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Around Queens, cries to not close Beacons City plan to shutter two sites would impact thousands of boro families by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

he cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to close two Beacon programs in Queens would be devastating for thousands of families from throughout the borough, including many working parents who rely on the free afterschool activities to keep their children busy while they are at their jobs, youth advocates and elected officials said this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are really upset about this,â&#x20AC;? said Patrick Pinchinat, director of the Beacon program at JHS 190 in Forest Hills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had one of the worst days in my career when I had to announce the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to my kids in the program. Kids were crying, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re speaking out about it.â&#x20AC;? Mayor Bloomberg has called for about $2.1 million to be cut from the Department of Youth and Community Development, which resulted in officials proposing to shutter seven of the 81 Beacon programs throughout the city, including the one at JHS 190 and another run by the Samuel Field Y at MS 158 in Bayside. Each Beacon program costs approximately $334,000 to operate annually. The JHS 190 site serves about 1,100 families, and MS 158 serves approximately 2,800 families annually, providing a variety of activities, including sports, mentoring, homework help, arts and crafts, dance and volunteer work. The mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan would have to be approved by the City Council, and a number of Queens legislators have slammed the proposal which, if implemented, would go into

Students show off their accolades garnered at the annual talent show at the Beacon program at PHOTO COURTESY JHS 190 BEACON JHS 190 in Forest Hills. effect July 1. That, Steve Goodman, the executive vice president and CEO of the Samuel Fields Y, pointed out, would be when the Beaconsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; summer programs would normally be beginning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;City Hall bureaucrats must think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re flush with services here in Bayside,â&#x20AC;? Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are wrong. If they came out to see what is happening in our schools in northeast Queens, they would realize that we need Beacon programs. Instead of closing programs and hitting specific neighborhoods it deems privileged, the city should trim costs from each Beacon program to make them more efficient.â&#x20AC;?

The Campaign for Children, a partnership of the Emergency Coalition to Save Child Care and the NYC Youth Alliance, pointed out that Beacon programs operate after school, on weekends and school holidays, and throughout the summer, and the free programs give children of working parents a safe haven. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These closures mean that thousands of young people will be left without the educational, enriching afterschool environments that help them succeed in school, and thousands of parents will be forced to scramble to f ind safe places for their children while theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at work,â&#x20AC;? said Emma Woods, a Campaign for Children spokeswoman.

Tania Calvo, the parent of an 11-year-old boy who attends the Forest Hills program, echoed Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sentiment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to pay the fees of the afterschool and childcare programs in the area,â&#x20AC;? Calvo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Beacon program offers me a safe and nurturing place where my son can learn, be kept off the streets and influenced by positive mentors.â&#x20AC;? Like Halloran, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrated the city has targeted the JHS 190 site because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in a wealthier ZIP code. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have to get rid of the idea that Forest Hills is a place that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need help,â&#x20AC;? Koslowitz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to fight very hard to keep the Beacons open.â&#x20AC;? Goodman noted that his program has been successful and draws students not only from the immediate Bayside area, but from throughout the borough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When that neighborhood was chosen to get a Beacon, it had some real needs the program was designed to address,â&#x20AC;? Goodman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve successfully addressed many of those issues, including at-risk youth, youth that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t achieving their potential and a need for childcare and safe havens for kids.â&#x20AC;? Without programs to help students at risk of dropping out or working with students to boost their attendance records at school, Goodman said he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;deeply concerned the the loss of this Beacon will destabilize this neighborhood and erode the important accomplishments that now characterize it.â&#x20AC;? Q

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After a son’s death, a mother remembers Howard Beach man killed when fight sends him into path of train by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

He was her only child. Zena Basin, of Howard Beach, ate lunch with Joshua Basin — her 20-year-old son and best friend who “always knew” when something was wrong with her — late Friday afternoon, and she never saw him again.

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Joshua Basin was killed a little before 10 p.m. on Friday after Ryan Beauchamp, a 33year-old homeless man, allegedly initiated a fight with him on the platform of the L train at the Bedford Avenue stop in Brooklyn, sending the two of them tumbling onto the tracks, police said. While Beauchamp, who police arrested on Wednesday, managed to pull himself back up onto the platform, Basin was hit by an oncoming train, according to police. He died a short time later at Belleveue Hospital, police said. “My only son, my only son, he was my only son,” Zena Basin said, clutching a album filled with photos of her son throughout his childhood. “He was a twin, but his twin didn’t make it. They told me he might also not make it, so every day with him was like a miracle. He was my life. I don’t know what to do now.” A student at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Joshua Basin was a bit of a Renaissance man, his mother said, with a penchant for everything from poetry to psychiatry. While he was good at science and wanted to be a psychiatrist, his mother said he had a soft spot for the arts and enjoyed acting and writing. “He loved writing; he loved the city; he loved everything,” Zena Basin said. “He was always writing poems and stories.” A longtime resident of Howard Beach, Zena Basin, originally from Colombia, and Joshua’s father, now deceased, brought their

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Zena Basin looks through an album filled with photos of her son, Joshua Basin, who was killed by PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON an oncoming train on Friday. son to places all over the world while he was growing up. “He started walking in Greece,” said Zena Basin, a retired NYPD officer who is now caring for her elderly mother who just suffered a stroke. “He went to France, China, London, Spain, Hawaii. I could go on and on. He went on 19 cruises. He loved traveling.” Looking at countless photos of a young Joshua — a baby being held by his mother

and kissed by his father, a 2-year-old hamming it up for the camera and a 5-year-old wrapping his arms around his mother — Zena Basin broken down, holding her face in her hands, her shoulders heaving. “Why did this happen?” she asked. “My son wasn’t a fighter. He radiated wherever he went. He was called the boy with the golden heart. He had so many friends, so many peoQ ple who loved him.”

Peninsula Hosp. will close after rocky ride About 1,000 jobs will be lost, now one hospital left on the peninsula by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

the clinical lab, and state Health Commissioner Nirav Shah ordered Peninsula to close the facility in what was said would be a temporary move. The health officials detailed a number of problems at the lab, noting, for example, that an individual worked alone at the blood bank in January after receiving just two days of training. Because of this, officials said she did not perform quality controls or take the required daily temperatures to ensure that blood was stored in appropriate conditions. Additionally, Herschel Kessler, a former third-year resident at Peninsula Hospital, said administrators deliberately did not inform workers and others at the hospital of the troubles that continued to plague the facility. “After the new administration came in, we were very optimistic,” Kessler said. “Things were moving forward. We were in a process of signing contracts for electronic medical records. A lot of good changes were happening — and the Department of Health came in and basically shut us down. Since then, we’ve been told that, ‘no, no, everything’s good; don’t worry.’” Kessler and other workers said continued on page 43

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Janet DePaolo, left, who worked as a nurse at Peninsula, with two former patients, Barbara Reiche and Iris Delgado, at a rally to save the hospital in August. Despite the announcement that the facility will soon close, residents FILE PHOTO have planned rallies throughout the week.

Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway could permanently close its doors as early as Friday, community leaders said this week, marking the end of a tumultuous six months that included the facility’s clinical laboratory recently being shuttered after investigators found “serious deficiencies” there. A state Health Department spokesman said on Monday that the 173-bed hospital is required to submit a closure plan to Albany for approval, and community leaders from the Rockaways said they expect the 104-year-old facility to officially close by the end of the week. In total, about 1,000 jobs are expected to be lost by the time Peninsula shuts its doors for good, and it has already laid off several hundred workers. “The department will monitor operations at Peninsula to ensure an orderly closure,” the Health Department said in an emailed statement. “The department will work with other providers to make sure patients have access to services that will be closing. The department will also work with Peninsula to make sure medical records continue to be available to patients and are transferred to appropriate providers upon

the request of patients.” This week’s announcement is the final blow to a hospital that has traveled a rocky path since last summer. After financial problems rocked the institution, Peninsula’s parent company, MediSys, ended its affiliation with the facility, and state officials ordered in August that it not take in any new patients until an operational plan could be implemented. Following the announcement that Peninsula could close last summer, leaving just one hospital, St. John’s Episcopal, to serve the Rockaways, there were numerous rallies to save the facility. In September, Brooklynbased Revival Home Health Care reached a deal to take over the 104year-old hospital, and the group has garnered criticism from elected officials and hospital workers alike. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (DOzone Park), for one, said Revival, which had no experience running a hospital before Peninsula, “made a lot of mistakes.” For example, other workers said that while Revival was informed there were a number of serious problems at the hospital’s clinical laboratory, the group did not immediately address the problems. In February, health off icials documented a long list of deficiencies at

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Criminal describes murder in Ozone Park Testifies at trial of man charged in 2009 slaying of Jerry Antoniello by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

Before allegedly slaying the 29-year-old son of a well-known pizza shop owner in Ozone Park, the men charged with being involved in the 2009 murder had already botched another home invasion in the neighborhood and were on the lookout for some serious cash, one of those arrested in Gerardo “Jerry” Antoniello’s death said in court last week. Jason Burrell, 40, of Brooklyn, testified at the Queens Supreme Court trial of Francis LaCorte, a 29-year-old Ozone Park resident, who is charged with recruiting a team of individuals to break into the home of Bartolomeo Antoniello, who owned Romeo’s

Gerardo “Jerry” Antoniello was murdered trying to protect his father during a home invasion in 2009, police said.

Pizza in Ozone Park for 20 years until he died several months after his son was murdered. Jerry Antoniello, who worked as a maintenance supervisor at Queens schools, was killed trying to defend his father during the September 2009 invasion, police said. He was shot in the head, according to police. “They came running out of the house and drove off and said, ‘I think I killed somebody,’” said Burrell, who has also been charged in the crime and agreed to testify at LaCorte’s trial as part of a deal with the Queens DA. “He said the gun went off. The father had groceries and was trying to throw eggs at them to get out.” Burrell has been convicted of crimes in the past, including petit larceny, he and prosecutors said. LaCorte and Vincent Mineo, another 29year-old resident from Ozone Park, were arrested last year and hit with a 22-count indictment, including second-degree murder, robbery and burglary. Mineo copped a plea to burglary, attempted robbery and conspiracy earlier this year. Last week, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Also charged in the crime is Bronx resident Rashod Cowan, 32. LaCorte, who prosecutors said owned a cell phone store across from Romeo’s, Mineo and their entourage of alleged criminals would frequently meet at the Dunkin’ Donuts

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Hundreds of people gathered outside Romeo’s Pizzeria in Ozone Park for a vigil for Jerry Antoniello FILE PHOTOS in October 2009. at Crossbay and Rockaway boulevards to plan their next invasion. Not long before they hit Antoniello’s house, they had packed a pistol, BB gun and plastic ties and went to steal what they thought would be a large amount of cash from another Ozone Park home, but ended up leaving empty-handed. Not long after that incident, Burrell said he met with LaCorte at one of the Ozone Park man’s two cell phone stores. “He said he knew about another job, and said it was less money,” Burrell said in court. “He made it seem like he owed money and said we didn’t have to worry about people being there.” Jerry Antoniello was the youngest of three sons, one of whom is an NYPD officer.

He worked for the city Department of Education as an operating engineer at PS 127 in East Elmhurst and had recently saved up enough money to purchase a condominium near St. John’s University in Fresh Meadows. Jerry Antoniello’s parents opened their pizzeria in 1992, when their youngest son was 12, and family members said he was always lending a hand at the business. He went on to be a maintenance supervisor at PS 65 in Ozone Park and then a facilities manager at PS 242 in Whitestone. “Do I want to see those guys out on the streets again?” Angelo Antoniello, Jerry’s brother, said in the same previous interview. “Never. I want them to rot for forever in jail. Q If they died in jail, I’d be happy.”

