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Queens’ top Covid hot spot gets vaccine center

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The state opened a vaccine site in South Ozone Park Monday, as the neighborhood has had some of the highest positivity rates in the city for months. On the mezzanine overlooking a silent Aqueduct Race Track, where the site is located, the ﬁ rst people who signed up for vaccines wait to be directed to a station for inoculation.

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Labor savings not set in $92B budget plan Proposal counts heavily on state and federal assistance; no layoffs by Michael Gannon Editor

he $1 billion in “savings” from organized labor that Mayor de Blasio has been hyping since releasing his executive budget for fiscal year 2022 on Jan. 14 still is not written on paper, much less carved in stone. “The labor savings are to be determined,” a spokeswoman for the Mayor’s Office said Tuesday at the culmination of a series of emails between the Chronicle and de Blasio’s press office. The mayor, in multiple press conferences and in the 30-page summary of his executive budget, has listed $1 billion in labor savings as one element to cover a projected $5.25 billion deficit in a $92 billion budget proposal. The new fiscal year begins July 1. The admission from the mayor’s press office came after the Chronicle initially requested more specifics on the labor savings. The initial request asked if there were yet specific savings, or if they were still to be negotiated with unions; whether they would amount to structural changes bringing recurring savings; whether the savings would be a one-shot deal that would have to be negotiated again next year; and if spending the money would simply be deferred until the next administration takes office. The initial reply contained a link to the tran-

script of the mayor’s Tuesday morning press conference in which he initally dodged a question about whether the money would just come back on the books in a future budget year before saying negotiations are needed, as happened last year. “But I feel very good about the fact that labor worked with us so productively to get things done,” he said. “So, I’m confident that we can work together again.” With President Biden now in office with Democratic majorities in Congress, de Blasio is counting on a massive infusion of federal money to balance his projected budget for fiscal year 2022. The $92 billion proposal is $5 billion less than anticipated back November. It is about on par for projected spending for the FY 2021 budget which runs through the end of June. City officials are projecting a $10.5 billion loss in tax revenue because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “After one of the most painful years in our City’s history, this budget puts us on a path to recovery while making responsible choices in light of steep revenue losses due to Covid-19,” de Blasio said in a statement accompanying the summary. “President-elect Biden will help our recovery by increasing FEMA reimbursement, and new Democratic majorities in Congress must move

that same day by incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who said the Biden administration has agreed to have the Federal Emergency Management Agency fund the full cost of the city’s unanticipated expenditures on fighting Covid-19, rather than the traditional 75 percent. Schumer said that will mean an additional $2 billion for the state, including more than $1.3 billion for the city. De Blasio’s summary says the budget proposal is balanced, despite a projected deficit of $3.75 billion last November ballooning to $5.25 billion. He said the gap is closed with $1.3 billion in projected cuts within agencies. The document also cites a reduction of 7,000 in the city’s employee headcount since January 2020 and forecasts 5,000 more through attrition. Layoffs will not be imposed. The office of Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who serves as chairman of the Council’s Finance Committee, did not respond to a request for comment. De Blasio’s summary also projects deficits of at least $4.1 billion a year through FY 2025. Spending line items cited directly include $200 million for Covid tracing and vaccinations; $132 million for the Summer Youth Employment Program, which sustained devascontinued on page 6

Revenue uncertainties have Mayor de Blasio calling for a city budget that is already $5 billion below what he was estimating back in FILE PHOTO November. us forward with a federal Covid relief package that includes direct local aid,” he added. A good chunk of federal aid was promised

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Aqueduct becomes state-run vaccine hub New distribution site targets area of highest viral spread in Queens by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Got vaccines? You bet. Inoculations came on Monday to one of New York City’s top Covid hot spots: South Ozone Park. The new vaccination center at the Aqueduct Race Track, the sole state-run site announced in Queens, will bring much-needed relief to the neighborhood, which had the highest positivity rate of all New York City ZIP codes at 15.94 percent as of last Friday. Its two adjacent ZIP codes in Ozone Park and Richmond Hill had the second- and thirdhighest rates in the city on Friday. When the distribution site opened, it filled a void left in the surging heart of the second

A state-run vaccine site opened Monday at the Aqueduct Race Track, which has served as a Covid testing site since the spring.

wave left by the city’s vaccination site locations, which do not extend into South Queens west of the Van Wyck Expressway. Community leaders in South Queens, who had been watching the positivity rate increase at an alarming rate for months, have been critical of the mayor’s decision not to include Richmond Hill or South Ozone Park on his list of priority neighborhoods. While a pre-existing drive-through testing operation has continued in the Aqueduct parking lot, the vaccine center is isolated in the track’s mezzanine on the second f loor. To receive a vaccine, residents with an appointment walk up to the betting window and sign in. On the first day, New Yorkers trickled into the facility, which is largely staffed by the National Guard and state troopers, with limited wait times and ample parking. The new site’s announcement last week, however, left some residents confused because it does not show up on the city’s Covid vaccine site map, leading them to wonder whether they were eligible. The conflicting messaging is the latest example of a gap of communication between the city and state’s vaccination efforts. In a meeting of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association and Cityline Ozone Park

The Aqueduct Race Track’s betting windows are being put to new use registering incoming vacPHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN cine seekers. Civilian Patrol last Thursday night, President Sam Esposito said that the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Queens community liaison did not have the eligibility information on the site when he had asked him about it. “The mayor and the governor have to get on the same page because when they argue we get hurt. And that’s not right,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) at the meeting,

adding that his office had received inaccurate information about the vaccination efforts as well. According to the state Department of Health, New Yorkers can visit the state vaccine we b s it e a t a m -i - el ig i ble.c ov id19 vaccine.health.ny.gov to determine eligibility and schedule appointments at the Aqueduct Q Race Track site.

The moderates have arrived in District 32 Three candidates tout focus on the issues that unite a split electorate by Max Parrott

to $39,924, with the second-largest haul out of the 10 candidates. Based on their first campaign filing, Matias In the past several months, three more Democrat candidates have put in a bid to succeed started her fundraising with a total of $523 and Queens’ only Republican councilman, Eric Graziano with $2,942. In July, the Chronicle reported on the candiUlrich (R-Ozone Park), after he is term-limited dacy of Scala, who ran unsuccessfully against out of office at the end of 2021. Since November, Howard Beach attorney Ulrich in 2017 and registered his campaign Mike Scala, young community organizer and with the Finance Board months ago, but at the beginning of the month he formally announced student Raimondo Graziano and Bella his campaign, along with an endorsement Matias, the founder of an education from state Sen. James Sanders Jr. nonprof it, have for mally (D-South Ozone Park), whom he announced their campaigns. worked for as a staffer. The entry of these three canAmbitious parts of his platform didates adds to the moderate include a municipal broadband plan lane in the race, which contains and support behind rehabilitating the several progressive candidates abandoned Rockaway train line into a like teacher and activist Felicia new rail route to serve the peninsula. Singh, city planner Kaled Alamarie 2021 He framed his campaign as an attempt to and paralegal Shaeleigh Severino. The field also includes filmmaker and inde- focus on what unites the district, which is split, pendent candidate Ruben Cruz, former teacher containing some of the borough’s most conserHelal Sheikh and Community Board 9 Chair- vative segments scattered between more Democrat-learning portions. man Kenichi Wilson. Graziano is a 23-year-old organizer and stuSo far, Singh and Scala are the only two candidates to have received public matching dent at City College, who has worked as a canfunds. The most recent disbursement brought vasser and canvas director with VOCAL-NY Singh to $121,850, with the most campaign to advocate and fundraise for homeless New cash in the district by a long shot, and Scala up Yorkers, and those struggling with opioid

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Raimondo Graziano, Bella Matias and Mike Scala are three candidates running for the DisCOURTESY AND FILE PHOTOS trict 32 Council seat. addiction. But unlike the surge of young candidates who have successfully pushed Queens politics to the left in recent years, Graziano has branded himself a staunch pragmatist. “I’m a person that while I’ve worked for progressive organizations, I consider myself a moderate. I have been an activist on issues, but there’s a huge difference between being an activist and the actual job of governing, the actual job of being able to bring people together, because you cannot just toss aside a half of the electorate because they don’t agree with you on a policy point,” Graziano said. Matias found herself doing community organizing starting in 2017, when she formed her own nonprofit, Rise Up NYC, which taught financial literacy and entrepreneurship until it

lost its funding and ceased to exist after a year of operation. She said that running the nonprofit taught her about how to invest city finances in the community in order to have impact. Matias added her top campaign priority is offering housing protection for homeowners, who have suffered loss during the pandemic and are in danger of losing their homes. Though the platforms of Matias and Graziano both included some form of rent relief for tenants, they emphasized that relief for landlords needed to be taken into consideration, especially in District 32, where homeowners make up a larger part of the populace than in the rest of the city. Matias has proposed tax breaks for landlords who don’t evict their tenants as a trickledown form of tenant relief. Both also are proposing a form of mortgage relief. Scala said that he agreed with Gov. Cuomo’s decision to extend an eviction moratorium as a result of Covid. The platforms of all three candidates also include large-scale technology proposals. Where Scala and Graziano propose municipal broadband, Matias proposed city-funded vouchers for at students in K-12 to have Wi-Fi continued on page 17

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What will become of G&T programs? Advocates square off after mayor eliminates next year’s admission exam by Max Parrott Associate Editor

When the mayor and schools chancellor announced that this spring will be the last time the Gifted and Talented exam is offered in New York City’s public schools, it raised a big question about what the future holds for the programs. Admission to G&T programs, which offer an accelerated curriculum that is aimed at covering more material with additional enrichment, is determined by a high-stakes exam administered to children as young as 4. The mayor’s move to cancel that exam follows the recommendations of the Schools Diversity Advisory Group, which released a 2019 report detailing racial disparities in the programs and recommending their eventual removal. The report found that while black and Latino students make up 65 percent of all kindergarteners, they only compose 17 percent of all students who qualify for G&T programs. It recommended that the city discontinue the use of the G&T admissions test, and institute a moratorium on new G&T programs, while allowing existing ones to continue. That approach would mean that all G&T programs would eventually be phased out as students age out of them. So far de Blasio has not released many specifics on what he would be offering as an

alter nat ive to t he if they do, damned if programs. they don’t,” he said. “As we shared last The mayor said last week, we look forweek that he decided ward to hearing not to cancel the test directly from commufor the coming spring nities across the city because the city knew a nd i ncor porat i ng that many parents had their ideas and feedalready put resources back into a robust into preparing their plan. New York City children for the test parents, students and and they wanted to educators will have respect that. But with the opportunity to less than one year left help shape an equita- After the elimination of the G&T exam for kin- in his term, his winble and en r iching dergarteners, advocates for and against the dow to determine the future for gifted and program have begun to mobilize. FILE PHOTO future of the programs talented programs,” a is shrinking. DOE spokesperson said in a statement. This is something that advocates against Through the outreach the city intends to see the G&T test have seemed to pick up on as what programming parents would like to see some groups like Teens Take Charge, and that is more inclusive and best integrates more even some members of the Panel for Educaenriched learning opportunities. tion Policy, calling to cancel this year’s “It’s too early and too vague,” said James upcoming exam. Borland, a professor at Columbia University The PEP will hold a hearing on the Pearson Teachers College, Columbia University, of the contract to administer the test at its upcoming mayor’s plan. Borland said he saw the decision meeting on Jan. 27. Several members of the as the result of political pressure stemming body have pledged on Twitter to vote against from the SDAG report. t h e c o nt r a c t fol low i ng t h e m ayo r’s “The Department of Education is really in a announcement. bad situation insofar as they are really damned Meanwhile, those who want to keep and

Ridgewood EMS corps to expand Group to serve Kew Gardens, Woodhaven and Richmond Hill by Max Parrott

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The Ridgewood Volunteer A mbu la nc e C or ps r e c e ntly announced that its plan for 2021 involves extending communitybased volunteer EMS services to Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens. In December, the RVAC submitted a formal application of area expansion with the New York City Regional Emergency Medical Services Council to provide services into those communities. A few years ago, the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Corps lost its right to operate due to administrative troubles, according to Kevin Mahoney, RVAC board vice-chairman. Eager to resume coverage, the board of the defunct South Queens volunteer group reached out to the RVAC to partner and get back up and running under the Ridgewood banner. “It’s easy for us to put in an expansion as opposed for them to start over as a new ambulance service,” said Mahoney. Mahoney said the group is hop-

The Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps plans to expand to WoodRVAC PHOTO haven, Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens. ing to get the expansion on the agenda in a February NYC REMSCO meeting, when the body would vote on it. If approved, the application would then head over to the state. The move comes after a series of successful mergers for the ambulance corps. In 2019, RVAC, which serves parts of Brooklyn as well as Queens, incorporated the Glen-

dale VAC and Middle Village VAC. Accord i ng to a press release the group sent out, the mergers have allowed it to centralize its clinical services and operational efficiency. The three entities now serve together as one unified EMS service. The mergers have reinvigorated the RVAC’s volunteerism and allowed a stronger response to the pandemic, it said.

