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Quinn says no to paid sick leave bill Revived efforts to amend and pass 2009 legislation at impasse, again by Paula Neudorf Associate Editor

n a statement emailed to the Chronicle on Wednesday, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said that she still cannot support a bill mandating paid sick days at private companies despite recently suggested amendments to the legislation, a day after a rally supporting the measure was held in Jackson Heights. The bill is sponsored by 36 council members — a majority, and more than the twothirds necessary to override a mayoral veto — but Quinn can decide whether or not it ever reaches the floor for a vote. When asked if her opposition means she will not bring the bill up, her office said the statement voicing her opposition “answers that.” The measure was f irst introduced by Councilwoman Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan) in 2009 and has been in committee since. Two years ago, Quinn said she couldn’t support the legislation because it would hurt the economy and small businesses, an argument she repeated at a press conference in January, at which point she said she would not comment on the amendments. Brewer introduced the amendments to address concerns about the impact on small businesses — including excluding businesses with fewer than five employees from having to offer the proposed five days of paid sick time — but now, two months later, they haven’t changed Quinn’s mind. “The sponsors and proponents of paid

Freddy Castiblanco, the owner of Terraza 7 in Jackson Heights, spoke during a rally in support of PHOTO BY PAULA NEUDORF the paid sick time bill; he already offers his employees paid sick time. sick leave had a laudable goal,” Quinn said in the statement to the Chronicle, using exactly the same wording as she did in January. “That said, in our present economic environment, small businesses are hanging on by a thread in many cases.” The bill “will cost us jobs and cost us small businesses and their future in these tough economic times,” Quinn added, again using the same words spoken in January. A day earlier, at a rally held with Make the Road New York, the Working Families Party and other supporters at Terraza 7 in Jackson Heights, Brewer and Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) — one of eight Queens council members sponsoring the legislation — sought to address the criticism that it

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would hurt small businesses. They announced the “Conscious Consumer, Conscious Business Initiative” to highlight small companies that already offer paid sick days to employees. “We are celebrating an incredibly powerful policy that they’ve already implemented,” Ferreras said of the eight participating businesses in Jackson Heights. By encouraging consumers to frequent those businesses and “have our dollars really mean something,” Ferreras said, people could send a message: “I choose you because you believe in our community.” Several small business owners also spoke at the rally, and all emphasized that forcing sick employees to work ultimately costs more than granting them sick time. Supporters of the paid sick days campaign have also said that it’s

big businesses like fast food chains and others that are really opposed to the measure. “The health of our workers, our consumers, our customers, is invaluable,” said Freddy Castiblanco, the owner of Terraza 7, a cafe and live music venue. Castiblanco said he was a doctor in Colombia before he moved to the United States 10 years ago. When he opened Terraza 7 two years later, he had hoped to create “a business model that grows with its community. Not a predatory business model, but one that encourages the flourishing of the local environment.” After the rally but before Quinn’s latest rehashing of her opposition, Brewer said she was still hopeful a compromise with the speaker could be reached. “To her credit she said she was going to meet with us every two months to go over economic issues, and she’s kept her promise,” Brewer said. The key moving forward will be gaining the support of still more businesses as well as healthcare professionals, Brewer added. According to a 2011 study conducted by Nancy Rankin of Community Service Society, an organization that advocates for New York City’s poor, between 1.4 and 1.6 million New Yorkers lack any paid leave whatsoever, either for sick time or vacation. Connecticut passed a state-wide sick leave mandate last year, and cities including San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC have Q passed similar legislation.

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Turner seeks GOP nod vs. Gillibrand His House seat facing elimination, U.S. Rep. looks to Senate contest by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

Congressman Bob Turner’s (R-Queens and Brooklyn) quest for the GOP’s U.S. Senate nomination was not quite five hours old on Tuesday when his supporters and those of incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand appeared to be in full campaign mode. Turner, 70, is a retired television executive who scored an upset win last September in a special election to fill the 9th District House seat vacated by the resignation of scandal-plagued Democrat Anthony Weiner. In a statement issued by his campaign Tuesday, Turner said he will speak to leaders of the Republican and Conservative parties this week to ask for their endorsements. “I ran for the House six months ago as a private citizen fed up with what is happening in Washington,” Turner said in the statement. “I could not sit and watch career politicians sink my nation deeper into economic crisis.” Turner acknowledged in the statement that his congressional district appears ticketed for elimination under redistricting lines that would remove his home from the 9th District. Depending on whether the state Legislature approves lines drawn up by a judge or drafts some of its own, Turner could be placed into the districts of Democratic incumbents Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) or Carolyn McCarthy (D-LI).

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“There is serious work to be done to get the economy back on track, and I will not walk away from that work now,” Turner’s statement added. “I will run for the Senate, and I will win.” Gillibrand was an upstate congresswoman who was appointed in 2009 to fill the vacancy when then-Sen. Hillary Clinton was named secretary of state by President Obama.

New York’s junior senator then won a special election to retain the seat in 2010. Republican officials in Queens and at the state level could not be reached for comment by the Chronicle’s deadline. Turner’s campaign said its candidate would not be granting interviews on Tuesday as he is reaching out to county Republican chairpersons in an effort to round up support.

In a statement issued by the Gillibrand camp, spokesman Glen Caplin welcomed Turner to the race. “We look forward to contrasting Sen. Gillibrand’s record of f ighting for New York’s middle class with that of Congressman Turner’s record as a former Rush Limbaugh producer turned self-proclaimed ‘pandering’ Republican if he becomes the nominee,” Caplin said. “As a member of Congress, his record of voting with the House Republicans to help protect tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, raise Medicare premiums for seniors and block efforts to put middleclass families back to work is too extreme for New York,” Caplin added. In a statement from his campaign, Turner spokeswoman Jessica Proud suggested that Gillibrand might want to tend to her own record. “Between Obamacare, surging gas prices and being labeled the most left-wing senator in the country this month, Kirsten Gillibrand is in big trouble this year,” Proud said. “It’s no wonder that her out-of-touch policies and status as the ultimate Washington insider have kept her from resonating with average New Yorkers.” In September Turner won a seat held by Democrats since 1923. He defeated Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) largely on his ability to turn the race into a referendum on policies of President Obama, such as his lack of Q support for Israel.

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CB 9 unanimously rejects traffic plan Relieves residents who opposed proposal for Woodhaven, Ozone Park by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

changes. Nor did anyone speak in favor of them at the CB 9 meeting this week. “There’s a major lack of communication between the community board, the DOT and those who would be affected by this,” said Woodhaven resident David Adorno, who added that he wanted to see more of an outreach effort from CB 9. Then CB 9 Chairwoman Andrea Crawford, who was not re-elected to her position at the end of the meeting [see separate story on page 6], emphasized that the board did try hard to let people know about the city’s proposal. “We let civic groups know, and it’s their responsibility to let individuals know,” Crawford said. Margaret Finnegan, a resident of 92nd Street in Woodhaven for more than 40 years, also spoke out against the traffic changes, bringing with her a speech that filled several typed pages. “It’s funny how the city wants to stop pollution, but this will inconvenience drivers” and force them to travel longer distances to get

Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association President Ed Wendell, left, speaks at the Community Board 9 meeting on Tuesday night against the proposed traffic changes. The plans were voted down, eliciting many cheers from the audience. PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON

around the traff ic changes, she said. “This is poor city and environmental planning,” Finnegan continued. A number of residents pointed their f inger at the 83rd Street

Boston Market for requesting the change. Boston Market has not responded to repeated requests for comment. “I would boycott Boston Market if this change went through,” said Q Alex Glatt, of Woodhaven.

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They arrived by foot, on bicycles and from cars parked along an endlessly busy Jamaica Avenue, lining themselves against the walls of the Woodhaven Richmond Hill Ambulance Corp. once all the metal folding chairs were occupied — which was quickly. Packing into a room sheltered from the hum of passing vehicles and pedestrians who shouted to one another during Tuesday’s warm evening that hinted at summer, they stood shoulder to shoulder and crossed their arms, readying themselves for a long night at Community Board 9. And while the meeting did last for hours, the more than 150 residents present needed to wage no battle to get what they wanted. CB 9 members unanimously rejected a city proposal to redirect traffic on 84th Street in Woodhaven and 89th Avenue in Ozone Park, eliciting loud cheers and much applause from relieved individuals who have for months been criticizing a proposal they argued would

leave them close to stranded. “It would block one of our only remaining entrances back into the neighborhood,” Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association President Ed Wendell said of the city Department of Transportation’s original plan to change 84th Street from one-way northbound to one-way southbound from Liberty to Atlantic avenues. The city had also suggested converting 89th Avenue from a two-way to a one-way street running eastbound between Woodhaven Boulevard and 97th Street. The board had been slated to vote at its January meeting on the proposals, but pushed back the decision following an outcry about the plan from an irate group of residents who said CB 9 had not done enough to notify them about the plan. In Febr uar y, Queens DOT Commissioner Maura McCarthy and more than 150 people attended a public forum on the matter at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Ozone Park, during which no one spoke in favor of the traff ic

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Rezoning gets stamp of approval

CB 9 elects CB 9 votes to support plan for Rich. Hill, Woodhaven chairwoman by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

Community Board 9 unanimously threw its support on Tuesday behind the city’s proposal to rezone a 229-block area in Woodhaven and Richmond Hill that residents, city planners and legislators say will help to prevent overcrowding and funnel development into main commercial corridors. “After seven years of talking about this, we finally have rezoning in Woodhaven,” said CB 9 member Maria Thomson, also the executive director of the Greater Wood-

John Young, director of the Queens City Planning office, speaks to Community Board 9 members about a rezoning for Richmond Hill PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON and Woodhaven.

haven Development Corporation. “This is wonderful.” The proposed rezoning, which still needs to go before the borough president and for a final vote by the City Council, seeks to keep the one- and two-family homes in residential areas and prevent the building of more of the multi-family units that have sprung up in recent years, city planners said at the meeting. A number of residents have lamented the fact that many of the neighborhood’s old homes, including Queen Anne Victorians, have been torn down and replaced with structures they say are out of character with the rest of the community. Additionally, planners said the move would encourage higher-density housing and commercial development on main business strips, such as Jamaica and Atlantic avenues. The rezoning was crafted in response to concerns raised by Community Board 9, area civic organizations and elected officials. The area is generally bounded by Park Lane to the north, 103rd Avenue to the south, Eldert Lane to the west and the Van Wyck Expressway to the east. The plan has garnered much support from area residents, though members of the Richmond Hill Economic Development Corporation said they worried a downzoning would not accommodate families’ need to build additions in order to allow a number of generations to reside in the same house. No one from the RHEDC was present at Tuesday’s

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meeting. “We do want to retain the communities we have now, and we simply do not have the infrastructure” to accommodate an influx in population, Kate Mooney, a representative for Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (DMiddle Village), said of residents’ criticism of the downzoning. Richmond Hill resident Carina Nieves said there are serious problems with the existing zoning, but disagreed that the main business corridors’ zoning should be changed to allow for taller buildings. For example, portions of Jamaica and Atlantic avenues would be zoned R6A instead of the current R5. The shift would change the maximum building height from 40 to 70 feet, which city officials and legislators have praised because they said it would allow businesses to expand. “I’ve seen a lot of houses knocked down in the area, and it’s caused a lot of parking issues and overcrowding issues,” Nieves said. “I don’t want our neighborhood to become the next Jackson Heights.” Before the board took its vote, John Young, director of the Queens office of City Planning, and Brendan Pillar, a city planner, presented information about the rezoning and noted that the regulations for the area in question have not changed in 50 years. “We’re seeking to keep the residential blocks the way they are and have a long-term strategy to upgrade the commercial streets so there can be new development,” Young said. Q

Community Board 9 members voted at their Tuesday night meeting to replace their chairwoman, Andrea Crawford, with Joan DeCamp, who previously served as the group’s leader in the early 1990s. DeCamp received 18 votes, just one more than Crawford. “Andrea took it on and really did a good job,” said DeCamp, who lives in Richmond Hill. “I want to continue the same issues that the board’s been dealing with.” Additionally, DeCamp said she hopes to bring about “greater transparency and shorter meetings.” Crawford’s oust follows criticism from some residents who said they felt the board could have done better outreach about a city plan to redirect traffic on two streets in Woodhaven and Ozone Park. Crawford said she hoped DeCamp would continue to focus on making the old LIRR Rockaway line into a greenway. “I’d like to thank the board for its support after five years of being chair,” said Crawford, a Kew Gardens resident. First Vice Chairman Rabbi Daniel Pollack ran uncontested for his position, to which he was re-elected. Second Vice Chairman Ivan Mrakovcic was also re-elected to his seat. Board member Joe Iaboni ran against Q Mrakovcic.

