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The Voice of Common Sense and Conservative Values VOLUME 90 NUMBER 47

DECEMBER 13-19, 2019

Tree is lit in Dyker Heights as holiday season gets underway SEE PAGE 2

L&B co-owner killer faces up to life in prison SEE PAGE 2

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Crowds come out for fifth annual Dyker Heights tree lighting ceremony By John Alexander

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While tourists journey from far and wide to see the legendary Dyker Heights lights, the community gathered together on Friday Dec. 6, for the 13th Avenue Merchants Association’s annual Christmas lighting in front of Investors Bank. The two-story tree, located at 13th Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway, is an extravagant holiday light display in a neighborhood famous for its

larger-than-life displays. Community leaders and local residents came out to celebrate the spirit of the season. Dyker Heights Civic Association President Fran Vella-Marrone joined with Investors Bank executives and staff for the tree lighting. “For the past four years, Investor’s Bank has been sponsoring the tree lighting and we’re very appreciative of what they do. Also, this year they worked with the NIA who helped put the event together,” Vella-Marrone told

this paper. “Every year, we also have a fire ladder and our local firehouse puts a flag on top of the tree, and it’s something that’s not done anywhere else. It’s unique to what we do, and we’ve been doing it for many, many years, so I’m always happy to be at the tree lighting,” she added. The festivities included a DJ, hot chocolate and — of course — some good, oldfashioned Christmas carols courtesy of kids from P.S./I.S. 30.

Students from P.S./I.S. 30 sang carols in front of the tree. ebrooklyn media/Photo by Corazon Aguirre

Outrage follows granting of parole in Bensonhurst cop’s murder BY JAIME DEJESUS

JDEJESUS @BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

Over 20 years after the cold-blooded murder of an NYPD officer, outrage has once again been sparked as the woman who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Police Officer Anthony Mosomillo, a Bensonhurst native, was granted parole. As first reported by CBS News, Betsy Ramos was granted parole in November without the Mosomillo family having been previously

P.O. Anthony Mosomillo.

Photo courtesy of ODMP.org

informed or given the opportunity to speak before the parole board. Mosomillo, who was assigned to the 67th Precinct, was killed on May 26, 1998 when he and his partner went into an apartment in East Flatbush to arrest Ramos’ boyfriend Jose Serrano on a drug-related warrant. Serrano was hiding in a closet. The officers found him and following a confrontation, Serrano grabbed Mosomillo’s partner’s gun, shooting Mosomillo four times. Mosomillo turned and shot and killed Serrano be-

fore dying. Ramos was prosecuted for helping Serrano get the gun away from the cop. Much to her dismay, Mosomillo’s widow Margaret found out that Ramos had been granted parole

when she received a letter saying that Ramos had already been in front of the parole board and been granted release. According to the family, the Parole Board’s Office of Victim Assistance, which is

tasked with liaising with crime victims and arranging victim impact statements, failed to notify them of Ramos’ appeal and new hearing.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Murderer of L&B co-owner Louis Barbati faces up to life in prison JDEJESUS @BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

Three and a half years following the murder of Louis Barbati, co-owner of Gravesend’s famous L&B Spumoni Gardens, the man behind the shooting has finally been convicted of the crime. Forty-four-year-old Long Island native Andres “Andy” Fernandez was convicted on Monday, Dec. 9 of seconddegree murder and seconddegree criminal possession of a weapon. Barbati, 61, was shot and killed outside his Dyker

Heights home near 76th Street and 12th Avenue just past 7 p.m. on June 30, 2016 while his wife and sons were inside. At about 6:40 p.m., he had left his restaurant and was carrying a plastic bag containing $15,483 in cash. About an hour earlier, according to the evidence, Fernandez — wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses — was lurking near Barbati’s home. When Barbati arrived, he parked his car alongside the house and got out, holding the bag of cash. Fernandez then walked across the street, shot Barbati several times and fled in a car without taking the money.

Evidence also showed that Fernandez was at L&B Spumoni Gardens earlier that same day. Fernandez faces up to 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on Jan. 8, 2020. A police source who spoke with this paper on the day of Fernandez’s arrest, Nov. 3, 2016, said that cops believed that “Fernandez attempted to rob Barbati, and Barbati pulled away and tried to run inside the house, [into] the gated backyard.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Photo courtesy of Kings County District Attorney’s Office

BY JAIME DEJESUS

Surveillance image of the suspect.

Image courtesy of NYPD

Andres “Andy” Fernandez.

Cutting back pilot program will make Access-A-Ride less accessible BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

Access-A-Ride

Photo courtesy of MTA/Flickr.

The MTA’s plan to cut back its Access-A-Ride pilot program has some lawmakers and seniors seething. In fact, for some seniors the availability of Access-A-Ride services for the disabled is a lifeline that impacts their quality of life. With the MTA planning to severely limit its pilot program, the fear is that it will impact people with limited mobility by reducing the number of affordable, wheelchair-accessible vehicles they can use. “Everyone needs to get someplace,” said Bay Ridge resident Jean Ryan, who is a member of the pilot program and has been using Access-ARide since 1994. “There were

two pilot programs,” explained Ryan. “One was cut last spring without telling any of the users. They cut it on March 1 and didn’t tell anyone until it was reported in the Daily News on March 17.” Ryan attended a monthly MTA meeting shortly after to voice her frustrations. “There were so many people there protesting and they were up in arms because it was really changing their lives so much,” explained Ryan. “Finally, Access-A-Ride found something that was working well and then they cut it.” The original pilot program cut in March allowed users to request a pickup via the blue and white vans by using an app or notifying Access-A-Ride online. According to Ryan, the program offered more flexibili-

ty for riders’ return trips among other benefits. “With regular Access-ARide, you have to book a trip one or two days before and you have to know exactly when and where you are going,” said Ryan. “So, when this was taken away, people who were able to do so much more were just suddenly back in the dark ages again.” While the current pilot program offers 1,200 people unlimited Access-A-Ride trips for $2.75 per ride through the app, a letter sent from MTA Chairperson Patrick Foye to Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the number of rides offered to its customers would be capped at 16 a month.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

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Sen. Gounardes says ‘I do’ BY PAULA KATINAS

PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes voted yes! To marriage, that is. The bachelor lawmaker exchanged “I do’s” with his sweetie, Melanie Graf, on Dec. 7 in a ceremony at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in New Rochelle, in front of a large crowd of family and friends. The ceremony was performed by the Very Rev. Nicholas Anctil, according to the New York Times, which reported on the nuptials in its Sunday Style section on Dec. 8. The Rev. Alex Orphanos, who is married to Gounardes’ sister Patricia, took part in the service. The wedding guests included Councilmember Justin Brannan, a close friend of the senator’s. Gounardes, a Democrat who represents the 22nd Senate District (Bay Ridge and Southwest Brooklyn),

Shore Road tree lighting is a treasured neighborhood tradition

BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

Andrew and Melanie Gounardes are pictured on their wedding day.

