Chairman of Kings County Democratic County Committee
Future President of the Brooklyn Bar Association
Officer of the Columbian Lawyers Association
Appointed to NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission
Partner in the Abrams and Fensterman
Chair of the Newly Formed NYS Bar Assoc Committee on Transportation Law
Board Member of Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council
RiseBoro Executive Board Member
Founding Board Member of NY League of Independent Bankers
Seddio - Wall Street Mortgage Bankers Which Shares the Same Address With Carone Law Firm Abrams and Fensterman in Lake Success
Taking over for Former Boss Vito Lopez
Mr. Carone serves on the Board and is Chair of the Audit Committee of the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council (“RBSCC”) (now Rise Boro). RBSCC is a non-profit which serves 30,000 constituents and has a budget of almost $100 million.
Arzt
is Lobbyist for RiseBoro-an affordable housing non-profit which was
originally formed by disgraced Vito Lopez & continues under this new
name. RiseBoro is a recipient of the shameful Third Party Transfer
foreclosure seizures of dozens of Brooklyn buildings. Frank Carone is an
Officer on the Executive Board of RiseBoro as well as a Spokesman cited
in the Times for slumlord Poldosky cluster housing building purchase
for $173,000,000 by deBlasio.
Arzt is Lobbyist is also paid
by the Kings County Democratic Party, Named in the Judge Jacobson
lawsuit that that charges the Brooklyn screening panel blocked a sitting
judge from reelection for refusing to close LICH Hospital. Carone and
Seddio were both paid by SUNY to close LICH Hospital and Carone's law
firm Abrams and Fensterman represents the developer FortisLobbyists Carone Got the Slum Landlords the Podoslky Brothers A Sweetheart Deal with de Blasio
De Blasio pushes for $173M portfolio deal with controversial landlords. Their lawyer raises money for the mayor.Lawyer Frank Carone, who represents the Podoslky brothers, is a longtime de Blasio allyComptroller subpoenas de Blasio administration over $173M deal with ...https://ny.curbed.com/.../scott-stringer-subpoenas-bill-de-blasio-cluster-site-affordable...Lawyer’s influence with de Blasio’s City Hall evident in hundreds of emails (NYDN)What Frank Carone wants, Frank Carone gets — even if he’s asking the mayor of New York City.
The politically connected lawyer, who emerged this week as a central
Initially, the total value of the buildings was estimated at about $50 million, the New York Times reported. A private appraiser later estimated it at $143 million. City officials said the price rose during the course of negotiations with the Podolsky brothers, who run Amsterdam Hospitality Group.
Architect Behind the City’s $173 Million Real Estate Deal with the Notorious Podolsky Brothers, has enjoyed unfettered access to City Hall since Mayor de Blasio took office in 2014, the Daily News has learned.
He and the law firm he works for, Abrams Fensterman, have represented many other clients mired in controversy, or with business before the city — or both.
They include the Allure
Group, which was at the center of the Rivington House scandal that
plagued de Blasio’s first term; the Fortis Property Group, the buyer in
the controversial Long Island College Hospital deal; and Haysha Deitsch,
the developer who had to pay out a $3.4 million settlement for evicting
seniors from a Brooklyn nursing home.
More on Carone and
Carone’s most well-known clients at the moment are the Podolsky brothers. They pleaded guilty to dozens of felonies in 1986 in relation to their treatment of tenants in their properties.
In 2016, Homeless Services Commissioner Steve Banks contacted Carone about the city’s intention "to take the steps necessary” to acquire 17 cluster-site buildings in Brooklyn and the Bronx through eminent domain. In 2018, the city made its intention to buy those properties public, but failed to mention who owned them — the Podolskys — and who represented the owners — Carone, who funneled $5,000 to de Blasio through his Fairness PAC.
