LATE CITY FINALTHURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2022 / Mostly cloudy, 75° / Weather: P. 71 H H nypost.com • • • • $2.00 IT’S AHow out-of-control is NYC’s rental market? MAD In a sign of just how hard it is to find a place to live, a line stretched onto the street for a shot at a tiny Alphabet City studio apartment that can barely fit a bed (lower left) — even though the “affordable” rent was still $28,000 a year. HOUSE!SEEPAGES6-7 Crowd waits in 75-min. Aidan O’Donohue line for long shot at 371-sq.-ft., $2,337/mo. rent-stabilized apt.
2 More read than watched 1/6 hearings: poll New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com News Columns Getty Images A majority of Americans last Among the 58% who say they Donald Trump and his allies re- The poll surveyed 2,004 Ameri- week tuned out the House select heard about the hearings on June main a “clear and present danger Adam B. Coleman . . . . . 5 committee hearings on the Jan. 6, 13 and June 16 are 23% who say to American democracy” while cans between last Friday and Miranda Devine . . . . . . 11 2021, Capitol riot, a poll released they heard “a lot” and 35% who 21% say they have heard “not James Bovard . . . . . . . . 12 Wednesday found. say “some.” much” and 41% say they’ve heard Monday, and has a 2 percentage- Weird But True . . . . . . . 27 “nothing at all” about it. While 62% of Americans say The poll also found that 57% of point margin of error. Gossip they did not watch the panel’s Democrats watched in full or in And 37% say they heard “a lot” second and third hearings, 58% part, compared to 32% of inde- or “some” about Trump lawyer Meanwhile, committee mem- Page Six . . . . . . . 14, 54-56 say they have heard or read about pendents and 25% of Republicans. John Eastman seeking a presiden- Cindy Adams . . . . . . . . . 16 them, a Politico-Morning Consult tial pardon for his role in the bers said Wednesday they are Jalen Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 survey showed. Thirty-eight percent say they election-fraud claims, while 63% heard “a lot” or “some” about Re- say they heard “not much” or punting the final two live hear- Fun and Games Of the 39% who did watch, only publican Judge Michael Luttig’s “nothing at all.” 11% say they did in full. testimony that then-President ings scheduled next week to July. 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Mark Moore Home p. 59-61 Signs GOP ready to Classifieds p. 62-64 move on from Don By Callie Patteson eral live hearings featuring testi- Sports p. 64-85 A weekend Politico analysis of New Route: mony from Trump allies, family With the 2022 midterm elec- campaign finance data found that Ex-President members and former White NY Post Action . . . . 65-69 tions less than five months away, at least 10 donors who spent House aides, at least one Trump- Belmont Analysis . . . . . 65 some Republicans are beginning $24 million on Trump’s reelection Donald Trump has endorsed candidate is quietly ad- NBA Draft . . . . . . . . . . 74-75 to signal a move away from former bid in 2020 have since donated ap- hinted at a possi- justing his campaign messaging Mark Cannizzaro . . 78-79 President Donald Trump and his proximately $3.4 million to the Re- ble 2024 run, even that previously used the former Steve Serby . . . . . . . . . . . 80 influence on the GOP. publican governor’s PAC, Friends as some Republi- president’s name. 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‘back 3 New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 to the’ b’way! nypost.com ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection reel thing: Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in “Part II.” By JOHNNY OLEKSINSKI Works”), and then sing and dance some more about how Where we’re going, we George can win Lorraine (“Gotta Start Somewhere”). don’t need roads — we need The problem, unfortu- ticket sales! nately, is all those oddball songs. None of the new The new musical of “Back tunes by Glen Ballard is any good — a strange dream-se- to the Future,” based on quence number called “21st Century” that starts Act 2 Robert Zemeckis’ classic looks like a new age cult rit- ual and should be axed 1985 science-fiction film pronto — but fans will be re- lieved to know that movie starring Michael J. Fox, will favorites like Huey Lewis’ “The Power of Love” and open on Broadway in 2023, Chuck Berry’s “Johnny Be Good” are kept in and have producers announced 1.21 gigawatts of energy. Wednesday. And the non-singing sec- tions are great fun, too. Espe- Sources told The Post cially the impressive DeLo- rean that flies over the audi- that next spring, the time- ence, lights up and spins around. Broadway has been traveling DeLorean will overdue for a new swinging chandelier or helicopter. land at the Winter Garden “Back to the Future” boasts Theatre, where the Hugh a great title that could appeal to tourists, and it won this Jackman-starring “The Mu- year’s Olivier Award for Best Musical across the pond sic Man” is now waiting for over heavy hitters “Moulin Rouge!” and “Frozen.” the Wells Fargo Wagon. But it also brings to mind Wolverine will depart another production that played the Winter Garden when his contract expires, back in 2014: “Rocky the Musical,” a massive flop. and the oh-so-bankable star We’ll soon see just how will not be recast, a source powerful “The Power of Love” is. close to the production said. Makes sense. Jackman just listed his West Village home for $38.9 million. Faye Sadou/MediaPunch Instagram West End preview “Next Top Model” runway legend Heidi Klum (left) doesn’t even need to leave the I saw the stage version of house to find the show’s next champ, as daughter Leni Klum seems to be ready to fol- “Back to the Future” last summer at London’s Adel- low in her 49-year-old mom’s Swimsuit Issue footsteps. The rising model, 18, shared phi Theatre. Thankfully, the this beachside snap with her 1.4 million Instagram followers and counting. show only covers the first flick, so there’s no Biff base- ball book or Wild West shoot-outs. And it’s very much a musical. Marty, Doc and George sing and dance about the flux capacitor (“It
New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com4 Backs lt. gov rival in latest Dem splinter By sam raskin May as lieutenant governor fol- and carl campanile lowing the resignation of her federally indicted former No. 2, The battle for the soul of the Brian Benjamin. Democratic Party in New York Former City Councilwoman Diana Reyna is also running continued Wednesday with so- alongside running mate Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau). cialist-leaning Rep. Alexandria Fla. gov In Hochul’s rearview wannabe Ocasio-Cortez giving a last-min- charged While recent polls show Ho- ute boost to left-wing lieuten- chul with a comfortable lead over fellow Democratic guber- ant-governor contender Ana natorial contenders Suozzi and Public Advocate Jumaane Willi- María Archila in her bid against ams, Delgado, sworn in on May 25, could face a stronger chal- Gov. Hochul’s chosen No. 2. lenge in his own race. The endorsement by Ocasio- Delgado has faced scrutiny during the campaign for identi- Cortez (D-Bronx/Queens) fying as Afro-Latino while run- ning against two Latina candi- comes ahead of Tuesday’s pri- dates, who say he lacks connec- tions with the larger Latino mary election — and as Mayor community in New York. Adams and the progressive con- His refusal to participate in a Spanish language candidate fo- gresswoman engage in proxy rum scheduled for Wednesday night sparked additional criti- battles for control of Albany. cism from Archila. Former Florida Demo- In a morning press release, “His refusal to participate is cratic gubernatorial yet another illustration of estab- Archila gushed that she is “in- lishment Democrats in New hopeful Andrew Gillum, York taking Latino voters for credibly honored” to earn a granted,” she said in a state- who was once caught in ment. thumbs-up from Ocasio-Cortez, a hotel room with drugs AOC’s endorsement of Archila calling her “a bold champion comes on the heels of her grant- and a male escort, has ing support for multiple state who fights every day to put the legislative office contenders been hit with a 21- who are up against more moder- needs of working families before ate Democratic rivals of whom count federal indict- Adams approves. the wants of billionaires.” ment for fraudulent The retired NYPD captain re- “Her election showed New cently endorsed the re-election fundraising and other bid of Harlem Assemblywoman Yorkers’ hunger for leaders who Inez Dickens — one of the first raps, officials said on black lawmakers to call for will reject the expectation that changes to criminal-justice re- Wednesday. forms for which the mayor has our communities should just advocated. Ocasio-Cortez is put- Gillum (above), who nar- ting her weight behind housing wait for what we need, and activist Delsenia Glover, who is rowly lost to Florida Gov. seeking to topple the incumbent. forcefully demand that our Ron DeSantis in 2018, con- Additionally, Adams signaled needs come first,” the statement his support of veteran Assem- spired with his mentor, blyman Michael Benedetto, read. while AOC is backing her Sharon Lettman-Hicks, to former staffer, Jonathan Soto, in The contender to be the Em- the 82nd Assembly District con- reroute campaign contribu- test. pire State’s second-in-command tions for personal use, fed- [email protected] added that AOC “models every eral prosecutors said. Lett- day the type of leadership that I man-Hicks, who was also in- plan to bring to the lieutenant dicted, allegedly helped to governor’s office: that we must divert a portion of the dona- stand up with working people to tions to a company she con- demand affordable housing, fair trolled and masked the fraud wages, access to health care and by painting the funds as pay- a livable planet, and that we roll payments to Gillum. must be willing to stand up to The former Tallahassee the billionaires and the powerful mayor asserted his inno- who get in the way.” cence in a statement: “Ev- CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images ery campaign I’ve run has Election-eve rally been done with integrity. On Monday, a day before the Married with three chil- June 28 primary, AOC is sched- uled to participate in an Archila dren, Gillum came out as campaign event, according to The New York Times, which bisexual after the prostitute first reported on the endorse- ment. episode. Selim Algar Archila, seeking to become two-step: Ana María Archila joins Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as her guest Senator’s gory New York’s first Latina state- at the 2019 State of the Union. AOC now backs Archila for lieutenant governor over hand injury wide elected official, will face Gov. Hochul’s chosen candidate, and will be rallying with Archila on Monday night. off against Antonio Delgado — Republican US Sen. Kevin whom Hochul tapped in early Cramer may require ampu- tation of fingers on his right Pot’s in store for ex-cons Fatal truck crush at cemetery hand after sustaining a seri- ous injury while doing New York officials are The authority is soliciting yardwork over the week- rolling out the green carpet end, the North Dakota poli- for convicted weed sellers real-estate bids to help find A man sleeping under a 53rd Drive — just outside ized what had happened. tician revealed Wednesday. who are now going legit. parked pickup truck outside Mount Zion Cemetery in EMS rushed the injured suitable locations for can- a Queens cemetery was Maspeth — before 7 p.m. “I sustained a serious in- The state Dormitory Au- killed when the vehicle’s Tuesday when the motorist man to Elmhurst Hospital jury to my right hand, thority of New York is get- nabis stores. owner returned — and returned, police said. Center, where he was pro- which required immediate ting ready to spend some unknowingly ran over him, nounced dead about 30 surgery,” Cramer tweeted. $200 million in public funds “Today, New York takes an cops said. The driver, 42, started minutes after the accident. to rent places where the ex- pulling his truck out to He plans to return to cons can set up shop — re- important step forward in The unidentified victim, drive south on Maurice Av- The driver stayed at the Washington, DC, in early moving a major obstacle for described as being in his 30s, enue when he felt a bump, scene. No charges had been July. Cramer missed Tues- the budding entrepreneurs. creating jobs and opportu- was snoozing under the Ford authorities said. He stepped filed as of Wednesday night. day’s procedural vote ad- F-350 at Maurice Avenue and out of the vehicle and real- vancing a piece of biparti- nity for those who, histori- Tina Moore san gun-reform legislation. and Amanda Woods cally, have been dispropor- Callie Patteson tionately targeted for canna- bis infractions,” Gov. Hochul said. Carl Campanile
5 Surge in New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com US urban violence Hans Pennink Six major US cities, includ- Hypocrite: Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou preaches the gospel of “defund the police” — even after she fled Harlem due to its high crime. ing New York and Los Ange- les, are already on track to ADAM B. back in 2016, when she explained to residents Niou claims to repre- crime? Hey, not their problem! surpass last year’s staggering COLEMAN a local publication her reasoning sent don’t agree with that. A USA Why would someone who has rates of violent crime, data for leaving Harlem for the wealth- Today poll from last year found show. WE are putting on pedes- ier Financial District. While living that only 28% of African Ameri- seen the danger firsthand do ev- tals unprincipled peo- in Harlem, she unfortunately had cans want to defund the police, erything possible policy-wise to Their total reports of hom- ple who preach one been robbed and witnessed a num- and recent surveys suggest that ensure the people she left be- icide, rape, assault and rob- particular gospel while ber of disturbing crimes. number has fallen even further. hind remain defenseless? It’s be- bery are on pace to break hypocritically choosing other- cause Niou, and progressives 2021 levels halfway through wise for themselves. It goes without saying that no No ‘justice’ for victims like Niou, are predators as well. the year — with a 25.8% one should have to endure living surge in violent crime in the They are the self-appointed pro- in a situation where they are in Worse, even as Niou fled for the Progressive predators prey Big Apple atop the list, ac- gressive saviors who know what’s constant danger or, at minimum, comfort of the Financial District, upon the outcomes of the vul- cording to a review of NYPD best for everyone less fortunate questioning their safety. There she’s doing everything possible to nerable and are indifferent to statistics. than themselves but would never should also be no shame for Niou make sure the predatory wolves their suffering. What matters to choose to live the life they are having the opportunity to leave of New York City get cashless bail, progressive predators like her is As of Sunday, 189 murders preaching for the “underclass.” this high-crime area for a safer all in the name of “justice.” It is prestige, power and domination; were tallied in New York For them, poverty is a word on a place; none of this is in question. progressives like her who have damn whoever gets run over or City, according to the latest piece of paper, or a slogan you can more empathy for the violators of left behind in the process. figures available. That’s occasionally toss around while But when you advocate for our society than the working class down more than 13% from 218 pretending to care about the dy- policy positions that hurt the who are trying to do everything If you care about a community city slayings by the same date namics of the people who are people you left behind — who possible to survive and thrive. or a city, you wouldn’t do every- a year ago — but Gotham merely surviving within it. can’t just up and leave their thing possible to make them rapes, robberies and felony homes on a whim — well, there’s You see this across the coun- more vulnerable. Now that she assaults are all up: 15.4%, Left-wing Assemblywoman Yuh- a special circle of hell. try. Do you think the progressive resides in luxury, being vulnera- 39.7% and 19.6%, respectively. Line Niou’s brush with reality came district attorneys of Chicago, ble is no longer her priority and Niou pushes for the massive Philadelphia and Los Angeles neither are you. Altogether, the city’s 19,972 defunding of the NYPD, which live in neighborhoods with high violent crimes reported so far would make Harlem less safe. Adam B. Coleman is the author of this year represent an in- “Black Victim To Black Victor” and crease of nearly 26% from Keep in mind that the black founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. 2021 levels, data show. Violent crime is also up compared to this point in 2021 in Washington, DC (12%), Philadelphia (7%), Baltimore (6.1%) and Atlanta (5.5%), ac- cording to Fox News. Five major US cities ap- peared poised to break 2021 homicide figures, Fox re- ported: Milwaukee (up 25%), Washington, DC (13%), At- lanta (13%), Baltimore (8%) and Los Angeles (7%). Joshua Rhett Miller 35th Calif. city raps woke DA Elected officials in the Cali- fornia city that lost two police officers in a shooting last week have unanimously is- sued a “no-confidence” vote against embattled Los Angeles County District Attorney Ge- orge Gascón — the 35th city in the Golden State to do so. Gascón’s policies “have now been shown to be detri- mental to public safety in El Monte and Los Angeles,” said a resolution affirming the El Monte City Council’s 5-0 vote Tuesday night. The policies contributed to the June 14 killings of El Monte cops Michael Paredes, 42, and Joseph Santana, 31, the resolu- tion said. Snejana Farberov
New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com6 Texas rep’s OUR NEW, border bill $1.5B reimburse bid Hourlong lines to see tiny E. Village apt. in By MAryAnn MArtinez be punished for Biden’s mis- surreal rental market take and my Lone Star Reim- A Texas congressman bursement Act recognizes By Alex Mitchell threshold of the in-demand rental. ing no more than 30% of one’s in- wants to send the federal this.” But, for O’Donoghue, adding insult come on rent, those clamoring for it government a whopping $1.5 IT’S a snapshot of the horror that should ideally earn at least $90,000 a billion bill for money the US The bill calls on the federal is now the New York City rental to injury was what greeted her after year. The average salary in New York representative says his state government to pay back market. the exasperating 75-minute wait: an City is only $69,182. has spent to secure its border Texas for its expenses during A mob of apartment hunters underwhelming unit with a tiny with Mexico. 2021 and 2022. However, recently lined up and waited kitchen and bathroom, as well as a Nevertheless, potential renters Texas Gov. Greg Abbott al- more than an hour — street-side and small bedroom with a closet. While came strapped with paperwork- US Rep. Pat Fallon intro- ready used federal dollars to up several flights of stairs — to view that room had an exposed brick wall, loaded laptops and were applying on duced the Lone Star Reim- pay for Operation Lone Star, a 371-square-foot, one-bedroom, a decorative fireplace and two win- the spot because that was their only bursement Act last week. If according to the Texas Trib- third-floor walk-up listed for dows, there was no living room to shot at nabbing the in-demand passed, it would require the une. Abbott repurposed $2,337.39 in the East Village. speak of. rental, said O’Donoghue. Department of Defense to about $1 billion in federal pay Texas for the cost of Op- coronavirus aid to help pay “It’s ridiculous,” 36-year-old apart- “The apartment was the size of my Although the Times Equities, Inc., eration Lone Star, the state’s for the operation. ment hunter Aidan O’Donoghue, kitchen . . . If you were going to work property had only 39 sign-ins at the border security initiative. who captured the wild throng on from home, if you were a couple, it open house, associate broker Seth Fallon’s office said the bill camera, told The Post. “By the time was not a livable space,” she said of Coston acknowledged “even more The bill notes that Opera- would only call on the feds you think about [renting] an apart- the claustrophobic layout. attended.” tion Lone Star has resulted in to reimburse Texas for state ment, it’s gone.” the arrest of 134,000 immi- dollars. The annual rent on the paltry Al- He added that “several of the pro- grants. Another 16,700 illegal The rent-stabilized unit at 169 Ave. phabet City pad is $27,960. Since fi- spective tenants asked to pay above immigrants have been de- Several Texas members of A — about the size of a single-car ga- nancial advisers recommend spend- the legal rent to secure the apart- nied entry, according to the Congress are already on rage — is now considered relatively ment,” which is forbidden per rent bill. board with the proposal, cheap. Earlier this month, the median TIGHT FIT: At 371 square feet, stabilization laws. Ultimately, “the most recently gaining the rent for a Manhattan apartment sur- the third-floor walk-up apartment in most qualified application” was cho- “As a border state, Texas is backing of Rep. August Pflu- passed $4,000 for the first time. The Alphabet City isn’t much larger than sen, he said. disproportionally impacted ger. small one-bedroom has an estimated the average American hotel room. by illegal immigration, but rental market value of nearly $3,000, Bidding wars we shouldn’t be forced to “Our plan sends the in- according to real estate agents, bear the entire financial bur- voice for the border crisis which no doubt fueled the chaos that The showdown for apartments is den when it comes to secur- where it belongs: the presi- unfolded over its June 12 open house. reaching a fevered pitch this sum- ing the entire country,” Fal- dent’s desk,” tweeted Pfluger. mer due not only to the high volume lon said in a press release. A 75-minute wait of people returning to the city after “Gov. Abbott launched Oper- Despite the popularity of fleeing it early on in the pandemic, ation Lone Star because of a the bill, Fallon’s office ac- O’Donoghue, an art director cur- but also to first-time movers and in- lack of action from this ad- knowledged that it is un- rently living on the Upper West Side, coming students. ministration. Texas shouldn’t likely to make it to the House recalled how she blithely walked up floor since Democrats cur- to the doorbell, buzzed and was told, Also driving the phenomenon is rently control the House. “We’re kind of at capacity in the the influx of “many young profes- apartment.” sionals who want to live in Manhat- SI coach in W.Va. copter tan,” said Coston. ump ‘batter’ crash tragedy It was only then that she realized All six people aboard a the true nature of her surroundings. “There is strong demand for extra A Staten Island youth- space to allow them to work from baseball coach has been vintage helicopter died “I looked behind me and realized home more comfortably. We are also charged with attacking an the crowd [on the street] wasn’t seeing less roommates sharing than elderly umpire during a game when it crashed in West there for brunch, they were there for before the pandemic began,” he said. in New Jersey, leaving the the apartment,” she said of the or- “This has increased the demand for man with a broken jaw and a Virginia Wednesday, ac- deal. residential space in NYC; mean- concussion, prosecutors said. while, there has been very little cording to news reports. “When they finally buzzed me in newly developed residential space Jerry Otero, who was after several other people, the line or space converted to residential.” coaching third base for the The victims were aboard started at the door to get inside and Staten Island-based New then it snaked up the stairs,” she And with landlords increasing York Prospects travel team, the Bell UH-1B chopper — continued. rents by hundreds, if not thousands, surrendered to Branchburg of dollars, current New Yorkers are Township police on Tues- one of a fleet of “Hueys” She spent a half-hour outside and being forced to suck it up and battle day in connection with the close to 45 minutes queued up in the it out. June 4 in-game assault, the that flew during the Viet- stairwell before finally reaching the Somerset County Prosecu- O’Donoghue, for instance, is seek- tor’s Office said. nam War — when it went ing a new apartment because her Otero, 40, allegedly down in Logan County at punched the 72-year-old ump after being ejected for using about 5 p.m., according to foul language during a 13- and-under tournament game the Federal Aviation Ad- hosted by the US Amateur Baseball League. He is the fa- ministration and the county ther of a player on the Pros- pects, USABL officials told Office of Emergency Man- The Post. Joshua Rhett Miller agement. The OEM closed local roads as emergency servi- ces responded. The names of the victims, reportedly “Huey” enthusi- asts, were not immediately released. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. Allie Griffin
7 New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Aidan O’Donoghue (4); Time equities INSANE NORMAL UNBELIEVABLE: With Manhattan median rents hitting an unprecedented $4,000, a tiny, rent-stabilized one-bedroom unit on Avenue A — offered at a relatively reasonable $2,337.39 per month — drew crowds that waited in line for over an hour for their turn to take a peek. Hopeful hunter Aidan O’Donoghue (bottom left inset), 36, shot video of the ordeal, which she shared with The Post. current landlord is raising her in many cases,” Hourigan told $2,850 rent for a spacious one- The Post. bedroom with an office by an eye-popping 47%. He added that the trend is now reaching Harlem, having begun Since she started her hunt ear- in Chelsea and Soho last year. lier this month, she said she’s re- peatedly been told she’d have to But Hourigan thinks that this cough up more than the adver- inferno may quell by the fall or tised rent now that bidding wars early winter once the current in- on rental units are becoming flux of residents settles in. commonplace. Upper West Sider Leela Roth- “You’re going to need to play enberg, 32, certainly hopes so. with the numbers,” one real estate agent told her. “Think about what She said her $1,795-a-month you can offer. Is it that you’re go- “COVID deal” apartment on ing to offer them $200 over the West 101st Street recently shot up rent, is it $250, is there something by an additional $1,000. So, she’s else you can throw in?” opting to crash at her brother’s apartment at no cost and leave She added: “There’s the listed her belongings in storage rent and then there’s the expecta- throughout the summer. tion that you’re going to offer more than that. I think, so far, Rothenberg isn’t emotionally four or five Realtors have said it ready to go through the daunting to me up front.” hunt and will wait for the fall. Some are giving up “I’ve lived in New York for 10 years . . . I’ve never, ever not had Brian Hourigan, the managing a home,” she said. director of Bond New York, said the “absurdity” that is the current Meanwhile, O’Donoghue, who’s rental market is due to “demand lived in the city for 13 years, con- outpacing inventory.” tinues her desperate search. “We’re telling tenants to arrive “I’ve never had trouble getting with their paperwork ready and an apartment in New York,” she to be prepared for a bidding war said. “I have good credit, I have a great job, I have a guarantor. There’s no reason I wouldn’t get an apartment. I don’t have a blemish on my record.”