Photo courtesy of State Sen. Andrew Gounardes’ office

and Graf, an associate vice president at the Manhattan communications firm Prosek Partners, have been inseparable ever since they met two years ago.    For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Santa came to Bay Ridge on Thursday, Dec. 5, for the annual tree lighting at the Shore Road Park gazebo. There were music, carolers, hot chocolate and cookies to help brighten the spirits of all those attending the event. State Sen. Andrew Gounardes and City Councilmember Justin Brannan teamed up with NIA Community Services for the Christmas tree lighting that brought out well over 100 revelers braving the cold air to be part of the treasured neighborhood event. Mary Anne Cino, CEO of the NIA, welcomed guests. “The NIA is so pleased to be doing this community event this year in partnership with both our Sen. Andrew Gounardes and our Councilmember Justin Brannan,” said Cino. “We are happy to be bringing out the

community together and it’s just a joy to be here and see all of you.” Gounardes got the crowd in the mood by asking if everyone was ready to celebrate Christmas. “I’m so glad we’re able to carry on this great neighborhood tradition of lighting the Christmas tree here on Shore Road,” said Gounardes. He also thanked the NIA and the Columbia Society of the Sanitation Department for donating the books Santa Claus was giving to the children. “This is how we celebrate community, this is how we celebrate the holidays and this is what it’s all about,” said Gounardes. “It’s bringing the Christmas spirit, bringing the holiday cheer and bringing the joy of neighbors being neighborly to one another into our community.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Bogdana Levin with Santa.ebrooklyn media/Photos by Arthur De Gaeta

Friends rally around retired NYPD cop with ALS BY PAULA KATINAS

PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

2019, he suffered a heart attack and went into cardiac arrest. It was while he was being treated for the heart attack that Vinitsky was diagnosed with ALS. “The only family he has is his 80-year-old mother who has medical issues herself. Mike is forced to have 24-hour health aides assigned to him. He is responsible for the medical costs himself. Whatever monetary amount you can donate would be greatly appreciated,” a message on the Go Fund Me page reads.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Retaining wall violations not rescinded, homeowners say BY PAULA KATINAS

PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

Homeowners living on West Seventh and West Eighth streets, on either side of the N subway line, are not getting any satisfaction from the New York City Department of Buildings over the retaining walls located between their backyards and the subway, local officials said. Last month, after an outcry from homeowners who were hit with notices of violation

due to the retaining walls, the DOB promised to rescind the violations. The New York City Transit Authority agreed to take responsibility for the inspections. A month later, it still hasn’t happened, according to one peeved pol, Assemblymember William Colton. The notices were sent out to several homeowners who live along the N, B and Q subway lines. Colton is demanding that DOB move immediately to

resolve the issue. “I demand an immediate cure of the notices of violation and a full investigation of why these notices were not rescinded by now, when work on subway tracks is being done on the retaining walls by the MTA,” Colton said, referring to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the parent agency of the New York City Transit Authority.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Top Photo: Councilmember Mark Treyger and several of Mike Vinitsky’s NYPD friends spent time with the retired cop in Coney Island Hospital.

Christmas lights to adorn Dyker, Bensonhurst biz areas

Brannan works with FIAO to brighten shopping strips BY PAULA KATINAS

PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

“Where there’s light, there’s life,” said Jack Spatola, president of the Federation of ItalianAmerican Organizations of Brooklyn, as he made the announcement that two Southwest Brooklyn shopping strips will have Christmas lights this season after many years of darkness. The FIAO joined forces with Councilmember Justin Brannan to ensure that 13th Avenue and 18th Avenue will be adorned with Christmas lights to entice shoppers and make the holiday season brighter for the Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst communities. Brannan and Spatola made the announcement at the FIAO’s Il Centro community center at 8711 18th Ave. on Dec. 4.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

ebrooklyn media/Photo by Paula Katinas

Assemblymember William Colton, shown at a protest outside the Kings Highway N train station in 2018, said homeowners living along the subway line haven’t been able to get building violations rescinded. ebrooklyn media/File photo by Jaime DeJ

Photo courtesy of Councilmember Mark Treyger’s office

Friends of a retired police officer stricken with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) have mounted a holiday-time effort to help their buddy pay his escalating medical bills. Retired cop Mike Vinitsky is currently undergoing treatments at Coney Island Hospital, where he has received visits in recent days from numerous police officers, as well as Councilmember Mark Treyger and the Rev. Michael Louis Gelfant, pastor of Saint Finbar

Catholic Church. One of Vinitsky’s friends, Eric Nass, started a Go Fund Me page on Nov. 30 to try and raise $150,000 to help the stricken hero pay his bills. Within five days, the effort garnered $28,000 in donations. Vinitsky’s troubles began in 2007 when he was attacked by a hospitalized prisoner he was guarding. The prisoner hit him in the head with a metal post, according to a biography of the officer on Go Fund Me. Vinitsky retired in 2010 due to the serious head injuries he sustained in the attack three years earlier. In July,

Councilmember Justin Brannan said he and the FIAO have been working since the summer to find a way to bring Christmas lights back to 13th and 18th avenues.

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Bay Ridge remembers Pearl Harbor BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

The Bay Ridge community gathered on Saturday, Dec. 7 for a memorial tribute to the brave veterans who sacrificed so much to defend our nation during World War II in honor of Pearl Harbor Day. The Brooklyn Council of the Kings County Veterans of Foreign Wars held the remembrance ceremony in Bay Ridge on the American Veterans Memorial Pier (formerly called the 69th Street Ferry Pier) at 11 a.m. The memorial — marking the 78th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on America’s Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — was organized by U.S. Navy veteran John Sanford, a past County and District Commander. The salute was conducted by Brooklyn VFW County Commander Gary Wasserman, and included tossing a memorial wreath from the pier to represent the lives lost at Pearl Harbor. A total of 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 were wounded in the attack which galvanized American support for entering WWII. Dec. 7 was called “A date which will live in infamy” by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The wreath was tossed over the side of the pier during the ceremony.

Father Kane delivered the invocation.

Rev. Edward Kane, pastor of Holy Family Church of Canarsie, himself a veteran, delivered the invocation and spoke at the ceremony. There were nearly a dozen veterans in attendance braving the cold temperatures. Other attendees included U.S. Navy veteran Jeffrey Swansen, oper-

tions, that while our homeland may be attacked, our enemies will never defeat our republic or our way of life,” Wasserman told this paper.

ations director of the United War Council of New York. Brooklyn County Auxiliary President Barbara Wasserman attended, along with members

of the VFW Brooklyn County Auxiliary. “The attack on Pearl Harbor has come to stand as a testament to future genera-

Frances Ruocco carrying a wreath.

“We are celebrating the greatest generation so that they are never forgotten.” The event was open to all veterans and the public.

Barbara Wasserman.

Jack Sanford and Gary Wasserman.

Veterans saluted during the ceremony.

ebrooklyn media/Photos by Arthur De Gaeta

News From Your Neighborhood CAR CRASHES INTO BED-STUY PIZZERIA

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Police are investigating after a car crashed into a recently closed pizza shop in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Tuesday. The accident happened around 5 a.m. at the Pizza Wraps pizzeria on Fulton Street, and the car appeared to have gone all the way inside the pizzeria. The owner, Joy Lacoa, had hoped to reopen the space as a Caribbean restaurant, according to ABC7. “I started crying because that’s my livelihood, all of my savings getting taken, now I have nothing you know, and this is it,” Lacoa said. Police are working to determine what caused the driver to lose control. 

MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ABOUT EAST FLATBUSH CAR CRASH

EAST FLATBUSH — A day after a fatal crash at the intersection of East 55th Street and Foster Avenue in East Flatbush, police are still searching for one of the drivers, and parents Collin and Joan Dixon are still searching for answers. Their daughter, Joanna Dixon, was a passenger in a black Mazda SUV, PIX11 reported, and was killed in the collision. The driver of the sedan, whom police say may have been intoxicated, allegedly ran a stop sign, collided with a Nissan GT-R coupe and then ran off, leaving Dixon and another woman behind. There are also questions about the sobriety of Rohan Shaw, the off-duty police officer who was behind the wheel of the Nissan. Shaw was initially charged with driving under the influence, vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, speeding and reckless driving. But he was ultimately released pending further investigation, PIX11 said. 

COBBLE HILL CIVIC LEADERS DECRY CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS

COBBLE HILL — Cobble Hill civic leaders say that officials at the city Department of Transportation are doing a poor job providing oversight at three construction sites within the footprint of the former Long Island College Hospital, according to the Brooklyn Paper. Fortis Property Group is building two 15and 36-story towers on opposing sides of Hicks Street as part of a five-building development project known as River Park. At the same time, New York University plans to build a medical center in front of the taller tower once it acquires the land from Fortis, the Brooklyn Paper reported. Cement trucks and 18-wheelers regularly proceed onto Hicks Street, then struggle to make the turn onto Pacific Street, which leads to the worksite. 

