Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Co-op City News: Taxed out of business
Co-op City News: Taxed out of business: Biz Owners Face Showdown on Taxes Tomorrow BRONX, NEW YORK, February 27- Co-op City's management has set Thursday, Feb. 28, for a showd...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Co-op City News: We've Moved
Co-op City News: We've Moved: We have launched a new website to cover all the news of Co-op City. Click here to see
Friday, February 8, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Teen Charged with Attempted Murder
Truman HS Student Dragged Child by Legs up Flight of Stairs, Threw him Off the Roof
BRONX, NEW YORK, February 7- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that a 17-year-old teenager has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and other offenses for allegedly throwing a 9-year-old boy from the roof of an apartment building.
The grand jury charged Casmine Aska, of Nelson Avenue, the Bronx, with one count of Attempted murder in the second degree, one count of assault in the first degree and one count of assault the second degree in connection with the alleged attack against Freddy Martin. Aska is facing up to 25 years imprisonment if convicted of the top charge attempted murder in the second degree.
The charges in the indictment are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Aska is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment in State Supreme Court, Part 92 on March 6, 2013 before Supreme Court Justice Troy Webber.
The incident occurred on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 1545 Nelson Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. According to court papers, Aska grabbed the young child by the legs and dragged him up a flight of stairs to the roof, picked him up and threw him from the roof. The victim remains on life support in a medically induced coma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital where he is being treated for numerous broken bones and severe internal bleeding.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Paul Rosenfeld of the Trial Division.
BRONX, NEW YORK, February 7- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that a 17-year-old teenager has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and other offenses for allegedly throwing a 9-year-old boy from the roof of an apartment building.
The grand jury charged Casmine Aska, of Nelson Avenue, the Bronx, with one count of Attempted murder in the second degree, one count of assault in the first degree and one count of assault the second degree in connection with the alleged attack against Freddy Martin. Aska is facing up to 25 years imprisonment if convicted of the top charge attempted murder in the second degree.
The charges in the indictment are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Aska is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment in State Supreme Court, Part 92 on March 6, 2013 before Supreme Court Justice Troy Webber.
The incident occurred on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 1545 Nelson Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. According to court papers, Aska grabbed the young child by the legs and dragged him up a flight of stairs to the roof, picked him up and threw him from the roof. The victim remains on life support in a medically induced coma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital where he is being treated for numerous broken bones and severe internal bleeding.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Paul Rosenfeld of the Trial Division.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Merchants up in arms about commercial taxes
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`Outrageous increases'
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`Outrageous increases'
By Michael Horowitz
BRONX, NEW YORK, February 6- Merchants in the Dreiser Loop and Bartow Avenue shopping centers, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, this week, that they are now facing commercial real-estate tax increases that would force them out of business if they paid them.
In a number of cases, the tax bills merchants are being asked to pay are for more than $10,000, with a number of merchants being asked to pay more than 10 times the tax they paid in the previous year.
“The taxes the people at Riverbay are saying I have to pay are about 25 times the taxes I paid the previous year,” one relatively outspoken merchant said. “There's no way I'm going to pay this tax without the appropriate backup sheet being provided. It's outrageous that I, like a number of storeowners I've spoken to, are expected to pay increases like this in the first place, and it's even more outrageous that we're getting bills like this without any explanation.”
All though the Dreiser Loop and Bartow Avenue shopping centers, there are embittered storeowners who feel that management's main goal may be to put them out of business.
One merchant, pointing to management's plans for major development of Co-op City's three shopping centers, theorized that management's goal could be to put them out of business so that higher commercial rents could be charged.
“I have spoken to a number of merchants in Co-op City, and a number of us face major tax increases --- taxes that we clearly can't afford to pay,” the unidentified merchant said. “It seems as if the name of the game is to make it as difficult as possible for us to stay in business. I might as well retire or open up a business somewhere else if I have to pay the tax that I have been billed for.”
Another merchant added, “When we go to the Riverbay Finance Department, they treat us like dirt when we ask for an explanation about the taxes. I was rudely and arrogantly told to just pay the tax --- to not ask questions. Perhaps the people at Riverbay get away with speaking to Co-op City shareholders and other merchants like that, but I won't stand for it. I have no intention of paying this tax unless I get a specific explanation of what it includes.”
A third merchant noted, “It's really difficult to get answers to questions when you go to the people in Riverbay's Finance Department or the people in the Commercial Leasing Department. However, we, the merchants of Co-op City, intend to get answers one way or another. The tax bill I got makes no sense to me, so I've given it to my accountant to try and figure out. It's absurd that the people in management expect us to pay bills for taxes that make no sense.”
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