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City sees increase in murders in 2019 Index crimes drop to new low in the modern era, according to stats by David Russell Associate Editor

ew York City saw a 7.8 percent increase in murders from 2018 to 2019, with 318 committed last year, but the city also saw the lowest number of index crimes committed in the modern era, according to statistics released by the NYPD Monday. Citywide shooting incidents increased by 2.9 percent, with 766, up from 754 in 2018. There was a decrease in the last quarter, including 56 shootings in the final month, the lowest number in any December since the start of the CompStat era. The number of shootings in the final six months of the year was the lowest number for any six-month period in the CompStat era. The number of overall index crimes — murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft — committed reached a new low in the modern era, with 872 fewer incidents than the 96,393 recorded in 2018. Since 2015, response times for both crimes in progress and critical crimes have dropped, by 23 and 43 seconds, respectively. According to the NYPD, radio runs increased to 6.4 million last year, compared with 4.8 million in 2015. Burglaries went down 8.7 percent and

There were more than 300 murders in New York City in 2019, the first time the city hit that mark since 2016. However, the city saw the lowest number of index crimes committed in the modern PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON era, according to NYPD statistics. grand larcenies decreased 1.2 percent. Overall crime in Transit went down by 3.4 percent. Rape decreased 2.5 percent, though the department says the crime continues to be underreported. Reported anti-Semitic hate crimes rose to 234, an increase of 26 percent from 2018.

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Oh please, wait a minute, Mr. Postman Hamilton Beach upset that popular mailman is pulled off tough route by Michael Shain Editor

Hamilton Beach is passionate about its postman. Bill McInerney had been delivering the mail in Hamilton Beach and part of Old Howard Beach — including the business district in Coleman Square — for only a year now. But he has made a lasting impression. Roger Gendron, president of the Hamilton Beach Civic Association, recalled how, when his aunt was ill and staying at a cousin’s house nearby, McInerney knew about it. “He started delivering her mail to my cousin’s house — and he did it automatically,” said Gendron. “No one asked him. Where do you find that anymore?” So, when he found out last month he was going to be transferred to a new route, the mailman began to say goodbye to residents. That’s when the packages hit the fan. Up in arms over the transfer, scores of residents started posting messages on the civic association’s Facebook page. Meanwhile, the office of state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) just over the bridge in Old Howard Beach started to get phone calls — which really were unnecessary. McInerney was Addabbo’s mailman too, and the staff in his office was just as alarmed to hear he was going, the senator told the Chronicle. The news that McInerney was leaving “became very personal to the people on his route,” Gendron explained. A week before Christmas, he wrote to the postmaster general

The abrupt replacement of mailman Bill McInerney has been met with protests from neighbors in Hamilton Beach and parts of Old Howard Beach. In just a year, he had gotten to know the residents personally and rarely missed a day. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN in Washington, DC, on behalf of the association requesting that McInerney be kept on the route. “When you have a mail carrier who truly cares about his work

and, more important, a neighborhood,” he wrote, “every effort should be made to keep building on the positive relationship that has developed.” Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, mail delivery has been done mostly with fill-in carriers, said Gendron. “I’d come home from work and it’d be dark,” he said, “You’d see guys with flashlights walking the route.” In fairness, house numbers in the small enclave at the end of Howard Beach are not always continuous and most of the streets are dead ends, meaning mail carriers have to walk twice as far to make deliveries. “But when Bill arrived last year, things changed,” said Gendron. “Everybody, everybody loves Bill.” The transfer is the result of Postal Service labor rules, which give mail carriers the right to take over routes assigned to others with less seniority. Last November, a mailman at the Howard Beach station with one month more on the job than McInerney put in for the Hamilton Beach route and got it. Starting this month, McInerney became a temporary replacement on other routes in the district. Officials of the Howard Beach station told Addabbo last Friday their hands are tied. “I had to make a call,” Addobbo said. “But his status is as a rover until he gets more time in, they told me.” The civic association isn’t giving up, said Gendron. “I don’t care what they say. The powers that be should be able Q to turn this around,” he said.

Wind-whipped fire destroys a corner Six families left homeless in Ozone Park by fast-moving, 4-alarm blaze by Michael Shain

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A devastating midday blaze destroyed or damaged six buildings — virtually the entire corner of a city block — in Ozone Park Sunday. The wind-swept fire spread rapidly from a grocery store on 101st Avenue and 80th Street to adjacent houses on either side. “If it hadn’t been for the wind, it would have never gone farther than the store on the corner,” said one man, whose mother-in-law lives a few doors down from the blaze. At the height of the fire, the wind carried burning debris to nearby roofs and started new fires, said the man, who asked not to be identified. The wood-frame houses were no match for the flames and quickly became engulfed. Within 15 minutes of arriving on the scene, fire officials transmitted four alarms — calling more than 170 firefighters for assistance. Ten people — six firefighters and four civilians — were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, an FDNY spokesman said.

A firefighter and a civilian were listed in serious but not life-threatening condition. The other injuries were classified as minor. The cause of the fire — which burned for two hours before being declared under control — is under investigation. At least six families were displaced by the fire, residents said. Four families were able to seek shelter with other family members, neighbors said, Two families were placed in temporary shelter by the Red Cross, officials said. A day after the blaze, 80th Street was still shut down to traffic by police. Produce from the store, called the Ozone Park Supermarket, lay scattered on the sidewalks amid the burnt siding and shattered glass. “Thankfully, no lives were lost in this blaze, but we do pray for the injured residents and brave firefighters who worked to get the fire under control before it could do even more damage,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said in a prepared statement. “Our Ozone Park community is strong, and I know we will come together to help those that

Firemen sift through the wreckage of a furious fire that is believed to have begun in a grocery store on 101st Avenue at 80th Street in Ozone Park. At the height of the blaze, left, more than 170 firefighters battled to contain the flames. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN, ABOVE AND COURTESY CITIZEN APP lost everything.” Sam Esposito, president of the Ozone Park Resident Block Association, said his group was organizing an aid plan for the displaced families

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For Ozone Park, an industrial center Old factory rebuilt for start-ups and light-manufacturing business by Michael Shain Editor

Next to the unused rail line that runs along 100th Street in Ozone Park, the old factory that once housed a company that manufactured birthday candles is coming back to life. Next Thursday, city officials will re-open the newly renovated building for small and medium-sized companies that have been hard pressed to stay in New York City for lack of afford able workspace. The Ozone Park Industrial Center — funded in part by a $10 million grant from the city — has been in development for three years in an out-of-the way part of Ozone Park that once thrummed with manufacturing activity but is now home to several Islamic temples and Construction High School. The project, using $43 million in private and public funds, is one of the most expensive in the neighborhood in recent memory. A top-to-bottom renovation of the threestory, 113-year-old building will allow up to 24 companies to rent space there.

Property records show the factory was once home to a hat manufacturer and Worksman Cycles, which makes bikes and carts. Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, the developer, said on its website that it expects to rent to custom woodworkers, cabinet makers, set builders and display makers, homes goods manufacturers, metal workers and clothing makers. The first tenants signed so far include three woodworking firms and a maker of custom lighting and furniture for interior d e sig n e r s , s a id a s p o k e s wo m a n fo r GMDC. In all, the factory is expected to create about 100 jobs with above-market wages, off icials said. The Ozone Park project was the first to be backed by the city’s Industrial Developer Fund, a program begun in 2016 with the intention of keeping manufacturing jobs in the city. “As many local small businesses struggle with increasing rent and rezoning, affordable workspaces are becoming harder and harder to find,” said Judi Kende, vice president of Enterprise Community

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Pulling out of S. Ozone Park disaster zone Construction on a new waste main, above, to replace the one that collapsed in South Ozone Park just after Thanksgiving has begun. Meanwhile, relief aid for residents whose houses were the most severely damaged by the sewage backup is starting to wind down. More than 50 people have been housed

in four neighborhood hotels while cleanup and repair work was underway. Those families were told just before New Year’s Day that the city would no longer pick up the cost of the hotels after Jan. 6. But late last week, officials said housing at the hotels would be extended another month. “Homeowners are being asked to

reoccupy their homes as soon as they are able as the city will not extend their time in hotels past February 5,” a spokesman for the Office of Emergency Management said. A crisis center, which served as a clearinghouse for insurance claims and other paperwork, closed shortly before Christmas. — Michael Shain

Police are asking for help finding the driver of the pickup truck above, believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-andrun in Ozone Park on Christmas night. Investigators have been unable so far to get a plate number from surveillance video but describe the vehicle as a 2007 to 2011 silver Toyota Tundra “with substantial damage to the front right fender and front right headlight out.” The video was recorded, police said, near Centreville Street and Hawtree Street shortly after a 67-year-old Hempstead, LI, man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at 114th Street and Rockaway Boulevard. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). All tips are strictly confidential.

