Ridgewood Kids Crunch Numbers Robinson Pkwy. Project On Deck Closures May Tie Up Local Sts. According to Community Board 5 District Manager Gary Giordano, work is expected to start next month on the $17 million project which will bring safety improvements to virtually the entire parkway from its western terminus at the corner of Jamaica and Pennsylvania avenues in East New York to the Van Wyck Expressway in Forest Hills. The state Department of Ridgewood Times Counties’ www.timesnewsweekly.com On Twitter @timesnewsweekly THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015 50 CENTS Transportation, which oversees parkways, selected Tully Construction of Flushing to handle the project. Most of the work involves removing the existing asphalt off the roadbed, repairing the concrete base and installing new pavement atop it, Giordano told the Times Newsweekly in a phone interview last Friday, Jan. 16. Crews will also reconstruct VOL. 106, NO. 25 Woodhaven-RH Ambulance Will Shut by Kelly Marie Mancuso Leaders of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association (WRBA) expressed anger last Saturday, Jan. 17, after learning that the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps will soon cease all operations. Going Bowling For Vets In Ozone Pk. See Photos On Pg. 21 TO USPS: MAILING LABEL GOES HERE TN/RT 012215 Largest Classified Section Serving Queens And Brooklyn Times Newsweekly Established In 1908 THE CORPS CRUMBLES ‘New Direction’ For Shelter Site? Board 6 Against CB Term Limit Plan Chairperson Joseph Hennessy addresses Community Board 6 at their monthly meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 14. St. Matthias School held its Junior High Math Bee in the school auditorium last Thursday, Jan. 15. The winners were: Natalie Bialczak, first place (pictured center); Sophia Wang, second place (pictured left); and Rodolfo Lezama, third place (pictured at right). Lawmaker Appeals For Alternate Uses In Glendale by Robert Pozarycki Hoping the city will move in a “new direction,” a local lawmaker plans to pitch alternative uses for the location of the proposed Glendale homeless shelter to city officials. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo Gilbert Taylor and Deputy Mayor Samaritan Village in December told the Times Newsweekly last Lilliam Barrios-Paoli and 2013 to transform the former Friday, Jan. 16, he plans to meet continue the dialogue regarding factory into a transitional housing in the weeks ahead with the fate of 78-16 Cooper Ave. shelter for up to 125 families with Department of Homeless The DHS entered into a fiveyear, children. Services (DHS) Commissioner $27 million contract with During the session at American Legion Post 118, WRBA board members announced the impending closure of the corps located at 78-15 Jamaica Ave. due to extensive damage to an adjacent building. The ambulance corps and its former tenant, the Woodhaven- Richmond Hill Senior Center, were forced to vacate the premises back in 2013 after the roof and adjoining wall of the neighboring building located at 78-19 Jamaica Ave. collapsed. “The ambulance corps is now starting the process of shutting down,” said Ed Wendell, former WRBA president and current president of the Woodhaven -SEEWRBA ON PG. 26- -by Robert Pozarycki SEE SHELTER ON PG. 28- The Jackie Robinson Parkway is about to undergo its first major renovation in 24 years—and that will mean increased traffic on detour routes in neighboring Cypress Hills, Forest Hills, Glendale, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven. -SEE PARKWAY ON PG. 29- Say 12 Years Isn’t Enough Time To Contribute by Anthony Giudice Members of Community Board 6 debated during its meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 14, in Kew Gardens a City Council bill that would institute term limits for community board members. have to be evaluated by the borough president every two years, but can be reappointed an unlimited number of times, leading to some members being on the boards for several decades. The requirements for the evaluation of board members consist only of their attendance records at the monthly board meeting, so it is quite easy to remain on the board. Board 6 opposed this piece of legislation, pointing out that they are all volunteers and do not get paid for any work they do while on the advisory body. -SEE BOARD 6 ON PG. 26- The board, in the end, voted to send a letter that Community Board 6 Chairperson Joseph Hennessy drafted to City Council Member Dromm expressing opposition to his proposed legislation. Dromm introduced a bill last December that would limiti community board members to six two-year terms. This would restrict members to 12 years of service, but would not affect current board members; the bill, if enacted, would affect members appointed after Apr. 1, 2016. Currently, board members
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