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Watching a competitor for political bias he Queens Chronicle is not in the business of knocking our competition, as regular readers know quite well. We’ve only done it twice. Once it was to admonish those papers that carry ads for “massage parlors” and “escort services” that are really thinly disguised fronts for prostitution. We do not accept such ads. The other time it was to criticize the Queens Tribune’s blatantly biased coverage of the 2009 City Council race between Dan Halloran and Kevin Kim, with its infamous “Democratic victor vs. pagan lord” front-page headline. We do not engage in such reporting. Nor do we have a supposedly unrelated political consulting firm operating out of our office under the command of one of our top managers, as the Tribune does. That firm was paid $228,000 by the Kim campaign. Decide for yourself how much that may have influenced the paper’s coverage. Now we have to again take the Tribune to task for favoritism in its coverage of a race for public office, favoritism that likely has both politics and money behind it. Coincidentally, it’s again a race that involves Halloran, the winner of that 2009 contest and now a candidate for the

Congressional seat that Rep. Gary Ackerman is giving up at the end of the year. But this time it’s not Halloran the Tribune is showing bias against — at least not yet. Instead it’s Assemblyman Rory Lancman of Fresh Meadows and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley of Middle Village. They’re the two Democrats vying for the congressional nomination against the party’s choice, Assemblywoman Grace Meng of Flushing. Whoever wins the primary will then face GOP designee Halloran. The Meng campaign just hired Multi-Media, the consulting firm the Tribune claims acts independently of the newspaper, even though it’s headed by the paper’s associate publisher, Michael Nussbaum. So what does she get for hiring Multi-Media? Political advice, mailers and, just maybe, last week’s Tribune front page, which focused on Meng’s “making history” with her campaign (she’s Asian, you see), and relegated her competitors to inset-style photos. We hope the Tribune — a storied newspaper that does also produce quality journalism — will play it straight this time around and be fair to all the candidates. We’ll be watching for this, since we read the Trib, and most of our compe-

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Fund the research Dear Editor: Investing in biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health not only saves lives and boosts the economy, it also has an intensely personal impact right here at home. Until her death in 2010 my mom was one of the estimated 500,000 to 1.5 million Americans living with Parkinson’s disease, and each month I meet with a group of 12 youngonset Parkinson’s patients. There is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, or treatment to halt its cruel progression. NIH is the single largest funder of medical research in the United States, and the research it funds drives innovation and has the potential to improve the lives of millions of Americans. I was disappointed to learn that President Obama’s proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget holds NIH funding at its current level, with no increase or adjustment for inflation. With the threat of future cuts looming, federal investment in biomedical research — and the grants NIH gives to research institutions here in New York — are critical not just to jobs and our state’s economy, but to the future of millions of New York patients and their families and caregivers. I call on Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to support increased funding to at least $32 billion for the NIH. A sustained investment in research is not simply good policy — it makes sound fiscal sense. As a resident of New York I want to reduce the federal budget deficit, but not at the cost of future cures and breakthrough discoveries that may save millions of lives and, in the long run, taxpayer dollars. Sarah King Assistant State Director Parkinson’s Action Network Woodside

Don't censor the writers Dear Editor: Re my letter of March 22, “Double taxation”: Someone took the liberty of editing out the second half of a sentence that was very, very pertinent to my letter. The sentence was: “And it’s about an issue that too many white parents in private schools wish not to

tition, on a regular basis. And if we find the paper is showing favoritism again, we’ll report on it. Here at the Chronicle, we have no horse in this race. We don’t have a favorite. We have chatter in the newsroom and around the conference table; that’s all. The race to succeed Ackerman is an important one. The newly reconfigured 6th Congressional District stretches all the way from the northeastern reaches of Queens — the Bayside, Oakland Gardens area — down to Glendale and Ridgewood in the southwest, cutting a broad swath across the borough. Whoever wins the contest will wind up representing a broad range of neighborhoods and constituents. What we see so far are four able public servants vying to be that representative. If there comes a time that we choose to endorse one over the others, we will do so in a space clearly marked “endorsement.” We will continue to strive to cover the race — and all news in Queens — in a fair, objective manner, true to the ethics of our profession. That’s not to say we won’t make mistakes; we have and will. But we will not engage in underhanded campaigning disguised as journalism, and we hope none of our competitors do either.

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They’re cops, not spies Dear Editor: “Join the Navy and see the world” was a popular military recruiting slogan in the 1950s. Now it should be updated to: “Join the New York City Police Department and see the world — at taxpayers’ expense.” The NYPD is recruiting detectives,

sergeants and lieutenants to serve as “intelligence” agents at 17 overseas locations, including Paris, Madrid, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Their mission: gather information about terrorist activities to prevent another 9/11. There is nothing remotely “intelligent” about what they’re doing. Stupidity is a more appropriate word to describe this absolute waste of taxpayers’ money and cops’ time. Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said that police officers selected for these posts do not require day-to-day supervision. Of course not, they don’t have any real jobs to perform. They’re just swapping gossip and sharing coffee and drinks with local law enforcement personnel. Commissioner Browne states that the NYPD has stationed cops overseas since 2001. What have these Jame Bond wannabes accomplished over the past decade? Have they prevented any terrorist attacks on our city? Not that we know of. Police are reactive, not proactive, acting only after an attack, like the recent shootings in France, has occurred. What these fortunate men and women are really doing is enjoying a fully-paid overseas vacation, while we taxpayers pick up the tab. Who wouldn’t want to spend April in Paris or March in Madrid, while New York’s working stiffs pay for their airfare, meals and hotels?

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Liberal scare tactics I Dear Editor: In his March 22 letter (“Conservatives vs. women”), Stewart Frimer stated that if Bob Turner were elected to the Senate an “attack on women’s rights and the intrusion of government is what we will get.” It is time for a fact check. Did Republicans vote to take away contraceptive coverage in medical insurance plans that already have it? No. Did Republicans vote to prevent any woman from going to a clinic for free or low-cost contraceptives? No. Did Republicans vote to allow organizations to opt out of covering contraceptives in their insurance plans as they had the right to do until the Obama administration decided that its morality trumps that of religious based institutions? Yes. That hardly comprises an “attack” on women’s rights. It is sad that liberals use scare tactics to try to sway public opinion. Fortunately, this only works until voters actually see the true facts. Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Stewart Frimer’s comments regarding the Republican Party and women’s rights. In his letter in last week’s paper, he stated that women’s rights are “under attack by Republicans.” Mr. Frimer’s comments are not only wrong, they are deceitful. While I do not know Mr. Frimer personally, I can only wonder why he made these comments. Maybe he made them out of ignorance to the facts? Maybe he made them out of disdain for the Republican Party. Maybe he made them out of an ideology he clings to, or maybe he made them out of “self-preservation”? We can only speculate, but one thing is for sure, his comments were not made out of the truth. According to the CDC, 13.9 percent of American women between the ages of 15 and 44 have never had heterosexual

intercourse. This report also states that, 38.2 percent of American women ages 15-44 said they did not currently use contraception. Obviously these numbers can be somewhat off either way, but this is a stark contrast to President Obama’s statement that 99 percent of women use contraception, whether it be for birth control or medical reasons. While many, if not most, of today’s elected officials promise to uphold our Constitution and represent their constituents with the convictions they held so dear during their campaigns, too many of them let us down once they get into office. Getting back to Mr. Frimer’s comments, here are some facts that he may be interested in; there are health clinics all over the country that, not only provide reduced cost contraception (around $600 a year), but they also provide free contraception. Planned Parenthood would be one of the more familiar and also controversial, of these kinds of clinics. There are also many other pharmacies that offer women’s contraception at very reduced rates, such as Walmart Pharmacies where you can get women’s contraception for around $10 a month. But wait! The people who complain about this phony women’s rights battle are also the ones who complain about Walmart’s presence in their neighborhoods, but that’s another story, for another day. Does anyone remember the Republican debate that took place on Jan. 7? This debate was hosted by ABC and moderated by George Stephanopoulos. Out of nowhere, Stephanopoulos posed a question to Mitt Romney about whether or not states had the right to take away women’s contraception. This question came out of “left field,” as it was not a topic of discussion in any past debates, nor was it even a concern. Stephanopoulos pushed the issue so hard, that the audience began to boo him. You can view this on You Tube. Fast forward to Jan. 20, where Kathleen Sebelius, President Obama’s health secretary, announced that women’s contraception would be mandatory coverage in Obama Care. Wow!! Really!? Could it be that Stephanopoulos knew about this upcoming announcement beforehand and he posed the question to Mitt Romney in order to get a specific answer that could hurt his position in the primary? No! That could never happen could it? Wake up people! Here is the reality; there is no Republican war on women’s rights. Republicans do not want to control women’s rights. What they do want is for the separation of “church and state” concept to be honored and they also want a person’s personal decision not to be subsidized by the rest of the country. This “separation concept” is held dear to Democrats when it suits their mission but when it doesn’t, they ignore it. In fact, look at all of the past policies and laws that have been imposed on the citizens of our country and 99 times out of 100, you will see that it is the Democrat Party that perpetrates a “cradle to grave” mentality where “we the people” are too stupid to be self-reliant and need our government to tell us what to eat, when to eat it, what to drive and how to drive it, what to say and when to say it and on and on and on. Wake up people! The “feel good” moment of electing the first black president is over. His skin color is no longer the issue. His policies are. Guess what, life isn’t fair and not everyone achieves vast wealth. Get over it! The last thing I would like to say is that, when any of the readers post a letter to this paper, try using a little less emotion and use a little more fact. Paul Parrinello Howard Beach

Memo to Ray Kelly: The federal government has an agency to gather foreign intelligence. It’s called the CIA, and it’s been in business for the past 65 years. Since when did the NYPD get a global mandate? Interpol is the only police force with international jursidiction. It’s bad enough that Commissioner Kelly sends his troops to other states. Dispatching them to other countries is totally insane and wasteful. Ray Kelly complains about a police manpower shortage. His department has 5,000 fewer cops than it did five years ago. Is this any way to utilize desperately needed resources? Put all of your police officers where they can do the most good — right here in New York. We need them in South Jamaica, not Singapore; in Manhattan, not Madrid. They should be busting up street gangs, arresting drug dealers or preventing iPhone thefts. Daniel Craig has played 007 effectively for the past six years. No one else need apply for the role. If New York City cops want to work overseas, they should join the military, the State Department or the Peace Corps. If not, please stay home. The world is not your beat. Richard Reif Flushing

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is known as “fake pot.” Hack said the product is packaged to look like spice and sold under brand names such as Sponge Bob, Atomic Bomb, Mr. Nice Guy, Super Nova and Mojo. He listed numerous side effects from smoking it, such as anxiety and panic attacks, heart palpitations, racing heartbeat, respiratory complications, aggression, mood swings, altered perception and paranoia. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has legislation pending to make the drug illegal nationwide. State lawmakers are seeking the same in New York. As summer approaches, residents said they are not looking forward to excessive noise disrupting their quality of life. Noise tends to escalate in the warmer months because of outdoor parties. According to city statistics for the period between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011, there were 2,050 residential noise complaints in the Community Board 9 area, which covers Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park, and Kew Gardens. From June 1, 2011 to date there were 1,639. Jerry Sullivan, representing City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), reported that the councilman’s noise bill, which will strengthen the city’s noise law by providing fines of up to $5,000 and confiscation of sound equipment for willful violations of the law, is currently pending in the City Council. Thomson asked Briffa what the precinct’s program is to address noise complaints. Briffa said the precinct will have a dedicated noise car to respond to these complaints. continued on page 14

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No Super PAC-style spending here Campaign Finance Board demands disclosure from advocates by Nathaniel Herz The New York World

New York’s next elections for mayor and city council are still a year and a half away, but this month the city Campaign Finance Board passed a new set of rules that could have a big impact on how those races are run. For the first time, New York City will require groups making so-called independent expenditures to influence elections to disclose detailed information about their spending, including their sources of funds and the campaign materials — from TV ads to phone banks to website banners — they’re buying with that money. That brings New York City into closer alignment with federal election rules, under which groups supporting a candidate generally have to say where they’re getting their cash, and how much they’re spending on ads and mailings. Until two weeks ago, New York City allowed independent expenditures on political campaigns without disclosure. Groups didn’t have to say who they got their money from, or where it was going. “There was no requirement at all at the city level, for outside parties to disclose what they’re spending in city elections,” said Eric Friedman, spokesman for

the New York City Campaign Finance Board. To put it another way, says Laurence Laufer, former counsel for the city’s Campaign Finance Board, New York had a loophole that doesn’t exist at the federal level. “New York City has had a campaign finance law for 25 years, and it’s always regulated candidate activity,” said Laufer. “In terms of independent expenditures, those were simply outside of the disclosure regime.” The disclosure gap applied to any so-called independent efforts, which could be backed by labor unions, corporations, even wealthy individuals. For example, several 2009 City Council races were influenced by a $500,000 independent campaign backed by real estate companies. Only after the race did citizens get the details — too late to inform decisions at the polls. Voters passed the new independent expenditure disclosure rules in a citywide ballot measure in 2010. After revisions and public comments, the Campaign Finance Board approved the changes on March 15. Friedman says the rules are an improvement. ”We have the disclosure so that voters can identify candidates’ supporters,” said

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Friedman. “And that’s information that’s going to help them determine who they vote for.” In recent mayoral races, independent money has played only a small role. Laufer says that’s because of the unique situation of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has bankrolled his own campaigns. “The story of the last decade has been spending a quarter of a billion dollars in three mayoral elections — that dwarfs everything else,” said Laufer.