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Bail reform could be tweaked: pols Barnwell bill would give discretion to judges in some criminal cases by Michael Gannon Editor

Less than a week after hotly contested bail reform laws took effect on Jan. 1, Gov. Cuomo and the Democratic leadership in the Legislature are talking about making adjustments, including some that would give judges discretion when dealing with a mentally ill or possibly dangerous suspect. A handful of Queens legislators this week told the Chronicle it is possible to tweak the law while eliminating or at least seriously curtailing the use of cash bail, which each one said discriminates against low-income defendants without drastically increasing safety. Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth) on Tuesday told the Chronicle he planned to introduce a bill to do both when the session opened on Wednesday, Jan. 8. His bill would keep the existing restrictions on bail, but allow a judge to assess the defendant’s risk of flight, criminal record, record of making ordered court appearances, and whether the person should be considered a threat to harm himself or others. “If person A and person B commit the same crime, and person A can make $10,000 bail and person B can’t, person A is out of jail — does that make person A any less dangerous on the street?” he asked. While many police agencies and prosecutors have assailed the new laws, Barnwell said his bill would give New York State judges the same discretion as those in other states that have eliminated or restricted bail. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) agreed that previous bail laws overwhelmingly harmed low-income defendants. But he also said as with any law, he is open to reviewing it and improving it where possible. The senator also said that peo-

Defendants at the Queens Criminal Courthouse may have some checks added by the Legislature to new laws that have eliminated bail for hundreds of criminal charges in the state. Proponents say having a fair system and a safe one are not mutually FILE PHOTO exclusive. ple who want to criticize their legislators for their votes last year need to remember that bail reform and numerous other measures were not voted on individually, but folded into the budget that passed in April. “I may not like aspects of bail reform, but I like funding for education in my district, he said. “I like funding for seniors. I like not shutting the government down so state workers can get paid — and I don’t like fear-mongering.” He said, for example, that the bail reforms passed last year added protections that had not existed.

“The reforms have a provision for monitoring a person who has been released — it’s in the law,” Addabbo said. “Under the old system when a person was bailed out, he was out on the streets.” Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing) was one of two members of the Queens delegation who voted against the budget back in April, along with Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows). He would like to see some things re-examined. But Rosenthal also believes bail changes were necessary as a matter of fairness. “You have two people charged with the same crime; it’s unfair that one person is locked up while the other is out on the street,” Rosenthal said. “But you must have [a judge’s] assessment.” Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz (D-Corona), however, told the Chronicle in an email on Tuesday that any such moves are premature. “Prior to the criminal justice reforms being voted on and passed, both the Senate and Assembly did their due diligence and met with judges, lawyers, and advocacy groups about the implications and implementations of the new laws,” Cruz said. “Given that these laws have been in effect for less than a week, I think it is prudent for legislators, judges, and activists on both sides to allow time for evaluation and feedback,” she added. “Our cash bail system criminalized poverty, devastated communities of color, and incarcerated the masses for decades. What is not helpful is the campaign of fear-mongering and misinformation that has resulted in the mere six days since this law took effect.” The offices of state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), the deputy majority leader, and Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D-JamaiQ ca) did not respond to requests for comment.

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P Fix the no-bail law now EDITORIAL

arely are the negative impacts of misguided legislation so obvious so quickly to so many. But the so-called “criminal justice reform” measure state lawmakers slipped into the budget last year is a remarkably bad bit of lawmaking. In effect for all of a week so far, it’s already the target of reform efforts — ones that are utterly necessary for the sake of public safety. Passed in the heat of Albany’s leftward lurch after Democrats clobbered Republicans in 2018, winning control of the state Senate to complete the party’s dominance, the law forbids judges from imposing bail on defendants accused of most crimes. Get caught breaking into someone’s house? Take a walk. Kill someone while driving drunk? Go on home. Make an obscene video involving a child? Don’t forget to come back to court, please! All this in the name of “ending cash bail” in the pursuit of justice, in order to stop “criminalizing poverty” by locking up people

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who couldn’t afford bail. Yet judges can’t even take a defendant’s prior record on showing up for court into account when releasing him or her, unlike in other states with bail restriction laws New York legislators cited as examples. So we end up with people like Tiffany Harris, who celebrated the holidays by going on an alleged binge of slapping and punching people, getting arrested and getting released — until Mayor de Blasio decided the press coverage was so bad his office had to intervene to keep her locked up. So now lots of “progressives” such as de Blasio, who has no say in this, and state lawmakers who do, are looking to revisit the dopey law before the streets are flooded with miscreants. Remember two things: Anyone who told you the no-bail law applied only to nonviolent crimes was lying to you. And anyone who doesn’t agree it needs to be changed is not worthy of public office. Now keep a close eye on what Albany does about this mess it made.

ne of Gov. Cuomo’s favorite political tricks is to slip things through when or where no one’s looking, whether it’s taking a historical name off a bridge so he could put his father’s name on it instead, making major policy changes in a budget plan instead of individual bills, or thwarting the restoration of Jamaica Bay by allowing toxic fill to be dumped into it. He made the latter move the Friday before Chanukah and Christmas, when he vetoed a bill that would have blocked the state from continuing to deposit dirt dredged up from the Hudson River bottom into the bay. Most people were otherwise occupied and missed this, but not South Queens state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, who introduced the bill. The last thing Jamaica Bay needs is

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Free gifts for felons Dear Editor: Re your Jan. 2 editorial “Too dangerous to be free”: “Nonviolent” suspects like Tiffany Harris are not only freed without bail after being arrested for assault, they also get free gifts when released. The New York Post notes that newly freed offenders receive free MetroCards, cell phones and $25 Visa debit cards (“Year of the Perp,” Dec. 31, 2019). “Elected officials have lost their minds and created a fragile situation where criminals feel comfortable, entitled and in control at the expense of law abiding New Yorkers,” said Michael Palladino, retired head of the NYDP detectives union. Why should cops bother to make arrests when the perps they collar will soon be back on the streets and better off than before they were busted? Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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We need cars — and trains Dear Editor: It was frustrating reading letters from fellow readers Peter Beadle (“Better than cars”), Bobby Preti (“We don’t all drive”) and Larry Penner (“No funds for Rockaway line”) in the Dec. 26, 2019 Queens Chronicle. The first two write that we should not be catering to a car culture. Unfortunately, unlike their neighborhoods of Rego Park and Astoria, respectively, Southeast Queens is a mass-transit wasteland. For those of us on the Queens/Nassau border there is no reasonable

toxic soil from the Hudson River to be deposited there. That kind of negates the hard work lawmakers and private groups have been doing for years to clean up the all-important estuary, whose health is vital for everything from the area’s economy to its ability to better withstand storm surges. The state needs to dump soil from somewhere into the bay to fill in holes left over when sand and stone were dug out for construction purposes. It says making sure the soil is clean would be too expensive. No doubt better fill is more costly, but this is a case of getting what you pay for. It’s worth spending more to make sure the bay’s environmental progress is not reversed. Cuomo should come out of the dark corners of politics he so often inhabits, see the light and sign this bill next time.

way around without a car. Then Mr. Penner vetoes reinstating the old Rockaway Beach Line, which is the one plan that has the ability to provide a reasonable trip without a car from the Rockaways. Why is it that no expense can be spared to provide more mass transit in Manhattan with multibillion-dollar projects like the Second Avenue Subway, but we in the outer parts of the outer boroughs are left with crumbs (if lucky) and criticized if we are not young or agile enough to bike and walk miles instead of using the cars we need? At the very least, before we bear the brunt of the burden of congestion pricing, can we New York City taxpayers at least get to use Queens Long Island Rail Road stations with a MetroCard fare and free transfer? David S. Pecoraro Rosedale

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Dear Editor: Over the past year, American politics has grown more controversial and divided than ever. The United States is currently being run by its third impeached president while the main political parties constantly seem to be fighting one another. Over the past several months American politics has grown darker and life for each American is vastly different from the next. Recently 39 GOP senators stated that they wish to overturn the monumental decision of Roe v. Wade. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with another 196 Democrats, filed an amicus brief to support the opposition of the controversial Louisiana abortion law. I am constantly thinking about how my life as a New Yorker is a complete 180 from another American living in a completely different state. I think about how, as a woman, I can make the choice of whether I want to terminate a preg-

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Dear Editor: According to an article in The Jewish Press under the headline “In New York City AntiSemitic Crimes Skyrocket,” it was reported that during the first three quarters of 2019, there were 166 anti-Semitic incidents. During the same time period in 2018, there were 108 antiSemitic incidents, which means there was an increase greater than 50 percent in 2019. No crime based on religion, race, sexual orientation or ethnicity is acceptable, but in one of the greatest cities in the world with a population of eight million, those statistics only confirm that NYC is also one of the most tolerant. We might have a few knuckleheads committing these acts, but the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers work and live in peace. Of course, the NYPD, which is doing a great job according to the crime stats, should be on the alert to counter these crimes, but in the course of events, our great city should not be branded as a bastion of anti-Semitism, nor should we overreact by implementing extreme procedures, such as, bringing back stop-andfrisk or calling out the National Guard. Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

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nancy and I have access to safe facilities that can help with the medical procedure. This is impossible for some American women in conservative states. For some women there is no choice and they can be stuck in unfortunate situations that can lead to horrific consequences. In such a dark time, I think it is important that everyone keep in mind that every person is living a different life with different struggles and it is vital that we keep the well-being of every person on our mind. Regardless of personal beliefs and views, we need to stay in touch with what is truly important and what is best for each individual. Maria Zhangallimbay East Elmhurst

