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Queens may love or hate de Blasio,
but he’s winning mayor’s race big: poll
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com / @robbpoz
Mayor Bill de Blasio appears to be
cruising to re-election, according to the
latest Quinnipiac University poll released
on Oct. 5 — but here in Queens, more
than half of those surveyed feel he doesn’t
deserve a second term in offi ce.
Citywide, the poll found that 61 percent
Get your free city ID card in Bayside
BY SUZANNE MONTEVERDI
smonteverdi@qns.com / @smont76
Bayside residents will have the opportunity
to sign up for a free city identifi -
cation card without having to leave the
neighborhood later this month.
Th e Korean Community Services
Center at 203rd Street and 32nd Avenue
will serve as an IDNYC pop-up enrollment
site from Oct. 17 to Oct. 30.
Th e site will be open Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to
5 p.m.
Launched in 2015, IDNYC is a free,
government-issued photo identifi cation
card. A number of benefi ts are available
to IDNYC cardholders, including the
opportunity to sign up for free one-year
memberships at some of the city’s museums,
zoos, concert halls, and botanical
gardens, as well as discounts at some
supermarkets and fi tness centers.
Th e card can also be used at any public
library across the fi ve boroughs and as a
valid photo ID to open up accounts at
certain banks and credit unions.
All New Yorkers who are 14 years old
and over and reside in one of the fi ve boroughs
are eligible for the I.D., regardless
of immigration status.
Members of the IDNYC team will be
on-site at the center to enroll applicants.
Th ose interested in applying are encouraged
to reserve an appointment online
or by calling 311. Walk-ins are not guaranteed.
The Korean Community Services
Center is located at 203-05 32nd Ave.
of likely voters want four more years
from the Democratic incumbent, way
ahead of three challengers: Republican
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis of
Staten Island (17 percent), Reform Party
candidate and former City Councilman
Sal Albanese (8 percent) and independent
private investigator and political show
contributor Bo Dietl (6 percent).
In Queens, however, de Blasio has the
support of less than half of all likely voters
(48 percent). Malliotakis checks in second
with 23 percent, followed by Dietl at 10
percent and Albanese at 7 percent. Eleven
percent of those polled said they weren’t
sure who they’d back in the November
general election.
Th e numbers in Queens indicate that de
Blasio has become a rather polarizing fi gure
in the “World’s Borough.” His favorable
numbers are nearly even, with 46
percent having an unfavorable opinion
of him and 45 percent fi nding him favorable.
When asked if de Blasio deserves to
be re-elected, 52 percent of Queens voters
said they don’t believe he does; 42 percent
said he should get a second term, while 5
percent said they weren’t sure.
Only voters in heavily-Republican
Staten Island had a lower opinion of de
Blasio; there, 69 percent of voters view
him unfavorably, and 68 percent said he
doesn’t deserve to be re-elected. But there
seems to be little for the mayor’s re-election
campaign to worry about, as he has
highly favorable numbers in Brooklyn,
the Bronx and Manhattan.
Moreover, Queens voters aren’t heavily
backing any of his three main competitors
— largely because they don’t seem to
know who they are.
Regarding Malliotakis, 60 percent of
likely voters said they haven’t heard
enough about her to make an opinion,
but 24 percent did say that they viewed
her favorably. Th e same holds true for
Albanese, as 61 percent of Queens voters
don’t know enough about him to make a
call, but 19 percent of respondents rated
him favorable.
Interestingly, while 67 percent of likely
voters of Queens said that they didn’t
know much about Dietl to make an opinion,
19 percent of those who did said that
they viewed him unfavorably.
Th e poll was conducted between Sept.
27 and Oct. 4 with live interviewers
speaking with participants through landlines
and cellphones. Th e margin of error
is +/- 4.7 percent.
Photo via Shutterstock
Thieves targeting
Hondas for tires
and rims in Bayside,
Douglaston
BY SUZANNE MONTEVERDI
smonteverdi@qns.com / @smont76
Bayside, Douglaston and Little Neck
has seen several tires and rims theft s in
recent weeks, and police are asking residents
to stay vigilant.
Captain Genevieve Isom informed
attendees of the crime trend at the
111th Precinct’s Community Council
meeting on Oct. 3. While the tire and
rim theft s have been driving up the precinct’s
grand larceny numbers, Isom
said, the precinct was otherwise down
in every major crime year over year.
Police Offi cer Steven Rosa said
thieves were mainly targeting Honda
models — mostly Accords and CR-Vs.
Nissan and Toyota models are also
being singled out.
Rosa suggested car owners use lug
nut and wheel locks to make tire
and rim removal more diffi cult, and
encouraged residents not to leave the
lock keys in the glove compartment or
spare tire compartment where thieves
can access them.
Rosa also suggested parking next to
a high curb and turning car wheels all
the way to one side. Both of these tactics
make it harder to remove the tires
and rims, deterring perpetrators. Cars
should also be parked in a well-lit area
or in a personal garage, if you have one.
As the bulk of these theft s occur in
the middle of the night, police said,
residents are asked to pay attention
to suspicious people or vehicles on
their block. Tire and rim thieves generally
work in groups and might be
using more than one car, authorities
noted. Any suspicious activity should
be reported to 911 and can be given
anonymously.
Finally, any alarms a car may have
should always be activated, and video
cameras in front of a home can also act
as a deterrent.
For more information, contact the
precinct’s Crime Prevention Unit at
718-279-5215.
Photo by Dominick Totino Photography
Mayor Bill de Blasio, shown at the 2017 Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade, is loved or
hated in Queens depending on who you ask, according to a recent poll.