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He started his march on
Nov. 7 in Concord, Massachusetts
— the birthplace of
the American Revolution —
before hiking south down to
Kings County.
On his way, Swain visited
a Westchester shelter for kids
separated from their parents
at the border, and claims the
youngsters are clearly terrified
by their predicament.
“When you see these kids
— they’re kids. They’re little
and you can tell they’re
freaked out,” he said.
On Wednesday morning,
he lit his torch in memory of
the six dead children outside
the United Nations headquarters
in Manhattan and read out
a statement in support of children’s
rights dubbed the “Declaration
on Behalf of All Children,”
inspired by the United
Nations’ Declaration of the
Rights of the Child.
He then marched across
the river to Kings County
via the Williamsburg Bridge
and proceeded along a roughly
9-mile loop through Clinton
By Jessica Parks
Brooklyn Paper
National Grid announced
that it will immediately resume
connecting Brooklyn
customers to natural
gas on Monday — ending a
six-month standoff between
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the
British-based utility company
that left thousands of residents
without heat.
“This agreement is a victory
for customers,” Cuomo
said. “National Grid will pay a
significant penalty for its failure
to address the supply issue,
its abuse of its customers,
and the adverse economic impact
they have caused.”
National Grid implemented
a moratorium on new gas
hookups for new customers
in May, shortly after state regulators
nixed plans for a 23-
mile long gas pipeline off of
the Coney Island coast.
Elected officials overwhelmingly
accused the company
of holding New York-
ers hostage in an effort to
get permission for the pipeline
— including in a letter
penned by 17 Council members
in July.
And the embargo on new
customers was particularly
devastating for Kings County
entrepreneurs, including many
would-be business owners who
were unable to open their doors
due to lack of gas.
The Interim President of
National Grid — which runs
a state-granted monopoly in
Brooklyn, Queens and parts
of Long Island — leadership
hit back on the strong-arming
accusations, arguing that
the moratorium was a necessary
evil spurred by supply
shortages that would inevitably
come if the pipeline
was not built.
“Every decision we make
is driven by National Grid’s
commitment to provide safe
and reliable service to our customers,
including the decision
to implement the moratorium,”
said Badar Khan. “We
understand the frustrations of
everyone who experienced a
delay in service during this
period and regret that we did
not provide more notice or
explanation to our customers
about the moratorium.”
The parties reached the
new agreement to resume
gas hookups amid calls for
state regulators to strip National
Grid of their stategranted
monopoly status —
which Cuomo had threatened
to do if new customers continued
to be denied service.
Under the newly struck
deal, the utility giant will present
solutions to meet longterm
supply needs throughout
the company’s coverage
areas — with a June 2020
deadline to identify a plan,
slated to be implemented by
Fall 2021.
Also, National Grid has
agreed to pay a $36 million
penalty to compensate customers
who were adversely
impacted by the moratorium
and to support energy-efficiency
measures and clean
gas solutions.
To ensure that National
Grid respects the newly forged
agreement, the state has appointed
an independent monitor
to oversee gas supply operations
which will be paid
for by the gas company.
National Grid’s newlymade
concessions bring about
an abrupt end to their prolonged
power-play, which not
only affected residents and
small businesses dealing with
new construction, but also city
agencies — with one project
to construct a comfort station
in Canarsie suffering a
months-long delay after the
gas company refused to provide
a gas line.
State Attorney General
Letitia James, whose office
had been probing National
Grid’s questionable tactics,
celebrated the deal as a win
for New Yorkers.
“My office launched an
investigation after hearing
about the profound effect
the moratorium has had on
individuals, small businesses,
and New York’s economy,”
said James. “As winter begins,
New Yorkers can rest
assured that National Grid’s
moratorium is finally over
and the thousands of homeowners
and businesses denied
service will be able to
turn their heat on.”
Governor Cuomo ended
a standoff with National
Grid over gas.
Photo by Todd Maisel
That sinking feeling
A five-ton construction truck collapsed into a large sink hole in Park Slope
Thursday morning, according to authorities. The massive water main construction
truck — carrying tools and supplies for Liberty Water and Sewer —
collapsed into the nine-by-seven foot hole at 15th Street and Fourth Avenue
at around 11 am. The roadway collapsed due to a leak on a private pipe
belonging to a home on 15th Street — just feet away — according to reps
with the Department of Environmental Planning.
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84TH PRECINCT
Brooklyn Heights–
DUMBO–Boerum Hill–
Downtown
down a flight of subway
stairs near Fulton Street on
Nov. 23.
The victim told police that
she was walking into the subway
station near Hoyt Street
at 10 am when the perp shoved
her from behind and punched
multiple times in the face —
before grabbing $140 and running
off.
Slash and grab
Some jerk cut a man during
a botched robbery aboard
a train near Pacific Street on
Nov. 23.
The victim told police that
they were riding the D train
near Fourth Avenue at around
10:55 pm when the slimeball
slashed him in the face with a
razor and unsuccessfully attempted
to grab his phone.
Bike robbery
Police arrested a woman
for allegedly attempting to
steal a bike on Court Street
on Nov. 20.
The victim told police that
the woman allegedly pulled a
knife on him near Livingston
Street around 12:30 pm but attempted
to flee when he said
he would call the police.
The police caught up with
the woman and slapped her
with a robbery charge.
Un-safe
A burglar broke into a safe
and took $2,400 on Court
Street on Nov. 21.
The thief somehow got the
security code and keys to the
safe near Livingston Street
around 2:50 am, before taking
off with the money.
Held up
Some crooks robbed a
man on Pierrepont Street on
Nov. 20.
The victim told police that
the men pulled a knife on him
near Hicks Street around 7:30
pm and demanded his wallet
and phone, before taking
off on foot.
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Slashed!