BROOKLYN WOMAN LEFT INFANT IN SUV’S BACK SEAT

CANARSIE — A Brooklyn woman is facing an investigation after she left her 1-year-old child in the back seat of an SUV that was towed away for being illegally parked, according to amNewYork. The incident began when the unidentified woman allegedly left the baby in the back seat of the locked vehicle in the parking lot of the Bayview Houses in Canarsie. A manager with the towing company, A-Twin Towing on East 81st Street, said the company has a contract to tow vehicles with no permits from the parking lot. After the mother called the towing company to say the baby was in the back seat, workers forced open the rear door and called Emergency Medical Services. Officers from the 69th Precinct were also alerted, as well as the Administration for Children’s Services, amNewYork said. 

BROOKLYN ARTIST EATS $120,000 BANANA

MIAMI — Brooklyn artist David Datuna said he has “no regrets” about eating a banana that was part of a $120,000 art installation in Miami Beach, according to Patch. The banana, part of a work by artist Maurizio Cattelan called “Comedian,” was duct-taped to the Emmanual Perrotin Gallery’s outer wall. It sold for $120,000 to an art collector, Patch said. The banana was replaced with another one donated by a spectator. Police declined to arrest Datuna. 

ADAMS DEPLOYS CAMERAS ALONG NOSTRAND AVENUE

CROWN HEIGHTS — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams recently joined the Nostrand Avenue Merchants Association, the 71st Precinct and elected officials to announce the expansion of Operation Safe Shopper, a program under which security cameras have been deployed outside local businesses with the help of the NYPD. The latest installation is along a stretch of Nostrand Avenue running from south Crown Heights to Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The improvement comes as the holiday shopping season begins and foot traffic increases along major commercial corridors throughout Brooklyn, including Nostrand Avenue. “In the three years since we started Operation Safe Shopper, we have heard numerous success stories, and we look forward to creating a safer, more vibrant Nostrand Avenue with the expansion of this program,” said Adams.

More than 1,000 mourners streamed onto a Williamsburg street Wednesday evening to pay their final respects to two of the civilian victims of the Jersey City shooting. The crowd carried the bodies of the dead through the street before they were taken to their final resting places in the town of Kiryas Joel. Eagle photo by Paul Frangipane 

NADLER INTRODUCES BILL TO HELP CO-OPS, CONDOS

BOROUGHWIDE — U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Brooklyn-Manhattan) and several other congresspersons from both sides of the political aisle have introduced H.R. 5337, the Disaster Assistance Equity Act. The legislation is designed to ensure that owners of co-ops and condos are eligible for the same FEMA assistance available to other homeowners. The law makes essential common elements of a common interest community (such as a roof, exterior wall, heating and cooling equipment, elevator, stairwell, utility access, plumbing and electricity) eligible under FEMA’s Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program. It also makes common interest communities eligible under FEMA’s requirements for the removal of debris in the aftermath of a major disaster. 

COLTON HONORED AT CHURCH GROUP CEREMONY

GRAVESEND — Assemblymember William Colton (D-Gravesend-Bensonhurst-Bath Beach) was honored on Friday by Bishop Dr. Ebony Kirkland at the annual gala of the Worldwide Association of Small Churches. “The Worldwide Association of Small Churches is a global diversified organization with small churches affiliated and partnered in the United States, Central America, South America, India and Africa. They are dedicated to transform, empower and educate small churches and places of worship across all denominational borders to bring people together from all over the world,” said Colton. The gala took place at Paradise Catering, 51 Ave. U. 

ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR AT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

BROOKYN HEIGHTS — This Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition will host an arts and crafts fair at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., according to the Brooklyn Heights Blog. Among the items on sale will be ceramics, prints, fibers, candles and other handmade creations. There will also be live jazz and gingerbread house workshops. In addition, the organization will host a live art auction benefiting BWAC at 3 p.m. on Sunday. 

NEW RESTAURANT COMING TO DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Restaurant operator American Standard Hospitality Group has leased two floors at 519 Fulton St. in Downtown Brooklyn for a new restaurant, according to the Commercial Observer. The hospitality firm hasn’t decided what kind of restaurant will occupy the space, which is owned by Thor Equities. However, it has several other restaurants in Brooklyn, including the Caribbean-flavored Woodland in Park Slope, Imani Caribbean Kitchen and Bar in Fort Greene and pizza spot Forno Rosso in Downtown Brooklyn. Thor owner Joe Sitt said American Standard was attracted to the build-

ing because “the property features unmatched visibility with over 100 feet of wrap-around frontage and serves as an excellent addition to their impressive portfolio.” 

‘NEIGHBORHOODS TO WATCH’ IN BROOKLYN

BOROUGHWIDE — Nicole Wu, economist for the real estate website StreetEasy, has predictions for the New York City real estate market for the upcoming year, according to CBS New York. Of her 10 neighborhoods to watch next year, six are in Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Clinton Hill, Midwood, East Flatbush, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Crown Heights. She also said that the Brooklyn Navy Yard is expected to become more of a destination next year as more large firms move in. 

KWANZAA CELEBRATION SET FOR WEEKSVILLE

CROWN HEIGHTS — On Saturday, Dec. 14 from noon to 8 p.m., the Weeksville Heritage Center in Crown Heights will partner with Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation to bring holiday revelers calypso dance and djembe drumming. You can also make your own waist beads and take part in arts and crafts, storytelling and face painting. The afternoon will also feature live music, DJ music and dance performances. Weeksville Heritage Center is located at 168 Buffalo Ave. 

WOMAN KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED IN A-TRAIN MISHAP

EAST NEW YORK — One woman was killed and another injured after they both fell onto the tracks early Sunday morning from the A train platform at the Broadway Junction station. The first woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other was transported to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, according to Gothamist. Police said the two women were walking arm in arm near the platform’s edge when one of them stumbled and fell in between two train cars. They were both reported to be visibly intoxicated at the time. People tried to bang on the train to get it to stop, but it was too late, Gothamist reported. 

HUGE BATTERY PROVIDES POWER IN EAST NEW YORK

EAST NEW YORK — A huge battery has been quietly powering part of eastern Brooklyn’s power grid, according to Bloomberg News. The 4.8-megwatt device — the biggest battery in New York City — sits beside the Gateway Center mall in East New York and has been quietly running for months at the borough’s edge, according to a joint statement yesterday from the property owner, Related Cos., and the Italian tech firm that installed it, Enel SpA. More huge batteries are on the way, Bloomberg says. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a goal to install 3,000 megawatts of storage by 2030 as part of an effort to curb reliance on fossil fuels. The battery at the Gateway Center mall can supply 16.4 megawatt-hours of electricity.

