THE FORUM NEWSGROUP | FEBRUARY 13, 2019

VOL. 20 • NUMBER 7 • FEBRUARY 13, 2020

BOARD BRAIN Mayor Taps ‘Accessibility Expert’ and Ozone Park Native - Victor Calise for MTA Panel

See Story on Page 3 Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday nominated Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities Commissioner Victor Calise for appointment to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board.

Photo Courtesy of Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

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State of the City 2020: ‘Hand this City back to the People who Make it so Great’

By Michael V. Cusenza With just two years remaining on his second term, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday chose the Museum of Natural History as the dramatic backdrop for his seventh State of the City address, during which Hizzoner implored residents to help his administration “save our city.”

“New York City is the greatest city in the world, but many New Yorkers have real fears that the city they love is slipping away,” de Blasio said. “From making pre-K universal, to creating the safest big city in America, we have accomplished so much together, but we need to go much farther. We must make New York City easier to afford, protect the mom-and-pop businesses that make New York, New York, and hand this city back to the people who make it so great.”

De Blasio detailed several proposals as part of his 2020 agenda. The proposals that seem to have been getting a lot of ink this week are the ones related to improving the affordability and quality-of-life of all residents: Legalize Basement Apartments: According to de Blasio, the City will take the first steps to legalize basement apartments and accessory units by updating zoning laws, introducing legislation to cut through red tape, and helping homeowners pay for it. The mayor has pledged to set aside capital funds to finance low interest loans to homeowners hoping to create safe and legal affordable apartments on their property. These measures will add approximately 10,000 more affordable homes within the next decade, according to Hizzoner.

Build New Homes for the Lowest-Income New Yorkers: Your Home NYC will prioritize building new homes for the lowest-income New Yorkers. Half of all City-financed, newly built homes will be for families making under $50,000 per year, and at least half of those will be for families making less than $30,000 per year. In total, this will mean 2,000 more units for low-income New Yorkers over the course of the plan.

Rent without a Security Deposit: Starting with up to 60,000 City-financed homes, the mayor has promised to

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“New York City is the greatest city in the world, but many New Yorkers have real fears that the city they love is slipping away,” Mayor de Blasio said.

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Mayor de Blasio delivered his seventh State of the City address on Thursday at the Museum of Natural History.

offer renters a choice to pay a security deposit or to sign up for renter security insurance that allows small monthly payments or a smaller single upfront payment in lieu of the full month deposit. De Blasio said the City will also pursue local and state legislation to expand these alternative options citywide to all of New York’s 2.2 million rental households.

Universal Renter Protection: The administration is advocating for the State Legislature to pass new tenant protections that will help shield the 2.5 million New Yorkers who live in nearly 900,000 unregulated homes from steep rent shocks and arbitrarily losing their leases.

Expand Community Land Trusts: De Blasio said the City will support the use of Community Land Trusts and new neighborhood wealth-building tools to support community ownership and development that allows residents to share in the wealth generation. The opportunities, offered for organizations to propose community ownership models, will include enough City-owned land to gain more than 3,000 units of community owned or shared-equity housing.

“Our City is battling a full-blown affordability crisis, and the City’s housing plan has left tens of thousands of New Yorkers behind with housing that is not truly affordable. I have long called for the City to refocus our resources on building housing for the New Yorkers with the greatest need—families in shelters or who are one paycheck away from homelessness,” said City Comptroller Scott Stringer. “I commend this step in the right direction, but the massive scale of our housing crisis demands we do more: 565,000 New York households pay over half of their income in rent, are severely overcrowded, or have been in a homeless shelter for over a year. All of them deserve safe, affordable housing, and it’s our responsibility to upend the status quo, break through existing policy paradigms, and build the housing New Yorkers need—finally.”

De Blasio has also pledged to deploy 300 Youth Coordination Officers to every NYPD precinct, “where they will help young people access positive community resources and will be resident precinct experts for all youth-related matters.” Additionally, the City will: Create a NYPD Vision Zero Unit: This new unit will

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consist of over 100 personnel and expand enforcement against the most dangerous behaviors on Gotham streets: speeding, red-light running, and failure to yield to pedestrians.

Make Streets Safer near Schools: The City is installing 1,000 new lights, stop signs, and speed bumps around schools and in neighborhoods.

In his 2020 State of the City address on Thursday, de Blasio said his administration is poised to launch “a second wave of the Green New Deal that will green our energy, cut vehicle emissions, and ban more wasteful plastics—all so the nation’s largest city can become carbon neutral.”

Other climate change-influenced proposals include: End Single-use Plastic Bottles: Through an Executive Order, the City government will end the purchase of unnecessary, single-use plastic bottles and restrict the sale of single-use plastic bottles (21 fluid ounces or less) on City property by 2021.

