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oshat Nahian was just 8 years old when his life came to an end on Dec. 20, 2013, his body crushed by a tractor trailer on Northern Boulevard in Woodside as he walked to school with his sister. A few days later, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) would meet Nahian’s mother at a memorial service. And even now, more than four years later, he still hasn’t forgotten the look of despair on her face. “The agony she was enduring, it was something you would never want to see on another human face,” Van Bramer said. “That family was so devastated, they moved back to Bangladesh.” Nahian’s story is not unique. More than 100 families had their own tragic tale to tell last year. But over the last four years, that number has been steadily falling. In a Monday press conference in Woodside, Mayor de Blasio announced that 2017 — the fourth year of his Vision Zero initiative — was the safest year on record when it comes to both overall traffic fatalities and pedestrian deaths. “It’s the safest year since we began keeping records in 1910,” de Blasio said. “The last time New York City streets were this safe, people were getting around with a horse and buggy.”

Mayor de Blasio speaks on the success of his Vision Zero traffic initiative during a press conference in Woodside on Monday. Last year saw the fewest traffic fatalities — including drivers, PHOTO COURTESY NYC cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians — since 1910. According to Department of Transportation statistics, 214 people — 101 pedestrians, 57 motorists, 33 motorcyclists and 23 bike riders — died in traffic crashes in 2017, down from 231 in 2016 and 299 in 2013. The 101 pedestrian deaths represent a

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that has worked the best in this city. It’s been one of the gamechangers.” De Blasio added that Queens has been the greatest beneficiary of Vision Zero — the broad effort to redesign dangerous streets and intersections and lower speed limits. Just 59 people were killed in the borough last year, a new record low. And remarkably, 2017 was the third straight year no one died while walking along or across Queens Boulevard — where 138 pedestrians were fatally hit between 1990 and 2014. “For too long in this city, the idea was tolerated that we had a major thoroughfare that was known colloquially as the Boulevard of Death,” the mayor said. “We put $100 million into fixing Queens Boulevard. The Boulevard of Death is now the Boulevard of Life.” The installation of bike lanes from Sunnyside to Forest Hills has proved controversial, especially in Elmhurst and Rego Park, where residents and merchants worried about the loss of parking and its negative impacts on area small businesses. Van Bramer acknowledged that it was “not easy” to redesign the boulevard, but saving lives should always take precedent over anything else. “There are still some folks who are unhappy about the inconveniences of the redesign,” continued on page 21

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DOT adds some parking to Woodhaven Markings on the boulevard will be finished when weather is better by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) has given the Department of Transportation a good amount of flak over the past few months over its implementation of Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. But on Tuesday, he had nothing but kudos for the agency — which is in the process of adding some parking spots along part of the corridor’s service road. “At times, the DOT is quite responsive,” the senator said in an interview. “At times, they do listen ... and we do appreciate it.” The city has added parking just south of Jamaica Avenue — though unlike regular parking stripes, these are yellow and are closed off with a solid line, instead of being white and open. A DOT spokesman said in an email the lines will be completed when the weather is a little warmer. “As part of our ongoing efforts to restore parking following the implementation of Select Bus Service on Woodhaven Boulevard, DOT has restored parking at this location,” the spokesman said. “New markings will be completed when the weather permits.”

Parking stripes have been painted along Woodhaven Boulevard, though they don’t look like normal ones. One resident says he, and others, have already been ticketed despite the spots being labeled legal — though how they READER PHOTO parked may have been the reason. Signs indicate that parking is allowed on the boulevard’s service roads every day — except on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to allow for street cleaning — but at least one person has already run into some issues. A Woodhaven resident named Vincent said people who have parked along the stripes have received

tickets, including himself, despite it being legal. The DOT spokesman did not address the issue in his statement. But a photo provided by Vincent showed cars parked parallel, not within the diagonal spaces. Assembly man Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) is helping the resident resolve the issue, and is confi-

dent the agency will work with him to get the violation dismissed. “They’re pretty fair,” Miller said. “They’ve helped us in the past with other issues and it should work out well.” The DOT eliminated some Woodhaven Boulevard parking spots to put a bus lane along the median from Park Lane South to

Rockaway Boulevard. In addition to that, curbside parking is now restricted during rush hour on Cross Bay Boulevard from Liberty Avenue to the Belt Pa rk way — on ly bu se s a r e allowed in the lanes at those times. Businesses along the boulevard have complained that their profits have dropped since the changes were implemented. Addabbo said he hopes the DOT looks to f ind additional spots in those areas. “This is how government is supposed to work,” he said. “There’s an issue and we bring it to the mayor or the agency head and ... we look for a solution.” Miller, just like Addabbo, has been an SBS critic but says some fears about the project have been unfounded. “They did shovel out the bus stops,” the assemblyman said. Many opponents of SBS said during the planning stages that they didn’t trust the MTA and DOT to shovel out the stops along the medians. But some curbside bus stops were not properly cleaned following last Thursday’s snowstorm, such as the one at Cross Bay BouleQ vard and Pitkin Avenue.

A new hope to find Diefenbach’s killer ’88 Richmond Hill teen murder probe reopens by Anthony O’Reilly

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The city Police Department may be able to f ind out who killed 14-year-old Richmond Hill resident Christine Diefenbach — 30 years af t er she wa s fou nd br ut ally murdered. NBC News first reported last Friday that the NYPD is once again examining evidence from the case, though they did not tell the outlet what specifically they are looking into. It’s the second time the police are reopening the probe — the NYPD’s Cold Case Squad picked it up in the mid-1990s, but nothing of significance was discovered. According to NBC, investigators back then collected DNA samples from two men who may have been at the crime scene, but the science at the time could not link

them to the victim. Modern science, however, could provide a lead, the outlet reported. The NYPD is still asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers. c o m , o r b y t e x t i n g 2 74 637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential. Diefenbach was found dead Feb. 7, 1988 from blunt force trauma to the skull near 89th Avenue between 123rd and 121st streets, on the staircase leading up to the abandoned Long Island Rail Road tracks, The New York Times reported in 1988. The paper also reported the victim had cuts and bruises on her face and throat. The teenager, who left her 125th Street home to pick up a newspaper and a gallon of milk, was found with

her pants around her ankles and at the time police thought she was sexually assaulted — but NBC reported the evidence could not prove that. Every major newspaper and TV news outlet covered the killing, which shook the neighborhood and unnerved parents. “My mother didn’t want me to go to school today,” Jamie Antomattei, a fourth-grader, told the Times. Diefenbach attended IS 217 in Jamaica, the Grey Lady reported. The principal at the time, Jules Weisler, said the schools had psychiatric workers and psychologists at the building to help students cope with the loss. “The shock of such an event brings out a kind of terror you seldom see in youngsters,” Weisler said. The Diefenbach family, who moved to Selden, LI, could not be reached for comment by press time. Q

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Where’s the mail? Qns. residents ask Delivery problems persist in Ozone Park, other borough communities by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Cathy, an Ozone Park resident, finally received some mail Monday evening. It had been the first time anything was dropped in her box in three business days. A nd wh ile last T hu rsd ay’s “ bomb cyclone” may have delayed delivery for a day, she and at least one of her neighbors say it’s not the first time there’s been a problem with getting mail. “ T h is is a proble m ,” Cat hy s a id . “They’re not doing what they’re supposed to be doing. Something needs to be done about this.” Bill Folz told the Chronicle Monday he went to the Post Office at 91-11 Liberty Ave. to find out why there were so many delays. An employee told him they were “too busy” to deliver, he says. A spokesman for the United States Postal Service said in an emailed statement, “At no time would it be appropriate to say we are ‘too busy’ to deliver and we apologize to any customer who may have heard such a thing. Delivery is what we are here to do.” Folz and Cathy said the problems with delivery go back to before the borough was hit with more than 10 inches of snow. Ozone Park residents said they’ve experienced missing or delayed mail from the Post Office on Folz said he’s missing several Christ- Liberty Avenue, but they’re not the only ones complaining. Residents throughout the borough mas cards that were sent to his home dur- said it’s been an issue since before last week’s winter storm. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY ing the holiday season. He said there have been several weeks where he and his inquiry from the Chronicle was the first neighbors go days at a time without get- time the office had heard about the issue. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard ting mail. And Cathy said when the mail does Beach), though, said he’s familiar with the residents’ complaints. arrive, it comes as late as 6:30 or 7 p.m. “We understand that the snow, it will Still, the spokesman at t r ibuted the disrupt the mail service at some point but delays to Winter Storm Grayson. “We had comprehensive emergency the issues were occurring even before the plans in place, carefully monitored weather holidays,” Addabbo said in a Tuesday teleconditions as the storm barreled up the phone interview. “It could be an important East Coast, and provided guidance to local bill, or even the results to an important by Anthony O’Reilly postal managers,” he said in a lengthy exam.” Editor The senator said statement. “Frankly, Queens Library officials told members he has not been m a ny roa d s , sid e of Community Board 9 Tuesday that they given a def initive roads and sidewalks will do everything in their power to ut I don’t think they ever a n swer on what’s were impassable and ensure the renovations of the Richmond causing the delays we adjusted operaHill and Woodhaven branches won’t gave us a definitive and missed tions accordingly.” overlap. deliveries. He added path“As one is being completed, the other answer as to why it’s “ I’m c o n f i d e n t ways that are still one would start,” said one representative. happening.” they’re looking into blocked with snow “That’s what we’re looking at right now.” it,” he said. “But I have added to the But when board chairman Raj Ramp— State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. don’t think they ever problem. ershad pushed for a promise that at least gave us a definitive “This means that one would be open at all times, the offisnow will melt and may turn into black ice answer as to why it’s happening. You want cials said that’s out of their control. in many areas,” the spokesman said. to make sure it’s reliable and consistent.” “I’m not saying it’s not going to overThe Ozone Park residents are not the “Unfortunately, if it is unsafe to deliver, lap because delays do happen,” said Luisa our carriers will have to retain mail items only ones complaining. Benedetto, government affairs manager Earl Roberts, a civic activist from Rochuntil it is safe to deliver.” for Queens Library. Twenty-six carriers have slipped or fall- dale Village, said many in Southeast The Richmond Hill branch is set to en in the five boroughs during “such con- Queens had the same issues long before close sometime in the next few weeks for ditions” so far this fiscal year, the spokes- last week’s tundra-like temperatures. a gut renovation that’s slated to end sum“Back in the fall, [U.S. Rep.] Gregory man added. mer 2019. “We know your readers would not want Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) held a commuThe nearby Woodhaven branch will to start 2018 off with an injury and we nity breakfast right before the elections,” shut down at that time for 18 months. must ensure that our carriers do not either,” Roberts said in a Tuesday interview. “A lot Responding to questions from board of people were complaining about the mail he said. members, library officials said they’re not A spokesman for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries service.” looking to rent a storefront while either Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) said in a (D-Brooklyn, Queens) said an emailed

