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Queens roads go unplowed for DAYS! PAGES 2, 8, 12, 14, 16 AND 17 Side streets in Queens, such as 86th Street in Woodhaven, went unplowed for days after Mother Nature dumped close to 3 feet of the white stuff on the borough last Saturday. Residents and elected officials blasted the mayor for the slow response given to the World’s Borough.

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Snow, records fell as blizzard paralyzed NYC Complex atmospheric processes led to a historic city snowstorm by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

ast weekend’s colossal blizzard won’t soon be forgotten by snowed-in residents from Virginia to Connecticut, including right here in Queens. After nearly a week of forecasts called for only up to a foot of snow in the borough, an incredible 34 inches fell in Jackson Heights on Sat u rd ay — he highest More snow ttotal north of coverage M a r yla nd — with widePages 8, 12, spread reports 14, 16 and 17 of over 2 feet coming in across the borough in the aftermath of the epic storm. When the flakes finally stopped falling around midnight on Sunday, Kennedy Airport received 30.5 inches of snow while LaGuardia Airport picked up 28 inches. Nearby Flushing saw 29 inches on the ground, while 28 inches fell on Oakland Gardens, 26.5 inches were recorded in Fresh Meadows and 2 feet of the white

stuff covered Little Neck. A total of 26.8 inches fell in Central Park — the location used since the 1800s for official city weather observations — making it the second-highest snow total in a single storm in city history, onetenth of an inch shy of a February 2006 blizzard. But when it comes to Queens records, Saturday’s storm rewrote the book on historic nor’easters. The blizzard, dubbed Jonas by the Weather Channel, broke the previous mark of 26.8 inches in a single storm — set in 2003 — at JFK by almost a half-foot. The same goes for LaGuardia, where the previous record was 25.4 inches set in 2006. For perspective, the blizzard was the first storm on record to dump at least 24 inches of snow in both New York and Baltimore; all 21 New Jersey counties received a foot of accumulation; and the system was so large that flakes were f lying simultaneously in Massachusetts and Florida. But why were original accumulation estimates and the f inal

Is this Flushing or Finland? By the time last Saturday’s historic blizzard had snowed itself out, this pickup truck on 35th Avenue in Flushing was buried almost up to its door handles. In total, nearly three feet of the white stuff PHOTO BY AMY RIO fell on Queens in just over 24 hours. trailing behind the system, the faster-moving cold front eventually caught up the warm front, with the merging of the two entities creating an occluded front. The process forced the storm to nearly stall and created a deformation zone, where warm air being drawn into the system from the

totals so vastly different? The answer is simple: occlusion. A s w it h ot her p ower f u l nor’easters, a warm front accompanied the blizzard to its east and a cold front existed to its south as the abnormally powerful storm moved off the North Carolina coast. Pushed by the cold air mass

south lifts over the denser, colder air mass in place to create strong atmospheric instability. In the summer, such a situation leads to the formation of strong thunderstorms. But in the winter, bands of heavy snow are observed within the deformation zone. And on Saturday, such a zone parked itself over the New York City area and moved at a snail’s pace along with the storm while it was centered to the south of Long Island. Without occlusion, the blizzard — which brought with it an atmospheric river of moisture from the central Pacific Ocean, where water temperatures are well above-average thanks to the strongest El Niño on record — was tracking too far south to bring the epic snow totals seen in the Washington, DC suburbs to the five boroughs. The computer models used by the National Weather Service to forecast weather correctly predicted snowfall totals around 40 inches in Maryland and Virginia, but did not begin to predict the occlusion process over New York until Q the night before the storm.

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Civic prez concerned over pollutants that could be hiding beneath surface by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Monday began taking soil samples from Spring Creek in Howard Beach in an effort to further evaluate its plan to fortify the natural barrier and protect residents from future floods and sea level rise, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) announced Tuesday. According to the senator, DEC crews will be at the intersection of 165th Avenue and 87th Street and at 164th Avenue and 83rd Street to collect samples, which will then be tested for contamination. This part of the federally funded project will take about six weeks, the senator said. “Any project aimed at storm recovery and resiliency is always welcomed in my district. In 2012, when Sandy devastated communities in southern Queens, we saw firsthand the need for more protection from possible flooding and other damage from a major coastal storm,” Addabbo said in his statement announcing the next phase of the project. “Projects such as this one work toward accomplishing that goal of making Queens better prepared for a natural weather phenomenon than ever before. I thank the state DEC for their commitment to this cause and for working with elected officials and constituents

The state Department of Environmental Conservation will soon begin studying soil samples from Spring Creek in Howard Beach, the next phase in the agency’s quest to strengthen the natural FILE PHOTO barrier that separates the community from Jamaica Bay. to ensure this project runs smoothly.” The DEC has been conducting field work near Spring Creek since October, conducting several studies of the barrier that separates Howard Beach from Jamaica Bay. The construction phase is expected to launch in 2017 and will include the excavation,

recountering and revegetation of 225 acres of wetlands that was damaged by Sandy. Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, said the DEC has so far been good neighbors to Howard Beach residents. “We haven’t gotten any complaints,”

Ariola said. “Things are quiet so far.” Her primary concern, she added, is when DEC crews begin removing the dirt and replacing it with new soil. “We’re worried about how that’s going to affect traffic,” the civic president said. She also has some reservations with the testing of the soil, saying the excavation of potentially toxic chemicals in the creek is a “major concern.” “I hope the DEC will be able to quickly determine if there are any critical airborne toxins,” Ariola said. During an October meeting of the area civic, some residents brought up the issue of chemicals being brought up to the surface by the field work, but a DEC official there ensured them the air quality would not be greatly affected. According to Addabbo, the soil testing will require the use of soil-boring machines, storage containers, ATV rigs and a water truck at both intersections. Work will take place from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the next six weeks. Addabbo, in his statement, also expressed concerns with traffic being affected once the state starts moving soil to and from the site. DEC officials have ensured residents their daily commutes will not be affected by Q the project.

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Hamilton: no more giant developments Residents approve zoning plan that would prohibit semi-detached homes by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The civic is in the process of sending a letter to DCP with its recommendations on the plan before the start of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure — the seven-month process that brings the proposal to the community board, borough president and City Council for approval. Gendron and Pat McCabe, chief of staff for state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), said it was important for the residents to give their recommendations to DCP officials as soon as possible to prevent any more semi-detached homes from being built in the neighborhood. Any structures already in the neighborhood would be grandfathered in. “Stop talking about it and take a vote,” McCabe said, shor tly before Gendron called for a show of hands. The civic president noted that if the zoning proposal is approved by the City Council prior to any “significant construction” being started

If a rezoning proposal approved by some Hamilton Beach residents last week is approved by the City Council, only one- or two-family homes, such as this one, can be built in the future. Multifamily semi-detached structures FILE PHOTO would be prohibited. on the proposed str uctures abhor r e d by r e sid e nt s , t hey wouldn’t go up. Significant construction was defined as builders having at least the foundation put in for a new

development — simply putting a construction fence around the site wouldn’t count, the planners said. “Time is important now,” Gendron added. “We have a chance to Q stop this.”

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Hamilton Beach residents last Wednesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a zoning proposal that would only allow for detached oneor two-family homes to be built in the neighborhood and prohibit the future construction of multifamily semi-detached buildings — houses that many said don’t fit in with the character of the area. “We’ve heard that the semidetached homes are not desirable in this neighborhood,” Melissa Herlitz, a planner with the city Department of City Planning, said at a community meeting hosted by the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association. With only a handful dissenting, the vote was cast by about 30 people — a fact that some said should have stopped it from taking place until more people could have their say. “You cannot say that you’re going to represent 450 families and take a vote,” one resident said.

Roger Gendron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, refuted that, saying he didn’t think he’d get 30 people to show up to the meeting. “I’m thrilled to see this amount of people in this room,” Gendron said. “In any community, there’s only a handful of people who get involved.” Residents who attended the meeting were given three choices by planning officials: Leave the zoning as it is, allow only onefamily homes to be built and the one they approved. The vast majority of Hamilton Beach residents did not want to go for the first option, citing semi-detached houses in the neighborhood that are “out of character” and bring more cars onto a block than there are parking spots. The second option wasn’t desirable because it would stop anyone with a large enough lot from building a two-family structure — minimum lot size for new construction will be determined at a later date.

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The slow snow cleanup

o, Queens got treated as a second-class borough after last weekend’s colossal snowstorm. What else is new? At least many of our elected officials let City Hall know it was doing a lousy job and got the administration to redeploy plows and other equipment to get on the ball here. Credit goes to the likes of Queens Councilmen Rory Lancman, Eric Ulrich and Jimmy Van Bramer, the majority leader, for letting Mayor de Blasio know in no uncertain terms that initial efforts to clean up the snow here failed tens of thousands of residents. Van Bramer even toured some of his district with de Blasio so the mayor could see the mess firsthand. Lindsay, Giuliani, Bloomberg and now de Blasio: Many mayors have blown it when it comes to snow removal in Queens and lost the support of people here when they did. You’d think they’d learn, but they never really seem to. Instead, a de Blasio says something impolitic about how residents should stop shoveling

Albany’s attack on our rights

snow onto streets that were already cleared and blocking them again. Sure, that happens, though a full resident-driven blockage is pretty rare, but he sounded petty the way he said it. He certainly didn’t win over anybody here. On the other hand, not every comment from our lawmakers was wise either. We’re glad Ulrich pressed for better snow removal in his district, but he and Public Advocate Letitia James were wrong to say schools should have been closed. Many students got to class without a problem, and parents who didn’t think their children should go were free to keep them home. In the end, relatively few did. Closing school causes a lot of disruption for many families too. What just about everyone agrees on is that the regular Joes and Janes with Sanitation, the other uniformed services and the DOT have been working as hard as they can on the cleanup and should be commended. Of course that’s true. A lot of them are from Queens.

n what’s being sold as an attempt to reform Albany, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics just passed an utterly unethical measure that amounts to a full frontal assault on the First Amendment. We urge the state Legislature to intervene immediately by passing a law overturning this unelected panel’s insidious attempt to restrict free speech and the press. Immediately. JCOPE thinks any public relations consultant who speaks to a newspaper opinion writer must register as a lobbyist and report his or her contacts with the media. That’s a disgrace. The press is given as wide latitude as it is by the Constitution for good reason, and the men who wrote it would never, ever, ever have entertained the idea that in their new, free country any private citizens would have to report conversations with newspaper writers to the government. The move “is a reasonable regulation of speech,” JCOPE’s chairman said. The hell it is, you wannabe Soviet apparatchik. One PR firm, the November Team, immediately announced it would not comply. All should. And all newspapers should scream bloody murder. As Michelle Rea, president of the New York Press Association, put it, “[W]e don’t need PR people to be required to register with the government before they can talk to our editorial boards or write an op-ed piece regarding public policy issues. Thank you very much JCOPE, but we’ll do our own fact checking; we’ll talk with our own independent sources, and we’ll make up our own minds on editorial positions.” We sure will, without government agents looking over our shoulders. What a disgrace that even has to be said. Overturn this nonsense now, lawmakers. Now.

