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The top stories
from May 2019
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Here are the top stories from
May 2019.
Ridgewood’s sprawling party
space to open its backyard for the
summer
Nowadays, one of Ridgewood’s
primary dance clubs, made created
quite a stir when it reopened its outdoor
beer garden at the beginning
of May.
With its reopening, the venue
and taproom brought a long list of
new attractions like hammocks, an
outside location for their craft beer
pop-up, a new menu, natural wine
options and sculpture installations.
In addition to the Mister Sunday,
the all-ages daytime dance party
in the garden, which kicked off on
Mother’s Day. Now that winter is
upon us, the dancers of Ridgewood
and Bushwick will have to wait for
the outdoor space to bring back its
seasonal festivities for the spring.
Homeless complaints and moto
stunts hit nerve in Ridgewoodbased
104th Precinct
New Captain Victoria Perry picked
up where her predecessor had left
off in a May 22nd Community Council
meeting by addressing two hot
`neighbrohood issues.
Perry responded to complaints of
young ATVs and dirt bike drivers in
Forest Park, and a group of homeless
men on Putnam Avenue.
Perry said that it’s difficult to stop
young people roaming the streets
and paths in and around Forest Park
on ATVs. Giving chase could mean
provoking the riders into more
reckless behavior, so the surest
way to stop them is for the public to
report where the all-terrain vehicles
are being stored.
Perry said she hoped to get the
drop on meet-ups by monitoring
social media.
When a Ridgewood resident explained
a problem that he had with
homeless individuals drinking on
his block and using it as a toilet,
Perry said the precinct and the
Neighborhood Coordination Officers
would work on work to address
what they could, but that the issue is
a job for programs that specialize in
helping the homeless such Hungry
Monk Rescue Truck.
The top stories
from June 2019
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Here are the top stories from June
2019.
Community Board 5 hears concerns
on proposed Ridgewood bus lane
When the Department of Transportation
fi rst announced that it was
planning to install an express bus lane
along Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, it
set alarm bells off among the business
community.
During Community Board 5 advisory
body’s Wednesday meeting in Middle
Village, Giuseppe Palmeri, the owner of
Gemelli Jewelers was the sole business
owner who showed up to express his
concerns about how the proposed plan
would be “disastrous” for the strip.
The main concern was parking and
its impact on the stores along the strip of
Fresh Pond Road between Metropolitan
and Putnam Avenues.
“It’s going to kill businesses,” said
Palmeri. “Fresh Pond Road will become
a ghost town.”
Despite Community Board 5 eventually
voting against the bus lane, the DOT
installed the bus lane in August.
Ridgewood mother applauds passage
of ‘Erin’s Law’ bringing child
sex abuse prevention to schools
“Erin’s Law” was overwhelmingly approved
by the Assembly in the waning
hours of the legislative session in late
June, making New York the 37th state
to adopt the measure.
The bill requires the commissioner
of education to make recommendations
to the board of regents relating to
instruction on preventing child sexual
exploitation and abuse in kindergarten
through eighth grade. Its goal is to provide
training for children to identify
and appropriately respond to sexual
abuse.
“We made history today in the New
York Assembly,” said Connie Altamirano,
a 45-year-old single mother of two who
suff ers from PTSD and other complications
following her own sexual abuse
as a child.
“I commend the Assembly members
for passing Erin’s Law and setting forth
the most important educational tool
that will not only educate but help give a
voice to children who have been victims
of sexual abuse. What our educational
system was lacking for decades was a
sexual abuse prevention curriculum
that will help break the prevalent cycle
of systematic childhood sexual abuse,”
said Altamirano.
Altamirano, a strong advocate for
sexual abuse prevention, vowed that
she would not stop lobbying eff orts in
Albany until Erin’s Law was passed.
Altamirano stressed that Erin’s Law will
provide a tool for children to protect
themselves.
YEAR IN REVIEW
Mister Sunday, the all-ages daytime dance party in the garden returned
May 12. Photo courtesy of Nowadays
City reps Matt Kroll, Kyle Gebhart and Jason Banrey hear feedback about
their Fresh Pond Road bus lane plan in Middle Village.
Photo: Jacob Kaye/QNS
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