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page united we stand, divided we fall! The president was more than patient with Iran over the last two to three years and refrained from taking any military action against this rogue nation. Enough is enough! Also, Congress needs to put aside all of this impeachment ballyhoo and work together in unison with each other, and the president. Also Rep. Nancy Pelosi, aka Almira Gulch, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, aka The Grim Reaper, need to get off their high horse and stop all of their constant verbal bashing of our president. Let’s face it — even before President Trump declared his candidacy for office in 2015, these two bozos had it in for him right from the very beginning. The fact remains that our nation needs to stand strong and totally unified before the entire world, so that no other country beside Iran would dare to attack us. Iran has opened up a proverbial Pandora’s box by its actions of the last decade, and now it will reap what it sows, and will not get away with harming Americans anywhere in the world ever again. John Amato Fresh Meadows

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recent actions involving Iran make it clear in and of themselves that he should be removed from office. Notwithstanding all the other co-signers to the Iranian Nuclear Treaty understood Iran was in compliance, Trump withdrew from the treaty and began to impose sanctions on Iran, which made clear his ignorance would at some point cause hostile actions. Trump believes the United States should be governed as an autocracy and not a democracy and he can do whatever he chooses to do. He does not understand, never had and never will, that we have a Constitution that makes it clear beyond any ambiguity it is Congress and not a president that controls expenditure of taxpayer money. Nor does he understand it is Congress that decides if a declaration of war is in order. If he had even a slight understanding of government, he would know laws that cannot be directly violated cannot be violated indirectly. In typical Trump fashion, he claimed Iranian Maj. General Qassim Suleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on Americans, different from what was normally done, without producing an iota of proof to support that claim. Americans with children or grandchildren of draft age need be concerned Trump’s ignorance may well drag this country into a full-scale military conflict. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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READERS CELEBRATED AT MS 202 A group of local students at Robert H. Goddard Middle School 202 in Ozone Park were recognized for their enthusiasm for reading last month. In a ceremony held on Dec. 20 in the newly reopened school library, the top student readers were honored with special certificates and prizes. Each award recipient had read at least 10 books since the start of the school year. The top reader, sixth-grader Nuzhhat Moteleb, read an amazing 25 books. The fall awards were presented by two teachers, Goddard literacy coach Jennifer Becker and librarian Michelle Brier. Spring reading awards will be announced in April. “These students are leading by reading,” Ms. Brier said at the presentation. “We’re very proud of each and every one of them.” ATTENTION PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS SCHOOLS: To be featured on a School Spotlight page, call Lisa LiCausi, Education Coordinator, at (718) 205-8000, Ext. 110. TO SEE THESE STORIES ONLINE GO TO QCHRON.COM/SCHOOLNEWS.

When Gov. Cuomo vetoed a bill late last month to protect Jamaica Bay from dredge dumping, it caught the bill’s backers by surprise. “It was the 11th hour, the Friday before the Christmas holiday,” said Dan Mundy, president of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, “It’s when you do things like that.” T h is week , env i ron ment al g roups denounced the veto, called Cuomo a “parttime conservationist” and charged his move would turn back the clock on restoring the bay. The bill, introduced by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), would have made a ban on dumping in the bay permanent — a proposal that, at the time, seemed uncontroversial. The bill was meant to prevent a recurrence of past practice when the state used the bay to get rid of contaminated waste periodically dredged from the Hudson River to keep the waterway open to shipping. The Addabbo bill would also require the state to meet federal standards — which are stricter than New York’s — for the material it wanted to use to fill holes at the bottom of the bay. In his veto message, Cuomo said that he was acting on the recommendation of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which objected to the cost it would add to dumping and to making the federal standard permanent. “Under this bill, DEC will be required to utilize more restrictive and costly federal ocean dumping criteria to test the materials,” it said. At issue are conflicting opinions on how to restore Jamaica. A DEC official said say they want use

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., right, and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato ripped Gov. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN Cuomo’s veto. materials dredged from the Hudson to fill in so-called burrow holes — pits created years ago when sand and stone were dug from the bay for use in construction, “Some borrow bits in Jamaica Bay have been shown to have highly degraded ecological conditions, especially in warmer months,” said the official, who asked to speak on background. “During that time there’s often insufficient oxygen for marine life at the deeper depths. Where those conditions exist, DEC and other regional stakeholders support the development of a restoration strategy.” Private groups like the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers and the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy are concerned about the kind of contaminants that might be in the stuff used to fill the holes. “After all, once you put it in,” said Mundy, Q “you can never get it out.”

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For more than two hours, parents in School District 28 yelled at the city Department of Education — and each other — over a proposal to diversify the district’s middle schools at a heated meeting of Community Education Council 28 on Jan. 2. The meeting was billed as a forum for parents to ask questions of the DOE and its consulting firm, WXY Studios, on how it plans to desegregate the schools — but opponents of the plan mostly took their time to accuse both entities of secrecy, and some supporters accused the other side of racism. “Unless proven other wise, it’s our assumption that [Schools Chancellor Richard] Carranza and WXY is trying to ram through with this ... and we’re not going to give up until a true democratic process emerges,” parent Jason Fink said, to applause from a majority of the audience at JHS 217 in Briarwood. In 2018, the city granted District 28 and others in other boroughs $200,000 each to draw up desegregation plans by the end of this school year. Schools in the northern part of the district — in mostly white neighborhoods like Forest Hills, Kew Gardens and Rego Park — typically perform well while the southern portion, which

Parents opposing the Department of Education’s plan to diversify middle schools in School District 28 hold signs at a forum on the topic in Briarwood. The plan would affect schools in Forest PHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and Jamaica. encompasses Jamaica, has lower-performing institutions. School District 15 in Brooklyn — which stretches from Park Slope to Red Hook — eliminated middle school admission standards to integrate them, and later the city

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W’haven beauty for Miss NY Monday to Friday, Nalicia Ramdyal is a special ed teacher at PS 120 in Flushing. But come next Saturday and Sunday, she will be in Purchase, NY competing in the Miss New York USA pageant. Her goal: becoming Miss USA 2020. “I’m going to be representing Woodhaven,” Ramdyal said of the neighborhood she’s lived in since immigrating to the United States from Guyana in 1999 with her parents and

two sisters. “I’m wearing the sash.” It is her second — and final shot — at the crown. This year, at 27, she has reached the contest’s upper age limit. Ramdyal entered the beauty contest for the chance to promote the fight against domestic violence, a cause she adopted as a student at Franklin K. Lane High School with three years in an abusive relationship. — Michael Shain

school every weekday to get to school. “The DOE will never take my child out of their home and community. Ever,” yelled parent Jeffrey Herskovitz. Allison Brown, who supports integration, responded that the focus should be on the educational success of every student. “I hope this integration process will result in an acknowledgment from the DOE as well as more privileged parents that all students, regardless of race,” deserve a chance to succeed, she said. Vijah Ramjattan, CEC 28’s president, said in an interview after the meeting he, too, would like to see a discussion about resources for the district’s failing schools and said the safety of children who might have to travel to a different part of the district is a legitimate concern. “Let’s discuss resources,” said Ramjattan. “Let’s talk about access to the same resources for every school.” W h ile pa rents a nd DOE of f icials referred to a “plan,” no recommendations have been drawn up yet — the city and WXY have vowed to hold at least four more community meetings in the coming months, and are partnering with a 20-member working group to come up with ideas. Opponents, though, believe the fix is in, and pointed to the working group as an example — there are six parents in it, but their names are not public. Additionally, December’s CEC 28 meeting quickly became overcrowded and many parents were unable to get in — leaving them angry and some saying they were shut out of the process. CEC 28’s next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 6 at its headquarters, at 90-27 Suthphin Blvd., but could be moved to a larger location to accommodate more people Q interested in speaking on the plan.

said the experiment was a success and that diversity at all the schools had increased. District 28, according to DOE statistics, is 30 percent Asian, 28 percent Hispanic, 20 percent black and 16 percent white. But in JHS 190 Russell Sage in Forest Hills, 62 percent of students are white and only 7 percent are black. Its test scores are far above the state average every year. Meanwhile, black students make up close to 70 percent of middle schools in Jamaica, which have struggled on state tests. Officials believe integration would not only increase diversity, but improve test scores throughout the district. Those who support integration in District 28 accused detractors of having a racial bias for opposing any such plan. “The way you’re behaving today is absolutely disgraceful,” said p a r e n t S h av vo n e Ja c k s o n . “We’re teaching our children this racism that’s going on today.” Most who spoke in opposition were white or Asian, though some black and brown parents also spoke out against any such plan. Lor raine Reid, who is black, said the DOE should focus on providing more resources to the struggling schools in Jamaica instead of trying to get black children into schools in Forest Hills and Rego Park. “Do you believe that if we had the resources available in our schools, we would want to ship our kids off two hours away?” Reid asked the officials, receiving applause behind her. The opponents denied being racist, and instead said their main concern is that the DOE would force children to ride on Another DOE critic objects to the way parents were kept buses one hour to and from out of a previous forum due to lack of space.