“Right now, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on the horizon who’s going to do something similar.” Bloomberg’s absence will likely increase the clout of the independent groups in November 2013. In both city and federal races, there are rules forbidding coordination with a candidate’s campaign. In national elections, though, groups like Super PACs have a lot of leeway. It’s a point driven home by satirist Steven Colbert, who has been running

for president. “Nation, so much to get to tonight, but first, I am calling on the Super PAC,” Colbert told a television audience in January. “I cannot coordinate with them. I can’t communicate directly, but I can speak out directly as a citizen talking to you and I’m calling on them not to run vicious character assassination ads that impugn and borderline slander any candidate, if in any way those ads can be traced back to me.” The Federal Election Commission hasn’t gone after Colbert for those shenanigans. But it’s unlikely he could get away with it in New York, since the city’s definition of coordination is more expansive. That means that independent groups will have to tread carefully if they opt to spend in the 2013 elections — something for Colbert to keep in mind if his presidential bid flops and he decides to Q run for mayor.

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Forget calling 911. New Yorkers might soon be able to hail their own ambulances. ery companies may, however, choose not to Under proposed new rules expanding taxi buy the licences, which will start at $1,500 service across the city, medical transport apiece and increase in cost over three years. vehicles, popularly known as “ambulettes,” But a small provision buried deep in the would be required to pick up passengers who rules would force street-hail licenses on all hail them on the street, the same way taxis ambulette operators with fleets of 10 vehido. The ambulette industry, though, is fight- cles or more, which would have to outfit at ing the measure, saying it will impede its least five of their wheelchair-accessible ability to help save lives. vehicles to pick up street hails. Ambulettes “What’s going to happen is that while an operate on livery licenses but normally ambulette takes someone to the airport, a ferry the sick and elderly to and from meddialysis patient will have to wait for their trip ical treatment. to a life-saving facility,” said Neal Kalish, a board member of the United Ambulette Coalition, who attended a hearing of the Taxi and Limousine Commission on This article is published under the Queens Wednesday. Chronicle’s partnership with The New York World, The new rules intend to expand which produces accountability journalism devoted taxi service to boroughs outside to deepening public understanding of the ways city Manhattan by licensing livery vehiand state government shape life in New York City. cles to pick up passengers off the The New York World is published by Columbia street, much like a yellow cab. Liv-

reader, a meter, a rooflight, and either an interior camera or partition between the driver and the passenger. Commission officials “We’re adamantly opposed to the way this estimate the new equipment could cost as has moved forward,” said Thomas Doherty, a much as $3,000 per vehicle. Ambulette bases already operate on a spokesperson for the ambulette coalition. “They’re mandating that ambulettes operate threadbare budget, according to Kalish, and can’t afford the equipment and the other like a taxi, which is totally unfair.” The ambulette industry has an ally in costs associated with the license. Taxi commission chairman David Yassky Assemblyman Micah Kellner (D-Manhattan), who has threatened a lawsuit against said the rule may be revised, but added his the commission unless it drops the street-hail office needed to provide wheelchair accessible taxi service to all New Yorkers and this mandate. Owners of street-hail licenses would have was one way of doing that. Last year, a fedto outfit their vehicles with a credit card eral court ruled that the city’s taxis need to provide more wheelchair service. The Commission is undertaking several initiatives under the new plan to encourage livery vehicles to be wheelchair accessible. Journalism School, and named for school founder Doherty said he’d never seen Joseph Pulitzer’s groundbreaking newspaper of the anyone in a wheelchair hail a taxi, same name. Reporters are graduates of the Jourto which Yassky replied, “Whether nalism School, on year-long post-graduate there’s two people or 2,000, we appointments. Their work is published online at have an obligation to meet that TheNewYorkWorld.com. Q demand.”

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In addition, Briffa said that letters would be sent to the homeowners police noted were chronic noise violators in past years informing them of the precinct’s zero tolerance noise policy. Community Affairs Officer Jose Severino asked residents to call his unit at (718) 805-3215 if they see any house party preparations being made such as tents, lights and portable toilets so officers can go speak with the homeowner prior to the soiree. Ozone Park resident Karl Baker complained about a disc jockey’s loud music in front of a storefront on Atlantic Avenue near 107th Street in Richmond Hill. He said that the condition has been going on since January. Briffa said the alleged violator has previously been issued a warning and now would be given a summons if responding officers found the noise condition when they went to the location. Inderbir Singh, of Richmond Hill, asked what could be done about minors smoking cigarettes in front of area schools. Community Affairs Officer Joseph Martins told Singh that officers recently conducted an underage cigarette sting operation in the vicinity of 114th Street and Atlantic Avenue in South Richmond Hill. He said the targeted deli sold cigarettes to a minor and was issued six criminal court summonses, which can result in the imposition of hefty fines if

the defendant is found guilty of the offense. In an effort to address residents’ concerns about safety in and around the local schools, Thomson had School Safety Unit Executive Officer Debra Eckuland and Supervisor Suzette Catoggio join the meeting to listen to the complaints. Thomson said neighborhood residents had brought to her attention a group of rowdy teenagers whom she believes are students from JHS 210 who were acting disorderly and allegedly vandalizing proper ty around 92nd Street in Woodhaven as they walked from Atlantic Avenue to Jamaica Avenue. “This is constant,” Thomson told the officers. Martins told Thomson that a precinct officer on a scooter is assigned to the area every school day beginning at 2:30 p.m. The officer follows the group from JHS 210 to the Burger King at 92nd Street and Atlantic Avenue. Eckuland told Thomson that it was the first time she had heard about the problem, but she would coordinate efforts with her mobile task force and the 102nd Precinct to combat the issue. “You have our attention and we will be looking into it,” said Eckuland. The next meeting of the 102nd Precinct Community Council will be held on Tuesday, April 17 at 8 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 87-25 118 St. in Q Richmond Hill.

A South Ozone Park man pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a teenage runaway, whom he forced to perform sexual acts for pay at various locations throughout Queens, District Attorney Richard Brown said last week. Michael Summerville, 33, admitted that he befriended the then 14-year-old victim in January 2010 after she ran away from home, the DA said. He engaged in sexual activity withe her and eventually pimped her out until she managed to escape and return home, according to Brown. However, in October 2010, the victim, then 15, ran away again and returned to Summerville’s home in South Ozone Park,

where she stayed with him until the end of that month, the DA said. During that time, she was made to prostitute herself on a daily basis and forced to give all of her earnings to him, Brown said. “This defendant preyed on a vulnerable and troubled teenage girl, using her first for his own sexual gratification and then as a commodity to be sold to others for cash, which he then pocketed for himself,” Brown said in a prepared statement last Friday. “Today’s guilty plea, and the promised sentence of incarceration, will help to deter others who traffic in vulnerable girls by first gaining their trust and then Q betraying that trust.”

Man Maced, robbed at casino A man in his 50s was allegedly robbed of more than $10,000 in cash while playing at a slot machine at Resorts World New York City Casino in South Ozone Park early Wednesday morning, according to a police source. The unidentif ied individual was allegedly approached by a black male in his 20s, who maced him in the face a r o u n d 2 : 3 0 a . m . We d n e s d ay, t h e source said. The alleged thief then took off with the victim’s bag, which contained at least $10,000, according to the source. Police did not specify if the stolen money was won at the casino. After making off with the middle-aged

man’s bag, the suspect fled the casino, located on Rockaway Boulevard, and has not been arrested, the same source said. There are about 1,400 security cameras in the casino. “This is the type of robbery that would normally take place outside the casino,” the source said. “The fact that it happened inside the casino and the suspect was able to escape is a major area of concern,” the source said. Police are making about three arrests weekly for such offenses as fighting and breaking machines, the source said. Resorts World New York did not Q respond to a request for comment.

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Albany approves $13B package by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

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Richard Wood, Mathew Muscarella, Sal Rainone Jr., and Danny Hoff. Players who are not photographed include Lorenzo Castaldo, Soufian Rmidi, Justin Patacheco and Joseph Caba. One of the coaches on the team, Anthony Battaglia, said the Warrior leaders and players are thrilled with the victory. He noted everyone worked well together to land the win. Battaglia said they are looking forward to a successful season, much like the one the players had last year.

The state has approved a three-year capital spending program for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement between legislators and Gov. Cuomo was announced on Sunday. The plan includes $770 million in continued state funding, and permission for the MTA to increase its borrowing limit. The latter will allow for the sale of more than $4.5 billion in MTA bonds, and a $2.2 billion federal railroad loan. The entire package includes just about the entire $13 billion requested by MTA for capital funding between 2012 and 2014. “The MTA is g rateful for Gov. Cuomo’s leadership and commitment in recognizing the critical importance of funding mass transit, and in particular for fully funding our current capital prog ram,” said an MTA spokesman in a statement issued Monday. The MTA said the state’s approval will do more than keep its infrastructure in good repair and improve the quality of service for riders. “[It] also will create tens of thousands of jobs and generate economic activity across the entire state,” the MTA said. Gene Russianoff, attorney for the

Straphangers Campaign and the group’s chief spokesman, praised Cuomo and legislative leaders for their work Tuesday. He said the capital budget proposal is a good one, though not without some challenges for the MTA down the road. “There weren’t any real surprises in this,” Russianoff said. He said the $770 million is an extension of funding that the state had been granting the MTA for several years to assist with payments on bonds that were recently paid off. He also said the new borrowing power will give the MTA some needed financial flexibility. “This plan means they can purchase subway cars and buses,” Russianoff said. “Signals will be improved and stations will be rehabbed.” The challenge, he said, will be on MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota and his board to f ind increased funding in the future in order to keep up with future expenses, including a steep increase in projected debt. “This year the MTA is paying $2 billion in debt ser vice on money it has already borrowed,” he said. “By 2019 that will be $3 billon a year, so there will be Q significant pressure on them.”

