SCHOOL MONEY FIGHT BREWING Pols Want More Funds; Gov. Wants Reform Eighty lawmakers—including Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, who chairs the Assembly Education Committee—signed a letter to Cuomo urging him to provide $2.2 billion in this year’s budget for education, reversing the state’s recent trend of cutbacks. The lawmakers also voiced their support for providing an additional $250 million toward expanding universal prekindergarten programs statewide. According to the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), schools in the state’s poorest communities have been shortchanged in recent years. In the 2012-13 school year, these districts received $8,733 less per student than more affluent districts across the Empire State. The Campaign for Fiscal Equity, a group of New York City parents seeking additional state support, filed a lawsuit in 1993 seeking to end the economic disparities in public education. TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015 • 10 by Robert Pozarycki Education advocates called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week to secure billions in additional funds for public schools across the Empire State and close the achievement gap between the rich and poor. -SEE FUNDING ON PG. 22- New Cops Welcomed To 112th Precinct Six of the 112th Precinct’s newest officers were introduced to the community during the 112th Precinct Community Council meeting last Wednesday night, Jan. 21, at the Forest Hills stationhouse. Reportedly, the officers graduated from the NYPD academy last month and were subsequently assigned to patrol the streets of Forest Hills and Rego Park. Rookie Police Officers Ryan Foster, Marc Timpano, Alexandra Mazzone, Robert Faulkner, Nicholas Krapf and Kevin Nolan are pictured with Capt. Judith Harrison, 112th Precinct commanding officer; Heidi Harrison Chain, precinct council president; and Gail Gordon, precinct council vice president. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) 104th Pct. Blotter Persons arrested in recent police actions as reported by the 104th Precinct included the following individuals: Jan. 19: (Beat 15) Cesar Ramirez, at Seneca Avenue, for violation of a local law, by P.O. Oswald. (Beat 16) William E. Dickens, at Cooper Avenue and 74th Street, for DWI, by P.O. Maksimiuk. (Beat 9) Shao Chen, at Calamus Avenue, for assault, by P.O. Mancuso. (Beat 15) John Jimenez, at Linden Street, for petit larceny, by P.O. Kucic. (Beat 2) Adam Anteby, at Myrtle Avenue, for endangering the welfare of a child, by P.O. Florio. Jan. 20: (Beat 5) Angela L. Cuero, at Cooper Avenue, for criminal mischief, by P.O. Campoverde. (Beat 3) Carlos Guzman, at Cypress Avenue, for petit larceny, by P.O. Aragona. (Beat 10) Dean Obregon, at Flushing Avenue, for burglary, by P.O. McGuire. (Beat 10) Amber Polumbo, at 58th Road, for criminal contempt, by Det. DeMarco. Jan. 21: (Beat 15) Salim H. Laverpool, at Grove Street and Seneca Avenue, for aggravated unlicensed operator, by P.O. Zbikowski. (Beat 6) Christopher A. Platania, at Caldwell Avenue and 76th Street, for false personation, by P.O. Marinacci. (Beat 6) Melissa Maxamer, at 79th Street, for assault, by P.O. Ostrowskatuznik. (Beat 6) Julnus -SEE 104 BLOTTER ON PG. 21- ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - SUNDRY ©Times Newsweekly - 2015- ORTHODONTICS Adults & Children Invisalign™ Premier Provider Multicolor Mini-Bonded Brackets Ceramic - Clear Braces Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics GLENRIDGE ORTHODONTIC SPECIALISTS 65-34 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385 1-718-381-2965 1-718-386-8728 ©Times Newsweekly 2014 – GLENRIDGE WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Dr. V. Bilello*, Dr. M. Nissenbaum, Dr. P. Bilello, Specialist in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
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