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ings County Democratic Chairperson F ra n k S e d d io held his much-anticipated house-lighting extravaganza on Friday, Dec. 6. Each year, Seddio invites family, friends, elected officials, community leaders, area residents and children of all ages to attend this festive event. The annual block long “block party” took place at Seddio’s law office at 9306 Flatlands Ave. Hundreds of people came to enjoy the winter wonderland that featured a live nativity scene with animals. There was a special guest appearance by Santa Claus, who was there to greet all the children. Those attending enjoyed Christmas carols sung by the Holy Family Church choir and students from P.S. 115. Seddio has been participating in the event and dressing up as Santa Claus since the 1960s and has been hosting it himself for the

past 33 years. “I love doing this,” Seddio told this paper. “This is my favorite thing in the whole world that I’ve done in my life. I’ve always considered this more like a vocation to me than anything else. It just means so much to me among all the things that I’ve been able to do in my life. It’s like the culmination of giving and that’s what I love most about it.” Seddio said that the greatest feeling was seeing the joy on the children’s faces when they come up to him. “What could be better than seeing the happy faces of the children! If that doesn’t make you happy, then I don’t know what will. It’s the absolute best,” he added. Every year, the display is dedicated to the memory of a local resident who has died. This year’s holiday display was dedicated to the memory of Josephine Bolus, the late wife of civic leader Henry Bolus, president of the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club, and a longtime activist in her own right. “My wife passed away on

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Santa with Bryston Bristol. July 25 of this year. We were married for 65 years,” said Bolus. “She was a member of many, many community organizations over the years, and she was truly a wonderful person.” Elected officials and civic leaders attending included

Santa with Jacob and Isabella Cruz. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli; Attorney General Letitia James; City Councilmember Brad Lander; Judge Mark Partnow and his wife Sue Ann Partnow, who serves as the female leader of the 59th Assembly District; Federation of

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Italian American Organizations President Jack Spatola; FIAO Brooklyn Director of External Affairs Joseph Rizzi; Judge Katherine Levine and Deputy Inspector Terrell Anderson, the commanding officer of Canarsie’s 69th Precinct.

“Frank and I go back 40 some odd years and I love coming to this event. If you look around at all the Merry Christmas signs and the way it’s all set up, it’s just truly amazing and inspirational,” Bolus stressed.

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Part One: See historic homes in Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy On a walk down Gates Avenue, you can see a nice slice of Central Brooklyn brownstones and rowhouses.

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Central Brooklyn’s 19th- and early 20th-century rowhouses are a thing of beauty. Gates Avenue offers you glimpses of some very fine ones indeed, in Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant. If you keep walking, before you know it, this avenue will also take you across Bushwick to the Queens border.

The avenue, which was In a New York minute, named after American Revoyou’ll walk past the Royal lutionary War General HoraCastle Apartments. tio Gates, is walkable in a This six-story, red-brick day if you aren’t obsessively apartment complex at 20-30 photographing the handsome Gates Ave., aka 470-476 homes and churches. But if Clinton Ave., is an individual you’re incapable of walking city landmark. Slow down down a beautiful street withand take a look at the garout taking lots of pictures, goyles on the facade. They’re you’re going to need two humans with serious faces days to make this trip. and hammers in their hands. So. Here is Part One of Gates Avenue starts here at this Clinton Hill intersection. Architecture firm Wortthis wintry stroll. By the mann & Braun designed the way, I’ve said this before but it’s worth mentioning again. If Beaux-Arts complex, which was constructed around 1912 you wear a full-length down coat with a hood, sheepskin and 1913, the city Landmarks Preservation Commission’s boots and heavy-weight gloves, you can walk for hours with- designation report about it says. out feeling cold. The designation report offers an interesting random fact about German-born architect Deitrich Wortmann. He was a member of the U.S. wrestling team at the 1904 Olympics. AN ODDLY DECORATED APARTMENT BLDG.

Gates Avenue begins at the intersection of Fulton Street and Clermont Avenue in Clinton Hill. When you look west on Fulton Street, you can see some of Downtown Brooklyn’s high-rise towers in the distance. When you face east, a small public space called Gateway Triangle is in your immediate line of sight. The first cross street you arrive at is Vanderbilt Avenue. This part of the neighborhood is not included in the Clinton Hill Historic District. But there are handsome brownstones and carriage houses here.

THE GOLD COAST

As you stand on the Gates Avenue corner of Clinton Avenue, take a minute to look up and down the street. It’s one that you should come back to for a separate stroll. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, wealthy Brooklynites considered Clinton Avenue a hot spot to construct their mansions. Everybody called it the Gold Coast.

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— Continued from page 16INB — They were following the example of Charles Pratt, the philanthropist who made a fortune in oil and founded nearby Pratt Institute. He built houses on this street as wedding gifts for his sons. The one at 229 Clinton Ave. is now used as a home for Pratt Institute’s president. On the Gates Avenue corner where you’re standing, you can see a magnificent pair of limestone mansions built in 1902 — 463 and 465 Clinton Ave. An architect named Mercein Thomas designed them in 1902. The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation report about the Clinton Hill Historic District says the original owner of Beaux-Arts-style 463 Clinton Ave. was Morgan Bogart. His son, a surgeon named Dr. J. Bion Bogart, was the first person to live in the house. The original owner of neo-Italian Renaissance-style 465 Clinton Ave. was William Berri, the designation report says. He was the owner of a newspaper called the Brooklyn Standard Union and a prominent Republican leader. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, his 1917 New York Times obituary says.

This dour fellow can be found on the facade of the Royal Castle Apartments.

AN 1860S CHURCH

As you continue on Gates Avenue, you leave Clinton Avenue’s mansions behind and see lovely brick and brownstone rowhouses and a couple eye-catching churches. For starters, there are lovely neo-Grec brownstones with mansard roofs on the corner of Waverly Avenue at 63 to 69 Gates Ave. An architect-builder named Joseph Kirby constructed them in 1880 for a grain merchant named Stephen R. Post, the Clinton Hill Historic District designation report says. The next Gates Avenue corner, which is Washington Avenue, is graced by elegant, red-brick Brown Memorial Baptist Church, whose congregation was established in 1916. The congregation won grants from Partners in Preservation and the New York Landmarks Conservancy for the restoration of a Tiffany stained-glass window called “The Pilgrims,” which it completed in December 2014, the church’s website says. The building, whose address is 484 Washington Ave., was constructed in 1860. Its architectural style is early Romanesque Revival, the Clinton Hill Historic District designation report says. The architect was Ebenezer L. Roberts. The congregation that built and originally occupied it was the Washington Avenue Baptist Church, the designation report says.

Limestone mansions 463 (left) and 465 Clinton Ave. stand on the corner of Gates Avenue. The Italianate brick rowhouse on this corner, whose address is 129 Gates Ave., has a storefront on its ground floor that was a drugstore back in the day. The current occupant is Locanda Vini E Olii — a restaurant that Michelin Guide 2020 calls a “jewel.” The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation report about the historic district says Samuel Asman designed 129 Gates Ave. in 1877 for John Bahrenburg. The Italianate rowhouses next to it, from 131 through 143 Gates Ave., were constructed by a builder and lumber dealer named Jeremiah Johnson around 1864. A mansard roof was added to 131 Gates Ave. in the late 19th century and a new brick facade was added in the 1930s, the designation report says. At the intersection of Gates and Grand avenues, you’ll find the Vendome, a property with big historic significance. It’s Brooklyn’s oldest multi-family apartment building. Its address is 363 Grand Ave. An architect named Halstead Fowler designed the Vendome in 1887, the Clinton Hill Historic District designation report says. It’s a Romanesque Revival-Queen Anne-style building. A plaque on the side of the property says it was threatened with demolition in 1987 but saved by neighborhood residents led by the late Ralph Walter.

TWO LOVELY CHURCHES

As you continue your stroll, you will walk through a few Clinton Hill blocks that aren’t included in the neighborhood’s historic district. One of the most eye-catching sights on these blocks is Mount Zion Tabernacle at 182 Gates Ave. on the corner of Irving Place. The church has a beautiful old-fashioned spire. When you cross Classon Avenue, you’re in BedfordStuyvesant. This boundary has been the subject of some debate over the past decade or so. There are no official government-designated boundaries for New York City neighborhoods. But Kenneth Jackson and John Manbeck’s book “The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn” says Classon Avenue is the dividing line between Clinton Hill and BedStuy, and that’s what I’m going with. By the way, there are handsome rowhouses on Classon Av-

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enue at this Gates Avenue intersection. As you keep walking, you’ll notice a cluster of Romanesque Revival rowhouses on the south side of Gates Avenue near the corner of Franklin Avenue. On the north side of this block, the bright white facades of Mount Sinai Baptist Church at 241 Gates Ave. and adjacent homes at 247 through 253 Gates Ave. glow with a serene, almost otherworldly light when the sun is shining. The Baptist congregation has owned the church building since the 1950s, Finance Department records indicate.

