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Lynette Lewis-Rogers, seated front right, expressed the conviction of those gathered to celebrate the passing of the bill protecting homeowners. She said, “...we have a legacy and their homes [must] remain in their families. We have a legacy to pass on.” Present were the Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant and supporters. Front row: Lewis-Rogers, Al Vann, Renee Gregory, Dan Hobson. Middle row: Evelyn Collier, Mildred Vann, Sherri Hobson, Abby RobinsonHobson, Linda DeJesus, Cathy Suarez, NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Rani Devi, Hon. Yvonne Lewis, Brownstoners member, Assemblymember Tremaine Wright. Back row: Sharonnie Perry, Hon. Lewis L. Douglass, Alyce Baker, Dr. Marceline Watler, Michelle Todd, Rosalind Stevens, Grace HilleryHoyte, David Matthews, see page 3.
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ive alleged real estate thugs are each facing 30 years in the federal slammer and $1 million in fines for a Central Brooklyn foreclosure scheme that involved duping both homeowners and lenders in an alleged short-sale scheme. Iskyo Aronov, 32, of Miami; Michael Konstantinovskiy, 33, 0f Queens; Tomer Dafna, 48, of Long Island; Avraham Tarshish, 40, of Queens and Michael Herskowitz, 40, of Brooklyn face multiple counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and related wire fraud counts in connection with a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders, including the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and borrowers, according to the indictment handed down in the U.S. Federal Eastern
District of New York Court earlier this month. The alleged scheme took place from December 2012 to January of this year. During this time, the schemers gave lenders like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and homeowners “false, misleading and incomplete information to induce them to execute short sales at fraudulently depressed prices.” Among the Brooklyn properties named in the indictment were 175 Vernon Avenue, 1219 Jefferson Avenue, 1055 Herkimer Street, 177 Lewis Avenue, 2403 Dean Street and 65 Glen Street – most of which are located in Bedford-Stuyvesant with one in Bushwick, one in Cypress Hills and one on the Bed-Stuy/Crown Heights/ Brownsville border.
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➔➔ Continued from page 1 Some of the fraudulent sales altogether cost the lenders millions of dollars and sometimes hurt the short-sale victims, too. In one case, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) lost millions of dollars on false insurance claims, too; in one case paying Fannie Mae almost $700,000 on an insurance claim that was unwittingly filed with fraudulent information obtained from the defendants, according to the indictment. This property at 177 Lewis Ave. in Brooklyn was sold in a short sale in 2015 at a price of $275,000. Shortly after this sale, the defendants allegedly sold the house to another buyer for a profit of $338,800. Aronov, the president of My Ideal Property, Inc., started the scheme with the help of the other defendants and three other co-conspirators whose identities have not been made public, according to the indictment. Tarshish and Dafna went on to do the same thing at Exclusive Homes, a real estate company they both owned. Attorney Herskowitz helped with some of the transactions.
By Michael Eric Rosenthal, Kings County Politics
The victims were mostly homeowners in Brooklyn and Queens who defaulted on mortgages and were in foreclosure proceedings. The schemers would reach out to these people and convince them to let My Ideal Properties or Exclusive Homes short-sell the property, which is enticing to someone who may lose a property to foreclosure, according to the indictment. The defendants needed the victims to sign a number of agreements that would allow the defendants to proceed with the short sale and commit the scheme. Conspirators paid or promised to pay the victims as a way to get them to sign the documents, according
to the indictment. The transactions did not follow normal protocol. The defendants did not market the house and instead made sure the house was bought at the lowest possible price, even turning away prospective buyers by telling them the house was “under contract,” according to the indictment. The defendants would turn around and tell the lender that an outside negotiator represented the homeowner, but the negotiator was actually conspiring with the other defendants and was illegally being paid fees, according to the indictment. The defendants would purchase the
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properties using corporate entities that they controlled so that they could then sell the properties to a buyer at the nondeflated price and usually make hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the indictment. There are supposed to be “no conflicts of interest” in these transactions. They are supposed to be kept at arm’s length, and the defendants had to hide these conflicts by not disclosing them on forms required for closing a short sale, according to the indictment. The defendants had a backup plan if a sale offer was rejected. After some time, they would make another offer using a corporate entity that they controlled, knowing that lenders and sellers become more likely to accept a short sale when a property stays on the market for a long time, according to the indictment. The person who owned this home at 1319 Jefferson Ave. in late 2014 sold it in a short sale for $ 550,000 but did not know the defendants were allegedly scheming to flip the house for a profit. The defendants allegedly sold the property to another buyer for $720,000 after illegally acquiring the property from the short sale. Once the short-sale process started, the defendants would take control of the property and coerce the other tenants to leave, and they sometimes even intentionally damaged the property to decrease its value, according to the indictment. The defendants sometimes even tricked borrowers into selling the deed to the house because it was hard for the sellers to turn down cash in return, but those homeowners did not realize that they forfeited their ability to sell to other buyers and were handing over the ownership rights of the property, according to the indictment. They were led to believe they were just going through the process of a short sale, according to the indictment. At 1319 Jefferson Avenue, Tarshish used a corporate entity he controlled to write a $20,000 check to the seller of the property in exchange for the deed in July of 2014. One month later, Aronov and Konstantinovskiy got approval for the short sale of $550,000 to go to a company they secretly controlled, according to the indictment. After the approval but before the house was even sold, in September of that year, Dafna, Tarshish and Aronov were already secretly negotiating with a buyer to purchase the property from the corporate entity controlled by Tarshish for $720,000, according to the indictment. After another potential buyer entered the picture but also offered $720,000, Tarshish wrote in an e-mail that “720 [is] 720, I’m trying to get more,” according to the indictment. Fannie Mae believes it lost $290,268 on the mortgage loan. In most cases, the defendants convinced a seller to allow them to facilitate a short sale, which the defendants secretly sold to corporate entities they controlled after they fraudulently deflated the true value of the home, according to the indictment. They had to make “material misrepresentations” that hid the conflicts of interest and true intentions of the defendants, according to the indictment. Because the defendants controlled the corporate entities that would buy the properties in a short sale, the defendants
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he meeting held last Saturday at Interfaith Medical Center, about reporting on the deed theft hearing and celebrating the bill that was passed, opened with Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant President emeritus Lynette Lewis Rogers giving the underlying theme of the meeting and the raison d’être of the Brownstoners themselves. “That we have legacy and that their homes remain in their family and we have a legacy to pass on.” And State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, co-author of the bill with Assemblymember Helene Weinstein, reiterated that principle as the impetus driving real estate legislation that had been passed in the Spring. The theft of property in Bedford-Stuyvesant and surrounding communities is about more than taking property. It is the destruction of the legacies built over the years by people working hard doing the right thing, and trying to pass on what they have to succeeding generations. It is a continuation of AfricanAmericans being seen as prey for the wealth-building of others. It is illegal, cowardly and evil. The meeting was also an opportunity for the senator to speak of the importance of recognizing that the fighters here did not spring up from the dust. And young people have to know that they are standing on the shoulders of those who have
By David Mark Greaves
Attorney General Letitia James and her mentor and past employer, former Assemblymember and Brownstoner Al Vann. Photo: Monica Abend passed and those who remain and whose shoulders still provide support so that current generations can reach up and pull themselves over the walls that still remain. Montgomery said when the power shifted in the Senate, the defenders of legacy were ready to leap over the walls and make things happen. The importance of activism at the grassroots level was celebrated by the senator, and it was the information about the everyday events of deed theft, third-party transfers overtaxing and “the city essentially confiscating properties” that the legislators had been hearing from constituents, and “as we got those stories, essentially horror stories, press came forward with a series of
articles” and the legislators held the hearing in order to give an official response. Held at Brooklyn Borough Hall, and headed up by Borough President Eric Adams, co-chaired by Montgomery and Assembly member Tremaine Wright, chair of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Caucus, the hearing was attended by Senator Brian Kavanaugh, chair of Housing; Senator Robert Jackson, chair of Cities; Senator Kevin Parker, chair of Energy and Telecommunications; Assembly member Al Taylor, chair of Regulated Mortgage and Lenders; and Assembly member Nick Perry, former chair of the Black, Puerto Rican and Asian Caucus.
