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Prepare for a bumpy ride on Woodhaven CB 9 to vote on measures that could halt speedy drives near co-ops by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

For years, Forest Park co-op resident Jim Cocovillo has seen the nearby Woodhaven Boulevard service road between Forest Park Drive and Park Lane South become a speedway for drivers looking to beat traffic on the corridor during the morning rush hour. “I’ve had my own close calls there,” Cocovillo, a Community Board 9 member and former chairman of the panel, said. “We have cars constantly speeding up the road, where there are people crossing the street.” Woodhaven civic activist Ed Wendell has also seen it happen, even though he believes it’s illegal for drivers to do so. “There’s a sign that says ‘Through traffic’ and it points to the main road,” Wendell said. “It’s illegal to use the service road.” In an effort to curb speeding near the coops, CB 9 will vote on whether to place speed bumps on the service road. “Speed bumps are definitely, in my opinion, a major thing that would help the safety of everyone in the co-op,” Cocovillo said. The two bumps, if approved by the board and implemented by the Department of Transportation, would be on the service road from Park Lane South to 98th Street and from 98th Street to Forest Park Drive. The DOT has determined it would be fea-

Motorists might have to prepare for a bumpy road along the Woodhaven Boulevard service road between Forest Park Drive and Park Lane South in an effort to curb speeding drivers along that PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY stretch of the street. sible to implement the speed bumps. Cocovillo said residents at the co-op have asked for the bumps “in a general sense” for a while, but one of them last year started a petition to make the request official. “It just got to a whole other state,” he said of the drivers speeding up the road. The service road is on the northbound side of the corridor and puts drivers back on the main side of the road at Forest Park Drive.

Alex Blenkinsopp, the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Associations communications director and also a CB 9 member, said he, too, has seen the cars there and like Wendell believes that may be an illegitimate use of it. “That doesn’t seem to be what the service road is for,” Blenkinsopp said, adding it’s primarily for co-op residents or Forest Parkgoers to find a spot. He added he’s inclined to vote in favor of

the bumps next week, saying he doesn’t see the measure as objectionable. “I can’t think of a reason to be opposed to these speed bumps,” he said. Although Wendell isn’t opposed to the idea of putting a speed bump there, he said there needs to be more enforcement of the through-traffic rule that only allows most motorists on the main stretch of Woodhaven. “Everything on Woodhaven Boulevard goes back to the fact that people are breaking the law and getting away with it,” he said. “Now, you’re going to spend more money to put something in place.” The corridor, and the service road, has long been a dangerous street with speeding drivers and careless pedestrians creating a recipe for disaster, Wendell said. “Growing up as a child, I lived on one side of Woodhaven Boulevard and went to school on the other. My mother never let me cross the street by myself,” he said, later joking, “In fact, she only started letting me go by myself a couple of years ago.” Although Cocovillo cannot recall any accidents on the service road, he said it’s necessary to put the bumps in before one happens. “Anyone who is opposed to these speed bumps is just asking for an accident,” the Q former CB 9 chairman said.

Goldfeder seeks pact to clean graffiti rocks Assemblyman says MTA needs to give NPS permission to clean site by Anthony O’Reilly

equipment, but the graffiti written on the rocks by the MTA Bridge is not only an eyesore that reflects poorly on our neighAlmost three months after Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder borhood, but the vulgar language is not something the children (D-Rockaway Park) initially called for the appropriate agen- need to read,” New Hamilton Beach Civic Association President cy to come forward and clean rocks — with profane messag- Roger Gendron said in a statement issued by Goldfeder’s office. es written in graffiti on them — adjacent to the A train “I applaud Assemblyman Goldfeder for pursuing this issue on tracks by 104th Street in Hamilton Beach, the politician has behalf of the residents in Hamilton Beach.” Gendron, in an interview with the Queens Chronicle in found the rightful owner and is calling on the agency to November, said the graffiti originally allow National Parks Service workers started on a few rocks by the tracks but to clean them up. slowly expanded to several others. GenAccording to a statement released applaud Assemblyman dron back then surmised the site, and by Goldfeder on Monday, New York other properties in Hamilton Beach, are City Transit is in charge of the rocks Goldfeder for pursuing frequented by graffiti vandals because along the coastline of Jamaica Bay. this issue on behalf of they’re isolated and rarely patrolled. He added that the NPS, which During that interview, the civic presoversees the nearby Hamilton Park, is the residents in ident mentioned that the NPS “seems to willing to scrub the profane words off be a lot more receptive recently,” citing them but needs written permission Hamilton Beach.” its cooperation in replacing stolen parts from NYCT to do so. from the playground at the park. “For too long, this blight on our — Roger Gendron, president of the The assemblyman, in his statement, community has spoiled the beautiful New Hamilton Beach Civic Association also praised the agency. vistas of Jamaica Bay that our fami“I applaud the National Park Service and Superintendent lies and visitors from all over come to Hamilton Beach Park to enjoy,” Goldfeder said in the release. “I urge NYC Transit Nersesian for being strong and consistent advocates through to own up to this situation so that we can work together to this process,” Goldfeder said. “I look forward to partnering with them on the clean-up effort and finally give Hamilton begin cleaning it up.” Beach families the park they deserve,” The call for action was echoed by area civic leaders. A spokesman for NYCT did not respond to requests for “Hamilton Beach Park has seen some improvements over the Q past few years, with many families using the new playground comment by press time.

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Time limits nixed for standardized tests Queens CEC members have mixed reactions on commissioner’s decision by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

magine, taking all the time you could want to finish a project — as long as you’re working “productively.” Schoolchildren grades 3 to 8 will be able to enjoy that luxury as they will be able to take as long as they want to finish state standardized tests later this year, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced last Wednesday. “I heard from parents across the state and from teachers that part of the stresses we had on our kids was that they were timed, and particularly younger children,” Elia said while testifying on the proposed state budget last Wednesday. “So, if they are working productively, then they will be able to continue the assessment in a setting where they can read, comprehend and respond to the questions that correspond.” The time limits previously ranged from 70 to 90 minutes for each test. The new regulation will go into effect in April, as students take the tests in math and English language arts under the Common Core standards, which have come under heavy scrutiny by parents and education advocates. The system is under review by a Gov. Cuomo-appointed task force, which is looking into changes that can be made to the

Students taking state standardized tests this year won’t have to worry about time constraints, as they will be allowed to take as long as they want on the exam. Queens CEC members had mixed reactions to the announcement. tests. Many parents feel the curriculum is unfair and questions are not age-appropriate, leading them to keep their children home the day of the exams — a movement known as “opt-out.” In Queens, more than 100 parents opted

out of the tests last year. Elia’s decision to remove time limits, in an effort to reduce some of the stresses of the exams, struck confusion in some Queens members of community education councils. “I’m a little baffled by it,” Nick Comaianni, president of CEC 24, said. “I’m not sure

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he war against charter schools being waged by much of the education establishment and City Hall on multiple fronts continues unabated. Now it’s at the point where the state education commissioner can’t even publicly demonstrate support for charter schools, public institutions under state purview, without the head of a teachers union criticizing her. Charters are as innovative and successful as they are in large part because they’re free of union work rules, so their achievements drive the United Federation of Teachers and its parent group, New York State United Teachers, up the wall. Commissioner MaryEllen Elia appeared at Tuesday’s Charter Advocacy Day rally in Albany. Why shouldn’t she? Gov. Cuomo’s administration is highly supportive of charters, unlike Mayor de Blasio’s. So the NYSUT president slammed Elia for “creating a distraction and sending the wrong message to the Legislature” by her appearance. The commissioner should be focused on getting more funding for traditional public schools, the union leader said. But Elia can walk and chew gum at the same time. The head of the group Families for Excellent Schools, which supports charters, fired back by saying, “NYSUT should immediately

apologize to 120,000 students in New York’s public charter schools and their families for calling them a ‘distraction.’” The political back and forth just reflects the deep differences between those who support charters and those who don’t. A more substantive battle between de Blasio and Success Academy could leave the charter school network unable to offer prekindergarten classes next year. De Blasio refuses to release $720,000 in funding earmarked for Success Academy’s pre-K program until its leader, Eva Moskowitz, signs a contract that would give the city far too much control over what goes on in her schools. Just like his allies in the unions, de Blasio seeks to reduce charter schools’ freedom to operate, because their students’ achievements remind the public every day of the poor state many traditional schools are in. Another attempt to rein in the charters takes the form of a state bill the UFT backs that would force the schools to enroll the exact same percentage of special-needs students as all the regular schools in a given district. That would be especially difficult since charter students are chosen by lottery. And it’s not as if traditional schools follow such a rule. There are 612 of them in the city that enroll a smaller percentage of special-needs students than the average in their

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Laurelton of old Dear Editor: (An open letter to Chronicle Contributor Ron Marzlock): Your piece about the Texaco Twin Pond service station, brought back some very real memories of when I was a kid (“Fixing, fueling and selling cars,” I Have Often Walked, Jan. 28). From approximately 1938 to 1942, when I was between 4 and 8, my parents lived right around the corner at 132-24 234 St., not too distant from Ralph Herman. My father was a steady customer at the Twin Pond gas station and I remember Ralph very clearly, a large man, to me, with a roundish, powerful face. Laurelton in those years was like a small Midwestern town. Directly across Merrick Road from the gas station was a silver-sided diner where the Q5 bus stopped after leaving the Rosedale LIRR station. The diner itself was on land occupied by a working farm that lasted until the 1950s. And speaking of farms, my aunt and uncle had a small farm alongside Brookville Boulevard, north of Merrick, where they had a cornfield and coop full of chickens. East of the gas station, just south of Merrick, were the Twin Ponds, the larger being parallel to the station. In summer we kids played there, trying to catch tadpoles. In winter, my mother took me there to ice skate on my double-bladed training skates. I was never a good skater! I saw the Cross Island Parkway being built and played on the monkey bars in a small play© Copyright 2016 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. 11374-7769.

district. And networks like Success Academy seem to serve theirs quite well, as 72 percent of its students with an Individualized Education Plan passed the latest state math test, compared to 11 percent of those in traditional city schools. Aha, the charter critics’ argument goes, such success comes only because charters kick out students they find problematic. Moskowitz and other charter leaders deny that. But a new legal action taken by parents of 13 current and former Success Academy parents, along with Public Advocate Letitia James and Queens City Councilman Danny Dromm, should reveal the truth. They filed a federal complaint alleging that Success Academy doesn’t provide special-needs students with all the services they are entitled to, suspending them unfairly and making them repeat grades. Moskowitz responded by saying Success Academy provides 11,000 students, including more than 1,400 specialneeds kids, with a good education, and that she’s disappointed 13 families believe their needs weren’t being met. There are a heck of a lot more than 13 students in the traditional schools whose needs aren’t being met, which is why the charters can’t begin to accept everyone who applies to them. That says a lot about why charters deserve support.

