20 NOVEMBER 9, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Town hall meeting next week on
new Maspeth sewer project
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
As Maspeth is still dealing with
issues from the Calamus Avenue
sewer project, the NYC
Department of Design and Construction
(DDC) will be returning to the
neighborhood to talk about their next
project: the 70th Street sewer project.
The community is invited to a town
hall meeting to discuss the upcoming
70th Avenue sewer project on Monday,
Nov. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. at I.S. 73,
located at 70-02 54th Ave., to learn
more about this sewer and water main
project.
Residents are encouraged to come
out to the meeting to ask their questions
to DDC representatives directly.
According to Gary Giordano, district
manager of Community Board
5 (CB5), the project — listed at SE859,
and capital projects SE-002Q and WM-
1 — will happen “just south of where
the Calamus Avenue sewer project is
taking place.”
Giordano explained, according to
the plans sent to CB 5, the scope of the
project includes the installation of the
following new sewers and distribution
water mains:
Combined sewers and distribution
water mains on 70th Street between
54th Avenue and Calamus Avenue;
Combined sewers on 54th Avenue
between 70th Street and 71st Street;
Combined sewers and distribution
water mains on 71st Street between
Grand Avenue and 54thAvenue;
Combined sewers on Grand Avenue
between Mazeau Street and 71st Street;
Combined sewers and distribution
water mains on Mazeau Street between
Grand Avenue and the Queens
Midtown Expressway;
Distribution water mains on 53rd
Road between 69th Street and the
Dead End;
Distribution water mains on 53rd
Drive between 69th Street and 71st
Street; and
Distribution water mains on Grand
Avenue between 71st Street and 72nd
Place.
QNS has reached out to DDC for
comment on the meeting and more
information about the project and is
awaiting reply.
Anyone interested in attending the
meeting should RSVP with Councilwoman
Elizabeth Crowley’s offi ce at
718-366-3900 or ecrowley@council.
nyc.gov.
The meeting is being sponsored by
Crowley, state Senator Joseph Addabbo,
Assemblyman Brian Barnwell and
Communities of Maspeth & Elmhurst
Together (COMET).
Flyer courtesy of Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley’s offi ce
NYC DDC is coming to Maspeth with another sewer project.
Parents learn how to protect children from cyberbullying
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
Queens lawmakers joined the
city’s Department of Education
(DOE), AT&T and the Tyler
Clementi Foundation for a public
town hall meeting at Queens Borough
Hall in Kew Gardens on Nov. 1
to help parents combat bullying and
cyberbullying.
The town hall was the main focus
of Borough President Melinda Katz’s
Parent Advisory Board, and was part
of a citywide initiative led by the
New York City Council, DOE, AT&T,
the Tyler Clementi Foundation and
Common Sense Media.
According to a 2016 study by AT&T
and the Tyler Clementi Foundation,
which surveyed 500 teens and
500 parents from the NYC metropolitan
area, nearly 50 percent of
teens report having experienced
cyberbullying, while eight out of 10
teens know another student that has
been the victim of cyberbullying.
“Social media and the internet have
changed so much of our world today,
and that includes bullying,” Katz
said. “While the way students are
bullied may have changed, our commitment
to protecting our children
is unwavering. By raising awareness,
involving parents and fostering a
positive culture amongst our young
people, we can combat a problem that
negatively impacts kids every day.”
The collaboration between the
city, AT&T and the Tyler Clementi
Foundation aims to provide parents
with support to help their children
use technology in positive ways and
encourage safe online behavior, as
well as off er appropriate resources
and knowledge of this crisis to protect
their children.
“Cyberbullying is pervasive in
our society. While there are many
benefi ts to using social media, it has
presented significant challenges
to students, educators and parents
alike,” said Councilman Daniel
Dromm, chair of the City Council’s
Education Committee. “We live in
a time where a child can be bullied
anywhere at any hour for simply
being ‘diff erent,’… it is important for
adults to be aware of best practices
on how to combat cyberbullying and
how to prevent it from happening in
the fi rst place.”
This initiative — which also gained
supported from the Mayor’s Offi ce
for Media and Entertainment as well
as Common Sense Media — started
with a town hall in Manhattan in July
at City Council Chambers, and continued
with the meeting at Queens
Borough Hall.
It was the second event in a series
of town halls for parents across the
entire city, which will continue later
this fall in Brooklyn, the Bronx and
on Staten Island.
Photo courtesy of NYC Council's Offi ce of Communications
Parents gathered at a town hall meeting at Borough Hall to discuss
cyberbullying.
