If You Can't change the Petition Change The Campaign Finance Disclosure Statement

We found not only not only two addresses for Amanda Farais - but two different addresses for Nanette Alvarado. 

Amanda Farias on the Karines Reyes petition is listed as living at 1500 Thieriot Avenue, but was given a check from the Friends of Karines Reyes for 769 Arnow Avenue as listed below. 

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07/14/18 AMANDA FARIAS 769 ARNOW AVENUE BRONX NY 10467 CHK1004 $11.00 REIMB AUG-13-18 03:24 PM

07/14/18 H & H HARDWARE 1171 CASTLE HILL AVENUE BRONX NY 10462 1004R $0.00 R-DET MEMO: $11 AUG-13-18 03:24 PM

The Karines Reyes campaign then resubmitted the disclosure statement to correct what we were told was an error. However we were told that Ms. Farias did live at 769 Arnow Ave.

Next we find that Nanette Alvarado was paid at 11187 41st Avenue Corona Queens days before she signed several witness statements of the Karines Reyes petition at an address of 18-43 120th Street College Point NY 11356

Below is from the Karines Reyes Financial Disclosure Statement dated September 10th 2018.

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06/23/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1054 $500.00 WAGES JUL-16-18 04:40 PM

07/01/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1055 $500.00

WAGES JUL-16-18 04:40 PM

07/09/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1056 $500.00

WAGES JUL-16-18 04:40 

Now we find the following on the Karines Reyes Financial Disclosure Statement dated September 11th 2018.

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06/23/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 18-43 120TH STREET COLLEGE POINT NY 11356 CHK1054 $500.00 WAGES SEP-11-18 12:56 PM

Our Question to the New York State Board of Elections is how do you have one address on the Reyes petition, but a different address on a check from the Reyes Campaign Committee to not one person, but two people?

We also Question the address that was placed on the Reyes petition for Nanette Alvarado since the Reyes campaign check is dated before the dates that Nanette Alvarado signed on the Reyes petition, and it was not changed until we found it.

There is one more item that we found, and it will not be published until it can not be changed.

Another Mistaken Address of a Karines Reyes Petition Collector, or is it More Fraud?

Where does Nanette Alvarado really live?

 

As you Can plainly see the address on Nanette Alvarado's petition pages for Karines Reyes dated on June 26, 2018 states 18-43 120th Street College Point NY 11356. you can click on a photo to enlarge it.

So why do we see checks made out for wages to Nanette Alvarado beginning with June 23, 2018 with the address of 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 on Karines Reyes's financial disclosure statements?

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06/23/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1054 $500.00 WAGES JUL-16-18 04:40 PM

07/01/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1055 $500.00

WAGES JUL-16-18 04:40 PM

07/09/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1056 $500.00

WAGES JUL-16-18 04:40 PM

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07/14/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1003 $500.00

WAGES AUG-27-18 12:37 PM

07/22/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1005 $500.00

WAGES AUG-27-18 12:37 PM

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07/29/18 NANETTE ALVARADO 11187 41ST AVENUE CORONA NY 11368 CHK1010 $500.00

WAGES AUG-27-18 12:37 PM

The first check to Nanette Alvarado predates the Reyes petition, and is dated June 23, 2018. The date on two pages of signatures collected by Nanette Alvarado for the Reyes petition above is June 26, 2018. The second check is dated eight days before the Reyes petition was handed in, and the third check dated the day the Reyes petition was handed in to the Board of Elections. This time the address on the check to Ms. Alvarado predates the date on the petition, and also predate the date the Reyes petition was handed in on July 9, 2018. This time it would have to be the petition that would have be changed, and that can not happen.

At least the date on the Amanda Farias check which had an address different from the address on the Reyes petition was dated after the Reyes petition was handed in. 

THREE RIKERS ISLAND INMATES INDICTED FOR ASSAULTING NYC DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICER

Defendants Hit Officer; One Then Slashed Him With Sharp Object

 Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that three Rikers Island inmates have been indicted for assaulting and slashing a New York City Department of Correction officer. 

 District Attorney Clark said, “The defendants allegedly acted together to throw punches at a Department of Correction officer. One of the inmates then used a sharp object to slash the officer behind his ear, and he needed stitches and also underwent surgery for a fractured hand.”

