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Basement apt. plan angers civics They say it would ‘decimate’ neighborhoods; some officials back it by Christopher Barca Reporter

ayor de Blasio’s multifaceted approach to build or preser ve 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next decade is ambitious and, many agree, noble. But one of the ways he plans to attain that goal has Queens civic leaders up in arms. In a Jan. 22 New York Times article, de Blasio is reported as favoring legalizing some illegal basement and cellar apartments. On the housing page of his campaign website, it is said that de Blasio “will end the practice of pretending these homes and their families don’t exist. “As mayor, he will bring them into the regulated housing system, ensure they meet legal standards for safety, and work to bring them under rent-regulation,” the page says. Queens Civic Congress President Richard Hellenbrecht believes such a plan is simply “inconceivable.” “There’s a reason for zoning. Our neighborhoods are designed to be lived in by a certain occupancy,” Hellenbrecht said. “If [de Blasio] said, all of a sudden, you can develop basement apartments and it started happening in Bellerose, I’m gone. I’ll move out tomorrow if that happened.” Hellenbrecht believes that legalizing a number of illegal basement apartments would add

Mayor de Blasio is in favor of legalizing some illegal basement and cellar apartments as part of his affordable housing agenda. An online search for basement apartments shows some Queens CRAIGSLIST.COM residents aren’t waiting for the mayor to legalize such dwellings. another level of stress on many already overcrowded school districts and the public transportation and sewer systems. “It would just decimate neighborhoods. It would really destroy a lot of neighborhoods and bring down property values,” he said. “I really haven’t heard of anyone else really supporting this. No way in hell.”

Forest Hills Civic Association President Barbara Stuchinski also didn’t shy away from expressing her dislike of such a plan, calling it “absolute bull.” “I am totally opposed. The answer to affordable housing is not sticking people in basements. I wouldn’t want to keep my dog in the basement,” Stuchinski said. “Who wants

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Bill to ban contaminated silt in Jamaica Bay heads to state Senate by Domenick Rafter

dumping materials contaminated with PCBs and other pollutants in the borrow pits of the Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s legislation bay and cover the dumped materials with a that would prevent hazardous materials from layer of sand to keep the toxic chemicals being dumped into Jamaica Bay and limit from getting out, reducing the depth of the the risk of water contamination passed the borrow pits in the bay and improving the state Assembly last week and awaits a vote oxygen issues. Dumping contaminated materials in the in the state Senate. “This legislation is not only vital to protect bay would also be cheaper for the Port the waters of Jamaica Bay from hazardous Authority than shipping them out of state. But environmental activists like Dan dumping, but it will ensure that thousands of endangered bird species and wildlife remain Mundy Jr., of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, safe,” said Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) in have spent the last 30 years fighting those announcing Assembly passage. “It is unac- plans, noting that environmental experts ceptable that the Senate is dragging their feet don’t believe a layer of sand would protect with this critical legislation and I strongly the bay from contaminated silt because the sand would move or urge all my colleagues sink into the muck. in the Senate to vote on In 2010, the Regionthis bill today and al Plan Association, in ensure our waters do oldfeder’s legislation proposals to extend not go another day unprotected.” will close a legislative runways at JFK Airport into the bay, sugThe state Departloophole that has gested using the conment of Environmental taminated material to Conservation does not threatened Jamaica fill in parts of the bay have guidelines for du mping in state Bay for over 30 years.” where runways would be built. One of the waters, i nclud i ng — Dan Mundy Jr., biggest and most probJamaica Bay. This legJamaica Bay Ecowatchers lematic borrow pits in islation would prohibit the bay sits just off the DEC from issuing perai r por t i n what is mits that would allow hazardous materials from being dumped into called Grassy Bay. A law similar to Goldfeder’s proposed bill the “borrow pits” of Jamaica Bay and conalready exists to prevent dumping of toxic taminating the surrounding waters. Borrow pits include a number of locations materials in ocean waters, but Jamaica Bay throughout the bay that have an increased is not included despite its direct connection depth as a result of past Army Corps of to the ocean through the Rockaway Inlet. Engineers dredging projects that have The Port Authority does dump uncontamiremoved sand from the bay floor to fill in nated silt from the harbor dredging projects adjacent areas. The increased depth has in the ocean. “Goldfeder’s legislation will close a legiscaused oxygenation problems that has affectlative loophole that has threatened Jamaica ed life in the bay. Since the Port Authority of New York and Bay for over 30 years,” Mundy said in a preNew Jersey began harbor dredging opera- pared statement. “The current regulation that tions in 1985, it has repeatedly proposed allows contaminated fill to be placed in the Editor

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A bill that passed the state Assembly last week and is now before the state Senate would ban the state Department of Environmental Conservation from issuing permits that would allow toxic FILE PHOTO materials to be dumped into Jamaica Bay as the Port Authority wants to do. waters of the bay has attracted numerous illconceived plans that are possibly driven by huge potential financial benefits to a few, while potentially destroying the bay forever. This legislation will end these plans and the threats they pose for good.” He said the bill was crafted to specifically focus on Jamaica Bay and not other bodies of water in the state to make passage easier. The bill has passed the state Assembly multiple times before, including in the last session, but would go on to die in the Senate each time. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is sponsoring the bill in the state Senate. He said it had died in previous sessions because of opposition from former Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Senate leaders saw the issue as a “local matter,” he said, and deferred to the Mayor’s

Office. Bloomberg was opposed to it and that kept it off the Senate floor. “It was [Bloomberg’s] resistance to the bill that killed it in the Senate,” Addabbo said. Mundy said he knew of opposition from the city Economic Development Corp., but wasn’t certain that it went as far up as the former mayor, whom he praised for his work in helping Jamaica Bay. “EDC stated their opposition to the bill in the Senate and I’ve spoken to EDC about it,” Mundy said. “I have a lot of issues with the 12 years Bloomberg was in office, but you can’t deny he’s done a lot for Jamaica Bay.” Addabbo did not know where Mayor de Blasio stands on the bill and would meet with aides at City Hall in the next few weeks to talk about the issue. He said he hopes to Q get de Blasio’s support for the bill.

Vincent Asaro, 78, faces murder charge for killing of Paul Katz in 1969 by Domenick Rafter Editor

Vincent Asaro, 78, a reputed top member of the Bonanno organized crime family, was arrested by the FBI last Thursday in a pre-dawn raid at his Howard Beach home and charged with taking part in the 1978 heist of $6 million in cash and jewels at JFK Airport. He was also charged with murder for allegedly killing a man whom he believed to be an informant. “[Asaro] devoted his adult life to the Bonanno crime family, with a criminal career that spanned decades,” said Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in a statement. “Neither age nor time dimmed

Asaro’s ruthless ways, as he continued to order violence to carry out mob business in recent months.” Asaro is also accused of the murder of Paul Katz, whom prosecutors say he strangled with a dog chain. Katz was killed in 1969 — eight years before the 1978 heist — allegedly because Asaro feared Katz was cooperating with police. The 1978 robbery, called the Lufthansa heist, was dramatized in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film “Goodfellas,” with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. The robbery was named after the German airline from which nearly $6 million in cash and jewels were stolen from their cargo terminal at JFK.

Four other reputed mobsters were nabbed on various racketeering, arson and extortion charges. Sources say the indictments are connected to an FBI search last summer at a house on 102nd Road in Ozone Park owned by the daughter of former mobster Jimmy Burke, the alleged mastermind of the Lufthansa heist, who went to prison in 1985 and died of lung cancer while serving a life sentence in an Upstate prison in 1996. Published reports quoted law enforcement sources as saying a body was found at the site and has been identified as being Katz and was the catalyst that led to last Q week’s arrest.

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Crowley lobbied on public spending input Civic wants all of Woodhaven to take part in participatory budgeting by Domenick Rafter Editor

The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association said it will meet with Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) to encourage her to adopt participatory budgeting, a process in which public input is sought on some spending items from money allocated to a specific member of the City Council. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who was one of the first members to adopt participatory budgeting a few years ago, in the Rockaways, has brought it to the parts of his district in Community District 9 this year, including Woodhaven. Though geographically most of the neighborhood is in Ulrich’s district, the western part is represented by Crowley. That means that although projects there can be considered and residents living in that part of the district can suggest items, they cannot vote on the final list of projects. In a statement, Crowley expressed some reservations about the program. “Participatory budgeting is a novel idea in getting residents involved with the City’s budget process, but in its current form, it can become decisive and pit communities against each other,” the statement said. “I welcome all community input on budget idea s, a nd I w ill closely rev iew t he

Woodhaven proposals from Councilman be barred from voting on projects having to Ulrich’s participatory budgeting process in do with it, for example.” Crowley further noted that she had allocatdetermining the best ideas for funding to ed nearly $3 million in capital money for improve all the communities I represent.” About 62 percent of Woodhaven residents Woodhaven projects since taking office in live in Ulrich’s district, while another 38 per- 2009. That includes $537,500 for the library, cent, including those in the Forest Park Co- $1 million for Mary Whalen Park, $900,000 Ops and the densely populated section of the for Forest Park, and several school improveneighborhood west of Forest Parkway and ments. Before redistricting, Crowley represented the eastern 80th Street, live in t wo -th irds of Crowley’s. Some of Wood haven, but Woodhaven’s key e want all of Woodhaven to had only about 32 sites, including Oak percent of its popuRidge, the Forest be treated the same way.” lation, less than she Park Carousel, the has now. Seuffert Bandshell, — Alexander Blenkinsopp, Woodhaven is Franklin K. Lane Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association the only neighborHigh School and hood south of Forthe 75th St reetElderts Lane subway station, are all located est Park represented by Crowley and makes up less than 10 percent of the district. Some in Crowley’s district. WRBA member Alexander Blenkinsopp are concerned that if she brought the project said at the civic’s meeting Jan. 18 that mem- to her entire district, residents in the northern bers would meet with Crowley to ask her if part of the district, which includes Glendale, she would also conduct participatory budget- Ridgewood, Maspeth and Middle Village, ing in the district, specifically the Wood- would outvote Woodhaven residents and haven portion, to allow residents the ability eliminate their neighborhood projects. Blenkinsopp said Woodhaven had the to vote on projects. “We want all of Woodhaven to be treated same concerns about Ulrich’s process, which the same way,” he said. “We don’t want peo- also includes parts of Ozone Park and Richple living across the street from the library to mond Hill that are in both the district and

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The library controversy

he Queens Library is one of our borough’s most important institutions, its 62 locations vital to children learning to read, people seeking jobs, immigrants looking for material in their native language and just about everyone else, in one way or another. That said, it is, like any human institution, imperfect. And some of its imperfections were revealed this week by the Daily News, sparking an oversight hearing by the City Council and an audit by the city comptroller. Library CEO Tom Galante, the News revealed, is earning $391,594 a year and had lavish renovations made to his office, including the establishment of an outdoor rooftop deck, which he apparently uses to smoke. Meanwhile the library has been cutting low-paid janitors, saying it can make do with fewer. And of course each year the library insists that any budget cuts — which it certainly did suffer along with other cityfunded institutions in recent years — would be devastating. It all looks a bit unseemly, especially for such a highly regarded institution. And we trust that both City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer of Sunnyside, who as chairman of the Cultural Affairs and Libraries Committee called the oversight hearing, and Comptroller Scott Stringer, who will conduct the

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audit, will be painstaking and thorough in their efforts to see exactly where the library is spending the public’s money. And it’s important to note that Galante is not alone. The head of the New York Library system, which runs the libraries in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, is paid more than $711,000 a year (the head of the Brooklyn system earns a much more modest $250,000). One likely problem is the fact that the Queens Library is not a city agency but a private nonprofit group, though the vast majority of its funding comes from New York taxpayers. So it can operate with less transparency than say, the Police Department. The library says it did not spend any public funds on Galante’s office upgrades, but of course it cannot say that about his salary. Gov. Cuomo, fed up with worse abuses at largely statefunded nonprofits, issued an order meant to keep salaries at such institutions below $200,000. While we can debate the dollar figure, maybe the city should consider something similar for institutions, such as the library systems, that provide what are essentially municipal functions. We hope that idea, and many others, are explored at the Council hearing, which is expected to be held next week.

Veterans’ concerns Dear Editor: I offer my sincere congratulations to Councilman Eric Ulrich on his new appointment as the chairman to the Veterans Committee. It is not just a high-profile position but an opportunity to demonstrate his establishment as an already accomplished legislator to the veteran community throughout the city when it is needed most. Myself as well as many other veterans throughout the city were surprised to hear of his appointment to this position considering the “Pledge of Allegiance” issue that came out of his support for Melissa Mark-Viverito for Council speaker. I must also concede to the fact that I was one of those veterans who was disdainful over his choice but after some thought I came to the conclusion that myself as well as my fellow veterans were looking too deeply into what we perceived as a problem within our legislative ranks, depriving us of the time and energy which can be put into serious projects that will improve the lives of this city’s veterans. Furthermore, as we all know from our military experience, communication on the battlefield is key to making sure the mission runs smoothly as well as successfully. This same line of communication should also be relayed to Eric as he takes on this challenging position and the same should be transparently afforded back to the veteran community from © Copyright 2014 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y.