The objectives of the Deed Theft Bill: Prohibit abusive and deceptive behaviors such as pretending to be law enforcement or government representatives, taking temporary ownership of a deed or engaging in harassment of the homeowner or the homeowner›s family. Eliminate the requirement that a homeowner post a bond in order to file a lawsuit to stop a deed transfer. Prohibit loan modification consultants from requiring up-front fees for services. Extend the amount of time a homeowner has to rescind transactions with distressed property consultants from 5 days to 14 days. Provide a clear legal path to restore the title of a property
when there has been a criminal conviction based on fraudulent actions concerning a property transfer. Tremaine Wright, the first woman to head her Caucus, said there are other bills pending that are needed to further strengthen homeowner protections and people need to continue coming out and letting the legislators know “that the Brownstoners and BedfordStuyvesant have not fallen asleep, and that we are still on watch and we want them to push forward with these bills.” Senator Brian Kavanaugh was recognized for the work he did on the rent laws and he said it was the result of tenants organizing and “with their help, we fought that fight and virtually eliminated every loophole that landlords were using to force tenants out” by passing “the strongest tenant protection laws since World War II.” These bills had been passed year after year in the Assembly but languished at the Senate door held shut by the Republican majority. Former Assemblyman Al Vann introduced his former mentee, Attorney General Letitia James, who began by noting she was at Interfaith a few days earlier because insurance companies had dropped Interfaith, Brookdale and Downstate Hospitals from coverage. She said it was the leadership
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WEEK IN REVIEW The new United Nations General Assembly Session convened on September 16. Heads of state from the UN member nations, assorted ambassadors, men and women of goodwill from all over the globe to discuss world peace, order and cooperation. New York rolls out its annual welcoming red carpet and people are excited about this annual celebration of world unity unfolding. It is the “summit of summits.” Why then is there so much bellicose talk coming out of the American White House. Saudi Arabia’s oil pipelines have been attacked and the US President talks military action against Iran. The world does not need another proxy or direct war in the Middle East with the United States and Iran as protagonists/antagonists. WAR is not on the UNGA agenda. The United States should be the architect for a lasting world
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Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law making April 28 New York’s date for the Presidential Primary. Cuomo wants to unify primaries for Congress and NYS Assembly and Senate primaries on that date. Does Brooklyn have a cure? Rats are ubiquitous, running rampant all over NYC.
peace road map, not warmongering. During the UNGA confab, there should be some communication with the Iranian delegation to talk about more pedestrian matters like world peace and survival. Why bellicose chatter in the post-John Bolton era? Truth to tell, planet earthlings are war weary.
many Nigerians say that the Nigerian military is demoralized. It is doubtful if Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the UNGA Debate next week in NY.
SUMMER PLEASURES Dr. Janet Dewart Bell, Manhattan’s Upper West Side doyenne/author, celebrated her birthday anniversary at Chez Josephine restaurant with about 70 swells, doctors, lawyers, politicos and Wall Streeters, actors including Harriette and Dr. Edgar Mandeville, Dr. Marcella Lowery, Attorney Gail Wright Sirmans, Roy Paul, Kim Morton, Dr. Edward Friedman, Joyce Johnson and Manhattan
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A dystopian story about predatory lenders. Harlem property owner Giselle Allard, 75, has to sell her Harlem brownstones to satisfy a debt which climbed to almost $7 million. In 1998, she bought a house at 50 East 126th Street in Harlem for $135,000, making a $35K down payment. The seller died a few months later and there were mixed signals about where to send mortgage payments. In 2019, she has a $7 million bill inclusive of interest as high
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Politicians’ effort to battle the city’s rat population have not enjoyed any measure of success. Brooklyn Boro President Eric Adams has introduced a plan to kill those rodents by drowning…… in an all-natural solution composed of alcohol, oil and vinegar. Adams admonishes people about street cleaning maintenance to check rat population. Jury is still out on these rats by his drowning initiative, which is expensive. Perhaps Manhattan can import the Adams drowning solution, particularly in Central Harlem around 124th-125th Streets along Malcolm X Blvd., aka Lenox Avenue. Anyone who can check the city’s rat infestation has my vote for the NYC mayoralty.
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as 25% for that 1998 mortgage. Her lawyers wanted to modify the judgment in court in early September. Three of her buildings were being auctioned to satisfy debt, including 239 Lenox Avenue, which fetched $2.7 million. Beware of those predatory lenders--stay atop mortgage payments! Another of property owner Allard’s neighbors reports that a tax lien for $70K, which expired on September 18, would not be paid. Why? Her bank, Banco Popular, refused to wire money to the lien collector from her account because it lost her signature card. A lawyer was retained and her funds were released on 9/17. The problem? Staff incompetence.
