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‘I JUST
SIGNED
YOUR
DEATH
WARRANT’
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Disgraced U.S. Gymnastics doctor Larry
Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years
in prison by Michigan Judge Rosemarie
Aquilina for sexually abusing more than
150 young athletes. 4
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 25 , 2018
WELCOME TO PRESIDENT AGREES TO CHINA’S ILLEGAL OPIOIDS
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JOE PANTORNO, SPORTS EDITOR
Former United States Gymnastics doctor President Donald Trump said Mueller’s probe before, Trump Illegal shipments of the easy access for buyers in the U.S.
Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to on Wednesday evening that made his assertion as the White powerful and addictive to purchase fentanyl, often in
175 years in prison for criminal sexual he would be willing to be House and allies in Congress have opioid fentanyl are pouring relatively large quantities, through
conduct in which he abused over 150 interviewed under oath by special stepped up attacks on the inves- into the United States by mail the internet. The drugs are mailed
women and girls during his two-plus counsel Robert Mueller, who is tigation’s credibility and Trump from China, and the U.S. Postal by “labs” in China to individuals
decade tenure with the national team. investigating Russian meddling himself has hedged on whether Service must step up the use of who consume them or to middle-
His sentencing on Wednesday was the in the 2016 U.S. election. “I’m he would answer questions. More high-tech detection methods to men who dilute them for resale.
conclusion of an emotional seven-day looking forward to it, actually,” recently, Trump’s attorneys have fi ght the problem, according to a According to the report, the Postal
hearing that included 168 impact Trump, speaking to reporters been talking to Mueller’s team congressional report unveiled on Service has failed to widely deploy
statements from his victims. For more, at the White House, said of an about an interview, according to Wednesday. A yearlong probe by a system to capture “advanced
turn to page 4 and also visit metro.us. interview with Mueller. “I would sources with knowledge of the a Senate Homeland Security and electronic data” about packages,
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 25 , 2018
Former US Gymnastics
presents
A CHANGE IS
doctor Larry Nassar
GONNA COME
gets 175 years in prison
JOE PANTORNO
[email protected]
The sentencing
Anthony Hamilton Naturally 7 comes aft er a week-
long hearing that
saw many of his
accusers testify.
Former United States
Olympics gymnastics
Otis Redding III Vernon Reid Sonia Sanchez doctor Larry Nassar
was sentenced to 40 to
175 years in prison for
criminal sexual conduct
by a Michigan court on
Wednesday morning,
concluding a weeklong
hearing that saw many of
his victims step forward
Valerie Simpson Dionne Warwick Ray Chew and testify.
"I just signed your
death warrant," Judge Former U.S. Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar arrives for impact statements during the sentencing phase of his trial. GETTY IMAGES
Rosemarie Aquilina told
Nassar in the Lansing, pleasure and your con- “The media convinced
Michigan, courtroom. trol," she told to Nassar.
them that everything I did
The disgraced former "I would not send my
The music, sights, and words that doctor was already sen- dogs to you, sir. … You was wrong and bad. They
tenced to 60 years in pris- can't give them back
invigorated a nation, stirred protests, on in December on child their innocence, their feel I broke their trust. Hell
and eff ected change in the 1960s are pornography charges. youth. … It was my
hath no fury like a woman
celebrated. Folk songs and R&B classics "Your words these past honor and privilege to
several days have had sentence you. You do not scorned.”
like Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna
a significant emotional have the right or privi-
Come” and Marvin Gaye’s “What’s effect on myself and lege to walk outside a Larry Nassar
Going On,” Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple shaken me to my core," prison ever again."