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the chairman. As far as the organization I serve as well as the veteran population in general, I urge all fellow veterans in the city to remain focused on our objectives, which are to improve the lives of our brothers and sisters who have served and are still serving, and to work proactively with Eric Ulrich to make sure that these objectives are successful for our warriors, who have given so much and asked for so little. Ryan S. Graham Chairman, Legislative Committee Queens County Council VFW South Ozone Park

Saving the next Avonte Dear Editor: Our grief over Avonte Oquendo’s death is compounded by the knowledge that it might have been prevented. The danger of kids running out of school cannot be eliminated but must be minimized. Every school is required to have a safety

f a public agency is barred from dumping toxic sludge into the ocean, shouldn’t it be barred from dumping it into Jamaica Bay? Yes. And yet the law doesn’t say so. The problem is the Port Authority, which has been trying for years to get the state to allow it to bury dirty soils it dredges up from New York Harbor in the bay. The state has kept the PA, ahem, at bay, by not issuing the permits required for dumping. But the law actually would allow the permits. That needs to change. So we back Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s bill to bar the state from ever approving dumping in the bay. The PA claims the toxins would be kept in place by the soil on top, but we don’t believe that can be guaranteed. Muck moves. New York even has the occasional small earthquake. Let’s keep improving Jamaica Bay’s ecology and not step backwards by damaging it. Let’s pass Goldfeder’s bill.

plan that spells out all contingencies and delegates duties. Have you seen the plan of your child’s school? Does it cover emergencies such as intruders, fires, medical crises, environmental hazards, accidents and lockdowns? Is there a clear chain of command, logistical options, and assignment of tasks and personnel? As a parent you have the right to this information. Given the nature of kids and the dynamics of schools, regardless of size, population and the way they are run, there’s no such thing as a routine day. Or at least such days cannot be taken for granted. Even the most tranquil school is volatile occasionally. The legal requirement that children with disabilities should be educated in the “least restrictive environment” is compassionate and sensible. General and special education kids learn from each other and together they learn from the teachers and classmates they share. But we must also provide the extra security needed for the supervision of our most vulnerable students. Lives depend on it.

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Constitutional bunk Dear Editor: Letter writer Ed Konecnik finds it perturbing that some folks don’t believe in his philosophical world (“The ‘inequality’ canard,” Jan. 16). Since he refers to the Constitution all the time, he’s either a Constitutional lawyer or one of those laughable rightwingers who carry around a pocket Constitution and flash it at every progressive they see as if it was a cross to vanquish a vampire. Back down, you Commie, I’ve got a pocket Constitution! The constitutionality of something is determined by the courts and ultimately the Supreme Court, and what the pocket flashers or Ed thinks about its interpretation means naught. They only refer to it to be some kind of pseudo-authority on democracy and imagined freedoms. His real beef with our system and progressive ideas is any “redistribution of wealth,” the idea Karl Marx used when he wrote about socialism. Notice how the righties always call progressive ideas “socialism” so as to conjure up the image of cold war Russia, our then-enemy, and how maybe one day soon, if we’re not careful, we’ll all have to live in tiny cold, state-allocated apartments, drive soot-spewing Trabant cars, have our jobs and pay dictated by the state, and worse yet, wear big fur hats in winter. They think a progressive government will lead us down this path. How silly! Ed is just peeved that he has to pay taxes, and he doesn’t like where the tax money is spent. He’s against government benevolence, and programs that give those in need a helping hand. In other words, let the needy eat cake. It’s their fault they’re needy, tough on them. The wealthy have a right to keep all of their money even if their less fortunate brothers and sisters are starving. It’s right in character with the right-wing platform of “no help” to punish those who don’t have enough to get by in life, and those who haven’t found a job in six months and need a few bucks to live. The punishment is supposed to teach them a lesson and make them crawl out of their desperation, or not. Kicking somebody when they’re down doesn’t help anybody. The punishers are like Scrooges who never have a change of heart. Tyler Cassell Flushing

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Dear Editor: Re “Lousy Republicans,” Letters, Jan. 23: Why would Anthony Pilla think historians would rank the 113th Congress the least productive in history? In five years America’s prestige in the world became extinct, unemployment is chronic, we’re $17 trillion in debt, the middle class is being wiped out and Obamacare will ensure that the United States will be transformed — as promised —from a constitutional democracy into a socialist dictatorship. House Republicans never stopped him from doing anything. No president ever accomplished more. The House of Representatives was considered by the Founding Fathers to be the People’s House and has the power of the purse in order to control free-wheeling spenders like those in office now. Food stamps were cut $4 billion by Republicans because the Government Accounting Office said cutting waste and fraud would more than cover it. There was no need to raise the debt ceiling, but the House did anyway, by $1.1 trillion. The loss of $25 billion in the last government shutdown included the salaries of employees who were laid off but got paid for doing nothing anyway. It only seems like 45 times that Reps. John Boehner and Eric Cantor voted to repeal Obamacare but is their stupidity really worse, as Pilla believes, than Schumer’s saying Americans were going to get Obamacare whether they like it or not? Or Obama saying “If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your healthcare plan,” knowing each time he said it, he lied? Why would Republicans voting for amnesty for illegal aliens to keep wages low for big business be worse than Democrats who want open borders and amnesty because a huge population of poor, illiterate people depen-

dent on government handouts will vote socialist forever? Why would Mr. Pilla call the investigations of Benghazi, Fast and Furious and the IRS harassment of people they don’t like “witch hunts”? Real people died real deaths in Benghazi and Mexico. Americans have traded the freedom and opportunities here for the same false promises that turned into the Gulag in Russia, gas chambers in Hitler’s National Socialism and one child per family in China. What Americans think they’re getting free will cost them more than they ever imagined. Obamacare is only the beginning. It’s the Tea Party’s fault. Janice Wijnen Rego Park

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Ever y school h a s m a ny doors to the outside that the fire code prohibits from being locked on the inside. It would take an army of school safety agents to be posted at every door of every building all day. Last Sunday U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he intends to introduce a federal program that would give parents of children with autism the option of attaching tracking devices to their kids. It would be called Avonte’s Law. But some parents are likely to feel uneasy about having their kids wear ankle bracelets, which they associate with felons, or be GPStracked like sanitation trucks. Nor is the idea of installing cameras in classrooms popular. Every school must have in place a coordinated strategy to stop a repetition of the scenario that cost Avonte Oquendo his life. And like fire extinguishers, the strategies must be updated, tested and ready to activate. The tragedy of Avonte Oquendo is too terrible for words. But words can at least lead to actions that may forestall another such tragedy. Let those words proclaim the special sanctity of the lives of children and the providential role of each of us to protect them. Ron Isaac Fresh Meadows

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Galante’s salary and the salaries of the other two library heads are not determined by the city but rather each board The Queens Library is under fire after news reports of trustees. Ulrich has asked the Independent Budget Office to regarding the system’s head, Thomas Galante, collecting a large salary as budget cuts have trimmed more than 100 jobs explore his proposal and applauded Van Bramer for holding an oversight hearing. over the past five years. On Wednesday morning, Stringer announced that he will The New York Daily News reported that on top of Galante’s $391,594 salary, he spent $140,000 on renovations for conduct comprehensive audits not just of the Queens his offices at the Central Library in Jamaica, which includes Library but of all three of New York City’s library systems. According to the News, Linda Johnson, head of the a private outdoor smoking area. The lavish upgrades were done despite the elimination of Brooklyn Public Library, made $250,000 last year. Paul LeClerc, the former head of the New York Public Library, 130 jobs over the past five years, the News reported. Councilman and newly appointed Majority Leader made $711,114 in 2011. “Our public libraries are vital resources for New Yorkers Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), who is the chairman of the Cultural Affairs and Libraries Committee, has called an and taxpayers deserve to know that public money is being used appropriately,” Stringer said. oversight hearing on the renovations “My auditors will assess whether the and library operations in general in spending practices of our library sysresponse to determine if taxpayer tems follow applicable rules and prudollars were used to fund Galante’s dent business practices. We want our smoke deck and office renovations. ur public libraries are libraries to maximize the value of the “As Majority Leader of the City vital resources for New public funds they receive while findCouncil and as Chair of the Commiting ways that they can be more effitee on Cultural Affairs and LibrarYorkers and taxpayers cient and effective from top to ies, and with the support of Speaker bottom.” Melissa Mark Viverito (D-Manhatdeserve to know that In response to the recent allegatan), I am calling for an immediate public money is being tions, the Queens Library released a oversight hearing on the Queens fact sheet that reports no public Library, its Central Library project, used appropriately” funds were used to renovate Galanand its operations,” he said in a prete’s offices. pared statement. — Scott Stringer, City Comptroller “Transparency and responsible Van Bramer, who is a big supportspending are our obligation and an er and for mer employee of the integral part of the way Queens Queens Library, said the library sysLibrar y does business,” Queens tem “is bigger than any one person” and trusts “that my concerns and those of the public at large Library spokeswoman Joanne King said in a statement. “Queens Library will be providing the City Council with all will be addressed.” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park)went a step fur- the testimony necessary to understand our operations. It is ther and called on City Comptroller Scott Stringer to audit our honor to serve the people of Queens with life-enriching programs and services, from 65 library locations serving the Queens Library System. “[This] news is extremely disturbing not only to me but over 40,000 people a day.” According to Stringer’s office, as Queens Library is a prito every taxpaying New Yorker,” Ulrich said in a statement. “The city can hardly afford the annual operating costs of vate nonprofit group, specifics on what public funds allocatrunning three separate library systems, let alone foot the bill ed to the system are used for are not readily available. The comptroller’s database Checkbook NYC shows every for expensive salaries, extravagant renovations and other wasteful spending. I believe that one central citywide time a check is cut by the city and given to Queens Library library system would save millions of dollars annually by and provides a general description as to what it will pay for. But lavish spending isn’t the only thing that has put reducing the bureaucracy and streamlining library services Galante in hot water. throughout the five boroughs.” A comment he made about Queens Library janitors has Galante’s annual salary is more than that of the mayor, also stirred up a sour response. the MTA chairman or the schools chancellor. Associate Editor

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“This whole thing was set up by [the union] ... I was paying $35 an hour to janitors to mop floors, and now we’re paying $15,” he told the News. “We still have 72 [custodians], we didn’t need 105.” “I am deeply offended by comments made by president Tom Galante about the Library’s hardworking and dedicated janitorial staff,” Van Bramer said. “On a personal level, I was raised by my stepfather since I was 7 years old. He was a janitor at a local public school who mopped floors so that me and my siblings might have a better life. He died in 2009 before I was elected to the City Council but I honor his hard work and that of floor cleaners everywhere. Janitors at the Queens Library serve an important and vital role in keeping libraries clean and safe and they deserve respect from their boss and need to make a living wage so they too can raise their families.” In a written statement, Galante apologized for his comments and any offense that may have been taken. “I want to apologize for comments that I made recently that were insensitive,” he said. “I am deeply appreciative and proud of the work done by the hard-working employees of Queens Library at all levels of the organization and especially our custodial team who keep our libraries safe, clean and running smoothly day after day. They do a great job Q serving thousands of people every day.”

Felon indicted for two rapes in 1997 A 55-year-old incarcerated man has been indicted on charges of raping two women in separate attacks in Richmond Hill in 1997 after a DNA test hit linked him to the crimes. Johnny Dupree, who is serving a sentence of 16 years to life in prison for a violent burglary in 2000, was arraigned last Friday on an indictment charging him with two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree sodomy. Dupree, who faces up to

DA: New DNA testing leads to charges 25 years in prison if convicted, was ordered to return to court on April 7. In reviewing the two cold case rapes, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said, the DNA Prosecutions Unit had rape kit evidence and clothing retested using more sophisticated techniques that were not available at the time of the crimes. Brown said the two

tests tied the rapes to Dupree. According to the charges, at around 4 a.m., on July 11, 1997, Dupree entered a basement apartment on 129th Street in Richmond Hill where a 23-year-old woman was asleep with her three children. She awoke to allegedly f ind Dupree crouching in her bedroom. He allegedly grabbed her, placed a knife to her throat, and demanded

cash. She gave him $20, after which he allegedly sodomized and raped her before f leeing. She immediately called 911 to report the attack and was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where a rape kit was prepared. In the second incident, Dupree is accused of breaking into an apartment on 130th Street in Richmond Hill at around 1 a.m. on

Nov. 9, 1997. There, a 24-year-old woman was sleeping also. He is alleged to have displayed a knife and raped the victim before fleeing. That victim also was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where a rape kit was prepared. Brown’s cold case initiative, which began two years ago, has resulted in 13 John Doe indictments in 17 separate criminal incidents and the indictments of two named individuals, including Q Dupree.

