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TRI-STATE


AMTRAK SERVICE BETWEEN PENN STATION, NEW HAVEN SUSPENDED


Amtrak suspended service yesterday between Pennsylvania Station and New Haven, Conn., after a CSX freight train derailed early yesterday morning in the South Bronx, damaging power lines and blocking other tracks, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. The damaged power lines cut off electricity to the tracks, forcing approximately 6,000 daily commuters to switch to Metro-North Railroad, which honored Amtrak tickets, the spokeswoman, Tracy Connell, said. The derailment at 7:15 a.m. affected about 50 trains. Amtrak officials could not say when they would resume normal service.


– Special to the Sun


POLICE BLOTTER


GOODEN SOUGHT BY POLICE AFTER FLEEING TAMPA TRAFFIC STOP


The former baseball star, Dwight Gooden, was being sought by police yesterday on a felony warrant after he allegedly drove away from an officer who stopped him on suspicion of drunken driving. Mr. Gooden, 41, left the scene of the traffic stop early Monday after refusing to get out his 2004 BMW to take a field sobriety test, a police spokeswoman, Laura McElroy, said. The officer stopped Mr. Gooden’s car because he was weaving in traffic near downtown Tampa, Ms. McElroy said. Mr. Gooden, a Tampa native and resident, has a history of drug abuse and is awaiting trial on a domestic violence charge. “The officer pulls over the car and immediately notices that the driver is under the influence,” she said. “He has bloodshot, glassy eyes, his speech was slurred, and he has a strong odor of alcohol.” Mr. Gooden handed the officer his driver’s license but refused two requests to get out of the car, Ms. McElroy said.


– Associated Press


TASTI-D-LITE OWNER, SHOT TWICE, IN INTENSIVE CARE


The owner of the Tasti-D-Lite franchise at 238 Madison Ave. who was shot twice in the chest Monday night, known to friends simply as Farshad, was still in the intensive care unit of Bellevue Hospital as of yesterday evening. Farshad has been in the ice cream store business for 20 years, according to Mohammed Miah, the owner of the Tasti-D-Lite franchise on 74 Chambers St. and a longtime friend of Farshad. Before he took over the Tasti-D-Lite store two years ago, 52-year-old Farshad ran another store in Greenwich Village, said Mr. Miah. “If you come in and you want ice cream but have no money, he would give it to you,” Mr. Miah said of his friend. “He is really nice, really gentle,” he said. Mr. Miah said Farshad emigrated from Iran and is married with two sons.


– Special to the Sun


MANHATTAN


CITY WON’T APPEAL COURT’S ORDER ON GRAFFITI PARTY


The city decided yesterday not to appeal a federal court’s order to reinstate a permit for a graffiti festival scheduled for today. On Monday, a federal judge said the city’s decision to take back a permit it had offered Ecko Unlimited for an event at which renowned graffiti artists would spray-paint replicas of 1980s-style subway cars was against the First Amendment. Yesterday, the city’s Law Department said the city was in fact correct but decided not to appeal. A spokeswoman for the department, Kate O’Brien Ahlers, said: “Although we believe the decision was erroneous, the city has decided not to appeal. Because the graffiti event is scheduled for tomorrow, there is not enough time to fully present these issues so as to obtain meaningful appellate review.” The event is scheduled for this afternoon, on 22nd Street between Tenth and Eleventh avenues.


– Staff Reporter of the Sun


ALBANY


PATAKI: ILLEGAL TO PUBLISH TAPED CONVERSATIONS


Governor Pataki said yesterday he believed it was illegal for the New York Post to publish transcripts of tape recordings of private conversations involving him, his wife, and top aides and advisers. The governor refused to rule out a civil lawsuit in connection with the tapes. “All that remains to be seen,” he said. On Monday, a Pataki spokesman, David Catalfamo, said publication of excerpts from the conversations was “unethical and potentially illegal.” But yesterday, during a visit to New York Giants training camp, Mr. Pataki went further while still refusing comment on the contents of the conversations. “There’s a reason the law makes it illegal to record,” he said. “There’s a reason the law makes it illegal to publish them.”


– Associated Press


STATEWIDE


CHARTER SCHOOLS GET LESS MONEY THAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS


Students in the city’s charter schools received $1,624 less per pupil than traditional public schools, according to a report by an advocate of charter schools to be released today. Statewide charter schools, which are publicly financed but privately run, faced a wider funding gap of about $2,700, according to a report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. In Buffalo and Albany, the gap widened to $2,986 and $4,991 respectively, according to data the institute examined during the 2002-03 school year. The institute, which is not affiliated with Fordham University in the Bronx, said the disparity between traditional public schools and charter schools was unfair and set up charter schools for potential failure.


– Special to the Sun


QUEENS


QUEENS PRESIDENT APPROVES JETS’ RETURN


A plan to bring the Jets back to Flushing, Queens, after more than 20 years in New Jersey was approved yesterday by the president of Queens, Helen Marshall, and Jets president Jay Cross. The plan to build a stadium, possibly on the former site of the 1964 Worlds Fair, still needs the approval of Albany legislators and the mayor.


– Special to the Sun


BROOKLYN


BOY DIES IN FALL FROM TREE AT CAMP


A 13-year-old boy died at a Hudson Valley camp when he fell 50 feet from a tree he was climbing, police said. Shalom Rabinowitz of Brooklyn was climbing the tree with a friend around 4 p.m. Monday at Camp Karlin Stolin when a branch broke beneath him. The second boy was not injured and called for help. Rabinowitz was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead of internal injuries. Police said the boys were not climbing as part of an organized camp activity.


– Associated Press

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