2 times • SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com Ridgewood and Maspeth streets to undergo massive repair John T. Flack, former assemblyman of 33rd District, died last month at the age of 87 BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport Former Assemblyman John T. Flack, who represented Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth, Ridgewood and Elmhurst, died on Friday, Aug. 19. He was 87 years old. Flack was born in Bushwick on Nov. 4, 1928. He attended Bushwick High School and went to St. John’s University, where he graduated with a degree in accounting. After graduating he joined the United States Airforce and was stationed at Burtonwood Air Force Base in England, where he would meet his future wife, Elfriede. They were married in September 1953 in England, but with their first child on the way, they made their way back to the States and started their new life in an apartment in Glendale on Cooper Avenue. The couple stayed in Glendale for five years and added two more children to the family before moving to Liberty Park. It was then that Flack started his civic career by joining the Liberty Park Homeowners Association where he served as president for 15 years. And in 1968 the Republican Party sought him out to run for State Assemblyman in the 33rd Assembly District against an imbedded incumbent. Flack ended up beating his opponent and won the election by the slimmest of margins, less than 1 percent. He then served for six additional terms in Albany from 1968 to 1982. He was recognized for being one of the first state legislators to open a district office for constituent services. Flack also received numerous awards for his legislative efforts on behalf of veterans. He was proud to dedicate a big part of his life to his community and assisting his neighbors. After his private and public work life came to an end, Flack and his wife retired to Spring Hill, Fl., where they lived for nearly 18 years. They then moved to Georgia to be closer to family. Flack is survived by children John and Linda, daughter-in-law Debbie Flack and son-in-law John Palmato, grandchildren Sharon, Jennifer, Elizabeth and Christopher, and great granddaughter Peyton. He was preceded in death by his son, Christopher, and grandson, John Palmato Jr. By Liam Baker editorial@ridgewoodtimes.com @RidgewoodTimes Streets in Ridgewood and Maspeth are in the process of being repaved as the city brings its resurfacing program to the Community Board 5 area. The work began on Sept. 6, with contractors milling streets — stripping the top layer of asphalt off of them — in order to prepare the roads for a new coat of blacktop. Below is a neighborhood-byneighborhood list of all the streets throughout Community District 5 that will be milled in the upcoming weeks: Ridgewood • 69th Ave., from Forest Ave. to Fresh Pond Rd. • 70th Ave., from Fresh Pond Rd. to Forest Ave. • 71st Ave., from 60th St. to Cypress Hill St. • Bleecker St., from Fresh Pond Rd. to Grandview Ave. • Bunnecke Ct., from Grove St. to a dead end • Butler Ave., from Forest Ave. to Greene Ave. • Grove St., from Fresh Pond Rd. to Forest Ave. • Harman St., from Cypress Ave. to Forest Ave. • Linden St., from Fairview Ave. to Forest Ave. • Menahan St., from Grandview St. to Fresh Pond Rd. • Nurge Ave., from 56th St. to Metropolitan Ave. • Ricard St., from Harman St. to Greene St. • Seneca Ave., from Decatur St. to St. Felix Ave. • Tonsor St., from Metropolitan Ave. to Himrod St. • Woodbine St., from Fresh Pond Rd. to Fairview Ave. Maspeth • 53rd St., from Flushing Ave. to Nurge Ave. • 55th St., from Metropolitan Ave. to Flushing Ave. • 56th St., from Flushing Ave. to Metropolitan Ave. • 59th St., from 59th Dr. to Flushing Ave. • 59th Rd., from 61st St. to Flushing Ave. • 60th Ave., from Fresh Pond Rd. to Mount Olivet Crescent • 60th Pl., from 62nd Ave. to Eliot Ave. • 61st St., from Eliot Ave. to 60th Dr. • 62nd Ave., from 56th St. to 60th Pl. Middle Village • 60th Dr., from Fresh Pond Rd. to Mount Olivet Crescent Glendale • Cooper Ave., from 64th St. to Cypress Ave. Work on additional roadways in the Board 5 area is pending. Two controversial races headline Sept. 13 Democratic primary BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@ridgewoodtimes.com @robbpoz Democrats will settle a pair of hotly contested races for legislative seats in this Tuesday’s statewide legislative primary. Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 13; only voters who are registered with the Democratic Primary will be eligible to participate. One of the two local contests has heated up along with the ongoing battle in Maspeth over a proposed homeless shelter at the Holiday Inn Express on 55th Road. Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, who represents Maspeth as well as areas of Astoria, Long Island City, Middle Village, Sunnyside and Woodside, is facing a challenge from Woodside attorney Brian Barnwell. Markey has come under fire in recent weeks from Maspeth residents who believe she is not being vocal enough in opposing the proposed homeless shelter. During a Community Board 5 public hearing on the project on Aug. 31, she cut her speech short after being roundly jeered by the audience. Both Markey and Barnwell have said publicly that they oppose the shelter. Another hot race is the 16th State Senate District contest between incumbent state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and challenger S.J. Jung. Stavisky and her colleagues in government blasted Jung following statements he made in an August debate in Flushing in which he opposed same sex marriage and most forms of abortion. The 16th Senate District straddles much of central and northeast Queens and includes parts of Bayside, Corona, Elmhurst, Flushing, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Middle Village, Rego Park and Woodside. For more information, call 212-VOTE-NYC or visit www. vote.nyc.ny.us. John T. Flack
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