Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association
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Kew
Gardens Hills Civic Association
For more
than half a century,
the Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association,
founded as the Queens Valley Homeowners Civic Association in
1941, has served all Kew Gardens Hills residents by advocating
on their behalf with government and other public service
providers. At a time of a shrinking public treasury, KGHCA has
made city services a priority. Public safety, sanitation, the
infrastructure, streets and roads, libraries , parks and
playgrounds are the keystones of the Association's efforts as KGHCA strives to ensure the quality of life that makes Kew
Gardens Hills a prime Queens residential neighborhood. KGHCA is
a membership organization and is dependent on dues for support.
Annual dues are $18.00 and may be mailed to KGHCA at Box 670085,
Kew Gardens Hills, New York 11367
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Stan Norwalk, 14430 76th
Avenue, Kew Gardens Hills, NY 11367, (347) 513-6280
Board Member of the Kew
Gardens Hills Homeowners’ Civic Association
107th Police Pct Community Council
Meeting
Presided over by President
of the Council, Carolann Foley, and the 107th Precinct
Commander Deputy Inspector Stephen Cirabisi
February 23,
2010, 8:05 PM
Location: 107th
Police Pct.,
71-01 Parsons Boulevard. Kew Gardens Hills, NY
11367
- President of
the Council Carolann Foley began the meeting with the pledge of
allegiance and salute to the flag followed by a moment of silence
for the departed.
- Deputy
Inspector Cirabisi of the 107th police precinct was
introduced and he announced the latest crime statistics for the 107th
precinct. The numbers for 2009 were very good. Crime was down
overall 17 %, the best in the Queens South area. However the first
part of 2010 was not so promising. “There was a spike in robberies”.
The Borough Commander has placed extra resources along Hillside
Avenue between Parsons Blvd and Midland Parkway. You may notice a
special police watch camera and officers recording street activity
which should suppress any possible criminal activity in that area.
There will be an additional 30 policeman between 3pm and midnight.
Since this plan has been implemented, there have been no robberies
in the last two weeks. Crime for the year was up 17% & for the last
20 days 5 %
107th
Precinct Commander Deputy Inspector Stephen Cirabisi
3. Police Officers Harry Levine and Cherise Hurley were awarded Cop
of the Month plaques and commendations for their arrests made as an
outcome of a 911 call. The two officers of the 107th in the
process of the arrests removed 3 firearms from the culprits as they were
making an attempted home invasion. On the suspects beside 3 firearms
were found duct tape, plastic ties and one of the guns was a 357 magnum
one of the most powerful hand guns made. Deputy Inspector Cirabisi said
a lot of the success of the 107th is the cooperation of the
neighborhood as the eyes and ears for the police. In addition he added
that identity theft is on an upswing. Prized items for car break-ins are
laptop computers, handbags, and credit cards
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Deputy Inspector Cirabisi opened the floor for questions:
Question: Where are the crimes
occurring?
Answer: A lot of the crimes are occurring around
schools where perpetrators are targeting individuals on their way home
from school. Some of the perpetrators attend these schools but live
outside the area.
Follow up question: Are these crimes in the daytime?
Answer: Yes.
Question by a lady who is a first time attendee of the meeting. There is
a problem at her building with a lot of marijuana being smoked. Would
someone be able to investigate this?
Answer, Please see Officer McCarthy after the meeting and we will take a
report from you for follow-up.
Question: A lady stated that she observed people doing cocaine in their
cars in Fresh Meadows. Can the police test these individuals?
Answer. Deputy Inspector Cirabisi said that the police do not test for
cocaine only observe and make arrests. There is a conditions unit that
handles this. Year to date they have 70 arrests. Cirabisi asked the lady
to get the license plate numbers and call them into 911 or come into the
precinct and speak to Lt. McCarthy
No other questions were asked. Deputy Inspector Cirabisi said that
search warrants were issued for selling drugs at 75th Avenue
and 187th street.
5. At this point of the meeting an unannounced visitor stopped the
meeting with his presence.
The new commanding officer of Patrol
Borough Queens South (PBQS) surprised everyone by visiting the 107th
during the meeting. He is Assistant Chief James Secreto who comes to
the job with a solid police background, age 53, a 30-year veteran of
the NYPD, has worked in three boroughs and served as the commanding
officer of two precincts, one in Harlem and another in East New York. He
also served as commander of the Queens Narcotics Unit.
The PBQS Commander said his goal at his new post is to reduce crime even
further. “I want to make Queens safer, a place that people want to
live,” he said in an interview. “That’s my number one goal, to make the
people here safe,” He praised the work by
Deputy Inspector Cirabisi, Commander of the 107th police
precinct
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Assistant
Chief James Secreto, 53, a 30-year police department veteran, has been
promoted to Commanding Officer of Patrol Borough Queens South
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President of the Council Carolann Foley announced the
presence of representatives from Queens District Attorney Brown’s
office, Jim Gennaro’s office, (James
F. Gennaro
District 24 - Council
Member),
David Weprin of 24th Assembly District in Queens and
a representative from the community affairs office.
- Minutes by
Recording Secretary JoAnna Dailey-Kilby of last meeting were
approved.