Nassar said in a final The seven days of tes- However, in a letter many survivors felt was
Haze” and “We Shall Overcome”—the
statement. "I will carry timonies were highlight- he wrote to the court exorcised from them
anthem of the era—defi ne a time when your words with me for ed by Olympic gold med- last week, Nassar again and put where it be-
voices were raised and arms were the rest of my days." alist Aly Raisman, who defended his actions and longs, right on him," Po-
The 54-year-old had delivered an emotional put blame on the vic- vilaitis said.
interlocked in a movement seeking
pleaded guilty to seven 13-minute statement. tims. Judge Aquilina read In 2016, Rachael Den-
justice and social change. counts of criminal sex- "You do realize now aloud parts of that letter hollander was the first
ual misconduct before the women you so heart- Wednesday. to come forward to file
Monday, February 5 at 8 PM the sentencing hearing, lessly abused over such a "I was a good doctor a criminal complaint
which saw 168 impact long period of time are because my treatments accusing Nassar of abus-
Sounds of Change statements given by his now a force? And you are worked, and those pa- ing her in 2000. Denhol-
accusers as a part of his nothing?" she asked Nas- tients that are now speak- lander's heroics opened
Anthony Hamilton | Naturally 7 plea deal set by Judge sar. "I will not rest until ing out are the same ones the floodgates for more
Otis Redding III | Vernon Reid Aquilina. every last trace of your that praised and came than 140 women to step
Sonia Sanchez | Valerie Simpson "You are no longer vic- influence on this sport back over and over," Nas- forward to accuse Nassar,
tims. You are survivors. has been destroyed like sar wrote in the letter. including Simone Biles,
Dionne Warwick | Ray Chew, Music Director
You are very strong," the cancer it is." "The media convinced Gabby Douglas and McK-
Additional artists to be announced Judge Aquilina said to Nassar began working them that everything I ayla Maroney.
Support for The ’60s: The Years that Changed America is provided by those who testified. with United States Gym- did was wrong and bad. Biles, who captivated
the Howard Gilman Foundation. "You did this for your nastics in 1986 while They feel I broke their the nation during the
completing his osteo- trust. Hell hath no fury 2016 Summer Games
168 pathic medical degree at like a woman scorned." while winning four gold
Michigan State Universi- Michigan assistant at- medals, was one of the
ty. Ten years later, he was torney general Angela last to step forward, re-
appointed as national Povilaitis said in her final vealing on her Twitter
carnegiehall.org/60s | 212-247-7800 medical coordinator of remarks that the sen- page on Jan. 15 that she
NASSAR’S HEARING
U.S. Gymnastics. tencing hearing would too was abused by Nas-
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For over two decades, be viewed as "a turning sar at U.S. Gymnastics'
STATEMENTS GIVEN
Artists, programs, dates, and prices subject to change. © 2018 CHC. BY HIS ACCUSERS AS Nassar sexually abused point in how our com- long-time training cen-
countless gymnasts, munity, our state, our na- ter at the Karolyi Ranch
PART OF HIS PLEA
most of them minors, as tion, our culture looks at in Texas.
DEAL SET BY JUDGE
he used his power to take sexual abuse." This past Friday, U.S.
AQUILINA.
advantage of unassum- "This courtroom was Gymnastics cut ties with
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 25 , 2018
New, large animal shelter
coming to the Bronx
An Animal Care ing to the Bronx. told QNS.
KRISTIN TOUSSAINT
Centers of NYC A 47,000-square-foot The most common
[email protected]
Animal Care Centers understanding of the
full-service shelter
(ACC) of NYC facility is “no-kill” label, accord-
is coming to the Homeless animals in projected to open in the ing to the Washington
Bronx, city offi cials New York City will have East Bronx in 2024, city Post, is a shelter “with a
An Animal Care Center’s shelter will open in the Bronx in 2024, part of the a new resource with a officials announced this 90 percent ‘live release
mayor’s goal to have an animal shelter in all fi ve boroughs. MAYOR’S OFFICE announced. city animal shelter com- week. rate’ — meaning that
The full-service shel- nine of every 10 animals
ter is expected to cost admitted leaves alive.”
$60 million and will In 2017, more than
Painful Varicose Veins and Swollen Legs? have space for 70 dogs, 93 percent of all dogs
140 cats, 30 rabbits and and cats at city-operated
20 animals from other shelters were placed ei-
species. The shelter will ther through adoptions
provide adoption and to the public or through
162-03 Jamaica Ave, Ste 200, Jamaica NY Now Open! veterinary services. the adoption partner
The ACC location in program, officials said.
