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Big Jump focus group coming to Elmhurst to look into bicycling
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELLDOMENECH
adomenech@qns.com
@AODNewz
On Feb. 21., Th e Department of
Transportation (DOT) and Rutgers
University will host a community focus
group concerning bicycling in Queens at
Elmhurst Hospital.
Th e university will hold one focus
group with community members and
another separate one with business owners
to hear about perceptions and desires
of bicycling in the neighborhoods of
Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst and
Jackson Heights.
“We are also curious as to what types
of activities, programs or marketing
would impact those perceptions,” said a
representative for the DOT in an email
to QNS.
Th e focus group will be facilitated
by Senior Researcher at the Alan
M. Voorhees Transportation Center at
Rutgers University Charles T. Brown.
Th e feedback gathered during from the
focus group with be used for Th e Big
Jump Project, an ambitious eff ort by
People for Bikes to transform the way 10
major cities view and use bicycles.
And as a Big Jump City, New York
voices must be heard.
“Th e goal is to see what we can do to
increase people’s utilization of bicycles
in the 10 Big Jump Cities,” said Brown.
Brown said that fi guring out barriers to
the use of bicycles would be a vital part
of the focus groups.
Th ere are a limited number of spots
available and you must RSVP to attend.
If you’d like to participate please email
bigjump@dot.nyc.gov or call 212-839-
7175. Please provide advance notice for
accessibility accommodations.
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com
@QNS
A reputed gang member could spend
the rest of his life in prison for fatally
shooting a man in broad daylight at a
Jackson Heights train station.
Ramiro Gutierrez, 26, was arrested on
Feb. 5 on charges of second-degree murder,
fi rst-degree gang assault and second
degree criminal possession of a
weapon.
If convicted, Gutierrez faces 25 years to
life in prison.
“Th is was a brazen mid-day attack that
started with an alleged gang assault on
a train. Th e beating spilled out onto the
platform and turned into a cold-blooded
murder when the defendant allegedly
shot the victim numerous times in the
face,” said District Attorney Richard A.
Brown. “Th is senseless act of gun violence
by an alleged member of a vicious
street gang will not be tolerated in Queens
County. Th e defendant now faces the
prospect of spending the rest of his life
locked behind bars.”
According to charges, at 12:45 p.m.
on Feb. 3, Gutierrez, who is an alleged
member of the MS-13 street gang, and
unapprehended others began to beat up
20-year-old Abel Mosso while on the 7
train. When the train pulled into the 90th
Street subway station, Gutierrez and the
others allegedly dragged Mosso on to the
platform and continued the beating.
Video recorded by a straphanger, prosecutors
say, allegedly shows Mosso being
repeatedly punched during the assault.
Charges say that Gutierrez then allegedly
pulled himself away from the altercation
and stood with a fi rearm in his hand
as the victim began to stand up. In the
video, the shooting occurred just off camera,
but the distinctive popping sounds of
the gun fi ring six times can be heard.
Mosso, who is believed to be a rival
gang member, was shot several times in
the face and head.
EMS responded to the location and
pronounced Mosso dead at the scene.
Gutierrez allegedly identifi ed himself in a
still taken from the viral video.
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