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As comptroller, Liu guards city’s money Former Flushing legislator defends himself from Bloomberg’s criticism by Anna Gustafson Editor

hen asked about Mayor Bloomberg’s recent statement that city Comptroller John Liu should “do a real analysis” of the city’s pension costs, the former councilman from Flushing laughed, clasping his hands as he said he was not afraid to take on a city leader not accustomed to hearing no. “I know the mayor doesn’t think I know what I’m talking about,” Liu said in a sitdown interview at the Queens Chronicle last Thursday. “But I used to be a pension actuary. I did that for 14 years.” As comptroller, Liu is the city’s chief auditing officer who oversees the public employees’ pension funds. Bloomberg said in a recent editorial meeting with the Daily News that Liu “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” in regard to the comptroller’s June report that city pension costs would decrease in about five years because cheaper benefits are going to kick in for some city employees. “I have to work with John, and I’ll try to help,” Bloomberg said during the Daily News interview. “And hopefully he’ll eventually get staff and himself together where they can provide a real function and do a real analysis.” But Liu challenged the mayor to come up with reports that prove the comptroller wrong. “It’s been validated by independent experts,” Liu said. “We don't see any reports from the mayor’s office. We see a lot of talk

City Comptroller John Liu defends himself in an interview at the Queens Chronicle’s office last PHOTO BY LIZ RHOADES week against recent criticism from Mayor Bloomberg. and one liners, but where are the reports backing up those statements?” This is certainly not the first time Liu and Bloomberg have butted heads. The two clashed when Liu represented Flushing in the City Council, and since becoming comptroller last year, he and the mayor have vehemently disagreed on everything from teacher contracts — Liu blocked a $20 million teacher recruitment

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“The Department of Education is my highest audit priority,” said Liu, the first Asian-American to be elected to a citywide office and a possible contender in the 2012 mayoral race. Currently, Liu, who still resides in Flushing and served in the council from 2001 to 2009, said he is looking into “if there’s the capacity in schools that the DOE says there is.” He has also blasted CityTime, an automated payroll program for city employees that is the target of a federal corruption investigation. “In my first month, City Hall asked me to approve another contract” for CityTime, Liu said. “I rejected it and initiated an audit. I did not know how much of a scandal this was going to become.” Liu went on to say he “was very happy” that Bloomberg at the end of June asked Science Applications International Corp., the company that managed the CityTime project, to refund the city $600 million — essentially all the money it was paid since it began overseeing the initiative in 2003. “It’s become the biggest scandal in the city’s history,” Liu said. On a more local level, the comptroller said he hopes the mayor doesn’t “remain so steadfast” in his determination to redevelop the 62acre space at Willets Point as originally planned. “If a prominent university wants to come in there, the city should take that into conQ sideration,” Liu said.

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Debate for Weiner’s seat draws loud crowd As crowd heckles them, candidates debate federal spending and taxes by Anna Gustafson Editor

t the beginning of the debate between congressional candidates David Weprin and Bob Turner, Queens Civic Congress President Patricia Dolan made somewhat of a selffulfilling prophecy. “We’ll have a nice evening that’ll end with everyone in the back screaming,” Dolan said of a group of particularly loud supporters for both sides who had filtered into the basement of the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills synagogue.

The comment, which drew laughter from the standing room only crowd of hundreds of people, was right — in part. The evening certainly did culminate with boos, and cheers, from the crowd, but these eruptions also dominated much of the two-hour debate, with phrases like “you lie!” and “hypocrite!” routinely shouted. At one point, when the heckling had taken a particularly raucous turn, the tired-looking moderator — Richard Hellenbrecht, vice president of the Queens Civic Congress, which sponsored the event— even told the crowd that “we’ll stop

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this conversation” if people didn’t behave. In between the audience commentary, the candidates running in the Sept. 13 special election for the 9th Congressional District seat once held by Anthony Weiner discussed their views on the federal budget and taxes, the Islamic cultural center proposed to be built a couple of blocks from Ground Zero, gay marriage and immigration, among other issues. The debate, which seemed to be a metaphor for a race that has become increasingly fraught with tension and dominated by attacks from both candidates’ camps, highlighted the significant differences between the candidates — Weprin, a Democratic assemblyman headquartered in Little Neck, who has repeatedly called his opponent a “Tea Party” Republican, and Turner, a retired television executive who lives in the Rockaways and has criticized Weprin for being a “career politician.” The two sparred over federal spending, with Turner saying he

Ted Levin, left, a Brooklyn resident who supports David Weprin, and David Hirsch, right, a Hillcrest resident who favors Bob Turner, argue over whose respective candidate is better before the candidates participated in their first PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON debate on Tuesday night. would like to cut 30 to 35 percent of the federal budget and Weprin arguing he would want to increase taxes on millionaires, billionaires and multinational corporations that pay little to no taxes. “There’s probably not a single department that couldn’t be cut 35 percent right now,” said Turner,

who singled out the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education as examples of where he would like to slash budgets. Weprin disagreed. “My opponent sounds more and more like the Tea Party element of the Republican party,” said the continued on page 22

Parents slam plan for school choice Residents sign petition against city’s proposal for middle schools by Anna Gustafson Editor

Dozens of worried parents gathered in Ozone Park on Tuesday to voice their opposition to implementing middle school choice in southern Queens, citing concerns about existing problems with the high school choice program and young children having to travel long distances to attend class. The city Department of Education has proposed the middle school choice program for school District 27, which includes schools in Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Howard Beach, part of Jamaica, Broad Channel, Belle Harbor, Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway. Community Education Council 27 is expected to vote on whether or not to approve the program at its Sept. 19 meeting. If the council approves the middle school choice plan, parents in the district would, likely beginning in the 2012-13 school year, be able to request that their child attend any middle school in the district. Each parent would have to fill out a form ranking the schools they wanted their child to attend, and the city would match students with schools based on those rankings. “The whole high school application process is horrendous, and they want to do it with middle school?” said Kelly Sinisgalli, who has a child attending PS 207 in Howard Beach. “My daughter had a 97 average, and she got her last choice for high school. Now both my children in high school go to Catholic schools.” Sinisgalli was one of a group of parents

Parents gathered at Loring Field in Ozone Park on Tuesday evening to sign a petition against the PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON city’s proposal to implement middle school choice in District 27. who went to Loring Field in Ozone Park on Tuesday evening to sign a petition against implementing middle school choice. Because schools in District 27 are spaced far apart — it is the largest school district in the city geographically, residents said they are especially concerned that their students could potentially have to travel far to attend school. “What, you’re going to give an 11-yearold a MetroCard and have them travel long distances on a bus?” asked Jill McDade, copresident of the Parent Teacher Association at PS 114 in Breezy Point.

Students now typically attend the middle school for which they are zoned. At the August meeting of CEC 27, city officials argued the choice program would provide pupils and parents with more options and allow students who believe they are stuck in a bad school to attend another one. As part of the new program, city officials would send every parent information about each middle school to which they could apply. “Right now, some parents know their options and others don’t,” Sara McPhee, of the DOE’s Office of Student Enrollment,

said at the meeting. “This levels the playing field.” But Lee Ann Carmody, co-president of the PTA at PS 114, said it could end up limiting the choices they have now. For example, Carmody said her child, under the current system, could apply to a number of specialized schools, which already allow students to apply from throughout the district, and then make a decision where to attend once the student is accepted. Under the middle school choice program, students would have to attend the school with which they are matched. “You have high school choice, which is an abomination, and then you’d have middle school choice, which makes me lose my choice,” she said. While city officials at the August CEC meeting assured parents their children would still receive priority for their zoned school, as they are under the current system, residents said they are still worried their children would not be able to attend their neighborhood schools. Additionally, a number said they were particularly concerned that their child would not be able to return to their zoned institution if they did not acclimate to a specialized school. Larry Gray, a member of the PS 114 PTA, said the city should use the money it plans to spend on implementing middle school choice in District 27 and funnel those funds into area schools. “Instead of fixing the schools that are broken, they want to do this?” said Mary Gallagher, co-president of the PTA at PS 207. Q

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Hundreds rally to save Peninsula Hospital Residents and workers urge state to keep Far Rockaway facility open by Anna Gustafson Editor

When Iris Delgado was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, she immediately knew where she would go for treatment — the same place she had gone during any emergency for the past 38 years, Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway. “As a child, I was raised by my grandma and she’d always take me there when I needed care,” Delgado said. “That’s where my children went to the emergency room when they broke their arms and needed stitches.

Residents at the rally said Peninsula is a lifeline in an isolated part of the borough.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I had my chemo and surgery there. They were so good to me, holding my hand, making me feel at home.” Delgado is now f inished with her chemotherapy and radiation, but she said she is still concerned the cancer could return. If it does, the Far Rockaway resident worries she will not be able to see the nurses and doctors she grew close to at Peninsula Hospital, which could close as early as this week. “It’s going to be disastrous,” Delgado said of the plan to shutter the 173-bed facility, which would leave the Rockaways with one hospital — St. John’s Episcopal. “This hospital doesn’t just serve people from Far Rockaway. It serves Breezy Point, Howard Beach, Broad Channel. They’re playing Russian roulette with our lives.” More than 300 people, including Delgado, rallied in Belle Harbor on Monday in favor of keeping open the hospital that is in millions of dollars of debt. Many of them issued heartfelt pleas to state officials to not shutter the hospital that they said was a lifeline in an isolated area that has a population of more than 100,000 residents, including many seniors and, during the summer, beach goers. “I think it really sent the message that we’re not going away,” Mary Liz Grosseto, a registered nurse at Peninsula for 16 years,

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Every Queens student should get a chance to succeed ailing, charter, specialized, zoned, achieving — whatever a public school is labeled as should not matter when it comes to making sure every student has equal access to resources and a chance to graduate with the skills needed to succeed in college, should they want to attend. This is not happening in Queens, and Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott should be ashamed. Let’s hope that as the new school year begins in September, our city leaders remember that parents who send their children to institutions that the city plans on closing in several years, like Jamaica or Beach Channel high schools, are not doing so in defiance of the mayor, as he sometimes seems to think, but for a multitude of reasons. Perhaps the schools are close to home, or the parents are new immigrants working two or three jobs and speak little or no English, leaving them potentially confused or unaware of the choices available for their child’s education. Jamaica has a large number of Muslim students who live in the neighborhood and have always been able to work with school officials so they could take part of Friday off to attend religious services — something they worry may not happen if they’re in another school where

leaders may not understand their needs. Whatever the reasons for wanting to stay at a school the city has labeled as failing and is now phasing out — meaning closing over the course of several years, they should not matter when it comes to a student’s chance for a good education. It has been well documented that the students at the smaller schools housed within Jamaica High School’s building receive far more resources than those at Jamaica High School. Students, teachers, parents and area legislators have all said this — and it is unacceptable. In our supplementary education section this week, one of Jamaica’s top students, who graduated second in her class last year and is attending Columbia University on a full scholarship this year, said she could not conduct any lab experiments in her Advanced Placement biology class because of a lack of equipment. Again — unacceptable. The mayor, the chancellor and the DOE need to get their acts together and figure out a way to close schools, should they insist on doing so, without leaving students with far less resources than those attending the new schools.

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Obama = Carter Dear Editor: For those who voted for Barack Obama, the surprise was winding up with Jimmy Carter. Only one Democratic president lost a second term in recent memory, and that was Carter. Obama seems intent upon picking up his marbles and returning to Chicago. Obama’s infusion of hope has had many believers asking, “Where’s the beef?” Few can recall a president who has failed time and again to stand firm for what he claims to believe in. Reviewing even the alleged achievements of the Obama Administration there is a continuous record of bailing out on what the president held as lines in the sand, such as ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy or a single-payer system for healthcare. Bush fathered the Tea Party movement by giving away the treasury of the United States to the wealthy and by forcing future generations to pay for two wars and a prescription package worth billions. Obama came to the White House facing a catastrophe not of his making. Yet Obama came to power with lopsided majorities in both Houses of Congress and dillydallied. Unlike FDR — who confronted far greater threats to the nation than Obama, and in his f irst hundred days passed legislation needed to bring the countr y back from economic r uin — Obama abandoned the consensus awarded him by the voters, allowing a disjointed Democratic Party to figure out what to do. The end results angered everyone. Obama failed to lead. The price for that is not only a strident right wing opposed to reinvigorating the economy but a passive electorate who wonders whether a right-wing fanatic would not be better for the country. Edward Horn Baldwin, LI

Strike back at the MTA Dear Editor: What the hell is the MTA thinking? I know ... the New York public is stupid and don’t have a say in the projected increases.