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ast week this page touted the good and the bad in Mayor de Blasio’s first-term record, with the continuing drop in violent crime and the failure to reduce homelessness while opening new shelters all over the city as the top items on each side of the ledger. This week the Chronicle offers some ideas on reform of city government that we think would make officials more accountable to the people they serve. Some may seem pie in the sky, but hey, throw an idea out there and 98 years later you have the first two miles of the Second Avenue Subway (yes, it was first proposed in 1919). You just never know. Firstly, growth in government must be slowed, if only because the economy cannot keep expanding the way it has been forever. The city expense budget for fiscal year 2014 was $69.9 billion. For fiscal 2018, it’s $85.2 billion. That’s bigger than all but five states, and a 21.8 percent increase over four years. Has your salary gone up more than 5 percent a year the past four years? Didn’t think so. Neither has gross domestic product, not even close. And no one expects it to, other than maybe a few of the new Republican tax law’s biggest cheerleaders, like economist Larry Kudlow. Our mayor and City Council, always talking about sus-

tainability vis-a-vis the environment, should think more about it when it comes to spending. Some fiscal restraint, as even Albany has, is in order. Imagine a law saying spending may not rise by more than the GDP did in the previous fiscal year outside of emergencies on the scale of 9/11 or Hurricane Sandy — and then only after hearings in each borough. Speaking of meetings in every borough, how about forcing certain agency commissioners to hold town halls on a regular basis so they’re more accountable and hear from the public directly rather than through appointees or civil servants? The Departments of Transportation, Homeless Services, Parks and Buildings are regular sources of consternation and seem likely candidates. Maybe each commissioner could hold events in each borough twice yearly. Probably the main reason Buildings raises residents’ ire is its failure to go after illegal conversions strongly enough. Too often inspectors are denied access to buildings and that’s that. Maybe the law could be changed so that after two attempts, they could enter without permission, as long as some sort of probable cause exists. Take the case of 103-23 113 St. in Ozone Park, which suffered a fire Jan. 1. According to WPIX, 15 to 20 residents were displaced — from a

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simple two-story row house of unremarkable size. It should not hold that many people. Eleven complaints about illegal occupancy of the house had been filed from 1995 through 2005. Too bad none resulted in compliance with the law. Meanwhile, the DOT is driving many residents nuts with its expanding bike and bus lanes. One key issue is how businesses suffer when parking spaces are removed to make way for the lanes. How about all street redesigns in commercial areas include economic impact studies, ones done in part through detailed interviews of business owners? Some of these lanes have been installed without the approval of a given area’s community board. Should boards be given some actual decision-making power, whether over street redesign or other matters, like variances? Also, should the city take responsibility for street trees that damage sidewalks, rather than homeowners? Should the amount of public matching funds for political candidates be cut to discourage fraudulent fundraising? Should CUNY and SUNY get to bill the city for each remedial class they’re forced to teach public school graduates? So many ideas. Just one more: How about revising the City Charter? So we might not have to wait those 98 years to fix some things.

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Thousands of DACA recipients already started losing their work permits. Congress needs to find a legislative solution before the end of the year. DACA recipients should not live in fear, fearing that this holiday season might be the last we will have with our family. Ilknur Eren Elmhurst

Donated coat racket? Dear Editor: This stretch of bitter cold and snowy weather, when New York Cares advertises for donation of worn coats, has resulted in an abomination of uncollected coats at Resorts World Casino. For several weeks the containers have been overflowing and plastic bags of coats are lying around, making the lobby look like a garbage dump. Whoever is responsible for pickup

should be called to task. What does the organization do with the coats? I guess they resell them and pick up a profit hiding behind the good intentions of the donors. Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

Start being the mayor Dear Editor: Now that Mayor de Blasio will continue as New York City mayor for the next four years, what can we expect? Certainly, he must focus more on dealing with the homeless situation, which continues to worsen. He also needs to be much more supportive of our police officers in their ability to do their jobs. Our police officers risk their lives each and every day to protect the people of this

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Writer right on UN Dear Editor: Re John Amato’s recent letter: “Time for UN to leave NY”: Reader Amato is right. UN stands for Utter Nonsense and doesn’t deserve $8 billion of U.S. tax dollars or a home in our town. Let’s move this huge turkey on Turtle Bay out of NYC and relocate it to Geneva, where it already has a large presence and which was the home of the UN’s failed predecessor, The League of Nations. No more massive Manhattan traffic jams when the General Assembly is in session. Goodbye to all the overpaid bureaucrats and third-world country diplomats dining in 5-star restaurants while their nations’ citizens starve at home. They literally get away with murder under their diplomatic immunity. Tell the foreign freeloaders to take a hike. Here’s an alternative relocation site, Jerusalem. That will make all these “world leaders” finally recognize it as Israel’s true capital city. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Trump’s the worst Dear Editor: “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. He was rarely in one on one meetings with me.” That’s what Trump actually said about the man who was CEO of his presidential campaign. The man who basically said everyone in the Trump administration knows he’s an idiot! But we should all be grateful for the new year, for we are all another year closer to ridding America and the world of the current White House infestation. A man who said some KKK and white supremacists were “very fine people.” A man who openly mocked a reporter with physical disabilities yet was still elected president by his mindless supporters. A man whose administration has banned the Centers for Disease Control from using the words “science-based” and “evidence-based.” A man who said John McCain wasn’t a war hero, saying, “I prefer war heroes who weren’t captured.” I wonder if Trump is a fan of Jesus? Or does he also prefer messiahs who weren’t crucified? A man currently accused by 19 women of sexual misconduct. A man who, according to his lawyer, is too busy to address these allegations — yet has had time to play more golf in one year than Bush did in eight while ignoring the hypocrisy of his comments regarding Obama playing “too much golf.” Trump recently played five days in a row! While having a Palm Beach Sheriffs Department box truck block the view of reporters filming him on the course lest they report the “fake news” that he played golf five days in a row! Or as Trump calls it, “getting back to work.” Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation has cost American taxpayers $3.2 million so far. Trump’s first seven Mar-a-Lago weekend golf trips? $6.6 million. Make America great again, my ass. All this distracts people from the fact that there was another mass shooting with an assault rifle (blah, blah, blah). This time by an autistic 16-year-old who somehow got his hands on a semiautomatic rifle. Who cares? The NRA is not concerned about hindering a mentally disturbed person’s ability to obtain an assault weapon. It’s more important to them that a backwoods, inbred, redneck has more guns in his closet than teeth in his mouth. A few weeks ago Pat Caporrino of Ozone Park suggest I say how I feel about Trump (“Two wrongs, no right,” Letters, Dec. 21). Well Pat, I wouldn’t refer to him as garbage. Garbage can be recycled or used as organic compost. It’s useful. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

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Dear Editor: I was appalled to read John Amato’s outrageous, inaccurate, immature letter (“Time for UN to leave NY,” Dec. 28). Now for reality. The United Nations has been very effective in these areas: UNESCO, UNICEF, peacekeeping forces in Africa. In its earlier years, it issued the historic Declaration of Human Rights document authored by Eleanor Roosevelt. When North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, the Security Council authorized UN forces to push back their border. Now for the controversial issue of Jerusalem. For 70 years, the UN General Assembly, supported by the Security Council and all of our presidents, from Truman to Obama, has stated that Jerusalem was to be an “international city,” not the capital of Israel! Concerning Mr. Amato’s silly idea that it’s

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“time for the UN to be gone with the wind and blown away …,” he failed to consider the devastating economic impact if the UN was kicked out of NYC. The sudden loss of these “backstabbers and weasels” would cause serious unemployment and major loss of public revenue for our city. These facts could result in many city layoffs — especially city teachers. John, as a New York teacher, you failed to see somewhere over the rainbow your empty pot of gold! Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

city, and the mayor has and continues to show a complete lack of support for these dedicated men and women in blue. He seems to always favor those that the police have to deal with, the lawbreakers. Another issue with this mayor is that he spends far too much time away from the city. It seems he has plenty of time to travel to places such as Germany, and to Iowa, while there are plenty of problems here at home that he needs to attend to. He also needs to get to events here on time, such as press briefings and other meetings. This mayor needs to start acting like a mayor — now! John Amato Fresh Meadows

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Maria Thomson, W’haven leader, dies Late activist, biz leader was involved in every corner of the community by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Maria Thomson, the longtime leader of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. and an activist in every corner of the community, died Wednesday. Her death was announced by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) on Twitter. “Just received word that legendary Maria Thomson, the embodiment of community service, has passed away,” Ulrich said. “She loved Woodhaven with all her heart and soul and will be sorely missed.” It was not immediately known what the cause of death was and there was no information on funeral plans available yet. Thomson was the leader of the GWDC, representing stores on Jamaica Avenue, for more than 30 years and founded the Woodhaven Business Improvement District in 1993. She also was a member of Community Board 9 for decades. She became involved with the community more than 40 years ago following a fire at the Woodhaven branch of the Queens Library that was caused by an arsonist. “I went to the [Woodhaven Residents’] Block Association for help, and the rest is history,” she said in a 2011 interview with the Queens Chronicle. Thomson was a member of the WRBA for more than 40 years, serving as president for six of those years, before retiring from the group in 2011. She also served as president of the 102nd Precinct Community Council four times and founded a now-defunct civilian patrol. During her time with the WRBA and the GWDC, Thomson advocated for a number of issues. She was on the frontline of the charge to landmark the Forest Park Carousel, which was granted historic status in 2013.

Maria Thomson, the longtime leader of the Greater Woodhaven FILE PHOTO Development Corp., died Wednesday. “It comes after so many years of hard work. It’s just wonderful that now it’s a reality and now the carousel is saved forever,” she said at the time. “Now it will be cheered for, preserved, and it will be here long after we’re not.” Thomson also worked to keep Fire Engine Co. 294 open during the Bloomberg administration. She became involved with the GWDC and Woodhaven BID

to keep the avenue lively and help mom-and-pop shops stay in business along the corridor. Thomson also organized the annual “Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival” on Jamaica Avenue, and wrote a twicemonthly column, “Woodhaven Developments,” that appeared in the Queens Chronicle. Recently, she teamed up with Ulrich and the Queens Economic Development Corp. to try to identify ways to revitalize the avenue. In her GWDC capacity, Thomson vehemently opposed a proposal by the Department of Transportation to ban left turns onto Jamaica from Woodhaven Boulevard as part of the Select Bus Service project, saying it would lead to fewer shoppers on the avenue. The agency ultimately kept the turns. Ed Wendell, a Woodhaven activist and former president of the WRBA, said, “What a contribution Maria made to this community over the last four decades. She worked countless hours, nights and days and wrote all kinds of letters on behalf of the residents and businesses of Woodhaven. She leaves some pretty big shoes to fill.” State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said, “Maria is an irreplaceable loss for our neighborhood and our borough. She certainly has a legacy of protecting the quality-of-life in Woodhaven and I think her family and friends should be proud of her.” Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) said, “She was an iconic leader. “She was the unofficial mayor of Woodhaven,” Miller added. “Nothing happened, nothing was ever done without talking to Maria Thomson first. She had the pulse of the Q community. She was Woodhaven.”

