Crime & Safety
Sunset Park Cop Accused Of Shaking Down Club Owner, Report Says
Imran Jairam, the owner of Love & Lust, sued the city after he claimed the precinct's top cop tried to get free plane tickets from him.
SUNSET PARK, NY — A club owner claims the top officer at the Sunset Park precinct demanded he give him free plane tickets to Puerto Rico and buy a generator for a doctor there, the Daily News reported.
Imran Jairam, the owner of the Love & Lust Club, filed a $125 million notice of claim against the city that accuses Emmanuel Gonzalez, the commanding officer of the 72nd Precinct, of trying to get Jairam to buy about $80,000 worth round-trip tickets to Puerto Rico, the paper reported.
Gonzalez also demanded Jairam, who was holding fundraisers in his club for the island after Hurricane Maria, send a generator to Dr. Oscar Caban Badillo in Puerto Rico, according to the Daily News. The club owner never complied with Gonzalez's requests.
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Jairam also filed the notice of claim against the NYPD, the city and the State Liquor Authority claiming that he's been harassed with constant inspections since he opened the 225 47th St. club's doors in 2014.
Read the full story in the New York Daily News.
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