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Mayor de Blasio, ﬂanked by Neir’s Tavern owner Loycent Gordon, right, and CB 9 Chairman Kenichi Wilson, made a surprise appearance at the Woodhaven bar to announce the city had coaxed the landlord into a new, more affordable lease.

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Black leaders still revere MLK today Remembered 52 years after death by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

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he civil rights movement didn’t begin in Montgomery and it didn’t end in the 1960s. It continues to this very minute,” is a Julian Bond quote Kenneth Cohen looks to as motivation in his work as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Northeast Queens Branch. For Cohen and other black American leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a reminder of the ongoing fight for equality. “Dr. King’s holiday is a significant weekend for all African Americans, but for black people in general. I celebrate his legacy by remembering his work daily in what I do,” said Cohen, who also works as regional director of the NAACP State Conference. King boldly advocated for equal treatment and rights for black citizens throughout the 1950s until he was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39. As the central icon of the civil rights movement, King is fondly remembered for his “I have a dream” speech, in which he outlines hopes that peace between races, between “the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners,” will one day be reached. “It is important to celebrate the man and live the dream, but it is important that we keep the dream alive,” continued Cohen. “Chal-

lenges to his work continue as they did in his life. It is our job to meet those challenges and squash them as they arise.” Candace Prince-Modeste, president of the NAACP Jamaica Branch, agreed that the modern struggles of black Americans are not much different than they had been during King’s lifetime. “I feel like during the ’50s and ’60s there were probably and arguably a few more immediate needs that black Americans worked toward attaining. Today, we fight to regain or reattain what we had gained back then,” said Prince-Modeste, explaining that the right to work was an immediate need that was attained during the civil rights movement, but that black Americans today continue to fight for access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics career opportunities. Prince-Modeste believes that King’s core values live on through the NAACP’s work, which often aligns with organizations that “may not primarily ref lect the organization’s mission” of eliminating race-based discrimination. “You’ll see the NAACP stand up for immigration reform or LGBTQ rights,” she said. “It’s not our first and foremost goal, but if Hispanics are marginalized it’s still appropriate for us to stand up for them ... The core issues are still the same in terms

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in FILE PHOTO August 1963, and continues to inspire black leaders 57 years later. of equity and economics.” Prince-Modeste remembers King in her advocacy work and as an inspiration everyday not just on his national holiday, Jan. 20. “He’s referred to as a black leader, but he’s an American icon period,” she said. “He’s up there with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.”

Despite counting King as a core role model, Prince-Modeste learned to look for inspiration wherever it can be found. “When you’re talking about leadership, look at anyone who inspires you to be better. Folks like King that we know today started as someone unrecognizable. Look everywhere Q for guidance.”

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How 190-year-old Neir’s was saved City came to rescue after talks with tavern’s landlord broke down by Michael Shain Editor

Saving Historic Neir’s Tavern from shutting down for good after 190 years came down to a single, precious piece of paper. Because deficiencies, the building at 87-48 78th Street in Woodhaven where the historic tavern has been since 1829 has no certificate of occupancy from the City of New York. People live and work — and drink — in homes and businesses without a permanent certificate of occupancy all the time. But for Neir’s, the lack of a certificate created a specific problem. As explained by several people who — during a twohour, closed-door session at the Queen Chamber of Commerce in East Elmhurst — negotiated to save the corner tavern, Henry Shi from College Point and his brother bought the building in December 2018 without a C of O. The price was $1.3 million. Such transactions are not infrequent, real estate people say, though usually, the price is discounted. Without a C of O, Shi could not get a traditional loan from a bank to finance the purchase. His loans, he told the officials at the meeting, were from private lenders and the interest was far above commercial rates. At the meeting were Loycent Gordon, the young FDNY lieutenant who bought and renovated Neir’s 11 years ago; Mayor de Blasio’s Small Business Services commissioner, Gregg Bishop; Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech who offered his office at the Bulova Corporate Center as a meeting spot; City Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) and Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), whose districts include Neir’s; and Rob MacKay, the Queens Tourism Council’s director of public relations.

At the last minute, a translator was recruited to help communications with the Shi brothers, whose English is limited. The numbers were plain. Neir’s rent had been $2,000 a month until the property was sold. The rent jumped to $3,100 last January and was due to jump again this month to $5,000 plus $400 a month for property taxes. Gordon, who’d butted heads with the landlords for months without success, said last Thursday he had no choice but to shut down on Sunday, Jan. 12. For their part, the brothers said they could not keep up their loan payments without the rent increase. In the end, the deal was cobbled together from different sources. The city pledged to get a certificate of occupancy that would enable the landlords to find a standard bank mortgage. It also promised $90,000 in grants to upgrade the building, the Mayor’s Office said. Gordon said he’d applied for the same grants — part of a $1.8-million city program called “NYC Love Your Local” — last year “but it looks like we lost out.” The lion’s share of the grants will go to installing a gas line in the building, he said. “We’ve been using electricity to run the kitchen and that’s been very expensive,” said Gordon. “Gas means that now we can also increase food production.” With gas, the kitchen equipment will also need to be replaced. The refrigeration equipment is getting an upgrade and the floors could use some repair. “It sounds like a lot of money, I know. But it goes very quickly,” said Gordon. In exchange, “I got what I wanted the most — a sustainable future for Neir’s.”

Mayor de Blasio raised a glass last Friday night to celebrate saving Neir’s Tavern. He was flanked by the bar’s owner, Loycent Gordon, right, and Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech. The 6-foot-5 mayor ducked, left, to get out the the bar’s side door. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN The bar has a 5-year, renewable lease — 10 years in all, with modest rent increases, he said. As well, Gordon said he has the option to buy the building if it is ever sold, a guarantee he didn’t have the last time. “I thought it was the grant that put it over the top,” he said. “All that work makes the building more valuable and they like that.” When it was all done, the negotiators shook hands and posed for pictures that would be posted on Twitter. De Blasio — who had his standing date night with wife Chirlane McCray on Friday — rearranged plans to show up at Neir’s at 8 o’clock and announce the deal to save the bar. Uncharacteristically, he arrived 10 minutes early. The Shi brothers were invited to come to Neir’s that night and join the celebration but they declined. In the days following the rescue, Gordon

said he cannot stop thinking about the rollercoaster ride from Thursday morning, when he went public with the shutdown announcement, to Friday night, when the mayor stood next to him behind the bar while the TV cameras rolled. The deals with the Shi brothers and the city are still only handshake agreements, said the cautious bar owner. “Now we have to put pen to paper,” he said. But the whirlwind ups and downs of the last week have left a mark. “In 36 hours, I went from the lowest feeling I ever had in my life to the high feeling of victory,” Gordon said. “Who goes through that? “What I want to tell people, though, is this was a win for the little guy, for local businesses that are struggling.” After being set to close, he said, “I hope this shows them that there’s hope, that they can live Q past Sunday.”

Aid is slow coming in for fire families by Michael Shain Editor

Efforts to help families left homeless by a devastating four-alarm fire in Ozone Park two weekends ago appear to be slow getting started. Th ree different GoFu nd Me pages established in the days after the fire had raised about $4,000 total as of Wednesday, Jan 15. The Red Cross reported this week that it has been providing emergency shelter and financial assistance to three families — eight adults and two children — for

several days after the fire. But that aid has ended, a spokesman said this week. Six buildings — including a popular neighborhood grocery — were left in ruin by a fire that spread quickly along the corner of 101st Avenue and 80th Street. Unusually high winds pushed the flames from one wood-frame building to another. Six firefighters and four civilians were injured in the fire, though none of the casualties was said to be life-threatening.

“I want to help with giving the families some help financially since they woke up Sunday morning and was left with nothing,” said the plea for donations on a GoFu nd Me page organized by Shivani Seedarnee. “Decades of hard work, memories, and dedication was put into the homes.” Seedarnee said his grandparents and cousins were among those who lost their homes. Two other pages set up by either friends or families of victims are garnerQ ing small contributions.

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Rich Hill murder sparks ICE controversy Accused killer of 92-year-old woman was in U.S. illegally: feds by Michael Shain Editor

A 21-year-old man arrested for the midnight murder of a 92-year-old woman in South Richmond Hill last week has become a center of controversy in the national debate over unauthorized immigration after it was revealed he was in the country illegally. Reeaz Khan was charged last Friday with two counts of murder in the second degree and two counts of sexual abuse in the apparently random attack. The victim, Maria Fuertes, was a well-known figure in the neighborhood around Liberty Avenue and 127th Street, known to walk the streets late at night collecting cans and making sure stray cats in the area were fed. At the time of his arrest, Khan was free on bail after being charged in November with assaulting his father. On Tuesday, the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement office in New York said it had issued a detainer three months ago, asking New York officials to hold Khan, an immigrant from Guyana, until federal authorities could pick him up.

“It is made clear that New York City’s stance against honoring detainers is dangerously flawed,” Thomas Decker, field office director for Enforcement and Removal Operations in New York, said in a press release. “In New York City alone, hundreds of arrestees are released each month with pending charges and/or convictions to return back into the communities where they committed their crimes, instead of being transferred into the custody of ICE.” A spokesman for Mayor de Blasio said in a prepared statement the city’s policy is to turn over undocumented suspects only after they are convicted. “If Mr. Khan is convicted, the city will cooperate with federal officials in accordance with local law,” said the spokeswoman. “It is shameful that the Trump administration is politicizing this tragedy,” she added. Shortly after midnight last Monday going into Tuesday, police and EMS workers found Fuertes “injured and disoriented” on 127th Street, deputy chief of detectives for Patrol Borough Queens South, Joseph

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Surveillance video shows a man following Fuertes as she turned off busy Liberty Avenue onto 127th Street, police said. It then shows the man pushing her down behind a parked car. Khan, whose home is about a dozen blocks from the murder scene, is being held Q without bail.

Cuomo banking plan could aid SE nabes Governor seeks to invest in areas poorly served or not served by banks by Michael Gannon

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Gov. Cuomo is promising to dedicate more than $25 million in state resources to help residents and business owners in lowand middle-income neighborhoods who are deemed unserved or underserved by traditional banks. In the book prepared for last week’s State of the State address, Cuomo is calling for creation of the Excelsior Banking Network, “which will increase access to safe, affordable bank accounts and small dollar loans in underserved low-income communities all across the state.” Cuomo’s outline said the def inition includes rural communities with no brickand-mortar banks for miles around; and “underserved urban centers” where residents must rely on pricey check-cashing services. “[T]oo many New Yorkers, particularly lower-income citizens, communities of color and immigrants, have difficulty accessing basic banking services and credit for small business,” the document states. “Too few quality financial services options exist for low- and moderate-income communities in New York that need them the most.” Cuomo hopes to use the money to leverage $300 million for community development financial institutions.

Officials from Southeast Queens hope a program outlined by Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State address could give residents and businesses access to more widespread and less expensive NYS PHOTO / FLICKR banking and financial services. Cuomo’s second initiative is to set up a statewide Office of Financial Inclusion and Empowerment to give people access to financial services, counseling and financial literacy education.

S t a t e A s s e m bly m a n C lyd e Va n el (D-Queens Village), a member of the Banking Committee, believes multiple communities in Southeast Queens could benefit from such programs.

And he doesn’t think this is just another promise his constituents have heard before. “I’ve never heard it in the State of the State address before,” Vanel told the Chronicle in a telephone interview this week. “I’m excited. A lot of communities are underbanked, with people trying to function outside the traditional financial community.” Vanel believes such initiatives could help residents who must rely on services with large transaction fees. “It also could help people get loans with fair interest rates,” he said. The assemblyman said he would also like to have the program include an initiative he has been pushing to give more people access to electronic debit and banking cards. The Rev. Edward McKay, a longtime member of Community Board 12, also said multiple communities could qualify. He has long sought to establish credit unions and other services in Southeast Queens to make up for a lack of banking services. But McKay also said any state initiative would have to introduce programs that treat their communities better than the big banks traditionally have. “My problem with big banks is that I’ve seen them generate millions from our community, but never reinvest it back in the comQ munity,” McKay said.

