Cops catch would-be Little Neck burglar
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
The NYPD caught an armed
would-be burglar who tried to break
into a Little Neck home on Monday
evening.
Police say that at 6:22 p.m. on
July 22, officers from the 111th
Precinct responded to a 911 call
regarding a suspicious person on a
47-year-old man’s property, located
in the vicinity of 58th Avenue and
263rd Street. Upon their arrival,
the officers were informed that the
suspect attempted to gain entry
to his residence through his front
door.
Officers began to canvass the
area and they stopped a man who fit
the description of the suspect, who
was later identified as 33-year-old
Andrew Bae of Elmhurst.
The victim positively identified
Bae as the suspect. Bae was also
found to be in possession of a
firearm.Bae was charged with
attempted burglary, criminal
possession of a loaded fire arm,
possession of burglar tools, criminal
trespassing and trespassing.
Governor Cuomo signs Farm Worker Bill into law
BY BILL PARRY
Two Queens lawmakers
beamed with pride alongside
Governor Andrew Cuomo as
he signed their Farm Workers
Bill into law July 17.
Assemblywoman Catherine
Nolan has worked on the
“fundamental human rights
issue” since she was first
elected to Albany in 1984.
“This law represents a huge
victory for the farm workers
of our great state, for their
families, and for everyone who
fought to end the injustices
that our farm workers faced;
their efforts are realized
today,” Nolan said. “I am very
proud to have carried this
legislation for many years,
and I am thankful for all the
work done by so many in the
effort to see this bill be signed
into law.”
The Farm Workers Bill
establishes the Farm Laborers
Fair Labor Practices Act to
protect farm worker rights
and ensure equitable housing
and working conditions. The
bill grants farm workers
overtime pay, a day of rest
each week, disability and
Paid Family Leave coverage,
unemployment benefits and
other labor protections.
“This new law is not
just a great achievement in
terms of the effect on the
human condition; it’s also a
milestone in the crusade for
social justice,” Cuomo said.
“By signing this bill into law,
100,000 farmers and their
families will have better lives
and will finally have the
same protections that other
workers have enjoyed for
over 80 years. This powerful
and practical achievement
is even more significant in
the era of President Trump
who continually diminishes
workers’ rights, attacks
labor unions, disrespects the
disenfranchised and has made
divide and conquer, rather
than unify and grow, the credo
of America.”
Nolan explained often
how the farm workers were
excluded from the Federal
Fair Labor Standards Act
of 1938 to appease members
of Congress from the south.
Her legislation passed in
the Assembly for years but
was blocked for decades
in the Senate by upstate
Republicans who warned
the bill would do irreparable
harm to the state’s $6 billion
State Senator Jessica Ramos (l.) and Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan react after Governor Andrew
Cuomo signs their Farm Workers Bill into law. Courtesy of Governor’s offi ce
agriculture industry.
The Democrats seized the
majority in the Senate during
last November’s blue wave that
sent Senator Jessica Ramos to
Albany. As chair of the Senate
Labor Committee, Ramos
carried the legislation in the
upper chamber pushing for
“the end of the last vestiges of
Jim Crow discrimination” by
touring farms across the state
and holding multiple hearings
in farm communities.
“Today we are recognizing
farm workers as the backbone
of New York’s multibilliondollar
agricultural industry
and acknowledging the
dignity in their work,”
Ramos said. “With the
governor’s signature on this
bill, we are finally granting
farm workers a day of rest,
overtime pay, the right to
collectively bargain, and
recognizing them as workers
under the Labor Law.”
Reach reporter Bill
Parry by email at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
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