PLACARDS
using the postal placards to
park illegally, which often
block fi re hydrants and street
sweepers, according to a resident.
“It’s terrible that people
have to live like this. These
are their homes, people should
be able to come home and be at
peace,” said Lorrainne Pizzirusso.
“Nobody’s at peace on
this block.”
But congestion isn’t the only
issue on the block. Another resident
accused the postal workers
of regularly using placards
or other agency paraphernalia
to fl out alternate-side parking
rules, preventing the city from
routinely cleaning the street,
and allowing rats to nest in the
debris that’s built up along its
curbs as a result.
“The whole block is really
dirty now and disgusting,”
said Wendy Hoey, who has
lived on Eighth Street for 10
years, and claimed her garden
is now lousy with vermin.
“It’s not the nice block it used
to be.”
The parking nightmare
only gets worse when the
postal employees clock out
at the end of the day, because
they use their agency trucks
to hold spots until they return
to work the next morning, according
to the residents.
One Eighth Streeter said
the workers will even collaborate
to hijack parking, claiming
she recently tried to nab
a spot after noticing a postal
employee pull out if it, but
that the worker blocked her
car with his and fl agged down
some colleagues, who quickly
pulled their truck into the
patch of pavement.
“They went inside and rallied
people to get three trucks
and pushed me out,” said Maureen
German.
The parking issue is so
heated that some vandal recently
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scrawled “No Parking
on 8th St” in red spray paint
across the side of a postal van
— an act of vandalism that
Pizzirusso said could spark
even uglier retaliatory efforts.
“If there’s going to be violence,
I don’t want to get involved
in that,” she said. “I’m a
peaceful person. I’m an old lady
now.”
Hernandez refused to say
if Postal Service executives
followed through with seizing
the placards when asked
about the latest incidents, instead
claiming the placards
remain in use “to facilitate
postal business.”
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Jagne, who has lived on the
road between Nostrand and
Rogers avenues since 2013.
“Some push a little, some
push more, but if they don’t
take no for an answer the
fi rst time, I just say goodbye
and hang up.”
Less scrupulous realtors
will occasionally just show
up on property owners’ doorsteps,
according to Richardson,
who said certain brokers
recently went so far as to lie
in wait outside some Fenimore
Street homes, waiting
for their owners to emerge
before jumping them with offers.
“Realtors are literally sitting
in their cars day in and
day out,” the pol said. “If they
can’t get you by knocking, or
calling, or by mail, they’re
waiting until you come out of
your house, and approaching
you. It’s nuts, it’s really bad.”
Much of Crown Heights’s
current real estate is characterized
by mixed-use and
residential structures between
three- and six-stories
tall, but current zoning laws
allow for up to 13-story buildings
in large swathes of the
neighborhood. And the potential
fi nancial windfall
from buying and razing multiple
homes to make way for
even larger residential towers
is too enticing for developers
to resist, according to
the assemblywoman.
The endless stream of solicitations
is mostly an annoyance
for Richardson’s
constituents, one of whom
said no amount of green will
convince him not to pass his
Midwood Street home on to
his next of kin.
“My son will eventually
inherit the house,” said Robert
Marvin, who lives in
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
“I don’t imagine it’s going to
be for sale for many generations.”
But the prospect of coming
into quick cash could
be enough to convince more
vulnerable property owners
in the area, including seniors
and those carrying debt, to
sell their homes at well below
market value, according
to the pol.
“If I knock on your door
with a wad of cash offering to
buy you out, and you’re in the
midst of a struggle, even if
you know it’s below the market
value of your house, you
may be in over your head and
just take the money and sell,”
she said.
FED UP: A vandal decorated this Postal Service van stowed on Eighth
Street, apparently in response to workers’ problematic parking in the
area. Photo by Wendy Hoey
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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 to be held on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 2 Lafayette Street, 14th
Floor Auditorium, Borough of Manhattan, commencing at 2:30 p.m. relative to:
INTENT TO AWARD as a concession for the development, operation and maintenance of a food service facility,
and the operation of two (2) mobile food units, at McCarren Park, Brooklyn, New York, for a twenty (20) year term,
to McCarren Park House LLC (“Licensee”). Compensation to the City will be as follows: for each Operating year
of the License Agreement, Licensee shall pay the City a fee consisting of the higher of a guaranteed minimum
annual fee versus a percentage of Gross Receipts, as follows (Year 1: $50,000 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year
2: $51,500 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 3: $53,045 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 4: $54,636 vs 10% of
Gross Receipts; Year 5: $56,275 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 6: $57,963 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 7:
$59,702 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 8: $61,493 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 9: $63,338 vs 10% of Gross
Receipts; Year 10: $65,238 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 11: $67,195 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 12:
$69,211 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 13: $71,288 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 14: $73,426 vs 10% of
Gross Receipts; Year 15: $75,629 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 16: $77,898 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year
17: $80,235 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 18: $82,642 vs 10% of Gross Receipts; Year 19: $85,121 vs 10% of
Gross Receipts; Year 20: $87,675 vs 10% of Gross Receipts).
A draft copy of the agreement may be reviewed or obtained at no cost, commencing Monday, February 4, 2019
through Monday, February 11, 2019 between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm, 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.
TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR THE DEAF (TDD) 212-504-4115
NOTICE OF A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING of the Franchise and Concession Review Committee and the New
York City Department of Parks & Recreation to be held on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 2 Lafayette Street, 14th
Floor Auditorium, Borough of Manhattan, commencing at 2:30 p.m. relative to:
INTENT TO AWARD as a concession for the development, operation, and maintenance of programming and
visitor services at the Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, with the option of the
development, operation, and maintenance of a café at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, for a fifteen (15) year term,
to The Landing at Cadman LLC (“Licensee”). Compensation under the License Agreement will be as follows:
Licensee shall pay to City license fees for each Year, consisting of the higher of the minimum annual fee or the
percentage of annual Gross Receipts derived from the operation of the Licensed Premises according to the
following schedule: Year 1: $50,000.00 vs. 12%; Year 2: $53,500.00 vs. 12%; Year 3: $57,245.00 vs. 12%; Year
4: $61,252.15 vs. 12%; Year 5: $65,539.80 vs. 12%; Year 6: $70,127.59 vs. 12%; Year 7: $75,036.52 vs. 12%;
Year 8: $80,289.07 vs. 12%; Year 9: $85,909.31 vs. 12%; Year 10: $91,922.96 vs. 12%; Year 11: $98,357.57
vs. 12%; Year 12: $105,242.60 vs. 12%; Year 13: $112,609.58 vs. 12%; Year 14: $120,492.25 vs. 12%; Year
15: $128,926.71 vs. 12%.
A draft copy of the agreement may be reviewed or obtained at no cost, Monday, February 4, 2019 through Monday,
February 11, 2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays, at the New
York City Department of Parks & 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 Mayors 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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