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ground near the still existing firehouse on Brookville Boulevard, south of Merrick. After Pearl Harbor, my parents sold the house on 234th Street because my father expected to be drafted, and we moved to the Regency Park apartments on Main Street near Union Turnpike in Kew Gardens Hills. By the ’50s, my parents had bought a house in Forest Hills, but my aunt and uncle still lived in Laurelton. During visits there, my father still went to visit Ralph and buy gas. When the Herman Brothers were Rambler dealers, my father purchased a car from Ralph. He kept that car for many years. Later, during the ’70s, I happened to be in the area and decided to drive over to the Twin Pond gas station. I asked for Ralph but was told that he had retired. That was my last contact. Over the years I have driven through the area on the Cross Island Parkway, remembering all that happened in Laurelton and Rosedale so many years ago. Thanks for rekindling the memories. David Rivkin Jamaica

Cuomo’s tunnel vision Dear Editor: Gov. Cuomo’s announcement supporting a $5 million study to look at the feasibility of constructing a tunnel from Long Island to either the Bronx, Westchester or Connecticut is nothing new. It has been studied by various planning and transportation agencies for decades, but deemed unfeasible. Property condemnation at either end could displace thousands of residents and businesses. By the time all the court cases would be resolved, it would take years and cost billions. Add the costs for construction of any tunnel and it would be billions more. The estimated cost for the Gateway Tunnel, which would connect New Jersey with Penn Station, is $24 billion. Crossing Long Island Sound would be a far greater distance than crossing the Hudson River. Can you imagine the cost of this project! Too many transportation studies championed by numerous elected officials are nothing more than placebos designed to placate dema-

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God bless. series of press conferences and past reports, news from Now is the time for all good news releases designed to pro- across the borough and men and women to come to the vide free publicity for elected more at qchron.com. aid of our country. Since the Great Depression, our great officials to assist them in greasing the wheels of future elections? These same nation remained the guiding light for the free elected officials promise a bright future but world — until President Barack Hussein Obama tried to turn the United States of Amerleave riders holding an empty bag. Larry Penner ica into a socialist country, exciting liberals to Great Neck, LI move toward socialism and take away our The writer is a retired transportation official inalienable rights. God forbid. We, the people from Main Street, must unite who oversaw grant approvals. to bring this great nation into the present century as those who have forged before us have Strengthen Social Security brought us to these times as winners. We cannot permit those of the Muslim faith to impose Dear Editor: Right now in the midst of a politically their will upon the free world. Now is the time charged election year, Washington lawmak- to elect a president who can lead us once again to be the greatest nation in civilized history. ers, presidential candidates and policy Carl Zimmerman experts are grappling over the future of this Oakland Gardens program that some claim is in serious trouble. Editor’s note: The writer used the term “G-d” They have been talking about dramatic in his letter, which was changed to “God” in changes in current and future benefits, seri- observance of Associated Press style rules. ous cuts and major reforms. Supporters of this agenda don’t think Healthcare profiteers twice about cutting our earned benefits to reduce the federal deficit, but they pitch a fit Dear Editor: anytime someone questions tax loopholes for Emergency, urgent words to Sen. Bernie millionaires. Sanders: While Congress may hold the levers of Payment to the private super-profitable power concerning Social Security, we’re the HMOs is a tax because we are forced to make ones they listen to most. Congress will listen those payments (or else Obama fines us). when large numbers of people stay informed This is tax collection by a private party, into and get involved to make a difference — that the private party’s pockets. The f ive (and only f ive) right-wing is why we must vote. And vote for the candidates who support a stronger Social Security. Supreme Court justices who said in 2010 that it is now OK for government to act as the Thank you. Frank Sforza forcible cattle-driver of clients to the HMO College Point profiteers — those five were all appointed by Republican presidents. Aetna easily finds $37 billion with which Wounded donor project to buy Humana, so lucrative is its business. We will either make ability-to-pay contriDear Editor: A reliable source informed me that a butions to our nonprofit, efficient Medicare, respected charity group that raises funds to or we will place the extraction hand of voraassist wounded vets has been somewhat dis- cious HMOs between us and all our doctors and hospitals. honest with their donors. The Wounded WarObama, the Clintons and Nancy Pelosi are rior Project raised over $300 million for their privateers at any cost and are not Democrats. worthy cause. However, I was informed that If you enjoy fattening private HMOs, Bernie only 60 percent goes to assist needy vets Sanders is not your man. while 40 percent is earmarked for administraStephen Wohl tion expenses. Rockaway Beach They also stated that a WWP event for many, many staff members took place at a Correction plush Colorado resort costing $3 million. Since Donald Trump is noted for caring for The Jan. 28 editorial “The slow snow cleanvets, I hope he will investigate this matter up” misstated Public Advocate Letitia James before giving any new donations. position on opening schools the Monday after Anthony G. Pilla the storm. James called for a delayed opening. Forest Hills We regret the error.

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U.S. government reopens SBA loans Federal agency promises to process applications quicker this time around by Etta Badoe

business owners who applied for assistance received loans, according to the report. Thomas Grech, executive director of the Superstorm Sandy victims will get a secQueens Chamber of Commerce, believes the ond chance at disaster relief. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-Brooklyn, Man- city and federal governments have done a hattan, Queens) and Maria Contreras-Sweet, pretty good job helping businesses and administrator at the U.S. Small Business homeowners to get back on their feet after Administration, on Jan. 21 announced the Sandy, but thinks they can still do more to restart of the SBA disaster loan program for reach people who may find the process daunting or inconvenient. Sandy victims. “They don’t have the financial where“While we have made significant progress in our recovery, many businesses and home- withal to leave their shops, to hire an owners continue feeling economic and physi- ombudsman, hire a lawyer, hire somebody cal damages inflicted by Sandy,” Velázquez else to help them go and navigate the comsaid in a press release. “By reopening the plexities,” Grech said. “I like the SBA SBA’s disaster loan program and encourag- model of going out and knocking on doors. ing more businesses to apply, we can help Go block to block where the pockets of our communities fully heal from this historic help are still needed. Bring the power to the people.” catastrophe.” Frank Pantina’s experiences after Sandy Under a new law, HR208, enacted in mirror some of the frustraNovember, New Yorkers tions many people who who still have “un met were affected felt and conf i na ncial needs” f rom he deadline to tinue to feel. Sandy have until Dec. 1 to The owner of Cross Bay apply for an administraapply for an SBA Chemist, which has locative loan. loan is Dec. 1. tions at 96-05 101 Ave. in “The additional time for Ozone Park and 157-02 businesses, homeowners Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard and renters to request federal disaster loans will go a long way in con- Beach, lost almost $100,000 in inventory and tinuing to support the rebuilding efforts of lost business. But he was not eligible for the communities affected by Superstorm FEMA financial aid because he had insurance. Unfortunately, the insurance policy Sandy,” Contreras-Sweet said in the release. The program was discontinued in July didn’t cover flood damage. He was also ineligible for aid from the 2013, but many New Yorkers who might have benefitted from the program didn’t apply for Department of Environmental Protection help, put off, perhaps, by the lengthy process because Sandy was classified as a superstorm and not a hurricane. and other bureaucratic loopholes. Still he seems enthusiastic about the A repor t by t he U.S. Gover n ment Accountability Office in 2013 found mis- restart of the loan program. “That’s fabulous,” he said and he hopes to steps and a lack of planning left many businesses without assistance and the SBA found apply. “We could use some relief.” The program allows residents to receive themselves overwhelmed by the unexpectedup to $200,000 in loans to repair physical ly high volume of applicants. The report also found the SBA took at damage and $40,000 to replace personal least 45 days on average to process disaster property. Businesses and nonprofits are eligiloans for businesses and 38 days to process ble for loans up to $2 million. The SBA is promising that things will be loan applications for economic injury, well above the 21 days suggested by the SBA ini- better for applicants this time around. “The application process remains basically tially. Only around 42 percent of all small Chronicle Contributor

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Time limits nixed on state tests continued from page 6 Michael Duvalle, a member of CEC 27, was a little more blunt in his opposition. “It’s absolutely ludicrous,” Duvalle said. “We need a benchmark.” Kaufer and Duvalle echoed what Comaianni said, pointing out that most parents have not complained about time limits and most are done before the alotted time. “My daughter is usually done before the time is done. I just make sure to tell her to look over it before she hands it in,” he said. Both did say they are in favor of extending time limits, if children feel they need it. Kaufer also worried they wouldn’t be pre-

pared for deadlines set in their respective careers. “It sends the wrong message to people,” she said. “You’ve got to set a time to get your job done.” At least one elected official is in favor of Elia’s decision, however. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), a member of the Education Committee, said he has heard complaints from parents, and his elementary school-aged daughters, about the time limits. “A student may be prone to throwing out a question or guessing because they’re worried about running out of time,” the senator

Businesses damaged during Superstorm Sandy, such as Cross Bay Chemist, will have a chance to refile for a Small Business Administration loan. The program runs until Dec. 1 and is also FILE PHOTO opened to residents in affected areas. the same,” Michael Peacock, a spokesman for SBA said in a phone interview, but “changes have taken place during the processing end” which have managed to “streamline the process.” Improved processing times means that the time it takes the SBA to process application has been reduced to eight days for home loans and 11 days for business loans. Disbursement times have been reduced to five days. To date, over 1,000 applications have been processed and $2.5 billion in loan assistance has been given to more than 37,000 individuals and businesses since the program restarted in December. More than 200 loans have been made to businesses, homeowners and renters in the New York, amounting to almost $7.6 million and $3.4 million has said. “This will alleviate the stress.” Addabbo specifically pointed to reading portions of the exams, saying that children were being asked to speed-read the material instead of fully comprehending what they’re looking at. “In talking to my own kids, I tell them I don’t want them to rush through a book,” he said. “I want them to understand it.” He added, however, that the age-appropriateness of questions on the tests needs to be looked at. “Some parents are complaining that a third-grader is getting a question meant for a sixth-grader,” Addabbo said. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has also expressed support for the elimination of time limits.

been lent to city businesses and homeowners. The locations within the New York area that have seen the most applicants have been in Brooklyn, Nassau County, Staten Island and Queens — “areas that were more heavily impacted,” Peacock explained. Even so, the SBA is hoping that more people will take advantage of the loans. “It is important New Yorkers know these resources are available,” Velázquez said. “If you are a business owner, renter or homeowner who gave up on the process previously, I suggest you reapply for assistance this year to be made whole.” “Hopefully with the increased media attention people will become more aware,” Peacock said. For more information visit the SBA’s Q website at https://www.sba.gov. “I totally applaud it,” Fariña said, according to the New York Daily News. “One of the biggest stress points for students is, will I get finished in time? And I think it will also go a long way for parents who have complaints about their children not having the stamina for this.” But for Deborah Dillingham, the Queens representative on the Panel for Educational Policy, more focus should be put on the tests — and not how long students have to take them. “It’s not the time that the kids are complaining about, it’s the test. The tests are too difficult,” Dillingham said. “That’s the complaint I hear most often.” She is also unsure how “untimed tests” Q would be administered.

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Could This Noninvasive, Natural Treatment Be the Answer to Your Knee Pain? For 10 days only, I’m running a very special offer where you can find out if you are a candidate for cold laser therapy. What does this offer include? Everything I normally do in my “Knee Pain Evaluation.” Just call before February 14, 2016 and here’s what you’ll get… • An in-depth consultation about your problem where I will listen … really listen … to the details of your case. • A complete neuromuscular examination. • A full set of specialized X-rays to determine if arthritis is contributing to your pain (if necessary). (If you have films please bring them for evaluation). • A thorough analysis of your exam and X-ray findings so we can start mapping out your plan to being pain free. • You’ll see everything firsthand and find out if this amazing treatment will be your pain solution, as it has been for so many other patients. Until February 14, you can get everything I’ve listed here for only $37. The normal price for this type of evaluation including X-rays is $250, so you’re saving a considerable amount by taking me up on this offer. Remember what it was like before you had knee problems – when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again. Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle. Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323. Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can fi nd us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before February 14. Sincerely, Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C. P.S. Now you might be wondering…

“Is this safe? Are there any side effects or dangers to this?” The FDA cleared the first Class IV Laser in 2002. This was after their study found 76 percent improvement in patients with severe pain. Their only warning – don’t shine it in your eyes. Of course at our office, the laser is never anywhere near your eyes and we’ll give you a comfortable pair of goggles for safety. Don’t wait and let your knee problems get worse, disabling you for life. Take me up on my offer and call today (718) 845-2323. For more information go to www.drgucciardo.com and click on the laser therapy tab.

