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Graffiti headache at State Pavilion Vandals hit over the last month, setting back restoration efforts by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor

he New York State Pavilion’s rotunda received an unwelcome addition over the last month: graff iti riddling its crumbling, red-and-white interior walls. Over a dozen “tags” now line the World’s Fair landmark’s interior ring, with bubble letters in various shades set at 6- to 10-foot intervals. The adjacent towers that supported what is left of the “Tent of Tomorrow” also have sporadic scrawls. The vandalism — or street art, depending on whom you ask — has frustrated a motley crew of preservationists who have spent years trying restore the pavilion ahead of their big plans for the World’s Fair’s 50th anniversary in 2014. The exact source of the graffiti is unknown. The Parks Department said in a statement the NYPD is investigating the graffiti as part of its citywide vandalism task force. The agency said the vandals broke in by cutting out a section of the fence surrounding the pavilion. Keeping them out is another matter, according to preservationists. The agency added it will remove the graffiti by its usual means, power washing, which it does with all landmarks, according to a spokesman. “That’s the question of the moment,” said

Graffiti lining the interior walls of the New York State Pavilion’s rotunda. Preservationists believe PHOTO BY JOSEPH OROVIC the scourge may be the byproduct of a neighboring skatepark. John Piro, who has repainted the pavilion’s exterior over the last two years. Keeping the pavilion closed to the public has become a game of whack-a-mole. First, chain-link fences were pried open. Some gates were ripped clear off their hinges. Those lapses have been addressed with a bit of creativity using plywood, bricks and rebar. But new vulnerabilities have sprung up.

The most recent vandals do occasionally leave clues pointing to a resourceful bunch. The mezzanine level of the pavilion includes strands of knotted wiring as well as a ladder. The chain that keeps the pavilion’s northern gate closed has also been shrinking, presumably because the graffiti artists cut it open and then Parks Department employees keep relocking it, said Mitch Silverstein, who joined

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Piro in repainting the pavilion. The perpetrators even broke into the trio of adjacent towers, posting photos on social media websites of the view from what used to be cafeterias and the VIP section during the World’s Fair. The entrance door to the shortest, 60-foot tower, had been locked and bolted shut, with a crossbar to boot. The bar now swings loosely beside the door, and the old locks and handle have been mangled open. Silverstein believes the skatepark next to the rotunda, which opened in 2010, has brought in some of the vandals. Past visits to the rotunda’s interior have revealed makeshift skating ramps. “They gave them the skatepark and that’s not cool, so why not do their thing in here,” Silverstein said. The preservationists, Piro, Silverstein, Gary Miller and Jim Brown, now face a bevy of headaches. First, they need to paint over the graffiti — essentially repeating the years spent fixing the exterior. They also hope to get the city, Parks, and associated agencies invested in preventing any further damage to the interior. Ideas within the group abound. Clearly, the pavilion’s neglected state invites vandalism, they said. The remnant of the 1964-65 World’s Fair continued on page 20

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City readies extensive water main project New pipes to be installed in Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

For many streets in Central and South Queens, the next couple of years are going to be quite dirty. The city Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Design and Construction announced it would begin work this spring on a $14 million, two-year project to replace almost 13 miles of water mains in Queens. The project, which is slated to begin in March and be completed by 2015, aims to alleviate water distribution and replace aging mains. Most of the water mains in the neighborhoods are more than 60 years old. The work includes the replacement of 20-inch, 12-inch and 8-inch diameter water mains that serve residential and commercial properties. The new distribution system will also replace dead ends with looped mains, improving water quality by ensuring that it is always moving. The work will be done in phases, with each phase’s duration depending on the size of the project. The DDC has not finalized which streets will be the first ones to be repaired. “Public health and the future growth of New York City are contingent on having an adequate supply of high quality water and

Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills will be one of the sites for water main replacement sometime in PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON the next two years. over the last decade we have invested $10.5 billion to upgrade our water supply and distribution systems,” said DEP Commissioner Carter Strickland. “By installing nearly 13 miles of new water mains, we will ensure adequate water pressure for firefighting, basic sanitation, and clean drinking water for these Queens neighborhoods for decades to come.” Most of the work will be done in Rich-

mond Hill, Kew Gardens and Forest Hills, but two streets in Jamaica Estates have also been eyed for water main replacement. Some of the work will be done on major thoroughfares, including Queens Boulevard between 69th Avenue and Union Turnpike; Union Turnpike between Utopia Parkway and 164th Street; Metropolitan Avenue between 85th and Hillside avenues; Myrtle

Avenue between 111th Street and Park Lane South; Hillside Avenue between Metropolitan Avenue and the Van Wyck Expressway; Jamaica Avenue between 107th and 111th streets; Park Lane South between 107th Street and Myrtle Avenue; Kew Gardens Road between Union Turnpike and 80th Avenue; and 111th Street between 101st and Jamaica avenues. But some of the projects will be done on local mostly-residential streets including 108th, 109th and 110th streets in Richmond Hill between Atlantic and Jamaica avenues; 91st Avenue between 107th and 111th streets; 76th Road between Queens Boulevard and the Grand Central Parkway in Forest Hills; and Edgerton Boulevard between the Grand Central Parkway and Croydon Road in Jamaica Estates. The project will also replace water mains on 91st and 89th avenues between 134th Street and the Van Wyck Expressway around Jamaica Hospital. The DEP will also undertake water main replacements on a number of streets in Far Rockaway as well. A full list of streets that will be worked on can be found in the DEP’s website at nyc.gov/html/dep/html/press_releases/12104pr.shtml. continued on page 24

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On the fourth day of Christmas, people gave to Rockaway — $11,000. Hard-hit by Hurricane Sandy just a little more than eight weeks ago, Rockaway has struggled to regain some sense of normalcy. Though the lights are back on and many businesses have reopened, scars remain; the destroyed boardwalk, the sandless beachfront, the blockslong blackened blemishes where homes and businesses once stood before burning to the ground during the storm. The devastation has caught the attention of a Boston-based advertising firm, which decided it needed to get involved in helping victims of Hurricane Sandy — 250 miles and a rival sports team away. Mullen, the adver tising agency, is sponsoring “12 Days of Relief,” inspired by the holiday jingle “12 Days of Christmas.” Beginning Christmas

Eve, Mullen launched a website where it is soliciting donations for hurricane relief. Mullen is focusing on two areas hard hit by the storm — Rockaway and Seaside Heights, NJ. Stories of 15 hurricane survivors are profiled on the website the agency set up for the fundraiser, 12daysofrelief.com. “We were thinking about making the agency’s holiday effort very meaningful,” said David Swaebe, Mullen’s senior vice president for agency comm u n i c a t i o n s . “ Fo r u s , t h e storm and the aftermath of it wa s d e f i n i t e ly t h e b i g g e s t story of the year.” He said the fundraising drive was the brainchild of the firm’s Chief Creative Off icer, Mark Wenneker. They decided to put it together about a month ago. “It felt like a cause that was slipping off the radar,” Swaebe said. Many of Mullen’s clients are based in New York, including

JetBlue, which has a number of employees who live in Rockaway and Howard Beach and were affected by the storm. The agency’s creative team headed for Rockaway, teamed up with the production company Hungry Man and filmed survivors during the week before Christmas telling their stories and allowing them to talk about what they need to move forward. Swaebe said his agency has also gotten help from other clients, including the National Geographic Channel. As of Dec. 28, they have raised more than $11,000. Though the project is called “12 Days of Relief,” Swaebe said they would continue to raise funds indef initely. Their goal is $20,000. “Our hope is a lot of people look at it and donate either to those directly prof iled in the video or to the Salvation Army and their relief fund,” Swaebe said. “It’s good people are still thinking about it.”

Among those inter viewed by Mullen for its site is Liz Smith-Breslin of Belle Harbor, who lost her business, a gift shop called The Blue Bungalow, on Beach 116th Street. Smith-Breslin also lost her father, William Smith, in the days after the storm. He died after being rushed to the hospital with heart trouble the day after the hur ricane. SmithBreslin said the storm prevented her and her family from saying goodbye. “We weren’t able to have a funeral for him, because there were no funeral homes, there were no people, and there was no gas for people to get around,” she explains in the video, standing next to the destroyed Rockaway boardwa l k . “ S o m e t h i n g I wo u l d really need and want would be 12 more days to spend with my dad and give him hugs and see his smiling face and just let him know how much we Q love him.”

The Department of Sanitation is extending special Sandy debris pickup for another two weeks. Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty announced that the department will continue to handle special storm debris collections in neighborhoods hit hard by Hurricane Sandy until Monday, Jan. 14. Since Sandy, Sanitation crews have been providing extra pickups of bulky storm debris in Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways on the day preceding each of their regularly scheduled refuse collection days. The department had planned on ending the pickup on Jan. 1, but opted to continue due to high demand. Doherty said the department would end the special pickup on Jan. 14 to move crews onto winter schedules that would facilitate snow removal in the event of a snowstorm. Crews will continue to pick up hurricane debris on the day preceding normal trash pickup days until Jan. 14. Since the storm on Oct. 29, Sanitation crews have collected more than 381,000 tons of debris as part of the Q cleanup operations.

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Record low for homicides, but more can be done he city was well on its way to setting a record low for the number of shootings and homicides on Dec. 27. Then our borough offered a sad reminder that not all murders require a bullet and a trigger. At a time when national headlines are drenched in the passionate debate over gun control, and violent shooting deaths seemingly come by the bundle, our city ended 2012 with the fewest murders in its recorded history, with a record low number of shootings to boot. There were 414 homicides in 2012 as of Dec. 28, shattering the previous record low of 471 set in 2009. The figure represents a 35 percent drop from 2011. There was also a record low number of shootings in 2012, with 1,353 as of Dec. 23. The previous record was 1,420, also set in 2009. That sets a low homicide rate of 3.8 per 100,000 residents. Compare that to other major cities such as Chicago, which hit 500 murders on Dec. 27 with one-third the population. At the same rate, New York would have counted 1,400 murders this year. It all made for an ebullient mood at the graduation of 1,159 new police officers last Thursday at the Barclay’s

Center, during a ceremony in which Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly touted the effectiveness of one of the nation’s elite law enforcement agencies. Yet less than 24 hours earlier, Corona resident Sunando Sen was shoved off a subway platform in Sunnyside, in front of an oncoming No. 7 train. Welcome to the safest big city in America, where cops are reportedly taking illegal handguns off the street at a clip of 800 per year, but an allegedly deranged Islamophobe can take your life with little more than a MetroCard. The Mayor and Commissioner have perfected a pre-emptive crime system, the sort only a data-loving duo could espouse and nurture. Operation Impact has put a significant dent in violent crime by flooding the most troublesome neighborhoods with the most cops. It’s a common-sense approach: Put the resources where they are needed most. This efficiency is commendable, especially at a time when police ranks are falling short, according to some. The other controversial police tactic, “stop and frisk,” appears to be working. Officers now confiscate 8,000 weapons a year from individuals they stop, according to Kelly. We cannot argue with those figures. But concerns