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Dear Editor: As the blizzard of 2016 was raging, our sanitation workers, along with the DOT workers, battled this awesome storm with every piece of equipment they had and won the battle! They worked tirelessly and continuously around the clock to keep the main roads and arteries open, despite the heavy, blinding snow, which was falling at 2 to 3 inches per hour at the height of the storm. Also, our firefighters, police and EMT workers worked round the clock to ensure the safety of the people of our city while the storm was raging. We owe all of these workers an immense debt of gratitude for all of their hard work, dedication and professionalism which was displayed during this massive storm, one that will go down in the record books as one of the heaviest to hit New York City. John Amato Fresh Meadows

Dear Editor: During his press conference announcing MTA modernization plans, Gov. Cuomo said: “How do we get this region to grow? The future is mass transit. How do we get people out of cars and into mass transit?” One way is by supporting MoveNY’s plan to put tolls on the East River bridges while slashing them on outer borough bridges. Cuomo called that “a non-starter” last year, but he said the same thing about Mayor de Blasio’s $15 an-hour minimum wage proposal before championing it as his own idea. Why can’t he change his mind again? The same question applies to our Albany legislators like Sen. Tony Avella, who opposes MoveNY. What’s his alternative — a huge tax break for yacht and private plane owners that he and other Senate and Assembly members voted for? This benefits hedge fund hustlers in the Hamptons, not Queens constituents. One more example of Albany pandering to one-per-

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Dear Editor: TV Al Jazeera America is folding. That it has lasted as long as it has is surprising considering our present political climate. It is like expecting “Third Reich Israel” to succeed in their country. What a dumb or at best, naive premise. It has been a good, unbiased news outlet where so very many are lacking, with perhaps the exception of BBC and perhaps a few others; certainly not Fox, MSNBC and such. It was begging to be scratched. It is sad that we cannot receive “News” without it being tainted by “Views.” Nicholas Zizelis Bayside

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Dear Editor: Here is a merry-go-round that takes the cake! Sarah Palin, John’s McCain’s 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate, gave new meaning to Ben Franklin’s well-known saying “Empty barrels make loud noises” when she endorsed Donald Trump for president. I wonder if she was aware that last summer “The Donald” said John McCain was not a war hero because he was captured by North Vietnam forces. “I like people that weren’t captured.” After his defeat by Obama, McCain said, “Selecting Sarah was the most important decision I ever made.” His constant loyalty to her was admirable, even though her role as a GOP candidate was not very helpful to the senator. GOP Vice President Dick Cheney said it best, “Picking Palin as McCain’s running mate was a mistake.” Isn’t it odd, she just endorsed a man who made a nasty remark about her war hero running mate? Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

Everyone wins! Dear Editor: I believe I may have the answer to the Oscar racial diversity controversy. In this age of political correctness we live in today, many parents of school-aged children who participate in school sports programs want their child to get a trophy in order that they don’t feel “left out” or “slighted” or not appreciated. No matter how well they did, no matter what they contributed to the team, everyone who participates should be given a trophy. The same rule should apply to these childish actors who are crying that they didn’t get enough Oscars. Give everyone a trophy. Bill Viggiano Williston Park, LI

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human, He made Himself a servant, entering this world not as a king but as a slave. Without pomp or display, Stephen Roser He laid aside His is the pastor of royal robe, stepped Howard Beach down from His Assembly of God throne and became Church a baby in the arms of a mother in a far-away colony of the Roman Empire. How eloquently Paul describes this amazing condescension, “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor…” (2 Corinthians 8:9). How challenging is his demand, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). Only He has done it perfectly, but unity in our communities, churches, and homes can begin when each of us follows our Lord in becoming a servant for the sake of others.

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Dear Editor: Janice Wijnen says the Second Amendment is designed to give people the means to fight back against a “dictatorship” (like Obama’s) (“Of guns and killers,” Letters, Jan. 21). Equal weapons to fight the government? I have questions ONLINE for Ms. Wijnen: Miss an article or letter To which NR A cited by a writer? Want headquarters do I news from our other apply for my tank editions covering the and surface-to-air rest of Queens? Find missiles? And is past reports, news from my bazooka tax- across the borough and deductible? more at qchron.com. Here are a few facts for you, Janice. Sarah Palin’s son Track was arrested on charges that he hit his girlfriend while armed with an AR-15 rifle and was threatening to shoot himself. Did Palin rush to his side? Did she quickly put the “counseling wheels” in motion? Did she call her pastor to administer religious teachings? No, she was busy ruining Trump’s presidential aspirations, uh, I mean busy endorsing Trump. It was very entertaining seeing her babble again; I really missed her. Without a doubt, her most entertaining line was, “Quit footin’ the bill for these other nations, who are oil-rich that we’re paying for some of their ‘squirmishes’ that have been goin’ on for centuries.” Squirmishes. Squirmishes? Really? Republicans wanted this imbecile to be one heartbeat away from the presidency! And writer S.E. Cupp wants to know what happened to the “real Palin”? She’s right in front of you, S.E., ignoring her family (responsibilities) and pandering to extend her shriveling “relevancy” before she fades away into nonexistence. Palin defends her son by saying

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he suffers from PTSD and goes on to blame Obama: “Our veterans come back wondering if there is that respect for what it is that their fellow soldiers and airman and every other member of the military so sacrificially have given to this country, and that starts from the top. That comes from our own president. You deserve someone who will treat veterans better than illegal immigrants in America.” Of course she neglects to mention that in 2014 a $24 billion bill to expand healthcare for veterans was rejected. Only two Republicans voted in favor of the legislation. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

centers. Another example is Sen. Avella’s refusal to return $40,000 in campaign contributions he got from Glenwood Management, those wonderful folks who bribed former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. How does the Senate Ethics Committee chairman justify keeping tainted money? Voters should call him Sen. “Phony” Avella and refuse to re-elect him. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Mayor projects $82.1 billion for FY 2016-17 De Blasio touts $15 minimum wage, Vision Zero and homelessness plans by Michael Gannon Editor

Mayor de Blasio has often said that a budget reflects an administration’s priorities, and his preliminary spending plan for 2016-17 appears to do just that. But the mayor also gave a nod to some economic uncertainties that could hamstring gains the city has made in recent years. De Blasio last Thursday said he will ask the City Council for a budget of just over $82.1 billion. The figure represents a slight increase over the $81.7 billion that is projected to be spent when the current fiscal year ends June 30; and is significantly higher than the $78.5 billion deal he and the Council struck last June. “We’re addressing the needs of New Yorkers through targeted investments in public safety, quality of life, vital social services, education and more, while protecting the city against the many risks ahead,” de Blasio said. The figure includes many of the mayor’s long-held priorities, including a $15 minimum wage for all city employees and contracted social service workers, which he said would affect 50,000 people at a cost of $115 million when fully implemented. He wants to expand Vision Zero, his traffic fatality reduction initiative, with an additional $115 million in engineering and structural

Mayor de Blasio kicked off the annual budget season last Thursday with a preliminary request for $82.1 billion next year. Reaction from random Queens members of the City Council ranges PHOTO COURTESY NYC from enthusiastic to harsh. upgrades to roads and intersections. He is asking for $868 million to alleviate overcrowding in city schools [see related story in some editions or at qchron.com] and move toward universal student access to algebra, AP and computer science courses. Many Queens parks advocates long have

decried a lack of security in the borough’s green spaces, and de Blasio is asking for a $5.3 million increase to the Parks and Recreation budget that he wants to see include 67 new full-time and 50 seasonal park security patrol officers. Other requests under public safety include

$3 million to expand the use of ShotSpotter, a system than uses sound identification technology to triangulate the location of gunshots as they are fired, often allowing police to know before a 911 call is placed; and more than $91 million aimed at upgrading conditions at Rikers Island. More than $41 million will go toward continued implementation of the 14-point violence reduction program, and $58 million for training, staffing and technology. De Blasio also wants to add 15 EMS ambulance tours to the existing Queens/Manhattan deployment, and use $337 million to bolster New York City Health and Hospitals. The war on homelessness will, under de Blasio’s plan, call for $8 million for shelter repairs, nearly $17 million for services such as job placement assistance for shelter residents, and $12.5 million to operate the first wave of a planned 15,000 new supportive housing units. Of a less popular nature, recalculations are forcing the city to up its contributions to various pension funds by $600 million this year. Budget negotiations with the City Council will pick up in earnest in May when the mayor announces his more finely tuned executive budget. Reception to his Jan. 21 proposal was mixed. “The devil is in the details,” Councilman continued on page 18

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Inspired by the theme “Only in Queens,” Borough President Melinda Katz took the stage at Queens College’s Colden Auditorium last Thursday to highlight the borough’s many achievements over the past year, while also looking forward to the road ahead. “As I begin the second half of my term, I am mindful of the remarkable time underway here in the largest borough of the City of New York,” Katz said. “Queens is unique in many ways. Because what is only in Queens today, I believe, is the norm for the future of our country.” Katz celebrated the borough’s designation as a top-rated tourist spot that hosts more than 12 million visitors from around the globe each year. The cultural diversity and many attractions, including 7,273 acres of parkland, refurbished landmarks — such as the newly painted New York State Pavillion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park — public beaches and fine dining, earned Queens the title of “New York City’s Coolest Borough” from Conde Nast Traveler for 2015. “You really haven’t seen New York until you’ve experienced Queens,” Katz added. From the Queens Museum to the Louis Armstrong House, Katz praised the over 200 Queens-based cultural institutions, which not only provide a host of artistic,

theatrical and educational programming, but have also helped develop the borough’s reputation as a major cultural hub. A designation, according to Katz, that piqued the interest of Hollywood. “Queens continues to be a mainstay of the TV and movie industries,” she stated, citing major Queens-based movie studios, soundstages and production facilities such as Kaufman Astoria Studios, Silvercup Studios and the newly expanded Broadway Stages in Glendale. “The industries come to Queens because they find things here that they can’t find anywhere else in the city.” Despite all of the borough’s strides in tourism and the arts, Queens remains, as Katz put it, “a borough of families.” In an effort to address the needs of the borough’s growing population, Katz shifted her focus to education and affordable housing. “With education, just as for our families, there is no limit for better. And if we’re building a template for the future, innovation matters,” she stated. In 2015, Katz allocated millions in funding necessary to outfit half of the borough’s 263 public elementary and middle schools with new SmartBoards and laptop computers. During her address, Katz pledged to allocate capital funds in this year’s budget

Borough President Melinda Katz, who put her own headline on her favorite Queens newspaper, touts her midterm accomplishments but also pointed out there is a lot to do in the World’s BorPHOTO BY KELLY MARIE MANCUSO ough during the next two years. so that all 263 schools can be equipped with the latest technology. While addressing the issue of overcrowding, Katz used PS 19 in Corona, the largest elementary school in the city, as an example of ways in which elected officials are working to find a remedy.

The school’s six classroom trailers capable of accommodating up to 600 children at a time are going to be removed by the end of this year, with Katz saying an additional 59 trailers are slated for removal at 20 different schools throughout Queens. continued on page 27

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Queens asks: How come it took so long to plow us? City takes days to clear borough streets; leaders outraged over slow response by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

In Bayside, Community Board 11 member Janet McEneaney watched a school crossing guard stand on top a mound of snow on Monday and direct schoolchildren across the street — and over the mound. Hours later in Woodhaven, a school bus driver spent more than two hours stuck on a side street as his vehicle stood on 3 feet of ice and snow — Alex Blenkinsopp, communications director for the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, cut his hand trying to free the bus. An ambulance, with a patient inside, also got stuck on an Astoria side street Sunday, according to Old Neighbors Civic Association President Richard Khuzami. Meanwhile, Juniper Park Civic Association President Bob Holden was getting 10 calls an hour from people stuck on their block because a plow had not passed through yet. These are only some of the scenes that made Queens “the forgotten borough” after the city bungled cleanup efforts following Saturday’s record-breaking blizzard, which dumped close to 3 feet of the white stuff in parts of the borough [See separate story for snow totals]. While major corridors were quickly cleared, many side streets in different neighborhoods didn’t see Sanitation personnel until Monday night — or later. Councilman Eric Ulrich’s district in South Queens quickly became the poster child for the city’s slow response — though it was far from the only example. “The city failed, they did not do a very good job,” Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said at the unplowed corner of 85th Road and 96th Street in Woodhaven. “There’s 3 feet of snow that extends for nearly three blocks.” That street, close to where Blenkinsopp tried to free the bus, wasn’t cleared until late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. A truck got stuck there Sunday night for 14 hours trying to get the job done. Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) took to Twitter to express his frustrations, posting pictures of stuck snow plows and streets in Northern and Eastern Queens that were not touched for days, despite the PlowNYC program showing the blocks had been cleared. “It’s particularly distressing to drive around my district and see street after street that hasn’t been touched, even though the snow plow tracker indicates they were cleared, making me wonder if City Hall is even operating with accurate information,” Lancman later said in a Monday statement. Mayor de Blasio acknowledged the problematic response in Queens, but riled borough residents with some statements he made during media interviews. First, he said in a Sunday NY1 interview that it was “very rare that a street wouldn’t be plowed once.” Some residents took exception with that, posting pictures on social media with the hashtag #PlowQueens

