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City Councilman Eric Ulrich, left, announced this week he is challenging state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. for the 15th Senate District.

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Small fists raised, a protest against cuts Hundreds gather at Borough Hall to rally for after-school programs by Anna Gustafson

shrink from 83 to 51 sites in Queens. The cuts to the free after-school programs, which would umping their fists into the air and jump- have to be approved by the City Council to be ing up and down on the steps of Borough implemented, would impact thousands of Queens Hall in Kew Gardens, hundreds of chil- students from all corners of the borough. The mayor has also proposed axing two Beadren protested last week against Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to slash the number of con programs — community centers that serve after-school programs in Queens by nearly 40 people of all ages — in Queens, one at JHS 190 in Forest Hills and another at MS 158 in Bayside. percent. “I’d be really sad if it closed because some of Because of cuts to the city Department of Youth and Community Development Bloomberg us have been in this program since we were has outlined in his preliminary budget, what are babies, and it has really helped us learn how to known as Out of School Time programs would communicate,” said Sristhi Bhatia, 11, who attends the Chinese American Planning Council after-school site in Flushing. “It helps us with homework, and that’s really important.” The mayor’s office did not respond to a request for comment, but the administration has said it is trying to improve child care in its proposed budget by implementing a new early childhood program throughout the city, called EarlyLearn NYC. The students, bedecked with colorful homemade signs, were joined by a bevy of program leaders and legislators at last Thursday’s protest, many of whom lamented city cuts to after-school programs in recent years. Slots in OST programs have dropped sharply in recent years, going from 85,513 Zechariah Barfield, 8, made a sign supporting his seats in 2009 to about 52,000 in 2012 — a decrease of nearly 40 percent. Sports and Arts program at PS 116 in Jamaica. Senior Editor

Hundreds of students gathered at Queens Borough Hall last Thursday to protest the mayor’s proPHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON posal to cut after-school programs. The decision to chop certain programs stems from which ZIP code they fall in — so areas like Bayside and Forest Hills are particularly hard-hit because they are home to some of the borough’s wealthiest residents. However, afterschool leaders cautioned that the programs

often serve students from throughout the borough, not just the immediate area. Additionally, they noted that many parents who live in wealthier areas are not themselves rich, and rely on the after-school programs because continued on page 42

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Ulrich launches bid against Addabbo The two candidates will face off to represent the 15th Senate District by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) threw his hat into the race for the 15th Senate District seat held by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) this week — a move that pits the Republican against a Democrat in a district redrawn to include more conservative neighborhoods and which has been known to be a political wildcard. “For the past three years, I have been honored to serve the people of my community at City Hall,” Ulrich said in an announcement made Tuesday morning via a number of social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. “I am now ready to take the fight to Albany, where I will be an independent voice for the taxpayers of Queens County. I will be a state senator that never stops fighting for the middle class.” Addabbo, a former city councilman who has served in the state Senate since defeating Republican Serf Maltese in 2008, said he has been planning “on a campaign long before the announcement.” “We’re prepared for a race,” Addabbo said. “I’ll focus on the facts of my voting record. We’ll stick to the record, and in the end people will vote for someone who fights for them in Albany.” Ulrich, who won the City Council seat previously held by Addabbo in a special election in 2009, enters the Senate race in a year when

Councilman Eric Ulrich, left, announced this week he will run against state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. to FILE PHOTOS represent the 15th Senate District. the district has been redrawn to encompass more conservative communities. The state Legislature and Gov. Cuomo approved the new lines in March, which cut portions of Ozone Park and Woodhaven from the 15th

Senate District and added more conservativeleaning communities in the Rockaways. The district includes the communities of Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, Broad Channel, Far Rockaway, Forest Hills, Glendale, Howard

Beach, Kew Gardens Hills, Maspeth, Middle Village, Neponsit, Ozone Park, Rego Park, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood, Rockaway Beach, Rockaway Park, South Ozone Park and Woodhaven. The new areas, which include a large Orthodox Jewish community, could hold Addabbo’s vote to approve same-sex marriage against him, a number of Republicans have said. Prior to backing the marriage equality bill last year, Addabbo had voted against the measure. “I don’t know what role gay marriage is going to play in this campaign, but I know his flip-flopping is definitely an issue,” Ulrich said. “First he voted against it, saying most of his constituents were against it, and then for it, saying most of his constituents now favored it. I think people are frustrated by that. Joe’s got people upset with him on both sides of the issue.” Addabbo disagreed, saying he voted for the marriage equality bill because he had polled constituents and found most to be supportive of same-sex marriage. “Most people have seen a year after the bill that their lives have not changed,” Addabbo said. “The budget, creating jobs, lowering taxes and protecting healthcare — this is what people care about.” Ulrich also said job creation was a priority for him, as well as investing in transportation continued on page 40

At John Adams, pleas to keep ‘family’ whole Hundreds gather at public hearing on closing Ozone Park high school by Anna Gustafson

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By the time the city held its public hearing on closing John Adams High School in Ozone Park last week, everyone — the Department of Education officials, students, teachers, and parents — knew what to expect. The DOE knew it needed to station a big, bouncer-like security

guard near the microphone to escort people away if their often- impassioned speeches ran too long. The students knew there would be hundreds of their peers there, waving colorful homemade signs and chanting slogans urging Mayor Bloomberg to reverse his decision to close the school and reopen it with up to half the teachers replaced, a new name and potentially another principal.

Hundreds of John Adams High School students protested the mayor’s proposal PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON to close their school in Ozone Park.

The teachers knew they would watch their colleagues for hours, telling stories about coaching football and robotics teams, their first days in the school years and years ago, or becoming confidantes for everyone from students being abused to those struggling in homeless shelters. Similar themes have dominated each of the hearings at the eight Queens schools the mayor aims to close — the city argues the schools have for too long suffered from low graduation rates and test scores, and teachers and legislators accuse the DOE of insufficiently funding the school for years — but the differences surface as the speakers wove their narratives last Thursday at John Adams, hoping to sway a vote expected to be held at the city Panel for Educational Policy’s April 26 meeting. It is then that the specific names come out — the stories about John Adams Principal Grace Zwillenberg hiring Rosemary Wildeman, a guidance counselor who described herself as “an old woman” who didn’t know if she’d find a job again, a

teacher becoming a mentor to a student being abused at home, and the baseball coach, Glenn Bayer, detailing how his students do everything from bringing toys for sick children at Jamaica Hospital to volunteering at soup kitchens. It was in John Adams’ massive auditorium, its tall ceilings and arched windows dwarfing even the largest of crowds, that people filled in space between the city’s Educational Impact Statement — a document detailing why it believes the school should close — and the union’s declarations that the mayor has torched anything worth saving in the educational system. “To close our school is a huge injustice,” said student Sukhmani Singh. “A lot of the teachers and students have formed unique relationships.” Singh, like many others, cited the long list of sports teams and clubs — 28 and 14, respectively — as being especially successful in giving students a chance to feel a part of something. Symone Simon, one of the edi-

tors of the school newspaper, said her time in the debate and Model UN clubs has particularly helped her with choosing a career path — she hopes to work for the United Nations — and with such skills as public speaking. “I never thought I’d have to stand here, in the greatest city in the greatest country on earth to fight for education,” Simon said. “When did we become a third-world country?” Singh and Simon were two of 103 people who signed up to speak during the public hearing, which the city is legally required to hold. Many of those who spoke cited the names and places that are familiar to those in the John Adams community in what seemed to be a cathartic outpouring of emotion, a sort-of eulogy for a nearly 90-year-old school that many legislators have said they believe the city already knows will be shut down because the PEP is made up predominantly of mayoral appointees who have never rejected anything Bloomberg has proposed. continued on page 39

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It was the stories of those who were not at last week’s public hearing on the mayor’s proposal to close Richmond Hill High School that may have mattered the most. They were the stories — told by teachers and peers — of students who are abused, homeless, or hungry; pupils who have to take care of their siblings because their parents are working a handful of jobs; teens who, as one educator put it, “have been through more than many adults can even imagine.” These are the students, they told city officials at the April 18 hearing, who come to Richmond Hill High School after nights of no sleep, who wonder if parents are going to be deported, who walk past gang members each morning to get to school. Many of the 2,900-plus students at the school, which was built for 1,800 people, are, one student said, the ones “everyone else” in the city has given up on. “Some of our parents aren’t there for us, and the teachers are,” said Deyan Naraine, a sophomore at Richmond Hill High School, located at 89-30 114 St. “They act like our moms and dads. I’d be very hurt to see this school come to a close.” Because Richmond Hill has a troubled population of students, as well as many English language learners, school officials said they have needed the city to pour more resources into their building for years. Instead, they accused the city of turning a blind eye to the issues, which is why teachers and parents said Mayor Bloomberg is now looking to close the school at the end of June and reopen it with up to half the teachers replaced, a new name and another principal by the beginning of the next school year. “These kids are not getting support,” Charles Di Benedetto, an English teacher, said. “They’re coming in here with such problems that we can’t handle them. The DOE says we’re not

doing enough — well you know what? The mayor’s not doing enough.” The mayor is proposing the same plan for seven other schools in Queens, and 18 additional facilities throughout the city. The schools pegged for closure had all been in a federal improvement program because of low graduation rates and test scores, and they were partnered with educational nonprofits at the beginning of this school year. The nonprofits aimed to help the schools boost graduation rates — Richmond Hill, for example, expects to graduate more than 60 percent of its students this year, compared to 41 percent five years ago — and test scores by focusing on areas like school environment and student absences. The citywide graduation rate average is about 65 percent. Under federal guidelines, the programs are expected to last about three years, though Bloomberg announced in January, less than six months after the schools were paired with the nonprofits, that he wanted to axe the initiatives and replace them with a more aggressive federal program that includes removing teachers and potentially principals. The city Panel for Educational Policy will vote on the closures at its April 26 meeting, and the group is expected to approve the plan because it is made up mostly of mayoral appointees. The Queens borough president’s appointee, Dmytro Fedkowskyj, has been a vocal opponent of the proposed closures, and said he will vote against them. “I’m not voting no because of politics; I’m voting no because it’s a flawed policy that lacks longterm vision,” Fedkowskyj said. Numerous parents spoke at the hearing, and they stressed they are pleased with the variety of academic programming at the school. “I thought it was my worst fear, my daughter coming here,” said Anna Christina Duer, whose continued on page 38

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Time to revisit mayoral control hen mayoral control of the schools was up for renewal three years ago, we supported it, but with some reforms. Like a majority of state lawmakers, we did not back one significant change that some sought: a change to the composition of the Panel for Educational Policy that would have taken away the mayor’s majority. We argued that his control of eight of the PEP’s 13 members was the heart of mayoral control, that it was the very lever by which it was exercised. This made sense because, after all, mayoral control means “control.” Events since the renewal of mayoral control have, however, changed our mind. We now believe that while the school system must ultimately answer to the mayor — just like other executive agencies from the Police Department to the Environmental Control Board — a stronger, more independent legislative body is necessary to provide the checks and balances at the core of all Ameri-

can systems of government, from the tiniest village on Long Island to Washington DC. As state Sen. Shirley Huntley of Jamaica says of the PEP’s eight mayoral appointees, “They all just fall in line with what he wants. The mayor cannot have that kind of power.” Too much power concentrated in the hands of one individual, however intelligent and well-meaning, is indeed inherently dangerous. Look at the chaos caused this year by Bloomberg’s insistence on shutting another 26 schools, eight of them in Queens, and remaking and reopening them under new names. Week after week of angry protests. Teenagers who might be expected to be skeptical of authority figures declaring how much they appreciate their teachers. Letters from prominent members of the community (see the one by Marcia Maxim Comrie below) lamenting the expected loss of longstanding community institutions.

It’s all being done to help students who will benefit from smaller learning communities, better technology and the like. We know that. But despite its constant denials, we also know the Department of Education is removing vital resources from the students who are left in the schools it deems inferior. That is unfair, and an egregious move considering that what happens during their teenage years will shape the lives of those students forever. Huntley supports a bill that would change the PEP in just the way we now think it needs to be changed. The problem is it has no chance of becoming law. We propose instead a joint city-state commission to study how the improvements that have been made under Bloomberg can be retained while the system is made more responsive to the community. With the support of lawmakers, the panel would then propose detailed legislation that actually could be enacted, to provide for a better system for all students in all schools.

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Save our schools Dear Editor: Thank you to Mark Lord for sharing your poignant August Martin story (“August Martin: my first school,” April 19, multiple editions). As someone who lives in Southeast Queens and has admired the school over the decades, I cannot but despair along with you and everyone else who cares, that “there goes another school from our midst.” Your recollection of time spent in the shaping of young minds there is a reminder to us that teaching is among the most honorable of professions. August Martin’s breathtaking edifice will continue to stand, but killing the school within is metaphorically gutting the building of its meaning to tens of thousands of people.

DOT listens core one for common sense and the regular people of Queens who are still struggling to regain the standards of living they had before the Great Recession. After two years of imposing undue hardship on mom-and-pop shops on Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, the city Department of Transportation has finally decided to make it a two-way street again. Making it one-way was crushing to a group of businesses in the area, at least one of which saw sales drop 45 percent, forcing layoffs. Area officials had lobbied the DOT to reverse course, and we’re glad the agency finally listened. Guess sometimes you can fight City Hall after all. Good.

It is disheartening to the alumni of any school to lose the identity of where they spent four of their most precious years. I know this. My husband is an alumnus of Jamaica High School, which has suffered the same fate proposed for August Martin. Worst of all, we feel so powerless to stop the closings — or dare I say it, “the madness.” Funds spent on creating small schools in existing school buildings could well be spent fixing what’s wrong with what we already have there. Marcia Moxam Comrie St. Albans The writer works for York College and is married to City Councilman Leroy Comrie.