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Fallen building to be rebuilt The century-old building that collapsed last April on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven will be repaired as is. Assembly man Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) announced at a meeting of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association on Jan. 18 that the owner of the building at 78-19 Jamaica Ave. has paid more than $18,000 in fines stemming from the collapse and previous violations and has hired an architect. Angel Vazquez, Miller’s chief of staff, confirmed last week that the owner plans to rebuild the current str ucture rather than demolish it entirely. Most of the two-story building remained standing after the collapse. Although the Department of Buildings condemned the two-story structure, a source said the integrity of it is not compromised enough to warrant complete demolition. The building collapsed after a heavy rain on the evening of April 12, 2013, crushing a minivan. No one was injured, but the adjacent Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps headquarters was also damaged forcing the Q relocation of a senior center there. — Domenick Rafter

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The NYPD is seeking the public’s from her hand. That victim too was not assistance in identifying and locating injured. Police are describing the suspects as three suspects who are wanted for question ing about th ree robber ies that three black males in their late teens, occurred along the J line on Jamaica Ave- between 5 feet, 6 inches and 5 feet, 10 inches tall. nue in Richmond Hill this month. One suspect was last seen wearing a On Jan. 9 at 2:04 a.m., at the 102nd Street subway station, a 22-year old male red winter jacket, dark pants and dark was on the J train when he was punched shoes. A second was seen wearing dark in the face. The suspects went through clothing and the third was last seen his pockets but were unable to retrieve wearing a dark winter jacket, a gray or any property. The victim was not taken to white hooded sweatshirt under neath Q and blue jeans. the hospital as a result of the incident. Three days later on Jan. 12 at 6:40 p.m., at the 121st Street station, the three suspects approached a female victim on the J train and took her iPhone 5 cell phone from her hand and fled on foot. The victim was not injured. On Jan. 16 at 10:24 p.m. at the 111th Street station, the suspects approached a 26-year-old female victim on the J train and snatched The three people wanted in connection with three robberies her iPhone 4S cell phone on the J train. PHOTOS COURTESY NYPD

A total of $3.4 million was allocated from federal Sandy aid funds to reimburse the MTA for 90 percent of the cost to repair the Gil Hodges-Marine Parkway Bridge for damage that occurred during Hurricane Sandy, Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced Tuesday. T h e r e i m b u r s e m e n t s i n cl u d e $1,519,087 for repair of scour and erosion damage for the storm surge; $161,144.20 to repair switchgears, which were f looded with saltwater; $600,914 for the repair or replacement of electrical parts related to the navigation and security lights that were submerged u nder salt water; and $44,498.00 for the replacement or repair of spare parts such as cables, lights, gear wheels and motors that were damaged. Some of the funds also went to improvements to make the bridge more resistant to future stor ms. Those include $1,193,568 to add an additional layer of rip rap, rocks used to prevent erosion; $21,535 to fund “dry flooding” techniques including the installat ion of a f lood-proof door a nd $172,789.70 to elevate lights to floodQ safe levels.

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People for the Pavilion kicks off its campaign The preservation group promotes its plan to save the rusting structures by Christopher Barca Reporter

The official campaign to save the icon of the 1964-65 World’s Fair has begun. A three-man preservation group, known as People for the Pavilion, hosted a meeting on Saturday at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in the shadow of the Tent of Tomorrow and the Observation Towers, the buildings the group aims to preserve. The trio made up of new-found partners Salmaan Khan, Matthew Silva and Christian Doran stood onstage in front of around 100 people and gave an approximately 30-minute presentation on the history of the rusting structures and what the group plans to do to help raise awareness to preserve them. A lengthy question-and-answer segment followed the presentation. While the group seeks a long-term program for the structures’ reuse to the community as a place of recreation, the theme of the meeting was what can be done now to bring awareness to the group’s plans. “We are hoping to preserve the 1964 World’s Fair New York State Pavilion and to develop a sustainable reuse plan to transform the site into a vibrant, community space that will serve Flushing Meadows and the New York City community,” Khan,

Christian Doran, right, answers a question from an audience member while Salmaan Khan, left, and Matthew Silva look on. The men co-founded People for the Pavilion, a preservation group PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA aimed at raising awareness of and saving the old World’s Fair site. who didn’t meet his partners until last October, said in the group’s presentation. “For the next year or two, we are focusing primarily on the first part of this, the preservation of the pavilion.” During the presentation, the group went into great detail to

describe the multitude of events that it would like to see occur in the coming months to celebrate the World’s Fair’s 50th anniversary in April. Khan, the Rego Park-born facility planning manager for Manhattan’s High Line park, believes “there is no magic bullet

for saving the Pavilion,” but he feels that if enough awareness is raised, the group might be successful in petitioning the city to preserve the structures. “The first step in creating awareness is landmarking. We want to move forward and push for the landmarking of the building,” he said. “The second step is public programs. What we want to do between April and October when the fair took place is to organize 50th anniversary events like panel discussions, walking tours, educational programs and so on.” Additionally, People for the Pavilion put out a call for help to volunteers who may be able to aid the group in various aspects of preservation. “We need a lot of help with various things,” Silva said. “The three of us are incredibly intelligent, handsome young men. We cannot do all of these things alone.” The first area where Silva, a teacher in East Northport, LI, who was raised in Astoria and Middle Village, asked for help was in filling out paperwork to incorporate the group as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The group is also seeking volunteers who can help with nonprofit management, historical preservation and knowledge, walking tours and community outreach. continued on page 18

Public says pavilion should be restored Listening session by Parks Dept. on iconic World’s Fair structure by Liz Rhoades

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A couple dozen Queens residents gathered at Queens Theatre on Tuesday morning and decided that not only is the New York State Pavilion an icon, it must be restored. The listening session was sponsored by the Parks Department, one of three meetings held this week to gauge the public’s reaction as to how the city should proceed with the pavilion from the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows Park. The pavilion, which includes three observation towers, the Tent of Tomorrow and the Theaterama, now home to the Queens Theatre, has been deteriorating since the fair ended. For a time it was used as a roller skating rink and a concert venue for Led Zeppelin and other acts. But in the 1970s, the Plexiglas panels above the tent began falling and Parks said it posed a safety risk, so it removed the remaining panels and closed the site. Weeds have grown in the cracks of the terrazzo f loor map of the state and rust and decay can be

seen everywhere at the pavilion. But to those who at tended Tuesday’s program, it remains part of their lives. John Kriskiewicz, an architectural historian, described it as “a usable piece of sculpture,” while others reflected on their memories as children seeing the pavilion and wondering what it was for. Parks officials outlined the cost of demolishing the structures at $25 million, while restoring the towers and tent would cost an estimated $72 million. Attendees believe the restoration could be done in phases and recommended corporate sponsors be sought to pay for much of the work. There were no grandiose plans offered, rather a reuse similar to its original purpose: concerts, festivals and arts programs at the Tent of Tomorrow and visits to the towers with a coffee or food bar at the top. Willy Mosquera, manager of the Queens Theatre, said he’s been to the top of the towers and “the view is gorgeous.” Although most of the pavilion has been neglected, the Theaterama area underwent a significant expan-

Residents attending a listening session by the Parks Department on the future of the New York State Pavilion broke up into groups to throw out ideas. The meeting was held at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Park. PHOTO BY LIZ RHOADES

sion in 2011 and looks far different from its 1964 beginnings. Adding lighting to the pavilion, illuminating it at night as is done at the Unisphere, was suggested as a way to increase awareness of the icon for motorists on the Long Island Expressway. Steve Melnick of Forest Hills said it would bring attention to the project: “People

who don’t know the history of the pavilion would say, ‘What’s that?’” Another suggestion was to get the state involved — especially for funding — since it was built as the state pavilion. Liz Mooney of Forest Hills says she and her husband visit the park a lot. “There is no excuse not to fix it,” Mooney said. “It’s the only

building at Flushing Meadows that hasn’t been fixed.” David Omoyele of Jamaica played in the park as a child and especially liked to roller blade. “I am excited about the future of the pavilion,” he said. Omoyele suggested getting a sponsor like ESPN to bring in continued on page 24

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There are few things more authentic in New York City than the pizzeria and in South Queens, there is no shortage of them. In a one-square-mile area, including all of Ozone Park and parts of Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park and Howard Beach, there are 18 pizzerias. One of the oldest and most popular is Ozone Pizza, this year celebrating its 50th year in business. A half century ago, two brothers from Sicily, known in the area only by their first names Paul and Joe, opened a pizzeria Ozone Park on Liberty Avenue between 96th and 97th streets. When they started, they were just one of less than a handful of pizzerias in the area. Joe has long retired and Paul passed away in 2005. His son, Vito, now runs the business, while working full time at the Long Island Rail Road. He is a familiar face in the pizzeria, the current head of a family that has been respected in this community for half a century. The pizzeria is now located at 96-15 Liberty Ave., just a few doors down from where it first opened. Customers who file in at dinner on this particular Friday stop to say hello to Vito. Their surnames are not known outside of

A busy Friday afternoon at Ozone Pizza at 96-15 Liberty Ave. in Ozone Park. The pizzeria is PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER celebrating 50 years in business this year. personal friends or people who have done business with them, but in this community, that’s how friends are known, by first names only. With its long counter in front running perpendicular to the front window, which allows the chefs behind the counter to look out onto Liberty Avenue, it’s orange booths in the back

— which Vito remembers assembling as a teenager — and its Italian decor, including a map of Sicily on the wall, Ozone Pizza has the feeling of a classic New York eatery. The pizzeria is a bustling enterprise. It helps that just outside the door is the stairs to the Rockaway Boulevard A train station. “We get people coming off the train, stop-

ping in to get dinner,” Vito explains. But the vast majority of his customers are legacy customers, those who have been coming to the pizzeria for its entire history, and their descendants who have been coming since they were children. “We’ve fed children who have grown up and brought their children to eat here,” Vito said. As the neighborhood’s demographics change from a neighborhood of Italian and Irish to a more diverse area with large West Indian and Hispanic populations, pizza still remains popular. One thing that has changed, Vito says, is the type of pizza. “When we first opened, you had regular, Sicilian and a calzone,” he explained. “Now you have all kinds of toppings; buffalo chicken, pineapple, it’s a much larger selection.” Their Sicilian pizza, known in non Italian circles as “square pizza,” is Ozone Pizza’s most popular item, Vito says. “People come from far away just to get a Sicilian pie,” he explained. For the pizzeria’s 50th anniversary, Vito said he is breaking a long-standing rule — he will be reducing his prices for Lent. During that time, regular pies will be $10, small pies will be $8, Sicilian pies $13 and heroes will be $5. Ozone Pizza can be reached at (718) Q 845-9555.

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Jackson Heights resident and founder of the nonprofit organization An Angel in Queens Jorge Muñoz was invited to President Obama’s State of the Union address by Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens). Muñoz has been a community leader in the fight against hunger. His group has served more than 225,000 home-cooked meals to homeless and unemployed New Yorkers since 2004. He was recognized as a CNN Hero in 2009 and received the Presidential Citizens Medal from Obama. “I am honored to have been Congressman Crowley’s guest at this year’s State of the

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Union,” Muñoz said. “It makes me incredibly proud, as a Colombian immigrant, to be recognized for the work I’ve done on behalf of our city’s vulnerable communities.” Crowley, who has been an advocate for anti-hunger programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, noted the importance of groups like An Angel in Queens. “At a time when so many Americans are still facing economic uncer tainty, Jorge’s work continues to be a lifeline for cou ntless fam ilies in the borough of Queens and throughout the City of New Q York,” Crowley said.

For the month of January, fourth grade students at PS 65 in Ozone Park are raising money for Heavenly Angels Animal Rescue, an Ozone Park shelter. For a donation of $15, you get a T-shirt featuring the school name and shelter name. Donors can give by going online at booster. Q com/ps65.