Some jerk slashed a teen’s
face and robbed him on Saint
Edward’s Street on Nov. 18.
The victim told police he
was walking at Myrtle Avenue
at 2 pm when the knife
guy jumped out and cut him
in the face and neck — before
off with the 15-year-old’s
cash, jacket, and phone.
Package pirates
Six bandits attacked a FedEx
delivery man and stole
his package on Cumberland
Walk on Nov. 20.
The victim told police he
was delivering packages near
Park Avenue at 4 pm when the
band of ruffians surrounded
him, punched him, and threw
him to the ground before
snatching the package he was
holding and running off.
Subway swipers
Five scamps stole a teen’s
AirPods at the Lafayette Avenue
subway station on Nov.
19.
The victim told cops he
was on the platform at Fulton
Street and South Portland
Avenue at 5:15 pm when he
felt one of the punks snatching
his AirPods. When he
pushed the louse away, the
perps demanded the victim’s
charging case too — which
he turned over.
Mr. Moneybags
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
brutally robbing a guy
at an ATM on Prince Street
on Nov. 24.
The victim told police that
he was withdrawing money
between Fleet Street and Flatbush
Avenue Extension at 4:40
pm when the defendant allegedly
grabbed him from behind
and dragged him to the
ground, before letting the victim
withdraw $60 — which
he then stole.
Police found the defendant
half an hour later and slapped
him with felony charges of
grand larceny and assault.
Bottle squabble
A brute threw a bottle at
a man on Park Avenue on
Nov. 22.
The victim told police he
and the louse were in an argument
in a bodega at Cumberland
Street at 11:40 am
when the grocery-weilding
goon threw a glass bottle at
the man’s leg, before hightailing
it out of the store.
— Elissa Esher
76TH PRECINCT
Carroll Gardens-Cobble
Hill–Red Hook
Bag bandit
A thief nabbed $1,050
worth of a woman’s belongings
from a Court Street bar
on Nov. 23.
The victim told cops that a
bandit ran off with her brown
paper bag, which she placed
on a shelf at the bar between
Huntington and Nelson streets
at around 1 am. The bag contained
$1050 worth of her belongings,
including her purse,
her wallet, a dress, her keys,
her driver’s license, her green
card, $400 worth of makeup,
and various other items.
Peddle punk
A bandit stole a bike off of
State Street on Nov. 24.
The victim told cops that
the thief snagged his $900
bike and its $95 lock from
between Smith Street and
Boerum Place at 6 pm.
Stay warm
A thief made off with a
$900 down jacket on Union
Street on Nov. 23.
The victim told cops that
she left the black jacket on a
bench between Bond Street
and the Gowanus Canal at 9:40
am, and realized minutes later
that the coat was gone.
Plate pilferer
A filcher ran off with $146
worth of ceramic plates on
Van Brunt Street on Nov.
22.
The victim told cops that
the looter snatched the delivery
package containing the
breakfast plates from his stoop
between Dikeman and Coffey
street at 2:21 am.
— Rose Adams
78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Persistent creep
A slimeball harassed a
woman after she refused to
give him her phone number
on Flatbush Avenue on
Nov. 15.
The victim told cops the
creep followed her to her
job near Atlantic Avenue at
around 2:00 pm, and asked for
her number — before yelling
at her when she refused.
Purse pilferer
Some weasel tried to mug
a woman on St. Marks Avenue
on Nov. 19.
The victim told police that
the pirate approached near
Flatbush at around 10:50
pm and tried to snatch her
purse.
Pretty pilferer
A fashionable thief stole tons
of makeup from a Flatbush Avenue
store on Nov. 19.
An employee told police
that the pilferer swiped $813
from a Sephora near Atlantic
Avenue at around 7:24 pm
and ran off.
Crazy cabbie
A cab driver assaulted a
woman on Fifth Avenue on
Nov. 18. The victim told cops
that the driver dropped her off
near First Street at around 9:30
am when she got in a dispute
with the driver, who pushed
her out of the cab.
A whole mess
Some guy threw a fit in
Third Avenue Whole Foods
after being accused of stealing
on Nov. 20.
An employee told police
that they suspected the agitator
of stealing from the green
grocer near Third Street at
around 10:30 am, when he began
throwing stuff around and
cursing at employees.
— Ben Verde
By Ben Verde
Brooklyn Paper
Three men have been
indicted on manslaughter
charges for the death of a construction
worker in Brooklyn
— who was crushed under
thousands of pounds of
debris while working at an
unsafe construction site, according
to District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez.
The operator of the site
and two of his business
partners face second-degree
manslaughter charges
for allegedly ignoring multiple
warning signs of dangerous
conditions at the construction
spot — near 39th
Street and Seventh Avenue
— where 47-year-old Luis Almonte
Sanchez was crushed
by a falling wall and killed
instantly in September 2018,
according to authorities.
Hill, Fort Greene, and Boerum
Hill, before passing by Brooklyn
Paper towers in Downtown
Brooklyn and back to the distant
isle across the Manhattan
Bridge.
He plans to head south to
Philadelphia and Washington,
D.C., and Atlanta, Georgia, before
cutting west to the Gulf of
Mexico and along the US–Mexico
border to California.
Walking 15-20 miles a day
at five to six days a week, he
estimates journey will take
around 300 days and that he
will arrive at his endpoint next
summer — with several breaks
along the way where he returns
to his family in Brooklyn.
He will stay with friends
along the way and hopes to
stay with people he meets too,
he said.
His progress can be tracked
on the project’s Twitter profile,
where Swain posts his location
every hour.
He hopes his journey will
bring the issues at the border
to the fore and keep people
from forgetting about it.
“We can’t let it be normalized
that kids are getting lost
or are being detained,” he
said. “It’s a national emergency
to me.”
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