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Grover Cleveland fights for its future, and past At legislative breakfast, criticism for mayor’s plan to shutter school by Anna Gustafson

While Vittor, parents and legislators — particularly Assembly“Let it be said you should never woman and Grover Cleveland underestimate the community alumna Cathy Nolan (D-Ridgeschool as a powerhouse,” Grover wood) — said that the high school Cleveland High School Principal has had its fair share of problems in Denise Vittor said to a group of recent years, including low test parents, students and elected offi- scores and safety issues, they said cials, all of whom gathered for the it is rapidly improving and becomschool’s legislative breakfast last ing the powerhouse it was once week and decried Mayor known to be, thanks in part to Bloomberg’s proposal to close — newly implemented small learning and reopen with about half the communities. These communities teachers replaced — the Ridge- are smaller groups within the large wood institution built during the school, which houses about 2,600 students, which work closely with a Great Depression. core group of teachers. Grover Cleveland students voted on which SLCs they most wanted to begin this academic year, which focus on such areas of study as hospital and tourism, technology, business and arts and design. “It’s really bad they’re trying to close the school down, especially Grover Cleveland High School has a long history in because the acadethe Ridgewood community, and it keeps a photo mies are really album in the building of its former students who good,” Nataly Jara, a fought, and some who died, in World War II. sophomore, said of Senior Editor

the SLCs. “Everyone really loves them.” Natalie De Jesus, also a sophomore, added the learning communities help students to “get an idea of the kind of career we want.” The academies were implemented this year as part of the school’s efforts to improve after being placed on the state’s persistently low-achieving list, which forced the city to choose from one of a number of federal programs for the school. The city last year opted to implement what is known as a “transformation” model, which was meant to be a three-year program in which Grover Cleveland had access to federal funds while working to improve things like test scores and graduation rates. Community Board 5 District Manager Gary Giordano said this seemed to work, and the school’s graduation rate is likely to be around 70 percent this year, up from last year’s 58 percent. However, Bloomberg announced in his State of the City in January that he aimed to close 33 schools in the federal improvement programs, including eight in Queens. The city Panel for Educational Policy is expected to vote on the proposed closures at its April meeting, and the group will likely

Dmytro Fedkowskyj, rear left, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, rear right, PTA President Kathy Carlson, front left, student Geline Canayon, Principal Denise Vittor and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. gather at Grover Cleveland High School PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON for a legislative breakfast. approve the plan because it is made up predominantly of Bloomberg’s appointees. Prior to the vote, there will be public hearings on the plan at each of the high schools. Grover Cleveland’s hearing will be held at the school on April 2 at 6 p.m. The school is located at 21-27 Himrod

St. in Ridgewood. After the city opted last year for the transformation model, Dmytro Fedkowskyj, the Queens borough president’s appointee to the PEP, said he was “relieved.” “I thought this was what the school wanted, what the students continued on page 41

DOE exec says 50% firings not certain Says half of G. Cleveland teachers not necessarily being replaced by Michael Gannon

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For months, parents and teachers at Grover Cleveland High School and at 32 other schools in the city have been told that 50 percent of their teachers will be replaced before next September as part of the “turnaround” process for schools seen as failing. But Elaine Gorman, executive director of school turnarounds for the city’s Department of Education, said that was not necessarily the case on Monday at a meeting of Citizens for a Better Ridgewood. More than 60 parents and Grover Cleveland teachers attended Monday’s meeting, which Michael Hutzer, vice president of the civic group, said was designed to be a forum for exchanging ideas on the Grover Cleveland situation. The city plans to shut down the school and 32 others; replace faculty and possibly administration; and reopen the building under a different name with an educational program created from scratch by a panel that will be chosen to redesign and run the school. During the question-and-answer portion of the meeting, a teacher stated what DOE officials have been saying since December — that all schools placed in turnaround mode would have to remove at least 50 percent of their staffs “no matter what the impact or the disruption for the children,” said the teacher.

DOE officials have repeatedly said that replacing 50 percent of the teachers at the turnaround schools is a requirement for the city to access $58 million in federal Race to the Top money. Gorman on Monday mentioned the $58 million several times, saying that the money would have been jeopardized by not placing the schools in turnaround mode

because of the failure to reach a teacher evaluation agreement with the United Federation of Teachers. But Gorman denied that the 50 percent mark was set in stone. “Teachers will have to reinterview for their jobs,” she said. But she also said teachers would be evaluated on other criteria, including qualifications, seniority and

Elaine Gorman, left, from the Department of Education, spoke with more than 60 parents and teachers from Grover Cleveland HS Monday at a meeting of Citizens for a Better Ridgewood. Lydia Martinez, right, a GCHS parent, said she is disgusted with the way the DOE is handling the school’s PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON turnaround process.

other factors. If so, it would be a turnaround from statements made by DOE officials back in January at a meeting held in Cleveland’s library with more than 100 parents and teachers in attendance. That evening, Rosemary Stuart, also with the DOE, said the 50 percent dismissal rate was cast in stone if the city wanted to keep the $58 million because of both federal turnaround regulations requiring a minimum of 50 percent staff replacement, and the UFT union contract allowing up to 50 percent. “One says we must change at least 50 percent and the other says no more than 50 percent,” Stuart said at the meeting. “You do the math.” Gorman declined to answer questions as she was leaving Monday’s meeting, and asked that any questions be submitted to her at her DOE email address. An email sent to Gorman from the Chronicle Tuesday afternoon asking questions about a possible change in policy and apparent discrepancies between her statements on Monday and those of Stuart in January was not answered as of the Chronicle’s deadline on Wednesday. Pat Grayson, chairwoman of the Education Committee for Community Board 5, was among those in attendance and was unimpressed with Gorman’s talk. “Why are you holding hearings when the Q fix is in?” Grayson asked.

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Queens’ South Asians speak up New report brings out testimonies of racial profiling by Janne Louise Andersen Chronicle Contributor

The recent stories of the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslim citizens are not news to many South Asians in Queens. Seven organizations that advocate on behalf of South Asian community members released a report last week that documents South Asian citizens’ experiences

A bangladeshi protester at a rally against the NYPD surveillance program at One Police Plaza in November 2011. PHOTO BY JANNE LOUISE ANDERSEN

of being profiled by local and national law enforcement agencies. The research was conducted over 18 months and included sur veys, focus groups and interviews with more than 650 respondents, mostly from Queens – the borough that houses most of the Bangladeshi, Indian, Nepali, Pakistani and Sri Lankan communities in the U.S. Most of the respondents reported being approached often by law enforcement for no apparent reason other than to request their national origin or religion. “While hanging out with friends in Elmhurst, cops stopped and asked if we were Bangladeshi or if we had drugs,” reported a 26-year-old Indian Hindu man from Elmhurst. South Asian Youth Action, an organization in Elmhurst that offers educational programs and counseling for youth, says that profiling of their members, mostly teenagers happens so often that they consider it “almost commonplace.” “South Asian youth are consistently being singled out by law enforcement simply because of the color of their skin or religious aff iliation,” said executive director Udai Tambar in a written statement. “In essence, they are being told from a very young age that they are not equally protected by law enforcement, despite the fact that this is where they call home.” Two friends, who one evening went to the movies in Kew Gardens, reported that

a couple started calling them names, mocking one of the men’s turban saying, “Osama bin Laden — I wouldn’t want to mess with you. God knows what you be hiding in that s—t,” recalled a 23-yearold Sikh security agent from South Ozone Park. The staff of the cinema overheard this and contacted the NYPD to report a possible terror alert. “We were escorted out and detained by 12 cops and three undercover detectives,” he said. According to the report, some people, who were stopped and questioned by police, were also asked to spy on their own communities in order to obtain supposed counterterrorism intelligence. At times they were promised immigration benef its if they complied, or to face adverse immigration consequences if they did not. Various respondents said the effect of the monitoring and questioning has caused them to distrust law enforcement. “That is a direct result of 10 years of overpolicing Arab and Muslim communities,” said Monami Maulik, the executive director of the civil rights organization Desis Rising Up and Moving in Jackson Heights. She demands action from the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg. “Our goal is to pass legislation to end racial profiling.” Bloomberg has so far rejected the criticism, stating that police only go where leads take them and that the counterterrorism program has kept the city safe. Q

Easter egg hunt in Ozone Park The Ozone Park Civic Association will hold its annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, March 31 at 11 a.m., rain or shine. The hunt will be held at the Ozone Howard Little League baseball fields, located at 97-14 135 Dr. in Ozone Park. Residents are asked to use the Bristol Street entrance. Be sure to bring a basket to collect eggs and remember a camera to take pictures with the Easter bunny. For more information, call (718) Q 738-1111.

Easter cake sale at Nativity Church Luigi, the ex-baker of Seviroli, will hold a series of Easter sales at Nativity Church Hall on 94th Street and Rockaway Boulevard. There will be a sale on Sunday, April 1 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; on Saturday, April 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and on Sunday, April 8 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The sales will include St. Joseph pastries, cheesecake, honey balls, pies and other Easter treats. Twenty percent of the proceeds will Q be donated to the church.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have not arrested the man who admitted to killing that boy,â&#x20AC;? Norris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Queens leaders are demanding justice for media is focusing on trying to degrade this the family and the memory of Trayvon Mar- young manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saying he had tin, unarmed 17-year-old black Florida high marijuana in his backpack at the time; what school student who was shot to death last does that have to do with him being dead?â&#x20AC;? month by a volunteer community watchman Norris said he thinks something like this while walking through a suburb at night. could easily happen in Queens. The gunman, George Zimmerman, a 28â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our problem here is that the DA says the year-old who is half latino, has since gone state canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find money for a gun buy-back into hiding and has not program. We need to been charged. combat black-on-black The shock of this crime and this is one protest march will be racially toned incident way,â&#x20AC;? he added. has also had an impact A gun buy-back held to honor Trayvon on in Queens. program like one in The president of the March 31 in St. Albans. Brooklyn allows citiNAACPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jamaica zens to turn in illegal branch, Leroy Gadsguns with no questions den, is in disbelief that Zimmerman has yet asked for a cash reward. Since 2008, more to be arrested. than 7,600 guns have been taken off the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Justice needs to be taken swiftly,â&#x20AC;? Gads- streets through this program, according to den said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That DA in Florida needs to resign nysenate.gov. because they have not even come close to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An organization like this in Florida upholding the law. This act was intentional.â&#x20AC;? couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve saved that boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life,â&#x20AC;? Norris said. Gadsden said he believes people across Ken Cohen, president of the Northeast America need to take a personal inventory on Queens chapter of the NAACP, said the public their perspectives towards other races. needs more racial education for its citizens â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just not as free as we think we are and police. because racial attitudes hold us back,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this mystique of fear of the The Rev. Charles Norris of the Jamaica African American,â&#x20AC;? Cohen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Baptist Church believes that the Martin family example, the NAACP has youth programs are the ones who need to be honored now. about what to do when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re walking Chronicle Contributor

Rita Frazier, left, her husband, Ray Normandeau, and Jamaicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NAACP president, Leroy Gadsden, are among Queensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; social activists who are relating the death of Trayvon Martin in Florida to racial FILE PHOTO profiling by the NYPD. home alone and what to do when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re approached by a cop.â&#x20AC;? He said that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame that these issues even need to be thought about, but they do have to advise young people to not ask for a badge number when approached by an officer because it only escalates the tension of the situation. They also advise them to not make any sudden movements or carry certain things. Cohen said he knows a young gentleman who was aggressively approached by a

patrolling cop because he looked like he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;holding.â&#x20AC;? What he was holding was a Three Musketeers bar. Cohen does recommend if someone is approached, that he or she tries to remember every physical detail of the officer that they can, and to remain calm and respectful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have lived here for 60 years,â&#x20AC;? Cohen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that every child isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t out there continued on page 37

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Bell shooting cop gets fired Victim’s parents say it won’t bring back their son by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

William and Valerie Bell continue to mourn the loss of their son, Sean, gunned down in 2006. FILE PHOTO

You’re fired! That’s the decision from Police Commissioner Ray Kelly regarding Detective Gescard Isnora, one of the officers involved in the shooting that killed Sean Bell in 2006. More than three months after a judge in an NYPD departmental hearing decided that Isnora had violated police shooting guidelines, Kelly has finally decided that Isnora will lose his job, pension and health benefits. Police officers fired 50 shots at Bell outside a Jamaica strip club on his wedding day

in 2006. Two other men, who were passengers in the Nissan Altima Bell was driving, Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman, were wounded. None of the men were armed. Isnora, who was the first to fire and let off 11 shots, broke the rules on shooting and revealing his identity as an undercover cop, the judge had decided, but it was up to Kelly to make the final call about the punishment. Police Officer Michael Carey, who fired three rounds and was also facing departmental charges, was acquitted. The others involved — Detective Michael Oliver, Detective Marc Cooper and Lt. Gary Napoli

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— cut plea deals with the department. They have agreed to resign in exchange for getting to keep all or part of their pensions. The decision offers little consolation to Bell’s still grieving parents. “It really doesn’t help,” Bell’s father, William, said Monday. “They can get another job, but I can’t get my son back. They should have been punished from the very beginning. They got away with murder.” Asked what he thought the fate of Isnora and the others should be, Bell didn’t have an answer. “I guess God will punish them, he said. “They are going to suffer in some kind of way.” Bell’s mother, Valerie, expressed similar sentiments. “After all these years, if they didn’t get convicted of murder and people don’t see what they did is wrong, then I have no faith in the justice system. The only satisfaction I get is being able to carry on my son’s name through the community center and help people, which is what he would have done, if he were still alive.” William and Valerie Bell founded the Sean Elijah Bell Community Center in Jamaica last year. It is run entirely by volunteers and provides services including GED prep, after-school programs and legal referrals for adults. In May 2010, the section of Liverpool Street between 94th Avenue and 101st Street was renamed Sean Bell Way. One of those in attendance at the unveiling ceremony was City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans). The lawmaker said Monday that Kelly made the right decision in deciding to fire Isnora. “It was the maximum they could give under the restrictions they had,” Comrie said. “He was acquitted of the criminal charges, so that is water under the bridge. Does the decision bring Sean Bell back? No. Does it make his family feel any better? No. It was a situation that should have never happened.” Isnora’s attorney, Philip Karasyk, did not return calls requesting comment by press Q time.

