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QUEENS WEEKLY, APRIL 14, 2019
around 10 p.m. and they
are back at it around 11
p.m. or 12 a.m. and the
work goes on until 2 a.m.
or 4 a.m. Many nights,
there is lots of banging,”
wrote Duarte-Simmons
in the letter.
Duarte-Simmons also
included a collection of
photos and video illustrating
violations including
uncovered garbage
and the installation of a
fire escape and elevator
without properly closing
off the street or using any
safety equipment.
On the A Better College
Point Facebook page,
community organizer
Jennifer Shannon posted
photos of the proposed
shelter with its lights illuminated
on the evening
of Sunday, April 7. Shannon
also posted accompanying
photos of two cell
phones displaying the
times 9:12 p.m., 2:29 a.m.
and 2:30 a.m.
“We desperately need
EVERYONE to call 311
before the Tuesday and
file and “Escalated Complaint,”
a complaint
against a city agency
(DOB & DEP) because
nothing is being done
about our regular complaints,”
said Shannon
in the Facebook post.
“You must tell them that
we call night after night
and nothing is ever done
and the problem is never
solved. Tell them that
when a regular complaint
is made you are
told the DOB will respond
within 14 days during
regular business hours.
Tell them that this does
not solve the problem because
when the inspector
goes during the day
the contractor is working
within the permitted
hours.”
According to records
on the DOB’s Buildings
Information System (BIS)
database, the city agency
has received 52 public 311
complaints about afterhours
work. DOB labeled
most of the complaints
as “resolved.” One complaint
made on April 8
about after-hours work
remains “active.”
BIS records show that
DOB has not issued any
stop work orders on the
property.
Reach reporter Jenna
Bagcal by e-mail at jbagcal@
qns.com or by phone
at (718) 224-5863 ext. 214.
Attack
result of the defendant’s alleged
actions. As such he
now faces the possibility of
being locked away from society
for the rest of his life.”
According to charges, at
2 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2018, Chirse
approached a 35-year-old
woman who was walking
with her four-year-old son
on 84th Street near Atlantic
Avenue. Chirse then allegedly
told the woman to
hand over her purse, and
when she refused he allegedly
responded by repeatedly
punching the mother
multiple times in her
Shelter
head and chest.
Chirse then allegedly
reached over the victim and
took her purse before fleeing
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the scene. The victim
sustained injuries to her
face and other extremities
and was taken to a nearby
hospital for treatment. Her
son was not injured during
the attack.
Just one day after the incident,
Chirse was arrested
at a Brooklyn homeless shelter
after his picture and video
of the assault surfaced on
social media.
Reach reporter Emily
Davenport by e-mail at edavenport@
qns.com or by phone
at (718) 224-5863 ext. 236.
A grand jury has indicted a Brooklyn man who allegedly beat
up a woman and stole her purse in Woodhaven last year.
ish Spot, located at 107-05
Guy R. Brewer Blvd., had a
visitor. Beth Goldberg, the
director of the U.S. Small
Business Administration’s
New York office, stopped
by to present Kelly with a
certificate honoring her
for beating out more than
a million entrepreneurs
throughout the state to
become Microbusiness
Person of the Year for
2019.
“As a former small
business owner myself, I
know that running a company
often means you sacrifice
your social life and
you don’t spend enough
time with your family,”
Goldberg said.
Kelly put together a
staff of youngsters aging
from 14 to 22 from
around the borough in
partnerships with organizations
such as Queens
Community House, the
Police Athletic League
and LaGuardia Community
College. Most of the
staff are students taking
part in the city’s C-CAP
program which prepares
more than 2,000 students
for careers in the restaurant
and hospitality
industry.
“The city pays them but
we train them in the culinary
arts, hospitality, customer
service and general
life skills,” Kelly said.
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