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New research in a treatment called Class IV Laser Therapy is having a profound effect on patients suffering with knee pain. Unlike the cutting type of laser seen in movies and used in medical procedures, the Class IV therapeutic laser penetrates the surface of the skin with no heating effect or damage. Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle. Professional athletes like The New York Yankees and team members of the New England Patriots rely upon cold laser therapy to treat their sports-related injuries. These guys use the cold laser for one reason only…

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School diversity: Is there middle way? As positions harden in District 28, some parents seek compromise by Michael Shain Editor

As some anxious parents gear up for a battle with the city’s Department of the Education over how to integrate the middle schools of central and South Queens, a new group is beginning to peak out from the crush. “There must be a middle path and it’s up to us to find it,” said Elizabeth Polkovitz, a Rego Park mother with one child in elementary and another in middle school. The new group’s members say they recognize that changes are coming but they don’t see an answer in either the status quo or the prospect of sending their middle-school-aged children to schools far from home. “I’m disappointed in my fellow parents who are digging into entrenched camps,” Polkovitz said. “All I’m hearing are a lot of ‘no’ conversations.” The process of asking parents and administrators to overhaul admissions in the middle schools of District 28 which began last month has drawn heavy attention from the media. District 28 is one of six school districts in Queens. It covers neighborhoods from Forest Hills in the north to Jamaica in the south, an 8.5-mile stretch that is geographically one of the largest in the city. Last summer, the Department of Education selected District 28 as a test market of sorts and

gave administrators money to come up with a plan by June to make the middle schools more reflective of the district as a whole. The elementary and middle schools on the north end are among the city’s most racially diverse when it comes to white, Asian and Hispanic students. In the southern part of the district, the schools are overwhelmingly black. Parents of kids in schools on the north end began to organize to fight what they believe would be a new system that would force their children to attend schools in faraway neighborhoods. In some case, the schools would be lower-performing as well. Much of the work is supposed to be hashed out among parents in a series of workshops around the district. The first one — promised for January — has not been scheduled yet, a delay that has heightened unease among parents who fear the process will be rushed. “We need to do something,” said Kristen Gorman, a Forest Hills mother of two elementary-school kids. “There is disparity and we need to take some action. “But so far, I have not seen any ideas that don’t involve two-way busing.” The middle-way parents say they are eager to turn the debate into one about making schools outside the zone districts

Parents at a District 28 Community Education Council meeting last month signaled their displeasure with the Department of Education’s plan to sample community opinion about how to PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN implement greater racial balance in schools. more attractive to parents. “We know there are things parents are willing to travel for: language immersion, accelerated curriculum, gifted and talented programs,” said Gorman. “We’ve spent a lot of time making sure top students have a lot of attractive choices,” said Polkovitz. “I want us to spend as much

time on students who are not honor students but who still want to learn.” “Families in District 28 will have ample notice before the community engagement workshops begin to ensure that as many parents, students, educators and community members as possible have a chance to particiQ pate,” said a DOE spokeswoman.

Feds now probing Hunters Pt. library Investigation appears tied to lawsuit claiming new building inaccessable by Michael Gannon

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Just when officials with the Queens Library probably thought the situation with its Hunters Point branch couldn’t get any worse, it has. The Chronicle has confirmed that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York is investigating the lack of handicapped access to portions of the $41.5 million library on a rise overlooking the East River near the Long Island City gantries. The investigation appears to be tied to a 21-page federal lawsuit filed against the Queens Library, its board and the city in November by Tanya Jackson and the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York, alleging that several sections of the library are difficult or impossible to access for people with mobility issues. “The goal of our lawsuit is to ensure that people with disabilities are rightfully able to enjoy all of the many benefits of the Hunters Point Library,” said Michelle Caiola of Disability Rights Advocates in an email to the Chronicle on Jan. 13. “We certainly welcome the U.S. Attorney’s involvement as it brings more pressure to bear on the City to make the library fully accessible as quickly as possible,” she

The aesthetics are breathtaking, but the U.S. Attorney’s Office is investigating the apparent lack of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act at the new Hunters Point Library. FILE PHOTO added. In the suit, Jackson, who uses a walker, alleges that numerous areas such as a portion of the children’s section and a rooftop terrace are inaccessible to people who can-

not use stairs; and that the building’s elevator does not stop at all floors. The suit states that the Hunters Point Library meets the legal definition of a place of public accommodation and that the

Queens Public Librar y and its board “through their repeated and deliberate failure to safeguard access to the library as a whole discriminatorily excludes visitors with mobile disabilities.” The plaintiffs are asking the court to find that the library is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. They also are seeking an order requiring the library to “swiftly develop and implement a remedial plan to permanently remedy all barriers to equal access at Hunters Point Library; and for “reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.” The office of U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue declined to comment. “The City and Queens Public Library are committed to ensuring their facilities are accessible,” said New York City Law Department spokesperson Nick Paolucci. “Both are cooperating fully with the U.S. Attorney’s investigation.” The library was first proposed in 1998 but was fraught with design and construction delays. At one point safety railings had to be added in when a review of the project determined that barriers on upper f loors were not sufficiently high. Another delay occurred when a dockworkers’ strike in Spain delayed the delivery of windows manQ ufactured in Germany.

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e’re thrilled that of all the gin joints in all the world, Neir’s Tavern, a Woodhaven institution since 1829, has been saved at the 11th hour thanks to fast action on the part of political and business officials including the head of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and Mayor de Blasio himself. Late last week it looked as if the historical bar — founded 30 years after George Washington’s death, 32 years before the Civil War’s start — was facing its final closing time. The rent was skyrocketing and owner Loycent Gordon, a city firefighter, was out of options. He posted a sad farewell on Thursday announcing Neir’s would serve its last drinks Sunday. His landlords, a College Point man and his brother, had raised the rent from $2,000 when they bought the building a year ago to $3,100 a month later, and were jacking it up to $5,000 this month. Gordon couldn’t even hope to afford that. And it turned out they were doing it because they had to pay a very high interest rate on the $1.3 million property — they couldn’t get a traditional mortgage because the building lacked a certificate of occupancy. Everyone was stuck.

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But within 48 hours the situation had changed entirely. De Blasio, Small Business Services Commissioner Gregg Bishop, chamber President Tom Grech, City Councilman Bob Holden, state Assemblyman Mike Miller and Rob MacKay of the Queens Tourism Council all held a meeting with the owners to hammer out a deal. As a result, the city will get a CO for the building issued and provide a $90,000 grant to upgrade the structure. Neir’s got a new, five-year renewable lease with modest increases. So you’ll still be able to visit the neighborhood watering hole at the corner of 78th Street and 88th Avenue, just as your great-great-great-grandfather might have done. It’s a place that survived wars, recessions, Prohibition, the Great Depression and the sometimes-gradual, sometimes-rapid change of Queens from a relatively sleepy county of farmland to the bustling, kaleidoscopic world destination it is today. Through it all, Neir’s has been there, and now, thanks to an agreement reached the old-fashioned way, it will remain for the foreseeable future. A toast! To the kind of place where everybody knows your name.

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Real racism and false Dear Editor: As a member of Community Education Council 28, I can confirm that your Jan. 9 cover story, “Fix? Or Fix is In?” (Central Queens edition), about our diversity plan meeting, is accurately reported, alas. Divisions were heated. Yes, the incendiary charge of “racism” was heard. When an African American speaks the historical truth of racism, as happened at the meeting, attention must be paid. When a Chinese American speaks the his© Copyright 2020 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsiblefor errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc.at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

his page has opposed both an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport running along the Flushing Promenade and the overdevelopment of the waterfront area formerly known as Flushing West. So we sympathize with those who protested the separate, pending plans this week — at least with some of them. For there are good protests and there are bad protests. Those opposed to the AirTrain went to a meeting about it Tuesday and rallied outside the event space. Then they went in and politely spoke with people about their concerns over what the plan would do to their homes and the environment, concerns we share. Those opposed to the Flushing development plan, on the other hand, made a ruckus at Community Board 7 on Monday, not helping their cause at all. Standing silently with signs at first, they began shouting as District Attorney Melinda Katz was addressing the board on a separate issue, her new job. In fact, they began their tirade as Katz was discussing the sudden deaths of two-month-old twins at a homeless shelter three days before. Real classy. We hope a better solution can be found to get people to and from LaGuardia. And that Flushing’s infrastructure and environment will get a break from nonstop building, in just this one place. And we hope the debates over all of this can remain civil and decent.

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torical truth of racism, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act, as happened at the meeting, attention must be paid. When a Jewish American speaks the truth of rising anti-Semitism, as happened at the meeting, attention must be paid. But when, as happened at the meeting, a white “progressive” stands up and denounces the entire assembly as racist, then we must resist it for what it is: an effort to shame us into silence. We cannot let this happen. We saw in the District 15 diversity debate how charges of racism were used to stifle dissent and implement the Department of Education program. At our meeting, Department of Education official Andy McClintock stated that the DOE “will commit to a plan that comes from the community.” Let’s take him up on that offer. The WXY consulting group is running fourmonths of planning workshops across the community. That’s plenty of time to assess whether WXY and the DOE are acting in good faith, or if the fix is in. Let’s give them two months. After that, if the community assesses that the fix is in, let’s shut this thing down.

But far better, I think, is to meet DOE and WXY halfway. Let’s have a real discussion and come up with a creative plan that celebrates Queens, rightly recognized as the most diverse community in America. Micah Morrison Rego Park

Back Barnwell’s bail bill Dear Editor: Re Michael Gannon’s Jan. 9 report: “Bail reform could be tweaked: pols”: Assembly Democrats must support Assemblyman Brian Barnwell’s proposed bill giving judges discretion to detain violent offenders pretrial whom they regard as threats to public safety. Forty-seven states now have such a law; New York must soon join them. Liberal leaders like Gov. Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio and state Attorney General Letitia James back such a measure. So do many Democrats in the Senate and Assembly. They must pressure Assembly Speaker Carl (“hug-a-thug”) Heastie, a felon-friendly fanatic who wants to empty all

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Library won, soon gone Dear Editor: I’m so saddened by the impending closing of the Court Square Library. When Community Board 2 negotiated the “amenities” package that led to approval for that project we insisted that a small library be part of that deal. It was the best example of “responsible development” in New York City history and now it’s gone! James Dillon Long Island City The writer was chairman of Community Board 2 in 1986 and ’87.

Dear Editor: Some people just don’t want to face reality (“Crowley continues Montauk line push” by Richard Heaton, Dec. 22, multiple editions). It has been two years since the final report was released in December 2017 regarding the reintroduction of service on the old Long Island Rail Road Lower Montauk branch. This line ran from Jamaica to Long Island City with intermediate stops at Richmond Hill, Glendale, Fresh Pond, Haberman and Penny Bridge until 1998. Only former City Council member and Queens Borough President wannabe Elizabeth Crowley refuses to acknowledge that the cost for introduction of light rail on that corridor was the last stop for this project. The study

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In race, forget race Dear Editor: Again, our media is squawking about the lack of racial diversity on the Democratic debate stage. Other than breeding more divisiveness, what is the point?! Without question, the Democratic Party is much more diverse and inclusive than the GOP. Furthermore, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in his “I Have a Dream Speech” hoped we would not judge people by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. It would dishonor the memory of those many diverse Americans who stood, fought and died for equal rights under the Constitution, if we voters discriminated against candidates based on race. So, rather than being obsessed with skin color on the debate stage, we need to assess electability, qualifications, position on issues and, most importantly, character. Fortunately, at crucial times, most Americans have and will unite to say … enough! Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

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results indicated that the anticipated cost grew by 2,100 percent, from $100 million to $2.2 billion! Support from public officials, transit agencies, transit advocates, commuters and taxpayers subsequently disappeared. Neither City Hall nor Albany nor the MTA has offered any support or financial assistance to advance this project. Ditto for former Queens Borough President Melinda Katz along with any member of the City Council, state Assembly, state Senate, U.S. House and U.S. Senate. For Crowley to promise that the line would “be completed quickly” and “Albany would approve the project,” along with coming up with $2.2 billion, is wishful thinking. One wonders, if Crowley continues to make promises that will never be fulfilled in our lifetime, what kind of borough president would she make? Voters looking for realistic transportation improvements need to consider looking elsewhere for a better advocate as the next Queens borough president. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI The writer is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who worked for 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

jails and prisons, to compromise. One Assembly member who should lead this fight is Daniel Rosenthal of Kew Gardens Hills, who represents many Orthodox Jewish constituents facing the risk of violence sparked by the bail “deform” law. Unless Democrats force Heastie to yield, they will face almost certain defeat in November. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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What New York needs is more human interaction by Jong-Yeon (Ryan) Moon It’s 6:30 a.m., as I take the bus to the Main Street station to get on the 7 train. As I put on my earbuds and scroll through posts on Facebook, I decide to look up and gaze at the commuters in the train, just to see that everyone else is doing what I’m doing: They’re all on their phones. The fact that there isn’t a single conversation going on among such a big number of people scares me. Is human interaction in this city at stake? As much as we tell others outside of the city how great being a New Yorker is, we all know that it’s not all that great. There’s a significantly high number of robberies, assaults and other violent crimes here. I believe that these crimes have a strong correlation with a lack of human interaction in this city, as people lose a sense of identity and obligation in the community without a feeling of connection, causing more violence and less political engagement. Also, a study of 7,000 men and women in Alameda County, Calif., found that “people who were disconnected from others were roughly three times more likely to die during the nine-year study than people with strong social ties.” Many other studies also found that lack of human interaction is as bad as smoking cigarettes, as it damages mental health. Lack of human interaction matters a lot to me, as it’s a problem that I have too, something I realized while thinking about this piece. I realized that I don’t even know who my neighbors are, and I decided to get to know them. As I did, I grew a sense of wanting to talk and spend more time with them and saw myself feeling better in my neighborhood. I want others to experience what I experienced. A simple solution to this problem is to just go out and interact with others. But what is causing us New Yorkers not to do so? I would hope there are ways for govern-

ment to help stimulate human interaction, but how could it do that? One approach a government could take is to decrease the price of housing in this city. As the price of housing goes up, people are either forced to work more and have less time, or to move out and not belong to their community anymore. Both scenarios are bad, as they both hinder people’s abillity to interact with others and form a community. Another thing that a government could do is create meeting spaces to encourage more interaction. For example, Japan, a country that also struggles in keeping human interaction, has meeting spaces called “community cafes,” where it provides opportunities for relaxation. With the cafes’ therapeutic atmosphere and provisions to further hobbies or interests, all visitors are guaranteed to enjoy their time and interact with others. I believe that NYC needs meeting spaces like this, where people would be able to relax a bit with a little breather. Lack of human interaction is the most urgent problem that New Yorkers are facing nowadays as it ruins people’s health and causes other problems to emerge. This could be addressed by lowering housing prices and creating meeting spaces. But this isn’t a problem that can be addressed by such policies and programs alone: We all have to step out and put in the effort to make the change. It’s only when everyone puts in the effort that New York would finally become a place Q where everything is possible. Jong-Yeon (Ryan) Moon is a Flushing resident and senior at Stuyvesant High School who immigrated here from South Korea and hopes to become a dentist treating underserved communities.