which seemed to contradict the mayor’s comments. Then, the Mayor’s Office said 98 percent of Queens streets had been cleared by Monday, which Ulrich called “simply not true. “That’s not the case in Woodhaven and Ozone Park and Richmond Hill and many other communities throughout the borough of Queens,” the councilman added. Finally, Hizzoner partially blamed residents for throwing their snow off their cars into the road, “literally reblock[ing] their own streets.” Although many were frustrated, their anger was more pointed at the administration, rather than Sanitation personnel. “Those guys work like dogs,” Holden said. “They do a great job and a tough job. I’ve got to hand it to them.” Woodside resident William Kregler said there should’ve been “a continuous plowing,” instead of sending the trucks down borough roads when there was only 1 or 2 inches on the ground, as he saw in his neighborhood. “I’m just curious as to why it happened like that,” Kregler said. He also pointed out that the plows pushed snow onto parked cars on Queens Boulevard, but left controversial bike lanes there pristine. Dmytro Fedkowskyj, a CB 5 member and former state Assembly candidate, believes elected officials need to create a plan for cleanup around the borough. “If they know we’re going to have a storm like this, the elected officials here need to have a meeting with the Mayor’s Office to say ‘What’s your plan and how are you going to serve our area?’” Fedkowskyj said. “We can’t let this happen again.” De Blasio on Monday dedicated almost half of the Sanitation Department’s equipment to the World’s Borough. On Sunday and Monday, the mayor toured parts of Western Queens — a region he pointed out as an example of the slow cleanup — and promised a quick response. Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) joined de Blasio on that tour. “While there are specific areas of my district that still need to be addressed with more plowing, I appreciate the administration being responsive and working with me to immediately address the concerns my office fielded via social media and during our tour on Monday morning,” Van Bramer said in a statement. Some, however, expressed outrage at the slow response. “It is very sad that the residential areas surrounding LaGuardia airport were buried under well over 2 feet of snow,” Rose Marie Poveromo, president of the United Community Civic Association, said in a statement. “We had visions of the old Lindsay administration under the de Blasio administration. Yet on TV we saw Manhattan totally cleaned.” But some Queens residents were pleased

with the response from the administration. Lucy Schilero, CB 4’s Public Safety Committee chairwoman and head of the Community Emergency Response Team in Elmhurst and Corona, was “very proud the mayor got right on top” of the cleanup. “Where to put the snow was our biggest problem. We shoveled about 15 houses in Elmhurst and six in Corona,” Schilero said in a telephone interview. “It was very, very hard to keep up. But if we didn’t do it, people would have been locked in.” Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, “cannot say that Sanitation didn’t do a great job,” saying the plows were in the neighborhoods often. The only concern she had, however, was that the agency was piling the snow on street corners, reducing visibility for motorists, though she was reassured they would be removed on Tuesday. In a written statement sent to the Queens Chronicle, Borough President Melinda Katz said the city “got caught off guard at the volume of snow from the historic blizzard, which dumped a record-setting 30.5 inches of snow at JFK airport. “Our city, however, is getting a handle on this huge storm relatively quickly thanks to strong teamwork and advance planning among all City agencies, including the Sanitation, Transportation, Fire and Police Departments and the Office of Emergency Management,” Katz added. Old Astoria resident Dominique Perrot

said she only had an issue with uncleared walkways at major intersections in her area, but otherwise gave Sanitation a B++ for its efforts. Arlene Fama, also of Old Astoria, however, said 21st Road between Shore Boulevard and 19th Street was left ignored until Sunday night into Monday morning — two trucks got stuck in the road trying to clear it. The street, as of Monday, was in “dire need” of salt to stop refreezing from happening. Assemblyman Michael Den Dek ker (D-Jackson Heights) said he realized his district got the largest snowfall in the city — 34 inches — but the city still needed to do a better job of plowing the roads there. “Parts of our community endured tens of hours without ever seeing a snow plow on their street. While I praise the Sanitation Workers who work tirelessly during these storms I question the necessary staffing and equipment assigned to our area,” Den Dekker said in a statement. “I look forward to working with Senator Peralta and Assemblyman Moya to work with the City to better prepare and plan for future snow responses to our community.” Residents of 96th Street in Woodhaven, where Ulrich held his press conference, said they never saw that much snow on their road. “They’re usually really good about getting in here and clearing the snow in a timely continued on page 17

A school bus got stuck for two hours on a side street in Woodhaven.

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The Rev. Norman Whitmire, left, and Councilman Eric Ulrich stand on an unplowed 96th Street.

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are experienced in Forest Hills at the height of the storm; a pizza delivery man spinning the wheels of his minivan gets a helping hand from two men equipped with shovels; the crossing of 35th Avenue in Flushing is like walking across Antarctica on Saturday; Chronicle Associate Editor Christopher Barca sits between two vehicles almost completely covered with snow in Flushing; Engine Co. 305 on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills looks pristine in the precipitation; aside from the sound of snowplows moving down the street, the hum of snowblowers is the other prevalent noise throughout the borough; and center, a plow tries to keep up with the snow but didn’t have much success.

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Queens digs out after wild blizzard A disruptive, yet beautiful snowfall brings the borough to a relative halt by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday sure were bizarre days to be a New Yorker. With streets blocked by massive drifts after Saturday’s historic nor’easter dumped nearly three feet on Queens, many borough residents spent the beginning of the week shoveling out instead of schlepping to work. From Queens Village to Middle Village, Flushing to Jackson Heights, here’s just a few images Q from last weekend’s colossal storm.

Queens Village resident Robert Quintana shovels his 218th Street driveway on Sunday. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Untouched snow glistens on the Queens Village Veterans Plaza on Monday morning, showing blizzards can bring beauty instead of just slushy sidewalks, puddles and PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON slippery streets.

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continued from page 12 fashion and making things accessible,” the Rev. Norman Whitmire, rector at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, said. Blenkinsopp acknowledged that some roads, like Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue, had to be attended to before his street — but that other parts of the city shouldn’t have then gotten two or three passes before Woodhaven got one. “It just doesn’t make any sense,” he said. “There’s no way to explain it.” For some, the mayor’s decision to open public schools on Monday compounded the problem. “You put more traffic on the streets, you made it much more difficult for the crews to get out there and clear the streets,” Ulrich said. McEneaney agreed, saying the mayor didn’t take into consideration that Queens streets were not as clear as those “in Manhattan or Park Slope.” “We get the decisions that are made for the city,” she said. “But we’re not the city.” Fedkowskyj, a former Queens representative for the Panel on Educational Policy, said he didn’t necessarily disagree with the decision to keep schools opened, but added parents shouldn’t have felt guilty if they kept their kids home for the day. “[The mayor] can say what he wants,

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The record snow wasn’t the only thing on the minds of Jamaica resident Jessica Rodriguez and her family last Saturday. A fire broke out inside a vacant house at 90-11 175 St. around 3 a.m. and spread to Rodriguez’s residence and another home. The three-alarm blaze severely damaged her house, destroying her children’s bedrooms and most of their personal belongings, according to a GoFundMe page set up later that day to assist her family. No one was hurt, but the pre-K teacher at the Garden School in Jackson Heights has since relocated her family to a relative’s home to stay temporarily. “Please help raise money so that we can help the Rodriguez family try to get back on their feet,” the GoFundMe page says. As of Wednesday morning, 56 people had raised a combined total of $4,215 for the family since Saturday, with contributors giving as much as $200. Jessica Rodriguez declined an interview request made by the Chronicle on Monday. To donate to the Rodriguez family, log Q onto http://ow.ly/XAOXD.

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but it’s the ultimate decision of the parents,” he said. Maspeth community activist Charlene Stubbs said an overpass near PS 153 and 290 and Grover Cleveland High School students use was only slightly cleared, apparently not leaving enough room to walk. “This is a safety hazard,” Stubbs said in an email to media outlets. “Mayor de Blasio said yesterday that he wants 3 to 4 ft paths on sidewalks for wheelchairs and strollers to get through. These bridges do not even have a 1 foot path on them.” There was one decision that all who spoke to the Chronicle agreed was a good idea: Gov. Cuomo’s establishing a travel ban at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. The only thing Kregler would have done was started it earlier. “That should have been done at around noon,” he said. On Tuesday morning, a Chronicle reporter spotted several roads in Rego Park that had not yet been plowed. For Ulrich, it shouldn’t have taken a public shaming for the mayor to act. “I shouldn’t have to embarrass the mayor or any other elected official for that matter into giving us our fair share of city services,” the councilman said during his Q press conference. Christopher Barca and Michael Gannon contributed to this story.

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The men received an ornate medal, accompanied by the government’s proclamation in both English and Korean. All also received a It has been called “The Forgotten War.” But last Thursday, the government of South special New York State Senate proclamation Korea took time to remember 40 residents of from the office of Sen. James Sanders Jr. the New York State Veterans Home in St. (D-Rochdale Village), who is a veteran of the Albans who fought for their countrymen dur- United States Marine Corps. Among the honorees was Patrick Brosnahing the Korean War. Between June 1950 and July 1953, hun- an, who was born in County Cork, Ireland, dreds of thousands of United States troops led and served in the Navy of his adopted country. Brosnahan, who still is an active member an international force that defended what is now South Korea from an invasion by troops of American Legion Post 1404 in Broad Channel, said being on a ship, he did not lose backed by China and the Soviet Union. The South Korean government offered a close friends as infantrymen did. They, he believes, were denied gesture of thanks to the initial gratitude of the veterans and their United States for families with speciale cherish in our hearts the their service. ly struck medals and “It was The Forgotproclamations from the memory of your ten War,” he said. the Korean minister boundless sacrifices in “They were the Silent of Patriots and VeterT hose ans Affairs declaring helping us re-establish Generation. guys were screwed.” the men Ambassadors A r my veteran for Peace. our Free Nation.” Jaime Ayes Vazquez, Deid re Sa muel, — Minister of Patriots and beaming upon receipt coordinator of volunVeterans Affairs, Republic of Korea of his medal, said he teer services at the never felt slighted. Veterans Home, said “We are rememthe effort was coordinated through Don Feldman of the Brooklyn bered,” he said. “We are here today.” Neville Goldson, administrator of the St. VA, who learned that the South Koreans had been undertaking the project to thank their Albans facility, said the soldiers’ and sailors’ service was typical of the United States, comprotectors. Samuel read the proclamation prior to the ing to the aid of people in a time of crisis. “We thank you for your service,” he said. presentation. Goldson said World War II veterans were “It is a great honor and pleasure to express the everlasting gratitude of the Republic of the most numerous residents when he first Korea and our people for the service you and came to St. Albans, eventually replaced by your countrymen have performed in restoring veterans of the Korean conflict. Most now are from the Vietnam era. and preserving our democracy,” she read. Albee Mascall, Sanders’ chief of staff, “We cherish in our hearts the memory of your boundless sacrifices in helping us re- encouraged all those who were honored to do their part to make sure their sacrifice and that establish our Free Nation.” Some went to war as their fathers or broth- of their brethren are not forgotten. “Tell your stories to your children,” he ers had done in World War II. Others served in both. A cease-fire — not a peace treaty — said. “Tell them to your grandchildren and has been in force along the 38th Parallel for great-grandchildren. Tell them of your sernearly 63 years, paid for in part with the lives vice as veterans of the United States of Q America.” of more than 33,000 American troops. Editor

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Mayor’s preliminary budget continued from page 10 Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said. “I’m going to wait until we get the update in May and when we start having the budget hearings to see how my district and the com mu n ities I represent will be impacted.” A spokesman for Borough President Melinda Katz said she too is reviewing the mayor’s proposal and will reserve comment until the release of hers and the Borough Board’s official response in the coming weeks. C ou nci l m a n Ji m my Va n Br a me r (D-Sunnyside) said the mayor’s proposed school construction would bring four new

schools to Long Island City and Woodside. On a citywide basis, he said he was thrilled that de Blasio wants to set a $21.8 million baseline budget for Queens and the other two city-supported library systems. “While I encourage the mayor to go further and baseline all of the funding added last year for libraries, this baseline represents a significant step forward,” Van Bramer said. The councilman is a former employee of the Queens Library system. Van Bramer and Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) also are giving de Blasio high marks for how Vision Zero has improved pedestrian and traffic safety in their districts.

Navy veteran and Ambassador of Peace Patrick Brosnahan, seen here with family members and friends from American Legion Post 1404 in Broad Channel, displays the medal he was awarded PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON last week by the Republic of Korea.

Juan Delgado-Renta, right, and his wife Maria proudly display his medal and certificate from the Republic of Korea. Richards said the program can’t expand to his 31st District fast enough to suit him. “I’d like to see more engineering, reconstruction and enforcement come to Mott Avenue in the Rockaways and on Merrick Boulevard,” Richards said. Richards suppor ts the ShotSpotter request, and more parochially, is already seeking movement from de Blasio and NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton for the creation of a new 116th Precinct that would be carved out of the southern end of the existing 105th [see related story in some editions or at qchron.com]. And he is an unabashed supporter of the $15 minimum wage for city employees. “People need to be able to afford to live here,” Richards said. “And I don’t think $15 should be a ceiling. But it’s definitely

a good floor.” Cou ncilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) said the request for EMS expansion does not go far enough. “The FDNY continues to respond to an increasing number of life-threatening emergencies each year, and in 2015 response times went from bad to worse,” Crowley said in an email to the Chronicle. Crowley, chairwoman of the Council’s Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice, said it took EMS more than 10 minutes to respond to more than half of all lifethreatening emergencies last year. “The mayor has announced additional tours in the borough, but they will not be enough to address the problem,” Q she said. Anthony O’Reilly contributed to this story.