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FDNY judge orders costly ‘justice’ ederal Judge Nicholas Garaufis, the self-appointed King of the New York Fire Department, continues his war against the health, safety and financial well-being of city residents. In his latest salvo against the people, fired last week, he declared that the city must pay out up to $128 million to FDNY candidates who failed the department’s most recent exams and therefore were not hired — at least those who are not caucasian. That’s right. These are reparations for minorities only. And the figure is double what the judge had said it would be just a few weeks earlier. It supposedly represents what up to 2,200 failing candidates would have earned had they been hired. The order is just the latest affront to come from Garaufis as a result of the employment discrimination case he’s been hearing. Over time he’s decided that a higher proportion of minorities fail the FDNY test because of intentional discrimination on the part of the city; thrown out the three most recent exams as a result; forced a hiring freeze on the department; threatened to impose outright hiring quotas — two black candidates and one Hispanic among every five new hires — if the city didn’t follow his every wish; and allowed minority applicants who did not complete their forms, or paid their fees, on time to go over deadline and complete everything with the help of current members of the depart-

ment, while white candidates were told tough luck. All of this stems from what certainly is a noble and worthy goal — diversifying a department that is more than 90 percent white. But the ends don’t justify the means. Expanded outreach to the minority community is fine, and has been done. Holding test prep classes in minority neighborhoods is fine, and also has been done. These are legitimate applications of affirmative action. Quotas, reparations and reverse discrimination are not. Forcing the taxpayers to pay people for work they never did, at a job they didn’t earn, is outrageous. Also, those eligible for the payments include candidates who scored as low as 25 on the test, when the department usually hires those who score 95 or above. We would like to see a Fire Department as diverse as, say, the Police Department. We don’t want any New Yorker to feel discriminated against on the basis of race. But we don’t buy the judge’s argument that the city has purposely tried to keep the FDNY lily white, and we certainly don’t agree with his drastic rulings that are somehow meant to remedy the situation. Candidates will begin taking a new test that the judge approves of this week. We hope that afterward hires will be made solely on the merits of each applicant, and that stewardship of the FDNY will be returned to the administration, where it belongs.

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Rise of the machines Dear Editor: Anyone who shops in the CVS store on Crossbay Boulevard is familiar with the selfservice checkout machines that customers are shepherded to instead a counter where you do business with a human being. Both I and members of my family have used the self-checkout and in a word — it stinks! What’s needed at that store are more human employees, not more machines. It is bad enough that so many American jobs have been sent overseas to China and Mexico — now they are being phased out right under our noses, with machines instead of people. I want to remind everyone that we the public have the spending power that corporations and businesses want — I suggest that all of us make a statement against this economic treason by greedy corporations by refusing to use self-checkout machines at CVS and wherever you may find them. Insist that you will make a purchase only if you do it with a human cashier — even if you have to wait on line to do it. We have no one but ourselves to blame if we stand by and allow ourselves to be herded like sheep. Make your purchase power felt — say no to machines and yes to American jobs. Ann Rychlenski Ozone Park

Library cut$ hurt Dear Editor: For 2013, Mayor Bloomberg proposes to slash $26.7 million from the Queens Library budget. This dramatic reduction in funding is disheartening and borders on outrageous. Since 1994, the Queens Library has not just been New York City’s busiest library system — but the busiest in the country! Daily, 45,000 patrons visit 62 branches, seven adult learning centers and two family literacy centers. And yet the Queens Library receives the least amount of funding from the city. Where is the logic in such budgeting? The Queens Library provides vital community services, not only by bringing books, music, and movies (in numerous languages) to the world’s most diverse neighborhoods, but also by sponsoring cultural events, job training,

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NYC’s $500M rebate ven as Judge Garaufis is taking one chunk of serious money out of city coffers, another, even larger amount is being added, thanks to a surprise agreement in an unrelated legal matter. Science Applications International Corp. has agreed to pay the city more than $500 million in restitution and penalties over its role in the CityTime payroll program scandal. That will cover most of the $700 million the city paid for the system — which was to have cost only $63 million. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says that as far as he knows, the deal is the “largest in history for any city or state fraud.” Mayor Bloomberg, under whose watch the hundreds of millions went missing over several years, also praised the agreement. Maybe this means we can keep all those fire companies and libraries open after all? We can only hope.

English language lessons and after-school programs, to name just a few of the obvious activities. All of this despite recent years’ devastating reductions in funding, which have severely reduced services, library staff and hours of operation. Year after year, the Queens Library pulls off miracles in community service, but its only reward is another cut to an already strained budget. Unbelievable. To speak to my own experience: Due to consistent budget reductions, I cannot even enjoy my own local Queens Library branch (Steinway), which I walk past daily to and from work. The library opens too late in the morning (10 a.m.) and closes too early in the evening (mostly 6 p.m.) for me to use it. On the weekends, I am free only on Sundays — the same day the library is closed. Because the Steinway branch cannot serve my needs, I rely heavily on the Manhattan library system, which has hours more amenable to working people. Effectively, my “local” library has been relocated to 58th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan — a 20-minute subway ride from the Steinway branch in Astoria. In these lean economic times, more and more citizens rely on the Queens Library for education, training and entertainment. More budget cuts will further diminish our necessary community resources.

I urge Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council to not only reject budget cuts to the Queens Library, but to increase funding for this vital institution. Shaun Randol Astoria

Church-state solution Dear Editor: In the March 8 Chronicle there was a letter by Christine Lotti, “The Catholic view,” finding fault with an earlier letter by David Fogel (“Church, state, sex,” March 1). In it she objects to his statements that the Catholic Church’s dogma is inflexible and denies that contraception could prevent abortions. She also feels that both points are irrelevant and hackneyed. First off, when “in God’s name” did the Church ever stop being dogmatic? The Catholic Church is and always has been inflexible in its dogma, seen as hackneyed because the Church has made it hackneyed by forever reminding all of its inflexibility. As for contraceptives lessening abortions; of course they do, by lessening the need to abort for any reason unwanted births. However, Ms. Lotti is right that “the Obama administration, which has done so

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Dear Editor: “The story of Mays on Union Tpke. in Glen Oaks” (I Have Often Walked, by Ron Marzlock, March 8) was a great trip down memory lane. When I was growing up in the neighborhood during the late 1960s and early 1970s, my parents would take me on the old Q12A (later renamed the Q79) bus to Union Turnpike. After a short walk, we would shop at Mays Department Store. It was our favorite for purchasing clothing, and especially school supplies, every fall. After shopping, we would stop in at a local restaurant down the block. The name escapes me, but I would never forget the little train which circled the counter delivering your food. Sometimes, I’d get the chance to see a movie at the old Glen Oaks Movie Theater. It was a time when bus drivers had to make change and drive, at the same time. No one dared bring any food on the bus or leave any litter behind. Air-conditioned buses were just becoming a more common part of the fleet. Over the past decades, I’ve witnessed many other changes to our neighborhood besides the loss of both Mays and the Glen Oaks Movie Theater. Our old bowling alley on Northern Boulevard, Scobee Diner, the mini-Sears and Roebuck on Great Neck Road, the Little Neck Movie Theater, Bill’s newsstand by the Q12 bus stop, Mangels Delicatessen, the old 5 & 10 Virginia Variety, Patrick’s Pub, Villa Bianca Resturant and Bakery, along with other stores, have come and gone. Walking down Northern Boulevard in the evenings today, my wife and I see fewer people dining out and shopping, except on Friday and Saturday nights. Years ago, we would never see any vacant storefronts. Today, there are too many, from Jason

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Must be nice Dear Editor: Fire hydrants mark the exclusive parking spaces of employees of New York City. If you are not an employee of New York City, do you know what happens to you if you park in front of one? You get a stiff traffic citation reminding you to never do that again. If you are an employee of the city, or the state, you are exempt from such citations. You can block as many fire hydrants as you want, because the fire hydrants belong to you. They were put there so public employees will have a place to park when they come home from work. William Johnson Jamaica

Avenue in Great Neck to Marathon Parkway in Little Neck. Many neighbors I looked up to over the decades have moved away or succumbed to old age. I’ll never forget the wisdom that the Uhls, Houstons and others passed on to me. Who knew at 58 years old, having lived in the same neighborhood for 46 years, I would become one of the few remaining resident historians? Our old bus stop on Little Neck Parkway, adjacent to the Chase Manhattan Bank, is where the ride to Mays would begin. The bus sign still stands. How sad there will probably never be another trip to board. Let us toast both Mays Department store and the Q79 — and memories of good times gone by. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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Leave Afghanistan now Dear Editor: With the recent spate of violence involving U.S. troops being killed and the individual from the U.S. Army who killed 16 innocent Afghan civilians in cold blood for no reason at all, it is time for the United States to say to the Afghan goverment — we are out of here! There is no longer any logical or logistical reason to retain troops in Afghanistan — a country that is totally out of control, thanks to insurgents and the Taliban, both enemies of the United States. President Obama needs to implement an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all mili-

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variety of backgrounds but were united by a common cause — profiting personally while seriously endangering the lives of so many residents in our communities,” said Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Janice Fedarcyk, an FBI assistant director, said the crackdown was especially important because “heroin use among suburban teens is alarmingly popular.” “A potentially lethal dose can be purchased for about the cost of a pack of cigarettes or a six-pack of beer,” Fedarcyk Q said.

tary personnel, as well as nonmilitary personnel. And the individual who committed that heinous, unprovoked massacre must be severely punished. Enough is enough! Let the Afghans handle their own country and their own internal problems. The U.S. can no longer be the policeman of the world. We cannot and must not endanger unecessarily our men and women in uniform. John Amato Fresh Meadows

The judge’s racist ‘joke’ Dear Editor: (An open letter to the New York Congressional delegation) I call upon you to join Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, in calling on Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), the chairman, to hold hearings on U.S. District Court Judge Richard Cebull of Montana. Judge Cebull is being accused of gross misconduct, as well as violating five canons of the judicial code of ethics. Many newspapers, including The New York Times, as well as thousands of citizens, are calling for Judge Cebull to resign. Congress should investigate this serious matter. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills Editor’s note: Judge Cebull recently forwarded a vulgar, racist and sexist email joke about the president to several people. He later apologized and asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to investigate him for possible misconduct.