Fed setback on ‘public charge’ After losing on an emergency stay motion in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals last week, the Trump administration filed a motion with the Supreme Court Jan. 13 asking that the injunction barring implementation of its Public Charge rule be lifted before it is argued on expedited appeal. The litigation team and the lead plaintiff, the Make the Road New York activist group, said in part, “The Trump administration is grasping at straws in their desperate attempt to expedite implementation of their racist wealth test for immigrants even before the government’s appeals have been heard by

the circuit courts. ... Now, more than ever, it is critical that the public charge policy, which the lower courts called ‘repugnant to the American Dream of prosperity and opportunity through hard work and upward mobility,’ continues to be blocked. Every day our injunction remains in effect, it protects millions of hard-working immigrant families across the nation.” The rule change would make it more difficult for immigrants to receive green cards if the government believes they would need Q public assistance. — Peter C. Mastrosimone

Why not build rail and park on Rockaway line? by Rick Horan and Andrew Lynch The Rockaway Beach Branch right-ofway is a 3.5-mile-long strip of land that will transform our borough in two fundamental ways. First, it will connect the subways in south and central Queens; second, it will create 33 acres of new park space along the way. Combi ned , t h is project w ill add immeasurable value to both lives and property. This dual-pur pose, transfor mative project is called QueensLink. In a city where parks are more plentiful than good transportation options, it’s disappointing that The Trust for Public Land has decided that it needs this particular property for exclusive use as a park. But the supposedly business-friendly Queens Chamber of Commerce’s suddenl y a g r e e i n g w it h t h e m i s a r e a l head-scratcher. QueensLink has asked both organizations to work together to use the corridor for a combined rail and park as many other cities have done but was turned down flat. Why limit a precious commodity such as public land when it can be used to benef it neighbors and commuters alike? Combining parks and transit is status quo in many cities across the nation and the world. The Manhattan-based TPL may not know that Queens residents face some of the longest commutes in the nation, but the QCC has no excuse. The QueensLink would bring travel time from Howard Beach to Midtown down from over an hour to 45 minutes and create faster trips throughout the borough and to Brooklyn. Queens has 2.3 million inhabitants but the fewest subway miles per resident. Roads like Woodhaven Boulevard and Van Wyck Expressway are constantly congested while buses are overcrowded and average just 8 to 10 mph. Subways are the fastest, cleanest and most efficient w ay t o m ove m a ny p e o ple g r e a t distances. The status quo of pitting two sides against one another so nothing is ever done has to end. Individuals and organizations need to rise above the NIMBYism of the last generation. We need thought leaders and elected officials with the vision and courage to advocate for projects that achieve the greater good rather than continue to protect the narrow interests of the wellheeled and well-connected few. The MTA released its long-delayed RBB reactivation study in October and its conclusions were gratifying. The agency

determined that reactivating the line as a subway from Queens Boulevard in Rego Park to the Howard Beach/JFK Airport stop was feasible and at least 47,000 riders would use it every day. Much of the extra costs projected by the MTA were due to its extended construction schedule of 10 years for a project that should take no more than two to three. While the total MTA number associated with the project was $8 billion, the hard construction costs are about $1.6 billion. Exper ts have estimated that a design-build approach should result in a total cost of about $2 billion. Still a formidable number but a more realistic one. Even with lower costs, building the rail and park will require thinking outside the box. QueensLink is developing a new funding strategy that incorporates transitoriented development and value capture through a public-private partnership. QueensLink takes inspiration from the LIRR Third Track, a large rail infrastructure project on Long Island that was bogged down by small thin king for decades. This $2.6 billion, 9.5-mile project is finally underway and even though it is a small part of the entire LIRR it will improve the lives of riders throughout the entire island. Local communities along the rail played a big part in the planning and design and are already sharing in its success. QueensLink represents an investment in transit equity that will help people reach education, employment and recreational opportunities that were out of reach before. It is also fully aligned with city and state environmental initiatives to reduce congestion on our roads and the carbon emissions that come with it. Will we rise to the challenge of working together for our common good or agai nst each other to ou r com mon detriment? A well-designed QueensLink can provide both rail and green space. The only obstacles are the people who say it can’t be done. If Long Island figured it out, so can we. After all, we are New Yorkers! Q Rick Horan is the executive director of QueensLink and Andrew Lynch is the chief design officer.

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Hair’s a gift from a special young girl In sneakers, Shaila Kanhoye stands maybe 4 feet tall. And more than 3 feet of it used to be hair. On Friday night, 9-year-old Shalia donated her incredible locks to Butterflies by Blaq, the Richmond Hill organization that provides wigs to children with medical conditions. Shalia’s sister, Saaya Kanhoye, 14, above

left, donated 14 inches of her hair as well. But in the tape of the tape, it was Shalia who single-handedly contributed enough for several hair pieces at Aracelis Unisex hair salon in Richmond Hill. “What a moment to have witnessed a 35-inch hair donation,” said Sherry Algredo, chairwoman of the Education Committee of

Community Board 9. “It’s these humble acts of generosity that really matter.” Erna Blackman, a wigmaker and cofounder of Butterflies by Blaq, praised the sisters. “We love it when we meet young people who feel the need to give back,” she said. — Michael Shain

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Jamaica tech school teams take 1st, 2nd at competition Have tools, will travel — to the state finals in the annual high school Auto Tech Competition. Omesh Deaudharrie and Brian Persaud, seniors at Thomas A. Edison Career & Technical Education High School in Jamaica, won the 30th annual New York City Auto Tech Competition held on Jan. 8 in Whitestone at the Center for Automotive Education and Training. The students worked on a Mazda that had bugs pre-programmed into it. They diagnosed and fixed the trouble in the shortest time. The second-place team of Bryan Jean Louis and Felix Mercado also hails from Thomas Edison. Miguel Serra coaches both teams. The competition is sponsored by the Whitestone-based Greater New York Auto Dealers Association, which estimates there will be 75,000 auto tech jobs opening in the coming years, with some capable of earning in excess of $100,000 a year. The GNYADA, in a press release, said the competition is its way “to identify auto tech stars of the future.” The competition featured 20 two-man teams from New York City and Westchester and Rockland counties working at one of 15 stations on real cars bugged with real problems that car owners and their mechanics might routinely encounter. Deaudharrie and Persaud received $25,000 scholarships and will advance to the statewide

Candidates for the office of Queens borough president are being invited to a debate scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Robert Ross Johnson Family Life Center in St. Albans. Members of the public are invited to attend to hear a discussion of matters of importance to the Southeast Queens community. The moderator will be NY1 anchor Cheryl Wills. The center is located at 172-17 Linden Blvd. The event is being sponsored by The Addisleigh Park Civic Organization, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Brinkerhoff Action Association, St. Albans Congregational Church Justice & Witness Ministry, St. Albans Civic Improvement Association, United Black Men of Queens Foundation Inc., The Greater Queens Chapter of the Links Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Epsilon Pi Omega Chapter, Rosedale Civic Association, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity I nc. Zet a Zet a Lambd a Chapter, 224th/225th St. Civic Association of Laurelton, Eastern Queens Alliance and the Springfield/Rosedale Community Action Association. Call (917) 520-4535 for information. Q

Ten hopefuls file for boro prez race Ten candidates have filed by the deadline to get on the ballot for the March 24 special election for Queens borough president. They are, in alphabetical order: Everly Brown, City Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), Elizabeth Crowley, Jusinta Jaggasar-Emul, Danniel Maio, Anthony Miranda, James Quinn, Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Dao Yin. The filings were confirmed by the City Board of Elections after Christine Chung of the nonprofit news outlet The City reported them Wednesday. Each candidate must submit at least 2,000 valid signatures to run. The seat became vacant when former Borough President Melinda Katz became Queens district attorney at the start of the year. Former Katz aide Sharon Lee is serving as acting borough Q president until the election. — Peter C. Mastrosimone

Correction Omesh Deaudharrie, left, Coach Miguel Serra and Brian Persaud of Thomas A. Edison Career & Technical Education High School with their first-place trophies from the 30th annual auto repair COURTESY PHOTO tournament for New York City students. competition held in April at the New York International Auto Show. Jean Louis and Mercado also ear ned

scholarships, as did the team of Leon Boodram and Visnu Sawh of A-Tech High Q School in Brooklyn.

The Jan. 9 article “Outraged parents at diversity forum” misstated the ethnic breakdown of students at Russell Sage Junior High School by including Asians in the figure for whites. The correct figures are 33 percent Asian, 27 percent white, 27 percent Hispanic and 7 percent black, with the rest multiracial or not Q reported. We regret the error.

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Gang graffiti found before Sunday Mass ‘MS-13’ spray-painted on Bayside church, school and nearby homes by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Multiple MS-13 graffiti tags were found sprinkled throughout a half-mile radius in Bayside early Sunday morning, including on the front doors of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and its accompanying school. The Jan. 12 vandalism referenced the international criminal gang Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, that is notorious for extreme violence. The gang, mostly made up of Central American members, is spread throughout the country, committed a 2017 murder in nearby Alley Pond Park in Oakland Gardens. Officers from the 111th Precinct found the first tag spray-painted on a residential fence near 221th Street and 38th Avenue at approximately 4:30 a.m. Similar graffiti was found nearby on the garage door of a residence further down 221st Street on Corbett Road. The neighborhood Roman Catholic church at 215-35 38 Ave. was also a victim of the graffiti. Police took seven complaints from the three locations and found that the spray paint and handwriting matched. “Our church and school were vandalized by someone who spray-painted MS-13 by the main entrances,” the church wrote on its Facebook page. “The NYPD was on hand

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy of Bayside, left, and its accompanying church were vandalized with spray-painted MS-13 gang tags, along with two neighborhood residences just a few FACEBOOK PHOTOS: SACRED HEART OF JESUS RC CHURCH, LEFT, AND KRISTY PROSCIA PREDESCU blocks away. for Sunday Masses today to investigate the vandalism and to ensure everyone’s safety. Police covered the vandalism at the church Sunday morning before Mass, but stayed for the service to ensure the worshipers’ safety. “We assigned an officer to stand in front of the church to make sure the perpetrator

did not come back again,” said Capt. John Portalatin, commanding officer of the 111th Precinct. “We wanted to establish a sense of calm to the community. There’s community unrest following this act. Our officer was there to make sure the perpetrator that did this did not come back.”

Police are reviewing security footage to apprehend the perpetrators. At press time, no arrests had been made, but Portalatin has not ruled out the possibility that the tags are gang-inspired rather than gang-related. “We don’t know if it has anything to do with gangs,” said Portalatin. “It could be a kid doing a prank or a mentally disturbed man — we don’t know yet.” Despite the graffiti on the church, Portalatin is confident that it was not an anti-religiously motivated crime. “We are leaving no stone unturned,” said Portalatin. Pr incipal Alexand ra Conlan of the church’s accompanying school, Sacred Heart Catholic Academy of Bayside, said the students were “a little scared.” “It’s not something that some of them have experienced before,” Conlan said of the students, who range from infants to eighth-graders. “We reassured them. We told them that this was an incident that was not a personal threat to them and that the person who did it will be found.” All three locations have been advised by police to keep the vandalism covered up until the case is closed and the perpetrator is apprehended. Conlan says the school will repaint its doors as soon as the police give it Q the go-ahead.