Borough Board hits DOT, MTA on SBS Members ask for more enforcement on bus drivers not following the rules by Christopher Barca

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Representatives from the MTA and the Department of Transportation came before the Borough Board on Monday to discuss future Select Bus Service routes in Queens. But one existing SBS project was all the Borough Board wanted to talk about — the controversial Q52/Q53 route along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. “There are a lot of unhappy campers out there. Anecdotally, residents are complaining their commutes are longer,” Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton said. “I have not been to a meeting in the neighborhood since November where I haven’t got hit over the head with this. I can’t go to the grocery store without someone complaining.” Installed in November, the Woodhaven/ Cross Bay SBS route has been incredibly polarizing. The DOT said Monday that early reviews from bus riders have been positive, as their travel times have shortened, while motorists say the loss of a travel lane has worsened traffic significantly. A number of entrepreneurs in South Queens have also complained, saying the removal of curbside parking has hurt their businesses. Jessica Kuo, the DOT’s project manager for the SBS project, said she understands traffic during lane and median construction

Department of Transportation Queens Commissioner Nicole Garcia, at the microphone, and her colleagues answer questions from the Borough Board about Select Bus Service, specifically the PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA controversial route on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. was “miserable.” But those issues, according to the agency, are going away. “It’s still very early. It hasn’t even been two months, but we have been seeing positive benefits for bus travel,” Kuo said. “We’ve also been very closely monitoring the impacts on traffic. It does seem there’s no negative or very little impacts to traffic.” That isn’t what Braton and others have

heard, however. “It appears to most of the people in the community that it’s all about buses and bus riders and to hell with everyone else,” the CB 10 chairwoman said. “We need to get a handle on if people’s commutes are being affected. You say you’re seeing an impact on bus speed, but what is the impact on our vehicles’ speed?”

“Motorists are not happy,” Councilman Bob Holden (D-Glendale) added. “It seems like the deck is stacked against motorists in the borough.” Braton and Holden specifically implored the DOT to extend the hours when motorists are allowed to drive in the bus-only lanes in order to alleviate traffic. From Dry Harbor Road to Metropolitan Avenue and Park Lane South to Liberty Avenue, the lanes are 24/7. From Union Turnpike to Myrtle Avenue, they are bus-only from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday. On Cross Bay Boulevard, the hours are 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday. But DOT Queens Commissioner Nicole Garcia said she doesn’t anticipate changing the rules just yet, as it could confuse motorists who are just getting used to the system. “It is something that we are discussing internally,” Garcia said. “It’s not outside of the realm of possibility, but we just launched and we want to give it a chance.” Another major issue, according to numerous Borough Board members, has been MTA drivers using regular travel lanes instead of the bus-only ones. Braton said she and many others in South Queens have witnessed just that in recent months, adding that it only worsens traffic on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. continued on page 21

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Guv wants a state park on Jamaica Bay Facility would replace landfill in Brooklyn, right over borough border by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

During his State of the State last Wednesday, Gov. Cuomo announced plans to put a 407-acre state park just west of the QueensBrooklyn border on former landfills now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area in Jamaica Bay. “This new state park will be a treasure in the heart of Brooklyn, offering hundreds of acres of beautiful parkland on the shores of Jamaica Bay,” Cuomo said in a prepared statement. “We are committed to ensuring every New Yorker can access the recreational, health and community benefits of open space, and this park will open new doors to wellness for New Yorkers who need it most.” The Governor’s Office said there is a preliminary agreement between the National Park Service and the state. When the agreement is fully agreed to, the NPS will start a $15 million project to open the property and make 3.5 miles of waterfront accessible with paths and coastal highlands. It will be the largest state park in the five boroughs, and is located a short distance away from Howard Beach. Phase I is expected to be completed in 2019 and later phases will include the construction of a bridge connecting the former Pennsylvania Avenue and Fountain Avenue landfills, an amphitheater and more.

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Gov. Cuomo is proposing the placement of a state park in Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, just over the borough border. The 407-acre site would be the largest state park in the five boroughs and be PHOTO COURTESY NYS home to biking, hiking and other amenities. The two landfill sites were used by the city Department of Sanitation from 1956 to 1983, and then given to the NPS in 1974. The city Department of Environmental Protection remediated the site in 2002. “National Parks are not only out west;

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may soon be able to enjoy the site’s sweeping vistas of New York Harbor and the natural beauty of Jamaica Bay.” The park will offer amenities for biking, hiking, water-based activities such as fishing, kayaking and more. There will also be restrooms, places to eat and “shade structures,” Cuomo announced. “A natural preserve in the backyard of Brooklyn’s 2.6 million people features open rolling hills and 3.5 miles of waterfront, connecting city and nature, and asphalt to meadows,” Rose Harvey, commissioner of New York State Office of Parks, said in a statement. “I commend Governor Cuomo for his commitment to expanding outdoor recreation in every corner of the state, and thank the National Park Service and the Department of Environmental Protection for working with us to make the project a reality.” “Opening this area, abundant with beautiful natural resources, expansive views and space for recreation, to the public is a perfect example of how Parks and green spaces can transform and enhance our communities,” U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens), who also represents Howard Beach, said in a statement. “I thank Governor Cuomo and all of our partners for taking this community dream and making it a realQ ity for Brooklyn.”

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The Department of Homeless Services did not screen city hotels for possible ongoing criminality before renting out rooms for undomiciled families with children, according to a new repor t f rom the Depar t ment of Investigations. The 13-page document, released last Thursday, only identifies two city hotels by name — a Days Inn and a Super 8, both in the Bronx. Federal charges have since been brought against a man who allegedly operated a child-sex-trafficking ring out of those two sites. But DOI statistics showed that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 10 last year, there were 59 arrests for prostitution, 34 for assault and 11 for controlled substances combined between 34 of the city’s 57 hotel shelters. In Queens, of which there were 24 such facilities at the time the report was conducted, the DOI said there were 24 arrests for prostitution, 12 for assault and four for controlled substances. “DOI found that because the DHS commercial hotel procurement process did not consider criminal activity or other possible indicators of criminality at prospective hotels prior to placement decisions,” the report reads, “homeless families with children have shared the same facilities as prostitution enterprises at city sanctioned and financed shelter facilities. “Such proximity to criminal enter prises introduce unnecessary risks to an already vulnerable population,” it continues, “including prostitution, violence associated with prostitution enterprises, drugs, and the recruitment of DHS clients, including children, into those prostitution enterprises.” In a statement issued Tuesday, Human Resources

The Department of Homeless Services failed to vet hotels, such as the Holiday Inn Express in Maspeth, for ongoing criminal activity before renting out rooms to house homeless individuFILE PHOTO als, according to a new report. Administration Commissioner Steve Banks applauded the DOI for conducting the study. “The safety of homeless New Yorkers is our top prior-

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ity. We share DOI’s concerns and thank them for shedding light on this issue,” said Department of Social Services Commissioner Steven Banks. “Upon being notified of safety concerns requiring immediate action, we took immediate action, relocating families or occupying locations entirely, as DOI recommends and recognizes in this report.” However, the DHS is pushing back somewhat against the DOI’s report, citing a number of safety changes that were made months ago. An agency spokesperson told the Chronicle on Tuesday that in the case of the two problematic Bronx hotels, every room was rented out in the interest of safety. “The two hotels identified by DOI are outliers,” the spokesperson said, “and the only locations that DOI identified as requiring immediate action due to potential risk.” And out of 57 shelters, 50 saw fewer than five arrests total during the time DOI conducted its investigation. Three of the sites have since stopped being homeless shelters, while nine others have been fully taken over by the agency. In Queens, the DHS spokesperson said 12 of the 24 hotels were arrest-free, while 18 saw three or fewer busts. However, the agency did not provide information on specific shelters, citing the privacy of those living there. “Furthermore, DHS has no evidence indicating that any of our clients, including children, have participated in illicit activity at these locations,” the spokesperson said. Moving forward, the DHS and the NYPD are partnering to conduct security checks at every family homeless continued on page 15

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Domestic violence in the spotlight again Activists to hold vigil in Stacey Singh’s honor; fundraiser started by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Domestic violence is not an issue at all unique to the Caribbean community — but following the gruesome Jan. 1 murder of Stacey Singh at the hands of her abusive husband, who then hanged himself from a tree in Forest Park, the issue is one that’s once again being discussed by community leaders. “I can only speak for my community, but there is this tendency to keep silent about a situation a domestic violence victim is going through,” Amina Kilawan, co-founder of Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, said in an interview. Singh was found stabbed to death in her Richmond Hill home Jan. 1 and was identified as the city’s first murder victim of the year. Her husband, Vinny Loknath, had been found earlier that day hanging from a tree in the Kew Gardens section of Forest Park. Published reports state Loknath was abusive to his wife, but that she stayed with him. The two had 1- and 5-year-old children together, reports state. A GoFundMe fundraiser was started to pay for Singh’s funeral expenses, as well as provide for her children’s needs. At press time Wednesday afternoon, the fundraiser’s $10,000 goal had been surpassed, with more than $13,000 donated by 200 people in five days. A vigil will be held in Singh’s honor Jan. 15 at the Bhuvaneshwar Mandir, located at 86-06 101 Ave., starting at 3 p.m. The vigil is being organized by the citywide group Jahajee Sisters: Empowering Indo-Caribbean Women, which seeks to provide services to women in need. The vigil will also serve as an opportunity for people to “speak out” in the “hope that our community turns out to honor the life of our fallen sister and to dialogue and heal, and to being co-creating a new future,” a post on Facebook reads. Simone Jhingoorne and Shivana Jorawar, leaders of the group, look to offer victims of domestic violence an outlet to discuss what they’re going through.