If they cannot figure this out, then why phase out a school at all? Why not completely close it after deciding a school will be shuttered? This is not something we advocate, but what sense does it make to phase out a school over several years if the city plans on giving almost nothing in terms of resources or support to that institution? And let us not forget about PS 30 in Rochdale Village — another school discussed in our education section. At that elementary school, almost every teacher signed an affidavit saying DOE officials did not give the school the support they said they would prior to announcing PS 30 would be phased out. Now PS 30 is being replaced by one school, PS 354 — but why? The city labeled PS 30 as failing, though the state has placed the school in its “in good standing” category. Why the discrepancy? Why is just one school replacing PS 30? Why not put resources into PS 30 to make that school work instead of disrupting children’s education? When the city plans to close a school, it should have to issue a plan detailing how it will continue to support the students in the institution, as well as show what resources will be provided there. Let no child be left behind.

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Don’t they have a heart? To think people looking for jobs have to decide whether to eat or go on public transportation. And those who are lucky enough to have jobs have to take such ludicrous amounts out of their salaries to get to those jobs. What about families that want to take their children out for a day or weekend and can’t afford it, or senior citizen’s on Social Security who need to get away and can’t afford to. It is an insult, for have they ever driven across the Triborough Bridge toward the Grand Central? I have and had to pay over $300 for damage done to my car when crossing the bridge and hitting a large pothole in the road. They have a surplus and still want more monies. They know our hands are tied. There must be something we can do ... a class action lawsuit? A day or two boycott of not riding the rails or the roads? What can we do to let them know we are sick and tired of their abuses and won’t take it anymore? Anyone have any answers? Joyce Shepard Bayside

Overpaid windbags Dear Editor: We are hearing all the Republican candidates for the nomination for president say that they want to put people back to work and to strengthen our very unstable economy. We hear Democrats say that they want to see improvement in the economy. We hear President Obama repeatedly tell the American people that he wants to see improvement, and that we will all come through this recession in better shape than before. All these people have great ideas, but will they actually put them into practice if one of them is elected our next president in 2012? It is a well-known fact that politicians promise that they will do many things if they are elected to office, but the reality is that they do ver y little to absolutely nothing! They are overpaid bags of wind, and all they are good at is giving us a lot of ballyhou. John Amato Fresh Meadows

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Mayor’s plan just a start Dear Editor: Mayor Bloomberg’s three-year, $130 million plan to address societal disparities among young black and Latino males, though laudable, is only a f irst step in what the city needs to do to eliminate the discrimination that working families suffer throughout New York City. This shortterm, one-shot deal is not enough. To begin with, the mayor’s plan sets up its intended beneficiaries for failure. The nation is facing a shortage of an estimated 27 million jobs — New York is no exception to this trend. Job training will prove insuff icient if there are no jobs for the workers who need them. Moreover, the mayor’s plan does nothing to address the discrimination confronting these men as they seek work. Indeed, a study conducted by the New York City Human Rights Commission found that blacks and Latinos are less likely to be considered by employers compared to equally qualified white applicants. The mayor’s plan does not acknowledge this reality, and also fails to consider the countless number of others struggling against discrimination. Disparities hinder the advancement of New Yorkers of all hues — black, Latino, Asian, female, immigrant, LGBT — and of all ages. For example, although people of color make up almost 60 percent of New York City’s workforce, they only account for 19 percent of senior and executive staff of city agencies. Women continue to earn less than their male counterparts in the workforce. And many immigrants are relegated to working in the shadows, where the pay is meager and exploitation rampant. These communities have endured decades of discrimination. A six-month investigation resulting in a short-term plan is insufficient to erase a legacy of injustice.

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Thanks from Addabbo Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity within your publication that reaches a large Queens readership to publicly thank the following merchants who have consistently donated to my annual Veterans’ BBQ: Brothers Deli, Carvel Ice Cream, Old Howard Dairy, Ragtime Deli, Russo’s on the Bay, Sal’s Meat Market and Sugar Bun Bakery. For the past three years, all these Howard Beach vendors have generously donated the food, drinks, ice and condiments. Over 100 Queens veterans and their families who attended last Saturday’s (Aug. 20) free event in front of my district office would also want me to thank all of you for the hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage and peppers, ice cream and soda served at one of the last outdoor events I sponsor each summer. Kudos to Mr. Pat Connolly and VFW Post 2565 for once again so graciously hosting the veterans and their families at their post. Special thanks are in order to Mike Sarter, who manned the grill all afternoon, and to Rock ‘n’ Randy and Johnny Christ for the live entertainment. Once again, I want to thank everyone, including my staff and the local volunteers who helped serve the crowd during my 3rd annual BBQ. You made the event an unforgettable, wonderful day to honor Queens veterans — our way to thank them for their service. Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. Howard Beach

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away,” he said. “But in the East we have a lot of old bedrock, which tends to distribute seismic waves very nicely,” Gennaro said. He said residents felt more of a jolt with a 4.1 quake in Westchester County in 1985. “And in 1884, Brooklyn had a 5.3 that was pretty much a direct hit,” he said. “But there were no deaths, and Brooklyn was pretty populated then.” Gennaro said New York building codes since 1995 have required large structures to withstand a 5.5, but that even older buildings have tolerance.“They knew what earthquakes were in the 1950s,” he said. As for Irene, meteorologist John Murray of the National Weather Service in Upton, NY, said the track as of Wednesday would carry the eye over eastern Long Island and into New England on Sunday. “But that is four days away, so there are a lot of variables right now,” he said. “It could move east or west.” Murray said Queens could get high wind and heavy rain possibly as early as late Saturday, and coastal flooding, dangerous surf and rip tides by Friday “You don’t want to be on the water,” he Q said.

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A look into Queens’ past Residents can catch a glimpse of what life was once like in Queens when the Broad Channel Historical Society holds its open house from 12 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4. The society will display its collection of photos, articles, trophies and other memorabilia at the St. Virgilius school building. St. Virgilius is located at 16 Noel Road, though attendees are asked to use the school’s entrance on Church Road. Barbara Toborg, the society’s president, said the group has numerous pictures of the

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After walking full circle around one of the ubiquitous green trash cans that dot Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, civic leader Maria Thomson gestured around her. “Doesn’t it look beautiful?” asked Thomson, director of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. “All the trash bags are gone.” Indeed, the mounds of waste bags that had often accumulated around the baskets in recent months have disappeared — which three area Maria Thomson, left, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Councilman legislators said last Thursday Eric Ulrich, CB 9 Chairwoman Mary Ann Carey, Department of has occurred because they Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty and Councilwoman allocated funding for the city Karen Koslowitz annnounce there will be an additional trash PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON Department of Sanitation to pickup along Jamaica Avenue. increase the number of trash “The extra money will help keep pickups from four to five times a week. Council members Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Jamaica Avenue and the business district Park), Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Vil- clean,” Crowley said. “I look forward to lage) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) shopping on Jamaica Avenue more.” Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty announced at a press conference along Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven that they joined the legislators, as well as the district allocated about $6,000 for the additional managers for Community Boards 9 and 10, at pickup on the stretch of Jamaica Avenue the announcement and emphasized the coopfrom the Brooklyn boundary to the Van eration between the city, legislators and members of the area business improvement district. Wyck Expressway. The effort between city, representatives “This funding will go a long way towards improving the quality of life for and city “shows how partnerships can make residents and business owners alike,” said a real difference in keeping a community Ulrich, who also secured close to $19,000 clean,” Doherty said. Shop owners have long picked up trash for additional litter basket collection along 101st and Liberty avenues. “There’s no in the area, bagged it and set it aside for doubt in my mind it’s going to make a dif- pickup, Thomson said. They also empty the receptacles. ference.” “They would do all this, but the pickups The three legislators each represent a happened so seldom that the trash would portion of Jamaica Avenue. Crowley noted the extra pickup, which accumulate,” Thomson said. The commissioner reminded people that occurs on Thursday, will help to further beautify the area that has recently gotten a “baskets are only for pedestrian litter, not bit of a facelift. The elevated train tracks for household or commercial refuse,” and were repainted, and the city Department of said individuals who dispose of trash from Transportation repaved a section of their houses or businesses are subject to a Q $100 fine. Jamaica Avenue.

Blood drive in Ozone Park The St. Sylvester Knights of Columbus will host a blood drive on Saturday, Sept. 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 101-18 101 Ave. in Ozone Park. A donation can help to save up to three lives. Individuals must bring identification with a photo or signature, weight at least 110 pounds and be between the ages of 16 and 75. Those who are 16 years old must have parental permission, and anyone 76 and older needs a doctor’s note. Residents cannot give blood if they’ve gotten a tattoo in the past 12 months, and donors should eat well and drink fluids before donating. For questions concerning medical

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Five will take on Wills for the 28th District seat Jobs, economic development, foreclosures are priorities for candidates by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

ive prospective candidates will compete in the Sept. 13 Democratic primary for the 28th District seat held by City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica). They are: Clifton Stanley Diaz, Michael Duvalle, Stephen Jones, Allan Jennings and the Rev. David Kayode. Wills won the seat in a November 2010 special election held to replace the late City Councilman Thomas White Jr. who died earlier that year from cancer. The district includes the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park. The first-term lawmaker was backed by many powerhouse southeast Queens Democrats including City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) and Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D-Jamaica). He defeated six other candidates in the crowded race, including Nicole Paultre Bell, fiancee of police shooting victim Sean Bell, who came in second, and former City Councilman Allan Jennings, who held the seat from 2002 to 2006 and took fourth place. If reelected, Wills will focus on foreclosure prevention, job creation and economic development as well as making sure that communities within the district are not overburdened by an excessive amount of homeless shelters, according to his spokeswoman Lupe Todd. During his time in office, Wills has conducted several foreclosure workshops to assist residents and his staffers have even accompanied homeowners to court to help with paperwork and advocate on their behalf. He has also held numerous job fairs and continues to work with small business owners in an effort to keep employment within the district and help it “recycle its dollar.” Wills supports “fair share” legislation, regulations that would limit the amount of homeless shelters within a given community. Todd noted that there are 14 such facilities in South Jamaica alone, more than any other community in the borough. While she stressed that the councilman is not against helping the homeless, it is unfair to expect some areas to shoulder more of the burden than others, she said. Wills’ short time in office has been plagued with controversy. It was revealed that he owed child support for a daughter he claims he didn’t know he had until she was a teenager and he had two outstanding bench warrants for crimes dating back to 1996. In one case, Wills was charged with criminal mischief, petit larceny and criminal trespass after he allegedly broke a wall and stole track lighting and a ceiling fan from a Chinatown client of the home improvement business he was running at the time. The judge has set the trial date for Oct. 4, weeks after the primary is to occur. In a second case on Long Island, Wills is charged with operating a home improvement business without a license. “He has taken the necessary steps to remedy the situation and it did not happen while he was a sitting member of the City Council,” Todd said. Asked about the child support issue, Todd stated, “He has personally answered to the people of his district,” adding, “His daughter is now 21 years old and their fragile relationship is on the upswing, so we are not going to comment on this anymore.” According to the most recent Campaign Finance Board funding disclosures filed on Aug. 12, Wills had raised $111,550, Jennings