SUV vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti Burglar breaks into Bukharian man’s vehicle, takes nothing, leaves hate by Katherine Donlevy

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A Bukharian man’s car was broken into the night of Sunday, Jan. 12, and while nothing was stolen, he was left with anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled onto the front seats. The vandalism, classified by the police as criminal mischief, occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. near 76th Avenue and 173rd Street in Fresh Meadows. The owner, allegedly a 49-year-old Bukharian Jewish man, parked the car overnight and returned in the morning to find the driver’s side door opened. At least one seat suffered multiple punctures, and graffiti was written on the seats. Swastikas and “F**k you” were among the scrawls written on the car’s leather seats. “We cannot let waking up to new acts of anti-Semitism become the new normal,” said Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows). “Whether it is in the heart of my district or anywhere across the state, it is becoming abundantly clear that we must do more to combat the rise of hate crimes that are increasingly instilling fear.” The hate crime came just hours after a Forest Hills rally, led by Jewish com-

munity leaders and allies, called for an end to the rising anti-Semitism in New York City and across the country (see separate story in some editions or at qchron.com). “This happened right around the corner from my house, and it just demonstrates that none of us can feel safe or comfortable as anti-Semitism rears its ugly head throughout the city, the country and the world,” said Councilmember Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows). “I know the 107th Precinct is investigating this incident and taking it seriously, and we must all remain vigilant.” Gov. Cuomo directed the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to aid the 107th Precinct in its investigation. “We’ve increased patrols in the area for over a month now since anti-Semitic crimes have increased citywide ... and stepped up patrols again [following the graffiti],” said Deputy Inspector Scott Henry, the commanding officer of the 107. “We treat this as a highly sensitive and unusual incident any time this happens.” Henry says the incident is rare for the Fresh Meadows area, which hasn’t seen similar graffiti since last year. “Yet another anti-Semitic attack. This

time in our own backyard,” wrote A ssembly m a n Da n iel Rosent h a l (D-Flushing) on Twitter along with a picture of the graffiti. “We must be able to feel safe in our neighborhoods. We must do more. This trajectory is unsustainable and unacceptable.” Following the rise in anti-Semitic crimes, such as the Jersey City shootings and Monsey stabbings, Rosenthal and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D- Rockaway Park), announced Monday, Jan. 13 their call for the state Legislature to increase funding for nonpublic school security. The state Legislature allocates $15 million annually for the Nonpublic School Safet y Equipment G ra nt, which Rosenthal and Pheffer Amato says translates to $37 per child. They propose the amount be doubled to $30 million “to protect children against the dangers caused by rising antiSemitism and increasing school shooting incidents.” “We will not submit to this tightening clench of hate, and we will not stop fighting until Jewish New Yorkers are able to feel safe in our own neighborhoods and homes again,” said Q Rosenthal.

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‘A really big deal’: DHS on safe haven by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

The homeless problem goes on. But, come spring, more help could be on the way with the opening of the borough’s first Safe Haven in Elmhurst for 70 people at 81-30 Baxter Ave. That is according to Amanda Nasner, the Queens borough director of the Department of Homeless Services, who addressed Community Board 6 at its monthly meeting on Jan. 8. As part of her presentation, Nasner highlighted the mayor’s recently announced 6-Point Action Plan to end long-term street homelessness in the city, which includes opening 1,000 new Safe Haven beds. For the borough, this is “a really big deal,” Nasner said. “Safe Havens are incredibly crucial to help our street homeless population.” The plan also includes an expanded and more rapid outreach effort. Nasner admitted that right now in Queens “there are not enough beds for individuals who are chronically homeless.” On a positive note, she indicated that Home-Stat, a database of individuals living on the street, which was put into play in April 2016, “helped over 2,000 people come off the streets and stay off the streets.” According to Nasner, several factors have driven people into homelessness, including the loss of 250,000 rent-stabilized apartments between 1994 and 2012; domestic violence; and overcrowding.

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Amanda Nasner, Queens borough director for the city’s Department of Homeless Services, addresses Community Board 6 during last PHOTO BY MARK LORD Wednesday’s meeting. If you or someone you know is experiencing homelessness on the streets, Nasner advises you to call 311. An operator will contact Breaking Ground, a nonprofit social services organization offering assistance to the homeless. According to Nasner, the organization is contracted to respond to such calls within an hour. Nasner also suggested notifying the local community board to report homeless people on the street, and, in situations where they may pose a threat to themselves or to others, you are advised to call 911. Nasner did not provide several details about the Safe Haven plan, such as its location and when it will open, and both she and the DHS press office did not respond to numerous phone calls and emails asking

questions. Some were answered at a later Community Board 4 meeting [see separate story in some editions or at qchron.com]. The meeting began with the introduction of new 112th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Chris Desantis, who indicated that the precinct is the second safest in all of New York City. Crime for the year was down, he reported, with few violent crimes. However, he said that often leads to “a false sense of security.” He encouraged everyone to not leave valuables — cell phones, engagement rings, clothes — in the car. “Package thefts are a big thing around here,” he added. Regarding the recent surge in hate crimes aimed at the Jewish community, he said, “We are being vigilant. We are around. It’s not something we’re taking lightly.” Among those addressing the board during the public forum was area resident Judith Berman, whose comments were aimed at the Access-A-Ride evaluation location at 66-11 Woodhaven Blvd. “The facility and procedure are full of problems,” she said. “Everyone seems to know the place is very negative and unpleasant and has been for a long time. Either they should be held accountable to come up to standard or find another facility.” Most alarming to her is that the facility “that requires the ambulatory challenged to come to be evaluated is not accessible for those with walkers or wheelchairs. I had to ask someone to help hold the door for me.

That is a hazard.” In his comments to the board, District Manager Frank Gulluscio promised Berman he would reach out to elected officials regarding her complaints. Board Chairwoman Alexa Weitzman alluded to the planned Queens bus network, intended to create a faster, more reliable system of interconnected routes. Interested individuals may download the entire draft plan at new.mta.info/system modernization/bus network/queensbusredesign/draftplan and offer comments. Weitzman also said that plans to honor former board Chairman Joseph Hennessy are underway. The board voted in favor of a formal resolution to honor Hennessy. Acting Borough President Sharon Lee stopped by to greet everyone. “Borough Hall is still open, still humming,” she said. The board approved a change of status application for El Pollo Inka Peru, located at 112-18/20 Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills, which is planning an expansion and to sell liquor in addition to wine and beer. It also approved four liquor license renewal applications: King David (101-10 Queens Blvd.), The Billiard Company (70-49 Austin St.), and Keuka Kafe Inc. (112-04 Queens Blvd.), all in Forest Hills, and Kazan Mangal (97-13 Queens Blvd.) in Rego Park. The next board meeting is Feb. 12 at the Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Q Kew Gardens Road, suite 202.

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A Bridge for the Ginger Bread Man, Little Red Zip Line, Zobot and A Raft for the Billy Goats were just some of the activities for all to take part in. These stations were manned by some very dedicated teachers! Once students completed the task they received an exit paper which was their entry to a raffle for many amazing prizes! Everyone had a great time! Showing their support from the NYC Department of Education were Lionel Bergeron, director of Elementary School Computer Science Academics, and Tunisia Mitchell and Kevin Sukhoo, computer science education managers. PS 97Q shouts out a big thank you to Microsoft for setting up a “Technology Station” and sharing its knowledge of technology with

the students. A visit from state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Mike Miller was greatly appreciated! Kenny Wilson, Community Board 9 chair, Sherry and Donna, CB 9 Education, Frank with Woodhaven BID, and Ed Wendell with Project Woodhaven all joined us for this event and loved their experience! Also visiting was the “Big Bad Wolf” who read and performed for the students! Mr. Ken Gordon, Woodhaven Library, always adds so much fun to all of the events! The success of this event was truly a result of great teamwork! The next event in the spring will be the Hackathon! Ms. Stuart and her team have big plans for all! PHOTOS COURTESY OF PS 97Q Q

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Dunn deal: Guard sparks the Johnnies When he took the job, St. John’s head coach Mike Anderson put the onus on returning contributors L.J. Figueroa and Mustapha Heron to provide leadership. But that doesn’t mean they have to do all the work on the court. Anderson has spread the playing time arou nd and last Sat u rday inser ted Brooklyn product Rasheem Dunn into the starting lineup. Starting for the first time, he scored 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out five assists in a 74-67 win over DePaul at Madison Square Garden. When it was over, Dunn denied being in the starting lineup even gave him a boost. “Honestly, it’s no different for me,” he said. “It doesn’t matter about who starts or who finishes. Today, I started and I made that impact right away. My teammates found me and we got the win.” Dunn was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll for his performances in two games against Georgetown and DePaul. He also scored his 1,000th career college point against Georgetown. It’s been a long road from Brooklyn to Queens for Dunn. It was Dunn and Shamorie Ponds leading Thomas Jefferson High School to the PSAL title at MSG in 2016. Ponds went to St. John’s. Dunn went to St. Francis Brooklyn and played two seasons before transferring to Cleveland State. He sat out a season due to transfer rules but then looked to leave again when the team fired head coach Dennis Felton. Dunn transferred to St. John’s but the NCAA initially denied his eligibility

waiver. Two weeks later, he was granted a legislative relief waiver. “Every day I just keep reminding myself that I’m in this building and on this team for a reason,” he said about playing at MSG. “I got to continue to work hard and continue to push myself and push my teammates.” A f t e r losi ng t h r e e st r a ig ht , St. John’s went back in the win column with a team effort, with 23 assists on 25 field goals. “I think when you look at most teams, when they share the ball, they move the ball and guys get it on time, good things happen,” Anderson said, adding, “We played with a much better rhythm today and trusted one another, didn’t care who shot the ball.” The faces are different around Utopia Parkway this season. Ponds, Justin Simon and Marvin Clark II are gone from last year’s NCAA Tournament team. The Red Storm were picked to finish ninth in the 10-team conference. Retooli ng the Red Stor m made Dunn’s eligibility even more vital for a team that has struggled shooting in the early part of the season. The Johnnies have tried to erase the lackluster shooting with transition offense based off a pressing defense. “They play a style that Mike asks them to play,” DePaul head coach Dave Leitao said of Anderson’s up-tempo, aggressive system. “It hasn’t always worked, but [St. John’s], from a year one standpoint when most coaches would just throw the year away, Mike has got Q them in a really good place.”

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Becoming more physically active is one of the most popular new year’s resolutions, but many find difficult to maintain. Other than being physically demanding and timeconsuming, exercise can be incredibly boring. Half the job is finding a workout routine that engages your brain as well as your body and is actually enjoyable. Recreational swimming may just be perfect for those searching for a fun and fit form of exercise. Swimming is a form of cardiovascular exercise and, through repetitive and intense movement of muscles, causes the heart rate to increase. The Mayo Clinic outlines a multitude of benefits for completing cardio workouts, such as the release of endorphins, or “feel good chemicals,” in the brain; control of appetite; better sleep; reduction of arthritic pain and joint movement stiffness as well as management of high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. Cardio workouts are notorious for calorie burning and fat loss, and swimming is no exception, but the resistance of water gives the added bonus of building lean muscle. The natural push-back of the water allows the athlete to push his or her body without taking on too much weight, a danger that exists when dealing with weight training

Looking to get fit in 2020? Swimming is a great form of cardiovascular exercise that comes in a PHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY variety of forms. Lessons are a great way to learn the movements. and lifting. Also due to the resistance of water, swimming is a low-impact activity. Where activities like running or biking put pressure on concentrated areas of the body, swimming spreads the pressure evenly throughout the body. The buoyancy of the

water reduces stress on joints, making it a great therapy option for arthritis and injury sufferers. Swimming is considered a full body workout because muscles throughout the body are required to propel the swimmer through the water. Certain muscles can be

targeted by swimming particular swimming strokes, which include butterf ly, breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle. The athlete can also isolate targeted points of the body, such as using a kickboard to focus on leg strengthening or by placing a pull buoy between his or her legs to immobilize leg use and focus on arm strengthening. Despite the relaxing feeling that comes from floating in a pool or a bath tub, swimming through water can be one of the hardest workouts out there. The combination of water resistance, cardiovascular training and oxygen deprivation makes the workout tougher than most. Like other demanding exercises, warming up and stretching is a vital part for getting the most out of the workout. Swimming is an activity that comes in many forms: lap swimming, competition teams, technique lessons, water aerobics, Zumba and more. The athlete is able to maintain control over the speed in which he or she pushes through the water, and therefor his or her effort throughout the workout. Competitive swimming relies on interval training and stop clocks, making it an easy exercise to track progress in. Most importantly, swimming can be a fun and exciting way to stay in shape and to Q enjoy exercise this new year.