Double Solar Power: The administration will launch a new program to defray upfront costs of solar power, letting homeowners pay for them over years out of the savings on their energy bills, de Blasio promised. The Citywill help install solar panels on 50,000 one- to four-family homes— doubling the amount of solar power produced in New York City and creating 5,000 green jobs.

Make all City Vehicles Electric: The mayor indicated that he will issue an Executive Order to have all on-road vehicles in the fleet be plug-in electric by 2040. By 2025, 4,000 vehicles will be replaced or converted to electric, and by 2040, the City will work to make the entire municipal fleet—every garbage truck, every ferry, every ambulance and every police cruiser—fully electric. The first electric school buses will hit the streets this year, de Blasio added.

End the use of Fossil Fuels, including Natural Gas: By 2040, the City will still stop using natural gas and other fossil fuels in large building systems in the five boroughs, starting in government buildings. The City will work with lawmakers to ensure that new permits for building systems are aligned with the previously established goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.

De Blasio Taps Ozone Park Native in Historic MTA Board Nomination

By Michael V. Cusenza Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday nominated Ozone Park native Victor Calise for appointment to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board.

If Calise, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities since 2012, is approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Senate, he would be the only wheelchair-bound board member and the first ever member of the MTA panel with a self-disclosed disability—something Calise characterized as “an important responsibility that I will not take lightly…[I] pledge to advocate for a transit system that works well for everyone—including the millions of New Yorkers and visitors who have intellectual/developmental, vision, hearing or physical disabilities.”

As commissioner of the MOPD Calise is responsible for ensuring that NYC is the most accessible city in the world; advises the mayor and agency partners on accessibility issues, spearheads public-private partnerships, and chairs the Accessibility Committee of the city Building Code.

“Victor’s relentless pursuit to make New York City the most accessible place in the world is exactly the type of ardent leadership we need on the MTA Board,” de Bla-

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“I pledge to advocate for a transit system that works well for everyone—including the millions of New Yorkers and visitors who have intellectual/developmental, vision, hearing or physical disabilities,” Victor Calise said Monday.

sio said. “Victor believes in his heart that it is our civic and moral duty to make our subways, buses and Access-A-Ride services more inclusive for everyone. From his rich personal history and longtime advocacy for the disability community, Victor will make a great addition to this board.”

According to the administration, Calise is a recognized expert on accessibility and regularly consults with high-level public and private stakeholders about inclusive best practices. He is frequently invited to

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national and international conferences and has given numerous keynote speeches, including in Italy, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates. Calise earned degrees from borough institutions St. John’s University and Queens College. He also competed in the 1998 Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan, as a member of the first U.S. national sled hockey team.

No less than 34 elected officials, City agency heads, and advocacy group leaders hailed Hizzoner’s pick.

“We desperately need to improve the accessibility of our subways, and I know Victor will be a strong voice for this issue.

Also, Victor’s a New Yorker, so I know he will push the board to focus more on the needs of bus and subway riders, which is a priority of mine as well,” said City Council Speaker Corey Johnson. “I urge the State Senate to confirm him swiftly.”

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Richmond Hill) called Calise “an outstanding choice” for the board.

“As commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, Commissioner Calise has been an outstanding advocate for accessibility and under his leadership, New York has made significant progress in improving access across the city,” Weprin added. “As part of the MTA’s leadership, I am sure that Commissioner Calise will continue his work to improve access, this time for our city’s buses and subways; and I fully support his nomination to the MTA Board.”

According to the agency, the MTA is governed by a 21-member board. Members are nominated by the governor, with four recommended by the mayor and one each by the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam counties.

Contractors’ Accounting Dubious: Audit

By Michael V. Cusenza

Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

An NYPD officer reflects next to a portrait of Det. Brian Simonsen during his funeral procession on Feb. 20, 2019.

By Michael V. Cusenza The Richmond Hill community and members of the 102nd Precinct on Wednesday celebrated the life and sacrifice of Det. Brian Simonsen, who was shot and killed on Feb. 12, 2019, by friendly fire in the line of duty.

“I’m surviving, that’s how I put it,” Simonsen’s widow, Leanne, said Tuesday during an interview on “Good Day New York” on Fox 5.

According to court documents, on that Tuesday, the two men indicted in Simonsen’s death—Christopher Ransom and Jagger Freeman—arrived together at the T-Mobile store on 120th Street and Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill. Shortly after 6 p.m., Freeman walked past the store, peered through the windows, and then communicated via cell phone with Ransom. Moments later, Ran-

som—wearing a dark hoodie slung over his head with a mask covering part of his face— entered the store. While Freeman was allegedly posted outside as a lookout, Ransom is alleged to have brandished a black pistol and ordered the two employees inside the store to remove the cash from the registers and remove the iPhones and cash from the back room safes. Shortly thereafter, according to charging documents, Ransom allegedly exited the back room and re-entered the main store area— still holding what appeared to be a gun—as members of the NYPD entered the location.