Ruben Wills, left, will take on Michael Duvalle, Allan Jennings, Clifton Stanley Diaz, Stephen Jones and the Rev. David Kayode in the race for the 28th District City Council seat. FILE PHOTOS, FACEBOOK has $53,508, Kayode raised $3,110, Diaz had be role models and stating that Wills is not set$16,695, Jones collected $1,160 and Duvalle ting a good example for the community, esperounded out the list with $350. cially the youth. However, both Kayode and Jones have Todd responded to the comments by sayspent more than they’ve raised with the former ing, “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw exceeding his earnings by $59 and the later stones.” going over by $490. The former councilman, who now works as Calling himself “the education candidate” a real estate agent, said the primary issues he Mike Duvalle, a Guyanese immigrant, will address if elected are crime, education, views himself as a role model, someone jobs and economic development. He noted that who came to this country in 1972 with $280 during his time in office he gave millions in in his pocket, worked his way through col- discretionary funds to ensure that students in lege, enlisted in the military, and started his grades three through six had laptop computers own business before running for political and implemented after-school programs at half office. Duvalle has a bachelor’s degree in the schools in the district. He also said he gave biological sciences from SUNY Old West- a significant amount of money to help seniors. bury and served in the Navy from 1981 to Another key aspect to revitalizing the com1989, rising to the rank of lieutenant. munity, according to Jennings, is economic Duvalle operates a development. In the nonprofit construcpast, he has reached tion company called out to businesses and he primary will be held on Improve, Don’t invited them to open Move. It is dedicated locations in the disSept. 13, and the election to helping low trict touting the low income homeowners crime rates, he says will take place on Nov. 2. repair their resihe helped make posdences, in south Richsible through his mond Hill. He hopes to be a voice for the West close relationship with the Police Department. Indian community, a group, he says has been As a councilman, he met with the commandoverlooked by elected officials, including Wills. ing officers at each of the precincts in the disThe candidate said his first priority is to trict at least once a week. Jennings said it helped ensure the opening of a community center so to reduce community complaints of excessive that young people and seniors will have a force by the police, a problem he says residents place to spend their free time. He would also have told him they are encountering again. introduce legislation that would trigger an In order to create employment, Jennings automatic tax decrease for homeowners when held a job fair once a year at York College and their dwelling falls below 30 percent of the invited 100 companies to attend. He said it market value. helped many community members and is an “You don’t have to fight for your taxes to initiative he plans to revive, if he is elected. go up. Why should you have to fight for them “The real Allan Jennings is a good Amerito get lower?” he asked. “It’s not fair.” can kid, who did everything right,” the former Duvalle would also work to get rid of school lawmaker said. “I went to high school and colzones because he believes parents should have lege. The police never brought me or my more choices. “They shouldn’t have to send brother home from school. If they had, I would their kid to a failing school,” he said. have just told them to take me to jail, because Duvalle is no stranger to politics. He has my mother would have killed me.” run for state Assembly multiple times. Most Jennings is also seeking to clear up some of recently, he mounted an unsuccessful chal- the unfavorable, and he says untrue, stories that lenge to Michele Titus in 2006. have been published about him. For example, it “We need someone with honesty and has long been said that he took out newspaper integrity to represent this community,” ads professing his love for Asian women. JenDuvalle said, adding that Wills’ character is nings says they were advertisements to pro“the bottom.” mote racial harmony and that nowhere in the “He can’t pay child support and take care text did he say he loved Asian women. of his family and he wants to run the disThen there is the fact that he was centrict,” Duvalle said. “I don’t have that kind of sured by the City Council for sexually baggage.” harassing staffers and creating a hostile Jennings also took issue with Wills’ past work environment. Jennings said he fired asserting that elected officials are supposed to two women for incompetence and that they

took revenge against him by filing bogus charges of impropriety. And of course, there is the video footage of Jennings throwing a metal object at a news reporter on live television. “I did that,” he said. “It was a mistake.” Jennings said it was all a misunderstanding, that the journalist had been misled into doing a “gotcha” piece on him based on information that was untrue, and that the two “made up,” afterwards and there are no hard feelings. Kayode, an addiction counselor for the Department of Homeless Services and minister with Maranatha Baptist Church in Brooklyn, served as a volunteer aide to White during his last term in office. He believes his compassion for his fellow man and close connection to the community makes him the best candidate for the 28th District seat. Kayode’s slogan for his City Council campaign is to be “a voice for the voiceless.” His priorities include education, job creation and tackling the foreclosure epidemic in southeast Queens. “My campaign is going very well,” Kayode said Monday. “I have what it takes to do the job.” In the area of unemployment, Kayode said providing training to community members and especially young people, is the best solution. He plans to educate residents about the resources available to them and hold job fairs, so that they can network with companies and find employment. The married father of five has lived in South Jamaica for the last 17 years and is a member of Community Board 12. A strong proponent of education, Kayode has a bachelor’s degree in management from West Virginia University’s Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in educational administration and organizational development from Kean University in New Jersey. Kayode considers himself a perfect example to demonstrate how a good education can lead to success and will use that as one of many tools to motivate youth to stay in school. All his children who are old enough to go to college went on to claim degrees. But Kayode has experienced a problem with his campaign as of late. He said the Board of Elections threatened to invalidate 200 signatures he collected because the witness overseeing them listed her address as outside the district. He has taken the issue to court and was scheduled to appear there on Wednesday. Kayode said if he is thrown off the official ballot, he will continue his campaign as a write-in choice. Diaz, the president of the Rochdale Village Civic Association, has also thrown his hat into the race. He tried to run for the 28th District seat in 2005 against Jennings, but did not gather enough signatures to get on the ballot. Diaz has worked in the customer service department at the MTA since 1989 and is a graduate of the New York City College of Technology, according to his Facebook page. He did not return calls requesting an interview to discuss his goals, of elected. Jones, worked as a security guard at Citi Field when he ran for the 28th District seat in 2009, but now reportedly works for the city’s Department of Sanitation. The last time around the candidate’s campaign focused on crime reduction, jobs, and abolishing mayoral control of the school system. He called himself a “Man of Vision, Man of Change,” but it wasn’t enough to secure a victory. Jones Q could not be reached for an interview.

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Endorsed Turner last year; calls Democrat the better candidate by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

Republican City Councilman Peter Koo of Flushing crossed party lines last week to endorse Democrat David Weprin for Congress in the 9th Congressional District. Weprin is involved in an unexpectedly tight race with Republican Bob Turner to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner. The endorsement came at a luncheon hosted Thursday by the Flushing Chinese Business Association. “There’s nothing wrong with Bob Turner. In fact, I endorsed him last year when he was running against Anthony Weiner,” Koo said of Weprin’s GOP opponent. “But I do what I feel is best for the community. I support the better candidate, not a party. David Weprin is the better candidate.” Koo cited what he said was Weprin’s proven track record working with and for immigrant communities, and delivering for the Asian community in his district. He cited $38,000 in funding for the Taiwan Senior Center and legislative initiatives protecting children of illegal immigrants from deportation as only a few examples. Weprin was leading Turner by six points in a recent Siena poll in a district where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly four to one. He accepted Koo’s endorsement with pride. “Councilman Koo is the embodiment of the American dream, having emigrated to this country and working his way up to become a prominent business and community leader,” he said. Weprin also pointed out that he has the endorsement of every elected official in the 9th Congressional District except the Republicans. Speaking for himself, as opposed to his organization, Peter Tu, executive director of the FCBA, backed Koo. “He is doing this for the community,” Tu said. Koo said he did not expect retaliation from party leaders. “They’re not happy,” Koo said. “But I

Republican City Councilman Peter Koo, right, crossed par ty lines last week to endorse Democrat David Weprin, left, for the open seat in September’s special election in 9th Congressional District. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON have endorsed Democrats before. I backed Gov. Cuomo. I backed [Assemblywoman] Grace Meng.” Turner was taking Koo’s decision in stride on Thursday. “I respect who Peter Koo is and I am grateful for his past support,” Turner said in a statement issued by his campaign. “Not being a politician, I can't explain the politics in this decision, but there are no hard feelings,” Turner said. “Mr. Koo will be more than welcome at my victory party on election night, and I look forward to working with him when I am in Congress to help get New York’s economy moving again.” Turner’s campaign had a crossover endorsement of its own a few weeks ago, when former three-term mayor and Democrat heavyweight Ed Koch announced his support at a joint press conference. Koch said his decision was based on the need to send a message to President Obama about the administration’s current policies Q on Israel and the Middle East.

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Street renamed in soldier’s honor by Paula Neudorf Associate Editor

n honor of Army Staff Sgt. Luis Gonzalez, who died while serving his country in Afghanistan, a street was renamed after him last Saturday on the corner of 108th Street and 49th Avenue in Corona. Gonzalez, 27, from South Ozone Park, was killed on Oct. 27, 2009 in an IED explosion. He grew up in Corona and graduated from Flushing High School. In attendance at the street renaming ceremony were state Sen. Jose Peralta (DJackson Heights); Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-Corona); Gonzalez’s mother and father; his widow, Jessica; and their son, Isaiah Davier, who was 5 months old Q when he died.

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Friends and family saluted during the unveiling of the new sign in Gonzalez’s honor.

Earthquake shakes Congressional race Candidates trade barbs after tremor by Anna Gustafson Editor

Tuesday’s earthquake further rattled the adversarial relationship between the two candidates running for the 9th Congressional District Democrat David Weprin and Republican Bob Turner are vying for the seat previously held by Anthony Weiner. Following the event that was felt by residents throughout much of the East Coast, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued a release titled, “Earthshaking development: Turner protecting tax breaks for personal gain.” Turner’s camp almost immediately lashed out against the release, sending out their own statement headlined “Note to Weprin: An earthquake is not a joke.” The DCCC accused Turner of pledging to protect tax breaks for oil companies because he has invested in them. “This earthshaking development puts Bob Turner’s misguided priorities on full display,” said Josh Schwerin, of the DCCC. Turner’s camp called the release a “mindless campaign attack.” “Today’s earthquake frightened a lot of New Yorkers, including children and

senior citizens who remain deeply unsettled from the tremors,” Turner campaign spokesman William O’Reilly said in a prepared statement. “Using a terrifying incident like an earthquake, an hour after it occurred, as a political punch line is highly inappropriate.” During the week, the two candidates have continued to issue a flurry of campaign literature, including touting endorsements. Weprin landed the backing of the Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on Monday and the Uniformed Fire Officers Association and United Firefighters Association on Sunday. “It’s a terrific endorsement,” Weprin said. “The firefighters and officers are our heroes. I have fought repeatedly to preserve firehouses.” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) threw his support behind Turner last week. “Bob Turner will fight to protect Social Security and Medicare for today’s senior citizens, and to preserve it for members of my generation who will one day need it Q just as badly,” Ulrich said.

Jessica tattoo in memory of Gonzalez.

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assemblyman, who repeated this statement several times throughout the night. “You can’t just cut, cut, cut your way out of a multi-trillion dollar deficit.” The two also disagreed on whether or not an Islamic cultural center should be allowed to be built two blocks from Ground Zero. “They have an absolute right to build,” Weprin said of the group that has proposed the center, which would include a mosque, library, restaurants and other community facilities. “But if they could work with 9-11 families and f ind an alternative site, that would be preferable.” Turner said the center should not be allowed near the site. “My opposition to that mosque isn’t based on rights, it’s based on appropriateness,” Turner said. “What happened there isn’t to be commemorated with a victory mosque.” When asked if he supported gay marriage on a federal level, Weprin said each state should determine whether or not to legalize it. Turner was more evasive, saying gay marriage “should not be an issue in this campaign,” though he said he would “continue to support” the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that defines marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman. Both candidates said they would work to spur job growth. “We need a national jobs bill, and we need a national jobs bill now,” said

Weprin, who argued the federal government should mirror what he helped to do on the state level, which was to study infrastructure. Following such a study, Weprin said jobs could be created to work on the nation’s roads and bridges. Turner said he would like to see more jobs created in the energy industry. “Hydrofracking — they’re doing it in Pennsylvania,” Turner said of a controversial drilling technique that entails injecting water laced with chemicals into the ground at high pressure to break rock in order to extract natural gas. “We could have tens of thousands of people working. We could drill in Alaska; we could drill in the west. We could be energy independent.” In response to being asked if he would want to change federal immigration laws, Weprin called for a “more friendly immigration policy.” “We need an easier path to citizenship,” Weprin said. Weprin also said he would support the DREAM Act, which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to more easily be able to become citizens. Turner called the United States. a “nation of immigrants,” but said “the problem that should be recognized is illegal immigration.” “We have 9.2 percent unemployment and a huge underemployment problem,” Turner said. “We cannot have people coming into this country and taking Q jobs.”

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South Queens residents who get into a taxicab at John F. Kennedy Internatinal Airport or elsewhere in the city can now feel more confident they won’t be taken for a ride financially. According to the City Department of Investigation, a random integrity test conducted this month by DOI investigators, acting as passengers, found that each of 20 yellow medallion taxi drivers, charged the appropriate rate. The investigation did find that that seven drivers allegedly violated City Taxi and Limousine Commission rules and regulations, such as talking on a cell phone, failing to display a hack license, failing to activate the meter in a trip to JFK, and refusing to drive to Staten Island. “By contrast with last year’s problems with overcharging, we believe the GPS units in taxis, public awareness about appropriate rates and the deterrent effect of last year’s arrests have had a positive impact for tourists and residents,” said DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn last week. She said a report on the seven drivers who allegedly committed other violations has been submitted to the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

An investigation last year led to the arrests of 59 taxi drivers last November for overcharging and thus far has resulted in 49 convictions. An additional 14 taxicab drivers were arrested and individually charged with a cumulative total of more than 5,000 counts of petit larceny, a misdemeanor according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. The TLC said in May of last year based on its review on its discovery that certain taxicab drivers were using an out-of-town rate code while within New York City limits. More than 21,000 taxicab drivers overcharged passengers a total of 286,000 times for an estimated overcharge of $1.1 million. The suburban rate doubles the amount of the fare charged after it is engaged, and may only be activated when traveling outside the city limits and into Westchester or Nassau Counties. Authorities were able to detect each instance of a fraudulent rate overcharge by using data generated from within the cabs, including GPS coordinates and trip sheet data. GPS data revealed that many of the allegedly fraudulent trips involved pickups and drop-offs at tourist locations such as Central Park, LaGuardia Airport, Grand Q Central Terminal and Wall Street.