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‘I will bring a steady hand’ At gala swearing-in ceremony, Katz takes on her doubters and a new job by Michael Shain Editor

Melinda Katz had a lot of people to thank for helping her get elected Queens district attorney last year. She thanked her family, supporters, campaign staff, volunteers and fundraisers. But she saved a special shout-out for “my strategists who remembered to do the absentee votes.” As the f irst female DA in Queens history, Katz grabbed the moment to st age a major celebration. A n estimated 1,400 people attended her official swearing at the Carnesecca Arena at St. John’s University — including a who’s who of New York law enforcement and three statewide officials. Mayor de Blasio, Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals Janet DiFiore, Lt. G o v. K a t h l e e n Hochul, state Attorney General Letitia James and t he hea d of t he Democratic Party in Queens, Rep. Gregory Meeks (DQueens, Nassau), shared the stage. It was up to the fo r m e r b o r o u g h president to remind her well-wishers how close the election was that got her on that stage. She overcame “an election night that lasted a month and a half,” a reference to the unprecedented, six-week primary recount that ended with her winning the Democratic nomination by 55 votes. The evening’s campaign-rally vibe gave the Democratic establishment in Queens an opportunity

to kick back and enjoy its stillfunctioning grasp on the handles of power. The loudest applause of the night came when Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), the party’s designee to replace Katz as borough president, was introduced. Katz’s 32-minute inauguration speech laid out her agenda for reform and took on her critics who have questioned if she can do the job, after being elected on a platform that promised social justice rather than the traditional call for law and order. “If someone breaks the law, they will be prosecuted and held accountable for their actions,” she promised. She made it clear that she is a strong supporter of new state laws ending cash bail for a long list of crimin a l of fe n s e s — though a new syst em for m a k i ng sure accused people show u p i n cou r t is “still a work in progress,” she conceded. “We will figure it out,” Katz said. “we will keep our com munit y safe, which — by the way — was the reason I was elected. “I was elected because of the trust that I will bring a steady hand in these times of uncertainty. “This won’t surprise you but there are a lot of naysayers and critics,” she said. “There are those who say we’re not going far enough, there are those who say we are going too far. “I look forward to that challenge with the trust to do the right thing

Melinda Katz told colleagues she hoped to keep her official swearing-in ceremony to an hour. But a string of congratulatory speakers — including Mayor de Blasio, below — benedictions by five clergymen of different faiths and her PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN own 32-minute inaugural address pushed the evening to more than two hours. even though we know we can’t achieve it all in a single day. “As I always tell my kids, it is always better and braver to work toward progress, to do something rather than standing on the sidelines criticizing.” For those who have followed Katz’s political career, it was a familiar performance. She spoke of losing her parents while still young, raising two children late in life and working her way up the ladder from city councilmember to assemblywoman, then borough president. She did not mention that she is the only Queens politician in more than a century to run for and win a contested election — other than a judgeship — after being borough president. Until now, the job has Q been a career killer.

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Former ADA Quinn runs for boro prez The retired prosecutor has voiced criticism of bail reform, jail plan by David Russell Associate Editor

Unhappy with changes in criminal justice, former Assistant District Attorney James Quinn is running for borough president. “I want to be a voice for the people who oppose the closing of Rikers Island and who oppose these new bail laws, which are a danger to the safety of the people of this city,” he told the Chronicle on Tuesday. Quinn, who retired on Dec. 31 from the office he spent 42 years in, acknowledged that it is not the borough president’s role to fight bail reform. “I cannot legislatively change the bail laws,” he said. “I cannot legislatively stop the city from building a jail ... But I can be a voice. I can be the way people can send a message that they don’t want this jail and they don’t want these bail law changes.” A vocal critic who spoke at different civic associations about his views against the city’s plan to close Rikers Island in favor of building four borough-based jails in the city, including one in Kew Gardens, Quinn considered running for district attorney when public defender Tiffany Cabán seemed to be in the lead for the Democratic nomination. A recount gave the primary to then-Borough President Melinda Katz and Quinn chose not to run, believing it would be too disruptive to the office and that Katz

would be a more moderate DA than Cabán. Quinn stayed in the office to help with the transition but only thought about running for DA very late and decided not to. “I can’t tell you how frustrating it is for assistant DAs and police officers and citizens to see what’s going on,” he said. He is against the bail laws that went into effect Jan. 1, freeing many from jail and taking away judges’ discretion in most cases. “They’re releasing career criminals who should not be out on the street,” Quinn said, adding, “The bail laws are resulting in people being released from Rikers and they’re people who go out and commit additional crimes.” Quinn says he has been consistent with his views, having testified in front of the City Council years ago about his beliefs. “It’s not like I woke up last week and decided that the bail reform was not a good idea,” he said. Saying the politicians “failed the people,” Quinn added, “A rise in crime affects everything. It affects their safety, it effects their neighborhoods, it affects their children, it affects everything about their lives.” In the first week of the year, politicians are reportedly considering changing some of the bail laws that just went into effect. “Didn’t they know that when they passed these laws? Now all of a sudden when it’s in the

newspapers they’re all afraid? Didn’t they know what they signed up for when they passed these laws back on April Fools’ Day?” Quinn said. In a close Democratic primary for DA that saw about 10 percent of eligible voters turn out, Katz and Cabán both received around 40 percent of the vote. “It’s 4 percent of the registered Democrats in Queens County who voted for Tiffany Cabán and I don’t think that’s a large mandate,” Quinn said. The borough president special election is March 24 but candidates need 2,000 signatures by Jan. 13 to get on the ballot. Quinn said he is “very confident” he’ll get enough in time. Criminal justice reform is his main issue but he said he is not a one-issue candidate. Quinn said he was in favor of bringing Amazon to Long Island City, calling the pushback against the online retail giant a “major mistake.” Quinn, a graduate of Brooklyn Tech High School, also is for keeping the Specialized High School Admissions Test in place. “The borough president has some powers but I think a borough president can be a voice for the people that they don’t have right now,” Quinn said. “A voice for all the people of Queens.” In a field filled mostly with Council members, Quinn is an outlier. “My name might not be as well known as

James Quinn, who recently retired after 42 years with the Queens District Attorney’s Office, FILE PHOTO is running for borough president. some of the other people but the other people are career politicians and they’re moving on to their next political office,” he said. “I’m doing this because I want people to have the opportunity to send a message to the politicians that they are upset with what they’ve done in the bail changes and in continually trying to close Rikers Island and have all these jails all around the city of New York.” He added, “I think I have as much chance of winning as any of the other candidates. And I Q think we’re going to win this election.”

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Dist r ict At tor ney Meli nd a K atz announced policy changes from her predecessor on the eve of her inauguration. What’s known as the 180.80 waiver policy has been abandoned, allowing assistant district attorneys to discuss resolving cases through plea negotiations without a defendant waiving his or her statutory right to grand jury proceedings. “That’s a real change in how this office runs,” Katz said at her inauguration Monday at St. John’s University, adding, “That is over in Queens County.” The top count plea policy that allowed post-indictment pleas to only the top count has also been eliminated. “They did not, in my opinion, further the cause of justice,” Katz said of the office’s former policies. A Conviction Integrity Unit will examine cases and recommend exoneration if someone is found to be wrongfully convicted. “Every wrongful conviction is more than a wrongful act against the individual,” Katz said. “It’s an injustice to an entire family who will suffer the loss of a spouse, a parent, a provider, a son or daughter due, by the way, to someone else’s action.” The Special Prosecutions Division has

District Attorney Melinda Katz, center, at her inauguration at St. John’s University Monday with Jennifer Naiburg, chief assistant executive district attorney, and Bryce Benjet, director of the PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit. been renamed the Community Partnerships Division, meant to “foster communication and effectuate change,” with the goal of getting guns off streets, investigating accusa-

tions of wrongdoing and creating diversion programs for defendants. Katz also spoke about bail reform. “My off ice is committing to ending

cash bail in all forms. Period. But it must be done right,” she said, adding that a system is needed to ensure defendants will return. She called the use of bail a “discriminatory system” that “incarcerates people who haven’t been convicted.” “Our old system was based on letting people out of jail if they had money and keeping them in jail if they didn’t,” Katz said. Jennifer Naiburg, a 26-year-veteran of the office, will serve as chief executive assistant district attorney. She held a number of positions in the office, including director of special projects and major case advisor and deputy director of trial advocacy, and was appointed the first bureau chief of the newly established Kew Gardens III felony trial bureau. Bryce Benjet, who was a senior staff attorney with the Innocence Project for the last seven years, will serve as director of the DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit. Katz acknowledged the criticism she has received from the “naysayers” regarding her policies from both sides. “They say we’re not going far enough, we’re going too far,” she said. “But I was elected, I like to think, because of the trust that I will bring a steady hand in these times Q of uncertainty.”

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by Lisa Komninos Executive Director, GWDC

will be here again. We plan on getting more Mets tickets this year if we can. The GWDC secured tickets to Citi Field games twice in 2019 — now let’s try this year for more than that. We will have the MetroCard van out in the warmer weather, the Bunny Promotion right before Easter and, we hope, a “Let’s Make a Deal” gameshow fundraiser in early spring. Dates are not yet ready for this event but should be soon. Again we have fliers on our door at 84-01 Jamaica Ave. (by Chase bank) so browse there when shopping the Avenue as we not only hang notices about current events from our office but post fliers from other agencies too. Please look there from time to time if you want to know what is happening. Also, if you are in need of a job, the Census will be hiring. Go to 2020census. gov/jobs for more info. I am told the pay is really good and the hours are flexible. By the next time I write I hope to not be wearing a sweater but instead a regular shirt or better yet one with short sleeves (wishful thinking!). See you soon. Happy New Year 2020, a Q week late, to all!