Caribbean community leaders are once again discussing the issue of domestic violence following the murder of Stacey Singh, who was stabbed by her abusive husband. A fundraiser has been GOFUNDME PHOTO started to support her two children, seen here. “The work we’ve been focusing on in the last few years has been supporting women to have the resources they need to be connected to services and healing,” Jhingoorne said in an interview. “Creating a community of sisterhood where women don’t feel alone, they can share their stories about domestic violence to break that silence and get the support to heal.” The Jahajee Sisters can be reached through their Facebook page, or by emailing jahajeesisters@gmail.com. The group serves people in all five boroughs, but a lot of its work is done in the heavily Caribbean communities of Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and parts of the Bronx. Jahajee Sisters was formed in 2007 following the murder of two Caribbean women by their abusive partners. One of them was Queens resident Nata-

sha Ramen, whose throat was slashed by an abusive ex-partner she had an order of protection against. “At that time, no community leaders were speaking out,” Jorawar said. “No interfaith leaders, no one who ran a community-based organization and we were outraged. We felt like we really needed bring it back home because this was going on in families, just like ours and nobody was taking a stand. So we became the leaders we needed.” But, unfor tunately, the problem still exists in the community. “Ten years have gone by and in those 10 years, more people have died,” an emotional Jorawar said. “Because of the same kind of violence, so here we are again.” In just one example, Rajwantie Baldeo, from Guyana, was killed in Ozone Park by her common-law husband in December 2016 because the latter thought she was having

an affair, according to prosecutors. Prem Rampersaud allegedly stabbed Baldeo to death on a street corner and tried beheading her. The activists believe the issue goes back to the patriarchal societies that exist in the Caribbean. And though culturally sensitive organizations like the Jahajee Sisters and Sadhana exist in Queens, along with others, the activists believe they’re not equipped with the resources and funding that is necessary. “We’re operating on a shoestring budget here,” Jhingoorne said. Kilawan echoed that sentiment. “As a community activist, and I join all community activists in our area on this, I personally would love to do more but given limited resources and funding and whatnot, it’s hard,” she said. The lack of funding exists despite the fact that immigrants from Guyana and other Caribbean communities are one of the largest communities in Queens. “Even though we’re a relatively big population in New York and certainly in Queens, we’re still kind of invisible,” Jorawar said. “And we don’t have the political power that matches our numbers. So when things like this happen it makes us reflect on how much attention we still need from elected officials and power brokers who can really funnel resources into our communities.” Sadhana par tnered with the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence late last year to hold an awareness campaign along Liberty Avenue and Kilawan hopes to hold similar events in the future. She said victims of domestic violence feel more comfortable seeking help on the streets, while running errands, rather than going to a town hall or other event. State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) said in a Jan. 2 written statement, “Domestic violence has no place in New York State and is especially tragic when it ends with the loss of life. We in state government have a responsibility to end this unacceptable scourge and provide assistance and support to those impacted by Q this horrible crime.”

Seeking to honor Ramesh Kalicharan by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Guyanese-American activists are hoping to pay their respects to Ramesh Kalicharan, the late leader and activist of the Queens Caribbean community who died last month, by co-naming the street he lived on in his honor. “He did quite a lot,” Ashook Ramsaran said at Monday’s meeting of the revived Mid-Queens Community Council in Kew Gardens Hills. “He was a mentor for many people in the community.” Ramsaran said he is meeting with Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and other electeds to garner support to co-name a corner near Kalicharan’s Jamaica Hills 169th Street home.

Florence Fisher, president of the Mid-Queens Community Council, said the group will write a letter of support for the proposal. Kalicharan, who was affectionately known as Kali, was born in Guyana in 1949 and moved to the United States in the 1970s. He owned a number of businesses, including Kali Travel, Kali Real Estate and Arcel Driving School. Kalicharan died Dec. 3, 2017. He’s survived by his wife, Judith, and three children: Jagdesh, Nadesh and Romance. Ramsaran said in a packet of information about the late leader’s life that Kalicharan always sought to better the lives of those around him. “It is important to note that the measure of Kali’s busi-

ness success is not necessarily his rate of returns to investments, but rather, how he utilizes a substantial portion of his net profits in the furtherance of humanitarian goals,” the packet read. “He still dips into his pocket even though his business may run at a loss. Such is his commitment to humanitarian causes.” He’s also credited with being a community activist — he helped start the first-ever Phagwah Parade in Queens, organized 41 days of continuous prayers in Richmond Hill for peace all over and worked to start a number of organizations, such as the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin. Kalicharan also helped start the Gyaan Bhakti Satsangh Mandir, now called the Prem Bhakti Mandir, in Jamaica. Q

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lead protests against the city’s proposed u s a ge of t h e M a s p e t h Hol id ay I n n Express as a shelter — also said he wasn’t the least bit surprised by the DOI report. “You have a history of hotel shelters having sex offenders in them,” Barnwell said in a Monday interview. “The use of hotels always makes me stop for a second and think.” The f irst-ter m lawmaker added that while he hopes shelter security checks lead to improved safety for residents, the entire process for housing the homeless needs to be re-examined. “There’s still a better process to engage the community,” he said. “If you’re going

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Last Thursday’s snowstorm that dropped more than a foot of snow on Queens and the subsequent brutally cold temperatures that followed killed two people in New York City, including one man in Maspeth. Last Saturday morning, police said, 55-year-old Donald Swidzinski was found dead in the back seat of his Jeep, which was parked next to the McDonald’s fast-food restaurant at 59-60 55 Road. According to reports, the car had been there for days. It wasn’t until someone called the authorities to report a suspicious vehicle that the fully clothed Swidzinski was discovered to have seemingly frozen to death inside the Jeep. It is unknown if Swidzinski was homeless — the McDonald’s is next door to the Maspeth Holiday Inn Express, where the city is renting rooms to house undomiciled individuals — as the NYPD did not respond to a question about the man’s residence by press time. Hours before Swidzinski was found, an unidentified homeless man was found dead on East Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. He also appears to have froQ zen to death.

His new colleag ue i n gover n ment, Councilman Bob Holden (D-Glendale), also blasted the DHS, calling the report another example of the city’s “broken, mismanaged” attempt to solve the homelessness crisis. “Not only does DHS continue to warehouse families in hotels, they put them in unsafe environments with drugs and prostitution,” Holden said in a Tuesday statement. “The mayor needs to fix the city’s mismanaged homeless policies, and more hotel and motel warehousing is not the answer.” Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth) — who, along with Holden, helped

continued from page 13 shelter, starting with locations that have seen the most arrests. “If the NYPD determines there are any potential risks to children related to the activities outlined in this repor t,” the agency said, “we will take immediate steps — as we’ve done before and will do again — to either relocate the families to another location or occupy the location at 100 percent as recommended by DOI.” In a Tuesday interview, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said he didn’t need to read a report to know the DHS isn’t doing what it should to keep clients safe. “I’ll never agree with a hotel site, but if you’re going to use it, check it out,” Addabbo said. “Do a background check on the individuals there, at least.” While the lawmaker said he didn’t know of any specific hotel shelters in or near his district that have seen arrests, he did cite the history of the EconoLodge hotel on Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park. Pr ior to the DHS moving homeless families into the facility, it was the site of a handful of prostitution stings. “The Econolodge was the site of prior prostit ution and that’s where you put homeless women? ” Addabbo said. “Just think. Use rational thought.”

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Dems take on sex harassment at work Albany bills have issue in crosshairs; reforms also priority for Gov. Cuomo by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

As sexual harassment scandals continue to dominate the headlines, state Senate Democrats are pushing bills that aim to crack down on the issue in the workplace. The six pieces of legislation deal with different aspects of the issue. “The legislation proposed by Senate Democrats would help better protect workers in the private and public sectors alike and should be passed as soon as possible,” Deputy Democratic Leader state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) said in a prepared statement. One bill, S7193, focuses on the issue in the private sector. It would define sexual harassment as an unlawful discriminatory practice. The bill would enable claims about gender discrimination or sexual harassment to be brought against small business employers by their employees. It also seeks to lower the threshold for a sexual harassment case, so people can sue for damages if they been the victim of just one incident. Sexual harassment within state government is targeted by three of the bills. One of them, S7195, would mandate that state employees annually receive two hours of training about harassment at work, with supervisors getting an extra hour. Big com-

taxpayer funds from being used for settlements against individuals relating to sexual assault or harassment and to ensure that individual harassers are held accountable,” the State of the State proposal book released by Cuomo’s office said. Other policies that the governor wants include protecting employees of state and local governments who make complaints about sexual harassment. According to the proposal book, he would also like “forced arbitration policies or clauses in employee contracts that prevent sexual harassment cases from consideration in law enforcement investigation and court trials” to be voided by Albany legislation. Confidentiality agreements involving sexual harassment or assault are also something that Cuomo wants to get rid of throughout New York’s state and local governments. Another reform that the governor wants carried out would require firms that do busiQueens Democratic state Sens. Mike Gianaris and Toby Ann Stavisky are hoping that Albany can ness with the state to “disclose the number of pass some serious reforms involving sexual harassment in the workplaces of both the private sexual harassment adjudications and nondisclosure agreements they have executed,” PHOTO COURTESY NYS SENATE AND FILE PHOTO and public sectors. according to the governor’s office. Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh panies that contract with the state would employee who makes a complaint to the divihave to have similar policies. sion “is treated less favorably than any other Meadows) is carrying a companion of one the S7195 also proposes that sexual harass- employee,” his or her employer would have Senate bills — S6382A — in her own chamment probes in the state Legislature have a to prove that the treatment wasn’t related to ber. It would prevent employees’ procedural rights in arbitration agreements from being 60-day deadline. And there would be a the complaint. 30-day maximum time frame for a recomState Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flush- denied as a work condition in contracts. Rozic praised Cuomo’s State of the State mendation of action about each situation ing) is co-sponsoring each of the proposals. message on workplace after the investigation is finished. “We must pass these sexual harassment and If S6975 passes in Albany, the Public bills immediately to hopes that progress is Officers Law will be amended to ban sexual send a strong message e must pass these made on the issue in harassment explicitly. And off icial who that this behavior will A lba ny du r i ng th is breaks the rule would have to pay a fine of not be tolerated in New bills immediately ...” legislative session. up to $10,000, because the bill aims to make York State,” Stavisky — State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky “With multiple prothat form of harassment a violation of the s a id i n a p r e p a r e d posals now at the foreethical Code of Conduct. statement. State lawmakers would have to pay out of It’s not just the Senate Democrats that front of this year’s legislative priorities, I pocket to settle sexual harassment claims have made addressing sexual harassment in look forward to working with my colleagues made against them, were both chambers and the workplace a priority. In Cuomo’s State of to determine the most effective measures Gov. Cuomo to approve S7196. Using public the State address, he announced that it is an that will put an end to the culture of sexual money to settle a claim, which has happened issue he wants to tackle in the legislative harassment in the workplace, empower survivors, and hold abusers accountable,” she before, would be banned. session. Another one of the bills, S7192, would The agenda proposed by the governor said in a prepared statement. Rozic was recently appointed chairwoman prohibit the retaliatory firings of employees includes many of the reforms in the upper of the Assembly’s Task Force on Women’s who tell the state Division of Human Rights chamber Democrats’ bills. Q about being sexually harassed. And if an He “will advance legislation to prevent Issues.

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Qns. Blvd. redesign workshop is Jan. 23 by Christopher Barca Editor

The Department of Transportation wants to hear from you on Jan. 23, when it comes to the next phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign project. At 6:30 p.m. that night, the agency is hosting a public listening session and workshop at Borough Hall’s Helen Marshall Cultural Center, with the goal being to garner community feedback about what should be done to address safety on the busy thoroughfare. The next phase of the redesign will focus

Borough Hall will host the gathering specifically on the 1.1-mile stretch of Queens Boulevard between Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills and Union Turnpike in Kew Gardens. A number of changes have already been made to the street west of Yellowstone Boulevard, including the controversial addition of bike lanes on both the eastbound and westbound service roads. Cyclists and safe streets activists have heralded the strips as life savers — no

pedestrians have been killed on Queens Boulevard since 2014 — while Rego Park entrepreneurs say the loss of parking to make way for the bike lanes has negatively impacted their businesses. The DOT had been conducting in-person outreach to area pedestrians and motorists between Yellowstone and Union for months, while dozens of safety-related comments were submitted to the agency’s interactive Q online map of Queens Boulevard.