8 New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Best Image / BACKGRID AppAlling: Richard Rojas rants and raves in Times Square in 2017 as pedestrians lie wounded — one mortally — from his driving into a crowd (below), which a Manhattan jury Wednesday said was because Rojas (below left) was insane. By Mark LungarieLLo and Steven HirScH The Navy veteran who plowed Steven Hirsch his car through a pedestrian- packed, midday Times Square in man, had told The Post about Ro- members of Rojas’ were in court sion that day,” Assistant District who’d been booted from the Navy 2017 — telling a traffic cop after- jas’ claims he was too crazy to but declined comment to The Attorney Alfred Peterson said. in 2014, claimed that he was too wards, “I wanted to kill them” — know what he was doing. Post after the decision was read. “He went to the ‘Crossroads of mentally disturbed to know what will do no jail time despite taking the World,’ a high-profile place he was doing was wrong when he the life of an 18-year-old tourist in The verdict — of “not responsi- Prosecution’s case where everyone knows there’s drove into pedestrians. the rampage that also left 22 oth- ble by reason of mental disease or lots and lots of people.” ers injured. defect” on one count of murder Over the course of the trial, A psychiatrist testified that Ro- and 23 assault charges — means which began early last month, After he crashed, Rojas told a jas was diagnosed with schizo- That was the decision of a Man- Rojas will likely be sent to a prosecutors argued Rojas had the traffic agent that he “wanted to phrenia. hattan jury Wednesday that de- psych ward instead of prison. presence of mind to drive onto kill them all,” prosecutors said. liberated just six hours before the crowded sidewalk and travel He admitted to cops that he had Defense attorney Enrico De- buying the insanity defense of Rojas appeared in Manhattan three blocks before he crashed. been smoking marijuana laced Marco claimed that Rojas had Richard Rojas, 31, finding him Supreme Court in shackles, wear- with PCP before the incident. “lost his mind” and jurors were “not responsible” due to mental ing orange jail garb with his hair “The defendant made a deci- played video of that showed the illness. unkempt Wednesday. Family Attorneys for the accused, mad motorist after the crash, Defense lawyers had main- tained Rojas wasn’t in control of his actions when he unleashed the May 18, 2017, carnage that took the life of young Alyssa Elsman. The decision amounts to a rare buy-in on an insanity defense in New York, with jurors determin- ing his mental defect superseded clear evidence of guilt. “I think it’s bulls--t,” the dead Michigan teen’s dad, Thomas Els-
New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com9 AP 1,000+ dead in Afghan quake By Mark LungarieLLo “A couple of helicopters came to help, but it is not clear what else A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rav- they can do other than moving the aged eastern Afghanistan Wednes- dead bodies,” the agency told the day, killing at least 1,000 people — BBC. with the death toll expected to rise as emergency crews sift through Large swaths of the region have the rubble. limited road service, and routes in and out are likely to have been The devastating quake leveled damaged by the tremors. homes and buildings (pictured above) in mountainous Paktika Taliban plea province near the Pakistan border, with at least 1,500 people injured Also likely to complicate the re- and hundreds more still trapped under debris in remote villages lief effort is the controversial Tali- with poorly built infrastructure. ban government. The country has The tremors struck around 1:30 a.m. local time as many people found itself largely isolated and cut slept. The extent of the destruction likely won’t be known for days, off from international aid, spurring with citizen rescue teams report- edly left digging with their hands economic crises and widespread in areas where there were no offi- cial aid workers yet. hunger. banging his head on the ground ing voices at the time of the Judge Daniel Conviser, who “I arrived this morning and I, my- But Taliban leaders were plead- as he was being detained and yel- rampage. oversaw the case, ordered that self, found 40 dead bodies,” Alem ling “What happened?” “Oh my Rojas be held while he drafts an Wafa told the BBC as he helped in ing with other countries for help in God, what happened?” What’s next? examination order for psychiat- the village of Gyan, one of the ric evaluation. A hearing on the worst-affected areas. “Most of the aftermath of the earthquake, Elsman’s father blasted Rojas’ Rojas, a Bronx resident, had matter is set for Thursday. them are young, very young insanity defense during the trial, several run-ins with the law be- children.” one of the deadliest on record for telling The Post last week, fore his rampage, including a A report will be presented to “they’re trying to make up sto- May 2017 arrest where he put a the court on his mental condi- Heavy rain and wind were mak- the country. ries.” knife to a notary’s throat and tion, which will determine ing it difficult to land helicopters in claimed the person stole his ID. whether Rojas is committed and the impoverished region, accord- “When such a big incident hap- “I think, honestly, they have no in what kind of facility. ing to the UN Office for the Coor- defense and they’re trying to He joined the Navy in 2011, but dination of Humanitarian Affairs. pens in any country, there is a need make up stories,” Thomas Els- his service ended in the wake of a He could be found to have a man said, adding, “He knew what 2012 arrest where he allegedly “dangerous mental disorder,” for help from other countries,” said he was doing, he knew what he beat up a cab driver he felt over- which would mean he’s slapped did.” charged him. He was court-mar- with a mandatory commitment Sharafuddin Muslim, deputy min- tialed and spent time in a mili- order to a secure forensic facility, His daughter Ava, who was 13 tary prison when the Navy took according to state law. ister of state for disaster at the time, was also injured by jurisdiction in that case. Rojas’ attack and testified in de- If he’s found mentally ill but management. tail about the horrific experi- Jurors heard harrowing testi- without a dangerous mental dis- ence, telling the jury, she was mony from several of those in- order, he’d be issued a commit- Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz “just trying to lay there [and] not jured in the carnage, including ment order to a civil psychiatric die.” Ava, who described the chaos center. But if he happens to be Sharif and international aid organi- when she was hit. found free of disorder or mental Elsman added: “You killed my illness, he could be discharged or zations have already pledged daughter, and my other daughter “Everything went black, but I released with a set of court-or- has scars for the rest of her life, heard the engine running,” she dered conditions. support. let alone she doesn’t have her sis- said. “I could hear people ter with her.” screaming and running.” Rojas’ legal team said after the The quake shook an area over 310 verdict they hoped he will get the Defense attorneys said Rojas The jury began deliberations “help and care” he needs in the miles. With Wires had become paranoid since he on Tuesday and weighed the case hospital. was kicked out of the US mili- for about six hours before return- Pence goes all in for Zeldin tary, and even prosecutors ing a verdict. Additional reporting by Georgett conceded the driver was hear- Roberts and Valentina Jaram Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin is parents’ rights in education & a adding former Vice President Mike Pence to the list of Republi- fiscal Conservative who will fight can leaders backing his campaign for governor ahead of the June 28 for lower taxes, less regulation & primary election. more freedom!” Pence tweeted “Proud to endorse @leezeldin for Governor of New York at the Wednesday night. @cpnys today! He’s a Lt Col in the Army Reserve, proud supporter of The former VP announced his our police officers, advocate for support for Zeldin at a Wednes- day event in Manhattan hosted by the state Conservative Party after previously hosting a fundraiser for him. Zach Williams
10 Neighbors heard Calif. New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com New video shows a One of the men in the Bronx gunman on a doorway is seen tumbling ‘torture’ scooter opening fire in to the ground and rolling broad daylight, striking a around on the sidewalk. Neighbors of a California pri- man on the sidewalk. vate investigator who allegedly Cops confirmed a 24- raped and tortured a woman for The 24-year-old victim year-old man was struck six months have revealed they was standing on Lafayette in the chest and taken to heard chilling screams for help Avenue near Rosedale Av- Jacobi Medical Center in and loud banging coming from enue in Soundview stable condition. the home — and repeatedly around 11:20 a.m. on called police. June 13 when two people A man in a dark-colored rolled up on a scooter, ac- T-shirt and shorts walking Peter Anthony McGuire, 59, has cording to cops and foot- in the street close to a pleaded not guilty to the rape, age released late Tuesday. nearby line of parked cars kidnapping and sodomy of a 22- can be seen ducking out year-old woman from January The clip shows at least of the path of fire as the through June after she moved four people standing on scooter passes him. into his Chino Hills home. the sidewalk, most near a doorway, when the The motive for the But neighbors who live on scooter whizzes by and shooting was unclear McGuire’s cul-de-sac told The the backseat passenger Wednesday and no arrests Sun they heard someone scream- opens fire multiple times. had been made. ing “for help” inside the home. Amanda Woods “Another neighbor . . . called police because he could hear the DCPI banging and he could hear screams for help,” one woman GOPer GuN fliP told the outlet. By Callie Patteson Rep. for Uvalde The legislation passed a key procedural hurdle in the Senate The woman claimed cops said Citing how he survived domes- backs reform bill on Tuesday, clearing cloture in a there was no “substantial evi- tic abuse as a child, Texas Re- 64-34 vote. If all 14 Republicans dence” for them to conduct a publican Rep. Tony Gonzales, school shooting last month. posted. As recently as January, who voted in favor remain in welfare check at the home, ac- who has a long history of sup- “School was my sanctuary the congressman accused “the support of the legislation when it cording to The Sun. porting the Second Amendment radical left” of looking to take is brought to an official vote, the and shooting down Democratic- from the chaos at home. Now I away Americans’ guns. bill will pass the 60-vote filibus- “I was told there was no way backed gun bills, vowed am 41, all grown up. Loving fa- ter threshold required in the for [the police] to pinpoint Wednesday to support the bipar- ther of six children. Served our “Not on my watch!” he tweeted 50-50 Senate. where the screams are coming tisan gun-reform legislation country in the Navy for 20 years, at the time. “Proud to defend from,” the neighbor continued, poised to pass in the Senate this led men and women in combat your Second Amendment.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck adding that McGuire was reclu- week. in Afghanistan and Iraq. I slay Schumer (D-NY) is expected to sive. wolves every day,” he continued. How many will join? hold a vote this week. “My name is Tony Gonzales Chino Hills police told The Sun and I am a survivor of domestic Gonzales noted that in Con- It is unclear how many Repub- While the legislation fails to in- the department had received abuse, my stepfather would gress it is his “duty to pass laws licans are expected to join Gonz- clude key measures sought by calls for service from neighbors come home drunk & beat on me that never infringe on the Con- ales in his support of the legisla- Democrats, it does provide fi- since the beginning of the year and my mother,” he wrote in a stitution while protecting the tion, but his stark shift could be nancial incentives for states to referencing a possible domestic Twitter thread Wednesday. lives of the innocent.” indicative of it passing with create mental-health programs disturbance. more bipartisan support than and implement “red flag” laws, “One night he decided that “In the coming days I look for- expected. requires expanded background “A deputy responded to each of wasn’t enough and shoved a ward to voting YES on the Bipar- checks for gun buyers under 21, the calls and no disturbance was shotgun in my mother’s mouth. I tisan Safer Communities Act,” he increases penalties for straw pur- substantiated,” cops said. was 5 at the time and not strong chases of firearms, and closes the enough to fend off the wolves,” so-called “boyfriend loophole,” “The house was quiet and no said Gonzales, who represents prohibiting unmarried romantic one answered the door during Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children partners convicted of domestic each of the calls.” and two adults were killed in a violence from getting firearms. Joshua Rhett Miller Hoopster had Knicks hopes The promising college hoopster fatally gunned down by a stray bullet in Harlem had dreams of playing for his hometown Knicks, his tearful grandma told The Post on Wednesday. “OMG, since 10 years old,” Patri- cia Smith, 71, said of her slain grandson, 21-year-old Darius Lee. “He had one more year of col- lege,” Smith said. “On his way onto the Knicks. He was a good kid. Everybody would tell you. “He’s well known as Darius Lee, number 23.” Lee was among nine people shot, though the only one to die, in Harlem early Monday at a party hosted by local rapper Troy “Rich” Rhymer. Oumou Fofana and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Miranda Devine 11 [email protected] New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Christopher Sadowski FOR a classic example of shoddy, Flight oF Fancy: Leftist minors, then authorities are negli- dishonest journalism that serves NPR explained away The Post’s gent about their welfare. as pure propaganda for the reporting on kid-migrant flights, Biden administration, look no fur- saying “youngsters” were sim- We have seen them picked up in ther than NPR’s attempt to discredit ply being reunited with relatives. buses that hurtle down Westchester our reporting on the secret flights highways at reckless speeds. ferrying illegal migrants from the avoid the bad optics of 3 million il- Customs and Border Protection and tion is releasing them so fast, there southern border to unsuspecting legal border crossings in their first the Department of Homeland Secu- is no way to verify their ages. We have seen them dropped off communities around the country. 16 months (to May). rity about the flights last year after after midnight at service areas off we were tipped off to the nocturnal We can see how the system can be the New Jersey Turnpike, where no NPR did not mention The Post in Charter planes from airlines such chicanery at the Westchester scammed from the case of the 24- one checks the bona fides of the so- Monday’s story, only its permanent as World Atlantic, iAero, Avelo and County airport. year-old Honduran immigrant bust- called sponsors who come to pick bugbear Fox News and Tucker Carl- new entrants Omni and Canada’s ed in Jacksonville, Fla., last October them up. son who admirably followed up, but GlobalX fly daily from border air- All queries were referred to the for allegedly murdering his so- the journalism it pooh-poohs is ours. ports such as Harlingen and El Paso, Department of Health and Human called sponsor. He had crossed the We have seen them dropped off at Texas, or Yuma, Ariz., to a town Services, which claimed the mi- border a few months earlier posing affordable-housing complexes in “Republicans and right-wing me- near you. grants it is flying around the coun- as an unaccompanied child. His Yonkers and The Bronx, with no dia . . . accuse the Biden administra- try are “unaccompanied children mug shot shows that only a mug chaperones outside to ensure their tion of organizing secret migrant Luke Rosiak at The Daily Wire [who] passed through the West- would believe him. safety. flights . . . but NPR’s Joel Rose re- has just compiled data on nearly chester airport en route to their fi- ports that rhetoric is often at odds three dozen charter planes believed nal destination to be unified with I’ve watched illegal migrants get The administration and agencies with the facts.” to have been deployed to move ille- their parents or vetted sponsor.” off these flights in White Plains and have stonewalled The Post’s efforts gal migrants in a conveyer-belt op- a significant number look to be in to report on this migrant-dispersal Really? eration in the dead of night to small But if an illegal migrant claims to their late teens to early 20s. The operation. They moved planes to A single source was interviewed, airports as far afield as California, be 17 and has thrown away their youngest might be 16. Most are male the other side of the tarmac at a migrant activist. Iowa, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, documents, as people smugglers ad- — the cheap-labor demographic. White Plains to stop us photograph- NPR assured listeners there’s Florida and New York. vise, how do we really know how ing them. The charter buses from nothing unusual about the surge in old they are? The Biden administra- But even if you take the Biden ad- J&F Tours covered over their logos. illegal migration, and all that’s hap- The Post asked the White House, ministration’s word that they are all pening with these late-night charter But it doesn’t take much to stop flights is kids are being reunited Biden’s butlers at NPR from report- with their parents, which suppos- ing one of the biggest abuses of edly was routine under the Trump power in this country. administration. “Federal officials say that flights Joe’s propaganda arm carrying migrant children happen at all hours and that they don’t release The reason the administration information about the children on gets away with facilitating an inva- board to protect their privacy. Biden sion over the southern border is be- officials say all of this was the same cause of media incuriosity, just like during the Trump administration,” what happened with Hunter Biden’s the report said. laptop. Crossings quadruple The Fourth Estate has become a propaganda arm of the regime, as Sorry, but there is nothing routine former White House press secre- about 240,000 illegal migrants cross- tary Ari Fleischer says in his blister- ing the border in a month. That’s a ing upcoming book: “Suppression, city the size of Buffalo or Toledo. Deception, Snobbery, and Bias: Why the Press Gets So Much It’s an exponential increase since Wrong — And Just Doesn’t Care.” Joe Biden dismantled Trump-era border protections. Illegal crossings Among the gems he uncovers is quadrupled in his first two months. the political affiliation of the White And he has 29 months left. House press corps, “the elite of the elites,” who set the national agenda. His administration has become efficient at hustling illegal immi- Of the 49 reporters in the White grants from the border and out to House briefing room on June 7, 2021, the rest of the country so as to Fleischer found that “by a ratio of 12:1, the seats were occupied by Democrats.” And boy does it show. As excruciating details Uvalde cops reflect formed the most radical ‘enDorSe DeS, Don!’ emerge of cop inaction in on Biden policies anti-police ticket in US chances of recovering that Uvalde, Texas, there’s an history. Yet today he is As a new survey of New greatness may be slipping obvious culprit: the This is not to make It’s not just the failures of warmly embraced by police Hampshire voters shows away because of Trump’s deliberate disempowerment excuses for the cowardice aberrant individuals. It’s the unions like the National Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, childish narcissism. His of police by Democrats and incompetence of police failure of the entire system, Fraternal Order of Police 43, ahead of Donald Trump, hatred of Brian Kemp may across the country after the and their leaders during the deliberately caused, right whenever he wants to use 76, reader Pat from well be his undoing, and the George Floyd riots. Uvalde school massacre. from the top. cops as props in his farcical Rochester weighs in on the fact that he beats Biden by a But there is also a deeper posturing as a “moderate.” GOP dilemma: “Donald mere 2 points shows how All proactive action reason for what seems an Joe Biden slyly played He has really never been Trump was probably one of many former supporters ground to a halt because of unfathomable betrayal of footsies with Defund Police moderate or pro-police, just the best captains ever to have tired of his ego . . . If unjust, capricious new the children at Robb activists in his party during a weather vane promoting guide the great ship Trump is more concerned standards. You can see it on Elementary that day, and it the 2020 campaign. With whatever policies and America. His policies, based with revenge than with the street every day in a affects us all. Kamala Harris, who helped postures will most benefit upon a solid business ousting our true enemy, we disengaged, risk-averse bail out violent rioters, he him. acumen, assured one and all are doomed . . . NYPD that is a shadow of that the US was, once again, its former mighty self, Now the complicit police a force to be reckoned with. “I wish he would endorse especially after cops were unions need to own the Ron DeSantis.” stripped of qualified mess he created and help “But now I fear our immunity. him fix it, fast.
