stock
Exchange, and the U.S. Department of Commerce, among others.
LIU Brooklyn’s School of Business also enjoys partner affi
liations with the “Big Four” accounting fi rms, where students and
alumni intern, work, and excel. As a result, LIU Brooklyn is ranked
among the Top 50 Colleges in the Northeast for Salary potential by
Payscale.com.
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work has been published in The New York Times, The Journal of Small
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City-owned property (collectively, "Disposition Area") in the
Borough of Brooklyn:
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Avenue 6978/22
This submission is a proposed amendment (“Amended Project”) to a
project previously approved by the Mayor on June 11, 2008 (Cal. No.
14) (“Original Project”). The Amended Project changes the program
from the New Foundations Program to the New Infill Homeownership
Opportunities Program and changes the number of buildings and units
that are proposed, but is otherwise the same as the Original
Project. Under the Original Project, the NYC Partnership Housing
Development Fund Company, Inc., the designated sponsor (“Sponsor”)
was to purchase the Disposition Area and construct up to six
buildings containing a total of up to 14 condominium units, up to
two 2-family homes totaling up to18 dwelling units and up to two
commercial condominium units for sale to low income purchasers.
Under the Amended Project, Sponsor will purchase the Disposition
Area and construct up to seven 3-family homes containing a total of
up to 21 dwelling units for sale to low income purchasers. Under
the New Infill Homeownership Opportunities Program (NIHOP),
sponsors purchase City-owned land for $1.00 per tax lot and
construct one- to four-family homes or condominium units. The
sponsor also delivers a note and mortgage for the difference
between the appraised value of the land and the purchase price
(“Land Debt”). Construction financing may be provided through loans
from the City ("City Subsidy"), the New York State Affordable
Housing Corporation, private lenders and from developer equity. The
City provides tax exemption for the homes pursuant to Section 696
of the General Municipal Law. Federal HOME funds may be used to
provide down payment assistance. Upon completion, the sponsor sells
the homes to eligible purchasers who have agreed to owner-occupy
for a total of fifteen years. The Land Debt and City Subsidy, if
any, are apportioned pro rata to each home and may be unsecured and
reduced at the time of sale based on the home's post-construction
appraised value. Purchasers repay the Land Debt and City Subsidy,
if any, attributable to their homes by delivering a note and a
mortgage and/or conditional grant agreement to the City. The sum
evidenced by the note and secured by the security instruments
declines from years 6 to 15 by one-tenth of the original principal
sum for each year of owner occupancy. Initial purchasers and
subsequent owners are required to make payments to the City out of
resale or refinancing profits. HPD proposes to sell the Disposition
Area to Sponsor at the nominal price of $1.00 per tax lot. Upon
conveyance, Sponsor will also deliver a note and mortgage for the
difference between the appraised value of the land and the purchase
price ("Land Debt"). The appraisal and the proposed Land
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examination at the office of HPD, 100 Gold Street, Room 5-Ac, New
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Floor Conference Room, 22 Reade Street, Manhattan at 10:00 a.m., or
as soon thereafter as the matter may be reached on the calendar, at
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opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed sale of the
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Municipal Law and Section 1802(6)(j) of the Charter. Individuals
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A s retirement age approaches, many older adults envision
them-selves downsizing and moving to a quaint community to enjoy
their golden years in as relaxing a fashion as possible. However,
for a growing number of seniors, their retirement years are being
spent helping to raise grandchildren.
United States Census data from 2010 indicates 4.9 million
American
children are being raised solely by their grandparents.
CanGrads, a Na-tional Kinship Support organization, says
approximately 62,500 children are being raised by grandparents and
other family in Canada. Many grand-parents provide part-time care
when their older children have to move back home with their
families, as roughly 13 million children are now living in homes
with their grandparents.
