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Would-Be Ferry Operators RejectCity%u2019s New Guidelines For ServiceBY ROB TAYLORCompetition for the operation of a ferry service linking Brooklyn%u2019s Fulton Ferry Landing with lower Manhattan appears to be dwindling with the recent announcement of guidelines that are meant to simplify the operator approval process and allow any company, with the capability, to run the water shuttle.Earlier in the year, five requests for proposals (RFP) were written for the exclusive rights to operate the ferry service for a fiveyear period. Two weeks ago, the City voided the RFP%u2019s and released new guidelines for the ferry operation in New York that requires only an operator%u2019s permit, issued by the Department of Transportation, and available docking time at the piers accommodating ferries.According to the DOT spokesperson Gregory Perrin, no companies have applied for the permit to operate the ferry since the new guidelines were announced.Michael O%u2019Keefe, the owner of the River Cafe, had backed one of the proposals, but with the RFP cancellation, he is now hestitant to say whether he plans to try to operate a commuter service. O%u2019Keefe claims that it could be difficult for a ferry operator to make any money under the proposed guidelines, but as he has been operating a ferry for hisrestaurant customers for nine years, he is still considering the possiblity of running a commuter service.%u201cIn the long run, the City%u2019s recent decision could be good for ferry service,%u201d he says. %u201cBut, I can%u2019t imagine how anyone would make any money from the operation.%u201dOther groups in addition to O%u2019Keefe that submitted RFPs are dropping out. The Citizen%u2019s Committee for Urban Fishing, a group that was only interested in the ferry service because the original RFP required the ferry operator to also rehabilitate and operate the fireboat house at Fulton Landing, says it is no longer interested in the project because the City has taken responsiblity for the fireboat house with the new guidelines.Floating Through America is no longer interested in the ferry service either. According to the director, Jarrett Kroll, the company, which operates Hudson River Cruises, was only interested in the service as an additional operation to a tour program it wanted to run from Fulton Ferry Landing.The plans of the submitters of two remaining proposals are not known. Sandy Wiener, the president of Seaport Lines, says he is still interested, but has not made any final decisions. David Walentas, the developer of the Fulton Landing office residential and commercial complex, refused to comment.%u25a0 Li.ViVii.iiiii.iVii.it.ii NfY-p-,DWOMEN ARRESTED: Two women were arrested on Oct. 12 at 7:06pm after they held up a service station at 195 Flatbush Ave. Denice Jones, 21, and Susan Savering, 28, were armed with a loaded 12-gauge shot gun and a homemade zip gun and forcibly removed $350 from the complainant. P.O. Piekarsky from the 78th Precinct made the arrest.NEIGHBORHOOD MURDER: When officer Raymond Shashaty arrived on the scene in front of 145 Union St., at 8:15am on Oct. 18, he found Baldes Wenceslo, 72-yearsold, standing over the body of 64-year-old Sadie Spirola, the gun that killed her still in his hand. Wenceslo lives at 145 Union, a building that also houses a dry cleaners owned by Spirola%u2019s son. Spirola lived at 136 Union.KEEP OFF THE GRASS: 22-year-old Carl Benn, from Far Rockaway, was arrested on Oct. 28 at 4:25pm at the Red Hook Terminal in possession of 31 pounds of marijuana, police say. The arresting officer was Steven Strauch of the Waterfront Commission.ALLEGE SODOMY: A six-year-old boy attending P.S. 133 in Park Slope was allegedly sodomized by teacher Abraham Hampton of Manhattan on Nov. 3 in a washroom at the school. After learning of her son%u2019s attack, the boy%u2019s mother allegedly met Hampton at the school Nov. 5 and attacked him with a stick. Moments later, at 9:15am, police officers arrived and charged Hampton with sodomy, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a minor.RING FROM FINGER: Ronald Griffin, 21, Prospect Place, allegedly approached a 16-year-old female in front of 290 Douglas St. Nov. 6 at 1:15pm with a gun and demanded the chains around her neck and the ring on her finger. The victim says they were valued at about $700. P.O. Todorov was nearby and apprehended Griffin, who was charged with robbery.ALL HE HAD: A 23-year-old man was allegedly approached by Herberto Figueroa, 22, Bayshore, L.I., on the comer of 4th Ave. and Union St. on Nov. 6 at 3am and told to turn over all the money he had in his possession. The victim only had $11. Figueroa took the money, but he was subsequently arrested by P.O. Lepore.A LOADED GUN: On Nov. 6, at 4pm, P.O. Restivo allegedly found Richard Doble, 29, President St., carrying a loaded 38.