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Wow, Januar y really came fast. Although I don’t like the cold of the winter months, I do start to see a slight change as the days are a tiny bit lighter, a tiny bit longer. That is very good news, and means spring will be just around the corner — we hope. I always write my article the first week of each month but somehow with the holidays and hustle and bustle I missed writing it last week. 2019 brought about some changes and saw some things remain the same. The Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. did our usual promotions and this year added the Santa parade to our “to do” list. The Jolly Old Elf did his thing and also took pics with us at Maria Thomson Way (at Forest Parkway Plaza) one weekend in December. We expect 2020 to bring some new and interesting ideas for the GWDC. We have our street fair date already prepared: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, pending Community Board 9 approval, which will be voted on later this month. We will keep you posted. And before you know it baseball season

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MTA draft Queens bus plan made public NYC Transit says new lines, fewer lines, fewer stops make faster trips by Michael Gannon

Avenue before connecting with Metropolitan. The QT54 would act like a local bus, with Last April, the Metropolitan Transporta- 22 stops in Queens, including the six Queens tion Authority promised a massive, top-to- stops that would be served by the QT3, servbottom redesign of public bus routes through- ing as an express Another example of a narrow street that out the Borough of Queens. Beginning Jan. 21, the MTA will host would be avoided would be Austin Street in seven regional meetings to discuss 434-page Forest Hills. The draft report also directly answers proposal that lays out new routes, eliminates others with a proposed reduction in turns, questions posed in workshops throughout narrow streets and bus stops to speed rides up. Queens last year and posted on the project’s “Improving bus service is one of the pillars website. It states that while some passengers would of our Fast Forward plan to transform every aspect of New York’s transit service, and the not have to transfer to complete their trips “creat i ng st raig ht single most important routes with fewer initiative to do that in stops will allow us to the bus element of the e are very excited run more frequent plan is to redesign service. Even though every borough’s bus about this draft plan you may need to network so that it transfer to get to your works for customers,” for Queens buses destination your oversaid MTA NYC Tranall trip may be shorter sit President Andy because it is a true ...” Byford. “We are very reimagination of the The repor t says excited about this reducing the number draft plan for Queens routes ...” of bus stops speeds buses because it is a up trips, but was not true reimagination of — Andy Byford, president, NYC Transit exactly encouraging. the routes that incor“If customers are porates the earned knowledge of customers, our ground person- willing to travel a bit further to a bus stop, nel and operations staff to create a new foun- many will experience a shorter trip overall,” it states on page 58. dation of bus service in Queens.” Southeast Queens has some of the slowest, The existing 82 routes would be reduced to 77, with new routes or combinations of least reliable bus service in the city. Much of northeast Queens has no other option but them supposedly designed to cover all areas. The Q27, for example, which runs between buses for someone who does not own a car. Flushing Main Street and Cambria Heights, Councilmen from both regions were adopting is proposed to be covered by the new QT15, a wait-and-see attitude when contacted by the QT31 and QT71 lines. But the QT71 also Chronicle. “My district has no subway, no Long would cover part of the existing Q71 line, Island Rail Road stops — the only district along with he new QT73. Other changes would be like those pro- without both,” said Councilman Barry Groposed for the Q54, which runs from Jamaica denchik (D-Oakland Gardens) in a telephone to Brooklyn along Jamaica and Metropolitan interview. Grodenchik said he and his staff still are avenues. The new QT3 and QT54 routes would travel instead along the wider Hillside going over the report. He wants to make sure Editor

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The MTA will host a series of meetings to discuss a draft plan to completely redesign bus routes it will replace, with the benefit of faster, more reliable service. The meetings have been schedPHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON uled throughout the borough beginning Jan. 21.

routes along Springfield Boulevard from north to south are covered for people traveling back and forth between home and places like Queensborough Community College and Benjamin Cardozo High School in Bayside. Grodenchik is concerned about what he said appears to be a lack of service in the area of Glen Oaks Village, a massive co-op complex. “We’ve also gotten complaints about service to North Shore Towers,” he said, referring to the Floral Park community. Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) has a more practiced eye for the situation than most. He was a career city bus operator who went on to head the union local representing drivers in Eastern Queens. “Southeast Queens has been a transportation desert for years. Any plan to remedy th is decades-long injustice must ensure that residents’ voices are heard during the public review process,” Miller said in an email t o t h e C h r o n i cl e . “Right now, our top priority is ensuring that true stakeholders and experts have a seat at the table and can narrate and reflect the values of our The Jamaica Bus Depot, a hub of Queens public transportation since the days of trolley cars. Like the Queens bus sys- community.” Miller, too, said he tem, it is slated for a major overhaul in the near future.

and his staff are still reviewing the full document, and are working with the MTA to set up community forms in the coming weeks. “Ultimately, we are hopeful that the final plan will be representative of what we’ve been advocating for these past twenty years: better intra-borough connections, more effective and efficient service, and increased access to our most underserved neighborhoods,” he said. A number of meetings already have been set up in different regions of Queens. All are scheduled to run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. They include: • Jan. 21 at the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council at 59-03 Summerf ield St. in Ridgewood; • Jan. 22 at the Flushing Library at 41-17 Main St.; • Jan. 23 at the Queens Educational Opportunity Center in Jamaica at 158-29 Archer Ave.; • Jan. 28 at Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens; • Jan. 29 at JHS 202 Robert H. Goddard School at 138-80 Lafayette St. in Ozone Park; • Jan. 30 at the Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center at 100-01 Northern Blvd. in Corona; • Feb. 4 at the Jacob Riis Settlement at 10-25 41 Ave. in Long Island City; and • Feb. 5 at RISE/Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, 58-03 Rockway Beach Blvd. The entire document can be viewed and dow n loaded on li ne at new.mt a.i n fo / document/12706. Additional information, as well as the entire redesign draft plan, is available online Q at new.mta.info/queensbusredesign.

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Leaving anti-Semitism in 2019 Jewish leaders refuse to fear spike in religious intolerance by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Of the 345 hate crimes recorded throughout the five boroughs in 2019, 234 were motivated by anti-Semitism. “It seems to be coming from all corners,” said Rabbi Moshe Saks of the Chabad of Eastern Queens in Flushing. “We expect it from the neo-Nazis and white supremacists, but now it comes from other people ... from the community. It’s chilling.” Anti-Semitism accounted for 55 percent of recorded hate crimes in the past year, and experienced a 26 percent increase from 2018. The margin between the religiously intolerant hate crimes and antiblack hate crimes, which followed in frequency, was substantial — 37 anti-black hate crimes were committed in 2019, making up 9 percent of hate crimes for the year. The hate crimes range from graffiti of swastikas to verbal attacks to physical assault, but the question of motivation haunts Jewish communities and their leaders. “Why do they feel emboldened to attack?” wondered Saks. “It’s coming from all sides. Going down the street, you can’t even narrow down [who will attack you].” A Dec. 11 attack on a kosher deli in Jersey City claimed four victims, including a responding police officer. Just a few weeks later on Dec. 29, multiple people were stabbed while praying inside a Rockland County synagogue. During the week of Chanukah, New York City witnessed at least six reported attacks on Jewish citizens. Saks has cracked down on security in both his synagogue and its accompanying school, which has an armed guard at all times.

“We’ve upgraded,” Saks said. “Nobody can just walk in, we have a code. Now the doors are never unlocked. We just put up a fence. We’re carrying pepper spray. It’s a whole different reality.” D e s pit e i mple me nt i ng t he haunting upgrades for protection, Saks urges his congregation to “focus on the positive,” saying, “the light is the best way to fight the negativity.” He also wishes the government would continue to crack down vigorously before the crime, which mostly occurs in Brooklyn and Manhattan, spreads to Queens and beyond. Eighteen percent of hate crimes motivated by anti-Semitic bias in the first three quarters of 2019 occurred in Queens. The NYPD continues to compile information for the final quarter. One crime occurred at PS 139 in Rego Park in February, where a plethora of swastikas were drawn on the school’s playground. “Hail Hitler” and “no Jews” were also sketched into the basketball court. Juveniles allegedly were responsible, as Rabbi Eli Blokh of the Chabad of Rego Park suspected. “Why would a tween do something so heinous? They’re not known for making the best decisions,” said Blokh, suspecting that the graffiti may have been inspired by widespread intolerance. Despite the proximity of the antiSemitic graffiti to his congregation, Blokh says the community is more upset and frustrated than afraid. “They know that this isn’t new,” said Blokh, who had experienced such prejudice during the time he lived in Crown Heights. “I had a teenager ask me to sign a petition or make a donation. When I refused, he hit the hat off

A young Jewish boy marches in the “No hate. No fear.” solidarity march against anti-Semitism and discrimination on Jan. 5, in New York City. At the march, Gov. Cuomo announced an increase in funds to protect Jewish citizens. MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTOS ABOVE AND BELOW RIGHT, KAREN KOSLOWITZ TWITTER PHOTO BELOW LEFT

my head. He didn’t say anything, he walked away, he was angry. It escalated, but no, it wasn’t new.” In response to the statewide and state-neighboring attacks, Gov. Cuomo signed, on Nov. 25, legislation establishing a hate crime recognition training program for local law enforcement. A month later, he announced that over $10 million had been awarded to make security enhancements at nonpublic schools and cultural centers, including religious-based institutions, to protect against hate crimes. Cuomo later raised that amount to $45 million, which he announced at the city “No hate. No fear.” solidarity march against anti-Semitism and discrimination on Sunday, Jan. 5. Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing) described the march as encouraging and beautiful, but acknowledged that more needs to be done beyond demonstrations.