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said of Howard Beach and Ozone Park being drawn into what would become the South Queens gets the legislative shaft 8th Congressional District, which would when it comes to a federal judge’s proposed include Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New Congressional lines, including Howard York. “There’s no reason we can’t keep Beach and Bedford-Stuyvesant — areas congressional districts in the same borwith vastly different demographics — ough.” While a group of state legislators was being drawn into the same district, said elected officials and residents who worry tasked with drawing the new Congressional the plan would silence their neighbor- lines, which happens once a decade, they failed to agree on one proposal, prompting a hoods’ voices. “If legislators were to have done things panel of federal judges to become involved right, this wouldn’t have happened,” state in the redistricting process. Judge Roanne Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) Mann, a magistrate, was named the group’s “special master” earlier this month, and she issued her proposal for the Congressional lines last week. State legislators would have had to approve a Congressional plan on Wednesday to avoid the judges’ lines being implemented, which they had not done as of press time. Howard Beach is now in the 9th Congressional District, represented by U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Queens, Brooklyn), but the judge eliminated his district in her plan. The 9th CD as it stands includes such Queens neighHoward Beach, Woodhaven and Ozone Park would be placed borhoods as Maspeth, Ridgeinto Brooklyn-heavy districts under a federal judge’s proposal. wood and Kew Gardens and IMAGE COURTESY THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT such Brooklyn areas as Senior Editor

Sheepshead Bay and Mill Basin, which include a majority of white voters. Howard Beach, which is about 88 percent white according to federal statistics, would fall into a black-majority district under the judge’s proposal, which some said they worried would mean their voice would not carry the same weight as in their current area. “That they would divide communities that were united for years and toss them out the window is not objective,” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said last week, when the judge had just released her maps. “It’s very subjective. They’re doing the voters and residents a great disservice.” Woodhaven residents also said they were dismayed with the judge’s plan, which would split apart the community and place much of it into the proposed 7th Congressional District, which would include a number of Brooklyn and Manhattan neighborhoods with which civic leaders said they felt they had very little in common. “The Congressional lines affect Woodhaven drastically,” said Maria Thomson, executive director of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation. “It ruins the integrity of our community.” The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association have written a letter to Mann, asking her to reconsider her proposal. “Ask any Woodhaven resident what they think of being grouped together with this set of neighborhoods, and they would tell you that it makes very little sense,” stated the letQ ter that the group sent last week.

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Capt. Thomas Pascale, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, was honored by Lindenwood Alliance members with their first award since the group was established in 2010 for being supportive of the civic organization. “We would like to thank him for being a part of our community and making it a safe place to live,” Christina Gold, Lindenwood Alliance co-president, said as she presented the award to Pascale during the Lindenwood Alliance meeting on Monday night. “This is very, very humbling and I am very appreciative — thank you,” Pascale told the group members. Pascale joined the Police Department in 1995. His first assignment was with the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst. He was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the 106th Precinct in 2000. After making lieutenant, he was assigned to the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights in 2004. He became a captain in 2007 and was assigned to the Organized Crime Control Bureau, where he supervised the Narcotics Division. In November 2010, he took command of the 106th Precinct. Also during the meeting, concerns were raised about traffic safety in Lindenwood. Pascale told the audience that, while traffic accidents are up within the 106th Precinct overall, current statistics showed they have declined in Lindenwood. Several residents expressed concerns about the timing of traffic signals on Crossbay Boulevard. One, Cathy Harrison, said the time allotted for crossing need to be longer, “so we can actually cross without having to sprint across the boulevard.” Debra Lapadula, also of Lindenwood, said she was concerned about the timing of a traffic signal at the intersection of 88th Street and South Conduit, noting that only one car can proceed through the light before it changes from green to red. Because of this, she said many cars go through the red lights. Pascale told Lapadula that the precinct

would submit reports about the intersection to the city Department of Transportation and ask that a traffic study be conducted there. Harrison also requested a traffic study at Liberty Avenue and Crossbay Boulevard. Claudia Filomena, Queens director of the mayor’s Community Affairs Unit, told Harrison that she would bring the intersection to the attention of DOT. The agency just redesigned the corner in 2010, however. Residents also expressed concerns about the intersection of 88th Street and 153rd Avenue, saying the triangle and signs that direct traffic there are confusing for drivers. Also at the meeting, Pascale reported that the crime rate in Lindenwood is down, including the car thefts that have often plagued the neighborhood. He said that Maximas and Fords seem to be the cars of choice for thieves. A resident observed that vandalism also has seemed to decline. Responding to complaints by several Lindenwood residents about noise at last year’s summer weekend events, Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton said the board and the city Parks Department has met with the offenders. “There will be some procedures in place this year,” Braton said. Bart Haggerty, chief of staff to Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), also addressed a resident’s concern that some libraries, including the Howard Beach branch, are not open on Saturday. He said that the city’s budget constraints had prompted the Queens Library to keep some locations open only from Monday through Friday. He added that he hoped that the libraries would not be cut further in the coming budget, as the mayor has proposed. Braton lamented the inequity in funding between the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Library. “Queens gets a lesser share of the available library dollars,” Braton said. The alliance’s next meeting will be held on April 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rockwood Q Park Jewish Center in Howard Beach.

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Holy holi! Parade draws thousands by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

ore than 20,000 people ushered in the unofficial beginning of spring at the Phagwah parade in Richmond Hill on Sunday, when revelers celebrated the event by dousing everyone in sight with brightly colored powder. The 24th annual event marking the Hindu holiday, which is also known as Holi, included a parade that began at Liberty Avenue and 133rd Street and ended at Smokey Oval Park in Richmond Hill. There were floats, dancers, musicians, and individuals who dressed up as Hindu gods by donning elaborate costumes that often included swaths of multi-colored fabric, face paint and numerous jewels. The celebration in Richmond Hill, where there is a populous South Asian community, is one of the largest in the country, annually drawing tens of thousands of people to Queens. Holi is celebrated on the last day in which there is a full moon during Phalguna, a month in the Hindu calendar that typically falls in February or March. Among those attending the event were state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park), Council members Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica), Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), and Peter Vallone Jr. (DAstoria) and Community Board 10 Chairwoman Q Betty Braton.

A man representing Kamadeva, or the god of love, and his bride wore intricate costumes and jewelry PHOTOS BY STEVE MALECKI that wowed the crowd.

Another couple representing the god of love and his bride are decked out in splashes of color.

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Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley was covered in pink by the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end. Dancers entertain the crowd at Smokey Oval Park.

Democratic District Leader Albert Baldeo, left, Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., center, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, and Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. lead the way at Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parade.

Amrita Nectar, left, and Anesa Toolsee were quickly covered in colorful paint.

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Two Ozone Park residents, and three oth- 15-year-old back inside the house and told ers from Brooklyn, were indicted Thursday Furlonge that the victim was a “new girl” on charges that they kidnapped, raped and who “was going to make a lot of money” for pimped out a Long Island teen runaway for him, Brown said. about a week before she managed to escape Between Feb. 6 and Feb. 11, the victim the Ozone Park house that her captors had was allegedly forced to have sex with been squatting in, the Queens district attor- numerous men inside of the house in ney said. exchange for money, all of which was colGary Council, 22, of Ozone Park, was lected by Furlonge and given to Council, the charged with leading the group that allegedly DA said. picked up the 15-year-old victim in Brooklyn When the victim tried to take a shower on Feb. 6 and brought her to a house on 101st during that time, Council allegedly grabbed Avenue, where she was tied down, drugged her hair and demanded that she return downand repeatedly raped, stairs to make money, DA Richard Brown Brown said. said. Andrea FurProsecutors his is a horrific case longe, 21, of Ozone charged that Omari Park, was the alleged Millington, 21, of in which the victim, a madame who was Brooklyn and Councharged with taking cil forced the victim young girl, is alleged photos of the teen and to take two ecstasy posting them to backpills on Feb. 8. The to have survived a page.com to advertise two then allegedly nightmarish ordeal.” prostitution services, tied her up, and she Brown said. was allegedly raped — Queens District Attorney Richard “This is a horrific and sodomized by case in which the vicCouncil, Goldring, tim, a young girl, is alleged to have survived Millington and Renardo Williams, 22, of a nightmarish ordeal that included being Brooklyn while McMillan and an unappredrugged, gang raped and forced to work as a hended man were in the room. prostitute,” Brown said in a prepared stateThe victim said she finally managed to ment. “She is fortunate to have escaped. If escape when Council told her to get him convicted, the defendants deserve to be sen- something from the store across the street tenced to lengthy terms in prison, both as and she ran away. punishment and to send a clear message that Finally, prosecutors alleged that the actual crimes such as this will not be tolerated in owner of the house on 101st Avenue, Tsung Queens County.” Chen, 63, had arrived at the home on Jan. 21 The victim and her friend were walking and found that the locks had been broken off on Jerome Street in Brooklyn when they and new ones installed. Chen put a new lock were allegedly picked up by Junior Goldring, on the house, but when he returned on Feb. 23, of Brooklyn, and taken to the 101st 5, he found that had been broken and disAvenue home, where she met Council; Fur- covered that Furlonge, McMillan and Counlonge; and Roy McMillan, 24, of Brooklyn, cil were allegedly living in the home. according to Brown. The men were allegedly When police showed up at the house, the squatting in the house, the DA said. occupants allegedly produced lease agreeWhen the victim tried to leave the house ments that appeared to be between Council, with her friend not long after they arrived, Furlong, McMillan and the leaseholder, Council allegedly grabbed her by the arm who was identified as NYPD Police Comand said, “You’re not going anywhere,” missioner Raymond Kelly. according to the DA. Chen then returned to the house on Feb. “You are going to stay here and make 10 and asked the individuals to leave, but my money,” Council told the teen, accord- Council and McMillan allegedly told him ing to Brown. they would do so only if he paid them Q Council then allegedly pulled the $6,000 each.

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Bake sale at Nativity of the BVM Luigi, the ex-baker of Seviroli, will hold Easter bake sales at the Nativity Church Hall at 101-41 91st St. in Ozone Park. The events will be held on Sunday, March 18 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Monday, March 18 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Goods for sale will include St. Joseph pastries, cheesecakes and other assorted Q items. For more information, call (718) 738-6488.

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Howard Beach first-grade student wins competition on his birthday by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

It was a birthday present like no other. When Jonathan Manta turned 7 on March 4, the Howard Beach boy won the state chess championship for his age group, landing him yet another trophy to add to his ever-growing collection of accolades and securing him a spot in the upcoming national chess championship in Nashville. “I was nervous in the first round, but then I won and wasn’t really nervous until the last round,” Jonathan said of the state championship in upstate Saratoga, during which he was pitted against nearly 100 of the state’s best chess players in kindergarten and first grade.

Jonathan Manta poses with the trophy he won for the state championship. Behind him are numerous awards he and his brother, Michael, have received.

