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Guilty plea in Queens murder BY HEATHER SENISON
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A 49-year-old Flushing man who tortured and murdered a woman before dismembering her body pleaded guilty last week to first-degree manslaughter and tampering with evidence. In a statement, District Attorney Richard Brown called the guilty plea “a measure of justice for the victim’s family in that they will be spared the trauma of hearing all the gruesome details of the killing at a trial.” Chen Huang, formerly of 135-24 40th Road, tortured and killed Qian Wu in retribution for her filing a criminal complaint against him for a previous assault that resulted in him being sent to El Paso, Texas, for deportation proceedings. Wu filed a police report with the 109th Precinct stating Huang was harassing her four days before her chilling murder. Huang was held without bail since his arrest in January 2010, according to Brown’s office. On January 26, 2010, Huang approached Wu, who was 46 at the time, in
her building at 135-32 40th Road, struck her with a hammer more than 30 times and stabbed her multiple times in the torso, arms and face, cutting her left arm and heart, according to the charges. Video surveillance showed Huang leave the building just after 5 p.m. and put a dark object in his pocket. At about 5:36 p.m., Huang was caught on video returning to his residence with blood on his clothing and body, carrying a yellow plastic bag. Huang was then taped wiping blood off his body with a rag in the stairwell in his building. A hammer and a utility knife were later found inside a yellow plastic bag, which was inside a larger red plastic bag that also contained a bloody rag, sweater and jeans, in a garbage can near Huang’s apartment. Wu’s mutilated body was found on the thirdfloor landing outside of apartment 2F sometime after 7 p.m. that same night. In June 2006, Wu, who ran an employment agency from home, filed a criminal complaint against Huang, stating that on May 31, 2006, Huang wrapped a plastic
rope around her neck and punched her repeatedly in her apartment. Huang returned to the apartment the next day, pointed a knife at her and said, “I need a job.” He pleaded guilty in October 2006 to fourthdegree weapons possession and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Huang, an undocumented immigrant from Shanghai, returned from the El Paso Immigration and Customs Enforcement Center to New York on supervised release in January 2010. Shortly after and just before her murder, Wu filed another police report. Upon Huang’s guilty plea, Justice Richard Buchter indicated he would sentence the defendant to the maximum under the law, which is 25 years for manslaughter and a consecutive two to fouryear term on the tampering charge, according to Brown’s office. He will be sentenced on December 21. Brown said Wu’s family can be “assured that the person responsible for this brutal attack on their loved one will serve a lengthy prison sentence.”
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REAL AL E EST ESTATE CLASSIFIED ASS SIFIIREA OBITUARY OB BITU UA SP NEWS OP OPINION PINIOBQ BQE QE E ENT.D DINING IN NI CLA SERVICE SER RV VICO SPORTS POR RT Group raises concerns over school arrests (New York City) Police arrested or ticketed approximately four students each day in New York City public schools from July through September, according to a New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) analysis of new NYPD data. About 94 percent of students arrested were black or Latino; nearly 83 percent were male. “The data raise concerns about black students being disproportionally arrested in the city’s schools,” said Donna Lieberman, executive director of NYCLU. “If the Bloomberg administration is truly serious about closing the achievement gap, then they must address this disparity and focus more attention on educating children – not arresting them.” The NYPD recently released the data pursuant to the Student Safety Act – a new law requiring the Police Department to submit quarterly reports to the City Council on information related to its school safety operations. Overall, the School Safety Division conducted 63 arrests and issued 182 summonses in the reporting period, which includes only 43 school days for middle school students and 50 school days for high school students, two-thirds of which occurred during summer school. The majority of summonses issued by the NYPD were for disorderly conduct (54 percent). The second most issued summons was for riding a bike on the sidewalk (13 percent). Sixty-three percent of all summonses were issued in the Bronx and Queens. Among arrested students – the only group for whom racial data was released – 68 percent were black and 25 percent were Latino. All of the arrests made in Brooklyn and Staten Island were of black and Latino students. Black and Latino students represent approximately 29 percent and 40 percent, respectively, of the overall public school population, according to New York City Department of Education statistics. “This report provides the first glimpse into what the NYPD is doing in our schools,” “Instead of arresting students who need the most help, the Bloomberg administration should redirect resources from police to services that support student achievement,” said Udi Ofer, NYCLU advocacy director. “Why are we employing 5,400 police personnel and only
NEWS BRIEFS 3,000 guidance counselors?”
Using your cell to help make a sale (Washington, D.C.) According to a New York senator, retailers are beginning to adopt technology that tracks consumers’ shopping patterns through their cell phones while they patronize the mall and other retail locations. “FootPath technology” automatically tracks shoppers’ movements by monitoring the signal from their personal cell phones with antennas set up throughout malls and stores. If a shopper does not want to be tracked, their only option is to turn off their cell phone. This past weekend, Senator Charles Schumer urged the developer of the technology to gain consent from shoppers before they begin to track their movements through an opt-in mechanism. Schumer also called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to explore how this new technology fits into regulatory controls dealing with
consumer privacy. “A shopper’s personal cell phone should not be used by a third party as a tracking device by retailers who are seeking to determine holiday shopping patterns,” said Schumer. “FootPath technology” manufactured by the British Company, Path Intelligence. While the technology is already in place in malls in Europe and Australia, it has never before been used in the United States. Two U.S. malls adopted this technology but halted implementation on Friday after Schumer raised privacy concerns, and Schumer praised these malls for their actions. However, according to news reports, other retailers, including JCPenney and Home Depot, are still considering adopting the technology.
Liu: city agency kept a secret fund (New York City) Comptroller John Liu announced that an audit of the Department of Housing
Preservation and Development (HPD) found that the agency kept $9.8 million in unused funds from expired contracts and other sources – money that should have been returned to the city treasury. “This money could have and should have been used to improve shelters, especially in light of rising homelessness,” Liu said. “If HPD can’t use it right, then the money should be put back in the city treasury.” Auditors found that the agency inappropriately used a portion of the funds to supplement its operating budget and get around the budget process. The money uncovered by the audit was part of the HPD’s Relocation Shelter account, which is earmarked for capital expenditures at emergency shelters. As of October 2010, the agency had accumulated over $9.8 million in excess funds in the account. The bulk of that money came from contracts that had expired, with HPD holding on to money that could have been used for capital improvements. The audit recommends that the agency return the $9.8 million to the city treasury. The audit disagreed with HPD’s assertion that it had received prior permission to retain the unused funds.
Pols get hands-on at soup kitchen
City Council members volunteered their time and energy at Masbia soup kitchen on Coney Island Avenue last week in order to witness firsthand the plight of New York’s unfortunat. The site opened in November 2009 as part of the UJA, Met Council and MASBIA response to the economic crises. It is one of three soup kitchens they opened during the recession. Among the council members in attendance were Christine Quinn, Domenic Recchia, David Greenfield, Jumaane Williams, Brad Lander, and Mike Nelson.
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Man hit and killed
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On Sunday, November 27 at about 12 p.m. police responded to a report of a pedestrian struck at the Clearview Expressway and 35th Avenue. Upon arrival police found that a passenger of a vehicle that was pulled over on the shoulder of the southbound Clearview Expressway was struck by a 2010 Freightliner box truck also traveling southbound. Farook Husseil, male, Asian, 57, was taken to Flushing Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Both vehicles remained at the scene and no criminality is suspected, according to a report from the 111th Precinct.
Kayaker rescued from water
On Sunday, November 27 at about 1:20 p.m., police received a call from a 46-year-old white male reporting that he was in the ocean about a mile from Jacob Riis Park in Queens in a kayak that was quickly taking in water. The ma described himself as a fisherman whose vessel was sinking, according to a report from the 100th Precinct. Police Department Harbor Unit boats were deployed to search for the kayaker, who described his boat as green and said he was
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Three shot, one dead
wearing an orange hat and a blue coat. The Aviation Unit’s Air-Sea Rescue 23 located him struggling with his hands to maintain his grip on the overturned vessel, which was almost completely submerged, according to the report. Two NYPD SCUBA divers were deployed into the water from the helicopter and secured the fisherman in a rescue basket. He was brought by helicopter to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn where he was determined to be suffering from severe hypothermia. He was transported to New York Community Hospital where he is listed in stable condition with no other injuries. A Harbor Unit retrieved his fishing poles, gear and the disabled kayak, which will all be returned to him, according to the report.
Man dead in bay On Friday, November 25 at about 4:30 p.m. police responded to a call of a man in the Jamaica Bay in the vicinity of the Hodges
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Two men stabbed On Thursday, November 24th at just before midnight police responded to a call of a man stabbed in front of 90-19 143rd Street. Upon arrival, police found two victims with stab wounds to their bodies. The first, a 26-yearold Hispanic man was stabbed numerous times in his torso and was transported to Jamaica Hospital. The second, also a 26-year-old Hispanic man was stabbed once in the torso and is listed in stable condition in Jamaica Hospital. No arrests have been made, according to a report
On Friday, November 18 at about 3 p.m. police responded to a call of a man shot at East 76th Street and Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn. Upon arrival officers found that three men were involved in a dispute with two other unidentified men. During the altercation, one of the victims fled the location running Eastbound on Flatlands Avenue. Two were located in front of 937 East 79th Street. One of the victims, black, 16, was shot in the shoulder. The other, black, 19, was shot in the calf. Both were transported to Brookdale Hospital where they were listed in stable condition, according to a report from the 69th Precinct. The third victim, Shaquille Jones, black, 17, of 1500 East 91st Street, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in an alley behind 7812 Flatlands Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene. On Wednesday, November 23rd, Barry Evelyn, male, 18, of 557 East 29th Street was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the report.
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The Running Man: Charles Barron One night, many, many years ago, a well-known New York City political reporter agreed to sit down with Pol Position and discuss local politics over a few bottles of Night Train Express Wine Coolers. These days, Pol Position is all but shunned by the serious professionals on the political trail, but we have our memories. Well, most of them. But during that very enlightening conversation, this reporter explained their theory behind two different types of candidates. On the one hand, you have the candidate for office who knows that he or she probably has one shot to win. This candidate probably hasn’t been very active in backroom politics, i.e. joining and participating in a well-connected political club or holding a district leader position, so they won’t be the preferred choice of the established political parties. Unique circumstances have probably given them a short window to win. For example, an entrenched incumbent is elected to a new position, leaving a vacancy and, if they’re lucky, a nonpartisan special election where the party endorsement isn’t as important. In addition, the fundraising capabilities of these candidates is limited, so they can likely only afford to invest the money - not to mention the time - to run one time. Many of these candidates fail in their bid, and are never heard from again, at least as far as politics is concerned. And then you have the candidates who see running for office like working out at the gym - the more you do it, the better and stronger you become. These candidates, for the most part, already hold a secure political
post, one that thanks to staggered election cycles allows them to run for another office without giving up their current job if they should lose. The perfect example of this is disgraced former Queens politician Hiram Monserrate. When Monserrate was in the City Council, he was always rumored to be a candidate for any position that opened in his district, and on some occasions he even ran. He was a constant fly in the ointment for State Senator John Sabini, whose job he finally took. He even entertained the idea of challenging Congressman Joseph Crowley, the head of the Queens County Democratic Party. Monserrate had the audacity to make appearances in the Bronx portion of Crowley’s congressional district, to just to drum up speculation. And when he was forced to leave office over an altercation with his girlfriend landed her in the hospital and he in court, Monserrate even ran again for Assemblyman Jose Peralta’s open seat, which Peralta vacated to take Monserrate’s old job in the State Senate. For Monserrate, campaigning and running for office wasn’t always about winning and losing, it was about strengthening your campaign operations, such as outreach and fundraising, and building your name recognition. And so it is for Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron. When it comes to politics, Barron and Monserrate are two peas in a pod. If there is an open seat for Barron to run for, he is going to get his name on the ballot. Most recently, he challenged the wildly popular Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, even though Barron himself couldn’t
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have believed he had a chance to win. And this past weekend, Barron announced that he will be running for Congress against incumbent Ed Towns...again...in what is shaping up to be a three-way race between Barron, Towns, and Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries. Scan the QR Code with your phone to watch Barron’s announcement courtesy of the blog thebrooklynpolitics.com:
We don’t know how much of a chance we give Barron this time around, he’s already lost to Towns before, and during his short time in office Jeffries has managed to become very popular in the district. However, this time Barron has an ace in the hole: a theme song! That’s right, a theme song, which he unveiled at his announcement. We’re not sure how Towns or Jeffries isn’t going to compete with that. We bet if you weren’t too excited about watching Barron’s announcement before, you’ll be watching it now!