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June Jordan isn’t sure where her granddaughter Casey Watkins got her acting skills from, but she does know she’s been gifted with them from a very young age. “She’s always been an actress,” Jordan said. “Always. Ever since she was a year old.” And now, the Richmond Hill girl has a national platform to show sold-out crowds her skills as she tours the nation in the Tony Award-winning musical “Annie.” Watkins, 11, is cast as the orphan Duffy, a supporting character in the orphanage. Watkins tried out for the role at auditions and felt like her dreams came true when she landed it. “I was crying and laughing and jumping around,” she said in a telephone interview. “This is what I think about as my dream job.” Watkins and her co-actors started their tour on Dec. 29 in Providence, RI. During her interview last Friday, she was in Texas. The crew goes through eight shows a week while receiving on-location education from a certified teacher on their tour bus. The tour is being directed by Martin Charnin, a prolific entertainer who starred in the original company of “West Side Story” as Big Deal. He is also one of the few

An enthusiastic Casey Watkins stands outside a sign for the national tour of “Annie,” in which the Richmond Hill resident plays Duffy. Theater lovers around the country have a chance to see the future star before, as fans hope, she becomes a Broadway hit. PHOTO COURTESY MELISSA WATKINS people who have won an Emmy, Tony, Gram my and the Peabody Award for Broadcasting. The schedule is not a daunting task for Watkins — she takes it in stride and looks forward to every performance. “I love going on stage and seeing the audi-

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The culture at MS 226 in South Ozone Park is one that supports constant growth for the teachers and students alike; great teachers never stop learning. Accordingly, administrators recently called on the creative support of the RUSH Philanthropic Foundation to engage the faculty in a day-long professional learning opportunity. RUSH is dedicated to providing inner city urban youth with significant exposure and access to the arts. The entire staff was divided into four subgroups, and each tapped in on a different aspect of individuality and self-reflection such as My ID DNA: Scientific Portraits Beneath the Surface; Throwing Shades: Using English Language, Charcoal and Negative Space for Positive Self Definition; Books in an Instant: Math and Measurement in Art; and Art and Inquiry: Creating Connections with Social Studies and ELA. “I found the [professional development] to be highly engaging because through an artistic perspective one sees the world in a different light,” stated ELA teacher Anne Goldfeder. Each of the sessions allowed teachers to collaborate and create profound, artistic pieces that were displayed in the MS 226 art gallery located on the second floor of the building. “The experience was both unique and valuable,” reflected ELA teacher Jennifer Layne. Another teacher commented that it helped her better understand the struggle students feel to think and create while surrounded by their peers. All in all, it was an inspiring opportunity made possible by the administration of MS 226 and its treasured partnership with RUSH Philanthropic. Students of the Humanities Academy of the Arts, one of four academies at MS 226, are afforded the unique opportunity to collaborate with the RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation to maintain an art gallery at MS 226. Through the program, students and teachers learn about contemporary art, interact with working artists and create works in a variety of media. RUSH directors of education, Meridith McNeil and David Comache, who lead the school’s program, have worked with students to complete two murals and various art displays since partnering with the school in 2013. Students have not only produced exemplary work but have been transformed by the partnership giving credence to Harvey Fierstein’s notion that art has the power to transform, illuminate, educate, inspire and motivate.

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MS 226, welcomes Sumayah McRae, dancer for Cher! (50-City D2K Tour, Moscow, Austria, Switzerland and Las Vegas) Ms. McRae is teaching a modern dance workshop series for seventh-graders during their gym period, and they love it! Most of the excited seventh graders have never studied dance before and wanted to focus on hip-hop, but Principal Rushell White had a vision. She wanted the students to be exposed to the fine art of modern dance. To fulfill that vision she brought in McRae, Ms. Mayah, as the students call her, and now the students are beaming and shining. After only 10 short classes, the 30 nervous new dancers performed in the Mid-Winter Showcase in front of parents on Dec. 22, and again for the entire school on Dec. 23. Ms. White was overjoyed and the proud Ms. Mayah said they were “professional, beautiful and graceful under pressure.” They are now rehearsing very diligently (even afterschool) for their next performance, the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the dance studio on Jan. 29. “We are so lucky to have her!” says Principal White. Ms. McRae, a Juilliard graduate, has also toured with the “Lion King,” “The Color Purple” and Parsons Dance Company and can be reached through www.poeticmotivations.com.

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Patricia Murphy, left, a fourth-grade teacher at PS 97Q, facilitated a great readaloud of “Stink and the Midnight ZOMBIE Walk”, left, by Megan McDonald for parents on Wednesday, Jan. 13. She shared various reading strategies and stressed the importance of reading every day. All parents in attendance received a copy of the book, which was funded by Title I Parent Involvement money. Mrs. Murphy also shared the book activity website for all to visit and enjoy with their children. Mrs. Murphy encouraged her

Mrs. Filomena Scholl, a first-grade teacher and the school’s UFT representative, far right, facilitated a workshop with 22 parents in attendance, on “Building Responsibility in Your Children.” She stressed the importance of their children having routines set for evening and morning which will allow them to experience a smooth day and arrive at school on time. She also shared that assigning chores to children was very important. She encouraged them to reward them with an allowance, but not to be free with it if chores were not done. She stressed the importance of

students to share some of their responses to the book activity questions and Dimira Cabrera, left, one of Mrs. Murphy’s students, was thrilled to share hers. Ms. Rebecca Franco, Dimira’s mom, was very excited to observe the confidence her daughter showed.

the children being prepared for the day, bringing home all necessary folders and bringing all signed paperwork back the next day. In addition to the copy of “Help Your Child Build Responsibilities,” all parents in attendance received a free bank for each of their children to help them become responsible with money. She shared the penny+ a day program and encouraged them to begin saving with their children. The children

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continued from page 10 The long debated Common Core Curriculum, which Katz referred to as “a common problem,” also came under fire from the borough president. “Every night for the past few years, I’ve worked with my now-7-year-old on his Common Core homework. And every day, I’ve said to anyone who would listen, that there was something wrong with the curriculum,” she said. “We need standards. No one’s arguing that we don’t. But, ladies and gentlemen, sometimes 5 multiplied by 2 is just 10.” Katz also addressed the city’s affordable housing crisis, but voiced concerns over the city zoning proposal that could potentially remove parking requirements at some new senior housing. She advocated for skilled labor commitments, as well as union labor and trades, to play an integral role in future Queens projects. “The challenge for government will be to meet the ever-growing demand for affordable housing stock, while preserving affordability for those who already call the neighborhood home,” she stated. “It is truly a family issue, and we’re working on more, because for our future, the need for affordable housing is certain. When we do, however, it must be done right.” In addition to affordable housing, Katz praised several economic development initiatives currently underway in Queens neighborhoods including Hunters Point South, Long Island City, Flushing West and Jamaica, where the city’s innovative “Jamaica Now Action Plan” was first unveiled last spring. According to Katz, the plan, backed by public funding to the tune of $153 million, is designed to “stimulate smart growth and improve livability in Jamaica’s downtown core.” Katz called the plan “aggressive,” “holistic” and the “first of its kind.” While that news drew applause from many in the crowd, Katz’s statements on affordable housing and beautification in Jamaica greatly upset community activist Pamela Hazel, who interrupted the borough president’s address. “I waited for her accolades specifically on Jamaica, but she supplied none,” Hazel said in a statement issued after the speech. “As she was running down her feel-good political sermon, I became impatient so I interrupted her.” Much to everyone’s surprise, Hazel stood up in the aisle, yelling, “You did not keep your promises to clean up Jamaica. There is widespread garbage, speeding trucks and abandoned vehicles.” On the issue of affordable housing, Hazel shouted, “What about the chronic surge in shelters?” to which Katz simply replied, “I work alone.” The State of the Borough ended on a

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MTA fires back at Avella over No. 7 line remarks Agency says ongoing track projects will make train service smoother by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The MTA is taking state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) to task after the lawmaker railed against the frequent number of service disruptions and delays along the No. 7 line during a press conference in Flushing two weeks ago. Avella told the media outside the Flushing-Main Street station on Jan. 15 that he would be introducing legislation later this month, mandating the MTA to make statistics regarding the exact number of disruptions on each individual subway line at any given time available online. He added the line may have already reached capacity when it comes to ridership, saying getting onto the train is like “trying to squeeze 10 pounds of potatoes into a fivepound bag.” But MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz fired back in an email to the Chronicle last Friday, saying Avella is off base. “The senator’s assertions are all terribly misguided,” Ortiz said. “We publish data on service indicators, including information on delays, wait assessment and on time performance by line each month in our committee books and online on our website. I challenge the senator to find a more transparent transit agency.” When reached by the Chronicle via

No. 7 train riders getting on at the Flushing-Main Street station can look forward to more frequent, reliable subway service to Manhattan and vice versa once various capital projects are PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA completed in the near future, according to the MTA. email, Avella’s office acknowledged the paper’s request for comment and additional information on his legislation but did not provide the paper with the information it sought by press time. One of the busiest subway routes in the city, the No. 7 train is often delayed due to a

myriad of issues ranging from rail conditions to switch problems, while a lack of service between Queens and Manhattan due to construction has already been announced for eight weekends in 2016. Over 60,000 people used the FlushingMain Street station alone in 2014, making it

the 13th busiest station in the city and the most frequented outside of Manhattan. But in a December press release, the MTA outlined its work installing a new train control system and replacing aging lines of tracks, saying such improvements will mean more frequent and reliable service in the future. “The necessary work in 2016 requires fewer shutdowns than in previous years as reconstruction progresses and improvement projects near completion,” the agency said on Dec. 18. “Nearly every element of the line is being improved, from tracks through the replacement of entire panels of elevated tracks, to signals through the implementation of an updated communications-based train control system, to the reconstruction and fortification of the storm-damaged Steinway Tunnel that links Queens and Manhattan.” The MTA estimates the tunnel fortification work will be completed sometime in 2016 while the train control system will be launched in 2017. “Once completed,” the MTA said of the latter project, “the new system will interface with subway cars to allow for countdown clocks, increased operational flexibility and reliability, system safety improvements and increased capacity to run more Q trains per hour.”

Altered Pan Am deal filed with comptroller DHS, operator eye two-year contract by Christopher Barca The eyes of Elmhurst are back on city Comptroller Scott Stringer. The Department of Homeless Services and Samaritan Village filed their contract with Stringer’s office on Jan. 6 to operate the Boulevard Family Residence within the former Pan American Hotel at 79-00 Queens Blvd. as a permanent homeless shelter, according to city records. After their five-year, $42 million deal was rejected three separate times by Stringer last year over unresolved structural and safety issues, the contract filed earlier this month is a 30-month, $23.87 million pact, retroactive to Dec. 6, 2014. City records show the proposed deal would expire on June 30, 2017. The 216-unit facility operated by Samaritan Village has received numerous violations from the city and dozens of complaints from area residents for a myriad of issues since it opened in June 2014, infuriating neighborhood civic members and elected officials.

Stringer first rejected the contract in May, citing unsanitary rodent and insect infestations in the building as well as the improper disposal of garbage. He rejected the proposed deal twice more over the summer, citing unrectified DOB violations regarding work without permits and the building’s cracking facade. As of Wednesday afternoon, three DOB violations issued for the building’s cracking facade were still active, while three Environmental Control Board violations for the structural deficiencies were active as well. City records show $800 in fines are still outstanding. At a public hearing regarding a proposed shelter in Glendale in May 2014, a DHS official said the Pan Am would never be used by the agency, as it lacks kitchen units, required by Section 21-124a of the New York City Administrative Code. But just three weeks later, the city began moving families into the building, providing area elected officials and community memQ bers little to no notice beforehand.

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Shalom aleichem, friends Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), second from left, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) spent the night of Jan. 19 meeting and greeting rabbis and Jewish civic leaders from across Queens at the Bukharian Jewish Community Center in Forest Hills. The guests met one-on-one with each of the elected officials to discuss issues and talk city and federal policy.

“It’s been a pleasure to meet leaders from Jewish community organizations across the five boroughs,” Mark-Viverito said in a statement issued last Friday, “and I am grateful to Councilmember Koslowitz and Congresswoman Meng for inviting me to meet with their community’s leadership. “The Jewish community’s dedication to helping people from every neighborhood and every background is truly inspiring.”

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De Blasio also calling for more ADA compliance officers in his proposal by Anthony Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly Associate Editor

The mayor is proposing an additional $868 million for the School Construction Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital plan to address overcrowding in city public schools, such as at PS 19 in Corona, which has to FILE PHOTO instruct some students in trailers. sons of the Education and Finance committees, respectively, joined advocacy group Make the Road NY in Jackson Heights last November to call for more funding for seats in School Districts 24 and 30, which they represent and have a high concentration of non-English speaking immigrants.

