Spooky bag birds highlight ‘Hudson Scare’
BY GABE HERMAN
These days, perhaps the only thing
scarier than Halloween is singleuse
plastics.
The Hudson Square Business Improvement
District (BID) has installed
an art display as part of its “Hudson
Scare” celebration that highlights recycling
and sustainability.
“Forevermore” is a series of over 150
birds made from plastic bags, tin foil,
newspaper and other reused materials
from artists Vicky Shum and Zofi
Lipton. The birds have been placed in
trees throughout the neighborhood, including
in Spring Street Park and Freeman
Plaza East.
The concept is to combine the Halloween
celebration with highlighting
the “ghostly” presence of single-use
plastics, according to the BID, even as
the city and state enact green policies to
reduce use of single-use plastic bags.
“The ‘Forevermore’ project combines
Hudson Square’s spirit of creativity
with our commitment to sustainability,”
said the BID’s President Ellen
Baer. “The displays are meant to encourage
people to get outside to explore
and enjoy the neighborhood as much as
possible during the month of October.”
The trashy birds will be on display
Celebrating Halloween and promoting eco-friendliness, the Hudson Square Business Improvement District
recently installed “Forevermore,” a series of over 150 birds made primarily from plastic bags, as part of
its “Hudson Scare” program.
through the end of October. All of the
plastic bags will be kept for reuse in future
projects. The green theme of the
bird project was also inspired by the
BID’s tree planting program, “Hudson
Square Standard,” which has installed
250 trees with plans for 100 more in
the next three years, the BID noted.
Other events in Hudson Scare, which
runs through Oct. 31, include discounted
cocktails and signature beverages at
Whitman’s, Seven Grams Caffe, Brooklyneer,
PHOTO COURTESY OF HUDSON SQUARE BID
Adoro Lei, Café Altro Paradiso
and the Arlo Hotel. There is also a costume
contest where people can submit
costume photos to the BID through Instagram
or by emailing info@hudsonsquarebid.
org.
Offi cer guilty of beating teen at Fulton Houses
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The NYPD offi cer accused of
mercilessly beating a handcuffed
19-year-old man in a Chelsea
NYCHA project and later lying about
the incident was convicted by Manhattan
prosecutors on ct. 17.
A New York State Supreme Court
judge found the 49-year-old Bronx man
and NYPD member Elijah Saladeen
guilty on misdemeanor assault charges
and fi rst degree charges on offering a
false instrument for fi ling, according to
the Manhattan District Attorney’s Offi
ce.
He was said to have punched the
handcuffed Jeremy Santiago repeatedly
in both the face and the head at the
Fulton Houses on West 17th Street and
later taking Santiago into a corner to
continuously assault him while waiting
for an ambulance to arrive, according
to the DA’s offi ce.
Court video shows Saladeen striking
and grounding Santiago in the corner
of an elevator bay while he was investigating
a call about trespassing on Tuesday,
Feb. 24, 2017.
That violent video, which showed
Santiago’s face getting bloodied, was
played during the end of his trial on
Friday, Oct. 11.
“Saladeen dragged the victim to the
The Fulton Houses
rear of the building and punched him
again in the ribs and abdomen,” a DA
statement says.
While his partner, offi cer Natalie
Roman, tried to pull Saladeen off
Santiago, video shows that he continues
to strike the 19-year-old while
shoving him into a corner for several
more seconds.
“The alleged conduct does not only
violate the oath he took to protect and
to serve; it also weakens the public
trust in law enforcement,” Manhattan
DA Cyrus Vance said in August of
2018 when Saladeen was indicted on
charges.
Saladeen later made false statements
about the incident and the nature of
the victim’s injuries to his supervisors
and to prosecutors, as well as in offi cial
FILE PHOTO
charging documents and police reports,
according to Vance.
“This 19-year veteran of the NYPD
assaulted a young man, and then lied
about it,” said Vance noting that both
his public corruption unit and the
NYPD internal affairs bureau were instrumental
to the conviction.Saladeen
is expected to be sentenced on Tuesday,
Nov. 12, according to the DA’s offi ce.
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