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Right, but not right Dear Editor: With unparalleled self-denial, the Republican Party by virtue of having retained a majority of the House of Representatives, acts as if it won the Presidency and has a mandate to continue policies that President Obama’s re-election demonstrates were rejected by a majority of the American people. Hardly a day passes without reference in the media to the existence of a new wave of Republicans different from the old who will carry the party to victory in the 2016 Presidential election. One of the shining lights frequently mentioned who is supposed to accomplish that is Republican Sen. Marco Rubio from Florida. If Rubio is different, it is a difference without substance and his voting record and beliefs demonstrate it. Rubio believes homosexuality is a sin and opposes same-sex mar riage. He believes life begins at conception and he opposes a woman’s right to choose. The National Rifle Association rates him a B+ rating, indicating a pro-gun voting record. He admits his religious views have shaped some of his policy positions, suggesting, in my opinion, a rejection of the Constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, that in this country with so many diverse religious views have for hundreds of years served us so well. While initially claiming not to be a scientist, he now © Copyright 2013 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y. 11374-7769.

remain. Common sense legislation has removed some of the legal gray areas, but not all. It’s still an imperfect system, but it can be fixed in the long term. Any program that takes 800 handguns off the streets must be continued. But remove shooting deaths and the city still had 177 murders in 2012. Which brings us back to Sunando Sen. The 46-year-old never knew his killer, Erika Menendez. His tragic death illustrates the deficiencies of data-driven tactics such Operation Impact, Stop and Frisk and Compstat. The 31-year-old Menendez reportedly has a history of mental health problems and several run-ins with police. Folks like Menendez are largely off the NPYD’s tactical radar. Stopping and frisking her would have produced nothing. But many like her, who for good or ill need help, have been ignored by our mental health and criminal justice systems. It is that human element that’s missing in the NYPD’s highly effective tactics. Yes, 414 homicides is a remarkable feat. Bravo. We hope this trend continues. One less gun would not have saved Sunando Sen’s life. Perhaps at least one more vigilant, caring person monitoring Menendez may have stopped such a tragedy.

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Flunk the Electoral College Dear Editor: Now that the presidential race has been decided, we should re-examine the way that this particular contest is conducted in our country. The Electoral College system that we use is clearly out of date and not equitable to all Americans. This system may have been appropriate in our nation’s early days, but now, and for the future, it is an unfair system and should be changed.

California is our largest state populationwise, with approximately 38 million people and 55 electoral votes. That means that there are about 690,000 people per elector in that state. In Wyoming, our least-populated state, there are about 580,000 people and 3 electoral votes. That means that there are about 193,000 people per elector. The other 48 states and DC have varying numbers of residents per electoral vote in between the two extremes for California and Wyoming. What this means is that this system is not balanced and the votes of people living in less-populated states carry more weight than the votes of residents in larger-populated states. The best way to get around this problem, in my opinion, is to have a direct election for president. This way, all Americans would be treated equally in the election process and it would encourage presidential candidates to visit all states and to discuss all issues, including regional issues in all parts of our country. No longer would we have the eight or nine so

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Obamacare solves plenty Dear Editor: Re “Obamacare is no answer,” by Lenny Rodin, Letters, Dec. 27: Mr. Rodin stated that government loses money when in business. True, but the government is not in business to make a profit, but to promote public welfare. That the private sector can always do better is untrue. For example, the administrative cost for Social Security is less than 1 percent, for Medicare approximately 3 percent, while private insurance ranks at 15 percent to 40 percent. There is no industrialized nation that has ever given up their universal healthcare for private care. This has to tell you something. That our healthcare system is broken, there is no question — even the physicians recognize this (and I am a retired physician). A survey by the Indiana School of Medicine in 2008 revealed that 59 percent of physicians nationwide favored a universal healthcare system. My daughter lived in Canada for seven years. My two grandchildren were born there. The care was excellent (no delays, etc.) Joe Brooks Whitestone

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Dear Editor: Charles Durning has passed away and had a 50-year career playing many different roles. And yet I feel the most important role he had in life was serving our country during World War II. He fought on D-Day and was taken prisoner in the Battle of the Bulge and almost lost his life. He was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Hearts. A true-to-life role, a true veteran and a most valuable American. It is Americans like Charles Durning who during WWII helped America and most of the world stay free for democracy. Charles Durning, thanks for your service to America, for you will not be forgotten. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

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Don’t cut the military Dear Editor: One area that the federal government cannot cut money from is the Pentagon. Our nation’s military must always remain at the highest level of strength and preparedness, and cutting money from the Pentagon is certainly the wrong thing to even consider doing. With China and Russia continuing to modernize and build their military power, the United States must also do the same. continued on page 10

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Letters continued from page 9 Our nation has always been militarily strong, and given the current state of world affairs, it must remain as such. President Obama needs to come down to Earth and stop acting like everything is okay — it is not okay, and the international situation is likely to get worse before it gets better. We must remain strong and vigilant, and never let down our guard. Remember what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. John Amato Fresh Meadows

Not what it’s fracked up to be Dear Editor: Gov. Cuomo has a dilemma — should he give the OK to allow fracking in New York State or not. Why is it a dilemma? Fracking refers to drilling deep down in the Earth’s crust and forcing a mixture of water, sand and questionably har mful chemicals under very high pressure into gas-containing shale formations. The gas and oil industry, with a record of environmental carelessness, says fracking would give us more inexpensive fuel and create jobs. Sound good? Others have brought to the public’s attention that fracking in other states has caused some environmental problems. Wastewater from the process is stored in ponds which can leak or overflow, contaminating streams or groundwater. The fracking wells are not foolproof. They can leak methane

gas and fracking chemicals that can pollute the ground both underneath and above. Last but not least, fracking f issures can connect to natural ones, allowing pollutants to migrate. Methane gas is highly flammable. One startling picture in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine shows a housewife igniting the methane gas coming out of her water faucet! The gas was believed to have come from nearby fracking wells near her Pennsylvania home. We caution Gov. Cuomo to be very, very careful about giving the go-ahead to fracking, lest it become an environmental catastrophe that we will deeply regret. Dave Shlakman Howard Beach

Cats, dogs and weed Dear Editor: How come dog owners must pay to license their dogs, but not their cats? Everyone must pay to register and license cars and buy insurance, and no one complains. If marijuana were legalized, imagine the windfall of taxes we could get! BK Brumberg Howard Beach

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Voter turnout saw big drop in South Queens Sandy blamed for anemic numbers in Rockaways and Howard Beach by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Queens voted for President Barack Obama in November by a margin of almost 60 points, a larger win than in 2008. But Hurricane Sandy may have played a role. The president won 79 percent of the vote in the borough, with 20 percent going for Republican challenger Mitt Romney. That’s a larger margin than in 2008, when Obama defeated Republican candidate Sen. John McCain in the borough by 75 percent to 24 percent. Obama’s bigger win in Queens may be due, in part, to Hurricane Sandy, which caused a precipitous drop in turnout in the Rockaways and Howard Beach, the borough’s Republican strongholds. Borough-wide, turnout was down by roughly 50,000 voters — just under 10 percent — from the 2008 presidential election. But the numbers suggest Romney and his par ty were the ones who took a hit in Queens. Obama received 470,578 votes this year, about 10,000 fewer voters than in 2008, whereas Romney received 118,571 votes, down by over 36,000 votes from McCain’s total in 2008. The NYC Board of Elections has not released election district data as of yet, but has released results of all races by Assembly district a month later than nor mal because of difficulty counting votes from residents displaced by Hurricane Sandy, who cast ballots elsewhere. In the 23rd Assembly District, which covers the Rockaways — including Republican-leaning Breezy Point and Belle Harbor — and GOP strongholds Broad Channel and Howard Beach, Obama received about 2,500 less votes than in 2008, while Romney received almost 8,000 fewer voters than McCain did. Overall, Obama won the district by over 7,500 votes. Typically, the 23rd District returns the highest totals for Republicans. This year, however, Romney’s best Assembly district in the borough was the 26th district, which includes Bayside, Whitestone, Malba, Dou-

Voter turnout was down by about 10 percent in Queens from 2008, but the vast majority of that drop came in communities affected by Hurricane Sandy and at the expense of Republicans. FILE PHOTO

glaston and Little Neck, although he only won 39 percent of the vote there. The drop in turnout in South Queens may have also played a role in the state Senate race in the 15th Senate District, where incumbent Democrat Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) defeated Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) by an unexpectedly large margin of 15 points. Before the storm, Ulrich’s campaign had focused on the Rockaways, which he represents in the City Council and was added to the new Senate district when the lines were redrawn last winter. A Republican campaign source said in early October that the campaign was working to turnout voters for Ulrich in the Rockaways to counter Addabbo’s strength in Democratic-leaning neighbors like Ozone Park, Woodhaven and Forest Hills. The 23rd Assembly District was seen as a battle ground

because both candidates are from the mainland part of the district and have represented much of it in the City Council. However, Addabbo won the neighborhoods in the district by 440 votes, a margin of 51 percent to 49 percent. Addabbo won elsewhere in the district, racking up big numbers in the 28th Assembly District in Forest Hills and Middle Village, winning just under 60 percent of the vote there. That district saw the highest turnout, with over 20,000 voters casting ballots in the state Senate race. Ulrich did soundly defeat Addabbo in Kew Gardens Hills, which is home to a large conservative Orthodox Jewish population and is new to the district. The neighborhood also voted overwhelmingly for Mitt Romney, giving him over 80 percent of the vote in some precincts.

Ulrich did come close to Addabbo in the Maspeth and Elmhurst sections of the district, but the incumbent still won. Addabbo lost the northern portion of the district in 2008 and 2010. Similar drops in turnout to the magnitude of South Queens’ were seen elsewhere in hurricane-ravaged communities, both in New York and New Jersey. In Staten Island, turnout plummeted by more than 10 percent, playing a role in helping President Obama narrowly carry the borough, which he lost in 2008 to McCain. Staten Island was only one of a dozen or so counties nationwide that Obama won in 2012 and lost in 2008 In fact, New York state joined New Jersey, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alaska as the only states where Obama did better in his second presidential run. President Obama also benefited by high turnout in the borough’s black communities. In the 29th Assembly District, which includes Jamaica, St. Albans and Laurelton and has a substantial black population, turnout was down by only about 600 votes from 2008. Obama took 96 percent of the vote there, winning over 40,000 votes. Queens’ Latino community also showed up for the president. In the 39th Assembly District, which is made up of Hispanicmajority precincts in Corona and Jackson Heights, only 303 fewer votes were cast in 2012 than in 2008. President Obama won the district by a slightly larger margin than he did in 2008. In one of the other marquee races in Queens, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) soundly defeated Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), winning 70 percent of the vote. Halloran performed strongest in Maspeth, Middle Village, his native North Flushing and Bayside, though Meng still defeated him in those communities. As in the 15th District state Senate race, the highest turnout in the 6th Congressional District was in the Forest Hills-based 28th Assembly District, which Meng won Q handily.

Anger, outrage over Sandy bill snubbing by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Hur ricane Sandy victims waiting for money from the federal government will have to wait a little longer. A $60 billion relief package for Sandy victims was scheduled to come to a vote in the House of Representatives on Tuesday after the f iscal cliff bill, but House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) pulled the bill in a surprise move that led to shock and outrage from local members of Congress.