Name the bay for Buckley Dear Editor: The Jamaica Bay area has a number of public works named for notable New Yorkers who merit our remembrance. There is the bridge over part of the bay named for the late Congressman Joseph Addabbo, the Marine

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Let priests marry Dear Editor: The recent comments by Pope Benedict XVI that priests should not question celibacy is totally typical for an institution that refuses to accept that there must be change in this area. The Catholic Church continues to bury its head in the sand regarding this issue. Other Christian denominations allow their ministers to marry, as does the Jewish faith. It is high time for the Catholic Church to come down off of its throne and be willing to accept change and to be able to change. This isn’t the Emerald City of 1939 — it’s the real world, and the Church needs to get its act together. John Amato Fresh Meadows

Legalize marijuana Dear Editor: At the end of the day, banning synthetic marijuana will fail unless you legalize consumption of real marijuana. Creative entrepreneurs will always provide the citizens’ desire, regardless of government approval. Consumers have made marijuana a multibillion dollar enterprise. Legalize it and add a sales tax. Revenues will cover the costs of any abuse. Citizens have more to fear from murder, arson, rape, muggings, robberies, auto and identity theft or home break-ins along with ever-increasing levels of confiscatory taxation and debt by government. Free law enforcement to pursue those who commit real crimes against citizens and property. At 18, you are old enough to vote, be a parent, pay taxes, own a car, take out a bank loan, serve in the military and die for your country — but not being able to consume marijuana makes no sense. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI It's been a topsy-turvy political year already, and it's not even May! Read the politics blog at qchron.com to keep up with the latest news.

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Park Bridge named for Mets and Dodgers hero Gil Hodges, and Floyd Bennett Field, which honors the famous Brooklyn aviator. And of course, there is John F. Kennedy International Airport. But there is a long-standing major omission in recognizing someone who has helped to change Jamaica Bay and the Rockaways for the better, and we urge that this be corrected. The individual we are writing about is former U.S. Sen. James L. Buckley. Sen. Buckley was a co-sponsor of S.1192, creating the Gateway National Recreation Area, including the Rockaways and Jamaica Bay. The senator spoke on behalf of the bill on the Senate floor on Oct. 14, 1972, and specifically mentioned the “wildlife preserve in Jamaica Bay” during the floor debate. Jamaica Bay is the only wildlife refuge within the U.S. National Parks System. We propose renaming the area the “James L. Buckley / Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.” The bay and its wetlands, marshes and islands also represent “one of the most significant bird sanctuaries in the northeast United States,” according to the refuge’s website. Senator Buckley is an amateur ornithologist (bird watcher) of some note, and continues his love and observation of birds at age 89. As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 1970, Jim Buckley questioned the wisdom of a proposed extension of a JFK air port runway into Jamaica Bay, supporting local community groups. Although Buckley was known for his conservative views on most issues, many liberals and Democrats acknowledged his expertise in and support for conservation and environmental issues. James L. Buckley is perhaps the only living American to have served at the top levels of all three branches of the U. S. government. Aside from his election to the U. S. Senate, Buckley was under secretary of state, after which he served as president of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Then he was nominated by President Reagan and confirmed to serve on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit — generally held to be the second highest court in our judicial system. Although retired, Judge Buckley was in a “senior judge” status, and could be pressed into service under certain conditions. In our lifetimes, all of New York’s U.S. senators (except for the very most recently serving) have had major public works or other facilities named for them. Sen. Moynihan has the huge Manhattan Federal office building named for him, with the new Penn Station to be called “Moynihan Station.” Sen. Javits has the other immense Federal building named for him, along with New York City’s primary convention center. Sen. D’Amato has the federal courthouse on Long Island named for him, and the Federal building in Rochester is named for former U.S. Sen. Kenneth Keating. There are a number of schools bearing the name of Robert F. Kennedy, along with the recent renaming of the Triboro Bridge for RFK. Even unelected Sen. Charles Goodell’s name adorns the Fire Department headquarters in his former Congressional district in western New York. Clearly, it is time to honor and recognize the contributions of James L. Buckley to his nation. Aside from his decades of top-level

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As temperatures jumped over the past month, so did complaints about noisemakers in South Queens — and residents once again flocked to the 102nd Precinct Community Council meeting in Richmond Hill last week to ask police for help in restoring their peace and quiet. At the meeting last Tuesday, several residents complained to Capt. Martin Briffa, the precinct’s executive officer, about noise and loud parties in Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, adding that the yelling and screaming by partygoers, combined with the blaring music in the middle of the night, is keeping them awake. Briffa encouraged the attendees to call 311 with the location of the problem so police could respond and address it. He added that the precinct has a dedicated noise complaint response car. Residents said the noise situation is becoming a chronic problem. Kew Gardens resident Sylvia Hack, a member of Community Board 9, complained about screaming and loud music beginning late at night and lasting into the early morning hours on Lefferts Boulevard between Austin Street and Kew Gardens Road. As she did at last month’s meeting, Hack also requested relief from parking tickets residents have received on alternate-side parking days while a water main construction project has been going on. Hack told Briffa last month that she could not understand how the alternate-side parking regulations for street cleaning could be in effect on 82nd Road between Kew Gardens Road and Austin Street when the block is undergoing construction. “There’s gotta be some relief from what is going on, because it is not right,” she said. Briffa said that he had notified the city Department of Transportation when she last complained and would contact them again about the situation. Responding to complaints about graffiti, Briffa asked residents to report it and take photos of the tags so police can clean it up and arrest the vandals. A student attending Franklin K. Lane High School in Cypress Hills, who did not give his name, complained to Briffa about cars double parking and blocking neighborhood driveways when the school has an event. Briffa asked him to call 311 and report the problem when it occurs so police can respond. Savitra Narain, of Richmond Hill, complained to Briffa about cars illegally parking in front of St. Benedict Church at 94th Avenue and 118th Street. Narain said the illegal parkers also block her driveway. “It gets frustrating,” she said. Briffa said that he would have precinct

Capt. Martin Briffa addresses concerns about noise at last week’s 102nd Precinct Community PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON Council meeting. officers look into the situation. Richmond Hill resident Mark Geborde complained about a business in the vicinity of 135th Street and Liberty Avenue blaring music all day long from its speakers. “I have to book myself into a hotel some nights,” said Geborde. Following up on community complaints made at last month’s meeting about rowdy teenagers, believed to be students from JHS 210, who were acting disorderly and allegedly vandalizing property on 92nd Street in Woodhaven as they walked from Atlantic Avenue to Jamaica Avenue, 102nd Council President Maria Thomson asked Associate School Safety Officer Debra Eckuland for a status report on the situation. Eckuland said she has personally gone into the area with a mobile task force. However, she said the teenagers disperse or stop what they are doing when they see the school safety officers. “We’re paying attention to it,” said Eckuland. In other meeting news, safety on the trains was discussed by Transit District 20 Community Affairs Officer Matthew Wicelinski. Within the 102nd Precinct, Transit District 20 covers the J line from the Jamaica/Van Wyck station to Elders Lane. Wicelinski said the biggest problem police have on the trains is purse snatching. “Stay alert in the subway,” Wicelinski urged the audience. He said the thieves usually work in pairs, with one individual holding the door while the other snatches the purse. Both then jump off the train, often before the victim realizes what has happened, Wicelinski said. He said that in addition to plainclothes officers the transit police also have teams of dogs that patrol the subways. The next meeting of the 102nd Precinct Community Council will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15 at the Moose Lodge, 87Q 25 118th St. in Richmond Hill.

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Ozone Pk. shop owners welcome traffic change City makes Liberty Ave. two-way after business declined in the area by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

After nearly two years of living what Ozone Park business owners called a nightmare, relief has arrived. The city Department of Transportation announced last week it was once again making Liberty Avenue between 93rd Street and Cross Bay Boulevard two-way, reversing a decision to make it one-way in 2010, which shop owners said made business plummet.

Fabian Niaupari, owner of Terranova Bakery, hopes the barrier on Liberty is also removed.

“What happened today is very good,” Fabian Niaupari, owner of Terranova Bakery on Liberty Avenue, said on Tuesday, the first day that the city implemented the change. Niaupari said he believes the traffic change will help draw customers back to the once-busy area — which he said is badly needed after his store’s business fell by about 45 percent once the city made Liberty Avenue one-way. Because of the drop, Niaupari had to lay off two workers. “I didn’t want to, but I had to,” he said. “The city can’t want things like that either.” While shop owners welcomed the city’s decision, they said they are disappointed the cement barrier at the end of Liberty Avenue by Cross Bay Boulevard has not been removed. The DOT has said the barrier, which bars cars from traversing Liberty across Cross Bay Boulevard, is needed to prevent accidents. City officials emphasized that since the 2010 change, crashes at the intersection have dropped by 54 percent. “If they want to enforce the law, they should put more cops and cameras out there, not a barrier,” said Madhu Patni, owner of Kalish Pharmacy, located at the corner of Liberty Avenue and Cross Bay. Still, Patni said he is pleased with the city’s decision.

The city reversed a decision from 2010 and once again made Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park a twoPHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON way street, pleasing shop owners. “Before, people didn’t know which way to go,” he said. “They didn’t know what to do.” DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said in a prepared statement that the city is continuing to “work with local communities in Ozone Park to engineer streets that are better for business and improve the safety and mobility for everyone using them.” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) praised the city’s decision. “DOT is making things right again,” Ulrich said. “Allowing two-way traffic along Liberty Avenue will boost small business there and offers drivers a more convenient commute in

and around Ozone Park.” Addabbo said he also hopes the barrier is removed. “The concerns of the small businesses in the vicinity have been partly addressed, but I believe will not be fully addressed until Liberty Avenue is totally opened to traffic, once again,” he said. Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton also said she breathed a sigh of relief to learn of the news. The board “is pleased that DOT responded and that the community’s request can be accommodated without compromising the overall Q safety improvements made,” she said.

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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

he Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach celebrated its 50th anniversary last Friday with a dinner dance at Russo’s on the Bay, where 280 people feted decades of charitable works by the organization. At the annual event, club members honored the group’s immediate past president, Stephen Sirgiovanni, and presented the Clem Vicari Service Award to the Ferrara family for their dedication to the community, including support for the South Queens Boys and Girls Club. Numerous community leaders attended the event, including four of the Kiwanis club’s charter members — Anthony Russo, Karl Albrecht, Cosmo Giamundo and Eddie Ghossn. Founded in 1962 by a group of businessmen who wanted to make an impact on their community, the Kiwanis club has gone on to do everything from raising money for diabetes research to sending children to summer camp. The group has attracted people of all ages and walks of life, and members said the group is looking forward to growing even more. The money raised during the event, which included entertainment by the Rick Mango Band, will go toward the various charitable organizations and activities the Q club supports.

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Kiwanis President Bob LoCascio toasts the audience.

Queens Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler, left, Forum Publisher Pat Adams and Joe Russo, owner of Ragtime Newsstand.

Kiwanis Club members gather at Russo’s on the Bay for their 50th anniversary celebration.

Fifty-year charter members Anthony Russo, left, Karl Albrecht, Cosmo Giamundo and Eddie Ghossn.

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State Supreme Court Justice Augustus Agate, left, Sam Sartorio, Dino Bono, Steve Sirgiovanni, Bob LoCascio, and Councilman Eric Ulrich, all Kiwanis members, gather at the event that drew 280 attendees.

Clement Vicari award recipients, the Ferrara family, Joseph A., Kiwanis Club charter members Anthony Russo, left, Karl Albrecht, Cosmo Giamundo left, Joseph J., Leonard, Alex and Brian. and Eddie Ghossn; member Mike Smith; 25-year member Wayne Scheriff; 35-year member Ron Carbone and 30-year member Nick Sciascia are all smiles at the fete.

Councilman and Kiwanis member Eric Ulrich, right, presents a City Council Proclamation to Immediate Past President Sirgiovanni.

Bob LoCascio and his wife Nancy were thrilled to mark the group’s anniversary.

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Lindenwood man tells of escaping Holocaust Rockwood Park Jewish Center holds annual service to remember victims by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Werner Friedlander was born in a small city near Breslau, Germany in 1923 and was only 9 years old when Hitler came to power. But he survived, and Friedlander shared his story at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center in Howard Beach last week at its Holocaust Memorial Service. The service was attended by dozens of people, including other Nazi genocide survivors, legislators, clergy, civic leaders, NYPD officials and area residents. Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom Hashoah, commemorates the six million Jews who were murdered during the Nazi genocide. Friedlander told the attendees at last Thursday’s event that most people believe the Holocaust started on Kristallnacht, also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass — a series of coordinated attacks that German stormtroopers and civilians carried out against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on Nov. 9 through Nov. 10, 1938. German authorities did nothing to stop the attacks that left the streets covered with broken glass from the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings and synagogues. However, Friedlander said that for his family, the Holocaust began five months earlier, in the summer of 1938, when two of his uncles were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

Holocaust survivors, legislators, NYPD officials and community leaders attended Rockwood Park PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON Jewish Center’s Holocaust Memorial Service in Howard Beach last week. Friedlander said his father was arrested in September 1938 and put into the local jail for being politically active with the Social Democratic Party — which was outlawed by the Nazis in 1933. In 1939 three of his uncles were arrested and jailed.

