GREEN LIGHT FOR REZONE Board 5 Back Ridgewood Redevelopment primarily used for storing construction equipment and vehicles. The rezoning will allow the developer to erect the 88 unit property in Ridgewood and the zoning changes to the area could bring more residential building to the rezoned section. This rezoning changes the designation from an M1-1 district to an R5B and R6B district. Residents that spoke in support of the rezoning included Dan Russo Law enforcement sources said Michael’sAutomotive underreported more than $900,000 in payments received from various insurance companies for taxable vehicle repairs performed between Sept. 1, 2008 and Feb. 28, 2011. According to prosecutors, Causi and his business allegedly filed state tax returns which omitted about $707,000 in repair sales and failed to 3 • TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014 by Noah Zuss The proposed rezoning of an industrial portion of Ridgewood from manufacturing to residential use was recommended by Community Board 5 at its monthly meeting last Wednesday, Apr. 9, at Middle Village’s Christ the King Regional High School. In This Week’s Times Newsweekly... LOCAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS GLENDALE: Cops Find Fire, Pot In Tow Truck...........................Pg. 1 MASPETH: Hearing For Knockdown Center Liquor Permit.....Pg. 1 WOODHAVEN: City Will Demolish Collapsed Building.............Pg. 1 RIDGEWOOD: International Day At Grover Cleveland...Photo, Pg. 1 MASPETH: Students Learn Life-Saving Method............Photo, Pg. 1 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Board 5 OKs Ridgewood Rezoning.............Pg. 3 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Local Auto Body Shop Owner Busted For Pocketing State Sales Taxes..................................................Pg. 3 MASPETH: Agreement Spares Doomed UPS Drivers................Pg. 4 SUNNYSIDE/WOODSIDE: Grade Shift At Local Schools...........Pg. 6 MIDDLE VILLAGE: MVPORA Talks Relay For Life.........Photo, Pg. 6 CORONA: Board 4 Hears Concerns About New Gym...............Pg. 8 RIDGEWOOD/GLENDALE: Faithful Good Friday March..........Pg. 8 RIDGEWOOD: Used Hot Card To Buy Sneakers............Photo, Pg. 8 SUNNYSIDE: Public Plazas Coming To Queens Blvd.............Pg. 10 RIDGEWOOD: Agencies’ Ticket ‘MARCH’ Targets Businesses With History Of Serious Violations .....................................Pg. 12 GLENDALE: 104th Pct. Brass Meets 104COP Members.........Pg. 12 REGO PARK: She Stole Handbag At Supermarket.......Photo, Pg. 12 RIDGEWOOD: Boardwalk Empire Shoots Block.........Photo, Pg. 13 FOREST HILLS: Pair Wanted For Bank Heist...............Photo, Pg. 14 JFK AIRPORT: New Travel Plaza Opens Doors............Photo, Pg. 19 RIDGEWOOD: Young Scientists At Grover Cleveland............Pg. 21 WOODHAVEN: Easter Bunny Hops In For Visit...........Photo, Pg. 21 RIDGEWOOD: Big Street Fair Along Myrtle Avenue....Photo, Pg. 21 GLENDALE: Supermarket Sweeps A Success...........Photos, Pg. 24 GLENDALE: Sacred Heart Pays Tribute To 1980s.....Photos, Pg. 25 RIDGEWOOD: Fidelis Holds Community Fair..............Photo, Pg. 26 HOWARD BEACH: Honorees At Italiana Gala..............Photo, Pg. 27 RIDGEWOOD: Palm Sunday Brunch At Church..........Photo, Pg. 27 ELMHURST: Juniper Juniors Hold Spring Cleaning...Photo, Pg. 29 BRIARWOOD: Molloy HS Marks International Day.................Pg. 31 QUEENS & BROOKLYN BOROUGH-WIDE NEWS Brooklyn Man Sentenced For Many Queens Burglaries..........Pg. 10 Phone Scammers Keep Targeting Local Residents................Pg. 10 Glendale Bicyclist Killed By Bk. Hit-And-Run Driver..............Pg. 14 July 4 Fireworks Extravaganza Back On East River................Pg. 19 Local Union Recruiting Roofing Apprentices..........................Pg. 20 COLUMNS & LISTINGS Pat Buchanan...................Pg. 4 104th Precinct Blotter....Pg. 11 Transit & Traffic News....Pg. 20 It’s In Queens!................Pg. 22 Community Calendar....Pg. 22 Crossword & Sudoku....Pg. 22 TV Listings.....................Pg. 23 112th Precinct News.......Pg. 26 Social Security News.....Pg. 28 Sports..............................Pg. 65 SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES NEWSWEEKLY! SEE PAGE 58 Missed Last Week’s Issue? Read It Online At www. timesnewsweekly .com ADVERTISE WITH US! Call 1-718-821-7500 And Let Us Help Your Business Grow! by Robert Pozarycki A Middle Village auto body shop owner appeared in court last Thursday, Apr. 10, to answer to charges that he and his business allegedly stole thousands in sales tax revenue from the state, it was reported. Michelangelo Causi, 59, of 95th Street in Howard Beach, owner of Michael’s Automotive and Bodyworks Inc. at 69-01 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, faces charges of second- and thirddegree grand larceny, first-degree falsifying business records, firstdegree offering a false instrument for filing and second-degree scheme to defraud and third-degree criminal tax fraud. -SEE FRAUD ON PG. 32- The resolution was recommended 28-11, but not before objections were raised by long-time board members who pushed an alternative plan to allow for some semblance of industry in the rezoning area generally bounded by Starr Street, Flushing Avenue, Woodward Avenue and Onderdonk Avenue. Several residents living in close proximity spoke in support of building the three-story residence at 176 Woodward Ave., an undeveloped lot on the corner of Starr Street -SEE BOARD 5 ON PG. 32- Say M.V. Auto Body Owner Stole Tax $ DA: Business Pocketed Thousands From State MARK V. 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