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The ongoing leadership battle between Queens Republican chairman Phil Ragusa, far left, and former Councilman Tom Ognibene, far right, heat up again after Ragusa’s faction failed to renominate the borough’s GOP Board of Elections commissioner, allowing Ognibene ally, Councilman Eric Ulrich, second from right, to choose a new appointee. Meanwhile, borough Republican leaders endorsed John Catsimatidis, who employs Ragusa’s deputy, Vince Tabone, second from left, for mayor.

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Woodhaven home leaking raw sewage into street

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Third murder of gay man prompts caution Homicides could be from online meetups, Dromm warns community by Josey Bartlett

hotline have reported increased violence from dating online,” Dixon said. Dixon said there’s a stigma that comes fficials urged the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to use with using meetup websites, but instead of extreme caution when dating online, hiding dates from friends, she advised introfollowing a string of three murders in the last ducing them. She also urged people to meet two weeks they say could be linked to these in a public place at first. “People think they need to hide meeting meetups. Middle Village resident Joseph Benzinger, online, but people need to speak out,” Dixon 54, was discovered in the Crown Motor Inn said. “These recent tragic incidents show us that this is the time for our community to join in Elmhurst by motel staff on Feb. 10. That is the third murder of a gay man in together to recognize that we not only deserve safety, but that we can crethe city during the last two ate it.” weeks, two of which were Violence towards the committed in the district ouncilman Danny city’s LGBT community represented by Councilman Dromm urges LGBT rose by 13 percent Danny Dromm (D-Jackson 2010 and 2011, Heights). As of now officonstituents to use between although nationally it cials say there is no link dropped 16 percent during between the incidents, but extreme caution. the same time period, they are leery. “It is an eerie coincidence that both of according to NYC Anti-Violence Project stathese murders took place within a week of tistics. On Feb. 3, public school teacher David each other and involved gay men,” Dromm, who is openly gay, said on Tuesday outside Rangel, 53, was found strangled under his couch in Jackson Heights. the Crown Motor Inn on Queens Boulevard. A few days before, on Jan. 28, Charles New York City Anti-Violence Project Deputy Director Ejeris Dixon says the organi- Romo, 48, of Hamilton Heights, a neighborzation has seen a trend of violence toward gay hood in northwest Manhattan, was found men, especially when meeting up with people dead in his apartment with a bag over his head. they met virtually. The two Queens men were both strangled. “Many individuals who have called the Editor

Councilman Danny Dromm, right, urges caution while dating following the murder of three openly gay men in the last two weeks. He spoke outside the Crown Motor Inn on Queens Boulevard, joined by Tony Simone, left, a representative of Councilwoman Christine Quinn, and Ejeris Dixon, center, deputy director of community organizing and public advocacy at the New York City Anti-VioPHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT lence Project. All three were middle-aged, openly gay men. None of their apartments or rooms showed signs of a break-in. Police have surveillance footage of both Queens incidents, Dromm said, adding that some items were stolen from the two men. Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan), who is openly gay, asked residents in

a release following the meeting to protect themselves from such incidents. “The perpetrators must be apprehended and prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” she said. Individuals can report information to NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1 (800) Q 577-TIPS (8477).

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Woodhaven home stinks up the joint Broken pipe leakes sewage, causing a smelly and dangerous problem by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

She may have been late for work, or perhaps she’s just always in a rush. Whatever the reason, the young woman dressed in a business suit and a stylish pair of boots almost didn’t see the reeking patch of ice on the sidewalk alongside the two-family, semi-detached home on the corner of 85th Street and 88th Avenue in Woodhaven. But when she did, the sight — and the smell — startled her. “Oh, ew!” she exclaimed as she climbed over a mound of snow to cross the street. She isn’t the first person in the neighborhood to notice the disgusting scene. “It’s awful,” one neighbor said. “When it’s hot, the smell is terrible and now you have the ice there.” The home at 80-87 88 Ave. in Woodhaven has been leaking raw sewage from a broken pipe on the side of the house for months and the problem appears to have only exacerbated. Now, the sewage has frozen into a dangerous sheet of yellow and brown ice along the sidewalk and in the street. Ed Wendell, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, said the home has been a problem for a while. “It’s pretty disgusting,” he said. “It’s a real quality-of-life issue for the neighborhood.” Outside the home, the sidewalk on 85th Street was covered with a sheet of ice for