A first-grade student in PS 232’s gifted and talented program in Lindenwood, Jonathan f irst picked up chess “forever ago,” when he was 3 years old, and has gone on to win numerous awards, including recently being named the city’s chess cochampion. Nearly dwarfed by the trophy that he received for the state competition, the 7year-old is at ease when talking about the game that he has quickly grown to love. “It’s great because you can win trophies and ribbons,” said Jonathan, who noted that he starts many of his games with the same move — placing the king pawn in the space known as e4 — as those of his heroes, chess champions Bobby Fisher and Paul Morphy. A quiet and polite boy, Jonathan is not one to quickly point out how hard he works, nor how well he does, in chess, and in school in general. When pushed, Jonathan did say, “you know what’s funny?” “Every time I take a spelling test, I get 100 percent,” he said. “Jonathan is extremely talented,” said Milos Scekic, an international chess master originally from Serbia. “We don’t actually remember when he lost at chess.” Jonathan and his brother, Michael, 9, who has also landed numerous chess awards, work for several hours twice a week with Scekic — but the list of extracurricular activities doesn’t stop there. Jonathan also plays soccer and the piano, and when relaxing likes to listen to the

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Alexandra Rosa, chief of staff to Borough President Helen Marshall, presents the Borough Board’s budget request for 2012-13 at BorPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON ough Hall. munity board priority projects. As to just how Marshall would pay for the board’s request, both Rosa’s presentation on Monday and a press release issued by Marshall’s office Tuesday said the budget document approved at the meeting “also includes revenue and savings options to fund the board’s priorities.” The figure given in both is $1.23 billion citywide, though borough officials, when pressed, admitted that the number is speculative. The figure includes “up to $600 million” that it says the mayor’s budget director hopes can be recouped in a settlement in the CityTime overtime scandal. Other items include savings of $12 million by placing some juvenile offenders in programs that do not include incarceration; $2.4 million by exempting city teachers from jury duty during the school year; and $2.9 million by reworking multiple dwelling registration fees. But other items listed in the report and the press release — totalling more than $562 million of the $1.23 billion — might not be so easy to come by. Rosa said the City’s Independent Budget Office has projected that the city could achieve $300 million in revenue by extending its general corporation tax to business revenue at insurance companies. The insurance companies are exempt under state law and have been since at least 1974. Extending the tax would require adoption by the legislature and the signature of Gov. Cuomo — and probably a compliant insurance industry. Madison Square Garden, which has been exempt from city property taxes since 1982, would produce an estimated $15.4 million this year if the exemption were removed. That exemption too is written into state law, MSG has successfully fought repeated efforts to change it since 2007. A proposed tax on cosmetic surgery, continued on page 38

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Cuomo could accept political maps if pols back new redistricting group by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

As legislators were poised to pass redrawn lines for Assembly and state Senate districts on Wednesday, as this paper was going to press, Queens elected officials and civic leaders were urging Gov. Cuomo to do what he has been threatening for months — veto the lines many argue split apart communities and were gerrymandered to favor incumbents on both sides of the political aisle. “All along we stood by the governor and said, ‘Veto these lines because of the process,’” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (DHoward Beach) said. “He said he’d veto them, and now we hear that he might not because of this compromise with redistricting reform that would take place 10 years from now. I’m voting no — not because of the lines, but for the process that created the lines.” Redistricting happens once every 10 years after the federal Census numbers are published. The idea behind it is to redraw the political coverage areas so they better represent the changing demographics as reported by the Census, though everyone from good government groups to civic leaders and legislators themselves have criticized New York’s process, saying it leads to contorted boundary lines that divide residents of similar backgrounds or interest in order to favor incumbents. The Legislative Task Force on Demo-

graphic Research and Reapportionment, often referred to as LATFOR, is a group of legislators, including leaders from the major parties in the Assembly and Senate, tasked with redrawing the lines. Cuomo had repeatedly said he may veto the maps if he thought they were politically drawn, but has changed his tune as of late. The governor said he may avoid a veto if legislators back a constitutional amendment that would create an independent redistricting commission, which would take control of the process the next time the lines are redrawn — a decade from now. “The constitutional amendment, we need it but legislators had their opportunity to do that this year and they failed,” Addabbo said. “We needed to do that this year, not 10 years from now.” The proposal for Addabbo’s district would cut portions of Ozone Park and Woodhaven from it and add more conservative neighborhoods in the Rockaways — a move that insiders have seen as an attempt by Assembly Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau) to pave the way for Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park) to run against Addabbo. “I haven’t ruled it out,” Ulrich said of a possible run for Senate. “But right now I’m focused on doing my job. I’m very busy with my duties in the City Council. When I know what the lines are going to look like, I might take a second look at it.”

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FDNY staffing down, overtime up Department is short more than 500 members, chief says by Michael Copley

istrative Services, the agency that recr uits and hires city employees. “We’re in new territory,” said Cho. So far the staffing shortage hasn’t hur t the Fire Depar tment’s job performance, according to Kilduff, but “we are asking firefighters to carry a little extra weight,” he told the committee. “At some point safety is an issue.” Burn injuries to firefighters were up 45 percent in fiscal year 2011 from the previous year, according to the Mayor’s Management Report, while the number of serious structural f ires increased 14 percent during the

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An estimated 60,000 aspiring firefighters will start taking the test to join the New York Fire Department today, March 15. But it could be at least a year before the exams are processed and longer still for successful applicants to complete a 22week training program to join the Fire Department’s depleted ranks. Meanwhile, the department is set to spend $238 million this year — more than 13 percent of its budget — on overtime for its current workers. “Our hands are tied until the new test is given and processed,” Fire Chief Edward Kilduff said Feb. 28 during a oversight hearing held by the City Council Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice, where he offered the timetable for hiring. The new round of entrance exams will be administered for five weeks starting this week. It will be the Fire Department’s f irst chance to take on new recruits since Judge Nicholas Garauf is of Federal District Court in Brooklyn froze hiring in 2010, ruling that the department’s previous test discriminated against blacks and Latinos. The Fire Department currently is more than 500 firefighters below appropriate staffing levels, according to Kilduff, and will be between 700 and 1,000 firefighters below 2001 levels by the time a new class starts work in 2013 or 2014. Last year, the Fire Department employed 10,787 uniformed firefighters. “I’m concerned the department is too small, which would prevent it from being the preeminent response unit the city needs it to be,” Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) said during the hearing. The department expects to hire 300 recruits based on the upcoming test, which is being drafted and administered by a cour t-appointed agent, PSI Exams Online. The size of the applicant pool — double the number that usually sits for Fire Department entrance exams — and new court-ordered testing protocols “could potentially” extend the length of time it takes to process the tests, according to Julianne Cho, a spokeswoman for the Department of Citywide Admin-

“We are asking firefighters to carry a little extra weight. At some point safety is an issue.” — Fire Chief Edward Kilduff, to a City Council committee

Members of the New York Fire Department are taking care of business — and working overtime, in large part because a federal judge has frozen hiring over concerns that the city discriminates against minority applicants. No one has been able to get the advertised “great jobs” and “great benefits” for two years. PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE

What is The New York World? This article is published under the Queens Chronicle’s partnership with The New York World, which produces accountability journalism devoted to deepening public understanding of the ways city and state government shape life in New York City. The New York World is published by Columbia

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same period. (Overall, however, firefighter burns and injuries are on the decline.) Last year’s increase in burn injuries coincided with low staffing levels at the Fire Department and the shift to four, rather than f ive, f iref ighters assigned to each engine, according to Kat Thomson, director of operations research for the Uniformed Fire Officers Association. Overtime budgeting for uniformed f iref ighters has been increasing since f iscal year 2009, when the hiring freeze took effect, the Independent Budget Office reports. Doug Turetsky, its chief of staff, notes that paying overtime is often less costly than hiring new workers. What’s harder to put a price tag on is the cost to the workers themselves as their paychecks g row — what he calls the “strain and drain” on firefighters. “The Fire Department is working with a smaller number than you’d want ideally Q staffed.”

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Judge orders city to pay FDNY ‘bias’ victims May have to shell out $128M to black and hispanic candidates by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

The federal judge overseeing the lawsuit against the city claiming that the last three FDNY entrance exams were biased, is now ordering the city to compensate black and Hispanic candidates who took those tests with monetary damages, which could total as much as $128 million. A ruling issued by Judge Nicholas Garaufis on March 8 said that if the tests given in 1999 and 2001 had been fair, nearly 300 minority applicants would

have joined the ranks of the FDNY. “In fashioning a backpay award, the court must, as nearly as possible, recreate the conditions and relationships that would have been had there been no unlawful discrimination,” Garaufis wrote. He created the multi-million dollar figure by multiplying the salary and benefits of each rejected candidate by the number of those who would have passed a neutral exam — more than 2,000 of them. “We believe the court’s latest opinion is erroneous, and, in any event, is the first

step in a lengthy process,” Elizabeth Thomas, a spokeswoman for the city’s Law Department, said in an email. “As the Court itself noted, any damages the city ultimately must pay will be reduced by the amount each member of the class earned. When all the proceedings have been completed, the damages, if any, that the city will have to pay will be far less than $128 million.” The city’s attorneys unsuccessfully tried to get Garaufis to hold off on his order until the outcome of the lawsuit is

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deter mined. The judge rejected the request and blamed the city for breaking federal law. “It has been in the city’s power to prevent or remedy the need for damages proceedings for a decade, and it has not done so,” Garaufis wrote. Paul Washington, immediate past president of the Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of black firefighters, which has long lamented the lack of diversity in the Fire Department and joined the Justice Department lawsuit against the city claiming that the FDNY tests are biased as demonstrated by how few minorities pass, is pleased with the judge’s decision. “We’re glad that justice continues to be done in this case,” Washington said Tuesday, adding, “All of this could have been avoided if the mayor had just listened to us back in 2002 and done what we asked, instead of being forced to it.” Deputy Chief Paul Mannix, the founder of Merit Matters, a group that opposes race-based hiring and has criticized the bias lawsuit since it was initially f iled, disagrees. “Justice has not been served,” Mannix, who is not a spokesman for the department, said. “It operates under the basic premise that blacks don’t do well on the test, and I believe we should hold all groups to the Q same standards.”

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Official assessments in Queens set to go up for the 11th straight year by Kevin Korber Chronicle Contributor

New Yorkers have dealt with high property taxes for so long that complaining about them is about as commonplace as complaining about rush hour traffic on the Van Wyck Expressway. However, the recent public release of expected property value increases by the city has many homeowners howling for relief. Starting July 1, the city will effect new property values based on assessments made the previous fiscal year. According to the recently released evaluations, property value rates are set to rise by more than 4 percent on average. Some property owners may see their property value rise as high as 30 percent, according to statistics obtained from the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums. Property values as calculated by the city have been steadily increasing citywide in the past decade. Expensive high-rise developments in neighborhoods like Long Island City and have contributed to this uptick. The Department of Finance assesses property value yearly, issuing preliminary reports on the value of homes and commercial buildings in January before making final determinations on property value in May. The data is determined based on sales data collected from real estate agents by the city. A percentage of the determined market value of those homes is then set aside to be taxed. State law caps tax rates on homes at

However the real estate market seems to be doing, the city says property values are rising, and is FILE PHOTO raising assessments accordingly. a 6 percent maximum. Co-ops and condominiums, on the other hand, are placed in a tax bracket with apartment buildings. As a result, they are not subject to sales data and must be valued in the same way as rental apartment buildings. This year, the DOF estimated that property values for single and multiple-family houses had increased by 1.91 percent in comparison to last year. A statement from the DOF attributed this to increasing sales

throughout the city. Assessed values, or the amount that the city is allowed to tax, increased by 3.11 percent. Co-op and condo owners can also expect a higher property value as the DOF values for those properties increased by 3.6 percent. The increase comes less than a year after the DOF seemed poised to increase the property tax rates on many Queens co-op owners by more than 40 percent — and some by more than 100 percent. The con-

troversy that followed the announcement led to DOF commissioner David Frankel agreeing to cap tax increases at 10 percent for that year. Representatives for the Action Committee for Reasonable Real Estate taxes, a group organized in protest of rising property taxes, could not be reached for comment by press time. Because single and multiple family homes have been subject to tax caps since 1981, rate and value increases for them are not as drastic. However, the sales data that the DOF relies on to determine property value indicates a recovery for a Queens real estate market that has notoriously suffered in recent times. Figures released by the Long Island Board of Realtors show that the number of purchased properties in the borough has increased by 1.6 percent over the past 12 months in comparison to similar figures from 2010. However, LIBOR also projects that the sale price of many Queens homes are likely to go down. Current stats show the median sale price for pending home sales to be $325,000, 7.1 percent lower than similar statistics from the previous year. Homeowners who object to the reported market value of their homes had to have filed for a correction with the New York City Tax Commission by March 15. The finalized assessment on property values is scheduled Q to be published on May 25.