OUT OF AFRICA While New York rolls out the red carpet for world leaders attending the UN General Assembly this week, some African leaders will not attend. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will not attend the new UN General Assembly Session in New York, owing to deadly riots there and a long-simmering xenophobia. Black South Africans no longer battle apartheid. Their perceived enemy is the foreign African. South Africa has a large
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Cyril Ramaphosa Borough President Gale Brewer. Patrons dined from a menu with appetizer, entrée and dessert items …and an open bar. Janet Bell’s book, “Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African-American Women in the Civil Rights Movement, was nominated for a 2019 NAACP Image Award.
FALL PREVIEW The Friends of Harlem Hospital Center presents the world premiere of the documentary film, “WHEN HARLEM SAVED A KING,” about an untold story of a city that saved a man who saved a country, Dr. Martin Luther King, of course! Film will be screened at the Apollo Theater on September 20 at 6:30 pm. The Harlem Hospital Center’s Jonelle Procope, Apollo Theater CEO, and Kevin Young, Schomburg Center Director, are event honorees. [Visit ticketmaster.com/ event/000056FED330791F] One Hundred Black Men’s (OHBM) next general meeting will be held on September 24 at 6 pm at Touro College, located at 230 West 125th Street, Harlem, and will include a talk by William Rhoden, former NY Times sports columnist and author of the best-selling book, “$40 MILLION DOLLAR SLAVES: The Rise, Fall and the Redemption of the Black Athlete.” Wonder if the talks will spill over to
Dr. Janet Dewart Bell Nigerian and Somali population whom local Blacks argue are their competitors for jobs and social services. Africans from Mozambique and Zimbabwe gravitate to South Africa, the continent’s second-largest economy. More than 400 South African Black rioters have been arrested. Nigeria has recalled its Ambassador to SA, and SA has closed its missions in Nigeria in response to threats of retaliation. Riots erupted in South Africa against the backdrop of the World Economic Forum in Africa, where African leaders were to convene to discuss a free trade pact, an agreement which has already been signed by 54 countries and would reconfigure economic partnerships throughout the continent. Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, continues to be plagued by a catalog of horrors initiated by BOKO HARAM, the Islamic extremist group. Some 2019 American and international newspapers’ headlines read like, “Better Armed, Boko Haram Terrorizes Nigeria” and “Boko Haram Attacks Town in Chibok,” which is where BH kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls a few years ago. To explain the menace,
William Rhoden the new NFL season and the National Football League/Jay-Z contract will be referenced. It was good to read about the California law which permits NCAA college basketball players in California to earn monies through sponsorships of endorsements while attending college. When I read about those athletes going to bed hungry while their games generate big dollars for their colleges, I am incensed. Guess that is what Rhoden’s “40 Million Dollar Slaves” is all about. A Harlem-based media and branding entrepreneur, Victoria can be reached at Victoria. horsford@gmail.com.
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have a question. If you had to vote for a Democrat today, the person that will eventually go up against Donald Trump in the General Election, who would you vote for? Biden? Booker? Harris? Warren? The third Democratic Debate aired last week, drawing solid numbers in viewership. 14 million people tuned in to watch the 10 candidates that qualified for the debate discuss the key topic points of healthcare, gun control, immigration, and of course Trump. And while the viewing numbers point to a heightened interest in the 2020 election, what was actually viewed on that stage was a lukewarm attempt at a bunch of neck-and-neck candidates looking to become a front runner. At a glance. This debate seemed to be set up like most Presidential debates - a group of candidates parsing policy issues to explain their positions and beliefs. But, in the age of Trump, conventional debates just don’t have the same effect as they had B.T. (before Trump). Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson commented about this after watching the debates from the sidelines. She said, “The Democratic party is in such a state of denial that I’m afraid. There’s no conversation here of any depth or reality about
what this President represents and what it’s going to take to defeat him.” Donald Trump is so much more than just a President. He is a strange phenomenon. An enigma. He is a case study of the cancer of America, a living and breathing embodiment of the greed and the hate that this country has birthed ever since John Smith invited Pocohontas’ family to Thanksgiving dinner. But, all of this doesn’t put him at a disadvantage, you know? In fact, in the cult-of-personality culture we live in, Trump is the leader of it all. The Commander-in-Chief. The Twitter-in-Chief. The lead story in every news cycle, every day. He is a genius at keeping the attention on him, knowing full well that America votes for the President
not solely on the issues as much as on brand recognition. Proof? Raise your hand if you’d vote for Obama again. The Obama administration deported more people at this point in his presidency than Trump has at the same point in his presidency. Now, put your hand down if that fact changed your mind. Exactly. Donald Trump has changed the way that the President interfaces with the public. Generations ago the office of the President was a lofty one. The President was a statesman, wholly detached from lowbrow conversations. Can you imagine Gerald Ford in a twitter beef with Sinatra? Of course you can’t. Traditionally, Presidents didn’t talk jive. But, the standard of communication has also changed over time. Social media
is a narcissist’s playground, a place where anyone can be anyone they want to be, even Donald Trump. We have a President that sends Tweets at 6:08am while on the toilet. And, we know he’s on the toilet because he tweets that he’s on the toilet. Now, as Un-Presidential as such a thing sounds, doesn’t it also sound like most of us, in the bathroom, on the commode running through our social media pages? Before Trump, the language of Presidents were akin to the MacNeil/Lehrer Report. Now, the language of this President is akin to the Jerry Springer show. Donald Trump has broken the whole thing. And, that’s why not one of the Dem candidates have any sure footing on defeating him. They are still trying to communicate like a Pre-Trump candidate
- saying things like health care for everyone, we will take your assault rifles, and the all too familiar we are going to lower your taxes. Trump speaks to the cancer in America. He speaks to the hate, he speaks to the depressed, he speaks to the racist, the sexist, the American that looks on television, sees Black and Brown faces, and deduces that he is being marginalized because the spooks and wetbacks are taking all of the opportunities. He speaks to the scared, those who fear others. He bashes everyone that they want to bash. He speaks their language. Even those of us that abhor the man have to switch our language up to address him. We have to use words and phrases that would normally not appear in our vernacular, simply because if your talking about crap on the floor you can’t explain it to most by using molecular terms, or metaphysical terms, or historical references, or intersectional reference points. You simply have to call it what it is, crap on the floor. If the Dems want to have a chance at defeating Trump, one of them is going to have to figure out how to meet the people where they are. And, where they are is at the base of hate and chaos. That person will need to speak love and life back into the people in order to lead this country back to a better place. I’ll be honest with you. I didn’t see such a person on that stage last weekend.