Raw sewage leaking from a broken pipe behind 80-87 88 Ave. in Woodhaven has gone from a nuisance to a danger as the leaking fluid turns to ice on the busy 85th Street sidewalk. PHOTO BY ED WENDELL

over a week. The leaking raw sewage freezes at night and, since the location of the leak along the side on the house on 85th Street is such that there’s little direct sunlight, stays frozen for most of the day. The foot or so of snow that fell on the

neighborhood last week didn’t help at all. Piles of shoveled snow in the street created a dam of sorts that backs up the leaking sewage onto the sidewalk. The house itself doesn’t appear to be in any organized condition. On its front porch,

children’s toys sit stacked and lined up. Rugs and clothing are strewn across the back fence. The home is owned by Noris Requena. A phone number registered to Requena at an address in South Richmond Hill is out of service and no one answered knocks on the door Tuesday morning. The house is located in a heavily trafficked area, two blocks south of the 85th Street-Forest Parkway J-line subway station and two blocks west of St. Thomas the Apostle School. Though it is about a quarter-mile from PS 60, neighbors say children who attend both schools walk past the area. Behind the home is St. Luke’s Church, where there is also a nursery school. Complaints were made to the Department of Buildings concerning the leaking pipe twice last month, on Jan. 11 and Jan. 14, but no inspections have taken place yet, according to department records. The house is not the only problem home the neighborhood has had to contend with recently. An abandoned house at 87-19 90 St. hosted a 2011 party that ended in the beating death of a teenager a few blocks away. The home had been a nuisance for neighbors, hosting loud and rambunctious parties, until the city sealed the home up in Q September.

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$61M in FEMA aid to Howard Beach Agency says claims were also filed in other areas in South Queens by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

claims were filed by residents outside Howard Beach, including other areas where flooding was a problem, such as Long Island City, and parts of the borough that escaped flooding such as Flushing and Bayside, where falling trees damaged homes. “There were other areas that were not hit by the flood that experienced damage, especially by the wind,” Braton explained. She said there were claims filed with FEMA in Ozone Park, South Ozone Park and Richmond Hill, exclusively for wind damage. At the meeting, the agency’s reps also explained their advisory flood maps, which add nearly all of Howard Beach and the western part of Lindenwood into the area identif ied by FEMA as a flood zone. Braton said that some homes in South Ozone Park south of the Belt Parkway are also under flood risk because of their proximity to Bergen Basin — a body of water inside JFK Airport near Lefferts

Residents in Howard Beach received $61.1 million in recovery aid from FEMA, about 7 percent of the total given out to New York residents so far. Above, a new water heater is delivered to a home in Howard Beach damaged FILE PHOTO by Hurricane Sandy three weeks after the storm. Boulevard. Some homes there did receive minor flood damage after Hurricane Sandy. The agency reminded residents that the maps were only advisory and it could be several years before

f inal ones are drawn. However, they suggested homeowners take steps to protect their property from floods based on the advisory maps, including purchasing flood insurQ ance and raising their homes.

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Victims of Hur ricane Sandy from Howard Beach have received over $61 million in aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to records broken down by ZIP code. Residents who filed claims with FEMA from the 11414 ZIP code — which includes Howard Beach and Lindenwood — have received $61.1 million dollars in aid. Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton announced the total at last Thursday’s meeting, in which representatives from FEMA and the Small Business Administration gave updates on the recovery progress in Howard Beach. The total amount of aid given to residents in the neighborhood represents just under 7 percent of the total $896 million in FEMA aid given to Sandy victims in New York State as of Tuesday. Some residents have received as much as $30,000 from FEMA.