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parents, my brother and I were able to emigrate to Shanghai,” Friedlander said. “On April 17, 1939, five of my uncles and two aunts together went on an Italian ship to Shanghai,” Friedlander told the audience. At this time, his father was still in jail so Friedlander, his brother and mother could not join them. “On Sept. 3, 1939 the United Kingdom declared war on Germany and because of that there were no more ships sailing from Europe to Shanghai or anywhere else,” Friedlander said. Several months later Friedlander and his family were able to get permits to leave Germany and emigrate to Shanghai. Since they were not able to get there by boat, they traveled overland through Russia on the TransSiberian Express to Shanghai. They arrived in Shanghai with no jobs and no place to stay, but were able to find rooms in a city shelter. “We spent seven years in Shanghai, four of which were under Japanese occupation and during three of which we were confined by the Japanese in a “designated area.” In order to provide food for his family, Friedlander, then 17 years old, worked as a tutor at a Jewish Elementary School and Catholic High School from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. In 1942, the Germans pressured the Japanese to establish concentration camps for the 22,000 continued on page 40

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In Howard Beach, a beloved eatery returns Danny’s Szechuan Garden opens its new site on Crossbay Boulevard by Stephen Geffon

He said that about 90 percent of the menu items are the same as on the prior one, but Danny’s Szechuan Garden welcomed an Chan added that he plans to offer new dishes enthusiastic crowd at its grand opening cele- as well. Lindenwood residents Michael and Linda bration last Saturday, when the populary eatery cut the ribbon on its spot that recently Mellon joined Chan at his restaurant’s grand opened for business at 156-40B Crossbay opening. Michael Mellon said he and his wife have Blvd. in Howard Beach, about eight blocks known Chan, and patronized his restaurant, north of its former site. For more than three decades, Danny Chan for the 26 years they have lived in the comand his wife, Veronica, operated the restau- munity. He said Danny’s has rant at 164-14 Crossa warm environment, bay Blvd. before sellwith the patrons feeling ing the building last welcome in the estabJune to New York t’s a great day in lishment. He ordered Families For Autistic shrimp with broccoli, Children, a nonprofit Howard Beach to and Linda ordered Geng roup. After a 10eral Tso’s chicken. month hiatus, the have Danny’s back.” Kathy Greene came restaurant opened for — State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. from her Far Rockaway business about three residence to attend Satweeks ago. urday’s festivities. Chan, a Howard She said she has known Chan for 25 years Beach resident, said he hopes the new location will bring him more business, while continu- since she and her family visited his first small ing to keep his old friends and customers restaurant on Crossbay near the corner of 156th Avenue. happy. Greene said she and her husband were so He said the restaurant is now in a better location, noting that the old site was too large impressed on a subsequent visit to the restaurant a few months later that Chan remembered to be fully utilized. The new spot is smaller and easier to man- their name and what food and drinks they liked. age, Chan said. It has 85 seats. Chronicle Contributor

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Danny Chan and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. cut the ribbon on Danny’s Szechuan Garden’s new PHOTO BY NICK BENEDUCE location in Howard Beach. “You’ve got a customer for life,” Greene told Chan. While noting that she loves the food, Greene ordered the wonton soup, pork in garlic sauce, ribs and the house fried rice. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) also welcomed the restaurant’s return. “It’s a great day in Howard Beach to have Danny back,” Addabbo said. “I missed him;

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Two of the Democrats running in the 6th Congressional District attacked Republicans on Social Security and college student loans this past week. Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) began the week on Monday outside the old Myrtle Avenue Social Security office in Glendale that closed in 2011. Lancman, joined by fellow Assembly member Cathy Nolan (D-Ridgewood), said the country can keep the Social Security trust fund solvent for 75 years by eliminating the current cap on personal income that is taxed for the fund. Currently, everyone pays 4.2 percent on all income up to $110,000. Earnings beyond that are exempt. “So people like you and me, who do not make $110,000, pay that amount on all of our income,” Lancman said outside the vacant Myrtle Street storefront. “But Mitt Romney can earn his millions and only pay on that first $110,000.” Lancman said his plan is not a tax on but “elimination of an exemption” for the wealthy. He also said that despite the changes in the nation’s demographics and life expectancy since Social Security was introduced in 1935, he does not see the need for structural changes to the program. Lancman’s press conference came the same day that trustees for the nation’s Social Security and Medicare trust funds said they are on unsustainable paths, and are on track to run out of money in 2033 and 2024, respectively. Lancman also said if elected he would press to reopen the Glendale Social Security office, which he said was closed because of $1 billion in budget cuts that he said amounted to “a war on Social Security” by Republicans. Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) has the Democratic party endorsement for the race. In a statement issued by her campaign, she echoed the latter sentiment. “The best way to ensure the future of Social Security as separate and protected is to fight for responsible policy and budgeting outside Social Security, thereby improving the fiscal condition of federal government and removing the made-up pressure to fix a crisis created by the very same cynical and reckless Republicans who now want to privatize this vital entitlement,” Meng’s statement said. “Social Security isn’t the problem, it’s the solution.” Lancman deflected questions about Senate Democrats also approving the cuts to the budget, and President Obama signing them into law. “The president had to have a budget,” Lancman said.

Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), who has the GOP nod in the 6th District, wasn’t impressed, and said he, like Congressman Bob Turner (R-Queens, Brooklyn), is dedicated to preserving Social Security. “The system needs fixing,” Halloran said. “We’re going to ensure that Social Security benefits are there for the people who have paid into the system. Any scare tactics being used by Democrats are just that, and no responsible legislator would use them.” Halloran said Democrats are embracing the failed polices of President Obama. Lancman and Nolan both said that if elected to Congress, Lancman would f ight to reopen the Glendale office. A number of people passing by during Monday’s press conference said they had difficulty going to the new site on Austin Street in Rego Park by public transportation. When asked where Lancman might find offsetting cuts in the Social Security Administration budget to fund the reopening of Glendale and other off ices, he said cuts would not be necessary “if we stopped obsessing about the deficit and cutting spending, and spent more time growing and stimulating the economy.” Meng on Tuesday hosted a press conference outside Forest Hills High School. She called on Congress to extend the law setting interest rates on federally-subsidized student loans at 3.4 percent. The rate is scheduled to go up to 6.8 percent on July 1 when the existing law expires. “This is an unsupportable burden that Congressional Republicans are refusing to address, preferring instead to play politics with family budgets and young people’s futures,” Meng said. She said 72 Republicans in the House voted for the 3.4 percent rate when it was introduced in 2007, and called on them to support H.R. 3826, a bill introduced by Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn) and supported by Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) and the man she is seeking to replace, Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-Queens, Nassau). Speaking at the press conference, Patrick Jordan, a student at Queensborough Community College in Bayside, said he might be paying off student loans until he is 30 if the extension does not go through. Lancman, in a statement issued by his campaign, said he has called on Congress to preserve low-interest rates for students, increase Pell Grant funding, link federal aid to a college’s keeping tuition increases down, and require colleges to fully disclose the true cost of a four-year degree. Other Democrtic candidates, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) and Dr. Robert Mittman did not Q respond to requests for comment.

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Opponents of a garbage transfer station under construction near LaGuardia Airport are pressing their case in the wake of a bird strike last week that forced a Delta flight with 179 people on board to make an emergency return to Kennedy Airport. A bird strike shortly after takeoff forced a Delta 757 to make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport with 179 people on board last Thursday afternoon. No one was hurt on April 19 as the Los Angeles-bound 757 returned to JFK with one of its two engines dead and smoke in the passenger cabin. Ken Paskar, president of Friends of LaGuardia Airport, a vocal opponent of the transfer station at College Point and party to a lawsuit to stop it, issued a statement on Friday saying that Thursday’s incident must not be taken as an isolated one. Several days later another bird strike forced an emergency landing by a JetBlue flight at Westchester Airport. “It’s crystal clear that we have a bird problem at New York’s airports and that the crisis will only get worse if the Bloomberg Administration is successful in putting a new garbage station only 735 yards from the end of runway 13/31 at LaGuardia Airport,” Paskar said. The building would be less than 2,200 feet from the end of the runway. Opponents of the project, including Jim Hall, head of the National Transportation Safety Board under President Clinton, say the garbage at the site and the rats attracted to it will draw birds that feed off them, putting even more birds into the air. Paskar said birds are intelligent, and will exploit any new source of food. “Transporting 3,000 tons of garbage a day right by the foot of a major airport runway is dangerous, if not insane,” he said. The city insists the building will be so perfectly sealed so as to not attract animals. Statistics obtained from the the Federal Aviation Administration state that aircraft operating in and out of LaGuardia reported 146 wildlife strikes in 2010 and 137 in 2011. There have been 17 this year between Jan. 1 and March 31, the last date for which there is data.

Kennedy saw 220 strikes in 2010 and 257 last year, but only four between the start of this year and March 31. The Delta pilot in Thursday’s incident notified the JFK control tower of the emergency as the plane lost its right engine. The website for Boeing, which manufactures the 757, said the plane is outfitted with two Rolls Royce or Pratt & Whitney engines. Different models can carry between 200 and 228 passengers and crew. The airline did not respond to messages

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Child Center of NY holds annual gala fter decades of dinner dances overlooking the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the Child Center of NY — a 59-year-old nonprofit serving about 17,000 children in Queens — held its first gala in Manhattan on April 18. Hosted by Natalie Morales, the news anchor of NBC’s “Today Show,” the event at Gustavino’s drew more than 400 people. The event raised more than $500,000, which helps to support the at-risk children served by the center that was founded in 1953. The center, which is based in Woodside, runs programs at 70 school and community spots around the borough. It focuses on a number of issues, including early childhood education, individual and family counseling, child abuse prevention and youth development. “We want to make Manhattan’s philanthropic community aware that most of the at-risk kids in New York City live in the outer boroughs,” Child Center President Richard Jay said of his group’s decision to move the annual event across the East River. “We work in some of the most impoverished and high-risk neighborhoods, like Jamaica, Far Rockaway and elmhurst — places many people tend not to think about.” The event honored Jack Bransfield Jr., president of Roslyn Savings Bank; Gregory Shufro, principal and senior managing director at Shufro, Rose & Co., and James Pi, Q chairman of Victoria Cruises.

Child Center supporters Tisha Auffarth, left, Ray Benatti and Georgiana Reese Benatti attend the gala.

Sandra Hagan, left, executive director of the The Child Center; Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce; and Rosaura Pagan, retail banking operations officer at New York Community Bancorp.

Members of the Child Center of NY’s South Ozone Park step team perform during the PHOTOS COURTESY THE CHILD CENTER OF NEW YORK nonprofit’s annual gala.

Natalie Morales, of NBC’s “Today Show,” presents awards to gala honorees James Pi, left; Gregory Shufro, second from right; and Jack Bransfield Jr.

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Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended May 17 and 28. Be aware that rules of metered parking, no stopping and no standing remain in effect on May 28. President Obama will swoop into town to speak at the Barnard College commencement at 12:30 p.m. May 14. While details remain unconfirmed, it’s likely the president will helicopter from JFK or LaGuardia to Randall’s Island around 11:30 a.m. and cross the RFK-Triborough Bridge, freezing traffic in both directions around noon. He’ll likely go west, taking 125th Street, which will freeze traffic in both directions as he travels toward Columbia’s campus. Expect major disruptions and extended closures on Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue between 125th and 110th streets during the ceremony. Barring additional stops, he’ll likely reverse his route around 2:30 p.m., freezing 125th Street and the RFK-Triborough Bridge in both directions. The Queensboro Bridge and West Side Highway will be the safer options for drivers Monday. Stay up-to-date with the presidential gridlock at twitter.com/GridlockSam. In non-POTUS news, the Falun Gong Parade will close Main Street in Flushing between Franklin Avenue and 40th Road, turn east onto Franklin Avenue to Kissena Boulevard and loop back up Kissena Boulevard to 40th Road, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 28. May Day! Planned Occupy Wall Street actions for May 1 start with an 8 a.m. rally in Bryant Park. At 2 p.m., protesters will march down Broadway to a 4 p.m. Union Square rally and continue with a 5:30 p.m. Broadway march to Zuccotti Park. The Five Borough Bike Tour rolls from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 6. Astoria and LIC will be

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FROM THE MAILBAG: Dear Queens Traffic Guru, My daughter and I will ride in the Five Borough New York Bike Tour May 6. We hope to drive from Forest Hills to Staten Island early on the morning of the ride. Can we use the Verrazano Narrows Bridge if we leave early? Kathy, New Hampshire Dear Kathy, According to our sources at the DOT, the upper level of the Verrazano Bridge will remain open with lanes going both ways throughout the bike tour. Good luck! Queens’ Traffic Guru Have questions on traffic, transit or a ticket you got? Want to know when Gridlock Alert Days are? Email the Queens Traffic Guru at TrafficGuruSS@qchron.net or write to Queens Traffic Guru, 611 Broadway, Suite 415, New York NY, 10012.

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Smoking disclosure called positive step Would mandate landlords to disclose policy by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

The mayor’s latest attempt to curb smoking, now in apartment buildings, has garnered the support of antismoking activists in Queens. Last week, the mayor introduced a bill that would require owners of residential buildings with three or more units to inform prospective tenants and purchasers whether smoking is allowed in apartments as well as on balconies, courtyards and rooftops. “Smoking kills and people have the right to

know if they are going to be exposed to secondhand smoke,” the mayor said in a prepared statement. “It won’t ban smoking in residential buildings, only ensure that New Yorkers can choose a smoke-free place to live.” Yvette Jackson-Buckner, borough manager for Queens Smoke-Free Partnership, which is part of the NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City, said the mayor’s plan is a step in the right direction “in giving New Yorkers, especially our Queens residents, an opportunity to make more informed choices. They can decide to

live in an environment where they will not be routinely exposed to secondhand smoke.” Of course, she would like to see a ban on smoking in apartment buildings and wants the city to take stronger action. “I am pleased and excited that this policy has been introduced,” she said, “and I see smoke-free housing as a natural next step to help protect families even more from the dangers of secondhand smoke.” If enacted, the mayor’s plan would be similar to city disclosure policies on other issues such as the history of bed bugs or lead paint

that landlords must provide to prospective dwellers. It is similar to laws that have been passed in Maine, Oregon and several municipalities across the country. Dr. Thomas Farley, the city health commissioner, noted that secondhand smoke seeping into apartments from adjacent units can exacerbate asthma and increase the risk of heart disease and lung cancer. According to the Mayor’s Office, more than 85 percent of adult New Yorkers do not smoke and less than 10 percent smoke inside their homes. However, in some buildings cigarette smoke can move quickly between apartments through cracks in walls, ceilings and floors, electrical outlets and under doors.

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Sex trafficker is sentenced A South Ozone Park man who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a 14-year-old runaway was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. Michael Summerville, 33, admitted last month that he befriended the then 14-year-old victim in January 2010 after she ran away from home, the DA said. He engaged in sexual activity with her and eventually pimped her out until she managed to escape and return home, according to Brown. However, in October 2010, the victim, then 15, ran away again and returned to Summerville’s home in South Ozone Park, where she stayed with him until the end of that month, the DA said. During that time, she was made to prostitute herself on a daily basis and forced to give all of her earnings to him, Brown said. The “sentence is more than justified and sends a clear message to others who traff ic in vulnerable and troubled teenage girls, and use them as a commodity to be sold to others for cash, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Brown said in a prepared stateQ ment issued last Thursday.