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Dispatch Token gesture on behalf of LIRR Dear Editor: Last week, in response to complaints from neighborhood residents and government officials about the noise pollution caused by raucous announcements from trains at the Forest Hills LIRR station, I received a letter from the Long Island Railroad informing me that the external speakers of trains that stop at the Forest Hills station will be turned off from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. That means thousands of people who live in apartment buildings near the Forest Hills station won’t be bombarded by strident LIRR train broadcasts for 9 hours out of every day. But for the other 15 hours in the day it will be business as usual: LIRR train announcements being blasted into the bedrooms and living rooms of people living by the Forest Hills station. The LIRR, in this case, is like a schoolyard bully who bites, kicks, and punches his target every morning. Then one morning the bully stops biting his victim and thinks the person should be grateful for not being bitten even though he continues to be kicked and punched. Those of us who live near the Forest Hills station are being metaphorically
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kicked and punched by the LIRR 15 hours a day and we want the beating to stop. Please LIRR officials, tell your conductors to shut down the external speakers announcements at the Forest Hills station 24/7. It’s the neighborly and right thing to do. Sincerely, Martin H. Levinson Forest Hills
A nation of idiots Dear Editor: I was reading the letters to the editor in the Daily News and I now know what’s wrong with America: we are a nation of idiots. With the serious problems that our country has - such as getting rid of the American Mafia known as the Federal Reserve which is robbing us blind, or the Federal and State debts that are unpayable without run-away inflation or default, to wars in four countries and planning for a fifth war, to runaway health care caused by our congress, or the Supreme Courts failure to defend the Constitution - we are only interested in the fact that Bradley Cooper is or is not the “Sexiest Man in the World.” That title is so stupid that it should not deserve one minute of thought, but to excite people enough to take their precious time to
write letters and circulate petitions on the internet for such a dumb idea is frightening. Wake up America, the sky is falling. Sincerely, John Procida Flushing
Romney off on vets Dear Editor: Well, it’s business as usual for the Republicans. They can’t go a day without using the words “private sector” as is evident in Mitt Romney’s latest announcement. Does anyone honestly think that veterans would receive better medical care from insurance companies who raise their premiums every year while cutting medical services? Romney’s stand on healthcare has been and still is as bad as it ever has been. The private sector is only interested in the ‘”bottom line” and how much money they can make while providing limited services. How about we privatize the health insurance that the politicians receive, then force them onto Medicare and private insurance and you will see them sing a different song. It is getting pretty annoying to constantly hear about what’s good and what’s not good for our military and vets by people like Romney who never put
on a uniform. Sincerely, Charles Merendino Woodside
Far from super job Dear Editor: It appears that our very own home grown billionaires have decided to follow the lead of their wealthy French counterparts. They want to pay more taxes to help their country. They will place a $10 billion tax increase on the November 2010 California ballot. They want to pay more taxes in order to aid the country ,which allowed them to reach their exalted financial position. Furthermore, two-thirds of Americans, as well as 53 percent of Republicans, also want taxes increased on the 1 percent. Needles to say the 99 percent agree. It is enlightening to see that our wealthy are willing to pay their fair share of taxes, whereas Republican politicians, as well as the Blue Dog Democrats, insist on ignoring the wishes of
the “People-People” while siding with their wealthy “Corporate-People” and banking benefactors. We recently sawthe failure of the “supercommittee.” It was fated to fail, how could it not when six of the twelve members were zombies who had pledged to some insignificant ‘06 scandal involving corporate lobbyist Grover Norquist not to increase taxes under any circumstances? These are supposedly intelligent representatives of the American people, yet the fact that they would pledge “under no circumstances” to any future action obliterates their ability to make judgments based on ever-changing circumstances. So there they were supposedly on a noble mission to help our county, their country, conquer its debt and fiscal nightmare and all they could do is echo the mantra of today’s Republican Party: no! Sincerely, Christopher Nicholas Bayside
BLOG WATCH DWTS winner in Queens
The winner of this year’s “Dancing with the Stars” competition paid a visit to Sunnyside on Saturday morning, stopping in at Skillman Pets. J.R. Martinez, an Iraq war veteran who won the top dancing prize with Karina Smirnoff on Tuesday, was in the neighborhood promoting small businesses on behalf of American Express—in what’s being touted as “small business Saturday”. Martinez came to the Sunnyside since his girlfriend, Diana Jones, is from Sunnyside and her family still live here. Martinez bought toys from Skillman Pets for his black Labrador, Romeo. Meanwhile, outside Skillman Pets, Jones and her mother, Emily Jones, were chatting with Florentina Rios (from Florents Hair
Solutions) — their long time hair dresser. Martinez, who suffered burns to more than 40 percent of body after his Humvee hit a land-mine in Iraq, spent 34 months in recovery and underwent 33 different surgeries, including skin grafts and cosmetic surgery. He has been a motivational speaker since. FROM SUNNYSIDEPOST.COM
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Queens GOP could go under LARRY PENNER The most recent fight for control of the Queens County Republican organization between factions led by current county chairman Phil Rugusa and challenger Bart Haggerty and his insurgents reminds me of two hyenas fighting over the carcass of a dead animal - in this case remnants of the oncerelevant Queens Republican Party. This is the latest chapter of a periodic civil war whose origins can be traced to the 1980’s among the remaining handful of GOP party activists. Take a trip down memory lane to understand why today’s descendants of the organization spend more time fighting each other rather than offering Democrats any serious competition. After the 1982 reapportionment, Democrats eliminated the districts of Queens GOP assembly members Rosemary Gunning, John LoPresto, John Flack, Al DelliBovi and John Esposito. Doug Prescott briefly held a seat in Bayside in the 1990s, but eventually lost, leaving the GOP with two out of 61 assembly members, both from Staten Island. Despite overwhelming Democratic Party enrollment in Queens County, creative gerrymandering by the GOPcontrolled State Senate in 2002 continued to preserve the seats of both Republican state senators Serphin Maltese and Frank Padavan. Eventually Democrats beat Maltese in 2008 and Padavan in 2010. Before the surprise election of
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Bob Turner, the last Republican congress member from Queens was Seymour Halperin, who after the 1972 reapportionment declined to run against Democrat Lester Wolff of Great Neck when both were merged into one Queens/Nassau district. In 1982, Republican John LeBoutellier briefly recaptured this seat for one term. For decades, once the GOP loses any incumbent City Council, Assembly, State Senate or congressional representative, they are seldom ever able to reclaim the district. The NYC Council Districting Commission will draw new City Council district boundaries based on the 2010 census. Their actions could determine the future political survival for last remaining Queens Republican elected officials: council members Dan Halloran, Eric Ulrich and Peter Koo. Gerrymandering could make it impossible for any of them to win another term. If that fails, you can be sure Queens Democrats will target all three for defeat. The party needs all three votes in its pocket to deliver the office of City Council speaker to Queens in 2014. Both Queens GOP factions should be thinking about the future instead of their own respective egos. Otherwise, the ever-dwindling number of Queens Republicans will continue down the path to political extinction. Larry Penner is a resident of Great Neck.
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Does Anyone Want to Be Mayor of This Town? ANTHONY STASI New York City has elected mayors on the Republican line in the last five elections, and the results have been good, there is no debating that. With any of the criticism that could be levied on Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani, they made the city run properly after decades of machine politics and through periods of tragedy. Not all went perfectly, but there has been a wave of independent leadership in both of these two mayors that the city risks losing. The next great mayor does not have to come from any particular party, but the unfortunate part is that there is no noise coming from one of the city’s major parties. If the Republican Party in New York City is going to find a candidate for mayor, it will most likely not come from the county leadership. The party may not be strong enough to launch a real challenge for City Hall. If the GOP wants to avoid running little-known political locals or a bewildered newbie, they need to look outside the political universe. The way Giuliani and Bloomberg emerged as serious candidates is the same way a new candidate will have to emerge to make a serious challenge. There are already some members of the business sector showing interest, but business executives can be weak as political candidates – with Bloomberg being the exception. It is my belief that in the next few months, a real candidate will need to emerge for the party, or it will be a one-party race that gets decided in the primary in 2013.
If You Can Make It Here Governor Andrew Cuomo has managed to engineeravery successful first year in Albany, and this means that it is time to start looking at him as a potential presidential contender. Granted, it has only been one year and he followed an unsuccessful administration, but good results are good results. We know the Republican Party will have a strong line-up for the White House in 2016. Their entire bullpen of candidates has sat out this cycle, preparing for 2016
(Bobby Jindal, Chris Christie, and John Thune, to name a few). The Democratic Party, however, has what sports people would call an aging team. Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are going to be hovering around 70 years of age, which might be an issue. His father considered a run in 1992, even having a plane ready to head to New Hampshire. Mario Cuomo chose not to take off from the runway, but this Cuomo will definitely be landing in the Granite State when the time comes.
Luddites & Cyber Monday Many writers love to refer to themselves as “Luddites,” meaning that they have no technological acumen. But this is overstated, and used more as a trendy identity, the same way that super models love to tell you that underneath it all, “I’m really a dork who stays home all the time.” A colleague who writes for a national Catholic-skewed newspaper prides himself on not knowing how to use technology, yet he tells us this through email, which suggests the opposite. The point is that we mid-thirty to mid-forty year olds are slower to understand the cyber universe. Some of us are simply slower, some embrace the challenge, and others get into trouble by not realizing the finality of it all. As a person who once told a college professor that “this electronic mail thing is never going to catch on,” it is fair to say that I have been won over by at least one aspect of techno-change, and that is shopping. It goes against political wisdom to encourage online shopping, since stores need to survive to keep the economy rolling, but shopping online is tailor made for some of us, especially men who do not see shopping as an event. Cyber Monday, with all of the risk of identity loss, is still a worthwhile pursuit. When a guy can map out a Christmas gift list and purchase most of it during half-time of a football game, it is fair to say that technology has won out. Anthony Stasi can be reached at astasi@queensledger.com.
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In Our Opinion... LUIS FLORES MASTER JEWELER
Luis Flores moved to Queens from Peru 18 years ago. He moved to Maspeth from Corona and opened up Lafye’s jewelry store at 65-43 Grand Avenue in 2005. “I always felt that I have the ability to create things, to do things with my hands,” Flores said of why he enjoys working with jewelry. “I like every single aspect of my job,” he said, including setting diamonds and creating new pieces. “Jewelry is important to people because, in some ways, it identifies everyone,” he said. “Everyone has their own style, everyone has their unique way of wearing jewelry.” As a small business owner, Flores was affected by Small Business Saturday, a national initiative launched in 2010 encouraging people to shop locally on the day after Black Friday. Flores said he heard of Small Business Saturday for the first time this year. “I think it’s a good incentive for our neighbors to come out and shop locally,” he said. Flores said a few people mentioned it while shopping in his store, but that sales were pretty much equal between Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. He usually gets more business the weekend after Thanksgiving then the rest of the year. “It’s particularly higher than most weeks,” he said. As for the future, Flores said he’d like to move his store to a higher foot-traffic area. But, “I like the neighborhood, I like the people,” he said of Maspeth. “I’d like to stay in the area if I ever relocate.” (HEATHER SENISON)
An easy way to help the hungry all year Around this time of the year, the plight of families in New York City who don’t know where their next meal is coming from always comes to the forefront. It’s for obvious reasons. Thanksgiving, of all of the holidays, is traditionally about the food and those of us who can afford a turkey and all of the fixings joke easily about our own gluttony. Most of us, though, are aware that we are the lucky ones, and for the next month or so we will be compelled to donate some canned goods to a local food drive or help a local civic organization hand out turkeys to needy families. But come January, most of us will return to our busy lives, but the hungry will still be hungry. It’s easy to understand. During the holiday season, food drives are ubiquitous at our local supermarket, bank, or child’s school, and it’s easy to give. In
June, it takes a little more effort to help those in need. But the Food Bank for New York City is making it easier. They have a launched an online program – Virtual Food Drive - in connection with Peapod by Stop & Shop, a food delivery service. You can donate and shop online, and then the food is delivered to a Food Bank site, where it is then distributed to those in need. This program has several benefits. First, it cuts down on the expense of picking up the food from local drop sites. This means the money you donate buys more food. Second, since the food is delivered directly to Food Bank sites and then immediately distributed, it means you can donate fresher items such as produce and eggs, instead of just the traditional canned and dry
goods. The nutritional options are far greater. And with the online method, you can invite friends and family members to join you and donate. Companies can also set up donor pages and have employees in different department compete to see who can donate the most. And with reports online, you’ll be able to track exactly how your money and food is being used, instead of just dropping a can of corn in a cardboard box and walking away. With the government increasingly cutting back on programs that help the hungry, the statistics about the number of New Yorkers who are “food insecure” have become truly alarming. Nobody in New York City – kids especially – should go hungry. Now you have an easy way to help. Go to foodbanknyc.org now to set up your virtual food drive.
Eyesore of the Week
This garage on Atlantic Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard in Ozone Park has been covered in graffiti for well over a year – another example of the rampant vandalism around the area that is yet to be wiped clean.
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Government helping vets start own businesses
Veterans receive training and advice on starting their own businesses. BY RICHARD J. BOCKLET
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Pace University was the site of the recent summit aimed at
returning veterans with the theme “Is the job market tough? Make your own job!” “Veterans bring maturity, reliability, structure and pre-
developed skills, which are all characteristics of successful business owners,”said John Narciso, regional coordinator for Veterans Business Outreach Program of the state Small Business Develpment Center (SBDC). SBDC works in coordination with the city’s Veteran’s Service and Assistance Program to provide training, counseling and mentoring to help vets start and grow small businesses, as well as assisting established small veteranrun businesses to increase their profitability. In nine years, the state’s awardwinning program has advised over 15,000 veterans and located $160 million in investment funding for veteran enterprises. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recognized the SBDC program as a national model for providing business assistance and targeted outreach to veterans. There are two SBDC sites in Queens and one in Brooklyn. At the heart of the operation are business advisors who provide free, one-on-one counseling, including concept assessment, plan feasibility, development and assistance with sources of loans and funding. This is augmented by regular pre-business workshops and training sessions. Business advisor Robert Piochota stressed that to get a loan, a thorough financial analysis of the start-up project must be presented. Then, “banks are looking for adequate credit scores
and, lacking that, consider going to micro-lenders,” he said. “The bottom line is, you have to present yourself professionally on paper to lenders,” Piochota said. At least seven SBA programs are especially applicable to vets. The Patriot Express Loan Program, for example, is offered by SBA’s nationwide network of participating lenders and features fast turnaround time for approvals, as well as the SBA’s lowest interest rates on business loans. J.M. de Jesus, a business advisor and procurement specialist, said that government contracts can be a big source of work. There are many government contracts offering opportunities for veteranrun businesses, mostly in the subcontracting area. Fbo.gov lists federal contracts by industry and topic. For state government contracts, consult the Contract Reporter publication on line at nyscr.org. Both sites have archives to seek out primary contractors to approach for subcontracting opportunities. For NYC available contracts, sign up for “The City Record” online and benefit from frequent e-mail updates. “My advice for veterans is to look into franchising,” said de Jesus, “because it requires qualities woven into the military – an ability to follow directions and orders, developed processes and systems. There’s a lot of money out there for those who can follow the script.” Brian Yeung suggested vets take advantage of educational and training programs to upgrade their skills. “The self-paced Entrepreneur Skills for Veterans program enables the vet to go at his own speed and convenience,” he said. “It’s based on the simple premise that military training and experience can be an excellent preparation for starting your own business.” The on-line, CD-ROM-based program teaches vets to refine and develop a concept, address legal and marketing issues, prepare financial statements, and, ultimately, manage and run a business. Each section includes selfcorrecting quizzes, an abundance of links to useful business-related websites, and entrepreneur case studies. The SBDC is working with the NYS Office of Veterans Affairs to qualify the interactive course for veterans’ educational credit. For more information, visit nyssbdc.org.
