MTA riders decry fare, toll increases
FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF BRONX
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the Matter of
The Herrera/Laruny Children
of a Proceeding under Docket No. NA-08125-27/2020
Article 10 of the Family Court Act
SUMMONS
Doris Herrera (Child Neglect Proceeding)
Antonio Perez
Respondent(s)
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NOTICE: PLACEMENT OF YOUR CHILD IN FOSTER CARE MAY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF YOUR
RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF YOUR CHILD STAYS IN FOSTER CARE FOR 15 OF THE MOST RECENT
22 MONTHS, THE AGENCY MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW TO FILE A PETITION TO TERMINATE YOUR
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND TO COMMIT GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD TO THE
AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADOPTION. IN SOME CASES, THE AGENCY MAY FILE BEFORE
THE END OF THE 15-MONTH PERIOD. IF SEVERE OR REPEATED CHILD ABUSE IS PROVEN BY
CLEAN AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, THIS FINDING MAY CONSTITUTE THE BASIS TO TERMINATE
YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND TO COMMIT GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD TO
THE AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADOPTION.
IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO THE ABOVE-NAMED
RESPONDENT(S) WHO RESIDE(S) OR IS FOUND AT:
12 Clifford Pl. #2B
Bronx, New York 10453
TO: ANTONIO PEREZ
A Petition under Article 10 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court, and annexed hereto,
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this Court at, 900 Sheridan Avenue, Bronx, New
York, on December 21, 2020 in Virtual Court before the Honorable Michael Milsap at 10:30 a.m.
o’clock in the forenoon of that day to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with Article 10
of the Family Court Act.
ON YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest.
FURTHER NOTICE: Family Court Act §154(c) provides that petitions brought pursuant to Articles 4,5,6,8
and 10 of the Family Court Act, in which an order of protection is sought or in which a violation of an order
of protection is alleged, may be served outside the State of New York upon a Respondent who is not a
resident or domiciliary of the State of New York. If no other grounds for obtaining personal jurisdiction over
the Respondent exist aside from the application of this provision, the exercise of personal jurisdiction over
the respondent is limited to the issue of the request for, or alleged violation of, the order of protection.
Where the Respondent has been served with this summons and petition and does not appear, the Family
Court may proceed to a hearing with respect to issuance or enforcement of the order of protection.
Steve Byrnes
Clerk of the Family Court
Dated: November 6, 2020
BRONX TIMES R 44 EPORTER, DECEMBER 4-10, 2020 BTR
Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) held its 11th Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway
on Nov. 24, where it gave away 2,000 turkeys to Bronx and Manhattan residents.
Photos courtesy of Community League of the Heights (CLOTH)
BY JASON COHEN
Just ahead of Thanksgiving, a
multi-service, community development
organization continued its decade
long tradition of distributing
turkeys to New Yorkers.
On Tuesday, Nov. 24, Community
League of the Heights (CLOTH) held
its 11th Annual Thanksgiving Turkey
Giveaway, where it gave away 2,000
turkeys to Bronx and Manhattan residents.
According to the organization, this
year’s food donations came from nonprofi
ts City Harvest and Food Bank
for New York City.
“This year, you need to maintain
consistency for so many lives
and hold true to the traditions that
ground families in our society,” said
Yvonne Stennett, executive director
at CLOTH.
CLOTH has a 66-year history of
helping New Yorkers with poverty,
food, education and affordable housing.
BY MARK HALLUM
You’ll make it worse.
That was the general consensus of riders testifying
Tuesday at the fi rst in a series of virtual hearings
that the MTA is holding on a proposed 4% fare/toll
increase that critics claim will only kill the presently
suffering ridership.
Speakers told MTA leaders in virtual attendance
Tuesday night that putting the onus on commuters
was a wrong-headed approach to close stabilize their
fi nances which MTA Chairman Pat Foye said is even
worse than what was seen during the Great Depression.
On the table is a 2% to 4% increase on all ticket
types or the elimination of 7- and 30-day unlimited
passes which offer discounts to daily commuters by
through extra rides.
An 8% increase on tolls are also under consideration.
“To be clear, our current toll and fare proposals
are not intended to address our current fi nancial crisis
due to COVID. As you know, the MTA because of
COVID is facing the worst fi nancial crisis in its history,
far outpacing anything we’ve ever dealt with in
the past,” Foye said. “Our goal is to minimize impact
on New Yorkers in these diffi cult times. Still we fully
know any increase will hurt New Yorkers especially
those in areas that depend on us most.”
Arthur Schwartz, a Greenwich Village attorney
running for the City Council seat occupied by Council
Speaker Corey Johnson who has done battle against
the city’s proposals for bus lanes and busways, was
critical of raising fares to cover costs as he believes it
only scare customers away.
“We can’t let the current crisis situation affect
long-term policy. To do what this board is proposing
to do with the fares would be the same as grocery
stores doubling the cost of milk in order to cover
losses,” Schwartz said. “The way to regain ridership
in the system is not to make it more expensive and to
cut service.”
Charlton D’Souza, the president of Passengers
United, said unlimited MetroCards should not be
eliminated for any reason and instead elected offi -
cials should be champion taxes increases elsewhere.
“All the elected offi cials who spoke earlier, you
know what we need? We need a gas tax, right now,
passed and we need a millionaire’s tax passed in New
York state, D’Souza said. “We shouldn’t even be asking
people to pay fares at a time when people have
lost their jobs, they’re unemployed, many have died.
This is just an outrage that we’re asking people to
pay more.”
D’Souza repeated the point that people will ride
less if they pay more.
John Ferretti, a subway conductor and Transport
Workers Union Local 100 activist through Local 100
Fightback, blasted the “ruling class” leaders in the
MTA for what he viewed as an attempt to burden the
working class as a result of crisis in which they suffered
the most.
“The MTA bosses are not in any way victims in
this crisis, working class and poor people are and we
have paid the price with the lives and suffering of
our communities. Your crocodile tears are not fooling
anyone,” Ferretti said. “Your doomsday budget
basically tells New York’s working class and poor
communities to drop dead… If you want a war with
essential workers and our families and communities,
you’re going to get it… We will bring this war to your
doorstep in any way possible and there will be no escape
for you.”
The dates and times for the next hearings are as
follows:
• Wednesday, Dec. 2, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (virtual)
• Thursday, Dec. 3, at 10 a.m.
• Monday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (virtual)
• Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 5:30 p.m.
• Monday, Dec. 14, at 5:30 p.m.
• Monday, Dec. 21, at 10 a.m.
Learn how you can register to comment
and view these hearings by visiting new.mta.
info/2020hearings.
The MTA held the fi rst of several hearings on fare and toll
increases in which the public was less than pleased.
Screenshot via YouTube
CLOTH hands out turkeys