News, developments: Friday, June 23, 2023

THE PASSENGERS OF THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE LOST AT THE SEA FLOOR, THE COAST GUARD IS LOCATED RESULTS OF THE VESSEL

ATLANTIC OCEAN – The United States Coast Guard on Thursday, June 22 found that “debris found on the sea floor is from the submersible vessel Titan, is ‘consistent with a catastrophic implosion.’ and thus the loss of the Titan and its five passengers, Rear Adm. John Mauger, first commander of the Coast Guard district, said during a news conference at 3 p.m. Special vehicles involved in the days-long interagency search for Titan, with oxygen supplies running out, found five large debris masses Thursday morning, which the Coast Guard believes is “consistent with an event of implosion”. The wreck was about 1,500 feet from the ballast of the ocean liner Titanic, which sank in 1912. The passengers of the submersible Titan were on a quest to see the wreck of the Titanic when they died. Mauger reported that at the discovery site, the debris was all from the submersible Titan, not the Titanic itself. Confirming that the families of the passengers have been notified, Mauger said: “I hope this discovery provides some comfort during this difficult time.”

“This is an incredibly unforgiving environment on the sea floor,” said Mauger, who added that the investigation into more details about the disaster will continue.

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BILL WOULD INCREASE PENALTY FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS ON THE HIGH SIDE SO THE STREETS CAN BE CLEANED UP

BROOKLYN – Councilman Lincoln Restler introduced legislation Thursday, June 22, to strengthen penalties for violating the alternate side parking rules. The bill would increase fines over a 12-month period, with the first offense resulting in the current $65 fee, and second and third offenses resulting in a $100 fee. After the fourth violation in a year, the vehicle would be towed. The justification for the proposed penalties is street cleanliness, considered a higher quality of life issue, with 57% of the more than 8,000 complaints coming from Brooklyn. Restler said, “Our streets aren’t being cleaned, and it’s because it’s cheaper for New Yorkers to pay occasional alternative parking tickets… We need to increase the costs of alternative parking violation fees and encourage car owners to do their part to keep our streets clean”.

Alternate parking violations have also been a frequent complaint at the 84 meetingsth Neighborhood Council.

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INTERMARINE BQE SECURITY REPAIRS WILL START IN JULY

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Vital interim repairs to the BQE will begin next month on two sections near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade at the ends of Grace Court and Clark Street. according to public disclosure document shared by the city’s DOT, before a final determination on how best to rebuild the failing road. In an email, the Brooklyn Heights Association warned that while necessary and despite the DOT’s noise mitigation efforts, the repairs would inevitably be noisy and would take place overnight through three weekends in July, between 1 and 5 in the morning; and, invited to nearby residents register online to attend a Zoom briefing on repairs with the BHA, DOT and Councilor Lincoln Restler, set for 6pm on June 29th.

The future of the BQE, which has been floundering for multiple mayoral administrations, has been the subject of furious debate in the neighborhood as residents struggle to keep it quiet while balancing safety concerns and circulation; after the defeat of a previous proposal, called “the road to hell,” which would have seen the boardwalk destroyed to make way for a six-lane highway, the DOT released earlier this year. three possible options for the new designs and last week released the plans for the Atlantic Avenue ramps this also caused local anger.

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CITY, PLANET FITNESS OFFERS FREE SUMMER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEENAGERS

IN THE CITY — Believing that young people should stay fit during summer vacation, Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David C. Banks are teaming up with Planet Fitness to promote the High School Summer Program Pass™ to New York City Teens. who may not have access to school gym facilities. The program offers teens between the ages of 14 and 19 the chance to get active this summer with free access to Planet Fitness clubs in the five boroughs until Thursday, August 31. High school students can visit PlanetFitness.com/SummerPass to register for the program. All participants will have access to free fitness workouts from certified trainers at the club, free workouts designed specifically for high school students on the free Planet Fitness app, as well as workout plans.

In addition, Planet Fitness will award five lucky teenagers in the US with individual $10,000 academic scholarships through a TikTok video submission contest. To enter, teens are asked to post a TikTok video tagging @planetfitness with the hashtags #contest and #HSSP23US describing their High School Summer Pass experience. The competition submission period extends until August 31.