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Update on 591 Carlton Avenue: The Saga and Injustice Continue
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ur Time Press revisits a story first published last spring on the deed theft last January of a deceased woman’s home (Clarice Gray) at 591 Carlton Avenue in Prospect Heights. This occurred after death of her adopted daughter Paula Sanford. In a breathtakingly egregious set of events, a false deed was filed after it was ascertained that neither Clarice nor Paula had next of kin. The home was first illegally sold for $10,000, then resold for $50,000 to realtor Yuval Golan, who promptly put it on the market for $2.5 million. For the full details, please see at www.ourtimepress.com the OTP issues of April 11th and April 25th of 2018. A concerned neighbor, who we’ll call Sojourner, has been active along with longtime resident attorney Keith Reid, in keeping residents informed about the house. She’s not willing to sit quiet while additional theft of Black homeowners’ property takes place in her corner of Prospect Heights. As a result, neighbors on the street routinely catch one another up about the property. “The Our Time Press article got around!” Sojourner said. “We enlarged it and made copies and posted them on lampposts. I also put them under people’s doors. We had to get as many eyes on this as possible. And I think because of the attention that brought, the house has been hard to sell.” There are a few puzzling developments to report about 591 Carlton Street. But that’s to be expected with a house in which matricide was charged (but with no conviction), and years later the suspect’s-daughter is found dead in the same spot. Add to that a
Feds Indict Five in Foreclosure Scheme
591 Carlton Avenue is the center of an ongoing real estate saga. reported serial deed-theft villain searching the Caribbean for possible heirs to swindle. And complete the picture with an amateur senior-citizen sleuth and her tenacious sidekick – and you’re in mystery novel territory. An open house was scheduled for the property not long after our initial story ran. But the police showed up and shut it down in process. And Sojourner says that back in January a neighbor informed her that the house was up for auction the following month with a price of $2.5 million. “I came to find out that one person is said to have bid on the property,” said Sojourner. “I know how auctions operate and I’ve never been to or heard of a property auction with only one bidder. And certainly, a property in this prime area would not have just one bidder.
“Then starting about March, there were dumpsters outside the building for at least until July. It started out with a big one, then they’d diminish in size as time went on. But you could never see any work being done and we [neighbors] walk by there almost daily – no one working or bringing things out. When was it being loaded? There was stuff in the dumpsters, you could tell, although they were always covered with tarps. Now the shutters are open and when you walk past you can see clear through to the backyard.” According to Sojourner, Keith Reid has been steady on the case, keeping the Barbados embassy up to date and making sure that anyone organizing a sale or auction of 591 Carlton is apprised of the murky legal waters they’re navigating. And if they
are aware, he wants them to know that he’s aware too. “I heard there was a “For Sale” sign on the house at the end of July,” said Sojourner “and it was then listed for $2.9 million. I walked over and saw Keith talking to the broker on the phone. He was asking who the seller was and when the open house date would be. The broker said the house would be shown by appointment only.” But the “For Sale” sign was soon not visible from the street, replaced by a summons to appear in court on October 29th to address issues with the property. The façade has been crumbling for some time and Sojourner says some of the building’s ledges appear about to fall off. Zia O’Hara’s name is listed as the lead contact regarding the sale of 591 Carlton. Likely because the summons is prominently displayed, the “For Sale” sign is now attached to the door on the inside. When contacted about the current status of the property, O’Hara claimed not to know. This reporter responded that she’s listed as primary agent on the sale of the house. Her reply: “Who said that?” She was told that it’s on the sign attached to the house. Her reply – “Hello? Hello?” – then click, and she was gone. The name Douglas Bowen, also of Douglas Elliman Real Estate, is listed second on the sign. He claims to have nothing to do with the proposed sale and no information about its current status. Odd, considering his reply, verbatim: “I was actually just advising somebody who is attached to the ownership of that property.” The saga continues.
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could then sell those properties to a new buyer at the true value, which was often hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the short sale. Along with the seven counts that the defendants face, they may also have to forfeit any gains they made from the alleged scheme. “As alleged, the defendants defrauded mortgage loan holders out of millions of dollars, with taxpayers saddled with much of the loss,” said U. S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue. “This office will continue working with our law enforcement partners to vigorously prosecute those who commit mortgage fraud and enrich themselves at the expense of the financial institutions and government programs that insure or guarantee the loans.” Donoghue thanked a number of federal prosecuting and investigative agencies and offices in regard to the bust but made no mention of help from either State Attorney General Letitia James or Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez’ Office. The bust comes as many Central Brooklyn property owners continue to face alleged serious foreclosure and deed fraud issues, as well as issues involving the City’s Third Party Transfer program and nonprofits relating to it. This story of the federal indictment was first reported in Buzzfeed.
of the Ways and Means Chair Helene Weinstein, Assembly member Tremaine Wright and others working together and contacting the governor that caused the insurance companies to “reverse their decision overnight.” Highlighting the importance of voting, the attorney general said that with the changes in the Senate and with Montgomery now being the most senior senator, “The Democrats have taken control, and they have passed more progressive pieces of legislation than ever before. From rent
control to deed theft, the electoral process and the list goes on and on and on. So, if anyone tells you that politics don’t matter, tell them that they’re a damn liar.” “We recognize that homeownership and the middle class are inextricably tied to one another,” said Tish. “And we recognize that those in Community Board 2 and 3 (and 8) are equity-rich and cash-poor, and that makes them a target for the unscrupulous and the greedy.” The attorney general informed the group that on a visit to Maspeth, Queens, she learned in a local publication of a regulation in the Office of the Secretary
of State that any community that is under seizure can pass a “non-solicitation” regulation in respect to brokers and real estate companies to monitor their behavior. She is contacting the Secretary of State to determine if Community Board 2, 3 and 8 can be included in this program. All the speakers acknowledged that there are bills still pending that will only become law when they have Governor Cuomo’s signature. And the word from all was “keep the pressure on.”
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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL BED-STUY ALIVE! CELEBRATION KICKS OFF ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH Children: Opening the Door to Making a Brighter Future” is a message of hope for the next generations, and a call to action for the elders of the “village.”