 District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Malik Quick, 21, who is serving a sentence in state prison, was arraigned on September 6, 2018 on Attempted Assault in the first-degree, three counts of second-degree Assault, first-degree and second-degree Promoting Prison Contraband, fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, third-degree Assault and second-degree Obstructing Governmental Administration before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary. Bail was set at $1.

 Defendant Sylvon James, 19, was arraigned on September 7, 2018 on Attempted Assault in the second and third-degree and second-degree Obstructing Governmental Administration before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary. Bail was set at $15,000.

 The third defendant, Samie Abbas, 18, was arraigned today, September 10, 2018, on Attempted Assault in the second and third-degree and second-degree Obstructing Governmental Administration before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary. Bail was set at $25,000.

 All three defendants are due back on December 5, 2018.

 According to the investigation, on August 4, 2018 in the Robert N. Davoren Center, the defendant Malik Quick allegedly began arguing with Department of Correction Officer Joseph Baugh. Quick then began to punch the officer. During the physical altercation between Quick and the officer, defendant Sylvon James then approached the officer and punched him from behind. Defendant Samie Abbas then approached the victim and punched him as the physical altercation between the officer and Quick continued. Quick then slashed the officer behind his ear with a sharp object. The altercation ended when another Department of Correction officer came to Officer Baugh’s aid.

 District Attorney Clark thanked Assistant District Attorney Tiesha Peal of the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau for her assistance. District Attorney Clark also thanked Investigators Juan Rivera and Scott Frank of the Correction Intelligence Bureau for their assistance in the investigation.

 An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.

STATEMENT FROM BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK RE: New York State Marijuana Laws

  "The time has come for the state legislature to seriously consider decriminalizing marijuana and providing a uniform approach to vacating marijuana convictions. Decriminalization would ensure fairness for residents of the Bronx and throughout New York State. The piecemeal approach to enforcing marijuana laws county by county creates disparity and will not change the underlying fact that marijuana is still illegal.”

AM KIM ENDORSES JUMAANE WILLIAMS FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

  Today, Assembly member Ron Kim met with Council member Jumaane Williams in Flushing and officially announced his support for Williams' campaign for Lieutenant Governor. The two elected officials held a roundtable with prominent members of the community at Mulan Restaurant and invited local media outlets to the event. Assemblyman Kim and Councilman Williams introduced themselves and spoke on the importance of the upcoming September 13 primary election, and then fielded questions from the community members and reporters.

Councilman Williams thanked the Assembly member for his official endorsement and talked about his candidacy and platform. One of the major topics that he emphasized included the need to help small businesses, nonprofits, and everyday tenants deal with rapidly rising rent and costs. The Councilmember made it clear that the problems of gentrification and increasingly exorbitant cost of living in New York were things he had long fought as a community activist, and they represented issues he has continued to speak on as an elected official.

Both he and Assemblyman Kim praised the economic resilience of areas like Flushing, one of the few places which, unlike many other neighborhoods, remained largely unaffected and even continued to develop during the 2008 financial crisis. They each acknowledged the importance of assisting mom-and-pop shops, a long-standing cause for the Assembly member.

When asked about the SHSAT issue, a contentious topic among many in the Asian American community, Williams pointed out that he himself was a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School, one of the Specialized High Schools. He stated that he was against getting rid of the test, and acknowledged that it played an important role in him being accepted into the first-rate school. Instead, he pointed to the systemic issues of segregation and uneven distribution of resources that plagued the city's entire education system.

He stated that in this, as in many other issues, instead of pitting communities against each other, it was far more important ensure all children had better access to a first-rate education. He and Assemblyman Kim noted that these and other recent issues seemed to wrongly place their two communities against each other. It was far more important, they noted, that their communities worked together to "expand the pie" of resources for all people.

Williams promised to embrace a more active, progressive and – if needed – independent role if elected as Lieutenant Governor. He noted that instead of just "ribbon-cutting", the role entailed many important executive duties, which he believed the current Lieutenant Governor did not always take seriously. These include serving as the President of the State Senate, sometimes as a tie-breaking vote, and even Acting Governor if the current one was incapacitated or for whatever reason left office. As the event came to a close, the Councilmember thanked the attendees for meeting with him and praised the unique and integral role of Queens' Asian American community. He noted that his own family were immigrants from the Caribbean, and that the two communities shared much in common.