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Keep building sites safe Expert Advice BY ROBERT LIMANDRI
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As harsh conditions approach, industry professionals can take some basic precautions to safeguard their job sites in order to protect the safety of their workforce and the public. With more industry outreach and cooperation, constructionrelated accidents in New York City have declined 23% in 2011 compared with the same period last year, while there has been a 6% increase in the number of construction permits issued. Earlier this year, the Department issued more than 30 easy-to-follow guides for industry members and property owners on how to perform safe construction operations, obtain proper permits and prepare existing buildings and construction sites for the winter season. The guides are available at www.nyc.gov/buildings. Preparing a construction site for the winter months is critical to ensuring the safety of all New Yorkers. Most construction accidents are preventable, and that’s why it’s important for industry professionals to examine every corner of their site before the harsh winter arrives. Construction accidents have decreased significantly in recent years, and a major reason for the decline is that builders are more focused on the importance of safety. A safer construction site means a safer city. The Department of Buildings suggests the following 10 tips for contractors and developers to “winterize” their construction sites: • Fire safety precautions: Replace wooden access ladders to forming and stripping floors with non-combustible ladders and store materials away from flames. All temporary heating equipment must comply with the New York City Fire Code. • Safeguarding pipes: Never thaw frozen pipes with a flame, which can cause fires and steam explosions. Carefully thaw frozen areas with a heat gun, heat lamp or space heater. •Safeguarding a water tank: Make sure to have your roof water tank inspected to ensure it is protected from freezing. • Debris removal: Remove loose and discarded debris after each work day to ensure materials do
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Back In The Day
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By Mark Andrews Nov. 28: ON THIS DATE in 1520, Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific after passing through the South American strait now bearing his name. In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry made its radio debut. Nov. 29: ON THIS DATE in 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd radioed that he had made the first airplane flight over the South Pole. In 1961, Enos the chimpanzee was launched from Cape Canaveral and returned safely. Nov. 30: ON THIS DATE in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt denounced segregation of Japanese schoolchildren in San Francisco. In 1947, Jewish settlements were attacked a day after the United Nations partitioned Palestine between Arabs and Jews. Dec. 1: ON THIS DATE in 1881, Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp were cleared of all charges stemming from the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz. In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a crowded bus in Montgomery, Ala., so a white man could sit there. Dec. 2: ON THIS DATE in 1927, Ford Motor Co. unveiled the Model A, successor to the Model T. In 1961, Cuban leader Fidel Castro announced that he was a communist and would turn Cuba into a communist country. Dec. 3: ON THIS DATE in 1621, Galileo perfected his telescope. In 1775, the first American flag was raised aboard the naval vessel Alfred. The flag had 13 red and white stripes with the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew. Dec. 4: ON THIS DATE in 1154, Nicholas Breakspear became the only Englishman to be elected pope. He took the name Adrian IV. In 1836, the Whig Party held its first national convention in Harrisburg, Pa. Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1803, Spain ceded its claim to the Louisiana Territory to France. This week’s question: In 1950, who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
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SCHOOL NEWS
December 1, 2011
Lowell School celebrates new high school facilities
The Lowell School high school held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, November 19, to officially mark the opening of its new building in Flushing. The Lowell High School, a high school for students with learning differences, is now located at 142-45 58th Road . “It is a very happy occasion, for the families of the students, for Queens and for the entire city, now that The Lowell School has its own home and that it will be serving families from all around the area,” said Comptroller John Liu. After 43 years, the longawaited opening of Lowell High School’s new home, at the former St. Ann’s parish Catholic school,
School to host craft fair Martin Luther School will host its annual Christmas Craft & Vendor Fair on Sunday, December 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Maspeth Avenue School. In addition to handmade crafts, jewelry and unique gift items, vendors scheduled to appear include Tastefully Simple, Avon, Pampered Chef, Park Lane Jewels and more. The Maspeth Thrift Shop will also have an assortment of new clothes and items available for purchase. Vendors interested in participating in the fair are invited to call (718) 8944000 to request an application. Martin Luther School is located at 60-02 Maspeth Avenue in Maspeth, between 60th and 61st Streets.
was a welcome sight for the school staff, parents and families. “It has been quite a journey for our dream to become a reality,” said Susan Klein, the high school principal. The new high school site is more than double the size of its previous facility. At approximately 38,000 square feet, the newly renovated site will further support the needs of its growing student population and enhance its already successful program. Among the many new amenities include renovated classrooms with intercom system and air conditioning, gym with stage for school productions, cafeteria with cooking facilities, and boys and girls locker rooms. There is also wireless internet access.
Pictured form left to right (front row) Fr. Edward Kachurka, Principal Susan Price, Principal Susan Klein, Comptroller John Liu, Geraldine Chapey, Executive Director Dede Proujansky, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, Mike Proujansky, (back row) Saul Stumer, Joseph Brunken, and Joseph Lentini. (Photo: The Lowell School)
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Students at St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Maspeth gathered for a special presentation by Father Joseph, who spoke about the changes in the celebration of mass that took place this past weekend.
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Poet Sinan Antoon Responds to “Tarjama/Translation” in 2009 at QMA.
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Poetry and art converge at the Queens Museum of Art BY LISA A. FRASER
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What do you get when you mix art and poetry? An intriguing concoction that manifests itself in the form of the Poets in the Galleries Series at the Queens Museum of Art. In its third edition, the series, which is a staple of QMA, will feature four different poets throughout the month of December, who will respond to the ongoing exhibition in the museum, “Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore.” The series uses the galleries as invigorating sites of exploration, investigation and interactive readings and discussions. Lively presentations and provocative intellectual and artistic exchanges will allow audiences new ways of accessing the resources of the museum. The poets and participants will take on the role of a postindustrial flâneur, to stroll through the “arcade” of Moore’s images of the metropolis as a keen urban and social observer, a walker in a city whose lifeblood and rhythms depended on the automobile and the assemblyline. “The poets will comment on the work, talk about the piece and the audience will have a chance to ask questions. It’s a very interactive, free style experience,” said Jacqueline Candia, public events and community outreach coordinator at QMA. The series was born out of conversations with Prerana Reddy, the director of public events at the Queens Museum of Art and Amira Parsa, a poet, artist, and educator. “We were looking for ways to
Thomas Sayers Ellis responds to “This Case of Conscience: Spiritual Flushing and the Remonstrance” in 2008. make our space more interactive and looking to bring another concept to the gallery space,” Candia said. “The whole idea was to make the museum more available.” This upcoming Poets in the Galleries edition was guest curated by Paolo Javier, currently the Queens Poet Laureate. Javier is the author of The Feeling Is Actual (creature press, 2011), LMFAO (OMG!, 2008), and The Time At The End Of This Writing (Ahadada, 2004), which received a Small Press Traffic Book of the Year Award. The Poets in the Galleries events will take place on Thursday evenings (except December 22). The events will start off with a complimentary cocktail hour at 6:00 p.m., followed by an hour of the interactive tour/ reading. Each participating poet, who all hail from New York City, has been asked not only to read his or her own
work, but to actively engage with art works from the exhibit in which ever way they choose, as well as to engage with the attendees to create a truly interactive experience. A small publication for the series will be created, in which each of the poets present a new or previously unpublished work that addresses the themes of “Detroit Disassembled”, and which will be made available to gallery visitors. The first night begins on Thursday, December 1 with Stefani Barber. Her work has appeared most recently in Aufgabe #9. Her work also appears in the Bay Poetics anthology (Faux Press, 2006), The Capilano Review, and Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature, among other publications. On December 8, Brooklyn’s own Mariana Ruiz will lead the tour, followed by Astoria-based Kostas
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Anagnopoulos on December 15 and Anselm Berringan on December 29. The Poets in the Galleries Series is yet another way that QMA involves the community. The museum also offers trips and outreach programs to people with special needs, as well as family art workshops and programs for youth and seniors. “Poetry is one of the purest forms of art, it’s so popular and accessible to everyone regardless of education, race or religion. And to have something like this in Queens, in a borough so full of different cultures, it allows everyone to engage and interact using the artwork as part of inspiration,” Candia said. “That’s the main idea behind many of the museum’s events, especially this one.” The Queens Museum of Art is located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
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A new Koncept straight out of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
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on iTunes December 13, with the official release date on January 10. To give fans of classic-styled hip hop a taste, he released his single “Watch the Sky Fall” through Soulspazm Records exclusively on
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iTunes, featuring Royce da 5’9 and produced by Marco Polo. Koncept got together with several of his fellow New York City hip hop artists in 2007 to form the Brown Bag AllStars, who quickly started touring around the state and playing big venues like the Knitting Factory, which was still in Manhattan at the time. Koncept said in a recent interview that developing his solo voice was a natural result of working in the business. “As an artist I pretty much stay working, I’m in the studio every day,” he said, and added that he’s still “working heavily on Brown Bag stuff.” However, Koncept said Brown Bag’s music reflects more on the entire group. “My solo work, this project more so, it is more personal,” he said. “It’s more about getting into who I am as a person and an artist.” As an artist, Koncept said he is influenced by the music he grew up listening to, such as A Tribe Called Quest, Pharoahe Monch, and De La Soul. His music has “that classic hip hop feel without feeling stagnant, or in the past,” he said. “It still has that classic feel to it but in the present-day form.” As for his single “Watch the Sky Fall,” Koncept said since it was produced with artists from California, “it has more of a West Coast feel to it,” setting it apart from the rest of the album. He said the song is about overcoming difficulties in life. “It’s basically about, in your journey to reach your goals there’s a lot of obstacles that can get in your way,” Koncept said. “And you just got to, you know, basically know to work your hardest to reach your
goal and don’t let anything get in your way.” His message is reflected in the lyrics, “the problems that you face not always easily determined/ need to read it for yourself before they’re reading off your sermon.” Koncept also mentions being “stuck in traffic,” and changing lanes, in his chorus, a cityappropriate metaphor for life’s problems. His creative process includes laying down beats first, writing lyrics to them, and then perfecting the sound over and over again, he said. “I’m a perfectionist, there were times when I went back and rewrote different things,” he said. “I basically worked on everything until I felt it was exactly where I wanted it to be.” “Awaken” will be distributed through Fat Beats Records, Koncept said, and a vinyl recording will be released later in January through Nostomania Records. He is currently working on setting show dates, will have a record release party and will tour to Texas in the coming months. Scan the code below to download “Watch the Sky Fall,” and follow Koncept on Twitter at @Koncept_. You can also visit IamKoncept.com or Facebook.com/Koncept1.
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A YEAR IN REVIEW: SOME TOP ONLINE SEARCHES FROM 2011
(ARA) — Memories are monumental in shaping history. And just as a journal holds your thoughts, memories and interests from years past, online searches can mark the people, places and events that mattered most in a given year. So, what mattered most in 2011? The top Bing searches of 2011 offer a walk down memory lane, reflecting the people, news stories, events and more that captured the attention of Americans this year. From celebrity relationships and royal weddings, to controversial trials and devastating losses, online searches reflect the year’s most important people, places and moments in time.
Most-searched people * Justin Bieber had a lot of “firsts” in 2011 - first celebrity girlfriend, first big screen movie, first holiday album and first scandalous rumor. The Biebs just couldn’t be hotter this year as he moved from the number six slot in 2010 to the No. 1 most searched person on Bing in 2011. * Last year’s winner, Kim Kardashian, takes the crown for the most searched woman of the year on Bing, and second most searched person overall. Rounding out the top five people searched were Jennifer Aniston, Lindsay Lohan and Jennifer Lopez. * After not even cracking the top
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HOROSCOPES ARIES (March 21-April 19): Mend your fences, don’t tear them down. During the week ahead, a natural desire to do your best may be perceived by others as aggressiveness. Let others guide your hand when purchasing tasteful items. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Feel the love. Stand out-in-a-crowd, as leadership abilities will come to the forefront this week. Approach others with an all-encompassing visage of goodwill and it will bounce back to enrich your life. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Ambition could be your middle name in the week to come. Although your heart is in the right place where business success is concerned you should be cautious about wearing that heart on your sleeve. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Enjjoy the inside track. You know the people in the know, so will have a heads-up right when it is needed to protect yourself from potential problems. In the week to come, remain supportive of mates. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You fight the good fight. Sometimes, however, in the week to come, you might fight when it isn’t necessary. Try not to grow defensive or irritable when your authority is challenged - or others voice a mere opinion. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Contrary people might knock on your door. You may suffer from antagonism when engaged in competitions. In the upcoming week, you might see every disagreement as a challenge to your authority. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Throw it against a wall. Keep it if it sticks. You have the ability to turn your inspirations into reality, so concentrate on creative ideas in the week to come. Partners could be demanding for a few days. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Inside information helps you succeed in the outer world. You do better by reviewing past decisions then by making new ones in the upcoming week. Don’t spend more to feed a passion for success. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Conspicuous consumption is a compelling concept. You might have an urge to overdo in the week to come. Send your common sense off to guard your wallet; don’t try to compete with the Joneses. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You should know what will happen if you hold your breath. You cannot stop the natural functions of life or you will suffer the consequences. In the week ahead, pursue your passions with aplomb. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Pick and choose. Even when someone or something floats your boat, you might prefer to stay in dry dock. Acting out a romantic fantasy might be inappropriate for the real world in the week to come. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Never mistake the symbol for the reality. If you act out your fantasies this week, others might be upset. In some instances, your insistence on concentrating on the whimsical could rub others the wrong way.