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Ferhani trial key to NYPD controversy Whitestone terror plot proves key amid NYPD surveillance affair by Janne Louise Andersen Chronicle Contributor

The trial of Ahmed Ferhani, a 26-year- old Algerian from Whitestone charged with plotting to bomb an unspecified synagogue, seems to allude to more than merely determining his guilt or his innocence. In Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hearing on Ferhaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, the three-hour trial didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring anything new to the table, but it revealed the political stakes at play. Ferhani and his alleged co-conspiretor 20year old Mohamed Mamdouh, also of Whitestone, were arrested last year on May 11 while purchasing two operable semi-automatic pistols, a revolver, ammunition and one inert grenade from an undercover cop who had befriended the two. According to prosecutors the agent had recorded the men talking about attacking a synagogue to allegedly avenge what the men expressed as mistreatment of Muslims around the world. Ferhaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyers say the hate speech and and weapons deal was instigated by the agent. The FBI typically handles terror-related cases, and according to a Wall Street Journal source, NYPD detectives did bring the case to members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force. They decided not to take part concerned that the substance of the case, was too weak. The NYPD instead brought the case to the state level. Here anti-terror legislation

allowed state prosecutors to charge Ferhani with a conspiracy, even if he was acting with an informant. Last June, a state grand jury declined to indict Ferhani and Mamdouh for high-level terror conspiracy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a charge that could lead to life in prison without parole. Instead they were indicted on lesser state terrorism and hate crime charges, which could give them up to 32 years. On Tuesday, Ferhaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyers were back in court, but this time at a hearing before Justice Michael Obus where Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. again advocated to convict Ferhani with terror conspiracy. With the recent probe into NYPDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counter-terrorism program, which has caused anger and criticism among Muslim communities and civil rights activists, the Ferhani case seems to have grown in importance for all parties involved. On one side is the Ferhani defense, a legal team of civil rights attorneys, and their support base, the critics of NYPDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surveillance program. The lawyers point to Ferhaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a classic entrapment,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;a politically motivated prosecution.â&#x20AC;? Activists had been calling for a rally outside the court house to â&#x20AC;&#x153;protest against NYPD surveillance and entrapment,â&#x20AC;? but few showed up. On the other side, Vance needs Ferhaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case to show that the criticism of the surveillance program is unjust. For the D.A, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg, Ferhaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is the latest of the cases

that are exactly what the surveillance program is made to catch. Meanwhile, Ferhani sat in his orange jumpsuit and white sneakers with a cleanshaven head and a goatee and followed the play-out between the two legal teams. Attorney Elizabeth Fink, who 40 years ago had 21 Black Panters aquitted in a similar case, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to question her clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criminal potential, but insisted that his crimes only amount to ordinary street crime and should be punished accordingly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This guy is mentally ill, has a criminal record, is a drug addict, and has serious problems,â&#x20AC;? said Fink, pointing to Ferhani. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to prove that this is an entrapment case and that agents have infiltrated Muslim communities for years.â&#x20AC;? The prosecutors had no doubt that Ferhani intended to carry out his plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He discussed at length repeatedly, why and how he would place the bomb and he conspired with intent to damage property,â&#x20AC;? said prosecutor Margareth Gandy, calling such an act arson in the third degree. She also said he was motivated by a longterm plan â&#x20AC;&#x153;to intimidate Jews and non-Muslims,â&#x20AC;? and added that according to audio recordings, Ferhani has called Jews â&#x20AC;&#x153;ratsâ&#x20AC;? and Christians â&#x20AC;&#x153;pathetic.â&#x20AC;? So far, the prosecutors have only shared little of the alleged evidence with the court. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have seen nothing; no records from the undercover, no reports,â&#x20AC;? a visibly upset Fink exclaimed in the court.

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Don’t smoke it! Pols say fake pot is harmful Area leaders are trying to get synthetic marijuana outlawed in the city, state by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

It’s dangerous, easy to find and marketed towards youth — that’s what community leaders and elected officials in eastern and southeastern Queens are saying about synthetic marijuana — and they want it outlawed in New York State. Some 40 other states already have laws that classify the substance, often known by the brand names K2, Spice or Mr. Smiley, as an illegal drug. It is sold in colorful packaging, sometimes festooned with cartoon characters, and branded as incense or potpourri. It’s also clearly marked “not for human consumption.” But so far, the warning hasn’t stopped youngsters from smoking it and sustaining numerous side effects such as anxiety and panic attacks, heart palpitations, racing heartbeat, respiratory complications, aggression, mood swings, altered perception and paranoia — even thoughts of suicide that lead to attempts. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has legislation pending to make the drug illegal nationwide. State lawmakers are seeking the same in New York, and City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) will be introducing a nonbinding resolution on March 22 in support of the state and federal bills, as well as introducing his own measure to criminalize fake pot in the city. In an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of synthetic marijuana, Wills and other area elected officials are visiting bodega owners in their districts and asking them to sign pledge posters that state that they will not sell the product, and prominently display the signs in their windows. Bashir Ahmed, the manager of Bashir’s Famous Deli on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica, was the first to publicly sign the pledge, at a press conference organized by Wills outside his store on Friday. Other elected officials in attendance were City Councilman James Sanders Jr. (D-Laurelton) and Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D-Jamaica).

City Councilman Ruben Wills holds up a container of synthetic marijuana, known by the brand names K2, Spice or Mr. Smiley, which causes dangerous side effects when smoked. PHOTO BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA

Wills said his office conducted a survey of 58 bodegas in Southeast Queens and 12 had been found selling the fake pot within the last three months. “We went out this morning and purchased one, and as it’s

getting more popular, there has been price gouging,” Wills said, adding that a small container of Mr. Smiley was $8, up from $2 dollars in December. “Today, we are beginning to do what we have to do, saving our community, saving our children,” said Ramon Murphy, president of the Bodega Association of the United States. “Bodegas are stores that serve the community, bringing healthy food, hope into the community. Our stores should not be selling something that is dangerous for our kids.” Synthetic weed is a mix of herbs and flowers that is sprayed with research chemicals, according to Herman Lozada, a resident of Rosedale and specialist in the drug addiction field for more than 25 years. He is presently the managing director at Phoenix Career Academy, an adult business and trade school in Brooklyn. The substance was created in laboratory settings to test neural receptors found in the brain and body and was never meant for human consumption, Lozada said. “This is not just damaging to our immediate community, but is a nationwide problem,” he said. “And I think the best way to approach this is by getting support and soliciting support from our state legislatures.” The chemicals used in synthetic marijuana are a minimum of five times as potent as the THC found in the real thing, can be highly addictive and have led to increased emergency room visits nationwide, Lozada said. The product does not produce a positive toxicology result, meaning it often goes undetected in drug tests, he added. It is sprayed with some 15 chemicals, and only about eight can be detected as compounds in drug tests using existing technology. “We noticed that it was being sold right across the street from our schools, and we took a proactive approach and formulated a resolution to ban it in our community,” said Kangela Moore, chairwoman of the Youth and Education Committee at Community Board 13, adding, “We need to have this poison Q out of our community.”

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Marschhausen and Fitzpatrick. The HUD settlement statement indicated that approximately $93,537 was due to the Castons upon sale of the property. On August 15, 2007, CitiMortgage’s closing attorney wrote a check for $42,931.89 to Zacharia as attorney for the Castons and allegedly deposited it into Zacharia’s escrow account. On August 23, 2007, he withdrew the money in the form of a bank check made payable to a company owned by Toral called JT Marketing, and the funds were deposited into the firm’s account.

Two men have been indicted on mortgage fraud charges and could face 15 years in prison after they allegedly took advantage of a Queens Village couple who was seeking to get out of debt and turned to them for help. James Caston, 70, and his wife, Teresa, 53, entered into a verbal agreement to sell their house at 104-13 217 St. to real estate investor Jose Toral, 28, of Oakdale, LI, in May 2007, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. The deal was supposed to be that they could remain in their home, make monthly mortgage payments to him, and then after a year be allowed to repurchase the property. The Caston’s planned to use the proceeds from the home’s sale — approximately $94,000 — which would be held in escrow, to pay off their debts, improve their credit rating and obtain a more favorable mortgage on their home before the title was returned to them. But that’s not what occurred according to the Queens DA Richard Brown. It is alleged that Toral and attorney Thomas Zacharia, 38, of Staten Island, who was disbarred in April 2008 as a result of an unrelated matter, arranged for only a portion of the homeowners’ debts to be paid off while retaining a major portion of the mortgage proceeds for themselves — $65,259. The property eventually went into default. Toral and Zacharia have been charged with second- and third-degree grand larceny, second- and third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and firstand second-degree falsifying business records. Zacharia was also charged with fourth-degree criminal facilitation. Toral was ordered held on $5,000 bail and must return to court on March 19, while Zacharia was released on his own recognizance and ordered to return to court on April 20. There were two different contracts for the sale of the Castons’ house. One allegedly listed the purchase price as $444,140 with no down payment and a rider which gave Toral $50,000 from the sale, but this contract was never submitted to CitiMortgage, the lending institution, nor were the rider terms explained to the Castons by Zacharia, the DA said. The actual contract listed the price of

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Zumba helps women stay in shape Well-known instructor shows how it’s done in College Point by Andrew Benjamin Chronicle Contributor

If you went inside the Old Navy store in College Point Saturday afternoon, you might have noticed a bunch of people who were breaking a sweat by dancing. A fitness trainer turned a part of the store into an open Zumba fitness class to help promote a healthy lifestyle in celebration of Women’s Fitness Month. Customers and employees sometimes joined into the kinetic workouts. Zumba is a high-energy workout routine that turns dancing into exercise. Music is played and the participants follow the instructor’s choreography. It is a Latin dance-inspired f itness program that involves both dance and aerobic moves. The trainer who led the workout, Nicole “Fit is Fun” Daley, wasn’t always in shape herself. Over 200 pounds at one point due to a sedentary lifestyle brought on by her desk job, her life changed when she started taking Zumba classes two years ago. The sessions helped her lose weight and at the recommendation of her trainer, she eventually got her certification to teach classes. “Zumba was a hit because it combines fitness and dance,” Daley said. “While you’re moving around and dancing, you’re not even realizing you’re burning calories.”

Led by Nicole Daley, women — and a few men — turned part of the Whitestone Old Navy store into PHOTO BY ANDREW BENJAMIN a fitness studio last Saturday. Daley said she earned her nickname because of her goal to make the workouts not seem trite. “The whole theme is having fun,” she said. “I don’t believe in having a boring workout. That’s when you don’t want to

work out anymore.” Obesity is a rising problem, and women are not immune. The Journal of the American Medical Association in 2010 said the percentage of overweight women in the U.S. was 64.1 percent.

Daley stressed how important it is for women to keep in shape and to be able to move around. “They are in the workforce now,” she said. “It’s not like years and years ago where they were stay-at-home-moms. It’s so important to get moving and to have them have that ‘me’ time, which often comes in the form of having a f itness class.” Daley was also working with Femcho, a group that provides life advice to young girls. “We talk to the girls about making healthy choices, about being a good friend and what all that encompasses,” she said. “That is important because all those girls grow up to be women.” Joan Staggs from Bayside, one of Daley’s clients, has had nothing but praise for her workout routine. Staggs said in the last four months she has lost 42 pounds. Before she took Zumba classes, Staggs was not a fan of exercising. “I hated exercise. I would get on the treadmill for 30 minutes and hated it,” she said. Staggs said anyone of any age or fitness level can join in and reap the benefits of a more active workout. “Anyone can do it,” she said. “It’s great for your health and Q great for your stamina.”