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Workers’ Comp Board denies care New state guidelines complicate treatment for some patients by Bud Taylor Chronicle Contributor

Since the state Workers’ Compensation Board adopted new medical treatment guidelines last December, some chronic care patients injured on the job are being denied treatment. Physicians, patients and workers’ unions say the new system — besides creating a headache of additional paperwork — limits or denies treatment to chronic care patients who were injured and began treatment long before the law passed. That’s because the guidelines — although written for acute care — apply retroactively to chronic care patients whose cases started before last December. Now those patients must have their physicians fill out lengthy forms to request continued treatment, even though they were granted a lifetime of symptomatic care by a law judge prior to the changes. Many are being denied by insurance companies. “[The board] changed [the law] so that every single injury had to have uniform treatment in an effort to save money,” Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) said, “and if a treatment for you was working and if that treatment was no longer on the list, they’d have to do an alternative... even if that treatment was successful.” Under the new parameters for patient care, referred to as the MTG, if an injured worker wants to continue a successful treatment that is outside of or exceeds the new guidelines, the physician must fill out a variance request form called an MG-2. Dr. Scott Schwager, of Brooklyn, a member

of the NY Chiropractic Council, has received week bedridden, his wife Joyce Shepard says. many complaints about the MG-2. He says the “As long as I keep going for the care, it form requires doctors to justify continued treat- seems to be keeping it in check. If I don’t go to ment by showing that the patient is improving. the chiropractor, then it starts to get worse,” “Here’s the problem: if you have somebody Shepard said. who’s had an injury five, 10, 20 years prior and But starting in December, Shepard —like all basically they’re stable now — they’re not symptomatic, lifetime care patients — were going to get any better subject to the board’s new and you’re just keeping guidelines, which gave them from getting any him only 12 weeks of worse — how are you additional treatment he bill is an effort to say going to show improvebefore his chiropractor ‘look, if you have been ment? You can’t,” needed to file an MG-2 Schwager said. justifying continued care receiving a certain As a result, many for a period of time treatment for years MG-2s are routinely deemed necessary. rejected by insurance Shepard’s form was that’s been successful, carriers, according to approved, but another may we’re going to allow you Schwager and other be required in months to sources. “And this is come, and he and his wife to continue ...” going on all over the remain perplexed how a —Assemblyman Ed Braunstein state,” he added. judge-approved lifetime Schwager also said of care could be overridthe guidelines do not address chronic care, and den by the board. that’s where much of the problem arises. “My husband’s been paying into workman’s Bayside resident Keith Shepard, 50, a diesel comp for over 30 years,” his wife said. “Where mechanic for Bay Crane, got three herniated is the money going if he’s denied treatment — discs on the job in 1999 and reinjured his back as are other people?” in 2006. In an April 12 letter to the board, the New He was awarded symptomatic care by a law York Workers’ Compensation Alliance stated judge for chronic pain, allowing him two to that its concerns the MTG would “deny or sigthree chiropractic visits a month for life as long nificantly limit medical treatment and medicaas he kept working. tion for thousands of injured workers who had There are months he only visits his chiro- received such treatment for years” had been practor a few times, there are others he spends a justified.

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Alliance members called the MTG “illegal” and in violation of certain sections of the Workers’ Compensation Law. Even if argued legally, the MTG has been “misapplied by the board,” they wrote. “The MTG should not have been applied retroactively...[It] has deprived injured workers of medical treatment to which they had a set of established rights and expectations,” the group added. The coalition also wrote that the MTG is being wrongly applied to chronic care instead of acute-phase medical treatment. A bill amending the Workers’ Compensation Law, introduced by state Sen. George Maziarz (R-Niagra) and Assemblyman Keith Wright (D-Harlem), would prohibit the medical treatment guidelines from being applied by the board retroactively to cases prior to the date the MTG became effective. “This bill is an effort to say ‘look, if you have been receiving a certain treatment for years that’s been successful, we’re going to allow you to continue that treatment,’ and only people who go on workers compensation after the law was passed will be required to follow the uniform standard,” Braunstein said. Although passed in the Assembly, Perry Ochacher, lobbyist for the NY Chiropractic Council, says the bill is being fought by the business councils. Schwager’s been told that Gov. Cuomo “doesn’t want to see it on his desk,” preferring the issue to be settled between the parties involved. “The biggest problem is the injustice to the Q patients,” Schwager said.

Steps Ahead Dance Studio celebrates its 20th year by Danielle Perero

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Beach, has plans to make Matteo’s ninth year their biggest and best ever. The newly renovated bar and air conditioning system promise to make your dining experience a very pleasant one.

To watch us dance is to hear our heart’s speak. At Steps Ahead Dance Studio located in Ozone Park, dedication to dance and devotion to our students reveals the true definition of our studio. We believe in making our students great human beings as well as elite dancers. It is important for our staff and students to keep growing as choreographers, performers and dancers. We f ind great pleasure in watching them grow and express themselves through this art form. Our mission is to provide quality and professional instruction to all types of dancers in a positive and friendly atmosphere. Whether our dancers are training to be professionals — or just dancing for their personal enjoyment — the benefits they will receive are endless. Steps Ahead Dance Studio takes great pride in our unique style of dance and offers a variety of classes in tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, lyrical, modern, hip-hop, nursery, competition, private lessons and zumba. We specialize in technique and in preparing our students for performing arts auditions.

In addition, Steps Ahead invites world renowned choreographers to teach master workshops throughout the year. We’ve had the privilege of working with choreographers such as Emily Shock; Joshua Allen — Season 4 winner of “So You Think You Can Dance;” Lajon Dantzler from Step Up 2 the Streets and Step Up 3D; and celebrity dancer and choreographer Brittany Perry-Russell. Given the opportunity to learn from such great artists has provided our students with a wide range of knowledge and experience in various styles of dance. Our classes create not only well-rounded dancers, but well-rounded people with poise, conf idence, discipline and of course physical strength and endurance. Come celebrate our 20th year anniversary and enrich your child’s life with dance lessons at Steps Ahead Dance Studio while developing lifelong friendships between dancers, parents and families. Steps Ahead Dance Studio is located at 90-55 Desarc Road. Telephone numQ ber is (718) 641-2005. Danielle Perero is the owner of Steps Ahead Dance Studio.

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smaller increases than those proffered in public hearings on Aug. 16, but the new rates, beginning next month, still will be significantly higher. Cars using EZ-Passes in off-peak hours will go from $6 to $7.50 effective in September, and will rise 75 cents each year through 2015. Cash customers will receive the same increase, plus a $2 penalty. Peak charges will rise to $9.50 in September and hit $12.50 in December 2015. Peak charges for tractor trailers using EZ-Pass will jump to $50 on Sept. 18 and

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Pathmark, Waldbaum’s stores in Queens ride out A&P bankruptcy by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

Jackie Kozody has worked at the Long Island City Pathmark for 14 years. She would like to continue to do so, but said she and her coworkers have been on edge since December when A&P, or the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., filed for bankruptcy. A&P owns 15 supermarkets in Queens under the Pathmark and Waldbaum’s brands, and a total of 58 in New York City under various names including 16 Food Emporium stores in Manhattan. Kozody manages customer service, cashiers, bookkeepers and customer complaints in a store with more than 100 employees. “The fear is not having a job, that at any moment the store could close,” she said, “that at any moment the store is going under or being sold to someone we don’t know. There’s a lot of tension, worrying about how we would make ends meet or standing in the unemployment line.” Chapter 11 bankruptcy rules allow A&P, the 151-year-old grocery chain, to be protected from its creditors while it reorganizes under a new management team. Published reports said four Pathmarks in the region, including one on Nostrand Ave. in Brooklyn, were targeted for closure. Marcy Connor, senior director for the

Montvale, NJ company, issued a statement last week saying the company still has a way to go. “While the company has made significant progress in its restructuring effort, it needs to achieve substantial cost savings in order to successfully emerge from Chapter 11 and be competitive for the long term,” she said. Connor added that labor costs are critical to completing A&P’s turnaround. “And that is why we have entered into negotiations with the labor unions that represent our associates,” she said. She declined further comment, saying it is not company policy to comment on “rumors or specific details of negotiations with our labor partners.” Joe Fedele of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 said his rank and file are not unmindful of how tough things have been. “We would just like a fair deal,” Fedele said. “We’re willing to chip in but not give in totally. Just a fair deal where we and the company can succeed in the interest of both parties. A deal that’s honest.” Kozody and Fedele said much of the trouble came from the old management team which had issues at stores like insufficient stock for sale items. “Those are management issues that we have no control over,” Kozody said. Both indicated that many grocery chains have

The Pathmark on Northern Boulevard in Astoria is one of 15 supermarkets in Queens that could be affected in bankruptcy proceedings involving its parent company, A&P, the Great Atlantic and PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Pacific Tea Co., which filed for bankruptcy in December. suffered when not being managed by grocery professionals. “And if a store closes, the people on the bottom can’t go to Rite Aid and say ‘Let me run your company’ and move on to the next one,” she said. “We’re stuck.” She said long-term employees are what brings back customers to a neighborhood store for reasons other than convenience. “You form relationships,” she said. Union spokesman Stu Miller said you don’t get that from larger store.

“Say you have certain dietary needs and you want to talk to somebody about fat content, or other issues,” he said. “In a big box store they’ll tell you ‘Aisle 5. Good luck.’” Tracy Smith, shopping at a Pathmark on Northern Boulevard in Astoria on Tuesday agreed. “I only come here because I work in Queens, but I shop in Pathmark in the Bronx a lot,” she said. “I like the service. I Q hope they don’t close.”

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Nurse Jennifer DiLandro administers Botox treatments to many clients each day. to them. Corona says that 80 percent of clients who come in for a Botox or Juvederm consultation decide to get the treatment the same day. After the consult ation, a “before” picture is taken. The treatment is performed and the client is given after care instructions and told to return in one week when the results of the procedure will be evaluated and an “after” photo is taken. Although Corona says that it can take up two weeks

to really see the effects of the treatment and most clients require more than one procedure to get their desired results. “These particular products don’t offer a facelift with a small price tag,” Corona said. “So usually we will start them off with a conservative approach to show them how the products work.” Client Veronica Falzone, has been getting Botox treatments from her doctor and upscale Manhattan salons for many

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like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said. In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into an unassuming gold buying and cash loan watches and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also shop on Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offers instant cash loans for jewelry and eBay offer on her ring from another area shop, but selling services. Their cash loans program is straightforward and was looking to get a better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business acumen, she told simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who her new prospective buyer what her previous has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg offer was. Still, after examining her piece, he said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for talking about and we respect that.” For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what in jewelry manufacturing. They understand a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry that people get into situations where they just Buying would purchase, like a handbag or need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice antique furniture, they can help find a buyer Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in on their eBay store. Elias consults with the customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm auctioneers For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can educate them on what they have and we’ll give forms involved in setting up a user and paypal them what their items are worth. When that account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice woman told me her previous offer, it made me Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is wonder how many times this happens — how really a bargain deal. “At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?” Elias opened his Rego Park shop with People have this conception of gold buying Goldberg less than a year ago, and already stores as these slimy places with slimy they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and people, and they’re typically right. But we referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to doing something right — the pawn business see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in typically deals in one-time transactions but their counter for $800. We don’t do that.” Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at Elias is determined to break that mold, 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of building a reputation on trust. “Everyone around here is buying gold these operation are Monday-Friday from 11am to days; you can go into the barber shop down 7:00pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday the road and sell your jewelry. The problem private appoinments are available. Call for Q with all these places is they treat everything more information (718) 830-0030.

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For this coming weekend our awardwinning Woodhaven Business Improvement District staff are hard at work. We are placing the finishing touches on our big WBIDsponsored back-to-school promotion to be held on Saturday Aug. 27, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Dexter Court to 100th Street on Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue and we are ready to greet shoppers with many activities. The stores sales and bargains are all advertised and the restaurants are preparing great food. The music will be tuned up and the clowns, with their balloons and face painting palates, are eager to help you enjoy the day. This year due to the painting of the Jamaica Avenue elevated structure, the entertainment will be somewhat limited. I hope to see all of you out there for this great event. Our WBID is really hopping with improvements. The Jamaica el structure is being repaired and painted (after 25 years of prodding by the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. (then the WBID). Also, thanks to Helen Marshall, our borough president for the repaving. We will also have additional sanitation pick-ups along Jamaica Avenue courtesy of Councilmembers Eric Urich, Elizabeth Crowley and Karen Koslowitz. This will really further improve the appearance of the avenue.