Assemblyman Ron Kim said, "Early on in this race, I felt compelled to stand up for Jumaane Williams when Kathy Hochul’s campaign launched a vehemently negative attack against him over his past finances. Since then, the debt-shaming, dog whistling, and use of gendered language has only worsened. These are clear signs of an established political structure comfortable with using every ugly tactic imaginable to hold on to their power and maintain the status quo.

At a time when there is so much concentrated and centralized power in New York politics, which has led to shortsighted and corrupt behaviors, we need more checks and balances. I’m confident Jumaane Williams will help bring more transparency and counter balance to an executive office that has become too authoritarian and demagogic.

We need an independent statewide leader who can push back and dissent when the governor is acting out of line. For these reasons, I proudly support Jumaane for Lieutenant Governor." 

Team Jumaane - BERNIE ENDORSED JUMAANE!

YUGE news! Just now, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders announced his endorsement of our campaign!

This is a big deal, Friend. In 2016, Jumaane was one of the few New York City elected officials to endorse Bernie in the primary. He knew then what we know now— that a bold progressive vision from an outsider candidate is what we need to lift up communities in New York who need a voice.

Bernie ran his grassroots campaign $27 at a time-

Bernie’s support is a huge boost to our campaign, and we need to make sure that everyone hears about it in time for Thursday’s primary. Add your support so that we can get the word out!

The political revolution didn’t end in 2016. It’s just getting started. And on Thursday, a true blue wave is going to sweep out the establishment who are afraid our message of transformational change.

We’re so excited. Are you?

-Team Jumaane

EDITOR'S NOTE:

This is the way this announcement came to us, except the donation part to the Jumaane campaign was edited out.

Cynthia Nixon Slams Cuomo for Underperforming Metro-North Service

  Today, Cynthia greeted commuters at Grand Central Terminal before taking Metro-North to greet volunteers in Mount Vernon. The Governor oversees the MTA, which has jurisdiction over Metro-North railroad lines on the western and eastern portions of the Hudson River in New York. Much like the New York City subway and the LIRR, Metro-North has struggled under Cuomo’s leadership. Metro-North’s on-time performance declined again in June.

“Governor Cuomo literally can’t make the trains run on time,” said Cynthia in a statement. “His refusal to ask his wealthy donors to pay more has left commuters struggling with broken mass transit and higher and higher fares. Unlike the Governor, I know the MTA is the state’s responsibility, and I will do what is necessary to fund it.”

Nine Members of a Violent Drug Crew Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy and Four Murders

The “Bushwick Crew” Allegedly Committed Multiple Acts of Violence to Further Their Drug Distribution Operations in Brooklyn and Queens

  A 19-count superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging five new defendants, and four previously charged defendants, for their participation in a drug-trafficking enterprise based in Brooklyn and Queens, referred to in the indictment as the “Bushwick Crew.”  Eight defendants are charged with racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion conspiracy and heroin distribution conspiracy, and a ninth defendant is charged with murder in aid of racketeering. 

Maurice Brown, Jaquan Cooper and Tyquan Griem were arrested yesterday and today and are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo at the Brooklyn federal courthouse.  Norman Marrero was arraigned earlier today before United States Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson at the federal courthouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and ordered detained.  Lance Goodwin was arrested today and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Howell at the federal courthouse in Asheville, North Carolina.  

Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced the charges.     

“As alleged, the defendants were part of a violent crew that beat, tortured and killed in furtherance of their heroin trafficking,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue.  “These charges demonstrate the commitment by this Office and our law enforcement partners to rid our community of the extreme violence associated with drug dealing.”  Mr. Donoghue expressed his appreciation to the New York Metropolitan Safe Streets Task Force, which is comprised of FBI special agents and NYPD detectives, for their participation and assistance in the investigation.

“Not only are these gang members pushing deadly drugs in our most vulnerable communities, they’re allegedly killing rivals and bystanders in their attempts to maintain power and control,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Sweeney.  “We’ve stated before the FBI Metro Safe Streets Task Force will continue our pursuit of the leadership in these gangs, and stop their violent and illegal trafficking enterprise before more and more people die from either addiction or at the hands of the gang members.”