House Speaker pulls relief package “In the days after Sandy, House Republican leadership told us they were with us, they supported us,” Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) said on Wednesday. “Last night, we learned the truth.” The plan was to split the relief money into two bills — one for $27 billion in immediate relief and another for roughly $33 billion in funding that was more controversial — but neither bill

was voted on and Boehner said Wednesday he would pursue the bills in the 113th Congress, which begins Thursday. He was scheduled to meet with Congressmembers from New York and New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon. Some in the GOP caucus from outside the disaster zone have expressed opposition to the relief bill because of questionable earmarks.

But Sen. Chuck Schumer (DNew York) responded to those complaints, specif ically from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who compared some Sandy relief money to “pork.” “[Issa] should sit face-to-face with a homeowner who lost their home and tell that homeowner to their face that that’s pork,” Schumer said. In a joint statement with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Gov.

Cuomo blasted the House for failing to schedule a vote, calling it “a dereliction of duty.” “With all that New York and New Jersey and our millions of residents and small businesses have suffered and endured, this continued inaction and indifference by the House of Representatives is inexcusable,” the statement read. “When American citizens are in need we come to their aid. That tradition was abandoned in the House last Q night.”

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State’s high court to hear case, but likely not before city budget cuts by Michael Gannon Editor

The state’s highest court has agreed to fast-track the city’s appeal of a ruling that stopped Mayor Bloomberg’s Outer Borough Taxi plan in its tracks. But it will be up to the mayor and City Council to sort out just how to address the $635 million hole the lawsuit left in this year’s city budget. The state Court of Appeals agreed last week to determine whether the administration and the Taxi and Limousine Commission violated the city’s “home rule” regulations when the mayor went to the state Legislature and Gov. Cuomo rather than the City Council to approve a plan allowing special livery cabs to take street hails in places underserved by yellow medallion taxis. But any ruling is expected to come too late for the city to recoup the millions Bloomberg has ordered cut from the current budget, money that was going to come from the sale of 2,000 handicapped-accessible yellow cab medallions that were part of the bill. The mayor and Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) agreed to include the $635 million in the budget though both knew that taxi owners were in court trying to stop the Outer Borough plan.

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which argued that the state has considered taxi regulations to be a local or municipal issue for about a century. The Board of Trade represents 37 taxi fleets that operate about 5,200 cabs in the city. Both the city and the taxi owners said last Thursday that they were pleased to avoid the lower appellate process and get straight to the Court of Appeals. Published reports say arguments could come in April or May. “We are very pleased that this important case can move forward far more quickly, since the Court of Appeals has agreed to decide the case without the need of the Appellate Division to review the matter,” said Michael Cardozo, the city’s corporation counsel, in a statement issued by City Hall. “We remain confident that the state law authorizing this landmark case will be upheld on appeal,” he added. “It may be the one issue in this entire case that both sides agreed on,” said Michael Woloz, a spokesman for the MTBOT. “We both agreed that this would wind up in the Court of Appeals anyway. We want to get there because number one, we think we’ll prevail.” TLC Chairman David Yassky called the decision “good news for all New Yorkers.” continued on page 24

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Mayor ‘sidesteps’ NYC budget issues: report IBO questions Bloomberg’s fiscal assumptions for 2014 and beyond by Michael Gannon Editor

With all the talk of the fiscal cliff coming out of Washington, DC, very little attention is being paid to one that may await the next mayor of New York City when he or she takes office in January 2014. In a 13-page report issued Dec. 27, the city’s nonpartisan Independent Budget Off ice said Mayor Bloomberg’s budget forecasts underestimate costs for education, salaries and benefits by hundreds of millions to billions of dollars. “Although tax revenues are expected to rise at a faster pace than spending, this growth will not be enough to erase the underlying budget gap that has been covered in the past through the use of prioryear sur pluses and one-time revenue sources,” the report states. “[T]he next mayor and City Council are likely to face signif icant budget challenges,” it added. Bloomberg is ineligible to run for reelection in November because of term limits. Every seat on the Council is up for election on Nov. 5. The IBO currently forecasts an $811 million def icit for f iscal year 2014, which begins this year on July 1. It says Bloomberg’s budget plan submitted in November “sidesteps some crucial

issues that could substantially alter the fiscal outlook for the city.” A major issue, according to the IBO, is the lack of contracts with “nearly every union in the city.” The contract with the teachers’ union expired in October 2009. The contract with District Council 37, the city’s largest union, expired in March 2010, as did the pact with principals and school administrators. Contracts with other large unions expired more than a year ago, and the IBO says there is little money set aside in Bloomberg’s fiscal plan for settling those contracts with the usual retroactive pay raises to cover the period since the contracts’ expiration dates. Bloomberg’s numbers assume that the municipal labor unions and select groups of teachers, principals and assistant principals will accept settlements with no wage increases for contracts that expired after 2010. “And the mayor’s assertion that any wage increases covering those years would have to be paid for by productivity is impractical. “This stance may well be untenable for the next mayor,” it said. Fur ther, if unions whose contracts expired after 2010 settle for 2 percent increases for the next two years, it would

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or the cost of interest on borrowed or bonded money, rising from $6.1 billion this year to $7.5 billion by 2016. Costs at the DOE, currently at $19.6 billion, are estimated to increase by $1.7 billion per year by 2016. Projected cost-cutting includes more than 1,300 jobs in the next two years, mostly through attrition; a $10 million cut to the Out-of-School-Time programs; and steep cuts to libraries beginning in 2014. “[E]nough to force library systems to eliminate two days of service each week from their schedules,” the report states on page 11. The IBO says the biggest threats to even its most optimistic estimates would be the failure of Congress and President Obama to reach a deal averting the fiscal cliff, and the potential worsening of Europe’s economy. Bloomberg’s press office did not respond to telephone calls and emails seeking comment on the IBO report. The Queens Chronicle was unable to reach Richard Riley, spokesman for the UFT, or representatives of DC 37 by press time. Copies of the report are available for viewing or downloading online at either i b o . n y c . n y. u s / i b o r e p o r t s / f i s c a l o u t lookdec2012.html, or ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreQ ports/fisacloutlookdec2012.pdf.

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increase the city’s costs by an estimated $3.8 billion through June 2013 alone. And it would cover only wage increases, not pension contributions, longevity pay and other forms of compensation. The report also says Bloomberg’s financial plan assumes that all the costs of Hurricane Sandy cleanup will be paid for by the state and federal government; and that the city will next year begin collecting money from the anticipated sale of 2,000 yellow taxi medallions for handicapped-accessible cabs. But the IBO points out that the city was estimating $635 million from the medallion sales in the current budget, only to have the sale halted when the mayor’s Outer Borough Taxi Plan was held up in the courts. The Department of Education also is facing the likely loss of $250 million in state education aid that Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature have tied to the city reaching an agreement with the United Federation of Teachers on a teacher evaluation program. The IBO expects the city to fall far short of the projected $184 million in Medicaid reimbursements. Among the major cost increases are employee health insurance benefits, which are estimated to rise from $3.8 billion this year to $4 billion in 2014; and debt service,

New York City Schools may face a serious financial crunch in the 2014 city budget that could threaten everything from afterschool programs to operating costs, according to the city’s Independent Budget Office’s December 2012 budget report. The document, released last month, indicates the city’s budget, although projected to have a modest increase, will still take a serious hit, mainly due to effects from Hurricane Sandy. The report comes a month after Mayor Bloomberg released a proposed budget in November, signaling the start of budget negotiations that typically continue until a new spending plan is passed in the spring. The city’s fiscal year ends June 30. Among the projections the report makes is that the Out-Of-School Time program could lose more than half of its current number of seats. “The proposed cut in 2014 for the OST program is steeper than it appears,” the report read. “To offset a proposed cut

for the current year, the City Council added $50.7 million just for 2013. When coupled with the reduction proposed in the Nov. 2012 plan, the number of slots in the after-school program would tumble from 56,000 this year to 23,000 next year.” The report also warned of the potential for the DOE to lose a quarter of a billion dollars in state funding if the department and the UFT do not come up with a plan on teacher evaluations in the next few weeks. “Unless the two sides come together and produce a plan that is then approved by the State Education Department, the city budget will have to absorb this loss of $250 million,” the report said. Gov. Cuomo and the state legislature mandated in last year’s state budget that the DOE and the UFT needed to come up with a plan on teacher evaluations or risk losing the money. The deadline for a plan is Jan. 17, but one is considered unlikely because DOE officials said a deal needed Q to be in place before Christmas.

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On Saturdays, Dec. 15 and Dec. 22, Santa in his sleigh (circa 1877), owned and driven by Joe Trippi, with his 94-yearold mom ringing the bells and saying “shop Woodhaven,” rode along Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue and Santa took free pictures with the young and the young at heart. Also on Dec. 15, the Woodhaven Business Improvement District-sponsored picture-taking took place in the Forest Park Plaza area off Jamaica Avenue. The next Saturday, Dec. 22, the weather was cold and very windy. Because of this, Santa, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and Frosty the snowman were taken into the vestibule of our building to take pictures. In spite of this, we took 200 pictures and gave out goodies and made everyone happy. This free Santa promotion is the only one on our Jamaica Avenue —only in Woodhaven. Then Santa and all his helpers sang out together “We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a happy Hanukkah, we wish you a Mer r y Christmas and a Happy New Year.” We hope that you spent your last days of holiday shopping on our WBID’s Jamaica Avenue at our stores and businesses that care. This year we experienced a mix of mild

weather shopping and some rainy and windy days for all your Christmas and Hanukkah presents. Fortunately, Christmas day was sunny which made travelling to grandma’s house an easy ride. As you know, unfortunately, our beautiful planted tree (which was choosen by the Daily News as the fourth best tree in all of New York City) was taken down by the terrible Superstor m Sandy. Our new tree brightly lighted up our Forest Plaza area with the handmade decorations from the students of Forest Park school PS 97, St. Luke’s Nursery School, St. Thomas the Apostle school and St. Elizabeth’s school. These decorations, if not placed on the fence near the tree, are on display at the new Pops restaurant and the Avenue restaurant. Drop by and see them there. With these Christmas activities we conclude the 2012 holiday season. Next week I will review our Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation and WBID accomplishments of 2012 and our “Wish List for 2013.” To all of you — our neighbors, storeowners, business owners and residents — we hope that you had a very Merry Christmas and a very happy Hanukkah. We wish you all a very happy, healthy, safe and prosperous new year. May God bless our armed forces, may God bless our leaders and Q may God bless our America.

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Thomson thanked all those who shopped in Woodhaven during the year. “The WBID hopes that you shopped Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue for the holidays and will continue shopping here through the New Year,” she said. “Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!”

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Hate crime charge in No. 7 murder Rego Park woman faces life for the murder of Sunando Sen by Josey Bartlett Editor

Police arrested the woman who allegedly pushed a Hindu man to his death off the No. 7 train platform in Sunnyside last Thursday. On Saturday, a Brooklyn man called 911 when he recognized Erika Menendez, 31, as the woman in the released video footage of a suspect fleeing the incident, police said. Off icers arrived and took her to the 112 Precinct where she confessed to the murder. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown summed up Menendez’s confession as “I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the Twin Towers. I’ve been beating them up.” Menendez of Rego Park was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime. The victim, Sunando Sen, 46, who lived in Corona and owned a print shop in Manhattan, was born in India and was raised Hindu, according to The New York Times. Witnesses said Menendez had been pacing and mumbling to herself before she shoved Sen into the path of an oncoming train at the 40th/Lowery Street station at about 8 p.m last Thursday, New York Police Department Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said. Menendez sat briefly on a bench, Browne said, and then when the train pulled into the station, she quickly rose and pushed Sen into the path of the train. Witnesses said he had his back to Menendez and did not have time to react to the speedy action. Sen was struck by the front of the train. His body then became pinned under the front of the second car as the train came to a stop and remained there until early Friday morning, Browne said.