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

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Mayor Eric Ulrich? He might go for it by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

For Phil Orenstein, head of the Queens Village Republican Club, anyone would make a better mayor than Bill de Blasio. “He has his own agenda,” Orenstein said. “He’s a one-term mayor.” And while he’s not ready to endorse a candidate just yet, he believes Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) would make a great GOP candidate to oppose de Blasio. “I think very highly of Eric Ulrich. I think he’s a great example of what a councilman should be,” Orenstein said. “I think he would do a great job as mayor.” Republican leaders on Tuesday revealed the 30-year-old South Queens councilman may be their pick in next year’s election to unseat what they see as the far-left de Blasio. “We’re looking for a young, dynamic candidate who will stand with middle-class people,” Bob Turner, chairman of the Queens GOP, said. “And Eric has a good reputation in that regard.” According to Turner, Ulrich has expressed interest in the idea, especially after many streets in his district went unplowed for days following the historic Jan. 23 blizzard, which dumped close to 3 feet of the white stuff on Queens. “I think that gave him a little more motivation,” the former congressman, who represented much of the area that Ulrich does, explained. Many constituents and friends of Ulrich immediately encouraged him to run, following

the first report of the speculation. Besides Turner, he also has the support of state GOP head Ed Cox and 2013 Republican mayoral nominee Joe Lhota. A spokesman for Ulrich said the councilman appreciates the outpouring of support, but that he has not yet made a decision about running for mayor and that he is focused on representing his district — which stretches from Richmond Hill and Woodhaven to the Rockaways — and the veterans community as chairman of the Veterans Committee. Ulrich also has one more possible full term left as a councilman and could choose to run for re-election next year. But if Ulrich ran for mayor, could he unseat de Blasio or any other Democratic challenger? He would certainly face an uphill climb as he is one of only three Republicans in the Council — the other two are on Staten Island. Democrats also enjoy a 6-to-1 voter registration advantage in the five boroughs. The two GOP leaders believe Ulrich can overcome those disadvantages. “I believe his appeal cuts across party lines,” Orenstein said. The QVGOP leader pointed to the councilman’s dedication to his constituents during Superstorm Sandy — staying up late to deliver supplies, visiting distressed residents and more — as an example of what makes him a great leader for his community, something he believes Ulrich would extend to the entire city. “He cares about his constituents’ needs,”

Councilman Eric Ulrich may be eyeing a new desk at City Hall, as he’s considering a run for FILE PHOTO mayor. he said, adding Ulrich would have to stress those qualities if he were to campaign. “The city definitely needs a change. They need someone who really cares for the people. Not for an ideology.” Turner described the young gun — who if elected would be the youngest mayor since then-31-year-old Hugh Grant in 1889 — as an appealing candidate to all. “He’s smart and honest and very articulate. He knows the issues,” Turner said. “I would think that it would help him.” Ulrich might also benefit from being a moderate Republican. Unlike most right-wingers, he publicly supports gay marriage.

He also showed his ability to work across party lines when in 2013 he supported Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx), a staunch liberal, for the position she has now, though he previously criticized her for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during Council meetings, an act she’s since stopped. She was up against Councilman Dan Garodnick (D-Manhattan) for the speakership. Ultimately, Ulrich said he believed MarkViverito would be more responsive to the needs of his district — though some speculated it was because he was promised his committee chairman position, which he has denied. When asked if Ulrich’s support of Mark-Viverito might hurt him in the eyes of some Republican voters, Turner said, “I’m sure that wouldn’t help,” but added the councilman has explained his position to the party leadership. “It was a tough, practical decision that he made,” the Queens GOP chairman said. “When he laid out the alternatives, I’m not sure how I would’ve voted.” What would help Ulrich gain Republican voters, Turner and Orenstein said, is the staunch stance he took against the late party head Phil Ragusa during an internal GOP conflict that ended with Turner being elected chairman last year. “He stood on principle,” Turner said. “We have a united party now,” Orenstein said. “It’s a good thing for all Republicans. And I think most Republicans would look Q favorably on his run.” ©2016 M1P • LENP-068827

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Zoning plans to go before Council panel Public can testify on controversial measures at two separate hearings by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Two key parts of Mayor de Blasio’s Housing New York plan will be up for public scrutiny on Tuesday and Wednesday as the Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning will hear testimony on Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability. The hearing on MIH, which would require permanently affordable units in new developments and enlargements of more than 10 units, will take place Feb. 9 at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, and the hearing on ZQA — which would relax or eliminate parking requirements for senior housing in transit zones and allow for slightly higher buildings in areas zoned for multifamily dwellings — will take place on Feb. 10 at the same time and place. The city Planning Commission approved the two initiatives on Wednesday. Although the panel will focus on one zoning plan at a time, it will accept testimony on either proposal at both hearings. The meetings will be led by Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), who heads the subcommittee. “These two proposals could shape development in this city for decades to come, so we plan to take a full and thorough look at the finer points of both plans,” Richards said in a statement.

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Celebrating 88 years of volunteer service WHBVFD to honor three people who have given help to the organization by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department on Feb. 11 will celebrate its 88th anniversary of providing assistance to the surrounding communities with a dinner at Russo’s On The Bay at 6:30 p.m. “We’re not here to make money, we’re just out there to have a good time and honor people who have had an impact on the community and our department,” Jonah Cohen, chief of the volunteer department, said of the annual dinner. Tickets for the event are $85 per seat. You can call (718) 843-9863 for more information. Besides dancing, food and fun, the night will also consist of the installation of new department officers and the honoring of three people who have assisted the volunteer group in recent years. The honorees this year are: Lowell Barton, vice president of the Highway, Road and Street Construction Laborers’ Local 1010, who has helped with the construction of Hamilton Beach facilities, including the firehouse; Augustus Agate, a retired Queens Supreme Court justice, member of the Howard Beach Kiwanis and Queens Library trustee, who has advocated for the department in his many roles; and George Russo, an attorney who has assisted the department with legal services. Cohen hailed all three honorees as people who are always willing to help the department, and the people it serves. “When you’re dealing with the community, you’re also dealing with us,” Cohen said. The WHBVFD serves Hamilton Beach and Howard Beach with firefighting and paramedic services. For example, volunteers two weeks ago were called to duty four times during the historic blizzard that dumped close to three

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What it’s like to be a reporter Augustus Agate will be one of the three men honored by the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer FILE PHOTO Fire Department. feet of snow on Queens. “Thanks to the four-wheel drive vehicles we got after Sandy, we were on the road that day,” Cohen said. Many of the group’s vehicles were destroyed during the 2012 superstorm, but they were replaced by other volunteer departments across the country. The group also responded to Lindenwood in April 2014 after dozens of homes there were flooded at levels some called “worse than Sandy,” following the failure of the Spring Creek overflow facility. “We’ve helped out on our end,” the chief added. The department will also be getting a helping hand during the dinner from community businesses that are contributing Q prizes to be raffled off.

Sanit man charged in false report An employee with the city Department of Sanitation was charged with filing a false police report on Jan. 27. The NYPD said Michael Morelli, 31, was arrested at about 7:20 p.m. at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica. Numerous published reports state that Morelli had been working in Jamaica as the DSNY was continuing its snow removal efforts following the previous weekend’s blizzard. Morelli is alleged to have reported to police that he had been clearing snow from around a fire hydrant near the inter-

section of Liberty Avenue and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard early that morning when he was set on by two men, one of whom grabbed him and the other pistol-whipping him, robbing him of his cell phone. The Daily News said Morelli required medical attention at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for minor injuries. Authorities are now alleging that he lost the phone, which was subsequently turned in, during a confrontation that followed a reported encounter with a Q prostitute.

One Queens Chronicle reporter was on the other side of an interview on Tuesday as students at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic Academy asked questions during their annual career day. Associate Editor Anthony O’Reilly, right, took questions from students on the steps he took to become a reporter, where he

went to school, what his favorite part of the job is and more. O’Reilly was paired up with fellow journalist Andrew Falzon, a feature reporter for CUNY-TV’s arts and science shows, during the day, a part of the Ozone Park school’s five-day celebration of Catholic Schools Week.

Fundraiser set for Valentina’s birthday Russo’s to honor her memory Feb. 15 by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The memory of Valentina Marie Allen will never die in Howard Beach. Close to nine months after the day the toddler died of several birth defects, her family and the community will come together at Russo’s On The Bay on Feb. 15 — what would have been her third birthday — to honor the little girl and raise money for the hospital where she was treated. Tickets for the event are $125 per person and include cocktails, dinner and entertainment. There will also be raffle prizes offered during the event, which starts at 6 p.m. at the catering hall, located at 162-45 Cross Bay Boulevard. The event was planned as far back as June and will also serve as a fundraiser for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where Valentina was treated. For more information, contact Phyllis Inserillo at (917) 488-5067. Valentina was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a defect in which the left side of the heart cannot effectively pump

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The state of Forest Hills is strong: civics Groups gather to promote involvement by Christopher Barca

Association, founded last spring by Edwin Wong, groups such as Friends of MacDonEveryone from President Obama on ald Park, Musica Reginae and the Forest down to city councilmembers give an Hills Kiwanis Club gathered at the West address concerning the state of the area Side Tennis Club to spread awareness about their organizations and form partnerthey represent. So a few Forest Hills civic organizations ships between the different groups. “We’re the new kid in the area, but we banded together last Thursday to give an want to facilitate,” Wong said as he urged update of their own. Organized by the Forest Hills Asian the other civic leaders to do all they can to foster community involvement. “We can go and hold ou r ow n events, but that’s not being in the community.” One thing that everyone agreed on was that the state of Forest Hills only gets s t r o nge r w it h Forest Hills Asian Association founder Edwin Wong, right, encourages each new comhis other civic leaders to remain as active as possible throughout Central mu n it y g rou p Q PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA that forms. Queens to foster community growth. Associate Editor

Jim Seaman, left, area vice commandant for the Queens & Long Island Marine Corps League, on Jan. 30 presented The Rev. Francis Colamaria, pastor of St. Helen Church in Howard Beach, with a certificate of appreciation for the parish’s continued donations to the Marines of Detachment 240. The church, located at 157-10 83 St., will be hosting another donation drive this weekend to benefit troops overseas and at

the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. To find out more information or to obtain a list of items requested, you can email Seaman at marine698@aol.com. You can also make a monetary contribution to the detachment by making a check out to Detachment 240 MCL INC. and sending it to MCL Detachment 240, located at 10-20 Clintonville St., Whitestone, NY, 11357. Att: Jim Seaman.

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Uber drivers protest new fare cuts in NYC Drivers say 15% cut hurts bottom line; company claims more rides are drawn by Michael Gannon Editor

About 300 drivers who work for Uber staged a protest outside the company’s Long Island City office on Monday afternoon, saying that price cuts announced by the app-based car-for-hire service will seriously cut into their incomes at the absolutely worst time of the year. Uber last Friday announced that it was dropping its minimum fee from $8 to $7 per ride. Desai Bhairavi of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance said the amount already had been dropped from the initial $12 charge when Uber first came to New York City more than three years ago. “How would you like it if you were told overnight that your income is going to be cut 15 percent?” Bhairavi asked. She added that last week, some drivers of yellow and green cabs, whose rates are set by the Taxi and Limousine Commission, asked for lower fares in a drive to compete. Bhairavi said Uber is trying to undercut the livelihoods and the very existence of a professional driver pool. “Uber is starting a race to the bottom,” she said. The drivers gathered behind police barricades along 42nd Road just off Jackson Avenue. The protest area extended to the sidewalk on Jackson, adjacent to barricades put in place to allow people to enter and leave Uber’s offices at 27-55 Jackson Ave. More than 100 already were in place with signs more than an hour before the scheduled starting time of noon. Numerous passing truck drivers sounded their horns in support, as did a number of yellow and green taxi drivers, groups that would have been considered Uber drivers’ least likely allies even a year ago. Unlike traditional yellow cabs, which can cruise anywhere in the city for fares, Uber vehicles are dispatched to riders using apps on their smartphones. The company has been criticized for its practice of increasing prices during peak times or emergencies, such as bad weather.

Uber drivers protest the car service’s recent cuts in their base fare on Monday afternoon outside PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON the company’s New York City headquarters in Long Island City. Advocates for the handicapped contend that Uber cars are not required to be accessible to all in wheelchairs, though the company told the Chronicle last month that all its cars must be able to accommodate folding wheelchairs. Rally organizers on Monday echoed the concerns of organizations for the disabled critical of bills pending in the state Legislature that they say would grant statewide exemptions for companies like Uber, Lyft and others when it comes to meeting accessible vehicle standards. Under existing rules, Uber drivers are not considered employees. “They don’t pay for the cars,” driver Inder Parmar told the Chronicle, speaking of the company. “They don’t pay for gas, or insurance or maintenance.” He said drivers will now be forced to work more and longer shifts just to make ends meet.