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CitiDental promotes oral health and awareness by Andrew Benjamin

While many charge $6,000, Shraga said CitiDental is pricing them at $4,000. “It’s a real cash savings. It’s not a Seeing a dentist is more than just a pain in the mouth for some. Hearing the gimmick,” she said. The practice’s goal is to improve cusbad news that a tooth has to be pulled out or having to pay a high out-of-pocket tomer service. If there are any complaints expense turn many people off from even or concerns, management is there to listen visiting one to get their teeth checked. and make sure the employees represent CitiDental, an emergency and general themselves respectfully. “What they do and what they say is the dental practice in Ozone Park, is hoping face of this office,” to change that Shraga said. “We’re image. accessible. We’re Eli Schmidt, the not going to hide.” general manager The off ice uses of CitiDental, took the latest techthe assignment niques and techafter he replaced nologies and the the previous manbest materials to agement a year ago. He set out to tweak all the wrongs, make patients feel comfortable. Unlike many dental practices, CitiDental including pricing and customer service. The fees now charged, compared with is open on Saturdays, which is one of the competitors are much lower, even if it Òmay busiest days. For emergencies, CitiDental suggests not be economically feasible or right for people call and the first available appointthe office,” the manager said. The office performs cosmetic dentistry ment will be made. The office’s latest campaign is to proat affordable prices, including teeth whitening, bleaching, porcelain veneers and mote oral health and awareness. Shraga pointed out that going to a dentist every porcelain crowns. Dr. Marina Shraga, one of the dentists six months might just save your life. “All the diseases and all the infecwho practices there with Dr. Krista McKenzie, points to the Invisalign braces tions, from cancers to everything else that many dentists use as an alternative to starts in the mouth,” she noted. “The metal ones. As it is considered a cosmetic dentist is the f irst person who could procedure, many insurers don’t cover it. potentially spot it.” Chronicle Contributor

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Sexually transmitted diseases of the skin by Dr. Jacob Levitt Well, Mr. Bloomberg does not have a 311 for this one. We all know the old dermatology adage — “If it’s wet, dry it. If it’s dry, wet it. And, if you don’t want it, don’t touch it!” So it goes that abstinence is the best policy for avoiding sexually transmitted diseases. But, what if you PHOTO COURTESY MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER hooked up with that person in the club last night? I offer some definitions and some need-to-know facts: Genital warts — These are growths, caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), often on the genitals or in the area above the genitals or in the groin. HPV, when it occurs on the vaginal cervix, can cause cervical cancer (hence sexually active women are encouraged to get regular Pap smears). HPV is spread to others by direct rubbing, such as unprotected sex. You can spread one lesion to yourself by shaving — HPV is introduced into the skin by the microtrauma of the blade, causing many warts. “But I wore a condom!” you say. Well, condoms definitely prevent the spread of HPV, but a condom does not cover the base of the penis, so you are still exposed. Herpes — this condition results in small blisters on a red base that come out in roughly the same place

each time. It is caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1 or 2. They can occur on the lip (known as oral herpes, cold sores, fever blisters) or on the buttocks, vagina, or penis (known as genital herpes). Spread is most often by direct contact with an open sore — genital to genital (sex), oral to genital (going down), or oral to oral (kissing). “But I didn’t see a sore!” you say. Well, people with HSV can have asymptomatic viral shedding — no sore, but they are still contagious. The condom does prevent the spread of HSV, but like HPV, it does not cover everything. Also, sometimes the HSV lesion can be camoflouged in redundant genital skin, especially very early or very late in an outbreak, and in the dark. Scabies — This is a condition caused by very small mites that burrow into the skin, resulting in itching. It is highly contagious by rubbing. Often there are red bumps of the fingerwebs and wrists that itch intensely.

Bad news first — herpes is the gift that keeps on giving. There is no vaccine and no way to clear it from your system permanently. But (and don’t we all like buts), valacyclovir is a medication that can be taken to shorten the outbreak once it pops up. Also, if you get many outbreaks a year, you can take valacyclovir daily to prevent the outbreak and reduce the amount of asymptomatic viral shedding to your partner. For genital warts, there is a vaccine on the market against four of the most common types of warts. The vaccine works for men and women, and some medical groups recommend that all young boys and girls get the vaccine. There are creams to make the warts resolve, and you can see a dermatologist to cut them off. There is a chance your body will fight them off for good after some months, but they come back periodically, in some people for life. Scabies is easily treated with permethrin cream, but all direct contacts — especially sexual partners — should be treated simultaneously.

You may ask: “How long do I have after I’ve slept with someone before I can declare myself clean?” Good question. If you didn’t have an outbreak of genital warts, herpes, or scabies by six weeks out, it’s likely you’re in the clear. Is there a cure for these things? Can I prevent them? Will they ever go away on their own? Indeed, these are the questions we all face when taking the risk of sex. And, I have good news and bad news.

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Charged with hurting student in class by Kevin Korber Chronicle Contributor

Police arrested a substitute teacher in Flushing Wednesday after complaints were filed that she physically abused a student. Grace Peterson-Hagendorf, 59, was charged with assault on a minor following an incident in which she allegedly hurt one of her 6-year-old students at PS 22 in Flushing. If convicted, Peterson-Hagendorf faces up to seven years in prison. Peterson-Hagendorf was filling in for teacher Jennifer Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, who had left the classroom to attend a staff meeting. When Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien returned, the student in question told her that Peterson-Hagendorf had pushed her, grabbed her neck and twisted it, causing pain and swelling. The child was treated at a nearby hospital while Peterson-Hagendorf was arrested by officers from the 109th Precinct. She has been removed from the classroom pending outcome of the case. In a statement issued to the press, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schools are meant to be safe learning environments for their students. It is therefore difficult to comprehend that a teacher could lose all self-control and physically attack a young student in a room full of her friends and classmates.â&#x20AC;?

A spokesperson for the United Federation of Teachers declined to comment on the incident while the investigation was still taking place. The case is the latest in a string of incidents in which teachers and other school employees have been arrested. PetersonHagendorf is the ninth public school employee to be arrested since the beginning of the year. Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), who sits on the Education Committee, said he does not think that the latest arrest was indicative of a problem in the DOE, but he did express hope that this incident would lead to more â&#x20AC;&#x153;bad applesâ&#x20AC;? being removed from the system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, anyone accused of abusing a child needs to be taken out of the classroom,â&#x20AC;? Weprin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to remain vigilant so that people who shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be in a classroom arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put there.â&#x20AC;? This also comes merely days after schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott issued a statement urging all DOE employees to â&#x20AC;&#x153;keep [their] hands off our children.â&#x20AC;? When told about the chancellorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement, Weprin said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You would think that that would be common sense.â&#x20AC;? Peterson-Hagendorf is expected to return Q to court on April 2.

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Here we are, in Daylight Savings Time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it great? Our days are lighter later. It was so good to see our hardworking residents walking home from our Z and J (newly painted elevated line and voted the best MTA train in the city) to their homes at 8 p.m. and in the light of day instead of in darkness. So now onto the beginning of spring on March 20th. This year we have had no winter to speak of, with only spring-like temperatures. This leads to the name and theme of our GWDC sponsored 33rd Anniversary Annual Dinner Dance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everlasting Springâ&#x20AC;? with an important change. The date has been changed to Friday, June 1 so mark your calendar. This change in date was due to the availability of our honorees and some structural changes to our location, which again will be held at the Cordon Bleu Caterers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for the first year with our own chef. Next week I will name our honorees. This past Tuesday was very important for the vote for the proposal for Woodhaven was rezoning. This proposal would rezone our large Victorian homes so that they would not be prey to developers who could tear them down and replace them with four or six apartment housing. It would also allow Jamaica Avenueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commercial area to build additional levels on their properties. This is important, for it will preserve the character of the homes of our small town community. A vote on this â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first of many â&#x20AC;&#x201D; took place at the Community Board 9 meeting.

The GWDC distributed flyers in regard to this vote and we hope that we had a strong attendance that evening for Woodhaven needs a yes vote on rezoning. Also to be voted on are the two streets in Woodhaven to be changed, which the consensus of Woodhaven does not want. Last week our community was hit by another decision representing congressional redistricting, this time on the federal level, affecting our congressional elected officials. At this time our Congress members are Bob Turner, representing most of Woodhaven and Gregory Meeks and Nydia Velazquez covering small areas. The newly drawn lines will eliminate Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s district leaving Woodhaven to be split with part of our community being with Brooklyn and Manhattan and a part becoming part of the Rockaways. This would make Woodhaven such a very small part of two big areas. This redistricting will â&#x20AC;&#x153;slice and diceâ&#x20AC;? us. Hopefully, changes will be made on both the state and federal levels, that will treat us fairly. Next year the councilmatic lines will be redistricted. Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 31, for our WBID â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Promotionâ&#x20AC;? from 1 to 4 p.m. along the Avenue and free pictures with the Easter bunny in the Forest Parkway Plaza area. Our staff members will be distributing free quarters on Jamaica Avenue to parking cars thanking them for shopping here and paying for their first 15 minutes on the meters. May God bless our leaders, our armed Q forces and may God bless America.

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Some say vodka ad leaves bad aftertaste Billboard off Whitestone Expwy. with provocative slogan comes down by Paula Neudorf Associate Editor

A billboard located in Willets Point on Northern Boulevard and visible from the Whitestone Expressway offended some, including area officials, and was taken down Monday. The ad, for a brand of vodka featuring the slogan “Escort Quality, Hooker Pricing,” had previously angered a community board in the Bronx, which successfully lobbied Panache Beverages, the maker of

the vodka, to take the billboard down in that borough in February. In Manhattan, a different ad for the vodka, with the slogan “Christmas Quality, Hannukah Pricing,” outraged residents last November and was also taken down. But the Queens ad only came down because “our campaign ran its course,” according to Brian Gordon, the president of public relations firm Engine Shop, which counts Panache Beverages as a client. “The campaign was only ever

The billboard was taken down this week after being visible from the Whitestone PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Expressway for a month.

going to be up for a month,” Gordon said of the Queens billboard, which he added was the only such ad for the vodka in the borough. State Sen. Toby Stavisky (DWhitestone) said she was outraged in a conversation with the Chronicle that took place on Monday, before the billboard came down. “I noticed it about three weeks ago,” Stavisky said. “I’ve never seen anything like this. I’ve seen questionable signs, but nothing like this.” Stavisky said she was particularly galled by the sign’s proximity to Citi Field, so that if it had stayed up, children attending baseball games in the summer might have seen it. She also noted that its being close to Willets Point, “when Willets Point is trying to clean up, to improve its image,” only added to the offense. On Monday, right before the sign came down, Stavisky and Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing) sent a letter to James Dale, the CEO of Panache Beverages, asking him to ax the sign. Ann Jawin, of the Center for the Women of New York, said the sign was “disgusting, just disgusting.” Referring to how Rush Limbaugh recently called Sandra Fluke, an advocate for insurance coverage of contraception, a “slut” and a “prostitute” on his show, Jawin noted that

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by Maria Fitzsimons Today it’s a bygone era. The economy was on the upswing had an affinity with the beauty that surrounded him in his for Americans, rock ’n’ roll was finding its place in history, own neighborhood, prompting him to shoot locally often. and a slice of pizza cost a mere 15 cents. He spent his days working at the Empire Trust Company, 1950s New York City, with its bright lights never dim- what’s now known as The Bank of New York Mellon, as an ming, was bustling with nonstop activity. And whether it auditor, and eventually became its vice-president. His street was “working stiffs” doing the mundane or the picturesque photography was a passionate and thorough hobby left for backdrops offered by city landmarks, Frank Oscar Larson weekends when the city turned into his playground of disfound it all worthy of documentation. He empathized with covery. those on the street and took great pride in trying to tell their Over the course of the 1950s, he documented life in stories through his art. Chinatown, Times Square, City Island, Central Park, Hell’s Larson, born in 1896 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to immigrant Kitchen, Astoria and Flushing, among other places. He had parents from Sweden, lived most of his adult life in Flushing, a particular affection for Kissena Park, which was only a few moving to a house he bought on Oak Avenue in 1922. He blocks away from his home. Continuedonon page continued page 44

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Queens College Campus, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., in Flushing. Tickets are $12-$18. Call (718) 793-8080.

An art exhibition with the Mardi Gras theme will run through March 31 at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. Gallery hours: Monday through Thursday and Saturday 1-4 p.m. Admission is free.