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ART Ongoing through December 18 Next Wave Art Next Wave Art returns for its landmark 10th year, opening up BAM’s unique exhibition spaces to some of Brooklyn’s most exciting artists working in a variety of media—with many continuing the tradition of displaying new, site-specific works. Launched in 2002 and curated annually by Dan Cameron, Next Wave Art has exhibited over 100 artists on BAM’s campus since its inception. | BAM, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Peter Jay Sharp Building, Brooklyn. Scan the barcode for more information on the 2011 Next Wave Festival. Thursday, October 10, 2011 - Sunday, April 4, 2012 Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City Home to The Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park, the Queens community where northern Long Island City and Astoria converge is a textured, mixed industrial and residential community. A resident since 1960, Isamu Noguchi was joined in the neighborhood by fellow artist and sculptor Mark di Suvero ten years later. Throughout his career, Isamu Noguchi collaborated with many architects, designers and civic thinkers on various public projects and in 1985, realized his vision of a single artist museum in Long Island City. One year later, di Suvero established neighboring Socrates Sculpture Park as an ongoing laboratory for art. In response to this neighborhood, now undergoing significant change, The Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park have forged an alliance through Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City. Four artists known for their work in the public sphere were invited to form individual teams featuring an architect or planner to conceive new approaches to development in this area of Long Island City that Noguchi and di Suvero helped to shape. | Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard), Long Island City. Ongoing through January 29, 2012 Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties How did American artists represent the Jazz Age? The exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties brings together for the first time the work of sixty-eight painters, sculptors, and photographers who explored a new mode of modern realism in the years bounded by the aftermath of the Great War and the onset of the Great Depression. Throughout the 1920s, artists created images of liberated modern bodies and the changing urban-industrial environment with an eye toward ideal form and ordered clarity—qualities seemingly at odds with a riotous decade best remembered for its flappers and Fords. | Brooklyn Museum, Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 5th Floor. Ongiong until December 18 DOOR WORK English Kills Art Gallery presents DOOR WORK, the first full solo exhibition of Rob Andrews’ work after a decade of rigorous investigation into the nature of myth, ritual, and the role of the storyteller. DOOR
WORK hews at the genesis and location(s) of private moments of spiritual transformation, the intersection of the spiritual and profane, the role of ritual in our social landscape, and the boundaries we accept and those we will ourselves to cross. Sat & Sun, 1-7p.m. | English Kills Art Gallery, 114 Forrest St. Ground Floor, Bushwick, Brooklyn. Thursday, December 1 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Poets in the Galleries In this edition, writers Respond to Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore. Poets in the Galleries is a series of four events that utilizes the galleries as invigorating sites of exploration, investigation and interactive readings and discussions. Lively presentations and provocative intellectual and artistic exchanges will allow audiences new ways of accessing the resources of the museum, while simultaneously presenting visitors with various inroads into the exhibitions’ offerings. | Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Friday, December 2 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Postcards to North Brooklyn The North Brooklyn community will come together to celebrate their creativity. 100 artists will share their vision of North Brooklyn through 4×6 postcards made specially for the event. Each piece will be sold on December 2 to benefit Arts@ Renaissance, the innovative new arts space run by St. Nicks Alliance. The evening will feature live video drawing and music mixes from Shantell Martin, as well as a performance by OBM and a raffle. | Arts@Renaissance, 2 Kingsland Avenue, Brooklyn.
STAGE/FILM Ongoing through December 11 Flamenco & Lorca A Flamenco tribute to the great poet GARCIA LORCA, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of his death with Andrea Del Conte Danza España. Tickets: $30. | Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside.
HISTORY/LITERATURE December 9, 12-8 pm December 10, 10-6pm , December 11, 11-5 pm The Antiques and Fine Art Show JMK’s Antiques & Fine Art Show will feature selected, nationally prominent antiques dealers who will offer an extensive assortment of objects d’art, and worldly treasures including fine art, decorative art, accessories, silver, antique jewelry, 18th, 19th century furniture from around the world, and much more. There will also be a special 19th Century New York Christmas exhibit sponsored by the National Christmas Center. | The Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St #804 New York. Scan the code for more information on JMK Antique shows.
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Thursday, December 1 at 7:00 pm Screening of Surviving Life Part of an onging exhibit that ends on February 26, 2012. Surviving Life, the enchanting new film by surrealist Czech animator Jan Svankmajer (Alice, Conspirators of Pleasure) uses a combination of photographic collages and live-action photography to tell the story of Eugene, a middle-aged man who leads a double life—one real, the other in his dreams. The exhibition Surviving Life: Collages by Jan Svankmajer in the Amphitheater Gallery consists of 50 collages made during the production of the film, revealing the gentle surrealism and whimsical humor behind Svankmajer’s artistry. In conjunction with the exhibition, a 50-minute compilation of short films by Svankmajer will be shown continuously in the Video Screening Amphitheater. A retrospective of Svankmajer’s feature films will be shown in early 2012. | Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria. Scan the barcdoe to see more about the exhibition.
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Allows people to run food drives via their computer BY LISA A. FRASER
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As the holidays roll around, the Food Bank for New York City has partnered with Peapod by Stop & Shop to launch a new interactive virtual food drive fundraising tool that will allow donors to easily donate food by creating a personalized Virtual Food Drive page and invite friends, family or coworkers to donate. The Virtual Food Drive will offer an efficient way to put more meals on the table for New Yorkers in need, do it faster, and according to the Food Bank, do it with less expense than traditional food collection drives. Utilizing the Food Bank’s wholesale purchasing power and efficient distribution model, food donations will
be stretched even further — doubling or even tripling the amount of food a dollar can provide. All donations go toward purchasing much-needed supplemental food and grocery products that traditional food drives do not bring in. “We’ve been finding over the last couple of years that traditional food drives are not bringing in enough food,” said Debbie Kellog, director of Business Partnerships at the Food Bank. “It’s costly for us to pick up when collection has been low.” The Virtual Food Drive’s website tool mirrors the familiar experience of grocery shopping online. Users can shop the aisles – meat and fish, grains and beans, dairy and eggs, produce, and other supplies
– place items in a shopping cart to check out and make a secure donation on the Food Bank web servers. For example, a $5 donation can provide 25 meals to New Yorkers in need, and for every $36 donated, one child can get the food they need to maintain a healthy lifestyle for three months. “It provides purchasing power,” Kellog said. Approximately 1.5 million people rely on the Food Bank’s services annually, and nearly half (47 percent) of all New York City households with children struggle to afford food. One in five New York City children and one in six seniors relies on emergency food from a soup kitchen or food pantry to make ends meet. Donors immediately get to see how their participation impacts the fundraising goal. To register, users create their own personalized Virtual Food
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CLEANERS Wash & Dry Round the Clock Laundromat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-07 H.M.Y. Laundry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-14 Spirare French Cleaners . . . . . . . . 84-20A Florence Cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-29 Montana Cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-06 CLOTHING - ATHLETIC Sports Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-15 Pro Trend Sneaker Store . . . . . . . . 92-13 DANCE AND EXERCISE STUDIOS Deneille’s Dance & Exercise Sdio . 94-14 LADIES’ APPAREL Mary’s Fashion Boutique . . . . . . . . 79-10 Rainbow Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-12 Today’s Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-13 Baby Blue Ladies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-17 Maragarita’s Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-07 MEN’S Valerie’s Men & Women’s . . . . . . . 80-17 Exclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-26 R.S. Army/Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-13 Karaoko Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-12 CONFECTIONERY Schmidt’s Candy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94-15 CRAFT STORE Smiley Yarn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-06 FLORIST Park Place Florist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-16 Lands Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-03 Forever Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-18 FOOT CARE Podiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-12 Podiatrist Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87-24 Woodhaven Footcare . . . . . . . . . 95-11 FURNITURE J&L Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19 The Home Furnishing Center . . . 80-38 Iveria Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-23 ICE CREAM Baskin Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-13 Carvel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-22 Baskin Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-17 INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES LaBella Investigations . . . . . . . . . . 84-01 OPTICAL
Woodhaven Optical . . . . . . . . . . . 89-21 Evan David Optician . . . . . . . . . . 90-08 Price Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93-01
LIQUOR STORES Rich Haven Liquors . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-11 Pina Liquors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-21 Deegan’s Wine & Liquors . . . . . . . 95-19 MARKET C-Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-39 Compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77-20 Sam’s Deli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-01 Gratia Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-31 Scaturro’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-39 Harry’s Grocery Store . . . . . . . . . 86-06 Sam’s Deli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87-08 Jamaica Gourmet Deli. . . . . . . . . . 89-02 Minimarket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-13 C-Town Bravo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98-02 HEALTH Health Store Vitamins . . . . . . . . . . 84-09 INSURANCE State Farm Insurance . . . . . . . . . . 79-22 Allstate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-15 Ohlert & Ruggiere. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-11 JEWELRY Prime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-04 OFFICE SUPPLIES GJ Office Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-13 PARTY STORE Paola’s Party Land . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-06 PHARMACY Health Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-09 Duane Reade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-30 Woodhaven Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . 86-22 Rite Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-10 Medex Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-02 FRAMES Woodrich Glass & Mirror. . . . . . . 86-11 SHOES Payless Shoe Store . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-22 Orthopedic Shoe Store . . . . . . . 90-03 PIZZERIAS Lane Pizzeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-19 Domino’s Pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-02 A Taste of Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-07 Sal’s Pizzeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-07 DeAleo’s Pizzeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-10 Carlos Pizzeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-15
LET WOODHAVEN’S STORE KEEPERS PERSONALLY ASSIST YOU! Located exit 17 on the Belt Parkway, Cross Bay Blvd. to Woodhaven Blvd. Also by “J” Train and Jamaica Ave. Buses Most Stores Open late on Friday & Saturday. Also Some Open on Sunday
Jeebo’s Pizza and Pasta . . . . . . . . . 95-08
POLISH Polish Deli Hetman’s . . . . . . . . . . . 84-24 PRINTING Beat the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-13 RESTAURANTS May May Kitchen (Chinese Food) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-22 Fried Chicken Restaurant . . . . . . 74-38 King Wok Chinese Food . . . . . . . 79-09 Shanghai Kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-11 Subway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-28 Frank’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-29 Fresco Tortillas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-17 Palace Fried Chicken. . . . . . . . . . . 84-50 Japanese/Sush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-18 The New Pops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-22 Thai Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-05 Kentucky Fried Chicken . . . . . . . . 87-17 Caridad Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-18 Ho Wan Take-Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-22 McDonald’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-01 Avenue Diner (Formerly Forest View Restaurant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-06 Carnival House (Chinese) . . . . . . 92-09 Dunkin’ Donuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-13 Popeye’s Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-20 Manor German Deli . . . . . . . . . . 94-12 Mama Meena’s – Filipino . . . . . . . . 94-20 Dumpling House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-12 Cheung King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-17 El Anzualo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98-01 UPHOLSTERY Polo’s Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-09 Imperial Upholstering . . . . . . . . . . 86-08 VARIETY Melanie’s Gift Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-17 Gift Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-16 Dee ‘n Dee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-19 GEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-33 Hallmark Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-03 Jembro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-34 Discount Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-04 Priceless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-07 $5 And Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-01 VIDEO STORE Tyler’s Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-24 Marquee Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-08 AND MANY MORE!
Micheal R. Bloomberg Mayor, City of New York
25 BLOCKS OF “SMALL TOWN” SHOPPING 718 805 0760 718 805 0202 CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED AT MOST WOODHAVEN STORES
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City shoppers support Small Business Saturday BY HEATHER SENISON
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To compete with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the federal government launched Small Business Saturday in 2010 to encourage Americans to do their holiday shopping at local businesses. Small Business Saturday is the day after Black Friday, two days before Cyber Monday, and was created to promote small businesses that preserve local economies across the country. According to the Small Business Administration, small businesses represent 99.7 of all employer firms, employ roughly half of all private sector workers and were responsible for 65 percent of net new jobs in the last 17 years. Bushwick resident Fatima Barry, 19, who moved to the United States recently from West Africa, was shopping with her sister Mariam, 13, on Graham Avenue near Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn on the evening of Saturday, November 26. The two said they hadn’t heard of Small Business Saturday, but they support the idea. “I like shopping there because when you buy stuff from there it’s like, it’s limited, you’re not going to see everyone wearing it,” Fatima said, referring to the clothes she buys in local stores. “When you have a small business [it’s] small, like not everybody is introduced to it,” she said. When asked if they feel overwhelmed by the three major shopping days, both said yes. Mariam added, “I also think that it’s a smart way of business owners to kind of trick, like deceive people because sometimes when Black Friday comes, or Cyber Monday, they hide the really good clothes,” she said referring to stores who participate. “They just bring out the ugly ones.” Jason Santos, manager of Hyperactive on Graham Avenue, said he also hasn’t
heard of Small Business Saturday and that he didn’t hear any customers mention it while shopping. “[On] Black Friday we increased the sale,” he said of the day before. “Yesterday was more people than today. It felt like a regular Saturday.” Hyperactive had significantly more sales the day before, especially since the new Air Jordan Retro
III sneaker was released on Black Friday, Santos said. “Small Business Saturday,” Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney said in a statement, “offers an ideal opportunity for consumers to support the national movement to drive consumers to shop at local, independently owned businesses during the heaviest shopping weekend of the year.”
Mike Perez, who owns The Boulevard at 47-24 Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside, said he heard Small Business Saturday mentioned on the news. “It gives us small guys a chance,” he said of why he supports the initiative. Perez, who opened The Boulevard in 1983, said he had significantly more foot traffic on Saturday than Friday and that he heard
a few customers mention making an effort to shop at local businesses. He also said the three major shopping days puts a lot of pressure on people to shop. “I think the whole thing itself is a little overdone,” Perez said, “especially with Black Friday. But people go for it. No one puts a gun to their head and tells them to go shopping.”
