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ability to connect with sex
workers may be impeded by
justice reforms included in the
2020 budget that kick in next
year, which require anyone
charged with a misdemeanor
violation — such as prostitution,
solicitation, or loitering
— be given a desk appearance
ticket in lieu of arrest, making
their first court date months,
rather than days, after their
initial run-in with the law, according
to Gonzalez.
“People engaged in sex
work and people who aren’t
being arrested, the question is
whether that’s the best way to
get to the underlying trafficking
thing,” said Gonzalez.
The top prosecutor has already
proven himself willing
to wield his discretion to effectively
decriminalize other
misdemeanor offenses, and
the DA has gradually expanded
on his predecessor
Ken Thompson’s policy of
declining to prosecute arrests
for marijuana possession
and public smoking.
By Colin Mixson
Brooklyn Paper
Call it fifth heaven!
More than 600 fun-loving
foodies gathered at the
resplendent Grand Prospect
Hall on April 10 to sample
delicacies from a whopping
50 Park Slope eateries during
this year’s Taste of Fifth event,
where everyone’s fine-dining
dreams came true.
“We had a fantastic time,”
said Mike Maguire, manager
of Fifth Avenue Mexican joint
Chela. “It’s one of the most
fun I’ve had at any event we’ve
done.”
The blowout was Taste of
Fifth’s eighth incarnation since
the Slope Fifth Avenue Business
Improvement District
hosted its inaugural tasting
event in 2011, and its lengthy
roster of Fifth Avenue restaurateurs
included a dozen eateries
new to the event this year, in-
Jorge Tzunun, left, and Mike Maguire from Chela
hold up their guac samples during A Taste of Fifth
at Grand Prospect Hall.
Photo by Caroline Ourso
cluding Chela and Le Mistral,
a brand-spanking-new French
restaurant that opened just
last month.
The event also featured entertainment
courtesy of Spoke
the Hub, a Park Slope-based
dance crew, which was joined
by BID executive director and
amateur jitterbug Mark Caserta,
who showed off his best
moves while sporting a custom
made sushi roll costume
made for the occasion.
“I regret nothing,” Caserta
claimed.
A third of the proceeds
from tickets went to benefit
one of 15 charity and community
organizations, and
the event raised upwards of
$12,000
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