Rep. Crowley Tackles Airport Noise
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• JAMAICA TIMES • ASTORIA TIMES • FOREST HILLS LEDGER • LAURELTON TIMES LARGEST AUDITED • QUEENS VILLAGE TIMES COMMUNITY • RIDGEWOOD LEDGER NEWSPAPER IN QUEENS • HOWARD BEACH TIMES • RICHMOND HILL TIMES Dec. 13-19, 2013 Your Neighborhood - Your News® FREE ALSO COVERING ELMHURST, JACKSON HEIGHTS, LONG ISLAND CITY, MASPETH, MIDDLE VILLAGE, REGO PARK, SUNNYSIDE 5Pointz graffi ti artists Mexico in turn backs on Queens Focus Page 2 QGuide Page 4545 PA says it will Rep. Crowley tackles airport noise no longer shoot airport owls Congressional delegation to lean on FAA to force airlines to use quieter engines BY BILL PARRY Jackson Heights) introduced leg- make sure they are less disrup- force the Federal Aviation Ad- BY RICH BOCKMANN islation last week called the Si- tive to the families who live near- ministration to issue new regu- The Queens congressional lent Skies Act, which, if it passes, by and improve the quality of life lations that will phase in quieter The borough’s airports will delegation has turned up the heat would require airlines to stock in our communities,” Crowley engines at a rate of 25 percent of work with the state to humanely on airline companies on the issue their fleets with quieter aircraft. said. “Not just here in Queens but an airline’s fleet every five years. remove snowy owls that pose of airplane noise. “While commercial aircraft throughout the country.” If Crowley’s bill becomes law, it safety threats to aircraft in lieu U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D- can never be truly silent, we can The Silent Skies Act will Continued on Page 58 of shooting them, officials said. The Port Authority said it is working with the state Depart- ment of Environmental Conser- REMEMBERING MANDELA vation to put together a program to trap and remove the nomadic birds from John F. Kennedy In- ternational and LaGuardia air- ports. “The Port Authority’s goal is to strike a balance in humanely controlling bird populations at and around the agency’s airports to safeguard passengers on thou- sands of aircrafts each day,” the agency said in a statement re- leased Monday night. “Over the past two weeks, f ive planes at J F K, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia airports were struck by snowy owls that have been migrating to our region in far higher than typical numbers this year.” There was a news report Monday that Port Authority wild- life specialists had killed three snowy owls over the weekend at Kennedy Airport with shotguns. During their mating season in May, the owls are found mostly in North America from Alaska to Quebec. Nelson Mandela (c.) smiles during a visit to New York in 1990. He is joined by (l.-r.) Mayor David Dinkins, Mandela’s wife Winnie and Gov. Mario Cuomo. See sto- Unlike most other owls, they ry on Page 5. Photo by Norm Harris Continued on Page 58 A CNG Publication Vol. 1 No. 49 64 total pages 2 TL Council calculates violence 5Pointz’ Meres One COM . Economic Development group explores cost of communities in crisis moves across river TIMESLEDGER BY BILL PARRY “We’re just waiting BY RICH BOCKMANN for the snow to melt on the The longtime curator roof,” Wolkoff said. “Once Gun violence in South at 5Pointz has packed up we remove the roof, we Jamaica has dropped pre- his aerosol spray cans and start demolition, probably . 13-19, 2013 2013 . 13-19, cipitously since the City taken his iconic “Bright in three or four weeks.” EC Council implemented a pi- Idea” light bulbs across the They may have lost , D lot program last year based East River to Manhattan. their building, but the art- EDGER on the Cure Violence initia- Jonathan Cohen, ists are sticking together. L tive, a project out of the Uni- known as Meres One, went The Nolita mural is the first IMES T versity of Illinois-Chicago back to work painting a mu- of many they are planning, that approaches violence as ral outside a Nolita clothing but their home borough is a public health crisis. shop Saturday. not on the list. Now the Council is “It was fun to paint “In a way we feel looking at violence from again, this time stress- and Queens has turned its back an economic development worry-free,” Cohen said. on us,” said spokeswoman point of view. His latest work will Marie Cecil Flageul. “We The Council’s Econom- stay on the wall outside have several locations in ic Development Committee Rag & Bone, at 73 E. Hous- Manhattan and Brook- last week held a hearing on ton St., through the end of lyn for tributes to Nelson a bill introduced by Coun- the month. Mandela,. We reached out cilman Ruben Wills (D-Ja- Cohen closed his office to several people in Long maica) that would