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compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, providing for sign installation at facilities and the hiring of four â&#x20AC;&#x153;Compliance Coordinator positions to streamline and oversee [the Department of Educationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] efforts in improving access for all students with disabilities.â&#x20AC;? U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in December criticized the DOE because, according to an investigation, 83 percent of city public schools are still not â&#x20AC;&#x153;fully accessibleâ&#x20AC;? to those with handicaps more than 25 years after the ADA was signed into law. The plan calls for $1,452,000 for that purpose in the next f iscal year and then $709,000 until 2019. There is $473,000 allocated for the current fiscal year. As part of an agreement reached last year, the mayor is allocating $1,144,000 for the addition of 80 school crossing guards across the city. There are also proposed increases for mental health consultants to â&#x20AC;&#x153;assess the specific priority mental health needs of every public school and implement effective interventions to increase teacher capacity and improve student mental health and academic succ e ss.â&#x20AC;? T he cu r r e nt a l lo cat ion is $1,1450,00 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; de Blasio is calling for that to jump to $8,265,000 next year and remain at Q $10,465,000 until FY 2019.

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SBS coming to Q70, the LaGuardia route Service between trains, airport to start around the clock this spring by Michael Gannon Editor

Service on the Q70 bus line is going to be expanded around the clock with the ultimate aim of making it a Select Bus Service route by the end of the year. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced last Friday that the bus line, which links rail and bus hubs at Roosevelt Avenue/61st Street in Woodside and 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights to LaGuardia Airport will not add or subtract from the existing stops on the line. Service will operate around the clock beginning this spring, thus connecting the airport with the Long Island Rail Road and subway trains along the E, F, M, R and 7 lines. “We always want to better serve our customers by strengthening service whenever we have the sustainable resources to do so,” said Darryl Irick, senior vice president of MTA’s NYC Transit buses and president of the MTA Bus Company. “This added service on a growing route will further enhance the fast and reliable bus connection between LaGuardia Airport and all parts of the city via transit hubs in Queens.” Because of increasing ridership, the Q70 is expected to run every eight minutes during midday and weekday p.m. peak hours. On weekends buses will run every 10 minutes during midday and p.m. hours, and every 20 minutes during overnight hours. The Riders Alliance, an advocacy group that boosts mass transit, back in November called for the Q70 to be turned into a free airport shuttle, and still did in a statement issued on Friday.

Riders of the Q70 bus to and from LaGuardia Airport soon will be getting around-the-clock service and, somewhat later, a Select Bus Service route. But some advocates believe that the Metropolitan PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Transportation Authority should go further and make it a free shuttle. MTA Spokesman Kevin Ortiz has said that would not be financially feasible, but told the Chronicle Friday that plans for SBS will include the use of off-board fare collection technology, by which riders pay for tickets from machines at the bus stops or other places. That will allow riders to board a bus at any door rather than having to form a line at the front for a single fare collection box, whether with MetroCards, coins or paper transfers. The machines print out paper receipts as proof of payment. So-called eagle staffers

man some buses to make sure riders have their receipts, and can issue summonses to riders attempting to dodge the fare. Ortiz said the physical nuts and bolts of SBS such as the possibility of dedicated lanes and other features, still have to be worked out. The route to the airport begins at the Woodside transit hub at 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue and heads to the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street in Jackson Heights. It then proceeds to the northbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Grand Central Parkway before stopping at LaGuardia’s

parking lot 1, Terminal D and Terminal C before heading back. The Riders Alliance and Global Gateway Alliance, the latter an airport advocacy consortium of business and finance interests and labor unions, backed the service increase, but still think a free shuttle will be more beneficial to the traveling public. “This added service is a great step toward implementing a real airport shuttle from the subway,” John Raskin, executive director of the Riders Alliance, said in a joint statement with Global Gateway Chairman Joe Sitt. “The MTA seems to recognize that improving subway access to LaGuardia is a cheap and immediate way to make a difference to transit riders without billions of dollars in construction costs and years of delay,” he added. “I consider this a down payment on the real changes that have to happen in order to make public transit an easy and intuitive way to get to the airport,” he added. Sitt said LaGuardia has the worst mass transit access of any of New York’s major airports, calling it a top complaint of passengers and airlines alike. But he also said the MTA proposal does not yet go far enough. He wants more and better signs at the airport and both rail hubs. And he reiterated the alliance’s contention that the line should be a free shuttle. “Adding more service to the Q70 is a positive step, but until the MTA and Port Authority stop making the service the best kept secret at the airports and instead make it a free, well-branded, shuttle, it won’t achieve its real potential as a true quality transportaQ tion option.”

Covenants can now be recorded with city Vallone, Department of Finance come to an agreement on process by Anthony O’Reilly

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Homeowners and civic associations will now be able to record restrictive cove na nt s placed on prop er t ies throughout the city following an agreement reached by Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) and the Department of Finance. “Prior to the creation of this process, there has never been any progress on preserving restrictive covenants either by elected officials or previous administrations. We took the community’s long standing battle to City Hall and delivered exactly what we said we would,” Vallone said in a statement announcing the agreement. “Now the city will immediately recognize any newly filed restrictive covenants and allow every property owner, interested party, civic or homeowner association, the right to record and preserve them.” The new process for making the

covenants — a clause that restricts certain construction on properties in historic communities such as BroadwayFlushing and Douglas Manor — is twofold. First, a new, specific deed document is recorded with the DOF at the time of sale or when property ownership is transferred, thereby making it easier to search for covenants. Secondly, the DOF will allow anyone to record an existing covenant with the newly created “Notice of Homeowner Association Restrictive Covenants” form. Once filed, the document notifies the public of restrictions on a house and will also be available on ACRIS, a database that allows people to view real estate transaction records. In Broadway-Flushing, the issue of covenants has been fought over as developers purchase historic houses in the area and replace them with large

box-like structures. Some of the houses have restrictions on them and the Broadway-Flushing Homeow ners Association has sought to uphold those in court several times. “The Broadway-Flushing Homeow ne r s’ A s so ciat ion g r at ef u l ly acknowledges the efforts by Councilmember Paul Vallone to enable the city of New York to acknowledge the existence and validity of restrictive covenants,” Robert Hanophy, the association’s president, said in a statement issued by the councilman’s office. “For the first time, homeowner associations will be able to provide the Department of Finance with pertinent information, and the public will be able to access the information on ACRIS.” Vallone also has a bill that would allow for the Department of Buildings to register the restrictions. That bill is in front of the Committee on Housing Q and Buildings.

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from the city. The precinct does have a satellite station near the Long Island Rail Road’s Rosedale station, but civic groups and Community Board 13 have regularly called for a full precinct — which likely would be called the 116th — to be created from the southern portion of the 105th. “The satellite precinct ... is not enough to help alleviate the burden on officers who are spread too thin,” Richards wrote. A 116th Precinct annually tops the list of budget requests from Community Board 13. When some board members last year suggested that something with a better chance of getting money be placed in the top position, CB 13 Chairman Bryan Block refused to be moved, saying with the backing of the board majority that lowering a new precinct’s priority is exactly the wrong message to send to city and police officials. A spokesman for Borough President Melinda Katz said Tuesday that she also is not wavering. “The Borough President and the Borough Board remain supportive of the proposal for the creation of a 116th Precinct,” the spokesman said in an email. “It also was a topic of discussion when Borough President Katz met with [NYPD] Commissioner [Bill] Bratton last month.” Richards believes that in the immediate future, the NYPD should extend the operations of the satellite station to 24 hours a day, with the commensurate increase in staffing and resources. Emails sent to the Mayor’s Office and the NYPD were not returned as of Q Wednesday’s press deadline.

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Councilman Donovan Richards is renewing the call to Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD to replace the 105th Precinct Satellite station in Rosedale, above, with a new precinct, saying the existing PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON 105th, the largest in area in the city, is spread too thin.

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Upping security at Catholic schools Some excited to see new law that helps protect their students by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The City Council late last year passed a law that it hopes will prevent every parent’s worst nightmare. The law, which only had four detractors, reimburses private and parochial schools with at least 300 students that provides private, state-licensed, security guards. Leaders at Catholic schools, one of the major beneficiaries of the law that will go into effect on April 1, expressed exc it e me nt fo r t h e n ew funding. “Any time you have the city come in and help the taxpayers in making sure their kids are safe, it’s always a benefit,” Anthony Como, treasurer of Christ the King’s board of directors, said. For some, like Christ the King, it’s an opportunity to amp up the security already at the school. “We already employ security for the outside to either help the girls if they have a concern or direct them to a train,” Sister Kathleen McKinney, principal at The Mary Louis Academy, said. “But we have nobody on the inside. Naturally, we would take advantage of anything like that.” Como and McKinney said they’re waiting to ERIA AV N

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see a list of companies the city will allow the school to hire security guards from. Lynn Alaimo, principal at St. Gregory the Great School in Bellerose, wasn’t sure her school qualified until reached by the Queens Chronicle. “With the climate nowadays, I think more and more schools are looking for safety options,” Alaimo said. “Being able to have a private security guard is something that most Catholic schools probably wouldn’t be able to afford on their own.” Unlike Christ the King and The Mary Louis Academy, St. Gregory does not have security patrolling the outside of the school. “We have a buzzer system and closed circuit cameras,” the principal said. “We have not had any incidents. But I’m sure having a security guard would make some of our parents more at ease.” McKinney said she, too, has not had any unfortunate incidents at the school. “We keep the doors locked and we have our own maintenance supervisor around,” she said. “We have been very fortunate.” Councilman David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn), the prime sponsor of the law, was inspired

to introduce it following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012 — but some see the $20 million in spending, which also applies to secular private schools, as an unconstitutional breach of separation of church and state. Como disagrees with them. “All of the Catholic school parents pay taxes,” he said.

He also hopes it’s only one step the city takes to protect children at private schools. “We’ve seen in other states, they’ve put in serious money for security systems, antiterror plans and devices,” he said. “We’ve s e e n i t w i t h c o m p a n i e s t h a t h ave approached us. I hope the city continues to Q protect our children.”

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Ave Maria Catholic Academy, Howard Beach Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy, Bayside Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy, Richmond Hill Immaculate Conception School, Astoria Incarnation School, Queens Village Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy, Flushing Notre Dame Catholic Academy of Ridgewood Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School, Bayside Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Academy, Queens Village Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy, Forest Hills Sacred Heart Catholic Academy, Cambria Heights Sacred Heart School, East Glendale Sacred Heart School, Bayside St. Camillus Catholic Academy, Rockaway Beach St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy, Ozone Park St. Francis of Assisi School, Astoria St. Helen Catholic Academy, Howard Beach St. Joseph Catholic Academy, Long Island City St. Kevin Catholic Academy, Flushing St. Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic Academy, Ozone Park St. Mel Catholic Academy, Flushing St. Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Academy, Jamaica St. Sebastian School, Woodside St. Stanislaus Kostka School, Maspeth St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy, Woodhaven Sts. Joachim and Anne School, Queens Village

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Catholic schools: frequently asked questions

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We are focused on educa ng the whole child through: ➤ Faith Forma on:

Daily prayer and spiritual development, complete sacramental program for First Penance, First Communion and Conﬁrma on, First Friday Mass, prayer services and community service projects.

➤ Rigorous Academics:

➤ Specialized Programs: Full-day UPK, “Mom and

OPEN HOUSE Thursday, January 28th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Sunday, January 31st from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm St. Helen Catholic Academy is Accredited by the Middle States Associa on of Colleges and Schools in partnership with: Fordham University, St. Francis College, St. John’s University and Yale University.

Me” for ages 1½ - 2½, a erschool extracurricular ac vi es, training in music and art, band, chess, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin and CYO sports.