Committee to promote carousel landmarking BY LISA A. FRASER
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Residents of Woodhaven remain determined to keep the Forest Park Carousel in the neighborhood and have it light up the area once more. The Woodhaven Residents Block Association announced on Saturday, November 19, that it plans to form a committee to landmark the carousel and to ensure that future generations of Woodhavenites will get to enjoy the piece of neighborhood history. “We’re going to try and push through,” WRBA President Ed Wendell told Woodhaven residents at the meeting. Highlighting Coney Island’s Cyclone roller coaster as one reason why the carousel should be landmarked, Wendell said there is no reason why with the joining together of a few caring, concerned citizens should not wield results. For many years, the city has refused landmark status for the carousel because it is something that could be moved. But the landmarking of the Cyclone – also a moveable object – has inspired WRBA to push harder to get stalled plans on the carousel’s future into gear. Wendell told residents that they will be reaching out out to various organizations in south and mid-Queens, such as community boards, civic associations, the Woodhaven Historical Society and the Richmond Hill Historical Society, in an
effort to recruit members to be part of the committee. The carousel was built in 1903 and is the creation of German immigrant Daniel Carl Muller, a sculptor who carved out the horses, chariots, and other items on the carousel. The carousel was operated by New York One until 2008, when the company let its contract expire while refusing to maintain it. In recent months, after a failed attempt to attract a new vendor by combining the concession with the Mangels-Illions Carousel in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, requiring the vendor to be responsible for both carousels, the city has issued two other requests for proposals. According to Department of Parks officials, although the city did get a few responses, spokesperson Trish Bertuccio said that “no
viable proposals were received.” “We want to landmark the carousel because it’s the only way that we could preserve it in its present state,” said WRBA board member Maria Thomson, who has been trying to get landmark status for two decades. “Another reason is that they would keep it in Forest Park and not move it somewhere else.” Landmark status would also ensure that parts of the carousel are never separated and sold. Years ago, the wooden carousel was almost moved to Bryant Park. In efforts to raise awareness on the stalled state of the carousel, the WRBA recently started selling T-Shirts with the message, “Save The Forest Park Carousel.” The shirts were sold at the recent Woodhaven Street Fair and Wendell says that they are very popular with
residents. “It’s priceless,” Thomson said. “It deserves to be historically landmarked to preserve it for the future for all our children and their children,” At the meeting, Assemblyman Mike Miller said that he has been in talks with a local nonprofit, Independence Residences Inc., to run the carousel, which is one of five in the city. “We met with the Parks Department, they didn’t reject the idea,” he said. IRI trains adults with mental disabilities to hold jobs. The company is the owner of Independence Cafe on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. Miller said that IRI is willing to put any profits into a fund to help restore the carousel, but he stressed that a deal to have IRI run it is far from getting done. “It’s something we’re exploring,” he said.
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Parents battling charter school in Cobble Hill BY HEATHER SENISON
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Parents, local elected officials and other community members joined together on Monday, November 28, to fight the implementation of a charter school in Cobble Hill. The Success Charter Network, led by former councilwoman and CEO Eva Moskowitz, recently announced its intentions to put a charter school in District 15’s K293 building, located at 284 Baltic Street, which currently houses an elementary, middle and high school. Moskowitz also plans to put a charter school in Williamsburg, according to a statement. Speakers at the event, which was held the day before a hearing with the Department of Education (DOE), called for an early childhood education program to use up extra space in the K293 building instead of a charter school dividing up classrooms already in use. “I have already received 85 emails from people who live in this district,” Assemblywoman Joan Millman said at the conference, “parents of young children saying, ‘don’t support the charter school, support this early childhood center, it’s what we need.’” Although a statement from Success Charter Network said Success Academy-Cobble Hill would house students up to eighth grade, according to a DOE Building Utilization Plan, it would begin enrolling kindergarten and first grade students in the 201213 school year and expand annually up to fourth grade. “I have never yet met a parent who has come to me to say what this district needs is a new K-to-fourth grade school,” Millman said. “We have young families in this neighborhood who have been turned away from their local schools because we don’t have the seats to accommodate the pre-K and kindergarten children,” she added.
The DOE’s utilization plan also states that students in the charter school will share the building’s one cafeteria, one gymnasium, and one auditorium, in addition to its other recreational areas. Melinda Martinez, a Sunset Park resident who has four daughters attending school in the K293 building, said the charter school would result in overcrowding and poor allocation of resources. “It is unacceptable that the DOE would allow Ms. Moskowitz to place one of her charter schools in our building, squeezing out our students and not considering what is best for our children here in District 15,” Martinez said. “What we do want is for that space to be used as an early childhood center, which is a necessity in this neighborhood.” She said one of her daughters came to the School for International Studies, housed in the K293 building, as a special education student and is now an honors student. Jeff Tripp, a teacher in the building, said the schools themselves came a long way in the last seven years, after they were placed on the DOE’s under-registration list, and implementing a charter school could ruin its success. “This would be a devastating move to cut off our classroom sizes almost to half of what we have, which would be completely unfair to our students, the parents of our students, the members of our community,” Tripp said. “Because it’s not just the teachers, everybody is a part of this school.” Although as of press time representatives from Success Charter Network couldn’t be reached for comment, according to a statement more than 1,500 Cobble Hill residents signed a petition requesting a charter school. “One look at all the strollers on Court Street and Bedford Street provides all the proof you need that both Cobble Hill and Williamsburg have gone through a true baby
Teacher Jeff Tripp speaks out against a proposed charter school. boom in recent years,” Moskowitz said in the statement. “While these neighborhoods do indeed have some good schools,
they’re quickly filling up, and we’ve repeatedly heard from parents that they’re worried that their kids won’t have good school options.”
She said Success Academy-Cobble Hill and Williamsburg “will give parents another great public school option.”
BY HEATHER SENISON
Improvement District, said “the rise in property values is indicative of how dramatically the neighborhood has changed in terms of amenities and visibility.” She noted the view of the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Bridge Park and the influx of technology and creative firms to the area as contributors to DUMBO’s appeal. “That adds a ton of life to the street during the day and into the evenings,” Sica said. However, the limited amount of buildings in the small neighborhood creates a supply and demand issue, which also increases property value, she said. But diversity and affordability are also important to the area, so companies such as Two Trees Management Co. LLC, a leading developer in the area, are putting buildings with 20 percent affordable housing up for rentals, Sica said. “We’re seeing a lot of families moving in,” she
said. “We’re also at the same time seeing a thriving commercial scene.” In addition, “I think as long as there are buyers at those price points,” she added, “DUMBO is going to continue to be at the top of the list.” Asher Abehsera, managing director at Two Trees, also said DUMBO’s housing costs are reflective of supply and demand. He said the number of landmarks in the area and zoning for manufacturing causes a “scarcity of product,” regarding places to live. DUMBO is “a very charming neighborhood tucked away between the bridges,” Abehsera said, citing its cobblestone streets as an example. “There’s a real sense of community in a real urban area,” he said, “so that’s a rarity in any place like New York.” DUMBO’s proximity to the bridges, location on the waterfront and diversity of residents also adds to its desirability, he said.
Nabe joins most expensive list
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DUMBO is not only nestled between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, it now sits comfortably between the Flatiron District and the Upper East Side of Manhattan with the fourth highest median sale price in New York City during the second quarter of 2011, according to a report from Propertyshark.com. According to the report, DUMBO had a median sale price of $1,075,000, up 9 percent from the median sale price reported in the second quarter of 2010, which was $990,000. Other neighborhoods who made the top 10 list were SoHo in first, Tribeca in second and the West Village at eighth. The only other Brooklyn neighborhood to make the cut was Boerum Hill, which came in last, with a median cost of $801,000. Alexandria Sica, executive director of the DUMBO Business
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Monday, Nov. 14 Lauro Jara was arrested at on Onderonk Avenue for driving while intoxicated by Officer Capace. Martin Nunez was arrested at 17-37 Decatur Street for aggravated harrasment by Officer Gomez. Stephen Riquelme was arrested at 64-91 84th Street for menacing by Dective Geis. Ramharack Choon was arrested at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and 70th Street for stalking by Officer Astarita. Jose Henriquez was arrested at 59-55 70th Street for assault by Officer Valdemar. Malitra Evans was arrested at 59-55 70th street for assault by Officer Valdemar.
Tuesday, Nov. 15 Michael Marick was arrested at 58-15 75th Street for criminal mischief by Officer McCarrcen. Robert Ragez was arrested at 64-02 Pleastview Drive for assault by Officer Aviles. Ivo Bogdanovic was arrested at 56-26 Maspeth Avenue for burglary by Officer Williams. Anna Wcodkowsika was arrested at 60-21 Putnam Avenue for assault by Detective Murray. Peter Rodriguez was arrested at 70-14 58th Road for manslaughter by Detective Stoeckert.
Wednesday, Nov. 16 Stanislaw Kopec was arrested at the intersection of 82nd street and 58th Avenue for criminal possession of a weapon by Officer Snowden. Pablo Martinez was arrested at the intersection of Starr Street and Seneca Avenue for Patronizing a prostitute by Officer Mendez. Malverse Willingham was arrested at the intersection of Starr Street and Seneca Avenue for patronizing a prostitute by Officer Hamburger. Juan Lopes-Ramirez was arrested at the intersection of Starr Street and Seneca Avenue for patronizing a
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Thursday, Nov. 17 Muttagi Harun was arrested at 84-49 Metropolitan Avenue for third-degree assault by Detecive Ebron. Tanya Ramos was arrested at 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue for criminal possession of stolen property by Officer Martinez. Kreshnik Saddiku was arrested at 60-34 60th Court for third-degree assault by Officer Ryan. Tarzan Sadiku was arrested at 60-34 60th Court for third-degree assault by Officer Ryan. Albert Muco was arrested at 60-34 60th Court for third-degree assault by Officer Ryan.
Friday, Nov. 18 Hector Irizarry was arrested at 61-11 Fresh Pond Road for driving while intoxicated by Officer Taveras. Michael Torres was arrested at the intersection of Seneca and Gates avenues for unlicensed operator by Officer Babayen. Madeline Hernandez was arrested at 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue for petit larceny by Officer Dunbar.
Saturday, Nov. 19 Mario Asaro was arrested at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and 65th Place for criminal possession of a weapon by officer Snowden. Alorma Quijano was arrested at 67-24 73th place for criminal contempt by Officer Aviles.
Sunday, Nov. 20 Roberto Acas-Cea was
arrested at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and 61st Street for driving while intoxicated by Officer Yau. Grzegorz Smiarowski was arrested at the intersection of Seneca and Myrtle avenues for driving while intoxicated by Officer Miller. Michael Griffin was arrested at 64-02 Catalpa Avenue for theft of service by Officer McCarren. Mary Festa was arrested at 51-61 Mazeau Street for assault by Officer Craigg. Anthony Zero was arrested at 64-16 Myrtle Avenue for aggravated harassment by Officer Gomez. Carlos Lopez was arrested at 68-02 Myrtle Avenue for petit larceny by Officer Lovallo.
Monday, Nov. 21 David Lopez was arrested at the intersection of Shaler Avenue and 65th Street for assault by Officer Miller. Maria Garcia was arrested at 69-28 Grand Avenue for assault by Detective Murray. Roberto Gomez was arrested at 55-60 Myrtle Avenue for petit larceny by Officer Hyatt. Sophia Pagan was arrested at 74-17 Grand Avenue for petit larceny by Officer Mamanicampos. Mallej Citak was arrested at 68-27 62nd Street for criminal mischief by Officer Zdunczyk.
Tuesday, Nov. 22 Eric Cordova was arrested at 61-06 Flushing Avenue for criminal contempt by Officer Gomez. Shantell Quiles was arrested at 68-02 Myrtle Avenue for forgery by Officer Rogers. Joseph Mojica was arrested at 66-09 70th Street for assault by Officer Aviles. Maykc Moreno was arrested at the intersection
of Traffic Avenue and Linden Street for criminal possession of a weapon by Officer ryan. Daniel Vallejo was arrested at 1816 Putnam Avenue for criminal trespassing by Officer Hamburger.
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Officer McElligott. Ryan Prantil was arrested at 61-33 Gates Avenue for petit larceny by Officer Barberio. Charles Kryda was arrested at 60-91 60th Road for assault by Officer Collado.
Saturday, Nov. 26
Roxanne Nieves was arrested at the intersection of Seneca Avenue and Harman Street for assault by Officer Aviles. Carmen Ramos was arrested at 85-33 60th Drive for assault by Officer Ziman. Sehlia Macias was arrested at 6965 Grand Avenue for obstructing governmental administration by Officer Hyatt. Rosita Benitez was arrested at 55-60 Myrtle Avenue for petit larceny by Officer May.
Robert Jarubczak was arrested at the intersection of Fresh Pond Road and Eliot Avenue for an outstanding warrant by Officer Hamburger. Harison Cruz was arrested at 658 Seneca Avenue for robbery by Officer Pellot. Joseph Hering was arrested at 66-55 Fresh Pond Road for criminal contempt by Officer Collado. Knowledge Allah was arrested at 52-26 69th Place for menacing by Officer Mendoza. Maliq Mehmeti was arrested at 78-10 74th Street for assault by Detective Spagnola. Maria Radosavliev was arrested at 809 Seneca Avenue for petit larceny by Officer Day.
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Sunday, Nov. 27
John Galeano was arrested at 62-44 Woodhaven Boulevard for assault by Officer Rodrigues. Ravshan Saibnazarov was arrested at 62-62 Woodhaven Boulevard for assault by Officer Camicella.