Grainy video footage, right, allegedly shows Erika Menendez running from the No. 7 platPHOTO COURTESY NYPD form in Sunnyside. Menendez fled the platform down the stairs to Queens Boulevard. “The defendant is accused of committing what is every subway commuter’s worst nightmare,” the district attorney said. Detectives scoured the neighborhood for video footage. Although there are more than 4,000 cameras in the subway network, the Sunnyside station is not equipped with its own cameras. “Cameras don’t prevent the push, but it does strike me odd, in this post-9/11 world ,there was no camera,” Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said. “It would be easier to catch the person.”

Since the deadly push, which is the second this month, politicians have urged the Metropolitan Transit Authority to look at more cameras, customer service intercoms that would connect riders to rail control centers during an emergency and barriers to the track. Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) said he would like the Metropolitan Transit Authority to look at subway systems in Hong Kong and Taipei for ways to prevent these incidents.

“Subway stations are equipped with a safety barrier to protect passengers from falling or being pushed onto the tracks,” Koo said. “The barrier doors open only when a train has arrived at the station and commuters are ready to enter and exit the train.” He added that the barriers would prevent people from littering on the track as well as cut down noise. MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said the barriers would be cost prohibitive. State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and Van Bramer stood behind the suggestion saying in a joint statement that the sliding doors should be installed in “as many stations as it is financially feasible to do so.” “New Yorkers rely on their subway system every day and must be safe going to and from work,” Van Bramer said. “These proposals, many enacted in other large cities, merit serious consideration by the MTA and I hope ultimately will be implemented.” This is the second subway death in city this month. On Dec. 3, Ki Suk Han, 58, of East Elmhurst, was pushed into the path of a train at the 49th Street-7 Avenue stop on the Q line. Police charged Naeem Davis with the crime. There was also a rash of hate crimes in Queens against Muslims during the last week of November. If convicted Menendez faces a maximum of 25-years to life in prison. Menendez has battled with mental health issues, according to various sources. Off icers arrested her for violent crimes and drug possession, police said. In 2003 Menendez punched former firefighter Daniel Conlisk in the f ace outside of his Ridgewood Q home.

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The country did go off the fiscal cliff this week, but it was more like a bungee jump than a fall. Less than 24 hours after billions of dollars in tax hikes and spending cuts went into effect, the House of Representatives agreed to a deal struck by the White House and Senate leaders and passed by the upper body of Congress on New Year’s Eve, before the year-end deadline that had been termed the “fiscal cliff.” The deal, which includes a higher tax rate on incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples, higher taxes on capital gains and dividends and the extension of unemployment benefits, was hashed on New Year’s Eve with the help of Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). The deal was passed by the Senate 89-8 less than two hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve, setting the stage for the House of Representatives to vote on it on the first day of 2013, after the fiscal cliff deadline but before effects of the cuts and tax hikes could be felt. But House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) stalled the bill

on Tuesday as many in the GOP caucus expressed opposition to it, most notably House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (RVirginia), Boehner’s second-in-command. In the end, the House passed the bill 257-167 with most Republicans opposing and most Democrats supporting. All of Queens’ representatives voted for the bill, including Reps. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village) and Gary Ackerman (DBayside), each casting what was likely to be his final vote in Congress. Their terms end at noon today. Rep. Steve Israel (DLong Island), who will represent portions of Northeast Queens in the new Congress, also voted yes. “Tonight was a time for compromise and bipartisanship,” said Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx) in a statement immediately released after the vote. “It is what hard working Americans wanted and deserved, and I’m pleased that we ultimately came together to stop a tax hike from hitting the vast majority of Americans.” The deal was met with some ire among those on the right and the left. Some more conservative members of Congress were angry that the deal did not include spending cuts and included tax hikes for wealthy Americans. An attempt to

amend the bill with spending cuts and send it back to the Senate did not materialize. Some liberal Democrats felt the deal compromised too much on tax rates and opened up another battle over the country’s finances later this winter when another similar deadline is scheduled. They argued that President Obama would have less leverage over Republicans in that battle. The GOP will still control the House of Representatives in the next Congress, albeit with a slightly smaller majority. Democrats picked up nine seats in the body in the 2012 elections and hold a 10-seat majority in the Senate. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) acknowledged the bill’s critics from the left, but said the deal includes some key benefits that needed to be passed. “While some folks are upset that the President and Congress have compromised and lowered taxes at a threshold higher than the level President Obama campaigned on, going over the fiscal cliff is not an option for the two million Americans who rely on unemployment benefits, or for the 25 million American families and students who utilize the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit,” he said. President Obama signed the bill into law Tuesday night. Q

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Sandy tree debris will be recycled Some will be destroyed to protect against Asian Longhorned Beetle by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

More than 15,000 trees were destroyed when Hurricane Sandy came ashore on Oct. 29, nearly half of those in Queens alone. Now much of the lost flora, which has left a noticeable scar in the arboreal canopy over the borough, will be recycled and used to help foster future tree and shrub growth. The city’s Department of Environmental Protection announced it was partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reuse all chipped tree debris caused by Hurricane Sandy as biofuel, mulch and landfill cover. Since the storm, the city has been staging all tree debris at various locations around the city, including Cunningham Park and Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field, where most of the debris has been kept. The Army Corps has already contracted more than 70 reuse companies and six of them have already begun hauling chipped debris from Floyd Bennett Field, helping reduce the risk of combustion in the woodchip piles. To date, approximately 31,000 cubic yards of shredded debris have been removed from Floyd Bennett Field. As for non-chipped debris, it is federally mandated to be processed to less than one inch in two dimensions or be destroyed before May 1. The deadline is to prevent the

Tree debris from Hurricane Sandy, like that of this tree that fell in Flushing, has been moved to staging grounds and will be used for mulch, biofuel and landfill cover or be incinerated to prevent FILE PHOTO the spread of the Asian Longhorned Beetle. spread of the notorious Asian Longhorned Beetle, an invasive species that forced more than 10,000 trees to be removed in New York City during the 1990s and early 2000s to eradicate its population. Non-chipped debris will be incinerated using a special process called an air curtain system that was successfully tested at Floyd Bennett Field in November. The Army Corps

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Unemployment in Queens fell in November, mirroring trends at the state and national level, falling since October and the same month a year ago, according to figures released by the state Department of Labor. According to the report, the borough’s unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent, down from 8.2 percent in October and 0.3 percent lower than the same month a year ago. The unemployment rate for the entire city fell to 8.8 percent, down 0.4 from 9.2 percent a month earlier. In New York state, the unemployment rate also dropped to 8.3 percent, down from 8.7 percent a month ago. However, the statewide rate is slightly higher than November 2011, which was 8.3 percent. The drop follows national f igures which have been slowly dropping in the last year. Unemployment in the U.S. fell to 7.7 percent down an entire percentage point from November 2011. The state Department of Labor’s

has been successfully used to clear tornado damage in Texas and Alabama in recent years. The City and the State Department of Environmental Conservation authorized ECC, a debris removal company contracted by the Army Cor ps, to incinerate nonchipped tree debris using the process. According to the DEP, an air curtain burner is a ceramic-lined firebox approximately

the size of a shipping container that uses large fans to create a curtain of air that prevents embers and ash from escaping. The system began burning debris at Floyd Bennet Field on Thursday and the burning is strictly controlled and limited to downed trees and limbs. Air quality monitoring stations will also operate, as they did during the pilot program in November, and results will be posted to the Environmental Protection Agency’s website, epa.gov/sandy, though the agency says the burning will have little to no effect on local air quality. ECC will continue to investigate alternative disposal methods and report their efforts to the DEP on a weekly basis. But the DEP said the air curtain system could be stopped if it is determined that there are sufficient viable alternatives for managing all remaining tree debris in a timely manner or if monitoring shows significant effects on air quality, the agency said. Also, to prevent potential spread of the Asian Longhorned Beetle, quarantine zones have been established to avoid transporting wood to areas. that are not infested. Contractors capable of hauling and further processing the wood debris may register with the Army Corps of Engineers at their website, https://apps.swf.usace.army.mil/Hurricane/. Q

unemployment rate survey relies in part on the results of a telephone survey of 3,100 households, out of more than seven million, in New York State. The estimated number of unemployed New Yorkers includes all individuals who had no work during the referenced week. Furthermore, the report’s data is obtained from a federal joint survey of business establishments. The survey excludes self-employed workers, agricultural workers, unpaid family workers and domestic workers employed by private households.

continued from page 2 was designed by famed architect Philip Johnson. It was probably best known for its terrazzo mosaic tile map of New York State, as well as the “Tent of Tomorrow” overhead. What’s left of the map rests below a layer of gravel at the pavilion’s center and the tent is more like a rusted hulk. The state’s Board for Historic Preservation gave the pavilion landmark status in September 2009, but has been largely absent in giving the structure any sort of visible help. Piro and company plan to start painting the interior this spring. They think visible efforts to restore the interior will make some vandals think twice before tagging the

walls again. “There’s always going to be the person or two who are going to do this no matter what, but you’d like to think most of them won’t when they see it’s being taken care of,” Silverstein said. What they need, though, is manpower and donations in the form of paint. The preservationists hope to entice companies that had pavilions at the 1965 World’s Fair such as Ford and IBM to participate in a 50th anniversary commemoration of the event, with small-scale acts of preservation planned ahead of 2014. Piro said any potential volunteers or donors can reach him via email at hellQ gate49@aol.com.

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Preservationists and World’s Fair afficionados Jim Brown, left, Gary Miller, Mitch Silverstein and John Piro, who have painted the pavilion’s exterior in the past, hope to do the same for PHOTO BY JOSEPH OROVIC the inside in an effort to keep vandals at bay.

