TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015 • 58 Senator Sets Forth Plans For The New Legislative Session Boosting Businesses & Schools Tops Agenda by Anthony Giudice With the 2015 legislative session starting back up, State Sen. Joseph Addabbo has focused his efforts to continue to fight for small businesses and city schools. “The small details and inner institutions that were involved workings of a community play with the housing foreclosure the biggest role in day-to-day crisis. situations,” Addabbo said in a “This is a very sizable and press release. “Our small welcome infusion of funds, and businesses give residents a we must use it wisely and convenient, affordable, reliable efficiently,” Addabbo warned. place to shop and are also places “Whether it goes to bolster for employment.” educational opportunity, rebuild “Store owners and workers our crumbling infrastructure, need our support. Students are reduce tax burdens, accelerate truly our future and it is job creation efforts, or all of the important they receive above and more, we need to educational resources that reflect ensure that this one-time that,” he continued. windfall is invested thoughtfully The session includes a and responsibly to address some proposed Small Business of New York’s most pressing Summit. Addabbo hopes to use needs.” this summit as a way to create Addabbo hopes money is new ways to help small allocated for area hospitals, such businesses grow. as St. John’s Episcopal and A major matter of business Jamaica Hospital. He would also for the state legislature is how to like to see some money go to the effectively use funds from the Office for People with state budget, which starts with Developmental Disabilities. the Executive Budget proposal Addabbo is concerned with that will be revealed later this the renewing, revising or month, according to Addabbo. eliminating of mayoral control It will include thoughts on over New York City’s school how to spend the $5.6 billion in system. This law gives the revenue received as a result of mayor and the Department of legal settlements with corrupt Education (DOE) the power to banks and other financial ultimately control schools’ operations. As a State Education Committee member, Addabbo, would like this law to remain in effect, with several revisions that give parents, teachers and administrations more say. “A schools’ environment and its administrations’ ability to deliver the needed education to our students is always high on my list,” Addabbo said. “I have, and will continue to, visit schools and parent meetings within my district, seeking credible ideas and input on these important issues.” The Smart School Bond Act referendum was approved during last November’s elections and now New York State elected officials must create guidelines and put the act into effect. Addabbo also said revisions to the Common Core are far from over. “The 2014 session brought much success, but also left a lot of room for improvement. I hope to see that improvement this year and continue to be the voice for my constituents in Albany,” the senator said. Stray Bullet Hits Man On Walk In Rego Park by Robert Pozarycki Heading back home after an early-morning trip to the drug store, a 30-year-old man was hit with a stray bullet at a Rego Park intersection last Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, law enforcement sources reported. According to police, the shooting took place at 2 a.m. at the intersection of Saunders Street and 63rd Drive. Reportedly, the victim walked with friends to the location following a visit to a local pharmacy. Shortly after arriving at the intersection, police said, the group heard as many as six gunshots fired by an unidentified perpetrator from a block away at the corner of 63rd Avenue and Booth Street. One of the bullets struck and went through the victim’s right shoulder, law enforcement sources stated. Officers from the 112th Precinct and EMS units responded to the scene. Paramedics brought the victim to Elmhurst Hospital Center for treatment of injuries that were not considered life-threatening. No other injuries were reported. Various police units canvassed the area for evidence and possible suspects, but no immediate arrests were made, authorities noted. The 112th Precinct Detective Squad is continuing its investigation, police said. Anyone with information regarding the shooting that could prove helpful is asked to call the 112th Precinct Detective Squad at 1-718-520-9250; all calls will be kept confidential. Passenger Dies In Crash On Nassau Expressway by Robert Pozarycki A 22-year-old woman lost her life in South Ozone Park last Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, after being involved in a crash on the Nassau Expressway, police reported. Law enforcement sources said the one-car accident occurred at 3:19 a.m. last Tuesday along the expressway near the John F. Kennedy Airport exit. According to information obtained by police, 22-year-old Patina Deygoo of Hommell Street in Valley Stream, L.I. rode in the rear of a 2010 Nissan two-door sedan operated by a 26-year-old woman. A third woman, also 26, sat in the front passenger seat. Detectives stated the vehicle, while traveling eastbound on the roadway, suddenly veered off the pavement near the exit and slammed into a tree. Officers from the 106th Precinct and EMS units rushed to the scene. Deygoo, who sat n the rear, was pronounced dead at the location. Both the driver and front passenger were rushed to local hospitals and were listed in critical and stable condition, respectively. The NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad’s inquiry into the accident is ongoing, police said. 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