Remember when Jamaica Avenue was dark and dirty, with graffiti and potholed roadways? Well that is no more thanks to our great elected officials that have supported our hardworking GWDC and our WBID through the years. We’ve come a long way baby. Notes: There will be more work done in Woodhaven with curb and sidewalk reconstruction throughout the community. There are many city civil service jobs available. If interested, call 311 or go to the website nyc.gov/dcas. Several local Woodhaven residents received degrees: Baccalaureate studies — from SUNY Oswego are Onpui Wong and Joanna Flores; Lawrence University, Tammy Tran and Raymond Verceles; Cornell University, John Wah; University of Albany, Yanexa Patricia; and Berkley College, Johnathon Ramsumare. Also our military Air Force graduates are: Spc. George Ruiz and staff Sgt. Eric Golowach. All of these young men and women from Woodhaven make us proud. As you are well aware, on Tuesday afternoon the east coast experienced an earthquake — a 5.9 on the Richter scale. It was felt all along Jamaica Avenue as well as the GWDC/WBID off ice. No damage was reported. Amazing. May God bless our leaders, may God bless our armed forces and may God bless our Q great America.

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its sole corporate member and sponsor. MediSys had handled a number of Peninsula’s operations, including payroll, accounts payable and inpatient and outpatient billing, among other services. “Additionally, vendor actions are affecting supplies and services at the hospital, including the delivery of intravenous fluids, laundry supplies, operating room supplies and garbage services” the DOH statement said. According to a number of people affiliated with the hospital, including Grosseto, there are three parties interested in taking over Peninsula, including one doctor at the hospital. Grosseto said that one of Peninsula’s administrators traveled to Albany on Tuesday to meet with state officials in Q hopes of keeping the hospital open.

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Jobs, the economy, foreign policy remain concerns for constituents by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

As heavy rains drenched the York College campus on Friday, Rep. Gregory Meeks (DJamaica) attempted to explain his decision to vote in favor of raising the debt ceiling to about 60 residents who turned out for his town hall meeting. Meeks was one of 95 Democrats nationwide to vote in favor of raising the debt ceiling, but was the only one from New York City to do so. Earlier this month, the lawmaker had an impromptu meeting with protesters who showed up at his Jamaica office demanding answers about the debt ceiling move, and he also met with elders at the Robert Couche Senior Center in Jamaica to discuss the compromise and the economy. “Default meant, if youÕre a homeowner, more likely than not, your interest rates were going to go through the roof,” Meeks explained. “Default meant if you have a 401(k) or investments in anything, you are going to lose a substantial amount of money. Default meant possibly, and I didn’t think that we could take the chance, individuals who were looking for Social Security checks, and the military — they would not get their money.”

The lawmaker also said he voted in favor of raising the debt ceiling because it protects Medicaid and Social Security benefits from being cut. Medicare payments to providers could be reduced by up to 2 percent under the plan’s automatic trigger mechanism, but that wouldn’t take place until 2013. The Bush tax cuts also expire in December 2012, providing additional revenue. “This was the best deal possible given the circumstances,” Meeks said. He also touted President Obama’s establishment of a bipartisan super-committee, tasked with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions by Nov. 23, because it created an equal share of power between Democrats and Republicans, leveling the playing field between the two parties. The focus of the town hall did not remain confined to discussion of the debt ceiling for long, however, as attendees were concerned about a multitude of other issues including the economy, unemployment and foreign policy. “Could you elaborate on why in terms of jobs we need to re-elect President Barack Obama?” asked attendee Ahragon Morphious of St. Albans. Meeks said Democrats have been trying

Rep. Gregory Meeks answered questions from community members like Adrienne Felton of the PHOTOS BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA South East Queens County Young Democrats at a town hall meeting. to implement a jobs program, whether its through building infrastructure or by helping small businesses grow. The jobs bill that was passed in the House in 2009, failed in the Senate because it did not get enough votes. Meeks said he believes that the people’s voice in a bipartisan manner will eventually give the president enough support to “get it done and move forward.” “Everybody needs a job,” Meeks said. “Everybody wants these highways built, wants the roads fixed, wants housing construction, wants to make sure that there are opportunities. When they are feeling it all across America and that voice gets louder and louder — that’s what makes Washington move in a different direction.” Adrienne Felton of the South East Queens County Young Democrats asked Meeks what the government is doing to put regulations in place and get banks lending again.

Meeks noted that in 2010, the president helped pass the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which aimed to promote the financial stability of the country by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system. It also sought to put an end to the “too big to fail,” mentality, bailouts and abusive financial services practices. Sol McCants of southeastern Queens was concerned about the country’s support of Israel, which he called an “apartheid state,” among other issues. Meeks said he disagreed with McCants’ assessment, calling it untrue. “I believe in a two-state solution and I agree with the president, who indicated that there should be a two-state solution, and we need to move toward that so we can have true peace in the Middle East,” Meeks said. “We have to make sure that we get that Q done.”

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New graphic images warn against smoking Pols Koslowitz and Scarborough share how they kicked the habit by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

Cigarettes are not only harmful to smokers, but everyone around them. It’s not a new message, but it will be delivered in a new way come September, if the Food and Drug Administration has its way. Graphic warning labels are to cover the top 50 percent of cigarette packs, both front and back, and must also make up 20 percent of any tobacco advertisement. They are required under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which was passed in 2009 and gives the FDA the power to regulate the tobacco industry. But four of the nation’s five top tobacco firms have filed a lawsuit against the FDA claiming that the warnings violate their right to free speech. Philip Morris USA is the only company not participating in the litigation. The nine images include blackened lungs, yellowed teeth, a man wearing an oxygen mask, another with smoke coming out of the tracheotomy hole in his neck and a dead man with an autopsy scar over his chest. “Consider this, a pack a day smoker will see these labels more than 7,000 times a year and kids who are under the impression that smoking is cool or glamorous will be confronted by a very different reality when they are tempted to pick up a cigarette pack,” Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the FDA, said in a video on the agency’s website. Cigarette smoking kills an estimated 443,000 Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Some of the images the FDA has ordered placing on cigarette packs beginning in IMAGES COURTESY FDA September. and it is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. “For years the tobacco industry has promoted images suggesting use of their product will somehow bring you glamour, when tragically we know that the exact opposite is true,” Howard Koh, assistant secretary of health for the Department of Health and Human Services said in a video on the FDA’s website.

The cigarette health warnings were selected from a panel of 36 images that the FDA developed and put out for public comment. The agency also conducted its own research, the largest consumer study of cigarette warnings ever conducted, with some 18,000 participants. City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (DForest Hills), a smoker for 47 years, started at age 14. She quit in 2002 and knows first-hand

how addictive tobacco can be as well as the stigma associated with being an elected official who smokes. “You don’t want others to see you smoke, because you know it’s not the right thing to do,” Koslowitz said. “I knew I should stop.” The lawmaker even burned her hair on one occasion when she was trying to hide a lit cigarette from then-City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., who she said was very “gung-ho about not smoking.” She also recalled how lighting up became a chore over the years, getting banned from numerous places including restaurants, parks and City Hall. “Smoking became bothersome,” Koslowitz said. “You couldn’t smoke in places where you enjoyed cigarettes most. It was just too annoying.” The lawmaker’s family also had a hand in her decision to kick the habit. “My grandson used to see me smoking — I wouldn’t smoke near him — and he used to say, ‘Grandma you’re going to die,’” Koslowitz recalled. “That really got to me.” Koslowitz was able to quit through the use of a nicotine patch and says she has not had the desire to light up again. She said she doesn’t think the new FDA warnings are necessary because she believes people are well aware of the negative side effects of smoking. She thinks the government should focus more on raising awareness about the ills of excessive alcohol consumption. “Why don’t they put a picture of a car hitting a person on a bottle of liquor?” she asked. Koslowitz also had some advice for those continued on page 36

Halloran crafts bills on BSA decisions and fines by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

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If Councilman Dan Halloran has his way, the City Council will have authority over land use decisions and fines will be levied to negligent property owners who let their variances expire. The two pieces of legislation that Halloran (R-Whitestone) introduced last week are designed to empower the community and elected city leaders. He hopes Council Speaker Christine Quinn will refer the bills to the proper committees by the end of the year. The bills were partly inspired by the variance process, still underway, at 50-20 216 St. in Bayside Hills. A developer wants a variance to build a house on a lot that would ignore the back and side yard requirements of the R2A zoning. The neighbors oppose it and Community Board 11 and the Borough President’s Off ice voted against granting the variance. Although the Board of Standards and Appeals, which rules on such cases, has not made its decision yet, Halloran said in many cases the agency over rules the desires of community boards and the borough president. His bill calls for giving the community board and borough president the power to appeal such BSA decisions. The appeal would be heard by the full City Council, which would make the final determination on the variance. “Zoning variances are a powerful tool, which some developers have used to

fundamentally change our neighborhoods,” Halloran said. “Our current laws let developers run wild with variances and it doesn’t provide us with a way to keep them in line and preserve the character of our communities.” Although the legislation would make more work for council members, Halloran doesn’t see that as an issue. “It would only amount to five or six cases a year,” he said. “I think they would like it because it keeps the power on land use issues in the City Council.” He added that there “doesn’t seem to be much fairness” with some BSA decisions and that it “has to be balanced.” The second piece of legislation deals with property owners who fail to renew their variances. There is no penalty now and Halloran believes that’s a major loophole and leaves the community and community boards “virtually powerless.” The new law would require the BSA to notify the owners that they must apply for a new variance six months before the expiration date. After six months operating without the variance, the BSA would have the power to issue fines. The councilman said the procedure would give owners a year to get their paperwork in order, apply for a new variance and go before the community boardand borough president, allowing input to the process. “It would generate more revenue for the city on the backs of those who break the rule,” Halloran said. “I don’t know why it hasn’t been monitored before or how we’ve Q gotten to this point.”

Food drive a success State Assemblyman Mike Miller (DWoodhaven) poses with children and volunteers from the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council at the culmination of a food drive to benefit the Ridgewood Older Adult Center. The Kiwanis Club of Glendale, the Greater

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Wildlife and plants stolen from parks Flushing’s Kissena and Bowne record disappearing species by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Pheasants removed in shopping bags, large amounts of greenery carried out in carts and fish and turtles taken away in plastic tubs. That’s the scene in one of the city’s public oases — Kissena Park. The Flushing park is not alone. Residents who live near Bowne Park, also in Flushing, say turtles and fish are disappearing from there at an alarming rate. Assembly members Rory Lancman (DFresh Meadows) and Grace Meng (DFlushing) held a press conference at Kissena Friday to deplore the situation and call on the Parks Department for enforcement. “Parks are for everyone to enjoy,” Lancman said. “They are not people’s personal salad bars or buffets.”

Remaining turtles sun themselves in Kissena Lake.

He noted that parks are fragile ecosystems and continued poaching of animals and plants will have a negative effect. “Some unusual plants if ripped out, will not grow back and they may not be healthy to eat in many cases,” the assemblyman added. Standing in the park’s historic tree grove, Lancman announced that the Parks Department has promised to install multilingual signs around Kissena Lake within two weeks to prevent further abuse. The signs will be in English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean. The grove is the remains of a nursery planted by Samuel Bowne Parsons from 1850 to the early 1900s. Trees there are rare and unusual like the katsura. But with only three Parks Department enforcement officers in the entire borough, the planned signs may not be enough. Beverly McDermott, president of the nearby Kissena Park Civic Association and park steward, said the problem has been growing since the 1980s and that telling people to call 311 when they see poaching doesn’t send officers out. “Wake up, City Hall,” McDermott said. “Nobody is minding the store. Parks has to enforce.” The Parks Department issued the following statement from Deputy Commissioner Liam Kavanagh: “Park regulations explicitly state that ‘no person shall … remove from the ground any plants, flowers, shrubs or other vegetation under the jurisdiction of the department.’ While it continued on page 34

Beverly McDermott, left, relays horror stories about poachers in Kissena Park. With her are AssemPHOTOS BY LIZ RHOADES bly members Rory Lancman and Grace Meng.