Brooklyn will also un- In 2003, ACC shelters
dergo renovations, the did kill more than 60
city announced, and will percent of the dogs and
receive about $27.3 mil- the cats they took in, ac-
Are you or a loved one suffering lion in funds to expand cording to The New York
the facility and increase Times.
from the following symptoms? its adoption capacity. But those euthanasia
Those renovations are rates have plummeted
Varicose Veins Swollen Legs expected to be complet- and adoption rates rose
ed by 2022. as the ACC received new
Spider Veins Skin Discoloration Animal Care Centers funding (its budget from
of NYC is a nonprofit the city has more than
contracted by the city to doubled from $7 mil-
Itching and Burning Leg Ulcers
run the city’s shelters. lion to $13 million since
Mayor Bill de Blasio aims 2007, the Times reports)
Leg Pain Blood Clots to have a fully operation- and with the plans to
al animal shelter in all build new shelters that
Leg Cramps Difficulty Standing five boroughs. can ease the strain on
“Our animal shelters existing facilities.
deliver services to up- “We are a completely
wards of 30,000 animals. different organization
These two new facilities than we were even five
in the Bronx and Brook- years ago. We have be-
lyn will build upon the come the go-to resource
City’s record 93 percent for NYC animal-related
placement rate to ensure issues – from pet adop-
We specialize in a wide range of treatment that all missing, home- tion to rescue to help
less and abandoned with keeping pets and
options including care of Peripheral Artery animals within the city families together,” ACC
receive the care they President and CEO Risa
Disease (PAD) and wound care. need,” de Blasio said in Weinstock said in a
a statement. “These shel- statement. “We are ex-
ters also will offer direct cited to bring that level
Covered by Medicare and Most Insurance Plans adoption because we of service to the Bronx,
know how much New with the addition of a
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shelter,” Katy Hansen,
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 25 , 2018
Text reminders help New Yorkers
appear in court, avoid arrest warrants
NYC has been test- KRISTIN TOUSSAINT reminder of when you have worked, according cording to a study out of 21%
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 25 , 2018
New study: Guards
around the city’s
trees help sewers
handle storms
Trees with guards can absorb stormwater faster, leading to less sewer pollution in rivers and oceans, experts said. ROB
ELLIOTT, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
KRISTIN TOUSSAINT trampled by pedestrians,
[email protected] which affects how quick-
ly it can absorb water.
Guarded trees absorbed
Guards protecting water an average of six
the soil around trees times faster than trees
without guards.
along city streets are
But why does it mat-
important to help- ter how well a tree on
ing cut back pollu- the street can absorb
water? During heavy
tion from the sewer
storms, the city’s aging
system, Columbia sewing system can’t han-
University research- dle all the water flowing
from the streets as well
ers found.
as homes.
That means some
City life isn’t easy, even water flows into nearby
for trees. rivers, “raw sewage and
Their soil gets all,” according to Colum-
stepped on by passersby bia.
and their trunks serve as If trees on the street
bathrooms for the city’s could absorb water more
pets. That’s why some of quickly, sewers would
New York City’s street overflow less.
trees have guards or New York City’s Parks
fences that give the trees Department  lists  about
some space and keep 680,000 trees on city
them safe. streets and already touts
Those tree guards af- their environmental ben-
fect more than just how efits. The city’s stormwa-
healthy your street’s sap- ter runoff is a “major
lings look, though. Trees source of pollution en-
on a protected patch of tering wetlands, streams,
soil can absorb stormwa- lakes and oceans,” ac-
ter more quickly, which cording to the  depart-
eases the burden on the ment, and “healthy trees
city’s sewer system, ac- can reduce the amount
cording to a new study of runoff and pollutants
out of Columbia Univer- in receiving water.”
sity recently published Each year, more
in the journal Ecological than 1 billion gallons
Engineering.  of stormwater are inter-
Researchers from cepted by the city’s trees,
Columbia Engineering a benefit that NYC Parks
and the school’s Earth values at more than $10
Institute looked at how million.
fast water infiltrates into And yet, “only 14
the soil of trees with percent of New York
and without guards. The City trees have protec-
study focused on trees tive guards,” said Robert
lining the streets of Elliot, the study’s lead
Morningside Heights in author, in a statement.
