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COP TO IT: Councilman Chaim Deutsch, center with scarf, rallied with fellow legislators outside City Hall to demand the mayor issue raises to New
York Police Department offi cers. Councilman Chaim Deutsch
POL PLAYS GOOD COP
Mayor must give raises to police offi cers, S’Bay legislator demands
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
The city must give a raise to
New York’s Finest, according
to a Sheepshead Bay councilman,
who claimed local
cops struggle to make ends
meet with the wages they
earn protecting and serving
the Big Apple.
“Mayor DeBlasio should
pay them a salary that means
police offi cers don’t have to
worry each day about how
to pay their rent, buy essentials,
care for their elderly,
and put food on the table,”
said Councilman Chaim
Deutsch at a March 19 rally
outside City Hall.
Deutsch that day delivered
a letter to Hizzoner demanding
salary bumps for Police
Department offi cers, which he
signed along with 36 other councilmembers,
including 11 of
Brooklyn’s 15 representatives.
The missive came as leaders
of cop union the Police Benevolent
Association begin a
new round of contract negotiations
with the city, roughly
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Encore!
Builder funds free
Coney concerts
for next six years
BY JULIANNE MCSHANE
It’s music to their ears!
Coney Island will host free
summer concerts for the next
six years, after a real-estateinvestment
fi rm handed over
three-and-a-half-million dollars
to keep the tunes coming,
leaders of the city’s Economic
Development Corporation announced
on March 21.
The seasonal shows at the
Ford Amphitheater and the
nearby Seaside Park, both on
the Riegelmann Boardwalk
between W. 21st and W. 23rd
streets, drew some of the biggest
stars in music in years
past, according to the founder
of Coney Island USA, who
cheered the news of more forthcoming
free entertainment.
“Coney Island not only
rocks a gorgeous facility, we
give famous acts away for
free!” said Dick Zigun, who is
also the neighborhood’s selfdeclared,
unoffi cial mayor .
Developer iStar — which
worked with the city to build
the amphitheater, and to restore
the landmarked Childs
Restaurant next door into
restaurant Kitchen 21 — will
fork over $600,000 annually
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