Tennis club seeks stadium proposals Developers tour site where Ashe, Gibson, Beatles wrote history by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

The West Side Tennis Club is once again soliciting proposals from firms interested in developing the land under and possibly around the site of the historic Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. Club officials toured the historic 1923 structure with more than a half dozen developers on Monday, and have requested that all interested submit their proposals by Oct. 31. “In a perfect world, I’d love to see a savior come, restore the stadium and bring the U.S. Open back to Forest Hills,” said Ken Parker, president of the WS TC. “We have no concrete plans, because we haven’t heard from any of the developers yet,” Parker said. “But if we don’t get a proposal we like we won’t even submit it to the members. This isn’t a fire sale. We’re not going under. We have a stadium that we’re not using and we’re interested in seeing if others are interested in it.” The stadium was a place where legends of tennis and music held court for more than 50 years. The courts have hosted Big Bill Tilden, Billie Jean King and Roger Federer. Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe broke down tennis’s racial barriers there in the 1950s and 1960s, with both winning U.S. Open championships. The horseshoe-shaped venue also welcomed The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and Bob

A security fence now surrounds the iconic but crumbling stadium in Forest Hills. The West Side Tennis Club will entertain proposals from developers interested in purchasing the site beginning FILE PHOTO Oct. 31. Dylan among others. Cord Meyer Development Co., of Forest Hills was among the groups represented Monday, according to company Chief Operating Officer Anthony Colletti. “We toured the site with six or seven others,” Colletti said. “We’ve been interested in that property for 15 or 20 years through various administrations at the club.”

The steel and concrete structure has fallen into disrepair since the U.S. Open left for a larger venue in Flushing in the late 1970s. Colletti said the club does not use the old grandstand because of safety concerns, and the deterioration was a major factor cited last year when the city declined to give the stadium landmark status. Colletti said they are interested in the

land beneath the stadium, and will consider the club’s offer of some of the clay courts adjacent to it. He said under current zoning a developer could replace the stadium with things like two-story townhouse structures. But if the facade is preserved, a new building could go up to five stories. Michael Perlman, chairman of the RegoForest Preservation Council, still hopes the club and developers can agree on a plan that preserves the stadium not only as a structure, but as the destination outdoor venue it once was. “It has great significance in architectural and cultural history,” Perlman said. He said even before the site came to national attention it was the first concrete stadium designed exclusively for tennis, and was conceived by famed architect Kenneth Murchison. “It put Forest Hills on the map and helped turn tennis into a national sport,” Perlman said. He said a rejuvenated 14,000-seat area could once again be a draw for tennis stars, concerts, weddings and graduations. “It would be great for the area’s businesses on Austin Street and Queens Boulevard,” Perlman said. “It would take some creative energy but it’s not impossible. I wouldn’t want to do something short-sighted for a quick buck. I wouldn’t want people to be reading about this in history texts. I’d rather have them be able to visit history firsthand. Q

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Up, up and away The four astronauts, who flew on the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last shuttle mission aboard the Atlantis in July, paid a visit last week to the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Park. Shown in Rocket Park are mission specialist Rex Walheim, left, mission Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, seated, and

mission specialist Sandra Magnus. Hurley is seated in the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s replica of the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule that went up in 1962 with John Glenn, who was the first American to orbit the Earth. Mayor Bloomberg was on hand to give the astronauts a city proclamation.

has long been against the rules to collect or destroy plants in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parks, with potential fines of $250, we prefer education as the most effective means of enforcement and have not issued summonses for foraging in recent years. It is listed as a prohibited use because our parks could not sustain the impact if the public was given blanket permission to collect berries or flowers.â&#x20AC;? Meng said many people who use the parks are new to the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very diverse community,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ask them to follow the same rule as we do our children,â&#x20AC;? she said. Lancman attributes the poaching to a misunderstanding of some people that parks are a wild area, when they are part of the city, and because of the difficult economy. McDermott said she has tried to tell people not to take things from Kissena Park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They say the rules donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interest them; that this is a free country,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a free country, but you have to follow the law.â&#x20AC;? McDermott has lived in the neighborhood all her life and Kissena is her second home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once, we planted hundreds of daffodil bulbs and after we left, people came and dug up 500 to 800 for their yards. That is not right,â&#x20AC;? McDermott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outrageous.â&#x20AC;? She has found snares and tools buried in the park to trap rabbits and pheasants, and noted that one mulberry tree eventually died from people climb-

ing up trying to get berries. Lancman wants the Parks Department to change its philosophy of not ticketing poachers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;PEP off icers should be allowed to give out fines,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poaching impacts on other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enjoyment.â&#x20AC;? Over at Bowne Park, Wanda BeckAntosh, president of the Bowne Park Civic Association, said that the problem there is more with poaching fish and turtles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a problem the last few years,â&#x20AC;? Antosh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are few turtles left.â&#x20AC;? She said that poachers â&#x20AC;&#x153;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand or do not want to understandâ&#x20AC;? that the park follows a catch and release program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have spoken with many of them, who come at all hours of the day and night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they think the fish and turtles are for eating,â&#x20AC;? Antosh added. She would like the Parks Department to install a platform for the turtles in the middle of the pond, out of reach of poachers and favors installation of signs warning people not to take the wildlife. Lancman suggested forming a coalition between the two parks to push for action. Beck-Antosh fully supports the proposal. Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said he used to hang out at Bowne Park as a kid, and believes educating the public is key: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cultural thing and people need to know they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that here.â&#x20AC;? He has written a letter to the Queens Parks commissioner asking that Bowne Q Park be monitored.

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The Seminole Garage was the largest of the seven indoor garages operating in Forest Hills from the 1930s until the late 1950s. Built at the height of the Depression in 1931, it consisted of a Chrysler dealership, Texaco gas station and an indoor garage capable of holding 200 cars. The garage was situated on two large lots covering over 53,000 square feet. Despite the great location, entrepreneur Manning C. Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chrysler dealership, selling the new streamline airflow Chrysler, failed and went bankrupt in 1937. The corner remained vacant for some time before it was transformed into a southern fried chicken restaurant called Topsieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Topsieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s did very well and was in

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who continue to puff away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I could give up smoking then anyone can do it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see myself ever going back.â&#x20AC;? Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (DJamaica) is also a former smoker, but he quit long before becoming an elected official. He started at the age of 10 and smoked for 20 years, before quitting cold turkey in 1981. The decision came after a close relative of Scarboroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s became sick with a smoking-related illness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My advice to anyone who smokes is to quit,â&#x20AC;? Scarborough said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not good for your health. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beyond debate. If you tried to quit and were unsuccessful, keep trying. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth it.â&#x20AC;? The lawmaker said that he supports the new graphic warning labels and hopes they will cause more people to kick the habit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to understand the consequences,â&#x20AC;? Scarborough said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The measure of their potential effectiveness is demonstrated by the tobbacco companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suing so they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use them.â&#x20AC;? Scarborough said although there may be a stigma associated with being an elected official who smokes, he would not look down on anyone who decides to light up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elected officials are looked at as meters and role models and we should be, but we have the same frailties, battles and issues as everyone else does,â&#x20AC;? Scarborough said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I certainly would not judge someone who smokes.â&#x20AC;? Q

Art show features Rockawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beauty Come celebrate the beauty of Queens at the Rockaway Arts Allianceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show that opens Saturday, Aug. 27 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Fort Tilden in Breezy Point. The show features works by community members, who highlight past and present beach life in Rockaway. The art exhibits surfers, lifeguards, mermaids, vintage postcards and photographs, and multi-media and short videos. Residents can also view the exhibit on Sunday, Aug. 28 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. For additional information, e-mail sophiaskeans@aol.com or call (917) Q 306-8720.

Addabbo to speak at Ozone Park civic State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. will be the guest speaker at the Ozone Park Civic Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 20. The meeting will be at 97-14 135th Dr. in Ozone Park. Residents are asked to use the entrance at Centreville Street and 149th Avenue. For information, call Q (718) 907-0915.

Ridgewood Youthmarket The Ridgewood Youthmarket is back. Come to the Ridgewood Memorial Triangle at Myrtle and Cypress avenues, every Saturday through Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for local produce, flowers and plants Q from local farms sold by local teens.

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Jovanny Londonio Atehortua, a flower artisan from Colombia, helps craft a tapestry at Flushing Meadows Park on Friday.

This week, a Colombian group has imported over two million flowers into Queens, and with them, a 50-year-old tradition. The 10-day Festival de las Flores celebrates the work of “silleteros,” or flower vendors, who traditionally carry flowers on their backs during an eight-day fest in Medellin, a major flower-growing region in Colombia. In Queens, the flower festival kicked off last Friday at Flushing Meadows Park. The United States gets more than half its fresh-cut flowers from Colombia, and with nearly 80,000 Colombians in New York, according to U.S. Census data, the festival is a chance not only for Colombians to celebrate their flower culture, but for New Yorkers to experience a little-known tradition.

One of the most important aspects of this year’s festival — only the second ever held in New York — is the presence of 18 silleteros, who flew here from Colombia with the goal of building a 7,500-square-foot tapestry right in the middle of Flushing Meadows Park. “It’s marvelous to be here,” said Nelson Enrique Zapata Grajales, a flower farmer from Santa Elena, a small town 10 miles east of Medellin. Speaking in Spanish, Grajales explained that he had never been to New York before he arrived on August 15. continued on page 41

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ophy and Sanskrit language instruction. Minimum donation is $5. For information, call Rashid at (646) 912-1885 or Shree at (646) 417-2252.

Crossing Art Gallery, 136-17 39th Ave., ground floor, Flushing, presents Going Green Exhibition now through Sept. 11. For information contact Jennifer Junkermier at jennifer@crossingart.com, (212) 359-4333 or visit crossingart.com. Free.

Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing, offers Israeli folk dancing on Mondays from 7:15-9:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for nonmembers, $9 for members.

Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., presents Within the Emperor’s Garden — The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion exhibit, now through Sept. 30. Suggested donation is $5, free for members. Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday noon-5 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENTS The Arms of Love Community Outreach of South Jamaica will present its second annual Wellness/Back to School Community Event on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Merrick Park Baptist Church, 120-02 Marsden St., Jamaica. There will be health outreach services and vendors and free backpacks for students.

The Maria Rose International Doll Museum, 18711 Linden Blvd., St. Albans, exhibits are open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children.

AUDITIONS Senior Theatre Acting Repertory holds acting rehearsals on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at Hollis Public Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave. and on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. at Queens Village Library, 94-11 217th St. For information, call the director’s assistant at (718) 776-0529. The Oratorio Society of Queens, is preparing for the annual Holiday Concert on Sunday, Dec. 18. First rehearsal for the fall season is on Monday, Sept. 12. Audition-listenings will be held on Mondays, Sept. 12, 19 and 26 only, reservations are required. OSQ rehearses every Monday from 7:4510 p.m. in Temple Beth Sholom in the FSG room at 172nd Street and Northern Boulevard in Flushing. For information call (718) 279-3006.

FILM Movies under the bridge at Little Bay Park on Tuesdays, Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. Enjoy free family movies overlooking Long Island Sound. Bring low chairs or blanket. (Movies TBD) The Onderdonk House will host a bike-in movie on Friday, Aug. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Vander Ende Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. Suggested donation is $7, kids are free. Bring a blanket. For information visit 2-w-heels.org or onderdonkhouse.org. St. Joseph Catholic Church, 43-19 30 Ave., Astoria will hold weekly movie nights on “True Grit” and Sept. 2 “Invictus” in the school yard. Bring chairs. Come at 7 p.m. for a free barbecue dinner. Movies follow at sundown. The Greek Cultural Center, 26-80 30 St., Astoria, invites the public to its annual free Summer Film Festival which opens now through Sept. 4. This year they celebrate Greek actor/director Thanasis Veggos and Greek American actor/director/writer and two-time Academy Award winner, Elia Kazan. All films are in Greek, and will be shown every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m.

MUSIC Chinese music, dance and opera will be presented in partnership with the Flushing Development

Oratorio Society of Queens will begin its Holiday Concert rehearsals on Monday, Sept. 12. PHOTO COURTESY ORATORIO SOCIETY OF QUEENS

Center at the Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 6:45 p.m. It will feature performances on traditional Chinese instruments by Wendy Li (on the yanquin) and Cindy Chen (on the gu zheng); dance by artists from the NY Chinese Cultural Center including Clapping Dance, Double Sword Dance, Miao Dance, Handkerchief Dance; Monkey King Chinese opera excerpts, an interactive lesson for the children in the Double Fan Dance, and the Monkey King character offering face painting for children. Free Rockabilly Show under the Sunnyside Arch at Queens Boulevard and 46th Street, will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 3:30-5 p.m., with the New Houn’dogs featuring Mr. Guitar Lowell Marin. Also, special guest performer Miss Maureen Russell. Friends of Maple Grove will present a jazz concert on Friday, Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. at Celebration Hall at the Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Wine and cheese reception at 7:30 p.m. Reservations required. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and Friends of Maple Grove members. Payment online through Paypal at friends ofmaplegrove.org.

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Oklahoma City Thunder team member and Hollis native Royal Ivey will hold his fourth annual free Royal Skills Clinic at Hollis Playground, Hollis Avenue between 204th Street and the corner of Run DMC and JMJ Way from Aug. 25-27 from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday.

A blood drive will be held at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Bayside on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 4-8:30 p.m. Donors receive free Mets tickets.