Swastika-littered graffiti plagued a Rego Park school in early February, left. The NYPD increased presence in Jewish neighborhoods, institutions and events, such as the “No hate. No fear.” solidarity walk.

“There’s always more [the government] can do — to allocate more resources,” said Rosenthal. “Its foremost responsibility is to make the community safe and right now we are not safe. We need more resources in the budget. They need to put their money where their mouth is.” Mayor de Blasio launched new crime prevention efforts to combat anti-Semitism on Dec. 29 following Cuomo’s action. The initiative sparked the creation of new mu lt i- et h n ic i nt e r fa it h Neighborhood Safety Coalitions to identify and address issues that drive hate crimes. It also called for an increased NYPD presence at houses of worship and within historically Jewish neighborhoods, as well as new Department of Education lesson plans to prevent hate crimes and antiSemitic attacks. “It’s hard to diagnose,” said Rosenthal. “I don’t walk around the streets scared. It has come up in the back of my mind ... but I’m proud to be a Jew. It is what it is. We have a deep history in New York.” “We ran away from dictatorship, and we still believe that America is a place of tolerance,” said Rabbi Yitzhak Yehoshua of the Bukharian Jewish Communtiy Center in Forest Hills. “We need to open a dialogue, involve the community more because at the end of the day we are all proud New Yorkers in this beautiful and wonderful state.” Yehoshua implemented 24/7 surveillance during the holiday season, but says his congregants remain unafraid of becoming vic-

tims. The attacks on visibly Jewish individuals have not deterred the Bukharian members from wearing their religious garb. “It’s really disappointing that we are not just confronting antiSemitism, but experiencing its growth,” said Councilmember Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), a worshiper of the faith who presides over a historically Jewish district, and is a member of the City Council’s Jewish Caucus. Lancman says he does not fear falling victim to a hate crime because he is not identifiably Jewish and does not wear a yarmulke, but feels tension when he visits Jewish institutions, synagogues and schools. “Being a Jew in New York, one is constantly reminded they are under threat,” said Lancman. Anti-Semitic violence perpetrated by black citizens has been widely publicized, but the NYPD’s arrest statistics by bias motivation from the first three quarters of 2019 show that it is largely committed by white people. “The paradigm for the threat against the Jewish community has [historically] been alt-right or neoNazis or Palestinian terrorism — this kind of anti-Semitism doesn’t fit either paradigm,” said Lancman. “It is important not to turn this into negative African American ... anti-Semitism does not have any political motivation.” “ Live you r l i fe loud a nd proud,” Lancman advised Jewish New Yorkers facing hate. “Keep your eyes and ears open, but this is our city just as much as it is Q anyone’s.”

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Space force by David Russell

Saturday, Jan. 18 and including original artifacts from international collections and from the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts London, in addition to the museum’s collection. Highlights include special photographic effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull’s concept sketches for Clavius Base and costumes, including a space suit worn in the Clavius Base scene and the Moon-Watcher ape suit worn by Dan Richter in the Dawn of Man scene, as well as storyboards, contact sheets, test films and photographs related to the Stargate special effects sequence. On Jan. 17, the museum will host a preview of the exhibition and screen the movie in 70 mm. MoMI Director of Curatorial Affairs Barbara Miller

will moderate a conversation with Kubrick’s daughter, Katharina, Keir Dullea, who played astronaut David Bowman, and Dan Richter, who played Moon-Watcher, the leader of a tribe of ape-men in the 18 -minute Dawn of Man sequence. During the sequence, Moon-Watcher is instructed by the black monolith to use animal bones as a survival tool. In a famous shot, he throws a bone, which results in a jump-cut to a space shuttle. “There’s a lot of mystery as to what the film means,” Miller told the Chronicle when talking about the film’s legacy and popularity more than a half-century after its release. continued on page 27

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Few movies have been more discussed and analyzed than Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the 1968 science-fiction epic that was lauded for its visual effects while also leaving many viewers wondering what the meaning of it all was. At nearly two and a half hours, the film, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, examines the relationship between humanity and technology through pioneering special effects. It made $146 million at the box office and earned Kubrick an Academy Award for Visual Effects. The Museum of the Moving Image will host “Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey,” an exhibit on display for six months starting

MoMI exhibit examines Kubrick’s powerful, yet puzzling, ‘2001’

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“In Practice: Total Disbelief,” with works that engage formal tools that uphold belief and use them to make other claims, suggesting uncertainty; and “Rafael Domenech: Model to exhaust this place,” an installation engaging with the vernacular of a rapidly growing neighborhood. Both Thu., Jan. 16 (opening reception 6:30-8:30 p.m.)-Mon., March 23, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 3611750, sculpture-center.org.

“The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit that adds “a dash of Monty Python” to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film about an everyman caught up in the world of espionage, by The Gingerbread Players. Sat., Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. $15 suggested; $12 each in groups of six or more. Info: (718) 268-7772, boxoffice@gingerbreadplayers.org. “The 8th,” a drama about an Irish family in mourning and arguing about how their father died, set against the nation’s contentious vote to legalize abortion. Thu.-Sat., Jan. 9-11; Tue.-Sat., Jan. 14-18, 8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Jan. 11-12; Sat., Jan. 18, 2 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $20. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

Bayside Historical Society Winter Art Show, the 19th annual, with area artists working in multiple styles and media, including painting, drawing, photography and more. Sun., Jan. 12 (opening reception 2 p.m.)-Sun., Jan. 26, Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $5. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org. “A Piece of Yourself: Gift Giving in Self-Taught Art,” with one-of-a-kind works from the 18th to 21st centuries presented as gifts with an immediate and personal nature. Through Fri., Jan. 10, American Folk Art Museum’s Self-Taught Genius Gallery, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org. “Weather the Weather,” with works by two dozen artists examining the “expression of the true force of nature,” via the SciArt Initiative. Through Fri., Jan. 10, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues,” exploring the science and artistry behind Louis C. Tiffany’s groundbreaking achievements in iridescent art glass, with vivid colors, hypnotizing patterns and more. Through spring 2020, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org. Artist Co-op 2019, with paintings, sculptures, mixed media works and more by 12 emerging and mid-career Queens and NYC artists. Through Sat., Jan. 25, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 16104 Jamaica Ave. Free (donations welcome). Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

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“Unbound: Authentic Visions and Voices,” the first public exhibit by Art BreakOut, with works in multiple media, such as Frank Boccio’s “Six Men,” above, by artists with roots around the world. Thu., Jan. 9 (reception 6-9 p.m.)-Thu., Feb. 27, The Local NY, 13-02 44 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: Lois Stavsky, (917) 562-8468, loisstavsky@gmail.com. FRANK BOCCIO

One of the interactive concerts for children hosted by Beata Moon, above, and Barbara Podgurski of Musica Reginae will be held Saturday afternoon at The Church-in-the-Gardens in Forest Hills. In the evening, members of the group will perform chamber music there. See Kids/Families and Music. PHOTO BY MARK LORD “Outs & Ins,” with works by Sarah Palmer exploring human and environmental vulnerability with recontextualized nudes, portraits, catalog images and more. Through Sat., Jan. 18, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com.

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School of Rock Queens Winter Performance, with kids from the new music school putting on their first concert, with a focus on the British Invasion and a jam by their instructors at the end. Sat., Jan. 11, 12-5 p.m., Hatfields, 40-05 Bell Blvd., Bayside. $10. Info: (929) 999-7625, schoolofrock.com/events. An Evening of Chamber Music for Piano and Strings, with Musica Reginae’s Barbara Podgurski on piano, Cyrus Beroukhim on violin, William Hakim on viola and Robert Burkhart on cello, playing works by Chopin and Dvorak. Sat., Jan. 11, 7 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills (preceded by 4 p.m. children’s concert; see Kids/Families). $20; $10 students; free kids under 12. Info: (718) 894-2178, musicareginae.org.

Mark Adams Jazzical, a union of classical composition and jazz innovation, with the pianist, second from left, joined by Donald Nicks, left, on bass, George Gray on drums and Derrick Barker on vibes, along with guest David Friedman on vocals; with reception afterward. Sun., Jan. 12, 3 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. $15 suggested; $12 seniors, students and anyone in groups of six or more. Info: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.org.