“When I first started three years ago, I could make $7,000 to $8,000 per month,” driver Antonio Pacheco of Middle Village said. “Now I might make only $4,500 or $5,000. I don’t mind working hard, but I’d like to earn what I was when I started out.” Bhairavi and several of the drivers said the cut comes just after the holiday season, and at a time when drivers can routinely lose shifts because of bad weather. “It’s the worst time of the year for this,”

she said. The drivers stated that while their base fee is down, Uber is doing nothing to cut the 25 percent commission it collects from drivers’ earnings. Bhairavi said some drivers, who must be licensed by the TLC just as cabbies are, now work with multiple app-based dispatch groups to keep their income flowing. She and representatives of the Amalgamated Transit Union encouraged the drivers to stick together and to join a union if they have not already done so. “We have 5,000 Uber drivers as members,” Bhairavi said. “Now is the time for yellow cars, green cars, black cars, Uber drivers and livery drivers to stand together,” she said. “This is your movement,” she told the crowd. “This is your moment. Seize the moment!” In a statement on Monday afternoon, an Uber spokesperson said the cuts were announced with the drivers in mind. “Every city has busy months and slow times,” said the response emailed to the Chronicle. “In New York things tend to be quieter after the holidays. So we lowered prices to get more people using Uber which is good for drivers because it means less time waiting around for trips.” The company said its data shows that since the price cut drivers have spent 39 percent less time bet ween t r ips and increased ear nings by 20 percent as opposed to the weekend of Jan. 16-17. The company said should the decreases not ultimately work for drivers “we will roll them back as we have done in other cities.” Drivers are planning a much larger rally Q at City Hall on Feb. 17.

Butt stabber pinched: NYPD The man wanted for allegedly stabbing a subway rider in the butt multiple times in front of the victim’s teenage daughter in Forest Hills and Kew Gardens late last year has been arrested. According to reports, St. Albans resident Matthew Jacobs, 26, was busted on Jan. 12 and charged with assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon. In the Dec. 20 incident, a 42-year-old man was waiting on the Queens-bound platform at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue station with his 13-year-old daughter

when Jacobs allegedly poked him from behind with an unknown object. Jacobs then allegedly bumped the man again as he entered the F train and twice more as he got off at Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike two stops later. The victim didn’t realize he had been stabbed until he got home and noticed blood on his pants. According to police, Jacobs, who is due back in court on Feb. 8, has at least five prior arrests dating back to 2014 for criminal possession of a weapon, petit Q larceny and other minor charges.

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So now the best snow remover, sunny warm weather is starting to put a dent in the 24 inches of unplowed snow in Woodhaven. The forecast for next week states that there will be a warm rain, so that should melt away more of the remnants of our monster snowstorm. Until then, watch where you walk and make sure your winter clothes are out. If you need hats and scarfs, buy them on Woodhaven’s BID from Dexter Court to 100th Street. You can get gloves, too. Also, remember if you don’t want to go out to eat, or cook, make a call and have any of the many great restaurants deliver dinner to your door. But, take heart only 41 days to Daylight Savings Time and 48 days until the lasting warmth of spring. During the recent snowstorm, with all of the deep snow on porches into the street, the American flags flew proudly above it all. So, fly your American flags in Woodhaven with pride above all others. As you have probably heard, the megastore Walmarts have or will be closing many of their stores. It has been said that wherever Walmart moved in, the small shopping strips all closed down. Then customers become so accustomed

to Walmart that when they close their stores, their customers have no where to shop. Also, their many employees become unemployed depressing the economy in those areas. Thankfully, we fought Walmart coming to Queens and won. Now to a good rumor, as you have probably heard, I can now officially state that the clo s e d Je mb r o w i l l now b e c o me a supermarket. This new supermarket is investing heavily in this store with modern amenities. Finally, on Jan. 27, the world marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 71st anniversary of the Holocaust. May we never experience that horrific time against any religion again. Never again. Remember to sign the online anti-SBS petition against this proposal at saveourstreets.nyc. If you can’t access this petition by computer call our office at (718) 805-0202 and we will mail a form to you. Please sign up now. This Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven Boulevard, if approved, will destroy our community. May God bless our armed forces, may God bless our disabled veterans, may God bless our NYPD and may God bless our Q America.

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Full medal jackets Assemblyman Mike Miller, left, and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. were honored last Friday by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 of Queens. Here they’re joined by chapter President Paul Narson, center. The officials were saluted for being

friends of veterans and of VVA Chapter 32 in particular. Each was made an honorary member of the group and given a plaque and jacket complete with his name, chapter logo and U.S. flag for his support of those who have served.

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Hollis Ave. shelter open pending a court ruling ‘At least 35’ in long-empty, newly renovated apartments in St. Albans by Michael Gannon Editor

A Queens Supreme Cour t judge is allowing the city and a nonprofit to house homeless men in apartments at 202-02 to 202-24 Hollis Ave. until he rules on a lawsuit brought by residents of the area to stop it. Anthony Rivers, one of the organizers of People for the Neighborhood, has told the Chronicle that at least 35 homeless or recently homeless men are believed to be living in the apartment complex. Justice Rober t Nahman last Friday granted the attorney for the shelter operators until March 17 to answer legal filings from residents who have been fighting what first was to be a family shelter, then a women’s shelter and now a shelter for homeless veterans for nearly a year. “The good news is that the judge didn’t dismiss our complaint — their lawyer filed a motion to dismiss,” Rivers said Tuesday. “The bad news is that we didn’t get the temporary restraining order that we got last time.” Residents on Dec. 16, in a hearing before a different judge, were able to get a restraining order that they later discovered halted plans by the city’s Department of Human Resources and the Department of Homeless Services to begin filling the apartments two days later. On Dec. 18 an appellate judge heard the city’s appeal but kept the order in place. Friday’s hearing, along with a new filing by residents, was required when their initial complaint was dropped on a technicality, after which the city pulled its appeal. “Our fear is that even if we win on [March 17], the city will appeal and seek the mercy of the court, asking them to not make these men move again,” Rivers said. The buildings are owned by Rita Stark, and have been leased by the Bluestone Group, an entity with a large portfolio of formerly distressed buildings that are rehabilitated and turned into supportive housing through nonprofit care providers.

Community Board 12 Chairwoman Adrienne Adams speaks at a City Hall rally attended by residents, civic leaders and clergy from Southeast Queens on Jan. 27. The event was a protest of the city’s oversaturation of supportive housing within the district served by Community Board 12. It still PHOTO BY FRED SIMMONS / NAACP may be insufficient to keep a shelter complex out of St. Albans. The group is not affiliated with the Bluestone Organization, a third-generation real estate development firm that was founded in Queens and has its corporate offices in Jamaica. The buildings were vacant for more than 20 years with the exception of squatters. Residents would like the apartments used for market-rate and affordable housing for seniors looking to stay in the neighborhood and young residents looking to come to or stay in St. Albans. Two days before Friday’s hearing, residents, civic and religious leaders from Southeast Queens attended a protest rally on the steps of City Hall decrying the city’s penchant for placing shelters and other suppor tive housing within the

boundaries of Community Board 12. Numbers released in December 2014 showed that CB 12 was home to 11 of the largest 19 shelters in the borough, and 32 percent of its homeless population. Cou ncilman Daneek Miller (D -St. Albans) was not one of the speakers at the City Hall rally, but did attend. In a subsequent statement, Miller said shelters in New York City are a problem foisted on a select few com mu n it ies i n the f ive boroughs. Miller said 53 percent of the DHS facilities are in 10 districts encompassing 17 percent of the city. “Within our city we have districts that carry a disproportionate burden to provide municipal services, yet receive nearly none of those themselves,” Miller said.

“Certain communities in the city are saddled time and time again with the weight of these responsibilities and then left in the lurch without proper notification or support to provide such services,” he added. Speaking at the rally, Leroy Gadsden, president of the Jamaica Branch of the NAACP, said that is not an accident, and is race-based. “The darker your community the more shelters you have, the whiter your community the less shelters you have,” Gadsden said in a text of his speech provided to the Chronicle. “If numbers don’t lie, then race truly is a factor when the decision is made as to the placement of shelters in Queens,” he added. Gadsden, like the rest of the community, said Southeast Queens is willing to do its fair share for the homeless. “What we are against is an unfair, discriminatory placement of shelters upon shelters in the Black Community,” he said. “We cannot bear the burden of the entire homeless population of New York City.” He also directly called out Mayor de Blasio over the administration’s definition of “progressive gover n ment,” saying ad m i n ist r at ion represent at ives have refused to sit down in good faith with residents of Southeast Queens. “We find ourselves asking the question on what is Progressive Government when the people are denied input and participation in the very decisions that affect their everyday living, the quality of living in their community, the value of the very property they worked all their life to invest in, the sustainability of their neighborhoods and yes, but not least, the wellbeing of our most precious resources, our children,” he said. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Gadsden said the size and diversity of the turnout at City Hall and the continued resistance are important factors. “This shows that the entire community Q is united,” he said.

Cuomo appointee joins race for Israel’s seat by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Jon Kaiman, a former North Hempstead town supervisor and head of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, is the latest Democrat to enter the fray in the race to replace retiring Rep. Steve Israel (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens). Kaiman will leave his post at NIFA, a state-appointed board that oversees the financially struggling county’s monies, to run for the position. Kaiman was also Gov. Cuomo’s Long Island Sandy recovery czar. Kaiman faces a primary packed with

Jon Kaiman latest Democrat to file opponents, a list that is expected to keep growing until the June primaries. They include definite candidates Anna Kaplan, a North Hempstead town councilwoman and former Forest Hills resident, and Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern. Brad Gerstman, a Nassau County-based attorney, and former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi have both created exploratory committees to see if they should run for the seat. The winner of that primary will face the

winner of the Republican race, which right now consists of state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Nassau), Marine and former congressional aid Lt. Col. David Gurfein and Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (R-Suffolk). Israel, who has been in Congress since 2001, announced earlier this year he is resigning to pursue other interests. His district includes parts of North and Northeast Queens, including Whitestone, Beechhurst, Q Bay Terrace and Malba.

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Mayor’s park security plan called too little Queens leaders and park advocates say borough still won’t have enough officers by Michael Gannon Editor

Park lovers and Queens civic leaders won’t say no to the 67 new Park Enforcement Patrol officers and 50 seasonals that Mayor de Blasio asked the City Council for in his recent preliminary budget address. “But that won’t even put a dent in the problem,” according to Geoffrey Croft, president of New York City Park Advocates. “We need 500 citywide,” he said, with many of those required in Queens. Borough residents long have asked for a greater uniformed presence in their parks, but sources have told the Chronicle that there may be as few as two dozen on regular duty in Queens. Croft said many who were assigned were transferred to Manhattan in January. “And those 67 would be spread out over the five boroughs,” Croft said. “There are 30,000 acres of parks in Queens, and we have so little to protect them.” Flushing Meadows Corona Park in 2015 continued its distinction of having the highest number of major crimes of any green space in the city outside of Central Park, which has its own NYPD precinct. The most recent statistics for Flushing Meadows — home of the Unisphere and the US Open tennis championship — had a combined 32 major crimes in the second and third quarters of 2015, including 15 grand larcenies, six robberies, two rapes and six felony assaults. The former New York State Pavilion of the park’s World’s Fair site has been a frequent target of vandals and trespassers. Back in October, Qing Qing Kiemde, 28, of Elmont was found murdered in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing. Rufus King Park

Park advocates and Queens leaders are saying that Mayor de Blasio’s request for new park enforcement patrol officers will not put a dent in safety problems unless large numbers are FILE PHOTO assigned to Queens — especially in the high-crime Flushing Meadows Corona Park. in Jamaica, between April and June of last year, had three reported rapes, a robbery and a grand larceny. Croft would like to see the Council at least double the mayor’s request, and to ship a large number of the new officers to Queens. That would be just fine with Joe Puleo, president of Local 983, which represents the officers. “I’d like to see the 67, but it wouldn’t scratch the surface,” he said. “There are too many acres in Queens.” Puleo said one improvement would be to increase existing officers’ hours from 35 to 40 per week, and to patrol the parks at night. “A lot happens after hours, the vandalism and the graffiti, drug use,” he said. “Then we come

in the next morning and pick up the pieces.” Puleo would love a figure closer to Croft’s 500 officers. PEPs have peace officer status, write summonses and have arrest authority. Jean Silva, president of the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Conservancy, said her group has been calling for more officers and resources for years, and that the crime numbers in the park are predictable. “The uniformed presence makes such a difference,” she said. “But it seems that no matter what happens, Queens always winds up with the lowest number,” she said. Puleo said a class is scheduled to start at the academy this spring. “But that is 12 weeks,” he said. “What do

we do in the meantime?” And, as Croft and Silva pointed out, any class of graduates could be deployed anywhere in the city, particularly after pools and beaches open up. Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) shares most of Flushing Meadows with Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East Elmhurst). He believes that the seasonal hires de Blasio is requesting should offset some of the anticipated loss to pools and beaches. But he also said officials from the Department of Parks and Recreation are going to be called on to explain the lack of a uniformed presence in the borough during this spring’s budget hearings. Lancman said the city must dedicate the appropriate public safety resources to its parks, just as the city and NYPD are doing in public housing projects and the subways. “There’s no point in having parks if people can’t feel safe there,” Lancman said. “If those are the numbers [Parks officials] want, I’m going to ask them if this is the number that they feel is necessary to keep the parks safe ... We would expect that a large number of those 67 officers be assigned to Flushing Meadows Corona Park on a permanent basis.” A spokeswoman for Ferreras-Copeland, who is the Council’s Budget Committee chairwoman, said she and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) are reviewing de Blasio’s proposal and checking on Council members’ priorities before issuing a budget response. A spokesman for Queens Borough President Melinda Katz said she won’t comment until the Borough Board presents its own budQ get book in the coming weeks.

