Ridgewood Times Counties’ www.timesnewsweekly.com On Twitter @timesnewsweekly THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 50 CENTS R’wood Owner’s Complaints To City Backfires The latest effort, Montalbano stated, was to have the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) repair a broken curb and sidewalk at a bus stop in front of his property at the intersection. He made repeated calls to 311 and sought assistance from his local City Council member. But last month, Montalbano was surprised to receive a notice of violation from the DOT for the broken sidewalks, which constitute a trip hazard. The agency directed him to repair 392 sq. ft. of broken sidewalk within 45 days at his own expense—or the city would hire its own contractor and bill him for the work. “I feel like I shot myself in the foot by staying on top of this,” Montalbano told the Times Newsweekly in a phone interview on Monday, Feb. 2. “For them to have written violations on that -SEE CURB ON PG. 21- Lost Life Crossing M.V. Street Book Bushwick Man For Deadly Hit-And-Run Booking Plans For Hunters Pt. Library by Robert Pozarycki Work will finally begin this spring on the long-anticipated Hunters Point community library, area lawmakers and civic leaders announced during a press conference in Long Island City last Thursday morning, Jan. 29. City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer said the Queens Borough Public Library will construct the $30 million “crown jewel in the system” at the corner of the Center Mayor’s Plan For Sunnyside Yards de Blasio Eyes Affordable Apts. by Anthony Giudice Affordable housing was a major concern for Mayor Bill de Blasio in his State of the City address on Tuesday, Feb. 3— and he pitched the Sunnyside Yards as a development opportunity for Queens. Parents Tell Fariña Co-Location Woes Chancellor At Bushwick Town Hall Principals, teachers, parents, students and elected officials peppered Fariña questions that they felt were important to their schools and districts. Many parents are concerned with co-located schools, especially when young students are sharing the same building and facilities as teenage students of higher grades. VOL. 106, NO. 27 by Robert Pozarycki For several years, Ridgewood landlord Mark Montalbano worked to have the city successfully fix dangling electric lines, stop illegal dumping and remedy other problems at the corner of Metropolitan and Grandview avenues. R’wood Artists Plan Exhibition See Story On Pg. 15 TO USPS: MAILING LABEL GOES HERE TN/RT 020515 Largest Classified Section Serving Queens And Brooklyn Times Newsweekly Established In 1908 CURBED HIS ENTHUSIASM City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (at podium) stands with civic leaders and residents to announce plans for the Hunters Point library at a press conference last Thursday, Jan. 29. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers the State of the City Address on Tuesday, Feb. 3. (photo courtesy of: nycmayorsoffice) Construction This Spring On Latest LIC Chapter -SEE LIBRARY ON PG. 20- by Anthony Giudice Co-location of public schools and the new system put in place last week topped the agenda when Schools Chancellor Carmin Fariña spoke at I.S. 562 in Bushwick last Wednesday, Jan. 28. -SEE FARINA ON PG. 20- The 200 acres of land in the heart of Queens is currently a rail yard. De Blasio and his administration have bigger plans for this large slice of land. The mayor believes the railroad tracks at Sunnyside Yards could “easily exist underground,” allowing affordable housing to be built on the land above them. “At Sunnyside Yards, we envision a plan that incorporates what diverse and dynamic neighborhoods need—access to transportation, parks, schools, -SEE CITY ON PG. 21- by Robert Pozarycki Police arrested a Bushwick man allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident at a Middle Village intersection on Tuesday night, Feb. 3, that claimed a pedestrian’s life, it was reported. Law enforcement sources said 53-year-old Raul Reyes of Wilson Avenue fled after the van he allegedly operated hit 36-yearold Kamil Gorski of San Marcos, Ca., who was attempting to cross Metropolitan Avenue at 62nd Street at about 7:55 p.m. Tuesday. According to information obtained by detectives, Gorski was walking south to north across the avenue when he was struck by Reyes’ van, which was traveling eastbound along Metropolitan Avenue. Gorski then reportedly fell into the westbound side of Metropolitan Avenue and was hit a second time by a blue, fourdoor sedan. The sedan’s driver stopped and remained at the scene, but Rojas sped away in the van, police noted. -SEE STRUCK ON PG. 20-
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