Ramping up to its proposed expansion, the RVAC hosted meetings with civic associations and elected officials through which it got the full support of Community Board 9; Councilmembers Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Robert Holden (D-Middle Village) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills); state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblymember Jenifer R aj k u m a r ( D -Wo o d h ave n) , among others. “The leadership of each ambulance corps took significant steps since this process has started to revitalize and revolutionize how community-based ambulance services will operate in New York City in the future. These services provide more than emergency care for the sick and injured and provide an outlet for local youth and adults to gain training and experience to become New York State certified emergency medical technicians,” said Mahoney. Those interested in joining the corps or finding out more, can visit Q RidgewoodVAC.com.

expand the programs, like Queens Parents United administrator Jean Hahn, a Forest Hills parent whose child is enrolled in a District 28 G&T program, have been calling on the mayor the reverse course. She said that there wasn’t enough time to come up “with an entire new program, all in the summertime. The election is in November. He shouldn’t be touching this.” Hahn said that the decision should be left up to the next mayor. She disagreed with de Blasio’s reduction of the programs to enrichment opportunities that could be addressed with improvements in technology. A major benefit of the programs, she said, was their curriculum. “What he’s looking at is education technology, and there was a program like Outschool [an online education platform]. So it’s about giving more to consultants as opposed to giving to the classroom,” Hahn said. Parents like Hahn are not without elected support either. State Sen. Toby Ann Stavitsky (D-Flushing) and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) put out a statement last week slamming the mayor’s announcement as a “half-baked plan.” The PEP’s next contract meeting, where it will discuss upcoming G&T test, will take place at 11 a.m. Jan. 25, prior to its general Q meeting Jan. 27.

City budget continued from page 2 tating cuts in the current fiscal year; $62 million for the Learning Bridges childcare program; and $52 million for hunger prevention programs. Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, had serious reservations in a statement issued last week. “Unfortunately, nearly one year into the fiscal crisis, the City still has not substantially embarked on the significant restructuring and spending restraint needed to stabilize its long-run finances,” Rein said. He said city-funded spending will increase 3.2 percent between fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022. He added that de Blasio’s program to eliminate the gap, or PEG, within agencies is insufficient. “[I]t is too small and appears to disproportionately target program reductions, instead of improving productivity or modifying employee benefits, both of which would minimize pain to New Yorkers at large,” he said. “Furthermore, the plan lacks sufficient recurring savings to reduce f ut ure budget gaps meaningfully.” The budget proposal and supporting documents can be viewed or downloaded online from the website of city’s Office of Management and budget at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/omb/ Q index.page.

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City cancels 23K shots due to low dose supply Mayor urges feds, state to loosen rules on reserving second vaccines by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Covid-19 was first detected in the U.S. one year ago — Jan. 20, 2020 — and has since killed over 402,000 Americans. Now, Mayor de Blasio said the life-saving vaccine supply is running low. “We’ve had to tell 23,000 New Yorkers who had an appointment this week that they will not be able to get that appointment for lack of supply,” the mayor said Jan. 20 after revealing that Moderna vaccine deliveries have been delayed. As of Wednesday, nearly half a million city residents have been vaccinated since Dec. 14, about 12 percent of whom have received both doses. Though there are about 446,200 shots not yet administered, only about 12,000 can be distributed to first-time receivers. The rest are being saved for those scheduled for their second dose. Cit y C ou nci l me mb e r M a rk L ev i ne (D-Manhattan), chairperson of the Health Committee, revealed via Twitter that the city would close its 15 vaccine hubs through Jan. 24 because of the canceled appointments, which will be rescheduled exactly one week from the original date. The cancellations only apply to first time receivers. De Blasio is calling on the newly inaugurated Biden administration and Gov. Cuomo to alter the regulations so New York City could

give those reserved second doses to vulnerable populations who haven’t received their first. As time goes on, the mayor said, the city could backfill the supply. “We need to save lives right now. And even the first dose provides around 50 percent protection from the coronavirus,” he argued. “If you’re a senior citizen, if you’re someone who’s vulnerable, even that first dose means a whole lot to you and it’s our job to protect you. So, the way to do that is to free up that supply of second doses, to not hold them in reserve for weeks, not keep them in a refrigerator, but put them in people’s arms.” The delivery delay hinders de Blasio’s goal of vaccinating 1 million people before the end of January. Only about 388,000 inoculations, including both first and second doses, have been conducted since the first day of the new year. On Jan. 18, Cuomo blamed the vaccine shortage on the Trump administration, stating that the federal government did not increase supply to meet increasing eligibility. “They created this wave of expectations. They said there would be more supply to meet the wave of expectation. That’s not true,” Cuomo said Monday, three days after the state reported 19,469 new cases, the second-highest single-day total. New York moved into Phase 1b on Jan. 11,

Daily vaccine data are available on one of the NYC.GOV city’s Covid-19 data pages. which allowed seniors 65 or over and a slew of essential workers such as public transit employees, teachers and more, to be inoculated. The expansion opened eligibility to about seven million New Yorkers, or half the population that will eventually get the vaccine — though the statewide population is 20 million, about a quarter of citizens are under the age of 16, too young to be inoculated. The week eligibility expanded, New York State received 239,625 doses. At that rate, it would take over six months to vaccinate all the

individuals who fall within Phase 1b. Cuomo suggested the federal officials buy more Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and expedite approval of the Johnson and Johnson shot. He also sent a letter to Pfizer Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla asking for the ability to purchase vaccines directly from the company since it is not bound by the same commitments Moderna made under Operation Warp Speed. The manufactor responded the next day, stating the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would have to approve the arrangement based on the Food and Drug Administrationgranted emergency-use authorization, the Post reported Tuesday. Until the rollout picks up speed, eligible New Yorkers cannot make vaccination appointments. When available, appointments can be made either through the state, at am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov, or the city portal, at vaccinefinder.nyc.gov. There are 25 sites in Queens [see separate story in some editions or at qchron.com]. New Yorkers 65 and over who have made appointments at city-operated sites have the opportunity to request free transportation. A city Department of Health spokesperson told the Chronicle that seating will be available to seniors who need it and they also will be offered online assistance with vaccination Q applications.

CB 9 rejects two biz requests At Community Board 9’s meeting on Jan. 12, it voted on liquor license, method of operation and class change applications for three restaurants. First it voted on a liquor license for the restaurant by Kevinkel Corp. at 106-05 101 Ave. in Ozone Park. The business did not submit any paperwork, so the board voted unanimously against it. The board also voted to allow Rancho Tequila at 105-13 Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill to allow outdoor dining during its open hours from noon to 10 p.m. The board unanimously voted in favor

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f you want a docile, complacent population more likely to put up with growing societal ills and less likely to hold those in power to account, while also becoming more dependent upon them, you could hardly do better than to encourage more pot smoking and gambling. Presumably increased complacency and dependency are not the state government’s actual goals in its push to legalize recreational marijuana and mobile sports betting. Increasing tax revenue to cover everything from essential services to outrageous public pensions and wasteful boondoggles is the driving force. New York is in deep trouble — it was long before the coronavirus delivered what feels like a knockout punch — and the powers that be would much rather fund both needed services and their ongoing follies than to rein in spending in any significant way. At least they’re not running around shouting “Weed for Rails!” and claiming marijuana taxes would save the MTA like they did two years ago when this idea came up. But the effect is harmful. Look, you don’t have to be an old buzz kill to know that marijuana damages the mind. What do you think is happening when you feel that euphoria, not to mention the confusion and spaciness? Duh.

Data show that when you legalize weed, people use it more, including younger people whose minds are most affected by it. The effect on driving is a big concern: One study in Colorado found that marijuana-related traffic deaths jumped 151 percent after legalization, while overall traffic deaths went up 35 percent. Police do not have the ability to tell if someone is driving high the way they do if someone is driving drunk. The chemistry is cloudier. And just as people can get addicted to drugs such as marijuana, they can get addicted to other problematic behavior like gambling. Mobile sports betting would make that all the more likely as people are so dependent upon their phones now. Although more research needs to be done, one study showed that people who gambled via mobile device as little as once a month were 13 times more likely than others to be at risk of problem gambling. Not everyone who smokes marijuana or bets on a game online will develop a problem. But enough will so that our government should not be encouraging such behavior. Money isn’t everything, and the state shouldn’t address its shortfall in revenue by promoting vices. Let’s leave the laws on marijuana and sports gambling as they are.

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Dear Editor: Under the current healthcare guidelines, the current group to get vaccinated against the Covid virus are people over 65 and “essential” workers. “Essential” workers are considered, among other fields, as people who run the transit system and grocery store workers. My mother is 96 and I have not been able to get an appointment for her to get the vaccine. The current group eligible for the vaccine is too large. There should be a subgroup of older, old people (those over 75) among those currently eligible that should be placed at the front of the line. They are more likely to have complications if they get the virus. A recent Washington Examiner editorial noted that people over 65 make up one-sixth of the population but have had 80 percent of Covid deaths. The vast majority of young people who get the virus recover without any long-term complications. Look at the number of sports figures who get the virus and come back to play after a couple of weeks. Can we say the same of the elderly? I am 68 with a preexisting condition but I am willing to wait my turn. People older than me, like my mother, are most at risk. Gov. Cuomo, please do the right thing and change the rules before it is too late for the most elderly among us. Lenny Rodin Forest Hills © Copyright 2021 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.

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he Metropolitan Transportation Authority was wise and kind enough in these terrible economic times to put off raising subway and bus fares for several months at least. Not so with tolls on its bridges and tunnels. Those still may go up nearly 10 percent when the agency’s ruling board plans to vote. The MTA is not clear yet on all the numbers, but the cost of a trip over the Throgs Neck or Whitestone Bridge could go from $6.12 to $6.70 for those using E-ZPass. All it would say about the cost for those not using the tracking device, now $9.50, is that the increase would depend on various factors. Raising tolls but not fares is of course unfair to drivers, who already subsidize subway and bus trips. Although it takes only a rough look, the MTA’s own “budget basics” document shows that tolls bring in 12 percent of the agency’s revenue but it only spends 5 percent on bridges and tunnels. Fares bring in 38 percent of revenue but 70 percent of spending goes to buses and trains. The MTA should put toll hikes on hold just as long as it does fare increases.