- The
Treasurer’s report was presented by William Buzzone, who announced
the finances for January 1, 2010 thru January 31, 2010. The opening
balance was $4,100.33, donations were $30 , interest .59, expenses
$293.44, ending balance is $3837.48
William stated that to his dismay the profits from
the last annual dinner dance have diminished to the point where it was
only $500, a far cry from what they have earned in the past. He asked
the council for suggestions to help raise money to support the
council’s activities and programs. He suggested that it may not be
viable to have a dinner dance this year due to the increased cost
primarily due to the loss of Reception House which was economically
feasible with their great catering rates.
- An
announcement regarding the census forms was made. It is very
important that all people regardless of their immigration status
fill out these census reports so that the community can get their
rightful revenues which are based on the population counts that
these census reports generate. The message is that immigrants
whether they are legal or not need to fill out these reports and
they will not be subject to police or immigration arrests or
investigation.
- The council
collected $56 for the raffle and the money was donated by the winner
to the council
- The next
meeting will be March 26, 2010 at 8pm at the 107th
Precinct.
- A motion was
made to adjourn the meeting and the motion was unanimously accepted.
Reported and submitted by
Stan Norwalk, March 4, 2010
Board Member of the Kew
Gardens Hills Homeowners’ Civic Association
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Young Israel Senior League of Queens Valley
141-55 77 Avenue
SPECIAL GUEST
IGGY TERRANOVA
CITY-WIDE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LIAISON
NYC DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION
Ignacio "Iggy" Terranova
Digital Photo by Jim Jaffe
The meeting started at 7;30PM featuring a
question and answer by Mr. Terranova. Mr.
Terranova discussed in detail questions about
snow removal, covering of garbage pails, shabbos
snow shoveling. He was patient and answered
every question put to him regarding the "In's and
Out's of the Sanitation department. Pat Dolan,
president of the Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association
then Conducted a raffle in which bicycle helmets
were raffled off along with bicycle maps showing
various bike routes in the city. Mr Terranova was
presented with one of the helmets that was won by a
member of the audience as a gift.
Sunday (Flag Day) June 14,
2009
The Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association
held its' annual Concert combined with celebrating Flag Day on
14th of June. We had Phil the Magician who entertained the
children with his magic and allowed them to participate
along with him in his show. It was a toss up as to who enjoyed
Phil the Magician the most, the parents and grand parents of the
children or the children themselves. I think they all had a good
time with lots of "Qvelling "
by the parents and grand parents.
To really set off the celebration, we had a marvelous group of
musicians called the "City Sounds Quartet" headed up by
Charles Henry who is also a member of the KGHCA board of
directors. We have Jerry Weldon on Tenor Sax who also
plays with the Harry Connick Jr. Big Band, Rudy Petschauer on
Drum who also plays with the Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller Big
Bands, Jerry Sokolov on Trumpet who records with "Blood Sweat
and Tears Band and our Charles Henry on Keyboard and Piano who
is on our board of directors and is the leader of the City
Sounds Quartet.
Harold Baron our Chairman of the Board was the Master of
Ceremonies doing the introductions and Pat Dolan our President
who gave out the flags to the children and Councilman Jim Gennaro addressed the audience.
KGHCA is grateful to Senator Malcolm Smith, Senator Toby
Ann Stavisky, Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn and
Assemblyman Rory I Lancman for their
generous support, which made
the concert possible. Additional funding was provided
by members of the Kew Gardens Hills community."
May 21, 2009: KGHCA HONORS
GRADS; HEARS AVELLA
In a tradition begun just three years ago,
in May the Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association recognized the
community spirit of graduates
of local middle and elementary schools who will begin high school in
September
Also on hand for KGHCAs' annual meeting was Senator Toby Ann
Stavisky and Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn.
In a decades-long tradition, Councilman Tony Avella became the
latest in an unbroken chain of mayoral candidates
to address KGHCA members. Avella reviewed his long record as fighter for
local communities and discussed
his criticisms of the mayor and his plans for the coming campaign. .
From left to right: KGHCA
Chairman Harold Baron; Zev Melman, Yeshiva of Central
Queens; Tzvi Aryeh Erlbaum; Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn,
Dion Ward, PS219; Senator Toby Ann Stavisky; Brandon Shahib,
St. Nicholas; Victoria Marquez, PS 164 and KGHCA president
Patricia Dolan.
Digital Photograph by
Jim Jaffe
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From Left to Right: KGHCA
President Patricia Dolan, Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn
Digital Photograph by Jim Jaffe |
Concillman Tony Avella
Digital Photograph by Jim Jaffe |
Important Notice to Residents of
Kew Gardens Hills
From The
KEW
GARDENS HILLS CIVIC ASSOCIATION
KGHCA is
pleased to inform you that the Department of Transportation has converted
the following streets to one way service on Saturday April 25 or May 2.
70 Avenue: west bound from Main to 137 Street
70 Road: east bound from 137 Street to Main
71 Avenue: west bound from Main to 137 Street
71 Road: east bound from 136 Street to Main
One parking space has been eliminated on the corners of 141 Street to
increase visibility.
KGHCA and
local residents asked for these changes to make your streets safer.
KGHCA / PO Box
670085, Kew Gardens Hills, NY 11367
www.kghca.org/
qvhca@nvbb.net
Digital Photographs by Jim
Jaffe |
Digital Photographs by Jim
Jaffe |
Digital Photographs by Jim
Jaffe |
Canoe
Adventure on Willow Lake
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Photo by Edward Fischer |
Photo by Edward Fischer |
Photo by Edward Fischer |
© 2009 Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association