OPENING CEREMONY AND TOHMA Y. FAULKNER AWARDS
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he Bed-Stuy Alive! Collective is proud to present the 15th Annual Bed-Stuy Alive! Celebration, which will begin on Saturday, October 12th, and span a week of exciting happenings throughout the community. “We are pleased to be a part of this event, which will showcase our great businesses, schools, restaurants, artists and homes,” stated Dordy Jourdain, Executive Director of the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA. The project is designed to promote economic development, neighborhood pride, tourism, the community’s cultural richness and the unique heritage and diversity of the people who live in Bedford-Stuyvesant. This year’s theme: “Lighting the Path for Our
The excitement begins on October 12th at 10:00 a.m. with the Opening Ceremony in the main building of the Restoration Complex at 1368 Fulton Street. The 10:00 a.m. program is a special time that is set aside to honor those who have made extraordinary contributions to the community. Tohma Faulkner was a brilliant community activist who will never be forgotten, and the awards are named in her honor. The distinguished roster of honorees are: • Arts and Cultural Trailblazers – Sewaa Codrington | Otto Neals • Community Service – Kenneth Tunney • Economic Development Trailblazer – Noah Katz • New Entrepreneur – Brooklyn Blend • Outstanding Educators – Zelma Clark Faulk | Sharon Odwin • Youth Achievement – Makayla Moore
FULTON STREET COMES ALIVE AT NOON
Fulton Street, between Marcy and Brooklyn Avenues, will be jumping. The large, outdoor stage will be the backdrop for Restoration’s Annual Restoration Rocks live concert, which will take place all afternoon. This year’s headliners are Big Daddy Kane, Nona Hendryx and Soul Summit. The colorful Heritage Market and the Savor Bed-Stuy Food Court will entice everyone to shop at our local stores, find treasures among the crafts being sold by local artisans; and then relax and enjoy delicious food prepared by local chefs. The lively Children’s Village will offer free, filled backpacks to the first one hundred children, and there will be a host of fun and educational activities for every age group. The Village will be located on Marcy Avenue between Fulton and MacDonough Streets. The Health Pavilion will be anchored by the Interfaith Medical Center, as well as the Veterans’ Administration, along with other health agencies that will provide screenings and information. The Discover Your Neighborhood Resource Row, with representatives from a broad range of education
and social service organizations, will be located on the sidewalk, starting in front of Restoration. Events during the week will feature: • October 12th to 19th, Restaurant Week, sponsored by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Gateway BID • October 13th – 38th Annual 10K Run, sponsored by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation • October 16th – The Many Faces of Bullying Forum, 4pm to 6pm, Restoration Community Room, sponsored by the Anti-bullying Partnership to Prevent Violence and Suicide • October 19th – 41st Annual House Tour, sponsored by the Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Inc. • October 20th – Anti-bullying Sunday, various houses of worship The members of the Bed-Stuy Alive! Collective are: • Bedford-Stuyvesant Gateway Business Improvement District • Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation • Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Inc. Interfaith Medical Center 500 Men Making A Difference
The Epiphanies
As Black Americans continued their struggle for social justice, these young men were determined to stake out their place in society and define themselves as The Epiphanies, a manifestation of the “Divine.” Two of the founders were Lloyd Claiborne, seated second from right, and Phil Goldman seated second from left. Claiborne’s daughters Renee and Cheryl remember their recently passed, Uncle Phil. Photo: circa 1951
Remembering Uncle Phil Phil Goldman, or “Uncle Phil,” as he was called by me and my siblings, was one of my mom and dad’s best friends. He, his sister Aunt Marcia and their mother, Aunt Martha, were fixtures in the life of my family. Not a weekend went by that we did not see him at my Uncle James’ home in Queens or at Uncle Phil’s place
where their friends enjoyed get-togethers. When I attended Brooklyn College and then performed with The Black Ensemble Group, he and Aunt Marcia supported me and took me in. One strong and funny memory I have is of Uncle Phil checking our fingernails before we went out. Uncle Phil was a military man. Clean nails were important to him. And we got 25 cents for
each “groomed” nail. We girls racked up! Once our Mom and Dad passed, Uncle Phil became one of our last elders. Now, he, Mom and Dad are partying in heaven with the rest of their crew. He will be greatly missed We love you, Uncle Phil! -Cheryl McKimm When you’re very young, you’re trying
to understand the world around you and how people fit into it, and your life. As I grew older, I understood that Uncle Phil was not a blood relative, but it didn’t matter; he was our uncle and if Daddy wasn’t around, our “other Father.” When my father passed, Uncle Phil became the patriarch. More than “Uncle.” – Renee Claiborne
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Notice of Formation: Heirom & Co. LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY June 10,2019 Off. Loc.: Kings Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to: Heirom & Co. LLC, 365 Bond St. #C528 Brooklyn, NY 11231. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION of Classy Closet by Drea LLC formation. Art. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/24/19. Off. Loc.: Kings County. SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy to is:
Classy Closet by Drea LLC 480 Lefferts Ave, 6C Brooklyn, NY 11225. Purpose: Any lawful act. Notice of Formation of ASB Global LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/26/19. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: Dianna Feldman, 2944 West 5th Street, Apt. 20N Brooklyn, NY 11224. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Fo r m a t i o n of INBOUND TECHNIQUE LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/03/2019. Office
in Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to, Perry Daniel 1429 Flatbush Ave. APT. 6 Brooklyn, NY 11210. Purpose: Any lawful purpose Notice of Fo r m a t i o n of VESSEL IT LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/25/19. Office in Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 301 Cumberland St, E3 Brooklyn, NY, 11238. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
BUREAU, Index No. 11825/2013. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated, February 22, 2016 and entered with the Kinga County Clerk on March 1, 2016, Domenick Napoletano, Esq., the Appointed Referee, will sell the premises known as 800 Dekalb Avenue, Unit C8/4B, Brooklyn, New York 11221 at public auction in Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on October 24, 2019 at 2:30 P.M. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of
land, known as Unit No. 4B in the building designated as the DeKalb Avenue Condominium, TOGETHER with an undivided 2.16% interest in Common Elements, Borough and County of Kings, City and State of New York known as Block: 1781; Lot: 1024 will be sold subject to the provisions of filed Judgment, Index No. 11825/2013. The approximate amount of judgment is $402,067.50 plus interest and costs. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street,
LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION Supreme Court of New York, KINGS County. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -againstSHAYLA COLEMAN; BOARD OF MANAGERS OF DEKALB AVENUE CONDOMINIUM, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK TRANSIT ADJUDICATION
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LEGAL NOTICES ➔➔ Continued from page 8 Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. LEGAL NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. DOROTHY ALEXANDER, NICHOLE ALEXANDER, ET AL., Defendant(s).Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on May 24, 2018 and an Order Pursuant to CPLR 2004 Extending the Time to Set Sale and to Ratify Sale Nunc Pro Tunc filed on June 21, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on September 19, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 420 Autumn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 04170 and Lot 00025. Approximate amount of judgment is $465,190.34 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 512372/2015. Helene Blank, Esq., Referee Original sale was September 5, 2019, at the same time and location. Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2007-HE6 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007HE6, V. BRIDGETTE STEWART, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 28, 2016, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2007-HE6 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE6 is the Plaintiff and BRIDGETTE STEWART, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the KINGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE 360 ADAMS STREET, ROOM 224, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, on October 24, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 2276A ATLANTIC AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11233: Block 1435, Lot 17: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND
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IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUTAE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 4882/2008. ERIC ADAM GOLDBERG, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. INDEX NO. 500397/2019 Plaintiff designates Kings County as the place of trial. SUMMONS WITH NOTICE. The basis of venue is: location of real property which is the subject of the action is Kings County. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS HART ROAD CORP., Plaintiff, -against- ROI CRICHLOW, LENORE JOHNSON CRICHLOW, and MILDRED CRICHLOW, if living, or if she be dead, her husband, heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said MILDRED CRICHLOW, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in ant to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to the plaintiff, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONDED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you be default for, inter alia, a Judgment of Partition and Sale and other relief—See Complaint. NOTICE: The nature of this action is for the partition and sale of real property located at 735 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, Block 1646; Lot 70, pursuant to RPAPL 901 et seq, and for a Judgment of Partition and Sale and an accounting and declaratory relief. See Complaint. The object of this action and the relief sought herein is to obtain a Judgment of Partition and Sale well as monetary damages, as stated above. In the event of your failure to appear, a Judgment of Partition and Sale on Default will be taken against you as well as a money judgment related to an accounting; all with interest thereon, together with the costs of this action. Dated: January 4, 2019. /s/____________________ Howard M. Lefkowitz, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff 32 Flag Hill Road, Chappaqua, N.Y. 10514 (914) 7697668. To Mildred Crichlow and/or her Heirs Notice of Commencement of Action Notice of Nature Action / Relief Sought The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to a September
4, 2019 order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Kings, and filed in the office of the Kings County Clerk, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. The object of this action is to obtain a Judgment of Partition and Sale against the defendants related to the real property known as 735 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., Block: 1646; Lot 70, based upon Article 9 of the RPAPL; and such further relief as may be just and proper. Dated: September 9, 2019 /s/____________________ Howard M. Lefkowitz, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff 32 Flag Hill Road Chappaqua, N.Y. 10514 (914) 769-7668 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT KINGS COUNTY JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against NICOLE UTLEY, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered May 15, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York on October 24, 2019 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 547 Montauk Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208. Block 4502 Lot 52. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $344,278.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 514689/2015. Bruno Codispoti, Esq., Referee XCHJC336 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------x U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT, Plaintiff, -against-Shaquana Crowder a/k/a Shaquana L. Crowder a/k/a Shaquana Laniece Crowder, as Administrator for and as Heir to the Estate of Sharon Butler a/k/a Sharon L. Butler, Johnnie R. Crowder, Jr. a/k/a Johnnie Crowder, Jr., as Heir to the Estate of Sharon Butler, and as heir to the Estate of Estelle Crowder, Steven Butler a/k/a Steven A. Butler, as Heir to the Estate of Sharon Butler a/k/a Sharon L. Butler, Public Administrator of Kings County as Administrator to the Estate of Estelle Crowder and Estelle Crowder’s heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devises, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through said defendant, who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, Timothy Crowder as Heir to the Estate of Stella James who was Heir to the Estate of Estelle Crowder, Kevin Crowder, as Heir to the Estate of Stella James who was Heir to the Estate of Estelle Crowder, Howard Crowder, as Heir to the Estate of Stella James who was Heir to the Estate of Estelle Crowder and Stella James’ heirsat-law, next-of-kin, distributees,
executors, administrators, trustees, devises, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through said defendant, who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, Unknown Heirs of Jesse James as Heir to the Estate of Estelle Crowder and his heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devises, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through said defendant, who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, 2005 Residential Trust 3-1, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Midland Credit Management Inc., Midland Funding NCC-2 Corp., New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, Commissioner of Jurors, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of America obo Internal Revenue Service, Jane Doe (Refused Name) Defendants. ------------------------------------------------------------------------x Index No.: 519367/2018 Filed: 9/12/2019 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Kings County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $400,000.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Kings on February 15, 2007 in CRFN 2007000090107,covering premises known as 495 Elton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and
protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York September 10, 2019 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-066369-F01 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff AGAINST Samuel Salzberg; Mindy Salzberg; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 13, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on October 17, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1435 53rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of NY, Block 5664 Lot 60. Approximate amount of judgment $336,777.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 16128/2013. Randolph Jackson, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: August 26, 2019 65271 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF Kings, Dekalb Assets 2015 LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Nicole Roman A/K/A Nicole M. Roman, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on August 22, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on October 24, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 318 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New York, Block 1846 and Lot 40. Approximate amount of judgment is $896,009.64 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 509253/2016. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee. Simon Shamoun, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C. FKA Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff LEGAL
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LEGAL NOTICES ➔➔ Continued from page 9 POSTPONEMENT OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS GOSHEN MORTGAGE LLC, AS SEPARATE TRUSTEE FOR GDBT I TRUST 2011-1, Plaintiff, Against AMERICAN FORECLOSURE AND CAOASIS ENTERPRISES, BARCLAYS AMERICAN MORTGAGE CORP., DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR HIS ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION 2006-OPT2 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006OPT2, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, CHARLES JOHNSON, REHTAA SIMMONS, TIFFANY SIMMONS, Defendant(s). Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered 5/9/2014, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at in Room 224 of the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, on 9/26/2019 at 2:30 pm, premises known as 123 Montauk Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Kings County Treasurer as Block 3,992, and Lot 5. Approximate amount of lien $ 966,297.14 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index #45556/2007. Original sale date of 9/5/2019 at 2:30 pm, at the same location. Nancy Schacher, Esq., Referee. SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Dated: 8/30/2019 File Number: 25672 MNB REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-9, Plaintiff – against – SADIQUE MALIK, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on February 27, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York on the 10th Day of October, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Premises known as 100 19 Avenue N, Brooklyn, New York 11236. (Block: 8284, Lot: 102) Approximate amount of lien $855,815.71 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 504836/2014. Philip L. Kamaras, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for