12 bidenflation New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com AP Fed: JAMES Fuelish BOVARD BS from gasbag IN the latest episode of his in chief “Not My Fault” policy soap opera, President Biden re- Two months ago, Biden re- According to Biden Secretary pretty please: peated his charge that high portedly chewed out his staff of Energy Jennifer Granholm, President Biden wants gas gas prices are Russian leader after his Iowa biofuel publicity high gas prices are a “compel- Vladimir Putin’s fault. Unfortu- event “exaggerated ethanol’s ling case” for Americans to buy stations to lower prices. nately, the only gas was in ability to cut gas prices and electric vehicles (which cost an Biden’s words. could harm his climate goals.” average of $55,000). President Biden on Wednes- it a “gimmick” as Democratic day urged Congress to suspend Gas remains almost $5 a gal- Biden said he supported While the president deliv- federal gas taxes for three primary foe Hillary Clinton was lon nationwide and analysts other proposals by Democratic ered his awkward pitch, Fed- months amid record-high pri- predict $6 a gallon is coming. A members of Congress to curtail eral Reserve Chairman Jerome ces — while demanding that calling for it in April 2008. Rasmussen poll found that just gas prices. Does that include Powell demolished one of gas stations slash prices “now.” 11% of voters blame Putin for the push by House Speaker Biden’s chief talking points House Speaker Nancy Pe- gas prices; almost five times as Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for fed- during testimony Tuesday on Biden said federal taxes — many blame Biden. eral price controls over gaso- Capitol Hill. Sen. Bill Hagerty 18.4 cents a gallon on gas and losi (D-Calif.) has warned that line? Does Team Biden believe (R-Tenn.) asked him: “Would 24.4 cents on diesel — should Another Rasmussen poll that shortages and long lines at you say that the war in Ukraine be waived until September, but it would have limited effect on found that only 27% of likely gas stations will make voters is the primary driver of infla- the idea may not pass the Sen- voters approve of Biden eco- grateful? tion in America?” ate, where at least two Demo- prices — and that most of the nomic policies and 74% believe crats say they aren’t on board. the economy has “gotten Vote-buying? Powell replied, “No. Inflation savings would end up being worse” during his presidency. was high, certainly before the “By suspending the 18-cent The White House is also con- war in Ukraine broke out.” gas federal gas tax for the next pocketed by oil companies Biden portrayed himself sidering distributing “Biden 90 days, we can bring down Wednesday as a consumer sav- Bucks” to consumers — debit- Regardless, Biden sought to the price of gas and give fami- and retailers. ior for proposing to suspend style cards with direct monthly absolve all the economic dam- lies just a little bit of relief,” the 18-cent-a-gallon federal payments to help people cover age he is inflicting on Ameri- Biden said in an afternoon In a Wednesday statement, gasoline tax for 90 days. higher gasoline prices. That cans as the price of “defending speech near the White House. proposal is stymied by a short- freedom” in Ukraine. Pelosi said, “We will see He said the US government age of computer chips, not by The notion of a gas tax holi- could afford to suspend gas White House concerns about Next up on Biden’s schedule day is something Biden’s where the consensus lies on a taxes (which finance highway further fueling inflation or any is his “Begging for Barrels” former boss, President Barack repair) because the federal def- scruples about shameless vote- visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Obama, derided when he first path forward for the Presi- icit declined last year. He didn’t buying. ran for the White House, calling mention that the deficit is $1 Biden will momentarily cease dent’s proposal in the House trillion this year and will surge Biden portrayed oil compa- pirouetting as the World Savior in the coming years. nies as nefarious — if not of Democracy to beseech Saudi and the Senate.” treacherous — because gaso- Arabia’s brutal rulers to rescue Plan won’t fly line prices do not fall as soon as him by boosting oil output to With the idea facing long oil prices decline. drive down gasoline prices. At least there were upbeat odds, Biden on Wednesday graphics for Biden’s spiel, in- Does Biden want a tempo- Unfortunately, Biden prefers cluding a banner block quote rary burst of gas and oil pro- seeking favors from tyrants to turned his focus on individual and a small gas can: “Plan to duction until after the midterm reforming his policies that cre- lower gas prices by at least $1 elections, after which his ad- ate so many perverse incen- gas station owners, urging the per gallon.” ministration continues its cam- tives here. paign to banish fossil fuels? small businesses to immedi- The White House p.r. team James Bovard is the author of should have added a drawing of 10 books and a member of the ately “bring down the price a purple cow jumping over the USA Today Board of Contri- moon. It is just as likely as butors. you are charging at the Biden delivering $1-a-gallon re- lief. pump.” Lee Brown A White House economic ad- and Steven Nelson viser summarized the adminis- tration’s struggle on gas prices: “They’re fighting about narra- tive rather than fighting about substance . . . Nobody thinks there’s going to be a compelling solution.” Biden dazzled listeners with a list of steps he has taken to purportedly reduce gasoline prices, including mandating the sale of gasoline with 15% ethanol. At that point in the spiel, the television screen flashed a pic- ture of a John Deere tractor in a field — guaranteed to harvest dozens of votes in Iowa. En- gines in older cars can be per- manently wrecked by 15% etha- nol but that’s a small price to pay for temporarily boosting Biden’s approval rating.
bidenflation 13 It’s not putIn New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Inflation was high before — certainly before the war in Ukraine broke out. — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vs. Putin’s price hike hit hard . . . high gas prices, energy and food prices accounted for half of monthly price increases. — President Biden Getty Images AP By SteveN NelSoN Dems= Americans who live in states in tax analysis. war in Ukraine. And so that part higher governed by Democrats are pay- Americans living in red states of inflation would be certainly Federal Reserve Chairman Jer- taxes much lower than it is without the ome Powell on Wednesday broke ing on average higher gasoline pay 26 cents per gallon in tax on war in Ukraine,” Powell said. with President Biden’s repeated taxes than their peers in average, IGEN figures show. attempts to blame Russian Presi- GOP-run jurisdictions, ac- The Federal Reserve, mean- dent Vladimir Putin’s invasion of cording to the latest fig- IGEN’s figures were cited by while, is increasing interest rates Ukraine for the highest inflation ures, with New York, Newsweek. in an attempt to rein in inflation. in 40 years. Pennsylvania and Califor- nia imposing the biggest New Yorkers pay the most at the Republicans, centrist Demo- Powell, confirmed by the Sen- levies on motorists. pump in taxes — 94 cents per gal- crats, Amazon/Washington Post ate last month to a second term as Those who live in blue states lon when factoring in gasoline, owner Jeff Bezos and — on at chairman, explained to the body’s sales and excise duties. Residents least one occasion — Biden him- Banking Committee that “infla- pay on average 29 cents per gal- of Alaska pay the least, 9 cents. self have said massive govern- tion was high before” the Feb. 24 lon in state gas tax, according to ment spending helped spur infla- Russian invasion of Ukraine, IGEN, a company that specializes New York suspended its gas tax tion, including last year’s $1.9 tril- which increased global food and earlier this month. Ariel Zilber, lion American Rescue Plan Act. energy prices. with Post Wires Other nations fare better Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) elic- ited the remark from Powell at a it had risen to 7% — a fivefold in- Hagerty replied. “The Biden ad- energy, and food prices ac- The 8.6% US inflation rate in committee hearing after laying crease. Now, since the war in ministration seems to be intent counted for around half of the May was higher than in many out the fact that inflation grew Ukraine began in late February, on deflecting blame and as re- monthly price increases,” Biden other Western countries. The Eu- higher over the course of 2021. the rate of inflation has risen in- cently as just this past Sunday said in a statement this month rozone’s average was 8.1%, Ca- crementally another 1.6% to a spread the misinformation that after data showed annual US in- nada reported 7.7% and South Ko- “I realize there are a number of current level of 8.6%. So again, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is the flation reached 8.6% in May from rea reported 5.4%. factors that play a role in the his- from 7% to 8.6%.” ‘biggest single driver of inflation.’ 8.3% in April. toric inflation that we’re experi- I’m glad you agree with me that A study released in late March encing — supply chain disruptions, Hagerty asked Powell, “Given that is not the truth.” In response to questioning from by researchers at the Federal Re- regulations that constrain supply, how inflation has escalated over the Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) serve Bank of San Francisco said we’ve got rising inflation expecta- past 18 months, would you say that For months, the White House Wednesday, Powell said fuel and that in the final quarter of 2021, tions and excessive fiscal spending, the war in Ukraine is the primary has sought to brand the highest food prices clearly were influ- about 3 percentage points of US but the problem hasn’t sprung out driver of inflation in America?” inflation since 1981 as “Putin’s enced by the war in Ukraine — inflation — roughly half of it at the of nowhere,” Hagerty said. price hike.” even if most of the annual jump time — may have been caused by “No, inflation was high before in prices was unrelated. government pandemic spending. “In January of 2021, inflation — certainly before the war in “Putin’s price hike hit hard in was at 1.4%. By December of 2021, Ukraine broke out,” Powell said. May here and around the world: “The increase in commodity [email protected] high gas prices at the pump, prices is clearly connected to the “I’m glad to hear you say that,”
New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com14 Heard hunkers in Hamps Page AMBeR Heard may be hanging out in one makeup. Everyone left her alone.” still stand with you, sissy.” Six® of the wealthiest enclaves in the country, but But Heard isn’t burying her head in Häagen- Heard, who was mercilessly vilified on so- — fresh off her epic court loss to ex-husband Ian Johnny Depp — she seems to be keeping Dazs after the brutal case. We’re told they cial media, was ordered to pay Depp $8.35 mil- Mohr things majorly low-key. spied her picking up “Cheerios, Diet Coke and lion in damages. Sources previously told The cauliflower.” Post that she is “broke” due to hefty legal fees. [email protected] The actress, who was spotted last week shopping at the T.J.Maxx in Bridgehampton, Along with her outing to T.J.Maxx, Page Six Heard has called the outcome a “setback” for Oli Coleman was also seen picking up some items from up- previously spotted her dining at Greek restau- victims of domestic violence. scale grocery store Citarella in Southampton. rant Calissa in Water Mill with her sister, [email protected] Whitney Henriquez, and Henriquez’s two “To my dying day, I’ll stand by every word of There, the “Aquaman” star chatted up the children. my testimony,” she recently told “Today’s” Sa- Mara Siegler fishmonger while picking out salmon, a spy vannah Guthrie. She also stated that Depp’s told us. But otherwise, she “wasn’t talking Henriquez has been by Heard’s side “lawyer did a better job at distracting the jury [email protected] with anyone.” throughout Depp’s defamation case against from the real issues.” her. She testified in their inflammatory trial Carlos Greer “She was very unassuming,” said the fellow that she witnessed Depp beating Heard. After Depp, meanwhile, just announced a tour shopper. “She was very Hamptons casual. No the verdict, Henriquez posted on Instagram, “I with his band with Alice Cooper and Joe [email protected] Perry, the Hollywood Vampires. Tashara Jones Bum Rusch’ Hookup Stew [email protected] POPULAR Montauk spot WELL, she does know Ruschmeyers has lost its about domestic bliss. At a Ray’s originals temporary liquor license for Mario Badescu event honor- breaking stipulations laid ing Martha Stewart, women THAT’S one way to test out out by the State Liquor Au- flocked in droves to fellow at- new material. Ray Romano thority, including the “no tendee Peter Weber, of brought his comedy shtick to dancing” rule. The hotel- “Bachelor” fame. Stewart neighborhood kids while picking restaurant was granted the (above) had to bail due to a up food at Made in New York provisional license in May COVID diagnosis, but it felt Pizza on the Upper West Side, we with a number of caveats like she was “playing match- hear. After ordering slices, the due to issues the Town of maker from afar,” a spy told Queens native and “Everybody East Hampton had with the us. “It felt like a second shot Loves Raymond” star turned to a space last year. A rep for the at love. [Weber] arrived early bunch of kids and asked, “Why SLA told Page Six they “re- and stayed until the very end, do you think they call it Made in ceived a referral from the and different groups of New York Pizza? We know where East Hampton Police De- women were coming up to we are! Isn’t it obvious?” A spy partment that on June 10, an him all night.” He posed for told Page Six Romano “had them officer responding to an un- photos and chatted up the la- take all these wild guesses and ruly patron at Ruschmeyers dies at the Oak Room at the they were cracking up. It was hi- documented patrons danc- Plaza event, and a source larious. You could tell it was his ing in two separate areas in- overheard him “jokingly say- night off.” Romano made his di- side the establishment, in ing he’s a big fan of Martha rectorial debut at the Tribeca violation of their approved Stewart’s cookbooks.” Festival with his film “Some- temporary retail permit.” where in Queens” this month. Additionally, one of the stipulations for the venue, which is now supposed to be operating “strictly as a restaurant,” was that they could have “background re- corded music only (for ex- ample, no DJs).” Ruschmey- ers could not be reached for comment. We hear a full li- quor license for the busi- ness is currently pending. Pitt to quit? On ‘last leg’ GUESS life can be the pits even for superstars. Brad Pitt teased in a candid new interview that he is nearing retire- Charged as adult ment after more than 30 years in the entertain- “TEEN Mom OG” star Farrah Parents ment industry. The still-blond, grizzled vet- oFnolTlowwittuesr Abraham was charged with bat- get the Mun-ey tery for allegedly slapping a shot: Olivia Munn eran, 58, told GQ: “I consider myself on my guard outside a Hollywood club and John Mulaney last leg . . . This last semester or trimester. in January. She has an arraign- stroll with their ment today, according to court 7-month-old hidden What is this section gonna be? And how do docs obtained by Page Six. Abra- away from prying @PageI wanna design that?” Well-seasoned Pitt, ham (above), 31, is facing up to a eyes outside the year in prison and a $2,000 fine. Bowery Hotel. who began acting at 22, has starred in Her arraignment appears on the iconic films such as “Fight Club,” “Money- Six criminal case calendar of LA’s Su- ball” and the “Ocean’s Eleven” series — perior Court — but her lawyer told the US Sun: “Ms. Abraham clips of which will no doubt be played during committed no crime, and is, in fact, the victim in all of this.” his impending lifetime-achievement award cere- TheImageDirect.com monies as he bows out of the spotlight. “I’m one of those creatures that speaks through art,” he said. “I just want to al- ways make. If I’m not making, I’m dying in some way.” Deep! Although, despite “retiring,” the Oscar winner may actually be living longer: He’s stopped smoking. Pitt told the mag he decided to quit during the pandemic because he’s “at that age when nothing good comes from it.”
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New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com16 She’s a ‘Smooth’ operator Appealing court miere for a movie my com- Altaring their relationships pany made. I’m really JUDGE Judy, CBS-TV’s top ACdinadmys proud. But I’ve learned JUNE. Month of I Do’s. Wonderbra model Eva Herzi- star and earner for 25 years, Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images it’s OK not to have ev- Pierce Brosnan: “My Irish gova didn’t recognize Bon Jovi just won her eighth Emmy. EVERYBODY’S got a camera. erything figured out all wedding made me cringe. I drummer Tico Torres when Now on Amazon’s network So everybody’s taking pictures. the time. That’s also sold the saga to ‘Hello’ maga- they first met. “He told me he “because I’ll never retire and So everybody’s making movies. kind of what the zine . . . Downside was wor- was a roofer. Also he upholstered my legs are too short to be a More people now make movies movie is all about. It’s chairs. I believed him until in his ballet dancer” is still the same than see them. Shove producers a coming-of-age rying about looking foolish office days later I saw these Bon Judge Judy. Changed only is and directors. Today the actors movie.” which we probably did Jovi posters and said, ‘One of the hair and robe. Unchanged are making the movies. except this made it these guys looks like you.’ ” Later is her mouth, brain and star- Like for what comfortable money- she must’ve said other things be- dom. Last week for her very Dakota Johnson’s newie is age? wise. If I hadn’t done cause he’s now her ex-husband. first season on Amazon she “Cha Cha Real Smooth.” With that deal I’d have had won another Emmy. And what that name you shouldn’t figure “Whatever to pay for the lot of it Antonio Banderas about was TV’s No. 1 major attrac- it’s another “Casablanca.” Could age you’re at. myself.” Melanie Griffith: “It was the tion doing at exactly that mo- maybe be “A Wizard of Odds”? It’s set in Pamela Anderson giggle. I’d heard her laugh and it ment when she heard the They all want to produce. She New Jersey on ex-husband always made me smile. She even news? produced it. Surprise surprise! so this is the Tommy Lee: “We giggles in big moments like She also stars in it. The film pre- closest festi- met New Year’s Eve when I proposed!” That laugh Home. Playing gin. miered at Tribeca Film Festival. val unless 1994. He came up, may have stopped because there’s one in grabbed me and they’re now unmarried. NYC ladies handbook: Two Dakota: “Crazy to have a pre- Jersey I don’t licked my face. I kinds of men exist — foreign know about. thought he was a On their first date Warren and domestic. The company nice guy and Beatty invited Annette Ben- you keep should be franchise, This has gave him my ing to make a baby with him. corporate or subsidiary. The “Cha-Cha’d” phone number.” He said: “We didn’t even date standard? The gold standard. into theaters Three years later before we married. At the end Entertainment? A man and his and onto when he stopped of seeing a movie I asked if she money make a nice party. The AppleTV+. licking her face she wanted to have dinner and husband? One who’s tall, dark, left him and that old make a baby. She said yes — and has a bank account — and a Dakota phone number. we did that night.” And they’re strong will — made out to you. Johnson stars still married. It’s 30 years. in and produced Only in New York, kids, “Cha Cha Real only in New York. Smooth,” out now. Early detection is your best protection. Are you overdue for a cancer screening? General Screening Recommendations Breast Cancer: Ages 40-74 Cervical Cancer: Ages 21-65 Colon Cancer: Ages 45-85 Lung Cancer: Ages 50-80 If you smoke or smoked Get back to your routine cancer screenings. Talk to your provider about your health and family history to see when to screen. Visit nyc.gov/health and search Cancer Prevention to learn more.
17 Ne-Yo might have New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.comSTREAM IT been a no-go Marcus Ingram/Getty Images OR Growing up in Las Vegas, singer-song- Rihanna and, of course, Beyoncé, writer Ne-Yo, a k a Shaffer Chimere Smith, whose anthem “Irreplaceable” he SKIP IT? was surrounded by tons of estrogen in the penned. He said it was inspired by one form of tourists, transient folks and even in of his aunts’ love lives, which included We'll help you decide! his own house. Specifically, the now-42- a string of boyfriends. Scan the code above year-old lived with his mother, sister, to get our email newsletters grandmother and five aunts. on what to watch. “Not a lot of testosterone to this house,” DECIDER.COM he told me on this week’s “Renaissance Man” episode. He said it taught him to be a good listener. “But this is where I fell in love with an independent woman, because these were the kind of women that were going to get up and get their hands dirty if they needed to.” He attended a performing-arts high school in Sin City but said he did get into some trouble when he was coming of age. “I started being a knucklehead a little bit, get- ting in trouble, doing stupid stuff. And that’s when my mom made me start writing. It started out as journal entries and then even- tually transformed into songs.” We can thank his mother’s disciplinary measures for the Ne-Yo we know today. The man is known for wearing many hats, literally and figuratively. He has his own hits and he’s written for major singers, many of whom go by only one name: Mario, He’d love a gander at Drake He still has a few folks on his collabo- hits “Take a Bow” and “Unfaithful.” ration bucket list, but at the top is “When I first met Jay, Rihanna is one Drake. “Been a huge fan of Drake since the beginning. I’m really impressed of the first artists that he talked to me with just his writing ability, his rap abil- about. [Jay-Z said,] ‘So we got this ity. Nothing the dude can’t do. I’d be young lady, she’s from Barbados,’ say- anxious to see what a Ne-Yo-Drake song ing she has a really dope energy.” He sounds like.” Ne-Yo had a hand in Ri- added that “I met her when she was hanna’s early success; Jay-Z introduced still a kid,” and it makes him uncom- the pair and he wrote her mid-2000s fortable when friends comment on her sex appeal. To thine own musical self be true The Vegas-reared artist is now based out some wisdom for aspiring entertainers. of Atlanta and is part of that music scene developed by LA Reid and Babyface. “I’ll put it to you this way: If there’s a He talked about his own evolution with thing about you or a thing that you do record labels who wanted to put him in that anyone has ever made fun of before, one box that he didn’t see himself in. because it’s individu- The now-seasoned veteran reminded ally you, that’s your people that you don’t necessarily need a Scan the superpower. Figure record deal to get code to that out and use that. started. And he’s got listen to the Blow that up. Because Jalen Rose: I’m telling you, that’s Renaissance the thing. That thing Man podcast that separates you from everybody else,” he said.