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C M SQ page 18 Y K certainly part of the character of the park.” Simanowitz said he has been trying to drum up support for restoring the structure in Borough President Melinda Katz’s office. “I’ve had conversat ions with her already. I believe we are on the same page. We’d like to see the pavilion restored,” he said. “At the end of the day, it’s a question of dollars and cents.” A ny restoration project will cost between $20.5 million and $72 million, according to figures outlined by the Parks Department at a November meeting of the Queens Borough Board. Katz is considering the various options for the Pavilion, listening to her constituents and reviewing the costs of different

People for the Pavilion meets continued from page 14 According to Silva, who is also creating a documentary about the pavilion’s history that will be released in the fall, it’s all in the name of rousing as many supporters for the group as possible. “Most importantly, we’re looking to connect with as many organizations, local, citywide and national, as we can to shed a light on what we’re doing,” he said. “We want to connect with people and create awareness about what we’re trying to do.” After the slide show presentation, the trio fielded questions from the crowd about topics ranging from whether the

City Council will hear the group’s proposed plans to whether the structures are in immediate danger of collapsing. While People for the Pavilion expressed confidence in gaining the support of elected officials and civic leaders over time, Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing) is already a believer in the structures and the group trying to save them. “I support them, I agree with their platform thus far,” Simanowitz said Monday. “I would absolutely love to see the pavilion restored to its former glory. “It’s part of the charm of the district,” he continued. “It’s a part of history and it’s

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Mayor unveils plan for pre-K, as does Cuomo De Blasio stands by tax increase; Governor suggests other means by Domenick Rafter Editor

Mayor de Blasio this week released his plan to implement universal prekindergarten citywide, and called on Albany to give the city the authority to fund it by raising taxes on those making more than $500,000 a year. But his campaign has been blunted somewhat — or augmented, depending on whom you ask — by Gov. Cuomo’s announcement that he would seek to bring universal pre-K statewide and not use any tax hikes to fund it. De Blasio released his plan Monday, as he headed to Albany to testify in front of a state Senate committee on the governor’s budget. The mayor’s pre-K plan would make it free for every child, regardless of income, and would be taught by “high-quality” UPK lead teachers with early childhood certification. De Blasio says classroom ratios will be 18 children to two adults — typically a lead teacher and a teaching assistant. Classes may go up to 20 students with an additional adult in the room. All instruction and professional development would meet state pre-K learning standards — known as New York State PreKindergarten Foundation for the Common Core. There will be additional support for children whose primary language is not English and city Department of Education quality-assurance infrastructure for coaches, evaluation and research, as well as increased family support in high-need areas. The DOE estimates that pre-K expansion will require approximately 2,000 new classrooms in public schools and communitybased settings across the city, each staffed by an early-education certified lead teacher. The department says it has identified nearly 4,000 classrooms potentially available within public school buildings, with additional space likely available in community-based organizations that currently serve the majority of children in pre-K. In recent years, roughly 2,000 early education certified teachers, the number de Blasio says would be needed, have annually applied for positions at the DOE. De Blasio added he was open to allowing charter schools to have pre-K.

Mayor de Blasio headed to Albany this week to sell his idea for universal prekindergarten as the state Legislature mulls over a similar plan by Gov. Cuomo, but financed without tax hikes on those PHOTO COURTESY NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE making over $500,000 a year as de Blasio proposes. According to his plan, 53,604 students would be eligible for pre-K this September and 73,250 for the 2015-16 school year. The mayor estimates a cost on average of $10,239 per child and $340 million annually, of which $97 million will be dedicated to startup infrastructure and costs required to upgrade program quality in year one. As the number of children enrolled increases, de Blasio says, expansion costs will recede, with $6 million in expansion costs in year two, and the full $340 million in funding dedicated to ongoing operations thereafter. Cuomo’s plan, unveiled earlier this month as part of a larger report on education in New York State, would bring full pre-K to the entire state. Much of the governor’s plan is similar to de Blasio’s, but the big difference is how it would be paid for. Cuomo said that statewide pre-K can be funded in the existing budget, while de Blasio remained steadfast, noting he was looking just for the authority for the city to implement the tax.

“We’re not asking Albany to raise the state income tax by a single penny to pay for universal pre-K and afterschool programs in New York City,” de Blasio said Monday. “We’re simply asking Albany to allow New York City to tax itself — its wealthiest residents.” De Blasio would raise the tax rate on incomes over $500,000 from 3.9 to 4.4 percent. Cuomo plans to fund the program with $1.5 billion over five years: $100 million in the 2014-15 school year followed by at least a $100 million increase in each subsequent school year. Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan) echoed the mayor’s call, noting that the governor’s plan does not just fund New York City pre-K, but a program across the state. “The governor’s proposal ramps up too slowly, starting at only $100 million, not all of which of course will go to New York City,”

she said in Albany Monday. “But by our estimate, it will cost us as much as $300 million annually to make pre-K truly universal, just in New York City.” Cuomo’s assertion was challenged by State Education Commissioner John King, who said it would cost much more — $1.6 billion a year — giving some strength to de Blasio and Mark-Viverito’s argument that more money would be needed. “The current proposal in the state budget falls dramatically short of what we need here in New York City, and underscores exactly why we need a dedicated, reliable source of revenue for these critical programs,” de Blasio said in a statement after King’s remarks. Cuomo said his plan would phase in pre-K gradually, which will reduce costs at the onset. He has questioned the demand for 50,000 slots that de Blasio said would be in place by September and also doubted teachers can be hired and class space can be set up by then. De Blasio’s idea has the support of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and, sources say, has more than enough votes in that body to pass. But in the Senate, it’s a different story. Leery of the mayor’s tax plan, several senators at Monday’s hearing suggested that the mayor use a $2.5 billion surplus the city is projected to have to pay for pre-K. De Blasio said he wants to use that money for labor contract negotiations. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), a member of the Education Committee, said it is too early for senators to decide which plan they like better. “We won’t know a more clear picture until we do our budget,” he said. “We’ll have to see.” Addabbo said his initial reaction was to fund it in the state budget and to fund it in a way that doesn’t include raising taxes. “Let’s start negotiating on ways to set money aside,” he suggested, adding that there were ways the city could save money and use those savings for pre-K, such as merging the New York City Sheriff’s Office Q with the City Marshal.

De Blasio picks his first PEP appointees by Domenick Rafter Editor

Mayor de Blasio announced last week his first five picks for the Panel for Educational Policy, the city Department of Education’s policy-making body. T. Elzora Cleveland, Norm Fruchter, Vanessa Leung, Lori Podvesker and Robert Reff kin were named as de Blasio’s appointees on Jan. 22. Cleveland, a resident of Manhattan, is a senior accountant at Ithaka Harbors Inc., a nonprofit

Katz still to name Queens member organization that advances teaching by scholarship through digital platforms. Fruchter worked in the education departments at New York and Brown universities and served as a school board member in Brooklyn. Leung, a public school parent from Staten Island, has worked as an advocate for English Language Learners and Asian-American students. Podvesker, a public school parent

from Brooklyn, has worked as an advocate for students with disabilities. Reff kin is the founder and CEO of Urban Compass, a former investment banker and a co-founder of the Success Academy charter school in the Bronx. He actually served on the PEP for a short time as a Bloomberg appointee in 2010. As per mayoral control, the mayor has eight appointees, an

outright majority, of the 13 members of the body. De Blasio said the other three appointees would be named in coming weeks. The five borough presidents appoint the other five members. Meetings of the PEP, established in Bloomberg’s first term, were often a scene of intense debate and votes often came down to the mayor’s appointees versus the boroughs’. It was through the

PEP — and often with the support of only mayoral appointees and Staten Island’s representative — that the Bloomberg administration was able to approve its controversial school closi ngs and co-locations. Borough President Melinda Katz said Monday that she was still interviewing candidates for the Queens’ representative on the PEP. T h e ot he r fou r b o r ou g h presidents have already made Q their picks.

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First he said his deceased wife stabbed his children to death. Then he said he killed his two tiny daughters — one while she was sleeping — because he did not have child car seats to take them with him after he killed their mother, stabbing her over and over until one of two knives broke. Queens prosecutors said Friday those were just two of the statements allegedly made to police that they intended to introduce to a grand jury yesterday as they sought to indict Miguel Mejia-Ramos for murder. Mejia-Ramos, 28, was arraigned Friday on six counts of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder and weapons charges for the stabbing deaths of his wife, Deisy Garcia, 21, and their daughters Daniela, 2, and Yoselin, 1. He faces life with no hope of parole if convicted. Speaking in his office prior to the arraignment, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown also said Mejia-Ramos, a Mexican national, is believed to be in the country illegally, and that there is an immigration hold on him. “But that has no bearing on this case,” Brown said. “I’m seeking to put him in prison for life.”

Brown said he met with members of Garcia’s family early Friday morning along with the Guatemalan counsel general. “I assured them that this case will be vigorously prosecuted, and there will be no plea bargaining,” he said. Several members of Garcia’s family wept openly during Friday’s court proceedings. “As I said the other day, I’ve been to a lot of crime scenes in my 23 years as district attorney,” Brown said. “This one was very disturbing.” Nearly two dozen police officers were in the courtroom as a handcuffed MejiaRamos was brought in, including a solid wall of blue uniforms between him and the gallery. Queens Criminal Court Judge Ernest Hart ordered him held without bail. He also ordered him placed in protective custody and on a suicide watch at the request of defense attorney Michael Anastasiou. Authorities believe that Mejia-Ramos killed all three the night of Jan. 18-19 after he had been drinking. After he returned to their apartment on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica, he allegedly found pictures of Garcia on her phone and Facebook account with another man. He allegedly told investigators that Garcia was preparing for a separation. continued on page 25

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Schumer introduces new ‘Avonte’s Law’ Looks to prevent another tragedy by funding voluntary tracking devices by Tess McRae Associate Editor

As thousands of people rack their brains figuring out how a school could lose track of a student with special needs, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has decided preventative action is needed in the form of tracking devices. On Monday, the senator announced that he would introduce legislation called Avonte’s Law that will create and fund a program to provide voluntary tracking devices and expand support services for families with children who have autism or other developmental disorders in which bolting is common. “The tragic end to the search for Avonte Oquendo clearly demonstrates that we need to do more to protect children with autism who are at risk of running away,” Schumer said at a press conference attended by Avonte’s mother, Vanessa Fontaine, and her attorney, David Perecman. “Thousands of families face the awful reality each and every day that their child with autism may run away. Making voluntary tracking devices available will help put parents at ease, and most importantly, help prevent future tragedies like Avonte’s.” The program would be similar to an initiative Schumer introduced to keep track of people with severe Alzheimer’s. Avonte, who had a history of running away, ran out of an open door at the Riverview School in Long Island City on Oct. 4. He was found in the East River near College Point on Jan. 15. Children and teens with autism tend to run away for a variety of reasons. Most often, it is an attempt to avoid a demand or situation. It can also be a cause of sensory overload or a desire to see something or someone they care about.

Sen. Chuck Schumer hopes to prevent another tragedy like Avonte Oquendo’s through his latest bill proposal, Avonte’s FILE PHOTO Law. “The tragic fate of Avonte Oquendo hit home with parents in New York and across the country,” Liz Feld, president of Autism Speaks, said. “The incidence of wandering has reached frightening levels and individuals with autism are especially

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vulnerable. We need to raise awareness and increase education so that tragedies like this never happen again.” According to a study conducted by the Interactive Autism Network and Austism Wandering Awareness Alerts Response Education, 74 percent of children with autism run away or wander from their own home or someone else’s home. In addition, close calls with traffic injuries were reported for 65 percent of the missing children and close calls with drowning were reported for 24 percent. Under Avonte’s Law, individual precincts would oversee the tracking devices in their area. Though Perecman and Fontaine were happy with the proposal, it is unclear whether a tracker — that would be worn as a wrist band, clipped onto belt loops or put on shoelaces — would have helped in Avonte’s case as the 14-year-old was not reported missing to police for an hour and a half, meaning, if he fell into the East River near his school as officers suspect, it would have been too late to find him alive. Schumer’s office said that they have taken this into consideration and may use different types of tracking devices. For example, one type would alert police as soon as the child walks over a certain radius. Attorney General Eric Holder agreed on Wednesday to allow existing grant funds to be used to pay for the voluntary program, separate from Avonte’s Law, immediately until the bill is voted on. “There is no medicine to relieve the pain from the loss of a child,” Perecman said. “However, Avonte’s Law will make sure that this grave loss and the pain it has wrought will not Q be in vain.”