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Restaurant Week $20.21 Dear Editor: Let’s all come out and support NYC $20.21 Takeout Restaurant Week Jan. 25 to 31. In these difficult economic times, it is especially important to patronize your neighborhood restaurants. With indoor dining banned, takeout and catering are their only source of income. When ordering takeout, why not tip as if you were dining indoors? My wife and I don’t mind occasionally paying a little more to help our favorite restaurants survive. Don’t forget your cook and server. We try to tip 20 percent against the total bill including taxes. If it is an odd amount, we round up to the next dollar. These people are our neighbors. Thousands have already had to permanently close their doors. The remaining restaurants are barely hanging on. Who knows how many more

weeks or months will go by, before they can reopen indoor dining at 25 percent, or 50 percent, followed by another return to full 100 percent capacity? There are over 100,000 NYC residents whose livelihood depends on restaurants who are still out of work. They include bartenders, waiters, busboys, cooks and cashiers. Wholesale food sellers, distributors, deliverers and linen suppliers are also at a loss. There are also construction contractors and their employees, who renovate or build new restaurants. Our local entrepreneurs work long hours, pay taxes and provide employment, especially to students during the summer. If we don’t patronize our local restaurants, they don’t eat either. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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Thank you, Manny! Dear Editor: After reading your Jan. 14 piece “Richards’ staffer vies for left lane” (multiple editions), I feel I need to add my thanks to Manny Silva for all the times he fought for Friends of Rosedale Library. As President of FORL I have seen him traverse our district. He has proven himself a tireless young community advocate. Other than Donovan Richards, I have never seen a more active City Council chief of staff in my almost 55 years as a Rosedale resident. While other candidates have just discovered that Rosedale exists, Manny was working for us! David Pecoraro Rosedale

The Socialist individualist Dear Editor: Sebastian Mannuzza considers “the very essence of socialism” to be having students “all get a worse education together” (“Socialist schools fail,” Letters, Jan. 7). As A.S. Neill noted, the pedagogue who measures students by how well they comply to top-down standards “is trying to mould children to a pattern” even while denouncing socialists like Neill himself for “attempting to force humanity to be of” a similarly uniform plan. Shortly before he founded the Summerhill School that has provided a century of evidence that his own ideals of learner-driven education work, Neill concluded that “the Socialist would appear to be the keenest individualist in the world, for it is from the heretical section of society that the demand for freedom in education is coming.” Joel Schlosberg Bayside

Split the stimulus Dear Editor: The proposed $1,400 should be split into 2 payments of $700. Getting $1,400 at once would be putting too much candy into people’s hands at once. I feel two $700 payments would be a better and more balanced solution for the majority. Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

domestic terrorism! Plain and simple. They took the American flag down and replaced it with a Trump flag. They defecated and urinated inside the Capitol and trudged it through the hallowed halls. These people are not patriots. They are a “giant basket of deplorables.” And then Trump planned an elaborate sendoff with a marching band, red carpet and 21-gun salute. On the taxpayers’ dime, of course. Disgusting. Just like Ivanka and Jared not letting the Secret Service agents protecting them use one of the six bathrooms in their home. Where did they find relief? President Obama’s house. That’s known as decency. One last thing for anybody still supporting this nauseating, now ex-president: Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of injuries sustained from being beaten with a fire extinguisher by Trump supporters. He wasn’t killed by Muslims, ISIS, Antifa or Mexicans who breached Trump’s border wall. He was killed by homegrown domestic terrorists, encouraged by the president of the United States. Try to let that sink in. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

Free Assange, free press Dear Editor: I am writing to support Australian journalist Julian Assange, who is currently locked up in Britain in Belmarch prison. He has been charged with sedition under the archaic United States Espionage Act. Why is he in prison, and why is his case relevant to Queens residents? He is a founder of Wikileaks, which exposed United States war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Like all journalists, he has a right not to reveal his sources. In fact, Donald Trump offered to free him if he would reveal those sources. His refusal, lest honest people be hurt, is testament to his integrity. A British judge recently ordered against his extradition to the United States due to the draconian conditions in United States prisons, which, she explained, would greatly increase his risk of suicide. Yet she refused to drop the other charges against him and refused to release him from jail. She failed to mention that he is locked up by himself 23 hours a day in a maximum-security prison, where Covid19 is rampant. Should he not be pardoned for an alleged crime that he never committed, or should he die or disintegrate in prison, that would be a tremendous blow to journalism all over the world. Journalists would be terrified to print the truth, lest they suffer Julian’s fate. So I plea that people everywhere work toward Julian’s release. Julian’s freedom would be a victory for true freedom of the press. Susan Lippman Jackson Heights

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I’m eligible; where’s my vaccine? There are 25 inoculation sites throughout NYC by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

There are 24 city-run vaccination sites in Queens. All sites offer the Moderna vaccine and require registration. • Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, at 137-43 45 Ave. in Murray Hill. Call (929) 362-3020; • RendrCare: Primary Care Medicine Associates, at 38-08 Union St., #3L, in Flushing. Call (646) 601-6229; • RendrCare: Hong Jia Medical, at 4235 Main St., #3K, in Flushing. Call (646) 601-6229; • RendrCare: Helen Chen, at 136-36 39 Ave., 5 FL, in Flushing. Call (646) 601-6229; • Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, at 136-26 37 Ave. in Flushing. Call (929) 362-3020; • AdvantageCare Physicians, at 180-05 Hillside Ave. in Jamaica Estates. Call (718) 526-6300; • NYC Health + Hospitals, at 82-68 164 St. in Jamaica Hills. Call (877) 829-4692; • Hillcrest High School, at 160-05 Highland Ave. in Hillcrest. Call (877) 829-4692; • Statcare, at 90-18 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica. Call (917) 310-3371; • GoHealth Urgent Care Forest Hills, at 10229 Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills. Call (718) 502-9798; • AdvantageCare Physicians, at 206-20 Lin-

Moderna vaccines are being administered at 24 Queens locations. PHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY den Blvd. in Cambria Heights. Call (718) 479-6600; • Sutphin Health Center, at 105-04 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica. Call (929) 459-2255; • NYC Health Department, at 34-33 Junction Blvd. in Corona. Call (877) 829-4692; • NYC Health Department, at 48-01 90 St. in Elmhurst; • Rite Aid, at 82-13 37 Ave. in Jackson Heights. Call (718) 565-1473;

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• Statcare, at 80-10 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights. Call (718) 429-2800; • NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst, at 79-01 Broadway. Call (877) 829-4692; • August Martin High School, at 156-10 Baisley Blvd. in Rochdale. Call (877) 829-4692; • Rite Aid, at 245-14 Francis Lewis Blvd. in Rosedale. Call (718) 949-7555; • Statcare, at 37-15 23 Ave. in Astoria. Call (855) 936-7362; • Rite Aid, at 32-87 Steinway St. in Astoria. Call (718) 278-2100; • Statcare, at 37-15 Ave. in Astoria. Call (855) 936-7362; • Aviation High School, at 45-30 36 St. in Sunnyside. Call (877) 829-4692; and • Costo Pharmacy, at 32-50 Vernon Blvd. in Astoria. Call (718) 267-5516. All appointments require registration, which can be done at vaccinefinder.nyc.gov. Eligible participants must bring proof of age and New York residency, such as New York State driver’s license, IDNYC, passport, birth certificate, mail or a rent or mortgage statement, to their appointment. To determine whether you qualify for a vaccine, and for other vaccination information, visit nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines.page. A state-run vaccine site is located at Aqueduct Race Track’s Racing Hall, at 110-00 Q Rockaway Blvd., in South Ozone Park.

Drive to honor Valentina Allen The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic is partnering with Team Valentina to commemorate Valentina Allen, the Howard Beach toddler who died from hypoplastic left heart syndrome six years ago. The civic will sell red bows that residents can purchase for $6 to decorate their homes. The first sale will take place at the Sub-Zero Scavenger hunt at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 30 at PS 207. After that, those interested can get in touch with the drive’s organizer. Allen was born with HLHS, a defect in which the left side of the heart cannot effectively pump blood to the body. Her family has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years to suppor t other child ren and their families. All proceeds of this year’s drive will be donated to Angels on the Bay, a Howard Beach charity affiliated with the Allen family whose mission is to raise funds and awareness for services for chronically ill, developmentally disabled and physically challenged children. For more information contact Phyllis Inserillo at (917) 488-5067 or email Q hblcivi2014@gmail.com.

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Van Bramer running for borough president Councilman announces challenge to newly seated Donovan Richards by Michael Gannon

he will be able to raise sufficient resources to bear. “I think elections are important; I think There already is a Democratic primary for Queens borough president brewing for primaries are important,” Van Bramer said. September, with Councilman Jimmy Van “I go into this knowing that the establishBr a m e r ( D - Su n ny sid e) o n Tu e s d ay ment will back the incumbent. It always has and it always will. I’m not afraid of a chalannouncing his candidacy. lenge ... I’ve been an underdog my “The pandemic has laid bare the entire life. I’ve never been the inequality that exists in Queens favorite in an election I’ve run and the city at large,” Van Bramin.” Richards’ campaign could er, 51, said Wednesday in a telenot be reached for comment. phone interview. “A large part of Van Bramer had run in last that is structural things like racyear’s Democratic primary for ism, also the growing wealth borough president but dropped inequality. That is the defining out early on to care for his mother. issue of our time and is at the core 2021 The three-term councilman is unable of so many problems. I think we need a borough president who will use the bully to seek re-election to City Hall because of term limits. pulpit of the office. Richards handily defeated a crowded “We need someone with a bold, progressive vision who is willing to discuss those Democratic field in the primary and coasted issues,” he added. “ ... This is not the time to election in November. Van Bramer said his experience from early years as a comfor incremental change.” Van Bramer faces what likely will be the munity organizer and advocate are what is formidable task of unseating Borough Presi- needed to usher the borough through the dent Donovan Richards, who was sworn in continued economic and social upheavals caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. Dec. 2 after his victory in a special election. He also said small businesses need help Richards, who won with the early backing of the Queens Democratic Party, already now more tha n ever because of the has been actively running for re-election. pandemic. “So many things flow from real estate,” Van Bramer also said he is not worried that Editor

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he said, and the borough president can exert broad influence on land use issues. Among his campaign issues is “reimagining affordable housing.” Van Bramer cites his support of bills that would make it easier for small businesses to extend their leases without exorbitant rent increases. “To provide them with a level playing field,” he said. “They are getting rent increases because they’ve been successful businesses.” He will have to rely more that just the bully pulpit to garner support for his wish to increase taxes on wealthy residents. “We can’t just sit by and go back to the way things were before the pandemic,” he said. “There’s something fundamentally wrong when there are a few people getting rich while so many people in Queens are struggling and are afraid they can’t Sunnyside Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is chalpay rent.” His campaign cites his work during lenging new Borough President Donovan Richards FILE PHOTO and before his Council career for tenants, to a fall primary. workers, the arts community, criminal justice reform, the LGBT community and He misses the door-to-door dynamic, others. shaking hands and talking with voters that A former employee in the Queens Public the pandemic has sidelined in campaigns for Library system, Van Bramer admits that the time being. Covid also has forced people to reimagine “Retail politics,” he said. “It brings a lot of campaigning. adrenaline ... there’s a kind of energy to it.” Q

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S’more fun in school At PS 97, The Forest Park School, teachers Mayra Guzman and Daniela Picone and and pre-K Class 215 have not let the new way of learning interfere with the ability to express their creativity and imaginations. Recently, the class was taken on a safari — in the school cafeteria, where the kids didn’t see any of the animals, but they did make a “campfire” (tissue paper and paper

towel rolls) and enjoyed some s’mores (marshmallows dipped in chocolate) and they loved their walk by the lake (an inflatable pool, top left). The children had a great time, as it is important to rethink teaching and learning during these most challenging times students and teachers are faced with, between remote and blended learning.