In January, The News revealed the Podolskys were behind the deal, and in the subsequent weeks, broke the news that the city would shell out $173 million for the 17 buildings, despite two wildly divergent appraisals that listed the properties’ value alternately at $49 million and $143 million.
De Blasio's latest sleazy deal for well-connected landlords
https://nypost.com/2019/04/.../de-blasios-latest-sleazy-deal-for-well-connected-landlor...- In his first term, he didn't pay a price for his massive giveaway to a downtown ... brothers Jay and Stuart Podolsky to purchase 729 apartments in 21 buildings ... Two years ago, after a radiator explosion in a similar cluster-site ...
Who Contributes to the Fairness PAC
For years, hundreds of the apartments in the Podolskys’ buildings have been used by the city to house homeless families, as part of the porous and controversial cluster-site program. Under the deal, nonprofit groups will convert them to permanent affordable housing and own and operate them. [NYT]
Money for de Blasio's Presidential PAC From Carone While He Was Making the Podoslky Deal
Lawyer Frank Carone, who represents the Podoslky brothers, is a longtime de Blasio ally Comptroller subpoenas de Blasio administration over $173M deal with ...
https://ny.curbed.com/.../scott-stringer-subpoenas-bill-de-blasio-cluster-site-affordable...
Amid the negotiations with the Podoslky Brothers, Carone donated the maximum $5,000 to the mayor’s federal political action committee, Fairness PAC, which he’s using to explore a presidential run. Heading in to the closing of the deal, Carone also solicited other donors. Both de Blasio and Carone said they had not discussed the real estate deal.
Nurses’ court order throws wrench into NYU’s LICH plans
in Brooklyn (Daily Eagle, 2014) SUNY attorney Frank
Carone told Justice Jacobson that SUNY “tried to meet with NYU yesterday, but
were unsuccessful.” He assured the judge that SUNY was “committed to the
content and objectives of the RFP,” and supports the “full employment of the
nurses.” “I’m sure the nurses in the courtroom are very happy to hear that,”
Justice Jacobson said.
Senior Home
Building in the Park
Third Party Transferres
Seddio Refinanced Both of the Mayor's Homes in 2012 After They Both Joined Forces to Elect A Council Speaker
Growing
up in Canarsie meant that St. Joseph’s Day was always a big celebration
for Hon. Frank Seddio. So when he and then-law partner Frank Carone
started a law firm together in 2007, they wanted to recapture some of
that old neighborhood spirit and started a tradition that has stretched
for 11 years now.
Seddio Thanks Carone
Every year Seddio, chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, invites about 500 people from Brooklyn, Including Judges, politicians and neighbors, to his house on Flatlands Avenue to celebrate St. Joseph’s Day.
The politically connected lawyer, who emerged this week as a central
Initially, the total value of the buildings was estimated at about $50 million, the New York Times reported. A private appraiser later estimated it at $143 million. City officials said the price rose during the course of negotiations with the Podolsky brothers, who run Amsterdam Hospitality Group.
Architect Behind the City’s $173 Million Real Estate Deal with the Notorious Podolsky Brothers, has enjoyed unfettered access to City Hall since Mayor de Blasio took office in 2014, the Daily News has learned.
He and the law firm he works for, Abrams Fensterman, have represented many other clients mired in controversy, or with business before the city — or both.
More on Carone and
Carone’s most well-known clients at the moment are the Podolsky brothers. They pleaded guilty to dozens of felonies in 1986 in relation to their treatment of tenants in their properties.
In 2016, Homeless Services Commissioner Steve Banks contacted Carone about the city’s intention "to take the steps necessary” to acquire 17 cluster-site buildings in Brooklyn and the Bronx through eminent domain. In 2018, the city made its intention to buy those properties public, but failed to mention who owned them — the Podolskys — and who represented the owners — Carone, who funneled $5,000 to de Blasio through his Fairness PAC.
