Daily Archives: August 29, 2013

Police Watch: Stuy Town woman comes home to find naked man in apartment, cam ‘pervs’ arrested in Union Square

By Maria Rocha-Buschel

STUY TOWN WOMAN COMES HOME TO FIND NAKED MAN TRYING ON HER SKIRT
A resident of 310 First Avenue reported that her apartment was broken into last Friday at 4:09 p.m. She told police that when she entered the apartment, she saw a man inside her bedroom without permission to be there. He was also naked in her bedroom and when she went in the room, she saw him putting on her skirt. She said that she was unsure if she had locked the door and there was no forced entry. No arrests have been made. In response to the incident, a rep for CWCapital said, “Public Safety is aware of the situation and is cooperating fully with the investigation.” 

‘FAKE COP’ BUSTED FOR ROBBERY
Police arrested 20-year-old Alexander Dove for robbery at the northeast corner of East 14th Street and Union Square West last Tuesday at 12:10 a.m. Witnesses told police that Dove was patting people down and when the officer approached, Dove allegedly said, “Do you want to go to jail? I have my car over there.” When Dove saw the officers approaching, he allegedly ran and after chasing him, police apprehended him and the witnesses identified him. The first witness told police that Dove had tried to sell narcotics to him and a friend and when they refused, Dove allegedly said that he was an undercover officer and forcibly pinned them against a fence, removing his wallet and elbowing him on the head. Dove also allegedly pinned the second witness against the fence and took his cell phone from his pocket.

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Our choice: De Blasio for mayor

Bill de Blasio (center) in Stuy Town with TenantsPAC Board Member Anderson Fils-Aime, Treasurer Mike McKee, Board Member (and ST-PCV Tenants Association President) John Marsh and Tenants Association Board Member Margaret Salacan (Photo by Sabina Mollot)

Bill de Blasio (center) in Stuy Town with TenantsPAC Board Member Anderson Fils-Aime, Treasurer Mike McKee, Board Member (and ST-PCV Tenants Association President) John Marsh and Tenants Association Board Member Margaret Salacan (Photo by Sabina Mollot)

With Mike Bloomberg soon to end a 12-year reign as mayor, New Yorkers will have an incredibly important decision to make in the general election in November, but perhaps even more so in the September 10 primary.

This particular mayoral race is so cluttered it’s become hard to decipher one candidate’s rhetoric from the next at times, and following the candidacy of Anthony Weiner, it’s been hard to take much of it seriously. Still, we hope that voters won’t be so turned off that they won’t show up at the polls, especially if they care about issues like affordable housing. And if they do, we believe that the best choice for mayor, on the Democrat side, is Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

A month ago, de Blasio, making a campaign stop in Stuyvesant Town, was endorsed by TenantsPAC, and with good reason. While his “tale of two cities” tagline is getting mocked at this point, Manhattanites living in luxury housing simply because they didn’t have the option of moving into regular working joe housing, know that there is absolute truth to de Blasio’s (and a few other candidates’ talk) about the disappearing middle class.

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Letters to the Editor, Aug. 29

Pissed off about not wanting to be pissed on

Re: Letter, “Why landscape fences make complete sense,” T&V, Aug. 22

John Giannone writes that irresponsible dog owners think “that it is ok for dogs to urinate on anything that grows and anything that does not — grass, bushes, trees, garbage cans, street posts, bench legs, the walkways, the legs of pedestrians. (Ok, so the last is false!)” John, are you sure “the last is false”? I witnessed my neighbor’s dog pee on her leg while I was speaking with her at the door of her apartment. So I know that man’s best friend (and woman’s too) does pee on the legs of humans. Some friend.

Also, it almost happened to me. I was sitting on a bench in front of the children’s playground in the Oval watching people walking their dogs in the “no dog area” gravel where the greenmarket is located on Sundays and where children play during the week. This was a weekday and I was watching a dog lift its leg to pee on the sign that read  “no dog area” when a cute little dog, which bore a resemblance to my neighbor’s cute little dog, approached me. Thanks to my scientific background, I could discern that he was a male. His owner was watching her dog, which is unusual as most owners are too busy talking or texting on the phone or to a friend or themselves to notice what their dog is doing, as the little doggie approached my leg and started to sniff my foot. This dog was probably smelling some other dog’s doo doo that I had inadvertently stepped on; it’s so difficult not to step on a schmear or two of this fecal matter, wet or dry, in Stuy Town as it is left all over the walkways so that residents can bring these little gifts home for their children or cats to enjoy.

But I became anxious as her male dog got within inches of my leg. She did not pull the dog away from me, being of the school that advocates letting the little pet pissers live their lives to the fullest by smelling everything in sight. To avoid any unnecessary confrontations, as I might have been mistaken for a fire hydrant, I gently lifted my foot to shoo the dog away. But the owner barked, “What are you doing to my dog?” I replied, “I don’t like having urine on my pants. It’s not good for relationships.” Then she growled, “Well, you don’t have to hit him!” And then her dog led her away. She had her nose in the air while his was towards the ground, living his life to the fullest.

John Cappelletti, ST

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