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ON DEC. 11, 1893, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Throngs of shoppers are visiting the dry-goods establishment of Bloomingdale Bros., Third avenue and Fifty-ninth street, New York, to take advantage of the big book sale. Thousands of volumes of fine books were bought of Charles E. Gould, the receiver for the United States Book company, the International Book company, the Horendon Book company and for Lovell, Coryell & Co., in anticipation of the holiday season. These enormous stocks were obtained in some instances at less than the cost of the paper. This is doubtless the greatest sale of books for years, whole volumes of standard works selling in many cases for less than $1. The stock comprises books worthy of any library, such as Cooper, Irving, Byron, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, Hawthorne and Macauley. Among the French writers are Dumas and Sand. Many of the books are nicely bound in cloth and gold.”  ON DEC. 11, 1921, the Eagle reported, “Washington (AP) — A new quadruple agreement to preserve peace in the waters of the Pacific was announced to the world today by the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France. As a consideration of the international realignment, Great Britain and Japan agreed to consign to the scrap heap the Anglo-Japanese alliance, long viewed with appreciation in both America and Asia. The provisions of the agreement, which is in the form of a ten-year treaty, are confined to the ‘region of the Pacific Ocean.’ Under them, the Powers are to respect each other’s island possessions and to meet in consultation if a dispute arises or if the rights of any of the four are threatened by any other Power.”  ON DEC. 11, 1941, the Eagle reported, “Washington (UP) — Germany and Italy went to war against the United States today, and Congress prepared for immediate action on an impending request by President Roosevelt for a resolution formally recognizing existence of hostilities. The official German war declaration was delivered to the State Department at 9:25 a.m., while the Italian war notice was handed to the American charge d’affaires in Rome by Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister. The action completed the Axis cycle of aligning its full military and naval forces against the United States, following by four days Japan’s assault on this nation’s Pacific strongholds. The greatest war in the world’s history became a full reality for an America which for months has been on a basis of undeclared shooting with Germany and Italy. Members of Congress pledged full support to the President in the extension of the war and said it might last for years.”  ON THIS DAY IN 1954, the Eagle reported, “Indiana, Pa. (U.P.) — Jimmy Stewart, film actor, plays a ‘supporting’ role today at the wedding of his 82-year-old father to a Canadian widow in a home-town ceremony before about 40 friends. The lanky cinema star plans to be best man for his octogenarian father, Alexander Stewart, a widower who owns and operates the town’s hardware store. Stewart, a life-long resident of this small western Pennsylvania mountain community, will wed Mrs. J.J. Stothart of St. James, New Brunswick, at the home of Mrs. Robert Dingman, a next-door neighbor, and a niece of the bride-to-be. The elder Stewart was reported by his family to be ‘bursting with excitement’ over the impending ceremony. His famous son arrived after an overnight train ride from New York, accompanied by his wife, former model Gloria McLean. Stewart was first married in 1906 to Elizabeth Ruth Stewart, Jimmy’s mother. She was the daughter of a Civil War veteran and steel company founder. She died here Aug. 2, 1953.”

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ON DEC. 12, 1859, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The ship Henrietta, which arrived here on Saturday evening from Leghorn, has on board a very small horse. It is a stallion, of a clear jet black, perfect in shape, with black mane and tail, and is about 7 hands high. During the voyage he has had the run of the ship like any ordinary dog.”  ON DEC. 12, 1861, the Eagle published a letter which read: “Some near and dear relatives of mine crossed the Atlantic and went to London expressly to hear the Oratorio of the Messiah performed by three thousand artists and they tell me that the performance of the glorious Hallelujah Chorus alone repaid them for their trouble and expense. Imagine, dear Mr. Editor, three thousand singers in the ‘King of Kings’ and ‘Lord of Lords’ and ‘He shall reign forever Hallelujah,’ in this great chorus of Handel! This is an age of improvement. Perhaps this time next year under the auspices and influences mentioned, we may hear with delight the grand chorus of the Messiah, the Creation and the Elijah artistically performed by young men and maidens of Brooklyn.”  ON DEC. 12, 1930, the Eagle reported, “Washington (AP) — Twelve thousand tons of granite have been blasted from the stony heart of the Black Hills to make place for a portrait of George Washington. Gutzon Borglum, famous sculptor in charge, has watched with satisfaction the progress being made on the Mouth Rushmore Memorial in South Dakota. So pleased, in turn, was the commission supervising the project that it used Borglum’s poetic words today in its second annual report to Congress. The sculptor had called the job a cool-headed setting down of ‘a few epochal facts regarding the accomplishments of Old World radicals, who shook the shackles of oppression from their light feet and fled despotism to people a continent; who built an empire and rewrote the philosophy of freedom, and compelled the world to accept its wiser, happier forms of government.” Nick Clifford, the last known survivor of the workers who carved Mount Rushmore, died on Nov. 23, 2019. He was 98.  ON DEC. 12, 1941, the Eagle reported, “Manila (UP) — Three daredevil American aviators flew to fame — and one to death — today against the Japanese. Terse statements from military and naval sources in Manila told the story of how American and Filipino aviators struck back against powerful enemy assaults. The name of 26-year-old Capt. Colin Kelly Jr. of Florida, who was killed in action, heads the roll of heroes.” It was also reported, “The metropolitan area went about its normal business today, the people calm and resolute in the face of total Axis warfare, but behind the scenes plans materialized for the evacuation of women and children, the aged and disabled from congested areas in the event of air raids.”  ON DEC. 12, 1952, the Eagle reported, “London (U.P.) — A Congregationalist minister criticized the Royal Family today for giving a toy gun recently to four-year-old Prince Charles, heir to the British throne. The Rev. Hubert Oliver wrote in a church magazine: ‘The Royal Family usually sets us such a good example, but I am amazed by this gift.’”

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Annual Celebration of Light has kicked off BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

et the Christmas lights shine bright! This year marks the 25th anniversary of the annual Celebration of Light, a month-long series of tree lightings held at 42 churches throughout the borough sponsored by Maimonides Medical Center. On Tuesday, Nov. 26, the hospital held a kick-off event for the glittering celebration at which representatives of the parishes were given donations to help fund the expenses for the lightings as well as decorations. The event was coordinated by Maimonides Executive Vice President Douglas Jablon and his office, It was hosted by Maimonides Board Chair Eugene Keilin and President and CEO Kenneth Gibbs in the boardroom at the Eisenstadt Administration Building at 4802 10th Avenue. For 25 years Maimonides has awarded $1,000 grants to parishes to help light up their churches at Christmas. Gibbs said that the hospital considers the community outreach an opportunity to carry out the Hospital’s mission to the greater Brooklyn area. The co-sponsor of the annual program is

Long and DeLosa construction firm in Sunset Park. Brian Long said that the program began 25 years ago with the construction of a crèche (nativity scene) on the lawn of Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge, and has now expanded into the surrounding areas. Long delivered the welcoming remarks before an invocation by Msgr. David Cassato, pastor of St. Athanasius Church, which was followed by a moment of silence in memory of local civic leader Larry Morrish, who started the program with former State Sen.Marty Golden, Long and his partner John DeLosa. Long explained that the tradition began at Visitation Monastery and grew from there with many more churches being added yearly. “After Larry passed a few years ago, we set a stone at Visitation by the nativity scene in his memory,” Long told this paper. He credited Maimonides Executive Vice President of Patient Relations Douglas Jablon with being an instrumental part of the program. “This has become a really important event for Maimonides,” said Long. “And Douglas Jablon has been behind this 150 percent. It just gets bigger and bigger every year,” he added. The tree lightings began on Saturday Nov. 30 and will continue through Saturday, Dec. 21.