18 SPECIAL REPoRT: FDNY To ADDICT New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com ‘If I start to turn blue . . . call 911’ Tragic tale of shoplifting, shooting up STORY and PHOTOS college before becoming an FDNY “After 9/11 they started giving stronger and he can get bundles of and decides to go in to start by STEPHEN YANG EMT in 2000. He worked in Mid- drug tests [to firefighters] because 10 bags for $80 or $90, and some- boosting. He walks quickly, his town and drove an ambulance out a lot of young kids were going out times as low as $40 or $50. gait bouncy, in studded Doc Mar- “I’m just going to do a quick of Bellevue Hospital on East 27th and drinking and driving and get- tens boots, tight black jeans and a shot, and then we’ll go in,” David Street. “I loved it, it was great, but I ting into fights with cops at bars,” The decades-long national crisis sheepskin jacket over a black and says. We are sitting outside wanted to become a fireman. It he tells me, not mentioning his of drug use and overdoses is white tie-dye T-shirt. Mall secu- Queens Place Mall in Elmhurst, in was more daring. It was more what own arrest. He tested positive for echoed in David’s own history. rity sees him coming, mostly be- a dark corridor that wraps around I wanted to do, dealing with life- cocaine, and the FDNY doctor cause of his pace and the way he’s an aging, brutalist coliseum. In- and-death situations. I would have gave him an ultimatum: Resign A CDC report found that the hunched over, but they don’t en- side, a mixture of mostly middle- retired this year.” with three-quarters of his pension first wave of the current overdose gage. class Hispanic and Asian kids or get clean. David said he chose crisis started in the 1990s stem- fresh out of school are looking at As a firefighter at Engine 76 on the latter but wasn’t able to stop ming from prescription opioids; A couple of levels up, outside clothes and shoes, meeting up West 100th Street in Manhattan, he doing drugs. the second wave began in 2010 Target, a uniformed NYPD officer with friends and milling about. helped deliver a baby in a bath- with heroin; and the most recent is talking to a female employee, room whose umbilical cord was After leaving the FDNY, David wave began in 2013 with signifi- and they pause when they see Da- David is here to steal items from wrapped around its neck. He says started working in construction cant increases in overdose deaths vid get off the escalator. The offi- a popular department store to sup- he saved the child’s life while his and began using “Roxies,” one of involving synthetic opioids, partic- cer’s eyes follow him as he enters port the 10-bag-a-day heroin habit partner froze in horror. David was the brand names for oxycodone, a ularly those involving illicitly man- the store. Once inside, David walks he picked up nearly 20 years ago. told he had a knack for this kind of powerful opioid prescription pain- ufactured fentanyl. around, perusing items and mak- work, and the gruesome scenes killer, which he says helped with ing his selections. He works “One more shot will calm the didn’t bother him. long hours of hard labor. High on boosting slowly, looping around the aisles, nerves, make it easier for me to acquiring a bag to put things in, steal, but I also want to do one be- But David also had run-ins with “I was getting the Roxies for 10 The US Department of Health then dropping items in as he cause if I get caught, I’m not sure the cops, and in 2004 he was ar- bucks a pill on the street, which is and Human Services says that in makes his way around various de- when I’ll be able to do another,” he rested for fleeing the police and a lot of money. It’s cheaper to do 2019 an estimated 10.1 million peo- partments. says as he sits on a concrete ledge striking one after a fight with a heroin,” he says. He estimates that ple age 12 or older had misused and begins to pull out his drugs. man outside a bar. heroin is generally three times opioids in the past year. Specifi- “I go mainly for electronics. I go cally, 9.7 million people misused for headphones, Bluetooth speak- Chasing his dreams Then & now: David Gonzalez, of Staten Island, was an EMT prescription pain relievers and ers, high-end hardware drives,” he and firefighter from 2000 to 2004 before getting hooked on opioids. 745,000 used heroin. says. “S--t, I can even get a laptop. Heroin is sold in glassine bags, The second thing is tools, the third tiny white semi-transparent envel- In 2020, drug-overdose deaths thing is high-end kitchen sup- opes that can be folded flat. Ten of were the highest in history at plies.” these envelopes are sold as a “bun- 91,000; 68,000 were opioid-related. dle,” often at a discount for vol- Officials blame the introduction of He’s not afraid of employees, ume. David’s bag is secured be- fentanyl for rising deaths, and in even asking them for directions, to tween two ID cards and as he care- New York state drug-involved which they oblige, eyes narrowed fully begins to open his wallet, he overdose deaths increased from on him. Once he has enough items nods off, his hand still clutching 3,617 in 2019 to 4,965 in 2020 — a in his bag, he makes a beeline for three or four orange-capped nee- 37% rise. the exit, purposefully finding one dles. A Newport cigarette he’d with no active checkout lines or been smoking burns between his David is not alone in funding his security. He goes for the elevator, fingers, getting perilously close to habit with shoplifting. Even as Al- but it’s slow to arrive so he finds the filter. bany laws and district attorneys an exit door to an elevated outdoor have lowered the consequences of parking lot, then to a stairwell that After a few minutes, he stirs, stealing, complaints from busi- takes him to ground level and out lights another cigarette and asks, nesses in New York City have onto the street. He walks with pur- “How long was I out?” risen 81%. Much of that crime is pose, long strides, clutching his fueling the drug trade. bag full of electronics. After a David Gonzalez, 42, was raised block or two of brisk walking, he on Staten Island and attended Outside Queens Place Mall, Da- smirks, “That was fun, wasn’t it?” Catholic school and two years of vid is too high to do another shot of heroin and eventually gives up
SPECIAL REPoRT: FDNY To ADDICT 19 spiral: A Post reporter New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com trails along with former fire- fighter David Gonzalez as he feeds his heroin addic- tion — including shooting up into a neck vein in a parking lot — by shoplifting at a Queens mall. “I go mainly for electronics. I go for headphones, Bluetooth speakers, high-end hard- ware drives,” says Gonzalez, who sells his loot for 25% of price tag in Midtown. This process is repeated over the He carefully unwraps the bag, of its disorganized nature, piles of street, yelling at him to stop, but with people with disabilities and course of the day. The goal is to get dumping bright red crystalline mismatched things and overstock David doesn’t break stride, calling speaks with the patience and com- $1,500 to $2,000 worth of items, powder into a bottle cap full of strewn about. out to them, “This is my stuff.” The passion of someone who has been which can be fenced at a Midtown bottled water, which he places on man yells back, “Oh yeah, that’s through it all. electronics store for a set amount the bench. The wind whips behind David takes a large leather duffel your stuff? The stuff you just took of 25% of the sticker price. us, but he seems unconcerned bag off a shelf and fills it with from the store?!” Then he turns to She first became aware of Da- about the cap being blown away, shirts, pants and underwear. He the woman, who appears to be his vid’s drug use when he became a Ultimately, David will get $500 his fingers and eyes engaged in the asks an employee where the True boss, and he says, “You’re not go- firefighter. His nose would be from this process and he explains: orderly ritual of mixing the heroin Religion jeans are, and he puts a ing to stop him?” dripping when he came over, and “I can probably spend $200 on and drawing it back up into the pair into the bag when no one is she presumed he was doing co- drugs and $300 I can pretty much needle through a cigarette filter. A looking. He works his way around She replies, defeated, “It’s not caine, but she started seeing it save; $200 of heroin can last more woman waiting for a bus sees us the store with ease and no one worth it.” progress to other drugs. She says than two days, but I got a girlfriend and her eyes widen, mouth agape. seems to notice. Once the duffel is the fire department sent him to re- and I’m generous to her, which I He feels her eyes on him and says, packed to the brim, he makes his A mother’s pain hab several times, but it didn’t shouldn’t be, but . . .” “Let’s go. Some people have is- way toward the door, when two take. sues,” and we go around the cor- employees, a young man and a David’s mom, Sandra, lives in a His money is a mess. Bills are ner to a quiet residential street woman, begin to quickly approach. modest apartment on the East Even now, Sandra says he’s enti- jammed into pockets in a haphaz- with tall buildings. He adjusts the Shore of Staten Island. Now re- tled to use FDNY health care and ard way. He loses cash, he finds sideview mirror of a parked car to They catch up to him by the tired, she worked for many years cash. It becomes clear it’s not a help him find a vein in his neck, front door, which leads to the See Tragedy on Page 21 precious thing to be guarded, but a into which he injects the bright red renewable source, a mere means to liquid. Once he’s done, he pushes an end. the mirror back to its original posi- tion. I’m expecting him to pass out I had been worried he’d ask me again like before, but this time the to pay him to follow him around, heroin is not as strong so he re- but he never does. Instead, he of- mains lucid and ready to go on to fers to buy me ice cream. “People the next store. are jealous. They work a week to make $1,500, I make it in three The second store is full of shop- days,” he says. pers, the low, steady sound of peo- ple milling about, clothes hangers Before David heads to the next being slid across racks and clack- store, he’s ready for another shot. ing against one another. The store We walk around the mall, trying to seems easier for stealing because find a quiet place away from peo- ple, and he settles in at a bus stop near the Long Island Expressway.
nypost.com20 SPECIAL REPoRT: FDNY To ADDICT New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 Going from hero Stephen Yang His story: David Gonzalez’s mom, Sandra, says the little boy from Staten Island who wanted to help others began to go downhill after his girlfriend left with their son (lower right) and he turned to her- oin. “His voice would change,” she says. “Not demon-possessed, but the drug possessed him. It would take over.”
SPECIAL REPoRT: FDNY To ADDICT 21 to a life on heroin New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com TraGedy from Page 198 OK. Another minute or two passes psychiatric resources, but she and a woman calls 911, and the par- “thinks he’s ashamed and he be- lieves in his own mind now that amedics soon arrive. They jostle he’ll never get back to who he was.” Sandra traces David’s heroin David awake and he somewhat use to his early 20s after he broke up with the mother of his son. snaps to, as if waking from a They had met at a club and began dating and getting high together. dream, rubbing his eyes. They When she got pregnant, she wanted them to get clean, but have him sit on a chair from a David couldn’t stop. She eventu- ally took their son and left him. Stephen Yang nearby cafe and ask him a series of “That was it. He was broken questions, which he answers luc- completely. From that point on, he really went downhill,” Sandra says. idly, but he’s slumping between When David started doing her- each one and they have to nudge oin, “His voice would change. Not demon-possessed, but the drug him a few times to keep him from possessed him. It would take over.” falling off the chair. Over the years, she has tried dif- ferent tactics, but in the end she One of the paramedics asks him has chosen acceptance rather than admonition. “There was a time to remember the number “7,” where I didn’t talk to him, thinking that’s going to work. But none of which he does, and they ask him to that worked. That’s baloney,” she says. “I’d rather be connected with repeat it to them a few times him and know his whereabouts.” throughout the conversation. They She says it was really difficult in the beginning, and David has OD’d warn David that he may fall asleep several times. One time in the hos- pital, a nurse took her aside and and never wake up, but ultimately told her to keep visiting him, as many parents stop coming as their he refuses to go to the hospital. At children descend into addiction. some point he realizes he doesn’t “Don’t give up on him,” the nurse said, and Sandra took it to have to stay and grabs his jacket heart. Instead of pushing him away, she tries to keep him close, and begins to rush off as if he’s late and they speak on the phone often. “I always remind him, ‘David, I for an appointment. The EMTs are love you. You know you have a good heart. But you have to stop. still trying to talk David into get- You’re going to kill yourself.’ But I don’t want to pressure him. If he ting help, but on their faces they tells me to stop, I stop because I want him to open up to me. I want have a resigned look that they can- him to be able to say whatever he feels, and I will give him the best not stop him or the many others advice I can.” like him, and soon we are off again. Looking through old photos of David, Sandra remembers the bet- I’ve never seen someone over- ter times. “When I saw some old pictures, that broke my heart, I dose and I nervously ask him at wanted to cry,” she says. “Because I saw him and I remembered that what point, if any, I should go get time, how nice it was for him, you know. It hit me hard. But I can’t him help. He says, “If I start to turn stay stuck in worrying or crying. I can’t do it. I have to be strong for Life goes on: David Gonzalez is aided by paramedics after shooting up, nodding off and falling uncon- blue, call 911.” him, and that’s how I see it. I scious in Midtown. With Gonzalez aware the EMTs have no authority to detain him, he’d soon just walk away. wanna be strong for him. And I al- ways want to be there for him. If there. Some people have to run says. “He has a good heart, but it’s shooting heroin at midday in Mid- No end in sight he ever gets sick, I wanna be right away. I don’t wanna run. I’m going all locked up. I’m just waiting for town is jarring and disturbing, Even though David frequently to face everything.” the day that it’ll come out.” even to the open-minded. Shortly nods off in public, he doesn’t live She says meeting at her church after I meet David, he wants to do on the street. He stays at a Safe Ha- with others who have similar Zero repercussions a shot, and so we stop just off 36th ven, a form of transitional housing problems with their kids helps Street and Broadway and he be- run by the city that allows him to ease the pain and anxiety. David has gotten caught stealing gins preparing the drugs on the check in once every third day in- “We talk,” she says. “Sometimes in the past and threatened by store ground. After injecting his neck, stead of daily like a traditional we’ll say to each other, ‘Will it ever security. Sometimes they go as far he hunches over to pack up his homeless shelter. Safe Haven end?’ It’s helpful to talk to others. as making him sign a document things and says, “Life ain’t so bad doesn’t force anyone to stay off We know addiction is very strong. saying he’ll be hit with stiffer char- right now,” and begins to collapse, drugs or even stop shoplifting. We just look at each other and ges if he returns. in slow motion, onto his jacket ly- Without an intervention, how long there’s nothing we can do, we just “Usually when they do that, I’ll ing on the ground. will it be before David dies be- have to wait it out and hope for the stay away for a while,” he says. He tries to speak, but his eyes cause of exposure, neglect or an best. We stay close, we stay in “Like a good while, a good six, close and he gets lower and lower overdose? The Department of prayer.” seven months I’ll stay away. Be- until he is folded over his legs, like Health estimates 187,000 New Sandra says her son’s experien- cause they mean that. Pretty sure a balasana, child’s pose. I don’t Yorkers suffer from drug addic- ces are challenging, but she hopes they mean that. Macy’s really know what to do, so I wait. After a tion. How many are stuck in the that one day there might be a way means that. They got their own jail minute or two I realize he might be same cycle as David? for him to help others with drug in there.” in trouble and begin to speak to As for David, he regrets not tak- addiction by drawing on his own He says that most days he steals him loudly, roughly shaking his ing the deal the FDNY offered him experiences. She still remembers only from larger stores, and when shoulder a few times, calling his — he could be earning a pension David as a good kid who collected we stop into a small mom-and-pop name. Office workers passing by now, and maybe life would be dif- turtles, loved the outdoors and cosmetics store to buy blue hair begin to gather and stare. I can see ferent. “I tried to get clean, but it didn’t want to hurt a soul, “not a dye, he’s polite and kind to the him breathing, his back rising and didn’t work, I wasn’t ready for it,” bug,” and who would wake up early woman at the register who’s eye- falling, but it’s hard to even see his David says. He pauses. “I’m still to go fishing but would throw back ing him warily. “You gotta pay for buried face, and I wonder if his not ready for it.” the fish because he couldn’t bear some things in life. You can’t just mouth and nose are blocked. He the thought of killing them. “He’s steal it all,” he says. mumbles an incoherent word or Editorial / Page 32 got a lot of love and patience,” she In Manhattan, seeing people two, but nothing that tells me he’s
22 Serial shoplifter free ‘Train’ing an ‘eye’ New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com on crime Steven Hirsch What? Serial shoplifter Lorenzo McLucas is in court Wednesday but was set free under bail-reform Transit officials have installed guidelines, despite lenient Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg (inset bottom) saying he should be locked up. hidden surveillance cameras on 65 subway cars in the past six weeks Despite Bragg wanting as part of a pilot initiative to test the technology’s effectiveness in recidivist behind bars solving crimes, The Post has By Tina Moore again and again cycle in and out found a pipe containing “crack- smash-and-go robberies in part- learned. and Ben Kesslen of jail, just to shoplift again,’’ cocaine residue” in his pocket, nership with business groups. Bragg had said in a June 17 state- according to his complaint. The cameras are not connected Even lefty Manhattan DA Alvin ment — two days before city Part of Bragg’s plan includes to a central server and cannot be Bragg wanted him behind bars. business owners revealed the McLucas was granted super- “focused deterrence,’’ meaning monitored 24/7, but are instead in- soft-on-crime DA assured them vised release by the judge. He his prosecutors will now ask for tended to be used by cops to pull A shoplifter with 122 busts un- he would launch a crackdown on has previously been convicted of at least pretrial detention for ac- evidence of crimes or other inci- der his belt was released on his such thefts. two felonies and 29 misdemean- cused thieves who have prior fel- dents that may occur under- own recognizance Wednesday ors. He also has 20 missed court ony convictions, multiple open ground. thanks to controversial bail-re- But even though the bust was appearances. His court-ap- cases and a history of skipping form laws Bragg typically de- McLucas’ 50th arrest this year pointed lawyer did not immedi- out on court dates. “There are two cameras per car,” fends — and the DA’s office told alone, he didn’t have any other ately return a request for com- NYC Transit president Richard The Post that even prosecutors open cases against him. ment. Bragg’s prosecutors will also Davey said. “It will record a loop would have asked for pretrial de- work to aggregate numerous for a period of time, and if there’s tention if they could. Since prosecutors can only re- His arrest comes just after misdemeanor charges to make an incident on a train, we can get quest bail on this sort of misde- Bragg announced his plan to try them a felony, according to busi- into that camera and get video.” In the latest reported case of meanor if the perp has other to curb rampant shoplifting and ness leader Kathy Wylde. lax city crime policies run amok, cases pending against him, theirs He said the MTA will “eventu- accused serial shoplifter Lorenzo and the judge’s hands were tied. Adams boost for Boldest ally” put up signage to inform rid- McLucas, 34, was nabbed for cilities. “This has been an ers and would-be criminals that stealing from the cosmetics “It’s f--king ridiculous,’’ a vet- Mayor Adams issued a de- agency that’s been ignored, this they are being watched. counter at a Duane Reade on eran NYPD detective told The fense of the Department of Cor- has been an agency that in spite Lexington Avenue in Midtown, Post. “They just keep letting him rection on Wednesday, telling of all the negative news, they MTA officials launched the initi- according to cops and court doc- out, and he does the same thing reporters “I am truly pleased come every day and do the job.” ative in the wake of the April 12 uments. again. with what I’m seeing” after two shooting at a subway station in detainees died within 48 hours A Board of Correction report Sunset Park, which called atten- Bragg’s office told The Post “I feel so bad for the people of each other this week. in May found staffing shortages tion to the authority’s extensive that it would have requested who own retail stores. What’s contributed to the first three in- camera network — and the fact it McLucas be detained if it could, the purpose anymore?” “I just want to take my hat off custody deaths of the year. didn’t extend to inside trains. keeping in line with the DA’s re- to the Boldest,” Adams said There have now been eight. cent announcement that he Records show McLucas was during a press briefing on Ri- Nolan Hicks, Gabrielle Fonrouge “Our goal is 100 train cars in this wanted to clamp down on serial charged with two misdemeanors kers Island after touring two fa- initial pilot [program], and if it shoplifters. for the Tuesday afternoon crime: goes well, then we’ll continue to petit larceny for shoplifting and install throughout the fleet,” Davey “We cannot accept a system criminal possession of a con- said. where individuals who shoplift trolled substance. MTA subway stations only be- Authorities believed they came fully equipped with security cameras in recent years, in re- sponse to rising crime rates in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. David Meyer NYPD tweaks solo patrols The NYPD’s new solo transit- patrol policy has already been updated, officials announced Wednesday, as officers will now be able to remain within eyesight of each other while working the city’s subway stations. The adjustment came just two days into the controversial initia- tive — and less than 24 hours after a detective was assaulted while patrolling the Pennsylva- nia Avenue station in Brooklyn on his own Tuesday night. “We are continuing with the solo-patrol concept by spreading officers out on posts but with the caveat that they be within sight of one another,” the NYPD said. Mayor Adams said the change was made after he spoke with po- lice union leaders. Nolan Hicks