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Even without a ban, some feel city can do more for cyclists, pedestrians by Michael Gannon Editor

Even before Brooklyn’s Prospect Park went completely automobile-free on Jan. 2, the Twittersphere in Queens began heating up about the uh, prospect, of doing the same thing in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. While city officials say there is nothing of that sort on their dockets, a number of people would like to see more restrictions on cars and traffic at FMCP. Cristina Furlong and Laura Shepard are both advocates for bike safety, and both liked the city’s decision to demotorize Prospect Park. Speaking as individuals on Tuesday, not for any group, both said they would like to see the city at least consider more bike-friendly restrictions on vehicular traffic within Flushing Meadows. “Flushing Meadows is its own monster,” Furlong said. First, its 1,255 acres far more than double the 526 in Brooklyn. The park is bordered to the west by the Grand Central Parkway and the east by the Van Wyck Expressway, And before getting to Citi Field in the north, there’s a little feature called the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, which hosts the US Open every August. Throw in athletic fields, two lakes, the Al Oerter Recreation Center, Terrace On The Park, the Queens Museum and the New York Hall of Science, and any plans to change the traffic status would take some doing. “A total ban is impractical,’ Furlong said. But she would like to see come changes. She said, for example, that on the western side, an automobile entrance comes almost directly from an exit ramp from the GCP. “And they don’t slow down entering the park,” she said.

Cyclists and pedestrians using Flushing Meadows Corona Park must contend with vehicular traffic, such as above on Meadow Lake Drive, just west of the Van Wyck Expressway. On the western side of the park, cars come right off a ramp from the Grand PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN Central Parkway. “Some people are driving 45 miles per hour.” Shepard said for cyclists, any east-west route in Queens of any decent length must pass through the park. “I would like to see some streets made one way, or reduced to one [traffic] lane so cyclists and pedestrians can use the other safely,” she said.

Both believe the city should ban the practice during the US Open of allowing drivers to park on ballfields or any other patch of grass available. “During the US Open, cabs are allowed to drop passengers to the Unisphere,” Furlong said. “That shouldn’t be allowed.” She pointed out that the New York Mets actively encourage fans to take mass transit to Citi Field. And while the museums and other attractions on the periphery of the park have their own parking lots nearby, several businesses and vendors within FMCP rely on trucks to put their carts in place or deliver their inventory to their sites. “All the vendors are in the park by permit,” Shepard said. “The delivery trucks could have a permit system too.” Both said as large as the park is, they would be open to some sort of internal shuttle system and bike sharing setups if they would reduce vehicular traffic within the park’s footprint. Others, however, do want a full auto ban as Prospect park has. The group Streetsblog New York sid so on on Jan. 2 on Twitter. “If Prospect Park can go from cars on the loop 24/7 to car-free forever, so can Central Park and Flushing Meadows Corona Park,” thr group said. Several responders agreed, and a handful recommended adding Astoria Park to the mix as well. A spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation told the Chronicle that they have had no input or formal requests for the park, but that it would always be open to a discussion. The city Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the roadways within the park, did not comment Q prior to the Chronicle’s deadline.

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Pilot program for LIRR fares seems grounded Trial $6.50 tickets from SE Queens to Manhattan were expected last Oct. by Michael Gannon Editor

Last summer, elected and civic leaders in Southeast Queens were praising the virtues of the Freedom Ticket plan. Under the proposal as last presented, residents with some of the longest commutes in New York City would be able to travel to Manhattan on the Long Island Rail Road at reduced fares from one of four stations beginning in October 2017. Except it never happened, and representatives of several elected officials said when contacted this week that they are curious as to why. “For our part, we believed it was coming out in October; now it’s January,” said Candace Prince-Modeste from the office of Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans). The idea is believed to go back to at least 2003, though Miller, a retired city bus operator with decades of experience in mass transit, and Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) have been pushing hard for something concrete in the last few years. Southeast Queens often is called a transit desert even by transportation officials, with some people requiring at least two hours for a ride of two seats or more on buses and subways to get to Manhattan. The LIRR stations last discussed were those in Laurelton, Rosedale, St. Albans and

Commuters from Southeast Queens could have a long wait at St. Albans and three other stations for discounted Long Island Rail Road fares that area officials thought would be part of a pilot PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON program beginning last fall. Locust Manor. Located in an area designated as zone 3 by the LIRR — Manhattan is zone 1 — a one-way peak fare to Penn Station normally would cost $10.25 for a trip that could take less than 40 minutes. Under the plan, a Queens resident boarding at one of the four stations would have been charged $6.50.

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Richards in July gave the Chronicle the example of his own commute the day before, in which the LIRR got him to Penn Station in 36 minutes, as opposed to just under two hours taking a bus from his home to the E train station at Parsons BoulevardArcher Avenue and have to “hope [the E train] is functioning that day.”

Supporters argued that the LIRR would lose no money, as it would be collecting $6.50 per person in what otherwise would be an empty seat. “Remember, this is a pilot program,“ Prince-Modeste said, calling on the LIRR to give it a chance to succeed or fail on its merits. “We believe they have made a commitment,” she said. Riders, according to Richards and Miller, could reduce their travel times between five and 10 hours per work week. The MTA did not answer questions as to specifics of any delay. “The MTA is committed to improving service for all New Yorkers, and will continue to look at options like the Freedom Ticket closely,” a spokeswoman said in an email to the Chronicle. “And we’re deeply committed to seeing the MTA roll out the pilot program as quickly as possible,” said Jordan Gibbons, a spokesman for Richards. Gibbons and Prince-Modeste said their offices had heard nothing about the plan from the Metropolitan Transpor tation Authority, which runs the LIRR, for several weeks to a few months. Andrew Taranto, spokesman for state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), said their office too has Q heard nothing new.

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Winter Arts Festival On Dec. 21, the auditorium of Robert H. Goddard Middle School in Ozone Park was transformed into a dazzling winter wonderland. The standing-room-only crowd was treated to an evening of pure holiday magic with selections from the modern band, beginner guitar group, seventh-grade concert band, eighth-grade symphonic band, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade choruses, and dramatic presentations. The bands under the direction of Mr. Wolf, top right, the choruses

under the direction of Ms. Kristen Cho, top left, and the drama selections under Ms. Sanders were certainly the outstanding hit of this holiday season. Additionally, the visual art teachers, Mr. Foster and Mrs. Woods, created an extraordinary backdrop for our amazing performers. This is the third year for the holiday concert at Goddard Middle School that included the exceptional and collaborative efforts of all facets of the fine arts department. It was absolutely magnificent and

the school wishes to thank all of the parents, guardians, family and friends who attended. On the bottom, Ms. Cho’s sixth-grade chorus, with over 160 students performed over a dozen holiday favorites during a 40-minute special presentation, as a preview of the Annual Winter Arts Festival. The sixth-grade performing arts classes make up over three-fourths of the entire grade at MS 202.

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them from happening again,” he added. The New York Post reported the situaAnd Joe Biden thought LaGuardia was a tion as breaking down into chaos with some passengers nearly coming to blows. third-world airport. All passengers still are being advised to Workers from the tarmac to the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport check with their airlines on the status of were still working on Tuesday to get trav- their fights. Cotton said Monday morning the water elers’ flights and airport operations back on a normal schedule five days after a pipe break appears to have been weatherseries of weather-related events wreaked related, and launched an investigation into what occurred and why an internal pipe havoc. Last Thursday’s storm led to numerous was not weather-protected. As to specif ics, delays and cancellathe PA, in a statetions of outbou nd ment on its website flights, causing peoe are fully committed said that by Monday ple and their luggage afternoon that bagto pile up, particularto finding out what gage handling was ly those on or caused the failures and fully operational in booked for internaTerminal 4 and U.S. tional flights. preventing them from Customs operations Compounding had been nearly problems, a water happening again.” fully restored. pipe in Terminal 4 Two elevators and burst on Sunday at — Rick Cotton, executive director, Port t wo escalators, about 2 p.m, f loodAuthority of New York & New Jersey along with one secing a large section of the privately operated facility temporarily tion within the Customs and Border Proshutting down both electricity and f light tection ar r ivals and processing area, remained out of service temporarily, but service and forcing a partial evacuation. Back in 2014, then-Vice President Biden were expected to be operational within 24 compared the small, crowded, delay- hours. The agency said domestic airlines had plagued LaGuardia to a third-world airport. In June 2016 he assisted Gov. Cuomo at the already expedited the process of returning groundbreaking for a $4 billion overhaul baggage to customers, including a setup of that is ongoing. JFK is in the early stages dedicated phone lines. The agency also said it had directed that of a proposed $10 billion rebuild. “The primary problem appears to be all such bags should be on their way to cusinternational airlines arriving without tomers by the end of Monday and has available gates at the international termi- directed international carriers to expedite nals, but we will thoroughly review all their baggage return operations as well. The PA gave no information as to just aspects of what happened leading up to and during the snowstorm, and the recovery how such directives could be enforced, but period afterwards,” Port Authority Execu- added that it has unilaterally deployed tive Director Rick Cotton said Monday additional customer service representatives to assist with passenger communications. afternoon in a statement issued by the PA. Biden could not be reached for com“We are fully committed to finding out Q what caused the failures and preventing ment.