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CITATION SURR. FILE NO. 2017-3359 SURROGATE’S COURT - KINGS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN DISTRIBUTEES, HEIRS-AT-LAW AND NEXT OF KIN, LEGATEES AND DEVISEES OF OSCAR COOPER, DECEASED WHOSE NAMES OR PARTS OF WHOSE NAMES, AND WHOSE PLACE OR PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN, AND CANNOT, AFTER DUE DILIGENT INQUIRY, BE ASCERTAINED, DISTRIBUTEES, HEIRS AT LAW OR NEXT OF KIN IF DECEASED, BE DEAD, THEIR LE-

GAL REPRESENTATIVES, THEIR HUSBANDS OR WIVES, IF ANY, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST WHOSE NAMES AND/OR PLACES OF RESIDENCE AND POST OFFICE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN. A PETITION HAVING BEEN DULY FILED BY MICHAEL G. LONG, WHO IS DOMICILED AT 40 RICHARD STREET, TENAFLY, NJ 07670. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE BEFORE THE SURROGATE’S COURT, KINGS COUNTY, KINGS COUNTY, AT 2 JOHNSON STREET, ROOM 319 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ON JANUARY 9, 2020, AT 9:30 O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON OF THAT DAY, WHY A DECREE SHOULD NOT BE

MADE IN THE ESTATE OF OSCAR COOPER, LATELY DOMICILED AT 100 REMSEN STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, USA ADMITTING TO PROBATE A WILL DATED JULY 1, 2016 AS THE WILL OF OSCAR COOPER, DECEASED, RELATING TO REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND DIRECTING THAT LETTERS TESTAMENTARY ISSUE TO: MICHAEL G. LONG. DATED, ATTESTED AND SEALED NOVEMBER 13, 2019 HON. HARRIET L. THOMPSON, SURROGATE. DOREEN A. QUINN, CHIEF CLERK. EMILY ANN KLOTZ, ESQ. LAW OFFICE OF EMIY ANN KLOTZ, 299 BROADWAY, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10001 212-661-5858. (NOTE: THIS CITATION

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FILE NO. 2018-3713 SURROGATE’S COURT - KINGS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHOSE NAMES OR PARTS OF WHOSE NAMES, AND WHOSE PLACE OR PLACES OF RESI-

St. Mark’s Church, 2609 East 19th St., TBD. Wednesday, December 18 St. Bernadette Church, 8201 13th Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 21 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 2805 Fort Hamilton Parkway, at 6 p.m. TBD Holy Innocents Church, 279 East 17th St. Salam Arabic Lutheran Church, 414 80th St. St. Catharine of Alexandria Church, 1119 41st St. Numerous parishes have held tree lightings already. They are Good Shepherd Church, St. Gregory the Great Church, the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, St. Andrew the Apostle Church, St. Edmund Church, St. Michael's Church, Our Lady of Grace Church, St. Anselm Church, St. Bernard Church, St. Brendan's Church, St. Mary Mother of Jesus Church, St. Patrick's Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church, St. Dominic Church, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, St. Agatha Church, Redeemer St. John's Church and St. Francis DeSales Church.

DENCE ARE UNKNOWN, AND CANNOT, AFTER DUE DILIGENT INQUIRY, BE ASCERTAINED, DISTRIBUTEES, HEIRS AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF SAID ROSA L. SMITH, AND IF ANY OF THE SAID DISTRIBUTEES, HEIRS AT LAW OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED, BE DEAD, THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, THEIR HUSBANDS OR WIVES, IF ANY, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST WHOSE NAMES AND/OR PLACES OF RESIDENCE AND POST OFFICE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN. A PETITION HAVING BEEN DULY FILED BY KELVIN JONES, WHO IS DOMICILED AT 157 W. 123RD STREET, APT. 7A, NEW YORK, NY 10027 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE BEFORE THE SURROGATE’S COURT, KINGS COUNTY, AT 2 JOHNSON STREET, ROOM 319, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ON JANUARY 16, 2020 , AT 9:30 O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON OF THAT DAY, WHY A DECREE SHOULD NOT BE MADE IN

THE ESTATE OF ROSA L. SMITH, LATELY DOMICILED AT 226 WEIRFIELD STREET, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11221, ADMITTING TO PROBATE A WILL DATED JUNE 7, 2016, AS THE WILL OF ROSA L. SMITH, DECEASED, RELATING TO REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND DIRECTING THAT LETTERS TESTAMENTARY ISSUE TO KELVIN JONES DATED, ATTESTED AND SEALED, DECEMBER 4TH, 2019 HON. HARRIET L. THOMPSON SURROGATE DOREEN A. QUINN CHIEF CLERK ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER ORLIE TABER, ESQ., (516) 280-2600 501 HILLSIDE AVENUE, NEW HYDE PARK, NEW YORK 11040 [NOTE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU AS REQUIRED BY LAW. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR IT WILL BE ASSUMED YOU DO NOT OBJECT TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY APPEAR FOR YOU.] #175906

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OPINION

BETTER TIMES

o you recall the 1930s song “Happy Days Are Here Again?” I was singing it under my breath most of the day that the Wilpon family announced that they would be selling their controlling interest in the Mets. My only regret is that they will continue to have some role for the next five years. The Mets had a decent year despite the ownership. And that is the point. Few management decisions seem to manifest themselves in wins. Often, the lackluster nature of the ownership can be traced to poor player acquisition and handling during the playing season. How the Mets can annually become the orthopedic center of baseball with major players missing entire seasons is a

mystery for me and many fans alike. The Mets have been fortunate in having younger players attempting to make a name for themselves waiting in the wings who fill these big holes caused by so many injuries. Then, after a few fine seasons, the Mets, instead of making an effort to sign these players to longer term contracts, allow them to be picked up by other teams or simply trade or sell them in poorly regarded actions. A New York City sports franchise, regardless of the sport, will be one of the most valuable franchises in America. The New York City media market alone provides the Mets, even when they are losing, with more revenue than most any other baseball team in either

league. Yet, the Wilpon family, instead of using the large sums of cash they accumulate to build a playoff-quality team, makes decisions based on making money for itself. This could be a result of the enormous financial losses the Wilpons took in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Although it is too early to know what the future holds for the team under the new ownership of hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, we do know that he has indicated his intentions of spending the money necessary to make the franchise a big winner. Inasmuch as he is super-wealthy, losing the Wilpons and gaining Cohen makes me feel that we are in for some really exciting times. Let’s Go Mets!

COMMON SENSE BY JERRY KASSAR

If we win, the $100 million state public campaign finance scheme, which is no more than your taxpayer dollars being used to help out politicians you may not support run for office, will not go forward.