Ramon Archangel was arrested at 58-13 78th Avenue for assault by Officer Zak. Lisa Marie Imbrialle was arrested at the intersection of 56th Road and 61st Street for driving while intoxicated by Officer Winter. Athur Rakowicz was arrested at 60-36 56th Road for assault by Officer Jackson. Ricardo Rodriguez was arrested at 59-38 60thAvenue for indecent material by Officer Cadavid.
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Friday, Nov. 25 Dragaw Seykonic was arrested at 805 Seneca Avenue for criminal possession of a weapon by
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2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE IS ONE OF THE INDUSTRY’S MOST FLEXIBLE UTILITY VEHICLES. HIGH: Comfortable interior spacing, great handling and steering, and lots of standard features. LOWS: Pricey for a pick up and poor visiblity. OVERALL: The Chevrolet Avalanche is great for shoppers who need more utility than most SUVs can offer. The Chevrolet Avalanche is one of the industry’s most exible utility vehicles, combining the passenger-comfort attributes of a SUV with the cargo capability of a truck. It is based on GM’s full-size SUV platform, offering exfuel capability; a sharp, precise driving feel; interior renement and notable quietness. And when it comes to pulling its weight on the job, it has a maximum towing capacity of 8,100 pounds (3,674 kg). Avalanche is powered by an efcient combination that includes the Vortec 5.3L V-8 with cylinder-deactivating Active Fuel Management technology and a fuel-saving Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed automatic. The transmission helps deliver improved highway fuel mileage by incorporating two overdrive gears (fth and sixth gears) that allow the engine to operate at a lower speed on the highway. Less fuel is used when the engine rpm is lowered, enhancing fuel economy.
The lower engine speed also contributes to a quieter passenger environment. Avalanche also delivers useful technology and uncompromising safety features, including Bluetooth wireless phone connectivity with specic steering wheel controls, an available rear camera system, head curtain side-impact air bags and StabiliTrak electronic stability control system. Avalanche offers an integrated brake controller that works with the ABS system to provide immediate and measured brake force signaling to electric-controlled trailer brake systems; there is no requirement for external and/ or aftermarket brake control systems. Avalanche’s exibility enables it to function as an SUV, truck or both, thanks to the exclusive Midgate. Pioneered on the rst-generation Avalanche, the Midgate opens to extend the cargo-carrying capability from the cargo bed’s 5-foot-3-inch-long (1.6 m) length to 8 feet 2 inches (2.5 m). The rear seat must be folded to achieve maximum storage capability; with the rear seat up and the Midgate closed, Avalanche has room for up to six passengers. Avalanche’s interior delivers a high level of renement, comfort, quality and convenience. The front
seats are comfortable and allow easy entry/egress. The rear seat is unique to the Avalanche and enables easy access to the Midgate system. The seat folds at, allowing longer items to be carried between the cargo bed and into the rear passenger compartment. Avalanche’s spacious interior creates an environment that exudes quality and precision. Comfort features include an efcient HVAC system, and generous storage capability – with the segment’s largest center console storage bin, a large glove box and numerous storage compartments. Avalanche also features an impressive audio/navigation lineup, which provides quality entertainment
and information. GM’s family of CD/ MP3-compatible radios leads the audio lineup, with an available DVD entertainment system that includes an eight-inch screen (with in-dash loading). A touch-screen navigation radio is available and incorporates the monitor for the rearview camera system. The Avalanche is built on GM’s full-size SUV platform, incorporating a fully boxed frame, coil-over-shock front suspension and rack-and-pinion steering, and a premium interior that bolster the vehicle’s comfort, quality and capability. Wide front and rear tracks enhance handling and vehicle stability for a more condent road feel.
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APARTMENT FOR RENT Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale, Elmhurst, Rego Park, Forest Hills Apartments for Rent. Eliot Hill Realty 718-672-4444. MIDDLE VILLAGE Three Rooms On First Floor With Modern Kitchen & Bath! Convenient Location Near Eliot Avenue, walk to Park, M Train, And Express Buses To NYC! $1,000. Eliot Hill Realty 718-672-4444 MASPETH Five Rooms First Floor Feature Modern Kitchen And Bath Plus Queen Size Master Bedroom! Terric And Covenient Location Near Grand Avenue. $1,300. + all utilities. Eliot Hill Realty 718-672-4444 SUNNYSIDE Five Bright Rooms On Second Floor Feature Generous Living Room & Queen Bedroom! This Is A VERY Convenient Location! Walk To #7 Subway And All Conveniences! Call Today For Your Appointment!! $1,500. Eliot Hill Realty 718-672-4444 MIDDLE VILLAGE Three Room Condo Features Queen Size Bedroom, Balcony, Plus washer, dryer & dishwasher in the unit!
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Garage! A Very Well Kept 4 ROOMS $1,150.00 House On A Lovely Block 4 ROOMS, MOD $1,350.00 Near Eliot Avenue! $2,100 5 ROOMS $1,300.00 Plus Utilites. Eliot Hill Realty 5 ROOMS $1,400.00 718-672-4444 6 ROOMS $1,600.00 6 ROOMS, ULTRA MOD $1,600.00 MULTI-USE 6 ROOM, 4 BED $1,500.00 BUILDING PIRILLO REALTY INC. 718 418-9500 MASPETH. Corner brick building, MASPETH business + 2 apartments, 3 bedroom apartment nished basement, on quiet block in Maspeth. Central air, private driveway, Newly renovated all new Great investment or appliances. $1800/month 1031 exchange Asking Call Maryann or John $749,000 Call Lou Pastorini (718)424-7848 @ Coldwell Banker Phillips (347)865-2618 1-917-797-7567 references required
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HOME FOR RENT MIDDLE VILLAGE Six Room House To Rent Offers Large Living Room & Formal Dining Room Plus Three Bedrooms Including Queen Size Master Bedroom! Modern Kitchen, Garage, Yd/Patio! Terric Eliot Ave Vicinity Location Convenient To Everything Including Express Buses To Manhattan! $2000 + Utils. Eliot Hill Realty 718-672-444 MASPETH - House To Rent Features Modern Kitchen And Bath, King Size Master Bedroom, Finished Basement, And One Car
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LIBERTY, NEW YORK Perfect Get-Away Upstate, Grandview Place, Oversized Studio. Fully furnished, LG, Bath, many amenities. Visit our web COMMERCIAL site: Ateamhomesny.com for PROPERTY FOR photos and details. Asking $9 ,000. Call Joe or Jackie RENT/SALE 917-952-2156 or 917-9522797 Owner MASPETH STOREFRONT. Great location for doctor’s or THE GLENDALE lawyer’s ofce. 2,080 sq. ft. CONDOMINIUMS Street level. Rent includes 4 Units for sale in The tax & maint. Asking $5,000. Glendale Condominiums. Call the A-Team, Joe & The choice is yours! Four Jackie 917-952-2156 beautiful units, 1 br. 2 bath 917-952-2797. corner unit on the 5th oor O’Kane Realty. with Manhattan views or 3 beautiful 2 br. 2 bath units. GLENDALE STOREFRONT. Each have 14 ft ceilings, Great location for ofce of granite counter tops & store. 1,000 sq. ft. A must maple cabinets, wood oors see!! Asking $1,800. Call the & reserved parking. Rooftop A Team, Joe & Jackie 917deck & gym. Tax abatement. 952-2156 - 917-952-2797. Must See to Appreciate! O’Kane Realty. Prices starting at $385,000. Coldwell Banker Kueber MASPETH (718)628-0100 Store Front. Great location for ofce or store, 1,000 MIDDLE VILLAGE NORTH square feet. Rent includes 1 bedroom condo, large taxes and heat. Asking rooms, Move in condition, $2,300. Call the A-Team. Joe parking included, Washer/ and Jackie. 917-952-2156. dryer in apartment, 917-952-2797. common Charges $190/ O’Kane Realty. month, walk to The park Asking $309,000 HOMES FOR SALE Call Lou Pastorini @ Coldwell Banker ELMHURST. 1 Family Phillips 1-917-797-7567 Brick, Pvt. Driveway, 1 Car Garage. 5 Rooms plus RIDGEWOOD/MASPETH Brand new luxury condos! 1 nished basement. 2 Full and 2 bedrooms available, Baths. Asking $449,888. Joe & Jackie 917-952-2156 25 yr tax Abatement, or 917-952-2797. storage room, great O’Kane Realty. Views, PETS allowed, walk to Train, Ready to MASPETH occupy NOW! TWO BEDROOMS STARTING @ 5 Family brick, completely $359,000 Call Lou Pastorini renovated from top to bottom. Completely vacant. Asking @ Coldwell Banker $699,000. Call the A-Team, Phillips 1-917-797-7567 Joe & Jackie - 917-952-2156, 917-952-2797. O’Kane Realty.
3 BR Co-op Apartment Asking price: $270K A Very Nice 1000Sq.Foot 3 Bedroom Unit With A lot Of Natural Light.Great Location!!! A Great Unit For The Price! Call Today! OwnerMotivated! GLENDALE CO-OP FOR SALE 1 Family Asking: $399K House Located Close Rego Park. To Forest Park, Woodhaven 4 room co-op, king Blvd And Atlas Mall. The size master Bedroom, large House Offers Lots Of rooms, pets OK, Walk to Storage Space In The train and shopping, Parking Basement And In The available Asking $215,000 Attic. 3 BRs, 1.5 bath. Enjoy Call Lou Pastorini @ Swimming In The 12X20 Coldwell Banker Ft. Pool, Heated By Solar Phillips 1-917-797-7567 Panels. JACKSON HEIGHTS BAYSIDE Studio co-op apartment Large 1 Bedroom Co-Op Asking price: $114K for Sale, $159,000. Move-in Large, Modern L-Shaped condition. Call Peter R. at Apartment. Loft-Like Open Imperato Realty, Concept.The Bedroom 718-672-2500. Is Located At The Corner Of The Unit, Providing Privacy. MASPETH It Can Be Easily Separated 6 Rooms, 3 Bedrooms. By Sliding Doors Or Screen. Great location! Near Wood Floors Through Out. Shopping & Transportation. Part Time Doorman. A Must See! Asking WESTBURY $259,000 - Call the 1 Family Asking price: A-Team, Joe & Jackie $375K Short Sale Abramaitis, 917-952-2156 or Split Level 1 Family House. 917-952-2797. O’Kane 3 BRs, 1.5 Bath, Spacious, Realty. Sunny And Clean. Wood Floors Through Out. Large Backyard. STORE FOR RENT E. ELMHURST 2 Family Asking price:$499K RIDGEWOOD Detached with private 2,500 SQ. FT. FRESH driveway, 2 BRs over 2 Brs. POND ROAD PRIME Motivated Owner! LOCATION, CALL FOR MIDDLE VILLAGE MORE INFO Legal 2 Family Asking 4,000 SQ. FT. MYRTLEAVE. price: $535K House CAN BE SUBDIVIDED, Has A Co Of A 2 Family CALL FOR MORE INFO But Its Being Used As A 2,000 SQ. FT. FRESH One Family.This House POND ROAD GREAT FOR Is Mint , It has beening DOCTOR’S OFFICE LONG Completely Gutted Inside LEASE OFFERED And Out. New Kitchen,New PIRILLO REALTY INC. Bathrooms,New Wall 718 418-9500 Insulations,Floors Have Been Redone. A must see! REAL ESTATE BROOKLYN 7 Family Asking price: QUEENS & BROOKLYN. $699K Approved Plans SUNNYSIDE For 7 Family Location.. 2 BR CO-OP Apartment Location..-Private Gated Asking price: $259K Seagate Community. Large First Floor unit In Private Beach. Total House Sunnyhill Gardens, Near Has Been Gutted. Investors Windmuller Park And delight. Construction Loan Sunnyside Gardens. Sold Or All Cash Deal. "As Is" It Is A Great Space MASPETH To Update. 2 Family Asking price: MASPETH $499K 1 Family Asking price: Short Sale Lovely Brick 2 $460K Short Sale Family Located Steps Off Large, Detached Home Grand Avenue. Hardwood 2Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths & 2 Floors Thru-Out. 2 BRs over Car Garage. 2 BRs and full nished MASPETH MIDDLE VILLAGE. Cozy, one-family, detached - asking $435,000. In good condition with nished basement. Robert MIller/Madeleine Realty 917-309-3375 12A
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basement. REMAX Associates 718-672-2100 MASPETH. Store Front For Rent. Great Location. Approx 600 sq ft. Asking $1,900. Call the A-Team for more info. Joe & Jackie 917-952-2156, 917-952-2797. O'Kane Realty. LITTLE FALLS NY: 59.9 acres eld/woods nice view $77,000, 17.9 acres hilltop eld/woods nice view $43,000. Ideal home sites. Owner Financing. www. helderbergrealty.com 518-861-6541 Tired of High Taxes? Retiring? Future move? Discover Delaware and our gated community. Manufactured homes from the mid $30's! Brochures available 1-866-629-0770 Or search www.coolbranch.com LENDER SAYS SELL BY 12/15! CATSKILL MOUNTAIN MINI-FARM! $159,900 (Reduced by $60,000!) Farmhouse, working barns, gorgeous country setting near skiing and state land. Less than 3 hours to NYC! Additional land available! Won't last (888)905-8847
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MASPETH FULLY DETACHED 2-FAMILY HOME ON A LARGE CORNER LOT (PARTIALLY-COMMERCIALLY ZONED) FEATURES FIVE (5) 1-CAR GARAGES & CONVENIENT WELL-TRAVELED LOCATION. CLOSE TO SHOPS & TRANSPORTATION! ASKING $859,000
WOODSIDE 1-FAMILY BRICK HOME FEATURES FRESHLYPAINTED WALLS NEWLY-FINISHED HARDWOOD FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY LEADING TO A 1-CAR GARAGE (WITH NEW GARAGE DOOR) A PRIVATE BACKYARD & CONVIENENT LOCATION NEAR LOCATION NEAR SHOPPING & TRANSPORTATION ASKING $524,000
BRAND NEW CONDOMINIUMS - GREAT LOCATION 1&2 Bedroom Apartments, Modern Granite Kitchens, Sunny Living Rooms, Stainless Steel Appliances, Hardwood Floors, Washers and Dryers, Beautiful Bathrooms with Jacuzzi Tubs, Balconies and Terraces