The Met ropolitan Transpor tation Authority may have delayed fare hikes on subways and buses, but a vote on increasing tolls for bridges and tunnels by up to 8 percent still is on the table, according to MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye. Numbers presented by the MTA state the cost of a trip by E-ZPass over the Throgs Neck and Whitestone bridges for a passenger vehicle could go from the present $6.12 to $6.70. Increases for toll-by-mail trips, now $9.50, would depend on the crossing, type of vehicle, time of day and other matters. Foye, in a statement issued Jan. 14, said the decision on mass transit fares was based on both the economic impact of Covid-19 on the riding public and hopes for more federal aid under a new Biden administration and Democratic-led Senate in Washington, DC. “As part of our biennial review of fare and toll policy, the MTA conducted the unprecedented level of outreach this year required, holding eight public hearings

and receiving 2,100 public comments,” he said. “What we heard at these hearings was that people are suffering and cannot shoulder even a modest fare increase right now.” Foye said under new leadership in Washington — citing President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) by name — the agency is hoping for $8 billion in additional pandemic relief and continued federal investment in mass transit in 2021 and beyond. “For these reasons, the MTA has decided to postpone the planned fare increase for several months,” Foye said. “We plan to move forward with a discussion and vote on recommended toll changes in February.” It already has received more than $7 billion in Covid-19 relief. The MTA also operates the RFK Triborough Bridge; the Queens Midtown and Hugh L. Carey tunnels; the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge; the Henry Hudson Bridge; the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge; and the Marine Parkway-Gil Q Hodges Memorial Bridge.

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CB 6 in favor of new Rego building Vote came on condition that it would be seven stories, not eight by David Russell Associate Editor

A mixed-use building slated for Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park took a step forward when Community Board 6 approved it during last Wednesday’s virtual monthly meeting. But the board’s 26-12 vote came on the condition that the developer would make it a seven-story building at 68-19 Woodhaven Blvd. instead of the eight stories originally planned. The eight-story proposal included 92 apartments, including 28 affordable units. The developer, 68-19 Rego Park LLC, agreed to price 18 of the 28 for those making 60 percent of the area median income. The original plan called for the units to be priced at 80 percent of the area median income. The developer will try to get close to the 92 units in the seven-story proposal. “We would try to reach something close to that to maintain financial feasibility with the proposed development,” said Frank St. Jacques, a land use attorney with Akerman LLP. The eight-story development proposal called for 100,042 square feet of total floor area, including 83,321 of residential space, 8,000 for retail and 8,721 for community facility use. The building, which will have 81 parking spots in its garage, will be residential from the second floor and up, while the first floor will be a community facility, such as a daycare cen-

Renderings were presented for an eight-story building in Rego Park, though Community Board 6 FACEBOOK SCREENSHOT / QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 6 approved a plan for a seven-story structure. ter or medical facility. “Something along those lines,” St. Jacques said. There will be periodic inspections to adjacent properties during construction and a plan

on how to mitigate damage to neighbors. “The applicant is committed to being a good neighbor during construction and moving forward with this project,” St. Jacques said. The lot is occupied by a wedding center, flo-

rist and auto repair business. The Haven Motel is next door. Community Board 6’s vote came days after its Land Use Committee voted in support of the original plan by a 15-7 margin. CB 6 Chairwoman Alexa Weitzman read public comments from area residents opposed to the project, citing noise and density concerns, among other issues. “Not only will our quality of life be affected, it certainly will impact our resale value,” one wrote. Another said she was “outraged that something like this can be allowed in an already densely populated area.” An opposing petition with 70 signatures from area residents was also submitted to the board. “When does it end?” said CB 6 member Normal Leibowitz, adding, “It’s just too many people.” CB 6 member Peter Beadle said he was mindful of concerns being raised. “The most valuable commodity in this city is land and when owners are able to develop their land they will develop their land,” he said. Beadle said a six-story hotel could be built as of right, for example, and with a project like the one presented the board can have a say in cutting the size, guaranteeing affordable housQ ing and providing commercial space.

Man refuses help, remains on street Area leaders want him indoors but he stays on cold Glendale block by David Russell

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A homeless man underneath the train tracks at Myrtle Avenue and Fresh Pond Road in Glendale, only a block from the Community Board 5 office, has been refusing help for weeks, area leaders say. Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District Executive Director Ted Renz called his presence there “an ongoing issue.” Community members say the man, Pawel, has refused help. The Rev. Mike Lopez of All Saints Church said the city has done some cleanups of the man’s belongings but that area residents continue to bring him food, money, coats and blankets. “I think it comes out of a good place from people who don’t want to see him get hurt,” Lopez told the Chronicle Tuesday. “He’s a rather charming gentleman if you’ve ever had the opportunity to deal with him.” But the residents might be hurting more than helping. “Our hope is to bring them indoors. As long as they’re being supported with their needs it makes it much harder to bring them off the street,” Lopez said of homeless people, though he acknowledged telling residents not to help “is almost impossible.” Lopez has known the man for five years. Lopez said Pawel, who is in his mid-40s, was a

working member of the community, a carpenter by trade, who became homeless three years ago. Lopez said Pawel has family but declined to discuss that any further. “He knows his rights,” Lopez said. “He knows he can’t be forced away.” Accepting outreach efforts is voluntary. In accordance with the state Mental Hygiene Law, street homeless New Yorkers cannot be involuntarily removed from the streets unless they pose a danger to themselves or others. A spokesperson for the city’s Department of Homeless Services said nonprofit service provider Breaking Ground canvasses the area more than 20 times a week and actively engages 24 verified homeless individuals encountered on the streets in an effort to offer them services and get them indoors. “As the weather gets colder, our outreach teams continue to be out across the five boroughs, implementing best practices, latest health guidance and Code Blue protocols whenever appropriate, as they engage unsheltered New Yorkers and encourage them to accept services,” DHS said. Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) told the Chronicle he visited Pawel with his chief of staff, Daniel Kurzyna. Holden said he stayed back as Kurzyna, who speaks Polish, approached him. “We don’t want to gang up on him,” Holden

A man has declined help from the community, preferring to sleep outside on a cold Glendale PHOTO COURTESY MYRTLE AVENUE BID street. said. “Dan said he looked white as a sheet.” The lawmaker wants to see the city invoke Kendra’s Law, which allows courts to order certain individuals with serious mental illness to stay in treatment for up to a year. “I didn’t examine him but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that if this man would rather live under the trestle than be in a warm room then he can’t make rational decisions,” Holden said, adding, “Obviously it’s the wrong decision to pick being outside in 20 degree weather.”

But Lopez said Pawel has had bad experiences in shelters. “They feel that it’s safer to be on the street and they wanted to be connected locally to their communities and I think that’s one of the reasons he stays,” Lopez said. The reverend believes the city needs to improve its shelter system. “Can you imagine choosing to live on the streets of New York City in January over a shelter because it’s unsafe?” Lopez said. CB 5 Chairman Vinny Arcuri said Pawel told him “he’s just waiting to die.” Board member Peggy O’Kane asked, “Are we going to let them lie there and freeze to death?” But Arcuri said the Department of Homeless Services is not allowed to remove the men if they refuse help. “Homeless Services, and I apologize for my language, sucks,” he said. “They have no idea what to do with people. This mayor is a total disgrace that allows people to live on the streets, endangering themselves, endangering the rest of us.” Lopez said what is needed is a look at medical and mental health and what problems those have presented. “The approach of looking at him, ‘Oh, he’s disgusting sleeping on the sidewalk’ is not the Q right approach,” he said.

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continued from page 4 access in their homes. “What you see is that in cities that have done it, there’s more competition obviously. So that drives cost down. It’s kind of like a public option for internet. But you also see better performance,” Scala said In terms of district-specific issues, Scala and Graziano both agreed that resiliency is a number one priority. Scala said that his approach toward strengthening environmental resiliency would be to pose a host of measures aimed at reducing emissions. Graziano’s plan centers on Howard Beach, where he’s in favor of expanding the Hawtree Basin Bridge, a pedestrian overpass linking to Howard Beach and connecting Charles Park to Cross Bay Boulevard. Matias’ resiliency plan also includes a plan to reinforce the district’s f lood zones. Asked how they intend to flip the seat, the candidates all said that they had plenty to appeal to the more conservative segments of the electorate. “The job of a City Council member is to govern and to come up with the ideas and to build on those ideas and build coalitions in order to get those ideas done so that they address the needs of the comQ munity,” said Graziano.

AOC rips FB for role in riot Also wants funding for deradicalization programs by David Russell Associate Editor

Facebook is partially to blame for the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol building, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) said during her virtual town hall last Friday. “Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook bear partial responsibility for Wednesday’s events,” she said, adding, “I believe that this is directly connected to the complete lack of accountability that monopolies like Facebook have to democracy.” Ocasio-Cortez drew a link between misinformation on social media pushing the theory of the presidential election being stolen from President Trump and the attack earlier in the month, saying, “we saw what was coming for a long time” and that the social media site “accelerated us to get to this point.” In 2019, she asked Zuckerberg about false information being disseminated on the site during a congressional hearing. “In a democracy, I believe that people should be able to see for themselves what politicians that they may or may not vote for are saying and judge their character for themselves,” he said. After the riot, Facebook announced a suspension of Tr u mp’s accou nt. It also announced it would no longer allow people to create new events near the White House, cap-

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for funding the deradicalization of white supremacists during a town hall. REPAOC SCREENSHOT / YOUTUBE itol or state Capitols until after Presidentelect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Facebook also said it would remove content containing the phrase “Stop the Steal.” “They’re currently doing as much damage

control as possible but they knew,” OcasioCortez said. She said the talk of election fraud was not one conversation but something that was repeatedly hammered. “This is not a problem that’s going to go away Jan. 20,” Ocasio-Cortez said, adding, “What Trump has created doesn’t dissolve overnight.” She noted that Trump cut funding in 2017 to a Department of Homeland Security program known as “Countering Violent Extremists,” which provides grants to communities to counter radicalism through outreach. “We have to get that funding right back up and we probably need to double, triple, quadruple or increase funding for these deradicalization programs en masse,” Ocasio-Cortez said. The lawmaker also said, “The white supremacist cause is futile, it’s nihilist.” Ocasio-Cortez also spoke of the implications of the Capitol riot itself. “I think one of the reasons why this strikes as such a betrayal is because we may win elections to get to Congress but once we assume that seat and once we take our oath of office, our duty is not just to the people who voted for us,” she said. “And our responsibility is not just to those that we are in political Q agreement with.”