In January, The News revealed the Podolskys were behind the deal, and in the subsequent weeks, broke the news that the city would shell out $173 million for the 17 buildings, despite two wildly divergent appraisals that listed the properties’ value alternately at $49 million and $143 million.
De Blasio's Latest Sleazy Deal for Well-Connected Landlords ... first term, he didn't pay a price for his massive giveaway to a downtown condo developer, ... Blas donor Frank Carone represents the sellers.
https://nypost.com/2019/04/.../de-blasios-latest-sleazy-deal-for-well-connected-landlor...- In his first term, he didn't pay a price for his massive giveaway to a downtown ... brothers Jay and Stuart Podolsky to purchase 729 apartments in 21 buildings ... Two years ago, after a radiator explosion in a similar cluster-site ...
Who Contributes to the Fairness PAC
For years, hundreds of the apartments in the Podolskys’ buildings have been used by the city to house homeless families, as part of the porous and controversial cluster-site program. Under the deal, nonprofit groups will convert them to permanent affordable housing and own and operate them. [NYT]
Money for de Blasio's Presidential PAC From Carone While He Was Making the Podoslky Deal
Lawyer Frank Carone, who represents the Podoslky brothers, is a longtime de Blasio ally Comptroller subpoenas de Blasio administration over $173M deal with ...
https://ny.curbed.com/.../scott-stringer-subpoenas-bill-de-blasio-cluster-site-affordable...
Amid the negotiations with the Podoslky Brothers, Carone donated the maximum $5,000 to the mayor’s federal political action committee, Fairness PAC, which he’s using to explore a presidential run. Heading in to the closing of the deal, Carone also solicited other donors. Both de Blasio and Carone said they had not discussed the real estate deal.
Carone & Seddio Make
Judges and Breaks Judges Like Judge Jacobson
Judge Jacobson Ruled to Keep LICH Hospital Open When Seddio's and his Law Partner Carone Was Trying to Close the Hospital Working for SUNY
Carone Law Firm Abrams
Judge Jacobson Ruled to Keep LICH Hospital Open When Seddio's and his Law Partner Carone Was Trying to Close the Hospital Working for SUNY
Carone Law Firm Abrams
Column: Smiling while stabbing LICH in the back, by George Fiala ...
Jul 30, 2016 - ... the defense lawyer
for SUNY Downstate turned out to be Frank Carone, ... that would include
a full service hospital in it's development plans.
lobbyists: Judge Jacobson Who Was Dumped By Boss Seddeo Files A ...
Sep 19, 2016 - The developer plans to demolish
two buildings on the site and either .... wherein Mr. Carone insited that Judge
Jacobson not enjoin SUNY, Judge ... LICH plans in Brooklyn (Daily Eagle, 2014)
SUNY attorney Frank Carone ...
Senior Home
With $3.35 Million Deal, 5 Holdouts Will Leave a Brooklyn Seniors ... Jun 2,
2016 - Frank Carone, a lawyer representing the owner, the developer Haysha
Deitsch, said the settlement would allow his client to move forward, ...
Sep 13, 2017 - The long, complicated (and often very sad) saga concerning the Prospect ParkResidence nursing home looks to be coming to a close under ...
Controversial Developer Of 'Deplorable' Prospect Park Residence ...
Jun 16, 2016 - The drama began in 2014
when the developer threatened to
evict the ... Deitsch's attorney Frank
Carone plans
to fight the lawsuit, however he ...
Building in the Park
Settlement Reached Over Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park | Brownstone
May 28, 2015 - ... the community a full review consistent with law,” said Frank Carone, the ... Brooklyn
Bridge Park, Pierhouse Developer Over Height, Views.
Housing Battle in Brooklyn Bridge Park - WSJ
Jul 17, 2014
- ...
Court in Brooklyn on Friday, said Frank Carone, a lawyer for the neighbors ... a spokeswoman for Brooklyn
Bridge Park Development Corp., ...