According to the charges, after Ransom spotted the cops retreat from the store, he allegedly exited with the phony weapon in-hand and pointed it at police officers, who immediately began to discharge their weapons.

Simonsen, 42, was fatally shot once in the torso.

Auditors have found a total of $11.7 million in costs that should be recouped after examining eight preschool special education providers, including three in Queens, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced Friday.

According to the audit, Parsons Preschool, which operates facilities in Woodhaven, Jamaica, and Queens Village, is a for-profit organization authorized by the State Education Department to provide full-day preschool special education services to disabled children between the ages of 3 and 5 years. Auditors identified $1,782,360 in reported costs that did not comply with State requirements. Those included $612,855 in non-reimbursable personal service costs for paid lunch periods for employees and $394,811 in undocumented rental expenses.

Auditory Oral Learning Center is a not-for-profit organization authorized

by SED to provide services to children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 5. AOLC provides programs to children in 21 different school districts in all boroughs excluding the Bronx. Auditors identified $1,025,977 in costs the center reported for reimbursement that did not comply with state requirements, including: $334,774 in employee compensation that was not properly supported by time

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Parsons Preschool facility on 91st Street in Woodhaven.

and attendance records, and $691,203 in other than personal service costs and depreciation.

And Quality Services for the Autism Community is a nonprofit that has 13 classrooms—11 of which are located in Queens—attended by children with autism. Auditors identified $128,294 in reported costs that did not comply with requirements for reimbursement. The ineligible costs included $111,791 in personal service costs for 107 direct-care employees and 34 administration employees.

“Over the last decade, we have found a persistent pattern of mismanagement, waste and even fraud by preschool special education providers,” DiNapoli said.

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Consumers Deserve Cash for Use of Data: Pol

By Forum Staff Consumers are entitled to a piece of the data pie.

That’s what Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato’s (D-Howard Beach) new “Data Dividend” bill is all about. Pheffer Amato is calling for tech companies who profit off of their consumers’ data to contribute a portion of their gross income into a new mutual fund managed by the State, which would pay out a yearly dividend to taxpayers.

Though Pheffer Amato’s measure is the first in the Empire State to call for the creation of a Data Dividend, the assemblywoman recently pointed out that examples of a dividend distributed to taxpayers through a Statemanaged investment fund already exist. For example, the Alaska Permanent Fund invests a 25-percent revenue tax leveled every year on oil and mineral activity in the state into a mutual fund that pays a yearly dividend. Last year’s dividend was $1,600 for every eligible Alaska resident, including children.

Pheffer Amato also noted that the idea of a 5-percent revenue tax on companies that profit from the sharing of data originated from Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes in 2018. In 2019, according to estimates on the numbers of users and data rate per user, Facebook made between $480 million and $960 million worldwide by selling their

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“By creating a State-run mutual fund that distributes a yearly dividend, New York taxpayers get more money in their pockets from profits they create,” Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato said.

users’ data.

“I fully support tech companies simplifying our lives, and making our world better by using data responsibly, but consumers should get their fair share,” Pheffer Amato added. “By creating a State-run mutual fund that distributes a yearly dividend, New York taxpayers get more money in their pockets from profits they create.”

NYPD Honors Hero Crossing Guard The 106th Precinct recently marked on social media the 40th anniversary of the lineof-duty death of School Crossing Guard Lorraine Elliott.

Appointed to her civilian position with the NYPD on Aug. 4, 1978, Elliott served the children of PS 100, JHS 226, and St. Anthony of Padua Parochial School, all within the confines of the 106. On Jan. 10, 1980, Elliott was struck from behind by a car at the intersection of Lefferts and Rockaway boulevards.

She suffered head injuries and slipped into a coma from which she never recovered.

Elliott died of her injuries on Feb. 5, 1980.

In September 1998, thenMayor Rudy Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Safir unveiled a plaque during a ceremony held in the Police Memorial Lobby of Police Headquarters to honor Elliot’s memory.

Rest in Peace, SCG Elliott.

Thank you for your service.

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“[T]his decision… has no bearing whatsoever on the legality of advancing mobile sports betting in the state of New York, and I will continue to push for New Yorkers to have a safe, legal, and convenient way to bet on sports in their own state,” Sen. Addabbo said.

By Michael V. Cusenza State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) on Friday said that he’s looking forward to the reversal of a recent State appeals court ruling that declared all daily fantasy sports betting illegal in New York.

“While the ruling from the New York Appellate Division, Third Department, was unfortunate, the Legislature clearly considered fantasy sports to be a game of skill when it passed the law, and I expect the Court of Appeals to reverse the decision,” said Addabbo, chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering. “While I believe this decision to be a temporary setback for fans of daily fantasy sports and companies like FanDuel and DraftKings, it has no bearing whatsoever on the legality of advancing mobile sports betting in the state of New York, and I will continue to push for New Yorkers to have a safe, legal, and convenient way to bet on sports in their own state.”