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More NYCHA tenants lack gas for cooking Protesters at Woodside Houses decry shoddy upkeep: ‘It just doesn’t stop’ by Michael Shain Chronicle Contributor

Annie CottonMorris, who heads the tenants association at the 71-year-old Woodside Houses, lives just a block from the nearest deli but it takes her two hours to buy a newspaper these days. “That’s how many people stop me now to talk about what’s wrong with their apartments,” she told an outdoor rally of angry Woodside Houses residents Tuesday. The latest complaint sweeping the cityowned housing complex is a utility outage that has left 12 apartments without gas. Some tenants have been cooking on hot plates since last November, CottonMorris said. Six units were fixed last week, said the New York City Housing Authority, which manages the 1,350-unit complex. Six other apartments are due for repairs starting this weekend, a NYCHA spokesman said. “While we understand gas service interruptions are inconvenient, we also want to ensure our residents’ safety as we work to restore service as quickly as possible,” the agency said in an emailed statement. The complex of 20 six-story buildings straddles Broadway between 49th and 51st streets and has had its fair share of problems. At the height of last month’s snowstorm, the

heat and hot water failed throughout the 22-acre complex for several hours. Some 40 tenants — joined by an equal number of residents of other NYCHA projects, many with similar breakdowns — called the rally to dramatize what they said were other, more longstanding deficiencies. “I’ve lived here for 30 years,” said Marie Richardson. “When I moved here, it was a paradise. Now, I pay $2,000 a month rent and I have no gas.” Other tenants complained of water being turned off late at night, mold, broken doors and bathroom fixtures, mounting trash and vermin. “You can see the mice play tag on the scaffolding,” said one angry tenant. “This is an ongoing situation,” Tomasina Reyes, another resident, told the rally. “It just doesn’t stop.” In recent years, NYCHA has come under an ever-increasing barrage of blame for service failures and an inability to keep up with basic maintenance in the city’s nearly 180,000 units in 326 developments. A gas outage at the nearby Astoria Houses knocked out an entire building for more than three months last fall. Some residents of the Ravenswood Houses are reporting they too are without the ability to cook except with hot plates supplied by the authority. “I’m going to law school for one reason,”

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With assist from Mets owner, city rolls out biz relief organizations. Businesses may qualify for The city, Borough President Donovan the grant with participating community R ichards and lending f ir m Pu rsuit partners including Accompany Capital, announced the launch of the Queens Ascendus, BOC Capital, the Greater Small Busi ness G ra nt P rog ra m on Jamaica Development Corp., Pursuit, Tuesday. Renaissance EDC and the Queens ChamMets owner Steve Cohen donated $17.5 ber of Commerce. million as the city will partner with comEligible applications must: munity-based organizations to offer $15 • be a restaurant located on the first or million worth of grants to small businesssecond floor, retail or a personal services es in the borough in need up to $20,000 to business located on the first floor; support operational expenses. • have employed 20 or fewer full-time The New York City Economic Develemployees in 2019; opment Corp. worked with Richards to • have earned a gross revenue of $1 provide resources for borough-based million or less in 2019, or $3 million or small businesses and vendors that are less for restaurants; minority-owned or located in either one of • have filed 2019 personal and business the hardest-hit Covid zones or in low- and tax returns as applicable; and moderate-income communities. The city • have no open tax liens or unresolved will dedicate 30 percent of the grants to judgments. support restaurants, street vendors and “Sadly, too many small businesses in $2.5 million for further small business support later in 2021. Mets owner Steve Cohen donated $17.5 million Queens have closed their doors to custom“Small businesses are the lifeblood of as the city launched the Queens Small Business ers for good due to the pandemic and our city and Covid has had a devastating Grant Program. PHOTO COURTESY NEW YORK METS those that have survived face an uncertain future without immediate help,” said impact on them,” Cohen said in a prepared statement. “As the owners of the community over the years. We hope this Queens Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Grech, who called the Mets, we are proud to support small busi- donation brings them some relief.” ness owners during this difficult time, just Pursuit is administering the program grant program “a grand slam that will resQ as they have supported the team and the and will partner with other community onate across the entire borough.”

even lawmakers have difficulty with NYCHA. “They play games and don’t respond for weeks” to his inquiries, he said. “And I’m an officeholder.” State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) issued a statement shortly before the rally condemning the gas outage as “unacceptable.” “NYCHA residents should not be expected to pay full rent when they are not receiving the services they are paying for,” he said. Gianaris is the sponsor of a bill that would automatically reduce rents for residents who Q suffer through extended utility failures.

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Correction The Jan. 14 qboro story “Continuing MLK’s Legacy at Queens College” misstated one position formerly held by Steven Schwerner at Queens College. He was director of the counseling center, and had been president of the Q Academic Senate. We regret the error.

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All-girls high school cites financial struggles exacerbated by pandemic by Katherine Donlevy

admissions staff would consult student academic reports and may seek letters of recommendation. With St. Agnesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; closing, The Mary Louis Academy will be the last private all-girls high school in Queens and could become a popular alternative for the College Point students. TMLA did not have information on its planned admissions procedure upon a Chronicle request. For third-year students uninterested in transferring to another school for their senior year, St. Agnes said it would provide an opportunity for juniors to graduate by the end of the summer. Connors said the accelerated program will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;designed specifically for each student,â&#x20AC;? and that the students will work toward completing requirements for a New York State Regents Diploma. The St. Agnes student population is approximately 280 young women, but the number of students looking to take advantage of the accelerated program is unknown at this time. Because of strict Covid-19 guidelines and social distancing mandates, St. Agnes is not planning a goodbye event for its students and alumnae, though it does hope that conditions will allow for a gathering in the spring to honor the 112-year-old academy. Q

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After more than a century of educating the young women of Queens â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and for many years the young men, too â&#x20AC;&#x201D; St. Agnes Academic High School in College Point will be closing its doors. The Leadership Council of the Sisters of Saint Dominic, who founded the school in 1908, revealed the decision in a Jan. 13 letter, citing years-long financial struggles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The unprecedented economic projections and ramifications of the pandemic have only complicated the previously existing difficulties,â&#x20AC;? Sister Peggy McVetty, prioress of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, said in the announcement. The school will permanently close at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. Nancy Connors, the director of advancement for the all-girls private school, told the Chronicle Principal Susan Nicoletti and her assistant principals are working with families and neighboring Catholic high schools to transition the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; education to other facilities if they should choose to continue private instruction. Holy Cross High School, located just over 3 miles away, released a statement encouraging families to contact the school directly if interested in transitioning over.

Two years after students celebrated St. Agnes Academic High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 110th birthday, the allgirls institution announced it would permanently close its doors at the end of the 2020-21 acaFILE PHOTO COURTESY ST. AGNES ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL demic year, citing financial struggles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is with our Mission in mind that we offer our guidance and assistance to any family affected by this sorrowful news that is committed to continuing their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education in the catholic tradition,â&#x20AC;? Assistant Vice Principal of Admissions Robert Botero said. The school had previously been single-sex, but began accepting female students in 2018.

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Similarly, St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows is welcoming not only displaced students to apply for the fall, but St. Agnes faculty and other staff. Neither school knows the number of St. Agnes students they would be able to assimilate into their facility at this time, but Prep President Brother Leonard Conway said the

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LGBT Network moves to Kaufman Astoria Covid delays opening, but service and advocacy group still active by Michael Gannon

because of the historic ties between the arts and the LGBT community. “Our original lease was ending, and The LGBT Network has completed its move from an old factory in Long Island we’ve been working with Kaufman Astoria City’s industrial district to a more accessible Studios for a while,” he said. “We’ve done and more prestigious address at the iconic a lot of things together. It just made sense to do this.” Kaufman Astoria Studios. While the warehouse setting had room But don’t blame founder and president aplenty for offices, David Kilmnick if prog r a m m i ng a nd he’s a little disapservices, Kilmnick pointed by the e’ve done lot of things said they sacrificed timing. nothing in that “T he move is together. It just made regard. done; we have the “We have a little keys,” Kilmnick told sense to do this.” bit bigger space over the Ch ronicle last — David Kilmnick, LGBT Network two floors,” he said. week in a telephone Kaufman Astoria interview. “Now, like everybody else, we’re waiting for the end of Studios, the only television and movie back Covid. We haven’t really been in there lot in the city, has roots on the site going back 101 years. Its history includes the films except to move our things in.” The organization, now headquartered at of Gloria Swanson and the first two Marx 34-12 36 St., offers support, services, advo- Brothers movies right up to “Sesame Street” cacy, social activities and connection with and “Law & Order.” “The LGBT Network is a great addition social services for members of the LGBT community and their families, as well as to the Kaufman Arts District community,” people who may be struggling with their said Kaufman Astoria Studios Vice President Tracy Capune in a press release last identity. Kilmnick said the decision to move into week. “The organization serves as a needed the heart of the Kaufman Arts District was resource to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and an easy and practical one, and not just transgender community, and has for over Editor

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two decades. We are thrilled to keep the LGBT Network here in the neighborhood and are glad we can play a small part in helping David Kilmnick and his team continue their work from right here in the Astoria community, and from our historic studios.” Kilmnick said Covid has not meant ceasing operations. “We’re still producing about 25 programs virtually each week,” he said. “We’ve had over 93,000 views in eight weeks. We’ve created a voter initiative to get 1,000 people registered to vote. We’ve had different speakers. We’ve had the health commissioner [Dr. Dave Chokshi].” They also are hoping to soon set up a talk with representatives of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, creators of one of the Covid-19 vaccines being distributed in the state. The LGBT Network last year opened an office and service center in Hauppague, LI, and is in the process of building a 75-unit affordable housing complex in Bay Shore, also in Suffolk County. Kilmnick is eyeing his native Rockaways for the group’s next expansion. “There are no services for people in the Rockaways,” he said. “Maybe if you come out as a teenager you can take the trip here; but someone in the Rockaways shouldn’t

David Kilmnick, president and CEO of the LGBT Network, has a new address for his orgaFILE PHOTO nization in Astoria. have to schlep all the way to Astoria.” Further information on existing and future presentations and workshops is available on the group’s website at lgbtnetwork.org. The group can be contacted by phone at (718) 5142155, or by email at info@lgbtnetwork.org. Q

Main Street busway is up and running Stretch of Downtown Flushing now only accessible to buses and trucks by Katherine Donlevy

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As of last Tuesday, cars are no longer allowed on Main Street and part of Kissena Boulevard between Northern Boulevard and Sanford Avenue. The Department of Transportation, nearly eight months after announcing the plan, finally launched the Downtown Flushing busway Jan. 19, which gives priority travel to buses and trucks for a 0.6-mile stretch of the busy corridor. “It’s not much but it makes a difference — faster ride,” said Lisa Xu, who hopped off the Q44 to get to the 7 train subway station hours after the 6 a.m. launch. There was still some traffic, Xu said, but congestion dissipated when the bus crossed into the busway zone. Main Street appeared nearly desolate Tuesday morning without the typical passenger car traffic. Bicyclists took advantage of the extra road space and bus operators were able to pull up to their pickup spots without skirting around parallel-parked cars. NYPD officers acted as crossing guards stationed at several points where the busway began — Sanford Avenue and Main Street; Northern Boulevard and Main Street; and Kissena Boulevard and Sanford Avenue — in order to direct drivers away from the prohibited area. Some drivers were unaware of the changes despite new signage placed throughout the Downtown

New signange for the Flushing busway was erected to alert drivers that a 0.6-mile stretch of PHOTOS BY KATHERINE DONLEVY Main Street is now limited to buses and trucks only. Flushing area and changed their path, while others bypassed the guards and traveled illegally down Main Street. Other vehicles traveled down blocks between the major entry ways to access Main Street where crossing guards were not stationed. The DOT had announced with the launch that drivers would still be able to access every block via side streets but generally must

make the next right turn. “During this early period of implementation, as we inform the public about the new regulations that will help speed buses for 155,000 daily riders in Downtown Flushing, it is a time of adjustment not only for bus riders, drivers and pedestrians, but also for staff at DOT and our partners at the MTA and NYPD, as we work together to fine tune the compo-

nents of the busway and the enforcement of Transit and Truck Priority,” a DOT spokesperson told the Chronicle responding to an emailed question about enforcement. The DOT didn’t say whether it will provide additional traffic enforcement to counter the vehicles that sneak into the now-prohibited area. Bus lane cameras, however, will be installed in the coming weeks. For the first 60 days of the camera installation, drivers who incorrectly travel in the bus lanes will be issued a warning letter. After the two-month interim period, vehicles that continue to defy the new rules will be fined. The busway will operate for the next year, after which time, if successful, it could become a permanent fixture of the neighborhood. The busway could be overturned if the DOT deems it a failure — during the last eight months, the Downtown Flushing Transit Hub Business Improvement District, Flushing, Community Board 7 and City Councilmember Peter Koo (D-Flushing) shared concerns that fewer passenger car access would reduce commercial business in the area, and the Flushing Chinese Business Association filed a lawsuit in an attempt to halt the pilot, but the case was thrown out by a Queens Supreme Court judge. “I don’t really see anything wrong with it,” Daniel Roy, a Q25 bus rider, said. “The cars can Q use any other street.”

