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Thief steals from parked cars in Glendale, M.V.
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Cops are looking for the crook
who broke into three parked cars
and stole thousands of dollars in
property in just a few hours near the
Middle Village/Glendale border.
According to authorities, at 7:30
p.m. on March 9, an unknown man
broke into a car that was parked in
the vicinity of 78th Street and Cooper
Avenue. Once inside, the suspect
took three pairs of sunglasses and
a pair of Bose headphones.
The thief then fled the scene in an
unknown direction.
Hours later at 11 p.m., the crook
opened a car that was parked in the
vicinity of 88th Street and Aubrey
Avenue. Once inside, the suspect
took a HP laptop from the glove
compartment and then fled the scene
in an unknown direction.
The final incident took place at 3:35
a.m. on March 10. At this time, the
thief broke into a car parked in front
of 79-01 Cooper Ave. by throwing an
unknown object through the rear
passenger window. The suspect then
stole $2,600 and fled the scene in an
The suspect in a recent grand larceny spree on the Glendale/Middle Village border.
unknown direction.
All of the grand larcenies were
reported to the 104th Precinct.
On April 2, the NYPD released
surveillance video of the suspect
that was taken during the
third incident.
Cops described the suspected
thief as a man with facial hair
that’s between the ages of 25 and 30
years old. He was last seen wearing
a hooded shirt, sweat pants and
multi-colored sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard
to the identity of this male is asked
to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Photos courtesy of the NYPD
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or
for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips
by logging onto the Crime Stoppers
website, nypdcrimestoppers.com, or
on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls and messages are
kept confidential.
Ulrich launches petition to oust homeless svc. boss
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich
is again leading opposition to
city Department of Homeless
Services Commissioner Steve Banks
with a new petition on Change.org
calling for the de Blasio administration
offi cial to be fi red.
According to Ulrich, his call is a
plea for better management of the
homeless crisis through Section 8
and affordable housing to aid the
population without a roof over their
head estimated to be between 63,000
to 70,000 citywide.
“Tonight, more than 65,000
men, women and children will be
sleeping in a city shelter — and
thousands more on the streets and
subways,” Ulrich wrote. “Mayor Bill
de Blasio should fire Steven Banks
for doing an abysmal job running
the Department of Homeless
Services. We demand real programs,
solutions and accountability, but we
will not see progress without real
leadership. Steven Banks must go.”
A rally in front of Banks’ home
in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, last
month saw dozens of protestors who
claimed the city was not transparent
in the deployment of shelters which
are often placed near schools.
Residents across Queens have
City Councilman Eric Ulrich is now petitioning for the removal of Steven Banks as commissioner of the Department
of Homeless Services. Photo: Mark Hallum/RIDGEWOOD TIMES
claimed that homeless residents near
families are a hazard.
Ulrich also claims that building
new shelters does not prevent
homelessness nor does it focus on
transitioning people out of facilities
contracted by the city.
DHS, as per Mayor Bill de Blasio,
has launched the Turning of the Tide
on Homelessness, a plan that will
place shelters in communities near
where the individuals originate so
they can have access to family and
friends. The agency has began the
process of phasing out the use of
cluster sites and hotel conversions.
A tour of a shelter in Brooklyn
with TimesLedger and DHS officials,
including Banks, in August showed
that most residents rehabilitate
from the shelters within about
eight months.
Residents have access to mental
health and medical services onsite
and do not leave the property,
operated by nonprofits, unless they
check out at the front desk.
Ulrich was criticized by de Blasio
in a recent appearance on NY1’s
“Inside City Hall with Errol Louis,”
during which the mayor shamed
the Queens councilman for using
the term “poverty pimps” in a CBS
interview to describe the nonprofits
contracted by the city to service
homeless shelters.
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