Indian Jewish Council starts Queens group seeks local, global cooperation by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

The formation of the Queens-based Indian Jewish Council was announced on April 19 as a means of bringing together two large and growing populations in the area for civic and educational ties. But Richie Lipkowitz of Briarwood, one of the founders, said the inspiration for the organization is more than two years old. “I volunteered to work on the 2010 Census, and I began meeting a lot of leaders in various ethnic communities,” he said. “I became friendly with several leaders from the south Asian community, and thought we had a lot in common.” One of those was Ashook Ramsaran, president of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin, a group dedicated to furthering ties among those of Indian heritage around the world. He and Lipkowitz were eventually able to bring in others. The mission of the organization is to strengthen the bonds between India and Israel, and to foster growth of their people around the world on economic, geopolitical, cultural and social levels. “And this is not just a local civic organization,” said Harini Bangera, a Richmond Hill resident who serves as the organization’s treasurer. “We want to reach out to people in Israel and India,” she said.

Co chairmen Richie Lipkowitz, left, and Ashook Ramsaran, and Treasurer Harini Bangera of the new Indian Jewish Council, aimed at improving community relations worldwide. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Other aims include offering a forum for people in both communities to meet; working together and exchange ideas on matters of importance to both communities; to possibly establishing a lobbying entity to help with education and promotion of the group’s projects and goals; providing funding for its initiatives; and to developing leadership pro-

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Welcoming new members The Order Sons of Italy Fiorello LaGuardia Lodge installed new members into its organization during a ceremony held April 19 at the Old Mill Yacht Club in Howard Beach. Rosemary Ciulla-Frisone, center, the lodge’s president, welcomed the new members at the installation.

Those joining the Fiorello LaGuardia Lodge include Maryann Minucci-Scudiero, left, Linda Estremo, Nick Beneduce, Elaine Bocio and Thomas Duldulao. Ciulla-Frisone, who became president in March, said she is thrilled to have new members and hopes to continue to further grow the organization.

Recently we had an ASPCA van on Forest Parkway offering spay and neutering for your pets. Now that Spring is here, it is a good time to neuter or spay your pets. Also, report animal cruelty at (212) 876-7700. Become an active member of the ASPCA and adopt a shelter pet from the ASPCA or a rescue group. You might call Bobbi and the Strays, at (718) 326-6070. In regard to humane treatment of animals, the Humane Society issues a Congressional scorecard every year. This is where Congress members are rated according to their humane votes. Our local Congress members’ high scores are: Kristin Gillibrand, 100 percent; Gary Ackerman, 100 plus; Peter King, 100 percent and Eldolphus Towns, 100 plus. New York Representatives had very high scores. In line with this, the U.S. Congressional redistricted lines have placed our Woodhaven all in one district — District 7 — where there are three candidates running. They are Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, Councilman Erick Dilan and Dan O’Connor. All of the candidates, including the three aforementioned, are invited to the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation’s Candidates Night, which will be held on Tuesday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle School, 87-49 87 St., Woodhaven, first floor. This past week I attended a Holocaust Remembrance Day, at which survivors spoke.

These special men and women, all now elderly, you would never know by meeting and speaking to them that they were survivors. They are living their lives, as we all are, with families and with very friendly upbeat attitudes. But when you hear their stories, you know that they are exceptionally strong people. It was a very inspirational evening and they filled us with hope. Mark your calendar for the social event of the year, the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation’s “Everlasting Spring” 33rd Anniversary Dinner Dance to be held on Friday, June 1, at the Cordon Bleu Caterers, 96-01 Jamaica Ave. — with our own chef. In line with this, the ladies are encouraged to wear spring colors. Our honorees are: Woman of the Year 2012, Debbie Hoffer, project director of Catholic Charities Older Adults-Woodhaven Senior Citizen Center; Man of the Year 2012, Dr. Robert Castelli, a longtime Woodhaven podiatrist and foot specialist; Business owner of the Year 2012, Michael “Mike” Brennan, owner of Mike’s Pub and Businessman of the Year 2012, Jame’ “Jimmy” Illescas, owner of the new Tropical Restaurant. This year our special recognition award goes to St. Luke’s Nursery School where so many older Woodhavenites were introduced and now our younger generation are being introduced to their ABC’s. Remember our disabled veterans and fly our American flag above all others and replace it often. May God bless our armed forces and may Q God bless our America.

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Rodriguez faces 3 1/2 to 7 years in crash that killed Maspeth tavern owner by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

The Brooklyn man accused of killing a popular Maspeth businessman in a hit-and-run accident last October faces up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty on Friday to criminally negligent homicide. Peter Rodriguez, 37, also pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal hit-and-run in the Oct. 15 accident that killed George Gibbons, the 37-year-old owner of The Gibbons Home, a Maspeth tavern.

himself get away with multiple slaps on the wrist ... As I have said before, teenagers are in high school longer than Rodriguez will probably be in state prison. And that is a shame.” The off ice of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Rodriguez was speeding. Gibbons, who was sitting in the rear seat, was thrown into the front seat by the impact of the crash and subsequently was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The driver of the livery car was hospitalized with severe head, neck and back injuries.

Rodriguez’s passenger, who Brown said initially fled the scene, returned to the site of the wreck and also was hospitalized for head injuries. A reward for Rodriguez’s arrest and conviction was offered during a one-month manhunt prompted by his fleeing the city. He was captured in Connecticut on Nov. 15 by members of the U.S. Marshal’s Regional Fugitive Task Force following a tip to the NYPD’s Crimestoppers hotline. “A local business owner tragically lost his

life in a hit-and-run crash that also injured two other individuals,” Brown said in a statement issued by his office. “No amount of words can undo the damage or pain that this defendant has caused.” Rodriguez pleaded guilty before Acting Supreme Court Justice Dorothy Chin-Brandt. She could give Rodriguez 3 1/2 to seven years when he is sentenced on May 7. Bernadette Gibbons said her family and supporters intend to be present and offer stateQ ments prior to sentencing.

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Gibbons, who also worked as a DJ, was riding along the service road to the Long Island Expressway at about 6:50 a.m. when the livery car he was in was hit head-on by a 2002 Chrysler Sebring being driven the wrong way on the one-way street by Rodriguez. More than 70 people showed at the courthouse on Friday, wearing green to show support. In a statement issued by the family, George Gibbons’ sister Bernadette said it was a hollow victory. “Although we are pleased that Rodriguez finally admitted to what he did, we will never be satisfied with the amount of time that he is realistically going to serve in jail,” she said. “It is unfortunate that career criminals like

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Vallone seeks laws against illicit meds by Janne Louise Andersen Chronicle Contributor

Representing the borough that in the past year filled 256,032 oxycodone prescriptions alone — a 16 percentage hike from 2010, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) is taking action, pushing city efforts to combat the infestation of illicit prescription druguse in the city. On Wednesday, the Committee on Public Safety chaired by Vallone held a public hearing to learn about the law enforcement efforts to end the epidemic. Committee member Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) was also part of the board to examine a pre-considered resolution calling on the state legislature to strengthen penalties for illicit trade of noncontrolled prescription drugs. In our previous coverage of the problem, the Queens Chronicle showed how abuse and illicit sales of controlled substances such as opioid painkillers has taken hold of both adults and teens across the city and is keeping law enforcement busy. But whereas opioid painkillers is the most abused drug, the police is discovering that other drugs that require a prescription from the doctor, such as medication for HIV, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure and erectile dysfunction are also increasingly being abused and sold on the black market around the city. “The problem is the abundant supply,” said Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan. Her unit was initially set up to fight the sale of

Push for bills on prescription drugs heroin, but with the emergwhen doctors are blaming the ing trend of illicit sales of patients and vice versa. That prescription drugs, the unit is why he supports Attorney f ind itself insuff iciently General Schneiderman’s Iequipped to handle the relaSTOP bill, an online datatively new category of drug base what will require docdiversion. Instead of dealing tors and pharmacists to registhese drugs for recreational ter all prescriptions and make purposes, as is the case with prescrition fraud diff icult. the opioids, the nonconThe I-STOP bill is also suptrolled prescription medicaported in Vallone’s resolution is often diverted in proftion. it-generating Medicaid fraud But other tools are also schemes. needed to hold dealers and “Drugs have become like a fraudulent patients accountcurrency,” Brennan said and Special Narcotics Prosecutor Brid- able. described how pharmacies get Brennan testifies Wednesday. The Queens District AttorPHOTO BY JANNE LOUISE ANDERSEN ney’s Office has been wirewill sell pills to a Medicaid recipient who will then resell tapping suspects of drug them to a street dealer, who will sell them to a diversion since 2001. stash house that ends up selling them back to “In the beginning it was merely white midthe pharmacy. Oftentimes the drugs have by dle-class males in their 20s who mainly got it then expired, ruined due to nonproper storage, from the Internet or from Canada,” Philip or been altered totally. Anderson, assistant district attorney of Queens The only part not making prof it on this said. “Today it cuts across all classes.” scheme is the state. This year the Queens DA has so far recovPaul Mahony from the Medicaid Fraud Con- ered 3,100 pills from arrests. In 2010 they made trol Unit said that prescription fraud so far has 30 arrests, and in one of them $4 million in pills cost the state more than $1 billion. were recovered in Yonkers. “It’s almost a perfect crime from that perBut the DA couldn’t prosecute because the spective,” Mahony said and explained that pills were not controlled substances. legally it gets hard to hold anyone accountable “I am amazed you could find 20,000 pills

and not be able to do anything about it,” Vallone exclaimed at the hearing. Mahony nodded along with Brennan and Anderson. “We face significant hurdles,”Brennan said and added that the one of the problems is proving when practitioners, pharmacists or patients are acting in bad faith.” “I can’t charge anybody with anything since there’s no crime for possessing these drugs,” Anderson said after the hearing. They all believe that the high amount of noncontrolled prescription drugs crimes could be lowered if the penalties were harder. That is what the commitee resolution is supposed to change. It’s calling upon the New York State Assembly to pass two bills by Senator Kemp Hannon and Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnel that would amend the Penal Law to make fraudulent prescription, dispensing and procurement of noncontrolled substance prescription medications just as illegal as if they had been controlled medications — a punishment that amounts to a class C felony and not simply a misdemeanor. Currently the Penal Law does not address the issue of sale or possession of noncontrolled prescription drugs. With the prospect of the pending legislation passing, Brennan thinks it’s possible to significantly reduce the availability of the prescription drugs. “I am actually optimistic because there are so many people involved in the effort now,” she said but added, “most of the work that needs to be done is with the medical profession. Doctors Q really need to be sensitized to the issue.”

TLC OKs livery hails; taxi owners hit back Lawsuit claims ‘Outer Borough’ regs violate contract and city ordinances by Michael Gannon

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The Taxi and Limousine Commission has approved new regulations that would allow up to 18,000 livery car owners to eventually pick up street hails in the outer boroughs and upper Manhattan. The vote came two days after a pre-emptive strike by medallion taxi owners, who have filed a law suit in Manhattan to stop the TLC from issuing the new permits. The vote followed a public hearing held in Brooklyn on April 19, and came two days after the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade and five taxi medallion owners filed suit in New York County Supreme Court to stop the new rules. The regulations will allow livery car owners, who right now are not permitted to take street hails anywhere in the city, to purchase permits to do so in northern Manhattan and the outer boroughs, which the TLC alleges are underserved by yellow cabs. A spokesman for the TLC said in a telephone interview on Tuesday that they intend to begin selling the new licenses in June. Under old rules, livery cars were only allowed to m=pick up passengers by appointment. Medallion cabs has exclusive rights to cruise for street hails. The new permits would specifically bar livery cab drivers from picking up fares in the busiest parts of Manhattan or at Kennedy and LaGuardia airports. Those areas will remain off limits to all but yellow medallion cabs. But the TLC and the city claims that medallion drivers tended to stay in central and lower Manhattan and the airports. Many drivers would illegally refuse fares to northern

Manhattan and the outer boroughs. “We are seeing the birth of a whole new service today that will allow communities throughout the f ive boroughs to enjoy,” said TLC Chairman David Yassky .” Michael Woloz, spokesman for the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade said the TLC is effectively damaging the value of the medallions for which his members have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece, often through costly bank financing. “Let’s say you went to a medallion auction in 2007,” Woloz said. “The TLC is going around the city saying ‘This is a good investment!’” He said the TLC has stressed the exclusivity clause as a selling point, and that owners, in deciding to invest in one or more medallions, were relying on the good faith of the TLC and the city to enforce the long-standing exclusivity clause for street hails, and say the livery car regulations reduce the value of the medallions and amount to a taking of value. “You expect that is a legally protected right,” he said. As for the contention that some areas are not well-served, Woloz acknowledged that taxis tend to gravitate toward midto lower Manhattan and the airports. He said there already are regulations and penalties in place for drivers who refuse to take passengers anywhere within New York City and some parts of Nassau County, up to and including loss of the medallion. He also said they were in talks with the TLC and the city on how to have more cabs in the outer boroughs. “Nobody is claiming the current system is perfect,” he said. “No one is saying there isn’t a problem in Bayside with no cabs regularly based there, or in some parts of the Bronx ... There are a dozen ways to do that without damaging or

destroying the value of the medallions,” Woloz said. He said current medallions have outstanding financing of $5 billion. The 33-page lawsuit also alleges that the mayor did an end run around city home rule regulations by going to the state legislature to pass the Outer Borough law; and that it did not conduct required environmental and economic impact studies. It claims that for as little as $1,500, livery drivers gain access to a market that medallion owners have paid up to $1 million for. It also says that the city has never adequately enforced the illegal street pickups by livery cars over the past decades. Owners of paratransit vehicles, such as ambulettes fitted to transport the handicapped, also may apply for the new permits. And in fact, they are essential to it’s success. The law signed by Gov. Cuomo requires that out of every 1,000 of the new permits issued, 200 must be for vehicles that are equipped to transport wheelchairs and the handicapped. “The state law is very clear in that aspect,” Woloz said, adding that an existing federal lawsuit is challenging the taxi and livery car accessibility issue in New York City as a whole. The TLC spokesman said “there will be demand for both” types of permits in sufficient numbers, and that they are proceeding with the sale. Should the plan survive its legal challenges, the city and TLC still will have to work out some fine details. All the eligible livery cars, for example, will be one color that has yet to be chosen. They will all will be required to have the same meters and charge the same fares as taxis. They also will have to add proper outside lights and signs. Q

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Transit retiree gives his home a makeover, thanks to Housing Rehabilitation Assistance be finished. Formerly a bit drab, it now features new granite countertops and complementary floor tiles in soft, eye-pleasing earthtones, rich real-wood cabinets, a ceramic brick backsplash and wall treatment, a gleaming stainless steel stove, new lighting, energy-efficient windows and a new door. “I love these cabinets; they still smell like wood,” Soto said as he made himself dinner one recent night. “These are not the cabinets you buy in your local Home Depot. And the ceramic brick is beautiful; it’s a beautiful selection.” It’s not just the parts you see that have been upgraded, though. The HRA-approved crew removed and replaced all the walls, the floor, the joists below it and the ceiling. Because the home had settled over the years, when they replaced the rafters they also had to raise the floor. To make up for the difference, they then lifted the ceiling a little, allowing those new wood cabinets to fit as well as they do. Since the kitchen juts out of the rear of the house, and none of the secondfloor rooms are above it, they were able to make the adjustments without causing any other issues. That’s how it is with the contractors HRA suppor ts — they respond to whatever unique needs a client has. The only thing Soto decided to change after the kitchen was done was the color of the door, so he was repainting that when he received a visitor recently. Soto just couldn’t resist getting in on the work somehow. “I love projects,” he said. In the foyer, which looks out over the hilly street, the crew removed the old ceiling, walls and front windows. They replaced any beams that had rotted because of the

Soto’s HRA-approved contractors replaced inefficient windows in the foyer with a beautiful new bay window, adding tremendously to his home’s curb appeal.