Con Ed rate hike plan angers civics Would affect gas, electric bills if OK’d by Public Service Commission by Liz Rhoades

State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) emailed a statement on the proposed hike: “The cost of living in our city is rising and it is disappointing that Con Ed wants to make it harder The reaction by Queens civic leaders to the proposed gas and electric rate hikes for people to pay their bills. “The working people of New York are getting squeezed more and more by the day and announced by Con Edison last week came as no surprise: unanimous opposition. The objection was echoed by City Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), a this rate hike will only make things worse,” the senator said. Gianaris has been an advocate for improving the state’s energy system and a longtime member of the Environmental Protection Committee. “The rates seem to only go in one critic of the utility. direction and that is up,” Lancman said. Why can’t Con Ed live within Don Capalbi, president of the Queensboro Hill Neighborhood its means?” Association, said it’s another example of the disparity between the The proposals would take effect next January but have to first be omeowners would see rich and poor. “It’s another punch in the gut to the middle class,” approved by the state Public Service Commission. The increases Capalbi said. would be the first since 2012. electric rates go up by Jim Gallagher, president of the Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic Con Ed officials are asking for increased electric rates averaging 4.5 percent. Officials say a typical city residential customer could about 5 percent and gas Association, called the proposed increase a hardship on homeowners, especially those on fixed incomes. “And we have a lot of those,” Galexpect a 5.2 percent increase. The gas increase would average 8.2 bills by about 8 percent. lagher said, adding it would be “disastrous” to residents in his percent. neighborhood. Craig Ivey, president of Con Ed, indicated that the company needs Richard Hellenbrecht, vice president of the Queens Civic Conto build on its infrastructure and to operate more efficiently. Lancman is perplexed at the company’s request. “Energy costs are down across the coun- gress, an umbrella group of most of the borough’s civic organizations, said Monday that his group has not had time yet to discuss the matter but expects it will be a hot topic. try and there’s been no sudden population explosion here,” he said. “This is a bad time to increase rates while the economy is still having problems,” HellenHe agreed that utilities need to constantly upgrade their infrastructure “but people pay a lot for the service. Con Ed needs a plan to cut its own costs. I would like to see it do the brecht said. “It will be tough on people and have a great impact next year if we get bad weather.” same as the city in reducing its spending.” Tom Grech, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said he had not The councilman added that Con Ed needs to justify its request because in the past the Q read the details on the proposal and did not want to comment until he had. PSC has denied similar requests or only allowed a smaller increase.

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After being snarled in red tape for over five years, the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps’ plan to purchase a new emergency vehicle has finally been brought back to life. Alongside Borough President Melinda Katz, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and city Comptroller Scott Stringer last Sunday, the group unveiled its new $100,000 emergency vehicle purchased with capital funds allocated by state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) in 2010. The outfitted Ford transit van replaces another ambulance, which the group sold to Senior Care after “hemorrhaging” funds on repairs in recent months. “The members of the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps are extremely pleased to place our new ambulance into service for the community,” said FHVAC volunteer Ron Cohen. “We promise to put the ambulance to its best use, to do much

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Cop knocked to tracks at Parsons/Archer Officer, partner were investigating alleged E train subway fare-beaters The NYPD is searching for two men and two women in connection with an assault on a police officer from the 103rd Precinct in the Parsons Boulevard/Archer Avenue subway station this past Sunday. Police said the two men and two women, all believed to be in their early to mid-20s, were inside the E train subway station at about 12:20 a.m. when they allegedly avoided paying their fares by entering through a service gate, as caught on video. When two uniformed officers attempted to stop them, the group ran off, with one of the men allegedly knocking one of the officers onto the track bed. The officer’s partner assisted him off the tracks as the group ran out and exited the station at street level. One subject being sought is a black male, 20 to 25 years old, standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black bubble jacket, a blue hooded sweater, blue sweatpants and black sneakers.

The second male, also black, is described as 20 to 25 years old, 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. He was wearing a purple do-rag, a white sweater with blue stripes, light blue jeans and black sneakers. One female subject is described as being white or white Hispanic, 20 to 25 years old, standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing about 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing a yellow scarf, black coat, blue jeans and black rain boots. The second female subject is black, 20 to 25 years old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing about 135 pounds. She was seen wearing a dark-colored baseball cap, a black sweater and camouflage pants. Anyone with information on their names or whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public also can submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. Q All tips are strictly confidential.

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The stars represent locations where the DEP will upgrade sewer infrastructure over the next three years to the tune of $33 million. The agency said work MAP COURTESY DEP will not be that disruptive to the surrounding areas.

The Department of Environmental Protection announced plans on Tuesday to install $33 million worth of upgrades at five junctures in the city’s sewer system. One of those sites is on 108th Street below the Horace Harding Expressway, where Community Board 4 in December feared the job would prove incredibly disruptive to traffic and the quality of life for Corona residents. The board fretted that only one lane in each direction of the Horace Harding would be open to traffic while work was being done, leading to major tieups, but the DEP said in a press release announcing the project that such a situation won’t be the case. “Due to heavy traffic volume, the work at 108th Street under the Long Island Expressway overpass will only take place during overnight hours and there will be no

impact at any time to traffic on the Horace Harding Expressway,” the DEP said. “From Monday to Friday, the work will take place from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., during which two of the six lanes of vehicular traffic will be closed. All lanes of traffic will be reopened at 6 a.m. “Weekend work, if required, will take place from 12 a.m. to 8 a.m.” Construction — which will also take place at Ditmars Boulevard’s intersections with 100th Street and 31st Drive in East Elmhurst, the LaGuardia Airport maintenance yard and the intersection of 108th St reet and 43rd Avenue — is expected to begin in the spring and wrap up by the summer of 2018. Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights) said at CB 4’s December meeting that the city never made him aware of the project. “Thank God I don’t miss any one of these meetings or else I wouldn’t have known about this,”

Moya said. “You’d think DEP or DOT would call the local elected officials and say hey, we’re going to be doing some major overhauls in your district.” The DEP’s press release contained a statement from City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East Elmhurst) praising the project. “We are very pleased that DEP will be upgrading the sewer systems in East Elmhurst and Corona,” Ferreras-Copeland said. “This will make a noticeable difference in the quality of life of homeowners and residents that have suffered from sewage backups in the past.” The project consists of upgrades to five regulators that direct wastewater to the Bowery Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant in Astoria and other utilities, structural repairs a nd t he expa nd i ng of t wo chambers. The DEP will meet with CB 3 Q this month.

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Senior transportation advocates thinking long-term Gathering information key element on addressing shortcomings Editor

The annual transportation conference of the of the Queens Interagency Council on Aging took place on Jan. 13. But the meeting is just the beginning, according to QICA Vice President Barry Klitsberg. “I’ve lived in Queens all my life, and in many areas you have to take a bus to get to the train,” he said. “If you’re going from someplace like Glen Oaks, it can take 45 minutes to get to that train, if you can get on a bus. And Access-aRide can be unreliable.” Klitsberg serves as a program coordinator with the federal Administration for Community Living, formerly known as the Administration on Aging. He said transportation difficulties are not limited to Queens, and not limited to seniors, as those with physical disabilities can have many of the same needs. Klitsberg said the purpose of the January transportation meeting was

long-range. Panelists included Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), who is a former MTA bus driver. Also included were representatives from organizations ranging from Access-a-Ride to the Riders Alliance, the latter being an advocacy group for public transportation. Bruce Cunningham, executive director of QICA, said Miller discussed a proposal by which seniors in Queens would be permitted to board Long Island Rail Road trains at Queens stations using their MetroCards, which wold increase their access to transit without the higher LIRR cost. “We listen to people’s concerns; we want to know what their issues are,” he said. “We’ll take the information and write up a paper, which we’ll come back and present in October.” But be it elevators or anything else, Klitsberg said some issues will continue. “There is no quick fix,” he said. “When you get off that bus, is there an elevator to get you to your

train?” he asked. “I live in Forest Hills where they built an elevator to the subway. And it took a long time.” Of the 409 subway stations in the New York City system, only 190 were handicapped accessible as of 2015. Queens presently has 17 accessible stations out of 81. The Court Square extension for the No. 7 line is scheduled to become accessible this year. The MTA also has budgeted money for elevators at the Astoria Boulevard station on the N/Q line, and the J/Z stop at Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue by the end of 2017. Still, Klitsberg said he sees older buses that, even if they can be lowered, do not have functioning ramps that some seniors and disabled people need. He has seen some where seniorpreference seats at the front of buses are not clearly marked, and some cases of people just not honoring the designation. That, he said, will take a change of some people’s behavior.

Councilman Daneek Miller, a former MTA bus operator, speaks with a resident at a January forum on senior citizens and transportation issues in Queens. Information gleaned will be put into a report that will be presented this coming PHOTO BY BRUCE CUNNINGHAM / QICA October. “I’m 63,” Klitsberg said. “Recently I was getting on a bus when I had a problem with my foot. There was a senior woman sitting in one of those seats with a bag on the seat next to

her. I asked if I could use the seat. “She said ‘You’re not a senior,’” he said. “You can’t go by what you see. You don’t know someone’s P condition.”

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peaches and cream, by any means. Her father, who fled Cuba with his family as soon as Fidel Castro assumed power, managed to return home from Vietnam but would become an invalid from multiple sclerosis. Her mother, also named Gloria, was a performer in Havana who shelved her acting dreams to raise a family, and makes it clear that she wishes that her talented daughter would do the same. Their constant friction is not easy to sit through. The choreography, singing and acting is first rate. Amy Villafane looks and sounds just like Gloria Estefan. Suave and handsome Josh Segarra captures the outwardly laid-back but inwardly extremely determined Emilio Estefan to a T. The script lets them down at times, however. The Estefans, who were heavily involved with the writing, are unflinching when it comes to describing the 1991 accident that occurred in Northeast Pennsylvania when a truck slammed into their tour bus on Interstate 81. The hospital scenes are maudlin and Gloria’s difficult rehabilitation exercise routines lead to her having a short fuse with both her trainer and her hubby. The constant snapping is irritating. I’m unsure if the real Emilio Estefan can sing since Gloria has always been the band’s lead vocalist, but let’s just say that singing is not Segarra’s forte. It’s always great to hear upbeat fare such as “Rhythm is Gonna Get You,” “1-2-3” and “Conga,” as well as melodic ballads as “Don’t Wanna Lose You” and “Anything for You,” but things slow to a crawl when the cast is asked to sing songs written especially for this show as they are quite draggy and far from melodic. The subtitle of “On Your Feet” is “The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan.” Of course it’s impossible to tell everything in two and a half hours, but there is something dishonest about the show’s failure to deal with how Emilio and Gloria acrimoniously fired many of the Miami Sound Machine’s original members just as they were hitting it big. “On Your Feet” is more or less an enjoyable theatrical experience but the record should have been set straight. It also would have added to the enjoyment if two of the band’s lively hits, “Bad Boy” and P “Betcha Say That,” could have been included.