(1 caliber hand gun on the comer of 6th Ave. and 2nd St. Doble was arrested and charged with possession of a loaded weapon.ROBBED AT GUNPOINT: A 26-year-old man was robbed at 12:15am on Nov. 3, in front of 61 S. Portland Ave. He was approached from behind by a man described by police asl~l--- 1_ A C----------. 1J PI A** 4IA _ ____ -1M i U t n , A U J K , U I O v u u , O U , A tV l J A I U H U d , t d l i ying a gun. The mugger took the man%u2019s wallet, which contained $6 and miscellaneous papers.HOTEL ROBBED: The desk clerk at the hotel at 320 Washington Ave. was robbed of$99 on Nov. 4, at 8:38pm. The clerk described two men, one as black, 34 years old, 6%u2019 2%u201d , 185 pounds, with a cast on one arm ; and the other as black, 34, 5%u2019 4%u201d , 160 pounds. He told police one was armed with a gun, the other with a knife. They fled the scene in a beige two-door sedan.SHIRT OFF HIS BACK: A 33-year-old man was robbed of $85, a watch worth $600, and his shirt at 1:12am on Nov. 6. He was going through the door at 295 Washington Avenue, when two men pushed him into the building, and stole his property.RAPE AND ROBBERY: A 26-year-old woman was walking on Carlton Ave. between Lafayette and DeKalb Aves. at 12:30pm on Nov. 6. A man described by police as being black, 29 years old, 5%u2019 9%u201d, 170 pounds, with short, black hair, approached her from behind displaying a large knife, and said %u201cWalk this way or I%u2019ll kill you.%u201d He brought her into an abandoned budding, raped her, and stole $133 in cash, and $159 in food stamps.PROMENADE ROBBERY: A 21-year-old man, having lunch on the Brooklyn promenade on Oct. 31 at 3:30pm was approached from behind by a man who put a knife in his back and said, %u201cDon%u2019t move. Give me your watch. Don%u2019t turn around or I%u2019ll come back and kill you.%u201d He fled with a watch valued at $60.BANK HEIST ATTEMPT: A man entered a bank at 9 DeKalb Ave. on Oct. 31 at 9:25am and passed a note to the teller that said, %u201cThrow out all the money in the drawer, now, or else.%u201d He was then apprehended by a church security guard and placed under arrest. Fred Green of 110-22 160 Jamaica Ave. was arrested.BRIDGE ROBBERY: A 24-year-old man walking across the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct. 31 at 1:45am was passed by a man who said %u201cHi, big guy.%u201d The man then said %u201cStop or I%u2019ll shoot.%u201d Another man approached him with a knife and two others removed his property. They took $80 and a watch.ROBBED BY FOUR: A 24-year-old man walking on Columbia Heights on Oct. 31 at 3:liam was confronted by a man with a gun who then struck him on the head, causing injury. Two men then approached him from behind and pushed him against a parked car. They fled with $60 and $1500 in jewelry in a brown sedan.FOLLOW THAT CAR: A 44-year-old man, walking along President and Hicks Sts. at 10pm on Oct. 26, found himself being trailed by a slow-moving blue car. One man jumped out and grabbed him around the neck while the second sprayed mace at him and searched his pockets, coming out with $20 cash and several credit cards.SUBWAY E X r u s u n t: ay-year-old Louie Behling of Mill St., was arrested at 7:30pm on October 28 for public lewdness by Transit Officer Thomas MacNamara of District 30. While on the platform of the Carroll St. Station he exposed himself to a passing subway.mOh Boy, It's aW uriitzer!Now you can own a working,miniature replica of the famousWuriitzer Jukebox%u2014the bigbox from the big band era!Nostalgia buffs will thrill 1o the original 50's sounds and artists! 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