While it’s unclear how the ruling might impact support for legalizing mobile sports wagering in the Empire State, it didn’t preclude Addabbo and Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow (D-Mt. Vernon), chairman of the Assembly Committee on Racing and Wagering, from releasing on Monday Point 2 of their eight-part weekly series of points on why the State should include mobile sports betting in the 2020-2021 budget.

This week’s column focuses on regulating illegal sports betting.

“Even though sports wagering is legal in New York State in person at the four upstate casinos, the fact that we do not allow mobile sports betting gives the illegal market a great opportunity to thrive,” Addabbo

and Pretlow wrote. “By legalizing mobile sports betting, we can curtail this criminal activity and recoup lost revenue that could go towards New York’s $6 billion budget shortfall.”

The senator and assemblyman also pointed out that: While traditional bookies are still taking illegal bets, there is a new market for those looking to place a wager on sporting events: online bookies, such as the offshore gambling operator Bovada.

It is already difficult to track illegal wagers made through local bookies, but with the advent of unregulated online offshore bookies, that task becomes even more difficult.

The American Gaming Association estimates that roughly 97 percent of all bets placed on the Super Bowl were made in a technically illegal fashion and that each year nationally more than $150 billion is wagered illegally.

Since New York does not allow for mobile sports wagering, a growing number of individuals are taking to their phones and betting illegally with companies that have their servers on offshore sites, meaning the State does not see any of that taxable revenue.

By authorizing mobile sports betting in the budget, the State can regulate the illegal activity, raise significant revenue, create jobs, increase educational funding and better identify, address and monitor an individual’s possible gaming addiction.

“The best way to combat these illegal avenues is to give people a legal, convenient and regulated way to place bets on their favorite sports through mobile sports betting in our own state,” Addabbo and Pretlow concluded.

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EDITORIAL The ‘Green Light’ that Halts Law Enforcement While the Green Light Law provides undocumented aliens the opportunity to obtain New York State driver licenses, a less heralded—though perhaps more impactful—provision of the statute prevents the State Department of Motor Vehicles from sharing information with any agency that enforces immigration law. Unfortunately, this provision has a much broader adverse effect on law enforcement and public safety.

The Green Light Law impedes the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s ability to conduct active criminal investigations involving citizens and non-citizens who are lawfully present in the country, not just those who are undocumented.

On a daily basis, DHS agents and officers—including sworn law enforcement officers who work for Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Border Patrol, and Enforcement and Removal Operations—use DMV information to assist them in stopping transnational criminal organizations, cybercrime, and offenses involving drug trafficking and money laundering; murder, sexual assault, and other crimes of violence; racketeering and extortion; the illegal use and possession of firearms; economic espionage, telemarketing fraud, and elder fraud; human trafficking; and child exploitation, as well as illegal immigration.

Like other federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers, DHS agents seek New York DMV information for a variety of purposes, including: (1) to obtain identification, address, and vehicle registration information for individuals committing crimes; (2) to identify and apprehend dangerous defendants and fugitives wanted by state or federal authorities; (3) to conduct surveillance of individuals suspected or known to be engaged in the commission of crimes; (4) to establish the prob-

able cause necessary to secure search and arrest warrants; (5) to identify crime victims and potential crime victims; (6) to identify the proceeds of crime to increase the amount of restitution recoverable for crime victims; (7) to make informed determinations regarding whether, when, where, and how to stop a vehicle, to minimize the risk to occupants, officers, and others; and (8) to assist in determining whether to grant individuals presenting themselves at ports of entry admission into the United States.

The disturbing truth is that under the newly enacted statute, the CBP officers working today at New York’s 13 ports of entry—which include both the busiest port on the entire northern border of the U.S., and the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America—are unable even to check the registration or the driver’s license status of individuals presenting themselves for admission into our country. Border Patrol agents, who secure the border between the ports of entry, likewise can no longer check vehicle or driver’s license information. Forcing officers who serve as our nation’s frontline defense against dan-

gerous criminals entering the country to make these important determinations in the dark dramatically diminishes the safety of all. Ensuring that HSI Agents and ERO officers must blindly interact with people who may be terrorists or other violent criminals, drug dealers, human traffickers, or child predators likewise poses a grave risk to the safety of the officer, the person, and the public. In most instances, there simply is no time to pause the situation to obtain a court order or judicial warrant.

Prohibiting basic information sharing between State and federal law enforcement agencies means that more criminals will enter and roam freely in our state and nation; undermines the cooperative relationships between federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement; thwarts and curtails investigations into serious crimes; and jeopardizes the safety of all of the inhabitants of our great country. Our citizens, lawful permanent and temporary residents, visitors, and undocumented immigrants deserve better, and so do those who serve and protect them. Restoring collaboration and information sharing furthers our effort to secure justice for all, preserve public safety, protect individual rights, and promote due process, bringing us ever closer to a sanctuary built on the rule of law and fairness for everyone.

