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55 • TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014 Police Rep Offers Public Safety Advice At Latest GPOA Meeting -CONTINUED FROM PG. 5- One Arrest In R’wood Beating -CONTINUED FROM PG. 1- LPC Backs Off On Landmark Purge -CONTINUED FROM PG. 3- SShhoopp LLooccaallllyy!! SSuuppppoorrtt YYoouurr NNeeiigghhbboorrhhoooodd MMeerrcchhaannttss!! Air Noise Monitor Coming To Maspeth/M.V. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 8- allow officials to get precise and accurate readings on how levels of aircraft noise affect our neighborhoods, and hopefully this critical information will help lead to much needed relief.” According to Meng’s office, the airplane noise monitor—once activated in the Maspeth/Middle Village area—will record airplane noise data, such as decibel levels, over a one-year period. The Port Authority will then share the data with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which charts flight patterns, and a community roundtable established to address quality-of-life problems related to low-flying airplanes across Queens. For years, as previously reported in this newspaper, residents in Maspeth, Middle Village and other Queens communities complained of flight pattern changes that the FAA imposed at LaGuardia Airport which caused low-flying planes to travel over their neighborhoods. In some periods, the jets reportedly rumble over the area every 45 seconds, exposing residents to high levels of noise and air pollution in the process. The roundtable aims to formulate solutions to ease the impact on local residents, including remediation methods such as soundproofing or potentially changing flight paths. A portable noise monitor, such as the one pictured atop a Flushing building, will be installed early next year in the Maspeth/Middle Village area, Rep. Grace Meng announced. The device will record airplane noise levels over a one-year period, and the data collected will be used in forging solutions to quality of life problems related to low-flying planes in the area. Green Dot card and sent to them. The elderly are the scam artists’ main targets, Sadler said, “because they’re a little bit more trusting." With the holiday season in full swing, Officer Sadler gave some tips on how to be safe during this time of year. The first tip he gave was, “don’t leave your car idling outside," while you’re either warming it up or moving packages to and from the trunk. A car that is running and just sitting there is inviting a criminal to jump behind the wheel and drive off with the car, he noted. Another tip Sadler offered was for residents to always be mindful of your money and belongings. He added that residents should keep bags and purses close to your body while out shopping; keep wallets in front pockets instead of in the back pockets; and avoid leaving shopping bags right in their vehicles where criminals can see them and single them out as easy targets. All of these tips are helpful in stopping crimes of opportunity, Sadler said. He added that “crimes of opportunity are the biggest crime that happen in this precinct.” “If you limit the opportunity, it’s not going to happen,” he said. These tips and many others have been working because the crime rates have dropped this year compared to 2013 in the 104th precinct. Officer Sadler announced the precinct is “down six percent in crime overall in the precinct." According to the NYPD CompStat report covering the week of Nov. 24-30, there have been 95 less crimes this year compared to last year at the same point in time. An impressive decrease in crime rates. The 104th Precinct is hoping to see this downward trend in crime rates continue in coming years with the inclusion of new technology for cops in the area to use. O ne new technology that is coming out is ShotSpotter. This piece of equipment that will be available in the 104th precinct allows cops to detect gunshots from within a five mile radius. Officers are also going to be able to check and send out emails from anywhere they are, which will allow the officers to be in better contact with one another and with the community. Sadler stressed that communication with the people of the community is of the utmost importance and that the Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol (104COP/GCOP) is a very important part of this neighborhood." The 104COP helps officers patrol the streets and report crimes and emergencies to the proper authorities. These volunteers allow the police department to better know the beat of the community and what is actually happening in the area. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo was also in attendance and commended the 104th precinct for their hard work that they do all year. Other news Addabbo also spoke to attendees about the recent sale of Atlas Terminals to the production company Broadway Stages. Addabbo told those in attendance, “I’m not surprised Broadway Stages bought in Glendale," because according to him, “Queens is the place to be, certainly filming-wise." Broadway Stages is one of New York’s largest full-service television, film and music production facilities. The $19 million sale of this 500,000 sq. ft. lot of land will hopefully lead to the creation of more jobs and opportunities for the residents of Glendale, and more revenue for the city and state. The GPOA also elected officers for the association. All officers and board members remained the same except for one position. Michelle Cook-Lopez will be the new financial secretary for the association; Cook-Lopez took this position after the former financial secretary, Frieda Koenig retired. The installation of new and reelected members will take place in January. * * * The next Glendale Property Owners Association meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, Jan. 8, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Pancras Pfeifer Hall, located off the corner of Myrtle Avenue and 68th Street. focus on today’s preservation opportunities.” “We’ve said plenty of times— nobody likes a backlog, and we are committed to working with LPC to remedy this situation in a transparent, appropriate and equitable way,” the Historic Districts Council, which advocates for preserving historic buildings across the city, said in an email last Friday. “This proposal has awoken needed public interest in the list of “notquite landmarks” and HDC will continue to document and publicize those buildings and sites under consideration and under request in an effort to bring needed attention to their preservation.” Many of the 96 applications which the LPC originally marked for deletion were originally “calendared” by the commission decades earlier. As the LPC described, “calendaring is an administrative action that places a building or site on the commission’s calendar for a public hearing or discussion.” The application to landmark St. Barbara’s Church—a Spanish Baroque-style church with twin, 175’-tall spires located at the corner of Central Avenue and Bleecker Street—was calendared in 1980. Plans to landmark the Pepsi-Cola sign—now located at Gantry State Park after adorning the nearby bottle plant prior to its 1999 demolition—made the LPC radar eight years later. The local landmark application held in limbo the longest is the Old Calvary Cemetery Gate House, at the corner of Gale and Greenpoint avenues in Long Island City’s Blissville section, which was calendared by the LPC in 1973. victim then contacted police. Officers from the 104th Precinct quickly responded to the location. Lohman was caught at the scene, while the two unidentified perpetrators fled in an unknown direction. Paramedics removed the victim to a local hospital for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening. According to police, Lohman was found in possession of $1 in cash allegedly stolen from his landlord’s home. Officers booked Lohman on robbery and burglary charges; an investigation is ongoing. IIff YYoouu SSeeee BBrreeaakkiinngg NNeewwss OOnn YYoouurr BBlloocckk...... CContacct TThe Times Newsweekly Caall 11-771188-882211-77550000 • Emmaail inffoo@@ttimmessnewwsswweekly.ccoomm


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