Being raised by grandparents may not be the ideal situation for
all parties involved, but such situations are a ne-cessity for many
families. Seniors who are once again thrown into the care-giver
arena may need a crash course in childcare or a few pointers on
par-enting in the modern age:
Get the right equipment. Chil-dren certainly require a lot of
gear, more than grandparents likely used
when raising their own children. Cer-tain safety requirements
are in place to safeguard young children, and that often means
investing in new cribs, car seats, high chairs, and other items.
Grandparents should resist the temp-tation to use old items they
may have kept in storage, as such items may no longer be safe and
could put grandchil-dren at risk for injury.
GRANDPARENTS WHO HELP
RAISE CHILDREN
For a growing number of seniors, retirement years are being
spent helping to raise grandchildren.
Continued on page 33
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BY JOANNA R. LEEFERWhat do Health Care Proxies, Do Not
Resuscitate orders, and Living Wills have in common? All three are
legal documents, called Advance Directives, that communicate your
end-of-life choices to family members, caregiv-ers, and doctors if
you cannot speak to them yourself.
New York State has a long list of medical and social decisions
that need to be made when a person is ter-minally ill. Do you want
to be resus-citated if you should stop breathing? What if your
heart stops beating? Do you want to be placed on a feeding tube if
you can no longer eat?
Advance Directives insure your end-of-life choices are followed
even if you slip into a coma, are in the ad-vanced stages of
dementia, or are un-able to speak. Advance directives in-form
medical professionals if you want any interventions at the end of
life or if you want only palliative care.
Many people feel they do not need to make these decisions while
they are young and healthy. They prefer to be-lieve that only older
people or people with terminal illnesses should make these choices.
This is a big mistake. According to The Center for Disease Control,
of all fatal U.S. traffi c deaths predicted in 2015, almost half
will be among people between the age of 25 and 54. These statistics
are a clear re-minder that life is fragile and even the healthiest
of us can face life-and-death decisions at any time.
Below is a list of the three essential advance directives that
every adult should have:
Health care proxy In some states this is called a Power
of Attorney for Health Care. This is a document that allows you
to appoint someone you trust to make health care decisions for you
if you are unable to convey them yourself. You can appoint a family
member, friend, or anyone else you trust as long as he is at least
18 years old and is considered legally competent.
Once you appoint an agent, that person can sit in on medical
meetings, decide on special treatments, approve all diagnostic
tests and surgical pro-cedures, and even agree or disagree to organ
donations.
The proxy is one of the easiest doc-uments to obtain and
activate. It can be downloaded for free by logging onto New York
Department of Health’s web-site. It is printed in eight languages
including English, Spanish, Chinese, Creole, Russian, Italian,
French, and
Korean. You do not even need a law-yer. The only requirement is
that two adults must witness the signing.
Before you entrust someone to this important role, it is crucial
that your appointee understands and agrees to follow through with
your fundamen-tal beliefs. Write these choices on the health care
proxy so there is no ques-tion about what you want.
You should make sure your agent feels comfortable communicating
your preferences. Some problems can occur if you do not want any
end-of-life interventions and your agent has re-ligious beliefs to
the contrary. In this case, you should consider appointing another
person.
Only a doctor can determine when an individual lacks mental
capacity to make her own decision and when an agent’s role can be
activated. This step insures that an agent does not misuse his
power.
Living willA living will is a legal document
that informs medical personnel whether you do or do not want
life-sustaining treatment if you are termi-nally ill.
Every state has its own living will requirements, so you might
want to consult an attorney or check with your state to determine
the particulars of fi lling out a request. New York State does not
have a specifi c living will form but has a document called a
Med-ical Order for Life Sustaining Treat-ment that spells out what
kind of life-sustaining treatment you would like or not like if you
are terminally ill.
Some of the choices include whether you want cardio-pulmonary
resuscita-tion (CPR) if your heart stops; whether you want to be
connected to a breath-ing machine if you stop breathing; and
whether you want artifi cially ad-ministered fl uids and nutrition
if you can no longer eat or drink. New York State’s document also
asks if you wish to refuse all antibiotics and settle for only
palliative care.