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DOT talking traffic safety in Rego Park City wants to calm traffic, increase BEHIND THE WHEEL pedestrian safety near Rego Ctr.

Holiday parking, subway disruptions and red lights Pedestrians and drivers come uncomfortably close at Junction Boulevard and 62nd Drive in Rego Park, though both are moving ‘with the light.’ The city’s Department of Transportation will introduce lane and parking changes to calm traffic and speeding in the area of the Rego Center mall this PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON summer.

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Maria Jimenez of Rego Park enjoys shopping in and around the Rego Center shopping mall. She does not like the vehicular traffic she encounters walking there or back. “It’s terrible,” she said. “The drivers don’t stop, even when you have the sign.” And now excessive speeding, numerous injuries and seven pedestrian fatalities since 2001 in the area surrounding the mall have the city’s Department of Transportation taking action. In a 25-page report delivered to and approved by Community Board 6 on March 14, the DOT said the measures also will calm and improve traffic flow on targeted streets. Under the plan, 63rd Road between Queens Boulevard and 112th Street will be reduced from three travel lanes to two. Existing travel lanes on 62nd Drive and 63rd Avenue will be narrowed by painting new parking lane stripes. Junction Boulevard from Queens Boulevard to 62nd Drive also will keep its two existing travel lanes, albeit ones that will be narrowed by the installation of back-in parking spaces along the street.

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The segment of 62nd Drive between 112th and 108th streets also will receive a double yellow line down the middle. The DOT study states that wide streets encourage speeding. It said separate studies of 62nd Drive determined that between 12 and 30 percent of all vehicles monitored were speeding. The numbers for 63rd Road were worse, at between 39 and 51 percent. The study also determined that of 46 pedestrian accidents at signaled intersections in the area under study 36 of them — or a full 78 percent — involved pedestrians who were crossing with the proper crossing signals. The DOT said its plan: • calms traffic and increases pedestrian visibility and safety; • maintains existing travel lanes on 16 blocks; reduces travel lanes on nine blocks along 63rd Road; • adds new back-in parking spaces; and • organizes traffic flow on the “dangerous 62nd Drive approach to Queens Boulevard.” A spokesman for the Department of Transportation said Tuesday that work will Q start in June and be completed in July.

Two arrested for mail thefts at JFK Two men have been charged by federal authorities in connection with a series of thefts of parcels from a U.S. Mail facility at Kennedy Airport. Clive Bennett, 50, and Brian Wilson, 25, whose addresses were not available, appeared in federal court on March 22. The complaint said both men are responsible for “more than a dozen thefts” from express mail parcels between mid-January and March 16,

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Easter comes early this year, and holidays are packed into the start of the month. Passover starts the night of April 6, which is also Good Friday, yielding a wave of alternate side parking suspensions. ASP will be suspended April 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14. All other curbside regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect. Springtime also signals the advent of the Mets’ baseball season, with tens of thousands of fans (including the Guru!) heading to Citi Field for Opening Day at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 5. Highways that will be affected include Grand Central Parkway, Whitestone, Van Wyck and Long Island expressways. Local streets, such as Northern Boulevard, College Point Boulevard, 126th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, will also be jammed. Parking lots open three hours prior to game time. The game will let out between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. just in time for afternoon peak hour traffic through Queens. I will be on the 7 train. For traffic updates and tidbits on getting to and from Citi Field all season long, follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/GridlockSam. Multiple daily bridge lifts at the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge will continue through mid-April due to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers marsh islands restoration project in Jamaica Bay. Drivers should use the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge as an alternate. The MTA renews its Fastrack maintenance repairs along the Seventh and Eighth Avenue lines in April, suspending overnight service along those route sections. There will be no service along Seventh Avenue between 34th Street-Penn Station and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn (or the 1 train to South Ferry) 10 p.m. to 5

a.m. nightly from Monday, April 9 through the morning of Friday, April 13. Two weeks later, it will be Eighth Avenue’s turn, meaning there will be no A or C service between 59th Street in Manhattan and Jay Street-MetroTech in Brooklyn (or E service between 50th Street and the World Trade Center) 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly from Monday, April 23 through the morning of Friday, April 27. For more details about MTA repairs, visit the Planned Service Changes section at mta.info.

FROM THE MAILBAG: Dear Queens Traffic Guru, I was told that if an intersection does not have signs posted stating that there is a red light camera, people can use this as a defense in fighting the ticket. Is this true? Natalie, via email Dear Natalie, No. There is no requirement in New York City that signs must be posted at the specific intersections where red light cameras are in effect. The most warning drivers will see are signs at city boundaries alerting them that red light camera enforcement is used — along with how there is no right turn on red and the speed limit is 30 mph, both unless otherwise posted. Queens’ Traffic Guru Have questions on traffic, transit or a ticket you got? Want to know when Gridlock Alert Days are? Email the Queens Traffic Guru at TrafficGuruSS@qchron.net or write to Queens Traffic Guru, 611 Broadway, Suite 415, New York NY, 10012.

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Halloran enters race for Congress Whitestone Republican says he’s in it to win it at official kickoff by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

With ducks quacking in the background and a forceful wind whipping the American flag and red, white and blue balloons, Republican City Councilman Dan Halloran of Whitestone announced his candidacy Monday for the 6th Congressional District seat, saying it’s time for a real change.

Congressional candidate Dan Halloran talks to the media following his announcement Monday PHOTO BY LIZ RHOADES in Flushing.

Speaking to supporters, party officials and the press at Bowne Park in Flushing, Halloran, 41, said he is in it to win it and “the campaign won’t be distorted by non-issues.” The newly created 6th District extends from Flushing and Bayside to Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale. Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-Queens and Nassau) was expected to run, but last week announced he would retire when his term expires in January. Halloran, an attorney, was elected to the City Council in 2009. He succeeded nowstate Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who made an unsuccessful bid that year to become the Democratic nominee for mayor. The Republican says he is basing his campaign on three issues: to create jobs, reinforce support for Israel and pursue energy alternatives to reduce the price of gas. “I will work to create jobs and grow small businesses. I will fight for energy independence so our middle-class families pay less for gas at the pump,” Halloran said. “And I will steadfastly defend Israel, our nation’s most vital ally. Our middle class, our American values and our national security are at stake.” Elaborating on protecting Israel, the councilman said President Obama wants to “take missiles off the table” in the future. “Our national defense and definitely Israel are at stake,” he said. “Israel deserves our full

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Challenges party choice Meng and Lancman for Dem nod in 6th Dist. by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

Elizabeth Crowley said it was not by accident that she chose the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Park as the backdrop for the rally announcing the formal start of her campaign for Congress. “This was built as a symbol of our country’s diversity and strength,” Crowley said. She said her life and professional experiences, as well as her middle-class roots make her the candidate who would best represent a Congressional district as diverse as the new 6th. Flanked by her teenage sons, Dennis and Owen, last Thurday, the councilwoman said she would be a champion for women’s issues and education; for programs such as Social Security and Medicare; that she is a strong supporter of infrastructure, and that her post on the council’s Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee give her insight into areas such as terrorism and public safety. Crowley said, for example, that upon the death of her father, her mother relied on Social Security. “And as a mother of two boys in high school, I worry about how I am going to pay for their college education,” she said. Crowley (D-Middle Village), a city councilwoman since 2009, is running against Assemblywoman Grace Meng, (DFlushing) and Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) for the seat in the newly-created 6th Congressional District.

Incumbent Democrat Gary Ackerman announced that he will not run for re-election after 15 terms. The primary is June 26, with the winner to take on City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) in November. Meng has the party endorsement, even though Crowley’s cousin, Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) serves as the Queens County Democratic chairman.

“The purpose of a Democratic primary is to let the voters pick the candidate they want ” — Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley

“The committee is more than one person,” the councilwoman said. “The purpose of a Democratic primary is to let the voters pick the candidate they want.” “And I love my cousin,” she said. Meng, with the party endorsement, likely will have no trouble securing funds, and Lancman has been building a war chest of his own in anticipation of a run against Republican Congressman Bob Turner, who chose to run for the U.S. Senate when his

district was realigned out of existence. Crowley said she likes Meng and works well with her, and said the same of Lancman. And she said fundraising should not be a problem. “People always talk about money,” Crowley said. “It’s about who comes out to vote.” Crowley and campaign spokesman Eric Yun said the councilwoman expects to draw good support from organized labor, though they did not announce any direct endorsements. Yun said Crowley will not be outflanked by Lancman, who has made his support of Israel and affordable higher education major issues in his campaign, saying that Crowley has strong records on both fronts. “As the campaign progresses, you’ll see distinctions,” he said. Yun also said Crowley is running to win. He eschewed talk that she is in the race as a stalking horse designed to siphon some of the white vote away from Lancman, thus paving the way for Meng. Crowley said Yun is on leave from his position as spokesman for her council office, but declined to comment on the status of at least three other current or recent council staffers at the event. The staffers also declined to comment, though Yun said all were either on leave from their council duties, as he is, or attending the rally on comp time. Crowley’s campaign is being managed by Avi Fink, once a staffer for former

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Crowley announces run for Congress

Democratic City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley is seeking to join her cousin, Congressman Joe Crowley, in the U.S. House of Representatives. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON

Congressman Anthony Weiner. Fink, who had been chief of staff for state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Whitestone), resigned from the post last week a day before Crowley’s announcement. Stavisky already had come out in favor of Meng, and a spokesman for the senator said Meng still has her unequivocal support for the nomination. A decision on Fink’s replacement on Q Stavisky’s staff is expected soon.

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Legion post socked with fines; bar in private club deemed restaurant by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

Robert O’Malley of Forest Hills recently walked into the American Legion Post on Metropolitan Avenue where he has been a long-time member and asked for a beer. “He was the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War,” Gene Burch, former commander of Post 1424, said. “And he can’t walk into a private club, go behind the bar and pour himself a drink.” That is because O’Malley does not have a certified food handler’s permit from the city’s Department of Health, and going behind the bar and helping himself to a cold one would only lead to more trouble.

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Post 1424 currently has $4,900 in fines from DOH in a series of incidents going back about two years. The post has been on Metropolitan Avenue since the 1960s, and its more than 300 members have served from World War II theaters to the Persian Gulf. The sticking point with the city is the bar where they enjoy a beer, a shot of whiskey or a mixed drink with friends. And all because for the city’s purposes, the post is a restaurant. Burch said the trouble began about two years ago when the state banned smoking in restaurants and clubs that were open to the public. “But then the city extended that ban to private clubs, too,” he said. The club was fined for members’ smoking, though Burch said the DOH gave them an out. They could get a city license that allowed members to smoke if they sent the city agency proof that it is a private club, proof that the club owns the building, and their names and other identifying information on the club’s officers — and an annual fee of $100. Then an inspector came in and f ined them because that permit, along with their practice of serving ice in mixed drinks or a glass of soda, led to new requirements. “They said we now needed to have a certified food handler in the club at all times,” Burch said. “I said ‘I’m a Vietnam veteran

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Forest Hills vets in bar brawl with city

Robert O’Malley, left, and Gene Burch of American Legion Post 1424 in Forest Hills served their country in Vietnam. But the city’s Department of Health says they need permits to serve themselves PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON drinks behind the club’s members-only bar. and I can’t make myself a drink in my own club?’ He looked at me and said ‘What’s a Vietnam veteran?’” Later inspections led to one fine because the post refrigerator had a lock, and another because the ice machine did not. But the lock that really got the health department going was the one on their gun

cabinet, where members store rifles used in veterans’ and holiday ceremonies. “I told the inspector that it was a gun cabinet, and he said he wanted to see what was inside,” Burch said. “I told him that only the post commander has the key, so he told me I was refusing to cooperate with continued on page 43 the inspection.”