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QUEENS CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Ave Maria Catholic Academy, 158-20 101 St., Howard Beach, (718) 848-7440 Divine Mercy Catholic Academy, 101-60 92 St., Ozone Park, (718) 845-3074 Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy, 45-11 245 St., Douglaston, (718) 631-3153 and 56-10 214 St., Bayside, (718) 225-8795 Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy, 111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, (718) 849-3988 Holy Family Catholic Academy, 74-15 175 St., Fresh Meadows, (718) 969-2124 Holy Trinity Catholic Academy, 14-45 143 St., Whitestone, (718) 746-1479 Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, 21-63 29 St., Astoria, (718) 728-1969 Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy, Jamaica Estates, 179-14 Dalny Road, Jamaica, (718) 739-5933 Incarnation School, 89-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Queens Village, (718) 465-5066 Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy, 136-58 41 Ave., Flushing, (718) 961-0246 Notre Dame Catholic Academy of Ridgewood, 62-22 61 St., Ridgewood, (718) 821-2221 Our Lady’s Catholic Academy, 125-18 Rockaway Blvd. (Rockaway Campus), South Ozone Park, (718) 641-0212 and 109-55 128 St., (128th Street Campus) South Ozone Park, (718) 641-1316 Our Lady of Fatima School, 25-38 80 St., Jackson Heights, (718) 429-7031 Our Lady of Hope School, 61-21 71 St., Middle Village, (718) 458-3535 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Academy, 92-80 220 St., Queens Village, (718) 464-1480 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy, 70-25 Kessel St., Forest Hills, (718) 793-2086

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy, 111-10 115 St., South Ozone Park, (718) 843-4184 Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy, 35-34 105 St., Corona, (718) 426-5517 Our Lady of the Angelus Catholic Academy, 98-05 63 Drive, Rego Park, (718) 896-7220 Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School, 34-45 202 St., Bayside, (718) 229-4434 Our Lady of the Snows School, 79-33 258 St., Floral Park, (718) 343-1346 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy, 72-55 Austin St., Forest Hills, (718) 263-2622 Resurrection-Ascension School, 85-25 61 Road, Rego Park, (718) 426-4963 Sacred Heart Catholic Adademy, 115-50 221 St., Cambria Heights, (718) 257-0123 Sacred Heart School, 216-01 38 Ave., Bayside, (718) 631-4804 Sacred Heart School, 84-05 78 Ave., East Glendale, (718) 456-6636 St. Adalbert School, 52-17 83 St., Elmhurst, (718) 424-2376 St. Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy, 35-50 158 St., Flushing, (718) 359-7887 St. Bartholomew Catholic Academy, 44-15 Judge St., Elmhurst, (718) 446-7575 St. Camillus Catholic Academy, 185 Beach 99 St., Rockaway Beach, (718) 634-5260 St. Clare Catholic Academy, 137-25 Brookville Boulevard, Rosedale, (718) 528-7174 St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy, 94-01 85 St., Ozone Park, (718) 641-6990 St. Francis de Sales Catholic Academy, 219 Beach 129 St., Belle Harbor, (718) 634-2775 St. Francis of Assisi School, 21-18 46 St., Astoria, (718) 726-9405 St. Gregory the Great School, 244-44 87 Ave., Bellerose, (718) 343-5053

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St. Helen Catholic Academy, 83-09 157 Ave., Howard Beach, (718) 835-4155 St. Joan of Arc School, 35-27 82 St., Jackson Heights, (718) 639-9020 St. Joseph Catholic Academy, 28-46 44 St., LIC, (718) 728-0724 St. Kevin Catholic Academy, 45-50 195 St., Flushing, (718) 357-8110 St. Leo Catholic Academy, 104-19 49 Ave., Corona, (718) 592-7050 St . Lu ke S cho ol , 16 - 01 150 Pl a c e, W h it e s t o ne, (718) 746 -3833 St. Margaret School, 66-10 80 St., Middle Village, (718) 326-0922 St. Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic Academy, 104-06 101 Ave., Ozone Park, (718) 846-0689 St. Matthias School, 58-25 Catalpa Ave., Ridgewood, (718) 381-8003 St. Mel Catholic Academy, 154-24 26 Ave., Flushing, (718) 539-8211 St. Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Academy, 80-22 Parsons Boulevard, Jamaica, (718) 380-1900 St. Pancras School, 68-20 Myr tle Ave., Glendale, (718) 821-6721 St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy, 154 Beach 84 St., Rockaway Beach, (718) 474-7079 S t . S e b a s t i a n S c h o o l , 39 -76 58 S t ., Wo o d s id e , (718) 429-1982 St. Stanislaus Kostka School, 61-17 Grand Ave., Maspeth, (718) 326-1585 St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy, 87-49 87 St., Woodhaven, (718) 847-3904 Saints Joachim and Anne School, 218-19 105 Ave., Queens Village, (718) 465-2230 Information courtesy Catholic Academy and School Guide 2015-2016

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Cardozo ready for yet another city title run Elite Bayside hoops team tops Christ the King in biggest win this season by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

It’s looking like the road to the Public School Athletic League’s city basketball championship will, for the third straight year, run through Cardozo High School. And as Middle Village powerhouse Christ the King found out the hard way last Friday, the Judges are going to be a tough opponent for anyone in the city to take on. A buzzer-beating alley-oop layup from Monmouth signee Ray Salnave to fellow senior Aaron Walker gave Cardozo a 67-65 victory over the Royals in Bayside, capping off a wild game between two of the city’s best squads that saw six lead changes in the final four minutes alone. With five seconds left and the game tied at 65, Salnave stole the ball from Christ the King’s Tyson Walker and sprinted down the court. He was stripped as he attempted a layup to beat the final horn, but the officials put one second back on the clock, setting up his baseline inbounds pass to his teammate. Aaron Walker penetrated from the left wing, soared over Royals guard Tracy Cleckley and tipped the ball in with his right hand, sending the Judges bench and cheerleading squad storming onto the court to celebrate. “In the huddle, coach [Ron Naclerio] was asking everyone who’s guarding you,” Walk-

Cardozo star Ray Salnave, far left, and his teammates celebrate after the Judges knocked off Christ the King in dramatic fashion last Friday. The Bayside school is looking to do even more celebrating this year, as the program has another city title in its sights. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA er said after his teammates doused him with bottles of water. “The shortest guy was guarding me and I’m pretty athletic. He told him to put it up there and for me to get it.” Cardozo’s buzzer-beating knockout of the Catholic High School Athletic Association three-time defending city champion was the biggest win of the season so far for the 16-1 Judges, who came into the game ranked 19th

nationally by USA Today. After defeating Brooklyn’s Thomas Jefferson High School to win the 2014 PSAL city title, Cardozo lost a heartbreaker to Wings Academy of the Bronx in last year’s championship contest. And that sour taste left in their mouths last March is what’s driving them to get over the hump in 2016. “Our goal is do what we did two years

ago,” said Cardozo coach Ron Naclerio, whose 723rd career win in December broke the PSAL record for coaching victories. “We have a chance because we have a lot of pieces. Imagine if Ray, Aaron and Tareq [Coburn] are all on at the same time?” Salnave added that playing powerhouses like Christ the King “brings out the best” in the Judges, and such a victory over the Royals proves they deserve to be seen as one of the championship favorites this year “These last couple minutes, we fought our hardest, played together and gritted it out,” said Salnave, one of the best seniors in the city. “As long as we come out like that every game and play together, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be in that discussion.” To reach the PSAL title game for the third straight season, Thomas Jefferson, Wings Academy as well as borough rivals like the High School for Construction and the Queens High School of Teaching stand in their way. But Walker, who holds scholarship offers from Fordham and Manhattan, knows Cardozo has all the pieces in place to make another deep playoff run. “I definitely believe that,” he said, when asked if Cardozo was good enough to add another banner to the walls of the gym. “At the end of the year, we want to win the city Q championship. That’s always our goal.”

SJU alum becomes a pro football pioneer Kathryn Smith is the first female to earn a full-time coaching position by Christopher Barca

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When Matt Abdelmassih first met Kathryn Smith during their freshman year at St. John’s in 2003, he had little idea she would eventually become a pioneer for all women in the sports world to look up to. But one thing that was obvious from the start was that his fellow Red Storm men’s basketball team manager had a remarkable drive to be great. “She’s got that blue collar mentality,” Abdelmassih, now one of the basketball team’s assistant coaches and top recruiters, told the Chronicle in a phone interview on Wednesday. The 30-year-old Smith made sports history last Thursday, becoming the first female full-time coach in the history of the NFL. After serving as the administrative assistant to the head coach with the Buffalo Bills last season, Smith was promoted to the role of quality control-special teams coach, where she will work with the franchise’s field goal, punt and kickoff units during practices and games. Before being hired by the Bills in 2015, she spent 12 seasons as a gameday intern, a college scouting intern and a player personnel assistant with the New York Jets, with most of that time spent working under former head coach Rex Ryan, now the head man in Buffalo. “Kathryn Smith has done an outstanding job in the seven years she has worked with our staff,” Ryan said in a statement. “She certainly deserves this promotion based on her knowledge and strong commit-

ment, just to name a couple of her outstanding qualities.” It’s her commitment that Abdelmassih said drew everyone to Smith during her four years alongside him as a men’s basketball manager at the Jamaica university. “There’s nothing but commitment there,” he said. “Every day she showed up ready to do whatever to help the program and that’s what she did.” A native of DeWitt, NY, Smith was a three-sport star at Syracuse high school Christian Brothers Academy, excelling as a member of the bowling, swimming and lacrosse teams. But her interest in football was piqued when she began keeping statistics for the school’s football team with her father. During her freshman year at St. John’s, the Jets hired her as a gameday intern and 13 years later, Smith is still just as excited to work her way up the ladder now as she was in 2007 when she graduated from the Jamaica school with a bachelor’s degree in sports management. “It’s really just been an amazing opportunity more than anything,” Smith told a Buffalo radio station last week. “Obviously, you want to grow your role. You want to go into the next thing. It’s an entry-level coaching position and I’m going to start here on the coaching track and go from here.” Smith’s hiring comes nine months after the Arizona Cardinals hired coaching intern Jen Welter to instruct the team’s linebackers during training Q camp last summer.

St. John’s graduate Kathryn Smith became the first female full-time NFL coach last Thursday when the Buffalo Bills promoted her from administrative assistant to quality-control special teams coach last Thursday. PHOTO COURTESY BUFFALO BILLS

ARTS, CULTURE C & LIVING IVING

by Cristina Schreil

Sunnyside salsa shows swing at full speed

faster, faster, you know? Then it became popular to dance it at a faster pace.” This energy seems to have permeated the show as well. Eighteen dancers, all in their 20s, make up the Cali Salsa Pal’Mundo company. Many started out in the company’s connected school. Last June, Thalia worked with the company, led by former members of the National Ballet of Salsa de Colombia Jhonathan Ramos and Vivian Reyes, in a series of free community performances held in the nearby Lance Corporal Thomas P. Noonan Playground. Working with them is part of the theater’s mission to present new Hispanic talent, Orrios said. “It’s almost acrobatic, it’s really an amazing rhythm,” Orrios said of the Colombian style — which is grounded in the western city of Cali. He added that audience members might be compelled to move and groove along in their seats: “You cannot be just still watching.” continued 41 Continuedononpage page

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Put your books away — this is not a typical history lesson. For three weeks in February, the Thalia Hispanic Theatre in Sunnyside will present the premiere show surveying all things salsa music, fusing dance, live music, authentic costumes, history and geography. Think of it as a cultural tour and musical timeline in one. The show, performed by the Jackson Heights-based Colombian Dance Company Cali Salsa Pal’Mundo, first charts the art form’s origins in Cuba, then tracks it to Puerto Rico and New York City, and ends up in present-day Colombia. There, salsa has evolved to be faster, almost as if a DJ had sped up the tempo on a track, as Thalia Artistic Director Angel Gil Orrios described it. “Because for them it was like the rhythm — the Cuban, Puerto Rican [styles] — it was too slow for them,” Orrios said of the music style upon its gaining popularity in Colombia. He added with a laugh, “They really wanted

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “Connected Worlds,” interactive exhibit exploring the interconnectedness of different environments — jungle, desert, wetlands, mountain valley, reservoir, and plains — and the impact individual and collective actions have on them. New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Weekdays, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., weekends, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Last session starts 1/2 hour before closing time. Free with admission: $15; $12 children, students, seniors. Info: (718) 6990005, nysci.org.

Saturday night dance, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., Jan. 30, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. $8 members, $10 nonmembers. Call: (718) 478-3100. Rego Park Jewish Center Bingo, Tues., Feb. 2, 97-30 Queens Blvd. Doors open at 6 p.m., early game at 7 p.m., regular games at 7:15 p.m., $4 includes 12 games. Cash prizes, everyone 18 and over. Info: (718) 459-1000.