23New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com DNA implicates locked-up NY/NJ serial killer By Kevin Sheehan and Snejana FarBerov Director’s Notorious convicted serial mur- NJ Department of Corrections freedom derer Richard Cottingham — bid denied known as the “Torso Killer” for the way he dismembered some of Director Paul Haggis will his victims — was charged remain under house arrest Wednesday with the 1968 slaying in Southern Italy while in- of a Long Island dance teacher vestigators look into the after being linked to the cold case sexual-assault allegations via DNA evidence. lodged against him, a judge ruled Wednesday. Cottingham, 75, is already serv- ing a life sentence without the Haggis, 69, who wrote and possibility of parole in New Jersey directed the Oscar-winning state prison for the brutal killings 2006 movie “Crash,” has of six young women between 1967 been detained since Sunday. and 1980. Authorities are probing The Nassau County district at- claims that he raped a Brit- torney and Nassau County police ish woman over the course on Wednesday announced the of two days last week. new murder indictment against Cottingham in the killing of 23- The woman, 30, was year-old Diane Cusick. found at Brindisi airport, looking “destroyed,” said a Authorities are also looking at flight attendant who es- Cottingham’s possible involvement corted her to authorities. in at least five other unsolved mur- ders in Long Island. DNA testing in Outside the courthouse in those cases was pending. the southern Italian town of Brindisi, where Haggis is Cusick’s daughter, Darlene, being held, his lawyer said thanked law enforcement for never he is innocent. giving up on her mother’s case. He has “answered all “I never thought I’d see this day,” questions” and “the sex he she said at a press conference fol- had with this woman was lowing Cottingham’s arraignment totally consensual,” said in Nassau County court. “I had Michele Laforgia. given up, but all these people got justice for me and for my mother.” Haggis is expected to be in court again next week for Cottingham appeared via video a pre-trial hearing, before Nassau County Court Judge Caryn Fink from his hospital bed Ben Kesslen, Wires at St. Francis Medical Center in New Jersey, where he has been un- ‘Slasher’s’ dergoing treatment for unspeci- sicko: Serial killer long priors fied ailments. Richard Cottingham (above and upon his 1980 The man accused of Dressed in a polka-dot hospital arrest, top inset), cur- gown and a yellow surgical mask, rently locked up for life slashing his girlfriend in the Cottingham confirmed for the for murdering six women judge that he was in poor health (flashback, near left), has face in a Manhattan subway and bedridden. now been charged with the 1968 slaying of Long station has done two stints Defense attorney Jeff Groder en- Island dance teacher tered a plea of not guilty to a Diane Cusick (far left). in state prison, is on life- charge of second-degree murder on Cottingham’s behalf. He is due the DNA database,” Donnelly said. time parole — and was out back in court Aug. 18. If convicted Last year, Cottingham confessed at trial, the octogenarian could be on bail in a pending gun looking at a sentence of 25 years to to murdering 17-year-old Mary life in prison. Ann Pryor and 16-year-old Lor- case, The Post has learned. raine Marie Kelly in New Jersey in ‘May be oldest DNA hit’ 1974. The convicted serial killer Billy Hernandez, 50, was admitted to kidnapping the teen- Nassau County District Attor- agers after offering to give them a charged with attempted ney Anne Donnelly detailed the ride, and then raping and torturing case against Cottingham at the them for three days before drown- murder in the attack Tues- press briefing that followed the ing them in a motel room bathtub. hearing. day on his 49-year-old gal around her mouth and neck. has been tied to unsolved Long Is- “We believe this may be the old- Officials said she had been raped land murders. That tip prompted pal at the Fulton Street station. est DNA hit to lead to a prosecu- the Nassau authorities to request tion in the United States,” she told and beaten before being strangled. that “certain evidence” be reexam- He was held on $500,000 reporters. Donnelly said that despite vigor- ined in the Cusick case. bail in the case at his Wednes- Diane Cusick, a dance teacher ous police work in the hours and In January 2022, a DNA profile and mom of one, had gone to Green days after Cusick’s murder, the was generated and uploaded to a day night arraignment. Acres Mall in Valley Stream after case had gone cold. national database, which pro- work on Feb. 16, 1968, to buy some duced a match. Hernandez was already shoes. When she failed to come Then in 2021, she said her office home that night, her father went to received information from law en- “That led us to Richard Cotting- facing a weapons charge the shopping center and discovered forcement in Suffolk County about ham, whose profile was already in his daughter dead inside her car, a suspect from New Jersey who stemming from a February with duct tape wrapped tightly gun battle with a foe, law- enforcement records indi- cate. Joe Marino and Larry Celona
24New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Shaq to strategic aid vics outpost: in Buffalo In the first hours of the invasion, as Russian Retired NBA star Shaq- warships closed in on uille O’Neal revealed he’s Snake Island in the donating proceeds from his Black Sea, Ukrainian upcoming gig in Buffalo to defenders radioed the the families of the 10 vic- Russians: “Go f--k tims who died in the mass yourselves.” shooting there last month. By Evan Simko-BEdnarSki The 50-year-old super- star, who ventured into the Ukraine forces launched an as- AP music scene under the sault that dealt a “significant” stage name DJ Diesel, told blow to Russian troops on Snake ‘Hit’ on Russian occupiers SiriusXM’s Swaggy Sie he Island — one of the first Ukrain- will pump up the jams at ian positions to fall in the opening in on the island and ordered its vulgar instruction to the Russians The tiny island guards the ship- his Bass All-Stars concert hours of the invasion, according to Ukrainian defenders to surrender. was echoed fewer than two weeks ping lanes into and out of the his- on Friday. And in true Shaq a new report. later on video by the soldiers who toric Ukraine city of Odessa, the fashion, he’s using it as an In what quickly became a battle sank a Russian ship. only major commercial port still opportunity to help others. Ukraine’s southern operational cry for Ukrainian troops, the bor- under Kyiv’s control. command said late Tuesday it had der guards stationed there radioed Folk heroes of war “I’m going to donate my counterattacked Russians on the back to the invaders, telling them Ukrinform reported that a Rus- proceeds to some of the Black Sea island, also known as to “go f--k [themselves].” The defenders of Snake Island sian naval detachment consisting family members that had a Zmiinyi Island, using “various for- — some of whom remain in cap- of four large landing ships and one tragic loss,” Shaq said. ces” that “inflicted significant Russian forces subsequently tivity — have become folk heroes submarine had recently been in losses” on Kremlin troops posi- bombarded and invaded the is- of the four-month war. the region. The gunman on May 14 tioned there, the Ukrainian outlet land, taking many Ukrainian de- unleashed a hate-fueled Ukrinform reported. fenders prisoner. “Russian warship, go f--k your- Tuesday’s assault on Snake Is- mass shooting at the Tops self” has since been emblazoned land was part of a larger Ukrainian Friendly Markets, in a pre- Ukraine’s military said it had de- Early reports indicated the sol- on T-shirts and on a Ukrainian push to take back territory on the dominantly black section stroyed Russian air defenses and diers defending Snake Island had postage stamp. war’s southern front, where Kyiv’s of Buffalo. radar systems on the island. It was died, and the episode became an southern command reported unclear Wednesday if Ukrainian early symbol of dogged Ukrainian But Snake Island’s importance is launching more than 100 artillery “If I see where there’s a troops had established a foothold resistance in the face of long odds. greater than Ukrainian morale. missions in the past 24 hours. need, I take care of it,” on the island or if the counterat- O’Neal said of his frequent tack involved only long-range fire. The Ukrainian border troops’ philanthropic efforts. Russian authorities dismissed The 7-foot-1 disc jockey the claims, with the Russian De- is no stranger to releasing fense Ministry saying its air de- club bangers. He put out fenses on the island repelled four rap albums in the ’90s, Ukrainian forces. including the platinum- selling “Shaq Diesel,” a Snake Island — a strategic outpost name that has crept up in on just 40 acres of rock sticking out recent years after his debut of the Black Sea — gained notoriety as DJ Diesel in 2015. in the opening hours of the war. As the Russian invasion began in ear- O’Neal’s gig comes on nest, two Russian warships closed the heels of his electric set at Governor’s Ball last weekend. Nika Shakhnazarova MTA settles access suit The MTA has settled a class-action suit with disa- bility advocates over its Vlad’s ‘Satan’ nuke-missile boast years-long and still-incom- plete efforts to improve ac- cessibility at city subway stations, officials said Wednesday. Transit officials are in the Russian President Vlad- Wednesday. “It is planned tal ballistic missiles. In May, the Kremlin said Aleksey Zhuravlyov, process of spending $5 bil- imir Putin bragged this that by the end of this year, “I suggest that aggres- threatened to deploy deputy chairman of the week that Moscow’s new- the first such complex will Satan-2 missiles to strike Russian parliament’s de- lion over five years to add est nuclear missile, be put on combat duty.” sors speak to us more po- Finland, the UK and the fense committee. dubbed “Satan-2” by litely,” Rogozin darkly re- US, after Finnish President elevators to dozens of sta- NATO, could be ready for Russia announced the marked at the time. Sauli Niinisto signaled his “If the United States deployment by year’s end. first test launch of Satan-2 country’s intention to join threatens our state, it’s tions — the largest invest- in April, and a month later, Satan-2 can carry 10 or NATO. good: Here is the Sarmat “The Sarmat heavy inter- Dmitry Rogozin, head of more nuclear warheads [Satan-2 missile] for you, ment in accessibility ever in continental ballistic mis- Russia’s state space and decoys, and has an es- “If Finland wants to join and there will be nuclear sile was successfully agency, Roscosmos, said timated range between this bloc, then our goal is ashes from you if you think a capital plan. tested,” he told graduates the nation’s arsenal will 6,200 and 11,800 miles, absolutely legitimate — to that Russia should not from Russia’s military soon include 50 of the new which would allow the question the existence of exist,” he added. MTA CEO Janno Lieber academies in Moscow on 14-story-tall intercontinen- Kremlin to hit targets any- this state. This is logical,” where on the planet. Snejana Farberov said Wednesday the author- ity had agreed to continue adding elevators and other accessibility measures at that pace until the entire system is covered — by 2055. David Meyer
Facebook 25New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Unmasking basheRs By Joshua Rhett MilleR Cops ID rowdies in mansion break-in Florida deputies have identi- AnimAl house: Hundreds of drunken revelers (above, fied some of the rowdy revelers Zillow for $7,950,000, was Dobridnia continued. right) who broke into a Florida mansion (top right) over the who busted into an $8 million trashed by an estimated 250 peo- “The videos are disturbing as weekend recorded themselves staging boxing matches (top) mansion while the owners were ple, Dobridnia said. and helping themselves to sports memorabilia (above, left). away and threw a wild party, au- well as telling . . . All these kids thorities said Wednesday. The “very down to Earth” fam- wanted to brag that they broke ily who lives there has two chil- into this house and showed a to- The Walton County Sheriff’s dren under the age of 10 and will tal lack of respect for anybody Office has “identified many of be pressing charges over the but themselves.” the kids” seen raging early Satur- party, which had been advertised day inside the Blackwater Street on social media for at least five Some of the partiers were iden- home in Watercolor, where the days, Dobridnia said. tified by their parents, school-re- partygoers set up a boxing match source officers or sheriff’s offi- in a foyer while downing booze Famly out of town cers, she said. and blasting loud music. “The family went out of town, No arrests had been made as of No names have been released but there was somebody in the early Wednesday. as investigators work to deter- house until Friday afternoon,” mine who stole items from the she said, adding that a backdoor The homeowners, meanwhile, home, including sports memora- was pried open prior to the feel violated, authorities said. bilia and a video game console, house takeover. sheriff’s spokeswoman Corey “They can replace their stuff, Dobridnia told The Post. “If you had a part in it, we but you cannot replace the peace would encourage you to come of mind after kids went into their “It could take this family weeks forward and take accountability,” bathrooms, tried on their to figure out what’s missing,” Do- clothes,” Dobridnia said. “You bridnia said. “It’s going to be dif- can’t put a price on a violation of ficult for them to know exactly privacy, and that’s what it is.” what was taken.” The five-bedroom, eight-bath- room estate, which is listed on Probe of new infant formula death Owner unRolls ‘Royce’ thieves Federal officials opened an sumer complaint sent to the plant that shut down in Feb- Burglars broke into an up- hood at around 4 a.m. June onto a computer and used investigation this month into agency in February. ruary amid a rash of bacte- scale Staten Island home, 12, then snatched keys to the luxury ride’s built-in another infant death possibly ria infections, worsening a swiped car keys and mo- the pricey ride, cops said. tracking device to locate linked to Abbott Laborato- “The investigation of this nationwide formula short- tored off with a $400,000 the vehicle in real time. ries — the nation’s largest most recent consumer com- age. Abbott’s Sturgis, Mich., Rolls-Royce convertible — The owner, identified baby formula manufacturer. plaint is in its preliminary plant closed and issued re- until its owner beat them at only as John, 38, was He then activated a re- stages and the agency will calls after the feds investi- their own game, cops said. awoken by an alarm and mote kill switch to disable The infant died in January provide an update as it learns gated four infections of in- spotted the bandits speed- the car’s ignition, stranding and had “consumed an Ab- more,” the agency said. fants fed formula made at The crooks threw a rock ing off in his 2017 Rolls- the thieves in Newark, bott product,” the Food and the plant. Two infants died. through the first-floor win- Royce Dawn. where they abandoned the Drug Administration said It was unclear what prod- dow of the home in the car. He later retrieved Wednesday, citing a con- uct the baby consumed, or Jesse O’Neill Lighthouse Hill neighbor- After making sure his it. Natalie O’Neill if it was tied to the Abbott family was safe, John logged
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If someone takes more of an things you clearly don't know every right to take a different interest in your personal life than geMiNi that much about. approach, and you have every cApricOrN you feel is proper make sure they (May 22-June 21) right to ignore them. There's no (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) know you're not happy about it. The Sun may have left your birth leO point wasting sensible It will pay you to follow the rules You don't have to get aggressive sign but Venus, planet of love, (July 24-Aug. 23) arguments on stupid people. to the letter today, especially on but you do need to draw a line moves in to replace it today, so This is the ideal time to let those the work front where a rival is over which they are not your feelings will be mellow and you have feelings for know how ScOrpiO watching your actions carefully permitted to step. maybe even romantic. 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31 The Poor Pay New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com EPA Dems ‘solve’ rising wages with more migrants Foreign desk: Is Putin Tied to US Refinery Blast? B ACK when Democrats were As Russia was close to invading Ukraine, “a cyber unit” of its GRU mili- the party of the working tary intelligence “conducted targeting-reconnaissance operations against” man, they would have wel- liquefied natural gas company Freeport, reports the Washington Exam- comed news that low-wage iner’s Tom Rogan, citing two sources. “On June 8, Freeport LNG suffered workers were in a position to de- an explosion” at a major export terminal in Texas — “spiking already soar- mand higher pay. ing European gas prices” and “reinforc[ing] Russia’s ability to hold gas sup- plies to Europe” hostage. Recall that “U.S. energy networks are a very high- Not anymore. priority target” for Russian intelligence. And “if Russia is responsible,” Whether under President Do- then it “breached explicit warnings from President Joe Biden against criti- nald Trump or in today’s tight la- cal infrastructure attacks. Technically, it would also have conducted an act bor market, the left’s transforma- of war on U.S. soil. The question is: Will we ever know what happened?” tion into the party of large corpo- rations and the professional-man- Conservative: Prez’s ‘Ignorant’ Class Warfare agerial class is evident from its discomfort with low-wage work- National Review’s Jim Geraghty demolishes President Biden’s claim ers being able to raise their earn- that buying a yacht “doesn’t help the economy a whole lot”: Almost all the ings. Before COVID, the Trump yachts bought by Americans in any year are US-made “by an industry es- folks proved we could combine timated to be about $3.2 billion.” US marine manufacturing supports rapid economic growth with re- 691,000 jobs and 35,000 businesses, per the National Marine Manufactur- duced immigration — creating a ers Association; the Commerce Department links $31 billion in output and tight labor market in which work- 4.3 million jobs to “recreational boating and fishing.” Millionaires who ers, especially those in the lowest- buy yachts aren’t the ones who build or maintain them. “This is ignorant, paying jobs, were able to increase knee-jerk class warfare” from “a man who owns four houses,” including a their real (inflation-adjusted) pay $2.74 million, “4,800-square-foot vacation home” in Rehoboth Beach, Del. for the first time in generations. The immigrant population con- A coming caravan: Migrants pass through Mexico on their way to America. tinued to grow under Trump, of course, but much slower than un- Of course, the main reason for Complaints about increasing Liberal: Eric Adams Might Be ‘All Talk’ der his predecessor. We estimate today’s inflation is the govern- pay for workers may be more un- that the total foreign-born popula- ment printing too much money. derstandable from Fwd.us, the “ ‘I’m the mayor’ is a phrase Eric Adams says frequently,” notes New tion (legal and illegal) grew by an Better pay for maids and land- awkward name of Mark Zucker- York magazine’s Errol Louis. “It’s as if Hizzoner senses a need to make average of 42,000 a month under scapers plays virtually no role; berg’s mass-immigration lobby in sure his authority is recognized and respected.” Is it? “The early read is: Trump before COVID, compared even huge pay cuts for lower-paid Washington. It promoted the im- not really” — especially on crime, with 45% of New Yorkers rating “his workers through big increases in migration increases in President performance as poor” on public safety. His “effort to re-create the pre- MarK KriKorian immigration could have only the Biden’s Build Back Better pro- COVID economy . . . may be an outdated model.” Indeed, “it’s not clear most trivial effect on inflation be- posal by touting complaints from whether Adams has the wherewithal to address” concerns on crime or with 76,000 a month in President cause less-skilled workers just academics and others about in- the economy. But “a majority of the same New Yorkers who are panning Barack Obama’s second term. don’t account for very much of creased worker leverage, quoting his performance say . . . they like his style. That means we’re in for a lot gross domestic product. one professor: “People will bid up more situations where Adams [is] definitely going to let us know who’s That slower immigration had wages in order to deal with the calling the shots.” tangible results: In late 2019, But that’s not stopping impor- shortages of workers.” But again, if after 40 years of stagnant or fall- tant voices on the left from warn- less immigration results in higher Ukraine beat: Break Vlad’s Grain Blockade ing real wages, the bottom 10th ing that blue-collar workers have pay, doesn’t that mean Fwd.us’s of workers saw their earnings to be put in their place through frequent assurances that mass im- The 25 million tons of grain trapped by Russia’s jump 7% from the year before immigration-driven pay cuts. migration doesn’t harm American while full-time workers without workers are false? blockade of Ukraine are part of a plan by Vlad- a high-school degree got a hefty University of California econo- 9% raise — both far above the mist Giovanni Peri is a favorite of In fact, immigration-pushers imir Putin, Seth Cropsey explains at The Wall low inflation at the time. the open-immigration crowd and know perfectly well their policies has made a career of claiming hurt American workers. Former Street Journal: “By disrupting global food and en- COVID crashed all that, but as that importing foreign workers Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) the economy revived, a tight la- has no effect on the earnings of confessed in an unguarded mo- ergy supplies, the Kremlin seeks to spark multi- bor market returned — and with people already here. He says ment to a reporter that the arrival it increased worker power to ne- there are 2 million “missing” im- of additional immigrant workers ple international crises, forcing the West to pres- gotiate for higher pay. migrants who would have been is “bad for blue-collars,” but that here had immigration not slowed was OK because it would help sure Ukraine into negotiations.” But Washington The left was uncomfortable down under Trump and then be- elect more Democrats, who with that worker power under cause of COVID. And the labor would pass bills to help workers can “spoil Russia’s strategy by establishing a mar- Trump because Orange Man Bad; shortage caused by those “miss- (retroactively, I guess). The New York Times even high- ing” immigrants is causing wages itime corridor with a naval coalition of the will- lighted “ethical concerns” with to go up! But if the lack of immi- No one is surprised when the black Americans getting higher- grants results in higher wages, Chamber of Commerce calls for ing.” Fact is, “Russia lacks the combat power to wage jobs after an immigration then their presence must neces- increased immigration to keep raid removed illegal workers from sarily cause lower wages. American workers down. But conquer Ukraine or to interdict Western arms a Mississippi chicken plant. when ostensibly pro-worker voi- Then there’s the National Im- ces argue the same thing, it’s shipments” and “over time . . . will run short of The problem today with greater migration Forum, a left-wing pro- clear that the left’s animating idea economic power for workers is amnesty group. It states, accu- is Immigration Above All Else — men, shells and cannon.” “Putin is betting that the Vladimir Putin that it supposedly contributes to rately enough, “that when busi- whether inflation is high or low, inflation (which it somehow did nesses struggle to retain and hire whether there’s a recession or ex- U.S. and Ukraine’s European allies will break be- not under Trump). The solution? workers, they increase wages to pansion, the solution is always As always, more immigration! become more competitive in the the same: more immigration! fore Russia has to,” yet having the US escort freighters out of Ukraine with labor market.” It then argues for massive increases in immigration Mark Krikorian is executive di- an “overwhelming naval task force” will leave Russia “loath” to interfere. to prevent that, falsely claiming rector of the Center for Immigra- that will tame inflation. tion Studies. Libertarian: Biden’s ‘Misguided’ War on Nicotine “The Biden administration continues its misguided war on nicotine,” cries Reason’s Elizabeth Nolan Brown, revealing “plans to require ciga- rette makers to severely cut the amount of nicotine in their products.” But nicotine “isn’t what makes cigarettes so dangerous”: “It’s the other ingre- dients in cigarettes, and the byproducts of combustion, that make smok- ing cigarettes so bad for you.” So “lower-nicotine cigarettes” mean “peo- ple already addicted to nicotine will still be addicted — they’ll just have to smoke more cigarettes to get their nicotine fix.” “Reducing nicotine in- take without reducing overall cigarettes smoked doesn’t help anyone.” And Biden has “attacked a more sane way” to reduce consumption of those chemicals, “vaping — which provides nicotine without the tar and combustion — as an alternative to smoking.” — Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