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Rich wood cabinets, granite countertops and ceramic brick make Tito Soto’s kitchen more inviting than it’s ever been. leak and put in a beautiful new bay window that gives the home’s curb appeal a major boost. Since there’s nothing like a first impression, that window alone will have a big impact on prospective buyers. “It’s a tremendous, tremendous difference,” he said. “Without a doubt, just seeing it adds value to the house.” Like many HRA clients, Soto found out about the program through a card that came in the mail. Deciding it was worth checking out, he called and met with HRA representatives, who explained how the program works. “T hey were ver y amiable,”

he said. “They make you feel comfortable, because it is a big investment.” He received financial assistance for the window treatments and help with getting the loan that covered most of the project, and has remained in touch with his HRA representative as the work continues. “I would recommend them to anybody,” Soto said. To find out if you qualify for the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance program, just call HRA toll-free at 866-791-6302. Tell them you read about the great job they’re doing for Tito Soto, and they’ll be sure to give you the same level of excellent service.

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HRA-approved contractors are done to the homeowner’s satisfaction.” Soto cer tainly is. “I’m quite pleased with the work and would definitely recommend them to anybody interested in spending a little money to fix up their house,” he said. Soto’s home, built in 1920 in a hilly section of the Bronx, provides a perfect example of how utilizing HRA can help the homeowner. Though solid overall, it had a roof that leaked for years, a drafty foyer, some bad floor joists and a small kitchen that needed a modern makeover. It wasn’t that Soto wanted to upgrade the home he’s lived in for 27 years just for himself. With his daughter and his grandchildren having moved out for a place in the suburbs a few years ago, he’s decided it’s getting near time to sell. So he needed more curb appeal and a more inviting interior, one where the kitchen and foyer matched the quality of other rooms he remodeled himself over the years. He will miss his home, but Soto has been retired for nearly 23 years and says it’s time to move to an apartment where someone else can take care of the maintenance. “I’m fixing it up for the next owner,” he said. “It’s cozy and I love it, and if it wasn’t for the snow and the grass and everything else, I’d stay here. But I don’t need a house. It’s just me; the kids are gone, and it’s time to move on.” Until he does sell, Soto’s enjoying a new level of comfort and style provided by those HRAapproved workers he’s so glad to be employing. The first thing they did was replace the roof, taking care of the leaks. On the inside, the kitchen was the first part of the project to

Tito Soto likes to see people working, especially in these difficult times. So when he decided it was time to do major renovations on his house — more than he could do himself, though he’s always working on some project or another — he was glad to hire the crew of construction workers that has been doing the job. “They’re hardworking guys, very hardworking guys,” said Soto, who learned something about hard work during his 32 years as an electrician for the MTA. “I’m happy to be putting people to work with the way the economy is. I told them every day, ‘I’m glad to see you guys working.’” Soto didn’t select the crew all on his own, however. The company was prescreened for him by the group that helped make the entire project — and the jobs it created — possible: Housing Rehabilitation Assistance. HRA is the organization that’s helping homeowners all over the city and on Long Island do the home renovations of their dreams, by not just screening for the best contractors but working with banks to get the loans for major projects, finding extra financial assistance for clients who qualify, explaining the tax breaks that come with energy-efficient door and window treatments and new insulation — and ensuring that the job is always done right by holding contractors’ payments in escrow until clients certify that they’re absolutely satisfied. “The services offered by the HRA extend beyond just financial assistance for home improvement projects,” an administrator with the program explains. “We have implemented numerous processes to ensure that projects completed by

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Our hometown heroes for 50 years by Joseph Levy Chronicle Contributor

Win or lose, the New York Mets are beloved here in Queens. And lose is what they often did early on, dropping more than 100 games a year but drawing record crowds to Shea Stadium soon after it opened in 1964. Last week in Part I of my series, “Our hometown heroes for 50 years,” I recapped their first year, 1962, along with recalling some of the team’s high and low points throughout the past five decades. This week recaps the 1963 through 1966 seasons. The Mets by the years: 1963 Record: 51-111, 10th in the National League. In their second and final year at the Polo Grounds, the Mets’ losing ways continue. The young club endures 22 straight road losses and losing streaks of 15 and 13 games. Al Jackson leads the pitching staff with a 1317 record, while Carl Willey goes 9-14 with a fine ERA of 3.10. Roger Craig loses 18 in a row en route to a 5-22 record. Rookie Ron Hunt leads the club with a .272 batting average; Jim Hickman leads in homers with 17 and Frank Thomas leads in RBIs with 60. The first Mayor’s Trophy Game between the Mets and Yankees is won by the Mets 6-2 at Yankee Stadium; the club also introduces Banner Day. The season is highlighted by two walk-off grand slams: Tim Harkness’ base-clearing shot in the bottom of the 14th gives the Mets an unbelievable 8-6 win over Chicago on June 26, and on Aug. 9, Jim Hickman’s slammer in the bottom of the 9th gives the Mets a 7-3 win, also over

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Shea Stadium was six weeks old when this shot was taken during a night game against the Giants PHOTO COURTESY NYC on May 29, 1964. The Mets won 4-2, improving their record to 13-30. Chicago, to end Craig’s losing streak. On Sept. 18, the Polo Grounds plays host to its last baseball game as the Mets lose to

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1964 Record: 53-109, 10th in the National League. Shea Stadium opens for business and plays host to the All-Star game, won by the National League 7-4. The Mets’ Ron Hunt is the starting second baseman in the game. Other memorable games include a double header loss to San Francisco on May 31, with the second game going 23 innings, starting at 4:05 and ending at 11:28. Three weeks later, Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning pitches a perfect game at Shea, winning 6-0. Jackson again leads the Mets staff in wins with 11; Tracy Stallard leads in ERA at 3.78, while going 10-20. Charley Smith leads the lineup with 20 home runs; Hunt at .303 and Joe Christopher .300 give the Mets a pair of .300 hitters — Christopher hits 16 home runs and drives in 76 runs. Roy McMillan, acquired early in the season to play shortstop, helps tighten the defense. Despite their losing record, the Mets draw a whopping 1,732,597 fans to Shea Stadium, second only to the defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, and more than 400,000 more than the pennant-winning Yankees.

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Sudan consulate employee’s wife shot, lives A woman whose husband works at the Sudanese Consulate’s office in Manhattan was hit by a stray bullet on April 17 in Astoria, according to an NYPD public relations officer. Mawahad Elbahi, 31, was carrying her 1-year-old son. Her 3-year-old daughter was following close behind. Neither child was hit, according to published reports. The bullet struck her in the arm on the corner of 32st Avenue and 21st Street,

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Rotary Club of Southwest Queens and Our Lady of Grace host brunch The Rotary Club of Southwest Queens and Our Lady of Grace Church will host a “chocolate lovers brunch” on Sunday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, which benefits the rotary and the church’s food pantry, will be held in the school hall adjacent to the Our Lady of Grace Church at 101st Street and 159th Avenue in Howard Beach.

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1966 Record: 66-95, ninth in the National League. With Westrum as manager, the Mets avoid the cellar for the first time, and also avoid 100 losses for the first time. Dennis Ribant enjoys a fine season, going 11-9 with a 3.20 ERA, backed up by Bob Shaw (11-10) and Jack Fisher (11-14). Ron Hunt, in his last year with the Mets, leads the club with a .288 average; Ed Kranepool hits 16 homers and veteran Ken Boyer has 61 RBIs. The Mets set a New York Q City attendance record of 1,932,693.

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continued from page 4 “I’ve been hearing this is already decided, that this is a dog and pony show,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said. Quoting John Adams, the second president of the United States, Addabbo urged the city to reconsider its plans to shut the school and change its name. “John Adams said, ‘Let us dare to read, think, speak and write,’” Addabbo said. “I don’t think John Adams would be very happy about what’s going on here tonight, and I’m not either.” Deputy Schools Chancellor Laura Rodriguez, who is retiring this year after working in city education for 34 years, said the city wants to overhaul John Adams because, “we are seeking to rapidly create a school environment that will prepare students for college, career and life. “Some data indicates some elements of John Adams are worth incorporating in the new school,” Rodriguez continued. “It appears to have some success in graduating English language learners — 66 percent of English language learners graduated in four years.” She also cited low graduation rates as a persistent problem, though school officials said their rates have gone up significantly — about 17 percent over the last five years. The school had a 64.2 percent graduation rate last year, and it is expected to hit more than 70 percent this year. The school has received one B and two Cs

on the last three report cards. The DOE has been — and continues to be — no agreement said it flags schools for closure when they reached between the union and the city on a have received a D, F or three Cs in a row on new annual evaluation system for teachers. “We cannot allow the DOE and mayor to the progress reports. School officials also said they expect John play political games with this school,” CounAdams to be removed from the state’s list of cilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said. “You persistently low-achieving schools this year know who failed this school? The mayor and due to its improvement. Because John Adams, chancellor. Where are they tonight?” Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and the other Queens schools pegged for cloalso lambasted the sure, were placed on plan, saying City Hall the state’s PLA list, aims to close schools the city was forced to it has seriously underchoose one of four ou know who failed this funded for years. federally-mandated “The city continues programs for the school? The mayor and to take away funding institutions, which chancellor. Where are from our schools,” included closure or Miller said. “This partnering the they tonight?” results in cutting schools with educational nonprofits. The — Councilman Eric Ulrich important programs and services, such as city last year chose sports and fine arts, the latter, and the after-school prononprof its began working with the schools at the beginning of grams, remedial services, and psychological and counseling support. Because we have this school year. Each of the schools began to record taken away the essential services our students progress, but in January Bloomberg need to succeed, and their performance has announced he planned to implement the more dropped, the blame has fallen on our teachers. aggressive federal program that included But we have increased our requirements for standardized testing, created a dubious replacing teachers. A number of educators and legislators have teacher evaluation system, and given teachers accused Bloomberg of doing this to retaliate more and more out-of-classroom assignments. against the teachers’ union because there had Now, Department of Education bureaucrats

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are coming in and telling our teachers how unsuccessful they are and how they should do their jobs.” Alongside Ulrich and Miller, a number of other neighborhood leaders spoke out against the plan, including Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton and Richmond Hill South Civic Association Margaret Finnerty. Braton noted that the community board supported the casino at Aqueduct in part because it generates millions of dollars specifically for education in the state. “We expect you’ll be able to find monies to support the school closest to that facility,” said Braton, who graduated from John Adams 50 years ago. Finnerty, also an alumna of John Adams, said any change to the school’s name “will be a total slap in the face” to the community. Finnerty’s civic raised more than $23,000 for an electronic sign for John Adams in 2007 in memory of Kelvin DeBourgh Jr., 23, a John Adams alumnus who was killed while operating an AirTrain that derailed on a curve during a test at JFK Airport in 2002. Whatever happens, students, teachers and civic leaders said, they will consider themselves members of “the Adams family.” “I am not a failure; my students aren’t failures; the teachers aren’t failures; the administrators aren’t failures,” said Keith Scalia, an English teacher. “John Adams isn’t a failure. Q So who’s failing?”

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continued from page 4 and education. Addabbo also said he does not believe the more conservative district — which still includes more registered Democrats than Republicans — will make a difference in the election’s outcome. “I’ve been in public service long enough to know that I represent people,” Addabbbo said. “And if it’s a conservative district, the people will reach out to me and give me their views, and that’s the voice I take back to Albany.” It took merely minutes after Ulrich’s announcement before Republicans and Democrats jumped to back their respective candidates. Even the Queens County Republicans, with whom Ulrich has sparred and said did not back him in his previous election, have said they are throwing their weight behind the councilman. “For the past four years, we’ve been encouraging, enticing and cajoling Eric to take on Addabbo because Addabbo has been a great disappointment to the people of Queens,” said Vince Tabone, executive vice chairman of the Queens GOP. “We’re very excited Eric is taking this step.” While Republicans pointed out that Addabbo has about $1,685 on hand for his campaign, Democrats said the party will funnel funds into the race. “Few public servants have done more than Sen. Joe Addabbo to stand up for the work-

ing families of Queens,” said Josh Cherwin, executive director of the New York Senate Democrats. “For years Joe has been a tireless advocate on behalf of the people he represents, which is why voters continue to return him to the office by significant margins. We expect the same to happen this year.” Like their Queens counterparts, state Republicans said they too are pleased Ulrich has jumped in the race. “We think he’ll be a top-flight challenger,” said Scott Reif, a spokesman for the Senate Republicans. “He’s done a lot of good things in the City Council. We think he has a strong chance of winning the seat.” But Nick Roloson, president of the Queens County Young Democrats, said Addabbo has wide support. Roloson also disagreed with Ulrich that Addabbo’s support for marriage equality would hurt him in the election. “Joe stood up for values I think everybody can get behind,” Roloson said. “… Marriage equality is something everyone will eventually agree with.” Roloson did recognize that the district seems more conservative-leaning with redistricting. “The redistricting process was very friendly to the conservatives,” Roloson said. “They drew it so it would be easier for a Republican to challenge Joe, and I’m sure they had marriage equality on their minds Q when they did that.”