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Man Cops to Kidnapping Ex-GF

By Forum Staff A Flushing man has admitted to kidnapping his ex-girlfriend in New Rochelle and transporting her to Connecticut, where her body was found approximately a week later, federal prosecutors recently announced.

Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas, 25, who was arrested in Flushing in February 2019, pleaded guilty last week in White Plains federal court to one count of kidnapping. The charge carries a maximum term of life in prison.

According to the criminal Information filed on Feb. 5, as well as other public documents, and statements made during the Feb. 5 court proceeding, Da Silva and Valerie Reyes were previously in a romantic relationship, which ended in approximately April 2018. In the late evening of Jan. 28, 2019, Da Silva rented a car from a garage in Flushing and drove to Reyes’s residence in New Rochelle, arriving in the early morning hours of Jan. 29. Before he entered Reyes’s home, Da

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Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas

Silva switched his phone to “airplane mode.” Da Silva then kidnapped Reyes—covering her mouth with several layers of packing tape and binding her feet and hands with packing tape and twine and putting her in a suitcase—before disposing of her body in Connecticut. Over the ensuing days, Da Silva used Reyes’s debit card on various occasions to withdraw approximately $5,350 in cash from her bank account. Da Silva also sold an iPad belonging to Reyes in the days following her death.

On Jan. 30, 2019, Valerie Reyes was reported missing to the New Rochelle Police Department. On Feb. 5, 2019, her body was recovered in a red suitcase alongside a public road in Greenwich, Conn. The Connecticut Medical Examiner’s Office later concluded that Reyes died of homicidal asphyxiation.

“As he admitted in court, Javier Da Silva committed a horrid kidnapping that resulted in the tragic death of Valerie Reyes, a young woman with her entire adult life ahead of her,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman.

Astoria Bar-Hopper Gets 25 Years for Killing Man who Insulted Female Friends

By Forum Staff A conviction for manslaughter and other crimes was handed down this week to a 27-year-old Brooklyn resident for shooting and killing a man following a dispute on Steinway Street in July of 2016. Santiago Salcedo, 27, of Madison Street in the Bedford- Stuyvesant has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The early morning dust up was sparked when someone slung insults at the women accompanying Salcedo, who retaliated by grabbing a gun to defend their honor. “This act of violence could have easily been avoidedsaid DA Katz. “An early morning derogatory remark started a chain of events that resulted in one man being killed.” In December 2019, following a 5-week-long trial, a jury found Salcedo guilty of manslaughter in the first-degree, attempted assault in the first degree and 2 counts of criminal pos-

The incident occurred on Steinway Street near 28th Avenue.

session of a weapon in the second degree.

Queens Supreme Court Justice Ronald Hollie sentenced Salcedo to 20 years in prison on the manslaughter conviction and 5 years for attempted assault, to be served consecutively. The defendant will also

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serve 5 years’ post release supervision.

Trial testimony reveals that shortly after 4 a.m. on July 17, 2016, after going to several bars on Steinway Street the defendant and 3 friends - two women and one man - walked near 28 th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. The

foursome walked by Qsaun Brown and another man. Moments later, Brown and his friend made derogatory remarks about the 2 women accompanying Salcedo. One of the women asked the defendant “Are you just going to let them disrespect us like that?” Salcedo and his friend then went to a car and retrieved an item from the trunk.

The 2 men then walked back and confronted Brown and the other man on the street.

They argued and the 23-year-old victim ran to his car about a half block away and then drove back toward Salcedo. Brown, who did not have a weapon, jumped from his vehicle and rushed toward the area where Salcedo was standing. That’s when the defendant grabbed a gun from his friend and fired 5 times at Brown and the other unarmed man. The victim, who was also from Brooklyn, was struck once in the neck and died 2 days later at a nearby hospital. Brown’s friend was not hit by gunfire.

Wake Forest Basketball Coach Convicted in One-Punch Death of Man Visiting Queens

By Forum Staff A 37-year-old basketball coach from North Carolina has been found guilty of a misdemeanor assault at trial for punching a man, Sandor Szabo, his 35-year-old victim, who later died. The men encountered each other in Long Island City early in the morning in August of 2018. “The defendant in this case parking his car parking near the hotel he was staying in, when the victim appeared near the defendant’s vehicle, banged on the back and the rear window may have shattered. The defendant could have driven away from the scene or call 911. Instead, he retaliated by getting out of his car and punching the victim. This was a death that could have been avoided, sparing the victim’s family the loss of a loved one,” said District Attorney Katz. Jamill Jones, 37, of

sentencing for March 18, 2020, at which time Jones faces up to 1 year in jail. According to trial testimony, it was shortly after 1:40 a.m. on August 5, 2018, when the defendant was driving with his companion toward their hotel in Long Island City.

