Tragic attack on 173street

From my exprienced knowing this woman and by article in the New York Post there was a woman, Jahaira, working in a hair salon at 173street. This woman was very nice and was friends with a lot people. She was known to be a loyal friend. Unfornately, three years ago she was killed by her husband, Sergio Parra Victoria. It was a regular day, when he called her on phone but she didn't pick up the phone. So he went to her job and was looking for her. No one expected that her husband would possibily do his wife. The people that work at the salon went to tell her that her husband was looking for her. She seemed fine so she went outside because he asked her to walk with her across the street. When she went across the street the people at the salon saw a van moving back and forth so then quickly knew that something was happening. When they went it was too late. Her husband slashed 30 times. On April 10, 2007, the Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus said that Sergio Parra Victoria will be sentenced 25 years to life. He says, "To kill the mother of your daughter in such a brutal way is not excusable." He announced that Sergio killed her because of vengeance. He called her cell phone the night before and a man answered.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04102007/news/regionalnews/wife_killer_gets_23_yrs__regionalnews_laura_italiano.htm

Trespass arrests!!

Lately there have many trespassing arrests that are coming from the housing projects. In fact, on April 13th, 2007, the New York Department said that was a criminal complaint and a separate sworn affidavit as the place an officer arrested two people for trespassing on an address that did not exist in Washington Heights. They have been searching on this case for three days, and then they found out that the address that was given was no where found in Washington Heights. Police states that they don’t have a reason of why Officer Roberto Argaluza of 34th Precinct gave a complaint of Franklin Santana, 17, and Amurys Alcides, 21, were trespassing inside a building of 560 w. 182 ST. In addition, the 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care and the Latino Officers Association states that since 2002 there have been 25 percent of trespassing arrests. The NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says, “arrests for trespass, which are often violations and not solely criminal, are unrelated to revenue or quotas.” In fact, people have been caught selling drugs outside and this could also lead to an arrest for trespassing. The Legal Aid lawyers states that policemen usually make arrests without checking to see whether the suspect is lying or saying the truth when they say they are visiting a friend or a family member in the building.” Police said their trespassing initiative is an effective way to rid housing projects and private apartment buildings of drug dealers and other troublemakers.” http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nytres135169248apr13,0,2500877.story

Opening a new High School in Washington height *Fall 2008*

On April 13, 2007, there has been a decision from Major Bloomberg and schools chancellor Joel Klein that they will open a high school in Washington Heights named “Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics.” They decided on $34 million to build this school. The school will give good opportunities for students to be in a school that has many high quality resources including a technology lab, a gymnasium, and a soundproof music room. The people that were planning to build the Gregorio Luperon High School are Deputy Mayor of Education and community development, Dennis Walcott, Deputy Chancellor of Education, Kathleen Grimm; School Construction Authority President, Sharon Greenberger, and a host of elected officials and community resident, which chose to have 500 students in the school. Mayor Bloomberg believes that these students could be successful in this school because he says “all of students are entitled to a quality education in schools that meets their needs. We are happy to make good on our promise to the Washington Heights community in making the new Gregorio Luperon High School a reality.” This school will have a library and a media center that will allow students to take advantage in exploring new ideas. Also there will be a gym that will consist of several of sports, such as basketball, volleyball, and baseball that will allow them to “grow and become competitive.” Chancellor Klein adds, “I’m thrilled that the students here with us today will have this beautiful new facility. I look forward to coming back to see them excelling in their new building.” http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2007a%2Fpr107-07.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1