“Art in the Garden: Closing Reception and Walk with Mayen.” Join artist Mayen Alcantara on a walk through the Garden and enjoy one last look at her site-specific exhibit for QBG. Sun., Jan. 31, 2-4 p.m. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free. Info: queensbotanical.org. Black History Month “WEUSI.com,” Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, works by WEUSI Artist Collective members, reminiscent of the Black Arts Movement and highlighting the relevance of AfricanAmerican imagery in a contemporary context. 16104 Jamaica Ave. Feb. 5-Mar. 24. Opening reception: Fri., Feb. 19, 6-8 p.m. Free. Contact: Roseann Evans (718) 658-7400, revans@jcal.org The Reanimation Library. Artist and librarian Andrew Beccone answers questions about this functioning research library and interactive exhibit highlighting visual information. Every Sat. thru Feb. 27, 12-5:30 p.m. Open to public. Queens Museum, Studio 5, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. “Catalyst,” new projects by Meredith James, Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Casey Tang. Looks at how personal and cultural forces form narratives. Thru Feb. 28. Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 adults, $4 students, free under 12. Info: queensmuseum.org.

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ASPCA Mobile Adoption Event, Sat., Jan. 30, 1-5 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria; in front of the main entrance. In conjunction with Lil BUB’s visit and the exhibition “How Cats Took Over the Internet.” Read ASPCA’s adoption requirements to come prepared. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

“The World of Anomalisa,” screening and display of puppets and sets from Golden Globe-nominated film. Thru Mar. 27. “Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact,” exploring Hollywood movies as contemporary art. Thru Apr. 10. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12 adults, $9 seniors and students, $3 kids 3-12. Info: movingimage.us. “Hotter Than That — 90 Years of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five” celebrates the jazz great’s landmark 1925 recordings — the first records created under Armstrong’s name. Thru Oct. Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107 St., Corona. $10 adults, $7 seniors, students and children, free to LAHM members and children under 4. Info: (718) 4788274, LouisArmstrongHouse.org.

THEATRE “Pirate Pete’s Parrot: A High-Seas Adventure for Kids and Adults (without the scurvy).” The Secret Children’s Theatre promises music, mischief and a

Annual pancake breakfast, Glendale United Methodist Church. Sat., Feb. 6, 7:30 a.m.-noon. 6614 Central Ave. Menu includes pancakes, sausage, cake, coffee, tea, juice. $7. Info: (718) 821-7882.

The “Connected Worlds” exhibit at the New York Hall of Science lets visitors see how their gestures, movements and decisions impact various environments via digital projections that PHOTO COURTESY NYSCI sense movement. boatload of laughs; watch as Pirate Pete, a lovable rogue, and his crew embark on a song-filled journey to find his runaway parrot. Sat., Jan. 30 and every other Sat., 2 p.m. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $10 children, $15 adults, $40 family 4-pack. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

MUSIC Twilight concert, Con Brio Ensemble performs works by Romantic composers. Sun., Feb. 14, 4:30 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $12 pp, $10 students and seniors. Info: (718) 459-1277.

FILM “Deli Man,” documentary about the history of delicatessens in the United States. Sun., Feb. 7, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Movies series, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. $10. Contact: (718) 459-1000, rpjc.org.

AUDITIONS The Melodians, spring 2016 season auditions. Mon., Feb. 1 and 8, 1-3 p.m. Austin St. Senior Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. Bring music if available, accompanist is available for you. Info: Lena (718) 592-0178 or David (718) 275-0244. QC Choral Society is looking for new members for its 75th anniversay year to perform Verdi’s “Requiem.” Auditions Wed. Feb. 3 and 10, 6-7:15 p.m. Queens College Music Building, room 246, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Rehearsals every Wed., 7:30-9:45 p.m. Info: Music Director James John (718) 997-3818, qcchoralsociety.org.

Community Singers of Queens is looking for new members for their Spring Concert. Rehersals every Mon., 7:30 p.m. Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165 St., Flushing. Call: Ruth Amsterdam (718) 658-1021.

KIDS/TEENS Kids events at Alley Pond Environmental Center: “Winter Survivor Young Discoverers Club,” Sat., Jan. 30, 10:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. $25 for 8- to 12-year-olds. How do animals survive? Limited to eight participants. “Nature Detectives,” Sat., Jan. 30, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $23 for 5- to 6 year-olds. APEC, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Pre-registration required for all events. Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. WORKS Little League: Register for 2016 spring baseball, boys and girls ages 4-16, at 84-01 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, 6:30-8:30 p.m. on: Thurs., Jan. 28, Fri., Feb. 5 and additional dates later. Special needs children welcome. Bring copy of child’s birth certificate and proof of residency with ZIP code. Fee $100, includes uniform. Info: (718) 847-9633, eteamz.com/works. Kids’ art classes, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, 35-35 St., Astoria. For ages 8-16, every Tues. and Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Free.Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

COMMUNITY ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, all begin at 7 a.m. Sun., Jan. 31: 71-08 Kissena Blvd., Kew Gardens Hills; Fri., Feb. 5: 21-11 Broadway at corner of 21 St., Rite Aid Shopping Center, Astoria. Info: petlanddiscounts.com.

Richmond Hill Bingo. Every night (except Tues.), 6:30 p.m. Also every Wed., Thurs. and Sat., 11 a.m. 117-09 Hillside Ave. Great cash prizes daily. Must be 18 or over to play. Info: (718) 847-1418. “Great Thinkers: Jews and Non-Jews” discussion, Queens Community for Cultural Judaism. Sat., Feb. 6, 1 p.m. Congregation of UUCQ, 147-54 Ash Ave. at 149th St., Flushing. Refreshments and firsttime guests free. Info: Rabbi Klein (718) 380-5362.

CLASSES Italian cooking class, Wed., Feb. 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, $20 adults, pre-registration required. Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. Secret Theatre’s Academy of Dramatic Arts offers acting and musical theater classes to kids and teens, including junior drama (ages 6-10), senior drama (ages 11-16) and musical theatre with Mary Lauren (ages 7-17). Classes end in a final showcase to display the students’ new skills and talents. Semester starts Sat., Feb. 6. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com. “Open Studio: Working with Color,” a drop-in program, encourages families to explore the galleries and make art in response to their experiences. No registration required. Every 1st Sun. of month. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. Info: noguchi.org. Modern Dance at Green Space, by Valerie Green and the principles of body/mind fitness. Thru May 31. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St. #301, Long Island City. Prices vary. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org. Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 969-1128. continued on on page page 42 00 continued

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‘Black Royals’ pay a visit at JCAL by Etta Badoe

birth to 13 children, all of whom married royalty. She was also grandmother to Queen Victoria. A teaching exhibit poses the tantalizing question — She was an accomplished musician, who was taught by were black royals living in plain sight amongst European Johann Sebastian Bach, and botanist. She was also a aristocracy? patron of the arts. The Black Royals exhibit, which will arrive at the JamaiThe city of Charlotte, NC was named for her, as was ca Center for Arts & Learning in February as part of Black the South African flower the Strelitzia Reginae. Charlotte History Month, “represents African Russe, a dessert made of white cake influence,” says Roseann Evans, and cream, which was a popular director of development at JCAL, treat on New York streets before the and explores “those who were Afri1950s, was likely named for her. can Royalt y or lineage through But it is her connection to what When: Feb. 1 - March 31 Europe” like Queen Sophia Charlotte historian Mario de Valdes y Cocom Where: Jamaica Center of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Queen called “the black branch of the Porfor Arts & Learning, Philippa of Hainault. tuguese Royal House” and Margari153-10 Jamaica Ave., The exhibit is on loan from the ta de Castro y Sousa that has creatJamaica African American Museum of Nased the intrigue about her lineage. Website: jcal.org sau County. It consists of panels Margarita was the descendant of Entry: Free compiled by Joysetta Pearse, execuAlonso III, king of Portugal, and his tive director of the museum, with mistress Madragana Ben Aloandro, works by artist Fatimah White. who may have b een a M oor, “We had heard about Charlotte from J.A. Rogers,” although the claim has been disputed. Six different lines Pearse said, referring to the Island of Jamaica-born histo- can be traced from Charlotte to Margarita. rian Joel Augustus Rogers. “We decided to do some In his memoirs Baron Stockmar, physician to Queen research on that” Charlotte’s son-in-law, left another clue, referring to the Known as the “Grandmother of European Royalty,” queen as having “a true mulatto face.” Charlotte was born on May 19, 1744 and died Nov. 17, Artist and outspoken abolitionist Sir Allan Ramsay, who 1818. The queen consort of King George III, she gave continued on page 43 qboro contributor

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The Night Market was a popular attraction last year. Saturday it was open. This year it will again be open from 6 p.m. to midnight and include a $5 price limit on all food items. “I tried to make the Night Market as accessible and affordable as possible for our visitors, which meant making it as accessible and affordable as possible for vendors,”

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Wang said in announcing its return. “The focus has always been on community, inclusiveness, and diversity, and I tried to cultivate that every step of the way.” Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Mayor de Blasio both voiced their support for the Night Market in statements

included in the announcement. “Only in Queens will you find the Queens International Night Market, modeled after the popular open-air night markets of Asia, which debuted here last year,” Katz said. “Thanks to the vision and perseverance of entrepreneur John Wang, locals and visitors can enjoy the city’s best tater twists, takoyaki and scallion pancake rolls at the Night Market every Saturday night in the summer months.” De Blasio said, “The Queens International Night Market is an opportunity to celebrate the incredible diversity of the borough of Queens and the rest of New York City. This exciting event allows New Yorkers to experience flavors and cultures from around the world, right in their backyard, and to support their neighbors and local businesses — uniting people across all cultural spectrums.” Before the Night Market launches again, Wang hopes to co-produce a series of free small-business seminars open to potential vendors as well as anyone generally interested in starting a business of any kind. For details, including how to become a vendor, visit queensnightmarket.com or email vendor@queensnightmarket.com. Q

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other musical styles that sprang from the Thalia, a bilingual theater, is now in its same sources, such as meringue. Expec t many cos tume changes 38th season and has put on upwards of 200 productions, spanning musical works throughout the course of the show. to dance presentations to plays with per- Dancers will sport the traditional white formances in both English and Spanish. guayaberas from the Caribbean and the But this is the first time Thalia is hosting vividly colorful clothes associated with salsa performances today in Colombia. a show solely dedicated to salsa. Even if you weren’t Organizers of the ra ised in a home production look to that listened to revea l t he myr iad salsa music regularinfluences on salsa, ly, audience memWhen: Feb. 5-21; Fridays f r o m t h e D a n zó n bers can expect to and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; national dance in Cuba hear familiar salsa Sundays, 4 p.m. and its corresponding tunes — the “most Son Cubano music — Where: Thalia Hispanic Theatre, important hits” of what many regard as 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., the genre, as Orrios the seed from which Sunnyside described them — salsa as we know it Tickets: $40; $37 students, seniors among the 27 musigrew — to mambo, to (718) 729-3880, cal numbers. Four cha-cha, to styles and thaliatheatre.org. musicians will play a hits that were popular live score. in the 1990s. When Orrios said audithe production's lens swings over to New York City, expect the ence members should expect to feel transexploration to include the Nuyorican move- ported not only through infectious rhythms ment that popped up in several areas of the and the energizing music; there will be city. Audience members will also discover projections of images from the peoples

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continued from page 39 painted Charlotte’s coronation portrait, allegedly used the opportunity to emphasize her African features and coloring, unlike other artists of the day. Ramsay was married to the niece of Lord Mansfield, who was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in England and uncle by marriage to a black aristocrat, Dido Elizabeth Belle. Four hundred years earlier, the Most Royal Queen Consort of England and beloved wife of Edward III, Philippa of Hainault, was born on June 24, 1314. She was described as having “not uncomely hair betwixt blue-black and brown,” dark eyes, a smooth, broad nose and nostrils, full lips and brown skin. That led many to believe she was of African descent. She was the daughter of the Count of Hainault in what is now known as Belgium, an area once ruled by Moorish tribes. An image of Philippa used as part of the exhibit has been the subject of controversy. “What it shows is a painting of a person supposed to be Queen Philippa,” says Philippa Karteron, whose company, Galleria Noire, is underwriting the exhibit. “What it shows is the artist has been asked to paint the person with lighter skin and you can see the difference between where her gloves are and where the dress is. The

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skin tones don’t match.” Philippa was well-liked, a patron of the arts and regarded as a capable regent in her husband’s absence. She gave birth to 13 children, nine of whom survived. One, Prince Edward, commonly was known as the Black Prince because of the armor he wore, although he was also called “Le Noir” by the French as a small child, perhaps in reference to his complexion. Philippa died Aug. 15, 1369. Black Royals will run from Feb. 1 until March 31. For more information visit the Q JCAL website at jcal.org.

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6943 CENTRAL AVENUE LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/16/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 69-43 Central Avenue, Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of 82-18 Parsons Blvd., LLC Cert. of LLC filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Oct. 16, 2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 82-18 Parsons Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful activity.

F.R.M.F. 37TH Avenue 2 Family Limited Partnership, a foreign LP filed with the SSNY on 12/16/15. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LP may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, 95-13 120 Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11419. General purposes.

