{"id":76723,"date":"2020-09-28T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T22:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/roosevelt-island-bigs-threaten-to-evict-cat-sanctuaries\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T22:50:12","slug":"roosevelt-island-bigs-threaten-to-evict-cat-sanctuaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/roosevelt-island-bigs-threaten-to-evict-cat-sanctuaries\/","title":{"rendered":"#Roosevelt Island bigs threaten to evict cat sanctuaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Roosevelt Island bigs threaten to evict cat sanctuaries<\/strong>”
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\n The claws are out.<\/p>\n

The scandal-scarred state entity that governs Roosevelt Island is demanding a group of beloved local cat sanctuaries begin paying rent for the first time ever or be evicted.<\/p>\n

Rossana Ceruzzi, head of the nonprofit Wildlife Freedom Foundation, told The Post she was stunned when the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation recently sent her a lease ordering her group to cough up $400 a month for the space the WFF uses in the isle\u2019s Southpoint Park area for its cat sanctuaries and wildlife rehabilitation center.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came out of the blue,\u2019\u2019 Ceruzzi said of RIOC\u2019s \u201cshameless and outrageous\u2019\u2019 demand after 10 years of not requiring the group to pay rent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are community cats. The WFF has been relentlessly working on the island to rescue, remove, relocate, control, etc., abandoned pets and wildlife at no cost to RIOC for innumerable years,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

The lease came \u201cwith a threat spelled out: RIOC will shut down the cat sanctuaries and dismantle them if I do not sign it as is,\u201d said Ceruzzi, whose organization is a state and federally licensed Wildlife Animal Rehabilitator and admired protector of cats and other animals and birds on the island.<\/p>\n

Ceruzzi said Gretchen Robinson, vice president and chief counsel of RIOC, wrote in an e-mail to her and her lawyer that \u201csince Ms. Ceruzzi is refusing to sign the agreement, we will move forward with the closure of the cat sanctuaries at all current locations (Southpoint Park, Octagon, Pony Field, and Lighthouse Park).<\/p>\n

\u201cMs. Ceruzzi will have 30 days from the date of this email (October 24th) by which to dismantle any personal property belonging to WFF, including all wildlife and feral cats.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf by that date Ms. Ceruzzi has not removed all personal property and relocated the animals from those locations, RIOC will cause the cat sanctuary locations to be closed; and will also cause the removal and relocation of the animals on its own,\u201d Robinson added.<\/p>\n

The kitty conflict is just the latest controversy involving RIOC.<\/p>\n

In June, RIOC President and CEO Susan Rosenthal was fired after a probe by Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s office for allegedly making \u201cracially and sexually offensive\u201d remarks.<\/p>\n

RIOC did not respond to a request for comment from The Post over the feline dust-up.<\/p>\n

Ceruzzi and others said RIOC is claiming the state requires it to charge rent, although it wasn\u2019t exactly clear why the agency is making the move to do so now.<\/p>\n

State Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright, who represents Roosevelt Island, and her Republican opponent, Louis Puliafito, blasted RIOC over the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the time we should be suspending rent, not establishing it,\u2019\u2019 said Seawright, who backs legislation to suspend or cancel the monthly-payment demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur parks and amenities such as the cat sanctuary offer vital services that the people can take advantage of during the pandemic,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I understand that RIOC might be required to charge for use of such space under the State\u2019s guidelines, a pandemic is not the time to be establishing such an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Puliafito claimed that the RIOC is charging rent to WFF as retaliation against Ceruzzi for taking part in protests over the leveling of trees in Southpoint Park as part of the seawall restoration project.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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