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.
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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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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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COURIER LIFE, M 12 ARCH 29–APRIL 4, 2019 M BR B G
RAISES
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
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
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then called the police, but when cops
arrived later that day, Desmoulins
changed his story, telling offi cers that
he found his wife — whom prosecutors
said suffered a head injury in the attack
— dead in their home.
Still, cops cuffed Desmoulins, who
later made a video statement admitting
that he strangled his wife until
she was no longer breathing, according
to prosecutors.
Gonzalez promised his offi ce would
continue to crack down on perpetrators
of domestic violence while announcing
the sentencing.
“In Brooklyn, we are committed to
seeking justice for all victims of intimate
partner violence,” he said.
Councilman Chaim Deutsch
FUND THE FORCE: Advocates for police pay
raises joined Deutsch at the rally.
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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SENTENCED: A judge sentenced Flatlander
Loiseau Desmoulins to prison for 20 years
after he pleaded guilty to fatally strangling
his wife. District Attorney’s offi ce
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