RiseBoro Vs Elizabeth St Gardens
RiseBoro Vs Elizabeth St Gardens
RiseBoro
as the Affordable Housing partner to the Elizabeth St Gardens that the
community has been fighting. It's an HPD lot-enjoyed by the community as
a neighborhood garden respite- now being handed over for 'affordable
housing' to RiseBoro
"But the city remains undeterred; on Friday, HPD and HDC announced
that it had selected Pennrose Properties, LLC, Habitat for Humanity New
York City (Habitat NYC), and RiseBoro Community Partnerships, Inc to develop the project, known as Haven Green..."
Third Party Transferres
“In
Dec 2017, over 60 properties were bundled before Kings County Supreme
Court Judge Mark Partnow who made a foreclosure judgement on them for
the same date.
Kelley also said that the favored non-profit, RiseBoro, which took over ownership of the property in September 2018, has yet to do any repairs.
“We have a leak in our basement from the boiler that began about 2 ½ months ago that RiseBoro caused
and still has not repaired, it is ruining the basement. The repair
people that they send out are not licensed they are just repair people.
Our boiler runs on manual which means we ourselves have to turn it on
and off. Every 21-25 days we are out of oil so we have no heat or hot
water. If we do not inform them we need oil they would never know. I
have called our property manager on several occasions and no one has
called us back,” Kelley said.”
Partnow
vacating his judgment for only 6 properties...was ‘shocked-shocked’ but
these 6 were taken back from the non-profit Neighborhood Restore and
not RiseBoro?!?-I see no evidence that the remaining seized properties
that the Judge foreclosed on were vacated-some of which, though I don't
know the number- HPD handed over to RiseBoro.
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2019/03/29/stolen-brooklyn-homes-to-be-returned-after-judge-slams-city-housing-program
Bottom line...Carone is connected to deBlasio
Carone is connected to RiseBoro as an Officer/Director
Judge Partnow Wife is Seddio's Co District Leader for 59th Assembly District
Carone's law partner Fensterman has been the LI fund raiser for deBlasio
Partnow foreclosed on 60 buildings and homes-seized by the City
Some of them were handed over to RiseBoro via BDBs Housing Preservation & Development aka HPD
RiseBoro was Vito Lopez' non-profit -original name
was but there was a name change after the Lopez scandal
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-nonprofit-founded-pervy-ex-pol-article-1.3505083
RiseBoro
continues to be the recipient of HPD/City property in contravention of
neighborhood self-determination-Elizabeth St Gardens, as well as the
Brooklyn Triangle neighborhood fight, as well as the beneficiary of
seized/foreclosed buildings in the case illustrated above-by Partnow.
3)RE Third Party Transfer-TPT-
‘Unbeknownst to all these tenants, while they were doing all this is that they no longer owned the building. That’s
because 19 Kingsland Avenue was part of a bundled foreclosure judgement
that also included about 60 other properties across the borough before
Kings County Supreme Court Judge Mark Partnow on Dec. 14, 2017 – just
two weeks before Christmas.’
History on RISEBORO
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-nonprofit-founded-pervy-ex-pol-article-1.3505083 “Brooklyn
nonprofit founded by disgraced ex-N.Y. Assemblyman Vito Lopez announces name
change”
A) RISEBORO Homecare as par
ProPublica Non-Profit website:
#990 2017 Tax Exempt Form as a Non-Profit Carone is an Officer-$38,000,000
revenue
Schedule R –Related Orgs & Unrelated Partnerships:
B) RISEBORO Community Partnership Inc
#990 2017 Tax Exempt Form ‘under audit’
TPT/Third
Party Transfer scandal-going on now
https://www.kingscountypolitics.com/court-cases-could-determine-third-party-transfer-programs-future
Attorney’s for the city stated in State Supreme Court that they
are concerned if they lose upcoming litigations over a controversial city
housing program, it may result in tens of millions of dollars of properties
being returned to their owners.
