EMERGENCY
BLOOD DRIVE!
Wednesday,
APRIL 3
Haley’s Comets at
Greenhouse Cafe
NYBC Eligibility Line 1-800-688-0900
www.nybloodcenter.org
A Photo or Signature ID Required.
Eat well balanced meals before giving blood.
Donate blood with
other members of
HALEY’S
COMETS
10 am – 7:45 pm
Greenhouse Cafe, 7717 3rd Ave.
Busmobile
Haley Gray understood the importance of helping others. She would explain the
importance of giving blood to people because she knew first hand that it had
sustained her life. A life that was full of happiness, unconditional love, laughter,
extraordinary courage and bravery.
In accordance with Section 1-13 of the Concession Rules of the City of New York, the New
York City Department of Parks and Recreation (“Parks”) is issuing, as of the date of this notice,
a non-significant Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for the Operation and Maintenance of
Farmers Markets at Soundview Park, Bronx, Msgr. McGolrick Park, Brooklyn, De Witt Clinton
Park, Manhattan, Cunningham Park, Queens, and Conference House Park, Staten Island.
All bids submitted in response to this RFP must be submitted by no later than May
17, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.
Hard copies of the RFP can be obtained, at no cost from March 28, 2019 through May 17,
2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays, at
the Revenue Division of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, which is
located at 830 Fifth Avenue, Room 407, New York, NY 10065. The RFP is also available
for download from March 28, 2019 through May 17, 2019 on Parks website. To download
the RFP, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/businessopportunities, click on the link for “Concessions
Opportunities at Parks” and, after logging in, click on the “download” link that appears
adjacent to the RFPs description.
For more information related to the RFP contact Sofiya Minsariya at (212) 360-8230 or via
email: Sofiya.Minsariya@parks.nyc.gov.
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CONCERTS
through 2025 to fund the seaside sounds,
according to economic-agency reps, who
said local Councilman Mark Treyger
(D–Coney Island) and Borough President
Adams helped to broker the deal.
The builder is no stranger to the
neighborhood, where it is in the midst
of erecting a nine-story, 135-unit residential
development next to MCU Park,
at Surf Avenue and W. 21st Street,
which will include below-market rate
apartments for the formerly homeless,
domestic-violence victims, and recovering
addicts, as well as an on-site social
services staff.
Offi cials have yet to determine the
SOCKED IT TO THEM!: Late Soul Queen Aretha
Franklin is among the past performers
at Coney Island’s concert series, which a
developer recently forked over cash to fund
through 2025. File photo by Steve Solomonson
FLIP
NOTICE OF A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING of the Franchise and Concession Review Committee and the
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (“Parks”) to be held on Monday, April 8, 2019 at 2
Lafayette Street, 14th Floor Auditorium, Borough of Manhattan, commencing at 2:30 p.m. relative to:
AMENDMENT of the existing Permit Agreement between Parks and Surf Avenue Parking, LLC.
(“Permitee”) for the renovation, operation and maintenance of parking facilities at MCU Park, Coney
Island, Brooklyn, New York. The amendment, among other things, extends the Permit Agreement for one
(1) year with an additional one (1)-year renewal option, to be exercised at the sole discretion of Parks.
Compensation to the City will be as follows: Permitee shall pay to the City permit fees consisting of the
following: Operating Year 6: a flat annual fee of $153,762.00. Operating year 7 (option at Parks’ sole
discretion): a flat annual fee of $153,762.00.
A draft copy of the amended Permit Agreement may be reviewed or obtained at no cost, commencing on
Monday, March 25, 2019 through Monday, April 8, 2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
excluding weekends and holidays at the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, located at 830 Fifth
Avenue, Room 313, New York, NY 10065.
This location is accessible to individuals using wheelchairs or other mobility devices. For further
information on accessibility or to make a request for accommodations, such as sign language
interpretation services, please contact the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS) via e-mail at
DisabilityAffairs@mocs.nyc.gov or via phone at (212) 788-0010. Any person requiring reasonable
accommodation for the public hearing should contact MOCS at least three (3) business days in advance
of the hearing to ensure availability.
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number of concerts for this summer,
but iStar’s cash will likely fund four or
fi ve free shows each year based on previous
years’ expenses, according to a
rep from the agency.
Past performers at the concert series
— which dates back to 1978 , and moved
to the amphitheater when it opened in
2016 — include the late Queen of Soul,
Aretha Franklin , Bedford-Stuyvesant
native Big Daddy Kane , and Puerto Rican
salsa singer Tito Rojas.
News of the shows’ future funding
comes after some tenuous years for
the concerts, which offi cials cancelled
in 2014 , and struggled to fi nd cash for
ever since, according to the economic
POLICE
two years after Hizzoner signed off
on the last pay raise for local authorities
in 2017. And the fact that a majority
of councilmembers support
boosting police paychecks should be
reason enough for the mayor to allocate
more cash to cops, according to
Deutsch.
“The support that we had for this
letter is unparalleled, and it sends a
strong message to the mayor that our
side of City Hall supports the police,”
the pol said.
City cops currently receive a starting
salary of $42,500, which rises to
$85,000 after fi ve-and-a-half years
with the force — but Deutsch blasted
those sums as paltry when compared
to fi gures he claimed other authorities
outside — and inside — the Empire
State rake in.
“By fi ve-and-a-half years on the job,
offi cers in other states are earning at
least $15,000 more than that. And Suffolk
County police earn a whopping
$54,000 more than NYPD offi cers,”
he said.
Some 16 percent of all city police
offi cers live in Kings County, according
to data published by a gadfl
y who sued the city to get the statistics.
And that data shows Brooklyn’s
11229 zip code — which incorporates
much of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen
Beach, and is represented by
Deutsch and Councilman Alan Maisel
(D–Flatlands) — is home to 154
cops, the highest amount by local zip
codes.
Kings County’s median household
income, however, is $52,782, according
to the United States Census Bureau
— almost 25 percent more than
a city cop’s starting salary. The federal
data also shows that households
with a 11229 zip code earn a median
income of $59,287 — 38 percent more
than the city pays rookie offi cers.
Deutsch noted those disparities at
the rally, where he used DeBlasio’s
own words to accuse him of lowballing
offi cers, citing Hizzoner’s 2017
announcement of his so-called New
York Works plan to create 100,000
jobs with good wages — which the
mayor then defi ned then as more
than $50,000 annually.
“When Mayor DeBlasio promised
to create 100,000 well-paying jobs in
New York City, he himself defi ned
well-paying jobs as $50,000 or more
per year,” Deutsch said.
A rep for DeBlasio, who claimed
local cops are some of the county’s
best paid, said the mayor is working
with the police union to reach an
agreement on pay increases.
“New York City police offi cers are
some of the best compensated in the
nation,” said Raul Contreras. “We remain
committed to working with the
PBA to come to a contract agreement
that is fair to police offi cers and taxpayers.
We proved we can accomplish
this across the bargaining table in
2017, and we can do it again now.”
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agency, which noted that Treyger and
Adams secured hundreds of thousands
of dollars from the city’s discretionary
funding to keep the events up and running
until iStar bigwigs stepped in.
The concerts are one of the community’s
“most beloved and popular
traditions,” according to Treyger, who
cheered the private company for footing
their bill after he worked to keep
the shows alive for years.
“I am already looking forward to
this summer’s shows, and am thrilled
knowing our community will be able to
enjoy them for years to come,” he said.
And Adams agreed, adding that
this year’s and future performances
will continue to make the People’s
Playground a summer destination for
locals and tourists alike.
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