Sandor Szabo who was staying in a nearby hotel, had attended a family wedding earlier that day and appeared to have possibly shattered the rear window of the SUV the defendant was driving. Mr. Szabo retreated from the SUV and the defendant followed, punched him once in the face and walked back to his vehicle and left the area.

Mr. Szabo was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries including a laceration to his Photo Courtesy of Wake Forest Men’s Basketball chin, a skull fracture and other traumatic Jamill Jones brain injuries. Two days later, on August North Carolina,

was found guilty of assault jury trial. Queens Criminal Court Judge 7, 2018, the victim died as a result of those in the third degree following a week-long Joanne Watters, who presided at trial, set injuries.

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City Could Help Feds Tackle Virus

By Forum Staff The City has already spent more than $1 million, and could dish out lot more over the next 60 days, to help the federal government tackle the novel coronavirus—but the de Blasio administration still has not received any guarantee from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that it will be reimbursed for public health expenses that, in fact, benefit the nation, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday.

New York’s senior senator has demanded that the feds commit to reimbursing the City for the expenses it has already incurred and the ones it could incur going forward as it relates to combating the coronavirus.

Schumer said that costs over the next two months would most likely originate from: Specific dollars for the City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, similar to the 2015 Ebola response, for prevention and surveillance activities Specific dollars to the City’s hospitals that would be used to staff doctors, nurses, security and overtime, along with diagnostic and lab testing, equipment, supplies and gear.

Specific dollars to NYPD for additional security assistance.

“New York City is quite literally leading the way in tackling the novel coronavirus, and all that work costs money, and the federal government has a real duty—along with a history—of ensuring local dollars spent on national public health emergencies are reimbursed,” Schumer added. “We need the feds, specifically HHS, to sign on the dotted line because New York City has already spent more than a million dollars on public health activities of national importance to tackle the coronavirus, and could, if the need develops, be looking at a one-milliondollar-a-day tab. The City needs public assurance from the federal government that it will be reimbursed for this mandated work, these life-saving public health efforts, and the expenses that coincide.”

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City Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot, M.D., addresses the media on Saturday, Feb. 1, at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan regarding the coronavirus.

As of Wednesday, Feb. 12, more than 1,100 people worldwide have died from the novel coronavirus. More than 31,000 across the globe have been infected. In the U.S., there are 12 confirmed cases across six states: Washington, Illinois, California, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts.

An Illinois case marked the first instance of human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus in the United States. The New York Department of Health cautions people that the current epidemic shouldn’t be confused with common coronaviruses that can be tested for at local labs. The only way to test for the new coronavirus is through special testing arranged in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The novel coronavirus can cause a wide range of symptoms, from those similar to the common cold to more severe respiratory illness that can be fatal. There is no direct cure-all, but a vaccine is currently under development at the National Institutes of Health.

To protect against infection, the CDC has recommended basic hygiene techniques such as frequent hand washing, staying hydrated, and coughing into one’s arm or a tissue.

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The outbreak of the Coronavirus in China and its spread to other parts of the world is a topic of conversation that incorporates fear, a desire for knowledge about the virus and how we can best attempt prevention.

We would like to share with you some basics on what it is, how it spreads and what you can do to utilize defense mechanisms.

The Wuhan coronavirus is one in a line of troubling viruses that basically arise from animals. Many Chinese nationals initially infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Hunan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city, which also sells live and newly slaughtered animals. Other familiar coronaviruses include Ebola, flu , Sars and Mers.

This virus causes pneumonia. Symptoms include coughs, fever and breathing difficulties. In severe cases there can be organ failure. The pneumonia is viral and so antibiotics are not effective against it.

As of this Wednesday, there are 45,182 confirmed cases and 1,115 deaths and people with the virus could be far higher, because people with mild symptoms may not have been detected.

Because the Wuhan virus is so new, there are many things that remain unknown. The exact mortality rate of the disease isn’t known due to unreported cases.

Experts estimate the rate of death caused

by Wuhan coronavirus to be around 2%.

Comparative numbers for the flu are 1% and for Sars around 10%.

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those with comprised immune systems are especially vulnerable.

Similar viruses tend to spread from droplets that we release into the air when we cough and sneeze. These droplets can be inhaled or picked up on our hands.

When we touch our face we can then become infected.

Droplets that land on seats on buses or trains or desks in school can live on these surfaces for different lengths of time ranging from hours to months, and can also spread the virus.

Following are some measures you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones: WASH YOUR HANDS-lather up with soap, get between your fingers and under your nails and wash for 20 seconds or more.

COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN COUGHING OR SNEEZING FACE MASKS BLOCK LIQUID DROPLETS - be mindful that they do not protect against aerosol particles tat pass through and they leave your eyes exposed Seek early medical help if you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, and report travel history AVOID DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE ANIMALS We hope that we have helped you to become familiar with a basic outline of Wuhan coronavirus and invite you to read more about the virus on websites from national health organizations, where you will find dependable and accurate information Until next week…

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Two Educational Town Halls on Anti-Semitism Coming to South Queens

By Forum Staff

A pair of educational town halls on hate crimes and what is being done to prevent them have been scheduled for the Rockaways, according to State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach), who recently announced that they are partnering with the Jewish human rights organization, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, to bring the events to their districts.