800-280-2832* Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: August 8, 2019 LEGAL NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. DOROTHY ALEXANDER, NICHOLE ALEXANDER, ET AL., Defendant(s).Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on May 24, 2018 and an Order Pursuant to CPLR 2004 Extending the Time to Set Sale and to Ratify Sale Nunc Pro Tunc filed on June 21, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on September 19, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 420 Autumn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 04170 and Lot 00025. Approximate amount of judgment is $465,190.34 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 512372/2015. Helene Blank, Esq., Referee Original sale was September 5, 2019, at the same time and location. Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted. SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff against RICHARD BUCKHEIT, ESQ. AS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF KINGS COUNTY ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF GREGORY BISCOMBE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on January 17, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 17th day of October, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Said premises known as 40 Weirfield Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207.(Block: 3401, Lot: 24)Approximate amount of lien $ 723,250.09 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 6482-08. Angelique Moreno, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PCAttorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 5826344 *For sale information, please visit www.auction.com or call
SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS FHA QUALIFIED TRUSTEE FOR RESCAP LIQUIDATING TRUST, Plaintiff against JEAN LEON LOUIS, MARC LOUIS, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on August 7, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 10th day of October, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situated, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Said premises known as 3324 Clarendon Road, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203. (Block: 4950, Lot: 0010). Approximate amount of lien $ 442,045.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 275813. Judy S. Mock, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: KINGS COUNTY. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE HOME EQUITY ASSET TRUST 2006-6 HOME EQUITY PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-6, Pltf. vs. ADRIAN TAYLOR, et al, Defts. Index #513591/2017. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated July 31, 2019, I will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY on Thursday, Oct, 10, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., prem. k/a 515 Decatur St., Brooklyn, NY. Said property located at a point on the northerly side of Decatur St. distant 20 ft. westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of westerly side of Ralph Avenue with the northerly side of Decatur St. and which point is opposite the corner of a party wall; being a plot 80 ft. x 17 ft. 7 in. Approx. amt. of judgment is $779,312.32 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. JONATHAN ENGEL, Referee. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. 101, Syosset, NY. #97562 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS --------X WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BRONZE CREEK TITLE TRUST 2013NPL1, Filed: 03/25/19 Index No. 506465/2019 Plaintiff, -against- THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT LAW, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees,
legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through the decedent RAPHAEL JOHN by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein; KENROY JOHN; KEYANNA JOHN; MARVA JOHN; TIANA JOHN; RIA JOHN; GLEN JOHN; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (EASTERN DISTRICT); NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10” inclusive the names of the ten last name Defendants being fictitious, real names unknown to the Plaintiff, the parties intended being persons or corporations having an interest in, or tenants or persons in possession of, portions of the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Plaintiff designates KINGS County as place of trial Venue is based upon County in which premises are being situate SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE Defendants. -------------------------------X TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. If you fail to so appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: Elmsford, New York February 21, 2019 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BRONZE CREEK TITLE TRUST 2013-NPL1 AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Alex Zamenhof, Esq. Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 565 Taxter Road Suite 590 Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone: (914) 345-3020 NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BRONZE CREEK TITLE TRUST 2013-NPL1 IS FORECLOSING AGAINST THE OWNER OF THIS
VOL. 23 NO. 38 PREMISES. IF YOU LIVE HERE, THIS LAWSUIT MAY RESULT IN YOUR EVICTION. YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT A LAWYER TO DISCUSS ANY RIGHTS AND POSSIBLE DEFENSES YOU MAY HAVE. NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above-entitled action is to foreclose a mortgage bearing date June 11, 2009 given by Sandra John and Raphael John to American Dream Mortgage Bankers Inc. to secure the sum of $277,000.00 and recorded in CRFN 2009000271340 in the office of the County Clerk/City Register of Kings County on August 25, 2009 and which mortgage was ultimately assigned to the Plaintiff herein as evidenced by written instrument dated March 11, 2014 and recorded with the Kings County Clerk/City Register on June 9, 2014 in CRFN 2014000197496 covering the premises described as follows: 133 Herzl Street, Brooklyn, New York 11212 The relief sought in the within action is final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against any Defendants in this action. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Noach Dear, J.S.C. dated July 12, 2019 and filed August 7, 2019 Help for Homeowners in Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Sources of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at (800) 342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at http://www. dfs.ny.gov. Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. Foreclosure Rescue Scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.
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Crown Heights Jews & Blacks Celebrate Unity
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frican American and Jewish residents of Crown Heights yesterday came together yesterday in Brower Park on Brooklyn Avenue and Prospect Place to celebrate and promote unity in the neighborhood. The event, the 4th Annual “One Crown Heights Neighborhood” Festival, saw families enjoying a day of food, games, portrait painting and community networking. City Council Majority Leader Laurie A. Combo (D-Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights) and NY1 News Anchor and Crown Heights resident Errol Lewis hosted the event. There were appearances made by Krystal Hudson, First Deputy Director for Public Advocate Juumane Williams, State Senator Zelnor Myrie (D-Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, South Slope, Sunset Park) and Councilmember Robert E. Cornegy Jr. (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant, Northern Crown Heights). Cumbo spoke about the festival and how much it helps to create and foster a positive atmosphere where there would be an understanding of humanity amongst everyone. “The goal is not just to experience your own culture but to experience each other, learn and come away knowing a little more about your neighbors. We are a shining example and global representation of what can happen when community works together to make sure we work in a cohesive community where we can all raise our family in a safe environment,” said Cumbo.
By Kimari Clarke, Kings County Politics
City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr. talks to City Council Member Laurie Cumbo as children walk on stilts. Photo by Kimari Clarke. Cornegy, who lived in Israel while playing professional basketball, spoke about having a relationship with the Jewish community and was excited for the positive relationships that will be built through the festival. The festival also had areas in the park that allowed for conversations about race relations, gun violence and mental health issues within the community. KCP was able to catch up with Myla Seabrook, Event Manager for the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, who was one of the participants in the community conversations about gun violence in the area. She discussed the disparity that exists in the community that needs to change. She felt that people were listening but that work needs to be done when it comes to the mentality of the people who happen to be from the older generation which sometimes causes a lack of understanding that stems from both groups. “The consciousness needs to shift and I think it’s great that we came together but the kind of opportunities and conversations happening needs to match those in need,” Seabrook said. Seabrook said her goal while working at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is to focus on getting people of color in the door and her hope is to start a non-profit organization that addresses generational trauma that exists in the black community.
Cornegy, Jr. talks to City Council member Laurie Cumbo as children walk on stilts. Photo by Kimari Clarke.