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FILM “I Am Big Bird,” the 2014 documentary on Caroll Spinney, the man behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street” for nearly 50 years, with live appearances by Co-director Dave LaMattina, Jim Henson Foundation President Cheryl Henson and more. Sat., Jan. 11, 1 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. “The Hottest Summer,” the 2019 documentary on NYC in Aug. 2017 and its inhabitants’ anxieties about President Trump, rising rents, weather events and more. Sun., Jan. 12, 4:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. “Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” an exclusive version of the 2019 documentary about the mission that landed men on the moon for the first time 50 years ago, with never-before-seen footage. Daily through Tue., Jan. 21, 3 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6; $5 kids, students, seniors, plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Beethoven’s 250th birthday with Longleash, with the new music trio performing piano works by the master composer and contemporary responses; part of the Five Boroughs Music Festival. Fri., Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $25; $15 seniors; $10 students; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Oratorio Society of Queens, to join the choral group of more than 100 people of various ages, backgrounds and abilities, singing Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Trial by Jury” and Randall Thompson’s “Testament of Freedom” in May 17 Spring Concert. Mon., Jan. 13 and 20 , 7 p.m. (with rehearsals immediately following), Temple Beth Sholom, 171-39 Northern Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 279-3006, queensoratorio.org. ADRIANA LOPETRONE PHOTOGRAPHY

The Music of Friends, an interactive concert for kids 4 and up and their families, exploring what chamber music is and what it’s like to make songs with friends, by Musica Reginae. Sat., Jan. 11, 4 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills (followed by 7 p.m. regular concert; see Music). Free (kids’ event only). Info: (718) 894-2178, musicareginae.org.

Jazz drummer Jeremy Dutton, with the Texas percussionist continuing the lineage of great drummers from Houston, as part of the Thursday Night Jazz series. Thu., Jan. 9, 8-9 p.m., Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. $10. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

Douglaston Community Theatre for the comedy “Social Security,” with men and women ages 40s-90s sought. Tue., Jan. 14 and Thu., Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m., Zion Episcopal Church, Church Street off Douglaston Pkwy., 243-01 Northern Blvd. Info: Gary, (347) 489-6216, dougcommtheatre@optonline.net.

Toddler Storytime, with preschoolers and their parents exploring the historical Onderdonk House through story, crafts and playtime. Sat., Jan. 11, 10-11 a.m., 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. $5. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org. continued on page 28

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St. Albans: music, but much, much more by Michael Gannon editor

As a journalist turned journalism professor, Springfield Gardens native Claire Serant has always wanted to tell people’s stories. But it was a former student who taught the Brooklyn College, Medgar Evers College and SUNY Old Westbury teacher that there was a book to be written about St. Albans while they stood conversing in a college parking lot four years ago. “Then I went to the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Carle Place to the local history section,” Serant said. “There were books on Laurelton, books about Jamaica ... I started calling people up.” Say “St. Albans” and many with a sense of local history immediately gravitate to the

‘St. Albans’ book signing When: Thurs., Jan. 30, 6-8 p.m. Where: Back Spectrum Theatre, 177-01 Baisley Blvd., St. Albans Entry: Free (book $23.99). (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com

Addisleigh Park section, a more upscale neighborhood teeming with elegant Tudor and s tone homes. Fans can run off the names of music legends who lived there: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Milt Hinton and Brook Benton; sports icons Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella; and seemingly even Babe Ruth, there all the time in the days of the of St. Albans Golf Club. “But St. Albans was always more than jazz music and Addisleigh Park,” Serant said. “When we were growing up in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, there were doctors, civil servants, teachers, lawyers — role models. Children could see their futures.” Her 127-page work of black-and-white photos captures everything from an early grocery store, old-time Scout trips and church picnics to modern youth football, all mixed in among the entertainment, sports and civil rights luminaries. The book goes on sale Jan. 27.

Orchestra leader Duke Ellington, right, wasn’t a neighbor of fellow jazz great and St. Albans resident Count Basie, but his son, trumpeter Mercer Ellington, was. At left, REPRINTED FROM “ST. ALBANS” BY CLAIRE SERANT (ARCADIA PUBISHING, 2020) author Claire Serant. Serant went through photo collections ranging from that of the Queens Library to the Library of Congress. She spoke with friends and acquaintances, and acquaintances of acquaintances, all in a search for photographs that captured the life and spirit

of a neighborhood over decades, and even back to the 19th century. Some of the most surprising treasures she found were taken at the St. Albans Veterans Hospital, which started construction in 1943 continued on page 29

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It opens with a man writing a suicide note. It finds an Irish family embroiled in an argument over the suspicious death of its patriarch. It addresses a controversial topic: the legalization of abortion. And it’s a comedy ... of sorts! It’s called “The 8th,” and its world premiere engagement runs through Jan. 18 at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City. Playwright Seanie Sugrue describes the piece as “a very dark comedy,” quickly pointing out that “there is comic relief the whole way through.” Set in County Kerry, where Sugrue’s

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hometown is, the play becomes a political piece that finds the people of Ireland divided as they prepare to vote on whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment and legalize abortion. It’s considered the most contentious social issue the country has seen since its independence. Sugrue, who arrived in New York City in 2005, began to write the play last April. Rehearsals got underway a month ago, with Sugrue also serving as director. It’s the seventh time he’s directing one of his own plays, a circumstance that originally came about when he “couldn’t afford to hire a director.” But, he points out, when mounting a brand-new play, “you want the playwright there. It’s useful having me there.” Over the years, he has developed what he calls “a community of actors,” several of whom are involved in his latest undertaking. “We have a good team and a couple of new people,” he said in a recent telephone interview. “You just want to build a nice environment.” Bringing his words to life is a cast of eight, ranging in age from 19 to mid-70s, along with a radio that “is like a character.”

An Irish family copes with the death of their patriarch in “The 8th.” In writing the play, Sugrue was careful to not be preachy. “Abortion is a touchy subject,” he conceded. The play “pushes tolerance — the whole point of the play.” Each character has a different opinion on the matter. “I don’t push it on anyone as to who’s right and who’s wrong,” Sugrue said. “The piece is very stylized,” he added. “We put old Ireland and new Ireland in a

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room together.” The room, incidentally, is based on the one in which he grew up. While the play includes a considerable number of “Kerry jokes,” Sugrue says it’s “written like anyone can relate to it.” Considering the subject matter and a sprinkling of profanity, Sugure recommends the play for “slightly more mature” audiences, but adds that it’s “not R-rated or anyQ thing like that.”

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The film found a following with audiences who would drop acid before seeing it. The studio added a new tagline to redesigned movie posters, calling it “The Ultimate Trip.” Popular culture became ingrained with moments from the movie such as the opening theme “Thus Spake Zarathrusta” and the red eye of HAL 9000, the artificial intelligence computer controlling the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft and interacting with the ship’s crew, with increasingly negative results. There is no dialogue until more than 20

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MoMI exhibit on Kubrick’s ‘2001’ is out of this world

A scene from “2001: A Space Odyssey” on Space Station V, featuring Djinn chairs, a design in the “modernist” style. At left, Stanley Kubrick, the film’s director. On the PHOTOS COURTESY WARNER BROS. cover: Kubrick on the hotel room set. minutes into the film. Nearly an hour and a half of it is dialogue-free. Still, the movie features some memorable lines, including “Open the pod bay doors, HAL,” and “Dave, my mind is going, I can feel it.” The movie ends with the Star Child, a floating fetus in a glowing orb, looking at

the Earth. Viewers have described the movie as an allegory for conception, birth and death. In a way, a line in the film referring to the monolith can double as a description for the movie as a whole: “Its origin and purpose Q are still a total mystery.”

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Former CIA Director Tenet grew up in Little Neck by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

John Tenet was born in Albania on May 5, 1907. He toiled in the La Houve coal mines in France before immigrating to the United States in 1928. Tenet discovered he had a talent for cooking and became a chef. U.S. Census records show he had an eighth-grade education, and his options were limited. He decided to open a diner in an old railroad car at 252-19 Northern Blvd. and called it the 20th Century Diner. His wife, Evangelia, bore him twin boys on January 5, 1953, George and William. They lived in a semiattached 53-by-119-foot house at 42-28 Marathon Pkwy. John sold the valuable corner diner property in 1960 to a The childhood home of CIA Director George group of four investors who enlarged the Tenet at 42-28 Marathon Pkwy. in Little Neck, as it looked when he was a boy in the 1950s. joint and renamed it the Scobee Diner. John stayed on as the chef, working there until his death in 1983. His focus was served two U.S. presidents of opposing political parties — Democrat Bill Clinton and the education and future of his two sons. William became a doctor and George got Republican George W. Bush. The Tenet house looks pretty much the into government and politics. He was appointed to head the CIA in 1997, and same today as it did when the future spymasQ stayed on until he resigned in July 2004. He ter’s family lived there.

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LECTURES/TALKS Al Ronzoni Jr. — Coming to America, with the great-grandson of the founder of the Ronzoni pasta company on his family’s journey from Italy to America and success, followed by celebration of the La Bella Italia organization’s first anniversary. Sun., Jan. 12, 1-5 p.m., Christ the King High School CNL Center (door #10), 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village. $25. Info/RSVP (required): Jacqueline Gagliano, (718) 897-3135, jbgagliano14@yahoo.com.

