www.timesnewsweekly.com On Twitter @timesnewsweekly THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 50 CENTS MORE PAY IN THE BAG Say Glendale Grocer Cheated Workers’Wages NSA Supermarket located with his office at 67-16 Myrtle Ave. in Glendale and an NSASupermarket at 99-30 Corona Ave. in Corona. The other markets he and his companies operate conduct business publicly as either NSA Supermarket, NSA Golden Mango or Met Food. Investigators with the federal Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division determined in an inquiry tall—demanded property, while his accomplice—said to stand 5’11”- tall—pushed the victim to the ground. After the victim hit the ground, police noted, the second suspect removed $50 in cash from the deliveryman’s left pocket. The two crooks reportedly fled from the scene in an unknown direction. VOL. 105, NO. 42 Counties’ Largest Classified Section Serving Queens And Brooklyn by Robert Pozarycki Eighteen underpaid grocery store workers stand to get a big pay day after the owner of a Glendale-based supermarket chain agreed to pay back wages and damages in a settlement with the federal Labor Department, it was announced on Tuesday, May 13. Andres Ferreira, owner of companies based at 67-16 Myrtle Ave. that operate 17 neighborhood supermarkets in Brooklyn, Queens, upstate NewYork andMassachusetts, will pay $372,000 to the employees, each of whom work as baggers at checkout counters. Two of the Queens locations which Ferreira operates include the -SEE GROCERY ON PG. 26- Ordered Late Night Robbery In F.H. Gun-Toting Crooks Attack Pizza Deliveryman by Robert Pozarycki Two armed gunmen ambushed a pizza deliveryman in front of a Forest Hills building during a holdup early last Friday morning, May 9, police reported. -SEE HOLDUP ON PG. 24- by Robert Pozarycki Dubbed the most radioactive location in New York City, a Ridgewood site that once housed a chemical company earned Superfund status from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it was announced last Thursday, May 8. Cracking Down On Hazardous Drivers Cops Give Rundown In Woodside by Noah Zuss Officers at the 108th Precinct have begun to crack down on hazardous driving, a captain from there told memebers of the United Forties Civic Association at its monthly meeting, Thursday, May 9, at St. Teresa Church in Woodside. Capt. Richard Hellman, executive officer of the 108th Precinct said overall crime is down 10 percent in the precinct, compared to the same 28-day period last year. He also answered several questions from the group on traffic safety and hazardous driving, and informed UFCA the precinct is in the enforcement stage of implementing the Mayor’s Vision Zero initiative. “The new vision zero is in effect,” he said. “We’re concentrating on -SEE UFCA ON PG. 24- Veterans Honored At Maspeth March See Story On Pg. 19 TO USPS: MAILING LABEL GOES HERE TN/RT 051514 Law enforcement sources said the robbery occurred at about 1 a.m. in the vicinity of 62nd Drive and 110th Street. Reportedly, the 51-year-old male victim was making a delivery to a nearby building when he was approached by two suspects described as Hispanic males, both of whom displayed firearms. One of the perpetrators—who, according to authorities, stood 6’- Maspeth Teens Join Honor Society Maspeth High School held their First Annual National Honor Society (NHS) Induction Ceremony for their Chapter Societas Nationalis Honoris Scholae Maspethis on May 5. This chapter celebrated these students academic successes, as well as their embodiment of NHS' four pillars: Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character. Pictured are the newest inductees; Ymani Bethea, Alexa Kava, Janinna Ramos, Johannah Gepte, Krzysztof Kropiewnicki, Amy Lin, Iris Chen, Lulu Zhou, Kinju Sherpa, Diego Ruiz, Sadia Rahman, Jia Chen, Juliana Maia, Karen Lopez, Kezia Diaz and Sarah De Rop. SUPERFUND FOR HOT R’WOOD SITE Feds To Reduce Radioactive Risk An auto body shop occupies part of the former Wolff-Alport Chemical Company in Ridgewood, which was declared a Superfund site last week due to radioactive contamination. (file photo) Straddling the Brooklyn/Queens border at 1125-1139 Irving Ave. and 1514 Cooper Ave., the site is now eligible for federal funds to clean up radioactive contamination found in the soil and nearby sewers. Several small businesses—including an auto repair shop and a delicatessen— occupy the location once used by the defunct Wolff-Alport Chemical Company. While in operation between 1920 and 1954,Wolff-Alport extracted rare -SEE SUPERFUND ON PG. 24-
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