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Church protests abortion Prayer vigil held outside clinic set to open on Fri. by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

More than 200 people attended a march and prayer vigil on Saturday outside the site of a new women’s clinic in Jamaica that will offer abortions among its services. Choices Women’s Medical Center, now in Long Island City, will relocate to 147-32 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica as of Friday.

The protesters attended Mass at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church on Parsons Boulevard and recited the Rosary during the seven-block march to what will be the patients’ entrance on 147th Place, and at the site. A police escort accompanied the crowd, and barriers were in place to keep the marchers off the sidewalk outside the clinic.

Protesters from Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic church in Jamaica recited prayers as they marched last Saturday in protest of a new women’s clinic that will offer abortion among its PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON services.

The demonstration was peaceful. No one representing the clinic appeared to be on site Saturday. Telephone messages left at Choices’ Long Island City offices seeking comment were not returned. But the company’s Website states that it offers a full range of gynecological services, prenatal care for pregnant women and counseling as well as abor tion services. The site also said all medical and counseling services provided in Long Island City will be available at the Jamaica site. The marchers’ morning began at a 7:30 a.m. Mass, during which Monsignor Philip Reilly criticized the name of Choices for a clinic that provides abortions. He reiterated the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching that life begins at conception, and that abortion is a moral rather than a legal matter. Reilly invoked the Declaration of Independence in criticizing the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Roe v. Wade, saying life is a gift from God. “Congress and the courts do not make you a person,” he said. Reilly spearheads numerous anti-abortion efforts in the Diocese of Brooklyn. He also asked the congregation to pray for the mothers and fathers who choose to end pregnancies, as well as for the employees and staff of the center. Marchers recited only prayers outside Q the clinic.

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All aspiring firefighters will be taking the requisite FDNY entrance exam, but many will not get the high scores that are necessary to be considered for NYC’s bravest. To help prepare applicants, the Vulcan Society, a black f iref ighters’ organization, held a test prep course on Saturday at the Bethel Gospel Tabernacle Church in South Jamaica. Vulcan Society classes cater to minority applicants, but are not exclusive to them. At this class there were a handful of white students. “We are trying to bring Paul Washington instructs a class of prospective firefighters more black and people of Saturday at the Bethel Gospel Tabernacle Church in South PHOTO BY ANDREW BENJAMIN color to this job,” Paul Jamaica. Washington, immediate past president of the Vulcan Society and greenhouse, storing food and grooming a dog. teacher, told the class. Washington said that the test will have Over 70 students, mostly black, attended to get tips, advice and an idea of what similar videos and that they may not even questions could be potentially asked on the have to do with firefighting. The class then answered multiple choice test. Washington made it clear to the atten- questions related to the videos. After Washington had finished going dees that no one knows the exact questions over one of the videos, he introduced veterthat will be asked. Before he talked about the test, he dis- an firefighter Bruce Stanley, who told the cussed the benefits that came with the class not only about the test but in a surprise twist, registering to vote. career. “If things continue to go the way they’re “I can’t convey to you how good this job is,” Washington told the class. “It is a great going around the world, you may be drafted,” he warned. job.” Stanley did keep on topic urging the He praised the salary, the job security and the public service that being a fire- applicants to study hard. “From this day until you take your exams do nothing but fighter brings to the community. Washington said that he would go over study for this test,” he said. “It’s going to be different parts of the test, which include very competitive.” At the end of the class, Washington gave three videos, background information survey questions, reading comprehension and general tips including getting a good night’s sleep and having a good breakfast. math. Jarrett Mathurin-Neville, an 18-year-old “We feel that the background information questions are going to be the most student from Harlem, said that he will be taking the test and was looking for any important part,” he said. Washington pointed out it could be advantage he could get. “I heard it was a weighed the most, relative to other portions really good opportunity to get ahead,” he said, “as much prep that I could get for a of the test. He showed the class four different video course especially for one that’s so competiQ segments, one focusing on constructing a tive would be best.”

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Mourners find dead man at cemetery Mystery surrounds the death of Sunnyside’s Robert Zaretz, 42 by Maria Fitzsimons Chronicle Contributor

There is no last name listed for him on his residence buzzer, no flowers outside his apartment door — but Robert Zaretz, 42 of Sunnyside, found dead near a tombstone at the Calvary Cemetery in Woodside Sunday morning, left a lasting impression on a neighbor who knew him. “Friendly, kind of quiet ... a nice man,” reflects Barbara Eden, who resides on the same floor of Zaretz and his wife, and has been living in the apartment building for two years with her fiance. The New York Post reported that Zaretz’s body was found with his pants down around his ankles and dried blood under his nose. Information also surfaced of an unexplained cowbell found nearby. He was discovered by a mourner visiting a grave at Calvary Cemetery, the large Roman Catholic necropolis with three million interments, the most burials in the United States. The location is not far from Zaretz’s apartment. A 911 call was placed to the 108th Precinct two minutes before 10 a.m., reporting an unresponsive white male discovered on the cemetery grounds. EMS responded and pronounced him

dead at the scene, police said. Conflicting reports state that Zaretz was celebrating his birthday on Friday, March 24 at a Knights of Columbus hall, but a bartender at the establishment on Queens Boulevard in Woodside confirmed his presence, along with his wife, at the location on March 21. “‘I asked him, what are you doing here?’ and he said it was his birthday,” stated Bobby, who asked that his last name not be used. He’s certain of this account because Bobby’s own birthday is March 22. “I told [Robert] ‘my birthday is tomorrow,.’” Bobby recounted, visibly distressed and shaking his head after learning the man he spoke to days earlier was the person found mysteriously dead blocks away. “We know most of the people here, [but] I didn’t get ... personal,” he added. Eden recalls hearing a disturbance in the apartment building closer to the weekend but is unsure if it was on the floor she shared with the deceased. “Late Friday night or Saturday night there was arguing going on in this building,” Eden noted, “but it could have been anywhere ’cause it echoes.”

The body of Robert Zaretz was found within walking distance of his Sunnyside apartment building, top. Above is the Knights of Columbus hall on Queens Boulevard where Zaretz celebrated his birthday just days before his death. At left, Zaretz gives a thumbs up in an undated photo with friends.

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1676 — are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Quakers are known to be peaceJohn Bowne was an early settler ful people, but a construction job who lived nearby and sold land to gone awry has the Flushing contin- the Quakers for the meeting house. gent furious. Bowne, whose wife was a Quaker, Construction workers for a first allowed them to meet at his planned apartment building at 136- home, in defiance of Gov. Peter 33 37 Ave. behind the Quaker Meet- Stuyvesant’s decree, and was exiled ing House and burial ground, erect- to Europe until he proved his case in ed a temporary fence and a utility the Netherlands. pole onto the historic property. Thus began Flushing’s history as Linda Shirley, a meeting house the cradle of religious freedom in trustee, said work was carried out by the United States. Pinnacle Engineering without memAny construction work at or near bersÕ knowledge or permission and a historic graveyard in the city must without conducting the necessary be approved by the LPC. It usually archeological tests or obtaining the involves archeological testings to required permits from the city Land- ascertain that remains are there. marks Preservation Commission. Shirley, and members of the Workers tore back the Quakers’ Committee with a Concern for the chain-link fence and erected a ply- Cemetery, James Cleary and wood construction barrier about Cheshire Frager, wrote to the LPC, four feet onto the property. That is the Department of Buildings and the the location of the group’s graveyard developer for help. that dates back more than 300 years. After receiving photos of the site “We don’t know if the people and from the Queens Chronicle last fence are on top of graves because week, the LPC instructed the conin the old days Quakers did not use tractor to take down the pole. It was headstones,” Shirley said. “John supposed to have been taken down Bowne is buried back there.” Friday, but was f inally removed The meeting house was built in Monday afternoon. 1694 and is a city and National HisLisi de Bourbon, spokeswoman toric Landmark. The building and for the LPC, said the contractor burial ground — that dates back to responded immediately after her Managing Editor

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

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She is being challenged in the June 26 primary by Fresh Meadows Assemblyman Rory Lancman and Middle Village Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley. In separate statements, the three said they are ready to face Halloran. “I look forward to a healthy discussion of the issues facing our Queens neighbors and am eager to hear how Councilman Halloran plans on justifying his party’s embrace of the RyanBoehner budget, which would gut vital social programs for seniors, the disabled and working families,” Meng said. She added that she’s particularly interested to hear Halloran’s take on what she termed as recent partisan attacks on women’s access to healthcare. Lancman focused his statement on the Republicans in Washington, not Halloran. “For eight years, the Republican Bush-Cheney agenda allowed Wall Street to run amok, stretched our armed forces to the limit, undermined a secure retirement by allowing employers to weaken pension protections and promoted some of the most anti-woman health policies in recent memory,” he said. “We’re not going back to the failed Bush-Cheney policies, which helped crush our economy, strain our military, threaten Social Security and put woman’s health at the mercy of others.” Eric Yun, campaign spokesman for Crowley, offered the following: “Elizabeth Crowley is the only Democratic candidate in the 6th District who has

fought and won tough general elections. The last thing New York needs is another vote for the House Republican majority and their agenda of cutting taxes for millionaires, dismantling Medicare and Social Security and attacking women’s rights.” But the county Republicans are rejoicing in their selection of Halloran. Chairman Phil Ragusa, who attended Monday’s rally, said the decision to pick him was unanimous. “We see Gary Ackerman’s retirement and the new congressional lines as presenting a great opportunity to elect another GOP Congress member right here in Queens,” Ragusa said. Tom Long, chairman of the New York Conservative Party, also attended and said voters have a choice: “The Democrats are the status quo — electing a yes man or a Nancy Pelosi. Halloran is important for the people of the district.” The Queens GOP is encouraged about his candidacy because, members say, the district covers large areas of middle-class voters who have a history of voting Republican. They pointed to former state Sen. Frank Padavan, who represented the Bayside area, former Councilman Mike Abel of College Point, former state Sen. Serfin Maltese of Glendale and former Councilmen Anthony Como and Dennis Gallagher, both of Middle Village. The GOP also notes about 40 percent of the newly created district is now represented by Halloran in the City Council. The Democrats point out that the area is about 37 percent Asian with a large Q Jewish population.

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The family has not commented on the unusual death of Zaretz, who had a Myspace page showing photos of a celebratory evening, partying with friends a few years ago, with a thumbs up and a big smile. But his passing is already being remembered on a loved one’s Facebook page, in the pictures comments section, on a photo uploaded to the account last Sunday, the day his body was discovered. “R.I.P ZAZ!” said one, and “omg ... its so sad ... but there were a lot of good times to share.” recounted another.

The Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy but the results were inconclusive. Further testing is being done and the investigation into his death is ongoing. His neighbor Eden is taking solace remembering a happier time. “They had gotten a puppy,” she said of the couple she described as “very nice people. ... “I’m shocked. I’m just Q shocked.”

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wanted,” he said at the legislative breakfast. So, when the mayor opted instead to cut off the transformation programs and proposed that half the teachers be replaced and the schools be renamed, Fedkowskyj said he was confused. “They skewed the data,” Fedkowskyj said. “They’re using excuses, and it’s unacceptable.” Fedkowskyj said he will introduce a resolution at the April meeting that calls for the city to abandon its plan to close the schools. This measure is likely to garner support from many of the other borough presidents’ appointees from the other four boroughs, who have been critical of the mayor’s policies, though Bloomberg’s appointees have never rejected any of his prior proposals. Nolan, who chairs the Assembly’s Education Committee, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), and Borough President Helen Marshall all condemned the mayor’s plans at the breakfast. Still, Nolan said Grover Cleveland continues to face “very serious challenges” that it must address, including a relationship with the community that has deteriorated over the years. “It should’ve been having breakfasts like this for 25 years, but it wasn’t,” said Nolan, who added that the school has dramatically improved since Vittor became principal this year. “One of the ways it has to change is its relationship with its feeder schools — they have to be more involved with what goes on here. We have

hospitals, factories and businesses nearby. We have to get them involved in this school.” Feeders are intermediate schools in the area. Legislators, including Addabbo, have said even if the mayor insists on replacing the teachers at the schools, that the city should not rename the institutions that have long histories in their respective communities. Following the breakfast, Vittor emphasized the school’s history — as well as future — and pulled out a photo album laboriously made decades ago that includes pictures of each of the Grover Cleveland students and graduates who served in World War II. Under each photograph includes the individual’s name, as well as where they served, and, in many cases, died. “Every time you take out a school and give it another name, you lose a piece of history,” Vittor said. The principal added that the school is undergoing a bit of a “Renaissance,” and emphasized it is trying to increase its ties to the community. Parents said the changes at the school have made them feel increasingly comfortable at the school. “My son went from just being able to get by to being an honors student while he has been at Grover Cleveland,” PTA President Kathy Carlson said. “Our teachers here are so dedicated; it’s like a family here. For them to rip that apart, it would Q be so horrible.”