Nearly every resident of the neighborhood suffered some form of damage from Sandy, and in many homes, the cost to repair the destruction has run tens of thousands of dollars. Some residents have also applied for loans from the Small Business Administration, which has also been reaching out to businesses in Coleman Square and along Cross Bay Boulevard affected by the storm. FEMA spokesman Michael Skeels reminded members of CB 10 that the deadline to register for FEMA aid is Feb. 27, and the Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program — in which FEMA pays for hotels for victims while their homes are still uninhabitable — ends Feb. 24. The deadline had been Feb. 10, but was extended at the request of Gov. Cuomo. More than 1,000 people in New York are still living in hotels as part of the program, according to FEMA. The agency also says some

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Republican battles erupting yet again Queens GOP election commissioner snafu reflects long intraparty feud by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

The ongoing civil war between two factions of the Queens Republican Party is flaring up again — just in time for the 2013 city elections. It all began when Queens Republican leaders failed to appropriately renominate Judith Stupp as the borough’s GOP commissioner on the Board of Elections by the Jan. 31 deadline. Stupp, a district leader from Bayside, is a key ally of Queens GOP Chairman Phil Ragusa. Republican officials did not file the appropriate paperwork to have Stupp renominated to the BOE. That left the job of appointing the borough’s Republican commissioner to the party’s caucus on the New York City Council. The BOE has 10 commissioners, one per party from each borough. The four-member GOP Council caucus is led by Councilman Jimmy Oddo (R-Staten Island) and includes another Staten Islander, Vincent Ignizio, and Queens members Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Dan Halloran (RWhitestone). The caucus voted 3-1 to appoint Ulrich’s choice, Michael Michel, a former aide to exCouncilman Tom Ognibene, who has been trying for years to wrestle control of the county party from Ragusa, even going so far as to hold his own meeting in 2011. That lead both Ragusa and Ognibene filing paperwork with the state BOE declaring them-

The battle between Queens Republican Chairman Phil Ragusa, left, and former Councilman Tom Ognibene, center, for control of the county party sparked up again after Councilman Eric Ulrich, right, an Ognibene ally, appointed a new commissioner to the city Board of Elections when Ragusa’s faction failed to correctly file renomination papers for the Republican Commissioner Judith Stupp. FILE PHOTOS selves leader of the Queens GOP. The only dissenting vote on Michel’s nomination came from Halloran, whose district includes the base of Ragusa’s support — the county’s GOP headquarters is located in Whitestone — and is considered one of the more vulnerable council members in this year’s elections. Though the battle over control for the borough GOP cooled after the state Board of Elections certified Ragusa as party leader in 2011 and disregarded Ognibene’s separate leadership meeting. The division remained, however, coming to a head in last year’s 15th District state Senate election.

Redistricting made the district, which is represented by Democratic Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), more Republican, adding in GOP strongholds in the Rockaways and Kew Gardens Hills. Ulrich ran for the seat with the full backing of the state GOP, and was seen as a likely candidate to defeat Addabbo, but the Ragusa wing of the party supported a primary opponent — Forest Hills attorney Juan Reyes. The primary was nasty, with the Reyes campaign criticizing Ulrich for being too friendly with the LGBT community and releasing a mailing featuring Ulrich dressed in Soviet garb. Ulrich mailers accused Reyes of being a puppet