The cases involve at least two and maybe more of the 63
properties the city’s Department of Housing
Preservation and Development’s (HPD) seized in 2017 with no equity given from
mainly black and brown property owners and given to connected non-profit and
for-profit developers under the ruse of keeping the buildings affordable.
All the cases involve HPD’s Third Party Transfer program as
chronicled in an ongoing KCP series.
Scott Short is the CEO of RiseBoro Community Partnership, one of
the community groups that gets the in-debt buildings back on track.
"In all cases we have been able to return tenants to
apartments that have rents that are affordable to them through this
program," Short said.
Since 1999, more than 500 buildings made up of more than 6,000
units have entered the TPT program. This year there were more than 60
properties. While many of the buildings are larger apartment buildings and
co-ops, Adams says it's the two and three family homes that caused him to raise
an eyebrow.
Kelley also said that the favored non-profit, RiseBoro,
which took over ownership of the property in September 2018, has yet to
do any repairs.
“We have a leak in our basement from the boiler that began
about 2 ½ months ago that RiseBoro caused and still has not repaired, it
is ruining the basement. The repair people that they send out are not licensed
they are just repair people. Our boiler runs on manual which means we ourselves
have to turn it on and off. Every 21-25 days we are out of oil so we have
no heat or hot water. If we do not inform them we need oil they would never
know. I have called our property manager on several occasions and no one has
called us back,” Kelley said.
“Kings
County Supreme Court Judge Mark Partnow is
in the process of making a ruling on the city’s taking of two black- and
brown-owned properties, and giving them in sweetheart deals to connected
non-profits that stand to make millions of dollars in redevelopment fees.”
“By
day, Partnow is the director of the senior center at the Jewish Association
Serving the Ages (JASA), an organization devoted to keeping senior citizens
important pieces to their neighborhoods. By night, she is one half of the
district leaders for the 59th District, along with Hon. Frank Seddio as her
male counterpart.
Partnow
does a lot of work with the Brooklyn Democratic body as district leader. The
job of a district leader includes choosing the Brooklyn Democratic Party
leader, nominating the Democratic judicial candidates, endorsing candidates and
representing Brooklyn at the New York State Democratic Convention.
Partnow
is also an executive member of the district leader’s own group, the Thomas
Jefferson Democratic Club, which meets every Thursday night. Through the club,
Partnow is able to listen to local concerns from neighbors.”
Partnow
vacating his judgment for 6 properties...was ‘shocked-shocked’ but these 6 were
taken back from the non-profit Neighborhood Restore
https://www.kingscountypolitics.com/courts-rules-against-city-millions-of-dollars-of-wealth-restored
What
about the others seized?
“And there are at least 60 other black senior homeowners
in Brooklyn who have experienced similar scenarios, Caldwell stated.”
60 BUNDLED Foreclosures ruled on by
Partnow:
Unbeknownst to all these
tenants, while they were doing all this is that they no longer owned the
building. That’s because 19 Kingsland
Avenue was part of a bundled foreclosure judgement that also included about 60
other properties across the borough before Kings County Supreme Court Judge
Mark Partnow on Dec. 14, 2017 – just two weeks before Christmas.
In 2011, Seddio and longtime law partner Frank Carone,
who serves as counsel to the Brooklyn Democrats, joined the law firm
Abrams Fensterman, which shares a Lake Success, LI, address with the
mortgage company. Seddio has since left law firm. NYP
De Blasio has refi ties to Dem boss key to Viverito bid (NYP)
Mayor
de Blasio’s ties to the Brooklyn Democratic boss he teamed up with to
anoint the next City Council speaker run all the way to Hizzoner’s
doorstep, The Post has learned.
Since
2012, de Blasio has refinanced both homes he owns in Park Slope through
the firm where Brooklyn Democratic leader Frank Seddio formerly served
as vice president — Wall Street Mortgage Bankers.
