TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014 • 42 Pols, Residents Take First Steps Toward Bushwick Rezoning engage and include more community voices in the process. Both Espinal and Reynoso represent parts of the rapidly growing area. “Our goal is to get community input,” Espinal said, “on what we want, not only what we don’t want. When we sit down with the city, we want to be able to tell them this is not what he community wants.” “We want to make sure Bushwick stays Bushwick,” Espinal added. Whitted told the Times Newsweekly last Friday that she plans to be involved in the process “from the beginning to the end.” “I think there is a lot of digestion of info. And I think that is a good step,” she said. While Whitted has dealt with rezoning often at the community board, she believes this was a way to both disseminate information and hear from residents “We need to start having conversations with people in the community about what they want,” she said. “It was just the community board and needed to halt that and bring in more people in the community.” “By working in tandem, we got to Cuff M.V. Man In Elm. Stabbing Police sources stated the victim exited the shop when Pachonpineda allegedly approached him and plunged a knife into his chest. Following the bloody attack, the suspect fled on foot in an unknown direction. The motives as to why the attack occurred remain unknown and under investigation. Officers from the 110th Precinct and EMS units rushed to the scene. Paramedics brought the victim to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was treated for a lacerated liver and other injuries. He was listed in serious condition, but is expected to make a recovery. Based on information obtained during its investigation, Pachonpineda was tracked down later that afternoon at a Corona barbershop. He was booked by P.O. Glendon Gayle on charges of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault. During an arraignment hearing in Queens Criminal Court on Monday, Aug. 25, according to records, Judge Michele Armstrong ordered Pachonpineda held without bail and to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. He is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 15. As for last Friday’s homicide, the incident occurred at about 3:10 p.m. inside the lobby of an apartment house on Broadway near St. James Avenue. Members of the 110th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about a male stabbed, found Patel unconscious with multiple stab wounds to his chest. Paramedics rushed the man to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. No immediate arrests were made despite a search of the surrounding area. An investigation by the NYPD Queens Homicide Squad and the 110th Precinct Detective Squad is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the murder that could prove helpful is asked to call the 110th Precinct Detective Squad at 1- 718-476-9303 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. Information may also be sent to Crime Stoppers via text message to 274637 (enter information, then the code TIP577) or online at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com. All calls and messages will be kept confidential. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 1- where we were last night. The neighborhood is ripe for rezoning,” she added Anna Slatinsky, a city planner at the Department of City Planning gave a presentation to explain the development and rezoning process to residents. The department is a mayoral agency and has offices in each of the five boroughs, she said. It supports the City Planning Commission, that “work at maximizing housing where we have a shortage of housing,” Slatinsky said. “The kinds of conversations we are having here tonight can form how we think about neighborhoods in a comprehensive way,” she said. “Our main policy tool is zoning. It governs what you can build, where and when.” “Both these and the size and shape of the building is governed by zoning,” she added. Slatinsky outlined the order of the rezoning process, which begins with community engagement, she said. What follows is, project research; review of rezoning proposals; an attempt to build consensus on rezoning proposals; a technical analysis and environmental review; proposal certification; the Unified Land Use Review Process (ULURP); and approval, when finally the new zoning becomes law. Attendees were asked to provide their feedback on several issues in the area by writing their suggestions next to maps that were hung on walls showing existing transportaion routes; subways, buses and biking paths; new construction since 2005; commercial and industrial land; and open space. The community also was asked to provide some ideas on transportation routes, economic development and new housing development in Bushwick. The community can engage in the process by joining a steering committee, Reynoso’s Bushwick and Ridgewood organizer Kevin Worthington said. “Today is a good start, but I believe we could even better,” he said. “This is an important first step.” Residents can also engage by helping to educate the community and spreading the word, he stated. Another meeting to further the same ideas, and map out a long-term strategy for the neighborhood will be held in the third week of September, it was noted. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 1- City Council Members Antonio Reynoso and Rafael Espinal organized a town hall to engage and educate the Bushwick community on the city rezoning process at St. Joseph Patron Church, last Thursday, Aug. 21. (photo: Noah Zuss) Worthington encouraged the attendees to stay involved and said, “all you here are community leaders with the capacity to spread information.” “It truly is a unified Bushwick,” Reynoso said. “We have to do this together.” “I’m happy to be here as the chairperson and also a resident,” Board 4 Chairperson Julie Dent said. “We want to make sure housing that comes into Bushwick is what you want,” Dent said. “The community board kind of talked about it for a while,” Whitted said. “So we’re here to begin the conversation as to what we want the community to look like in 10 years.” “We’re hopefully going to come to consensus. Stay tuned for more,” she added. Glendale Man Awakened To Discover Burglar -CONTINUED FROM PG. 1- sources familiar with the investigation stated, the suspect— apparently under the influence of drugs—asked where the subway station was located. Police said the man walked Dunphy out of the home; the suspect was reportedly observed walking up the block, then running away. Officers from the 104th Precinct responded to the incident and collared Dunphy a short time later. Upon being stopped, police reportedly found in his possession a number of items allegedly stolen from the home, including jewelry, prescription drugs and a cell phone. Dunphy was charged with thirddegree burglary and criminal possession of stolen property. According to court records, Judge Michele Armstrong ordered Dunphy held on $10,000 bond or $3,500 cash bail during an arraignment hearing last Saturday in Queens Criminal Court. He is due back in court on Sept. 5. Ben Carson News & Opinion -CONTINUED FROM PG. 4- tinderbox situations, as we have seen in Ferguson. Once we get the most powerful economic engine the world has ever seen back on track with sensible economic policies, we should devote some of the tax revenues generated to child-care facilities that would allow many of those unwed mothers to get their General Education Development or higher degree and become self-supporting. There are also a number of programs across the nation that offer free classes that teach social and job skills, which would give many of the young men some different options. We must concentrate on these kinds of programs because we cannot afford to lose large segments of our society to despair and underachievement in an increasingly competitive world. We have a social crisis brewing if we continue down the path we are on now, but we have the power to change our downward course with true compassion that allows people to rise and escape dependency. Ben S. Carson is professor emeritus of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University and author of the new book “One Nation: What We Can All Do To Save America’s Future” (Sentinel). Van Bramer Holds School Supply Drive At Office -CONTINUED FROM PG. 1- binders, looseleaf paper, folders, glue sticks, index cards, protractors, notebooks, graphing paper, rulers, calculators, markers, highlighters, crayons and watercolor paints. “All supplies will go directly to students in need at local schools within my district,” Van Bramer said in a statement. “Any donation, big or small, will be greatly appreciated.” Donations may be brought to Van Bramer’s office at 47-01 Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside on weekdays, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., and during normal business hours at the following Queens Library branches: • Broadway, 40-20 Broadway, Astoria; • Court Square, 25-01 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; • Long Island City, 37-44 21st St.; • Sunnyside, 43-06 Greenpoint Ave.; and • Woodside, 54-22 Skillman Ave. The drive will conclude on Wednesday, Sept. 10. For more information, call Amanda Nasner of Van Bramer’s office at 1-718-383- 9566, ext. 1, or email [email protected]. New York City public schools reopen on Thursday, Sept. 4, while most private or parochial schools open the previous day. If You See Breaking News On Your Block...Contact The Times Newsweekly Call 1-718-821-7500 • Email [email protected] Shop Locally! Support Your Neighborhood Merchants!
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