Metro New York - January 17, 2013

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MetroCard and other issues for students on first day Both sides are
digging in theirs heels Special-needs kids are among hardest hit news
{page 02}
Assault
weapons
152K
in Obama’s
crosshairs
{pages 08, 10}
The beginning of the school bus
strike created headaches for
students and their parents as they “Attacking firearms and
clogged mass transit to get to
ignoring children is not a
class. Problems with Department
of Education-issued MetroCards solution to the crisis we
only added to the chaos.{page 02} face as a nation. Only
honest, law-abiding gun
owners will be affected
and our children will
remain vulnerable to the
inevitability of more
tragedy.”
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA IN
RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA’S
GUN-CONTROL PROPOSALS
going out
Snafus plague
school bus strike Brand new
and blowing up
Put these new hot spots —
Dana Watkins walks with her children, who attend PS11, to the subway on the first day of the public school bus strike. plus some old favorites — on
your radar {page 18}
MILES DIXON/METRO
IT’S TIME TO SOAK UP THE SUNDANCE
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02 new york #1 FREE DAILY IN NYC THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013
NYC school bus strike
MetroCard
1
snafu
complicates
rolls into its first day
strike for
parents
The city is providing
MetroCard problems for students on first day 7,700 bus free MetroCards and re-
imbursement for gas or
routes affected Strike creates headaches for 152,000 students taxis, but many
MetroCards were not
MILES DIXON/METROX activated in time.
The school bus strike creat- MTA spokesman
ed chaos for many parents Kevin Ortiz explained
yesterday morning, ac- that the DOE requested
cording to reports from inactive cards and was
Mayor Michael Bloomberg notified that activating
and Department of cards takes 24 to 72
Education Chancellor hours.
Dennis Walcott. City Councilman
The Department of David Greenfield criti-
Education has contracts cized the DOE’s reim-
In the news for 7,700 bus routes that bursement plan as
serve 152,000 students. impractical for lower-in-
Bloomberg
The contracts in question come parents who may
backs Obama are for routes for disabled not be able to stake the
students from kinder- money in advance.
Mayor Michael garten through 12th grade. DOE spokeswoman
Bloomberg lauded The union wants to be Marge Feinberg said
President Barack Obama certain current drivers will parents “who may have
for announcing gun leg- retain their jobs; the city difficulty with the reim-
islation yesterday, saying said they are legally unable bursement can reach
he was “encouraged” by to do that based on a court out to the child’s school
the White House plans. ruling regarding their ear- for arrangements.”
“Today, it’s clear that the lier request for bids on pre-
president and vice presi- kindergarten bus routes. Quoted
dent heard us, and they Three high school students prepare to catch the train uptown from
heard the American peo- Danielle Tcholakian Columbus Circle on the first day of the school bus driver strike. “I’m frustrated
ple,” Bloomberg said. [email protected]
on behalf of
The mayor has long 2%
been in support of back- The contract Quoted: Elementary school parents my
ground checks for all constituents.
gun sales and restricting “People need to “It is a serious Obviously it
high-capacity maga- According to Cordiello,
zines. METRO/AB such Employee make other hardship that Attendance didn’t help that
Protection Provisions arrangements. the students and systemwide was we got 36
have been in the We make the parents have down a little more hours’ notice
In the news contracts since 1979, and than 2 percent from
Bloomberg’s portrayal of sacrifices when to bear.” this month’s average. from the union,
34%
the Court of Appeals de- we need to, like STEVE KEGAN, PARENT OF A but we knew it
cisioAn r eisp “riensaecnctuartaivtee. ”from Hurricane Sandy, STUDENT AT PS 111 could’ve been
the Court of Appeals said and we need to ELEMENTARY SCHOOL happening
neither he nor the But attendance for since
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assaulted in
subway
News in brief SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES
WILLIAMSBURG. Cops ing and conspiracy driving them across state
are looking for a man Mob suspects charges. lines where they were
who sexually assault- Franco is accused of sold for profit.