The unemployment rate in Queens last month fell below 7 percent for only the second time in five years. The state Department of Labor said on Tuesday that the unemployment rate here in December was 6.7 percent. That compares to 7.9 percent in December 2012. The city as a whole and the nation saw similar improvements, while the state marked an even better one, with the jobless rate falling 1.6 percentage points over a year. The last time the unemployment rate in Queens was below 7 percent was last April, when it dropped to 6.9 percent, according to state figures. And the last time before that was December 2008, when it was 6.2 percent. After that the effects of the recession drove joblessness upward, with the rate peaking at 9.6 percent in January 2010. Labor analysts always say year-toyear comparisons are the ones to watch, rather than month-to-month, because of seasonal factors. Annual comparisons

show last month’s unemployment rate to be a notable improvement over the last several years — but still nowhere near as good as it was before the recession. In December 2011, the unemployment rate here was 8.1 percent. In December 2010 it was 7.9 percent and in December 2009 it was 8.9 percent. But the December figures were much better in 2007 and 2006, when they were 4.3 and 3.8 percent, respectively. About 1,067,800 people in Queens had jobs last month, compared to 1,044,500 in December 2012, another sign of progress. Q

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Mother seeks information from DOE; attorney plans to sue for $25 million by Tess McRae Associate Editor

After one of the largest searches in New York City history and the discovery of their child’s remains, Avonte Oquendo’s family and their attorney are turning to the courts for some answers. “This should never have happened,” David Perecman, the attorney had said when Oquendo’s remains were found in College Point. “I for one am good and angry. When you look at the videotapes, at what happened, the sheer chaos that went on in that school and to think they are taking children like this every single day, telling their parents that they’re safe, when indeed they’re not.” Avonte’s mother, Vanessa Fontaine has since filed a request to review videotapes and records leading up to her son’s disappearance. Perecman said they will be seeking $25 million in a wrongful death suit. Perecman had filed a Freedom of Information Law request in October but the Department of Education would not release the tapes as it claimed doing so would affect the investigation. For months, Fontaine, Perecman and the public did not have much information on Avonte’s last minutes in The Riverview School. The only evidence made available was a 16-second video that showed the 14-year-old

Avonte Oquendo’s family’s attorney David Perecman in his office. nonverbal teenager jogging past elevators with a cut to him running down the street. However, new footage was released on Wednesday and has confirmed some of the rumors that have circulated. The video shows a man in a red shirt exiting the back door of the school, leaving it slightly ajar. About 30 minutes later, Avonte is seen running towards the open

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door that streams a strip of sunshine into the hallway. He pauses, looks around and runs out the door. Approximately three minutes after Avonte left the building, a school security officer walks over to the door and pulls it shut. According to Perecman, the security officer was adamant that she saw Avonte walk up the stairs.

“She said it three times, once emphatically, that she saw Avonte go up the stairs, which we know is not true,” Perecman said. This new footage may be a game changer for Fontaine’s lawsuit but she is still asking that more information be given to her and Perecman. “Out of 20 cameras on the first floor, I have only seen footage from five of them,” Perecman said. “I don’t know what is on the other cameras but I would like to see for myself.” The most important factor will be whether cameras captured the security guard interacting with Avonte, telling him to go upstairs as she claimed to have done. The footage may also shed light onto how the autistic boy got away from his class and his one-on-one monitor who is supposed to be with him throughout the school day. “I am convinced in my heart of hearts, that had a prompt reaction occurred, had some of this cascade of errors not occurred, that the police would have been called, they would have been outside, and they would have found Avonte before this happened,” the attorney said. “He would be home right now. He would be wearing his Air Jordans and they wouldn’t have been found in a river.” Under the FOIL, Fontaine must receive a response to her request by the first week of Q February.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Woodhaven’s big snow and little tree by Maria A. Thomson The snow is back, this time with a vengeance. The timing of our first snowstorm of the year was right after our Mayor Bill de Blasio, was sworn into office. But, as I stated in my last article, he is fortunate for Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty and “New York’s Strongest” have his back. This has turned out to be a very cold, snowy winter. Although the sun has been shining, it is so cold that it is not warming. But take heart, spring is just 53 days away. Also, in 42 days it will be Daylight Savings Time. So brighter warmer weather is coming. Did you know that Mayor de Blasio was in Richmond Hill? When we were rallying against the closing of Engine Co. 294 yes, de Blasio, then public advocate, he was there, speaking out strongly against the closing of any of our firehouses. At this firehouse rally, I had the opportunity to speak to him briefly. I had also spoken to him and his wife at the inauguration, where he was sworn in as our public advocate. Little did we know at the time that he would become the 109th mayor of the city of New York. Now I state with “mixed emotions” that our real little street tree that was planted in error in place of a real Christmas tree has been transplanted. As you probably remember, our over

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100-foot award-winning real Christmas tree was lost to Hurricane Sandy. Then we were scheduled to get a new Christmas tree planted in its place, but a little street tree was planted in its place instead. It was transplanted a few days ago when a real Christmas tree was planted in its place. I state that it is with “mixed emotions” for our little street tree is no longer there, for it really endeared itself to us. This was so evident that is stood proudly as a little street tree in a placed reserved only for our traditional Christmas trees. Also, it looked so bright and glowing during the holiday season next to our artificial Christmas tree. So now it has been moved during the small window of opportunity between the holiday weekend and before this snowstorm. So now we have a real Christmas tree and our little street tree has been planted on a lucky block in Woodhaven. This little tree was truly a Cinderella story, I hope that you have stocked up on all the groceries you need before this snowstorm. If you haven’t as long as you can get to our WBID’s “Everything” Jamaica Avenue, I’m sure that you can find some of our stores open. So stay safe and stay warm. If you have any heat complaints, call 311 for assistance. The telephone number of our 102nd Precinct is 718 805-3200, in an emergency dial 911. Gong Hee Fot Choy Happy Lunar New Year 4712, Year of the Horse May God bless our Armed Forces, our disabled veterans and may God bless America. Q

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Citi Field may be quiet this time of year as Mets fans wait for another baseball season to start, but Queens’ professional team’s mascot isn’t in Port St. Lucie, Fla. waiting for spring training to begin. Instead, Mr. Met took some time to play in the snow last Wednesday, the day after a snowstorm dropped a foot of the white stuff on the borough. The fun-loving baseball-headed mascot took to the outfield and made snow

angels where Lucas Duda and Cur tis Granderson will be catching fly balls in just a few more months. Hopefully the angels will bring some luck to the blue and orange this year. Spring training begins for the Mets in just over two weeks. They will return to Citi Field March 31 against the Washington Nationals. Presumably, the snow angels will have melted away by then.

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anniversary of the fair this year. There is a strong consensus to see it preserved.” Meira Berkower, director of planning for Queens Parks, said the city will look at all the ideas, but then it will be necessary to find funds for whatever is decided. “This park could be a gold mine for the city,” Mosquera said, adding that it’s important the money generated here be used at Flushing Meadows and not elsewhere. Pointing to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the fair, Kriskiewicz, who is a board member of an area chapter of DOCOMO, a document and conservator group of modern monuments, added: “The pavilion was the architectural star of the Q fair. The time to restore it is now.”

continued from page 14 money through skate board competitions or other sports events. Janice Melnick, the Flushing Meadows Park administrator, told the audience that following the listening sessions, her agency will compile the information and put it on the Parks website until March 15 with a questionnaire for those who couldn’t attend. “Then we will reconvene everyone in March or April,” for another meeting,” said Melnick, who is no relation to Steve Melnick. “This is the right time with the 50th

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The 106th Precinct is warning residents of a scam involving reloadable debit cards, also called “Green Dot cards.” In the scam, the perpetrator calls a victim, identifying himself as a “Marshal” from a government agency or utility company and says the victim owes $2,000. The perpetrator then tells the victim that he or she has 30 minutes to pay the balance or face arrest or deportation. He then directs the victim to buy a Green Dot card and orders his target to put money on it and provide him the information on the back of the card over the phone for payment. The NYPD is warning residents that legitimate businesses and government agencies do not conduct transactions in that man ner and do not require Green Dot cards to be used for payment. People who are targeted as unsolicited potential victims are asked to verify information with the company or agency before making any payments. Anyone who believes he or she been scammed and lives in the 106th Precinct area should call the precinct at Q (718) 845-2223.

Mejia arraigned in 3 deaths continued from page 21 Brown in his press conference and Assistant District Attorney Michelle Kaszuba in cour t said he presented numerous accounts of what happened to police while he was being held in the custody of the Fayette County, Texas, Sheriff’s Department. Kaszuba said the first version had Garcia killing their daughters while he was away drinking beer at a friend’s home. “He observed that the two girls were stabbed and dead and that Deisy was the initial aggressor who had the knife,” Kaszuba said. “He also claimed that he stabbed Deisy because she killed the children.” She alleged that he subsequently told two detectives that upon seeing a picture of Garcia with another man on her phone he “just snapped” and grabbed a knife from a nearby butcher block. The girls also were stabbed repeatedly. The NYPD believes at least five knives were used in the attacks. Mejia-Ramos claimed that he initially tried to kill himself by first stabbing himself in the chest and then hanging himself, but could not. His lawyer got an order for him to receive medical treatment for numerous cuts on his body. He then took $240 in cash from Garcia’s diaper bag, allegedly telling police he had seen episodes of the cable televi-

sion show “I Almost Got Away With It,” and knew that he would need cash for his escape so that his credit card could not be traced. The episodes he saw, however, apparently did not make him think to stay off his cell phone, which the NYPD and U.S. marshals had been tracing when they alerted Texas State Police officials that he was coming. He made it to Schulenberg, Texas, about halfway between Houston and San Antonio, when a state trooper spotted a van described by the NYPD on Interstate 10. He was taken into custody a short time later by a group of state troopers, U.S. marshals and local police and sheriff’s officers. Anastasiou said he would like to reserve bail arguments for a future date, though Senior Assistant District Attorney Denise Tirino said the state would fight any bail motion vigorously. “He drove 1,700 miles and we believe he was on his way to Mexico,” she said. “If it were not for the quick work of the police, he would have been successful.” Kaszuba also related a conversation that Mejia-Ramos allegedly engaged in Thursday afternoon on the flight back to New York with NYPD Detective Patrick Agugliaro. “What are you thinking about?” Agugliaro asked. Q “God and jail.”

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Seniors’ truce good at eatery The truce is holding between KoreanAmerican seniors and the McDonald’s at Northern and Parsons boulevards. That’s the status report from Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing), who last week brokered a deal so that the seniors will not monopolize space in the McDonald’s during peak business hours. Many seniors use the eatery for social gatherings, where they spend many hours and few dollars with their elderly friends. Under the agreement, the seniors promise to leave the facility from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with Kim working out a plan to provide transit for them to senior centers. The assemblyman said on Monday that there were “a couple of hiccups last week but all has been resolved.” He added that the McDonald’s owner has been “super responsive to our complaints.” Kim said he will hold a roundtable once a month with the seniors to discuss general concerns. And he will introduce legislation this week with the help of the AARP to address what he said is the core problem behind this conflict: lack of social space for Q older adults.

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Boro Council freshmen settle into new jobs Queens’ four new members talk about their committee assignments by Domenick Rafter Editor

In November, Queens voters sent four new members of their City Council delegation to City Hall. They replaced members who had key positions in previous Council sessions. When the four new lawmakers — Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) and Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) — received their committee assignments last week, they all found themselves in different levels of power. Miller, who replaced Leroy Comrie, the most recent deputy majority leader, was a labor activist and president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local No. 1056 before his election. As the new Civil Service and Labor Committee head, he is one of the few freshmen citywide to wield a powerful gavel. His committee has oversight over public unions and labor issues. “This is right in my wheelhouse. I’ve been in civil service all my professional career,” Miller said, pointing out that his Eastern Queens district has the highest ratio of residents in unions in the city. He said he was “uniquely qualified” to chair the committee, which is scheduled to hold a hearing on Mayor de Blasio’s plan to expand paid sick leave on Thursday. Miller said that he would use his chair-

Queens’ City Council freshmen Paul Vallone, left, Rory Lancman, Daneek Miller and Costa Constantinides all landed in different levels of power, but say their committee assignments will FILE PHOTOS help Queens and the city. manship to hold hearings with the Office of Labor Relations and the unions themselves on contract negotiations. He said his background in labor would not prevent him from looking at issues objectively. “I would hold my own feet to the fire,” he said. Constantinides and Vallone both received chairmanships of subcommittees, Libraries and Senior Centers, respectively. “Chairing the subcommittee on Libraries is definitely going to keep me very busy,” Constantinides said. “There are a lot of good things going on, some challenges that we’re going to have to meet.” On his agenda is expanding languages uses in libraries, as well as expanding technology as well. The committee oversees not only the Queens Librar y, but the

Brooklyn and New York systems, the latter of which covers Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. Constantinides, who succeeded Peter Vallone Jr., also sits on the Transportation and Environmental Protection committees, both of which he felt familiar with. On Transpor tation, he wants to focus on improving bus and ferry service to his Astoria-based district. The Environmental Protection committee is one he knows well, having previously worked for its former chairman, Jim Gennaro. “I know where we’ve been, where we need to go,” Constantinides said. In a statement, Vallone, who replaced Republican Dan Halloran, said he feels the Senior Citizens committee was a good fit. “I have worked for over 22 years as an