*** The New York State Conservative Party, which I chair, will be in State Supreme Court in Niagara County for a hearing anticipating a summary judgment regarding our belief that the Commission

UNIFORM DECISIONS

n Dec. 9, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo called for the Violence Against Women Act to be reauthorized. The law, originally passed with bipartisan support in 1994, bars abusers from owning firearms. Two days earlier, one of his sergeants was killed while responding to a domestic disturbance. Directing his comments to Senators McConnell, Cornyn and Cruz, Acevedo said, “I don’t want to hear about how much they support law enforcement… who killed our sergeant? A boyfriend abusing his girlfriend.” The House of Representatives passed a VAWA reauthorization bill months ago, but the NRA-opposed legislation stalled in the Re public a n- c ont r ol le d Senate. It’s indicative of the hypocrisy of some lawmakers, who proclaim they stand up for law enforcement, but

then shrink when it comes to providing protections to keep officers safe. The same people are often quick to attack anyone who questions any action by any member of the police, accusing them of hating cops. But wanting those who are entrusted with a great deal of authority to be held to the highest standards is not an act of hate. There are debates to be had about how to police better and more effectively, in terms of protecting our communities, as well as how to serve them. Acknowledging that certain communities have different impressions of policing, based on their experiences, isn’t hateful. No group should be generalized, but that cuts both ways. It is not right to say all members of a particular group are inherently bad, but it’s also wrong to say they are all infallible. If no cop ever violated police

policy or the law, every police force wouldn’t have an internal affairs department. But they do, because there are instances when people in positions of authority do something wrong. This view that citizens must never question law enforcement comes from above. The nation’s top lawman, Attorney General William Barr, said last week that, “They have to start showing... the respect The protection that police officers provide is not something that is held over citizens’ heads in exchange for reverence and support that law enforcement deserves and if communities don’t give that support and respect, they might find themselves without the police protection they need.” The protection that

on Public Finance represents an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to a nine-member unelected commission. If we win, the $100 million state public campaign finance scheme, which is no more than your taxpayer dollars being used to help out politicians you may not support run for office, will not go forward. It will also stop efforts to eliminate third parties, for whose candidates as many as 600,000 New Yorkers each year choose to vote. The Democratic effort reduces political choice and, as an extension, free speech. We feel we have strong arguments as well as simple

logic on our side. In my view, if we win, you win, with $100 million being saved at a time that the state has a record $6.1 billion budget deficit. *** I wish to express my condolences to Assemblymember Peter Abbate on the loss of his mother. Mrs. Abbate was just short of her 101st birthday. Talking with Peter, it sounds like she had a wonderful life. Regardless, this is a sad time for the Abbate family. They are in my prayers. On a happier note, best wishes to State Sen. Andrew Gounardes who celebrated his marriage to Melanie Graf. I wish them many, many years of happiness.

MATTER OF FACT BY JAY BROWN

police officers provide is not something that is held over citizens’ heads in exchange for reverence. Or at least it shouldn’t be. Law enforcement officers serve and protect because they are professionals and that is their job. Going even higher, to the president, we see this simplistic view of others in uniform: the military. In the past few weeks, President Trump has pardoned or granted clemency to three service members. He intervened on behalf of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher who was acquitted of war crimes, but convicted of posing for photographs holding a dead teenage ISIS captive up by the hair. Fellow SEALs

claimed he had stabbed the teen in the neck while medics tried to treat him. Fellow SEAL snipers had also reported that Gallagher shot civilians, including two young girls and an elderly man. He was charged with threatening to kill those who reported him. Trump intervened on his behalf and ordered that the prosecutors in the case be punished. Last month, Trump issued pardons to two soldiers charged with murdering civilians in unrelated cases. Again, members of their own platoons testified against them, but the president declared, “We’re going to take care of our warriors and I will always stick up for our great fighters.” Excusing terrible actions isn’t taking care of warriors or sticking up for great

fighters, because these people are neither of those things. The great people are those who speak up, despite the danger it puts them in. “Support the troops” is a catchy slogan, but if you take the side of a few soldiers who commit murder over many service members who report those crimes, while stripping food stamps from thousands of veterans struggling with food insecurity, who exactly are you supporting? Calling someone a cop hater is an easy retort, but if you demand that nobody ever criticize the police because they only do great work, and then you declare police crime statistics showing they are doing a good job can’t be trusted, why should anyone trust anything you say?

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Focus on Bay Ridge By Charles F. Otey

Third Ave. Merchants party, collect ‘toys for tots’ in need

Led by President Bob Howe, members of the Merchants of Third Avenue BusinessCivic Association gathered with friends last week for a holiday party at the Greenhouse Cafe, where they were welcomed by hosts Bob Daquara and John Keegan. The party served as an opportunity to collect toys that will bring smiles to the faces of young children battling cancer this holiday season through the Olivia Boccuzzi Foundation. “The event is an annual celebration of the longstanding relationship between our members and the greater Bay Ridge community,” Howe said. “We know that good communities are built around responsive

marketplaces and, for decades, that’s how it’s worked on Third Avenue.” The collection bin overflowed with new, unwrapped toys, which served as the price of admission for the evening’s invited guests. Toy trains, board games, Lego sets, remote-controlled vehicles and puzzles were among the most popular donated items. “The Olivia Boccuzzi Foundation does such great work on behalf of children who are battling cancer. It’s our honor as merchants, neighbors and family men and women to give back to help make the holidays brighter for those in need,” Howe said.

Third Avenue Merchants Vice President Jay Sessa (left) and President Bob Howe display some of the toys collected for children in need. Photos courtesy of Charles Otey

Maria Ingardia wishes Chip Cafiero a happy and healthy holiday season. From left: Marc Hibsher, Steve Marchetti, Jay Sessa, Bob Howe, Wade Jabour and Chuck Otey are loaded up with gifts.

Bob Daquara of the Greenhouse Cafe helps Home Reporter executive Marc Hibsher show off a donated toy.

From left: Sheila Brody, Bob Howe, Councilmember Justin Brannan, Charles Otey, Enza Boccuzzi and Ralph Succar.

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OPINION Bay RidgeMuffin’s to celebrate Muffin’s Pet Pet Connection Connection 166th birthday