32 [email protected] New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com America’s oldest continuously published daily newspaper Solo Cops in the Subway: A Risky Plan Gone Wrong Do Something for Addicts D on’t let the rhetoric of “compassion” ings on menu items? How does letting him The ill-conceived plan to The Issue: Mayor Adams’ reversal of his plan to have around permissive drug and crime poli- steal without serious consequences improve put solo patrols on the officers patrol the subway solo after one was assaulted. cies fool you. They hurt addicts and his lot in life? subways produced the in- thieves as much as anyone else. evitable result on Day Mayor Eric Adams Adams’ recent decision Consider the case of David Gonzalez, a David’s story puts a human face on what our One of its implementation to put police officers on former FDNY firefighter turned heroin ad- public-health authorities have yet to recog- — an officer assaulted Mayor Adams! Let’s put solo patrols showed how dict and serial shoplifter. The Post’s Stephen nize as a catastrophe. The nation saw 91,000 and seriously injured cops on patrol in the sub- out-of-touch he is with Yang followed David on his rounds: shoot overdose deaths in 2020 (nearly 5,000 in New (“‘First day’ solo subway way system solo. the city. up; go on a massive shoplifting run; lather, York), the highest ever, per the Centers for cop assaulted,” June 22). rinse, repeat. Disease Control, and the vast majority opioid- What an idiotic idea, It’s true that some resi- related, driven by deadly fentanyl. And those Solo patrols might have and as predicted, a police dents don’t ride the sub- No one’s doing anything for David. He in- numbers look to be getting worse. been feasible back when officer on solo patrol was way because of crime, jects a syringe full of heroin into his neck on a criminals actually re- assaulted. but he needs to start with Midtown street: nada. Security guards, store It doesn’t help that decriminalization (and spected the police, but tackling the basics, like employees, even cops see him as he comes hyperprogressive “decarceration” district former Mayor Bill de Wake up, Adams, and fare evasion, recidivist and goes about his thefts and do nothing. attorneys) has made it easy to feed your Blasio & Co. put an end let the police department offenders and the home- habit with shoplifting and other petty crime. to that in short order. run itself. Obviously you lessness and mental ill- He lives part-time at a Safe Haven, a city- have no idea what you’re ness that rule the city. run “transitional housing” facility that per- Taking a serious approach to crime means The mutants who infest doing to combat crime. mits him to go on with his drug use. And he showing real compassion to criminals: mak- our city are keenly aware Why not reach out to He needs to get the dis- gets only slaps on the wrist for his theft ing sure that addicts get the help they need of the shackles that have some other retired NYPD trict attorneys to prose- (which runs into the thousands of dollars a (like treatment programs and housing not been stupidly placed on so they can tell you how cute offenders. He should month, all to feed the monkey on his back). run by enablers) and that low-level crooks the police, and they are to take the city back and take a subway train to Po- don’t mature into higher-level ones. taking full advantage and make it safe again? lice Plaza and see the po- How is that compassionate? How does it running amok. lice officers who have help David that the law and its minions al- “Helping” the down and out by averting Gene O’Brien been killed in the line of low him to poison himself daily, in a city our eyes from their worst actions benefits An effective NYPD is Whitestone duty since 2000. Go to the where restaurants must post sodium warn- no one — least of all the people stealing and the only hope for restor- lobby and look at all the shooting up. ing order to this city. plaques that fill the walls. None of the crime-fight- Niou’s Ugly ‘Defund Cops’ Hypocrisy ing strategies being put Joseph Pignataro out will be successful un- Commack A ssemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou likes to How many people in Niou’s old neighbor- less legislation is enacted shout about the need to defund cops hood have the luxury of decamping for a that protects and sup- Adams said he walked while making sure she lives in safety. downtown pad? How many New Yorkers ports the men and solo when he was an offi- Her hypocrisy is as pathetic as it is naked. live on a Brooklyn army base, like Public women on the front lines cer. But that was another Turns out she fled East Harlem to live Advocate Jumaane Williams, another prom- who are trying to do time, Mr. Mayor — dif- with her then-fiancé in the Financial Dis- inent defunder? How many have private se- what has become an im- ferent from today’s un- trict because he “didn’t think [she] was safe curity just for their little slice of the nabe, possible job. settling climate of police up there” after getting robbed and witness- like former mayoral wannabe Maya Wiley? and court reforms. ing violent street crimes including rape. Thomas Urban Defunders know public safety is vital and Wantagh Billy Rath Safe in Lower Manhattan, she then won effective policing is key to maintaining it. Brick, NJ her Assembly seat. Their own actions prove it. It’s only other Another brainstorm by people’s safety they gamble with. Her flight sends a strikingly different mes- Success’ COVID Mandate Nix sage from her rant calling cops going into the Niou’s running in a crowded field for the subway after a funeral for fallen hero Police new 10th congressional district. She’s en- Success Academy The Issue: Success Academy’s decision to end its Officer Jason Rivera a “frightening show of in- dorsed by such top lefties as state Sen. Julia requirement for kids to be vaxxed or tested for COVID. timidation.” And from her (since updated) Salazar and onetime TV star Cynthia Nixon. schools have beaten out Assembly campaign website stating that “we All people, it should be noted, with the where- need to defund millions from the police.” withal to stay far away from rising crime. the city Department of Other Dems, including Harlem Assembly- One group defunding doesn’t draw raves Education in reaching the woman Inez Dickens (who stayed put up- from? Everyday New Yorkers: 52% want the town, despite crime) have rightly blasted NYPD budget to grow. Maybe because more realization that making know that, at least at Suc- mandates for children. Niou’s hypocrisy, which most of the defund than 70% fear becoming a crime victim. cess Academy, these This was a very dis- movement shares. Its proponents demand students take the mandates for kids are policies that make life far worse for average If Niou & Co. keeping getting their way on now a thing of the past. turbing trend, and I was New Yorkers and then get to live 100% free crime, those fears will become near-certain- COVID-19 vaccine is a heartened to see that a of the ugly consequences. ties. But don’t worry! You can always just The schools chancellor group of dedicated par- move. terrible policy that par- and our mayor now need ents were able to express to do the same because as their concerns to the ents and kids don’t want we all know, there is never school board, and that any situation where bully- the board heard their (“Success Academy to lift ing is OK. Eventually, all well-reasoned arguments our children deserve an and responded with the Team Biden’s Phone-Call Bungle student COVID-19 vac- apology. Diane Pagen appropriate decision. cine mandate,” June 20). Brooklyn Children do not need these injections, and test- Huge credit for this pol- Thank you for reporting ing and masking are also on Success Academy lift- not needed for children. R emember those (brief) shining moments Ya think? Cherelle Griner did not spare icy victory goes to anti- ing its COVID-19 vaccine when the world hailed the election of Joe Team Biden any vitriol in her response: Bill Cote, Manhattan Biden as a return to competence? “How can I trust you to actually be negotiat- mandate activists. Turns out Uncle Joe couldn’t even manage ing on my wife’s behalf?” she thundered. to keep US Embassy phone lines open. The vaccine mandate WNBA star Brittney Griner — detained for The mess is symptomatic of how Biden op- months by Russia, and whom Biden has failed erates. Spout off a few platitudes, then: on to created an atmosphere in to free — couldn’t get through to her wife the next crisis! All while neglecting the cru- Cherelle via an embassy line despite calling 11 cial details that make the difference between which unvaccinated par- times on a date arranged weeks before. success and humiliating failure. ents and students were Why? Because no embassy staffer was Look at Afghanistan. Or the border. Or in- there to pick up the phone and connect flation. Biden’s macro failures are glaringly made to feel left out and them. White House flack Karine Jean-Pierre obvious. It’s no shock they trickle down and called this an “unfortunate mistake.” hurt people already suffering — and embar- bullied. I’m so glad to rass America in the bargain. E-MAIL: [email protected] or WRITE to The Editor, The New York Post, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. Include name, address and daytime phone number. No unverifiable letters will be published. The Post reserves the right to edit all letters. The New York Post is published by N.Y.P. Holdings Inc., 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman; Sean M. Giancola, Publisher; Keith Poole, Editor-in-Chief; Stephen Lynch, Print EIC; Mark Cunningham, Editorial Page Editor
POSTOPINION New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com 33 Reuters Wrong Kind of Help tivists promote these policies? . . . Thomas’ take on gov’t programs CT: People will push a policy that I n this excerpt from the just-pub- you into it is when you see these From Savannah to Washington: Thomas in his Supreme Court chambers in 2016. makes them feel good. “Oh, I feel lished “Created Equal: Clarence principles being undermined, which good about myself because I put you Thomas in His Own Words” by leads to such destruction. The poli- pen. The Savannah that I return to is wouldn’t. And how do you make all in public housing.” When my Michael Pack and Mark Paoletta, cies destroy people, and, ultimately, not the Savannah I grew up in. There that distinction? Well, you live there. grandfather saw all these high-rises the Supreme Court justice reflects I think, we’re going to destroy the are good parts, you’re free to move It’s a part of your community; it’s for public housing, he thought it was on changes in his hometown, Sa- very thing that allows us to have lib- about. You don’t have the segrega- family, it’s your neighbor. You know awful. I remember when we visited vannah, Ga. The book is based on erty and to have a free society. tion, but you’ve got pathologies that that this person refuses to work, ver- a relative in New York who lived in more than 30 hours of interviews we didn’t have before. You’ve got the sus that person who’s disabled or one, and he said, “Boy, this don’t Pack conducted with Thomas and MP: So the heirs to those move- crime we didn’t have before. You’ve that person had just had another kid make no damn sense: pilin’ po’ peo- his wife Ginni for the film of the ments, like Black Lives Matter, fo- got the disintegration of families that and can’t go to work right now. But ple on top of po’ people.” And it same name; 95% of the book’s mate- cus on other things: mass incarcer- you didn’t have before, disorder you you don’t know that from a distance. turned out he was right. . . . And yet rial is new, including this excerpt. ation, police brutality. What do didn’t have before. And they were the people who pushed it never say, you think of the current move- things that were avoidable. You When people have these sort of “Oh, we made a mistake.” And they Michael Pack: You have talked ments for racial justice? didn’t have to do that to poor people, macro policies and they have un- never take account of the fact the a little today about how life in the and it’s just heartbreaking. intended consequences, they damage they did to the people with black community has not been im- CT: I don’t really follow the move- don’t fess up to it. When you tear their grand experiment, the gangs proved by many well-intentioned ments du jour. I don’t quite under- My grandfather would always talk down a neighborhood in order to they created, the drug dealing they social programs. Do you think, in stand them. It’s fascinating to me about: How do you help people replace the housing, you have accommodated, the destruction of some sense, it is worse than when that the radical groups in the sixties, without turning them into wards of changed the neighborhood. That the family that was exacerbated. All you grew up? that we all were aware of and fond of the state, turning them into people little church that used to be there this was not necessarily caused but back then, like the Black Panthers — who don’t help themselves? . . . He that people went to on Sundays . . . at least influenced in the wrong di- Clarence Thomas: It’s a disas- that’s kind of mainstream now. But wanted to help people who couldn’t is suddenly gone. rection by the artificiality of the ter. When I grew up, you had fam- we knew they were more marginal help themselves versus those who neighborhoods they created. . . . ily, you didn’t have drugs, you back then. I don’t know what to say MP: Why do you think these ac- didn’t have gang-banging. You about this. But if you look at some of My grandfather said something could walk down the street. the things that still are problematic, one day when we’re riding around like bad education, unsafe neighbor- on the oil truck, and they’re begin- There was a change in our society. hoods, drugs, alcohol, breakdown in ning to tear down the old substan- I think that these programs certainly families, it seems like these are dard housing and supposedly put- had an impact. Just go back to Savan- things that we warned about back ting up new things. . . . “Boy, they’re nah and take a look around you. Our then. We were told, basically, take a tearing down neighborhoods and worst fears were realized. We didn’t long walk on the short pier. . . . We’re building buildings.” That phrase has want to be right; we wanted to be not taking ownership of these poli- just stuck in my mind. There’s a dif- wrong. It wasn’t about winning an cies’ having a significant role in the ference between a neighborhood argument. No, we wanted to lose the damage that’s been done. and a building. And it may be a sub- argument. We did not want the dam- tle difference, particularly when age to occur; that’s why we were in- MP: You’ve made many trips back you’re young, that you miss. But as volved. I don’t particularly like pub- to Pin Point and Savannah. When life goes on, you see that a building lic life; I never wanted to be in public you return, do you reflect on your and a neighborhood are two entirely life. I’d like to go to football games. life? Do you reflect on how it is now? different things. You can have really I’d like not to make decisions about nice buildings and a horrible neigh- other people’s lives, but what drags CT: I don’t reflect a lot about borhood, and you can have awful these sorts of things. A lot of this is buildings and a wonderful neighbor- depressing, and it didn’t have to hap- hood. And that was his point about our neighborhood. Our neighbor- hood was fine. But geniuses came in — the experts — and started tearing down buildings and tearing up the neighborhood. Comedians Who Refuse To Go Woke A woman tells the cop who stopped her they give you so much material?” I ask. Members, Allow Them To Vote.” The culture is changing. The highest- in a carpool lane she’s allowed to drive rated late-night comic these days is often there because her pronouns are “they” “We have to write things that are funnier “Does Snopes not understand that not Colbert, Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon but and “them.” Greg Gutfeld of Fox. That’s from a video by a conservative than things they’re actually doing,” Mann re- you’re making jokes?” I ask. “I think that Christian satire site called The Babylon Even a few left-leaning comedians like Bee. Their humor gets millions of views. sponds. “That makes our job very difficult.” they know what our intention is,” an- Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle are mocking the intolerant left. “I talk about “Christian conservatives used to . . . be One Bee sketch portrays its writers strug- swers Juliet. “They just don’t like us.” AIDS, famine, cancer, the Holocaust, rape, very dour and self-serious,” says Bee edi- pedophilia . . . the one thing you mustn’t tor-in-chief Kyle Mann in my new video. gling to find new material. “John Kerry warns Recently, Twitter banned the Bee. Its of- joke about is identity politics,” says Gervais Today, he says, it’s the left who are self-se- in his recent Netflix special. rious. “They’re the ones that have trouble that the war in Ukraine might distract from fense was tweeting an article that named laughing at themselves.” Professional media critics trashed him climate change!” suggests Assistant Secretary of for that. But the special was hugely popular For example, late-night hosts like Jimmy with the public. Kimmel and Stephen Colbert passionately one. Can’t do it, explains an- Health Rachel Levine “Bab- defend COVID-19 vaccines. “It is a lecture,” The Rotten Tomatoes ratings are reveal- complains Mann. other. “It actually happened.” JOHN ylon Bee’s Man of the Year.” ing. Critics gave Gervais’ special a 29% rat- “Cosmo magazine features a STOSSEL Levine’s a transgender ing, calling it “terribly unfunny” and “a de- “The left used to be anti-establishment,” morbidly obese woman on testable combination of smug and obtuse.” adds Bee actress Chandler Juliet. Now, she woman. Calling her the man says, ‘They’ve become the blob.” Viewers gave it a 92% rating. the cover as the picture of of the year is a joke I wouldn’t The same is true of Chappelle’s latest One Babylon Bee video, “The Woke special, “The Closer.” Critics give it just Zone,” makes fun of the way the media ig- health” and “Math professor says ‘two plus make. But it doesn’t need to be censored. 40%. The audience gives it 95%. nored violence and arson during the Ge- Clearly, many people are tired of smug, orge Floyd protests. two equals four’ is racist!” are among other Twitter says it’ll allow the Bee back on the condescending humor. I’m glad The Baby- lon Bee and others give us an alternative. “Do you ever feel gratitude to the left that ideas that can’t be used as jokes. platform only if it deletes the tweet. Mann “A math professor really said two plus two says he won’t. “Twitter has the capability to equals four is racist?” I ask. It’s “a colonialist, just delete the tweet themselves. They want white supremacist idea,” explains Mann. us to bend the knee and be the ones to click, Today the Bee reaches more people than ‘Yes, we acknowledge hateful conduct.’ The Onion. The establishment doesn’t like We’re not going to do that.” that, so some people actually sic so-called Today, a lot of comedians attract sizable fact checkers on the Bee. One article fact- audiences by mocking the left. Some I checked by Snopes was titled “Bernie San- found funny are JP Sears, Ryan Long and ders Vows To Round Up Remaining ISIS FreedomToons.
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Dow Down Business Nasdaq Down 35 Jones 47.12 Comp. 16.22 Indust. New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Avg. 30,483.13 11,053.08 Business SEt to E-vapE-oRatE Briefs FDA ready to ban Juul sales in US: report Modest losses A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended with a modest pullback for stocks Wednesday after Fed- By ArIel ZIlBer eral Reserve Chairman The Food and Drug Ad- Tarnished Juul it sold 16.2 million devices. ministration is set to ban By 2018, the company was Jerome Powell ac- Juul e-cigarettes from being Juul, once dominant in the e-cigarette realm, has lost much of its sold in the United States, market share and value under a barrage of lawsuits and disease valued at $15 billion. That knowledged that the according to a report same year, it had a vape Wednesday in The Wall reports. Now it faces a possible ban by the FDA. market share of 75%. central bank’s rate- Street Journal. Market drop raising campaign A ban on the popular e-cig maker would have no In December 2018, Al- could cause an eco- impact on rivals Reynolds tria, one of the world’s American, which produces largest cigarette manufac- nomic downturn. Vuse, and NJOY, according turers and the maker of to the Journal. popular brands including Tesla $hock Marlboro, paid $12.8 bil- The agency has been lion for a 35% stake in Juul, Tesla’s new car facto- investigating Juul for the which was generating an ries in Texas and Ber- past two years while the annual revenue of around lin are “losing billions company sought approval $2 billion. of dollars” as they to continue selling its nico- struggle to increase tine pods. Since then, Juul has lost production because of considerable market share a shortage of batteries Shares of Altria Group, as lawsuits have piled up and China port issues, the cigarette maker that and more Americans have CEO Elon Musk said. owns a 35% stake in Juul, been made aware of the closed down by more than dangers of vaping. Fraud charge 9% Wednesday. Last year, Juul agreed to Prosecutors added a Juul landed in hot water Gabby Jones / Getty Images pay $40 million to North new wire-fraud charge some four years ago when Carolina after its attorney to their criminal case its flavored e-cigarettes, general sued it over the ris- accusing Trevor Mil- which were touted at the ing rates of teen vaping. ton, the founder and time as a carcinogen-free former CEO of Nikola, and healthier alternative to Several states have filed of defrauding investors traditional cigarettes, were their own lawsuits against by lying about the elec- being blamed for a surge in Juul. A group of 39 state at- tric-truck maker. Mil- youth vaping. torneys general have been ton has pleaded not investigating the company’s guilty. The company tried to marketing and products appease federal regula- since February 2020. Plot thickens tors by dropping its sweet and fruit-flavored It is unclear if the FDA Comcast’s NBCUni- products. its flavored products. sands have been hospital- Lung Association and the plans to move against other versal and Alphabet’s ized nationwide for various American Academy of Pedi- e-cigarette brands. Google have emerged Thousands of lawsuits Toll on health lung ailments that medical atrics have lobbied the FDA as top contenders to have been filed in the US and health officials blame to ban Juul products. The FDA plans to offi- help Netflix create an against the company, which Since e-cigs and other on vaping. cially publish the proposed advertising-supported was accused of targeting similar vaping products Juul burst onto the scene rule in May 2023, according tier of its streaming underage smokers with came to market, scores of Health-advocacy groups shortly after its founding in to The Wall Street Journal. service. people have died and thou- such as the American Heart 2015. The next year, it sold Association, the American 2.2 million devices. In 2017, With Wires Say what? [email protected] Amazon is developing a system to let Alexa, Recession risk now 50%: analysts the company’s voice as- sistant, sound just like a dead relative — or any- one else. Sources: Reuters, Dow Jones, AP Follow us on The probability of a weakening consumer de- “Central banks may yet cure a “soft landing” for the dicted an increase in unem- global economic recession mand for goods while deliv- engineer the soft — or ‘soft- economy while hiking rates ployment rates, which are @NYPOSTBIZ is now near 50% as the Fed- ering the forecast update. ish’ — landings embodied to combat decades-high in- hovering below 4% in the eral Reserve and other cen- in their forecasts (and in flation. Last week, the Fed United States. tral banks scramble to ad- “The experience of his- ours), but this will require raised its benchmark rate dress inflation by raising in- tory indicates that disinfla- supply shocks to ebb and by three-quarters of a per- Fed Chair Jerome Powell terest rates, according to tion often carries meaning- demand to remain resil- centage point for the first acknowledged that a reces- the latest analysis by ful costs for growth, and we ient,” the note added. time since 1994. sion was “certainly a possi- Citigroup. see the aggregate probabil- bility” during testimony on ity of recession as now ap- Stocks have remained vol- Citigroup said a reces- Capitol Hill Wednesday. Citigroup analysts cited proaching 50%,” the Citi- atile in recent trading as in- sion, if it does happen, will the impact of sharp interest group economists wrote in vestors express skepticism be a “garden-variety” slow- Analysts at Goldman rate hikes and signs of a note, Bloomberg reported. about the Fed’s ability to se- down. The analysts pre- Sachs have also warned of a recession. Thomas Barrabi