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He went to New York in 1955 and met his wife, Natalie, who he married two years later. The Friedlanders, who now reside in Lindenwood, have two sons, a married granddaughter, and a two-year old great grandson. Religious leaders at the service stressed the importance of remembering the Holocaust. “It is important that we remember, he said, that we never forget the depth of evil that we are capable of,” said Monsignor Al LoPinto, pastor of St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Howard Beach. “Because it is only by remembering it we continue to take the steps to assure that it never happens again.” “So that is our fervent prayer, that it never Q happens again,” LoPinto continued.

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Distraught over a dark secret from his past being revealed by the media, longtime political functionary and retired teacher Jeff Gottlieb of Flushing quit the race for the 6th Congressional seat on April 19. Gottlieb, 70, had been one of six candidates for the Democratic nomination for the newly redrawn district, which will represent a broad swath of Queens running from Ridgewood in the southwest through areas including Kew Gardens and Fresh Meadows to Oakland Gardens in the northeast. He handed his candidacy over to Stephen Green, an attorney from Rosedale and member of the JFK Democratic Club. The move was made under a process by which a candidate can turn over the signatures gathered for his nominating petitions to someone else, according to a source close to the campaign. Gottlieb dropped out of the race, through the “declination” of the petitions gathered for him, because of the revelation that he had purposely set fire to his own apartment in 1971, said the source, a longtime political consultant. He characterized the incident — in which Gottlieb used gasoline as fuel, destroyed the apartment and damaged others

After-school program cuts continued from page 2 safe haven where they can gain successful outcomes. We are deeply concerned that they’re working more than one job. “These so-called affluent areas have many the loss of these programs will destabilize kids who are low-income,” said Jim O’Neill, neighborhoods and erode all of the imporpresident of the Sports and Arts in School tant accomplishments that now characterFoundation, which is based in Woodside but ize them.” A number of officials spoke against the operates free after-school sites throughout the mayor’s proposal, includfive boroughs, including ing Borough President at PS 116 in Jamaica. Helen Marshall, Assem“These are free programs blywoman Grace Meng that parents need. They hese cuts will be (D-Flushing), Councilcannot afford to send man Mark Weprin (Dtheir children to any other devastating to the Oakland Gardens), program.” working families Assemblyman Rory David Slotnick, proLancman (D-Fresh gram director of youth of Queens.” Meadows), and Donovan and camping services at the Samuel Field Y, which — David Slotnick, Samuel Field Y Richards, a representative from the office of runs the Beacon facility Councilman James at MS 158, stressed that the programs not only offer recreational oppor- Sanders (D-Laurelton). “Youngsters who attend these programs do tunities — such as sports, music and art — but a wide variety of programs designed to help better in school, are more likely to graduate and have lower incidents of violence, drug children with schoolwork. “These cuts will be devastating to the abuse and teen pregnancy,” Marshall said. Weprin emphasized that the programs are working families of Queens, who rely on Beacon programs to operate during school days, “essential in middle-class neighborhoods school holidays and summers,” Slotnick said. where parents are working,” and Lancman said “The Beacon programs have been very suc- “after-school programs are every bit as imporcessful in addressing the needs of the commu- tant as what happens during the school day.” Meng agreed, saying the cuts “would be a nity by ensuring that at-risk youth, and youth Q that weren’t achieving their potential, have a slap in the face to all working parents.”

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he series, put on by the Guggenheim, is like any other day walking around Jackson Heights or sitting with friends in their apartment, except, well... you don’t know these people and at each location there’s an author or actor waiting with a story in mind to tell you. Stillspotting NYC is a two-year-long project that takes museum-goers with a map in hand to city streets. They will hear stories from writers including poets, professors, a chaplain and a pair of rappers. For this edition of Stillspotting NYC: Queens, called Transhistoria, the architects at New York-based Solid Objectives–Idenburg Liu — that found locations and writers for the event — bring visitors to Jackson Heights.

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Ticket holders take two-hour self-guided tours starting from the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Ave. transit hub on 75th Street and Broadway. Guests choose four of six locations to visit on their tour. A family program will be offered May 5 from 12 to 3p.m. with a story written for the little ones and adults alike. Visit the project’s website for more information. Stillspotting participant Roger Sedarat said writers were prompted by the questions: “How do New Yorkers escape the intensity of the city? We are interested in a story about transition and making a place in one’s home through language,” and “What connection does this story have to the ideas of stillness and quiet?” Continued onpage page continued on 49

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An exhibit titled “Interwoven Worlds: Exploring Domestic and Nomadic Life in Turkey,” organized by Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum, will be on view at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. through April 30. Exhibit hours are Wednesday to Friday, noon to 5 p.m.

You Gotta Believe, a community-based older child adoption agency, is looking for families who would be willing to provide love and nurturing to a child in the foster care system. Join the agency on Sundays at 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 St., Jamaica. The next session will be on April 15. (No meeting on April 8).

Joseph LoGuirato’s sketched collection of historic structures around the city will run through June 30 at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14 Rd., College Point. Call for hours: (718) 358-0067.

FOR KIDS Flushing Meadows Soap Box Derby has begun registering participants for this year’s Soap Box derby event. Registration can be obtained online at aasbd.org or GNB Auto Repair, 85-05 Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights on Fridays between 6 and 8 p.m. Applicants must be between the ages of 8 and 17 years. A copy of a birth certificate must accompany the application or another document affirming proof of age. Kits may be obtained from the All-American or through sponsorship from the Flushing Meadow Organization.

AUDITIONS The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates. The Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra has openings in oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and bass sections. Auditions will be held during the regular rehearsals of the orchestra on Wednesday from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Interested players should contact the conductor, Franklin Verbsky at (718) 374-1627 or (516) 785-2532.

THEATRE Face Off Unlimited presents “Improvius Maximus” at The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Some of the best improv teams from all corners of the land gather to compete. Saturday performances: April 28 and May 5 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets $10 at door or online at secrettheatre.com, or call box office at (718) 392-0722. APAC Performing Arts Center presents the musical “The Secret Garden,” May 3-19 on Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St., Astoria. Tickets are $18, $12 seniors/students. Visit apacny.org or call (866) 811-4111.

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The Andrean Players present “The Music Man” on Fridays, April 27 and May 4 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, April 28 and May 5 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, April 29 and May 6 at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew Avellino Church Andrean Hall, entrance on the corner of Northern Boulevard and 157 Street, Flushing. Tickets are: Adults $18, seniors and children $15. Call Sally at (917) 753-8410. The Gingerbread Players will cap their 2011-12 season with Performances of “Annie,” the classic musical at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills on Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 28, at 2:30 p.m.; and Sunday, April 29, at 2:30 p.m. For reservations, call (718) 268-7772, or visit gingerbreadplayers.org.

MUSIC Presbyterian Church of St. Albans, 190-04 119 Ave., presents New Vision’s second annual Tribute to the Gospel Legends Concert on Saturday, April 28 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $20; children under 12-$10. For tickets contact M. Greene (347) 351-8036 or S. Henningham (718) 749-4084.

Anissa Gathers performs in “Caribe” at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside on Saturday, April 28 at 8 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY THALIA SPANISH THEATRE

Celebrate spring with music at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, on Saturday, April 28 at 8 p.m. Anissa Gathers, in “Caribe,” Caribbean songs from Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and Sunday, April 29 at 4 p.m. Romantic Latin Songs. Tickets $25 for one concert: for both concerts $44. Information and tickets (718) 729-3880. Craig Williams, organist and choirmaster at the Cadet Chapel of U.S. Military Academy, West Point, will give a recital on Sunday, April 29 at 5 p.m. at St. Mary RC Church, 10-08 49 Ave., Long Island City. The Ben Allison Band will perform a free jazz concert on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Wayne Newton, Mr. Las Vegas, will perform at the QCC Performing Arts Center, 222-5 56 Ave. in Bayside on Sunday, April 29 at 3 p.m. All seats $55. Call (718) 631-6311.

FLEA MARKETS A spring fair will be held on Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s International Lutheran Church, 263 Street and Union Turnpike, featuring vendors, white elephants, wholesale jewelry and baked goods. A flea market to support autism will be held on Sunday, April 29 at the Robin Sue Ward School for Exceptional Children, 56-37 188 St. from 9 a.m.-3 pm. The American Martyrs CWV Post will hold its annual parish-wide garage sale on Saturday, April 28 in the church basement, at Bell Boulevard and Union Turnpike, Bayside, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Josaphat’s R.C. Church of Bayside will hold a flea market plus ethnic Polish bake sale on Sunday, April 29 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 35 Avenue and 210 Street, Bayside.

All Saint’s Church, 43-12 46 St., Sunnyside, is having a spring rummage sale on Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

LECTURES Over breakfast, Charles Agin will break the Michelangelo Code on Sunday, April 29 at 10 a.m. at the Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd. The cost of the breakfast and lecture: $7 and nonmembers $10. Join theater historian Cezar Del Valle as he traces the development of the movie theater and the part it played in the neighborhood, from the earliest examples in the 1890s to the multiplexes of today, on Sunday, April 29 at 2:30 p.m. at the Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. Cost is $5 members/$8 nonmembers.

HEALTH A walk-a-thon and health fair will be held on Saturday, April 28 at York College, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event will be outside at the track and field on 160th Street between Liberty Avenue and South Road.

MEETINGS Queens Best Toastmakers Club meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month from 10 a.m. to noon at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference Room, 79-01 Broadway. AARP Chapter 2889 meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at noon at the Elks Lodge, 82-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. New members are welcome. Topics: May 2, performances by AARP Chorus; May 16, music by John Larosa. Ozone Park AARP Chapter 4163 meets the last Tuesday of the month at noon at Christ Lutheran

Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, announces its bilingual theatre movement and dance for children workshop, incorporating Flamenco and Mexican folkloric movement and dance. Classes are now through to June 23 from 10 a.m. to noon. The workshop concludes with a performance of a piece created and performed by the children at Thalia Spanish Theatre. The free is $150 total; there is a discount for families who enroll several children. The age group is from 5-12 years old. For information and reservations contact Soledad Lopez or Kathryn Giaimo at (718) 729-3880, or visit the website at thaliatheatre.org.

CLASSES The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has expanded its GED preparation program to include free adult classes. Tracks vary in length from 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance test results. Contact the YW and sign up for the next placement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at (718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserve your placement exam seat. The About Boating Safety class will be taught by qualified U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors from Flotilla 12-01 at Fort Totten in Bayside, on Saturdays, April 28 and May 19. This one-day class will cover various aspects of safe boating for power boats, sail boats and personal watercraft. The class will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The fee is $65, learning materials included. Pre-registration is required for driving a car on the base Fort Totten. For information, call Mike Kaff at (917) 952-7014, Ralph Traub at (646) 418-1239 or email 12-01@verizon.net. The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes, all mediums. Daytime and evening adult classes are offered Monday-Friday; daytime children’s classes are offered during the weekend. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue. Cost: $75 for adults, for four sessions, $75 for children for eight sessions. Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709.

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Symphony celebrates Queens’ diversity by Josey Bartlett qboro Editor

Those of us familiar with Queens know the diversity of the borough we love and call home. There are the 138 reported languages spoken throughout the neighborhoods. Also look at the food; on one busy block there’s the gyro shop next to an Italian bread shop next to the Polish deli. The mix of cultures is evident.

The Queens Symphony Orchestra has been celebrating these cultures with a three weekend festival, “1001 Voices: Discover the Immigrant Experience in Queens.”

1001 Voices

When: Concert: April 29, 3 p.m. (preview concert lecture April 26 6 p.m. at Hillcrest Library) Where: Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing Tickets: Free queenssymphony.org (718) 570-0909

The free festival not only included events each weekend beginning on April 14, but also linked 72 other cultural organizations together via QSO pamphlets and its website. “It’s free, as to reach more people. The festival shouldn’t be just about the symphony, but about Queens,” said QSO Executive Director Lynda Herndon. It may be the festival’s first year, but the symphony has put on a three-show series — just not all in the same month— every year for going on 59 years. “By the time we reach 75 we hope we will become a staple in the borough. So everyone can know to come to Queens for this festival and have Queens be a cultural staple,” said Herndon. The festival ends this Sunday, April 29 with a multimedia symphony performance, which bears the festival’s name: “1001 Voices.” The symphony is about migration and finding home. Audience members will hear poetic text, original scores and ethnic instruments and view artistic projections. QSO Music Director Constantine Kitsopoulos began working with Judith Sloan, who put together a book of

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The Queens Symphony Orchestra rehearses for it’s Saturday performance of “Songs of a PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT Wayfarer” at Flushing Town Hall. immigrant stories from Queens called “Crossing the BLVD,” on the symphony piece in 2009. These immigrant stories are the backbone of the theme. The duo also worked with Sloan’s husband, Warren Lehrer, and animator Brandon Campbell to create an animation and graphics to go with the show.

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Production of ‘Annie’ pleases crowd by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

The Gingerbread Players of Saint Luke’s Church in Forest Hills should get a prize as the most child-friendly community theater group in Queens. With their current production of the perennial favorite “Annie,” they continue their tradition of reserving an entire front row of preschool size chairs for the toddlers in the audience. At intermission, they sell freshly baked namesake cookies. Also the program comes equipped with an informative glossary of references made in the show that enriches the theater-going experience of the younger set. And, of course, the stage is completely filled with young people, in this case nearly

‘Annie’ When: April 27 at 7:30 p.m. April 28-29 at 2:30 p.m. Where: Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills Tickets: $12 ($10 for groups of six or more) (718) 268-7772

two dozen “Little Girls,” to name one of the show’s many humorous songs, not to mention a handful of boys playing an assortment of roles. Lest one get the impression that this is an all-children’s production, rest assured that there are plenty of older folks along for this fun ride. For those still somehow uninitiated, the show, which introduced the anthem-like “Tomorrow” to the world, has music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin and a book by Thomas Meehan that is based on the comic strip, “Little Orphan Annie,” and focuses on the title character and her efforts to find her parents. Along the way she befriends a loyal companion, a dog she names Sandy, and finally finds refuge, and, one can rest assured, happiness in the home of the filthy rich Oliver Warbucks. Think of this as the sister show to that other classic musical about orphans, “Oliver!” Purists will balk, perhaps, that in this goround, Daddy Warbucks is not bald, and, even more shockingly, Annie does not have a mop of bright red hair. But it’s not likely that anyone sitting in that front row would mind in the least.

