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Guyana oil expected
Vol. 30, Issue 51 BROOKLYN EDITION December 20-26, 2019
to flow soon
By Bert Wilkinson
Guyana, the Caribbean
Community’s largest and
most resource-rich nation,
could become the world’s
newest oil producer as early
as next week as an international
consortium led by
American oil giant Exxon-
Mobil produces its first set
of crude from below the seabed.
Company officials said
this week that most of the
safety testing exercises of
underwater piping equipment
have been completed
but officials had remained
concerned about high seas
and excessive rainfall as
Exxon, along with US-based
Hess Corporation and Nexen
of China, prepares to possi-
Merry Christmas
Sydney Sharpe who lives in Crown Heights with her Trinidadian
mom, sits on Santa’s lap, as she receives her Christmas
gift. See story on Page 3. Photo by Nelson A. King
Worst
individual
landlord
in NYC
By Nelson A. King
Public Advocate Jumaane
D. Williams on Monday concluded
a citywide tour of
buildings named on his 2019
Worst Landlords List by visiting
a Brooklyn site owned by
the newly-named number one
worst individual landlord in
New York City.
Williams said Jason Korn
tops the Worst Landlords
Watchlist of 2019.
He said Korn oversees 16
properties on the list, with
over 700 combined units and
nearly 3,000 Housing Preservation
Department (HPD)
violations.
Williams said Korn ranked
ninth on the Worst Landlords
Watchlist in 2018, rising to
the top spot this year alongside
the New York City Housing
Authority (NYCHA).
Among the HPD Class C
Violations on Korn’s properties,
the most severe category
of violations, include
lead paint exposure, rodent
infestation, mold, electrical
failures, heat and hot water
failures, among others, Williams
said.
He said these violations
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