Extreme weather has displaced over 7 million people already this year, new report says
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ollowing Hurricane Dorian, large parts of the Bahamas have been left in a state of ruin, made unlivable to the hundreds of thousands of people who have called the islands their home. Those citizens of the devastated nation will just be the latest in a growing number of people who have been displaced as a result of extreme weather events. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), in the first six months of 2019, more than seven million people were forced to leave their homes by floods, landslides, tornadoes and other natural disasters. The IDMC, which has been publishing annual reports on displacement since 2003, says the amount of displacement that has already taken place in 2019 puts it on pace to be one of the most disastrous years in recent memory. The seven million people who have faced at least temporary displacement because of weather events is the highest mid-year mark on record — and that’s before taking into account any of the movement that will result from the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian. The organization projects that there could be as many as 22 million people who have been displaced by the end of the year. The fact that most of these displacements are caused by
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weather-related disasters — by comparison, about half as many people have been forced to move due to regional conflict and violence — is troubling, as most indicators suggest that we will only have more of these extreme weather events going forward. Global temperatures have been rising since 1880, with nearly two-thirds of the increases in Earth’s temperature occurring since 1975, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory program. That spike in temperature occurring in the last four decades or so corresponds to a similar uptick in the number of extreme weather events that have taken place. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the number of extreme storms increasing significantly starting in the 1970s after remaining relatively consistent prior. That includes events like large fires becoming five times more common than they were just 40 years ago and a 70 percent increase in the amount of intense rainstorms in the last 50 years, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. It’s difficult to separate these occurrences from human-caused climate change. We know that as the earth’s temperature rises, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we will only experience hotter weather — a common misconception, and the
By AJ Dellinger, www.mic.com
primary reason that many scientists have moved away from the term “global warming” in favor of climate change. It means that we will experience more extreme weather events of all kinds. That means more heatwaves, more cold fronts, more droughts, more storms — just about everything that we would normally experience, but with an amplified intensity. That said, it’s also difficult to tie any single extreme weather event to climate change. While no one natural disaster can be completely attributed to the massive amount of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere by humans, there have been efforts to track just how much worse we have made these disasters. Environment-focused publication Carbon Brief reported that, in a study of more than 230 extreme weather events, as many as 68 percent of them were made more severe by human-caused climate change. If there is good news associated with the massive amount of displacement being caused by these types of events — including many that scientists believe we have only made worse through climate change — it is that the number is so high because we’ve gotten quite good at getting people out of the way of deadly storms. Previously, a significant portion of those seven million people forced
A temperature rise of 6 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times is projected for some parts of Asia Pacific by 2100, which is expected to result in drastic changes in the region’s weather systems, agriculture, biodiversity, trade and urban development. “Massive migration is foreseen all over the world by the end of the century, with the Asia-Pacific region identified as the most vulnerable if the current climate change scenario does not improve.” Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez, www.eco-business.com Image: Asia Development Bank to leave their home would have instead been killed by storms. The New York Times specifically pointed out the 3.4 million people who were evacuated from regions of India and Bangladesh earlier this year when Cyclone Fani was threatening the region. The weather event resulted in fewer than 100 fatalities — a number that could
have been much higher without proper preparation and action taken by governments. Those skills will be imperative as we face more and more extreme weather events in the future — just as imperative as actually taking collective action to combat the human-caused climate change that is exacerbating these events.
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53 Prospect Park West, second floor, is to create a space for intergenerational dia6-8pm, FREE. This group is a place to logue, cultural exchange and brainstorming read and discuss books by Black authors. around this issue. Attendees express both personal and sys-
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Friday, September 20th
Affordable Housing Lottery: Athena Apartments Brown Memorial Baptist Church, 52 Gates Ave., 2-4pm, FREE. IMPACCT Brooklyn invites all to attend a Community Information Session and get ready to submit a stronger housing application for two buildings at 909 Atlantic Ave. and 1043 Fulton St.
Thursday, October 3rd
Saturday, September 21st
Brooklyn March Against Gentrification, Racism and Police Violence Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., 12-6pm, FREE. BAN – The Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network--says neighborhoods are torn apart by skyrocketing rents and terrorized by police brutality while low- to middle-income New Yorkers are priced out or displaced and our city is being made over into a playground for the superrich. They say NO MORE! The march route is at 11:00am: Gather at Barclays Center, 11:30am March, 12pm to Brooklyn Housing Court, 141 Livingston St.; 1:00pm to Fort Greene Park at Myrtle Ave. entrance; 3:00pm to B’way & Myrtle, then to Do The Right Thing Way; 4:45pm to Fulton Park (Fulton & Malcolm X Blvd.); 5:30pm to B’way Junction.
Move and Discuss us, Nancy will illustrate how to take action that matters wherever we are.
Monday, September 23
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Social Justice Book Club: The Bluest Eye Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture,
Friday, September 27th
Move & Discuss: Caribbean Folk to the Future Sesame Flyers International, 3510 Church Ave., 6-9:30pm, FREE. This inaugural event in a series is designed to bring together Folk practitioners, Cultural leaders and Caribbean enthusiasts to move, dialogue and share knowledge in a Cultural space. This conversation focuses on understanding what Caribbean folk practices offer today and how they might be useful in the future. It will look at renewed interests, research practices and new age strategies. The goal
Sunday, September 22nd
Taking Action Against Climate Change Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, 11am-12:30pm, FREE. How do you live ethically on a planet that is under attack? While it is Climate Week at the United Nations and people are coming from all over the world to discuss ways to deal with the impact of climate change, BSEC will pause with Nancy Romer, a longtime local activist, to take stock of all the many ways to engage in the fight against climate change. Looking at the depth of the challenges before
temic acts of racism, privilege and economic self-interest in the United States. It is a place to learn and contribute in an emotionally safe environment. This month’s discussion is “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison.
Rent Reform Meets Reality Henry George School of Social Science, 149 E. 38th St., Manhattan, 6-7:30pm, FREE. Join City Limits for a panel discussion on what the historic reforms of New York’s rent-regulation system will actually mean for renters, landlords and neighborhoods. Moderated by City Limits’ Executive Editor Jarrett Murphy, the panel will feature representatives from Community Action for Safe Apartments, Community Service Society of New York, the Henry George School of Social Science and the Rent-Stabilization Association.
Saturday, October 12th
Bed-Stuy Alive! 2019 & Restoration Rocks Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration, 1368 Fulton St., 10am-5pm, FREE. The 15th Annual Celebration of Brooklyn’s culturally rich community will kick off the day’s events with the Tohma Y. Faulkner Community Awards, recognizing BedfordStuyvesant’s greatest contributors from its youth volunteers making a difference to new and old entrepreneurs, dynamic artists and community leaders. The ceremony will be followed by Restoration Rocks, a free daylong music concert with some of the most dynamic, emerging and established artists performing on the Brooklyn Stage. Lineup to be announced. [Check at bed-stuyalive.org]
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Bed-Stuy Alive!
Taking Action Against Climate Change