ABACUS ACQUISITIONS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/10/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 57-23 223rd St., Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a Hotel Liquor license, #TBA has been applied for by Granite Queens Plaza LLC d/b/a Courtyard Long Island City/Manhattan View to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a Hotel. For on-premises consumption under the ABC Law at 2911 Queens Plaza North Long Island City, NY 11101.

BASILE I LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 89-10 130th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Green Acre 10615 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/12/15. Office location: Queens County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to 69-07 Little Neck Pkwy, Glen Oaks, NY 11004. Purpose: any lawful activity.

BASILE II LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 89-20 130th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Hit That Juice LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15. Office location: Queens C o u n t y. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 45-57 172nd St., Flushing, NY 11358. General purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 104-31 205TH STREET SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 Block: 10908 Lot: 42 INDEX NO. 702849/2015 JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN FOWLER AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BESSIE FOWLER; RUTH MAE FOWLER AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BESSIE FOWLER; MARY FOWLER AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BESSIE FOWLER; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; DISCOVER BANK; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $625,500.00 and interest, recorded on February 10, 2009, at CRFN 2009000039148, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 104-31 205TH STREET SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 31, 2015 RAS BORISKIN, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff BY: THOMAS ZEGARELLI, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: C&L EMPIRE 168 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/04/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC 140-19 58TH RD FLUSHING, NY 11355. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Jeds Global LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 540 Bergen Blvd, Palisades Park, NJ 07650. Purpose: General.

Notice of formation of JING’S REALTY LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/8/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 39-49 48th Ave., Fl. 3, Sunnyside, NY 11104. Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 01/13/16, bearing Index Number NC-00092615/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) KAM YU (Last) LO. My present name is (First) KAM YU (Last) KONG LO, AKA KAM YU LO. My present address is 45-15 215th Street, Bayside, NY 11361-3339. My place of birth is CHINA, NY. My date of birth is January 21, 1973.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Block: 12547 Lot: 14 Mortgaged Premises: 176-25 133rd Road, Jamaica, New York 11434 INDEX NO. 706082/2015 ONEWEST BANK N.A., Plaintiff, vs. THE HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF LEROY G. BISHOP; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; MIGNON SMITH, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF LEROY G. BISHOP; BERYL BRAFF, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF ESTATE OF LEROY G. BISHOP; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BENEFICIAL FINANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.; BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $544,185.00 and interest, recorded on July 26, 2007, at CRFN 2007000444774, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 176-25 133RD ROAD, JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11434. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: 8/11/2015 RAS BORISKIN, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff BY: THOMAS ZEGARELLI, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: LIT TLE VIOLET LLC. Articles of Organization (DOM L LC ) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/22/2015. 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 C/O Christopher Tang, 72-36 Austin Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

LONG SUN INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State ( S SN Y ) on 03 / 23 / 2015. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LI GUOSHENG, 40-26 COLLEGE POINT BLVD., PH1F, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: N HOME, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/05/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 89-12 Cooper Ave., Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

TFSE HOLDINGS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/9/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 25-32 168 St Ste. 4 Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

UNITAX CONSULTING LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/8/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 136-11 38th Ave Ste. 2A Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of 215-03 REALTY LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/6/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 21503 Jamaica Ave., Queens Village, NY 11428. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

TINAANDREW LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/03/14. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 138 Sussex Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of W 242 LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/09/2015. Office located in Queens count y. SSN Y has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: Ridgewood Realty Group LLC, 451 Seneca Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.

Sherpa Partners LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/14/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be ser ved. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Sherpa Partners LLC, 5035 41st Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Unit C5 LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/9/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, c/o Wang, Two Bay Club, Apt. 18W, Bayside, NY 11360. General purpose.

Notice of formation of W Equities 991 GP LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/16/2015. Office located in Queens county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: Ridgewood Realty Group LLC, 451 Seneca Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.

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Legal Notices Notice of formation of Wochen Engineering, PLLC filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 69-09 108th St., #508, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/12/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000753-15/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) YOONAH (Middle) JOANN (Last) PARK. My present name is (First) JOANN (Middle) YOONAH (Last) PARK, AKA YOONAH PARK (infant). My present address is 3226 201st Street, Bayside, NY 11361-1016. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is September 09, 2011.

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RM WARNING by Christopher Barca

Mets will retire Mike Piazza’s number 31

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Ceremony to occur July 30 at Citi Field by Christopher Barca Mets fans unable to make the trek to Cooperstown, NY to see Mike Piazza take his rightful place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in July will still have a chance to thank the legendary catcher for his contributions to the franchise in person this season. The Amazin’s announced on Monday that they will retire Piazza’s No. 31 jersey during a pregame ceremony on Saturday, July 30 before the Mets play the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. The honoring of the catcher will be a weekend affair, as the game before, the Mets will be giving away replica Piazza jerseys to fans while July 31 will be Piazza bobblehead day. The Hall of Famer spent eight seasons in Queens, swatting 220 home runs, making six All-Star teams and leading the Mets to the 2000 National League pennant. As a result, he will join pitcher Tom Seaver and managers Casey Stengal and Gil Hodges as the only Mets to have their

numbers retired by the organization. “It is such a tremendous honor to have my number retired alongside the great Tom Seaver,” Piazza said in a statement. “My time as a Met was truly special.” “We are truly thrilled to honor Mike by retiring his number during a weekend-long celebration recognizing his incredible career,” Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon said in a statement. “His offensive prowess, ability to deliver in the clutch and tireless work ethic helped him become one of the great catchers of all time.” Piazza broke into the majors in 1992 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and over his 16-year career with Los Angeles, New York, the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics, he batted .308 and slugged 427 home runs, most ever by a catcher. He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame alongside Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. on July 24. Piazza, who retired in 2007, will join Seaver as the only Mets player to be Q enshrined in Cooperstown.

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city tournament each of the last two seasons. His role on the team next season is to be determined, as Red Storm freshman point guard Federico Mussini should shift over to shooting guard while Marcus Lovett Jr. should serve as point guard in his first year of eligibility at St. John’s. But having a cold-blooded scorer coming off the bench is far from a bad thing, and I won’t be surprised if Ponds makes more than a few starts next year. “I guess I can set an example,” Ponds said when he committed to St. John’s last fall. “This is basically a dream come true. I always wanted to stay home and play in front of my family.” I don’t know about you, but hearing that from a Red Storm commit has to be music to the ears of anyone who works alongside or roots for the program. When it comes to the uncommitted Alvarado, the junior point guard has received offers from quality programs like St. John’s and Indiana in recent months thanks to his stellar play with the Royals. After playing sidekick to former Christ the King superstar Rawle Alkins — who has since transferred to Word of God Academy in North Carolina due to eligibility issues — for the last two years, Alvarado has taken over as the Royals’ leader. The three-time defending Catholic High School Athletic Association city champion Royals have stumbled at times this season, as their record sits at 11-5, but Alvarado has looked like a stud for most of the season. He’s averaging 17 points per game this year, but his biggest contributions come in the form of his intelligence and his defensive prowess, in addition to his awesome pregame dance moves. I’ve watched the three-point sniper play around a dozen times throughout his tenure at Christ the King — most recently last Friday’s loss to Cardozo — and there are few guards who can make the passes he makes or come up with a key steal like he can. While Ponds will arrive on campus in August, Alvarado is still a year away from potentially calling himself a Johnnie. And while the guard position figures to be a packed one at St. John’s in 2017, the Jamaica school could definitely use his skillset. The future is bright in Queens, even if the SJU’s skid has you thinking otherwise.

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Apparently I’m not good at making predictions. A s yo u m a y remember, I promised the St. John’s Red Storm’s ninegame losing streak wou ld e nd la s t weekend at home against Marquette, a team the Johnnies played tough on the road a few weeks earlier. Maybe Saturday’s blizzard, which forced a one-day postponement of the game, had an impact on the Red Storm. Maybe the relocation of the contest from Madison Square Garden to Carnesecca Arena did too? Who knows. I’ll admit. I was wrong. Once again, a late rally fell short and the Johnnies lost by six to the Golden Eagles. The losing streak now stands at 10, and Wednesday’s scheduled contest against Seton Hall, Sunday’s home game against Villanova and next Tuesday’s tilt on the road against Xavier are likely to lengthen the skid. I still have faith in the Johnnies. They’re in most of these games late. They play hard and together. The wins will come. But Chris Mullin talks constantly about how the program has to be built from the foundation up like a new house. So instead of talking about the Red Storm’s latest setback, this column will instead focus on one of the Johnnies’ newest building blocks and one potential key cog in the wheel. Like Mullin, Thomas Jefferson High School’s Shamorie Ponds and Christ the King’s Jose Alvarado are city kids ready to make an impact on the college level. Starting with the former, Ponds — a senior who committed to St. John’s last September — is known as a high-character kid who’s more interested in practicing than tweeting, and the Red Storm can always use more of those. On the court, he’s an electric scorer with a sweet jump shot, another thing St. John’s has been missing this year. Ranked 41st nationally in the Class of 2016, Ponds is averaging 29 points, six rebounds and six assists this season for his 11-1 Jefferson squad, a team that’s advanced to the semifinals of the Public School Athletic League

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Mets fans finally exhaled when their team reached a three-year, $75 million contract with outfielder Yoenis Cespedes just before Snowstorm Jonas hit. Cespedes has the right, however, to opt out of it at the end of the 2016 season. While the Mets are a stronger team with a healthy Cespedes, the Cuban slugger comes with his share of liabilities. He is very streaky as Mets fans discovered once the postseason began and his bat turned into a pumpkin. He also can be too nonchalant at times. If a catcher drops a third strike he will head back to the dugout instead of forcing a throw to first base. I was also troubled how he took his sweet time retrieving a ball that he booted in centerfield during Game 5 of the World Series. Cespedes cited the clubhouse atmosphere as a key factor in his willingness to compromise with the Mets while leaving a more lucrative and guaranteed deal on the table with the Washington Nationals. His fond feelings toward his teammates may be due to pitcher Noah Syndergaard, who took it upon himself to have a company make “Yo Knows Baseball!” T-shirts and give them to the team in September. The conventional wisdom was that the Mets would not be re-signing Cespedes because they did not want to sign him to a long-term contract regardless of cost. And since we are talking

about the Mets, cost is always paramount. For most of the off-season little was reported about Cespedes and the Mets until Rich Mancuso of the digital publication NY Sports Day broke the story last week that Yoenis’ agents at Roc Nation had approached Mets management with an offer and that the team responded in a quick and positive manner. Not surprisingly, the bigger media outlets quickly jumped on the story but did not give Mancuso any credit. Congratulations, Rich, on getting the scoop. Aside from getting back Cespedes, the Mets also upgraded their bullpen by adding freeagent lefty Antonio Bastardo. If fellow southpaw Jerry Blevins can pitch like he did before getting pelted with a line drive that basically finished his 2015 campaign, the Mets will have greatly improved a glaring weak spot. In a final bit of good news for Mets fans, the team’s cable TV outlet, SNY, re-signed longtime analyst Keith Hernandez, the greatest first baseman in Mets history, for four years. The Yankees received good news when the Miami-Dade DA’s office decided not to present charges against Aroldis Chapman after his arrest on a domestic violence charge. It will be interesting to see how Yankees manager Joe Girardi will utilize Dellin Betances, Andrew Q Miller and Chapman out of the bullpen. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II

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In 1929 brothers Ralph and Edward Herman moved to the new community of Laurelton from Brooklyn. Ralph purchased 135-45 234 St. and Edward 135-05 232 St. Together in a joint partnership they opened up a large Texaco service station at 235-05 Mer- Twin Pond Service Station, 235-05 Merrick Blvd., Laurelrick Blvd. and called it the Twin ton (Rosedale), September 1933. Pond Service Station after the twin ponds nearby. It came complete with a munity. After World War II, not satisfied car wash, then called an auto laundry. with just working on cars, they decided to The business was exactly what the new, sell them too. They split the property and budding community needed, but it was opened up Herman Motors, aka Nash of short-lived. Robert Moses, by way of emi- Laurelton. Cars were sold at 234-22 Merrick nent domain laws, decided the new Belt and gasoline and service were provided at Parkway and Laurelton Parkway were more 234-32. The brothers hit another setback, important for the public good and the shop though, when Nash Motors folded up. So was condemned. The twin ponds, however, they started selling Ramblers, but production were spared. of those eventually ceased too. The Herman brothers decided to open up The service station remained on the coragain across the street and one block away at ner until their deaths. Recently it was 234-22 Merrick Blvd. Once again successful, replaced with a two-story strip mall housing Q their shop was a mainstay stop in the com- various businesses.

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