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Forest Hills Still Burning Proposal Riles City Authorities Meet with Bukharian Leaders to Discuss Boosting Security Cambria Folks by GABRIEL ROM • JAMAICA TIMES • ASTORIA TIMES • FOREST HILLS LEDGER • LAURELTON TIMES LARGEST AUDITED • QUEENS VILLAGE TIMES COMMUNITY • RIDGEWOOD LEDGER NEWSPAPER • HOWARD BEACH TIMES IN QUEENS • RICHMOND HILL TIMES Dec. 11–17, 2015 Your Neighborhood — Your News® FREE ALSO COVERING ELMHURST, JACKSON HEIGHTS, LONG ISLAND CITY, MASPETH, MIDDLE VILLAGE, REGO PARK, SUNNYSIDE Jewish school Forest Hills still burning proposal riles City authorities meet with Bukharian leaders to discuss boosting security Cambria folks BY GABRIEL ROM BY SADEF ALI KULLY After six weeks of fear and uncertainty as an arson- Almost a hundred Cambria ist targets homes being built Heights residents, including by Bukharian Jews, city au- civic association and elected thorities are stepping up foot officials, collectively spoke patrols and surveillance mea- out against a proposed reli- sures throughout the besei- gious school for the Chabad- ged Forest Hills community. Lubavitch community in Cam- Community leaders met bria Heights Dec. 3 during a Tuesday morning with Bor- land use hearing at Borough ough President Melinda Katz, Hall in Kew Gardens. NYPD Chief of Detectives Rob- A Chabad-Lubavitch entity, ert Boyce and a host of other a sect of the Hasidic Jewish city lawmakers. Packed into community, proposed con- The Bukharian Jewish Com- struct a four-story religious munity Center in Forest Hills, school and dormitory which they offered what reassurance would cater to over 300 stu- they could. dents not including the 64 that “This is something that we would be living on the premis- take extremely seriously and es. The school, covering three the community stands togeth- properties 224-12 and 224-20 er in making sure that we find Francis Lewis Blvd., would be this arsonist that is out there next door to one of the holiest destroying not only people’s sites for the Chabad-Lubavitch homes, but people’s lives and in North America, the Ohel people’s dreams,” Katz said at Chabad-Lubavitch, the burial a news conference following site of the famed Rebbe Men- the meeting. achem Schneerson at the Mon- On Monday, the NYPD tefiore Cemetery. added two fire sites to the list The proposal requires a of suspected arsons that now variance to allow a construc- stretches back to Oct. 20. All tion of such a large size in of them have targeted Jewish- an R2A zoned neighborhood. owned homes under construc- R2A, is a residential zoning tion in the heavily Bukharian district, which allows for the neighborhood of Cord Meyer. expansion of existing homes, NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce emerges from a meeting with leaders at the Bukharian Jewish After Tuesday’s meeting, but the facade has to be consis- Center after the seventh arson incident in the neighorhood. Borough President Melinda Katz (r) and the ar- civic and religious leaders Continued on Page 54 ea's City Council member Karen Koslowitz arranged the meeting. Photo by Micahel Shain Continued on Page 54 Muslim man attacked in Astoria BY SADEF KULLY AND BILL Precinct. there, at no point did he men- PARRY The suspect in the attack tion there was a religious was arrested and charged with epithet,” NYPD Capt. Peter The NYPD’s investigation assault and criminal mischief, Fortune said. “Maybe he was into Saturday’s beating of a but after a second interview in shock or there was a lan- Muslim shopkeeper in Astoria with 53-year-old Sarker Haque, guage barrier, but since then has been reclassified as a pos- the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit the victim has mentioned ‘I The NYPD reclassifies Sarker Haque's beating as a hate crime in- sible hate crime , according to was notified. kill Muslims.’ Once that came vestigation after a second interview with the Astoria shopkeeper. the commander of the 114th “When my guys first got Continued on Page 54 Photo by Bill Parry A CNG Publication Vol. 3 No. 50 60 total pages Jamaica residents list gripes at transit forum BY SADEF ALI KULLY area for 63 years, came with a prepared letter addressed The city Department of to each of her elected officials Transportation’s first pub- in her district as well as the lic meeting on the Jamai- borough president. ca Transportation Study “I not a community activ- brought in a full house of ist or anything. I am a regu- community members and lar citizen who is concerned,” elected officials’ representa- Linder said. “My mama left tives with a long list of com- me this home and I want to plaints. leave it to my daughter when The traffic study is de- my time comes. But if this signed to examine how to area continues to go down- LaGuardia Community College student veterans celebrate a $20,000 gift from NYSID to establish a new Battle regulate congestion in the hill, she won’t want our fam- Buddy Center at the school. Photo courtesy LaGuardia Community College busy transit hub. ily home.” The study consists of three Linder wanted a larger po- parts focused on neighbor- lice presence at both transit hoods in and