arrested in
ed a woman at the extortion, loan sharking Many of the suspects
Lorimer stop on the L ‘trashy’ and other crimes. face charges of extorting
train in Brooklyn. Many of those charged money from legitimate
According to police, extortion yesterday are accused of garbage haulers to “back,”
around 2:30 a.m. acting as silent partners or protect, them from
Sunday, a 22-year-old scheme in a licensed garbage other reputed mobsters,
woman was exiting Thirty suspects were arrested in hauling business after ei- according to the
the station. A man Dozens of organized extortion of local garbage haulers. ther being banned from indictment.
followed her, cops crime figures from the the industry following “In addition to the vio-
said, and as she New York area were prior convictions or being lence that often accompa-
walked up the stairs arrested Wednesday fol- Luchese organized crime taken into custody, the unlikely to be approved nies their schemes, the
the man assaulted lowing an investigation of families, three of the five FBI said. Twelve of the for waste management li- economic impact
her and stole her extortion of local garbage largest Mafia factions in suspects, including censes due to alleged ties amounts to a mob tax on
phone. The suspect is haulers, authorities said. the New York area, Carmine “Papa Smurf” to organized crime. goods and services,” said
described as male, Many of those arrested according to a federal in- Franco, who authorities Other suspects are George C. Venizelos, assis-
Hispanic and in his are suspected members or dictment. say is a reputed Genovese charged with stealing tant director-in-charge of
30s . METRO/AB associates of the Thirty suspects in New family associate, are garbage trucks or stealing the FBI’s New York field
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Council blasts city’s
response to Sandy
Quinn
Council members say city took too long to
Criticizing
offer resources But a deputy mayor contends
the Red Cross
people weren’t aware of resources 911 system
Council Speaker
was ineffective, some Council members allege Christine Quinn
interrupted the hearing
LEE CELANO/GETTY IMAGES to suggest that council
have a separate discus-
sion on the Red Cross,
which she called a “se-
vere disappointment.”
Many people
criticized the Red Cross
in the days after the
storm for not getting
food and supplies to af-
fected areas quickly
enough.
“If there is an entity
Select In-Stock Items In that’s on my I am disap-
pointed list, it is the Red
Tableware Cross,” she said. Staten
Island Councilman
Vincent Ignizio added
Home Décor The Rockaways are one of several New York neighborhoods that the Red Cross was
that continue to struggle to recover after superstorm Sandy. “a week too late.”
Bath
“We could not
Council members blasted the city’s assertion that workers union, said an
Baby
the city’s assessment of a meet every need help was available soon elderly couple in Far
job well done after of every person after the storm. Rockaway died after two
Accessories Hurricane Sandy, lobbing He said he tried to con- calls to 911 were dropped.
immediately
questions yesterday about tact the city’s Office of Holloway maintained
why food, lights and gaso- following the Emergency Management, that the 911 system itself
and More!
line took so long to organ- storm.” the Federal Emergency didn’t fail but that tech-
ize after the storm. Management Agency and nology did not allow all
Deputy Mayor Cas DEPUTY MAYOR CAS HOLLOWAY the Red Cross in the days calls to come through.
Holloway testified for after the storm to trans- “For the woman who
more than two hours at “I talked to many, port supplies at his office. saw water coming down
City Hall, the first of sev- many people who But only a local fire house her street and up her
en weeks of Sandy hear- finally helped, he said. steps, who called 911 and
saw neither hide
Monday - Friday ings. The 911 system was a there was no one there,
The hearing began nor hair of OEM, reoccurring theme, as the system failed,” Staten
with mutual praise for re- FEMA, Red Cross, Council members said it Island Councilman James
11am - 8pm covery efforts, but quickly did not answer calls and Oddo replied.
