Episode Transcript
[00:00:16] I'm Joe Catalano with an AM Quincy news update for Thursday, May 14th. A kayaker was pulled from the water off of Quincy last night. Police said they received a call reporting a kayak in the area of Moon island and Nickerson rock at about 6pm first responders eventually found a man believed to have been in the kayak. He was pulled from the water and taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, MILTON his condition has not been released. Quincy police and fire crews were on scene on Victory Road at Marina bay until about 8 o' clock last night. The Massachusetts Environmental Police are currently investigating multiple people taken to the hospital after a boat crashed overnight in Boston Harbor. Boston EMS confirms there were water rescues and that four people were transported. It's unclear how many people may have ended up in the water or what anyone's condition was. There's also no word at this time on what caused the crash. There was a large response to Harborside Road right next to Logan Airport, surrounding a boat in the water by a bridge, including several ambulances, fire trucks and police cruisers. Emergency crews from the Massachusetts Port Authority also responded. A police boat remained in the water this morning and a small boat with visible damage was up against the rocks near the bridge.
[00:01:46] A proposal for a new 55 and older residential community is coming to Quincy D.J. mcKinnon of Atlantic Development of Hingham told the Planning Board last night he wants to create the new development at the current site of the former Harvard pilgrim healthcare at 1600 Crown Colony Drive in the Crown Colony Office park in West Quincy. The plan calls for demolishing the existing building and putting up five six story buildings with 315 units of 55 and older condos.
[00:02:22] The new complex would also have a clubhouse on the 15 acre parcel along with ground level parking. Ward 4 Councilor Virginia Ryan said residents at a recent community meeting about the plan were in support. McKinnon said the project would generate two and a half million dollars in property taxes for the city. A formal presentation will be made to the planning board on June 10th.
[00:02:47] Attorney General's office filing a lawsuit against GM Skyline Drive Apartments of Braintree for unfairly denying or delaying reasonable accommodations for tenants with disabilities and refusing to work with tenants who receive housing subsidies through a Department of Mental Health program. Skyline is a New Jersey based property management company that owns and operates Skyline Drive Apartments in Braintree. The Attorney General says over the past several years GM Skyline has routinely failed to provide reasonable accommodations to tenants with disabilities.
[00:03:26] Some of the violations include that it took more than a year to assign an accessible parking spot, install a wheelchair ramp and provide an automatic door opener for a tenant with a mobility impairment. Took nearly two years to remove the carpet from the apartment of a tenant with severe and environmental allergies. Took more than two years to give a tenant with a mobility impairment a key to the back door for building so she would not have to walk a long distance from her parking spot and took more than a year to install an accessible shower for a tenant with a mobility impairment. The state says the company also discriminated against tenants receiving state financial assistance. The attorney general is asking the court to order the company to pay affected tenants restitution.
[00:04:17] A South Shore couple says they were stunned to learn that a business they'd never heard of was registered at their home address, and now they fear the situation could be tied to fraud. Experts say it is a problem that will likely only grow as artificial intelligence makes it easier to create fake businesses. Mike Slayson says the problem started about a month ago when he and his wife began receiving mail addressed to a company called Zyra Lon at their single family home. The mail soon became more alarming. Slayson says that letters started arriving from banks at the irs, making him worry someone was using his address to operate a business without his knowledge. According to state corporate records, somebody paid $500 to incorporate Zyra Lon in Massachusetts, listing the business in as a children's shoe store at the Sleason's residential address.
[00:05:16] Secretary of State Bill Galvin said fake business filings are typically created for fraud purposes with evidence pointing to a sham company. Galvin said his office is moving to dissolve Xyrolon, although the process takes up to 90 days. Galvin says he's asking state lawmakers for authority to act faster, ideally in 30 days, and to flag companies under investigation on his office's website, especially as artificial intelligence makes it easier to create convincing fake businesses online.
[00:05:49] Calvin's also opposing an effort on Beacon Hill to lower the state's $500 corporate filing fee, saying he worries a lower cost could make Massachusetts more attractive to fraudsters.
[00:06:04] The 29th annual Taste of the South Shore raised over $400,000 for the South Shore YMCA recently.
[00:06:13] Some 750 people enjoyed samplings from over 30 local restaurants during the gathering at the Hale Family YMCA in Quincy. The yearly event raises funds that help provide financial aid for the Wise Food Pantry and also to support families who want to participate in the Wise many programs and activities.
[00:06:34] Check of business News Stocks are mixed. The Dow down 67. The Nasdaq rose 314 and the S&P is up 43. Asian stocks were mixed. The dollar rose. The euro is unchanged and oil at almost $106 a barrel.
[00:06:52] Sports Red Sox beat the Phillies at fenway last night 3 to 1. They play again tonight at 6:45, weather permitting, and it looks iffy. Forecast from the National Weather Service is for scattered showers and some heavier downpours later today with the high 62. The rain will linger into this evening with lows around 50.
[00:07:15] Some drizzle and fog tomorrow, a high 55. Sunshine Saturday high 77.
[00:07:22] Sunday partly sunny and a high 85.
[00:07:25] The marine forecast calls for 2 to 3 foot waves. Wind southeast 10 to 15 with gusts to 20. High tide 9:52aM Sunrise 5:23, sets at 7:57.
[00:07:39] I'm Joe Catalano with an AM Quincy news update for Thursday, May 14th.