Van Bramer as majority leader Councilman talks about what his new job will entail by Domenick Rafter

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C o u n c i l m a n J i m my Va n B r a m e r (D-Sunnyside) was appointed to the second-highest position in the 51-member City Council last week, and his new role as majority leader means he will spending a lot of quality time with Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan), the 46 other Democrats in the body and Mayor de Blasio’s staff — and giving Queens a powerful representative in City Hall. “Needless to say I am excited and honored to serve in the second-highest position in the Council,” Van Bramer said. “To have that person come from Queens is a very big victory for the borough.” As majority leader, the second-term Democrat will officially serve as leader of the Council’s 48-member Democratic Caucus and as a liaison between it and the speaker. “My job is to make sure their voices are heard,” Van Bramer explained. Despite a divisive race for speaker, Van Bramer doesn’t believe the Democratic Caucus is fractured. Although the race for speaker did divide the party for a time, Mark-Viverito received a unanimous vote of all 51 members when she was elected speaker on Jan. 8. “We went through an intense process in

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer was elected majority leader, the second-most powerful job FILE PHOTO on the 51-member City Council. the speaker’s race,” he said. “But at the end of the day, we came together. I think there’s a lot of consensus on Mayor de Blasio’s prog ressive agend a. I th i n k

there’s a great deal that unites us.” Van Bramer noted that there was wide agreement in the Democratic caucus on issues such as expanded paid sick leave and universal prekindergarten, both of which de Blasio and Mark-Viverito have announced they would pursue in the near future. The Queens councilman will also be responsible for advising Mark-Viverito and helping in crafting legislation and the Council budget. Van Bramer is the first new majority leader in over a decade. Former Councilman Joel Rivera of the Bronx served as majority leader from 2002 through 2013. Separate from his role as majority leader, Van Bramer was also appointed by Mark-Viverito to co-chair a budget negotiation team, which will put him in a powerful position when it comes to crafting a spending plan with de Blasio. “Under a new, smaller, budget negotiating team, we will help shape the priorities of the Council when it comes to funding,” he explained. “I look forward to playing a role with respect to determining priorities for the Council when it comes to the budget and working with the Mayor’s Office.” Van Bramer also remains chairman of the Cultural Affairs Committee, which he Q has headed for the past four years.

elder law and general practice attorney and I believe I can bring considerable knowledge and real experience to this committee,” he said. “I understand the issues and concerns facing our seniors and am very aware of the resources the City provides on a daily basis to ensure a dignified and proper quality of life for all seniors.” Lancman, who served in the state Assembly from 2007 through 2012, found himself without a committee chairmanship, but said his assignments, to the Public Safety, Fire and Criminal Justice and Juvenile Justice committees, give him a great deal of influence over issues dealing with crime and security concerns. “It’s a good vantage point to oversee the whole public safety apparatus to the city, try to make changes for the better and prevent changes for the worse,” Lancman said, noting that he plans to make public safety in his district a priority. “It’s an issue that people in the district care about and this gives me a chance to look at public safety holistically.” Lancman also sits on three other committees: Environmental Protection — which his predecessor Gennaro chaired — Consumer Affairs and Oversight. “You don’t really need to chair a committee to lead on an issue,” Lancman observed. “I’m not going to lack for work, Q that’s for sure.”

Mayor picks 2 more aides Mayor de Blasio named two more members of his administration last week. Dr. Mary Bassett was appointed commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene last Thursday and Rose Pierre-Louis was named commissioner of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence. A New York City native, Bassett previously served as deputy commissioner of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where she oversaw campaigns banning smoking and trans fats in restaurants, and requiring restaurants to post calorie counts. She also helped establish the District Public Health offices in Harlem, the South Bronx, and North and Central Brooklyn to lead targeted strategies in health and communication in these communities. For 17 years, she worked as a doctor in Africa. Pierre-Louis has spent her entire career as a family advocate and held leadership positions at the Network for Women’s Services, Sanctuary for Families and Harlem Legal Services. Most recently, she was deputy borough presiQ dent for Manhattan.

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Claim 25 went to rally attended by 13 by Christopher Barca Reporter

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Chili cookoff staves off cold The Grace Church of Whitestone warmed up the souls and bellies of its community this past weekend with its second annual Whitestone Chili Cookoff. Eight contestants competed for a trophy and a $50 gift card as part of a fundraiser for the church. Taking first prize was Nancy Iron of White-

stone, above, mother of last year’s winner, Nick Iron, for her sweet beef & beans chili. In second place, was James Curzio of Whitestone for his spicy German chili. Tying for third was the Batshoff family of Bayside with their beef and bean chili and Frank Guan of Great Neck with his pork ribblack-bean sauce and Asian spices creation.

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Thirteen people representing various Queens Republican clubs gathered at Borough Hall during the snowstorm on Jan. 22 to protest Gov. Cuomo’s recent anticonservative remarks. However, a press release sent out by the Queens Village Republican Club after the event proclaimed that a much bigger protest was held. “Twenty-five conservative Republicans ... assembled,” the release said, “to protest against Gov. Cuomo’s intolerant and offensive remarks that conser vative Republicans have no place in New York.” In reality, 11 people were present at the start of the rally and the crowd grew to 13 by the end of the protest, which took place in driving snow and bitter cold. Asked about the discrepancy, Queens Village Republican Club President Phil Orenstein said the figure in the press release was an error that ref lected the number of people who were expected to attend.

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Thirteen GOPers attended a rally to protest Gov. Cuomo’s controversial remarks. A press release erred in saying 25 people PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA were present. “The 25 figure was an error, which was closer to the confirmed count rather than the actual number,” Orenstein said. “There were about 5 to 6 more speakers who were confirmed and a number of people who didn’t show at the last minute due to the storm.” No corrected press release was issued. Q

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Another year, another series of excellent entries in the annual Check out even SEE Queens Chronicle Holiday Photo Contest, this one our sixth. The winmore nice holiday ner this time around is Kimberly Graves of Howard Beach, who took MORE the photo at the top right of her son, Hudson, 4, making like a present shots from our PHOTOS under the tree. Kimberly is a single mom, and Hudson has a mild readers online at ONLINE developmental disability and attends Heartshare Preschool. We hope qchron.com. he’ll also enjoy attending Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, or one of several off-Broadway shows, as Kimberly gets to pick passes to any one of those as her prize. Among this year’s other notable entries were Anita King of Whitestone’s “Dining with a View,” above, taken in Long Island City; a shot of St. John’s Cemetery in Middle Village taken by Kayla Luongo, 15, that brings Ebenezer Scrooge to mind; and the snow-dappled wreath taken by Ary Markowski of Bayside. Be sure to watch for our next photo contest, happening this summer!

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other projects, but the artist said he did not know Ramnarine besides the few times he A Long Island City foundry owner has was commissioned for work. In 1960, Johns created the bronze sculpchanged his plea to guilty on charges that he plotted to sell a fake sculpture of contempo- ture and then in 1990, he asked Ramnarine, rary artist Jasper Johns’ famous 1960 “Flag” who owns Empire Bronze Art Foundry, to create a wax cast of it. painting for $11 million. In 2010, he began circulating the art world The plea change comes five days after Johns himself testified in court that Brian for potential buyers, at which time speculaRamnarine never returned the mold after tive collectors questioned the work’s authenticity, leading to an FBI investigation. FBI producing the wax cast. In a phone interview, Ramnarine’s attor- documents showed that Ramnarine said he ney, Troy Smith, said that his client made the had documents of authenticity and could plea midway through the trial after evaluat- arrange a meeting between Johns and the coling the overwhelming evidence of guilt pre- lector to dispel doubts. Ramnarine was hit with the fraud charge sented by the prosecution. “Every defendant in our country has a in November 2012, and according to a press right to try the case and go to trial and make release by the U.S. attorney, continued to the government prove their case beyond a defraud an online art gallery that paid “tens reasonable doubt and that’s what he wanted of thousands of dollars for phony sculptures” thought to be genuine pieces by artists Robto do,” said Smith. Ramnarine originally said that the sculp- ert Indiana and Saint Clair C e m i n , ture was a gift but Johns later testified that he while he was out on bail. According to Smith, under the terms of the never agreed to giving him the sculpture. Johns had previously used Ramnarine for plea agreement, federal guidelines stipulate that Ramnarine could face between eight to 10 years in prison for the charges. If he had been convicted on the original charges, he could have faced up to 30 years. This is the second time Ram narine has faced a court for fraud charges. In 2003, a Queens Supreme Court justice sentenced him to five years probation and ordered to pay $100,000 In 2012, Brian Ramnarine was arrested for attempting to sell this for defrauding two art FILE PHOTO collectors. fake bronze sculpture of Jasper John’s “Flag” painting. Q Chronicle Contributor

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77 76 St. John’s defeats Seton Hall on Jan. 23. to pull away from the Bulldogs in the second half. St. John’s held Butler to just 27-percent shooting from the field and 18 points total in the second half, giving the Red Storm arguably it’s most complete win of the season. Riding high into Omaha, NE for its first conference battle with 20th-ranked Creighton, the Johnnies nearly escaped with a fourth straight win. With the game tied with three seconds left, National Player of the Year frontrunner Doug McDer mott buried his f ifth three-pointer of the game to give the Bluejays its 18th win of the season. McDer mott, much like he’s done to almost every defense he’s faced this year, ripped the Johnnies to the tune of 39 points, a season high for the surging superstar, while also snaring six rebounds. Sampson, Harrison, Jordan and Chris Obekpa all scored double digit points for the Johnnies, but the Red Storm simply couldn’t keep up with McDermott’s shooting. The Red Storm return to New York to take on Marquette at Madison Square Garden on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. before traveling to Rhode Island to take on ProviQ dence on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m.

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JAZZY LANE Flushing Town Hall takes you around the real ‘home of jazz’ by Tess McRae

Fats Waller and Dizzy Gillespie all lived in Queens at some point in their musical careers. In an effort to shed light on the rich jazz culture in Queens that has largely been ignored, Flushing Town Hall created the Queens Jazz Trail map. Music lovers can visit the arts venue to pick up a colorful map to use as a personal guide that includes the addresses of the jazz musicians who lived in Queens and is easy to navigate. On the reverse side, there is a breakdown of each neighborhood in Queens and the musicians who lived in it, as well as a brief overview on this history of jazz and the influence Queens had on the musicians. The presence of notable jazz musicians in Queens can be traced back to 1923, when music publisher Clarence Williams and his wife, singer Eva Taylor, purchased a home on 108th Avenue in Jamaica. Continued onpage page continued on 36

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The Queens Jazz Trail allows visitors to visit the homes of jazz greats including Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie.

Louis Armstrong was Lo kno known to sit out on his por porch, playing his trumpet wh while the streets bustled aro around him. It wasn’t New Orleans, Chicago or Harlem where the jazz jaz legend hung his hat, it was Corona, and Arm Armstrong wasn’t alone in calling Queens home for so many years. Jazz is recognized as America’s Ame indigenous music as classical had been practiced practice for centuries before in other countries and later genres gen including rock, soul and pop were heavily influe influenced by jazz and other preexisting genres. Though it is “America’s music,” m since the 1920s, Queens has been the “home “hom of jazz,” where hundreds of musicians resided resided. Heavy hitters like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald,

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EXHIBITS Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. 25 Years of Madden NFL video game exhibition. Five versions of the groudbreaking game on view and available to play now thru Sunday, Feb. 23. Indie Essentials: 25 Must-Play Video Games, Exhibition of 25 playable, independently produced games, through March 2. Museum hours: Wednesdays-Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. $12 adults, $9 seniors over 65 and students with ID, $6 children 3-12, under 3 free.

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“Twelfth Night,” Queens Theatre with Aquila Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Friday, Feb. 14, 2 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 15, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 16, 3 p.m. $42 (Fri.) $49 (Sat. & Sun.), $25 rear seating (all performances). Tickets: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre. org/shakespeares-twelfth-night. “Survey,” LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City, Friday, February 7, 8 p.m. $10. One-act comedy-drama about listening. Contact: (718) 482-5151, lagcc.cuny.edu/lpac. Queens Secret Improv Club, comedy every Wednesday-Saturday, approx. 7:30 p.m. $7, for the best improv in Queens. 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Contact: secrettheatre.org.

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MUSIC Con Brio Ensemble, Twilight Concert, The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, Sunday, Feb. 9, 4:30 p.m. $12, $10 students/seniors, TDF vouchers accepted. Contact: Dr. Diana MittlerBattipaglia (718) 459-1277, dianamittler@aol.com. “LOVE,” A Vocal Concert, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Tony Bennett Concert hall, 35-12 35 Ave., Astoria, Thursday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. Vocal concert by the students. $15 general, $10 students. Contact: Andre Vazquez: (718) 361-9920, andre.fssa@gmail. com, franksinatraschoolofthearts.org/show-calendar.

