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Baysiders peeved over ticket blitz
Penalized residents blame unnoticeable signage during ongoing construction
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Some Bayside homeowners are
overly frustrated by temporary
“No Parking” construction signs
that have been posted on telephone
poles and trees without notice to
the community, resulting in a ticket
blitz that they say is unfair.
For resident Gail Sicoli, finding
a parking spot on her block or
around the corner has been quite
an inconvenience due to the “No
Parking” signs, she told QNS. She
has also received a $60 parking violation
ticket and is seeking reimbursement.
According to Sicoli, she received
a community advisory flyer notifying
residents of restricted curbside
and driveway access from 38th Avenue
between 206th Street to 205th
Street on or about Sep. 23 to Sept. 27
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“To make things as easy as possible
I parked around the corner on
204 Street between 36th and 38th
Avenue. Note this is the span of two
blocks. I did not see the temporary
metal ‘No Parking’ sign that was
halfway in the middle of the block
high up on a post until the following
morning after I received a ticket,”
Sicoli said.
“Instead of compensating homeowners,
they are penalizing us giving
tickets when the ‘No Parking’
signs aren’t even visible. I feel like
it’s entrapment,” Sicoli added. “I’ve
been living with this for a year already.
They’ve dug up my sidewalk,
repaved it. This whole project has
been going on, even longer on the
other side of Clearview, all down
38th Avenue.”
On and around 33rd Avenue,
37th Avenue and 38th Avenue in
Bayside have become a construction
zone, resulting in the placement
of the temporary “No Parking”
signs, according to the New
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Queens residents walked in the footsteps of Union soldiers and discovered all aspects of life in the 1860s
at Fort Totten. Photo by Dean Moses
BY MAX PARROTT
Reform is sweeping the small ‘d’
democratic institutions of Forest
Hills — its new democratic club is
the latest wave of the movement.
Last week a slate of six new officer
positions who want renewed
community involvement were
elected to Community Board 6.
In July, the Queens County Committee
for All (QCC4All) — a
group containing a sizable contingent
of Forest Hills county committee
members — pushed Congressman
Greg Meeks to reform
their role in the county party.
Now, Assemblyman Andrew
Hevesi, sensing the winds of
change blowing through his district,
has spearheaded the Queens
Central Democratic Club (QCDC),
a new organization that will ditch
the established top-down structure
of most the borough’s democratic
clubs.
The new club held its first public
meeting on Monday, Sept. 23, over
pizza and drinks at the posh West
Side Tennis Club, where Hevesi
spoke to about 50 interested constituents
about his ambition to create a
club where he’s not in charge.
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
The indictment against an alleged Queens
prostitute who was charged for her alleged
role in causing the overdose death of a man in
Elmhurst was officially unsealed on Friday.
Angelina Barini, 41, was charged with conspiracy
to distribute and possess with intent
BY ANGELICA ACEVEDO
Sen. Michael Gianaris
recently announced a
$10,000 grant to help
support P.S./I.S. 78Q’s
Interactive Language
Program, My Chinese
Teacher Program, specifically
for their mandarin
program.
Gianaris addressed
the parents and faculty at
P.S./I.S. 78Q’s first PTA
meeting of the school year
last week, according to a
press release.
“The world is increasingly
interconnected and
our economy is increasingly
reliant on knowledge
of other cultures
and their languages,”
Gianaris said. “This is
an incredible program
equipping students from
an early age to have the
skills needed to thrive.”
The Senate deputy
leader said that New York
State Sen. Michael Gianaris announced
a $10,000 grant for PS/IS
78Q’s Mandarin language program at
the school’s first PTA meeting of the
year. Courtesy of Gianaris’ office
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