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Alley Pond Environmental Center is not afraid to brave the cold winter weather and has scheduled an array of nature adventures as part of its adult programming, as well as some warmer indoor events aimed at stimulating its participants’ creative side. “The goal of our adult programs at APEC has always been to foster a respect of nature, encourage healthy living and provide environmental education,” said Karen Donahue, APEC’s educator and adult programming coordinator. “We wish to inspire continued curiosity about our natural resources while living a healthy lifestyle.” Donahue pointed to a Lisa Carlson quote: “Getting outside to breathe fresh air, see the sun rise, feel the breeze — these can be centering experiences that are vital to our mental wellness. It’s good medicine, and time with nature doesn’t require a prescription,” the American Public Health Association president said. Though the outdoor programming follows strict social distancing guidelines, Donahue believes it provides the perfect opportunity to foster connections during a difficult time, both with other human beings and with the natural world. A Winter Plant Walk kicks off the adult programs on Jan. 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. Herbalist Jocelyn Perez will identify plants throughout Alley Pond Park and educate participants on their medicinal uses, edibility and even folklore. Though listed as an adult program, children and even leashed dogs are welcome to join at a $5 per person rate. A Winter Bird Walk follows on Feb. 6 from 9 to 11 a.m. led by birder Woo Sung Park, who will point out the various waterfowl that migrate from the north to Oakland Lake each winter. Some birds even travel from the Arctic tundra. Adults and families are invited to participate for free and encouraged to bring their own binoculars, though capacity is limited to 15 people. To celebrate Cupid’s holiday, forest therapy guide Linda Lombardo will lead the Valentine’s Forest Therapy Experience on Feb. 13 from 10:30 to 11:45

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C M SQ page 22 Y K SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 2851/2013 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF QUEENS GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION), Plaintiff, -vs- THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF JEROME BRADLEY, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; ANTHONY BRADLEY; ANTHONY BRADLEY A/K/A ANTHONY T. BRADLEY; DEBORAH BRADLEY; JEROME BRADLEY, JR.; DONNA BRADLEY; ANGELICA BRADLEY; JEROME RODWAY; DEWEY CHESTER; NAKISHA CHESTER; KARISA SHORT; BARON BRADLEY; JAMAL BRADLEY; JAMAL BRADLEY A/K/A JAAMAL BRADLEY; BARRY BRADLEY; HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP. III; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU PAYMENT AND ADJUDICATION CENTER OF QUEENS; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 119-48 193RD Street, Saint Albans, NY 11412 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. These pleadings are being amended to include the Heirs at Large of Jerome Bradley, deceased, Deborah Bradley, Donna Bradley, Jerome Bradley, Jr., Angelica Bradley, Anthony Bradley a/k/a Anthony T. Bradley, Jerome Rodway, Dewey Chester, Nakisha Chester, Karisa Short, Baron Bradley, Jamal Bradley, Jamal Bradley a/k/a Jaamal Bradley, and Barry Bradley as possible heirs to the Estate of Jerome Bradley, deceased. These pleadings are being further amended to include United States of America and Criminal Court of the City of New York as a party defendant. QUEENS designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: January 28, 2020 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, New York 14614, Telephone No. (585) 232-7400, Block: 12648 Lot: 30 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of QUEENS, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of HON. Wyatt N. Gibbons of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated November 4, 2020 and filed along with the supporting papers in the QUEENS County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated as Lot 30 and the southerly 7 feet of Lot 31 in Block 11 on a certain map entitled “Map of property belonging to St. Albans Park Co., 4th Ward, Borough of Queens, New York City, surveyed 8-1906 by E. W . Conklin C.S.” and filed in the Office of the Clerk (now Register’s) of the County of Queens on 10-25-1906 as Map No. 214, bounded and described according to said map as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southwesterly side of Park Place (now known as 193rd Street) distant 453 feet southeasterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southwesterly side of Park Place with the southeasterly side of St. Marks Avenue (now known as 119th Avenue); RUNNING THENCE southwesterly at right angles to Park Place, 100 feet; THENCE southeasterly parallel with Park Place 36 feet to the boundary line of said map; THENCE northeasterly along said boundary line of said map, 100.02 feet to the southwesterly side of Park Place; THENCE northwesterly along said side of Park Place 33.22 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING. Mortgaged Premises: 119-48 193RD STREET, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412, Tax Map/Parcel ID No.: Block: 12648 Lot: 30 of the BOROUGH of QUEENS, NY 11412. 69312 Notice of Formation of 6318 Fresh Pond Realty LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/06/2021. 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: GUO HUA LIN, 6318 FRESH POND RD, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Bada bing! ‘Sopranos’ star grew up in Whitestone by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Albert de Matteo was born poor in the Bronx in 1932, one of seven children. After graduating from NYU he opened up a furniture store on Steinway Street in Astoria. He married Donna Bendinetti in 1960. They moved into an apartment building at 31-90 140 St. in Flushing and had two sons, Darren and Joseph. He made a The childhood home of Drea de Matteo at 144-11 South Drive serious career move when he in Whitestone’s Malba section, largely in original condition, went to work for Bernie Castro c. 1990s. INSET PHOTO BY MARCELLA ANTONIO PEREIRA GUZMAN / FLICKR of Castro Convertibles fame. He opened Carlyle Custom Convertibles in 123 Second Ave. in Manhattan. In 1999, she 1966 and Avery Boardman Sleep Sofas in became a star for her role on “The Sopranos.” Sadly, her building burned down after a 1970. His new wealth enabled the family to buy a sprawling one-story home at 144-11 gas explosion in 2015. Along with her home South Drive in the Malba section of of 22 years, she lost all her childhood effects. Her Malba home remains much as it was. Whitestone. De Matteo, who won two Primetime A baby girl, Andrea Donna, was born Jan. 19, 1972. Andrea went to the Whitestone Emmy awards, resisted being typecast for her Academy, a co-ed private school. Her mother, role in “The Sopranos” and later appeared in who taught the craft of playwriting, inspired “Desperate Housewives,” “Joey” and “Sons Q her to get into acting. In 1993, she moved to of Anarchy.”

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Three things to know about the East River: It is not a river. It is not an open sewer, most of the time. It is not there just for humans to use and abuse. Add plenty of fascinating historical, scientific and environmental details, and that’s the essence of expert Erik Baard’s upcoming presentation on the waterway separating geographic Long Island from Manhattan and the U.S. mainland: “East River: Mistaken Identity?” A Hunters Point Library Environmental Center program, the online event will be held live at 3 p.m. Saturday. Any and all are welcome to log on to You Tube to watch and, perhaps, ask something during a question-and-answer session. The presentation’s title refers to one of its points, the fact that the river is misnamed because it’s actually a tidal strait, a narrow waterway connecting two arms of the ocean, in this case Long Island Sound and Upper New York Bay, aka New York Harbor. But Baard, a journalist and founder of the Long Island City Community Boathouse, New York City Water Trail Association and HarborLab, the environmental education organization he still heads, will go into far more than that.

He’ll go all the way back to the geological formation of what became New York Cit y, expla ining how the harbor and the rivers here were valleys that flooded 11,000 or 12,000 years ago as the glacier that covered the region retreated. “That’s the interesting thing — we look at rivers as timeless or even as a metaphor for time,” Baard said. “But these are pretty new. There may even have been humans here. Geologically it was an instant ago.” He’ll talk about the various species that make the East River their home, with highlights including the menhaden, a vital part of the food chain, the oysters that humankind wiped out but is now working to restore and various plant life. He’ll talk about why the Hell Gate off Astoria, where currents from several waterways converge, can be so dangerous, and about how it often is not. And while Baard will not ignore humanity’s use of and impact upon the river — that would be impossible — he does not plan to focus on it. “I want to de-emphasize the role

Waterway expert and kayaking enthusiast Erik Baard will give a presentation on the East River Saturday as part of the Hunters Point Library Environmental Education CenPHOTOS COURTESY ERIK BAARD ter’s program series. of humans a bit and bring up some of the other denizens,” he said. Baard’s talk is part of a series on environmental issues hosted by the Hunters Point Library. The presentations can all be found at bit.ly/2XZcnkw. Other environmental and science programs offered by the library are geared toward everyone from 2-year-olds to adults. Some require registration while others, such as the the East River presentation, do not. Details are available at queenslibrary.org. It’s only natural for the Hunters Point Library to offer such programming, branch

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manager Euni Chang said, given its location on the river in an area only recently developed, where the ground needed a lot of remediation to remove centuries of toxins. “And not just on a local level but globally there has been growing concern and issues about the environment and about sustainability and how we can basically help in terms of making where we live, our local habitat, a more sustainable environment,” so it makes sense for the library to provide free educational programming to both children and adults, Chang said. All of it is free and Q open to anyone, in or out of Queens.

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For those uninterested in trekking outside during the winter, APEC offers an indoor Winter Aromatherapy workshop on Jan. 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Certified aromatherapy practitioner and teacher Anna Mascia will teach participants about the benefits of six essential oils, how to create a synergistic blend and how to use essential oils safely. Participants can create their own products to bring home. The class is limited to adults at $22 per person, but parents can enjoy free childcare during the workshop. Additionally, APEC has scheduled a Flip n Dip — Pour Your Heart Out class for Feb. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. where Jammin Canvas artist Cheryl Fruchter will teach different creative techniques. Participants can create painted works of art from frames, magnets, keychains and glass cubes. All supplies are included, and a few surprises are promised as well. Open to adults, teens and children, the class runs at $30 per person. All in-person programs have limited participation in order to accommodate social distancing measures, but Donahue said that additional sessions may be considered if the

Alley Pond Environmental Center’s adult programming includes paint and craft classes, left, and essential oil aromatherapy classes. On the cover: APEC is hosting winter walks to visit area waterfowl and other birds. PHOTOS COURTESY APEC ABOVE; COVER: FILE PHOTOS AND PHOTOS BY MIKE MARINOS / APEC

demand if high enough. If a session fills up before someone can sign up, he or she can put their name on a waiting list, she said. “We continually try to expand our adult program offerings based on feedback from our community,” Donahue said. For those

uncomfortable meeting in social settings, APEC offers a variety of virtual programming available on its website. For more information on APEC’s adult programming or to register for an upcoming Q event, visit alleypond.org.

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continued from page 21 a.m. Participants will have the opportunity to slow down, open their senses and connect with nature in the style of ShinrinYoku, a Japanese forest bathing tradition. Unlike the other two outdoor excursions, forest therapy is limited to adults only at $15 per person. “These programs encourage a time for togetherness, learning outside and connecting to nature,” Donahue said.