Manhattan. “Our results suggest
The soil around trees street trees could man-
without guards gets age six times as much
storm water if every tree
1B pit were enclosed.”
You can  request a
guard for your street’s
trees, according to NYC
Parks, by reaching out
EACH YEAR, MORE
to your local elected of-
THAN 1 BILLION
ficials, donating to the
GALLONS OF
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by applying for a  tree
INTERCEPTED BY THE
work permit and hiring
CITY’S TREES.
a private contractor to
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fitting
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And even better - if this treatment
New York City - Nothing is more true. A life
works Why Treatment Can Fail
with constant pain is not a life worth living.
And if you can’t stay active and do all the and the results a This is why viscosupplmentation can fail for
things you love - like walking, playing golf, ten- often better some people. It is also why many knee
nis, vacationing etc. It’s not really a life at all. arthritis sufferers come to NYC Pain MD
s ore rison key to this treatment being successful after failed treatments elsewhere... and are
And for generations, knee arthritis has is actually getting the special lubricating gel
given good, hard working people a life sentence directly into the joint where it can go to for patients to travel hours for these advanced
of pain and suffering. To make things worse,
work. That’s why the doctors at NYC Pain
slick marketers only add to the pain by
promising wonder cures. ate night televi MD use very advanced digital imaging that
an allows them to see directly into the joint and
arthritis cures” that make wild claims and sound make
too good to be true . . . Because They Are If you have already had this procedure
the treatment has the best odds for
without this advanced imaging... Or if it was
Nothing is worse than getting your hopes success. Studies show that doctors doing
not used there is a
up - spending your hard earned money - only to these types of procedures without this special
good chance you did not get the
be let down time after time. imaging actually miss the joint space up to
results you
It is easy to give up one third of the time!
-
der cures,” real doctors and researchers were retrospective study of nearly 1000 cases of
hard at work trying to discover a real medical ld
solution. Modern medicine eradicated small
pox and polio. Through laser eye surgery, doc-
tors can give almost blind people perfect 20/20
vision. The potential cures on the horizon with
breakthroughs like stem cell ti program of image-
therap are endless.
Solve The Riddle Of ad not need surgery...regardless of age or
For the past 3 years, that’s exactly what a
medical clinic in New York City has been
doing. The NYC Pain MD doctors have been rewent this type of treatment.
Follow up 2 years later revealed 82% had not
able to help thousands of knee arthritis suffer-
required surgery.
ers with cutting-edge treatments and technol-
ogy older generations could only dream about. Massive Cost Saving For Patients,
Insurance Companies & Medicare?
One of these treatments in particular has
help thousands of patents ease or eliminate
pain and go ba to doing their favorite some...
activities like: walking, playing gol, tennis and
many more. The treatment is called I’m a golfer and want to play golf but I less invasive
viscosupplementation. But wait. This is NOT couldn’t. I made the call and went and it’s the
the typical viscosupplementation. So if you best thing I ever did. It’s just – now I can play
are one of the many knee arthritis sufferers golf, I can walk, I can climb stairs, I can do a
things I did many years ago”.
who already had viscosupplementation and did potential s if
not get great results - what you are about to
discover be very important. I’ve been going for the treatment for my knees I
don’t’ take any pills, I take not over the counter
It might get you out of pain. yr.
medication..”
Here is why: During viscosupplementa-
tion, a special lubricating gel is put directly to be avoided and up to could
into your arthritic knee joint. This not only about it and I recommend It to everybody.” potentially be saved by patient d
helps the knee joint to glide more smoothly, it William La Spina insurance carriers. This should be welcome
acts as a cushion, protects the joint. a news for rising health care costs.
a often (While we cannot guarantee that all knee Who ?
In many cases, when done arthritis pain sufferers will respond like the This treatment is not for everyone. But it may
patient noted above, we can say these results are
properly, this can lessen knee poss.i ble.) be for you if you e sensations of grinding
pain for up to 6 months in or ,
getting up from sitting or even simply