The first symposium is set for Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the West End Temple, located at 147-02 Newport Ave., Rockaway Park. The second one is in the process of being planned, Addabbo and Pheffer Amato said.

Members of the Wiesenthal Center will be on hand at both meetings, as well as Michael Brovner, deputy chief of Gang Violence and Hate Crimes for the Queens District Attorney’s Office to explain how they are working to stop anti-Semitism in the borough.

Victims of hate crimes will also be at the forum to discuss their experience and how it has impacted their lives.

“This is Queens—The World’s Borough.

We are the most diverse county in the nation and we will not tolerate anti-Semitism in our communities. Sadly, we are living in a climate where people feel emboldened to express in-

The first town hall is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the West End Temple, located at 147-02 Newport Ave., Rockaway Park.

tolerance and hate based purely on their own ignorance,” Queens DA Melinda Katz said. “I am outraged by the rise in hate crimes that we have experienced in the last few years. The Queens District Attorney’s Office has a bureau dedicated to prosecuting those who act on their hate and as your DA, know that I will do everything within my power to keep our residents safe.”

Last year, during Labor Day weekend, anti-Semitic graffiti was found scrawled on the walls of the Silver Gull Beach Club in Breezy Point and in the sand along the Belle Harbor

coastline. This incident sparked a partnership between the Wiesenthal Center, the National Park Service and Ortega National Parks to combat anti-Semitism and hate.

The Wiesenthal Center wanted to extend its reach, so it contacted Addabbo and Pheffer Amato to bring the town halls to the larger Rockaway community.

“Hate crimes are some of the most heinous crimes because the victims are targeted for their nationality, color of their skin, or their faith,” Addabbo said. “No one should have to live in fear because of where they

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come from, what they look like or how they worship. I believe one of the best ways to combat hate crimes, and specifically antiSemitism, is through education.”

Pheffer Amato added, “It’s so important that we stand up together against bigotry, intolerance, and anti-Semitism. As a community and state, we must continue to educate the public and our youth about what hate crimes are so that we can prevent future victims.”

Those interested in attending the town halls are asked to RSVP with Pheffer Amato’s office at (718) 945-9550.

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In Fiscal Year 2020, Customs and Border Protection agents have intercepted and seized 66 stolen vehicles worth approximately $3.6 million at the Port of New York/Newark alone.

By Michael V. Cusenza Many vehicles are swiped off city streets in order to be illegally exported from the United States through various marine terminals located in/around the Port of New York/Newark by Transnational Criminal Organizations with final destinations to African nations such as Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.

In Fiscal Year 2020, at the Port of New York/Newark alone, 66 stolen vehicles worth approximately $3.6 million have been intercepted and seized—a 36.4-percent increase over prior year-to-date numbers; 236 stolen vehicles worth approximately $9 million were intercepted and seized in New York/Newark

during FY 2019. Stolen vehicles from FY2019 ranged in production years 2007-2019 with 42 of the stolen vehicles being high-value (over $70,000) sport utility vehicles. The most expensive vehicle seized in FY 2019 was a Rolls Royce Wraith, valued at $367,000.

The statistical data highlights the size and scope of the area’s stolen-auto epidemic, CBP officials posited.

According to the latest available City Police Department stats, 18 cars have been reported stolen in the 106th Precinct, year to date; compared to three reported stolen during the same time period last year—a 500-percent jump. And in the 102nd Precinct, 14 vehicles have been reported stolen so far this year; six grand larceny auto reports were taken in the 102 during the same time period in 2019—a 133-percent increase.

Jamaica Man Indicted on Child Porn Charges

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By Forum Staff A Jamaica man has been charged with sexually abusing numerous young children and possessing child pornography, federal prosecutors recently announced.

A 12-count indictment was filed last Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn officially charging Orlando Lopez, 54, with travelling across a state line with intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse of a child, sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography.

According to the indictment and other

court filings, for over a decade, Lopez repeatedly sexually abused more than a dozen children, many of whom lived near his Jamaica residence.

Between approximately May 2010 and June 2018, Lopez produced thousands of explicit photos and videos of one female child who was 2 years old when the abuse began. Law enforcement also recovered thousands of other photos and videos from Lopez’s residence depicting him engaging in sexual activity with children.

In July 2018, Lopez transported one 7-yearold girl across state lines with the intent to sexually abuse her. In order to gain access to his victims, Lopez attempted to befriend their parents.

The government’s investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information about sexual exploitation by Lopez is asked to contact the FBI at (800) CALL-FBI. “The conduct alleged here is horrendous.