DANCE Ballet Hispanico, Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Goldstein Theater at Queens College, 65-30 Kis-

Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Afternoon Bingo, every Tuesday, January-February, early game, 2 p.m., doors open at 1:30 p.m., everyone 18 & over. Call (718) 459-1000. Oakland Little Neck Jewish Center, 49-10 Little Neck Pkwy. A Capella Musical Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, 6:30 p.m., Feb. 7. Comedy Club, with Jon Fisch & Randy Levin, Saturday, 8 p.m., Feb. 8, with desserts and wine; $35 per member, $40 per nonmember, $45 at door. Call (718) 224-0404.

“Raising the Temperature: Art in Environmental Reactions,” Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, runs thru March 2. Opening reception, Sunday, Feb. 2, 3-5 p.m. Contact: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

“Kiss or Make Up,” a wild comedy, The First String Players, Our Lady of Mercy, 70-01 Kessel St., Forest Hills, enter on Juno St., Saturday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2 p.m. $10. Contact: (718) 268-6143; FirstStringPlayers@gmial.com.

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Volunteer youth baseball/football coaches, LP Fam Youth Organization, baseball ages 5-14, football ages 9-12, teams play in spring, summer and fall, 2014. Contact: Derik Braswell (917) 692-4775 or Paul Cox (718) 607-2421. Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers.

sena Blvd., Flushing, Saturday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m.; Sunday Feb. 9, 3 p.m. $49, $29 at KupferbergPresents. org, or at the box office. Take Root with Teresa Fellion and Teddy Tedholm, Friday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m., $15. Contact: greenspacestudio.org/TakeRoot.html. Fertile Ground New Works Showcase, Sunday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m., $10. Contact: greenspacestudio.org/fertileground.html. Green Space, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City, Contact: Marisa Martin (718) 956-3037, marisa@ greenspacestudio.org.

LECTURE Bill Cosby & Frank Savage speak at York College, 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m. Discussion of their books and careers as part of Black History Month presentation at York. Forgotten Queens: Roosevelt Island Explores the History of a Fascinating Neighbor, NY Public Library on Roosevelt Island, 524 Main St., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Robert Singleton, Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, sponsored by the Roosevelt Island Historical Society. Free.

AUDITIONS Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill, chorus call, for Mozart‘s “Requiem,” St. John‘s Lutheran Church, 86-20 114 St., Saturdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Singers buy their own music, semester dues $60, concert on Apr. 13. All voices welcome. Rockaway Theatre Company, ensemble members for March production of “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” Men/women, all

ethnicities, ages 20-40, dance training (perferred), follow choreography, some vocal skill. Rehearsals weekday evenings, Sunday afternoons to March 14. Contact: rockawaytheatre@verizon.net.

CLASSES Tango Dance Workshop, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greepoint Ave., Sunnyside, Fridays & Saturdays, 5-6 p.m., Feb. 1-March 22. Taught by Yaisuri Salamanca & John Hernan Raigosa, for men/ women, no experience needed. $150 for 15 classes, $100 for 5 classes, $25 per class. Contact: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org. Free tax clinic, MinKwon Center for Community Action, 136-19 41 Ave., Flushing, 6:30-8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 6. Prepare to file for taxes in English, Korean, Chinese. App’t. req’d. Contact: David Chung (718) 460-5600, david.chung@minkwon.org. Ballroom Dance Classes, Year ‘Round Social Dance Program, Monday & Friday evenings, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Call 718) 478-3100.

COMMUNITY Free Dental Screenings, Steinway Family Dental Center, 32-50 Steinway St., Astoria, Friday, Feb. 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Celebrate February's National Dental Health Month with free preventative care for adults and children. Contact: (718) 728-3314, alldentalneeds.com. Financial Literacy, Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave., Astoria, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 6-8 p.m. Go from artist to creative entrepreneur, learn to prioritize needs over wants and manage cash

Yoga classes, Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, registration ongoing for winter series (14 classes), Mondays (intermediate/open), 10:20-11:20 a.m.; Wednesdays (beginners/seniors), 10:10-11:10 a.m.; Fridays (intermediate/advanced), 11:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. $168 CQY members, $210 general public; seniors, $66 CQY members, $119 general public. Register: (718) 268-5011, cgy.org.

KIDS Community Conversations for Kids: Democracy, Queens Historical Society, Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2-3 p.m. Contact: Karyn Mooney, (718) 939-0647, kmooney@queenshistoricalsociety.org; queenshistoricalsociety.org. High School to Art School Interview Day for Winter/Spring Program, Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave. (enter on 37th St.), 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 15. Training for HS juniors/ seniors with art skills: mentorships, college application, financial planning. Contact: Daliana drosa@queenscouncilarts.org. Black History Month: George Washington Carver Workshop, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Thursday, Feb. 20, 1:30-3 p.m. Carver's achievements in botany. $6 per child. Contact: Rebecca Wolf (718) 886-3880, education@queensbotanical.org. Arts & Crafts Class, Ridgewood YMCA, 69-02 64 St., Wednesdays, thru Feb. 23, 6-7 p.m., ages 5-12. $65 Members, $75 nonmembers. Contact: Sarah Feldman (212) 912-2180, labohemianartist@gmail.com.

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Queens Library celebrates Black History Month by Michael Gannon

presentation of “Steve Who? Biko” at 6 p.m. on Feb. 3. The show explores the life of the 30-year-old antiThe Queens Library had to get an early start on its apartheid activist in South Africa who was beaten to celebration of Black History Month, kicking off on Jan. death in police custody in 1977. 25 in order to get all of its cultural and educational Artist Robin Miller will present a slideshow of her programs in. works depicting the Harlem Renaissance at 4 p.m. on The 29th annual Langston Hughes Celebration, at Feb. 4 at the South Hollis Library, and on Feb. 5 Miller the library named in his honor on will be at the Rochdale Village Northern Boulevard in Corona, branch at 4 p.m. to discuss the will run from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 impact of jazz on the works of p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. artists such as Pablo Picasso, The musical-themed afternoon Henr i Mat isse and Jack son will feature a tribute exploring Pollack. 500 years of African-American The Central Library will show history, and will conclude with a the 1961 movie “A Raisin in the When: Throughout February performance by the Harlem Blues Sun,” starring Sidney Poitier, Where: Check your local library and Jazz Band that starts at 4:30 Ruby Dee and Louis Gossett Jr. p.m. Admission is free, but space at 6 p.m. on Feb. 5, followed Website: queenslibrary.org is limited. the next day by “The Defiant Other programs and presentaOnes” starring Poitier and Tony tions will include classic movies, Curtis. theater, art, folklore and more music. The East Elmhurst branch will host a program on The Central Library in Jamaica will host Grace drumming and traditional storytelling presented by the Drums on Feb. 2 at 3 p.m. The show includes tradi- Apollo Theatre Foundation at 4 p.m. on Feb. 5. tional West African percussion put to songs from AfriOther offerings include: ca and the Caribbean. • “A Humble Village,” an art workshop at 4:30 p.m. On the more serious side, the Rosedale Library will on Feb. 6 at the Pomonok Library; host the Caribbean American Repertory Theatre’s continued on on page page 39 00 continued editor

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Honoring black culture year-round through the arts by Tess McRae qboro editor

Queens is full of different cultures, ethnicities and social groups, and the art produced in the borough reflects that. African-American theater, film and music venues have become major contributors to the borough and help tell the stories of nearby artists and artists from around the world. Many of these spaces were founded in the 1970s when cultural expression within the black community was beginning to t a ke a d i f f e r e n t t u r n t h at embraced their ancestors’ roots as well as American contemporary theater and film. Most famously, there is the Apollo Theater in Harlem but smaller venues that focus on attracting locals have become more and more popular as they expose people to art they might other wise never get to experience.

The largest of these venues in Queens is the Black Spectrum Theatre, founded in 1970 by writer, producer and filmmaker Carl Clay. It is the only professional theater company reaching out to people of African descent in Queens and serves the large African-American, Caribbean-American and Latino populations in the area including Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans and Laurelton. Originally created to be a theatre troupe, Black Spectrum Theatre traveled throughout the borough and the country to put on shows for viewers. The group now has a 325-seat state-of-the-art theater at 177th Street and Baisley Boulevard in Jamaica, where it serves 20,000 audience member s annua lly through various plays, musicals and a social issue video series. Though Black Spectrum is certainly the largest, it isn’t the only Queens venue founded by and

The Black Spectrum Theatre and the Afrikan Poetry Theatre are two of the most influential African-American FILE PHOTOS arts venues that look to reach out and educate everyone on black culture. catering to African Americans. The Afrikan Poetry Theatre, located at 176-03 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica, opened its center in 1978 with a mission to bring jazz, funk and African rhythms to members’ poetry. “As the years have gone on, we’ve taken on new goals,” Saiku Branch, the program coordinator

for the theater said. “We work on a lot of social programming with adverse youth and while we still have poetry, open mics and piano classes, we try to keep everything affordable for families.” Branch said the need for people to understand culture will always be present and that the best way to meet it is to reach

out to youth. “We believe that if people understand the beauty of their culture, they’ll a spire to do more,” he said. “We’ve been opening up to work with groups from Central America, India, Pakistan to help young people in a low-income environment have a Q place to belong.”

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A self-guided jazz tour through Queens continued from from page page 00 31 continued As Williams grew up in the countryside in Louisiana, he didn’t want a home in Harlem or Greenwich Village, which were fairly urban. Jamaica, still fairly suburban at the time, provided a lot of open space at the time. “When I look back at it now, I realize what that Ruscoe Street house really meant to us,” bassist Milt Hinton said on his first house in Queens in the book “Bass Line.” “For the first time we had something that was ours. It was our security and some new roots.” In fact, many African Americans who grew up in the South flocked to Jamaica, St. Albans, Hollis and surrounding neighborhoods to settle down. Addisleigh Park in St. Albans became especially popular in the 1940s and ’50s with famous residents including Count Basie, Lena Horne, Mercer Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and soul singer James Brown. “In no time at all, we had assembled the greatest community of black people in the country outside Harlem,” saxophonist Illinois Jacquet recalls about Addisleigh Park. “We built a neighborhood to be proud of, a

An old photograph of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet in front of his home with FILE PHOTO some neighborhood boys. monument to black achievement.” As the years pass by and the great jazz musicians of the ’30s and ’40s pass away, institutions such as Queens and York colleges and the Louis Armstrong Museum have

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made it a point to preserve the rich history that the borough has to offer. While formal tours of the Queens Jazz Trail are no longer offered, jazz fans can visit Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern

May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2014 June 14, 21, 2014

Blvd., to purchase the map and take in some of the historical photographs of famous jazz musicians. When it was held weekly, the tour would stop in Corona and the Louis Armstrong Museum, located at the trumpeter’s old home. The museum offers a look at Armstrong’s personal collection of recordings, reel-to-reel tapes, scrapbooks, photographs, trumpets and awards. After the museum visit, the tour would make brief stops at the nearby home of Dizzy Gillespie and the Dorrie Miller apartment complex which was home to Cannonball and Nat Adderley and is still the residence of Jimmy Heath. The tour continued southea s t to Addisleigh Park in St. Albans, which has the highest concentration of ja zz greats’ homes in the borough, including Count Basie’s home that had a yard as big as a city block. In addition, Flushing Town Hall has put together the Queens Jazz Orchestra, conducted by musician Jimmy Heath which works to bring young and old musicians together to help revitalize and nurture a Q new generation of jazz musicians.

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Baseball 2014 registration, Dunton Presbyterian Church, 109-29 135 St., South Ozone Park, Saturdays, now-Apr. 19, 12-3 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 5-14. Proof of age (birth certificate, passport, school record). $100 registration includes uniform, insurance, weekly training, games, trophies. Contact: Derik Braswell (917) 6924775, Ted Jones (917) 375-6185 or Paul Cox (718) 835-8416.

Briarwood Action Network, “Operation ID” community meeting, Samaritan Village, 138-02 Queens Blvd., 2nd Floor, Thursday, Jan. 30, 7-9 p.m. Learn to safeguard some of those great new gadgets you got for the holidays at an “Operation ID” community meeting.

