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PEDESTRIAN PROBLEM areas that have the most problems to send in enforcement and issue appropriate summonses. Manson said that while this year has seen 35 more accidents, injuries are down from 378 to 256, or 32 percent. 26 fewer pedestrians have been struck and he’s seen a 31 percent decrease in vehicle injuries. The Vision Zero process for the NYPD is to educate residents on traffic and pedestrian laws and safety issues by distributing literature and talking to people face to face. The next step is enforcement. This year alone, Manson noted, the 104th Precinct has issued almost 600 hazardous summonses, or accidents that could directly cause injuries such as failure to yield to pedestrians (127 summons this year, or a 106 percent increase), failure to stop at stop signs (530 summons, or a 67 percent increase), and speeding (258 summons, or a 227 percent increase). Drivers using cell phones have also been targeted significantly with 540 summons being issued for talking or texting while driving. While the panel was positive about the mayor’s Vision Zero program and the work that has been Jaywalkers Blasted At Maspeth ‘Vision’Meet by Matthew Van Deventer Queens residents voiced their neighborhoods’ specific traffic safety needs to the Department of Transportation (DOT) at a town hall meeting on the Vision Zero traffic safety initiative last Monday, June 30, at I.S. 73 in Maspeth. For over two hours, DOT Queens Borough Commissioner Dalila Hall fielded most of the questions and concerns from attendees, taking careful notes so her office can rectify any neighborhood traffic ailments. Most of the issues brought up by attendees included adding stop signs to intersections, requesting evaluations of certain crossings, lowering speed limits, adding traffic lights, and changing street directions. City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, who organized the meeting, claimed that 4,000 crashes happen every year, many of which caused -SEE VISION ON PG. 28- Fraternity Holds Recognition ‘Knight’ At Glendale School Here’s A Glimpse Of What’s In This Week’s Times Newsweekly... LOCAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS GLENDALE: Residents Mad Over Reservoir DamPlan.............Pg. 1 ELMHURST: Protesters Denounce Homeless Shelter................Pg. 1 RIDGEWOOD: Chain Snatcher Busted By Police.......................Pg. 1 ASTORIA: An Early July 4 Fireworks Show....................Photo, Pg. 1 MASPETH: PedestrianWoes Voiced At Town Hall Meet..........Pg. 3 GLENDALE: Fraternity Holds Recognition ‘Knight’......Photo, Pg. 3 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Board 5 Meeting ThisWednesday..............Pg. 4 RIDGEWOOD: Tackling Train Noise At FOCAMeeting..............Pg. 6 REGO PARK: Flames Engulf Flower Shop.....................Photo, Pg. 6 SUNNYSIDE/GREENPOINT: July Meetings Give Glimpse Of Kosciuszko Bridge’s Future Look.........................................Pg. 8 GLENDALE: CB 5 Committees Eye Abandoned Eyesore........Pg. 8 RIDGEWOOD: St. Matthias Salutes Graduates..............Photo, Pg. 8 RIDGEWOOD: BID Talks Pedestrian Plaza Project....................Pg. 9 RIDGEWOOD: Boardwalk Empire Films Again.............Photo, Pg. 9 WOODHAVEN: Mixed Reception For Blvd. Bus Service..........Pg. 10 GLENDALE: Church’s Food Pantry Shelves Run Bare..........Pg. 10 RIDGEWOOD: Lights Flicker AfterWire Fire................Photo, Pg. 10 CORONA: Businesswoman Guilty In Ex-Partner’s Killing.....Pg. 11 MIDDLE VILLAGE: State Senate Passes Cockloft Bill................Pg. 12 FOREST HILLS: ‘Cannibal Cop’s Conviction Cleared.................Pg. 12 GLENDALE:World Cup Fever Hits Restaurant................Photo, Pg. 12 ROCKAWAY: Pols Fume After Ferry Funding Gets Cut.............Pg. 17 MASPETH: Lions Club Serves Pancakes.........................Photo, Pg. 19 WOODSIDE: Teen’s Eco-FriendlyWay To Support Library........Pg. 22 GLENDALE: Local Animal Shelter Gets Lions’Aid.........Photo, Pg. 22 WOODSIDE: Summer Cookout For Cub Scouts..............Photo, Pg. 22 GLENDALE: Students Spruce Up Convent Garden........Photo, Pg. 22 MASPETH: High Schoolers Earn Year-End Honors.......Photo, Pg. 25 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Games Of Chance At Bazaar.............Photo, Pg. 27 RIDGEWOOD: Health Fair At Local Playground..............Photo, Pg. 27 QUEENS & BROOKLYN BOROUGH-WIDE NEWS Queens Library Board Delays Meeting On CEO’s Fate.................Pg. 6 Funding Secured For New York State Pavilion Restoration......Pg. 17 Plenty Of Music Found At Free Summer Concerts.....................Pg. 19 Kids Eat For Free This Summer Across City Venues.................Pg. 19 Scores Enjoy The Summer Sun And Plenty Of Fun At Ozone Park And Bushwick Block Parties.......................................Photos, Pg. 23 COLUMNS & LISTINGS Ben Carson.......................Pg. 4 Letters To The Editor.......Pg. 4 104th Precinct Blotter....Pg. 11 Transit & Traffic News...Pg. 18 It’s In Queens!................Pg. 20 Community Calendar....Pg. 20 Crossword & Sudoku....Pg. 20 TV Listings.....................Pg. 22 News From The JPCA...Pg. 24 Social Security News.....Pg. 25 Sports.............................Pg. 58 SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES NEWSWEEKLY! SEE PAGE 27 Friday, July 4, Is INDEPENDENCE DAY • No Alternate Side Parking, Mail Delivery or Garbage Pickups • Our Office Is Closed 3 • TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 Faithful members of the Knights of Columbus and local churches were honored during the Msgr. Sherman Knights of Columbus Chapter recognition night last Tuesday, June 24, at Sacred Heart School in Glendale. During the ceremony, William Kuill received the Grand Knight Award, while Joseph Strohmeier was recognized as Knight of the Year. Seven individuals were honored for 50 years of service to the Knights of Columbus: Rev. Donald Berran, Robert Boger, Ernest Furone, Martin McAleer, John Rice, Joseph Van Schaick and Robert Warburton. A special award was also given to Msgr. Anthony Sherman, a relative of the chapter’s late patriarch. The honorees and knights are pictured above. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) injuries or fatalities. She said a crash is an accident, and feels all of them could be prevented. Through a joint partnership with the DOT, Taxi and Limousine Commission, and NYPD, the Vision Zero effort led by Mayor Bill de Blasio aims to dramatically decrease the amount of crashes. Capt. Christopher Manson, the 104th Precinct’s commanding officer, stated he has numbers that prove the program is working. He explained that the precicnt has targeted specific


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