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Tuesday— celebrating students: Schools celebrate students during National Catholic Schools Week by planning enjoyable and meaningful activities for them and recognizing their accomplishments. They encourage students to reflect on the benefits of Catholic education and how the grounding in faith, knowledge and service it provides will help them throughout their lives. Wednesday — celebrating the nation: On National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools, students, families, educators and other Catholic school supporters communicate the value of Catholic education to government leaders. They share information with leaders on the significant contributions Catholic schools make to the nation and their role in preparing students to be good citizens. They pray for the nation and recognize all those who serve it. Thursday — celebrating vocations: By focusing on faith, knowledge and service, Catholic schools prepare children to use their God-given talents to the fullest later in life. National Catholic Schools Week offers an opportunity for students to explore the many life paths that enable them to use their talents well in the service of God and others — by answering the call to a religious vocation, by nurturing a family through sacramental marriage, by volunteering in church activities and charities and/or by pursuing a career that makes the world a better place. Friday — celebrating faculty, staff and volunteers: On this day, schools honor teachers and principals as well

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as administrators and staff who support them in their important work and thank the parents, grandparents, alumni, parishioners and school board members who provide volunteer service. Saturday — celebrating families: Families, parents, guardians and other family members play a vital role in Catholic education. Not only do they volunteer at the school, they instill values and expectations for academic excellence in their children at home. National Catholic Schools Week acknowledges the role of families in Catholic education and celebrate their contributions to the success of our schools on Q the last day of the week, Feb. 1, and all year long. — courtesy National Catholic Educational Association website

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Catholic Elementary Academies and Schools – Open House Dates

Our Lady’s Catholic Academy, 109-55 Divine Mercy Catholic Academy, 101- 128 St., South Ozone Park, (718) 641-1316. 60 92 St., Ozone Park, (718) 845-3074. Open Open house: Call for information. house: Sun., Jan. 26, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Our Lady of Fatima School, 25-38 80 Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy, St., Jackson Heights, (718) 429-7031. 45-11 245 St., Douglaston, (718) 631-3153. Open house: Tue., Jan. 28, 9-11 a.m. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 11 am.-2 p.m. Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy, Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy, 158-20 101 St., Howard Beach, (718) 848111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, (718) 849- 7440. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 11:30 3988. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. a.m.-1 p.m. Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy, Holy Family Catholic Academy, 74-15 61-21 71 St., Middle Village, (718) 458-3535. 175 St., Fresh Meadows, (718) 969-2124. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy, Holy Trinity Catholic Academy, 14-45 70-25 Kessel St., Forest Hills, (718) 793-2086. 143 St., Whitestone, (718) 746-1479. Open Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. house: Sun., Jan. 26, 12-2 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Immaculate Conception Catholic Acade- Academy, 111-10 115 St., South Ozone Park, my, Astoria, 21-63 29 St., (718) 728-1969. (718) 843-4184. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Immaculate Conception Catholic Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy, Academy, Jamaica Estates, 179-14 35-34 105 St., Corona, (718) 426-5517. Open Dalny Road, (718) 739-5933. New family house: Call for information. registration by appointment. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Incarnation Catholic Academy, 89-15 Catholic Academy, 34-45 202 St., BayFrancis Lewis Boulevard, Queens Village, side. (718) 229-4434. Open house: Sun., (718) 465-5066. Open houses: Sun., Jan. 26, Jan. 26, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 11:30-12:30 p.m.; Mon., Jan. 28, 9-10 a.m. Our Lady of the Snows Catholic AcadNotre Dame Catholic Academy of Ridge- emy, 79-33 258 St., Floral Park, (718) 343wood, 62-22 61 St., (718) 821-2221. Open 1346. Open houses: Sun., Jan. 27, 1:45-3 p.m., Mon., Jan. 28, 9-11 a.m. house: Call for information.

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy, 72-55 Austin St., Forest Hills, (718) 2632622. Open house: Sat., Jan. 25, 9-11 a.m. Resurrection-Ascension Catholic Academy, 85-25 61 Road, Rego Park, (718) 426-4963. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Acade- St. Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic my, 21-18 46 St., Astoria, (718) 726-9405. Academy, 104-06 101 Ave., Ozone Park, Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 12:15-1:30 p.m. (718) 846-0689. Open house: Jan. 27, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. St. Gregory the Great Catholic Academy, 244-44 87 Ave., Bellerose, St. Matthias Catholic Academy, 58-25 (718) 343-5053. Open house: Sun., Jan. Catalpa Ave., Ridgewood, (718) 381-8003. 26, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy (Cambria Heights), 115-50 221 St., (718) 527-0123. St. Helen Catholic Academy, 83-09 157 Open house: Call for information. Ave., Howard Beach, (718) 835-4155. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 Sacred Heart Catholic Academy (Bay- p.m.; Tue., Jan. 28 , 3-4 p.m. side), 216-01 38 Ave., (718) 631-4804. Open St. Joan of Arc School, 35-27 82 St., house: Sun., Jan. 26, 11a.m.-1 p.m. Jackson Heights, (718) 639-9020. Open Sacred Heart Catholic Academy (Glen- houses: Sun., Jan. 26, 10-11 a.m.; Wed., dale), 84-05 78 Ave., (718) 456-6636. Opening Jan. 29, 9-11 a.m. Mass/Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 9:30 a.m. St. Joseph Catholic Academy, 28-46 44 St. Adalbert Catholic Academy, 52-17 St., LIC, (718) 728-0724. Open house: 83 St., Elmhurst, (718) 639-7371. Open Mon.-Thu., Jan., 27-30, 9-11 a.m. house: Wed., Jan. 29, 9-11 a.m., or by app’t. St. Kevin Catholic Academy, 45-50 195 St. Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy, St., Flushing, (718) 357-8110. Opening 35-50 158 St., Flushing, (718) 359-7887. Mass/Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10 a.m. Open house: Call for information. St. Leo Catholic Academy, 104-19 49 St. Bartholomew Catholic Academy, 44-15 Ave., Corona, (718) 592-7050. Opening Judge St., Elmhurst, (718) 446-7575. Opening Mass/Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m. Mass/Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10 a.m. St. Luke School, 16-01 150 Place, WhitSt. Clare Catholic Academy, 137-25 estone, (718) 746-3833. Opening Mass/ Brookville Boulevard, Rosedale, (718) 528- Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m. 7174. Open house: Call for information. St. Margaret Catholic Academy, 66-10 St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy, 94-01 80 St., Middle Village, (718) 326-0922. 85 St., Ozone Park, (718) 641-6990. Open Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10:30-11:30 house: Call for information. a.m.; Mon., Jan. 27, 9-10 a.m.

St. Mel’s Catholic Academy, 154-24 26 Ave., Flushing, (718) 539-8211. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 11:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m. St. Michael’s Catholic Academy, 13658 41 Ave., Flushing, (718) 961-0246. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 2-4 p.m. St. Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Academy, 80-22 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, (718) 380-1900. Open house: Call for information. St. Sebastian Catholic Academy, 39-76 58 St., Woodside, (718) 429-1982. Open house: Tue.-Wed., Jan. 28-29, 9-10:30 a.m. St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy, 61-17 Grand Ave., Maspeth, (718) 326-1585. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 12-4 p.m. St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy, 87-49 87 St., Woodhaven, (718) 847-3904. Open house: Sun., Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saints Joachim and Anne School, 21819 105 Ave., Queens Village, (718) 465-2230. Open house: Call for information. 2020 Diocese of Brooklyn website

St. Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic Academy OPEN HOUSE

Sunday, January 26 from 10:30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Embedded in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.); St. Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic Academy has educated students with the love of Jesus Christ since 1904. Our longstanding history of academic excellence has become part of our tradition. The Diocese of Brooklyn recognizes this tradition and recently awarded us with a brand-new, state-of-the-art, $94,000 S.T.E.M. laboratory. ©2020 M1P • SAIN-077141

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Our laboratory has been designed for students of all ages. Whether your child is a kindergartener or a middle schooler, they have the opportunity of enriching their education in our top-ofthe-line facility.

Please contact the Principal, Philip Heide, at 718-846-0689 to schedule an appointment. Join our alliance in education today. We have a lab coat waiting for your child!

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Values and teachings of a Catholic education The Catholic educational program is based • shape leaders; on religious beliefs and values, which enable • reward achievement; students to grow in their understanding of • reinforce values; themselves, their relationship with God and • allow for spiritual growth; their relationship with others. • embrace differences; Catholic high schools promote the educa• raise standards; tion of young people to their full potential; • empower each student; and their teachers respect and encourage real • celebrate school spirit. learning experiences. Students acquire The Diocese of Brooklyn offers a knowledge and develop the skills high school fair in the fall on one necessary for success in higher night in Queens and another educational pursuits and a wide night in Brooklyn where sturange of careers. dents, faculty and administrators They also offer a community from the high schools are availenvironment in which students able to answer questions and discan discuss and live out the valtribute materials. ues upon which their education Each high school also offers is based. They are encouraged to open houses and tours so that parFACEBOOK IMAGE ents and prospective students can contribute to society and to assume leadership roles in shaping public meet with current students, faculty attitudes and programs. and administrators and learn about the acaIn Catholic high schools, young people learn demics and activities the schools offer. Addito question, to establish confidence in their own tionally, many schools offer “Buddy Days” in good choices in life and to experience the sense which prospective students can spend a day of accomplishment that stems from individual in the school attending classes with a student who is currently enrolled. achievement and responsibility. All of the high schools also have websites Catholic high schools: that highlight their specific admissions poli• build character; Q cies and dates for open houses. • foster community service; • encourage involvement; — diocese of brooklyn.org/schools / • develop real-world skills; secondary-education/

AREA RELIGIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS SECTION Archbishop Molloy HS 83-53 Manton St., Briarwood (718) 441-2100 Website: molloyhs.org Cathedral High School 350 East 56 St., NYC (718) 688-1545 Website: cathedralhs.org Christ the King Regional HS 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village (718) 366-7400 Website: ctkny.org Holy Cross HS 26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing (718) 886-7250, ext. 558 Website: holycrosshs.org Martin Luther HS 60-02 Maspeth Ave., Maspeth (718) 894-4000 Website: martinluthernyc.org

Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School 71-06 31st Ave., East Elmhurst (718) 898-3800 Website: msgrmcclancy.org St. Agnes Academic HS 13-20 124 St., College Point (718) 353-6276, ext. 11 Website: stagneshs.org St. Francis Preparatory High School 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd. Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 (718) 423-8810 Website: sfponline.org St. John’s Preparatory High School 21-21 Crescent St., Astoria (718) 721-7200 Website: stjohnsprepschool.org The Mary Louis Academy 176-21 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica Estates (718) 297-2120 Website: tmla.org The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens supports high schools in the borough of Queens and Brooklyn. Though the schools have a Catholic Christian mission, they are open to students of all faiths.

$169 million in scholarships.

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Visit our website to apply for 2020-2021. Come Take a Look-In. Visit sfponline.org for tour information.

“High School is four years; St. Francis Prep is Forever.” ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd. Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 (718) 423-8810 www.sfponline.org

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Divine Mercy CATHOLIC ACADEMY

OPEN HOUSE January 26th

101-60 92nd Street, Ozone Park, NY 11416 Phone (718) 845-3074 Fax (718) 845-5068

10:30 am Mass followed by Open House from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm

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• Dedicated and Qualified Faculty and Staff • A Safe and Structured Environment (CCTV) • Lifelong Christian Values – Daily Religion Classes • Early Morning Drop-Off 7:15 am • Internet Access in Classrooms • Classes with SMARTBoards™, Laptops, Chromebooks, iPads • Title I Reading and Math Classes • Math Honors Algebra | Gr. 7 & 8 • Spanish Gr. 5-8 • Band – Baton Twirling – Art – Music & Drama Program • Family Tuition Rates Available • School Lunch Program • Bus Transportation (if eligible) • Collaboration with St. John’s University

Early Childhood FREE PRE-K FOR ALL 4-YEAR-OLDS Nursery - 3-Year-Olds FULL DAY 8:00 am - 2:45 pm HALF DAY 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy

FULL DAY 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Afterschool Program All Grades 3:00 – 6:00 pm

FREE GRYC Afterschool Program for Grades 2-5 3:00 – 6:00 pm

Accredited by AdvancEd International Come to the Open House or Call for an Appointment to Visit.

Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy OPEN HOUSE

Sunday, January 26th - 9:30 am – 1:00 pm

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Registration for PreKindergarten ~ 8th Tour the school Meet our Faculty, Students, and Parents See our Faith-based ~ Safe ~ Community in Action! Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy creates an environment where our students achieve their God-given potential in order to become well-educated and faith-filled citizens of the 21st century.

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Tuition Assistance to Qualified Families All Faiths are Welcome

111-02 86th Ave., Richmond Hill 11418 HOLC-077224

Free Registration to all New Students Attending our Open House

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MS 297Q • SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT

“Novel Conversations”

HAWTREE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL

All HCMS students had the opportunity to share at least one novel that has impacted them as a reader with students in other classes. 8th graders shared their reading experience with 7th graders and 7th graders shared theirs with 6th graders. This event got students talking about books and their impact and even gave students a good idea of what novels to read next!

SOUTH OZONE PARK

Celebration of Reading Week Hawtree Creek Middle School of South Ozone Park, Queens has just concluded its 7th Annual Celebration of Reading Week from November 1 – November 8! At HCMS, we believe in the power of reading. All students are expected to read at least 10 novels per year and this special week kicks off our reading culture for the

year. Reading, specifically novels, is one of the most impactful things a student can do to achieve at high academic levels but is often overlooked. At Hawtree Creek, teachers, parents, students and staff all contribute to provide events and activities that unlock the power of reading. Some events include:

Video Conference with Author Karuna Riazi All 6th grade students had a live teleconference with local author Karuna Riazi. She is the bestselling author of The Gauntlet and The Battle. Students were able to ask questions and heard all about Ms. Riazi’s writing process, her experience as a reader and the importance of reading novels about kids with diverse backgrounds.

6th Annual HCMS Read-In On Thursday, November 7, all students spent their half day at school reading and journaling. From 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM, the

classrooms and hallways were filled with students who got lost in their novels. Stories and photos courtesy of MS 297Q

ATTENTION PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS: SCHOOLS If you would like to be featured on a School Spotlight page, call Lisa LiCausi, Education Coordinator, at (718) 205-8000, Ext. 110.

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Scholastic Book Fair This parent-run event helped get good quality novels into students’ hands. Students, parents and teachers shopped all week at our Scholastic Book Fair and spent a total of $3,000! That means that HCMS has earned $1,500 in Scholastic dollars that we can spend on our class libraries.

The Mary Louis Academy

YOU ASPIRE College Prep Initiative

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The Mary Louis Academy is proud to announce the launch of the ASPIRE College Prep Initiative, a monumental enhancement to our renowned college prep program. Through this program, Mary Louis students will enjoy: • Day and overnight trips to visit top-tier colleges and universities at no cost • An additional College Counselor to our current staff • On-campus SAT/ACT prep courses at little or no cost • Independent college application/admissions consultation • Financial advisement focused on the scholarship, ﬁnancial aid and loan process Our new ASPIRE College Prep Initiative will give each young woman at TMLA the competitive edge and necessary resources throughout the college process and beyond.

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Rally at MacDonald Park in wake of troubling anti-Semitic attacks by David Russell Associate Editor

In the wake of anti-Semitic attacks, including at least six on Jewish citizens in the city during Chanukah, community members rallied at MacDonald Park in Forest Hills last Sunday to call for an end to them. Cynthia Zalisky, a child of Holocaust survivors and the executive director of the Queens Jewish Community Council, said her grandfather’s reaction to rising anti-Semitism was “Everything will blow over.” He died at Dachau. “We cannot let this kind of hate permeate in our borough,” she said. “It’s like a little rip in the pants. If we don’t sew it, it will be completely ruined.” Rabbi Mark Kaiserman, of the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, said it’s time to take a stand but asked what kind of a stand would be taken by those in the audience. “Will you stand down, hiding away from the world in fear? Will you stand aside, keeping your voice silent and in apathy, letting hatred dominate the day? Will you stand off, distancing yourself from people in need because they aren’t exactly like you? That is not how we will stand,” he said. “It is our task to defend and support each other,” Kaiserman said. “We stand up with each other.” David Aronov, co-founder of The Bukharian Jewish Union, spoke about the fact that attacks were happening in the city. “Never did I imagine that in a modern and accepting society that I would be speaking to denounce anti-Semitism in New York City, the most diverse place in the world,” he said. The area has seen a number of rallies battling prejudice over the last year and a half. In October 2018, a candlelight prayer vigil was held outside Borough Hall after 11 people were killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue and two African Americans were killed in a Kentucky supermarket. In February 2019, the Bukharian

Jewish Community Center in Forest Hills hosted a rally against hate. A volunteer at a soup kitchen was honored for breaking up the beating of a Bukharian teenager, who was being attacked by Forest Hills High School students. Weeks later, anti-Semitic graffiti was displayed on the playground at PS 139 in Rego Park. One month later, another rally was held at Borough Hall in the wake of the massacre of 50 Muslims worshiping at two mosques in New Zealand. “We are a borough of faith and family and respect for all people,” said Ethan Felder, a union labor lawyer who helped organize last Sunday’s event. Felder, who described himself as a “proud Jew, a proud New Yorker and a proud American,” quoted George Washington: “The United States gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” He also encouraged communication. “We must engage one another for we are all in this together,” Felder said. Rabbi Eli Blokh of Chabad of Rego Park said he’s been asked a lot recently if he’s afraid. He said he is not and encouraged residents to wear their yarmulkes in schools, on subways and in the street. “Now’s not the time to hide,” Blokh said. “Now’s the time for Jewish pride.” He left Russia with his family 40 years ago and has lived in Rego Park for 22. “The main reason we came to America is because America guarantees every citizen the right to worship and openly identify their religion in any way they wish,” Blokh said. Jeff Kohn, another organizer of Sunday’s rally, said how Nazis burned down his grandfather’s shul and his parents’ business. His grandfather, one of 10 children, fled with two older siblings to France. “This too shall pass,” he was told but he would never see his parents again. But, Kohn said, anti-Semitic enemies “have

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‘Now’s the time for Jewish pride’: rabbi

Mazeda Uddin of the South Asian Fund for Education, Scholarship and Training, left, and event organizers Irina Kimyagar, Ethan Felder, Jeff Kohn and David Aronov after last Sunday’s rally PHOTOS BY DAVID RUSSELL against anti-Semitism at MacDonald Park in Forest Hills. not and will never extinguish the eternal flame of the Jewish people. We refuse to go quietly into the night. They will never silence me. And they will never silence us.” There were 234 hate crimes motivated by anti-Semitism in the city in 2019, accounting for 55 percent of the recorded hate crimes. That marked a 26 percent increase from 2018. A pair of attacks outside the city in December also brought attention to the issue. On Dec. 11, an attack on a kosher deli and a nearby cemetery in Jersey City killed four victims. On Dec. 29, multiple people were stabbed while praying inside a Rockland County synagogue. Adela Cojab Moadeb, a Syrian-Lebanese Jew born in Mexico City who moved to the United States in 2001, spoke of biased behavior she has witnessed at NYU. “I was shocked to see that being Jewish made me different and being Jewish made me a target,” she said. Incidents include a physical assault against

a female freshman and a student burning an Israeli flag and throwing it on the ground. She said the NYPD arrested two students in another incident, while students cheered on the assailants. But Cojab Moadeb found a positive element Sunday, noting how the community came together for the rally. “We’re here because we’re all residents of New York City,” she said. “We’re neighbors. And we should never have to gather here, not against anti-Semitism or other forms of hatred but may this group of people here today be a testament to our strength and our diversity, to the fact that we are ready to stand up for each other.” In addition to Jewish leaders, representatives of other faiths spoke at the rally. “Any act of hatred or anti-Semitism against one person is an act against all of us,” said Bishop Paul Sanchez of Our Lady Queen of Q Martyrs in Forest Hills.

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Young members of The Reform Temple of Forest Hills listen to speakers at last Sunday’s rally against anti-Semitism at MacDonald Park. Rabbi Eli Blokh of Chabad of Rego Park encouraged people not to be afraid and to wear yarmulkes in schools, on subways and in the street.

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Legal Notices

Action to Foreclose a Mortgage Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens INDEX #: 718322/2018 MTGLQ Investors, LP Plaintiff, vs Diane Hendrix As Heir To The Estate Of Roosevelt Dickerson, Unknown Heirs As Heir To The Estate Of Roosevelt Dickerson If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The IRS, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, LT8900 Capital Corp., John Doe (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 133-26 231st Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413 BL #: 12970 – 42 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Unknown Heirs Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. David Elliot of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Twentieth day of December, 2019 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below dated April 23, 2007, executed by Michael A. Speller and Roosevelt Dickerson (who died on August 21, 2010, a resident of the county of Queens, State of New York) to secure the sum of $295,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at CRFN 2007000519347 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on October 15, 2007. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed May 16, 2011 and recorded on June 2, 2011, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2011000196122. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed May 13, 2015 and recorded on March 1, 2018, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2018000072689. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed September 6, 2018 and recorded on September 12, 2018, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2018000304914. The property in question is described as follows: 133-26 231ST STREET, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: December 20, 2019 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 67347 Notice of Formation of SCOOP NYC, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/19. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 58-82 57th Dr., Maspeth, NY 11378. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 711248/2019 SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE AS MODIFIED Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as place of trial Venue is based upon County in which premises are being situate NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, Plaintiff, -against- FRANKLIN J. TORRES A/K/A FRANKLIN TORRES; A GROUP OF FOUR NY, LLC; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK; ZOILA QUITO; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; STATE OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10” inclusive the names of the ten last named Defendants being fictitious, real names unknown to the Plaintiff, the parties intended being persons or corporations having an interest in, or tenants or persons in possession of, portions of the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. If you fail to so appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: Elmsford, New York June 27, 2019 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Richard F. Komosinski, Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone: (914) 345-3020 NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING IS FORECLOSING AGAINST THE OWNER OF THIS PREMISES. IF YOU LIVE HERE, THIS LAWSUIT MAY RESULT IN YOUR EVICTION. YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT A LAWYER TO DISCUSS ANY RIGHTS AND POSSIBLE DEFENSES YOU MAY HAVE. NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above-entitled action is to foreclose a mortgage to secure $455,000.00 plus interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk/City Register of the County of Queens on November 25, 2005 in CRFN 2005000653064 covering the premises described as follows: 104-69 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, New York 11368 The relief sought in the within action is final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against any Defendants in this action except Franklin J. Torres a/k/a Franklin Torres. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable David Elliot, J.S.C. dated December 20, 2019 and filed December 30, 2019 Help for Homeowners in Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Sources of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at (800) 342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov. Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. Foreclosure Rescue Scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

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out of school to support his family in the Great Depression, served in World War II, was a loading dock foreman and had personal and political beliefs that were out of synch with the changing world of the early 1970s, particularly those of his college student son-in-law played by Rob Reiner, whom Archie refers to typically as “Meathead.” Jean Stapleton portrayed Archie’s devoted — and subtly tough as

roofing nails — wife Edith. Sally Struthers was their feminist daughter, Gloria. The show joined the CBS lineup as a mid-season replacement for the canceled “The Governor and J.J.” No subject matter, not religion, politics, homosexuality, the Vietnam War nor anything else was too taboo. continued on page 35

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When it debuted in January 1971, “All in the Family” was controversial and, some felt, absolutely subversive. It suffered from low ratings. But when it wrapped up after nine seasons and more than 200 episodes, it had 22 Emmys, eight Golden Globes and a place in both television and American history. Queens’ very own Archie Bunker, his wife, Edith, and the rest will be the subject of a talk by high school teacher, author and Jackson Heights native Jim Cullen at the Queens Historical Society on Jan. 25. Cullen teaches high school history at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in Riverdale, and is the author of the new book “Those Were the Days: Why ‘All in the Family’ Still Matters” “It was groundbreaking because it dealt with topics that had never been dealt with before on television, like menopause, menstruation, rape, racial prejudice — and all within the context of a comedy,” Cullen told the Chronicle in an interview last week. “I like to place the show in the context of the history of TV, analyze the characters and the show’s legacy,” he said. Created by Norman Lear, Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker was a bigoted, blue-collar family man born in Flushing and living in Astoria. He dropped

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS Winter Open Studios, with multiple artists and art collectives allowing the public into their studios. Sun., Jan. 19, 1-4 p.m. (exhibit tour 2 p.m.), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission: $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

His Dream: A Look At The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with screenings of “King of the Wilderness,” which followed MLK during the last years of his life, and “Selma,” the story of courage and hope that changed the world. Sat., Jan. 18, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., St. Albans Library, 191-05 Linden Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 528-8196, queenslibrary.org.

“Nicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign,” with embroidered paintings created in Beirut, Paris and New York City, mixing classical and Baroque references with comic book heroes, Arabic calligraphy and more. Through Sun., Feb. 16, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org. “In Practice: Total Disbelief,” with works that engage formal tools that uphold belief and use them to make other claims, suggesting uncertainty; and “Rafael Domenech: Model to exhaust this place,” an installation engaging with the vernacular of a rapidly growing neighborhood. Both Thu., Jan. 16 (opening reception 6:30-8:30 p.m.)-Mon., March 23, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 3611750, sculpture-center.org. Bayside Historical Society Winter Art Show, the 19th annual, with area artists working in multiple styles and media, including painting, drawing, photography and more. Through Sun., Jan. 26, Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $5. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org. “Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues,” exploring the science and artistry behind Louis C. Tiffany’s groundbreaking achievements in iridescent art glass, with vivid colors, hypnotizing patterns and more. Through spring 2020, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org. Artist Co-op 2019, with paintings, sculptures, mixed media works and more by 12 emerging and mid-career Queens and NYC artists. Through Sat., Jan. 25, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 16104 Jamaica Ave. Free (donations welcome). Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

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ence, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6; $5 kids, students, seniors, plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“A Good Beginning, Here,” honoring Lunar New Year with works by eight artists with roots in East Asia, including “Flushing, Unordered, Rhythm,” above, by Xiangdong Shi, all embodying life stories and ideas rooted in the East and evolved in the West. Fri., Jan. 17 (opening reception 6-8 p.m.)-Sun., Feb. 16, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 suggested; free students, teens. Info: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org. XIANGDONG SHI

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A number of artists working at the Queens Museum, including Jennifer May Reiland, above, will open their studios to the public for several hours this Sunday to share their creative process. See Exhibits. PHOTO BY JEANNINE HAN “Unbound: Authentic Visions and Voices,” the first public exhibit by Art BreakOut, with works in multiple media by artists with roots around the world. Through Thu., Feb. 27, The Local NY, 13-02 44 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: Lois Stavsky, (917) 562-8468, loisstavsky@gmail.com. “The Art of the Brick,” the world’s largest display of Lego art, with more than 100 original sculptures and others derived from known works, by Nathan Sawaya, plus interactive brick-building challenges, games and a free play area. Through Sun., Jan. 26, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $7 plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

ers. Sat., Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. $15 suggested; $12 each in groups of six or more. Info: (718) 268-7772, boxoffice@gingerbreadplayers.org. “The 8th,” a drama about an Irish family in mourning and arguing about how their father died, set against the nation’s contentious vote to legalize abortion. Thu.-Sat., Jan. 16-18, 8 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 18, 2 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $20. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

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MUSIC Hot Club: Jazz Listening Session, with music by Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Bix Beiderbecke and more, especially songs with social messages that echo the teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., on 78-rpm records. Sat., Jan. 18, 12 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

THEATRE “Appropriate,” a darkly comic tale about the queen bee of her Irish town, who always dreamed of her wedding day but then flees the reception; part of the 2020 Origin First Irish Festival. Mon.Sun., Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 8 p.m., New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $26. Info: (718) 482-0909, newyorkirishcenter.org. “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit that adds “a dash of Monty Python” to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film about an everyman caught up in the world of espionage, by The Gingerbread Play-

Influencing the Odyssey: Films that Inspired Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, with movies that inspired the director and co-writer of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” including “How the West was Won,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” above, “Metropolis” and more. Fri., Jan. 17-Sun., Feb. 2, various dates and times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. 20TH CENTURY FOX

“Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” an exclusive version of the 2019 documentary about the mission that landed men on the moon for the first time 50 years ago, with never-before-seen footage. Daily through Tue., Jan. 21, 3 p.m., New York Hall of Sci-

Oratorio Society of Queens, to join the choral group of more than 100 people of various ages, backgrounds and abilities, singing Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Trial by Jury” and Randall Thompson’s “Testament of Freedom” in May 17 Spring Concert. Mon., Jan. 20 , 7 p.m. (with rehearsals immediately following), Temple Beth Sholom, 171-39 Northern Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 279-3006, queensoratorio.org. Douglaston Community Theatre for the comedy “Social Security,” with men and women ages 40s90s sought. Thu., Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m., Zion Episcopal Church, Church Street off Douglaston Pkwy., 243-01 Northern Blvd. Info: Gary, (347) 489-6216, dougcommtheatre@optonline.net.

KIDS/FAMILIES Lunar New Year Tradition: Puppet Making & Dragon Walk, with kids making “tricky rat” puppets and going on a Dragon Walk with Puppetry in Practice. Sat., Jan. 18, 2 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $10; $5 students and kids; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY PHOTO Lunar New Year Celebration, honoring the Year of the Rat with folk dances, the lion dance, a workshop and traditional arts and crafts, by the New York Chinese Cultural Center. Sun., Jan. 26, 1-3 p.m. (certain events at certain times), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission: $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. “Dog Man: The Musical,” a live stage performance based on Dav Pikey’s books about the “crime-biting sensation who is part dog, part man and all hero!” Sat.-Sun., Jan. 25-26, 1 and 3 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 26, 6 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $15; $13 students, seniors. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. continued on page 36

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Nature lovers of all ages came from near and far last Saturday afternoon to welcome Alley Pond Environmental Center, a nonprofit education organization, to its new temporary location in Oakland Gardens, while its home in Bayside undergoes a twoto three-year renovation designed to improve visitors’ experiences. A crowd of more than 100 gathered for a special outdoor ribbon-cutting ceremony that involved the participation of several elected officials, including former Borough President and recently elected Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, City Councilman

Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside). All the animals and programs for which APEC is known remain intact at its new site, a welcoming, brightly lit and colorfully decorated space. Its multiple indoor areas bear quaint names like The Maple Room, The Discovery Room and, judging from Saturday, the most popular by far, The Animal Room, which was packed with dozens of young lovers of small mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, arachnids and more, and their equally enthusiastic adult guardians. Rosalie Roseman of Hollis Hills brought her two grandchildren, Max Lubarsky, 8,

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Dignitaries cut the ribbon on the Alley Pond Environmental Center’s new temporary location in Oakland Gardens last Saturday, and visitors got to see the new facility and meet some of its resident animals. Arabella Reyes, 10, of Whitestone, left, who wants to become a veterinarian, here checks out the turtles, while Carolyn Green of Auburndale and her PHOTOS BY MARK LORD daughter Evalyn Lee, 2, meet the ring-necked dove named Suzie. and his brother, Drew, 4, from Plainview, LI for the event. According to Roseman, the children had previously enjoyed visits to other environmental centers, including one in the Poconos. For Max, the main attraction was the island bearded dragon, a lizard found most

commonly in the woodland and rocky desert terrain of Central Australia. “It’s very cool,” Max said. He learned that “they have spikes along their side, a very good way to protect themselves.” An even younger visitor was 2 1/2-yearcontinued on page 37

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A classic cop thriller screening in Ridgewood by David Russell associate editor

Popeye Doyle chasing a suspect while dressed in a Santa suit. Staking out a criminal from across the street. And a thrilling chase as a car tries to keep up with a train on city streets. Those three scenes from the 1971 classic cop thriller “The French Connection” were filmed in Ridgewood and the Onderdonk House will screen the movie on Jan. 26 to kick off its new “Made in Ridgewood” film series. The movie follows two detectives, played by Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider, based on real-life detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, looking to take down a drug smuggler. “The French Connection” was nomi-

Made in Ridgewood: ‘The French Connection’ When: Sun., Jan. 26, 3 p.m. Where: 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood Entry: Free. (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org

nated for eight Academy Awards and won five including Best Picture, Best Director, for William Friedkin, and Best Actor, for Hackman. It is the favorite movie of Molly Grattan, a volunteer with the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society who will lead a discussion after the screening. “I love their chemistry in this movie,” Gratton said of Hackman and Scheider, adding that the sequel, made four years later and set in France was “sort of lacking that chemistry. And lacking Roy Scheider.” According to her research, an early chase scene on foot was shot on the border of Ridgewood and Bushwick. A scene of the two detectives watching a drug suspect running his luncheonette from across the street was on Wyckoff Avenue toward Bushwick. And the iconic chase of Doyle racing along busy streets in a car, attempting to catch a killer on an elevated subway was partially filmed in Queens, with part of the action going through Onderdonk Avenue. Grattan will pull specific shots from the movie, comparing the area then and now. “One of the things about the movie is some conflicting information about exactly

The 1971 classic cop thriller “The French Connection” will be screened at the OnderFLICKR PHOTO / DRMVM1 donk House to start off its “Made in Ridgewood” series. where it was shot, and because things have changed so much in the last almost 50 years, it’s hard to pinpoint some of those locations,” she said. “The French Connection” is the first of four movies screening at Onderdonk House in the Made in Ridgewood series. “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” a 1986 com-

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continued from page 31 “ABC had turned it down,” Cullen said. Despite drawing some attention for its content, he said the show suffered from viewer indifference in its first season. But the network stuck with it and it more than found its niche with the audience. “It went on to be the number one show in the Nielson ratings from 1972 to 1977,” he said. Jeran Halfpap, education and outreach coordinator for the historical society, said they were approached by Cullen’s publisher, and agreed it would be a good fit. “‘All in the Family’ was Queens-based,” he said. “It was important to the culture of Queens, helped put Queens on the map, even though it always was on the map.”

‘All in the Family’ talk When: Sat., Jan. 25, 2:30-4 p.m. Where: Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing Entry: $3-$5. (718) 939-0647 queenshistoricalsociety.org

He said it took only about a week from first contact in mid-November to firm everything up for the presentation. “All on the Family” became the first show to land at No. 1 five years in a row; and the first in which all the principal players — O’Connor, Stapleton, Reiner and Struthers — won Emmys during its run. It also produced a record seven spin-offs, the most popular of which were “The Jeffersons,” featuring the Bunkers’ AfricanAmerican neighbors George and Louise Jefferson who move to Manhattan as George b e c o m e s a we a l t hy b u s i n e s s m a n ; “Maude,” who first made her appearance on “All in the Family” as Edith’s outspoken cousin; and “Good Times,” featuring Esther Rolle, as Maude’s former maid named Florida, moving back to Chicago with her family. “As for the spinoffs, I would say that they extended and deepened the statement Norman Lear was making in engaging people and experiences in American society that previously hadn’t been part of television,” Cullen said. He said the broadcast culture of the times was a key factor in their success. “You had 50 million people tuning in to

‘All in the Family’ ever y week,” he said. “It created a common culture we don’t see anymore.” He also said trying to broadca st such a show today with some modern sensibilities would amount to “walking into a minefield.” Cullen did watch recent recreations of two “All in the Family” episodes featuring Woody Harrelson as Archie and Marissa Tomei as Edith. The first was followed by a re-creation from “The Jeffersons,” featuring Oscarwinner Jamie Foxx, Wanda Sykes, Kerry Washington and Will Ferrell. The second was paired with a re-creation of “Good Times” with Oscar, Emmy and Tony-Award winning actress Viola Davis, Andre Braugher and Tiffany Haddish. “At first, it was like listening to a cover band play your favorite song,” Cullen said.”But then I felt it was a reminder of the strength of the underlying material ... Q It was so good.”

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Author Jim Cullen discusses the legacy of “All in the Family” at the Queens Historical Society on Jan. 25. On the cover: Archie and Edith at Ferguson’s Market. COURTESY PHOTO, LEFT; RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS; CBS TELEVISION PHOTO VIA WIKIPEDIA, COVER

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KIDS/FAMILIES “Lunar New Year Tinker Festival,” with fun hands-on tinkering activities combining science and art. Sat., Jan. 25, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Lewis Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137 St., Flushing. Free. Reservations required. Info: (718) 961-8585, lewislatimerhouse.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS “2001: A Space Odyssey” actors autograph sessions, with Keir Dullea (David Bowman) and Dan Richter (Moonwatcher) selling and signing merchandise related to the film, such as photos, and memorabilia people bring with them. Fri., Jan. 17, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 18, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Varying prices. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. “The Day Harlem Saved Dr. King,” a play about the 1958 stabbing of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that nearly killed him, with brunch. Mon., Jan. 20, 11 a.m., Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York, 110-31 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. $35. Info: (718) 206-4600.

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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Winter Wellness: Breathing & Drinking Teas, with participants making their own tea and herbal facials, learning how to use dried herbs to soothe their throat, nose and sinuses. Sat., Jan. 18, 2-4 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $30. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

The Vietnam War Reading and Discussion Program, with Jo-Anne Raskin of the Friends of Maple Grove moderating conversations related to books loaned by Humanities New York. Each Sat., Jan. 25-Feb. 29, 10-11:30 a.m., Maple Grove Cemetery Victorian Administration Building, 83-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info/RSVP (requested): (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org. Defensive driving course, for better skills, insurance and point reduction; and to cut down on accidents, by the National Safety Council. Sun., Jan. 19, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. (entrance on 69 Road). $45. Info: (718) 2637000, (631) 360-9720.