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The Columbian Squires will hold a Good Friday supper on April 6 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Nativity BVM Hall in Ozone Park. The price of admission is $5 per person and includes a bowl of meatless soup, bread and salad. Tickets must be purchased before April 3. Nativity BVM is located at 101-41 91st Street. For tickets, contact Sal Isabella at (917) 856-2002, Jim Monforte at 646-610-3546, Vinny Blandino at (347) 551Q 6369, Kenny Brand at (718) 704-9038, or Ruben Martinez at (718) 751-5911.

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they are distressed the hospital will close, emphasizing that leaves the Rockaways with one hospital in an isolated area that has a population of more than 100,000 residents, including many seniors and, during the summer months, beachgoers. Hundreds of workers and residents are expected to protest the closure throughout the week in front of the hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shameful that it all had to come to this,â&#x20AC;? Kessler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being a doctor in an underserved hospital, I saw the importance of Peninsula to the community, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to cause a lot of heath concerns for the people in the neighborhood.â&#x20AC;?

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The Health Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take is the American Legion, like any other establishment that serves food or beverages, must have all required permits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The American Legion is full of heroes who put their lives on the line to defend democracy, but they must still have a permit, allow inspections and pay fines,â&#x20AC;? the DOH said in an email sent last Friday. Burch said the Blackwater Inn, down the street on Metropolitan Avenue, has graciously offered to host a fundraiser on April 14 to help pay the fines. He also said the Legion is not looking for exemptions from health department standards, just some time to respond to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s requirements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always fixed any problems in a couple of days,â&#x20AC;? he said. And they may get that time in the future, with elected officials at state and local levels submitting legislation that would allow veterans clubs a grace period to fix problems before having to pay fines that could bankrupt them. A spokesman for Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) said she will introduce legislation in the near future that would exempt religious, fraternal and charitable organizations that do not engage in food preparation from the requirements mandating the procurement of a food handlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Granting an exemption from the food handlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license requirements, in

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EXHIBITS 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. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, will present “Street Digital,” an exhibition of JODI’s recent works in installation, software and video, from Saturday, March 31 through May 20. Museum admission: $12 for adults; $9 for persons over 65 and for students with ID; $6 for children ages 3-18. Open Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Monday except for the following holiday opening: April 9, 10:30 a.m. 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.

AUDITIONS The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.

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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, 10606 Queens Blvd. Interested players should contact the conductor, Franklin Verbsky at (718) 374-1627 or (516) 785-2532.

MUSIC The Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery announce that on Saturday, March 31 at 8 p.m., the Lhevinne Classical Concert Series featuring the Lautreamont String Quintet returns to The Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free parking is on premises. A pre-concert wine and cheese reception is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. There is limited seating; tickets are $25, $20 for seniors and $15 for members. For information call (718) 523-1876.

Senior Yoga is coming to Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., conducted by Flo Meyers. There will be a series of 10 weekly sessions at $5 per session. Bring your own mat or beach towel.

A view of "LED Puzzled," an installation work by JODI. This work will be part of an exhibition, "JODI: PHOTO COURTESY JODI Street Digital," at Museum of the Moving Image, March 31-May 20.

HEALTH Assemblyman Edward Braunstein is sponsoring a spring blood drive on Monday, April 2, form 2:307p.m. at the LIRR Bayside station on Bell Boulevard and 41st Avenue.

MEETINGS Queens Best Toastmakers Club meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month from 10 a.m. to noon at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference Room, 79-01 Broadway. AARP Chapter 2889 will meet on Wednesday, April 4 at noon at the Elks Lodge, 82-20 Queens Blvd. New members are welcome. Entertainment by “Naomi.” You Gotta Believe, a community-based older child adoption agency, is looking for families who would be willing to provide love and nurturing to a child in the foster care system. Join the agency on Sundays at 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 St., Jamaica. The next two sessions will be on April 1 and April 15. (No meeting on April 8).

CLASSES 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. Spring youth programs at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14 Rd., College Point, include: Drama Class (for ages 8-13) on Saturdays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. It is free; Art Class (for ages 12 and up) on Saturdays from 1011 a.m. for beginners and from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for intermediate and advanced. Fee is $20 for supplies, adults $40; and Guitar (for ages 11-17) on Saturdays from 10-11 a.m. for beginners and from 11-noon for intermediate. Special one-time introductory price $120 for 12 one-hour sessions. Pre-registration and payment are required. Starting date is Saturday, April 7.

Programs run through June 30. Recital to be held in June for all youth programs. Call (718) 358-0067. The American Small Craft Association (TASCA) is offering a $300, seven-week, on the water, basic sailing course at the Boathouse at Flushing Meadows Park, from Saturday, April 21 to June 11. For more information and registration call (347) 438-1863 or visit sailtasca.org. 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. 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. 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. A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing. Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.’ The Greek Cultural Center, 26-80 30 St., Astoria, offers classes in Greek folk dance for adults and teens every Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The fee is $20 monthly or $150 for the whole year. Bouzouki lessons are also available every Saturday from 12:30-2 p.m. Registration is open to beginners as well as advanced players of all ages. Students are recommended to bring their own instruments to class. The fee is $40 to enroll and $60 monthly. For more information, call (718) 726-7329.

The Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten Park, Bayside, will hold a workshop on fascinators on Sunday, April 1 at 2 p.m. Design your own millinery headpiece to wear at your next royal wedding or Easter parade. Admission: $15; family $20; BHS members $12. Call (718) 352-1548. The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes, all mediums. Daytime and evening adult classes are offered Monday-Friday; daytime children’s classes are offered during the weekend. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue. Cost: $75 for adults, for four sessions, $75 for children for eight sessions. Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, will hold Saturday night dances on March, 31, April 14 and April 28 from 8 p.m. to midnight. Cost is $10. The Wednesday Night Singles Group of the SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, invites you to social evenings with special guest speakers on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers.

SPECIAL EVENTS The Free Synagogue of Flushing is holding a second night community seder on Saturday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at 41-60 Kissena Blvd. Cost for members is $25, nonmembers $35 and $15 for children ages 6-13. Children 5 and under are free. Free on-site parking. For more information call (718) 961-0030. Reservations deadline: Friday, March 30. A seder will be held at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 St. on the second night of Passover, Saturday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. The cost of the dinner is $63 for adults and $24 for children 12 and under. There is no charge for children under the age of 3. For reservations and further information, call the temple at (718) 261-2900. Enjoy a weekend filled with fun and learning at Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Garden tours on Saturday and Sunday (meet at the Visitor and Administration Building Terrace) at 1 p.m. and bring the kids to the Children’s Activity Table both days from 1 to 4 p.m. Free with admission.

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A little something for everyone this Easter by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

From making fascinators inspired by Kate Middleton and her royal entourage to the more traditional egg hunts, there is plenty happening for families in Queens this Easter season. The Bayside Historical Society will host a workshop on Sunday, April 1 at 2 p.m. for everyone from the young to the old to make fascinators — elaborate head pieces that were most recently thrust into the spotlight during last year’s royal wedding in Britain. The workshop will take place at the society’s headquarters at 208 Totten Ave. in Bayside. Admission is $15 for an individual and $20 for a family. The Ozone Park Civic Association will hold one of the earliest Easter fetes, beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 31 at the Ozone Howard Little League baseball fields. The fields are located at 97-14 135 Dr. in Ozone Park. Civic leaders said children should bring a basket in which to collect eggs, and parents are reminded to bring their cameras to snap some shots of their little ones with the Easter bunny. One of the largest Easter egg hunts in Queens is sponsored by Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and will take

Ecstatic children and their parents have fun during the egg hunt at the Queens County FILE PHOTO Farm Museum in Glen Oaks. place from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 7 at St. Albans Park on Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica. More than 5,000 children and adults are expected to attend this 11th annual hunt that is being sponsored by Comrie and Affinity Health Plan. The free event will feature amusement rides, coloring contests, music and prizes. Children can also receive free dental screenings. The event begins at 12 p.m., and the egg hunt commences at 1:30 p.m. Another event that is sure to be a hit will be the tennis-themed Easter party in

Flushing Meadows Corona Park on April 7. Slated to be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the party will include a tennis clinic, arts and crafts, an egg hunt and an Easter basket competition. If registering before Friday, March 30, entrance will cost $15. After March 30, individuals will need to pay $20. Attendees will need to pre-register by calling (718) 760-6200. Also at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, there will be a “spring eggstravaganza” on April 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This

event will be held at the Queens Zoo, located at 53-51 111 St. It will be free with admission. Children will get a chance to hunt for eggs, as well as to meet the Easter bunny — not to mention some real, live rabbits. Live animals will no doubt be a big attraction at the Queens County Farm Museum’s April 7 celebration, which includes an afternoon of searching for eggs in the apple orchard, playing egg tossing, meeting farm animals and going for hayrides. Admission costs $5. The museum is located at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy. in Glen Oaks. The Forest Hills Ascension Presbyterian Church’s “Easterfest” will take place at the church, located at 2 Russell Place, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday April 8. Entrance will cost $5, and the annual party includes a screening of the “Veggie Tales Easter Carol,” live music, children’s games, arts and crafts, refreshments, and, of course, an egg hunt. Astoria’s Bohemian Hall will open its doors at 29-19 24 Ave. to people of all ages for its egg hunt at 1 p.m. on April 8 Admission will be free, but those attending must purchase food. The event will include an appearance by the Easter Q bunny and live polka music.

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The adage, “The show must go on,” seems particularly appropriate for those who toil away — for little or no personal monetary gain — in Queens community theater, which for the past several years has been going through rough times. Attendance at performances is not what it used to be, theater space has become increasingly difficult to retain, and production costs, in keeping with the economy, are on the rise. Still, those involved in producing shows are keeping their heads up and their hopes high. Dave Shapiro, one of the driving forces behind the Little Theatre Group of Marathon Jewish Center in Douglaston, said the just-closed production of “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum” attracted “decent audiences,” but added, “We’ve made much more money with past shows. People are just not there anymore.” Shapiro, who has been involved with the group for over half a century, has noticed that

“we get more and more seniors” coming to the shows. “We’re all getting older,” he said. “Some have gone to Florida, some to heaven.” Michael Wolf, the president of Douglaston Community Theatre, which was founded in 1950 and bills itself as the oldest theatrical group in the borough, realizes “the demographics are changing. There is a natural aging process. The new population in Queens is not in the habit of going to local productions. They have not yet tuned into this.” Still, with the group’s most recent offering, “Awake and Sing,” Wolf said, “We did very well. We made significant money. The play still speaks to today. Clifford Odets isn’t done often. We have a mature audience who remember Odets.” Next up at DCT will be the Pulitzer Prizewinning drama ”The Heidi Chronicles,” which opens in May. Wolf surmised that part of the problem is that “too many groups are doing the same shows over and over.” Shapiro doesn’t buy that explanation, however. “Last year, we did ‘Crazy For You,’“ he said,

referring to a musical based on Gershwin tunes. “It was one of our best financial years. And we had done the show before. I think ‘Forum’ is a better show, and we had never done it before,” but the show was not as profitable. Asked for an explanation, Shapiro said, “I have no idea. It may be because ‘Crazy For You’ has a bigger cast.” Cast members are always heavily relied on to fill seats with friends and family. Some groups are directly affiliated with houses of worship and are, therefore, not under the same financial pressures. One example is The Gingerbread Players, who perform at St. Luke’s Church of Forest Hills. “We’re part of the church’s mission,” explained Louise Guinther, who directs many of their productions. As such, the group does not have to pay rent for its performance space, unlike the majority of theater companies that operate in church, synagogue or community buildings. The group generally mounts two m a j o r p r o d u c t i o n s a year, with all proceeds going to continued on on page page 00 52 continued

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And now she’s giving back to Long Island City, a neighborhood she’s called home for 26 years: a six-foot-long alien appendage she created will be on view in the play “Blast Radius,” premiering at LIC’s Secret Theatre on Friday, March 30. Morsette charged a quarter of the price she would normally for the prop, she said, and has donated pieces free of charge to Secret Theatre productions in the past. “I really like what they’re doing, and it’s my neighborhood,” she explained.

