By Joseph N. Manago
The head-punching assault upon Patrick Gorman, outside his apartment building at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Main Street in Briarwood, on June 26, 2016, which led to his death by homicide on the same day has just been announced to the public 4½ by months later by the major television networks upon the recent release of video surveillance by the NYPD. So, it takes over four months for an NYPD cam posted on Main to be viewed? Obviously, no real time viewing.
Why is there always a local and citywide blackout of crimes in Briarwood, as recently evidenced by no press or TV reports of the serial robberies of women’s handbags on Burden Crescent this year, as well as other crimes in Briarwood, or just “Queens” designated the venue? And where are the 107th Precinct police patrols in the Briarwood community? And, why no early alerts of these criminal activities to the residents for their vigilance by the Briarwood Civic Association and the Briarwood Action Network community associations in their newsletters? Everything is disordered here.
Joseph N. Manago
Flushing