36New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Kohl’s offer is It has a warm & ‘Melo’ taste cooling Carmelo Anthony (far right and inset, in his Knicks heyday), is joined by The CEO of Franchise (from left) the New Orleans Pelicans’ CJ McCollum, Hall of Fame-bound Group seems to be getting Miami Heat great Dwyane Wade, wine-brand owner Donae Burston cold feet over his $8 billion and chef JJ Johnson at the Hotel Jerome for the Aspen Food & Wine bid to purchase belea- Classic in Aspen, Colo. — where Melo’s new red (right) was uncorked. guered retailer Kohl’s. By Jennifer Gould Emily Mae Photography/Courtesy of Hotel Jerome/Paul J. Bereswill Brian Kahn, who has un- til Monday before the win- ASPEN, Colo. — An all-star Châteauneuf-du-Pape Oath of Fi- to be rosé all day every day.” ner helmed by top New York chef dow closes on his exclu- lineup of NBA players showcased delity 2017. The name reflects An- McCollum — who spent his JJ Johnson at the famed Hotel Jer- sive talks, has taken a some vintage moves away from thony’s social-justice activism, ome on Friday night. much more cautious tone the hardwood as they joined a and is a tribute to the 18th-cen- first nine seasons in the league as as he meets with the com- growing list of black athletes try- tury Haitian Gen. François-Dom- a Portland Trailblazer, within a The event was hosted by An- pany’s shareholders, a ing to break into the competitive inique Toussaint Louverture, who long three-point shot of the fer- thony and Wade, along with source with direct knowl- business of winemaking. led the fight for the Caribbean na- tile Willamette Valley — bought DLynne Proctor, a longtime ad- edge of one of the meet- tion’s independence from France. a 300-acre vineyard in Oregon vocate for black winemakers, and ings told The Post on Former Knicks great and 10- with his wife, Elise, last fall. Robin and Andréa McBride — Wednesday. time All-Star Carmelo Anthony A rosé outlook Their wine label, McCollum Her- two sisters raised separately in and New Orleans Pelicans guard itage 91, released a 2018 Pinot California and New Zealand who Franchise and Kohl’s an- CJ McCollum joined Miami Heat “Coming to Food & Wine gives Noir that sold out in less than an found each other later in life and nounced June 6 they had icon Dwayne Wade at the Aspen us an opportunity to bring all of hour, according to reports. launched the McBride Sisters reached an agreement to Food & Wine Classic this past us together to make [the wine Wine Co., the largest black- negotiate what would be a weekend to uncork their wines community] inclusive,” said An- “I felt like this was something owned wine company in the US. deal at $60 a share. for the well-heeled crowd in the thony, who played for the Los that we need to be a part of,” exclusive Rocky Mountain resort Angeles Lakers last season. McCollum said at the seminar. Wade launched his wine label, However, CNBC reported town. “By ‘we,’ I mean people that Wade Cellars, during his playing Wednesday afternoon that “We want you guys to help us come from communities like me, career and has expanded the Franchise Group was con- “We’re the rookies in this learn, too. We want to learn people of color. I wanted to make brand since retiring in 2019. sidering lowering its bid to game,” said Anthony, who ap- from the people who came be- sure that once I got into this closer to $50, sending peared alongside McCollum in a fore us. We want to learn and we space, it became more comfort- The growing roster of NBA en- Kohl’s already deflated Food & Wine panel Saturday to want to become more educated ing for everyone to order off trepreneurs also includes 2022 stock price plunging by discuss how NBA stars build on how this process works. menus but also to be able to ex- NBA champion Steph Curry’s 8.8% to close at $38.61. brands that transcend basketball. We’re not always going to get it plore actually having meaningful wife, restaurateur Ayesha Curry, right. It’s not always going to be jobs in this space.” and his youngest sister, Sydel, According to the source, This month, Anthony launched peaches and roses. It’s not going who launched their wine brand although in private discus- his own wine brand, VII(N) The Anthony’s new wine was the — Domaine Curry — in 2018. sions with Kohl’s investors Seventh Estate, a tip of the cap to focus of the “Black on Black” din- last week Kahn told them the uniform number the forward [email protected] he might extend talks past has worn throughout his career. the agreed upon three Partnering with third-generation weeks but would not try to Rhône winemaker Stéphane Uss- renegotiate the $60-a- eglio, their first launch is VII(N) share price, he has told them this week he might try to renegotiate after all. Neither Franchise Group nor Kohl’s returned calls seeking comment. Josh Kosman Vax NFT up for auction An NFT commemorating the development of the mRNA vaccine to fight COVID-19 is set to be auc- tioned off by Christie’s. The non-fungible token — a digital asset that is traded on blockchain tech- Porn execs quit amid scandal Jacuzzi app ‘hackable’ nology — was designed by University of Pennsylvania researchers who are cred- ited with pioneering the Hot tub maker Jacuzzi is ing and jets from their mRNA technology used in in hot water after a cyberse- phones — is vulnerable to The two top executives of Feras Antoon and chief op- dia posts from employees. curity researcher said he hackers, according to a cy- the Pfizer and Moderna Pornhub’s parent company erating officer David Tass- The news comes after a found vulnerabilities in its bersecurity researcher who announced they were re- illo are leaving the company app that risk exposing user publishes as EatonWorks. vaccines. signing on Tuesday amid but will remain sharehold- string of disturbing reports data and let hackers re- increasing scrutiny of al- ers, MindGeek said in a on the alleged proliferation motely control tubs. Eaton was able to access The NFT includes a min- leged underage and non- statement. The company of underage and non-con- personal information about consensual videos on the also made an unspecified sensual videos on Mind- Jacuzzi’s “SmartTub” app customers. Jacuzzi did not ute-long 3D animation of site. number of layoffs on Tues- Geek’s sites, which also in- — which lets users control respond to a Post request day, according to social me- clude Brazzers, RedTube hot tubs’ temperature, light- for comment. Theo Wayt how mRNA protects the MindGeek chief executive and YouPorn. Theo Wayt immune system. The NFT sale will help raise money for more research. Ariel Zilber
Commercial Real Estate 37 FROM THE New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Hurdles abound but NYC’s building sales market is being buoyed by savvy bargain hunters. Buyers are betting big on building deals despite outrageous obstacles Christopher Sadowski By lois weiss pocket the $35 million deposit. making bullish bids — banking on 41st Street opposite the Public Li- for SL Green. It is now in contract The disaster of a deal will likely the long-term recovery of the of- brary and Bryant Park, was sold for $100.5 million, or $723 per foot. T HE commercial building fice market — deal-making has through Darcy Stacom, chairman sales market is facing a give pause to anyone else putting become expensive, despite plenty and head of capital markets at The newest office building to hit perfect storm of challen- down a deposit for a building of cash on the sidelines. CBRE, to RFR for $291 million the market, 1330 Sixth Ave., is a bit ges: from inflation and without cash in hand. with half the equity contributed farther north between West 53rd the new work-from- “We’ve been coddled with low by current tenant Penske Media. and 54th streets. Blackstone and home normal, to interest “Anything that needs capital or interest rates for a long time and if RXR have given the sales assign- rate hikes and a dearth pro-forma work on vacant space, you go from 2% to 3%, or 3% to 5% Stacom says “Grand Central is ment to Eastdil Secured with a of financing. or renewals or needs financing at in mortgage rates, that’s a 60% in- hot again” thanks to the opening target of $350 million or $658 per today’s higher rates — those deals crease in your payment,” said An- of One Vanderbilt and the excite- foot. Seller RXR spent $400 mil- Financing issues recently tanked are being re-priced,” said Douglas drew Scandalios, co-head of JLL ment surrounding the upcoming lion in 2010 for the building that an $855 million deal for the HSBC Harmon, chairman of capital mar- Capital Markets. “A lot of people 1,575-foot-high 175 Park Ave. that had been seized when Harry building at 452 Fifth Ave., across kets at Cushman & Wakefield. don’t have that, and it will affect will flank Grand Central Termi- Macklowe defaulted on debt after from Bryant Park, which was be- “Very high quality, newer assets their deals and portfolios.” nal’s eastern side with a Hyatt Ho- paying $498 million in 2007. ing marketed by Eastdil Secured. that are well-leased are still very tel perched on top sought after.” Scandalios predicted that both Requesting anonymity, one bro- The buyer, Innovo Property work from home and the migra- “[For] leasing brokers, it’s very ker said pricing for office build- Group, failed to secure backing Harmon is offering a 500,000- tion to better quality space around positive,” Stacom said. ings is generally spread from $600 because the building’s anchor ten- square-foot office condominium transit nodes “will change the na- to $1,000 per foot depending on ant, HSBC, is moving out. Now, at 575 Fifth Ave. at pricing ex- ture of the office markets.” She also marketed the 139,000 the Israeli sellers, PBC USA, may pected north of $400 million. square feet of office space above See BUILDING SALES on Page 38 Earlier this year, 475 Fifth Ave. at the Puma store at 609 Fifth Ave. And while investors are still
38 Commercial Real Estate New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com STEEL DEALS From BUILDING SALES on Page 37 fresh eyes,” she said. “Ninety per- cent of the buyers I am working The M&M World retail condo Lois Weiss (3) the needed leasing and capital im- with are new and never bought in sold for $191.5 million, with provements. New York before and realize it is minium or co-op apartments died mortgage. Its tenant and former two primo signage spaces. at a low point for pricing. Smart with the 2019 state law requiring owner, JPMorgan Chase, has been Due to much lower rents for the money is buying, and this is how 51% of current tenants to buy their trying to sublease and is bailing In one of the largest residential retail area negotiated during the families build their legacies.” units, outdated office towers des- when its lease expires in January sales of the year, the angular con- pandemic with new tenants Bank tined for residential use are start- 2025. nected American Copper Build- United and Aston Martin, 450 A Korean syndicate which was a ing to pop up downtown. ings at 636 First Ave. at East 33rd Park Ave. is being sold through first time US and New York City “You can’t just convert some of Street were sold for Michael Stacom to SL Green Realty Corp. buyer, Eugene Asset Management, Rudin Management is in con- these to residential,” advised Pol- Stern’s JDS and the Baupost for $445 million — compared to paid $267 million for the Lyric tract through Eastdil Secured to sinelli of some properties, point- Group to Josh Gotlib’s Black sellers Oxford and Crown’s price apartment tower at 255 W. 96th St., sell 55 Broad St. to a venture of Sil- ing to issues including zoning Spruce Management for $837 mil- of $545 million paid in 2014. which was sold on behalf of Re- verstein and Metro Loft Manage- and regulations that require more lion by Harmon. lated by Harmon. ment, which has been downtown’s exits. “It’s not like a shoo-in In March, the 25,693-square- most active converter to rentals. where you just turn around and Two other residential towers foot retail space at the base of “It shows that global capital is convert it.” are being sold by Equity Residen- 1600 Broadway in Times Square still chasing New York City resi- Similarly, in a direct deal, Metro tial. The former Trump Place — occupied on a long lease by dential, and in this case, out duel- Loft and Jeff Gural’s GFP Real Es- That’s another reason Gov. Ho- rental at 140 Riverside Blvd., with the M&M’s store and two signs ing domestic buyers,” said Har- tate are in contract to buy 4 New chul signed a law this month that 354 units, was sold through Sta- (each of which brought in over mon. York Plaza aka 25 Water St., a 1 makes it easier to convert hotels com in April for $266 million to $1.1 million in rent) — was sold million-square-foot tower that to affordable housing by loosen- Douglas Eisenberg’s A&E Real through Harmon from Sherwood A 49% stake in the new office needs more windows to capture ing zoning and funding restric- Estate. Properties to Paramount for tower at One Manhattan West was its harbor views. The seller, Edge tions. $191.5 million. bought by Blackstone in a deal Funds, bought it for $270 million Sources said the ease of that marketed by Harmon’s team on in 2015 and has a $250 million Residential building sales are transaction netted A&E, now one Diagonally across the street at behalf of Brookfield and the Qatar also buoying the market. of the city’s largest rental owners, 30 Times Square, aka 719 Seventh Investment Authority, which re- an approximately $400 million Ave., Eric Anton, senior managing valued it to a whopping $2.85 bil- The 139,000 square feet of office space above the Puma store at 609 Fifth contract for Equity’s 455-unit 160 director at Marcus & Millichap, is lion. Ave. (above) is now in contract for $100.5 million, or $723 per foot. Riverside Blvd. Both towers were marketing SL Green’s smaller but built by the Trump Organization vacant newly built 10,040-square- Represented by Stacom, Google as 80/20 buildings. foot retail building. Much of its completed the $2.1 billion pur- approximately $60 million value is chase of its still-under-construc- A&E also bought the 1,000-unit, for the 5.2 million pixels glowing tion 1.3 million-square-foot office 22-building Cunningham Heights on six signs covering 5,800 square building at 550 Washington St. in complex in Queens Village for feet of its façade. Tribeca near its other new offices $130 million earlier this year. on Pier 57. All of those deals serve as proof Another 80/20 rental tower at that, despite the mounting chal- Yet some properties have been 160 Madison Ave. is being offered lenges in the market, any ripple or floating in the sales market for by JLL for $400 million with the pause is seen as an opportunity by much of the pandemic, waiting for abatement and lower financing those who want an entrée or ex- pricing to improve or for the running for a few more years. A pansion in the Big Apple at some owner to refinance. Bo Concept store is on a renegoti- of the lowest price points in years. ated pandemic rent that will be “We did a lot of valuations and boosted in four years. Adelaide Polsinelli, a vice chair- have been advising clients on man at Compass, is selling a prop- what to do and when to do it, and I “These are interesting times as erty at 230 W. 72nd St., that she believe that most of what was assets are getting rebranded, con- has shown to 20 to 30 smaller de- pulled [from the market] or not verted and repriced,” Harmon velopers. launched was because of what is said. “I expect the second half of going on in the credit market,” the year to have lower transaction “These buyers come in with said Scandalios. volumes than we enjoyed over the same period in 2021.” In 2014, 450 Park Ave. (above) sold Another broker who asked to for $545 million. It recently resold remain anonymous noted, “Some to SL Green for just $445 million. guys who paid too much are shell- shocked and worried more about hanging onto their portfolios and trying not to get swallowed by lenders and aren’t out buying.” In March, a Court Square Queens development site slated for a 66-story tower was sold with plans and permits in place to Car- mel Partners for $176 million through Woody Heller, founding partner of Branton Realty Servi- ces. The sellers, Stawski Partners, put footings in to qualify the fu- ture 900-plus units for the 421a exemption that ended June 15. But the lack of a continuing 421a-type tax abatement program has now put the kibosh on outer borough land sales and the con- struction of rental apartments, said Bob Knakal, co-head of capi- tal markets at JLL. Manhattan land is still trading, he said, but only for new build condominiums. Although the conversion market that upgraded rentals to condo-
39 C O N G R ATU L ATIO N S TO New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Laura Jackson SVP, Tax Director on being recognized by REBNY as this year’s young real estate professional of the year. We salute all the honorees. slgreen.com
40 Commercial Real Estate New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Eating Tasty it up office anchors like Daniel Boulud’s Le Pavillon (right) at SL Green’s One Vanderbilt help attract top tenants. Posh restaurants are must-have amenities for city’s top towers By STEVE CUOZZO Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Stephen Yang for the NY Post WHAT do 1271 Sixth A sprawling Asian restaurant, aptly several years ago, redefining the Ave., 280 Park Ave- dubbed 53, has opened at the base Hayes Davidson; Brian Zak/NY Post (inset) landmark where food offerings nue, luxury condo of 53 W. 53rd St., a condo tower previously were a cafeteria and a tower 53 West 53 that grandly soars above MoMA. Gero Fasano (inset) opened his eponymous dining hub at 280 Park Ave. Starbucks. and the Waterline Avra (above) is opening its third Manhattan restaurant at 1271 Sixth Ave. Square residential ones, Turchin said. “A restaurant does a lot more for complex have in common? “I think the key, as an agent, is the 16,000-square-foot toward tourists than to tenants, a building than a bank branch,” venue their regular such as La Fonda del Sol at the Turchin chuckled. “It’s more about To say nothing of sprawling finding the types of restaurants canteen. former Time + Life building and the operator than about the rent.” Manhattan West and Art Deco that will work with office tenants Although an Top of the Sixes at 666 Fifth Ave. rental landmark 70 Pine St. — and in the building. For exam- Avra partner (which is now 660 Fifth). The phenomenon now includes soon, 425 Park Ave. and probably ple, a few years ago, we told us his com- residential properties. A massive 550 Madison Ave. as well? put Quality Bistro” – pany had in- Today’s developers are increas- Asian restaurant called 53 just a huge, modern- vested more ingly picky about which types of opened at the base of the 53 W. The connecting link is restau- American place than $10 million eateries belong in their buildings. 53rd St. condo skyscraper; the Ci- rants. much larger in the project, L&L Holding Co. chief executive priani organization’s sprawling than a bistro – he credited David W. Levinson recently Harry’s Table by Cipriani market, Mostly big-name restaurants “at 1345 Sixth Rock Group with scrapped a deal with Eleven Madi- which includes a large sit-down with major operators and chefs. Avenue as part providing enor- son Park’s Daniel Humm when the restaurant, opened last week at Developers have never lured so of a major ren- mous help in getting chef decided to make a restaurant Waterline Square. many glamorous eateries at one ovation. And, at 425 Park Ave. all vegan. time to lure tenants and burnish again, the ten- it off the ground. The A broker who specializes in the their projects’ images. ants eat there all lease is of the hybrid type “We didn’t want a vegan restau- Fidi area said and asked not to be the time.” that includes both rent and reve- rant there. We want a place where named said, “Rose Associates did There were always a few glamor- nue-sharing. our customers will come back a wonderful job converting 70 ous restaurants at marquee Mid- The phenomenon Daniel Boulud’s Le Pavillon several times a month,” Levinson Pine St. from offices to luxury town locations — the old Four is most recently epito- made a similar splash at SL told us recently. apartments, but without Crown Seasons at the Seagram Building, mized at 1271 Sixth Ave., Green’s One Vanderbilt when it Shy on the ground floor and Saga for example. But the party has the former Time + Life tower opened early last year. Coinciden- He’s now in advanced talks with on the top floors, it would be an- spread everywhere. where owner Rockefeller Group tally or not, both One Vanderbilt Jean-Georges Vongerichten — other jumbo rental tower in the aimed to bring in a powerful and and 1271 Sixth are 100% leased. who surely will have a more popu- public eye.” “Everyone’s talking about amen- successful restaurant from the Except for at the Seagram Build- larly-attuned menu — to take the ities, and one way to amenitize start of its $600 million redesign. ings, many past places inside of- tower’s 10,000 square feet. The strategy isn’t a cure-all. Not your building is with food,” said Avra Group just launched its third fice towers were oriented more even a very good and popular new Peter Turchin, a CBRE vice-chair- and largest Manhattan outpost of Levinson knows the value of a restaurant can rescue a property man who represents owners. “Res- the Greek seafood brand there. marquee-name restaurant tenant. with insufficient other appeal. taurants are a big part of that, es- Staff from office tenants including He brought Nobu to 195 Broadway pecially when a restaurant caters MLB, Latham & Watkins and Bes- Blackstone recently put a $308 to the type of tenants in the build- semer Trust have already making million loan on 1740 Broadway at ing.” West 56th Street into special ser- vicing. The tower will soon be He said, “At Fasano at 280 Park empty of office tenants despite Ave., all the tenants in the building the success of Iris, a middle-East- eat there.” ern ground-floor restaurant that won good reviews and is almost Turchin declined to name the always busy. tenants, but the website of SL Green — which owns the tower Blackstone is said to have over- with Vornado — lists Cohen & paid for the building and the loan Steers, Franklin Templeton Com- terms left it unable to reduce high panies, Harvest Partners, Viking asking rents on a dull part of Global Investors and Antares Cap- Broadway. ital. But the property inevitably will Classy restaurants have become fill up once again, and tenants will so important to both new develop- be very happy to have Iris in their ments and redevelopments of midst. older properties that Turchin is holding space for yet-to-be-named eateries at 295 Fifth Ave. and 360 Park Ave., both of which are un- dergoing capital upgrades and re- positioning. “We have about 10,000 square feet of retail at each building but we’re aiming for restaurants — real restaurants,” not fast-casual
41 101 PARK AVENUE HJ KALIKOW New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com SALUTES REBNY FOR THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING ITS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO NEW YORK’S COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY HJ KALIKOW OWNER / BUILDER OUR 10TH DECADE OF EXCELLENCE 212-808-7000 AVAILABILITIES JOHN CEFALY 212-841-5977 NICHOLAS DYSENCHUK 212-841-7739 1 0 1 PA R K . C O M
