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Holden Wins City Council Race LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS PAGE 19 Nov. 19, 2017 Your Neighborhood — Your News® Mayor loses Holden wins City Council race fi v e d i s t r i c t s Crowley concedes to challenger, who clinches District 30 seat by 137-vote margin in Queens BY BILL PARRY City Councilwoman Elizabeth absentee ballots and paper votes Crowley said in a statement. “I Crowley (D-Glendale) conceded were counted by the city Board of want to thank the communities BY MARK HALLUM One of the more incendiary defeat to bitter rival Robert Hold- Election Wednesday. of Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Vil- political races in recent borough en. The political newcomer was “The last nine years have lage, Ridgewood, Woodhaven and Mayor Bill de Blasio may history came to a quiet close declared the winner in District 30 been some of the most rewarding Woodside for both believing in have won more than twice the Thursday as two-term incumbent by a slim margin of 137 votes after and fulfilling of my entire life,” me and working together to make votes for Assemblywoman Ni- our communities better. It’s been cole Malliotakis (R-Staten Is- a true honor.” land) overall in Queens Nov. 7, She did not mention Holden by but the GOP choice for City Hall name. The two had attacked each pulled ahead of the incumbent in NEVER FORGET other often during the grueling five Assembly districts, Board campaign, most notably on Crow- of Elections results show. ley’s support of Mayor de Blasio’s District 26, which Assembly- plan to close Rikers Island and woman Edward Braunstein (D- replace it with community jails. Bayside) represents, saw voters Holden also accused Crowley of cast the highest amount of bal- not doing enough when the city lots in favor of Malliotakis de- tried to convert the Maspeth Holi- spite domination by Democratic day Inn Express into a homeless officials at the city, state and shelter while Holden led nightly federal level with about 14,000 protests for months. votes going her way to de Bla- Crowley easily defeated Hold- sio’s roughly 8,000. en in the Democratic primary in Neighborhoods in this dis- September, but the Queens GOP trict have a history of strong Re- gave him their Republican party publican support, only recently line, which he ran on along with swinging left after overlapping the Conservative, Reform and districts saw state Sen. Tony Dump de Blasio lines. The long- Avella (D-Bayside) defeat Re- time president of the Juniper Park publican Frank Padavan in 2009 Civic Association, and frequent and former Republican Coun- The family of Regina Arroya left not just roses on the memorial wall, but their invitation from City Hall for the Crowley critic, declared victory cilman Dan Halloran replaced annual remembrance ceremony in the Rockways for the 265 people killed in the 2001 crash of Flight 587 bound on Election Night when Holden by Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) in captured 10,221 votes to Crowley’s for Puerto Rico. See photos on Page 3. Photo by Michael Shain Continued on Page 18 Continued on Page 18 Flushing landlords First look at BQX prototype among boro’s worst BY BILL PARRY or Bill de Blasio to move for- a crowd of supporters that ward with plans for the $2.5 included Queens Borough BY NAEISHA ROSE The advocates behind the billion project and make it a President Melinda Katz, NY- Brooklyn Queens Connector top second-term priority. CHA leaders and representa- Flushing, Jamaica Hills, Jamaica and Long Is- project, a 14-mile streetcar The 46-foot-long Citadis tives of the waterfront busi- land City are home to the top 10 worst landlords in Some residents from western Queens line along the Brooklyn and 405, constructed in and ness community. the borough, according to a 2017 Watchlist released get a close-up look at the first prototype Queens waterfront, unveiled shipped from Nice, France, “We wanted to crystal- by the public advocate. of of a BQX streetcar and they like what a sleek prototype for the proj- made its debut at the Brook- ize for New Yorkers what “The Worst Landlords Watchlist is a powerful they saw. Photo by Bill Parry ect Monday and urged May- lyn Navy Yards in front of this type of mode could look Continued on Page 16 Continued on Page 16 A CNG Publication Vol. 6 No. 4746 • Vol. 6. 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In the week after the mayor was re-elected to a second term, several people at the memorial congratulated him on his landslide victory. The memorial’s curved wall was designed with openings to Because the plane crashed into homes in Belle Harbor, killing five bystanders on the ground, the city’s first responders are a big symbolize those who are missing. Mourners filled the holes presence every year at the memorial service. with white roses. 4 Study shows child poverty rate declining in Queens . 19, 2017. 19, Thank you OV BY GINA MARTINEZ , N A new report from the Cit- EEKLY to the sponsors izens Committee for Children W revealed that childhood pov- UEENS erty has Queens decreased. Q of the The nonprofit’s report, “Keeping Track of New York City’s Children,” tracked is- sues, including housing, edu- 2017 cation and health that affect the city’s 1.8 million children. The organization looked at data from a five-year pe- riod, 2012 to 2015, across all Queens boroughs. While the study showed that the poverty rate in Queens has declined, The Citizens Committee for Children has suggested expanding Pre- there are certain areas in the K For All and 3-K. Courtesy of the Mayor’s office/Benjamin Kanter borough where children are Ambassador struggling. youngest New Yorkers has social and emotional growth According to the report, the potential to raise the bar and school readiness is set in boroughwide the high school nationwide on how we ap- infancy. graduation rate went up from proach efforts to strengthen “Much more must be done 63.6 percent to 70.5 percent outcomes and combat dis- to expand access to afford- Awards and the high school drop-out parities,” March said. “We able family-based and center- rate went down from 9.5 per- must leverage the data to help based care for infants and cent to 7.9 percent. Early edu- us identify opportunities to toddlers,” she said. “As Pre-K cation numbers in Queens build on recent successes and for All and 3-K continue to ex- also saw improvement as better address the barriers to pand, the roll out of new seats 3-year-old and 4-year-old en- well-being children and fami- must be managed in a way rollment in early education lies continue to face in their that promotes an integrated went up from 58.4 percent to daily lives.” system serving all race, eth- 56.6 percent. March said the most sig- nicity and income groups.” In other areas the results nificant finding was that al- The CCC also suggested were mixed. According to though median incomes have reduced priced MetroCards, the report, families entering begun to return to their pre- vans, shuttles and buses in homeless shelters in Queens recession levels, the median hard to reach communities. (per 1,000 households) went family income is over $200,000 “Access to transpor ta- up from 1.5 percent to 1.7 per- in some districts, compared tion is a critical ingredient cent, while children living to just over $20,000 in others. in school participation, labor in overcrowded rental space The report also found that de- force attachment and eco- went up from 12.6 to 12.8 per- spite the economic recovery, nomic mobility; and yet, far cent. nearly 70 percent of poor New too many regions of the city The report also revealed York City households spend are socially isolated and the that while the poverty rate at least half of their income on cost of transportation is pro- went down from 16.2 percent rent and the number of fami- hibitive for poor New York- to 13.8 percent in Queens, pa- lies with children entering ers.” March said. rental employment instability homeless shelters increased Finally CCC suggested rose from 25.3 percent to 26.3 more than 20 percent from increased attention being percent and median income 2013 to 2016 citywide. paid to the unique needs of for families with children in CCC listed multiple sug- homeless children and their Queens barely went up, ris- gestions for the city moving parents. ing from $57,436 to $57,735.
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