The form is printed on bright pink paper and must be signed by a
New York State licensed physician. All health care professionals
must follow these medical instructions unless a physician examines
the patient, re-views the orders, and changes them.
Do not resuscitate orderA do not resuscitate order is a
medi-
cal order written and signed by a doc-tor. The order only
instructs health care providers not to apply CPR on a
Continued on page 34
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Men and women over the age of 50 are in a unique posi-tion to
vastly improve their quality of life by adopting a low-sodium diet
that is rich in vitamins and minerals.
N utrition is important for people of all ages, but it’s
es-pecially important for men and women over the age of 50, who can
dramatically improve their quality of life by eating a
well-balanced diet fi lled with vita-mins and nutrients. Though
that may seem like common sense, re-search has shown that men and
women in this age group, who are often referred to as baby boomers,
are not necessarily as healthy as they may seem.
While the baby boomer genera-tion, which is generally regarded
as those people born between 1946 and 1964, boasts longer life
expectan-cies than any generation that came before them, some of
that can likely be chalked up to advancements in medical care,
including a boom-ing pharmaceutical industry that seemingly has an
antidote to every
ailment. But a 2013 study from re-searchers at the West Virginia
Uni-versity School of Medicine found that baby boomers are less
healthy than the generation that immedi-ately preceded them,
tending to be more likely to have higher levels of hypertension,
diabetes and high cholesterol. While that news might be sobering,
it’s never too late for men and women over 50 to start eating
healthier diets, which can reduce their risk of a wide range of
ailments, including heart disease, stroke and osteoporosis.
The following are a few ways men and women over 50 can al-ter
their diets so their bodies are getting what they need to live long
and healthy lives well into their golden years. As is always the
case, men and women should discuss any potential changes to their
diets with their physicians
to ensure the changes will be both effective and healthy.
Balance your diet. Kids hear of the benefi ts of a balanced diet
seemingly from the moment they enter a classroom for the fi rst
time, but many adults fail to heed that basic advice as they get
fur-ther and further away from kin-dergarten. When changing your
diet, be sure to include plenty of protein and carbohydrates.
Pro-tein maintains and rebuilds mus-cles, which is especially
impor-tant for aging men and women who might fi nd themselves
unable to keep up with the physical de-mands of everyday life as
well as they used to. Including ample low-fat protein, which can be
found in fi sh, eggs and low-fat dairy among other foods, will aid
in muscle re-covery, benefi tting aging athletes
Nutrition and aging go hand-in-hand
Continued on page 33
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COURIER LIFE, MAY 1–7, 201528 M
I nvestors know that money manage-ment can be diffi cult. The
ebb and fl ow of the economy can be similar to a roller coaster,
with soaring highs followed by steep drops, and those changes all
affect investors’ bottom lines. It’s no wonder then that many
in-vestors over 50 envision the day when they can get off that
roller coaster and simply enjoy their money without hav-ing to
worry about the everyday ups and downs of the market. But manag-ing
money after 50 is about more than just reducing risk.
Reducing risk as retirement draws near is a sound fi nancial
strategy that can safeguard men and women over 50 from the fl
uctuations of the market. That’s true whether investors put their
money in stocks, real estate or other areas that were not immune to
the ups and downs of the economy. But there are additional steps
men and women can take after they turn 50 to ensure their golden
years are as enjoyable and
fi nancially sound as possible.Prioritize saving for
retirement.
Men and women over 50 know that re-tirement is right around the
corner. Despite that, many people over 50 still have not
prioritized saving for retire-ment. It’s understandable that other
ob-ligations, be it paying kids’ college tu-ition or offering fi
nancial assistance to aging parents, may seem more immedi-ate, but
those over 50 should recognize that their time to save for
retirement is rapidly dwindling. Just because you are retired does
not mean your bills will magically disappear. In fact, some of
those bills, such as the cost of medi-cal care, are likely to
increase. So now is the time to make retirement a prior-ity if you
have not already done so.