‘Blast Radius’ When: March 30-April 14, Thurs.-Sat. and Mondays at 8 p.m. Sundays at 3 p.m. Where: The Secret Theatre 44-02 23 St., LIC Tickets: $18; $15 for students, seniors (718) 392-0722 secrettheatre.com

“Blast Radius” is the second part of a sci-fi trilogy premiering at the theater, though audience members need not have seen the first installment, “Advance Man,” which ran earlier, to enjoy it. The trilogy focuses on a group of astronauts who return from Mars harboring secret knowledge of a planned alien invasion. “It’s a wonderful show,” Morsette said of the trilogy, written by Mac Rogers. Morsette clearly relishes the theater and her work, as evidenced by the way she lovingly handled the props-in-progress littered around her light-filled studio, located in the Wills Building, which spans a block between 21st and 22nd streets just behind Silvercup Studios. She has been there for six years. Images of donkeys and elephants in various poses, culled from the Internet — research for an ongoing commercial project — were littered on Morsette’s work table, along with pieces of foam and a sample of a gray, mesh-like material that will “read” like elephant skin.

She excitedly held up a piece of felt that will be used to create the donkey’s fur, explaining how it would have to be applied to the finished foam head. “It really looks like donkey,” she said happily as she brushed the felt. To develop life-size (and sometimes larger-than-life) props, Morsette often first develops a small prototype using less costly materials, which she uses to develop the pattern she’ll ultimately apply to the larger finished product. Some of her work has involved touching up existing props, like the emergency work she did for a Ninja-Turtle-like prop on the set of “Imogene.” “It was about 40 pounds heavier than it had to be,” Morsette recalled. She showed up at the film’s Broad Channel set on the night before the area was evacuated because of Hurricane Irene, and after fitting the costume with mountain climbing belts that would enable its weight to be carried on the actor’s hips instead of his shoulders, made it back home on the subway just

Zoe Morsette shows the model for a donkey head that will ultimately be much larger in her LIC studio. The artist’s work will be on display in an PHOTO BY PAULA NEUDORF upcoming production at LIC’s Secret Theatre. before it was shut down. For “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live,” both produced by NBC, she has created a number of fantastical costumes, including a classic, antique-looking barrel made of lightweight foam which “Saturday Night Live” commissioned the Friday night before it was needed (for a skit about the stock-market crash); a grandfather-clock ensemble; and a costume of a chicken wearing a diaper, “which we just converted into a duck for Tracy

Morgan,” she said. Morsette, who originally trained as a dancer and performer at Skidmore College, said that after an injury made it unlikely she would dance professionally —not to mention the fact that her height made it difficult for her to get cast (she is 5 feet, 11 inches tall) — she was just as happy working behind the scenes as onstage. “When the houselights go down and the curtain goes up, it’s Q magic,” she said.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES The Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center, 68-52 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, welcomes all seniors age 60 or above. Enjoy a daily healthy meal at noon. On Fridays there is a free lunch. They offer an array of activities such as bingo, movies, exercise, oil painting, yoga, line dancing classes, dancing to a live band, sing-a-longs, health presentations, blood pressure checks, and monthly birthday celebration and theme parties. Suggested contribution is $1.25. Meals-on-Wheels program is offered also. Call (718) 497-2908.

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The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The center offers a variety of activities and exercise classes including Wii sports, billiards, bingo, computer classes and monthly bus trips. For information, call Karen at (718) 456-2000.

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the church, Guinther said. When it comes to attendance, she said, “We don’t seem to have trends up or down. The fall show depends on the material.” Surprisingly, a recent evening devoted to the works of Anton Chekhov drew “unusually large crowds,” Guinther said, crediting the area’s large Russian population for the show’s success. “If it’s a name show, we do very well,” Guinther said. “There’s a good market for family shows.” The players’ next attraction is “Annie,” a perennial favorite which they’ve done before, opening in April. While the group has developed a reputation for presenting works with a classical bent in the fall — “We do Shakespeare in an accessible way,” Guinther explained — family-friendly fare is offered in the spring. But for many groups, even when audiences do show up, costs for mounting productions are often so exorbitant that it is difficult to turn a profit. “We used to pay $800 to 900 for the rights to do a musical,” Shapiro said. “Now the fee is around $2,100.” More money is also being spent on scenery, costumes, and, for some groups, renting the theater space. One company, Theatre Time, founded by Judy and Kevin Vincent in 1997, has

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been bounced from one location to another during its 15 years, and has been homeless since mounting a production of “Twelve Angry Men” last year. “It is very difficult finding a space,” Judy Vincent said. “We’ve encountered spaces where theater, for whatever the reason, is not wanted. The amount of money wanted is astronomical.” “As soon as a space is secured, Theatre Time will be back,” she vowed. Also looking to make a return appearance are the Colonial Players, a group founded by another husband and wife team, Sharon and Bill Wolf. “We’re planning a reunion for anyone who was affiliated with the group,” Sharon Wolf said. “It’s time. We’ve just been in hibernation for a while. It’s wakQ ing up.”

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SJU’s Moe to go pro by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

St. John’s University men’s basketball head coach Steve Lavin said all the right things last week in support of Moe Harkless’ decision to forego the rest of his college eligibility in order, he hopes, to join the NBA next season. Lavin joked about hiding in the bushes on campus screaming “One Moe year!” whenever he’d spot his star player walking to class. Harkless, a star at Forest Hills High School, only played one year for the Red Storm but as a freshman won the Big East Rookie of the Year Award. That accomplishment, combined with a terrific show in St. John’s lone game at the Big East Tournament, should be enough to get Harkless drafted in the first round. On the other hand, Red Storm fans will remember how star freshman point guard Omar Cook left the Johnnies 10 years ago to pursue an NBA career. Cook was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the second round, missing out on the big money. He bounced around the league briefly and had to settle for playing in Europe where he still makes a living. The same can be said for Holy Cross High alum Sylven Landesberg, who was named to the McDonald’s High School All American team in 2008. Landesberg spent two years at the University of Virginia and left for both academic reasons and his chance at pro glory. The NBA did not show much interest in him, and now he plays in Israel for Maccabi Haifa. Since the risk of injury is always part of sports, it’s grossly unfair to criticize any ama-

teur athlete who wants to turn pro. The reality, however, is that Moe will be facing more than the usual competition for a slot in the NBA’s vaunted first round. A number of talented players who would have opted out of college last year decided to stay in the NCAA due to the likelihood of an NBA lockout. The same can be said of some top European players, many of whom most of us had never heard of until a couple of days before the NBA Draft. In the latest NBA contract, the league agrees to fully pay the tuition of players who return to college to complete their degree, or go to graduate school. Moe’s mom, Rosa Harkless, told the press she will make sure her son gets his bachelor’s degree, though he has her blessing to leave school now. I have to chuckle at how the Daily News, which has a business relationship with the Mets’ cable outlet, SNY, tried to make the Wilpons look like the big winner and Madoff victims’ trustee Irving Picard the big loser, when the parties agreed to an 11th-hour settlement just as their trial was about to begin. Picard knew there was a good chance that even if he got awarded the full $300 million he sought, it would take years at best to collect, given appeals. A guaranteed $162 million instead isn’t exactly chump change. As I also pointed out two weeks ago, the last thing that the Mets’ ownership wanted was to testify in a court of law where the odds are that they would have appeared to be bumblers at best or criminals at worst. In short, it was a Q no-win situation.

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PROBATE CITATION File No.2011-4538 SURROGATE’S COURT QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Public Administrator of Queens County, Frances Cutrona, Pasquale D’Andrea as alternate executor, Rose Joy D’Andrea and Deborah Summer who have equal rights to letters of administration C.T.A., and the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Carolyn Barnewall, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by Christine Rodriguez, who is domiciled at 53655 Annie Oakley Road, Pioneertown, California 92268 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on 26th day of April, 2012 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Carolyn Barnewall lately domiciled at 196-51 45th Road, Flushing, New York admitting to probate a Will dated November 6, 2000, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Carolyn Barnewall, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters of Administration C.T.A. issue to: Christine Rodriguez March 12, 2012 Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate Margaret M. Gribbon, Chief Clerk Angelo A. Giordano, (718) 2662700, Attorney for Petitioner, 64 Avenue U, Brooklyn, New York 11223 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: JR ACCOUNTING, TAXES & SMALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/01/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 229-22 LINDED BLVD., CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, NY 11411. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

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.

BBIC LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/19/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Diamond District Corneal, 60 Old Court House Rd., New Hyde Park, NY 11040. General Purposes.

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

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Housing plan readied soon at Macedonia Church to build 143 units on part of Flushing municipal parking lot by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Downtown Flushing’s congestion and lack of parking will get even worse next month when the Macedonia AME Church begins constructing its 14-story affordable housing development in Municipal Parking Lot 1. The 14-story, 143-unit building, known as Macedonia Plaza, will be built next to the church on Union Street and 37th Avenue. Work is expected to begin in mid-April and continue for two years. Details of the $45 million project were given last Thursday at a meeting of Community Board 7’s district service cabinet, held at the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing. The Rev. Richard McEachern, Macedonia’s minister, said the church and its L-shaped housing facility will be connected through landscaping. “The intent was for Flushing Commons to start first, but Macedonia Plaza is going first,” McEachern said. The pastor was referring to the $800 million mixed-use project that calls for housing, a hotel, retail, open space and underground parking for about 1,600 cars to replace the rest of the municipal parking lot. But developer Michael Meyer, president of TDC Development, which is building the project, has said that his firm is

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still looking for f inancing before work can begin. The Macedonia plans call for a combination of studio, one-, twoand three-bedroom apartments, with 7,200 square feet of retail space on the first level facing 37th Avenue. The congregation would like to put a day care center in as a community facility there as well. Church officials were able to get a parking waiver from the city and not provide any. The project would have required 37 parking slots, but Macedonia spokesmen said most of the tenants are not expected to have cars, and those who do might be able to pay for parking in Flushing Commons’ underground lot. CB 7 off icials were concerned about the issue during the public review process, fearing it would add to the lack of parking in the downtown area, but were overridden by the city. Geoff Flournoy, managing partner of BRP Companies, which is building Macedonia Plaza, said a construction fence will go around the church as well as the construction site soon and that police cars from the 109th Precinct, which used to park there, have been moved to the parking lot ramp. A pedestrian walkway will be created in the street on 37th Avenue with Jersey barriers, but the sidewalk

on Union Street will remain open. “We are excited about the project,” Flournoy said. “It’s been a long time in planning, five years.” Participants at the cabinet meeting, including CB 7 Chairman Gene Kelty and Vice Chairman Chuck Apelian, expressed concern about truck traffic from the project accessing roads to get out of the downtown area. They pointed out that many of the streets are narrow and that it would be impossible to turn onto Main Street from 37th Avenue. Maura McCarthy, Queens borough commissioner of the Department of Transportation, attended the session and said the trucks can take major streets, but that she needs to see proposals from the developer before voicing an opinion on routes. It was also suggested to the church and BRP Companies that they set up a complaint number for speakers in Korean and Chinese as well as English. McEachern said he would work out a coordinated effort to make everyone happy. Plans call for Macedonia Plaza management to use a lottery for prospective tenants with set-asides of 5 percent for municipal workers, 7 percent for the disabled and 50 percent for those from the CB 7 area. It will be advertised six months before Q completion.

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