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The Department of Transportation at Tuesday’s Community Board 9 meeting proposed changes to seven blocks on Atlantic Avenue in Queens, including the placement of a bike lane on the strip from Rockaway Boulevard to the Brooklyn border. Board members vocally opposed the idea. “Putting a bike lane there is crazy,” said Maharani Singh. “It’s a great idea but I don’t think it’s a good idea to put it there. It’s way too dangerous.” The DOT’s second phase of the “Great Streets” initiative for Atlantic Avenue mostly affects Brooklyn’s CB 5, but stretches into Queens for seven blocks. It would start at Logan Street in Brooklyn and end at Rockaway Boulevard. The agency is proposing to add greenery to the center medians and expand pedestrian islands, to allow for safer crossing. A raised bike lane would also be placed along the medians, along with left-

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continued from page 10 “Private vehicles who go into the bus lanes get summonses, but buses are regularly coming out of the bus lanes and using travel lanes,” she said. “They shouldn’t be playing leapfrog with each other up and down the boulevard.” A much more stern Dolores Orr, the chairwoman of Community Board 14, demanded the MTA take the issue as seriously as possible and crack down on drivers who disobey the rules. “If I have to stay in my lane, they have to stay in their lane,” she said. “I don’t know what the MTA has done to have bus drivers stay in their lanes, but it’s not happening on Woodhaven Boulevard. “They just drive wherever they want. There has to be some penalty for failing to follow the rules,” Orr added. “I’m officially asking you to have a supervisor go out and monitor to determine where this is happening.” MTA representative Luke DePalma said the agency can only take action against drivers when the complaints levied have specific information — including the exact time and location of the infraction, as well as the bus number. “I’m not sure that we aggressively enforce that, but it’s something we can look at,” he said. “Give us information that’s specific, that’s the best way.” When traffic is heavy on Woodhaven

continued from page 2 he said. “But I will always say to them that no one has died in three years, and that’s what matters. No child has been killed. No senior has been killed. That is worth it.” Joining de Blasio at the press conference was one of his staunchest critics, newly elected Councilman Bob Holden (D-Glendale). But the former Juniper Park Civic Association president, who was originally skeptical about Vision Zerio, said he had no issue admitting he was wrong — the fatality numbers don’t lie. “I was one of those doubting Thomases,” the first-term lawmaker said. “New York City drivers are notorious. It’s almost open season on pedestrians, but you can’t argue with saving lives. “I was wrong. I want to admit that,” he continued. “As a civic leader, we heard it from many mayors. But this mayor is delivering.” The city has also seen record lows in other safety categories, including the death of young people. According to DOT statistics, only one pedestrian under 18 was killed in 2017 — a 13-year-old in East Harlem on Aug. 16 — the fewest ever. Seventeen children were killed in one year as recently as 2004. But there were increases in some categories. Last year’s 33 motorcyclist deaths represent double-digit increases from 2016 (19

and Cross Bay boulevards, Holden said his smartphone navigation application Waze will often direct him to drive down area side streets to avoid backups. One solution to the issue, he says, could be resynchronizing the traffic lights on the thoroughfare. “You go two blocks, stop. Two more blocks, a red light,” Holden said. “If you sychronize the lights at rush hour, we can get the flow of traffic moving again.” Garcia said that is something the agency will look into, while Kuo added that it “should not be happening.” When it comes to expanding SBS in Queens, the DOT released a plan late last year that calls for the transformation of 11 borough bus routes into SBS ones within a decade. Agency representative Aaron Segura said the expansion is all about simple math: 42 percent of Queens residents work in the borough while just 30 percent work in the heart of Manhattan. And with much of the borough farther than a half-mile from either a subway or an SBS line, it’s time to add new transportation routes for the 42 percent of residents who don’t leave Queens. “There’s a focus on commuter-only services, such as express buses and commuter rails to get you into Manhattan,” he said. “We’re trying to bridge the gap here with Q Select Bus Service.”

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dead) and 2015 (22 killed). Crashes also claimed the lives of 57 motor vehicle occupants in 2017, 11 more than in 2016. Lastly, there were more bike riders killed in 2017 — 23 — than in any other year under Vision Zero, as the previous high was 20 in 2014. But according to Cristina Furlong, the founder of advocacy group Make Queens Safer, cycling in the borough is, slowly but surely, getting safer by the year. “I can’t say enough about all the effort the DOT has put in regarding the new infrastructure,” she said, referring to bike lanes along Queens Boulevard and other borough improvements. “They’ve done a tremendous amount. They have a huge agenda and they’re pushing through it.” Where she would like to see additional changes, however, is in how strictly the NYPD enforces new traffic rules and how often it cracks down on unsafe driving. “I don’t see the same kind of achievement with the NYPD on enforcement, and that’s key to changing driver behavior,” she said. “Changing driver behavior would be the cheapest, easiest way to go about it.” However, numerous commanding officers of Queens police precincts have said over the years they are taking Vision Zero as seriously as possible — issuing hundreds of tickets each month for speeding, improper turns, failing to yield to pedestrians and Q other infractions.

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Many groups have already signed on. “There will be pipe bands, high school marching bands and Get ready for the first annual Bayside St. Patrick’s Day then there will be Irish step dancing,” McLoughlin said of the Parade. On March 24 at 10 a.m., it’ll proceed down Bell Boule- parade. A lacrosse team will also march, in addition to other groups. vard from 35th to 41st avenues. Parade organizers are seeking more of them, too. Francis McLoughlin, the vice president of the parade orgaIf you want your group to participate, information about nizing committee, is glad that it’s finally set for 2018. He told the Chronicle that he was approached by fellow Bay- applying is available on the event’s page on Facebook. McLoughlin said that the organizers filed for the necessary side natives Warren Scullin and Kieran Mahoney three years parade permits with the NYPD back in ago about the possibility of a St. Patrick’s November. Day parade in Bayside and quickly took “We’ve been in contact with the 111th to the idea. Precinct and they said it should be no “It just took a little longer than we anticipated to get all the paperwork filed lot of people are saying problem,” he explained. The parade organizer added that and get the parade to where it is today, this is long overdue.” another permit may be sought for 41st ready to walk up Bell Boulevard on Avenue from Bell to 214th Street, so that March 24,” he explained. McLoughlin, — Parade organizer Francis McLoughlin a band could play on the street there. who now lives in Manhattan, is one of In this borough, Sunnyside and the the aides for the parade. Rockaways have had St. Patrick’s Day Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association parades in recent years. But it hasn’t been a tradition in the President Pat Lynch will be the grand marshal. Neighborhood businesses like Monahan and Fitzgerald, Jack- northeast Queens neighborhood. According to McLoughlin, other reactions in the neighborson Hole and Brian Dempsey’s are sponsoring the event. The committee has raised funds for it. And a dinner dance honoring hood have also been very positive. “A lot of people are saying this is long overdue,” the organizthe event’s grand marshal and aides has been sold out. According to the parade’s official Facebook page, a bigger venue will ing committee vice president said. Northwest Bayside Civic Association President Jena Lanzetta is be sought for 2019. In terms of turnout for the event itself, though, McLoughlin firmly in support of the parade. She told the Chronicle that she plans on marching. has high hopes. “Kudos to everybody organizing; putting together events like “I’m hoping that we can have at least 35 marching units this year,” he said. “And I would love to see 10,000 people support- these is very complicated,” she said. “This is going to be a great Q event for anybody in Bayside.” ing us and supporting the businesses.” Associate Editor

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How to get and keep finances in order In 2015, analysts with the Government Accou nt abilit y Off ice fou nd that the average American between the ages of 55 and 64 had accrued roughly $104,000 in retirement savings, a shockingly low figure that would make it very difficult for men and women nearing retirement to maintain their quality of life into their golden years. While many people fear retiring with small nest eggs, that fear has apparently not been enough to inspire men and women to commit to saving more money for their golden years. But retirement saving is essential, especially since life expectancies are rising. According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, global life expectancies at birth are expected to rise to 76 years by the mid-21st century. That’s a far cry from the mid-20th century, when global life expectancy from birth was roughly 48 years. Longer life expectancies mean men and women will have to find ways to make their money last throughout their retirement. The earlier adults figure out how to keep their finances in order, the more money they will have when the time comes to retire. The following are a handful of strategies men and women can employ to rein in their finances in the hopes of saving more for retirement.

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The real estate market will always have its ups and downs, but real estate is an oft-profitable investment. Real estate investors do their investing for various reasons. Some see a house as a place to hang their hats for years and years, while others look at properties as nothing more than investments. Buying a home with the intent to fix it up and resell it is called a “fix and f lip.” In such situations, investors buy homes at below-market prices before refurbishing the homes with the goal of recouping their initial investment and then some when the homes are ultimately put back on the market. Flipping has become popular for both expert remodelers and novice investors. RealtyTrac, the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing data, noted in its “Year-End and Q4 2015 U.S. Home Flipping” report that 5.5 percent of all single-family home and condo sales during the year were flipped properties. This marked an increase from the same time the previous year. Investing in a fixer-upper requires a leap of faith and a vision of what the home can look like in the future. Turning a real estate lemon into lemonade requires certain skills and a good measure of patience. The following are some guidelines to get anyone started. • Don’t bite off more than you can chew. Make an honest assessment of your abilities and which renovations, if any, you can handle. If you are unskilled or inexperienced working with your hands, then it can be easy for an investment property to quickly become a money pit. Before purchasing a property, hire a trained home inspector to tour the home with you and point out all of the areas that will need renovation. With this list, begin getting estimates on how much money the work will entail. Determine if this fits with your budget or not. You do not want to invest so much that it exceeds what you could

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feasibly recoup when it comes time to sell. • Overlook cosmetic things when visiting properties. Cosmetic issues include all of the easily replaceable items in a home, such as carpeting, appliances, interior paint colors and cabinetry. Focus on the bones of the house — the architectural integrity and those little touches that you envision having a “wow” factor. • Seek the help of experts. Some flippers think they’ll save the most money by doing all of the work themselves. This isn’t always the case. Professional architects, designers and contractors may help you save money. Contractors have an intimate knowledge of where to buy materials and may be able to negotiate prices based on wholesale or trade costs. In addition, experts can help you avoid common pitfalls because they’ve already done this type of work time and again. It’s smart to rely on expert advice, even if it means investing a little bit more. • Save money by doing some work yourself. While the pros may tackle the more complex parts of a given project, such as rewiring electricity or changing the footprint of a home, you can still be involved. Ask to participate in demolition, such as taking down walls or removing old materials from the home. Such participation may be fun, and it can save you substantial amounts of money on labor. • Recognize that not everything must be completely redone. Realize that, in some instances, a coat of paint and some new accents may be all you need to transform a space. For example, if kitchen cabinets are in good condition, see if they can be refaced or painted instead of replaced entirely. Install new door pulls/handles to add visual interest. Look for some ready-made items, such as bookshelves, instead of installing custom carpentry.

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Pitch in and save on home improvements Home improvement projects can be expensive. While the size and complexity of a project will affect how expensive the project is, homeowners can expect to shell out a pretty penny when they renovate or remodel areas of their home. According to HomeAdvisor, an online resource for homeowners looking to connect with home improvement, maintenance and repair professionals, the average bathroom remodeling project costs $9,348, while the average home addition costs slightly less than $41,000. But renovation-minded homeowners need not reconsider their commitment to remodeling, as there are various ways to cut the costs associated with home improvement projects. One such way is for homeowners to pitch in and do some of the work themselves. Calculating labor costs can be difficult, as such costs can vary greatly depending on the project, the contractor and the amount of hired help that contractor intends to employ. However, some estimates suggest labor will account for anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of the overall cost of the project. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surprise that homeowners can save themselves substantial amounts of money by doing some of the work themselves. Homeowners who intend to do some of the labor themselves should discuss this plan with

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Queens residents don’t need to pay airfare to experience great culture from Egypt, Mexico and other countries throughout the world. They might need to hop on the No. 7 line, though. All kinds of attractions from across the globe — like bachata music from the Dominican Republic, costumes from China’s historic Peking Opera as well as swing-era dancing from the United States — will hit Flushing Town Hall for its WinterSpring 2018 season. The season runs from January to the end of June. Flushing Town Hall gave a sneak preview of what’s to come at a Monday event announcing the season’s calendar. Members of the audience got to watch two performances. Taking the spectators back a few decades and thousands of miles away, two musicians from the group Zikrayat played a song from the Egyptian genre shaabi. The performers — violinist Sami Abu Shumays, who is Flushing Town Hall’s deput y direc tor, and drummer Nezih Antakli — received loud applause. With the rest of the Zikrayat, Shumays and Antakli will be performing on Friday, May 4 at 8 p.m with the Agoci Band for “Egypt Meets Haiti,” the second event in the venue’s Global Mashups series. As with all the mashups, an hour before the concert, there will be dance lessons. If you want to go, it’ll cost $16; members and students only have to pay $10 and 13-to-19-year olds get in gratis if they show ID. Not all of the art that the venue will have is as foreign as the shaabi music, though. Those who love swing dance may want to mark Sunday, Jan. ec t 14 on their calendars. That’s when Projec ugh Connect will perform “Savoy! Dancing Through the Swing Era.” Members of the audience, young and old,, will m. The be able to dance in the interactive program. show, which has a story with a Hollywood dancer om the e as the central character, features jazz from 1920s to the 1940s. Admission to the show for the public is

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EXHIBITS Bayside Historical Society Winter Art Show, featuring paintings, drawings, photos and more by Queens artists. Sun., Jan. 14 (opening reception 2 p.m.)-Sun., Jan. 28, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $5. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org.