Start making decisions. People retire at different times in
their lives. Some want to keep working as long as they are
physically and mentally ca-pable of doing so, while others want to
reap what their lifetime of hard work
has sewn and retire early. Finances will likely play a strong
role in when you can comfortably retire, so start making decisions
about your long-term future. Do you intend to stay in your current
home or downsize to a smaller home? Will you stay in your current
area or move elsewhere? These decisions re-quire a careful
examination of your fi nances, and many will hinge on how
well you have managed your money in the past and how well you
manage it in the years ahead. Sound money manage-ment after 50
means making decisions about your future and taking the nec-essary
steps to ensure those decisions come to fruition.
Pay down debt. Thanks in part to the recession that began in
2008 and led to high unemployment, many people in the baby boomer
generation, which includes people born between the years 1946 and
1964, went back to school to make themselves more attrac-tive to
prospective employers. While that might have been a sound decision,
it left many deeply in debt. According to a 2013 report from the
Chronicle of Higher Education, student loan debt is growing fastest
among people over 60, and that debt is not inconsequential. In
fact, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported in 2013 that
the aver-age student loan debt of those over the age of 60 who
still owe money is more than $19,000, a considerable increase from
2005, when the average debt was $11,000. Men and women over 50 who
are still carrying debt should elimi-nate consumer debt fi rst, as
such debt tends to be accompanied by higher in-terest rates than
mortgages and stu-dent loan debt. Paying down debt can help reduce
stress, improve your qual-ity of life and free up money for living
and recreational expenses once you re-tire.
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Managing money after age 50
Managing money after age 50 is about more than just reducing
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ELDERCAREELDERCARE TODAY
N o one, regardless of age, is immune to random bouts of memory
loss. While misplaced car keys or forgetting items on your gro-cery
list are nothing to get worked up over, many men and women over 50
do start to worry about memory lapses, especially when they start
to occur with more frequency than they might have just a few years
ago. But while mem-ory loss might be quickly asso-ciated with
aging, increased forgetfulness is not an inevita-ble side effect of
getting older, a fact that those at or approach-ing retirement age
should fi nd comforting.
As a person ages, his hip-pocampus, the region of the brain
involved in the forma-tion and retrieval of memo-ries, often
deteriorates. This can affect how long it takes to learn and recall
information. But just because this process is slower does not mean
it’s a warning sign of dementia, which is the loss of certain
mental functions, including memory. Though taking lon-
ger to recall information can be frustrating, many people still
retain their ability to re-call information. In addition, while
dementia brought on by conditions such as Alzheim-er’s disease or
Parkinson’s disease is untreatable, there are things men and
women
can do to strengthen their memories and reduce their momentary
lapses in mem-ory.
Start playing games. A University of Iowa study funded by the
National Insti-tute on Aging found that brain games may in fact pay
numer-
ous and long-term dividends. In the study, 681 healthy
vol-unteers over the age of 40 were divided into four groups. One
group played computerized crossword puzzles, and three other groups
played a brain training video game from Posit Science designed
specifi -
cally to enhance the speed and accuracy of visual processing.
The volunteers showed less de-cline in visual processing as well as
in other tests that mea-sured concentration, memory, and the
ability to shift quickly between tasks, and the ben-efi ts from the
training games lasted as long as seven years after training. Brain
games are now more accessible than ever before, as players can
access such games on their smartphones, tablets, eread-ers, and
computers.
Become a social butter-fl y. A 2008 study spearheaded by the
clinical trials admin-istrative director at Southern California
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group and published in the American
Journal of Public Health found that older women who maintained
large social networks were 26 percent less likely to develop
dementia than women with smaller social networks. In addition,
those who had daily contact with friends and fam-ily cut their risk
of dementia by nearly half.
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