around South hubs, Parsons Boulevard and Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Sutphin Boulevard stations, Student vets get center Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans as well as more police atten- and Rochdale Village. tion to such issues as vehicles The Dec. 2 public forum parked in the bus lane, illegal was called to identify issues dollar cabs, double-parked LaGuardia CC given grant to set up Battle Buddy facility such as pedestrian and bicy- commuter vans and criminal clist safety, traffic and con- activity. gestion, parking, truck move- Each table was devoted to BY BILL PARRY Guardia Community College the state, but it is its first one ment and loading, transit, a transportation issue, such President Gail Mellow said. in Queens. “Battle Buddy” is a quality of life and environ- as traffic, pedestrian safety LaGuardia Community “Since we opened our doors military concept that partners mental factors. and trucks, where a designat- College has received a $20,000 over 40 years ago, LaGuardia soldiers to assist each other “Jamaica has always been ed DOT representative would grant from the New York State Community College has pro- both in and out of combat and recognized as a growth cen- sit with community members Industries for the Disabled, vided veterans with education, it offers activities to encour- ter and the input we receive and pinpoints problem sites Inc. to establish a Battle Bud- training and services they age camaraderie and foster tonight will literally write on a large map. dy Center for student veterans. need as they transition.” veterans to give and receive the next chapter of this study Michael Griffith, who is The new center will replace There are currently more mutual support. phase,” Department of Trans- leading the study, said all the and expand the Veterans Ser- than 350 veterans enrolled at “NYSID supports LaGuar- portation Borough Commis- information gathered from vices Center that has been at the college. Each served an av- dia Community College and sioner Nicole Garcia said. the community will help the Long Island City college erage of six years in the mili- its veterans services office in Hollis resident Sharon identify problems. The data since shortly after it opened tary. assisting veterans to achieve Linder, who has lived in the Continued on Page 6 in 1971. LaGuardia student Rick success personally, academi- The Battle Buddy Center Malone, a U.S. Coast Guard cally and professionally,” NY- will be a one-stop comprehen- veteran and vice president of SID President and CEO Ron sive service and recreation the Student Veterans Club, Romano said. “NYSID sup- facility for veterans transi- spoke of the importance of ports job creation efforts for tioning from military service having a dedicated facility for a diverse group of New York- to student life, according to veterans during the presenta- ers with disabilities through school officials. Resources will tion of the grant last week. our member agencies and as- include registration guidance, “We know firsthand how sists with veteran’s support benefits assistance, career ad- difficult things can seem programs, promoting quality vising, peer mentoring, com- shortly after leaving the high- of life for veterans as they re- puter resources, and opportu- ly disciplined world of the mil- connect to the New York state nities to meet other veterans itary,” he said. “And we hope workforce.” enrolled at the college. this new center will help make “We are committed to pro- the transition to civilian life Reach reporter Bill Parry viding our veterans with the as easy as possible.” by e-mail at bparry@cnglo- support they need to have a The Battle Buddy Center is cal.com or by phone at (718) Joe Moretti (c), a Jamaica blogger, points out to DOT officials the area smooth path towards college NYSID’s 10th facility created 260–4538. in his neighborhood where large trucks are a nuisance. and earning a degree,” La- since 2011 in colleges around Photo by Sadef Kully IN THIS ISSUE HOW TO REACH US Police Blotter................................................10 Gift Guide................................................29-32 MAIL: 41-02 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, NY 11361 Editorials and Letters............................12-13 Focus on Education.............................38-39 PHONE: Display Advertising: (718) 260-4521 — Editorial: (718) 260-4545 Rhymes with Crazy.....................................14 QGuide......................................................41-48 FAX: Advertising: (718) 224-5821 — Classified: (718) 260-2549 Mayoral Spin Cycle.....................................14 Sports.......................................................51-53 Editorial (718) 224-2934 E-MAIL: Editorial: [email protected] Queens Line..................................................15 Classifieds..............................................55-59 Display Advertising: [email protected] Political Action............................................15 Classified: [email protected] TO SUBSCRIBE: Call (718) 260-4521 Copyright©2015 Queens Publishing Corp. 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