Take Root, with performances of works by Julian Barnett, part of a monthly series. Fri.-Sat., Jan. 19-20, 8 p.m. $15 advance; $20 cash at door; $22 credit card. Fertile Ground, featuring multiple dance troupes and a post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Valerie Green. Jan. 21, 7 p.m. $13 advance; $13 cash at door; $15 credit card. Both at Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

The Kindred Spirits Art Group, which meets each Wed. afternoon, seeks new members ahead of its exhibit of paintings and sculptures on Wed., Jan. 31, 3-7 p.m. at Emanuel United Church of Christ, 93-12 91 Ave., Woodhaven. Info: ediaz8081@gmail.com. “Mage,” with works by several artists in various media, examining the “spells” cast over us by modern technologists with specialized knowledge, analogous to the mages of yore. Thru Fri., Jan. 19, Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com. “Self-Interned, 1942: Noguchi in Poston War Relocation Center,” works by Isamu Noguchi focusing on his time voluntarily spent in a WWII camp for Japanese-Americans ordered there by the U.S. Thru Sun., Jan. 28, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org. “Highlights from Self-Taught Genius,” with American folk art from the 18th to 21st centuries in various media, in a new gallery. Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., thru Jan., American Folk Art Museum Collection and Education Center, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org.

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with vintage fashion show and audience participation too. Sun., Jan. 14, 2 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $10; free seniors, kids under 12. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Science Inspires Art: Ocean,” with works depicting the seas, many with an ecological focus, including Lenny Marignier’s “Starry Skies, Stormy Seas,” left. Thru Sun., Feb. 25, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, college students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN

“Patty Chang: The Wandering Lake, 2009-2017,” a multimedia meditation on mourning, caregiving, geopolitics and landscape, partly inspired by Sven Hedin’s 1938 book “Wandering Lake,” about a migrating body of water in China. Thru Sun., Feb. 18, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. “The Socrates Annual,” 15 sculptures by different artists, many commenting on the current political climate. Thru Sun., March 11, Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

AUDITIONS Sweet Honey in the Rock, a Grammy-nominated a cappella group that also serves as an ambassadorial African-American organization, will perform in a celebration of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday at the Colden Auditorium. See Music. COURTESY PHOTO The Game: The Game, a dating simulation video game that flips the script on the world of pickup artists, pitting players against several seduction coaches, with situations based on artist Angela Washko’s research into the PUA community. Thru Sun., March 25, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Free with museum admission: $15; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17. Info: (718) 7776888, movingimage.us. “Never Built New York,” with images and models of infrastructure projects that did not come to pass, including apartments enveloping a bridge and a dome over much of Manhattan. Through Sun., Feb. 18, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. “Carolee Schneeman: Kinetic Painting,” with various works by the pioneering avant-garde artist tracing her development from the 1950s to the 2000s. Thru Sun., March 11, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org. “Art in the Garden: Hope,” with intricately detailed pencil drawings of seeds artist Laura Fantini has collected in NYC and Italy, exploring their power, new beginnings and growth. Thru Sun., April 29, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free thru March; then free with garden admission. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

MUSIC Immanuel Wilkins quartet, with the saxophonist, composer and arranger leading his band as part of the Thursday Night Jazz Mix Series. Thu., Jan. 11, 8 p.m., Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. $10. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org. Sweet Honey in the Rock: an MLK celebration, with the a cappella group and a bass player fusing vocals with theatrical flair, performing in honor

of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Sun., Jan. 14, 4 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $35. Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org.

Oratorio Society of Queens, for its spring concert, performing Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms” and other works of his to celebrate his 100th birthday. Mon., Jan. 15 and 22, 7 p.m., Temple Beth Sholom, 171-39 Northern Blvd., Flushing. RSVP (req’d): (718) 279-3006, info@queensoratorio.org.

LECTURES/TALKS Center of Attention: “Remembrance,” a discussion on the 1944 work by Isamu Noguchi on display in “Self Interned” (see Exhibits). Sun., Jan. 14, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. Free with admission: $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

Long Island Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, joined by two singers and performing popular and classical songs, presented by the Gingerbread Players as part of the Wings of Song series. Sun., Jan. 14, 3 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. $12 suggested; $10 seniors, students, members of groups of six or more. Info: (718) 268-7772, stlukesforesthills.org. COURTESY PHOTO

THEATRE Act One: One Act Festival 2018, a competition with four programs of six to eight shows and the audience voting on the best ones. Thru Fri., Feb. 2, various dates and times, The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $15 each night; $18 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

DANCE Moriah Evans’ “Figuring,” with three female performers attempting to “reconfigure the perceived cohesiveness and stability of the human form.” Fri.Sun., Jan. 12-14, 5:30 p.m., SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $25. Info: (718) 3611750, sculpture-center.org. Savoy! Dancing through the Swing Era, with Kristen Seavey portraying Hollywood dancer Lillian Carlyle as a troupe performs the Lindy Hop and more to the music of jazz greats such as Duke Ellington;

Martin Luther King Day Talk: The Man Who Fought the Klan and Won, about the power of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and the prosecutor who successfully fought it, by author Patricia Bernstein, with parallels to today’s hate groups. Mon., Jan. 15, 1:30-3 p.m., Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. $8 suggested. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org. “Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press,” with Eddy Portnoy on his new book about odd and ignoble Jews, including 600pound wrestler Martin “The Blimp” Levy, who all spurred gossip in pre-World War II NYC and Warsaw. Wed., Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m., Temple Israel of Lawrence, 140 Central Ave., Lawrence, LI. Free. Info/RSVP (recommended): (516) 239-1140, alan@templeisrael-lawrence.org. THE YIDDISH PRESS Queens County Bird Club: Machu Picchu, with former club President Ian Resnick discussing and showing pictures from his birding during a trip to the Peruvian historical site and nearby highlands. Wed., Jan. 17, 8 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info: (718) 229-4000, qcbirdclub.org. continued on page 32

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version of Christianity to save an estimated 3,500 Jews, especially children, and an estiIt took so many weapons to defeat the mated additional 1,500 war refugees. Le Chambon’s resistant spine was baked Nazis in World War II. Beehives. A songbook. A town of self- in by history and geography. Oversized effacing Protestants with a history of get- maps clearly illustrate its safe remove from ting murdered at worst and kicked around what would become the Occupied Zone of France, the more-industrialized north, on a at best. “Conspiracy of Goodness: How French plateau at the French Alps’ western foothills. Protestants Saved Thousands of Jews Dur- Huguenots — French Calvinist Protestants ing WWII” is now on display at the Kupfer- — fleeing persecution had lived in Le Chamberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough bon for centuries. The region remained a Protestant enclave Community College in Bayside. Walking the corridor of wall maps, arti- through King Henry IV’s Edict of Nantes, facts, photos, essays and short films reveals which granted Protestants important rights a rough chronology of how the people of in 1598, and provided a ready refuge about France’s Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the a half-century later when King Louis XIV surrounding plateau deployed their humble sought to kill or convert all French Protestants to Catholicism. An illustration shows worshipers huddled outdoors as soldiers approach. In the 19th century, the Réveil, or When: Through Friday, June 29 Awakening, spawned a burgeoning of Where: Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Protestant sects, and by the early 20th Queensborough Community century, the area had become a center College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside of middle-class tourism and social Entry: Free. (718) 281-5770, qcc.cuny.edu Christianity, which sought to fight working-class poverty with a mixture qboro contributor

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The dots and dashes representing sand beneath the horses’ and soldiers’ feet on this page from a book of hymns and songs were actually a warning in Morse code: The PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH Gestapo is coming. See more photos at qchron.com. of the Christian religion and socialism. In 1934, the pacifist Pastor André Trocmé arrived. He is described as a worldly man

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Choreographer Moriah Evans had put long hours and considerable effort into her latest show, “Figuring,” before its run this week at the SculptureCenter in Long Island City. But as proud as she is, she refuses to call the work complete. “It’s never finished,” Evans said Monday in an interview with the Chronicle. “I like to think of all my work as an endless process. I think everything connects in a long, general process. This specific piece I worked on about a year, but it’s never done. “There’s always more that you can do, she added. “Art is an immersive experience. There is no ‘done.’”

‘Figuring’ When: Jan. 12, 13 and 14, 5:30-7 p.m. Where: SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City Tickets: $25; (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org

Evans is even more direct about her relationship with dance in her artist’s statement provided by the SculptureCenter. “I can’t ever know it.” Evans says the 90-minute contemporary dance presentation is rooted in the traditional historical lineage of the genre and art in general, though a statement from the SculptureCenter says she likes to push the boundaries of more traditional forms of movement, staging, pacing and interaction among her three performers. The audience is intended to feel as well as see the performance. And while she believes all fans of dance can enjoy the evening’s presentation, Evans tries not to cater to a target audience or demographic. The casual viewer is as welcome as a subscriber to the New York City Ballet. “You don’t have to be an expert fan of dance to enjoy it,” she said. And unapologetically says the process, the work, still remains fun. “Of course!” she said. Aside from numerous venues in New York City and throughout the United States, Evans’ work has been performed in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and France.

“Figuring,” a contemporary dance presentation, is featured at the SculptureCenter FriPHOTO BY PAULA COURT day through Sunday evening. The dancers include Lizzie Fiedelson, Nicole Marie Mannarino and Sarah Beth Percival. Evans said she didn’t need to go through auditions for unknown entities. “I’ve danced with Sarah and Lizzie many times, and I’ve been collaborating with

Nicole for many years.” The performances run through Sunday evening, Jan. 14, and then it is on to the next phase of dance’s endless process. “And if another [venue] wants to put on Q ‘Figuring,’ I’ll be there.”

