12 JANUARY 5, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM 2016 Year in Review NOVEMBER ‘Barn’-burner in Northwest Queens Brian Barnwell won the seat for the 30th Assembly District seat the night of Nov. 8. He had stunned the Queens political world back in September in defeating nine-term incumbent Margaret Markey during the primaries. Assembly District 30 encompasses Woodside, Maspeth parts of Sunnyside, Long Island City and Astoria. The tide turned against Markey in August amid the ongoing debate over a proposed homeless shelter in Maspeth, in the heart of her district. Markey took fl ack from residents for failing to show up at a public meeting and protest over the shelter, although she expressed opposition the the plan in statements that her offi ce issued. Trump emerges victorious In a stunning election night that left us all on the edges of our seats, Republican nominee Donald Trump -- who grew up in Queens -- secured victory over Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States. While New York City and state went to Clinton, there are areas that leaned in favor of Donald Trump. In Queens, a little over 75 percent of voters voted for Hillary Clinton and almost 22 percent of voters throughout the borough voted in favor of Donald Trump. Clinton managed to win the popular vote nationwide by more than 2.8 million votes, but Trump secured 306 electoral votes, clinching the presidency. ‘Ridgewood’s not for Sale!’ Scores of Ridgewood residents of every age and background marched through the neighborhood on Nov. 19 as they fight to keep their community affordable for everyone. Organized by the Ridgewood Tenants Union, the boisterous crowd — chanting through the streets and accompanied by a band — demanded that the city preserve rent-stabilized apartments in the community. They also urged that developers creating luxury apartments give something back to the longtime residents in the area. Celebrating landmarks at last The Ridgewood Central Historic District, a group of 900 rowhouses in the heart of the neighborhood, was given landmark status by the city in 2014. The Landmarks Preservation Commission and the city Department of Transportation formally celebrated the distinction in November of this year by debuting new historic brown signs at street corners throughout the district. Roughly a third of the 2,982 Ridgewood buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places have received landmark status from the city. The Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association has campaigned for years to have all buildings on the register to be declared city landmarks.
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