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2 FAMILY HOUSE 58-14 57 DRIVE, MASPETH, NY 11378 2 Sunny Apartments, 1&2 Bedrooms, Finished Basement, Backyard, Lot Size: 21x100, Building Size: 20x24 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL KAZ AT (917) 362 0079 FOR RENTALS AND MORE LISTINGS CALL OUR OFFICE AT (718) 416 1111
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MASPETH HANDYMAN SPECIAL GREAT POTENTIAL C/O 2 FAMILY & BEST USED AS A ONE, EXTRA LARGE SUNNY CORNER LOT WITH DETACHED GARAGE & PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. CLOSE TO PARK SHOPS, AND TRANSPORTATION ASKING $349,000
MASPETH PERFECT STARTER OR RETIREMENT HOME IN MASPETH HORSESHOE STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES NICE FENCED YARD, WITH ABILITY TO PARK TWO FINISHED ROOMS IN BASEMENT ASKING $379,000
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WILLIAMSBURG 6TH STREET WILLIAMSBURG - 133 -N133 6THNSTREET - [718]- [718] 782 - 782 4411- 4411 RIDGEWOOD - 62-70 RD - [718] - 5999 RIDGEWOOD - 62-70 FRESHFRESH PONDPOND RD - [718] 821 - 821 5999 MIDDLE VILLAGE - 79-47 METROPOLITAN AVENUE - 8700 MIDDLE VILLAGE - 79-47 METROPOLITAN AVENUE - [718]- [718] 894 -894 8700 Visit our new website at: www.crifasi.com
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Lou has LISTED and SOLD more homes in the area than any other Agent. Thinking of Selling? Call Lou for your free Market Appraisal today! MASPETH Young two family brick, 5 over 5 Plus 3 room walk-in, vacant at Closing, private driveway, yard Asking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $739,000 MASPETH Two family brick, 20ft wide, Yard, vacant at closing Asking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $469,000 MIDDLE VILLAGE NORTH One family brick, 3 bedrooms, Finished basement with bath, Garage, move in condition, near The park Asking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,000
GLENDALE OPEN HOUSE Saturday: 2 - 4 pm 9 Valentine Place Lovely modern semi detached ranch style! Two bedrooms, new kitchen and bath, full basement, and private yard! Convenient location near 80th Street and the Atlas Mall! Just Reduced to only $319,000
BRIARWOOD OPEN HOUSE Sunday 2 - 4 pm 139-15 83rd Avenue Unit 737 Very well maintained move right in Co-Op in highly desirable Arlington Building! Large living room, generous dining area. Two bedrooms including Queen Size master bedroom, and attractive modern kitchen! Top oor unit with beautiful Skyline views! Just Listed! $199,000
MIDDLE VILLAGE NORTH Semi-detached three family, 2 car garage, walk to train, PS128 and park Asking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $639,000 MIDDLE VILLAGE NORTH Two family brick 5 over 5 over 3, Move in condition, private driveway, Garage, yard Asking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $749,000 Lou Pastorini
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MIDDLE VILLAGE This terric one family brick home has all the desirable features of a sidehall home! Large living room and formal dining room, eat in kitchen, three spacious bedrooms with king size master BR, convienient half bath on the 1st oor, completely nished basement, lovely private yard, and garage on private drive! Top location convienent to all amenities including express buses to Manhattan, shopping, schools, and Juniper Park! Just listed. Call today for your appointment. Just reduced $539,000
MIDDLE VILLAGE This solid brick high ranch is a legal two family! Five spacious rooms with large living room, kitchen, dining room and two bedrooms including king size mster bedroom! One bedroom unit allows for a nice income or perfect for mom! Garage on private drive and lovely pricate yard! Beauiful block off Juniper Park in the Heart of Middle Village!! Just Listed...$519,000
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JACKSON HEIGHTS $114,900
Large, Modern L-Shaped Studio Apartment. Loft-Like Open Concept. The Bedroom Is Located At The Corner Of The Unit, Providing Privacy. It Can Be Easily Separated By Sliding Doors Or Screen. Wood Floors Through Out. Part Time Doorman.
WESTBURY
$375,000
SHORT SALE - Split level 1 family house. Spacious, sunny and clean 4 BR, 1.5 bath, LR, DR, EIK. Wood floors throughout. Large backyard.
WOODSIDE
$259,000
EAST ELMHURST
$499,000
Large First Floor Two Bedroom Apartment In Sunnyhill Gardens, Near Windmuller Park And Sunnyside Gardens. Sold "As Is" It Is A Great Space To Update.'
MIDDLE VILLAGE Beautiful one family brick sidehall! Large living room & formal dining room plus ltra modern kitchen with breakfast nook and half bath on rst oor. Three spacious bedrooms with ultra-modern bath upstairs! Completely nished basement with bath, garage on private drive, and lovely private yard! Just Listed...$599,000
MASPETH Here’s that rare completely detached two family brick! Five rooms including generous living room and two bedrooms over very spacious four rooms with king size master bedroom! Finished basement with half bath, beautul spacious private yard with great location near Eliot Avenue! Excellent, Just Reduced! Call Today $623,500
MASPETH It’s real easy to picture yourself living in this bright, immaculately kept, roomy, completely detached one family gem! You’ll appreciate the large living room. Formal dining room, and spacious eat-in country kitchen with lots of modern cabinets! Three generous bedrooms with king plus size master bedroom suite, modern bath, full nished basement, private yard with deck. Recently installed boiler. Just reduced...$519,000
MIDDLE VILLAGE This ne two familly home offers six rooms over ve rooms plus a full nished basement! Plenty of room for your family, plus an attractive monthly income! Private yard, walk to M train and shopping. Price reduced and asking only $439,000 Call today for an appointment!!
GLENDALE $399,000
MASPETH
1 Family House Located Close To Forest Park, Woodhaven Blvd And Atlas Mall. The House Offers Lots Of Storage Space In The Basement And In The Attic. Enjoy Swimming In The 12X20 Ft.Pool, Heated By Solar Panels.
$270,000
A Very Nice 1,000 Sq. Foot 3 Bedroom Unit With A lot Of Natural Light. Great Location!!! A Great Unit For The Price! Call Today! Owner Motivated!!!!!!!
MASPETH
$460,000
MIDDLE VILLAGE
$559,000
Large Detached One Family Home 2 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths & 2 Car Garage. (Short Sale Property).
Location, Location, Location....This Lovely One Family Home Features 3 Good Sized Bedrooms Along Witha Renovated Kitchen, 2 Bathrooms & One Car Garage. Owner Motivated!!!
MASPETH
$529,000
BROOKLYN
$699,000
Lovely 2 family brick attached Colonial features 2 BRs, full bath, eat-in-kitchen, living room on each floor. Hardwood floors throughout. Full finished walk-in level basement and private driveway. Located steps off Grand Ave.
Approved Plans For 7 Family Location..Location..Private Gated Seagate Community. Private Beach. Total House Has Been Gutted. Call Your Investors. Construction Loan Or All Cash Deal. Entrance At 3700 Surf Ave. Must Show Drivers License To Security In Order To Enter Seagate Community!
2 family semi-detached Colonial features 2 bedrooms, living room, full bathroom, eat-in-kitchen on each floor. Private driveway. Owner is motivated to sell. All offers will be heard!
MIDDLE VILLAGE
$535,000
MASPETH
$799,000
House Has A Co Of A 2 Family But Its Being Used As A One Family. This House Is Mint, House Has Being Completely Gutted Inside And Out. A Must See. New Kitchen, New Bathrooms, New Wall Insulations, Floors Have Been Redone.
Absolutely Beautiful Brick Legal 3 Family Located On Maspeth Plateau. Call L/B Christine For Appt. All Offers Subject To Prequal As Per Owners Request! Show And Sell!!
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OBITUARIES Edwin J. Betz
Edwin J Betz (Eddie to friends, Uncle Buddy to family), age 82, passed away peacefully November 21, 2011 in Edison, NJ. Eddie was born in Brooklyn, NY. He went to St. John’s University in Queens, NY. He served in the Army during the Korean War from 1952-1954, after which he became an umpire in the minor leagues from 19551961. He was the youngest umpire to be promoted to the major leagues in 1961. Eddie then worked for the U.S. Postal Office for over 30 years. He always had a joke ready, and loved to make people laugh. He resided in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY until 2011. He rode his bicycle Zofia Podhajecki passed away on Monday, November 28, 2011 at the age of 75. She was the beloved Wife of Mieczyslaw Podhajecki. Loving Mother of Lenny Podhajecki, Jerry Podhajecki and John Podhajecki and Motherin-Law of Agnieszka. Cherished Grandmother of Nicholas. Dear
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Greene, Michael Greene, Kevin Greene, Patrick Greene, and Dan Greene all of PA. He is also survived by several great nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 2-4 pm and from 7-9 pm November 28th at Costello-Runyon Funeral Home, 568 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen, NJ. A Mass will be held November 29th at 10:15 am at St Francis Cathedral, 32 Elm Avenue, Metuchen, NJ, followed by burial at Holy Cross Cemetery, East Brunswick, NJ. As all his close family and friends know, Uncle Buddy loved baseball, sports and anything patriotic. He touched the lives of many with a smile and a laugh and will never be forgotten. In lieu of flowers the family has requested you give a donation in his name to one of his favorite charities: The Wounded Warrior Project.
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Alejandrina Latorre passed away on Monday, October 17, 2011 at the age of 86. She was the beloved Wife of Manuel Jacinto. Dear Sister of Johnny and the late Miguelina Morales. Cherished Great Aunt of Denine Paris. Loving Stepmother of Claudio Jacinto. Funeral Services were held at Papavero Funeral Home on Tuesday November 29, 2011 at 10 AM Entombment followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, NY under the direction of Papavero Funeral Home, 72-27 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378 w w wpapaverofuneralhome. com
John Joseph Conroy passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at the age of 74. He was the beloved Husband of Kathleen M. Conroy. Loving Father of Colleen, John T., Timothy and Patricia and Father-In-Law of Jane, Carol and Brian. Cherished Grandfather of Johnny, Matthew, Katie Rose, Brian, Timothy, Jack, Christopher, Benjamin, and Angela. Dear Brother of Dennis Conroy and Brian Conroy. Mr. Conroy was a United States Army Veteran who served during the Vietnam War. Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. Adalbert’s Church on Monday November 28, 2011 9:45 AM Cremation followed at Fresh Pond Crematory, Middle Village, NY under the direction of Papavero Funeral Home, 72-27 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378 w w wpapaverofuneralhome. com Barbara Kvartek passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at the age of 65. She was the beloved Wife of the late William Kvartek. Loving Mother of Dawn Mulvey and Matthew Kvartek. Cherished Grandmother of Kyle and Aiden. Dear Sister of Joseph Kwiat and Regina Kwiat. Mass of Christian Burial was offered at Ascension Church on Tuesday November 29, 2011 at 10 AM Cremation followed at Fresh Pond Crematory, Middle Village, NY under the direction of Papavero Funeral Home, 72-27 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378 w w wpapaverofuneralhome. com
Victoria Marino passed away on Monday, November 28, 2011 at the age of 93. She was the beloved Wife of the late Paul Marino. Dear Sister of the late Sophie Duskin and Stella Olkowski. Cherished Aunt. Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. Mary’s Church on Friday December 2, 2011 Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY under the direction of Papavero Funeral Home, 72-27 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378 w w wpapaverofuneralhome. com Hannah M. Phillips passed away on November 17, 2011 at the age of 93. Loving Mother of Patricia Nolty and James. Cherished Grandmother of seven, Dear GreatGrandmother of eight. Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. Stanislaus RC Church Interment was in Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Megiel Funeral Home, Maspeth, N.Y.
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SJU drops a tough one at home to Northestern St. John’s erased a 12point first half deficit and led by two with 17:50 remaining in the second half, but Northeastern shot 59.3 percent (16-for27) in the final frame and used an 11-0 run midway through the period to notch a 78-64 win on the road against the Red Storm. God’sgift Achiuwa finished with a team-high 17 points, including 14 in the second half, and nine boards, while Nurideen Lindsey totaled 16 points and Moe Harkless chipped in with eight points and eight rebounds for St. John’s (4-2). “There were a lot of positives,” said Lindsey. “We have to get off to quicker starts and rebound the ball better, play tougher and know the personnel on defense.”
Next, St. John’s visits Kentucky’s Rupp Arena
for the first time since its appearance in the 1985
Final Four on Thursday, on ESPN2 as part of the December 1, at 7:30 p.m. SEC-Big East Challenge.