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HEARING NOTICE The New York City Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a virtual public hearing on the following application on February 8th & 9th, 2021: BSA Cal. No. 202045-BZ & 127-15-BZ Premises: 135-35 Northern Boulevard, Queens, Block 4958, Lot(s) 0038 Applicant: Goldman Harris LLC Variance (§72-21) to permit the construction of a 16-story mixed-use building contrary to Residential FAR (ZR §23-151), Commercial FAR (ZR §33-121), and Total FAR (ZR §35-311(d)); Open Space and Open Space Ratio (ZR §23-151) and (ZR §3532), permitted obstruction in the rear yard (ZR §24-339(b) (3) and ZR §33-23(b)(3)), Density (ZR §23-22), location of eating and drinking establishment above the ground floor (ZR §32-421), and contrary to maximum height for new buildings in the Airport Approach District (ZR § 6121); Amendment of a previously approved Special Permit (§73-66) for the construction of a building in excess of the height limits in the Airport Approach District (ZR §61-21). R6 (C2-2) Zoning District. An agenda listing the specific session (including the final date and time) with call-in details will be posted as an announcement on the front page of the Board’s website (www.nyc. gov/bsa) the Friday before. The virtual public hearing will be livestreamed on the Board’s website and on YouTube. Interested persons or associations may watch online and call in to present testimony during the public hearing. They may also submit a written statement by email to submit@bsa.nyc. gov. For any communication, please include BSA Calendar No. 2020-45-BZ and the property address: 135-35 Northern Boulevard, Queens The Board’s physical office is currently closed, but please direct questions to (212) 386-0009.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11-19-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000511-20/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) SHANNA (Middle) ELIZABEH (Last) MCFARLIN. My present name is (First) SHANNA (Middle) ELIZABETH (Last) BURROUGHS FKA SHANNA ELIZABETH JERIGAN AKA SHANNA E. JERRIGAN AKA SHANNA E. BURROUGHS The city and state of my present address are Flushing, NY. My place of birth is MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are June 1974. Assume the name of (First) AARON (Middle) PHOENIX WILLIAM NEHEMIAH (Last) MCFARLIN. My present name is (First) AARON (Middle) PHOENIX WILLIAM NEHEMIAH (Last) BURROUGHS (infant). The city and state of my present address are Flushing, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are November 2005. Assume the name of (First) NOAH (Middle) ISAIAH SANTANA (Last) MCFARLIN. My present name is (First) NOAH (Middle) ISAIAH SANTANA (Last) BURROUGHS (infant). The city and state of my present address are Flushing, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are September 2009. Assume the name of (First) PSALM (Middle) OLIVIA IMANI (Last) MCFARLIN. My present name is (First) PSALM (Middle) OLIVIA IMANI (Last) BURROUGHS (infant). The city and state of my present address are Flushing, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are July 2004.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 706538/2019 NYCTL 2018-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, v. LOIS BROWN A/K/A ELOIS BROWN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF PRUDENCE SKINNER DARBY, if living, or if she be dead, her husband, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through LOIS BROWN A/K/A ELOIS BROWN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF PRUDENCE SKINNER DARBY, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND; EMIGRANT BANK, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #100,” the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. Borough: Queens Block: 12252 Lot: 43 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: January 27, 2020 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Cheree A. Buggs, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated December 11, 2020, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens covering the property known as 161-21 121st Avenue, Jamaica, New York and identified as Block 12252, Lot 43 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $18,633.10, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiffs NYCTL 2018-A Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent and Custodian 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 43643 Telephone No. (585) 758-2110 aiacchetta@phillipslytle.com

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Northwell sparks students

Walk through Annual event reached more than 1,500 high schoolers the pandemic by David Russell Associate Editor

More than 1,500 high school students logged in last Thursday for Northwell Health’s Spark Challenge, learning about careers in healthcare and roles that employees played during the pandemic. “I think a lot of high school students are just amazed by what healthcare professionals can actually do and the pandemic is one of the events that kind of placed the spotlight more on all of us,” said physical therapist Marc Carino. During the four-hour event, 20 presentations were made. One video by Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital chronicled the journey of a Covid patient from triage to treatment in the emergency room, to being placed on a ventilator and then finally discharged and clapped out by staff. Dr. Bertrand Desir, associate chairman of emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, said that in the last year heroes in healthcare have gained recognition, which could inspire younger people to pick a career in the field.

One video from Northwell Health chronicled the journey of a Covid patient from the start to eventually being discharged and clapped out NORTHWELL VIDEO SCREENSHOT by the staff. “Historically, people have thought medical school is so hard and it’s been discouraging but I think this year has led more people toward thinking about how the ends justify the means,” he said. The Spark Challenge began in 2014, with 300 students the first year, Northwell says. The event

has introduced more than 7,000 high school students to the types of careers available in healthcare since then. Each fall, Northwell invites 11th and 12th graders into the system’s clinical and nonclinical facilities to observe first-hand and interact with employees working

in such diverse fields as information technologies, laboratory research, legal affairs, physical therapy and emergency medicine. The event this year was done remotely due to Covid. A keynote speech was given by Dr. David Langer, the chairman of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, who starred in the Netflix series “Lenox Hill.” Carino said he was asked about deali ng w ith a n xiet y wh ile working. “The first thing you really have to learn as a healthcare professional is to get rid of that anxiety because you’re dealing with people, you’re dealing with patients and they look up to you as the caregiver,” he said, adding that when a worker shows weakness it can lead to the patient buckling. Asked what words he can impart on students he said “determination and resilience.” “It’s really what gets you through, not only school, but you find those words applicable when you work as a healthcare worker,” Q Carino said.

The city Parks Department is offering free outdoor Shape Up NYC Walking Groups to help get people safely moving and enjoying nature during the pandemic, several of which are in Queens: • Alley Pond Park on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m., which meets at the parking lot on 76th Avenue; • Alley Pond Park on Mondays at 3 p.m., which meets at the corner of 73r d Ave n u e a n d S p r i n g f i e l d Boulevard; • Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m., which meets at the LIRR exit at the bottom of the 7 train ramp; • Little Bay Park Saturdays at 9 a.m., which meets at the rink; • Lou Lodati Playground Wednesdays at 10 a.m., Fridays at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., which meets at Skillman Avenue between 41st and 43rd streets. Registration is required and is open on a rolling week-to-week basis. Slots for each week’s classes open the day after the previous class took place, or on Monday for weekend classes, and last until the start of class. To register, Q visit nyc.gov/shapeupnyc.

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St. John’s edges out an old rival for the win It felt like old times as St. John’s erased a 14-point deficit to beat UConn 74-70 on Monday afternoon. It was the first time the teams met since 2013 as the Huskies ditched the Big East for the American Athletic Conference before returning this season. The come-from-behind win marked the first time in 21 years the Johnnies won on the road at Connecticut. Two days earlier, St. John’s lost to Marquette by two points as Julian Champagnie’s buzzer beater was off the mark. It looked like more heartbreak might follow Monday but a late Huskies rally fell short as UConn missed a go-ahead shot in the final seconds. “We needed a win, period,” SJU head coach Mike Anderson said. “I thought that we just needed to play a complete 40 minutes.” It was the Johnnies’ first road win of the season and the first against a ranked team. Guard Posh Alexander scored a seasonhigh 18 points. “It felt good at the moment,” he said on what the win meant to the team after losing

to Marquette. “I personally feel like we can beat every team in the country and now we are coming together a little bit more.” The victory came in spite of the Johnnies turning the ball over 18 times and leading scorer Champagnie missing seven of his nine shots from the field. The return of UConn gives St. John’s another conference rival in the tri-state area. When UConn and Syracuse departed the conference, the Big East saw Butler, Xavier and Creighton join. While the basketball has been impressive, teams in Indiana, Ohio and Nebraska don’t spark regional rivalries. The best of the rivalry came in 1999 and 2000. In 1999, UConn won twice at Madison Square Garden, including a blowout in the Big East title game en route to winning the national championship. In January 2000, St. John’s pulled off an upset at No. 5 UConn and then beat them again in February as part of a three-game stretch in which the Johnnies beat Syracuse, UConn and Duke. Then in a Big East championship game rematch, St. John’s defeated

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2 story Colonial, 10 rms, 4 BRs, pvt dvwy and 1 car gar, full bsmnt, new chef’s kitchen, granite tops, new baths, Jacuzzi. PRICE REDUCED

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Nets go for broke by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The long-rumored trade between the Nets and the Rockets that brought sharpshooting guard James Harden to our area was finally completed last Thursday. As is the case with many NBA deals, two other teams, the Pacers and the Cavaliers, were needed for both roster and salary cap reasons. In order to obtain Harden, the Nets had to part with four future first-round draft picks as well as four players, with the two best being a pair of recent first-round picks, center Jarrett Allen and forward Caris LeVert. News of the trade immediately triggered memories of the ill-advised 2013 deal in which the Nets sent three future first-round draft picks to the Celtics in exchange for a trio of over-the-hill greats: Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry. The payoff for the Nets was one playoff appearance in which they were bounced in the second round. I asked the Nets general manager at the time, Billy King, if he was concerned he mortgaged the future by trading a lot of tomorrow for very little today. “I’m not worried. My owner will spend on free agents,” he replied. King was wrong about every one of his assumptions. Not surprisingly, the Nets were in ruins for years and King was dismissed from his job in January 2016.

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King’s successor, Sean Marks, has proven to be a savvy evaluator of talent even when he had few resources at his disposal. Marks anticipated the comparisons with King’s folly and was ready to confront them. “Garnett was 37 and Pierce was 36. The Nets were not in a position to compete for an NBA title even with them,” Marks stated. He emphasized Harden is in his prime as are the team’s other two household names, forward Kevin Durant and guard Kyrie Irving. Irving is the personification of a favorite adage of sports executives — “Where there is talent there is temperament.” When Irving is on the court, he’s one of the most exciting NBA players today. The problem, as his former teams, the Cavaliers and Celtics, can attest, is Irving isn’t always motivated to hit the hardwood. He recently missed a stretch of games for “personal reasons.” He was also fined $50,000 by the NBA last week for violating Covid protocols. I have railed in this column about general managers who fail to develop young talent in their franchises. Pro basketball is different as a team having just two superstars can win titles consistently. If Irving can focus on his job and the Nets can avoid injuries then they can win a title. Those are big ifs, however. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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• Lindenwood • Check out this spacious condo in Howard Beach. This unit features 1020 sq ft of living space with an updated kitchen with large pantry and stainless steel appliances. Spacious living room and dining room, 2 large BRs, 2 full baths and ample closets for storage. Extra large terrace, perfect for relaxing in your own private space. Laundry room, storage room and bike room located in lobby. Common charges: Base: $778.34 which includes water, sewer, cooking gas, heat and common area maint. Parking available to all owners for additional $25/month. Conveniently located near shopping, stores, schools, highways, Q41, Q21 and express bus to Midtown. Property taxes after condo abatement is applied is $3,533 a year.

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• Rockwood Park • 1 Family Hi-Ranch home. 3 bedrooms, large LR, FDR, EIK, plenty of closets, built-in pool, master bedroom has 1/2 bath with shower, storage and attic

• Lindenwood • • Broad Channel • A great investment in the Jamaica Bay front community, great opportunity to open a bakery, cafe/ restaurant, bike shop, ice cream store, barbershop/hair salon, law office, etc. It is mixed use zoning for a second floor apartment.

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• Lindenwood • Garden 1st floor unit - 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, new kitchen, new bath, move in ready, washer and dryer in unit

• Lindenwood • Spacious Two BR One bath Co-op. This home has an open living room/dining area layout; good closet space throughout. King size master bedroom 18 x 11 & full size second BR 10x11; both with overhead lighting. Maintenance Includes All Utilities: Heat, Hot Water, Cooking Gas, Electric, And Re Taxes. Base Maint: $794.12, AC $30.00; Refrig/fre $10.00; Security $11.50; special assessment $128.57; additional assessment $52.94 Total = $1,027.13 Flip tax/waiver of option is $50.00 per share/330 shares. Co-op selling “as is” Building Features Laundry In Lobby Level; Storage Room (fee), Intercom & Buzzer Vestibule Entrance; Park Benches Thru-Out Grounds & children’s playground. Near Lindenwood shopping center; Express bus to Midtown; public bus & expressway.

