“Knights was seen as extremely businesslike, and I was told that Staten Island Towing was more informal.”īut Minardo said he was troubled by the federal fraud conviction that earned the younger Robles a $10,000 fine and five years’ probation in 1991. “The application process was fully aboveboard and is defensible in court,” said city attorney Louise Moed, who represented the NYPD. Staten Island Towing’s president, Andrew Leider, said this year’s application process – in which the NYPD vets firms to do towing on the city’s highways – was significantly different than in the past. The legal challenge was brought by Staten Island Towing, which stands to lose $1.5 million annually if Knights Collision Experts captures the permit that Staten Island Towing has held for nine years. or one of its affiliates.A Staten Island judge has temporarily blocked the NYPD from issuing a lucrative permit for exclusive highway-towing rights to a family-run firm with a criminal past.īrooklyn-based Knights Collision Experts – which already holds exclusive city towing rights for the FDR and Harlem River Drive – was poised to take over million-dollar permits for Staten Island highways and the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, effective today.īut in a hearing Friday in Staten Island Supreme Court, Justice Philip Minardo froze the award upon learning that the company’s owners, Joseph Robles and his son, also named Joseph, were convicted of federal fraud charges in 1991 and that the younger Robles was arrested again in 2006 on a similar charge. All rights reserved. All hotels are either franchised by the company, or managed by Wyndham Hotel Management, Inc. Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Our customer service agents are also available at 1-80 to provide you with assistance with and information about our hotels and programs.Īpple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. However, if you encounter any difficulty in using our site, please contact us at We will work with you to ensure that you have full access to the information available to the public on our site. We strive to have a website that is accessible to individuals with disabilities. This website uses cookies so that we can remember you and understand how you and other visitors use this website, and in order improve the user experience.īy using this website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Notice.

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