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Three men sought in violent slashing
138th Street and Queens
Boulevard when they
were approached by three
unidentified men.
The suspects proceeded
to slash the victims with
an unknown sharp object,
then fled in an unknown
direction.
At this time, sources
familiar with the
investigation said, police
have not yet established a
motive for the attack.
Officers from the
107th Precinct and EMS
units responded to the
incident. One victim
suffered lacerations to
the face and hand while
the other sustained
a laceration across
his forehead.
Paramedics rushed
the victims to Jamaica
Hospital; both were listed
in stable condition.
On April 26, the 107th
Precinct tweeted out
photos of the suspects.
Anyone with infoi can
call the 107th Precinct
Detective Squad at
718-969-6844.
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Photos via Twitter/@NYPD107Pct
skeptical eye at the retail
giant’s proposal to build
in Anable Basin and the
possibility of receiving $3
billion in tax incentives.
“We can create those
jobs without marginalizing
people,” Ocasio-Cortez
said. “Are those the jobs
that they’re giving the folks
in NYCHA, are those jobs
going to our community?
Or are we just importing
already wealthy people
to displace us … It’s not
about, ‘Are we making
25,000 jobs’; it’s about ‘Are
we creating 25,000 jobs that
guarantee healthcare, that
have dignified work where
you’re not working 80 to
100 hours a week just to get
by?'”
State leaders who
helped broker the deal
with Amazon expressed
dismay in the fallout of the
deal, namely Lieutenant
Governor Kathy Hochul,
who told QNS in February
that misinformation about
the deal may have caused it
to go bad.
“The loss of revenue
to the state, the loss to the
suppliers, loss to the local
businesses that would
benefit from an infusion of
workers walking into little
bakeries and delicatessens,”
Hochul said during the
February interview. “And
even Queensbridge, there
were a lot of people that
were anxiously awaiting
what opportunities
Amazon could bring to
them and giving them the
opportunity to get real job
training in skills that are
highly marketable.”
Although Hochul did
not point any fingers, she
claimed opposition leaders
were not factual in their
message that the $3 billion
in tax cuts were predicated
on the creation of jobs.
At the April 27 town hall,
however, Ocasio-Cortez
clarified her belief that
Amazon was not entitled to
any tax write-off, especially
when the income taxes gain
by the state would come
mostly from the workers
making headquarters run.
The congresswoman
also projected the belief that
the state Urban Development
Corporation and city
Economic Development
Corporation were offering
to build Amazon’s helipads.
Although no money from
the government was part
of this facet of the deal,
the two agencies would be
helping to place the off-site
helipads.
“People like to say that
all $3 billion was a tax
break; it wasn’t,” Ocasio-
Cortez said. “There was
also a very large immediate
capital investment that was
happening in this deal. We
were building Amazon’s
helipads for them. So I
was asking, ‘If we’ve got
the money to buy helipads,
then why don’t we have hot
water on a consistent basis
in public housing?'”
Although placement
of the helipads was to be
coordinated with the FAA,
a spokeswoman from the
city agency claimed this
was also misinformation
that any capital investment
in this facet of the project
was part of the deal.
After approval from the
FAA and other agencies,
the EDC spokeswoman said
Amazon would be required
to build an pay for its
own helipads.
Ocasio-Cortez looked to
her Green New Deal, which
has not made many strides
at the federal level, as a
job creator that could be a
replacement to the potential
jobs Amazon reneged on
bringing.
“The president of the
United States is saying crazy
things about it so you know
it’s making a difference,”
she said.
The congresswoman
added that the NYC Green
New Deal — which Mayor
Bill de Blasio announced
earlier in the week — could
generate 25,000 jobs after
being passed by the City
Council earlier this month
and aims for a 40 percent
decrease in emissions by
2030.
Also discussed at the
town hall at Corona’s
Elmcor Youth and Adult
Activities was education
at the national level where
Ocasio-Cortez voiced
support for tuition-free
education and student
loan forgiveness.
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