Hands-on History: Tiny Valentine, King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Saturday, 12-3 p.m., Feb. 15. Create miniature 19thcentury-inspired valentines. Call (718) 206-0545. Author Talk with Sam Roberts, urban affairs correspondent for The New York Times, Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, Thursday, Feb. 6, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Contact: Daniel Zaleski (718) 990-0748, dzaleski@ queenslibrary.org. Lunar New Year Celebration, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Saturday, Feb. 8, 1-4 p.m. Free, craft activities (some require free) and musical performance at 2 p.m. Contact: (718) 886-3800, dhector@queensbotanical.org. Shorewalker Walks: Hellgate Ferry Road (Astoria) to Newtown (Elmhurst), Saturday, Feb. 1; Three Lakes, Three Parks, Sunday, Apr. 13. Contact: Christine at (212) 787-1136, chryost@hotmail.com.

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Speculative Authors Reading, to support American Cancer Society, Astoria Bookshop, Saturday, Feb. 1, 5 p.m. Four authors with works published in "Metastasis," an anthology of fiction and poetry about cancer. Contact: Sandi Leibowitz (718) 278-2665, leibosan@earthlink. net, astoriabookshop.com.

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“Formerly Incarcerated: Know Your Legal Rights,” NAACP Jamaica Branch, The Resurrection Celebration Church, 106-56 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, Saturday, Feb. 8, 11 a.m. Criminal justice re-entry workshop for those formerly incarcerated and/or on parole. Kiwanis Club of Bayside, Bourbon Street Restaurant, 40-12 Bell Blvd., meets 1st Wednesday of every month, 1 p.m. Contact: joecorace@aol.com. American Legion, Continental Post, 10715 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills. All veterans invited, enjoy camaraderie and support, every first Friday of the month, 7 p.m. Call Tom Long, (718) 704-4197. AARP Meetings: Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., meets Mondays 1 p.m. Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, noon. Call (718) 672-9890. Chapter 4163, Ozone Park, Christ Lutheran Community Center, 85-15 101 Ave., meets last Tuesday of each month, noon. Next meeting, Jan. 28, new members welcome.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Regular weekly hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30; Eldercise, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thursday of month. Monthly bus trips to Yonkers. Call Karen (718) 456-2000. The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 12310 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Call (718) 657-6752. Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers: computer training classes, all levels, beginners to advanced, including: 21st Century Technology, teaching use of iPods, smartphones, e-readers, tablet computers, and latest gadgets; and Microsoft Excel (separate class); fitness classes in Zumba, aerobics, line dancing, chair and mat yoga, tai chi, lower-body toning, sit and be fit; recreational activities (daily bingo, singing, watercolor painting, bus trips, daily meals and more). Call Hindy at (718) 894-3441 or visit the Center.

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King Crossword Puzzle

Black History

ACROSS 1 Egyptian fertility goddess 5 Lingerie item 8 Go bankrupt 12 Less than bi13 Started 14 Discourteous 15 Many eBay sales 17 Geometry calculation 18 Speedometer stat 19 Father 20 Rascally sort 21 Lustrous black 22 Stick out 23 - New Guinea 26 Starbucks employee 30 Luke Wilson’s brother 31 Energy 32 Piece of work 33 Skirt slit 35 Pesky insects 36 Cowboy nickname 37 - de deux 38 Unadorned 41 Island neckpiece 42 Witness 45 Continental coin 46 Parts 48 “- go bragh!” 49 Khan title 50 YouTube offering 51 Cincinnati team 52 Triumphed 53 Vortex

00 continued from page 33

DOWN 1 Mosque VIP 2 First course, maybe 3 Part of the foot? 4 Drunkard 5 Become swollen 6 Tear 7 Commercials 8 One-half and three-fourths 9 Emanation 10 The same

11 Jump 16 Thought 20 South (Sp.) 21 Meeting places 22 Toast topper 23 Burst 24 Piercing tool 25 Shell game item 26 Piece 27 Hot tub 28 Ancient boy king 29 Donkey 31 Irritate

34 Understanding 35 Pace 37 Pie nut 38 Juror, in theory 39 Enticement 40 Saharan 41 Toy block name 42 Hawked 43 Oklahoma city 44 Catch sight of 46 Carpentry tool 47 Hockey venue

Answers at right

• African-American songs and stories at the Central Library’s Children’s Library at 1:30 p.m., followed at 3 p.m. on Feb. 8 by the film “Before They Die” on the 1921 Tulsa race riots; • Myths and fables celebrating African oral tradition presented by Christine Campbell at 4 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Laurelton Library; • “The Color Purple” will show at 6 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Central Library, followed at noon on Feb. 13 by “Imitation of Life”; • “Traveling the Underground Railroad: Family Quilting Workshop” at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 at the Hillcrest Library on Union Turnpike in Flushing; • Blues guitarist Eddie Lee Isaacs at the Briarwood Library at 3 p.m. on Feb. 19, followed that evening by the movie “Remember the Titans” with Denzel Washington at 6 p.m. at the Central Library; • “To Kill a Mockingbird” with Gregory Peck at noon on Feb. 21 at the Central Branch; • African-American songs and stories with April Armstrong at 3:30 on Feb. 21 at the Richmond Hill Library on Hillside Avenue; • “Resistance,” a play based on the

1851 riot in Pennsylvania involving abolitionists and Maryland slave catchers, at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the Flushing Library on Main Street; • A film and discussion of Langston Hughes and Harlem at 2 p.m. and 3 :30 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the Langston Hughes branch on Northern Boulevard in Corona; • The Oscar-nominated “12 Years a Slave” at the Central Library at 6 p.m. on Feb. 26; • The 1963 Poitier movie “Lillies of the Field” at the Central Library at noon on Q Feb. 27.

Crossword Answers

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WEST HAMILTON BEACH FIRE DEPT. & AMBULANCE CORPS

86 th Anniversary Dinner Dance on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Russo’s On The Bay As our way of saying thank you to those who have supported us in the past, we are pleased to honor:

These three individuals and organizations have assisted and continue to assist the West Hamilton Beach Volunteers, even during the most trying of times, in particular during the Hurricane Sandy crisis.

DR. STEVEN R EIS - Former WHBFD Firefighter A former WHB volunteer firefighter, who later became chief medical offi cer of a volunteer fire department in Pittsburgh, PA. He was instrumental in helping WHB obtain three firetrucks from the Pittsburgh region.

NICK BENEDUCE, Photographer Extraordinaire He is responsible for many of the pictures that adorn our website - is always available and never ever asks for financial compensation, not only from WHB, but various nonprofits in the South Queens community.

HONORABLE Y. PHILLIP GOLDFEDER - New York State Assemblyman This year the assemblyman will join the ranks of all other elected offi cials by being honored as our newest Honorary Fire Commissioner. While many freshman elected offi cials receive very little discretionary funding, he made sure your volunteers had fuel for the emergency equipment.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us anytime at (718) 843-1716. Thank you for your continued support. All donations are tax deductible. Make check payable to “West Hamilton Beach Volunteers, Inc.” Mail to: West Hamilton Beach Fire Dept. & Ambulance Corps, P.O. Box 177, Howard Beach, NY 11414

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO. 6502/13 CASTLE PEAK 2012-1 LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2012-1, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, vs. AMIR ALI, SIRAJ U. BUTT, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, JOHN DOE (Said name being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and any parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged premises.), Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 91-30 90th Street, Woodhaven, NY 11421 BLOCK 8983 LOT 119 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s)’ attorney(s) within twenty 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 case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 3rd day of January, 2014. TO: SIRAJ U. BUTT, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Rudolph E. Greco, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated 10th day of December, 2013 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by AMIR ALI and SIRAJ U. BUTT dated the 14th day of August, 2007, to secure the sum of $372,000.00, and recorded at book CRFN 2007000499058 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 1st day of October, 2007; the maximum aggregate principal balance secured by this mortgage is $427,800.00 which is 115% of the original principal note amount; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment executed the 26th day of September, 2011, and recorded on the 6th day of December, 2011, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2011000424737; which mortgage was further assigned by assignment executed the 16th day of January, 2013, and recorded on the 28th day of February, 2013, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2013000084657; which mortgage was further assigned by assignment executed the 22nd day of January, 2013, and recorded on the 28th day of February, 2013, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 201300084658. The property in question is described as follows: 91-30 90th Street, Woodhaven, NY 11421 SEE FOLLOWING LEGAL DESCRIPTION Block: 8983 Lot: 119 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the building and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Fourth Ward of the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of 90th Street (formerly Gherardi Avenue) distant 250 feet Southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of said Westerly side of 90th Street, with the Southerly side of 91st Avenue (formerly Fulton Street); RUNNING THENCE Westerly parallel with 91st Avenue and part of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet; THENCE Southerly parallel with 90th Street 16 feet 8 inches; THENCE Easterly parallel with 91st Avenue and part of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet to the Westerly side of 90th Street; THENCE Northerly along the Westerly side of 90th Street, 16 feet 8 inches to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as: 91-30 90th Street, Woodhaven, NY 11421 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. §1303 NOTICE 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 has filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: January 3, 2014 Gross Polowy Orlans, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s), 25 Northpointe Parkway, Suite 25, Amherst, NY 14228. The law firm of Gross Polowy Orlans, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 294242

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: OMM, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/28/04. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Olga Milicevic, 6931 Central Ave., Glendale, NY 11385. General Purpose.

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NHL scores at the stadium Shevlin Mansion in by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The two outdoor NHL games at Yankee Stadium involving the Rangers and their two local opponents, the Devils and the Islanders, this past week certainly drew big crowds despite the bone chilling cold of what seems to be an immobile polar vortex. The National Hockey League wisely made the games a de facto part of the NFL Super Bowl Week undercard. It’s funny how the media has been in a frenzy about what the weather conditions will be like this Sunday at MetLife Stadium ever since the NFL announced that the 2014 Super Bowl would take place in our area, yet there was nary a word about the tundra conditions that fans would have to endure when the NHL announced this Stadium Series last year. The Devils and Rangers held an outdoor practice last Saturday. Rangers players Brian Boyle and Chris Kreider got into the Yankee Stadium spirit by bringing their baseball gloves and tossing a softball through the snowflakes. Devils head coach Peter DeBoer concurred that outdoor games are crucial for the growth of the NHL since they attract TV viewers who may only have a passing interest in hockey. Marty Brodeur, the Devils’ 41-year-old goaltender, who may be the best to ever play his position, admitted that he was concerned about both the glare of the ice and the alacrity of his

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reflexes in the cold outdoor weather. He added that he would not wear sunglasses under his mask but would wear the anti-glare eye black under his eyes a lot of football players use. “I have a feeling that it won’t do much good and it’s a pain to remove,” Brodeur candidly added. Veteran NHL right winger Jagomir Jagr admitted that he would rather have been playing in the balmy climes of Southern California, where the Los Angeles Kings were taking on the Anaheim Ducks in an outdoor game at Dodger Stadium Saturday night. “Nothing against Yankee Stadium,” he deadpanned to the laughs of a very understanding press corps. Jagr was asked if he knew anything about Yankee Stadium when he was growing up in Czechoslovakia. “I did not know anything even about the NHL because of the censorship of the Communist government, let alone Yankee Stadium,” Jaromir replied in what was clearly the most poignant comment of the day. Could the Red Storm men’s hoops team finally be turning things around? Last Thursday, in their final game of the season at Carnesecca Arena, they held on to beat Seton Hall 77-76 after nearly squandering a late 17-point lead. They quickly doubled their victory total in the Big East by soundly beating Butler UniQ versity in Indianapolis last Saturday. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Hillside Avenue is one of the longer avenues in Queens, starting in Richmond Hill and continuing over the city line in Floral Park. For those who were well to do, a house up on the hillside was a sign of wealth and suc- The Shevlin Mansion at 167-05 Hillside Ave. in Jamaica cess. The prized north side real on April 9, 1931 and today, obscured by a storefront. estate had some of the most graOnce Hillside Avenue was zoned comcious homes around — before there was a mercial east down to Hollis, these grand place called Jamaica Estates. James J. Shevlin, born in 1863 and a son homes were doomed. Few remained when of Irish immigrants, joined the NYPD on stores started to dominate the area. The Oct. 16, 1886. A rising star in the depart- price of commercial real state outweighed ment, he advanced himself to captain of the the value of these grand homes. But the Shevlin Mansion remained, though hidden. old 279th Precinct in the Rockaways. First-born son Thomas Shevlin became a Shevlin built this mansion, originally numbered 453 Hillside Ave. With his wife, civil engineer, Joseph became an attorney Mary, he raised eight boys — Thomas, and last-born Charles became a medical Matthew, Eugene, Joseph, Gerard, John, doctor with a practice on 153rd Street. Harold and Charles — in this home. His Charles continued to live in the house until last child was a girl they named Mary. He his death in the 1950s. Today the grand old house is blocked even took in his mother- and father-in-law, from view by a building housing offices. Q Matthew and Nora Kett.

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