Mr. Lopez allegedly used friendships with his victims’ parents as a means to access children he wouldn’t generally have contact with, which leads us to believe there are more victims out there. Readers should be stunned into action by an investigation like this,” said FBI New York Assistant Director-in-Charge Bill Sweeney, Jr.

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Legal Notices ONE SOURCE MEDICAL DEVICE REPAIR LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/12/2019. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: ADNAN BARAKOVIC, 28-23 42ND STREET, APT BSMT, ASTORIA, NY 11103.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of formation of DIVINE MEDICAL LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/18/2019. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to C/O AMERICAN INCORPORATORS LTD., 1013 CENTER ROAD, SUITE 403-A, WIMINGTON, DE 19805. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TYMJ LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/02/20. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office of LLC: 22-18 Jackson Ave., #36, Long Island City, NY 11101. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

FULFILL YOUR PROJECT LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/01/2019.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PETER JOHNSON, 168-10 127TH AVENUE, APT 2G, JAMAICA, NY 11434. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

FRESH POND ROAD REAL ESTATE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/30/2019.

Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 68-53 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

DISCOVER PHYSICAL THERAPY & ACU­ PUNCTURE PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/08/19. Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 13668 ROOSEVELT AVE, STE, 4D, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

ABIKARAM LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/13/2019. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to CHRIST ABIKARAM, 45-14 243RD STREET, DOUGLASTON, NY 11362. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

RAYAN PROPERTIES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/08/2020. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Zakaria Dihyem, 142-21 120th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11436. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

MAO AUTO TECH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/20/19. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 3458 90th Street,Apartment 3K, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of THE APPEAL TO SAFETY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/30/2019. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to THE APPEAL TO SAFETY LLC, 203 BEACH 96TH STREET, ROCKAWAY PARK, NY 11693. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

DOLLARSMART TRADE CO. LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 01/16/2020.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to DOLLARSMART TRADE CO. LLC, 9475 63RD DR, APT 5E, REGO PARK, NY 11374. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

MOOVES, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 09/19/19. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: c/o Musho Kolenovic, 26-14 Jackson Avenue, Unit #2A, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FG-PH Courtlandt Manor Views LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/8/20. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o FG-PH Development, Inc., 54-42 46th St, Flushing, NY 11378. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of DMB CAPITAL INVESTING LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/1/19. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to:DMB CAPITAL INVESTING LLC 233-04 129TH AVENUE, QUEENS, NY 11422 . Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: AGRIM PEST SOLUTIONS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/03/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to:the LLC, 2116 80th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11370. . Purpose: any lawful purpose.

JOEAUD SERVICES, LLC App. for Auth. filed with the SSNY on 01/14/20. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to JOEAUD SERVICES, LLC, 187-32 QUENCER ROAD, ST. ALBANS, NY 11412. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the 12th day of DECEMBER, 2019, bearing Index No. 001230-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 8917 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of (first) ROWSHANARA (last) BEGUM. My present name is ROWSHANARA AHMED aka ROWSHANARA BEGUM . My city and state of my present address is OZONE PARK, NY. The month and year of my birth are DECEMBER 1963. The place of my birth is BANGLADESH. Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the 26th day of NOVEMBER, 2019, bearing Index No. 001025-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of (first) RITA (last) SINGH. My present name is BHOJWATTIE SINGH aka BHOJWATTIE NANDLALL. My city and state of my present address is HOWARD BEACH, NY. The month and year of my birth are JANUARY 1967. The place of my birth is GUYANA.

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the 26th day of DECEMBER, 2019, bearing Index No. 001298-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of (first) FRANK (last) CARUCCI. My present name is FRANCESCO CARUCCI aka FRANK V. CARUCCI aka FRANK VITO CARUCCI aka FRANK CARUCCI. My city and state of my present address is WOODHAVEN, NY. The month and year of my birth are OCTOBER 1945. The place of my birth is NEW YORK, NEW YORK. 211 QUEENS VILLAGE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/04/2020. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 9831 211th St, Jamaica, NY 11429. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

ORTI INVESTMENTS LLC. App. for Auth. filed with the SSNY on 01/06/20. Originally filed with Secretary of State of Florida on 01/11/2016.

Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Zelenitz, Shapiro & D’Agostino, P.C., 138-44 Queens Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Briarwood, NY 11435. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of WEDDINGS BY DESIGN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/17/20. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 155-05 Cohancy St., Howard Beach, NY 11414. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Emily Blasi at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

River Fund Abel Collin Property Owner, LLC App. for Auth. filed w/ SSNY 12/26/19. Off. in Queens Co. Cert of Formation filed w/ SSDE 12/20/19. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 89-11 Lefferts Blvd, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Add. req. to be maintained in DE: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Name & add. of the auth. officer in DE where copy of Cert of Formation filed: DE Sec. of State, John G Townsend Bldg, 401 Federal St, Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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