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

MARKETS Flea Market, with new, used and vintage jewelry, collectibles, handbags, art, books, clothes, home goods and more, with food available. Sat., Jan. 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Info: (718) 478-3100, italiancharities.org.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Understanding Older Adults’ Entitlements & Benefits: a Public Forum, with Queens Interagency Council on Aging President Barr y Klitsberg presenting for the Aging, Social Services and Disabilities Committee of Communit y Board 6. Wed., Jan. 29, 7 p.m., Rego Park Seniors Club, 63-36 99 St. Free. Info: (718) 263-9250, queenscb6secretary@gmail.com.

SUPPORT GROUPS Community mental health support group, held by Recovery International. Each Thu., 6-7:45 p.m., Howard Beach Library, 92-06 156 Ave. Free. Info: Certified Peer Specialist Holly Weiss, (347) 906-1260. Gam-Anon, for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-31-19, bearing Index Number NC-000963-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) BRAYA (Middle) RODOLFO (Last) RIVERA ARGUETA. My present name is (First) BRAYA (Middle) RODOLFO (Last) RIVERA. The city and state of my present address are Flushing, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are September 2000.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12-26-19, bearing Index Number NC-000889-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ROSANNY (Last) PELAEZ-WILLIAMS. My present name is (First) ROSANNY (Last) WILLIAMS AKA ROSANNY PELAEZ SILVESTRE. The city and state of my present address are Springfield Gardens, NY. My place of birth is DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. The month and year of my birth are April 1987.

§ 316 service is complete on the twenty-eighth day after the first

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12-03-19, bearing Index Number NC-001147-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) SHARMIN (Middle) AKHTAR (Last) LIZA. My present name is (First) SHARMIN (Last) AKHTER AKA SHARMIN AKHTAR. The city and state of my present address are Jamaica, NY. My place of birth is Bangladesh. The month and year of my birth are January 1987.

to C.P.L.R. §§ 308(5) and 316 and Extension of Time to Effectuate

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Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1324559 for beer, wine and cider, has been applied for by Sonbobs LLC to sell beer, wine and cider at retail in a coffeehouse under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, 34-15 28th Ave, Astoria, Queens County for on-premises consumption. Sonbobs LLC

Notice of Formation of 13101 40th Road 10Y LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/07/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Having a garage sale? Let everyone know about it by advertising Olivia Cheung, 16 Melbourne in the Queens Classifieds. Call Road, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 718-205-8000 and place the ad!

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QUEENS INDEX NO.: 709131/2019 SUMMONS WITH NOTICE BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO CPLR 316 TD BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. PAPAYA STUDIO INC. and BO HAN KIM, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: Bo Han Kim, 6509 242nd Street, Apt 5E, Little Neck, NY 11362, Bo Han Kim, 156-07 45th Avenue, Suite C6, Flushing NY 11355 You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorney, at the address stated below, an answer to the Complaint bearing Index No.: 709131/2019 within 58 days after the first publication date of this notice (per C.P.L.R. publication), exclusive of such date. If you do not serve an answer to the Complaint within the applicable time limitation stated above,

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a judgment may be entered against you, by default, for the relief demanded in the complaint, without further notice to you. The

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Old Howard Beach, 1 BR, kit, pay electric, 1 mo sec, no pets, $1,100/ mo. Rockwood Park, 2 BR w/1 add rm for office, 1 bath, small dog ok, 1 mo sec, 1 dvwy spot, use of yard, $2,000/mo. Lindenwood $2,500/mo. Lindenwood $2,600/ mo. C21 Amiable II, 718-835-4700

in and for the County of Queens. Plaintiff designates Queens County as place of trial and venue is based on C.P.L.R. § 503. The foregoing summons is being served upon you by publication pursuant to the Order for Service of Summons with Notice by Publication Pursuant Service Pursuant to C.P.L.R. § 306-b issued by Honorable Robert J. McDonald, J.S.C. on December 20, 2019, and duly entered by the Queens County Clerk on December 31, 2019. Dated: January 10, 2019 MEYNER AND LANDIS LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, TD Bank, N.A. By: Eric Holmes, One Gateway Center, Suite 2500, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Eholmes@meyner.com (973) 602-3451 New York Address 100 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10017 (516) 683-0171 NOTICE: This civil action has been pending since May 24, 2019, when Plaintiff filed its Summons and Verified Complaint (“Summons and Complaint”) against defendants, Bo Han Kim (“Guarantor”) and Papaya Studio Inc. (“Borrower”) (Guarantor and Borrower are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Obligors”) seeking a joint and several Judgment against the Obligors for defaulting on the Loan Documents as more fully set forth in the Summons and Complaint. In the event of default by the Guarantor, Plaintiff will obtain a judgment for the principal amount of $85,000, plus accrued interest, late fees, appraisal and inspection fees and reasonable legal fees and costs all in accordance with the Loan Documents and more fully set forth in the Complaint. Notice of Formation of 33RD STREET LIC, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/27/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: GEORGE XU, 35-06 LEAVITT STREET, SUITE CF-A, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 786 GREENE HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Limited Liability Company, 211-53 Jamaica Ave., Queens Village, NY 11428. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Legal Notices Notice of Formation of Art in Public, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/13/19. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4705 Center Blvd., Apt 3014, Long Island City, NY 11109. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Aviva Bauer Counseling LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/19. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 48-15 11th St, Apt 8D, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful activity. CHROME MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/15/19. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Double A Property Locating Services, Inc., 118-35 Queens Boulevard, Suite 400, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

CINE MAGIC LIC STUDIOS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/30/2019. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 30-15 48th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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The NYC Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a public hearing on the following application: Project Description: Variance (§72-21) to permit the development of multiple dwelling residence comprising of 21 units of Permanent Supportive Housing in Community Board 1 in Astoria, Queens, contrary to ZR §23-142 ( open space); ZR §§23-22, 23-24 and 24-20 (maximum number of dwelling units); ZR §23-45 (front yards); ZR §24-35 (side yards); ZR §23-631(d) (maximum building heights); ZR §23-632(b) (side yard setbacks); ZR §23-841 (outer court dimensions); and ZR §23-861 (distance between legally required window and lot line). R5 zoning district. Address: 46-09 and 46-19 31st Avenue, Block 728, Lot 1 & 5, Borough of Queens BSA Calendar Number: 2018-172-BZ Date: Tuesday, January 28th Time: 10:00 am Location: Spector Hall, 22 Reade Street, Borough of Manhattan Applicant: Barak A. Wrobel, for The Trustees of the Estate Belonging to the Diocese of Long Island, owner; Ali Forney Center, Inc., lessee.

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SPORTS

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Robert Moog’s love was ‘synthesized’ in Flushing

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NY sports radio wars by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

WFAN has long been the undisputed sports talk radio champion in the New York market. In the early 1990s it faced token opposition from WSNR, which broadcast on low-wattage 620 on the AM dial and featured national talk programming from the schlocky Sporting News Radio. Sporting News eventually sold the station to a consortium that changed the format to Russian language programming. In 2003, the FAN got more formidable competition when the “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” ESPN, bought the 1050 AM frequency from WEVD and turned it into all-sports WEPN. It wasn’t much of a ratings contest until ESPN purchased the 98.7 FM frequency and began to draw within striking distance of WFAN, which would obtain the 101.9 position on the FM dial so it could simulcast as well. Now ESPN Radio New York appears to be in its strongest position ever. Its afternoon drivetime show helmed by Michael Kay finally beat WFAN icon Mike Francesa in the Arbitron ratings for the first time in their 16 years of battling. Clearly, there was backlash to Francesa coming out of retirement just months after his big 2018 farewell tour. He has given up most of his on-air work, save for a daily half-hour show. With Francesa having a minimal afternoon presence longtime WFAN programming direc-

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

George Conrad Moog was born in Brooklyn on Nov. 10, 1904. After graduating college, he entered the National Guard in April 1926 and was honorably discharged in May 1929. Back in Brooklyn, he met and fell in love with Shirleigh Jacobs. They married in September 1930 in Brooklyn. She gave birth to a baby boy, Robert Arthur Moog, on May 23, 1934. George worked as an electrical engineer for Con Edison in Queens and moved his family to a brand-new 1,475 The childhood home of Robert Moog at 51-09 square-foot Cape Cod style bungalow at Parsons Blvd. in Flushing, as it looked in the 1940s when he was boy. 51-09 Parsons Blvd. in Flushing in 1936. In the 1940s, the electronic hobbyist craze was in full swing. Robert was into it. Beatles and The Rolling Stones. The name Moog became so associated He earned a degree in physics from Queens College, a master’s in engineering from with electronic music, it is sometimes used Columbia and a Ph.D. in engineering from as generic term. Moog passed away in Cornell. A pioneer in electronic music, the August 2005 but his influence on the world Moog Synthesizer was launched in 1964 at a of music is not forgotten. His childhood home looks pretty much cost of $10,000, as most were bought by record company labels to create soundtracks. untouched from its original condition and is In 1967, his synthesizer was discovered by appraised at slightly a little over $1 million Q groups like The Doors, The Monkees, The today.

tor Mark Chernoff has moved the team of Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts from the midday shift to afternoon drivetime. Longtime FAN mainstays Marc Malusis and Maggie Gray will take over their old time slot. After leaving Sports Illustrated, Gray was part of a triumvirate that replaced Francesa when he retired. Her partners were former Jets linebacker Bart Scott and local radio and TV veteran Chris Carlin. They won critical praise and did OK in the ratings but were jettisoned to the 1 to 3 p.m. slot when Francesa couldn’t handle retirement. In a cost-saving move, WFAN gave Carlin his walking papers. He’ll be heard on ESPN New York during evenings when the station is not airing Knicks or Rangers games. FAN management wanted to retain Scott but their parent corporation, Entercom, doesn’t have a national TV network. Two years ago Scott was on CBS’s “NFL Today” panel and now he is part of SNY’s Jets pre- and postgame shows. He was looking to return to national TV and ESPN was glad to extend that opportunity. The one area where WFAN enjoys an insurmountable listenership lead is in the mornings ; when its “Boomer & Gio Show” (Boomer Esiason and Greg Giannotti) competes with ESPN’s national morning sports team of Mike Golic and Trey Wingo. New York listeners only respond to local sports shows in which their favorite teams Q are discussed first and foremost.

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Beautiful Low-Ranch, 3 BRs, 2.5 baths. Manicured property with in-ground sprinklers. Pavers front and back yard. Extra large bath with shower and Jacuzzi. Granite tiles in living rm., large bsmt., side ent. Move-in condition. Asking $739K

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Hi-Rise - 2 Bed, 2 Baths updated kitchen. Reduced $239K Hi-Rise - Mint AAA, 2 Bed, 2 Baths, custom kit., Asking $310K new baths. Garden Co-op - 3 Bed, 1 Bath, freshly painted, Hi-hats, new closet doors, w/dryer in apt, updated kit. Asking $299K Hi-Rise - Mint AAA, 2 Bed, 2 Baths, + 17 ft. terrace, new kitchen and 2 new baths, Asking $299K One-of-a-kind Janet Ann Duplex Condo - 2 Bed, 1 1/2 baths. Renovated, granite, SS appl., washer and dryer, terrace, Asking $365K Mint 1 Bed Co-op Asking $179K

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Lovely High-Ranch (well taken care of) 5 BRs, 2 full baths, on 40x100. Priced to sell. Asking $799K

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A Beautiful Cape. Featuring a Tremendous L.R. With a Fireplace & High Vaulted Ceilings, 2 BRs On 1st Floor & 2 BRs On Second Floor of Generous Size. Entire House Has Been Updated In The Last Year. Property Itself is Approximately 1/2 An Acre. Do Not Pass Up On This Opportunity!

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GLENDALE

BELLE HARBOR

This is a Beautiful 1 Family Home. The Basement is Finished w/a Separate Ent. Spacious Backyard w/New Fence. Anderson Windows , New Split A/C. Desirable Upper Glendale Neighborhood, Zoned for PS/IS 113.

MINT 1 BR CO-OP. This Unit is Completely Updated w/ Fully Restored Wood Flrs, Brand New Kit w/Stainless Steel Appliances & New Paint. Tons of Closet Space. Located Steps From Local Restaurants, Bars, Public Transportation & Markets As Well As 1 Block To The Beach. Laundry On Site.

PRICE: $825,000 Contact Malinda Perovic for more information 917-620-6676

PRICE: $279,000 Contact Cass Boggiano for more information 702-332-9776

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