42 Commercial Real Estate New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com REBNY gala returns with a mission to give back and celebrate NYC By LOIS WEISS The most Annie Wermiel/NY Post boisterous night T hINgs are different to- in real estate returns the city’s coffers has also doubled ing and other structures, regula- Durst will preside over the orga- night as the Real Estate tonight for the 126th since 2008, while other city taxes tions governing the condition of nization’s first in-person celebra- Board of New York time. Expect it to have risen by about one-third. rentals and conversions, building tion since the pandemic, and at its (REBNY) celebrates 126 be bigger and codes and other legislation that new location. years as an organization The high taxes affected pay- make our city socially and equita- — three years longer than bettter. ments during the pandemic as bly responsible, safer and greener. The raucous event will have the pact that brought together the Class Four commercial property nearly 2,000 attendees who five boroughs. For the first time To put it in perspective, accord- delinquency increased by 5% to Along with larger property forked over $1,400 for the privi- since the pandemic, its annual ing to the Department of Finance, 14,980 parcels. owners, REBNY members in- lege of mingling more than they banquet will be in person, plus ev- on May 25, the city’s 1.094 million clude the smaller minority apart- sit. eryone can ditch the tuxes and tax lots were worth $1.39 trillion The amount owed rose by $117 ment building owners; residential long dresses as it has been trans- — 7.84% higher than a year ago. million or 66% to $323 million. and commercial brokers and “As we raise funds for social formed into a networking cocktail managers; financial companies, impact initiatives and enjoy food party and held in June. The city encompasses 3.066 mil- Led by President Whelan, its title companies, lawyers, account- and drinks from some of the top lion homes and apartments with 15,000 members are intimately in- ants, architects, bankers, utilities chefs and mixologists in the “REBNY is headed in an excit- 1.2 trillion square feet of commer- volved in crucial city matters in- and even media companies like country, we also celebrate our ing new direction for our iconic cial properties, including over 499 cluding the formulation of tax the New York Post. leaders who have been integral to annual event. The banquet is a million square feet of offices and policy, city planning and zoning, the recovery of New York,” Whe- pivot point, and we will reflect 1,039 hotels. land-use policy, landmarking, the REBNY’s Chairman Douglas lan said. back on the past year and how the preservation of affordable hous- city managed the crisis and pre- In fiscal year 2019 alone, 52.8% pared for the recovery,” said of all city taxes — $31.9 billion of James Whalen, REBNY’s presi- the total $60.4 billion in taxes — dent. “New York City has been came from real estate taxes and knocked down before and always fees. comes back bigger and better.” The industry’s contribution to To reflect that city cheerleading, tonight’s hashtag is #NY4ever. As the City’s oldest and most influential trade association, REBNY represents a who’s who of city landowners; building inves- tors and owners; real estate exec- utives and service professionals who work to provide housing for residents of all incomes and na- tionalities; along with spaces for retailers, hotels and companies of all shapes and sizes. REBNY members also serve those from all over the world seeking to live, invest or park their dollars in the safest spot on the globe. Street smarts ground lease of the Marti- vacant Terminal Warehouse nique Hotel at 1260 Broad- at 261 Eleventh Ave. by the way. Hudson River. Inside the city’s most ingenious deals The second prize Robert T. For the third Edward S. Lawrence Memorial Award Gordon Memorial Award, a was taken home by James Savills broker, Jarod Stern, CoMMERCiAL real estate brokers used their remarka- Millon and Tom Tray- convinced dozens of jewelry brokers from Marcus & Mil- ble ingenuity to achieve ex- lichap, CBRE and Savills won traordinary results,” said nor of CBRE Cap- tenants to compete as one the Real Estate Board of Woody Heller, co-chair of New York’s three most in- the REBNY Sales Brokers ital Markets industry group. This genious deals of 2021. Committee, which oversees the contest. who com- prompted three building Ten sales, 13 leases and three finance deals com- The first place Henry Hart pleted a owners to compete for the peted for the industry’s Rice Achievement Award most prestigious honors, went to Eric Michael Anton $1.25 bil- deal. Stern’s co-winner, the which were revealed during and Nelson Lee of Marcus & a cocktail party in April. Millichap, for overcoming lion, fully broker for 608 Fifth Ave., numerous obstacles to “Every deal faced pan- achieve the long-term non-re- Michael Affronti of CBRE, demic challenges, but these course was able to persuade his cli- financing ent to accept not just the for the re- entire group and its many Nelson Lee (left) and Eric Michael Anton (right) develop- caveats, but a very simple scored the top award for their ground lease deal at the Martinique Hotel (inset) at 1260 Broadway. ment of the lease agreement. Steven Kratchman Architect (inset) — Lois Weiss
43 TOWER New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com FLOOR BLOCK 325,000 RSF FULL FLOORS 31,000-33,000 RSF Helicopter Views Elevated, Hospitality-Driven Entry Experience New Lobby with Coffee Bar and Bike Room New Elevator Cabs and Destination Dispatch Robust Infrastructure Highly Efficient Center Core Floors RISE ABOVE THE ORDINARY SLGreen.com LARRY SWIGER ROBERT ALEXANDER RYA N A L E X A N D E R EMILY CHABRIER Senior Vice President Chairman Executive Vice President Executive Vice President 212-216-1628 212-984-8392 212-984-7148 212-984-6537 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ELAINE ANAZAGASTY NICOLE MARSHALL Vice President ALEX D’AMARIO TAY LO R C A L L AG H A N Associate 212-216-1751 Commercial Real Estate Advisor Senior Vice President 212-984-6593 [email protected] 212-984-6697 212-984-8272 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
44 Commercial Real Estate New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Cheers REBNY dishes out annual awards to biz’s royalty for peers REBNY will again honor those who demonstrate commitment to the city and the industry. “Some prominent public officials will be participating, and we will honor industry leaders and the role their companies played in helping the city navigate our way through the pan- demic,” James Whalen, REBNY’s president, said. “It’s an honor to be able to unite the industry members, public officials and business officials who have worked so hard to make invaluable contributions to our great city.” In the past, guests have included REBNY’s board of governors and the evening’s honorees along with, very often, the governor, the mayor, deputies, commissioners and staffers, the City Council speaker, Council members, state senators and Assembly representatives, US Con- gressional representatives and senators — as well as other appointed and elected officials who create photo-op gridlock as the real estate press buzzes with cameras and questions. — Lois Weiss George M. Brooker Kenneth R. Louis Smadbeck Young Real Estate Bernard H. Mendik John E. Management Gerrety Memorial Broker Professional Lifetime Zuccotti Public of the Year Executive of the Humanitarian Recognition Award Leadership in Real Service Year Award Award Award Estate Award Award “REBNY “REBNY is “The tools I “[REBNY] is is a “REBNY “You don’t a safe, had honed as working to great helped my have to influence career as collaborative an actor the future way to the business get paid for space for really helped understand of New York everything; people of our City is really like you me in real industry in the pulse there are who estate and a positive of the the real so many are dealing manner.” city” estate ways to serve with what I business.” learned in — Darcy — Laura your challenges.” real estate Stacom Jackson — Tom community.” was helpful Head of Tax Director, Elghanayan — Frank Pusinelli in the arts.” SL Green — Dr. Hazel N. Senior EVP, NYC Chairman, Dukes RXR — Sarah Saltzberg Capital Realty TF Cornerstone Co-owner, Bohemia Markets, CBRE Corp. President, NAACP New York State Realty Group Conference Hal Fetner Jeff Levine David Picket Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award CEO, Fetner Founder, Douglaston CEO, Gotham Properties Organization “You can sit at a table … with all the Development superheroes of real estate who are always able to help and guide young people.” — Hal Fetner CEO, Fetner Properties
45 NACWTENETTHHEEXRAOTTF ’S New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Cushman & Wakefield is proud to support the Real Estate Board of New York We are pleased to join REBNY in celebrating our great city and this year’s honorees for their outstanding contributions to the real estate industry cushmanwakefield.com
46 Commercial Real Estat New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Office occupancy is creeping back up, To but the city remains awash with space attract choosey tenants By LOIS WEISS Shvo’s 711 Fifth Ave. (above) has a Matthew McDermott and close the deal, stunning new black-and-gold lobby. Bloomberg via Getty Images landlords are jazzing I T’S all about hospitality for up their towers those companies wooing cant 660 Fifth Ave. with new chione said. “They want people 100,000 square feet of new amen- with pricey workers back to the office. large windows and landscaped to feel comfortable and feel at ities, lounges and experiences perks. “It’s product not price,” terraces that changed the entire home and use natural materials that include a responsive stair- said Howard Hersch, vice look of the former 666 Fifth and to make it light and fresh.” way and digital artwork. Snarkitecture, which is also a ten- chairman of JLL, as some won a 222,000-square-foot lease ant. Here, Daniel Arsham created firms are forking over upwards of with Macquarie in May. In Midtown South, Vornado is “I don’t know what they spent a site-specific art installation in $100, $200 and even $300 per foot redeveloping Penn 2 with several on that lobby but it raises the bar the lobby while upstairs, unique to get perched. “Frankly, a lot are vacant be- floors overhanging the entrance, on what landlords need to deliver pre-builts are on their way. cause they are going through an stairway seating for a Town Hall to compete,” said Peter Braus, “The obvious winners of the upgrade making the vacancy nec- and 60,000 square feet of green- managing principal of Lee & As- In the Flatiron District, the pandemic real estate market are essary,” Cohen explained. space, including a rooftop park. sociates NYC. namesake triangular edifice is be- the new buildings,” said Michael Its adjoining Penn 1 already has ing transformed into 21st-century Cohen, president of Colliers Tri- Durst is spending $150 million The former Coca-Cola Building offices. On the northeast corner State Region. “Work from home on 825 Third to provide dynamic at 711 Fifth Ave., where the new of Madison Ave., SL Green is add- is just the next new way of mak- glass windows, modern aesthet- Core Club is located, has a new ing glass curtain-walled stories to ing the workplace more efficient. ics and tenant amenities includ- lobby with a gold-and-black wait- the eight-story full-block podium It won’t replace the workplace ing a 12th-floor terrace, gym, ar- ing area designed by Peter Ma- at One Madison that runs along but will augment it. It’s not the cade café and wine bar. rino for the Michael Shvo-led in- 23rd Street to create a 1.4-million- death knell of big cities.” vestment group. square-foot campus with 26 sto- WatermanClark and Brookfield ries opening in 2024. IBM will But there’s still a struggle to get Properties are in the midst of a “It’s like nothing else in the city eventually consolidate here in employees back to work as occu- $100 million renovation of the and it makes a difference, and gives 328,000 square feet. pancy was just 41.2% for the week landmarked Lever House at 390 it a visual identity,” Hersch said. of June 8, according to Kastle Sys- Park Ave. During a recent The Bromley Companies’ tems’ metrics. tour, WatermanClark’s Sen- Shvo is also reimagining the former department store building ior Vice President Alan cast-iron Soho office and retail at 122 Fifth Ave. is getting a $100 Recent stats from Colliers Bernstein showed off the building at 530 Broadway with million transformation to found a Manhattan availability still-under-construction 300,000 square feet and a new rate of 17.2% in May, down 0.1% public lobby and private Paramount Group (2) rooftop pavilion. It is now half- from April. Average asking rents third floor hospitality leased to Microsoft while All- were also down by 30 cents from space, Lever Club, which Vacant since Deutsche Bank’s exodus, Paramount is giving the 1.6 million- birds is nesting in some of the re- April to $75.34 per foot. It’s a are getting groves of birch square-foot 60 Wall St. (above and inset) a $250 million makeover. tail space. struggle for building owners. trees and seating designed by Marmol Radziner. At Essex Crossing, Verizon is HSBC leased 264,000 square preparing to move into the ma- feet at 66 Hudson Blvd. aka the “Everything is being re- jority of 155 Delancey St. Spiral, leaving its 452 Fifth Ave. of- stored and replaced and put fices to be re-leased. And a recent back in its original condition or Its option on 145 Delancey 84,000-square-foot expansion at better,” said Bernstein. Place expires at the end of July so 425 Park Ave. by Citadel was sad for now, Cushman & Wakefield is news for 550 Madison Ave., which Meanwhile, Slater Traaen — sen- marketing its 173,092-square-feet had hoped to add the investment ior director of asset management with asking rents of $90 per foot. company to its own tenant direct- and leasing at Mitsui Fudosan Both buildings connect to the ory that now includes Chubb and America, which oversees 527 Mad- 150,000-square-foot underground Hermès, which leased 71,000 ison Ave. — said that the boutique MarketLine with numerous food square feet in February. building has an outdoor space on offerings. the 10th floor that was recently Citadel, however, is also in talks renovated into a tenant amenity. “We are watching our city rip- to become the anchor tenant and ple into a new age,” said Mary provide the equity for a new 1,450- Tom Vecchione, managing prin- Ann Tighe, CEO of CBRE’s tri- foot-high, 1.6-million-square-foot cipal of Vocom, did a deep dive state region. “Ten years from now tower at 350 Park Ave., aka 40 E. into first-class lounges at airports we will say we transformed our- 52nd St., that would be developed to see what could work for offi- selves because of how we re- by Vornado Realty Trust and ces, dubbing it the “the un-work sponded to workplace needs.” Rudin Management. workplace.” According to Colliers, availabil- “It’s all about the vibe and aes- ity is up 72.5% since March 2020 thetics as people come in,” Vec- with available offices now pegged at 92.91 million square feet of which 19.99 million square feet is for sublease — but the entire market is an astounding 540.36 million square feet — the largest in the world. In the Financial District, since the 1.6 million-square-foot 60 Wall St. became vacant after Deutsche Bank moved to Colum- bus Circle, Paramount is leading a $250 million makeover to get it up to snuff. That renovation includes a new curtain wall on the lower floors, lush garden walls, open spaces and outdoor terraces. Other vacant towers include 295 Fifth Ave., 522 Fifth Ave., 390 Park Ave., 825 Third Ave., 360 Park Ave. South and 636 11th Ave. Brookfield is renovating the va-
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48 Commercial Real Estate New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Retailers return Shuttered to NYC with throughout the brave new pandemic, the plaza concepts at Rockefeller Center (left) is set to reopen as a retail-rich playground. Bromley By LOIS WEISS Courtessy of Rockefeller Group Microsoft and Allbirds are coming to the reinvented 112 Fifth (above). R ETAILERS in residential gerated because most of those pa- Johanna Syren neighborhoods that at- per-covered windows are really with Gucci for 10,000 square feet tract local shopping and rented and under construction. A sublease is available at the never-opened Under Armor store in the base at 400 W. 14th St. woke up the re- dining have flourished of the GM Building at 767 Fifth Ave. by Apple’s flagship cube (above). tailers. “Now they are all looking throughout the pan- “It can take six to nine months to in the neighborhood,” said Epstein, demic. But now, with build out a small store because of and Eighth Avenue, its 45,000 Staircase in Father Duffy Square. a principal of Aurora, whose com- workers starting to tiptoe into all the nonsense that small busi- square feet space that Another entertainment concept, pany owns other properties in the their offices and international nesses have to deal with, from per- was never occupied area. “It sends a message to all of tourism reviving, Manhattan’s ur- mits to getting Con Ed to turn on by Lionsgate has Game Square, is poised to be a the other luxury retailers that this ban avenues are waking up as well. the gas,” Soutendijk said. significant activ- showstopper when it opens in the is a neighborhood they have to ity, said Alan base of the Margaritaville Hotel at have.” “A lot of tenants, especially those Massive entertainment com- Schmerzler, Seventh Avenue and West 40th coming from abroad, think that plexes are ideal for places like 1221 vice chairman Street. The hotel’s developer, Sha- Watchmaker Breitling also New York is still struggling,” said 6th Ave., which has a 65,000- of Cushman & rif El-Gamal, said: “It is something signed a 3,807-square-foot retail Steve Soutendijk, executive man- square-foot space available off its Wakefield. that will make every pedestrian lease at Retail by Mona’s client, 875 aging director of Cushman & plaza. Ticketed at- bypasser do a double take.” Washington St., that had an asking Wakefield as he strolled along Co- tractions, expe- rent of $550 per foot, joining area lumbus Ave., noting there were “We are looking for something riential muse- As many as 80 guests will be timekeepers Rolex and Audemars few stores available. “We are back special like a major lifestyle brand, ums, art exhibits, able to play competitive and Piguet. to pre-COVID rents except where health wellness and fitness hospi- aquariums, unique video games and win cash they were driven by tourists, such tality and entertainment and to put e-sports and others prizes while onlookers watch the The reinvention of 122 Fifth Ave. as on Fifth Avenue, where rents a bow on this trophy asset,” said starting to kick that leaderboard. Game Square’s COO, — between West 17th and 18th are not in the same pricing levels.” Eric Gelber, executive vice presi- Paul Kessler, said when it opens in streets by the Bromley Companies dent of CBRE, who said a 23- area’s bricks. the fall, there will also be an NFT where Microsoft will open offices That’s one reason Swarovski foot lap pool can even More experiences will take place gallery. — led to a lease with Allbirds. jumped on the 14,000-square-foot be installed. in the TSX Broadway entertain- former Gap spot at his client’s 680 ment and hotel project that has Other building owners are divid- Bromley CEO Nicholas Haines Fifth Ave. where it will open next The asking rent 100,000 square feet of retail. Once ing their larger offerings. explained: “Rents here never got year in time for the holidays. is a blended $85 the entire Palace Theatre was stratospheric like in Soho. They per foot, or $5.5 lifted 30 feet up, it left the corner Stoutendijk is marketing a sub- just ticked up over time and every- In May, the opening of Mango at million per of Seventh Avenue and West 47th lease of the never-opened Under one is making a deal to make it a 711 Fifth in 23,000 square feet of year. Street a column free retail space. Armor store in the base of the GM profitable store and it has allowed the former Ralph Lauren store also Currently, partnership of the de- Building at 767 Fifth Ave. by Ap- stores to survive.” added life to the hurting avenue. At 11 Times veloper L&L Holding and TSX En- ple’s flagship cube. Square, which tertainment is hashing out a lease Further south, the reinvented But neighborhoods that are en- sits at West for massive signage and 74,000 The former FAO Schwarz spot Tammany Hall building at 44 Un- tirely reliant on five-day-a-week 42nd Street square feet, including what will was pared down to 14,000 square ion Square East attracted Petco to office traffic are still having a become a performance area with feet on the ground and 11,000 “leash” a flagship of nearly 30,000 harder time. seating jutting out over the Red square feet on the second floor square-feet where it will move and has a blended asking rent of from 860 Broadway. “Madison Avenue in the 60s and $17 million per year. 70s has certain pockets doing bet- Meanwhile, retailers in both ter,” said Brandon Singer, CEO of Over in the Meatpacking Dis- Brooklyn and Queens have been Retail by MONA, which repre- trict, a recent “bellwether” deal flourishing. sents storefronts in the area. In Long Island City, Jake Elghan- Store vacancy also appears exag- ayan, senior vice president of TF Cornerstone, said retail was “a loss Courtesy of Swarovski Sun Zhongnan/Costfoto/Sipa USA (inset) leader” during the pandemic. Swarovski (inset) snagged the 14,000-square-foot former Gap space at 680 “We offered our retailers a lot of Fifth (above). The crystal collectibles company will open there next year. support but we found the Long Is- land City folks bounced back greater and more fully,” he said. “It’s not just LIC but all the residen- tial retailers around the boroughs.” In Brooklyn, “Williamsburg is hottest on North 3rd between Berry and Wythe streets,” said Gary Steinberg of Lee & Associ- ates NYC who represents several spaces in the area. Last fall, Singer represented Padel Haus in a 30,000-square-foot deal at 307 Kent Ave. opposite the Domino Sugar project. “You have a ton of new apart- ments getting gobbled up and they need services and places to shop and eat and drink and the retailers are following,” said Soutendijk.
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50 Commercial Real Estate New York Post, Thursday, June 23, 2022 nypost.com Who said Courtesy of Swingers Golf Tower basements can’t power be sexy? Swingers Gabriel Saunders (2) is a new, booze- Perks come to fueled mini-golf Brooklyn’s space in Nomad tallest building that’s strictly for AMENITIES on ster- adults only. oids are not just for of- fice buildings. KING OF SWING New Manhattan mini-golf wonderland is a hole-in-one The over 1,000-foot- tall Brooklyn Tower By LOIS WEISS $18 cocktails and specialty (right) has leased its nearly 120,000 square drinks along with gourmet feet of pools, gyms and co-working spaces to T HE new Swingers Paul Winch-Furness (2) street food from Sauce Pizze- operator Life Time mini-golf in Nomad ria, Taqueria y Fonda and Group Holdings. finally opened its Mah-Ze-Dahr adults-only wonder- Bakery. The borough’s tallest land last week that’s tower will open in 2023 tucked under the up- Entry is free to those 21 and with three pools and over, but a round of what the lounge areas surround- ing the iconic Guastav- coming Virgin Hotel. Brits call “crazy golf” will set ino-designed dome on the roof deck of the Think “Around the World in you back $22 or $26, depend- former Dime Savings Bank hall. Eighty Days” meets the Tivoli ing on the day and time. The Dome Pool and Terrace will feature a 75-foot-long Gardens and a British coun- Packages with a round of adult lap pool, a kids pool and whirlpool sundecks along with a hammock lounge, an outdoor dining area with try golf club with a party vibe golf, food and drinks are barbecue grills, lounge seating, a fire pit and outdoor showers. A double-height poolside lounge and cocktail and a DJ spinning. priced for one person on up, bar will have an area for private dining. Your first hint that this is a while private spaces or the Indoors, there will be five studios for barre, cycle, group fitness, Pilates and yoga, plus another expansive fitness spectacle comes from the gal- It’s all about clubs and cocktails (inset) at the new club. whole shebang can be curated floor for training classes utilizing top-of-the-line cardio lery of photoshopped celeb- for 12 to 525 people. and strength equipment. A calming space will be dedi- cated to chiropractic services and recovery. rity faces in historic golfing photos feet and three different nine-hole It’s open for lunch every day plus Additionally, a LifeCafe fast-casual restaurant will add lining the stairway to the mini-golfing courses. you can party till 2 a.m. on Thursday, to the resort-like social and event experiences. heaven. There are spinning neon windmills, Friday and Saturday nights. And for those that want a not-quite work-at-home environment, the building will have the first Life Time Canopies of decorative flowers fes- waterwheels and tall clock towers to “If you come at lunchtime you’re Work co-working space in the Big Apple. Private and open-plan workspaces and conference rooms are lo- toon the Astroturf walkways that theme each course, while projected going to wonder where all these peo- cated in 15,000 square feet. snake around Swingers’ 23,000 square murals of a phantasmic 1920s country- ple came from,” said co-founder Matt The project was developed by JDS Development and designed by SHoP Architects in collaboration with Ga- side change as the day blends to night. Grech-Smith as they have a slew of chot Studios and Krista Ninivaggi of Woods Bagot. Tee off toward challenging holes corporate outings scheduled to try The Newmark team of Jackie Totolo, Peter Whitenack and Pierce Thompson represented ownership while Joe with loop-de-loops, ramps, bridges the “ridiculous fun,” plus drop-ins and Mastromonaco of Atlantic Retail represented Life Time. and tunnels while a triumphant hole- reservations from the surrounding of- Some other retail space is still available. Residences at the Brooklyn Tower range from studios in-one on the last shot is awarded a fices, hotels and apartments. starting at $875,000 to four-bedrooms for $8 million. Douglas Elliman is the exclusive marketing, sales and spin on a food and drinks prize wheel. What started with buddy Jeremy leasing agent for the tower. There are numerous bars, nooks and Simmonds as a pop-up in London has — Lois Weiss cozy crannies for private parties or now grown to two locations there, Life Time Group groups of BFFs, plus selfie spots ga- plus another in Washington, DC, this Holdings will run the lore. one in Nomad and more on tap. standout tower’s A central bar has crystal chande- There’s no dress code but nothing’s 120,000 square feet liers, dark wood and an upscale Lon- stopping you from getting into the of pools, gyms, don pub feel. Snap the QR code on a spirit of the competitive shenanigans work, play and other cocktail table in one of the popular with knickerbockers or plus fours, a amenity spaces. secluded alcoves to test their great beret and argyle knee socks. Gabriel service. Just remember to yell, “Fore!” Saunders Caddies bring putting players $14 to Book a tee time at Swingers.club.
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