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The effective integration of blacks into the Democratic Party took place early in the 20th century with a variety of clubs that sprang up all over the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. In Queens there were two, one on Beach 84th Street in Rockaway Beach and the one shown here, the United Colored Regular Democratic Club at 107-48 New York Boulevard. Edward T. Welcome (b. 1880) was its president. The Census reported his The United Colored Regular Democratic Club at 107-48 New York occupation as scavenger. Blvd. in Jamaica, winter 1935. His wife, Jenny, taught music. Edward’s mother-in-law, Susan the club is still alive and well under the name Vanderzee (1856-1931), lived in the house The Guy Brewer United Democratic Party. New York Boulevard has been renamed too helping in their progressive movement. For legal purposes they were incorporated Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in his honor for all Q under the name Kinsmen of America. Today his good work.

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continued continued from from page page 27 00 $10, though it’s free for seniors, children under 12 and Flushing Town Hall members. Two from the group — Akemi Kinukawa and Milo Saidl — gave a swing dance performance during the season preview on Monday. It was a hit with the audience. Along with the concerts, as well as exhibits, the venue will also have new artistic programs for the community to take advantage of. On the second Monday of each month this season, there will be live model-drawing at Flushing Town Hall. “Artists age 20 and older will have the

Winter and spring at Flushing Town Hall When: January through June Where: Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Entry: Prices vary by event. (718) 463-7700 flushingtownhall.org

chance to practice drawing with a series of quick and long poses while listening to music in a relaxed, nonjudgmental environment,” Flushing Town Hall Executive and Artistic Director Ellen Kodadek said. The venue will also have an Art-Makers Group on every other Wednesday during the season from 6 to 9 p.m. Both experienced and beginner-stage artists are invited. Tickets are $10 for the public and $5 for members and students; 13-to-19-year-olds who provide ID get in for free. “At these meetings, you can get your creative juices flowing,” Kodadek said. On two nights during the season — Feb. 13 and April 11 — Flushing Town Hall will be hosting “arts community dialogues.” At those events, Kodadek explained, “artists of all disciplines, cultural workers and representatives of any arts organization can come together and network and discuss ideas facing the arts community.” Some of the shows on Flushing Town Hall’s calendar will include interactive workshops that allow the audience to participate. If you’re in the mood for dancing, you may want to take part in an interactive dance workshop with the group Cam-

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jarocho music, a genre associated with the Mexican state of Veracruz, along with zapateado, a style of dance from the same area. After the workshop, at 2:15 p.m., Cambalache will be performing its music. The workshop costs $8 for adults and $5 for children; it’s free for members with a ticket to the group’s show afterwards. The show itself is extra but free for teens. Lovers of music, theater and other performance art are not the only ones who will find plenty of events to check out at Flushing Town Hall during the season. Kicking off at 6 p.m. on April 20 and running until May 13, a solo collection called “Grunt!” by artist Elliott Cowan, who has taught at Queens College, will be on display. The exhibition, which was previewed at Monday’s announcement with a few works on display, will feature digital installations, drawings, sculptures and paintings. According to Flushing Town Hall, the works map out “10 years of an Australian living in Queens and traveling through the Complicated States of America.” Go to flushingtownhall.org to see a complete calendar of what the venue is offering Q for the season.

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“The Wiz,” the star-studded 1978 musical retelling of “The Wizard of Oz,” set in NYC and largely filmed in Queens; with the chance to see set models afterward. Sat.-Sun., Jan. 13-14, 11 a.m.; Mon., Jan. 15, 1 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Art Makers Group, with novice and pro artists at all levels bringing their sketchbooks, small projects or works in progress and a snack to share, in a supportive meet-up. Wed., Jan. 24; Feb. 7 and 21; March 7 and 21; April 4 and 18; May 2, 16 and 30; June 13 and 27; 6-9 p.m, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $10; $5 students; free 13-19 with ID. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. Turkish fare, with Sila Asa of the Turkish Cultural Center Queens teaching how to prepare authentic dishes and participants enjoying a meal and flavored coffee. Fri., Jan. 12, 7-9 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $24. Info/ pre-registration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

Winter Family Program: Herbal Creations, with kids and their families learning about the various uses of herbs, making a tea bag and planting an herb to take home. Sat., Jan. 13, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $10. Other programs each Sat. thru Feb. 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. Animal Care Trainee, a class teaching kids 8-10 how to be an animal caretaker, with hands-on experience feeding, brushing and cleaning them. Sun., Jan. 14, 9-11 a.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $23. Info/pre-registration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. New indoor co-ed soccer league, for kids 10-14, playing each Saturday thru March 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m. under a dome. Bay Terrace Sports Complex, 212-00 23 Ave. $180 including insurance. Info: Melissa, (718) 423-6111, malgranati@cqy.org.

COMMUNITY ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, all begin at 7 a.m. Sat., Jan. 13: 147-17 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Info: petlanddiscounts.com.

SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dances, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, Italian and Spanish music, food and more. Sat., Jan. 13 and 27, 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100.

MARKETS Italian Charities of America, with food and beverages available; $25 per table for vendors. Sat., Jan. 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Info: (718) 478-3100.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Howard Beach Senior Center, new computer classes just started Mon., Jan 8. Runs every Mon. and Wed. thru March 14. Basic class for beginners, 1-2:15 p.m.; beyond basics class, 2:30-3:45 p.m. will delve into social networking and online shopping. Also, exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:30-11:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

SUPPORT GROUPS GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing): Find peer-lead grief support for those who have lost a loved one to substance abuse. Meetings held once a month. Info on date, times and location: nycmetrograsp@gmail.com.

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Saving Jews continued from page 00 29 school but soon sheltering the refugees from French oppression, the Spanish Civil War and, beginning in 1940, the Nazis. The day after the Vichy government signed a collaborationist agreement with the Nazis, establishing southern France as a “Free Zone” that would last only two years, Trocmé and his associate Pastor Edouard Theis told parishioners in a Sunday sermon, in part: “The duty of Christians is to resist the violence directed at our consciences with the weapons of the spirit. We will resist without fear, without pride, and without hatred.” As Nazi internment camps in nearby Gurs, Rivesaltes and Les Milles were filled, aid organizations were allowed to transfer out children, most of whom would never see their parents again. Jewish refugee Oscar Rosowsky was one of several forgers who made false identity cards to help smuggle Jews out of France. Gestapo visits and raids were a regular occurrence, so he hid his forgery equipment in beehives. A close-up photo of forgery tools fairly prompts the imagination to see bees on every item. Activities and schooling were arranged for children placed in group homes or with local families. A book of Christian hymns

and local songs they sang during this time included an illustration of royal dragoons riding over sand. A narrative explains that the dots and dashes depicting the grains of sand were a Morse code warning of impending Gestapo raids. Two youngsters, Hanne and Max Liebmann, met at Gurs. Hanne was sent to Le Chambon, where Max eventually hid for three weeks before escaping to Switzerland. The two ultimately married after the war, had a daughter, a grandson and two greatgranddaughters, and became Queens residents, where Hanne is on the Kupferberg Center Advisory Board. They celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary in 2017. Q

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT SUPERIOR COURT JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF FAIRFIELD AT BRIDGEPORT JULY 31, 2017 DOCKET NO. FBTCV-17-6062001 S SUCCESS VILLAGE APARTMENTS, INC. VS JAMES H. MILLARD A/K/A JAMES H. MAILLARD AND EVELYN GRANADY ORDER OF NOTICE. NOTICE TO: JAMES H. MILLARD A/K/A JAMES H. MAILLARD, IF LIVING, IF NOT LIVING, HIS WIDOW, HEIRS, REPRESENTATIVES AND CREDITORS, AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS, CLAIMING OR WHO MAY CLAIM ANY RIGHTS, TITLE, INTEREST OR ESTATE IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT THROUGH JAMES H. MILLARD A/K/A JAMES H. MAILLARD ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE VESTED OR CONTINGENT. The Plaintiff has named you as a party Defendant in the complaint which is brought to the above named Court seeking foreclosure of the premises at Apartment No. 113, 113 Success Avenue, Building 32, Success Village Apartments, Inc. Bridgeport, Connecticut for nonpayment of common expense assessments. The complaint has been returned to Court, and is pending therein. The Plaintiff has represented to said Count, by means of an affidavit annexed hereto, that despite all reasonable efforts to ascertain such information it has been unable to determine the identity or whereabouts of the Defendant, if living, if not living, his widow, heirs, representatives or creditors of JAMES H. MILLARD a/k/a JAMES H. MAILLARD. NOW THEREFORE. it is hereby ORDERED that notice of the institution of this action be given to JAMES H. MILLARD A/K/A JAMES H. MAILLARD, if living, if not living, the widow/widower, heirs, representatives or creditors, by some proper officer causing a true and attested copy of this order to be published in the Queens Chronicle once a week for two Successive weeks, commencing on or before 1/22/2018. and that return of such service be made to the court. By the court, Jennings Judge/ Clerk. Date 12/18/17

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 701620/2015 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF QUEENS U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, -vs- MERAJUL M. MOQUE; THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF SHAHEEN RAHMAN, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; NASIMA RAHMAN; NAZIA RAHMAN; MARUFUR BHUIYA; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CSGA, LLA; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCEPARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU PAYMENT AND ADJUDICATION CENTER OF QUEENS; HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 70-16 TROTTING COURSE LANE, FLUSHING NY 11374 A/K/A 70-16 TROTTING COURSE LANE, REGO PARK, NY 11374. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. NOTICE – YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. These pleadings are being amended to include the Heirs at Large of Shaheen Rahman, deceased. These pleadings are also being amended to include Nasima Rahman, Naziz Rahman, and Marufur Bhuiya as possible heirs to the Estate of Shaheen Rahman. That these pleadings also be amended to reflect the current Plaintiff, U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust. These pleadings are also being amended to include the United States of America. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: March 23, 2017, Mark K. Broyles, Esq., FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614, Telephone No. (585) 232-7400, Block: 3177 Lot: 28. NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION – The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of QUEENS, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of HON. DAVID ELLIOT, Justice of the SUPREME Court of the State of New York, dated November 28, 2017 and filed along with the supporting papers in the QUEENS County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, being more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southwesterly side of Trotting Course Lane distant 133.09 feet northwesterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southwesterly side of Trotting Course Lane with the northerly side of Metropolitan Avenue; RUNNING THENCE westerly on a line forming an interior angle of 44 degrees 5 minutes 53 seconds with the southwesterly side of Trotting Course Lane 96.24 feet; THENCE northwesterly on a line forming an interior angle of 49 degrees 09 minutes 32 seconds with the last mentioned course and part of the distance through a party wall 62.93 feet to the southwesterly side of Trotting Course Lane; THENCE southeasterly along the southwesterly side of Trotting Course Lane 72.91 feet to the point of place of BEGINNING. Mortgaged Premises: 70-16 TROTTING COURSE LANE, FLUSHING, NY 11374, A/K/A 70-16 TROTTING COURSE LANE, REGO PARK NY 11374, Tax Map/ Parcel ID No.: Block: 3177 Lot: 28 of the BOROUGH of QUEENS, NY 11374

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