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The appeal filed by developers seeking to build a mall in the Citi Field parking lot appears likely to remain unheard by the New York State Court of Appeals until fall, at the earliest. But opponents of the development, called Willets West, question whether the late Judge Judith Kaye’s involvement as the lead attorney for the developers may have put them at a disadvantage. Kaye was the first woman to serve on the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest, and the first to serve as its chief judge. The late Gov. Mario Cuomo, father of current Gov. Cuomo, nominated her for associate judge in 1983 and appointed her chief judge in 1993. She left when she reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2008 and died of cancer on Jan. 7 of this year. She was lauded for being a pioneer and for having modernized the court system in many ways. Kaye had argued for the Willets West developers as an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. The Court of Appeals website now lists Jonathan Frank, also of Skadden, as at tor ney for the developers. The mall project is a joint venture between the real estate firm owned by the New York Mets’ owners, Sterling Equities, and developer Related Companies. Under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, the city gave 47.5 acres of land to a conglomerate created by the two firms, Queens Development Group, to build a 1.4 million-square-foot mall on the site. The QDG declined to comment for this story. Opponents of the mall, including state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and the group Willets Point United, sued to block the project on the grounds that the site, Citi Field’s

parking lot, is parkland that cannot be built upon unless alienated by the state Legislature. But a state Supreme Court jus- After state Sen. Tony Avella and civic activists won their appeal in a lawsuit they launched to block a development on tice’s August 2014 ruling in the case, what is now the Citi Field parking lot, the state’s highest court dealt them a blow by agreeing to hear the case. Tony Avella, et al. v. City of New Queens College political science professor Michael Krasner, left, is among those who say the justices’ relationship York, et al., said the development of with the late Judge Judith Kaye, who had been the developers’ lead attorney, may have been a factor in their decithe mall was legal under a 1961 law sion to take the case. FILE PHOTOS EXCEPT LEFT, COURTESY QUEENS COLLEGE allowing the construction of Shea Appeals as the chairperson of the noted that she was chairperson of an in question, though. Stadium. A New York Courts Advisory The plaintiffs appealed, and in state’s Commission on Judicial entire group of people selecting the July 2015 the Appellate Division Nominations. The chief judge nominees, not the sole person mak- Opinion, 04-121, specifically allows panel unanimously reversed the vacancy was filled by Janet DiFiore ing the choices, and that the nomina- judges to “preside over cases where decision, saying the law in question on Jan. 21, and Michael Garcia, who tions then had to go through the gov- attorneys who recently resigned only allowed the construction of a clerked for Kaye in the 1990s, has ernor for final selection and the state from the same court appears as counsel and even current part-time Senate for confirmation. baseball stadium, not anything else been nominated as associate judge. And he noted that New York State judges appear.” Antonacci also wondered whether unrelated to it. It said removing The website of the Unified Court parkland from public use in general, Kaye’s former position as the high governors and U.S. presidents both and in this case in particular, court’s chief judge may have influ- name judges to the highest courts System’s Advisory Committee on requires the consent of the state enced its decision to take the case. under their jurisdiction and routinely Judicial Ethics, which responds to And he is not alone in thinking it send cases before those bodies with- written inquiries from judges, judiLegislature. cial candidates and quasi-judicial out any discussion of recusal. “There is simply no basis to inter- might have. Avella, however, speaking shortly officials, in response to a question “The fact that they took the case pret the statute as authorizing the construction of another structure may reflect their regard for her and before the news of Kaye’s death, had about a different recusal situation, that has no natural connection to a their previous relationship. That said she should recuse herself as the says that a judge “shall not allow seems pretty obvi- QDG’s attorney — just as he would family, social, political or other relastadium,” the appelous,” said Michael need to abstain from voting on the tionships to influence his/her judilate decision said. K rasner, associate nomination of DiFiore for chief cial conduct or judgment and must Then the develophere is no p r o f e s s o r i n t h e judge because he is the lead plaintiff disqualify him/herself in any proers appealed, though Department of Politi- in a case that will go before her, a ceeding in which his/her impartialithe city declined to conflict.” ty might reasonably be questioned.” cal Science at Queens promise he made good on. join them in doing so. But it also says that a judge “is “So when you think about it, if College and co-direcA nd the plaintiffs — Court of Appeals tor of the Taft Institute I’m thinking about recusing myself not necessarily disqualified when a were su r pr ised to spokesman from reviewing this woman’s nomi- former judge of the court appears for Government. lear n in November Gary Spencer Court of Appeals nation because she may be [review- before him/her as an attorney.” t h at t he Cou r t of Krasner said he is on the side of s p o k e s m a n G a r y ing] this suit, maybe Judith Kaye Appeals had agreed to hear the case, because it had been Spencer, however, said, “There is no should recuse herself,” Avella had those who would say that is not good said. He had stopped short, however, practice, however. decided unanimously by the appel- conflict” due to the relationship. “There is something about it that Spencer rejected the idea that of calling for DiFiore to recuse herlate panel, and with strong language. Before Kaye’s death, Avella and Kaye’s tenure on the court could self from hearing the appeal. And doesn’t quite sit right, since it’s hard Gerald Antonacci, leader of Willets have influenced its decision to hear since Kaye’s death he has declined to argue that the justices hearing the case were entirely uninfluenced by a Point United, had called for her to the appeal before her death or its to comment further. Antonacci, on the other hand, is former colleague,” he said, especialrecuse herself from the case, ques- ultimate ruling on the case now that tioning whether her longstanding she is gone. He pointed out that only not comfortable with DiFiore hear- ly considering that Kaye was on the court a long time and likely develrole as head of the entire New York one of Kaye’s former colleagues, ing the appeal. “I still feel that even though oped deep social and professional State Unified Court System would Judge Eugene Pigott Jr., is still on disadvantage them in a case where the court. Piggot has been serving [Kaye is] gone, her influence is still relationships with her colleagues. The Court of Appeals website there and I feel that any judge that Kaye would be arguing in front of since 2006; Kaye retired in 2008. Spencer also disputed any sug- was nominated by her, if they hap- shows no arguments scheduled and her former colleagues. Kaye also had a role in recommending to gestion that DiFiore or Garcia would pen to be on this case, they should no briefs filed in the case, which a court employee said indicates it isn’t Cuomo a slate of candidates for two be biased in hearing a case Kaye had recuse themselves,” he said. Q The legality of the situation is not likely to be heard until the fall. recent vacancies on the Court of worked on before her death. He

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Van Bramer, Trottenberg laud $39M neighborhood infrastructure project by Michael Gannon Editor

City officials on Monday officially rolled out preliminary plans for nearly $39 million in Vision Zero improvements for the Long Island City and Hunters Point sections of Queens. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) hosted a press conference announcing them at the intersection of Jackson Avenue and 11th Street, a stone’s throw from the northern terminus of the Pulaski Bridge. “This is an exciting project,” Van Bramer said at a gathering that included city Commissioners Polly Trottenberg of the Department of Transportation and Feniosky Peña-Mora of the Department of Design and Construction. Van Bramer and Trottenberg said the money will be used for safety improvements for intersections, sidewalks and bike paths through redesign, reconstruction and new signs and signals. The councilman and Peña-Mora said they will simultaneously be tackling sewer, drainage and other projects intended to deal with flooding that can inundate the Hunters Point area during heavy storms. The money is a combination of $8.8 million in previously approved capital funds and an additional $29.6 million from a pool of $115 million citywide Vision Zero funding

Community Board 2 Chairman Pat O’Brien believes longstanding problems in Long Island City will be a thing of the past with the city’s $39 million investment in infrastructure. The projects PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON are designed to increase traffic safety and alleviate flooding. announced by Mayor de Blasio last week. “This will benefit everyone who lives, works or commutes in this neighborhood,” Van Bramer said. Van Bramer said the first projects are in preliminary design phases now. There is not yet an accurate timeline for completion. The councilman added that while the project will be wide-ranging, priority is likely to be given

to places like the intersections of Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue; Jackson and 23rd Street; Jackson and 21st Street; and 44th Drive and Vernon Boulevard [see the DOT map at qchron.com]. Trottenberg pointed out that while the region has taken off in popularity in recent years as a residential and cultural haven, some area infrastructure has not been improved

since the early part of the 20th century. PeñaMora said the odd confluence of roads and the need to keep the neighborhood functioning during the construction process is the trick for his department. “This is like a patient who needs an operation,” he said. “But you have to perform that operation while the patient can still go to work and go to the theater.” Liz Lusskin, president of the Long Island City Partnership and a staunch backer of the plan, said any temporary inconveniences are nothing that the neighborhood isn’t prepared for, given the benefits she says the changes will bring. “These are changes and improvements that the residents and businesses have been asking for for years,” she said. “It is impossible to overestimate the impact this is going to have on the neighborhood.” Lusskin supports the idea of doing all the projects from sewer lines on up at once. “This is from below the street to the sky,” she said. “If you’re going to open up the roads, why not do everything at once?” Pat O’Brien, chairman of Community Board 2, said Monday’s announcement was the culmination of efforts first begun by his predecessors such as Joe Conley. “This is an example of how government Q can work,” he said.

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DOT eyeing Alderton becoming a one-way Area leaders, businessman rip city pitch, saying it’s not the best fix by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Motorists who avoid driving northbound on Woodhaven Boulevard by heading up Alderton Street in Rego Park may have to find a different shortcut in the near future. The Department of Transportation is considering converting the narrow, two-way street into a one-way road with traffic only flowing east and then south as it curves. The idea has flummoxed Deputy Inspector Judith Harrison, the 112th Precinct’s commanding officer, and Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio, who both say other measures could be taken to avoid issues like speeding on the street, which they say residents have complained about for years. “I don’t believe this is the way to go,” Harrison said in a Monday email. “I believe the reason why DOT wants to make Alderton Street a one-way street going southbound is because residents are complaining that motorists circumvent northbound Woodhaven Boulevard by taking Alderton Street.” Rego Park barber Mike Pinkhasov, coowner of Therapeutic Cuts on Alderton Street by 63rd Drive, was more direct in his criticism in a Wednesday phone interview. “Oh, hell no!” Pinkhasov said. “That’s ridiculous. It would be so inconvenient.” While he believed his loyal clientele

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ARTS, CULTURE C ULTURE & LIVING IVING

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NOSTALGIA’S ON THE MENU AT NEW EXHIBIT ON MODERN AMERICAN FARE ship to the fast-food and food iconography that so saturated our childhoods and modern society at large. “Food Nostalgia,” a multimedia group exhibit on display from Feb. 5 through March 13 at the Radiator Gallery in Long Island City, paints a portrait of modern American society through classic food imagery and brand labels that we hold so dear. “‘Food Nostalgia’ looks at food in contemporary America through a lens of fast-food iconography and industrial food production,” explained curator Amanda McDonald Crowley. “Participating artists variously draw on popular cultural references, brand recognition, bodies, memory, nostalgia and playfulness.” The exhibit, which consists of paintings, photographs, video, sculpture and installation art, is part Pop Art and part political statement, rife with images of iconic brand labels and food mascots. “They ask us to think about our relationship to our colonial pasts, feminist thinking, cultural diversity and marketing culture,” Crowley added. “The corporatization of our food systems is deeply entrenched in our psyche; historical and contemporary trade routes of our food affect our cultural landscape.” Continuedonon page continued page 44

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It has been said that scent and its counterpart — taste — have proven to be the most powerful triggers of memories, as far as the five senses are concerned. A whiff of mom’s apple pie or a bite of lasagna, for example, can bring back childhood memories that are both comforting and familiar. As our fast-paced, modern society veers away from hearth and home, Rockwell-style images of families gathered around a linen-draped table for traditional Sunday dinner are slowly replaced with fast-food icons the Colonel, the Clown and the King. With the advent of newer technology in the latter half of the 20th century, our nation’s foods evolved into highly mechanized, mass-produced products of industry, with the factory worker largely replacing the farmer. The increased mass production of meals coupled with the mid-century boom in the advertising industry created a slew of memorable, iconic mascots on the sides of cereal boxes, soup cans and Happy Meal boxes throughout the land. For baby boomers and beyond, the faces of Chef Boy R Dee, Tony the Tiger and Ronald McDonald became as familiar and recognizable as those of parents, teachers and neighbors. A new exhibit explores our complex relation-

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “Hoyeon,” paintings by 15 immigrant Korean member artists of the Hoyeon Art Association of New York. Thru March 12. Opening reception, Sat., Feb. 6, 3-5 p.m. Goodwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College, Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: GTMuseum.org.

