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Bronx: Carwashes to Pay Back Wages

The United States Labor Department announced on Thursday that two Bronx carwashes, Tremont Car Wash and Webster Car Wash, and their corporate president had agreed to pay $707,298 in back wages and damages to 237 employees.

The department’s investigators found that many carwash employees were required to work more than 70 hours a week without being paid the federal minimum wage or time and a half for overtime.

The department said the carwashes had also failed to maintain adequate and accurate records. Judge Barbara Jones of Federal District Court in Manhattan said that if the carwashes failed to make the payments, she would appoint a receiver to seize and liquidate their assets to satisfy the order.

SOURCE: NYTimes.com

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 Bronx Pediatrician Killed Over Real Estate Deal

Tearful testimony from the victim’s teenage daughter opened the murder trial of a man accused of killing a popular pediatrician in a rage over real estate.

Katleen Lozada, 17, told jurors Friday about saying goodbye to her father for what she did not realize would be the last time on Jan. 3, 2007, as he dropped her off at a suburban train station for her commute to her New York City high school.

Dr. Leandro Lozada was found shot to death in his Yonkers home that afternoon. An immigrant from the Dominican Republic, he ran a storefront clinic in the Bronx.

Samuel Saunders, who had sold the house to the 46-year-old physician as foreclosure loomed, is on trial in the killing. A second suspect, Juan Bernardez, has also been charged.

Police said they found Lozada’s blood on a towel _ embroidered with his last name _ and sneakers in the trash at Saunders’ Bronx apartment complex. Saunders’ wife has testified that the sneakers were her husband’s.

Prosecutors say Lozada was bound and forced to make out a $57,000 check before his slaying.

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 11 Businesses Lose Alcoholic Beverage Licenses

The alcoholic beverage licenses of 11 establishments in the state have been revoked by the state Liquor Authority. Ten others have been canceled and five licensees have received suspensions totaling 67 days.

Under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, a revocation terminates a business’s license and bans the licensee from holding any alcoholic beverage license for a period of two years. A cancellation also terminates the license, but does not ban the licensee from applying for a license for two years.

A suspension prohibits the consumption or sale of alcoholic beverages for a designated period.

In addition, SLA board members voted to fine 64 licensees $217,500 and claimed 16 bonds for $16,000. A civil penalty is a monetary fine levied against the licensee. A bond claim is a claim made against the licensee’s surety bond, which is a requirement for holding a liquor license.

The list below shows all revocations, cancellations and suspensions imposed by the board at its Jan. 9 meeting. A complete listing of all disciplinary action taken by the board can be found at the SLA web site, www.abc.state.ny.us.

Premises names and addresses are listed by county along with the penalties imposed.

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Bronx Man Who Killed Woman With Screwdriver Gets 25 Years In Prison   

A man who stabbed his sister-in-law in the head with a screwdriver in a financial dispute over a green card scam was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison, authorities said.

Anderson Scrubb, 52, was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the death of Gloria Boney, his 69-year-old sister-in-law.

Brooklyn prosecutors said that Scrubb made a deal with Jocelyn Ford, the victim’s sister, to marry her for $3,000 in exchange for a green card.

After he tied the knot with Ford, prosecutors said Scrubb demanded more money from the family. He went to Boney’s apartment on Aug. 12 to discuss the situation, and the fight escalated.

Scrubb, who was on parole, strangled Boney and stabbed her repeatedly in the head with the screwdriver. After the killing her, Scrubb stole Boney’s credit cards and gave them to a friend who intended to use them illegally, prosecutors said.

Police linked the credit cards to Scrubb and arrested him the day after Boney’s slaying.

SOURCE:NewsDay.com

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Hunts Point Building The Point of Sale For JV

A joint venture between Taconic Investment Partners LLC and Denham Wolf Real Estate Services, Inc. acquired the American Bank Note Building in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx in New York City for approximately $32 million.

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler’s Evan Pariser, a managing director in the firm’s New York office, arranged financing from i-Star Financial and the New York City Investment Fund.

The Blauner family, who owned the building since the American Bank Note Company left in 1985, was the seller.

The new owners, which also include a fund managed by DLJ Capital Partners, Inc., plan to redevelop the property as an office center for arts organizations, design firms and nonprofit and community groups. There will be space for retail as well.

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