In the April 11, 2024, edition of your paper of record, we were remiss in not conducting a more thorough fact check for the important page 4 article titled “City Set to Honor Heroic Woodhaven Crossing Guard.”
A communiqué in the form of an e-mail blast sent and signed by the president of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association, Sam Esposito, contained erroneous claims that OZPKRBA was responsible for spearheading the process to get approval for a street co-naming in honor of Krystyna Naprawa. The crossing guard lost her life when she was stuck by a truck and killed at her long-time Woodhaven post at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue.
The Forum would like to offer our sincere apologies to the 102nd Precinct, the Naprawa family, and the Office of Councilwoman Joann Ariola.
Street co-namings must be introduced and voted on by the City Council. Ariola proposed the legislation at the behest of the family and the 102nd Precinct and brought it before the council where it passed unanimously.
The renaming has been scheduled for late September this year.