AUDITIONS The Melodians, spring 2016 season auditions. Mon., Feb. 8, 1-3 p.m. Austin St. Senior Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. Bring music if available, accompanist is available for you. Info: Lena (718) 592-0178 or David (718) 275-0244.

“Connected Worlds,” interactive exhibit exploring the interconnectedness of different environments — jungle, desert, wetlands, mountain valley, reservoir, and plains — and the impact individual and collective actions have. New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Weekdays, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., weekends, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Last session starts 1/2 hour before closing. Free with admission: $15; $12 children/ students/seniors. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Essence of Queens,” photography by Carlos Esguerra. Feb. 13-May 8, Tues., Sat. and Sun., 1-4 p.m. only. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Artists reception, Sat., Feb. 13, 2-4 p.m. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. Black History Month “WEUSI.com,” Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, works by WEUSI Artist Collective members, reminiscent of the Black Arts Movement and highlighting the relevance of AfricanAmerican imagery in a contemporary context. 16104 Jamaica Ave. Thru Mar. 24. Opening reception: Fri., Feb. 19, 6-8 p.m. Free. Contact: Roseann Evans (718) 658-7400, revans@jcal.org The Reanimation Library. Artist and librarian Andrew Beccone answers questions about this functioning research library and interactive exhibit highlighting visual information. Every Sat. thru Feb. 27, 12-5:30 p.m. Queens Museum, Studio 5, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. “Catalyst,” new projects by Meredith James, Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Casey Tang. Looks at how personal and cultural forces form narratives. Thru Feb. 28. Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 adults, $4 students, free under 12. Info: queensmuseum.org.

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Authors Susan Choi and Cecily Wong, presented by the Queens Library, discuss their unique experiences and journey to become successful writers. Wed., Feb. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Manducatis Rustica, 46-35 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. $10. Tickets: evenetbrite.com.

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

A photography exhibit titled “Essence of Queens” by Carlos Esguerra runs Feb. 13 to May 8 at PHOTO COURTESY VOM the Voelker Orth Museum in Flushing.

THEATRE “Pirate Pete’s Parrot: A High-Seas Adventure for Kids and Adults (without the scurvy).” The Secret Children’s Theatre promises music, mischief and a boatload of laughs; watch as Pirate Pete, a lovable rogue, and his crew embark on a song-filled journey to find his runaway parrot. Sat., Feb. 13 and every other Sat., 2 p.m. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $10 children, $15 adults, $40 family 4-pack. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

The Irish Comedy Tour, featuring Celtic tunes and humor with Derek Richards, Mike McCarthy, Damon Leibert and Derrick Keane. Fri., Feb. 19, 8 p.m. Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Tickets: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

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QC Choral Society is looking for new members for its 75th anniversay year to perform Verdi’s “Requiem.” Auditions Wed. Feb. 10, 6-7:15 p.m. Queens College Music Building, room 246, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Rehearsals every Wed., 7:30-9:45 p.m. Contact: Music Director James John (718) 997-3818, qcchoralsociety.org. Community Singers of Queens is looking for new members for their Spring Concert. Rehersals every Mon., 7:30 p.m. Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165 St., Flushing. Call: Ruth Amsterdam (718) 658-1021.

HEALTH

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

Blood drive, Flushing Letter Carriers-Branch 294, in memory of Zach Smith. Wed., Feb. 10, 3:30–8 p.m. Knights of Columbus Joyce Kilmer Hall, 35-79 160 St., Flushing. For medical eligibility: (800) 688-0900, nybc.oeg. Event info contact: Tony Paolillo (718) 264-8494.

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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Sat., Feb. 13 at 2, 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 14, 3 p.m. Queens Theatre, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $25-42. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

“So Get This...A Comedy Storytelling Show,” Thurs., Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Astoria Coffee, 30-04 30 Ave. Professional comedians will ditch their material and tell true, hilarious, honest, unique stories from their lives. Free. Info: astoriacoffeeny.

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Secret Theatre’s Academy of Dramatic Arts offers acting and musical theater classes to kids and teens, including junior drama (ages 6-10), senior drama (ages 11-16) and musical theatre with Mary Lauren (ages 7-17). Classes end in a final showcase to display the students’ new skills and talents. Semester starts Sat., Feb. 6. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

Gary Lucas of Captain Beefheart fame and Broadway star Sarah Stiles present a tribute to the swinging soundtracks of New York animation genius Max Fleischer and his Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons of the 1930s. The live vocal-and-guitar performance will also feature six great Fleischer cartoons. Sun., Feb. 7, 2 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave. $15 ($11.25 members at the Film Lover and Kids Premium levels/free for Silver Screen members). Advance tickets: movingimage.us.

“The Color of Comedy” addresses social issues often uncomfortable in public discussion. Sat., Feb. 6, 1-5 p.m., features a screening of Harry Belafonte’s 1967 TV special “A Time for Laughter: A Look at Negro Humor in America,” followed by a forum of comedians of color, whose comedy is rooted in issues that remain fractious social concerns. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12 adults, $9 seniors and students, $3 kids 3-12. Info: movingimage.us.

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

“Great Thinkers: Jews and Non-Jews” discussion, Queens Community for Cultural Judaism. Sat., Feb. 6, 1 p.m. Congregation of UUCQ, 147-54 Ash Ave. at 149th St., Flushing. First-time guests free. Info: Rabbi Klein (718) 380-5362.

“Fences,” by August Wilson. Thurs.-Sat., Feb. 18-20, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 21, 3 p.m. Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. $15, JCAL member $10. Tickets/Info: (718) 658-7400 ext. 2300, jcal.org.

DANCE

“Yoga in the Elements.” Sat., Feb. 6, 20, 9:1510:15 a.m. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Adults only, breathe in and relax in a heated log cabin. $16 per session, bring own mat, towel and water bottle, limited to 10. Info/ pre-registration: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. Modern Dance at Green Space, by Valerie Green and the principles of body/mind fitness. Thru May 31. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St. #301, Long Island City. Prices vary. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org. Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Info: (718) 969-1128. continued on page 45

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One singular sensation tugging the heartstrings by Mark Lord

of them will be sent packing yet again. Throughout the evening, each of the There’s a reason “A Chorus Line” went auditioners will have the opportunity to on to become, at one point, the longest- display his or her dance skills, pausing just running show in Broadway history: It’s long enough to share their sometimes filled with heart from start to finish. heartbreakingly personal lives with the And, despite the show’s familiarity, a new task master of a director. production at The Secret Theatre, where it With the pulsating music by Marvin runs through Feb. 14, continues to enchant, Hamlisch and the singularly smart lyrics to involve and, yes, to move its audiences. by Edward Kleban interwoven seamlessThe basic premise couldn’t be simpler. ly into the clever and tightly woven A group of young dancers have come to book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas audition for roles in the chorus of an upcom- Dante, the show plays with the precision ing Broadway show, putting their talents, of a Swiss watch. personal stories and dreams literally on Much like the original Broadway rendithe line, knowing that, in the end, most tion, the stage here is bare, with only a mirror for a backdrop. Full attention must be paid to the performers and their stories, and the show, straightforwardly directed here by Tom Rowan, When: Feb. 4-14, remains powerful, indeed. various dates and times The cast, which includes several Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., members of the Actors Equity AssociaLong Island City tion, the professional actors’ union, is an attractive and talented bunch, most Tickets: $18 being stronger dancers than singers. (718) 392-0722 Perhaps the finest per formance secrettheatre.com comes from a young man who remains qboro contributor

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They’re golden! The players dance their way through “A Chorus Line,” showing at The PHOTO BY PAUL KENNEDY Secret Theatre in Long Island City. nearly unnoticed throughout much of the evening. His name is Drew Michael Gardner and he plays an introverted but determined dancer named Paul. In a lengthy monologue, he shares a story about his entree into the world of show business that will likely break your

heart, as his parents ultimately accepted their son for who he was. Madeline Fansler appears to relish every opportunity to display an attitude as Sheila, who, at 30, is one of the older chorus hopefuls. continued on page 47

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No matter if you’re backing Cam Newton or Peyton Manning, all football fans will agree that snacking is one of the best parts of watching the Super Bowl. With the big game coming up this Sunday there’s still time to stock up on ingredients to make your Super Bowl party the tastiest in town. The recipes below are easy to make and offer a variety from tangy to sweet. PIMENTO CHEESE SPREAD 1/3 cup mayonnaise 3 tablespoons cream cheese 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons hot sauce 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons grated onion 1 12-ounce jar diced pimento 8 ounces coarsely shredded extra sharp white cheddar 8 ounces coarsely shredded sharp yellow cheddar Stir together the first six ingredients, then add onion. Fold in pimento and cheddar cheeses. Cover and refrigerate eight hours. Stir before serving with crackers and celery sticks.

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Gallery serves up a dish of food and culture continued from page 39 The sociopolitical implications of food labels and branding is addressed by artists such as Cey Adams, who reclaimed and repurposed the image of Cream of Wheat brand icon and African American chef Frank L. White into a minimalist grayscale portrait titled “Cream.” The duo known as Disorientalism, Katharine Behar and Marianne Kim, explore colonialism, racism and slavery through their “Maiden Voyage” series, which depicts the Land O’Lakes mascot, a Native American woman, in positions of power. “Katherine and Marianne who together work as Disorientalism are exploring race and labor relations as it relates to American food production,” Crowley said. “Their work is hilariously funny, beautifully executed, and also politically charged.” The violence and bloody back story of the world’s banana trade is illustrated through a series of surreal photographs by artist Gonzalo Fuenmayor. In his “Papare” series, Fuenmayor places delicate crystal chandeliers amid banana trees in a statement about Old World Victorian colonialism, the plantation system and their effects

on an indigenous population. The gravity of these images is interspersed with pops of color and whimsy, creating a surreal yet eclectic exhibit. Pop Art elements reminiscent of Warhol’s soup cans appear throughout the work of artists Jonathan Stein and Kira Nam Greene, who mixes imagery of Chef Boy R Dee and Hostess Ding Dongs labels against a backdrop of watercolor paint drippings and acrylic ink prints and patterns to convey her personal experiences of conflict and duality as an AsianAmerican woman amid the Technicolor commercialized American foodscape. In a tongue-in-cheek gesture, Stein combines high-art elements with lowbrow subject matter in his “Shiny Sparkly Goes Down Easy” photography series of classic food brands. Stein presents otherwise mundane fast-food and convenience store staples, such as Devil Dogs, Ritz crackers, a can of Spam and a bucket of KFC chicken, in a glamorous light, encrusting each package of processed food in a dazzling array of crystals. The containers are photographed as though they were luxury goods, with the Spam held up in the spotlight by a satin-gloved

Jonathan Stein “creates bling objects” with well-known brands such as Spam and Kentucky Fried Chicken in his “Shiny Sparkly Goes Down Easy” series. On the cover: A work from Kira Nam Greene’s “Nebraska Suite” PHOTOS COURTESY RADIATOR ARTS series, top, and another of Stein’s creations. hand as if it were a Rolex watch or Hermes purse. “As a curator I am always interested in the intersection between high art and popular culture. In fact, I think it’s the most fun and rewarding space in which to work,” Crowley said. “Jonathan Stein has a playful relationship to branding, and a deep passion for food justice issues.” In her “Junk Foodie” photo series, Emilie Baltz presents an array of decadent desserts and sugary treats against a glamorous, light-filled backdrop of mint green and pink pastels similar to the cheesecake or boudoir-style portraits of 1950s and 1960s pinup models. “Artists like Cey Adams and Emilie Baltz consistently work across the design and art worlds, and logos and branding are part of their design thinking,” Crowley said. “This kind of visual thinking is deeply embedded in our contemporary visual culture. So I am intrigued by their work as artists. They wear different hats in each world, but I’m fascinated by how they traverse these spaces and make wonder ful conceptua l works as artists, while still allowing that work to be informed by design thinking.”

