Medisys (a/k/a Jamaica Hospital) has bought several homes in the area. Some are also vacant. Along this stretch, there are a non-working police camera, trash concerns and cars blocking driveway, and theft incidents.
Can something be done about this?
Residents are afraid for their safety where Kew Gardens Road, Metropolitan and Jamaica Avenue intersect. The bench area attracts drug users, homeless and unwelcomed activities. With the number of mentally illed growing, certified phych beds have been reduced. Report.
There is trash and dumping at 88th Avenue and 131st Street. Rats are everywhere. Wise potato chips food company rents a section of the warehouse. Neighbors sometimes pitch in to clean up.
133 Street off Metropolitan Avenue is about a 900 feet dead-end residential street. During alternate side street cleaning hours, parked cars do not move and are not ticketed. Trash piles up. Rats abound. For those cars that do move, residents’ driveway if often blocked. Previously, crime has been low, but now… theft and break-in are … Read more
132nd Street southbound off Jamaica Avenue ends two blocks down by a commercial building, 132-02 89th Avenue. Neighbors complained about the trash dumping and pot holes at this 75′ x 200′ patch of road. Perhaps the City could work with the commercial property owners, 7 Fruits LLC and WFBH LLC, to get it done?
There are laws, and there is enforcement. In addition to rising crime due to decriminalization ordered by New York State’s Bail Reform law, a tenant is able to pitch a tent, do sidewalk BBQ, hold music parties that even the landlord and police could not stop.
Local Law 11 says anyone with permanent residency or work permit can vote in municipal elections. Republicans have had it ruled illegal, and Mayor Adams’ office is appealing the decision. If successful, voter registration starts January 3, 2023! Mayor Adams’s statement on YouTube 44:00.
Trading Economics. Inflation hurts consumers and businesses. Track your household inflation rate. Compare food purchased and utilities paid month-over-month. Compare your rent/mortgage/insurance/tax payments year-over-year. List unexpected bills. Take control over inflation. Expect the government (your elected officials) to control taxes.