CLASSES A beginner’s Hebrew class is held on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. through March 29 at the Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd. Registration required. Cost for nonmembers is $5 per session. Free onsite parking. For more information call (718) 961-0030 or freesynagogue.org.

An exhibit titled “Interwoven Worlds: Exploring Domestic and Nomadic Life in Turkey,” organized by Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum, will be on view at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. through April 30. Exhibit hours are Wednesday to Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Ralph Weiss Photographs are on view through April 22 at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Gallery hours: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Reception: Saturday, March 24 from 2-4 p.m. Continuing through April 24 the second of a twopart exhibition on the evolution of art will be on view at the Queens College Art Center, Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Level Six, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Gallery hours are: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, will exhibit the photography of documentary photographer Audrey Gottlieb now through May 19. “Vignettes from the Queens Project” is a photo collection that celebrates the diversity of the Queens community. Joseph LoGuirato’s sketched collection of historic structures around the city will run through June 30 at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14 Rd., College Point. Call for hours: (718) 358-0067. Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, announces that “Video<>Object,” will remain on view through March 18. It explores the relationships between video-art and narcissism. Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closed Tuesday and Wednesday), and by appointment. For further information contact David Dorsky at (718) 937-6317 or via email: david@dorsky.org.

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

A Blues Brothers revue will be presented on Saturday, March, 17 at Queensborough Performing Arts Center. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE and 24 at 8:30 p.m. and March 18 and 25 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for seniors and children under 13. For tickets, call (718) 229-4644.

Amazing World of Bamboo,” a discussion of the hardy plant’s booming popularity worldwide. Registration required, call (718) 886-3600 ext. 230.

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Allison Stagg will discuss “Remembering the War of 1812” in American caricature on Thursday, March 22 at 5 p.m. at St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., St. John’s Hall, Room 306 in Jamaica. It’s sponsored by King Manor Museum. Reservations requested. Email programs@kingmanor.org or call (718) 206-0545 x 13.

Alula, Ethiopian-born singer/songwriter, accompanied by Alicia Svigals, top Klezmer violinist and a band, will perform an Sunday, March 18 at 6 p.m. at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Tickets are $22 at the door, online (bakerdan.com) $20, and seniors and children under 13 (door and online) are $15. Queens Theatre in the Park in Flushing Meadows Park presents Tom Wopat in a special concert as part of its Celebrity Concert series on Saturday, March 24 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are priced at $44 or $60. The box office number is (718) 760-0064.

MEETINGS Elinor Miller, representative from the League of Woman Voters of New York City, will talk at a meeting of the Bayside Jewish Center sisterhood, 203-05 32 Ave. on Monday, March 19 at 2:30 p.m.

The Harlem Quartet, a string quartet, will perform on Sunday, March 25, at 2 p.m. at Lefrak Concert Hall on the Queens College Campus, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., in Flushing. Tickets are $34-$36. Call (718) 793-8080.

The Flushing AARP Chapter 1405 holds its meetings at the Bowne Street Community Church, 14311 Roosevelt Ave. on Mondays at 1 p.m. The guest speaker on Monday, March 19 will be Bob Hogan, member of the Quinn-Fogarty Funeral Home. The topic is living wills. New members welcome.

A Blues Brothers revue will be presented on Saturday, March 17 at 8 p.m. at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center on the Queensborough Community College campus, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Tickets are $35-$39. Call (718) 631-6311 to reserve.

Tracking the hidden spectacle of bird migration, a Queens County Bird Club presentation by Andrew Farnsworth will be held on Wednesday, March 21 at 8 p.m. at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston.

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Queens Best Toastmakers Club meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month from 10 a.m. to noon at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference Room, 79-01 Broadway.

All Saints Church Thrift Shop winter sale will be held at 214-35 40 Ave., Bayside, on Thursday, March 15 from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.

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Author Nicole Krauss will participate in the Queens College evening reading program on Tuesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. in the Music Building on the Flushing Campus, 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Tickets are $20 at the door.

Marathon Jewish Center, 245-37 60 Ave., Douglaston, presents the musical “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” March 17

On Saturday, March 17, at 2 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, will welcome landscape architect Michael Veracka as he presents “The

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.

FOR KIDS The Magic School Bus celebrates its 25th anniversary with an all-new musical adventure on Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. at Colden Auditorium, on the

Bayside Historical Society will present a Sunday lecture/workshop series on “The Art of Victorian Flower Arrangement,” featuring guest speaker Natalie Carbone. On March 18, Carbone will offer a workshop on “Dried Pressed Art,” while on March 25 she will cover the “Victorian Bouquet and the Language of Flowers” (both $20 per person and $18 for BHS members, which includes materials). Both events will be held at 2 p.m. at the Officers’ Club in Fort Totten, and pre-registration is required. For more information, call (718) 352-1548 or visit baysidehistorical.org. Bayside Historical Society, Fort Totten Park, Bayside, will offer a family craft workshop to decorate stick puppet characters and make origami baskets on Sunday, March 18 from noon-2 p.m. This program is suitable for children 5-8 years old accompanied by an adult. Fee: $5 per child; $2 per adult. RSVP by March 15 to info@baysidehistorical.org or call (718) 352-1548. The Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center at 45-25 Kissena Blvd. in Flushing offers a series of computer classes geared towards seniors. Whether you are a beginner or more advanced computer user, there is a class for you. Sign up now for winter classes. For information call John at (718) 559-4329. Dance with instructions at the Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, every Monday and Friday, 7:15 to 8 p.m., followed by a dance social. Music by Sal Escott. Admission $10. The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street on the first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month. For information, visit flushingcameraclub.org. A defensive driving course for insurance and point reduction will be given at Holy Family Church, 17520 74 Ave. in Flushing, on Saturday, March 24 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For information and registration call (631) 360-9720. The cost is $45. Ongoing drawing class every Wednesday 1-4 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Instructor, Marc Jasloff. Call (516) 2237659. Fee: $25 per class. Italian Charities of America at 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, offers Italian classes for adults and children. Adult classes are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Children’s classes are on Saturdays from 10 a.m.-noon. The course is for 14 weeks. Price: adult — $80, children — $75 for first child, $50 for second and third child. Call (718) 478-3100. A defensive driving course will be held at All Saints’ Church, 214-35 40 Ave., Bayside, on Saturday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $50 which includes the driving course, breakfast and lunch. Call church to reserve: (718) 229-5631.

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Director adds unexpected touches to a classic by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Is “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” the funniest musicalcomedy ... ever? The question is rhetorical, but it seems true that no matter how many times the show is mounted, it never fails to score in the laugh department. The comedy’s latest incarnation is on view at Marathon Jewish Community Center in Douglaston, where it opened for a six-performance run Saturday night. With a script by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, the musical is an intricately-woven masterpiece that tells the tale of a slave named Pseudolus, who wants just one thing: his freedom. Laced with a

‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ When: March 17 and 24 at 8 p.m. March 18 and 25 at 3 p.m. Where: Marathon Jewish Community Center, 245-37 60 Ave., Douglaston Tickets: $18 for adults; $16 for seniors, children under 13 (718) 229-4644

lively, often underappreciated score and truly hilarious lyrics by the always clever Stephen Sondheim, the show is a nonstop laughfest. And one of the great beauties of “A Funny Thing” is that it allows for tremendous leeway in its staging, replete as it is with opportunities for sight gags, surprises (even for the already initiated) and directorial flourishes throughout. The musical originally premiered on Broadway in 1962, and marked Sondheim’s first Broadway foray as both a lyricist and composer — he had previously written lyrics for such musicals as “West Side Story” and “Gypsy.” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” proved to be a major success, and won several Tony awards. The Douglaston production is directed by Barbara Auriemma, who has assembled an especially large cast, having added several additional cameo roles for some scene-stealing veterans. And while the pacing was a bit leisurely on opening night, Auriemma elicited chuckles in some unexpected places. Practically walking away with the evening is a trio of resourceful gentlemen, known collectively as the Proteans, who, as described in the musical, are “only three, yet they do the work of thirty.”

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Scott Eckers as Hero, Chazmond J. Peacock as Pseudolus and Annice Auriemma as Philia in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at Marathon Jewish Community Center. PHOTO BY GARY PLOTKIN They are played by Andrew Anton, Frank Auriemma and Richard Carlan, who are, in a word, tireless. One of them, a rubber-faced marvel who resembles Marty Feldman, is particularly invaluable. Among the other delights is Dave Shapiro, Marathon Little Theatre Group’s long-standing erstwhile director, who

has been written into the show as a nearly wordless, more-than-slightly inebriated soldier. He has honed the character to perfection. And Sandi Plotkin, the show’s producer, appears as Antiqua, a courtesan with a half century of experience under her belt. continued on page 00 49

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Photographer saw beauty in the everyday continued from page 00 41

In 2009, thousands of Larson’s negatives were found stowed away in the house of Carol Larson, his daughter-in-law, living in Maine. They were untouched, as far as the family could tell, in a box under an easel titled “Lakeville Negatives,” for Lakeville, Conn., where Larson moved four years before his death in 1964. “I was looking for family photos ... I had no idea I was to discover these street photographs,” said Soren Larson, a television news cameraman, producer and Larson’s grandson — and the person responsible for bringing this project to life. “My father had told me he was an amateur photographer,” he said. The photographs were anything but amateurish and Larson took it upon himself to go through the thousands of negatives for digital scanning, looking for those diamonds in the rough. “I don’t want to show photos with just historic value. I want them each to have artistic value, a special quality,” Larson said. The scanning process wasn’t as tricky an undertaking as one might expect with vintage negatives. “Once I figured it out, it became routine,” Larson noted. “At first it took me a while, how to look at a negative and decide was it worth something,” he said. “It can take a couple of minutes or a half hour [to scan one negative].” “I’d glance at them to see what had potential and what didn’t. A couple were damaged [but] generally speaking, I’ve been amazed [at the quality].“ He added, ”The bulk of the discovery is done.” Happy with what he was unearthing, Larson emailed Tom Finkelpearl, the executive director of the Queens Museum of Art, hoping to show the museum the impressive art his grandfather took such pride in creating.

Jamie, right, was among those viewing photographs on display at the Queens Museum of Art, in the exhibit, “Frank Oscar Larson: 1950s New York Street Stories,” last Friday. PHOTOS BY MARIA FITZSIMONS

Finkelpearl got back to Larson, viewed some of the digital prints during a meeting and loved what he saw. The museum decided to put on a photography exhibition of Frank Oscar Larson’s work. “I don’t think anyone really told [my grandfather] how good he was,” Larson recounted. “He loved going out there, being expressive, creating something. All that work he put into it, finally people can see it.” Sixty-five photographs and personal effects, including his two Rolleiflex Automat cameras, lenses, filters and light meter make up the photo exhibition “Frank Oscar Larson: 1950s New York Street Stories” on display at the QMA through May 20. A selection of the works will also become part of the museum’s permanent collection.

Soren Larson’s father, the late David Larson, himself an artist (he focused on painting and sculpture), was told by his father to take pride in whatever your craft may be. “There’s something special in doing something well,” Larson said, recounting his late grandfather’s advice. Jamie, a woman viewing the photo exhibit alone last Friday afternoon, who came to the museum in part to see Larson’s work, marveled at how well his photos stand the test of time. “I think as a collection, they’re really representative of the feeling of living in New York, not just back “Boy Along the East River,” 1953, shot in when they were taken; even now,” Astoria. This is one of 65 photographs that said Jamie, who asked that her last make up the exhibit. name not be used. She was equally impressed with the just did it for a different purpose, for himfashions of the era Larson captured, find- self to see the city, capture something ... ing the luxuriousness and glamour allur- that’s what he was after.” According to his grandson, Larson ing. “I think women’s fashion of the time is very interesting now, with a very Mad would be “tickled pink” and so proud to Men-esque quality to it,” she said smiling. have his photographs on display at the Frank Oscar Larson, listed officially as a Queens Museum of Art in Flushing, the disabled American veteran, succumbed neighborhood he called his home for 38 unexpectedly to a stroke when visiting his years. “I did it for my granddad,” Larson said family in Queens to attend the 1964 New York World’s Fair. His passing was a result proudly. ”Work of this quality deserves to Q of complications from being exposed to be seen.” mustard gas as a soldier in World War I. Larson’s photographic tale is reminiscent of another artist who shot street photography during the same era, Vivian Maier. Maier’s work in street photography went largely unseen as well, and was only disWhen: Through May 20 covered after her death when a historian Where: Queens Museum of Art, bought thousands of her negatives at the Flushing Meadows Corona Park auction of a repossessed storage locker. Tickets: (718) 592-9700 “There might be another one out queensmuseum.org there,” Larson’s grandson said. “They weren’t after any monetary rewards. He

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Personal effects, including his two Rolleiflex Automat cameras, lenses, filters and light meter, of Frank Oscar Larson on display as part of the exhibit.