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Boy killed by dump truck in Queens Vigil held for victim, Miguel Torres, 11, Sunday at intersection by Josey Bartlett Editor

Family members, friends and politicians gathered Sunday night at the Jackson Heights intersection where a dump truck hit and killed Miguel Torres, 11. Torres’ mother fell in front of a memorial to the child moaning in Spanish, “My only son. Why God, why?” Family members over the weekend placed a Sprite and a package of Pop-Tarts, the purchases Torres made at a deli before his death, along with candles and pictures at Northern Boulevard and 80th Street. Torres was crossing the intersection at the cross walk at about 8:45 a.m. Friday when he was struck by the rear wheels of a 1988 white dump truck. The truck continued driving down Northern Boulevard, but was later stopped by police. No criminality was found, NYPD said. “I was the first one out here,” resident Olga Gonzalez said on Friday shortly after the accident. “I saw the boy already dead. I saw his little hand.” About two dozen police cars shut down the westward-bound lane of the boulevard between 80th and 79th streets for about 12 hours following the accident. Torres was purchasing a snack before

Police shut down the intersection of 80th Street and Northern Boulevard following the deadly inciPHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT dent where a dump truck hit an 11-year-old boy. heading to IS 145, Joseph Pulitzer School, where he attended a school-sponsored program during the winter break. At Sunday night’s vigil Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) lead a prayer in Spanish. Assemblyman Michael DenDekker (D-Jackson Heights), who lost

his stepdaughter earlier this year, said he could relate to the boy’s mother. Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) also offered his condolences on Sunday night. Peralta said the boy’s body will be taken to Mexico for a funeral. “The whole community is suffering along

with you,” Dromm said. “This is a terrible, terrible tragedy.” Rev. Anthony Chanan of St. Joan of Arc parish led the about 60 mourners in a gospel prayer. After the ceremony a woman with a stroller approached Dromm about the safety hazards on the boulevard. “Northern Boulevard is the new ‘boulevard of death,’” Dromm said referring to Queens Boulevard’s nickname. “We have done some measures, but we need to do more.” About eight months ago, the councilman asked the Department of Transportation to install a slow zone, which lowers the speed of the roadway to 20 miles per hour, north of Northern Boulevard from 32nd Avenue to 25th Avenue. The DOT said it would install the zone on 25th Avenue from about 69th Street to 80th Street, Dromm said. However, he would like to see the whole area receive the special designation. DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will visit some of the problem intersections in Jackson Heights with Dromm next week. “I sometimes run across other streets, but not Northern Boulevard,” resident Jane Biernacki said on Friday. “I feel bad for his Q [Torres’] mother.”

Goodbye and thanks nuclear weapons, fought against religious discrimination, pushed for tax relief for small businesses and individuals, fought for pro-job growth legislation, worked to get the deficit under control and helped thousands impacted by Hurricane Sandy. There were many things that tested our spirit and resolve over the last couple of years. But nothing speaks to how strong our resilience as New Yorkers is more than how we once again came together after Sandy. Many of you put your personal tragedies aside in order to help your neighbors. In the days after the storm subsided, communities banded together to provide the assistance and services that the government was unable to. I was touched by how many of you made great sacrifices to help those in need. While our country still faces many great obstacles and politicians continue to hold differences in opinion, I still believe we live in the greatest country in the world. And as long as we continue to stand with our neighbors love our family, and remain proud of our country, the Q American dream will stay alive. Bob Turner is the former Representative for New York’s 9th Congressional District.

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by Bob Turner I would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for allowing me to serve as your Congressman. I was born and raised in Queens and having the chance to represent my friends, neighbors and all the people of Brooklyn and Queens in the 9th Congressional District has been a great honor. As a lifelong resident of this area, my office’s primary focus has been on serving you. In just a few short months after the special election, we answered a backlog of letters, emails and casework as well as opened the first full-time Brooklyn district office. I am extremely proud of the hard work my staff did for people throughout the district. We were able to help current and future generations of our military by ensuring veterans receive the benefits they are rightfully entitled to and awarded the medals they deserve. Over the past year, I worked closely with the Army Corps of Engineers to highlight the poor shoreline conditions. We were able to secure homeland security funding, address transportation and infrastructure issues and help remove the Cross Bay Bridge toll. We fought for more choices in education, to protect our allies abroad, to prevent Iran from obtaining

Thanks for the holiday cheer The United Methodist Church of Richmond Hill’s Food Pantry had a day for kids, including Santa, above, and toys donated by the Queens Chronicle’s readers. The church thanked the generosity of this paper’s readers for helping put smiles on these kids’ faces.

“We, at the UMC Food Pantry, specifically Mr. Lloyd Edwards, our director, plus his executive assistants, Dennis Gordon and Iva Woolcock, and our spiritual leader, Rev. Moonsook Kim, wish everyone a blessed Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year,” the church said in a message.

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The holidays are over and now its time to take the tinsel off your celebratory evergreen and get it out of your home. But what should you do with used Christmas trees? Through Jan. 12, the Sanitation Department will pick up any used Christmas trees from the curb in front of your home and “tree-cycle” them. Residents should leave the trees unbagged and remove all lights and decorations from its branches. The trees should then be left at the curb on any day. The trees will then be collected, chipped, and made into compost. The compost will then be processed and subsequently spread upon parks, ball fields and community gardens throughout the city. Typically, the department collects over 140,000 discarded Christmas trees every year for “tree-cycling.” Residents can also visit a chipping site starting Jan. 9 and receive some Christmas tree mulch for their home gardens, according to Parks Commissioner Veronica White. The department will also host MulchFest on Jan. 12 and 13 at drop-off sites throughout the city. For more inforQ mation, visit nyc.gov/parks.

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Olivia, the borough and city’s first baby of the New Year, wears a festive gold bow.

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First baby of the new year is born in Queens

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Two Brooklyn parents started their new year on a celebratory note with the midnight birth of their baby daughter at New York Hospital Queens in Flushing. Rosemary Espinal and Freddy Pena named their little bundle of joy, Olivia, who is the first baby to be born in the city in the new year. She weighs 7 pounds, 5 ounces. “Her due date was Jan. 4 so we were very surprised and excited. We didn’t think she would be born at midnight,” Espinal said in a statement. The couple received a congratulatory basket of flowers from the hospital, which was among Q the first gifts for the family and baby.

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PCE found in York College groundwater CUNY engineer says the levels are not dangerous, alerted DEP, DEC by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

A potentially poisonous chemical has been discovered in the groundwater on the York College campus, but an engineer for CUNY says, as it isn’t at dangerous levels, there is no need for concern. Tectonic Engineering & Surveying Consultants was hired by the state Dormitory Authority to help solve a flooding problem in the subbasement at York. It reported the existence of perchloroethylene in ground water that was sampled and tested at a monitoring well near the Performing Arts Center, according to Ali Vedavarz, CUNY’s director of engi- A model of the chemical structure of perchloroethylene. WIKIPEDIA IMAGES neering services. He added that the departments of Environmental Protection Guy R. Brewer Boulevard sidewalk in front and Environmental Conservation have been of the building then under Liberty Avenue to notified. However, the DEC says it has no a recharge area located near the Health and record of such a notification and the DEP Physical Education Building. But that idea was scrapped when the PCE did not respond to requests for comment by was found. Tectonic concluded that the exispress time. PCE, also known as tetrachloroethylene, is tence of the chemical in the groundwater a colorless liquid widely used for dry clean- would warrant the installation of a water ing fabrics. Exposure to harmful amounts of treatment plant at the south side of the camPCE over extended periods of time can cause pus. A treatment plant is costly, requires a cancer, liver and kidney damage and memory large footprint and has a high service and loss and confusion, according to the Environ- maintenance cost, making it unfeasible for the college, Vedavarz said. mental Protection Agency. In most cases, its operation and mainteWater continues to seep into York’s basement through cracks in the slab, a problem nance must be outsourced and requires conaggravated by a rising groundwater table. In tinuous monitoring, he added. As a result, it an effort to correct that problem, Tectonic pro- was more practical to consider a waterproofposed pumping water from below the base- ing option that has no environmental impact. The new plan involves covering the subment slab, which would involve pushing wells into the sand beneath the Academic basement with a mesh membrane, raising the Core Building, to extract the water through a slab and reinforcing the walls so that the water header pipe. It would move south under the is pushed down. It would stop the continued groundwater infiltration without having to remove or relocate the boilers, chillers, and other major equipment. The estimated preliminary cost of the waterproofing work is about $26 million, Vedavarz said. He maintains that the PCE is below the maximum level allowed by DEP and therefore is not dangerous. Since the college has ditched the initial pumping plan, placing a treatment plant on the campus is not required. The college’s administration has not notified students or the surrounding community about the presence of PCE in the water, according to Vedavarz, who said he is not Q The chemical structure of perchloroethylene. sure if that is required at this point.

High court takes taxi case continued from page 13 On Sept. 14, Bloomberg responded to the loss of the $635 million — less than 1 percent of the $69 billion budget for the fiscal year ending on June 30 — by ordering most departments to cut their current expenditures by up to 5.4 percent the remainder of this year and up to 8 percent for the fiscal year beginning on July 1. The police, fire, sanitation and correction departments were ordered to cut their costs by 2.7 percent and 4 percent, respectively, while the Department of Education was directed to cut 1.6 percent this year and 4 percent next. Bloomberg’s cuts will remain in force unless the Council puts up an alternate plan. A number of Council members, including Quinn, have criticized the mayor’s cuts, but to date have not offered any publicized counterproposals of their own. “We are monitoring the lawsuit very closely and it obviously remains a concern for the f iscal year 2014 budget,” said Quinn spokesman Justin Goodman in a statement issued Dec. 27. “We will have to see how talks and the lawsuit evolve in the spring and act accordingly.” Goodman said Quinn stands ready to consider a home rule message if asked in the future. He also said the speaker understands the need for midyear budget cuts, but is concerned about Bloomberg’s specific choices. “...[I]ncluding how they would impact school lunch fees, some of the very large increases at municipal parking garages, cuts to mental health and HIV/AIDS services, and to the library system,” Goodman said. Options available to Quinn could include retroactive tax and fee increases, borrowing, or creating her own list of cuts that she feels would be less disruptive than Bloomberg’s. With absolute control over the Council’s agenda and a 47-4 Democratic majority, Quinn could likely pass any or a combination of alternatives she prefers and have far more votes than needed to override a mayoral veto. A possible complication is that while

Bloomberg is term-limited out of office next year, Quinn is considered an all-butdeclared candidate for mayor herself, and might not want the political liability associated with having her fingerprints on tax increases or cuts in services. While Quinn could practically at will put the present or altered version of the Outer Borough Taxi plan up for a vote in the Council, she, along with Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, has been a recipient of sizeable campaign contributions from the medallion taxi industry. Bloomberg’s office did not respond to inquiries as to whether or not the Council has made counteroffers. Kevin Ryan, a spokesman for Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), said Halloran has long been a critic of city budgeting procedures, such as allocating money that is the subject of a lawsuit. Ryan said Halloran is pleased that the Court of Appeals has taken the case, if for no other reason than it could prove useful in deciding future separation-ofpowers issues between the city and state. Ryan did not offer specific alternatives to Bloomberg’s ordered reductions. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (DSunnyside) expressed great concern about the potential damage of such cuts in an interview with the Queens Chronicle back in September. He could not be reached for comment for this story. Nor could Deputy Council Majority Leader Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) or Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). No one at the district or legislative off ices of Council Finance Chairman Domenic Recchia Jr. (D-Brooklyn) answered phone calls last Thursday. Woloz said at no time has his organization objected to the sale of medallions for 2,000 handicapped-accessible yellow cabs. “We’ve always supported a medallion sale,” he said, adding that it would provide more service, stability for the taxi industry and revenue for the city. “In the past, it’s always been a very simple procedure,” he said. “The mistake, as far as we’re concerned, was pairing the sale with the livery car issue.” Q

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closed during the project. The news of the replacements comes as the DEP announced the city suffered the fewest water main breaks in 2012 in over a decade. There were 347 breaks in 2012, down from a high of 632 in 2003. The department credited new equipment it uses to regulate water pressure and identify potential pipeline problems before a break occurs. “By using cutting-edge technology and increased preventative maintenance, 2012 saw the lowest number of water main breaks during the last decade and we will continue to focus on driving this number down even further in the coming years,” Q Strickland said in a statement.

continued from page 4 The work will force closures of lanes and, in some cases, entire streets. Residential blocks are likely to be toughest because of the narrow right-of-way. The city Department of Transportation will issue construction permits, review maintenance and protection of traffic plans from the contractor who will be doing the work and will analyze traff ic and safety conditions in the area when roadway closures, detours or one-way conversions are required. A number of street parking spaces will also have to be

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Queens seniors resolve to be better people by AnnMarie Costella

Violet Tucci, 92, Howard Beach Josephine DeMarie, 88, Howard Beach

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The new year is often a time when people make a commitment to goals and projects or vow to reform a bad habit. We talked to Queens elders at the Howard Beach Senior Center and the Ridgewood Older Adult Center, to find what their New Year’s resolutions were. Most said they wanted to help others and be better people.

