Quid pro Quo? PBA endorsement and $700K
Police Benevolent Association endorsed Senator Joseph Addabbo on October 18. Two weeks later, Senator Addabbo requested $700,000 funding for police.
Crime
87 Ave and 75 St: Parking and security
Commercial vehicles park overnight; Many cars have not moved for over a year including this red BMW; Eldert Avenue homeless shelter residents open trash bags…
Homeless shelter at 74 Eldert Lane
Opened in 2018, it has 38 units run by Institute for Community Living. Nearby residents and store owners in Woodhaven and Cypress Hill are asking to close it down. Residents of the shelter rummage through trash, steal, smoke marijuana, break into cars and yards, dump, drink and leave bottles and trash… Security would not do … Read more
Zombie house: 103-27 94 Street
Squatter has taken over, and rents it out. Residents in this area live near the Rockaway Boulevard A Train Station, but are afraid to go out at night.
114 St in South Richmond Hill: Parking, parking, parking…
More assertive residents have their system of reserving spots even those having or blocking a driveway. How should the City be involved against this systematic unfairness and parking spot shortage? Noise at Tropical Jade and crime are other issues.
101 Ave and 116 St: Double parking, noise and danger from patron of clubs
Businesses and residents alike are concerned along a two-block stretch.
Penalty for cutting down a tree: up to $26K + 1 year 3 months
The one who cuts… $15K or one year imprisonment; the one who hired the cutter; $10K; and if guilty of misdemeanor, $1K plus 30-day imprisonment for protecting your own home.
“No one should be above the law,” even Governor Hochul!
Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law to run 2,000 speed cameras 24/7, yet she is exempt. Perhaps we should start a “No one is above the law” perks list of politicians?
118 St near Liberty Ave: drugs, crime, parking, noisy cars, no street cleaning
Drug dealers and users have been observed. Neighbors have been robbed. Since A train ends here at Lefferts Blvd, commuters would park and ride. Along Liberty Avenue and elsewhere nearby, a parade of booming cars drive by. One resident has noted that the City does not clean the streets in South Richmond Hill.
121 Street: Speeding, noise, drugs
Between 101 and 103 Avenues, neighbors are asking for a speed bump, for loud music control from moving cars, for stopping drug dealing and using at corner of 101 Avenue.