The cast of “Annie” performing at the Saturday matinee show. Nor are they going to care that in this staging the show’s villainess, Miss Hannigan, is Asian and much younger than typically portrayed, especially since her interpreter, Ngan Ping Chiang, is such a

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The Guggenheim leads tours of Jackson Hghts. continued continued from from page page 45 00 which represents his stillspot. One excerpt from Sedarat’s story “My Dinner with Joe & A “stillspot” was different for each author, but in his or her own way it’s a place in which each felt calm with a Steffi” reads: “The smell of the curry and the traffic outside roots me to a certain plot that defines my life today.” sense of belonging. Terrone, an Italian-American, writes about the serenity And it’s not always easy to find moments of still in a neighborhood with a lack of green space, pointed out poet of cooking and how “food equals home.” “And so, in the almost relentless stimulation of Jackand participant Maria Terrone. Jackson Heights is also one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in city, son Heights, my kitchen becomes my ‘stillspot.’ Whether I’m dicing carrots for a sauce Bologaccording to the Guggenheim. nese or cucumbers for a cooling, “A place where ‘peace and post-curry dish of raita, I always find quiet’ is elusive and ever more myself drifting into a Buddha-like precious when it’s found,” as When: April 28–29, and May 5–6 serenity, a welcome counterpoint to excerpted from Terrone’s piece. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. the hubbub beyond my haven,” Three of the Stillspotting reads an excerpt from Terrone’s authors — Sedarat, Terrone and Where: Walking tours start at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Ave. piece, “At Home in the New World.” Premilla Nadasen — work at transit hub Nadasen, an associate professor Queens College and in some way of history at Queens College and or another speak about food as Tickets: $10, cash only an Indian originally from South an example of culture or a unifier stillspotting.guggenheim.org Africa, writes about the history of in this diverse neighborhood. samoosa, a dumpling like snack, Sedarat, an Iranian American from Texas, became familiar with Jackson Heights 15 and what it means for her. “In my household samoosa production was as culyears ago. Sedarat’s piece, which is read at one of the many turally significant as samoosa consumption. It was a “stillspots,” is a modern take on the movie “My Dinner family affair, with one person rolling and cutting the with Andre” and a reflective piece on teaching and writ- dough, another filling, and a third person responsible ing this piece for the Guggenheim. In his story, Sedarat for frying,” as excerpted from Nadasen’s piece, “You Q has lunch with friends and stumbles upon student art, say Samosa, I say Samoosa.”

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The Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club is hosting its free 100 tree giveaway, sponsored by NYRP on Saturday, April 28 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at A&S Whitestone Nursery, 23-02 Francis Lewis Blvd. Reserve a tree online at nyrp.org/queenstrees. Metropolitan Avenue Festival sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Glendale Queens will be held on Sunday, May 6 on Metropolitan Avenue between 73 Place and 79 Street, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free rides for children, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Food vendors, craft vendors, games, rides, North Shore Animal League mobile pet adoption, FDNY Smoke House fire safety exhibition, general vendors, fun for the whole family. The Queens County Farm Museum, located at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, will present its annual antique auto show on Sunday, April 29 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission: Adults: $5, Children $2 (ages 6-12). Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107 St., Corona, is throwing a garden party on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6 from noon-6 p.m. It is a free event, family friendly and will be held rain or shine. It will feature ongoing historic house tours which are free during event hours and outside in the garden guests will enjoy live jazz, sample red beans ’n rice (Louis’s favorite recipe) and swing dancing. Maifest on Cinco de Mayo will be held in the Voelker Orth Museum’s Garden, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing on Saturday, May 5 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. General admission $30 and $25 for members, food and drink included. In the event of rain the festivities move indoors. Purchase tickets in advance. Call (718) 359-6227. A chinese auction will be held on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 112-14 107 Ave., Richmond Hill. An arbor festival will be held at the Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing on Sunday, April 29 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free with garden admission. In-house garden and nature specialists, local artisans and environmentally conscious vendors will be on-site offering workshops and conducting demonstrations. The performance stage will feature renowned musician and puppeteer Janice Buckner. Madeira and Mozart: The Dryden Strings on Friday, April 27 at 6 p.m. at King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Cost is $25 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets call (718) 206-0545 ext. 13.

SUPPORT GROUPS The Center for the Women of New York is now accepting registration for a new session of its Women’s Support Group. The group meets at Queensborough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 325, Kew Gardens, every Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. To participate no prior group experience is needed and there is no fee. For information and an interview appointment, call the Center for the Women of New York at (718) 793-0672. The Queens Counseling Services of the Foundation for Religion and Mental Health announces a free Women’s Support Group on alternate Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. at the Kissena Jewish Center, 43-43 Bowne St., Flushing. If you are experiencing anxiety, fear or stress and are searching for a venue that can provide understanding, compassion and respect, call to register at (718) 461-6393.

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Songs bring smiles continued from page 00 48 Caroline Rosenblum, though not as powerful vocally as some of her predecessors, sings pleasantly enough as Annie, and she provides a plaintiveness to the role that is just right. She displays a maturity beyond her years and is at ease on stage. David Friedman makes for an understated Warbucks and brings poignancy to his paean to Annie, “Something Was Missing.” Under the assured direction of Louise Guinther, the show delights in some unexpected ways. The very human Miles Palminteri is a crowd-pleaser as Annie’s four-legged friend. Gingerbread fixture Andrew Dinan is spot-on as President Franklin Roosevelt, and even manages to sing completely in character. The reprise of “Tomorrow,” in which he is joined by members of the Cabinet, is a highlight. Also memorable is “Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile,” sung by Brian Percival as radio personality Bert Healy and a delightful trio, Rebecca Santana, Shannon O’Rourke and Jillian Sutera. The song’s reprise, sung in humorous imitation by the orphans, was charming. One of the strongest vocal contributions

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PROBATE CITATION FILE NO. 2012/123 SURROGATE’S COURT - QUEENS COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent To: THE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEES OF CLARETTA FREEMAN KING, a/k/a CLARETTA KING, DECEASED, IF LIVING AND IF ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, TO THEIR HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, LEGATEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN AND CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AFTER DUE DILIGENCE A petition having been duly filed by JANICE THOMPSON, who is domiciled at 5 ARCADIA DRIVE, DIX HILLS, NEW YORK 11746 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on May 17, 2012, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of CLARETTA FREEMAN KING a/k/a CLARETTA KING, lately domiciled at 137-30 228th Street, Laurelton, New York 11413, admitting to probate a Will dated December 15, 2008, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of CLARETTA FREEMAN KING, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [xx] Letters Testamentary issue to: Janice Thompson Dated, Attested and Sealed: March 29, 2012 HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON, Chief Clerk WARREN & WARREN, LLP BY Dawn P. Warren, Esq., Attorney For Petitioner, 516-223-5223, 11 WEST SUNRISE HIGHWAY, SUITE 2, FREEPORT, NEW YORK 11520 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: VESNA D LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/16/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 302, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SBG REALTY LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/17/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Susan Batz, 85-15 Main St., Apt. 8P, Briarwood, NY 11435. General Purposes.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 132-13 LIBERTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/06/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 132-13 Liberty Avenue, Richmond Hill, New York 11419. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: NYC REGIONAL CENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/19/212. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 131-08 40 RD., 4F, Flushing, NY 11355. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HL 78, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/01/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 136-40 39th Avenue, Suite 402, Flushing, New York 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

AMERICAN UNITED COMPANY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/21/2012. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8658 Pinto St., Hollis, NY 11423. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: DONNA. G. L.L.C. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/03/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, Dominick Gentile, 159-07 78th Street, Howard Beach, NY 11414. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: FERAZZOLI CREATIVE DESIGNS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/13/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Joseph & Terracciano, LLP, 2 Roosevelt Avenue, Suite 200, Syosset, New York 11791. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

INDEX No.: 6781/12 NO MOTION FEE, FILED ON COMMENCEMENT At a lAS Part 17 of the Supreme Court, State of New York, held in and for the County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at Jamaica, New York, on the 2nd day of April, 2012. PRESENT: HON. ORIN R. KITZES, JUSTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF WAHID HOOSEIN, HOLDER OF FIFTY PERCENT OF ALL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF MINGLE #1 INC., Petitioner, -againstRAYMAN HOOSEIN, Respondent, FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF MINGLE #1 INC. PURSUANT TO BCL §1104 Upon reading and filing the annexed Petition, duly verified on the 29th day of March, 2012, the Affidavit of Wahid Hoosein sworn to on March 29, 2012, and the Affirmation of Bruce A. Feldman, Esq. dated March 28, 2012, from which it appears that Mingle #1, Inc., is a domestic corporation, located in the County of Queens, State of New York, and that the Petitioner is the owner and holder of 50% of the voting shares of said corporation, and that the shares of the corporation are equally divided into no more than two (2) independent ownerships or interests and it further appearing from the said Petition, there is a controversy among, by and between the two (2) equal shareholders of said corporation who are the sole principals thereof and it further appearing from said Petition that the corporation is deadlocked in that (i) the parties are so divided respecting the management of the corporation, that the votes required for action by the Board cannot be obtained, (ii) the internal dissension between the two (2) shareholders has so divided them that it would be beneficial to the interests of the shareholders and to the corporation that the corporation be dissolved and its business and affairs liquidated, and it further appearing that this proceeding is brought pursuant to N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 1104; Let Mingle # 1, Inc., Rayman Hoosein, a 50% shareholder in MINGLE #1 INC., the New York State Tax Commission by the Attorney General and all interested persons, Show Cause at an lAS Part 17 the Court at Room 116 thereof, to be held at the Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435 or 25-10 Court Square, Long Island City, NY 11101 on the 9th day of May, 2012 at 9:30 A.M., in the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard for an Order: (a) why the corporation should not be dissolved in accordance with N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law Article 11, particularly N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law §1104(a)(1), (2) and (3); (b) why an accounting of all receipts and deposits for MINGLE #1, INC. and payments to Respondent for the period commencing January 2005 to August 15, 2011 should not be granted; (c) why damages for Respondent’s breach of fiduciary duty should not be granted; and (d) why such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper under the circumstances should not be granted, together with costs and disbursements of this proceeding to petitioner, as well as reasonable counsel’s fees, and it is further, ORDERED, that pending the hearing of this matter the Respondent, Rayman Hoosein, is enjoined and restrained from destroying any ledgers, journals, deposit slips, copies of checks, corporate books, records, stocks, minutes, agreements of MINGLE #1 INC.; and it is further ORDERED, that a copy of this order shall be published in Queens Chronicle once in each of the three (3) weeks before the time appointed for the hearing thereon; and it is further ORDERED that copy of this order and the documents on which it is based shall be served upon the corporation MINGLE #1 INC., each person named in the petition, who is not a Petitioner, the New York State Tax Commission, the Attorney General of the State of New York and all interested persons, in the manner prescribed in New York Business Corporations Law Section §1106, no later than April 20, 2012. ENTER, J.S.C

Notice of Formation of Chee Ming Choo LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/13/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Chee Ming Choo, 64-46 Utopia Parkway, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DTN DANCE GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/07/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 212-14 39th Avenue, Bayside, New York 11361. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ImaginAerial LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/22/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 189 2nd Ave., Apt. 3S, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: SCRIMP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/01/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 22-21 48 Street, Astoria, NY 11105. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

AVERY 133-12 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/28/12. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 64-65 210th St., Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

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Application for Authority (LLC) Airline Tech Reps, LLC. Filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/12. LLC formed in TX on 1/14/99. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o CT Corp. System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act/activity.

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CITATION FILE NO. 2012-604 SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent To: The distributees, heirs-at-law, and next of kin of HENRY CHARLES STUMP, JR. a/k/a HENRY C. STUMP, deceased, if any be living and if any be dead, their respective distributees, heirs-at-law, next of kin, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest, all of whose names, whereabouts and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained with due diligence, being any person interested in the estate of HENRY CHARLES STUMP, JR. a/k/a HENRY C. STUMP, deceased, as distributees or otherwise, and Public Administrator of Queens Country, NYS Attorney General. A petition having been duly filed by ADAM V. LICHTENSTEIN and WINIFRED M. GRANT, who are domiciled at 6768 Baron Road, McLean, Viriginia 22101 and 2447 Jackson Avenue, Seaford, New York 11783 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on May 10, 2012, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of HENRY CHARLES STUMP, JR., a/k/a HENRY C. STUMP, lately domiciled at 71-04 72nd Place, Glendale, New York 11385, United States, admitting to probate a Will dated March 8, 2011, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of HENRY CHARLES STUMP, JR., deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: [x] Letters Testamentary issue to: ADAM V. LICHTENSTEIN and WINIFRED M. GRANT Dated, Attested and Sealed: March 23, 2012 HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, MARGARET M. GRIBBON, Chief Clerk, KURT P. WIDMAIER, ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER, RUSSO, KARL, WIDMAIER & CORDANO, PLLC, (631) 265-7200, 400 Townline Road, Hauppauge, New York 11788 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

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Howard Beach/Lindenwood, 3 BRs w/terr, 1 1/2 baths, close to all shops & trans, no pets/smoking, credit ck req. Call owner, 917855-7390 Old Howard Beach, 1 BR, mod kit/bath, newly painted, W/W carpet, A/C units, use of yard. No landlord, no pets. $1,450/mo. Owner 516-467-7720 Old Howard Beach, 3 rms, utils incl, no smoking/pets. Refs req, $900/mo. 718-738-9812 Ozone Park, 1 BR, pvt house, 1 mo rent, 2 mos sec, gas/hot water/heat incl. No pets/smoking, call for appt, 718-843-1385 no borkers Ozone Park, 2 BR, 1 bath, pvt ent, 1 fl, $1,500/mo, all utils incl, credit ck/refs req, no smoking/pets, 917-922-9300 Richmond Hill North, 2 BR, pvt ent/house, new windows, $1,300/mo, incl gas/heat/hot water, no smoking/pets, refs, parking avail, 347-254-9633 Woodhaven, 2 BRs, also Ozone Park, 1 BR, $850/mo, garage avail, refs req. Owner 917-5207902