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New design ideas come after looking back by Paula Neudorf Associate Editor

A designer, an architect and an architectural historian convened at the Noguchi Museum on Sunday to give a panel discussion relating to the museum’s ongoing exhibit “Civic Action” during a program titled “The Story of Ravenswood.” “Civic Action” features the work of four artist-led teams tasked with envisioning new models of urban development for the Queens waterfront between Newtown Creek and Bowery Bay, which spans Long Island City, Ravenswood and Astoria. The results of each team’s efforts went on display at the museum last October, and will be on view through April 22, after which the second phase of the exhibit — large-scale models and works relating to the teams’ plans — goes up at Socrates Sculpture Park on May 13. The exhibit marks the first time the Noguchi Museum has engaged with architects and urban planners in such a direct way, according to Amy Hau, the museum’s director

‘Civic Action’ When: Through April 22 (related public talks on Sunday, April 8 and May 13) Wed.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Weekends 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Where: Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Rd., Astoria Tickets: $10 (718) 204-7088/noguchi.org

of administration and external affairs. “It’s a very exciting time,” Hau said of developments that are ongoing in the area, including Cornell’s incoming tech campus on Roosevelt Island. “Change happens. We’re just trying to keep in step with it.” On Sunday, the representatives from three different teams explained the process that led to their projects. For all three, understanding the history of Ravenswood was a key part of the design process. “There are very few people in New York City as a whole who’ve ever even heard of Ravenswood,” said Amelia Black, a design researcher with a master’s in design criticism from the School of Visual Arts. Black worked on the team led by artist George Trakas, whose contribution to the exhibit is one of the most simple but also most compelling: plans for a walkway built with existing but long disused pieces of boardwalk and bulkhead that would wrap around Con Edison and Trans Canada, connecting the shoreline from 36th Avenue to Socrates Sculpture Park. For Black, studying the waterfront’s history led to the revelation that waterfront access has long been a dream of Ravenswood residents. Black said deeds of mansions that existed along the river in the mid-1800s included provisions for a public promenade. But in the late-1800s and onward, the rise of manufacturing blocked the public’s access to a great deal of the waterfront. Digging deeper into manufacturing history was key to Nina Rappaport, an architectural historian who worked with artist Natalie Jeremijenko. Their project includes designs for vertical urban factories and a network of zip lines to transport goods (and people) from building

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Gary Krigsman has fun as the “buyer and seller of the flesh of beautiful women,” while Sam Zuckerman lacks bravado as the warrior Miles Gloriosus. Bob Alpert, playing Erronius, a befuddled old man mandated to walk seven times around the seven hills of Rome, brings his own spin to the role, employing an accent that suggests he might have taken a short detour through the Catskills. Rhea Arkin takes a lucky thirteenth turn as Marathon’s musical director, leading a band that consists of Vicki Gleicher, Richard Shapiro, Jenny Li and Sam Hoyland. Linda Cashman’s simple set and Pauline Baratta’s costumes are Q apropos.

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In a role that replaces Gymnasia, normally played by an actress of amazonian proportions, she assumes other characteristics here that work, despite all the improbabilities. As Vibrata, another one of the available ladies, Ashley Taylor is dynamic, with her catlike moves and startling afro hairstyle. In the marathon (pardon the expression) role of Pseudolus, one of the musical theater’s greatest male characters, Chazmond J. Peacock struts about with the confidence that his surname would suggest. Having played the role before, he is totally comfortable on stage. His cohort, Hysterium, is played by David Risley, who has a fine singing voice but demonstrates little of the character’s anticipated histrionics. Vocal honors of the night go to Scott Eckers, who sings the role of Hero beautifully. He is nicely paired with Annice Auriemma (whose family is well represented in the show), who plays the IQchallenged virgin, Philia, with an interesting deadpan. Lloyd Baum is the dirty old man, Senex, and Kat Thompson is his suspicious wife, Domina. Each brings a distinct personality to the stage, but they make an admittedly oddly matched couple.

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At the SURROGATE’S COURT of the County of QUEENS on the 15th day of February, 2012 Order for Publication File No. 2012/123 HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate In the Matter of the Probate Proceeding, Will of CLARETTA FREEMAN KING a/k/a CLARETTA KING, Deceased A citation having been issued or to be issued in the above entitled proceeding, and the petitioner having produced proof to the satisfaction of the Surrogate that the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of CLARETTA FREEMAN KING, a/k/a CLARETTA KING, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence are persons required to be cited upon the above entitled proceeding of said deceased, and that the case is one of those specified in Section 307 of the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act, and that personal service of the citation cannot with due diligence be made upon him/her/them within the State, it is ORDERED that the service of the Citation herein upon said heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of CLARETTA FREEMAN KING, a/k/a CLARETTA KING, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence be made by publication thereof in one newspaper, to wit: The Queens Chronicle, being a newspaper published and/or circulated in the County of Queens, State of New York, once in each of four successive weeks, which is the time the Surrogate deems reasonable. HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate Affidavit of service with copy of publication to be filed with the clerk of the court at least 48 hours prior to the return date.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: FERNEL REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/18/2011. 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, 161-40 Normal Road, Jamaica, NY 11432. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date.

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Notice of Formation of Prime Development 194 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/12/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 25-77 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: any lawful activity.

RNG ENTERPRISES, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 9/14/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 4721 41st St., Apt. 1D, Sunnyside, NY 11104. General Purposes.

CHELSEA CONSTRUCTION LLC a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/15/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 64-70 Maurice Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378. General Purposes.

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File No.: 2011-187/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: NYC Human Resources Administration Department of Social Services, Attorney General of the State of New York, The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of GOLDIE JACOBSON, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of GOLDIE JACOBSON, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 69-70 Grand Central Parkway, Forest Hills, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of GOLDIE JACOBSON, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 5th day of April, 2012 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $13,890.84 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why the claim from NYC Human Resources Administration, Department of Social Services in the amount of $352,214.98 should not be paid to the extent of the net residuary estate, Dated, Attested and Sealed, 10th day of February, 2012, HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County; Margaret M. Gribbon, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court; GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., (718) 459-9000, 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF OTX NEW YORK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/10/12. Off. loc.: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Harald Oechsner, 90 SW 3rd St., Unit 3604, Miami, FL 33130. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: LAWRENCE HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/18/2012. Office location is Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to John Lawrence, 300 Wheeler Rd., Ste. 101, Hauppauge, NY 11788. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of IBON GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/06/2012. Office Location: NASSAU County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 25 TOWNSEND RD., GLEN COVE, NY 11542. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: LITTLE TREASURES-PETITS TRESORS, SLP & PSYCHOLOGY, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/22/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 21207 102nd Ave., Ste. B-4, Queens Village, NY 11429. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Woodside, pvt house, $135/wk Howard Beach, exclusive agent w/microwave, near trans, refs req, for studios & 1 BR apts, absentee female only, 718-672-5061/845L/L. Call Joe Trotta, Broker @ 718- 831-1171 843-3333 Howard Beach/Lindenwood, modern 3 BR, 2 baths, balcony, EIK, LR/DR combo, credit ck & refs. Owner, 718-738-4013

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SPORTS

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Meyer’s — a spartan eatery on Rockaway Blvd. by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

In the 1930s Meyer’s Restaurant stood in the far southeastern section of Queens. It was a modest joint, poorly lit and offering only two types of beer — George Ehrets and Ruppert. Heating was provided solely by one pot belly stove, and there was no ceiling fan to cool customers in the summer. There was no decoration beyond the tin ceiling and walls. But neighborhood residents didn’t seem to mind after a day’s work. With soft marshes and occasional flooding, only brave people chose to live in the area, Meyer’s Restaurant on Rockaway Boulevard, Jan. 6, 1940. alternately known as Springf ield Gardens, Laurelton or Rosedale Airport (formally New York International before the days of ZIP codes. Meyer’s was Airport, Anderson Field and later, of located at 231-02 Rockaway Boulevard, at course, John F. Kennedy International Airthe corner with Springfield Boulevard — a port), homeowners and businesses were junction that no longer exists. The flooding forced to leave the area by way of eminent led to the closure of Springfield south of domain. Today there are no more stores on Rockaway Boulevard from Guy R. Brewer 147th Avenue long ago. Nearby on Rockaway were also Frank Boulevard until Brookville Boulevard in Davis’ gas station and Sol Weinberg’s gas Rosedale. Instead the area is dominated by Q station. With the construction of Idlewild air freight businesses.

BEAT

Picard vs. the Mets by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Barring an unlikely 11th-hour settlement, Irving Picard, the trustee for the victims of Madoff Securities, will finally step into the batter’s box against Mets ownership in Manhattan federal court on Monday. This promises to be more exciting than the action we’ll see at Citi Field in 2012. The onus will certainly be on Picard to show that the Mets aided and abetted Madoff at worst, or at least had ample reason to suspect he was running a fraudulent operation. Judge Jed Rakoff, who has been presiding over the Picard-Mets battle from the start, has made no secret that he feels Picard is overreaching. However, Rakoff has already ruled that the Mets are liable for $83 million in Madoff payments they received in the past and is allowing a nine-member jury to decide if they have to pony up another $300 million. The Mets have claimed from the get-go that they were victims of the rogue Far Rockaway financier. They will point to the fact that the Securities and Exchange Commission failed to find fraud with respect to Madoff Securities during its operation — so why should they be held to a higher standard? While Fred Wilpon and his son, Jeff, have long been the faces of the Mets corporate side, the man whose testimony will be most crucial is Fred’s brother-in-law, team President Saul Katz, who is a certified public accountant. Picard, a very well-respected tax attorney, will certainly ask Katz why he allowed the Mets to

invest with Madoff when the company did not hire a major accounting firm, such as Ernst & Young or Deloitte, to verify its financial records even though it handled hundreds of millions of dollars. Madoff used a two-man CPA firm in Rockland County to serve as its “independent” auditor. Clearly that should have raised a red flag for Katz. Expect Picard to grill Katz about reports that the Mets changed what could have been a $6 million lump-sum payout to outfielder Bobby Bonilla in 2000 into a 25-year annuity that gives an 8 percent return. When the deal is done, Bobby Bo will gross $30 million. What does that have to do with Madoff? The Mets believed that good old Bernie would be able to provide them with at least a 10 percent return on the funds they gave him so they would be profiting on “the float” (the 2 percent difference between what they were guaranteeing Bonilla and the return from Madoff). Obviously this was not very sound thinking. Expect Picard to make it sound as if the team’s executives acted with the arrogance of insiders who knew they would be taken care of before anyone else. You can also be sure Picard will grill Mets execs about rumors they were trying to obtain fraud insurance in 2007 just before news of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme became public. Picard must believe that the Occupy Wall Street movement will help his case with the jury. I’m sure he’ll talk about the Wilpons as “one percenters” who thought they could play Q by different rules and get away with it.

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