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Diaz's Reality Check 

Diaz Finally Get Smart With Filling Kingsbridge Armory with Jobs (NYDN Ed) The News says “reality has smacked” Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. in the face on his decision to make a deal to develop the Kingsbridge Armory * New push to develop Bx. armory (NYDN) * NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn is trying to get herself out of an political corner by negotiating a living wage bill compromise. * Bx. armory’s ‘sporting chance’(NYP) 

 

 

* Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera urged colleagues to vote against a $320 million ice-rink complex at the Kingsbridge Armory weeks after he allegedly asked the developers to donate millions to his former charity, Crain's reports: http://bit.ly/1hAPkCj  

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How Bronx Pols Increase Unemployment
Kingsbridge skating complex plan on thin ice(NYP Ed)Does Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. regret torpedoing the Kingsbridge Armory project four years ago? For the inferior replacement plan he champions is now endangered by similar politicking. Thus we have today’s Bronx, home to politicians skilled at killing off private development and, not uncoincidentally, to the highest unemployment in the state.

The Ice Cut
Ice Cabrera (NYDN Ed)

Like trolls at the bridge, members of the City Council have taken to demanding tribute from anyone who requires approval to do anything, no matter how beneficial to New York. Never has one of the trolls behaved more egregiously than Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera, who is putting the arm on one of the best projects fighting to get off the ground in the borough in a long time.

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Pay to Develop Councilman Extortion

New drama for Kingsbridge Armory(CrainsNY)

Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera tried to secure $99 million for his defunct charity @ThorntonMcEnery confirms In yet another twist in the quest to redevelop Kingsbridge Armory, the local City Councilman is reportedly withholding his support months after a failed attempt to extract a massive donation package for his personal charity. City Councilman Fernando Cabrera holds enormous decision-making power over that final approval, but his support for the ice center has wavered, and the reasoning behind that hesitation might be rooted in a request he made during an earlier phase of the process. A Nov. 14 report by Norwood News alleges that Mr. Cabrera met with the developers of the project in March during the final stages of negotiations over a community benefits agreement. In that meeting, Norwood News reports and Crain's has confirmed through numerous sources, Mr. Cabrera requested that $100,000 a year be donated for the next 99 years to a group called Community Action Unlimited, a charity that Mr. Cabrera presided over prior to his election to the City Council. That request was rebuffed by the developer. Mr. Cabrera's office also claimed that the councilman is no longer engaged directly with Community Action Unlimited, which Crain's has learned never registered as a charity with the state attorney general and had its nonprofit status revoked by the Internal Revenue Service in 2011 after failing to comply with filing regulations for three consecutive years. It remains unclear whether the organization remains in existence, and Mr. Cabrera's office was not able to say.

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Pay to Develop CM Extortion NYT Catches On
A Week After CrainsNY Report CM Carrera $$$ Demands for Allowing An Ice Rink With Jobs to Be Built At the Kingsbridge Armory the NYT Writes the Same Story
New drama for Kingsbridge Armory(CrainsNY)
Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera tried to secure $99 million for his defunct charity @ThorntonMcEnery confirms In yet another twist in the quest to redevelop Kingsbridge Armory, the local City Councilman is reportedly withholding his support months after a failed attempt to extract a massive donation package for his personal charity. City Councilman Fernando Cabrera holds enormous decision-making power over that final approval, but his support for the ice center has wavered, and the reasoning behind that hesitation might be rooted in a request he made during an earlier phase of the process.

A Nov. 14 report by Norwood News alleges that Mr. Cabrera met with the developers of the project in March during the final stages of negotiations over a community benefits agreement. In that meeting, Norwood News reports and Crain's has confirmed through numerous sources, Mr. Cabrera requested that $100,000 a year be donated for the next 99 years to a group called Community Action Unlimited, a charity that Mr. Cabrera presided over prior to his election to the City Council. That request was rebuffed by the developer. Mr. Cabrera's office also claimed that the councilman is no longer engaged directly with Community Action Unlimited, which Crain's has learned never registered as a charity with the state attorney general and had its nonprofit status revoked by the Internal Revenue Service in 2011 after failing to comply with filing regulations for three consecutive years. It remains unclear whether the organization remains in existence, and Mr. Cabrera's office was not able to say.*Scrutiny Over Bronx Councilman’s Demands for Ice Center Plan(NYT)

Political Consultant Lobbbyist Artz Calls A Councilman's None Profit A Conflict of Interests

“It looks like a conflict for the councilman to be involved with a nonprofit and trying to funnel money that benefits that nonprofit,” veteran consultant George Arzt summed up.