2 MARCH 9 - MARCH 15, 2018 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP
BORO PREZ TO HOST MARCH
FOR OUR LIVES RALLY
Coinciding with the March for Our Lives National
School Walkout, Borough President Eric Adams will
host a rally on Wednesday, March 14 at the Prospect
Park Bandshell.
The rally – to take place the same day students
across the country are planning a 17-minute school
walkout in honor of the 17 lives lost during the mass
shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
in Parkland, Florida on February 14 – will occur from
2 to 5 p.m.
To RSVP, visit www.brooklyn-usa.org/schoolwalkout.
For more info, e-mail programs@brooklynbp.nyc.
gov or call 718-802-2356.
COMPTROLLER RELEASES
IMMIGRATION MANUAL IN
10 LANGUAGES
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer on
Thursday, March 1 released what his office referred
to as an "updated, comprehensive" 75-page manual on
immigrant rights.
The manual is available in 10 languages — including
Arabic and Urdu for the first time — and is
designed to assist immigrant New Yorkers to understand
their rights by outlining resources, providing
detailed guidance and offering up information on a
wide range of topics.
The manual is also available in Spanish, Chinese,
Korean, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Russian, French and
English.
60TH PRECINCT COP
INDICTED FOR PUBLIC
LEWDNESS
A New York City police officer assigned to the 60th
Precinct anti-crime unit was indicted on Friday,
March 2 on seven counts of public lewdness and four
counts of exposure.
According to the indictment, on February 16, a
female officer assigned to the same precinct as 31-yearold
Anthony Avosso filed a complaint with her Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association delegate stating that
the night before and on two other occasions, Avosso
exposed himself while going about business and alone
together in the precinct.
In addition, the officer allegedly exposed himself to a
probationary officer while asking her about her goals
in the department, exposed himself on the subway to a
female officer sitting next to him and exposed himself to
another female officer and masturbated in front of her in
a marked police car until she finally exited the vehicle.
He is also said to have exposed himself to a fifth
female officer inside the 60th Precinct while the two
of them were alone in a room together and when the
two were alone together in a police car.
—Meaghan McGoldrick
73-year-old man struck, killed
by two vehicles while crossing
Bensonhurst intersection
BY JAIME DEJESUS
JDEJESUS@BROOKLYNREPORTER.
COM
A 73-year-old man died
after being struck by
two vehicles in the
Bensonhurst area.
Authorities say that on
Friday, March 2 at around
5:50 a.m., pedestrian John Ramondino
was crossing West
Sixth Street, from north to
south, at its intersection with
65th Street.
As he was crossing, a gray
Dodge Dakota operated by a
64-year-old man, traveling
eastbound on 65th Street,
entered the intersection and
struck Ramondino as he
attempted to cross. Then a second
vehicle, a Chevy Astrovan
driven by a 51-year-old man,
which was driving westbound
on 65th Street, also struck the
pedestrian.
When officers arrived on
the scene, they observed
Ramondino laying on the
roadway. He was unconscious
and unresponsive with severe
trauma to his body.
EMS responded to the
location and Ramondino was
pronounced dead on the scene.
The drivers of both vehicles
remained at the scene and
were uninjured.
No arrests were made and
the investigation is ongoing.
BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/Photos by @NYC911News
The scene of the accident.