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Turn Key 1 BR garden cooperative with great sunlight exposures & good closet space! This 2nd floor unit has new LED overhead lighting in the living room (12’ x 17’) & Dining room; New electrical breaker; insulated flooring; & New doors throughout. NEW Kit features Quartz countertop with bar seating; new cabinets; flooring & backsplash. Bathroom features a new toilet & vanity. The home has just been freshly painted too. Oversized BR is 16’ x 11’.4” - check out the provided layout. The monthly maint. $671.26; utilities is $50.00 (fluctuates by usage); includes all utilities: heat, hot water, cooking gas, & electric. Flip Tax is $25/share, 236 shares. Building is Pet friendly. Ideally located near a shopping center, public transportation, express bus to Midtown, airport & major highways.

MIDDLE VILLAGE Mint Detached Colonial, pvt dvwy & 2 car garage, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, completely renovated throughout within 7 years, windows, roof, gas boiler, hotwater heater, stoop, wood doors, porcelain tiles on 1st flr, hardwood flrs upstairs, lg living rm, lg formal dining rm. lg kitchen with cherry cabinets, S.S. appl, island, Beautiful.

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Commercial Storefront Waterview 1,600 sq. ft. + Bath, $5,500 per month taxes included

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Mint Hi-Ranch on 40x100 lot, 4 BRs/3 full baths, Vinyl siding with brick front, Andersen windows, Hi-Hats, tiled floors, new carpeting in BRs, security cameras, alarm system, freshly painted, mechanics all updated, heated spa & in-ground pool, brick patio, CAC, rollout awning Asking $889K

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HOWARD BEACH

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Large 2 Family on oversized lot (84’x121’) Ideal for contractor or to park multiple trucks 7+, with 2 car det. garage, house in (22’x50’), full bsmnt. House sold as is. Needs updating, 6 BR, 3 full baths, Great Price Asking $798K

Lovely Colonial in heart of Richmond Hill South. Updated Kitchen, 3 BR’s, 2 Full Baths, Full Finished Basement, Garage.

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Cross Bay Blvd., 2nd Floor, 350 sq. ft., Plus Heat & Electric, All New Tiles & New Bathroom

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Pristine/Stucco unique contemporary Colonial, 3/4 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 half baths, open floor concept on first floor & winding I.G. saltwater heated pool, Jacuzzi (seats 8) Cabana, full bath, storage rm, S.S. gates, 2nd flr balcony granite & awning.

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Commercial Building (101st Ave.) 2 blocks off Cross Bay Blvd./25x100 lot, 25x46 building/ 2nd flr., Dental Office $2,200 per mo./ 1st floor gutted to studs & vacant / basement clean with new furnace / zoning R6B / building K2

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BAYSIDE ASTORIA Opportunity !!! Massive 3 fam home for sale, built in 2004 each unit is currently being rented for $2,800 on 3 units. Tenants are responsible for their utilities. Massive full fin bsmnt with high ceilings. This is a fully brick home with a pvt dvwy with plenty of parking space, perfect income producer in a great location near East River. Top flr apartments come with beautiful balconies to enjoy nice summer nights. Don’t miss out current income on the home is $8,400 a month with annual income of $100,000 that doesn’t include other possibilities. Contact us today for a showing.

PRICE: $2,050,000 Contact Steven Pratt for more info 516-710-6468

OZONE PARK Excellent opportunity to own a 2 fam home in the heart of Ozone Park! Apartment #1 features an entry porch which flows into the spacious L.R.. There are hardwood flrs throughout. 2 full BRs & a full bath complete this flr. The 2nd apart, accessible from an elegant staircase, mirrors the first flr. It also features a porch area, an updated eat-in kit & 2 full BRs & full bath. Hardwood flrs throughout. The Bay windows & cement stairs in front of the house have also been updated.

PRICE: $749,000 Contact Jennifer Scala for more info 917-796-5251

RICHMOND HILL Beautiful 1 Family with 3 BR, Pvt Dvwy, 1 Car Garage Det, Near Schools, shopping, buses to get all around Queens and airports. Needs TLC. This specific home is situated in the heart of Richmond Hill.

PRICE: $679,000 Contact Indira Persaud for more info 917-509-2874

This comfortable & functional colonial charm gives you 2 BRs & 2 baths. Also giving you a new bathroom with marble tile flr & bath countertop, living room has bay windows allowing a great amount of light. 30 inch Samsung French energy efficient fridge with bottom freezer. Washer & dryer hookup & 24 inch LG dishwasher. Insulated attic. Welcome home!

PRICE: $1,175,000 Contact John Dibs for more info 718-848-4700

PRICE: $499,900 Contact Corey Craig for more info 347-210-6346

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BELLEROSE

PRICE: $579,000 Contact Isabel Zenocratti for more info 917-915-5618

Location, Location, Location! Great Opportunity To Own This Large 3 Fam Brick Home In Good Condition Located In The Center Of Bellerose!! 1st Floor Apartment Has 1 Bedroom, L.R., D.R., Kit, & Full Bath. 2nd Flr Has 3 BRs, LR/DR Combo, Kit & Full Bath. 3rd Flr Apartment Has 2 BRs, L.R., Din Room, Kitchen, And Full Bath. Other Prop Features A Community Dvwy With 2 Parking Spaces. Will Not Last! PRICE: $999,888 Contact Ryan Singh/Chatter Singh for more info 347-257-9475/646-354-0799

KEW GARDENS 2 Bedroom Co-op for sale PRICE: $449,888 Contact Carolyn DeFalco for more info 718-848-4700

HOWARD BEACH 2 Bedroom Co-op for Sale PRICE: $199,000 Contact Grace Folias for more info 646-593-1071

OZONE PARK Mint condition 1 family with hardwood flrs, new skylights. New siding, fresh painted, granite countertops. Garage, boiler in excellent condition, almost new.

Come for the MILLION DOLLAR VIEW! This AFFORDABLE LobbyLevel & Spacious Studio Unit (appx 420sf) offers a sep kit, sleeping alcove, large bath, & good storage. The BIG PLUS is the Breathtaking 360-degree views from your PRIVATE ROOF TOP! Sunrises, Sunsets & a FRONT ROW SEAT TO FIREWORKS. This Unit is Move-in ready and would be made your own. Can be delivered turn-key furnished.

PRICE: $219,000 Contact Angela Orlando for more infor 516-669-6119

LINDENWOOD Sunny large 2 BRs 2 baths with nice terrace. Lots of closet space with open view. Walk everywhere. Clean Building. Area Security Patrol. Walk to shopping mall & Transportation. 5 Min to JFK Airport. PRICE: $259,900 Contact Rene Rose for more info 718-810-0293

PRICE: $599,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff for more info 646-533-8142

BELLEROSE Excellent condition det 1 fam cape with pvt dvwy. This home features all hardwood flooring throughout, 2 nice sized BRs, updated kitchen and bath, fin attic & full fin bsmnt. Close to shopping and transportation.

PRICE: $999,000 Contact Kevin Paulk for more info 347-915-4139

PRICE: $729,000 Contact Jatinder Kaur for more info 646-645-4753

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OZONE PARK Ton of foot traffic guaranteed at this prime location on Liberty Ave. in Ozone Park. This space is steps away from the A train & a number of bus lanes. The property has a 2 BR apart with a terrace that the new owner may wish to expand onto. Commercial area with full basement as well as yard space. A great location, a great price with endless possibility for a new business.

PRICE: $999,000 Contact Wesley Antos for more info 347-631-0403

STATEN ISLAND Renovated 2 fam house with inground swimming pool. 6 BRs, central comes with 24 solar panels, full fin bsmnt with separate entrance, very bright and sunny house! House is beautiful, will not stay on the market for long!

PRICE: $840,000 Contact Nissim Levy for more info 917-254-5420

Great multi-family house with pvt dvwy available in the heart of Crown Heights. Tons of potential for either first time home owner or great for developer. The property sits on a 29x100 lot with a building size of 22x53 with 2,464 sq. ft. The options are endless.

1 fam home in excellent condition. 2 BRs and 1 full bath, bsmnt with open side entrance leading out to the beautiful backyard. Open concept in the living & dining room area. BRs are on the 2nd floor. Home comes with a big tent for the backyard. Close access to the freeway, public transportation, and shopping areas.

PRICE: $549,000 Contact Rose Deonarine for more info 917-496-1819

JAMAICA Mixed Use Property For Sale

JAMAICA Handyman Special. PRICE: $497,000 Contact Michael DeFreitas for more info 718-848-4700 RIDGEWOOD

FRANKLIN SQUARE Beautiful Cape in Franklin Square. Offering spacious EIK, Lrg L.R., hardwood flrs, master BR with sliding doors to pvt yard, fabulous renovated bsmnt with family room, det garage, upgrades include: updated full bath. Great location.... Close to all. Low taxes! Move right in!

Price: $633,000 Contact Lauren DiNovi/Alise Vitale for more info 917-847-2349/646-267-1871

One family house frame in Ridgewood. Lot size 20 x 100, zoning R6B. Close to transportation, Close to L&M trains, 20 minutes to Manhattan.

Price: $875,000 Contact Teodoro Navarrete for more info 718-848-4700 OZONE PARK Excellent location and condition. New roof, 16- solar panels. 5 air conditioners split. 9 video cameras in the house, 9 video cameras outside. 3 Refrigerators.

RICHMOND HILL BROOKLYN Nice property in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The house needs upgrading but it is in good condition.

PRICE: $990,000 Contact Sandra Torres for more info 347-432-7696

Beautiful ren 2 fam home. Heated bath flr, custom shower w/marble. Custom kit cabinets w/ brand new S.S. high efficient appliances, quartz counter top, high draft kit hood, drawer hide away microwave. Barn style sliding dr leads into a wonderful BR with custom closet. Brand new electrical with smart switches & LED recess lighting throughout entire home. Brand New tankless hot water system. Brand New high end split ductless Heat & A/C system covering the entire house, including full fin bsmnt completely ren with spray foam insulation & its own stand up shower. Brand new triple pane high thermal windows. Brand new smart washer & dryer. Entertainer delight with a picturesque backyard featuring custom deck and gazebo additional storage area, completely fenced in by a wonderful all new cedar fence providing complete privacy. Wide driveway fi t 3 cars.

PRICE: $849,000 - $879,000 Contact Fardeen Hamid for more info 718-848-4700

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This home is in mint condition, quiet block, close to proximity to schools, shopping and houses of worship and more.

Large Colonial. Built in 2005, 4 BRs, 3.5 Bath. Private Driveway / Large Backyard.

PRICE: $1,200,000 Contact Eglon Williams for more info 917-592-2693

PRICE: $650,000 Contact Natasia Pagoulatos for more info 917-335-1143

PRICE: $679,000 Contact Pedro Duarte for more info 718-848-4700

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Sale may be subject to term & conditions of an offering plan. Huge 2,200 sq. ft 3 BRs 2.5 bath Duplex unit in Baybridge. Featuring extra large Master Bedroom with Master Bath. Floor to ceiling windows with updated kitchen featuring high-end appliances. Terrace, 1 car garage & storage. Resort style amenities including Indoor/Outdoor Pool, Gym and Tennis Court.