BY ZACH MORRISSEY news@queensledger.com
This season Regan has five returning wrestlers who finished in the top six in their weight class at the New York State Private School Championship (NYSPSC). Regan is ready for his men to win a fourth straight IPPSAL title and a third straight PSAA title, but said winning the state title is the biggest goal of all. One returning member is senior captain Jason Cuadrado. At last year’s NYSPSC, he finished second in the 130-pound weight class. Cuadrado was also PSAA All-Conference and won Most Outstanding Wrestler for Martin Luther. He led the team in dual takedowns with 17 and
escapes with 17. His goal for this year is to win his weight class at NYSPSC. Another returning member is sophomore Kyle Morrissey. Morrissey was only the second Cougar in school history to win his weight class in the NYSPSC as a freshman. He was 105pound state champion, PSAA All-Conference, and Martin Luther’s Co-Rookie of the Year. Morrissey had a 27-4 overall record and a perfect 16-0 dual record. He also led the team with 72 team dual points. Other returning members are ready to have a great year. Junior George Aristov said he hopes to win more this year after
MLS Cougars looking for 4th wrestling title
After an amazing 20102011 wrestling season, the Martin Luther School Cougars are hoping to win their fourth straight Independent Private and Parochail Schools Athletic League (IPPSAL) title. The Cougars are led by coaches Jim Regan and Matt Moran. Moran was Private Schools Athletic Association (PSAA) Coach of the Year for 2011, while Regan was Coach of the Year for 2009 and 2010. Regan has been wrestling coach at Martin Luther for the past 34 years, and holds the record for most wrestling wins by a coach.
winning only one match last season. Other returning members are sophomores Alex Ortiz, who was fifth in the 160-pound weight class at NYSPSC, named PSSA All-Conference, and was Co-Rookie of the Year, and Antonio Bartallini, who finished fifth in the Heavyweight Class at state. Rounding out the returning members is Thomas McGloughlin, who finished sixth in the 125-pound. weight class at state and was named to the PSAA All-Conference team. The Cougars open their 2011-2012 season on December 3 at the Lexington School of the Deaf Tournament.
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ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT The website College Sports Madness has selected Long Island University junior Julian Boyd as its Northeast Conference Basketball Player of the Week. Boyd averaged a team-high 13.8 points and 8.3 rebounds over four games in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament for the Blackbirds last week. In the first of two campus games in the tournament, Boyd turned in a 12-point, seven-rebound performance in a 77-69 loss at Old Dominion on Nov. 14. The 6-foot-7 forward followed that up with 15 points and four boards in a 77-68 defeat at Penn
LIU hosts soccer clinic Members of the Long Island University men’s soccer team participated in a youth soccer clinic on Sunday, November 13, in conjunction with the Tillary Park Foundation. The event, which took place at McLaughlin Park, taught children from ages 4-12 soccer fundamentals. The children were spilt into small groups to work with the Blackbirds on shooting, passing, receiving and dribbling. The session ended with a pair of small-sided games that allowed the participants to play alongside the LIU team. “It means so much for these kids to have the opportunity to learn and play,” Lauren Wood, a mother of one of the participating children, said. The Tillary Park Foundation was founded in 1991 in an effort to combine sports and wellness to promote healthy living in the Fort Greene area.
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State on Nov. 16, before heating up as Long Island headed to bracket play at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Boyd recorded the first of two double-doubles as the Blackbirds blew by Radford, 81-59, on Nov. 19. He scored 10 points and snared 10 rebounds. In the championship game of the Springfield Bracket, Boyd tied with teammate Jamal Olasewere for the game high with 18 points, adding 12 rebounds, which were also a game high, as Long Island downed Vermont, 80-75, on Nov. 20. For the week, Boyd shot 54 percent from the floor and 83 percent at the charity stripe.
Panisse headed to national finals Benjamin Cardozo High School senior Alexis Panisse finished in the top ten at the Northeast Regional of the Foot Locker Cross Country Championship Saturday to qualify for the National Finals on December 10. Panisse completed the 5,000-meter course at Sunken Meadow State Park on Long Island with a time of 18:29, good for seventh place. The top ten girls and boys finishers will head to San Diego to compete against runners from all over the country. The race wasn’t a cakewalk for the Bellerose resident. Competing against the top runners on the East Coast, Panisse sprained her ankle climbing a hill in the first mile and had to push through the pain to finish. Panisse became the first female runner from New York City to qualify for the Foot Locker Championship, which began in 1993. The last city runner to qualify for a national championship was Hunter’s Nnenna Lynch, who qualified for
the Kinney Championship in 1988. Angel Piccirillo of Homer City, Pa., won the Northeast Regional with a time of 18:01, the third fastest time for a female runner in the history of the course. Laura Leff of Syracuse, N.Y., was in the lead at the one-mile mark, but at approximately two miles, Piccirillo and Abbey Leonardi of Kennebunkport, Maine, caught up to Leff to pass her soon thereafter. Leonardi and Piccirillo ran together until the last 50 meters, when Piccirillo surged ahead to capture the title. Edward Cheserek of Newark, N.J., won on the boys side. He broke the course record with a time of 15:20. The previous course record of 15:42 was held by Chad Noelle of Greene, N.Y. For the first mile of the race, a pack of runners remained together until Cheserek made his move, claiming the title 25 seconds ahead of Daniel Lennon, a senior at Peru Central High School, who finished second in 15:45.
Runners make their way up a hill during the Northeast Regionals on Saturday.
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Lexington School soccer team goes undefeated
Named team of the year
The Lexington School for the Deaf’s boy’s soccer team went undefeated for a second consecutive season, winning the ESDAA Metro Deaf Soccer Tournament. The team, recognized by DeafDigest Sports’ as 2011 Soccer Team of the Year, was led by Coach Frank Wells and Assistant Coach Spencer Stelmach. They finished this season with an overall record of 14-0. The team won the ESDAA Metro Deaf Soccer Tournament, beating American School for the Deaf 7-2 in the semi-finals and then defeating NYSD 1-0 in the championship game. They then went on to complete their perfect season with a 3-1 victory over Martin Luther High School in the IPPSAL championship game. The team has been
MLS in rout A standout performance by a freshman guard helped Martin Luther rout UNIS by a final score of 56-9 on the basketball court. The junior varsity Lady Cougars were led by freshman point guard Leslly Marmolejo, who scored 16 points, 10 assists and 11 steals against UNIS in her first PSAA career game. Forward Dana Azzaro scored 13 points on short jumpers and lay-ups and added 4 steals The Lady Cougars led at half time 33-0 and UNIS did not score their first basket until midway through the third quarter. Center Franchon Martinez contributed with 8 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals, forward Dominique Bratton with 8 points, and guard Domencia Galarraga added 7 points. Overall, the team had 31 steals, 25 rebounds and 13 assists.
named the Top Deaf High School Team in America for the past three years by DeafDigest and the National Deaf Interscholastic Athletic Association. “The boys continued their hard work and did exceptional job this season,” said Wells. “We are so proud that all their effort is paying off and that they are not only scoring goals but achieving them.” Team captains Madine Meftah and Satish Thapa, and team members Noel Carino and Suraj Ghale, were named to the Metro Deaf AllTournament Team. Members of the 2011 team were Samer Abualya, Noel Carino, Taher Chowdhury, Tanvir Chowdhury, Steven Ciprian, Raymond Devarez, Andy Espinal, Amos Fletcher, Suraj Ghale, Santiago Guerrero, Tyler Horner, Kristian Jimenez, Christian Maldonado, Hanley Martinez, Madine Meftah, Evans Seraphin, Vikra Singh, Satish Thapa, Manuel Cortez, Francisco Hernandez, Mohammed Hoque, Parmdip Singh, and managers Will Jones and Tyliek Walls.
Our Lady of Hope takes title
Middle Village’s Our Lady of Hope 8th grade girl’s soccer team won the Diocesan Championship with a win over Manhattan’s St. Luke’s on November 18. Pictured from left to right are (top) Coach Frank Simone, Siobhan Loftus, Erica Arundel, Ciara Walsh, Ciara Lawler, Goalie Dina Goodger, Kailey Halpin, Lexi Lombino, Monica Zhivanaj, Coach Seona Maloney, Coach Mike Maloney, (second row) Francesca Simone, Diana Castillo, Lara McFadden, Sarah Atanasio. Front row: Kaylyn Sanchez, Tara Maloney, and MollyRose McMahon.
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Legal Notices ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for Project No. Q1411-C, for Construction Work, Provide Repointing of Exterior Masonry Walls, Edgecombe Correctional Facility, 611 Edgecombe Avenue, New York (New York County), NY, will be received by the Ofce of General Services (OGS), Design & Construction Group (D&C), Contract Administration, 35th Fl., Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242, on behalf of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, when they will be publicly opened and read. Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and must be accompanied by a certied check, bank check, or bid bond in the amount of $12,000 for C. The value of the Contract is estimated to be between $100,000 and $250,000.
Designated staff are Frank Peris in the Bureau of Contract Awards, telephone (518) 4740203, fax (518) 473-7862 and John Lewyckyj, Director of Contract Administration, telephone (518) 474-0201, fax (518) 486-1650. The only time prospective bidders will be allowed to visit the job site will be at 10:00 a.m. on December 22, 2011 at Edgecombe Correctional Facility, 611 Edgecombe Avenue, New York, NY. Phone the ofce of Kim Williams (845) 3650730 a minimum of 72 hours in advance. It is the policy of the State and the Ofce of General Services to encourage minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy.
available on compact disc (CD) only, and may be obtained for an $8.00 deposit per set, plus a $2.00 per set shipping and handling fee. Contractors and other interested parties can order CD’s on-line through a secure web interface available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please use the following link at the OGS website for ordering and payment instructions: http:// www.ogs.state.ny.us/bu/dc/esb/ acquirebid.asp. For questions about purchase of bid documents, please send an e-mail to D&C.Plans@ogs.state. ny.us, or call toll free at 1-877647-7526. For additional information on this project, please use the following link: http://www.ogs. state.ny.us/bu/dc. James M. Davies, AIA Deputy Commissioner Design and Construction QL 12/1
The Bidding and Contract Documents for this Project are
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Exempt. Failure to submit this form correctly will result in a disqualication of the bid.
Sealed bids for Project No. M2980-P, for Plumbing Work, Replace Water Tank and Repair Standpipe, State Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue, New York (New York County), NY, will be received by the Ofce of General Services (OGS), Design & Construction Group (D&C), Contract Administration, 35th Fl., Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242, on behalf of the Division of Military Naval Affairs, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, when they will be publicly opened and read. Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and must be accompanied by a certied check, bank check, or bid bond in the amount of $15,800 for P.
The value of the Contract is estimated to be between $100,000 and $250,000.
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Designated staff are Frank Peris in the Bureau of Contract Awards, telephone (518) 4740203, fax (518) 473-7862 and John Lewyckyj, Director of Contract Administration, telephone (518) 474-0201, fax (518) 486-1650. The only time prospective bidders will be allowed to visit the job site will be at 10:00 a.m. on December 7, 2011 at State Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY. Phone the ofce of Kim Williams, (845) 3650730 Ext. 101, a minimum of 72 hours in advance. It is the policy of the State and the Ofce of General Services to encourage minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this
policy. The Bidding and Contract Documents for this Project are available on compact disc (CD) only, and may be obtained for an $8.00 deposit per set, plus a $2.00 per set shipping and handling fee. Contractors and other interested parties can order CD’s on-line through a secure web interface available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please use the following link at the OGS website for ordering and payment instructions: http:// www.ogs.state.ny.us/bu/dc/esb/ acquirebid.asp . For questions about purchase of bid documents, please send an e-mail to D&C.Plans@ogs.state. ny.us, or call toll free at 1-877647-7526. For additional information on this project, please use the following link: http://www.ogs. state.ny.us/by/dc. James M. Davies, AIA Deputy Commissioner Design and Construction QL 12/1
SLA conducts underage alcohol buy sting BY PAULINE HSIA
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The New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) announced on Tuesday, November 22, that 75 liquor and grocery stores were caught selling alcohol to minors in Brooklyn and Queens during a three-day undercover sweep. The SLA conducted the investigation in conjunction with the New York Police Department (NYPD) between November 16 and 18. The SLA and NYPD sent underage volunteer decoys into 234 licensed groceries and liquor stores across the five boroughs. Decoys purchased alcohol at 118 stores in the city, which included 41 of 54 in Brooklyn and 34 of 67 in Queens.
Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to Order of the Hon. Charles J. Markey, JSC dated July 12, 2011 for the partition of the property located at 47-17 Junction Boulevard, Corona, New York 11368, in the partition action of Susan Abarca v. Raul Espinoza et al, Queens County File No. 25820/2010, Queens County being the County in which the place of trial is designated and the property is situated, requiring each person not a party to the action, who, at the date of the Order, had a lien upon any undivided share or interest in the said property, to appear before the referee at a specied place and on or before a specied day to prove his or her lien and the true amount due or to become due to him or her on the lien, you are required to appear before me, the Referee appointed pursuant to said Order at: Polizzotto & Polizzotto, LLC (Ofce of Plaintiff’s Counsel), 6911 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11204 on December 12, 2011 at 10:00am, to prove your lien on said property and the amount due or to become due to you on your lien. Dated October 24, 2011, Dennis S. Cappello, Esq., as Referee, 83-04 54th Avenue, Elmhurst, New York 11373, Tel. (718) 478-7390 QL 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1
A few of the busted Brooklyn stores were SMC Incorporated in Bushwick, Abreu Super Grocery Store in Cypress Hills, and Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Wines &Liquors on Fulton Street. Astoria’s Tony Grocery Incorporated, Star Grocery in Jamaica, and Flushing’s Queens Papa & Son Supermarket Corporation on 99th Street were among those selling liquor to minors in Queens. “Preventing the sale of alcohol to minors is a top priority for the State Liquor Authority,” Chairman Dennis Rosen said in a statement.“These largescale enforcement efforts will continue to be a part of our proactive measures to prevent alcohol abuse among our youth.” Specific locations and neighborhoods found to have high activity of selling alcohol to minors were targeted by the SLA and NYPD. “The locations that we targeted were locations that the public had complained about selling alcohol to minors,” said a NYPD representative. The SLA will charge civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation and fines starting from $2,500 to $3,000 for a first-time offense. An NYPD representative said there were 49 arrests and 145 criminal court summonses issued as a result of the sweep. Offenders were charged with unlawfully dealing with a child and prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage. Potential suspension or revocation of licenses is also possible for repeat offenders. The investigation is part of a statewide enforcement plan to prevent underage sales to minors. “These underage sweeps will continue, as we want to make it crystal clear to licensees, if you sell to a minor, you are putting your license in jeopardy,” said William Crowley, director of Public and Legislative Affairs for SLA.
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