12 AUGUST 31, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
EDITORIAL
How Queens can help Harvey’s victims
Many of us in Queens probably
THE HOT TOPIC
STORY:
Flushing home invaders bashed
two men with a bat and a wooden
plank to steal their stuff : cops
SUMMARY:
Police released images on Aug. 23 of
four men wanted in connection with
a violent home invasion in Flushing
earlier this month.
REACH:
23,422 people (as of 8/28/17)
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relived the destruction
Hurricane Sandy wrought
here fi ve years ago in witnessing the
heartbreaking images coming out of
Texas the past few days during and
aft er Hurricane Harvey.
This October marks five years
since Queens suff ered Sandy’s wrath.
Low-lying areas of our borough didn’t
stand a chance, and the damage they
faced was so extraordinary that some
residents — all these years later —
have yet to fully recover.
How long will it take the people of
Texas to recover from Harvey, a storm
that dumped biblical amounts of rain
that caused every river, creek and bayou
in the area to overfl ow their banks?
Entire communities in the Houston
area have been wiped out; the scenes
of fl ooded streets and highways are
almost beyond our imagination. The
recovery will be too long to bear, but
we can all lighten the burden a bit by
doing our part to help Texans rebuild.
We encourage our readers to donate
cash to a reputable charity such
as the Greater Houston Community
Foundation (www.ghcf.org) or the
United Way. That money will be used
immediately to help purchase supplies
and equipment needed to rescue, shelter,
feed and care for the fl ood victims.
Cash donations are the fastest, most
impactful way Queens residents can
help our fellow citizens in the Lone
Star State. Let’s give what we can and
make it count.
KUDOS TO THE MTA
WORKERS
This Labor Day, Queens residents
will celebrate not only the contributions
of the American labor force, but
also the conclusion of the “summer
of hell” for anyone who relies upon
subways or the LIRR to get around.
Much-needed track improvements
at Penn Station forced the Long Island
Rail Road to implement service cutbacks
and enact a contingency plan of
buses, rerouted trains and even ferries
to help people get around. Along
with the normal subway disruptions
caused by scheduled track maintenance,
those who rely upon the M
line also lost service between Middle
Village and Bushwick for two whole
months while a bridge was rebuilt.
While people grumbled about the
inconvenience of lost or reduced
train service, it seemed that the experience
for most Queens residents
wasn’t as bad as initially predicted.
In our view, this is a credit to the
MTA and its team of employees who
worked hard to keep the borough
moving amid the chaos.
We off er a special word of thanks to
the hard-working men and women of
the MTA who did what they could to
ease the commuting pain as much as
possible.