“The behavior this crew engaged in will never be tolerated by New Yorkers, and I thank our federal partners at the FBI and the Eastern District for strengthening the NYPD’s efforts to rid our streets of these criminals,” stated NYPD Commissioner O’Neill.  “We will remain relentless in our mission to dismantle groups like this by precisely focusing on the drivers of violence in our city, and we will see their cases through to appropriate and meaningful prison sentences – those who live and work in all of our neighborhoods deserve nothing less.”

As alleged in the superseding indictment and court filings by the government,

the Bushwick Crew was involved in a large-scale heroin trafficking organization with Mexican cartel connections.  Various members of the crew served as enforcers to protect its interests by arming themselves to escort drug traffickers, forcibly collecting drug debts and committing acts of violence against anyone who interfered with the crew’s operations or offended its members.  The crimes alleged include:

Murder of Donte Williams

On August 18, 2012, defendant Lance Goodwin and other members of the crew were involved in a street altercation in Bushwick.  During the fight, Goodwin fatally shot Donte Williams in the stomach to advance his own standing within the crew.  When arrested one week later, Goodwin was carrying the murder weapon.

Murders of Gary Lopez and Rudy Superville 

On March 5, 2013, Gary Lopez and Rudy Superville attempted to rob one of the Bushwick Crew’s main heroin distributors at the distributor’s apartment.  Lopez and Superville were shot and wounded by the distributor.  Defendants Maurice Brown, Peter Vasquez, Luis Lopez, Jason Pantojas and his brother Miguel Pantojas were summoned by the distributor to the apartment where they beat and tortured Gary Lopez and Superville.  Gary Lopez called 911 to plead for help and was shot dead by Brown.  Superville attempted to flee the apartment and was fatally stabbed by Jason Pantojas.  The bodies were doused with bleach and ammonia, wrapped in plastic and driven to a field in Queens by defendants Brown, Luis Lopez and Vasquez, as well as other crew members.  At the field, the bodies were soaked with gasoline and ignited.

Murder of Kelvin Johnson

On September 20, 2014, defendant Tyquan Griem and the above-mentioned heroin distributor went to a nightclub in Queens where a fight broke out.  Griem retrieved a handgun stashed in a secret trap in the distributor’s car and opened fire, killing Kelvin Johnson.

Other Violent Crimes

Defendant Norman Marrero is charged with participating in the shooting of a drug customer to extort him for a drug debt owed to the Bushwick Crew.  Defendant Jaquan Cooper is charged with committing a gunpoint robbery at a barbershop in Queens as customers were getting their hair cut. 

The charges in the superseding indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. 

If convicted of the murder charges, defendants Brown, Goodwin, Griem, Lopez, Jason Pantojas, Miguel Pantojas and Vasquez face mandatory life sentences.  If convicted of the drug and gun-related charges, defendants Cooper and Marrero face mandatory minimum sentences of 17 years’ and 20 years’ imprisonment, respectively, and a maximum of life imprisonment.

The superseding indictment is the product of an ongoing investigation into gang and narcotics-related violence in Brooklyn and Queens, among other locations, which has resulted in the filing of federal narcotics-and weapons-related charges in this district against more than 25 individuals in the past three years. 

This case is also the result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) a partnership that brings together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, dismantle and prosecute high level members of drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations and enterprises.

The New Defendants:

MAURICE BROWN (also known as “Spaz”)
Age: 27
Brooklyn, New York

JAQUAN COOPER (also known as “J-Gunna”)
Age: 30
Brooklyn, New York

LANCE GOODWIN (also known as “Ty Mucka”)
Age: 29
Brooklyn, New York

TYQUAN GRIEM (also known as “Ty Goon”)
Age: 28
Brooklyn, New York

NORMAN MARRERO (also known as “Tito”)
Age: 35
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Previously Charged Defendants Facing New Charges:

LUIS LOPEZ (also known as “Lou”)
Age: 36
Brooklyn, New York

JASON PANTOJAS (also known as “Tuli”)
Age: 30
Brooklyn, New York

MIGUEL PANTOJAS (also known as “Miggs”)
Age: 31
Brooklyn, New York

PETER VASQUEZ (also known as “Pete”)
Age: 31
Brooklyn, New York