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John Chell was within NYPD guidelines when he drew his gun as he and other cops tried to arrest Ortanzso Bovell, 25, on Thursday night in East Flatbush, a police spokesman said. Chell's gun went off when Bovell sideswiped him with a stolen 2004 Mustang GT at Remsen Ave. and Lenox Road around 8 p.m., cops said. The car surged and spun as Bovell tried to escape, and the gun fired one shot when the lieutenant was knocked to the ground, police and witnesses said. The bullet traveled through a passenger window, struck Bovell in.

the shoulder and lodged in his lungs, police said. Bovell died at King's County Hospital. Bovell's family said the police account made no sense. "You could walk from one end of the Earth to the other and you wouldn't hear anything bad about my son," said his mother, Lorna Bovell, 51, a social worker. Ortanzso Bovell was arrested more than a dozen times for robbery, assault and possession of weapons, records show.

The shooting marked the third time Chell, a 14-year veteran, had fired his weapon. Chell, 39, leads the Brooklyn South auto larceny team. He was involved in a 2003 shooting where no one was hit and was among officers who shot and killed an armed bank robber in Canarsie in 1997. It was never determined who fired the fatal shot. If Chell had deliberately fired at Bovell's car, he could have faced departmental charges.

I agendarnydai7ynews.com A man suspected of robbery somehow thought be could lose the cops by you can see, not a great idea as he's lowered by Emergency Service Unit scaling this billboard on the Queens side of the Queensboro Bridge. As members to street level and trip to jaiL Photo by James KeivomDaily News Steps gti RODE OFF INTO In addition to leather straps, here After hanging tough on tram, last of transit handles set to bite dust City's mass transit system that have sailed into history: Horse-drawn streetcar that ran on tracks -1832 to 1917 Cable cars -1883 to 1909 Electric trolley cars -1887 to 1957 Subway cars with wicker seats and ceiling fans entered service in the 1930s; went out of service in the "70s. BMT and IRT Consolidated in 1940 to form the current subway system Wooden subway turnstiles used in 1950s; unclear when they were phased out THE SUNSET are some other features of New York rSJ Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Robertson, director of special projects at the New York Transit Museum. "The canvas is to die for." It's unclear what will happen to the two current tram cars when the work begins, but there's likely to be a bidding war for the pieces of Roosevelt Island history. Said Berdy: "You could turn one of the cars into a lovely studio apartment." lar with out-of-towners and kids who like to use them for "gymnastics routines." "You can always tell a tourist on the tram because they're the ones using the straps," said Judith Berdy, head of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society.

"I think well hold on to the straps, and maybe auction a few off for the society." The Daily News contacted several well-known transit historians but none knew precisely when leather straps fell out of favor on city mass transit. "The word straphanger probably developed around the turn of the 20th century," said Gene Russianoff, head of the Straphangers Campaign. "I think they removed the straps in my lifetime, maybe in the 1960s." Russianoff said his group even flirted with changing their name to reflect the times. "We debated whether to BY BRENDAN BROSH DAILY NEWS WRITER STRAPHANGERS' long attachment to leather will soon be severed. The last remaining leather straps on city mass transit will be retired next year when the Roosevelt Island Tram closes for upgrades.

The straps, 20 in total, date back to the tram's opening in May 1976. "We don't plan on selling off our leather straps," said Steve Shane, head of the Roosevelt Island Operating which runs the tram. "We tend to give that stuff over to the historical society." The $25 million rehab project, which includes two new tram cars, will start early next year and likely be completed by November 2009. Locals said the straps are popu 5 a State Senate OKs city garbage hub ALBANY The state Senate gave final passage yesterday to the city's planned Gansevoort peninsula marine recycling transfer station near 14th St. in Manhattan.

The measure passed 44-14 during a special Senate session despite opposition from Democratic Sen. Thomas Duane, whose district would house the station. Mayor Bloomberg hailed passage of the bill, which is expected to be signed by Gov. Paterson and is the last piece of the city's solid waste management plan. The Gansevoort project had been held up since last year because of opposition from three key Assembly Democrats.

Kenneth Lovett 00 CM Tokens 1953 to January 2004 change our name from the Straphangers to the Barhang-ers," he joked. Nostalgia buffs looking to hang on to a strap can still ride antique subway cars that are rolled out several times a year by the MTA. "Some of our cars feature canvas straps, which most closely replicate the original straphangers' experience," said Roxanne.