“I hope I have a good year, because last year wasn’t good at all. I resolve to repair my house after the storm, and just have a happy, healthy new year.”

“I try to be a good person. I try to eat good, because I live alone and I have to think of myself. I walk as much as I can and the senior center is a wonderful place and I come here most of the time, and I do the best I can.”

Mary Corallo, 89, Howard Beach

Olga Fusco, 90, Ridgewood

“I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t have sex. What can I do? What resolutions can I have? I don’t do anything bad.”

“I don’t make any resolutions. I just try to be a good girl and to be nice to everybody, to be helpful. What else can I say at this age?”

Marilyn Spoor, 85, Howard Beach “I don’t make New Year’s resolutions because after a while you break them anyway. Just do what’s right and try to have fun in life, because you are on the last lap, or so we think. So, instead of complaining about aches and pains, do something and you will forget about what problems you have.”

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“I haven’t really thought about my resolution. You believe that? I just take it a day at a time. At my age, you just take it one day at a time. I don’t smoke. I don’t drink. I don’t like to be heavy. I’m always walking.”

Juliet Viruet, 78, Ridgewood

“I’ve always lived the same way, but what I would like to do is when I wake up in the morning, thank God for the gift of another precious day. I will ask myself what did I do yesterday that I shouldn’t have done, and what can I do today correctly — do something nice for somebody and share my experiences.”

“My new year’s resolution is to be more helpful in the community and to have peace in my heart and give love to everyone.”

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OPINION

2012’s numbers prove An outsider looks back at Sandy’s wrath stop and frisk works by Peter Vallone Jr.

it was at my urging The historically low numbers of mur- that the NYPD instiders and shootings in New York City this tuted a policy of year are further testaments to two truths explaining the rea— we have the best police force in the son for every stop, world protecting us, and the practice of which includes prostop, question and frisk is helping keep viding a card with a legal explanation. guns off our streets. In 2012, there were fewer murders Furthermore, I was than there were during any of the previ- the f irst to call on ous 50 years the NYPD has been track- the police not to retain the information ing the crime. This year alone, murders obtained from stops for an unreasonable have plummeted by 19 percent from time. In the future, there will be more 2011. Shootings are also the lowest they reforms to ensure that stops are done with have been since the police began follow- courtesy and respect for civil rights. The remaining detractors can only ing that statistic two decades ago. As Police Commissioner Raymond argue with the facts and the law-abiding Kelly recently noted, New York’s homi- public for so long. Virtually none of the cide total would be 1,224 with Chicago’s opponents of stop, question and frisk murder rate and 3,635 with Detroit’s. have any criminal justice background, Neither Chicago nor Detroit utilizes and yet they continue to make infantile stop, question and frisk, and there is no arguments like, “stop and frisk is collectdoubt that the policy is one of the pre- ing less guns.” Of course it is, because mier reasons that New York is the safest the policy has been working! Stop, question and frisk has not only physically large city in America. During my 11 years on the City Coun- removed thousands of guns from the cil and as Chair of the Public Safety streets, but it has also made criminals less willing to Committee, I have take their weapons worked closely out in public for with Commissionfear of being er Kelly to make stopped. However, our City safer, top, question and frisk since critics never f ight for more believed stop, means fewer guns in the police off icers, question and frisk and defend stop, hands of criminals, which worked, it is therequestion and frisk fore impossible — which is the means fewer murders. for them to accept only method of that it is the reagetting the gun son the police are before the toddler playing in the sprinkler can be shot in a now collecting fewer and fewer guns. Despite the historically low amount of “drive-by.” Stop, question and frisk means fewer guns in the hands of crimi- gun violence this year, our City was not nals, which means fewer murders. It is as fortunate with its overall crime rate. much more diff icult to kill even your Although crime in New York City has intended target when you have to get out dropped by over 32 percent since 2001, and by roughly 75 percent since 1993, of the car. Just as there are bad elected officials, this year we saw total crime rising in all bankers and doctors, there are bad cops five boroughs for the first time in two who make bad stops. However, we over- decades. While the number of stop, question whelmingly see good police officers trying their hardest to implement a neces- and frisks conducted increased this year, sary, but confusing and often dangerous, thus helping prevent criminals from policy. That is why constant oversight of using their guns, the drastic decrease in stop, question and frisk is essential. It is the number of police officers patrolling heartening that many critics who have in our streets has hurt the NYPD’s ability the past called for the abolition of stop, to fight other forms of crime. That’s why heading into 2013, my question and frisk are now in agreement with me and saying the practice must be wish for our City this New Year is this — more guns off our streets and more kept, but reformed. Q The Public Safety Committee has held cops patrolling them. Peter Vallone Jr. is the Councilman more hearings on this topic than any other issue besides Anti-Terror. I, along for the 22nd District in Western Queens with the late Phil Reed, wrote the law and chairman of the Public Safety banning racial profiling in the City, and Committee.

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by Michael Joel Bosco On Friday, Nov. 16, I stood in a pile of rubble. By my feet lay someone’s memories scattered about in the form of small plastic toys and childhood photographs. Tires and overturned white boats lined the streets like pawns on a chessboard. Clothes and colorful bits of garbage pinned the trees to the sky like Tibetan prayer flags. Just shy of three weeks since Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast, a few of my classmates and I visited Queens to donate supplies we’d been collecting at Western Connecticut State University (Westconn). We wanted to see the wreckage ourselves, but what we saw we were hardly prepared for. Raw autumn winds careened through labyrinths of felled walls, windows, and roofs. Abandoned homes lay bare and lifeless, each like the rotting carcass of some primeval giant. Feathered streaks of black paint read, “FEMA PLEASE HELP US,” on a large sign tied to a lamppost. Beside a vacant tennis court, the National Guard pumped gasoline from large, camouflaged vehicles into bright red gas cans desperately clutched by droves of quivering, neighborly hands. In a matter of days, the Rockaways had become more like a war zone than an area once known for its quaint, pseudo-suburban landscape and slew of yachts and jet-skis. And there we were: f ive kids from Connecticut dressed in clean, uptown clothing, unable to empathize out of sheer inexperience of what we were seeing. We had parked the car on the side of the road. Within moments, we spotted two men, movers, struggling to unload and deliver an oversized heating unit into a family home. Along with a fellow student, and with the help of a passing stranger, I ran to their aid. Twenty minutes and a few minor injuries later, we had successfully moved the unit into the house. The owner watched us. Her eyes nervously traced our steps as she stood in the corner, shivering under a blue-knit blanket like a small fish tangled in a net. The walls had been skinned to the framework, exposing racks of warped support beams and networks of thin red wires. The sodden plywood floor compressed like a tongue beneath our feet. We could still smell salt in the air. It was as if we’d been swallowed into the gaping mouth of some petrified leviathan slowly startling back to life. After completing the delivery, we expressed our condolences and parted ways without knowing so much as each other’s names. We were simply f ive strangers whose collective web of pity unraveled into an act of compassion.

And to unravel it continued. About a mile down the road we met Jay: a retired New York City police officer and a widowed father of two. He was living alone in the family home situated on the dark, Atlantic shore when the hurricane hit. We’d asked to help clean his yard, unaware of what that would entail. From a distance, Jay’s house looked as any other: beaten, drowned, defeated. We drew nearer. Pressed to the wet ground lay childhood relics fossilized: tattered baseball mitts, homemade holiday cards, his wife’s porcelain doll collection swept into a white, jagged cluster like a mountain of tiny sharks. Once fragile and pink, his daughter’s old ballet shoes now suffocated beneath piles of dirt. A lone rope of cassette tape danced among the ruins like a court jester in a graveyard. I was told to throw out everything. Apropos, as I picked up each item, each shattered doll or handful of pictures, tattered and wrinkled, it was as if it burrowed into my flesh and sprouted tiny nerves which seduced me into feeling their its like the twisted vines of an ivy temptress. I left a piece of myself in that yard. Somewhere between the crack of a family Christmas ornament under my foot and the penetrating stare of an old photograph, I had given up a sector of my heart as repentance to this man and his sacred memories, the unpolished pearls of Queens. That afternoon, as we walked back to our SUV destined for the Nutmeg State, I found it hard to breathe. Not for the more obvious reason, craving that sweet first breath one sucks in after escaping a metropolitan milieu, but because of something deep within my marrow. Perhaps my body was compensating for a lack of emotional empathy, perhaps out of compassion for the sorrow in my bones. But whatever it may be, I will always have this tale to tell, a tale which will begin and end as such: Today I stood in a pile of rubble, and my heart grew like the blowing of a glass bubble, like the quiet dilation of a newQ born’s eager pupil. Michael Joel Bosco is a creative writing student at Western Connecticut State University who visited and volunteered in Queens in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

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A group of South Queens musicians produced an album, top right, to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims from the Rockaways, center, Ozone Park, Howard Beach and Broad Channel.

Walker Hornung, a South Queens native whose 1990 album topped the Caribbean charts, had only partially recovered from Superstorm Sandy when he got on the phone to Ozone Park-based producer Frank Persico about a benefit CD. “He had just gotten power in half of his house and he was on the phone to me saying ‘We have to record this song,’” Persico said.“I was cracking up, but I said ‘I got you.’” So the seed was planted for the record “Greetings from South Queens,” a collection of 21 works from musicians in Howard Beach, the Rockaways, Ozone Park and Broad Channel who were slammed by Superstorm Sandy. Michael Benedetto, who sings the folk song “Confess” on the album, lost his Rockaways home. Members of Indaculture, who sing the soulful “Virginia” on the record, were displaced from their homes also on the peninsula. Other musicians on the record lost their cars and went without electricity for weeks. continued on page 33

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Union Turnpike, Flushing. Cost is $6 for lunch. The program includes yoga instruction, discussion groups, card games, bingo, birthday celebrations, guest speakers and holiday celebrations. For info., call Dr. Roz Gold at (718) 229-7511.

Queens Historical Society presents “Permanent Residence: Uncovering the Cemeteries of Queens” through April at the Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave. in Flushing. Call (718) 939-0647, ext. 17 or email info@queenshistoricalsociety.org

CLASSES Tai chi is being offered at Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Registration is now ongoing for the winter series of 11 classes beginning on Monday, Jan. 7 at 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. The cost is $44 for members/$83 for the general public. Call Ellen Shajnfeld at (718) 268-5011 ext. 160 to register or visit cqy.org/registration for more information.

Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, will host a two-weekend showcase of 26 films and shorts from Jan. 4-13. Film screenings are Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays, and as scheduled. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are included with museum admission. Admission is $12 for adults (18+); $9 for senior citizens and students (13+ with ID); $6 for children ages 3-12; children under 3 and museum members are admitted free. Call (718) 777-6888 or visit movingimage.us “Three Generations” features the works of three generations of the Aguilera family — ar tists Raphael, Florencio and Chencho. Their paintings and drawings capture the history of Ayamonte, Spain from 1903 to the present day. The exhibit is on display at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, 225-05 56 Ave. in Bayside and will continue through Jan. 5. For more information visit the website at QCCArtGallery@qcc.cuny.edu or call (718) 631-6396. The New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Flushing Meadows/Corona, presents ReGeneration now through Jan 13. Ten artists will present their interpretations of cultural sustainability. For over 450 exhibits as well as featured events and programs, visit nysci.org/visit

AUDITIONS Socrates Sculpture Park at 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, is looking for artists and architects with a deadline of Jan. 7. Visit socratessculpturepark.org, click on the exhibition tab and search for artist opportunities for more information and to print out an application.

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Community Singers of Queens will resume for spring concerts. Auditions are at the Lutheran Church Church of the Messiah at 42-15 165 St., Flushing, at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14. For more information call (718) 658 102.

HOLIDAY Music for the Christmas season will be performed on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. at St. Josaphat’s Church, 210 Street and 35 Avenue, Bayside. The event is free. For information visit stjosaphatbayside.org or call (718) 229-1663. Families with the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens will perform the “Three Kings,” a re-enactment of the biblical story where three kings follow the North Star to Bethlehem, on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. at ARROW Community Center, 35-30 35th St., in Astoria. The event is free. Call (718) 261-7664 for more information.

Thalia Spanish Theatre premieres “Afro Tango” show on Friday, Jan. 25.

FLEA MARKETS Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, hosts a flea market on Saturday, Jan. 19 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call (718) 478-3100 for more information.

THEATRE Emmy-nominated actor Rob Schneider brings his zany comedy to the Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside, on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 for all seats. You must be 21 or older to attend.

DANCE Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, premieres “Afro Tango” on Friday, Jan. 25. The show runs through March 17 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $35; students and seniors $32; Fridays only $30. For information and tickets call (718) 729-3880 or visit thaliatheatre.org.

FILM Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, will present a “Best of 2012” program of films selected by chief curator David Schwartz and assistant film curator Rachael Rakes, from Jan. 8 through Feb. 22. The cost is $12. Times vary. Visit movingimage.us or call (718) 777-6888 for hours and more information.

MUSIC Members of the Con Brio Ensemble will be performing works by Brahms, Poulenc, Ravel and others on Sunday, Jan. 13 at 4:30 p.m. at the Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. Admission will be $12 and $10 for students and senior citizens. TDF vouchers are accepted.

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Come see sizzling carnival samba from Rio de Janeiro complete with glittery costumes and fancy footwork at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 6 at the Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd.

LECTURES Come to “Work! How to Present Work Samples for Grants and Funders” with New York Foundation on the Arts, a lecture given on Wednesdays, Jan. 9 and 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, 4th floor. Admission is $10. Registration is required. Call (718) 278-0700.

MEETINGS The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, 146-01 45 Ave., enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street, 5th floor. Come and spend an evening learning about good photography and enjoying excellent photographyrelated programs. On Jan. 16 at 7:15 p.m. listen to “Exposure Time” with Ettoree Trrauzzi and on Jan. 30 at 7:15 p.m. enjoy “Show and Tell” with Adam Holstein. Call (718) 749-0643 or visit flushingcameraclub.org for more information. A schizophrenics anonymous self-help support group will be held on Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Rd., Rego Park. Call (718) 896-3400 for more information. The group is free. Free public speaking/effective communication meetings are held on the first, third and fourth Saturdays of the month at 10 a.m. Learn to be comfortable speaking before an audience. Meetings are held at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference room A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway. Contact club vice president membership at (646) 748-8290. A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Prince Room, 183-02

Every Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. join Rabbi Waidenbaum at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., to learn and discuss the weekly Torah portion. On Mondays beginning Jan. 7 the Rabbi will teach a new class, “Jewish Choices — Jewish Voices,” from 5 to 6:15 p.m. The Parashat and Haftarat Club discusses the Torah portion Bo on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 12:30 p.m. following Shabbat services. The club is led by Rabbi Waidenbaum, Rabbi Romiel Daniel and Charles Lehat. A light bite will be served. There is no charge for any class and all are welcome. Call (718) 459-1000 for more information. The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has expanded its GED preparation program to include free adult classes. Tracks vary in length from 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance test results. Contact the YW and sign up for the next placement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at (718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserve your placement exam seat. The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes in all mediums, adults, children, days, evenings. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue. Costs are: adults, $100 for four sessions, nonmembers, $75 for members; children seven years and up, $75 for eight sessions. Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, teaches ballroom dancing every Monday and Friday night form 7:15 to 8 p.m. followed by a social dance. Cost is $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. The class is free. Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212. A Scrabble club will be held at the East Flushing Library, 196-36 Northern Blvd. on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. Seating is limited; first come, first served. 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. Mindfulness Meditation one-hour class with Rabbi Michael Weisser at Free Synagogue of Flushing, 4160 Kissena Blvd., on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Free. For more information, call (718) 961-0030 or email info@freesynagogue.org.

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Qns. musicians pick songs to sum up 2012 Carol Sudhalter is an Astoria-based multiinstrumentalist who last month placed ninth in the 2012 jazz readers’ poll by DownBeat magazine, the genre’s go-to bible of all things jazz, in the category of International Best Flutist. She also tours Queens with the Astoria Big Band. Song to epitomize the year: “It’s What You Do With What You’ve Got.” This sweet number is from the 1948 Disney film “So Dear to My Heart.” Sudhalter remembers the movie from when she was young, which is about a young boy who wants to enter the country fair but only has a little lamb. “In years like this, where I see so much suffering around me, and business is down, musicians lost instruments and gigs in Sandy, and things just aren’t what they used to be, I revert to a song that’s stayed in my mind all my life,” she said, adding that the song motivates her to keep upbeat and be thankful for what she has.

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Although pop stars like Gautier and Carly Rae Jepsen ruled the radio waves with songs like “Someone I Used to Know” and “Call Me Maybe,” Queens’ musicians don’t remember the year with these catchy tunes. Instead, all the artists we asked selected tracks that kept them going through a tough 2012.

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Joe Trombino picked “Stormy Weather” by Brownout to sum up the year. FILE PHOTO Joe Trombino is an Astoria guitarist and lead man for the Great Apes, a five-person funk band. The group won the Audience Favorite Award on June 29 at the 2012 Battle of the Boroughs hosted by New York City public radio, WNYC. Song to epitomize the year: Trombino picked “Stormy Weather” by Brownout, off the 2012 album “Oozy.” The main refrain is, “In stormy weather, you got to keep it together,” which Trombino thought was fitting for the area’s post-Sandy reality. He said the track is also a positive song to keep him going with his “hectic NYC lifestyle.” 35 continued on page 00

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Song to epitomize the year: “Anytime” by Neil Finn, a New Zealand soft rock and alternative guitarist and front-man for Australian pop band Crowded House. Sandy and the Newtown shooting weighed heavily on Bacino and this song helps him stay positive. “This solo track ... serves to remind us of the all-too-real fragility of life. Urging us to make things right with the ones we love today (not tomorrow), he said. ”With faith in a power bigger than ourselves and each other, we can make it through anything.”

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South Queens musicians help neighbors continued from page page 00 31 continued from Hornung, who grew up in Howard Beach and lived in the Rockaways for 20 years, lost power and heat at his home in Island Park, LI, for six weeks. His song,

“ He y To d a y ” wa s the only song recorded especially for the album. “Somehow they got to their laptops and sent the songs out,” Persico said, who sings “Move On” and “When Love Was Blind” on the compilation. “They needed a studio and to find someone in the area who is still in business. My house was OK.” Hornung then set up an email inbox where everyone sent their audio files and Persico, who spent the first couple days after the storm bringing clothes and meals by bike to his friends in need, made sure all the songs were smoothed out and recorded at the same volume. “It was a nice distraction to fill up the time,” Hornung said.

Once the product was finished, the contributing artists hosted a benefit concert to raise money to cover the cost of burning the CDs. One thousand copies were handed out — 100 to Persico, 50 to this band, 30 to another, all depending on the amount of contacts they might have and could possibly sell to, Persico said. The album can also be found on iTunes and CDBaby for $10. “They are going to come back to us with whatever they raise,” Persico said, adding that the artists will be able to donate to the organizations of their choice. “They can give to whatever foundation they see that needs it or to a family,” Hornung said. One charity on his list is the Rockaway Wish Foundation. “Not so much the Red Cross. We want to try to keep it really focused on the Rockaways and nearby neighborhoods.”

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Musicians Frank Persico, left, and Walker Hornung spearheaded an album to help COURTESY PHOTO Hurricane Sandy victims, while showcasing South Queens talent. In past years, Hornung and his cousin Jimmy Dowd, who owns the destroyed Boarders Surf Shop once located on the Rockaway boardwalk, hosted the RockStock and Barrels surf competition and music festival each year. The future of the

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SPECIAL EVENTS Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, hosts a dance on Saturday nights from Jan. 12 to 26 at 8 p.m. Call (718) 478-3100 for information. Join the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., for a Tu B’Shevat luncheon on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 12:30 p.m. following Shabbat services. The cost is $18 per person. Pre-paid reservations must be made by Tuesday, Jan. 22. Call (718) 459-1000. Join open mic night with Performance Poets Association on Thursday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Queens Library at Flushing, 41-17 Main St. There will be a special guest, Smooth, a masterful poet who writes about the soul of contemporary society. Call (718) 661-1200 for more information. An electronic waste recycling event will be held at Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, on Sunday, Jan. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information contact Darcy Hector at (718) 886-3800 ext. 330 or email dhector@queensbotanical.org. St. Josaphat’s RC Church of Bayside will hold a St. Nicholas Day dinner dance on Sunday, Jan. 13 from 2-6 p.m. at the Parish Hall, 35th Avenue and 210 Street. Donation is $35. Plenty of free parking. Call Helen at (718) 746-5138 for information.

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The Samuel Field Y has two weekday programs for preschool children ages 3-5 with developmental disabilities and their families. On Mondays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. there is Monday Magic: Learn and Play at the Bay Terrace Center: 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. On Wednesdays from 3-4:30 there is Gym and Creative Exploration at the Little Neck Site, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. Contact Amanda at (718) 225-6750 ext. 262 or email asmith@sfy.org for more information.

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SUPPORT GROUPS Al-anon meets every Sunday at noon at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park.

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Adios, Avery by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

One of the memorable lyrics in the philosophical 1966 Frank Sinatra hit, “That’s Life,” was when Ol’ Blue Eyes crooned, “You’re riding high in April; Shot down in May!” Former Brooklyn Nets head coach Avery Johnson can certainly relate. In November he was named the NBA Eastern Conference Coach of the Month. Last Thursday, following his team’s lethargic 310 record for December, he was fired by Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov. Most of the media pointed to guard Deron Williams as the impetus for Prokhorov’s decision. The moody Williams clashed with his old Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan two years ago and sparking his trade to the Nets. Sloan, one of the most respected coaches in hoops history, allegedly saw Deron as the prototypically spoiled and overpaid NBA star and decided to retire rather than deal with him. It is somewhat ironic that a week before Avery Johnson’s firing, Williams talked about how much more comfortable he was playing under Jerry Sloan’s offensive scheme than the one employed by Johnson. While it would be easy to paint the events of last week in Nets-ville as a modern day retelling of William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” with Williams as Brutus and Johnson as the great Roman leader, it would not be accurate.