Public
records show that the most recent deal came just three days after de
Blasio’s primary victory on Sept. 10, when he refinanced his 11th Street
home with the firm for $625,000.
In June 2012, he had refinanced another home his family owns down the block with Wall Street Mortgage Bankers for $630,000.
Mayor
de Blasio’s ties to the Brooklyn Democratic boss he teamed up with to
anoint the next City Council speaker run all the way to Hizzoner’s
doorstep, The Post has learned.
Since
2012, de Blasio has refinanced both homes he owns in Park Slope through
the firm where Brooklyn Democratic leader Frank Seddio formerly served
as vice president — Wall Street Mortgage Bankers.
Public
records show that the most recent deal came just three days after de
Blasio’s primary victory on Sept. 10, when he refinanced his 11th Street
home with the firm for $625,000.
In June 2012, he had refinanced another home his family owns down the block with Wall Street Mortgage Bankers for $630,000.
n
2011, he and longtime law partner Frank Carone, who serves as counsel
to the Brooklyn Democrats, joined the law firm Abrams Fensterman, which
shares a Lake Success, LI, address with the mortgage company.
Seddio has since left law firm.
Asked
about the refinancing deals, de Blasio aides said it was a coincidental
case where de Blasio’s broker used Carone’s brother as the title guy
and referred him to Wall Street Mortgage Brokers.
They declined to provide the rates of the loans.
Last
month, de Blasio got Seddio to break from the Queens and Bronx
Democratic leaders to back East Harlem City Council member Melissa
Mark-Viverito for council speaker, according to multiple sources.
The
fiercely liberal Mark-Viverito, a longtime ally of de Blasio, was the
first member of the council to back his seemingly long-shot bid for
mayor.
Seddio’s
support is said to have swayed enough council members to give
Mark-Viverito 30 votes — four more than the 26 needed to become speaker
in Wednesday’s scheduled vote.
“It’s a good, working relationship,” de Blasio said when recently asked about his ties to Seddio.
In
return, Seddio was promised powerful council chairmanships for his
Brooklyn members, according to sources, and is expected to get a large
say in who staffs back-office positions in the council.
Seddio and Carone did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Frank Seddio’s St. Joseph’s Day is a throwback to old Canarsie
Seddio Thanks Carone
Frank Carone-lately in the news about the Poldosky slumlord sale of cluster house buildings-an overpriced purchased by pal deBlasio-just also happens to be an
Officer/Director of Riseboro-the 'affordable housing' entity getting the contract for the Elizabeth St Gardens appropriation, facilitated by HPD. Please see the attachment.
Riseboro (formerly a Vito Lopez org. before their sanitized new name) as it turns out, is the recipient of the controversial Brooklyn Triangle rezoning...as well
as the contractor for some of the scandalous TPT Brooklyn home foreclosures given to them in gangster-like theft...also via HPD.
So, I'm sending, as an fyi, my research-admittedly haphazardly laid out-but the essence of it is that as you well know, Carone & his Fensterman-Seddio law partners
run the Brooklyn courts and have their tentacles in the city Administration as well as in Albany...i.e. LICH. The 'affordable housing' scam that actually has fast-tracked gentrification has been a Trojan Horse cover to reward deBlasio's pals-the "FairnessPAC"
is yet again pay-to-play insurance money for the gangsters who call the shots.
Taxi Corner
Taxi Corner
Federal Judge Hall and Carone were on the Taxi & Limousine commission at the same time.