“Bessie’s Big Shot,” a show for children on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. at Grover Cleveland Park in Ridgewood. Bring a chair or blanket.

CLASSES The Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside, will have zumba fitness classes on Wednesdays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Classes will begin on Sept. 7. Rates are $8 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Classes will take place every Wednesday until Dec. 21.

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The Center for the Women of New York in Kew Gardens offers various classes in family day care — health and safety course, medical office assistant’s course, horticulture and home health aide class. For costs and information, call (718) 793-0672.

Flea market on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. to Incarnation School Auditorium and Grounds, Francis Lewis Boulevard between 89th and 90th avenues in Queens Village.

A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third Saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing. Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.

Faith Mission’s summer flea market will be held every Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. now through Oct. 1 at 114-40 Van Wyck Expressway, South Ozone Park.

Dance with instructions at Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, every Monday and Friday, 7:15-8 p.m. From 8-11 p.m. will be a dance social. Music by Sal Escott. Admission is $10.

OUTDOORS Explore the 19th century fortress at Fort Totten that helped protect New York City’s harbor from possible naval attack and learn about the history of Willet’s Point on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 10 a.m. Meet at Fort Totten Visitor Center, Building 502 in Bayside.

The Ridgewood Youth Farm Market will be held at Ridgewood Memorial Triangle between Cypress and Myrtle avenues every Saturday now through Oct. 29 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for local produce, flowers and plants from local farms sold by local teens.

Yoga classes are now being held at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 76-11 37 Ave., Room 204, Jackson Heights. All levels are welcomed. Classes are held Saturdays, from 10-11 a.m. and Sundays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Classes held during the week include, meditation, ayurvedic, yoga philos-

A health fair and resource day will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, 114-44 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Humanity Service Incorp., a nonprofit that helps the needy, has a free clinic of mental and medical health services from 6-8 p.m. every Friday. There is also a food pantry that is open during this time. These services are located at 92-17 101 Ave., Ozone Park. For more information, call (718) 845-1901. Join the Walkers for Wellness Club at New Hope Lutheran Church of Jamaica. Under the guidance of a walking leader, you will walk two to three times each week at a comfortable pace. The club is open to walkers of all ages and abilities. The walking schedule is Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 a.m. Weather permitting, meet at the church, located at 167-24 118 Ave.

MEETINGS Join Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston’s very own knitting circle. Knitters, crocheters, or crafters of any kind welcomed. This is a meeting for adults who know how to knit, not a class. Call Liz at (718) 229-4000, ext. 200 or e-mail emcglinchey@alleypond.com to inquire about meeting times. They will meet a few times a month, and there will be a fee of $3 for members, $5 for nonmember per meeting. 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. To learn more, join the agency every Sunday at 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 St., Jamaica.

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Touring Queens’ culinary melting pot sively about these experiences on his website, iwantmorefood.com, and is “Whoa, it’s really juicy,” Jeff Orlick launching two new food tours for people said as he stuck his fork into the fried who want what he described as “a real pancake-like disc in front of him. After a foodie adventure.” few bites, he paused. “I think qeema The tours are called “Taste of the bara,” the dish in question, “is the most World” and the “Midnight Street Crawl.” different, or, I don’t know, ‘out there,’” In the first, Orlick will guide people to the he commented. best dishes from “I’ve never had neighborhood restaumomos like I’ve had rants and stalls reprehere,” Tricia Irwin, senting eight to nine Orlick’s fellow food countries — including researcher for the When/Where: “Midnight Street Crawl,” the Philippines, Thaiday, countered, Sundays at midnight land, India, Pakistan, referring to the Bangladesh, Tibet, on Roosevelt Ave. more familiar plate Nepal and Ecuador — “Tastes of the World,” of dumplings on all within walking disWednesdays at noon. the table. tance of each other. Tickets: $45 and $60, includes food. Orlick, who The “Midnight iwantmorefood.com spends his nights Street Crawl,” which working in TV news Orlick has already production and his days eating his way hosted once, involves eating from the through Jackson Heights, was contem- many street trucks and vendors on Rooplating which dish at Kati Roll to include sevelt Avenue, between 90th and 111th on an app he’s developing that would streets, on Sunday nights. give people a “Little India” tour of the Orlick thinks his food tours will help neighborhood where he lives. people who might be hesitant to venture For nearly four years, Orlick has spent out into Queens alone, or who’d like some much of his free time exploring the food guidance, especially when it comes to in the area, often on Roosevelt Avenue ordering from foreign vendors. under the 7 train. He has written exten“I’ve been writing about these places by Paula Neudorf qboro Editor

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Inside Kati Roll, Nepali cook Santhi Maske makes traditional dishes like qeema bara.

Jeff Orlick, right, gets the lowdown from Kati Roll manager Mohammad Amim.

PHOTOS BY PAULA NEUDORF

Orlick’s “Food Ambassador” for the day, Shree Kaurwar — an Indian native and the outing’s Hindi translator — ventured into Kababish Restaurant, just around the corner. Orlick immediately got down to the business of interviewing the woman behind the counter, Johan Ara, about the shop’s kebabs. He pointed to the charcoal oven behind

for so long, and I’m still the only white person here,” Orlick said with a laugh. “There’s a lot of places that are ‘de facto.’ Like the ‘de facto Thai restaurant,’” he added, referring to SriPraPhai, the famed and much written about Thai restaurant in Woodside. But when it comes to exploring new places, people may need extra help, he said. After Kati Roll, Orlick, Irwin and

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Remembering Korean WW II victims by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College has joined forces with the Korean American Voters Council to present a new exhibit, “Come from the Shadows,” which tells the story of Korea’s “Comfort Women.”

A former “Comfort Woman,” most of whom are now in their 80s and 90s, photographed by Arin Yoon.

A group of leading Korean artists, members saw an earlier exhibit at the working with photography, watercolors, center commemorating the Nanking, and other media, created the exhibit to China massacre — also known as the seek justice and to ensure the women Rape of Nanking — in which 400,000 people were killed and tens of thousands won’t be forgotten. Comfort Women were young Koreans of women raped. Interest in the Korean exhibit, which rounded up when Japan invaded Korea during World War II to “serve” the opened last week, has been mounting. About 100 people attended the openJapanese army. The women were forced ing, including “a into brothels for the large contingent of duration of the war. More than 70 years ‘Come from the Shadows’ Korean residents from Queens,” said later, Japan refuses When: Through Sept. 29. Alice Doyle, a QCC to acknowledge Mon-Fri, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., spokeswoman. Most these events. call ahead to schedule tours. were first-time visi“If you wait long tors, many of them enough all the vicWhere: Queensborough teenagers and chiltims die off and you Community College. dren. The Korean have no one who is 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside consul general to the a witness,” said Dr. Tickets: Free United Nations and Arthur Flug, the (718) 281-5770 area officials were center’s executive qcc.cuny.edu/khrca/ also on hand. director. “Everyone has a Most of the victims, now in their 80s and 90s, still seek different favorite piece,” Doyle said. Hers justice and an apology from the Japan- is made of paper that “drops down like a waterfall. It tells the story of a young ese government. “This is not forthcoming,” Flug Korean woman who has died. She represaid, despite requests from the U.S. sents all the souls of the Comfort Women,” she said. It’s “an ethereal, spirigovernment. He indicated the genesis for “Come tual, powerful image.” “The one that gets me the most is a from the Shadows” came after KAVC

“In Our Dreams We Fly,” by Steve Cavallo, on view at the exhibit. IMAGES COURTESY KUPFERBERG HOLOCAUST CENTER

picture of a young girl, wearing a loose slip, bent over in pain, with a Japanese soldier next to her,” Flug said. Famed artist Steve Cavallo created the piece, called “Where Have You Been My Daughter.” Both Doyle and Flug are confident the exhibit will help keep the memory of the historic episode alive. “Many people don’t even know about it,” Doyle said. Already, a number of professors at the college have scheduled visits to the museum for their fall classes. “People will know what took place,” Q Flug said.

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said, is “peace, peace, peace.” On Friday, he and his fellow silleteros began making The flower tapestry “is something that the flower tapestry by painstakingly sticking one flower I wish everyone can think about for 10 at a time into moist organic bricks laid down on a wide minutes,” he added. expanse of grass. The varying colors of the flowers stuck As part of the 10-day festival, which culin the bricks and their arrangements would eventually minates in the flower parade, Acosta orgacreate a zig-zagging pattern. nized a number of events this past week, As he bent over his segment of the tapestry, Grajales including Colombian jazz performances at deftly grabbed fresh flower stalks from vases of water, Terraza 7 Train Cafe in Elmhurst last Monsheared them and struck them inside day, and folkloric thethe bricks before him. Without missater performances at ing a beat, he talked about his job in LaGuardia Community Colombia. College’s Little Theater Though tapestry-making of this the next day. When: Sunday, Aug. 28 kind is not itself traditional, silleteros You can still catch 1-4 p.m. do make elaborate flower ornaments the parade on Sunday, Where: Central Park West, from which are then featured in Medellin’s when Grajales and the 110th Street to 96th Street. famed flower festival parade. 17 other silleteros will Tickets: Free Luis Eduardo Acosta, the New carry 40 arrangements festivaldelasflores.com.co York fest’s organizer, said that it was of flowers on their as important to him that people see backs down Central the silleteros at work as it was for them to experience Park West, beginning at 110th Street and Members of Estampas Negras, a Colombian folkloric ballet troupe, perthe finished product or the parade, which will take ending at 96th Street. Following the parade formed in front of the Queens Museum of Art last Sunday to celebrate place this coming Sunday along Central Park West. will be a night of dueling guitarists, or the Festival de las Flores. PHOTOS BY PAULA NEUDORF People too often “don’t know what the essence of trobadores, at the Extravaganza nightclub [an artwork] is,” Acosta said. in Woodside, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. show people the art of Colombia.” “But if they see how you work, they will appreciate As the silleteros worked away at their tapestry last Like the celebration in Medellin, the festival here it more.” weekend, a number of concurrent events took place in doesn’t commemorate anything more than the beauty Acosta, originally from Medellin, is a sculptor and front of the Queens Museum of Art, including tradition- of the flowers at the heart of its events and Colombian artist himself who graduated from LaGuardia Commu- al dancing by Estampas Negras, a Colombian folkloric culture generally. When asked what the tapestry was a nity College in Long Island City and has lived here for ballet troupe based in Jackson Heights. testament to, Acosta answered simply: 16 years. The main message behind the tapestry, he It’s a dream, Grajales said, “to be able to come and Q “Life. Just life.”

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boro SUPPORT GROUPS Cross Community Baptist Church is holding private marriage counseling sessions by a certified counselor for only $15 per session for the month of August. It’s on a first come first serve basis. To make an appointment call (212) 518-7202. The Center for the Women of New York announces that it is now accepting registration for a new session of their Women’s Support Group. It meets at Queensborough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 325, Kew Gardens every Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. For information and an interview appointment, call (718) 793-0672. Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meetings are held seven days a week. SMART Recovery, a free self-help group dedicated to assisting individuals in overcoming all types of addictive behavior problems, meets on Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64th Road, Rego Park.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing for area seniors. An Alzheimer’s Adult Day program is held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 157-16 65 Ave., Flushing. Door to door transportation included. Call (718) 358-3541. The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Breakfast is at 9 a.m. with a suggested donation of 75 cents; lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: yoga, tai chi stretch, three dance groups (African, interpretive and line), chair exercise, choral g roup, crochet/knit (Mondays and Tuesdays), ceramic, art and camera class, quilting/sewing, Wii games, arts and crafts, conversational Spanish, book talk club, movie afternoons, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. For more information, call (718) 657-6752. The Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75th St., offers beginner and intermediate level computer classes and workshops in Word 2007 and Excel 2007. Call Dina at (718) 894-3441 or visit the center. The Howard Beach Senior Center invites seniors aged 60 and older to become members. The center offers exercise, yoga and tai chi classes, billiards, creative writing, crafts, weekly dances with a DJ, painting and sketching classes, bingo, ballroom and line dancing, Wii bowling and computer classes. The center also takes many trips, including a monthly excursion to Atlantic City. It is located at 156-45 84th St., use the 85th St. entrance, open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is served at noon. For more information, call (718) 738-8100, or visit their new website at howardbeachseniorcenter.org.

VOLUNTEERS The Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, will hold a volunteer fair on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 1-3 p.m. To register or for more information, contact the adult department at (718) 268-5011, ext. 160 or email olderadults@ centralqueensy.org.

