8 JULY 26, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Hevesi endorses
Nixon for
governor, calls
Cuomo ‘serial liar’
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
New York gubernatorial
candidate Cynthia Nixon
added another endorsement
from a Queens Democrat
this week when Assemblyman
Andrew Hevesi announced his
support for her campaign.
The July 18 announcement
from Hevesi marks the fi rst sitting
Assembly member endorsement
for Nixon, who is running in
the Democratic primary against
Governor Andrew Cuomo in September.
In his remarks, Hevesi
praised Nixon as someone the
people of New York can trust, and
shunned Cuomo as a constant liar.
“In this time of Trump, we must
not look to combat a serial liar
with another serial liar,” Hevesi
said in a press release. “We need
real Democrats who defend our
values, even when it’s tough, and
who can inspire and challenge
our state to do better. Cynthia is
the right choice, and I urge voters
to support her in September.”
One of his main sources of
frustration with Cuomo was the
governor’s proposal in the state
budget that would have placed a
cap on the amount of reimbursement
received by New York City
programs that support families at
risk of having children removed
and placed into foster care.
While that proposal ultimately
did not make it into the fi nal budget
for fi scal year 2019, Hevesi made
reference to the governor’s proposal
in his remarks and added that
“he consistently pushes policies that
hurt vulnerable New Yorkers, the
homeless, human traffi cking victims,
people on public assistance.”
Nixon, citing mutual commitments
to combating homelessness
and housing issues as well as the
social safety net, thanked Hevesi
for speaking in her favor.
“Assemblymember Hevesi has
spent decades fighting for New
York’s tenants, victims of human
traffi cking, and low-income families
and at-risk children,” Nixon
said. “He is a passionate champion of
fi ghting for lower-income families
and making New York a fairer, more
equitable state for everyone. I am
honored to have his endorsement
and look forward to working with
him in the Assembly as governor.”
Police arrest alleged gang members
and confi scate gun in Ridgewood
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
Police took a gun off the
streets and arrested
four alleged gang members
who harassed a man in
Ridgewood during a recent bust.
According to authorities, a
42-year old man was walking
near Palmetto Street and Nicholas Avenue at approximately
9:45 p.m. on July 15 when
the four suspects began screaming
obscenities at him. The perpetrators
allegedly grabbed the victim by the collar
and displayed a cane before fl eeing
in a gold 2008 Toyota Camry, police said.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct Conditions
Unit responded to the incident and
observed a vehicle fi tting the description
with a broken passenger side tail light,
according to sources familiar with the
investigation. When the offi cers stopped
the vehicle, further investigation revealed
the suspects were in possession of
a controlled substance, marijuana, a cane,
an expandable baton and a .22-caliber
revolver, authorities said.
Police took the driver, Luis Flores,
20, and the passengers Alberto Lopez,
21, Cesar Ramos, 23, and Andres Lopez,
20, into custody.
Flores has been charged with fi ve
counts of criminal possession of a
controlled substance (crack), criminal
possession of a weapon in the third degree,
criminal possession of a fi rearm,
two counts of criminal possession of a
weapon in the fourth degree, operating
a motor vehicle by an unlicensed
driver, aggravated unlicensed operation
of a vehicle in the second degree
and unlawful possession of marijuana.
He is being held on $30,000 bond and
$15,000 cash bail.
Alberto Lopez has been charged
with fi ve counts of criminal possession
of a controlled substance (crack),
criminal possession of a fi rearm, three
counts of criminal possession of a
weapon in the fourth degree and
unlawful possession of marijuana.
He is being held on $5,000 bond and
$2,000 cash bail.
Cesar Ramos has been charged
with attempted robbery in the fi rst
degree, attempted robbery in the
second degree, two counts of criminal
possession of a weapon in the
fourth degree, criminal possession
of a fi rearm, menacing in the second
degree, attempted assault with intent
to cause injury, fi ve counts of criminal
possession of a controlled substance
(crack) and unlawful possession of
marijuana. He is being held on $35,000
bond and $20,000 cash bail.
Andres Lopez has been charged
with fi ve counts of criminal possession
of a controlled substance (crack),
criminal possession of a weapon in the
fourth degree, criminal possession of
a weapon in the third degree, criminal
possession of a fi rearm and unlawful
possession of marijuana. He is being
held on $10,000 bond and $5,000
cash bail.
All four suspects were due back in
court on July 20.
Motorcyclist killed in Ridgewood crash
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
A 45-year-old man died aft er his
motorcycle struck an SUV at
a Ridgewood intersection
early on Saturday morning, police
announced.
Law enforcement sources said the
wreck occurred at 4:38 a.m. on July 21
at the corner of Gates and Woodward
avenues.
Based on information obtained
during a preliminary investigation,
detectives learned that the victim
— Angel Cotto of upstate New City —
was riding a 2016 BMW motorcycle
eastbound along Gates Avenue just as
a 2016 Chevrolet Trax SUV, operated
by a 75-year-old man, was traveling
north on Woodward Avenue.
Cops said that the motorcycle
proceeded through a stop sign at the
intersection and struck the driver’s
side of the SUV at the intersection.
Officers from the 104th Precinct
and EMS units responded
to a 911 call about the crash and,
upon arriving, found Cotto lying
on the street with body trauma.
Paramedics rushed him to Elmhurst
Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
The 75-year-old SUV driver
remained at the scene aft er being
injured in the collision. EMS units
brought him to Wyckoff Heights
Medical Center aft er he complained
of leg pain; he’s currently listed in
stable condition.
No arrests have been made, and
the investigation is ongoing, police
said.
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