anyone for days
turned combative. had an average time of
Saturday - Sunday Queens Councilman and days.” seven minutes. Israel Alison Bowen
[email protected]
Peter Vallone dismissed VALLONE Miranda, head of the EMS
11am - 6pm
gunshot victim in front of rested Hatem Farsakh, 24,
3328 Perry Ave. in the and charged him with
In the news Bronx, to find Jason Rivera, attempted murder after the
30, and Jennifer Rivera, 20, incident. McCarron was re-
One dead, one inside a car, each with a portedly visiting from
gunshot wound to the Massachusetts. METRO/AB
injured in 125th
head. They were decleared
station incidents dead on arrival. An investi- Man, 98,
gation is underway. No ar- punched in face
One New York man was Less than 20 minutes rests have been made.
killed and another injured earlier, a 50-year-old home- METRO/DT CONEY ISLAND. A man
in separate incidents just less man was seen climbing punched a 98-year-old in
minutes apart at a subway to the platform as a train ar- Man beaten with the face, cops said
station during Tuesday's rived in the station, police tire iron, bat yesterday. According to po-
rush-hour, authorities said. said. The man suffered leg lice, on Jan. 10 around 2
A 31-year-old Bronx injuries but appeared not to WEST VILLAGE. A man was p.m. a man approached a
man, whose name was have been hit by a train. beat with a tire iron in the 98-year-old man inside a
withheld, was pronounced REUTERS West Village Sunday, West 21st Street building in
dead after the incident at according to the Daily Brooklyn, threw him to the
the 125th Street station, po- Double homicide News. According to the re- ground and punched him in
lice said. He had been riding in the Bronx port, Kevin McCarron, 24, the face. Then he stole mon-
FEBRUARY 2013 between two subway cars was beaten with a tire iron ey from his pocket, cops
moments after the train left At approximately 12:18 and baseball bat by a group said. Anyone with informa-
the station when he fell on a.m. on Wednesday, police of men on MacDougal tion should call 800-577-
the tracks and was struck. responded to a 911 call of a Street. Cops reportedly ar- TIPS. METRO/AB
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Biggest gun-control measures in decades
GETTY IMAGES
President Barack Obama agenda at a White House
proposed a new assault event in front of an audi-
weapons ban and manda- ence that included rela-
tory background checks tives of some of the 20
for all gun buyers yester- first-graders who were
day as he tried to channel killed along with six adults
national outrage over the by a gunman on Dec. 14 at
Newtown school massacre Sandy Hook Elementary
into the biggest U.S. gun- School in Newtown, Conn.
control push in decades. Until now, Obama had
Rolling out a wide-rang- done little to rein in
ing plan for executive and America’s gun culture dur-
legislative action to curb ing his first four years in
gun violence, Obama set office. But just days before
up a clash with the power- his second inauguration,
ful U.S. gun lobby and its he appears determined to
supporters in Congress, champion gun control in
who will resist what they his next term, with a con-
see as an encroachment on certed drive for tighter
constitutionally protected laws and other steps aimed
gun rights. at preventing new
Obama presented his tragedies. REUTERS
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Obama’s plan calls on
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sales that expired in 2004, plement emergency
a requirement for criminal Proposals requiring management plans
background checks on all approval by congress: Approve the White
gun purchases, including House’s $4 billion pro-
closing a loophole for gun- Require criminal back- posal to help keep
show sales, and a new fed- ground checks on 15,000 police officers on
eral gun-trafficking law — prospective buyers in all the streets
long sought by big-city gun sales Confirm a director for
mayors to keep out-of-state Renew and strengthen the federal Bureau of Al-
guns off their streets. the federal ban on sales cohol, Tobacco,
He also announced 23 of military-style assault Firearms and Explosives
steps he intends to take weapons that was in ef- (The ATF has not had a NRA President
immediately without con- fect from 1994 to 2004 director for six years.) Obama David Keene Bloomberg
gressional approval. These Reinstate a ban on mag- Reach 750,000 young
include improvements in azines holding more people through pro-
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background checks, lifting Ban the possession of tal illness early every background law-abiding gun been greater
the ban on federal re- armor-piercing ammuni-
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