In his post-firing press conference, Johnson refused to place blame at Williams’ feet and instead griped about how it was hard to have highly compensated athletes listen to, and respect him, when his salary was a fraction of theirs and that they knew that he did not have a contract for next season. As was clear with the Philadelphia Eagles in their game with the Giants last Sunday, players do not go all out when they believe that the people evaluating them will not have their jobs next year. In Deron’s defense, he has the maximum five-year, $100 contract allowed by the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, so he has little to benefit by engaging in coaching politics. He stated quite vociferously that he did not want to relive the vilification that came at the end of his playing days in Salt Lake City and I believe him. My guess is that he praised the offensive system employed by the Jazz because he has not so far, by his own admission, lived up to the big contract that the Nets gave him last July. Last Friday night Mikhail Prokhorov met with the press at the Barclays Center and admitted that he made up his mind to fire Johnson the week before. My timetable puts that as right after the Knicks ran the Nets out of Madison Square Garden on December 19. He probably waited longer than he wanted to because of the bad PR that would come with firing a coach Q right before Christmas.

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The Kiely house Maspeth by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

The bold, vigorous and energetic spirit of an entrepreneur was no better illustrated in the 1950s than that of a gardener named Mrs. M.P. Kiely. Kiely’s corner house, located at 4830 54 Ave. in Maspeth, abutted the New Calvary Cemetery. Many of the graves had the needed sodding and other maintenance care. In September 1954, Kiely, who had a lifelong passion for gardening, started A defiant Mrs. Kiely looks directly at the photographer selling funeral designs and other grave from the city zoning commission at 48-30 54 Ave., in marking arrangements made in her Maspeth, on March 18, 1955. home. Nearby Woodside residents Pasquale and Frank Fasolino, who owned filed all the way up to then-Mayor Robert three monument locations in Queens, joined Wagner. Mrs. Kiely dug her heels in and in with her and took space on her front lawn. remained with zoning variances. Goldenberg, who led the fight, moved The homeowners of the community on 54th Avenue between 48th and 50th streets away, along with all the others who led the led by block resident Edith Goldenberg took fight. The new homeowners accepted Kiely up a major zoning fight to remove her busi- and her business and liked her as a neighbor. The florist business grew and grew and ness. Kiely was said to actually live in another house on 84th Street in Jackson Heights gainted a reputation for much needed service for the monuments. It remained active until and was unconcerned. Q City Planning lawsuits and petitions were her death in the early 1980s.

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NOTICE OF ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY IN RE: The license to practice massage therapy of Furong Li, L.M.T., 14212 41st Avenue, Apt. L-1, Flushing, NY 11355 & 13443 Maple Avenue, FL 2, Flushing, NY 11355 CASE NO.: 2012-12545 LICENSE NO.: MA 63348 The Department of Health has filed an Administrative Complaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting Thomas J. Morton, Assistant General Counsel, Prosecution Services Unit, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C65, Tallahassee, Florida 323993265, (850) 245-4640 If no contact has been made by you concerning the above by January 24, 2013, the matter of the Administrative Complaint will be presented at an ensuing meeting of the Board of Massage Therapy in an informal proceeding. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending this notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on the notice. Telephone: (850) 245-4640, 1-800-955-877 (TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (V), via Florida Relay Service. NOTICE OF ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY IN RE: The license to practice massage therapy of Yanping Zheng, L.M.T., 36-09 Main Street, 10-A, Flushing, NY 11354 & 3857 Sunset Cove Drive, Port Orange, FL 32129 CASE NO.: 2012-14141 LICENSE NO.: MA 64609 The Department of Health has filed an Administrative Complaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting, Alicia E. Adams, Assistant General Counsel, Prosecution Services Unit, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C65, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3265, (850) 245-4640 If no contact has been made by you concerning the above by January 24, 2013, the matter of the Administrative Complaint will be presented at an ensuing meeting of the Board of Massage Therapy in an informal proceeding. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending this notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on the notice. Telephone: (850) 245-4640, 1-800-955-877 (TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (V), via Florida Relay Service.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO. 17400/11 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS TRUSTEE FOR RBSGC MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-RP1, Plaintiff, vs. RUTH NIEH, STEPHEN PEREIRA, HOUSTON FUNDING CORPORATION ASSIGNEE IN INTEREST TO HOUSEHOLD RETAIL SERVICES, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, NORTH STAR CAPITAL ACQUISITION LLC A/P/O CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), SLOMIN’S INC., “JANE DOE” #1, “JOHN DOE” #1, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 102-44 86TH AVENUE, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 BLOCK 9186 LOT 15 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 31st day of December, 2012, Gross, Polowy & Orlans, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s), 25 Northpointe Parkway, Suite 25, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: STEPHEN PEREIRA Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. AUGUSTUS C. AGATE of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 10th day of December, 2012 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by RUTH NIEH dated the 30th day of August, 1999, to secure the sum of $231,085.00, and recorded at Liber 5384 if Mortgages at Page 2176 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 27th day of September, 1999; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 30th day of September, 2009 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York at Instrument No. 2009000399562. The property in question is described as follows: 102-44 86TH AVENUE, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of 86th Avenue formerly Brandon Avenue or Amber Street, distant 428 feet and 10 1/4 inches (429.3 feet survey) Easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of 86th Street with the Easterly side of 102nd Street, formerly Freedom Avenue or Union Place as said streets are laid down on a certain map entitled “Map of 382 lots situated in the 4th Ward Borough of Queens, City of New York” (compiled May 1, 1905 by Gred G. Dennington, City Surveyor from maps of the Brooklyn Hills, Improvement Co. Plots No.1 and No.3 surveyed by E.W. Conklin and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on March 12, 1899 and January 19, 1891 respectively) and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens June 24, 1905 as Map No. 440; RUNNING THENCE Southerly parallel with 102nd Street, 100 feet (100.12 feet - survey); THENCE Easterly parallel with 86th Avenue 31 feet 4 1/4 inches (31.37 feet - survey) to the Easterly boundary line of the premises laid down on the map hereinabove mentioned; THENCE Northerly along said Easterly boundary line 100.04 feet (100.12 feet - survey) to the Southerly side of 86th Avenue; THENCE Westerly along the Southerly side of 86th Avenue, 28 feet 10 1/4 inches (29 feet survey) more or less to the point or place of BEGINNING. 102-44 86TH AVENUE, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418 BLOCK 9186 LOT 15 DATED: December 31, 2012. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: December 31, 2012, Gross Polowy Orlans, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s) 25 Northpointe Parkway, Suite 25, Amherst, NY 14228. The law firm of Gross Polowy Orlans, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 283174

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GLENDALE HOLDING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/31/12. 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, 65-17 68th Avenue, Glendale, New York 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of SJJKEV, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/15/12. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 33-14 145 Place, Flushing, NY 11354. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Cohen & Coleman, LLP, 767 Third Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TRIPLE L HOLDING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/03/12. 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, 69-11 197th Street, Fresh Meadows, New York 11365. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Here, newly-elected President Edward Tudisco of the Howard Beach Kiwanis Club, right, presents an award to Robert LoCascio, center, immediate past president, with the pin and certificate for achieving the status of Distinguished Kiwanian as Kiwanis Club Secretary Dino Bono joins them. The club also received the New York Kiwanians award for distinguished service.

HOWARD BEACH/ HOWARD BEACH/ HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK LINDENWOOD ROCKWOOD PARK Move-in Condition, Hi-Ranch, 4 Large 2 Family, 6 over 6, 4 Baths, Terrace on Second floor, Hardwood floors, Close to school & shopping, Full finished basement

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circular driveway, 2 Car Garage, 4 BRs, 3½ Baths, New Oak Flrs, 2 Fireplaces, IGP, Built-in BBQ, Central Vac, CAC & Baseboard Heating, Pavers, Front & Back, New Roof, Freshly Painted.

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• Mint Plymouth House, Hi-Rise, 2 BRs, 2 Baths, Extra large terrace, Bamboo wood cabinets, Stainless steel appl, 2 New Baths .........$289K • Greentree Townhouse - Top floor unit with deeded 1 car gar, 3 BRs, 2 Full baths, 2 Terraces, Washer/Dryer, Updated Kit, w/ Skylights, 2 Updated Baths ....................$339K • Greentree Townhouse - 2 BRs, 2 Baths (Jacuzzi) and Terr overlooking yard, Beautiful New Kit, Marble flrs in Kit and Granite counters, Wood flrs thruout. Bottom fl - 1 BR/1 Bath unit, with sliding doors to yard, Comes with 1 car gar, New boiler/hot water heater. REDUCED!$348K

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2004, 3/4 BRs, All New Kitchen w/Stainless Steel, Appl, All New Brick, Stucco Windows, Kitchen, Baths, Pavers front & back, New Roof, New Gas Boiler, CAC, Polished Porcelin Tiles. Asking $699K HOWARD BEACH CONDOS

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Detached 2 Family 6/6, 40x100, Full Basement, Pvt Dvwy. $619K $599K

Mint Hi-Ranch, Move-inCondition, 2 Large BRs on second floor, Large jacuzzi bath, Deck off Master BRs, Beautiful Home! Pavers in front. Asking $679K

• JR4 Co-op, Move in condition, Hi-Rise ..................................................$139K • Mint Hi-Rise, 1 BR Co-op, Granite/Pergo floors, Custom tiled bath & kitchen ......$159K • Hi-Rise 2 BR, 2 Baths, Many updates!..$169K • Well maintained 1 BR Co-op, Hi-Rise ................................................... $112K

HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD CO-OPS • Hi-Rise 2 BRs/2 Bath (updated baths) $150K • Garden, Mint, 1st Fl, Updated kitchen & bath, 2 BRs, 1 Bath with Formal Dining room$169K • Garden, Mint, Granite, Stainless steel appl, Laminated flrs thruout, Master BR ......$189K

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• Park Village Condo, Mint 2 BRs, 2 Baths w/Terrace, Unit comes w/1 Parking Clearview Gardens Co-op, Corner Unit, Spot ..............................................$269K Largest 2 BR/1 Bath, Hardwood Floors (Rugs not necessary) ..................... $199K

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• JR4 Hi-Rise Coops .......................... Only $85K • 1 BR Garden, Needs TLC, Courtyard .....$100K

COMMERCIAL SPACE - OZONE PARK 101 Ave., "Dr.'s Row", Available space to sublet in modern chiropractic office, Handicap access. Call for more info.

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4 Rms, 1 BR Hi Rise Co-op, All redone, New Granite Kit, New Bath, New Appl. PARKING AVAILABLE! Asking $110K

Mint all brick Tudor, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, New kitchen w/breakfast nook, Fin bsmnt w/separate ent. New Boiler & Hot Water Heater. Truly mint! $669K

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Distinguished Kiwanian Last weekend, the Howard Beach Kiwanis Club presented $10,000 in gift certificates to various organizations in the community. The gift certificates are to be distributed by the organizations to needy families who were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. That’s the kind of work the worldwide service organization promotes, and awards its members for achieving.

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