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SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS FOR KILLING EX-GIRLFRIEND’S PARENTS, SHE WAS ALSO SENTENCED

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A Sunset Park man has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for his role in the December 2015 slayings of his ex-girlfriend’s mother and stepfather. said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Niki Warin sentenced Jerry Maisonett, 35, who pleaded guilty last August to first-degree murder, involving an accomplice, in the shooting and stabbing of Rosie Sanchez, 38, and Anderson Nunez, 40, in his case. Sheepshead Bay apartment, where the defendant’s former girlfriend, Destiny Garcia, also resided.

In a strange twist, Ms. Garcia was also arrested a week after the murders; a jury trial later convicted her of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. She is awaiting sentencing on August 3.

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NURSES PROTEST AT CITY HOSPITALS DEMANDING FAIR CONTRACTS, SUFFICIENT STAFFING

FLATBUSH – Local elected officials joined members of the New York State Nurses Association on Thursday, June 22, in simultaneous protests at 12:30 pm at NYC Health + Hospitals locations, in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. State Sen. Kevin Parker (D-21/Flatbush and East Flatbush) and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, scheduled to join the NYC Health + Hospitals Kings County protest, offered their support to the nurses, what demand that Mayor Adams “do the right thing” for racial and health justice for New Yorkers by establishing a fair contract with nurses that will also make it easier to hire and retain enough bedside caregivers.

As previously reported, nurses are sounding the alarm about the crisis of understaffing and high turnover, as New York City spent more than $1.2 billion on temporary healthcare staff during the ‘fiscal year 2022 and spends more than 1.5 million dollars every day that they do not get a fair contract with nursing. staff of the city’s public hospitals.

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ATTEMPTED VIOLATION IN PROSPECT PARK

PROSPECT PARK – Women walking in Prospect Park should be on alert after a 27-year-old woman was attacked earlier this week. Police are on the lookout and have asked for the public’s help in arresting a man in connection with an attempted rape on Monday, June 19 at around 9.15pm at Dogs Beach in the vicinity of Prospect Park, with the 78th precinct The man approached his victim, lifted her skirt, tried to pull the victim’s underwear and pushed her to the ground, causing cuts to both of her knees. However, he suddenly ran away before he could do anything worse. The victim suffered cuts to his knees but refused medical attention.

The Dog Beach is near the center of Prospect Park.

According to the police representation, the NYPD is asking anyone who may have seen this man, described as being in his 30s, of medium build, with a medium build and possibly last seen wearing a white hat, to contact the CrimeStoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS. (8477). Photo: NYPD/CrimeStoppers.

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POLICE LOOKING FOR MISSING CHILD IN BROWNSVILLE

BROWNSVILLE – Police are asking the public to help find missing 15-year-old Dayvid Smith, who was last seen at noon Thursday, June 15, at his Dean Street home. Dayvid is described as a black male, approximately 5’5″ with a thin build, brown eyes and black hair; Police say it is unknown what clothes she was last wearing. He is known to travel frequently to the Bronx via the subway.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57- TRACK (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

Have you seen Dayvid? All tips given to the police are strictly confidential.

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THE MAN BURIED ON THE TRACKS OF THE C TRAIN MANAGES TO ESCAPE

BROWNSVILLE – A Brooklyn man was able to get back onto the subway platform and avoid injury after being pushed onto the tracks at the Rockaway Avenue C train station in Brownsville Wednesday morning. reports SI Live. The 50-year-old victim allegedly approached a fellow passenger who had started “yelling and acting erratically” to try to calm him down; The unknown attacker grabbed him and pushed him off the platform before fleeing.

The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made, according to police; the incident echoes another subway push last month at the 25th Street Station in Sunset Park, in which a homeless man was arrested after pushing a commuter onto the tracks; this victim was also able to escape with the help of hero MTA employee Angel Oquendo.

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REOPEN THE ELEVATORS AT THE COURT STREET STATION

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: The Court Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights now has new elevators. reports News 12, and has finally reopened the Montague street entrance, with only a lift, after 13 months of closure, to the joy of parents and people with disabilities. The new elevators replace those that had been in service for half a century; the station also received cosmetic improvements, including power washing platforms and entrances, brighter lighting and fresh paint.

The Court Street elevators, needed to reach some subway tunnels from the elevated streets of Brooklyn Heights atop the cliffs, had suffered increasingly frequent breakdowns in the years prior to the repair work; in 2017, a group of 20 straphangers was stuck in the elevator at R station for half an hour before being rescued by firefighters.

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