create a at 5Pointz for good Dec. 1 Island City but never heard commission to investigate after property owner Jerry back from them.” and address the root causes Wolkoff whitewashed the She explained that of violence every three 350 murals of street art that in the world of street art years. had adorned the warehouse tributes have to be done on “We are now trying Erica Ford (r.), founder of Life Camp, speaks about the organization’s 10-year history as Kimberly complex for the last two de- outside walls, not inside a to identify or drill down to Spellman, whose son was murdered in 2008, and Councilman Ruben Wills look on. Wills has intro- cades. It was the first step place of business. the root causes of violence, duced a bill to investigate the root causes of violence. for the planned demolition The final vestige of the which plagues many of our to make way for two luxury 5Pointz art in Queens can communities, which adds that South Jamaica’s 113th different times, which pre- heads the school safety high-rises. Continued on Page 58 to many of the negative im- Precinct has counted six vented the initiative from division of Columbia Uni- pacts such as disinvestment murders so far this year, establishing coordinated versity’s School of Social and lower property values,” down 63 percent from the strategies at start-up,” the Work, said he favored the Wills said. same time in 2012. Shoot- report said. “Additionally, framework that the Fed- As part of a task force ing incidents have dropped there is an ongoing need for eral Emergency Manage- to investigate gun violence 33 percent. more complementary ser- ment Agency uses, which announced in 2011, the In an assessment re- vices for participants, such measures crises in order to Council created pilot pro- leased in August of South as drug rehabilitation, as decide how best to allocate grams in five high-crime Jamaica’s program, which well as counseling and hu- resources. neighborhoods that marry is headed by Erica Ford’s man resources supports for “It provides policy- the interruption and out- LIFE Camp, the John Jay staff.” makers with a context in reach components of the College of Criminal Justice Committing fund- which to set priorities and Cure Violence initiative noted the positive relation- ing and coordinating ef- comprehensive approaches with a holistic effort to ship with the Police Depart- forts were the main points to address violence — how coordinate city agencies ment as one of its strengths, stressed by about 20 inter- much prevention, how and community support but said funding and conti- vention specialists who much intervention, how groups. nuity posed challenges. testified at the hearing in much response,” he said. 5Pointz artist’s mascot Baxter the Graffiti Cat finds a new home The NYPD’s most re- “Each provider part- favor of the bill. And as any economic across the river after six years of living at the doomed complex. cent crime statistics show ner received its funding at Richard Glover, who Continued on Page 58 Photo by Christina Santucci IN THIS ISSUE HOW TO REACH US Police Blotter ........................................................8 Holiday Events ....................................................34 MAIL: 41-02 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, NY 11361 Editorials and Letters ................................. 12-13 Holiday Gift Guide .......................................37-43 PHONE: Display Advertising: (718) 260-4521 — Editorial: (718) 260-4545 Political Action ....................................................14 Business ................................................................44 FAX: Advertising: (718) 224-5821 — Classified: (718) 260-2549 QueensLine ...........................................................14 QGuide ...........................................................45-54 Editorial (718) 224-2934 New Voices ............................................................15 Sports .............................................................55-57 E-MAIL: Editorial: [email protected] Display Advertising: [email protected] Focus on Queens ................................................26 Classified ...................................................... 59-63 Classified: [email protected] Borough Beat ..................................................... 30 TO SUBSCRIBE: Call (718) 260-4521 Copyright©2013 Queens Publishing Corp. 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New York area, which will 2013 . 13-19, stone has been selected to When all seven phases provide services to the resi- build Phase 2 of the mas- are complete, Hunters Point dents, including an on-site sive Hunters Points South South will be the largest af- senior center.