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Howard Beach, Sat 4/28, 10-12, 84-09 155 Ave, #6D. Sat 4/28, 122, 164-44 95 St. Sat 4/28, 2-3:30, 164-11 85 St. Brooklyn, Sun 4/29, 10-12, 897 Euclid Ave. Joseph Barretta, Broker/Owner, Metro Net Realty, 718-208-7011 or 718-323-2814 Howard Beach, Sun 4/29, 121:30, 161-27 87 St; Sun 4/29, 12:30, 162-35 85 St; Sun 4/29, 1:30-3, 162-31 83 St. Agent Marion, 917-214-2333 or Agent Leeann, 718-664-4105 @ Century 21 Amiable Realty Group II, Inc. Howard Beach, Sun 4/29, 1-3, 157-35 89 St; Sat 4/28, 1-3, 15623 87 St; Ozone Park/Tudor Village, Sat 4/28, 1-3, 133-21 84 St; Jackson Heights, Sat 4/28, 123, 30-34 93 St. Jerry Fink Real Estate, 718-766-9175 or 917774-6121

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Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, email LIHomesCMM@aol.com For Pictures Sat 4/28 & Sun 4/29, 1-4, 159-16 Agent 516-851-4450 88 St. Oversized Hi-Ranch, master BR w/duel bath, plus additional 2 BRs w/possible 4, FDR, LR, EIK, full attic, CAC, IGP. A MUST SEE! Asking $549,999. Owner, 917- OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND. Best LAND BARGAINS- FREE LIST- 3 418-0415 selection of affordable rentals. to 60 ACRE PARCELS: Albany, Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Full/ partial weeks. Call for FREE Montgomery, Herkimer, Otsego Sat 4/28, 12-2, 163-06 89 St; brochure. Open daily. Holiday Counties, NY. Ideal homesites. Howard Beach/Old Side, Sat 4/28, Real Estate. 1-800-638-2102. Beautiful views. Great Investment. Henry Whipple: 518-861-6541 12-2, 155-23 John St. Connexion Online reservations: www.helderbergrealty.com www.holidayoc.com I RE, 718-845-1136

Ozone Park/Centerville,Sun 4/29, 2-4:30, 135-34 94 St. 1 fam, Colonial, pvt dvwy w/gar, 25x100, 3 BRs, full bsmnt w/bath. CALL 718-316-1124 7Offrms, Crossbay Blvd, near trans & shopping. Chiarovano-DelGrosso DELAWARE: Multiple 1 Family Realty, 718-456-8989 or 718NEW Ranch Homes! Peaceful 233-6334 Setting, 55+ Community. Close to shopping, beach, bay & I-95. •Ozone Park, Sat 4/48 & Sun 4/29, Low 100’s, low taxes. CALL: 302- 1-3, 89-12 102 Rd •Ozone Park, Sat 4/28 & Sun 4/29, 659-5800 1-3, 90-16 97 Ave www.bonayrehomes.com •St. Albans, Sat 4/28 & Sun 4/29, 1-3, 215-12 144 Rd •Laurelton, Sat 4/28 & Sun 4/29, 1-3, 234-12 131 Ave •Brooklyn, Sat 4/28, 12-3, 1060 New York Ave •Jackson Heights, Sun 4/29, 1-3, 34-41 85 St, Unit 4N. •Hempstead, Sun 4/29, 1-3, 87 Peters Ave Exit Realty Central 718-848-5900

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Business For Sale Mineola Restaurant, established Restaurant/Pizza business w/liquor lic., 2 nd fl apt income $4,500. Great location. Exit Strong Realty, 347-306-6178 or 516-250-0003

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Realtors expect heavy turnout for Open House Weekend, April 28-29 by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

If you’re house hunting, you know this is the time of year to make a deal, especially if you’re a parent who wants to ensure you’ll have time to close the sale and get your children registered in their new schools by September. And whether you’re rearing children, it’s just you and your spouse or you’re on your own, you know that interest rates are at historic lows — but many leading indicators show the economy is turning around, which means they’re likely to be going up again soon. So it’s a buyers’ market, but that won’t last forever. Are those enough reasons to get moving and check out your dream home this weekend? Here’s another: It’s Nationwide Open House Weekend, which the Long Island Board of Realtors, of which Queens is a part, is branding “the biggest two-day housing event in the world.” Now you know it’s time to call your area realtor and take a tour of that house that could be the next place you call home. “I think everybody’s out this weekend,” said associate broker Michael Lam of Century Homes Realty in Flushing, a member of the board of directors of LIBOR’s Northeast Queens chapter, and its immediate past president. “We’re doing a lot of open houses — a big open house party, sort of.”

“The goal is to make the general public aware that there are some really good houses out there for some really good prices,” said Michael Comuniello of Century 21 PreveteBastone in neighboring Nassau County, which also handles some sales in Queens (his

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partner, Pat Selvaggio, has a listing in Howard Beach right now). “This is a great time for buyers to buy homes because they can take advantage of low interest rates,” Comuniello continued, explaining that houses are selling at “2004 prices” —

HB y t l a e R

A good open house tour can make everyone happy — buyer, seller and yes, broker.

but as the economy improves, both prices and interest rates inevitably will rise. Comuniello and his partner are both associate brokers and certified buyer representatives — which means they can act on behalf of either buyers OR sellers. Even when another broker has a listing, they have the right to show the property to a client. LIBOR of course wants as many people to join in Open House Weekend as possible. To make it even more enticing, the board will be giving away three gas gift cards worth $250 apiece to lucky potential buyers. One will be given away by LIBOR’s Public Relations Committee in each county where it operates: Queens, Nassau and Suffolk. Realtors will give Open House Weekend attendees the instructions on how to enter the contest, which must be done online by midnight on April 30. But as nice as $250 in free gasoline will be for three lucky winners, there are much larger savings to be had for those who act now. Not only are interest rates low and prices good, but banks have loosened the criteria for obtaining mortgages and there are new state and federal grants available for certain buyers in certain areas, Lam pointed out — some for as much as $50,000. “I would say there’s definitely less inventory this year than last year,” Comuniello added. “That means that houses are selling. And historically, springtime is the time for buyers to come out.” Q

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Realty report shows little good news Sales of Queens homes down 16% in year-to-year match; prices stable by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Though individual realtors will tell you business is picking up — and in certain market segments it is — the latest real estate analysis by the Prudential Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel firms says the first quarter of 2012 in Queens was no picnic for the industry. According to the report, widely considered the industry standard in real estate market analysis, the number of sales declined by 16.2 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the same time period last year, with 2,176 deals closed compared to 2,598 in the first quarter of 2011. Prices edged down 1.1 percent, with the average slipping from $387,725 last year to $383,596 so far this year. The repor t’s authors said that was largely due to “record low mortgage rates” which “more than doubled the market share of lower-priced coops, pulling the overall metric lower.” The number of homes of all kinds that were available fell markedly, however, which is generally seen as a good indicator of improvement because they’re being purchased more quickly. Only 8,851 homes were on the active inventory list in the first

quarter of the year, compared to 13,609 for the same time period in 2011, for a change of 35 percent. The firms’ overall analysis sounded much like it has for the past couple of years, saying that the economy simply isn’t out of the woods yet. “The modest decline in price indicators reflected the shift toward entry-level sales that are more responsive to mortgage rate declines,” the authors wrote. “Inventory levels continued to drop despite the sharp contraction in sales activity, as seller confidence remains muted. “The housing market continued to post weak results in terms of price and sales trends, as the region grapples with a slowly improving economy and historically tight mortgage underwriting standards,” they said. As always, the report analyzed the Queens market by region as well as housing type. Among the highlights were these: • Condo sales dropped 64 percent year-toyear, but prices jumped nearly 62 percent. • All home sales in northeastern Queens declined 17.1 percent, while the average price slipped 5.2 percent. • In the northwestern region, the number of sales increased by one, from 193 to

The average price of condominiums, like this one on 61st Street in Woodside, jumped nearly 62 percent in the first quarter of this year, but the number of sales fell 64 percent, according to the latest Prudential Douglas Elliman-Miller Samuels report. The authors said, however, that the high FILE PHOTO number of sales last year appears to be an anomaly. 194, while the average sales price declined 6.6 percent. • Sales of co-ops jumped 121.6 percent, from 282 to 625, driven by the drop in mort-

gage rates, while the average price fell 7.2 percent, from $196,750 to $182,500. The full report is available at elliman.com Q and millersamuel.com.

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1 Bdrm. Co-op Greenwood Arms - Eff. Kit, LR/DR, 1 Bth. Lots of Closets. Must See! - Asking Only $74,900

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1 Family Colonial 4 Bdrms, 2 F/Bths, Full Fin. Bsmt. Pvt. Drwy, Mint Condition. Asking $499K

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1 Fam. Det. only 3 Yrs. Old. LR/DR, EIK, 3 Bdrms, 2 F/Bths, CAC,HW Flrs. Pvt Drwy, Full Fin. Bsmt, Laundry Rm, Top of the Line Appliances. Move-in-Condition.

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Last Saturday was one of the more fun days as the Mets held one of their two “Bark at the Park” promotions (the next one is Sept. 22), when dog owners could not only bring their pets to the game but walk them around the perimeter of Citi Field as well. Jon Kerber of the Mets PR staff announced during the game that 429 dogs came out to watch the Mets beat the Giants 5-4 in a rather bizarre game. The overall goal of the promotion was extremely worthy — raising funds for the North Shore Animal League, as well as finding homes for stray canines. Last year Mets relief pitcher Bobby Parnell adopted a dog at Bark at the Park Day. “My wife warned me not to do it again,” he laughed when I asked him if he would consider a second adoption. Two of Parnell’s bullpen mates, Ramon Ramirez and Manny Acosta, were seen after the game filling out paperwork and talking to North Shore Animal League officials as they were adopting a pair of adorable puppies. Mets manager Terry Collins must have felt like he was in his own version of “Dog Day Afternoon” for reasons that had nothing to do with puppies. His team, which had lost four straight games, appeared to be on the verge of finally snapping that streak after Giants hitter

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Wetson’s was founded in 1959 by Harold Norbitz (1921-2001) of Dix Hills, LI and Carl Wetanson (19121995) of Woodmere. It was headquartered in Valley Stream. Observing the McDonald’s formula for restaurant success, Wetson’s planned to duplicate it in New York — an open market at the time with no fast food restaurants. Carl’s older son, Herbert, pushed for franchises all over Queens and Long Island before McDonald’s could enter the market. Herbert Wetson’s drive-in at 63-65 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Wetanson was a successful race car Park, Aug. 17, 1972. It’s now a Dunkin’ Donuts. driver well-known on Long Island. Wetson’s opened Queens franchises in founder Nathan Handwerker died in 1974, a Maspeth, Jamaica, Bellerose, Ozone Park, deal was struck with his heirs to change Flushing, Elmhurst, Astoria and Rego Park. Nathan’s Famous locations into Nathan’s The successful company offered 110,000 Restaurants, using Wetson’s buildings. The shares of stock to the public on March 27, orange circles and mascots Wetty and Sonny were no more to be seen in Queens. 1969. But it only survived another six years. Today Herb Wetanson is 74 years old, still McDonald’s, not to be left in the dust, had charged into New York like gangbusters. going strong as the owner of Dallas BBQ Q Then Nathan’s hotdogged its way in. After and Tony DiNapoli restaurants.

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OZONE PARK OPEN HOUSE SAT 4/28, 1-3pm 133-21 84th St.

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1 Family Tudor Loc In The Quaint Tudor Village, Move Right In! Fully Renovated In & Out, Recessed Lighting, H/W Fls, Kit Incl All Appl Plus Mwave & D/W, Master BR Has W/W Closet, Entertain In The Fully Fin Bsmt & Backyard.

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OPEN HOUSE Sat. 4/28 2 pm-3:30 pm 164-11 85 St. $649,000 Handy Man Rare Jumbo *Hi Ranch with Full Basement * You thought only Cape homes had basements, well you are wrong! Create your dream home with the largest Hi Ranch footprint Howard Beach has to offer. Massive 27x55 ft building with 4 baths and 9 ft ceilings in the basement Only a handful of Howard Beach Hi-Ranches have basements, don’t miss out!

Detached Hi-Ranch, 4Br’s, All New 2.5 Bath’s, Formal Dining Room, Lrg Eik, All New Walk In- Lr, Kit, Bed, Full Bath, Pvt Driveway With 1.5 Garage, A MUST SEE! CALL TODAY!

HOWARD BEACH 2 Large BR Apartment On The 4th Floor W/Terrace, 2 Full Baths, Hardwood Floors Through Out, Efficient Kitchen With Stainless Steel Appliances, Lots Of Sunlight, Huge Closet, Elevator Bldg, 240 Shares, $10 Per Share, A Must See, 199K!

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Brandon Belt launched a very catchable high pop-up with two outs in the ninth inning. But Mets rookie centerfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis misplayed the ball, and it fell for a game-tying double. The Mets came back to win in the bottom of the frame, however. As Shakespeare famously wrote, “All’s well that ends well.” I asked Collins at his post-game press conference if he was concerned that the game would have been a season-defining one had the Mets lost. “At this level you are going to have games where you escape death and others where you get shot,” he said as he tried to downplay the potential negatives. I wonder if former Mets, and current Red Sox, skipper Bobby Valentine was that philosophical after watching his team blow a 9-0 lead in losing to the Yankees 15-9 late Saturday. One of the early season’s upbeat, and yet underreported, Mets stories is the fine job catcher Josh Thole has been doing with his bat and calling games for his pitching staff. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig was one of the dignitaries on hand at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for MLB’s Autism Speaks fundraiser. He confirmed that no announcement has been made for the location of the 2013 All-Star Game but did not dispute the notion that Citi Field is the favorite for the Q midsummer classic.

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OPEN HOUSE Sat. 4/28 10 am - 12 pm 84-09 155 Ave #6D. $159,000 2 BR Penthouse Co-Op. Ultra Modern, Top Fl, Corner Unit. Manhattan View, Amazing Sunlight. Mod Kit, SS Appl, Ceramic Tile Backsplash. Newly Renov Hall, Terr is PVC Fence, Laundry on every floor!

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Beautiful Large Hi-Ranch (50x25) on 100x45 Lot, 3 BRs, 2 Full Baths, Lg Maricured Lawn, Pvt Dvwy & Oversized Garage. $669K

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