This sense of irony and playful- “The ideas for the exhibition ness combined with the repurpos- arose from conversations we had ing of iconic imagery informed regarding the dichotomy of workdecades of Pop Art in the latter half ing in a place where food deserts, of the 20th century, from Warhol’s abundant big agriculture, local saturated silkscreens and Jean- farmers markets and interesting Michel Basquiat’s collages, to the restaurants specializing in local larger-than-life sailcloth “Floor produce existed alongside one Burger” sculpture of 1962 by Pop another, but the conversations artist Claes Oldenburg. g A similar weren’t happening pp p g about who has access to food sense of play or where it with a purpose is also prevacomes from.” lent through“Food NosWhen: Feb. 5-March 13, out “Food talgia” ca st s 1-6 p.m. Fri. and Sun. Nos t a lgia” familiar childor by appointment which, accordhood snacks ing to Crowley, and lunchbox Where: Radiator Gallery, “takes a critifavorites in a 10-61 Jackson Ave., cal, yet humorn e w, i r o n i c Long Island City o u s l o o k at light while Entry: Free how junk food sparking a dia(347) 677-3418 and brand cullogue a bout radiatorarts.com tures impac t the social, ecocontemporary nomic and food systems and consumption.” political origins and implications of The idea for “Food Nostalgia” food sources, branding and procame about through talks among duction. Crowley and some of the featured “All of the artists are dealing artists nearly two years ago while with the politics of food and brand they were working as resident art- culture. But they are also making ists in America’s heartland. work that is humorous and fun,” “I was working out in Omaha, said Crowley. “There’s a serious Nebraska in 2014, which is right in undertone to the show, but the the middle of the so-called ‘bread works are all brilliant and funny Q basket’ of America,” she recalled. and beautiful.”

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SPECIAL EVENTS Valentine’s Day celebration, Sat., Feb. 13, 2 p.m. The Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Music, food and stories. $5, free for members. Info/RSVP: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

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continued from page 40 Poetry writing workshop group: Explore the craft of poetry writing, free enrollment, open to all. Every Tues. 1:30-3 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Sponsored by Queens Community House. Info: (718) 268-5960, queenscommunityhouse.org.

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After World War II a tiny shack on an obscure corner on the south side of Horace Harding Boulevard at 173rd St reet was opened and sold produce to the new budding community of Fr e s h M e a d ow s . Quickly it was expanded into a small brick building that sold vegetables all Fresh Meadow Farm, located at 173-02 Horace Harding Blvd. in Fresh Meadows, Jan. 23, 1951. year round. The location had plenty of traffic and was very successful. It would soon get in the way of this one. was called Fresh Meadow Farm. People By 1956 the business was condemned recall that a 5-foot-tall Italian immigrant ran and torn down under New York State emithe whole operation, but nobody I spoke with nent domain laws. The expressway was built knew his name. and Horace Harding Boulevard was changed The telephone directory for this period to Horace Harding Expressway, relegated to listed 33 different businesses whose names becoming a service road for the new LIE. started with Fresh Meadow or Fresh Mead- Today the site of the once-thriving Fresh Q ows. Sadly, the new Long Island Expressway Meadow Farm is an empty space.

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Overlooked in the excitement over the signing of slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to the top per-season salary in Mets history (he’ll earn $25 million this year) was that it pushed their 2016 payroll to roughly $140 million. While that figure is roughly $50 million below that of the Yankees, and is a pittance compared to what the Los Angeles Dodgers now spend, it does finally remove the criticism that for a New York team the Mets have been behaving as if they were in Milwaukee or Cincinnati instead of the nation’s largest market. Although they always tried to dance around it, the Mets’ payroll shrunk to Lilliputian size in 2010 when it was learned that the team had significant financial involvement with rogue financier and Far Rockaway native Bernard Madoff. Coincidentally, the Madoff saga has been revisited this week as part of a two-night miniseries on ABC that stars Richard Dreyfuss. The Madoff-related financial austerity forced the Mets to eschew pricy free agents and concentrate instead on developing their minor league system. From 2010-14 it had become a Mets tradition at the July 31 trade deadline to send veteran players to teams with playoff aspirations in return for blue-chip prospects. The strategy did pay off when the Mets wound up in the World Series last year. Of course it’s

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harder to stay on top than to get to there, and that requires spending. Cespedes has an opt-out clause in his new contract that he can enforce at the end of this coming season. Even if he were to leave, it would be extremely difficult for the team to go back to its draconian levels of compensation. For Mets management, signing Cespedes may have opened a payroll Pandora’s box. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson made a crack at the expense of his ace pitcher, Matt Harvey, when he cited his absence from the annual Baseball Writers Association of America dinner at the New York Hilton a week ago Saturday, when Snowstorm Jonas was at its height, “because all the flights from SoHo were canceled.” The quip got a lot of play in both the traditional and social media. Alderson was kidding, of course, but I don’t think that he would have been very happy had Harvey gotten hurt trying to get to the event. Alderson and the Mets brass must have been cringing when Harvey appeared last Thursday at an unexpected venue, Bravo’s popular “anything goes and the raunchier, the better” show, “Watch What Happens Live!” hosted by the inimitable Andy Cohen. Harvey nicely spoofed his narcissistic “man-about-town whom women Q can’t resist” image on the program. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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continued from page 42 Another standout is Jennifer Knox, instantly recognizable as the show’s most iconic character, Cassie, who dances, as most of her colleagues do, for the sheer love of it. Her big solo, “The Music and the Mirror,” is a dazzler. Matthew LaBanca is appropriately tough as the director of the show within the show. An emotional moment between him and Knox, in which their shared past is revealed, is well played. Geena Quintos, as the Puerto Rican Diana, sings memorably about her inability to conjure deep feelings about being on a bobsled, and she leads the entire company in the show’s anthem, “What I Did for Love,” a paean to the performers’ chosen profession. Jonny Stein displays impressive acrobatic skills in “I Can Do That,” and Amanda Phillips is a lovely presence as Maggie, who dreams about what life must be like “At the Ballet.” Quintos served double duty, recreating much of the show’s original choreography, including the snazzy finale. Music director Evan Zavada led the unseen crackerjack orchestra, which played almost continuously throughout the show.

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

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

Getaway Attache, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/9/15. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 5-09 48th Ave #6E, LIC, NY, 11101. General Purposes.

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

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TJPS CONSULTING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/07/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The Limited Liability Company, 39-27 220th St., Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notice of formation of Wochen Engineering, PLLC filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 69-09 108th St., #508, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Purpose: any lawful activity.

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othing better to do on a Sunday than catch a basketball game at Madison Square Garden, right? That apparently was the thought process of tennis legend and Douglaston native John McEnroe and New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, both of whom took in the St. John’s-Villanova game from their courtside perches. And while they each got rousing cheers from the crowd when shown on the jumbotron, the focus of the Red Storm student section, media members and most likely Johnnies coach Chris Mullin were the two huge names, Rawle Alkins and Jordan Tucker, sitting a few feet away from them. You may not know who they are, but they’re two of the biggest high school recruits around. And more than likely, they would have been the best scorers on the floor for the Red Storm. As was the case in more than a few Johnnies contests the last two months, offense was at a premium for the good guys. Villanova’s length and experience proved to be too much, as the Wildcats simply smothered the Red Storm 68-53 in a game that was as good as over with 12 minutes to go in the second half. After being held to just 28 first-half points by the Red Storm’s aggressive defense, Villanova blitzed the Johnnies with a 20-7 run, including a quartet of threes, over the course of the second stanza’s first eight minutes, silencing the St. John’s faithful in the nearly sold-out crowd. One has to wonder how a recruit like Alkins, above, feels about joining the program after watching his potential future teammates lose their 12th straight game, the day after the Brooklyn native and senior at Word of God Academy in North Carolina took an official visit to St. John’s (7-13, 0-9 Big East) to meet with the coaching staff. But I wouldn’t be too worried about Sunday’s showing or the losing skid impacting things. As reported by SNY, the Johnnies’ pitch to the former Christ the King superstar guard was that of all the top-tier pro-

grams on his final list — Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, NC State, Indiana, Arizona, UNLV and Louisville — only Mullin, a basketball Hall of Famer, has played his position in the NBA. Therefore, who better to coach the fivestar stud? Add in the fact that Alkins is a son of Canarsie and would be able to play in front of his family in his home city, and St. John’s surely makes a good case. Will it be enough to pry him away from win-now programs like UNC and Kentucky? Who knows. In the multiple conversations I’ve had with Alkins since his sophomore year at Christ the King, his thoughts on playing in his home city have ranged from “What a dream that would be” to “I would play in Hawaii if it was the best offer.” There’s been a ton of speculation as to where he’ll actually land, but anyone who says he knows is not to be listened to. All we do know right now is that the bona fide future NBA player is seriously considering St. John’s, and the Red Storm coaching staff has launched a full-court press to land him. When it comes to Tucker, he is still two years away from college, as the lethal scorer is only halfway through his junior year at Archbishop Stepinac in White Plains. But he’s quickly climbing the prospect ranks, as schools like Syracuse, Connecticut, top-ranked Oklahoma and Arizona have already extended scholarship offers to the small forward, ranked 30th in the nation in his class. Should he choose St. John’s in 2017, he would provide an immediate boost to both the Red Storm’s offensive and defensive schemes. At 6 feet, 7 inches tall, he’s a solid rebounder who shows impressive quickness for a player his size. On the offensive side of the ball, he earns his nickname “The Juice Man.” He’s already joined the 1,000-point club in just three years at Stepinac, as he’s basically a lock for 15 points or more each night. He can score in the paint or drop a jumper from almost anywhere on the floor, and St. John’s could desperately use a player of his caliber. Like I’ve been saying all season, if Mullin puts his money where his mouth is and lands these prime recruits, St. John’s could be looking at a stretch of success not seen Q since the 1980s.

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Brooklyn 337 Amber Street A 40 x 100 gated lot. Not cleared. Owner will clear when a contract is signed

REDUCED $209K ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Co-ops HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Reduced. Unique large Colonial on oversized 40x127 corner lot. New kitchen with granite countertops, new cabinets & tiled floors, 3 large BRs, 2.5 Baths, 2 walk-in closets, 2-Car Garage, with rooftop terrace.

Reduced $695K

HOWARD BEACH LIN LINDENWOOD

Unique Dentist Office for sale in prestigious Heritage Condo Building! Sale includes: Condo as well as all equipment and supplies. Ground floor office with separate entrance to the left of the main lobby. Featuring a waiting area - front desk & file area. 4 Operatories with X-ray & nitrous lab, private office & 2 half baths. Common charges $709.

Asking $350K

LD SO HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch on 41x100 lot, 4 BRs, 2 Baths.

LD SO OUR EXCLUSIVE EX XCLUSIVE

WELL MAINTAINED MAINTAI

HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE Det. Colonial, 3 BRs, 1½ Baths, Great Block on the old-side. Potential 4th BR, Full Bsmnt w/½ Bath. Asking $425K

LD SO

• Hi-Rise 1 BR/1 bath, (needs complete renovation) IN CONTRACT .........................$70K • Hi-Rise 1 BR, top floor, updated kit & bath .......................$125,500 • Large 1 BR, new bath, oversized rooms ............................. $137,500 • Hi-Rise 2 BR/1 bath, updated kit SOLD! .............................$154,500 • Real 3 BR/1 bath, deluxe garden co-op ...................... Asking $195K • Mint AAA 2 BRs/1 bath, Garden co-op, 1st flr, open kit floor plan (move-in) ..............$199K - SOLD!

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Condos • Greentree Condo, 2nd floor, 3 BRs, 2 baths, 2 terraces Mint .................................... $309K • Hi-Rise Condo Northgate Building Large 1 BR Condo, 5 Closets IN CONTRACT .......................$184K ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

APARTMENT FOR RENT HOWARD BEACH HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD Large corner 2-Family, 6 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 halfbaths, full fin. bsmnt, move-in condition. $725K

Lindenwood Mint 3 BRs, 1½ baths, Duplex, 2nd floor- Large deck, many large closets

$2,200/mo

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HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

Reduced, Asking $785K

Reduced $939K

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February SALE!

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We also carry the Shingles Vaccine, which is covered by most insurances.

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13 x 10 inch

15 x 12 inch

BEAR

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2 oz.

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BLOOD PRESSURE

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ASPIRIN

MONITOR

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ASSORTED CHOCOLATES

VANILLA CANDLE ONLY

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$4.99

99¢

2/$8.00 $39.99

OSCILLATING

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2 x 3 inch Assorted LOVE PICTURE

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For

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12 Hour Relief Orange • 3 oz.

$4.49

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$9.49 WINTER GLOVES

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HALLS Triple Action Assorted Flavors • 30 ct.

2/$3.00