At Gillibrand’s Recommendation, White House Formally Nominates Lashann DeArcy Hall For U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District Of New York
Abrams Fensterman Partner Frank V. Carone and his fellow NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission Board Members preside over monthly public hearing
TLC Commissioners
Created in 1971 by Local Law No. 12, the Taxi and Limousine Commission is a Charter-mandated agency, the purpose of which is the continuance, further development and improvement of taxi and for-hire service in the City of New York. The Commission is also responsible for licensing and regulating for-hire vehicle, commuter van and wheelchair accessible van services as it relates to the overall public transportation network of the city; to establish taxicab rates, standards of service, standards of insurance and minimum coverage; standards for driver safety; standards for equipment safety and design; and standards and criteria for the licensing of vehicles, drivers and operators engaged in such services.The Commission's Board consists of nine members, eight of whom are unsalaried Commissioners to be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the city council; five of said members, one resident from each of the five boroughs of New York City, shall be recommended for appointment by a majority vote of the councilmembers of each respective borough. The salaried Chair/Commissioner presides over regularly scheduled public Commission meetings, and is the head of the agency.
Deblasio Mortgages done by seddio and Carone
Since 2012, de Blasio has refinanced both homes he owns in Park Slope through the firm where Brooklyn Democratic leader Frank Seddio formerly served as vice president — Wall Street Mortgage Bankers.Public records show that the most recent deal came just three days after de Blasio’s primary victory on Sept. 10, when he refinanced his 11th Street home with the firm for $625,000.
In June 2012, he had refinanced another home his family owns down the block with Wall Street Mortgage Bankers for $630,000.
Each home has been refinanced multiple times, according to public records.
Seddio, a former state assemblyman who briefly worked as surrogate court judge in Brooklyn, joined the mortgage firm in 2007.
In 2011, he and longtime law partner Frank Carone, who serves as counsel to the Brooklyn Democrats, joined the law firm Abrams Fensterman, which shares a Lake Success, LI, address with the mortgage company.
Seddio has since left law firm.
https://nypost.com/2014/01/07/de-blasio-has-refi-ties-to-dem-boss-key-to-viverito-bid/
UPDATED: TPT Protestors Decry Brooklyn Judicial System & CM Reynoso (2.2019)
Sherlivia
Thomas-Murchinson, one of the leaders of the protest and who lost her
family apartment at 248 Madison Street under the program in 2012,
contends the court is a major player in the issue and are making default judgements blindly.
James Caldwell,
one of the organizer’s of the protest and longtime President of 77th
Police Precinct Community Council also took the court system and the
Brooklyn Democratic Party to task.
“These judges are
not well-versed in what TPT is and they blanketly give these developers
and the City of New York, in-rem foreclosures, default foreclosures
without even checking to see if the owners were ever properly served. We
need to hold these judges accountable when these scam artists come into
the courtrooms. I can understand one or two property owners missing
their court dates, but it should raise a red flag for any justice when
over 63 people miss a court date,” said Thomas-Murchinson.
“This protest is to send a message to the court system that what their doing to black and brown people is totally wrong. There’s no justice for us. They’re just taking our homes and we don’t get an opportunity to represent ourselves. They always ask for us [blacks and Latinos] to vote for them and we assume they are going to do the right thing, but look at what they are doing. They don’t do this to any other communities,” said Caldwell.
Carone strongly defended the Brooklyn judicial system, the County Democratic Party organization and his law firm.
“Kings County is fortunate to have the most incredibly dedicated and talented judges preside over its cases. I would put them up against anyone anywhere. The Party takes its responsibility serious and as such is very proud of each Judge its has supported to election or re-election over the years,” said Carone in an email.
“As for my law firm, we zealously represents each and every client with every breath we collectively take. We do this without hesitation or reservation. While I sympathize, the protesters position is misguided,” he added.
Abrams Fensterman Partner Frank V. Carone and his fellow NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission Board Members preside over monthly public hearing
Last gasp for foes of mayor's taxi plan
TPT Horror Stories Aired At Packed Borough Hall
Prominent Brooklyn law firms merge
It’s exciting. We need a team and infrastructure to service theborough that we love, explained Frank Carone, who also works forthe city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission. He added that hispartner, Frank Seddio, is a retired judge and assemblymember whonow serves as a district leader. Both Seddio and Carone were bornand raised in Brooklyn.