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(718) 939-0647, queenslibrary.org, queenshistoricalsociety.org. Live Drawing with Models, for those 18 and over, with a nude model, music and nonjudgmental environment. Mon., Jan. 13, 6-9 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. Family & Friends CPR training, with members of the Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps teaching the lifesaving skills of handsonly CPR, for those 14 and up. Fri., Jan. 10, 6-8 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 224-75 76 Ave., Oakland Gardens (new address). $5. Info/pre-registration (required): (718) 2294000, alleypond.com.

CLUBS Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club of Queens, for anyone who has an idea for a product or seeks help with prototyping, intellectual property protection, manufacturing and more, this month featuring an expert on toy and game development. Tue., Jan. 21 (and each 3rd Tue. of the month), 6:30-8:30 p.m., NY Designs Incubator, LaGuardia Community College C Building, 7th floor, 29-10 Thompson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: Chris, (917) 682-7742, queensinventorsclub.com. Scrabble Club, with participants bringing their own Scrabble sets to play the popular word game. Each Fri., 10:15 a.m.-12 p.m., Glen Oaks Library, 256-04 Union Tpke. Free. Info: (718) 831-8636, queenslibrary.org. Knit & Crochet Club, with participants meeting up to share techniques and patterns and bringing their own supplies. Each Fri., 10:30 a.m., Howard Beach Library, 92-06 156 Ave. Free. Info: (718) 641-7086, queenslibrary.org.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Maspeth Senior Center, 6961 Grand Ave. Free English classes for Chinese speakers, computer instruction, Silver Sneakers, tai chi, yoga and more; breakfast and lunch served. Info: (718) 429-3636. Della Monica-Steinway Senior Center. Serving adults 60 and over. 23-56 Broadway, Astoria. Exercise classes daily, 10 a.m. Social dancing every Mon. and Thu., 1 p.m. Daily lunch served 11:45 a.m. Info: (718) 626-1500.

SUPPORT GROUPS PTSD for veterans and service members: Reach out to a anonymous support group in your area. Info: 1 (800) 273-8255. Bereavement groups for assistance dealing with loss and the process towards healing, with others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Registration req’d. Info: (718) 268-5011, ext. 160, olderadults@cgy.org.

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continued from page 25 and was completed seven years later. “They had a regular band,” Serant said, and many of the photos depict marches, parties and celebrations held to keep up the morale of the patients. But there also are photos of Navy sailors — all of them looking young — who had been sent there for treatment in the hospital’s tuberculosis ward. On a lighter note there are pages of photos from the family of Jacob Kaplan and his Club Ruby, an integrated nightclub that attracted the likes of John Coltrane, Catherine Basie and Mona Hinton. Serant documents the legacy of the Black Spectrum Theatre Co., founded by Carl Clay in 1970 on a shoestring budget in a storefront at Linden Boulevard and 200th Street. She learned that St. Albans Life, a weekly newspaper, was published from 1946 to 1952 by Roger Roddy. Serant’s research came across Roddy’s 2005 obituary, which led her in turn to his daughter Linda, who granted her access to her father’s files and photos. She has photos of W.E.B. Dubois, founder of the NAACP, who married Addisleigh Park resident Shirley Graham; Guy R. Brewer, the civil rights leader and trailblazing politician for whom the long boulevard running from

Jamaica to John F. Kennedy International Airport is named; and Jane Nebel Henson, who married Muppet creator Jim Henson. It was not without work and sacrifice. Serant documents the struggle against racerestrictive covenants that ran with the deeds to houses in Addisleigh Park before the Supreme Court ruled against them; and men and women dressed in their Sunday finest to block construction vehicles heading for the site of Rochdale Village back in 1963, when contractors refused to hire African-American workers. The book will be available for $23.99 at arcadiapublishing.com or anywhere else Q books are sold.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11-22-19, bearing Index Number NC-000998-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) RITA (Middle) AUGUSTA (Last) LANGSTON. My present name is (First) RITA (Middle) AUGUSTA (Last) COHEN AKA RITA LANGSTON AKA RITA A LANGSTON. The city and state of my present address are Cambria Heights, NY. My place of birth is MANHATTAN, NY. The month and year of my birth are July 1950.

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Rest in peace, commissioner. Following last Thursday’s press conference in which the Mets introduced relief pitcher Dellin Betances, I asked his agent, Jim Murray, whether he and his client had discussed the Mets’ disastrous bullpen last summer and if it presented an employment opportunity for 2020. The former Bronx Bomber was recovering from shoulder surgery at the time. Murray sternly replied, “My client was laserfocused on getting back on the mound for the Yankees!” He then paused three seconds and added, “And yes we did!” with a wry smile. Now that the real reason for Yoenis Cespedes breaking his ankles at his ranch last May has been revealed, Boar’s Head deli meats must offer him a deal to become their spokesman. Rival hockey teams will be playing at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. No, it’s not the Rangers and Flyers, but the Harvard Crimson and the Yale Bulldogs. Expect a lot of boldfaced names from all walks of life to show up. Former presidential candidate and Secretary of State John Kerry has been a regular at this event. Brazilian Jaoa Ricardo Vieira won the Professional Bull Riders initial event of 2020, the Monster Buck Off, held at Madison Square Garden this past weekend. American Jess Lockwood, who was the 2019 PBR champion and has quickly become the face of the sport, Q finished third.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH All brick, legal 2 fam, 2 BR, 1 bath over 2 bed, 1 bath. Full finished basement with sep. entrance, 40x100 corner property. Asking $959K

Cape on 50x90 lot, 4 BRs, 2 full baths. 1st floor, hardwood floors, living room w/fireplace, formal dining room, kitchen, 2 BRs, full bath, access to enclosed sunroom. 2nd floor, 2 BRs, full fin. bsmt., new gas furnace & hot water heater (4 yrs old), large den. Owner Motivated! Reduced $738K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD

Large Hi-Ranch, Brookfield-style home, on 40x100, house 27x55, 4 BRs, 3 full baths. X-large eat-inkitchen, sunken living room with hardwood floors, formal dining room. 1 car garage, pvt. dr., half brick, half frame. Asking $899K

Mint AAA Hi-Ranch. 3 BRs/2 full bths. 3 zone radiant heat, porcelain tiles in 1st floor, gas Heat Glo fireplace, quartz countertop, top floor all GE Cafe series kitchen, SS appl., granite counter. All new kitchen and bath, 2 separate electric 220 boxes, tankless water heater, sec. cameras, hi-hats throughout, ductless AC, Pella sliding doors, no Sandy damage. Asking $879K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

Beautiful Hi-Ranch. Top floor features 3 BRs, 2 all-new full baths, new mint kitchen with granite countertops, SS appl., custom granite island, tiled kitchen floor, walk-in apt., central air, in-ground pool. Asking $849K

Beautiful Townhouse, 2 terraces, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, 2 half baths. Kitchen with SS appl., granite counters and table. Deck, AG pool, tiled floors, all renovated, 2 car driveway, garage, view of water from front balcony.

Mint AAA all new Raised Ranch on 38x113. Top floor features, all new kit., granite countertop, SS appl., new cherry cabinets, new full bth, hardwood floors throughout and attic, lower level finished, laundry room, utility room, sitting room with gas fireplace. Large pantry, slides to lg. backyard. Asking $799K

HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD

Commercial Space For Rent

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

Co-ops & Condos For Sale

HOWARD BEACH Cross Bay Blvd, commercial space for rent, 2nd fl, 850 sq. ft., all new tiled office w/bath, $2,750/mo., plus electric. HOWARD BEACH Cross Bay Blvd, 2nd fl., approx 350 sq. ft., $1,500/mo., plus heat & elec. Both good for attorney/mortgage company/accountant/trucking company, etc.

Hi-Rise - 2 Bed, 2 Baths updated kitchen. Asking $247K Hi-Rise - Mint AAA, 2 Bed, 2 Baths, custom kit., new baths. Asking $310K Garden Co-op - 3 Bed, 1 Bath, freshly painted, Hi-hats, new closet doors, w/dryer in apt, updated kit. Asking $299K Hi-Rise - Mint AAA, 2 Bed, 2 Baths, + 17 ft. terrace, new kitchen and 2 new baths, Asking $299K One-of-a-kind Janet Ann Duplex Condo - 2 Bed, 1 1/2 baths. Renovated, granite, SS appl., washer and dryer, terrace, Asking $365K

Apartments For Rent HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD Mint 3 Bed/2 Bth & terrace, 2nd fl. with dvwy & parking. $2,500 OZONE PARK Updated, 2 Bed, 1 Bth. incl. parking, heat, elec. & gas. $2,200

Mint Cape. 50X100 lot, 4 BRs, 3 full baths. MUST SEE. Asking $949,500K

Cape on 60x100 (Remodeled in 2015). First floor is extended open floor plan, new kitchen with granite and SS appl., and island. Large living room, dining room. Hardwood floors, large master w/ walkin-closet, full bath, 2 lg. bed, upstairs, new full bth, full fin bsmt. w/ lg. den, office, new gas boiler, updated windows. 4 new Mitsubishi units, large in-ground pool Asking $949K

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