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo, 53-51 111 St. in Flushing Meadows Park, is accepting applications for volunteers. Program participants will have the opportunity to teach visitors of all ages about animals through guided tours, assisting with special programs and events, speaking at narrated feedings and leading arts and crafts activities. Deadline for applications is Wednesday, Aug. 31. Candidates must be at least 18 years of age and available for a multi-week training program. For more information visit queenszoo.com or call (718) 271-1500. Maggie’s Little Theater at St. Margaret Parish, 6605 79 Pl., Middle Village, is seeking a creative team of volunteers for its musical revue and variety show, “The Claus Family Christmas Spectacular,” reminiscent of Christmas TV specials of the ’50s and ’60s. Auditions begin mid-September. Rehearsals run mid-September-early December during the evenings and weekends. Performance dates are Dec. 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11. If you would like to be involved in the off-stage aspects of production, such as director, musical director, choreographer, stage crew, painters, costumers, seamstress/tailors, send an e-mail to maggieslittletheater@gmail.com or call (917) 579-5389 for information and to set up an appointment. New York Cares Day, the city’s largest volunteer day for public schools, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 15. New York Cares is looking for 7,000 volunteers to revitalize more than 100 public schools across the five boroughs. Volunteers will paint murals and classrooms, reorganize libraries and store rooms, fix up gardens and playgrounds and more, to give NYC students and teachers brighter, cleaner places to learn. New Yorkers can register to volunteer at newyorkcaresday.org from now until Oct. 14. There is a $20 registration fee per volunteer, and the event is open to volunteers ages 12 and up (volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian). Bridge instructor needed for refresher course and guided supervised play. Contact Wendy or Rochelle at SNAP Bell Park Senior Center in Queens Village at (718) 740-3905. Hospice Care Network, one of the largest hospice organizations in New York State that serves more than 400 patients and their families daily in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties, is looking for volunteer licensed massage therapists. Contact Eva Pendleton, director of Complementary Therapy for Hospice Care Network at ependleton@hospicecarenetwork.org. The Senior Theatre Acting Repertory is looking for a piano player, who is retired, to join the group. Rehearsals are held on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at the Hollis Public Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave., and on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. at the Queens Village Public Library, 94-11 217 St., For more information, call the assistant director at (718) 776-0529.

LISTING INFORMATION Items for the Community Calendar must be sent two weeks before the date of the event. Listings should be typed, from a nonprofit organization, either free or moderately priced, and be open to the public. Keep the information to one paragraph. Because of the large number of requests for the free calendar listings, we cannot include every event submitted. Send to: Queens Chronicle, Community Calendar, P.O. Box 74-7769, Rego Park, NY 11374, fax to (718) 205-0150.

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the counter. “That’s why your guys’ are better than Kebab King?” he asked. Kebab King is a nearby competitor. As Ara began putting together the kebab in question, using nan, a fluffy Indian bread, Orlick walked behind the counter and took a picture. For the food lover, who carried a notebook with him in addition to his camera, these food forays have an investigative bent. After eating the kebab, Orlick began firing off questions again. What was in the spice jar Ara had sprinkled the kebab with? It’s this passion for detail that makes eating with Orlick memorable. Four years ago, when he moved to Jackson Heights from Long Island, Orlick began a food club, in which members would go out to restaurants together, by and large as a way to meet people, he said. When the club got too big (“By the end we had to rent out the restaurants,” he explained), Orlick moved on to creating apps and writing for his website. Recent posts there extol the virtues of a Tibetan soup found in a mobile phone store and a dish called yaroa, which he ordered off a Dominican food truck. “I’m living my food fantasies,” Orlick said. Asked if he ever cooks, Orlick answered, “I do like to cook, but there just Q aren’t enough meals in the day.”

The nan kebab sandwich at Kebabish Restaurant in Jackson Heights, where a charcoal oven makes all the difference. PHOTO BY PAULA NEUDORF

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35 YEARS EXPERIENCE LIC # NYC HIC 1281504 24

Insured

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WOOD FLOORS • • • • • • • •

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Nick “The Tile Man”

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INSURED

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J&M CLEANOUTS

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PAINTING & TILES ARE US HANDYMAN Over 20 Years

Low Prices! - Free Estimates! - Insured! Call Anthony 38

347-226-0202

COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL SPECIALISTS WIRING FOR LIGHT, HEAT & POWER

No Job Too

100 Amp • 220 Volt Service Air Conditioning • Fire Damage Repairs Electrical Violations Corrected Consulting Services • Electrical Layout Designs

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Bonded with BBB & Fully Insured

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100sq. ft.

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INTERIOR-EXTERIOR

J.S.V. ELECTRIC Inc. LICENSED ELECTRICIANS 24 HR. EMERGENCY SERVICE • • • • •

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Family Owned For Over 35 Years

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★

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718-849-2206

Est. 1938

RESIDENTIAL - COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL

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RE-NEW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

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sq. ft.

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• • • •

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43 • Courteous Reliable Service • Weekends Available At No Additional Cost • • All Furniture Padded For Protection • No Job Too Small • Packing & Unpacking • • Cartons & Packing Materials Available • Licensed & Insured DOT#10851 USDOT#1406075NY www.movecomovers.com 102-15 LIBERTY AVE., OZONE PARK, NY 11417

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• • • •

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Lic. # 0859173 38

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Only

We Do All The Loading & Cleanups Commercial • Residential Interior • Exterior • Demolition Cleanouts - All Kinds Boiler & Oil Tanks Removed Lawn Maintenance Fully Insured and Certified 45

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• Roofing

Give Us A Call To Spruce Up Your Property For Spring. Weekly Maintenance Available 37

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• Window

Commercial and Residential • Siding • Roofing/Rips • Gutters • Slate, Etc.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: The Allman Dunbar Brokerage LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/29/2011. 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 the LLC, 118-42 Marsden Street, Queens, NY 11434. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 150-31 14TH AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/27/11. 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 Gloria LoSchiavo, 138-22 11th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of 148 EAST 123RD STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/27/11. 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 Gloria LoSchiavo, 138-22 11th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ERICA PAPATHOMAS DPM, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/15/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the PLLC, 24-59 24th Street, Astoria, New York 11102. Purpose: For the practice of the profession of Podiatry.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GREENPOINT CITYVIEW, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/11/11. 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 Law Offices of William Cafaro, 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1500, New York, New York 10036. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

139-48 QUEENS BLVD. LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/17/2010. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 676 W. Merrick Rd., Valley Stream, NY 11580. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 139-48 Queens Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 208 GREAT NECK REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/13/11. 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, 289 Fulton Street, Farmingdale, New York 11735. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

42 BERRIAN LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/5/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Della Mura & Ciacci LLP, 981 Allerton Ave., Bronx, NY 10469. General Purposes.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Index No. 17573/11 At an IAS Part 17 of the Supreme Court, of the State of New York, held in and for the County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on the 26th day of July, 2011. Present: Hon. Orin R. Kitles, Justice Rayman Hoosein, Petitioner -againstWAHID HOOSEIN and MINGLE #1, INC., Respondent Upon reading and filing the verified petition and affidavit of RAYMAN HOOSEIN, a 50% shareholder in MINGLE #1, INC., both duly sworn to on July 25, 2011, Let WAHID HOOSEIN and MINGLE #1, INC., the State Tax Commission, the Attorney General and all interested persons, Show Cause at an IAS Part 17, Room thereof, to be held at the Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435, on the 28th day of September, 2011 at 9:30 A.M., in the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why the corporation should not be dissolved and why; and it is further Ordered, that a copy of this order shall be published in The Queens Chronicle once in each of the 3 weeks before the time appointed for the hearing thereon; and it is further Ordered that a copy of this order and the documents on which it is based shall be served upon the corporation, each person named in the petition who is not a petitioner, the State Tax Commission, the Attorney General, and all other interested parties, in the manner prescribed in New York Business Corporations Law Section 1106. Enter #80156 J.S.C

Notice of Formation of 5505 ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/25/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 139-10 28th Rd., Apt. 5B, Flushing, NY 11354. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation: FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/14/2011. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT, LLC., 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

THE NEW YORK FAMILY OFFICE LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 7/8/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, c/o Heiko Meyenschein, 90 Park Ave., Ste. 1710, NY, NY 10016. General Purposes

YORK SECURITY SYSTEMS LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/08/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jarek Kajda, 6605 70th St., Middle Village, NY 11379. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CRITERION HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/19/11. 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, 35-11 36th Street, Astoria, New York 11106. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Q & A CONSULTING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/08/2011. 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 the LLC, 11 Soundview Drive, Bayville, NY 11709. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

GHALE CONCIERGE & SECURITY SERVICE LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 4/15/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 411 Onderdonk Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of 110-45 ZJD, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/12/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 112-15 72nd Rd., #410, Forest Hills (Queens), NY 11375. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Robert Rothstein, M.D. at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Segadey L.L.C., a domestic or foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State on June 2, 2011. NY Office location: Queens County. Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC service upon him/her to C/O 119-16 204th Street, St. Albans, NY 11412. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

RLLCCYCR LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/31/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jun Xu, 17-19 Putnam Ave., Suite 3L, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: A W Family LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/05/2011. 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 the LLC, 84-11 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY 11421. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WANG HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 7/19/2011. 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: 143-13 Beech Ave., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: SANDY SUN LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/01/2010. 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, 135-11 40th Road, Suite 4C, Flushing, NY 11354. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Vernon Real Estate Holding Company, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/19/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Kenneth Abrahami, 33-18 57th Street, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: any lawful activity.

JAMESON PLAZA LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/18/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4128 College Point Blvd., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of WAVECREST MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/25/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Susan Camerata, 87-14 116th St., Richmond Hill, NY 11418. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

CS CONDO LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/21/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 39-60 65th St., Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: FULL HOUSE PARKING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/3/2008. 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, 135-11 40th Road, Suite 4C, Flushing, NY 11354. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: H.B. LANG REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/21/11. 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 Denise R. Langweber L.L.P., 3332 Sunrise Highway, Wantagh, New York 11793. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: BENAIR HVAC-R LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/19/2011. 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: Ben Avishai Yarkoni, 150-14 Grand Central Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11432. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Alina & Sofia’s Jewelry LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/20/2011. 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 Eduard Lalaiants, 84-10 34 Ave., Apt. 4L, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: FTW Consulting LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/14/2011. 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 the LLC, 29-15 36th Ave., #4EA, Astoria, NY 11106. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1255921, for on premises liquor license has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at Latino Ranch Inc. under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 341 Saint Nicholas Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385 for on-premises consumption.

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Will there be a trial? by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Mets CEO Fred Wilpon has every reason to endure sleepless nights through late September and it has nothing to do with how his perennially disappointing team finishes the 2011 season. U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff announced that he will decide in 30 days whether to allow a public proceeding in which Wilpon’s nemesis, Irving Picard, the trustee in charge of recovering funds for the victim-clients of Madoff Securities, to sue Mets ownership for both the $300 million in cash gains that they got from their dealings with the rogue Far Rockaway-raised financier, and $700 million in punitive damages. Rakoff has told both parties that if he does rule in favor of a trial, it will commence on March 5, 2012. It is Picard’s contention that Wilpon, and his brother-in-law Saul Katz, had ample reason to suspect that Bernard Madoff was operating a Ponzi scheme and that they remained silent because they were being enriched. Fred Wilpon has frequently stated that he has been a Madoff victim as much as anyone else. Clearly the scandal has deeply humiliated him and his family, but he has not disagreed with Picard’s contention that he wound up with significantly more cash from his dealings with Madoff than he invested with him. My guess is that Rakoff will OK a trial, but the odds are that he’ll never have to preside over it. Both Wilpon and Picard agreed to

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allow former New York governor and Hollis resident Mario Cuomo to serve as mediator and there are plenty of incentives for each side to let him hammer out an agreement. The Mets owner does not want to appear to be a naive fool in his financial dealings, or even worse, a possible crook, at a public hearing. Picard, being a lawyer himself, knows full well that it’s far from a slam dunk that a judge and/or jury will believe his assertions. Don’t expect much of an American presence at the US Open that gets underway on Monday. These days the other A-Rod, Andy Roddick, has better performances on the silver screen (he had a cameo in the most recent Adam Sandler flick, “Just Go With It”) than on the tennis court. Other American stalwarts as Mardy Fish, James Blake, Sam Querrey, John Isner, Taylor Dent and Robbie Ginepri remind me of the Mets pitching staff; they’re good but simply not good enough. On the women’s side, who knows how healthy or how much left in the tank Venus and Serena Williams have or whether 2009 Cinderella story Melanie Oudin was just a flash in the pan. At least going from Manhattan to Queens for the Open can be dirt cheap. Delta Air Lines is sponsoring a $1 per ride, twice-a-day ferry with New York Water Taxi that will go from the South Street Seaport and its East 35th Street terminal to the World’s Fair Marina. You do have to purchase a ticket in advance at Q nywatertaxi.com/en/tennis-ferry/.

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