Williams Holds Legal Clinic
Flatlands City Council Member Jumaane Williams along with the HABNET Chamber of Commerce and the Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York will host a free legal clinic today for those interested in learning more about obtaining Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country’s nationals from returning safely, or in certain circumstances, where the country is unable to handle the return of its nationals adequately.
The event is slated for between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Haitian Family Resource Center, 1783 Flatbush Avenue between Avenues J & K. A second event will take place from 1:30-5 p.m., Saturday, October 17 at the same location.
To learn more about this legal clinic view the flyer below or click here. For more information, call 718-360-5971.
Cumbo Leads Citywide Domestic Violence Outreach
Fort Greene City Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo, Chair of the Women’s Issues Committee, joined by city and stated elected will lead a citywide Domestic Violence Awareness Outreach officials in collaboration with the NYC Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence today, or NYC Go Purple Day.
Each participant, dressed in purple, will engage in disseminating pertinent information to morning commuters on resources available citywide for domestic violence survivors.
WHO: Cumbo, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, New York State Assembly Member Walter Mosley, New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton
WHAT: Citywide Domestic Violence Awareness Outreach
WHEN: 8-9 a.m., today
WHERE: Barclays Center Plaza, Atlantic Avenue Station, Brooklyn
Cornegy Fundraiser On Sunday
Bedford-Stuyvesant City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr. has a fundraiser slated for Sunday. Below is the flier.
To purchase your ticket online and get more info, please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/councilman-rob-cornegys-milestone-birthday-party-tickets-18375613956
Golden, Community Supports 68th Police Precinct
Bay Ridge State Sen. Marty Golden along with numerous community groups will be on hand at 3:30 p.m. today to see the results of the 68th Police Precinct Community Council’s Summer of Support.
The Summer of Support was a simple idea, in which council members went out and asked people to send us cards, letters, posters anything showing support for their local police. The material gathered would then be wallpapered in the precinct.
Today the re-papered walls of the precinct will be unveiled in front of the precinct’s Commanding Officer CaptainRaymond Festino, the men and women of the precinct and dignitaries of the NYPD.
The event is slated for 3:30 p.m., today at the precinct, 333 65th Street.
Thompson Makes Huge Gun Trafficking Bust
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, together with New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, yesterday announced that eight men and women from three states have been charged in a 541-count indictment with conspiracy and other charges for trafficking guns purchased in Atlanta, Georgia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and resold on the streets of Brooklyn.
“These defendants conspired to use the lax gun laws down south and elsewhere to flood the streets of our city with assault weapons and other guns, which, in the wrong hands, could have caused mayhem and massive bloodshed in our communities. We will now hold these merchants of death accountable no matter where they live,” said Thompson.
Thompson said the indictment is the result of a long-term investigation conducted by the New York City Police Department’s Firearms Investigations Unit and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
Between September 2014 and September 2015 the defendants allegedly conspired to sell guns purchased in Georgia and Pennsylvania to an NYPD undercover detective in Brooklyn. The investigation included the use of intercepted electronic communications as well as physical and video surveillance.
The weapons recovered during the course of the investigation include 9mm Ruger and Glock pistols, .22 caliber Walther pistols, .40 caliber Smith & Wesson pistols, .45 caliber Taurus pistols, and a variety of assault weapons including multiple .22 long rifle caliber semi-automatic Walther Model MP Uzis, .39 mm caliber semi-automatic Norinco Model SKS, 9mm Luger semi-automatic Jimenez Arms Model JA25 and others.
Thompson said prosecutors assigned to his newly created Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, working with detectives from the New York City Police Department’s Firearms Investigations Unit, have taken 553 guns off Brooklyn streets since he took office.