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Once I side of Third Avenue near unanimously approved and ry at the Bay Ridge 476 76th Street. 11, at with 7 sabers, p.m., at color P.S./I.S. 30, 7001 Fourth Avediers muskets, bayonets, the ISO Symphonic Band ••• swords, guards, led by founder and director, The Manor, Fort Hamilton High warm up to you, present-day 73rd Street. a resolution adopting The the will be society nue. swords, sabers, color inguards, ledpassed by founder and keynoter director, The occasion Fort Hamilton High drummers and ladies Civil Bay Ridge Maestro Brian for School Alumni Association I like to read, Concerned aboutbe stigma it. member and New York Supreme Court Ita will an opportunity for parents drummers and the ladies in eCivil Bay RidgeSeveral Maestro Brian School Alumni Association W r - also r a Worsdale. members held itsState recent pre-show watch TV, surf the wasof chaired Justice Arthur Schack will be from other schools with to see the interior Wof aa name r - associated e rThe a meeting Worsdale. Several members held its recent pre-show of the band are current and annual dinner atwho Chadwick’s net and most of the yellow fever, they assembled by Tunis the town talking about the 8822 history of the the district's newest school that was ofBergen, the band are current and annual dinner at Chadwick’s former graduates of Fort Restaurant, Third time will even help to hear suggestions (mayor) of New Scouts, Eagle built on the formerfor sitea ofsupervisor the Bay former of Fort Boy Restaurant, 8822 Hamiltongraduates High School. Avenue. The prominent dinner was Third hostyou with these things. new name for their growing Church Utrecht, and a Yellow Hook Scouts, and sinceFarkouh, he Ridge United Methodist Hamilton High School. Avenue. TheAlice dinner waswas host-a ••• ed by Dr. hamlet. resident I can also be hapattorney forFHHS Major (aka the Green Church). resident. 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That as vice president of borstreet Colonial Roadfor the work. at Many cats biting are saved from a trip a kill shelter Hissing, spitting, cats make eyetocontact with received “Veteran of dress.near Year” the Award We tagged along afrom state senator, congress- New York, Brooklyn lost its would Librarybe 7223 Ridge Blvd. The Brooklyn Council my preference. ough promotion and enwas formally dedicated Hissing, spitting, biting cats make eye contact with Jackson, and trust and hope begin... the New Year”York Award from We grand tagged alongthat for the BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/ State the procession oftake, the Kings VFW member and a Democratic independence and became with society President “I am an easy cat to as ICounty am meticulousgagement for NYC and Tom Kane Way and was Photos by Ted General Jackson, and trust and hope begin... the New York State the grand procession that division of the CWV. passed throughout the cemecommemorated National Tom McCarthy presidential candidate. one of the five boroughs. ly clean. I amemceeing looking for a we newlive home, a life-long Co. even blessed by Reverend Tom Kane’s parents holding HEY JUDE: “Even though together, we do division of County the CWV. passed throughout the cemeKings tery and by candlelit graves of The the program, and former Weir, Bergen, Perry and At the time, the neighPearl Harbor Remembrance friend. I am looking for YOU. Would you like to come The event is open Gerard Sauer, theboth pastor new sign. HEY JUDE: “Even though we live together, weold. do not have to be adopted together. We are nine years Thethe Kings tery and by candlelit graves of Chapter is County hold- boring villages of Yellow Murphy fallen soldiers from sidesof Presidents Peter Scarpa, are all interred in and meet me? Look into Day, Dec. 7, on the American my stunning yellow eyes, to the public. Reservations St. Mel's Church, a former asnotwill have toscratch be together. Wefurniture. are Pier nine years old We not or damage your Hi, I am Chapter is hold-Hook and Fort Hamilton Green-Wood Cemetery. soldiers As from sides ing its annual offallen the conflict. weboth trekked Jack LaTorre andadopted Susan Veterans Memorial (aka and I’ll capture your loving heart. This could be the only $46 which includes sociate pastor at Ridge's We will not scratch or damage your furniture. Hi, I am Raven, a sweet, little girl who is half Siamese. I love to ing itsdance annual of the conflict. AsBay we trekked dinner on were part of the are through the pathways, there St. Pulaski participating. Town of Of course, the region 69th Street Pier). U.S. Navy start of aa sweet, new and friendship. I my am purrfect for you. Ito full sit-down dinner. Contact Patrick's Church and athere personal Raven, little girl who is half Siamese. I love affectionate, play with toys; you would think dinner dance on New Utrecht,a which through the pathways, Thursday evewere uniformed re-enactors in then known as Yellow Hook be Father Lawrence DeLion, Veteran Jack Sanford, a Past am spayed with my vaccinations and micro chipped.” Sherman Silverman at 718-748friend. be affectionate, play with mythe toys; would think was a I and willBay give VFW you all love and attention Thursday uniformed re-enactors June 2,eveat turn was part of Kings was originally settled by Irector --were soldiers standing guard, ning, of kitten. Christ Church county andyou District Please contact cats@zanisfurryfriends.org. 3165 or send him a check payable to the A host of dignitaries were on hand to join I was a kitten. I will give you all the love and attention you seek. I am spayed, housebroken. Unfortunately we ning, June 2, at -soldiers standing guard, County, but not Brooklyn. the Dutch in 1652. Last year, Ridge, gave the invocation, One commander, organized musicians and singers per- 7:30 p.m., at the Society of Old Brooklynites, 340 Marine AveKane's family, friends and associates on this you seek. I am spayed, housebroken. Unfortunately we are seeking a new home because my mommy has severe 7:30 p.m., at the musicians and singers perthe memorial tribute which Polonaise Terrace, It wasn’t until 1894 that New the Bay Ridge Historical City Councilmember Justin forming Civil War songs. *** to keep nue, Brooklyn, NY 11209. auspicious occasion. City Councilmember are seeking a new home because my mommy has severe allergies and is no longer able us. I hope to join Polonaise Terrace,Utrecht was annexed by Society commemorated the Brannan addressed the included tossing a ceremoniforming Civildrew War thousands songs. 150 Greenpoint The event Zani’s Furry Friends iswreath a 501(c)3 non-profi t or* * * 165th anniversary of Bay your Vinnie Gentile -- who ensured full Counallergies is no longer tobeinto keep I hope loving family. You will not disappointed…Hello Bronze tablet on the wall of thethe Bay Ridge the then-City of Brooklyn. group and and this writer proalable theus. waters of to join 150 Greenpoint The event drew thousands Avenue. of relatives, Civil War buffs, ganization committed to rescuing companion ani-I Former inScience Assistant Principal and a cil approved the co-naming, in the proyour the loving family. You will not disappointed…Hello there, I am Figaro a tuxedo cat,becuddly, loving boy. in the front alcove the Narrows. Library. However, 1898, with the Ridge vided narrative. 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Weto need national and state pension fuels is counter to the ambitious the 2020 session to enact more progressive HEY JUDE...WOOF WOOF: “I am heartbroken to He has tapped asduce thefossil county’s “Man for me in your quiet home?” Kim 718-344-9697 to St. Patrick’s school gympitched tents near the main nasium at 97th Street andbeen gate, on both Sunday and to take every action possible to mitigate In 2018, Ireland became the first nation environmental goals New York has set for legislation to make Planet Earth a safe place give up my two half-Pointer-mix, 10-month-old pups. of the Year.” Other honorees include former Kim 718-344-9697 nasiumto at 97th Street and gate, on both Sunday and Fourth Avenue. Memorial Day. While stepcontinued damage to the environment. divest its sovereign wealth fund from itself. toTyson live andlove workto now andball for the generaSabrina and play and run around. GOP Assembly Candidate Tom McCarthy PURRFECT MEWS: All of Jenny’s rescued kitties Fourthfossil Avenue. Memorial Day. step••• ping along in theWhile nighttime fuels. In New York State, the New The negative impact of greenhouse In addition to the societal and environtions people, ahead. are lap dogs, love to sit with Both pupsadopted love as “Counselor of the Year,” past City CounPURRFECT MEWS: All Felix of Jenny’s rescued kittie have been into loving homes. ••• ping along inenvironment the nighttime MoreYorknews from St. System and mental responsibilities New York has procession, we came across gases on the is indisputable. City Teachers Retirement Assemblymember Ortiz represents you. Sabrina gives into kisses but homes. sometimes gives a litcil candidate and President of the Brooklyn have been adopted loving MoretheOn news from St. procession, we environment, came across Patrick’s. Sunday, June 5, Retirement regarding divestment from fossil fuel com- the 51st A.D. in Sunset Park, Red Hook, Susan Pulaski, a former To protect our our depenNew York City Employees tle love bite before kisses. She hates the vacuum YoungJune Republicans Russell Gallo as “Young Patrick’s. Onare Sunday, 5,in the divestSusan Pulaski, a and former after 2 p.m. special president offossil thefuels Bay Ridge Gowanus and portions of Bay Ridge and dence on investment in a System activelyconcert engaged panies, there is also the fiduciary responand barks at it. Tyson loves people, loves to play and Republican of the Year,” plus the following after ament 2 p.m. special president ofthat the Baya Ridge St. Patrick’s Church, there Historical Society and comc h a i rla-who contribute to Park Slope. companies produce and promotein fossil movement. It’sconcert time for the Common sibility to the investors watch his sister play ball. He loves to play tug of dies, as “Women of the Year” Phyllis Carbo, in St. Church, there person of the Kassenbrock Historical Society and a com- will ch a i rbe Patrick’s an unveiling and dedimittee chair at Community war. They are lap pups. He also makes noises like Francenia Hall, Joan Braunstein and Mary Members of Obviously, the Society of Old Brooklynites march will beof an unveilingofand mitteeTen. chair at Community person of the Kassenbrock cation a portrait the dedilate Brothers Board pleased Memorial Chewbacca from ‘Star Wars.’ It is very cute. I am in John. in the recent Brooklyn Memorial Parade of with cation a portrait of the late Scholarship Board Ten.big Obviously, pleased Brothers Fund.Memorial with the turnout, wasDayMaestro Aldo Bruschi in the Also in Lynbrook, New York.” – Jackie, 516-6980-5669. Tickets are $200 a pop and available at Society President Brooklyn Historian Ron Aldo Bruschi in the Scholarship Fund. Also in with the big and turnout, was Maestro

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Let’s divest state funds from fossil fuel companies