of Ragusa’s. Ulrich ultimately won the primary by a large margin, but lost the general election to Addabbo. Now the intraparty war could seep into the 2013 citywide elections, in which Queens plays an important role for the Republicans, who have been all but shut out of power in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Ognibene, or someone close to him, is expected to make a play for the leadership and face off against Ragusa again. Whether Ragusa holds on to his position will be decided in the September primary elections for district leaders in the new State Assembly districts. Each district elects two leaders — one female and one male — from each party to serve on the party’s county committee. In order for Ragusa to hold power, his loyalists would need to hold district leader positions, and some races may be decided by only a few votes, especially in districts where there are few registered Republicans. In 2011, the party was divided by geography, with most of the southern half of the borough backing Ognibene and Republicans from the northern district leaders behind Ragusa. One GOP operative described the Long Island Expressway as the dividing line between the two factions. Several districts in southeast Queens had no Republican district leaders because candidates were unable to gather enough signatures to get on the ballot there. continued on page 26

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Gov’t must be there for us s Hurricane Sandy and last week’s snowstorm reminded us so bluntly, and President Obama’s State of the Union speech reminded us so eloquently, government matters. Residents of South Queens have been relying on the flood insurance and Federal Emergency Management Agency grants received from Washington since the hurricane. That’s government spending. FEMA has disbursed more than $61 million in Howard Beach alone, but you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone there who thinks it’s enough. Just imagine if it were less. The city performed admirably during the snowstorm, and we all remember what it was like the last week of 2010 when it didn’t. This time the streets were kept clear and residents were even able to utilize a new plow-tracking website the city created that let them see when every block in town had been cleared. That’s government spending. Yes, the Christmas Blizzard two years ago was much worse for Queens and the rest of the city than last weekend’s storm, but there seems little doubt the administration also did a much better job this time around. Just imagine if it hadn’t.

Providing insurance in flood zones, giving grants to repair storm damage, plowing snow — these are all necessary governmental functions. And they’re fine examples of why the taxes no one likes to pay must be paid. Look at how our neighbors out east, especially in Suffolk County, where municipal taxes are low (though school taxes are high), suffered in the storm. That’s what happens when governments are not wellenough prepared for emergencies because, at least in part, they haven’t been raising the revenue that is necessary for the equipment and staff that are necessary. The president knows the same principles apply nationally, noting in the State of the Union that “we can’t just cut our way to prosperity” and lamenting the devastating spending reductions that will kick in March 1 absent congressional action. His right-wing opponents differ, but they’re wrong. It’s Obama’s approach, which recognizes that government can’t solve all problems but is the only institution that can solve many, that’s the right one. We should all remember that when complaining about taxes and spending, before the next disaster reminds us the hard way.

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That wasn’t rape? You’re kidding ensible people may be shocked to know that violent forced sodomy is not rape in the State of New York. But of course there are too few sensible people among those who write the laws of the State of New York. The bizarre fact that a man is not committing rape if, for example, he puts a gun to a woman’s head and forces her to perform oral sex on him was publicized this week when a cop — a cop — who did just that got off on rape charges. He was, however, convicted of predatory sexual assault and will be going away for a long time. Joined by the psychopathic pig’s brave victim, a 25-year-old teacher, Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria) is leading the charge to change the law so that such despicable acts are given the label of rape they deserve. She had tried to do so last year, but the Assembly failed to pass her bill. The measure would not have much practical effect because predatory sex assault actually carries more prison time than rape, but it would bring the law into line with common sense, never a bad thing. Other states have done it. This is what you call a no-brainer. The state Assembly, as we all know, is often a no-brainer of another kind, but maybe it and the Senate can get together and pass such a simple bill. Meanwhile pig cop Michael Pena can rot in prison and die there.

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Now imagine Major League Soccer in Long Island City, built within proximity to four subway lines so that spectators from around the city could easily arrive to the games, leaving their cars at home. Sitting atop a rail yard, the arena would be accessible to fans from across Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. Located within minutes of Midtown, it would easily attract an affluent clientele that could also contribute to the hotels, restaurants and arts institutions in the surrounding neighborhoods. At the same time, being adjacent to the 7 subway line, the arena would also attract the working class fan base from the borough’s Hispanic neighborhoods. With Manhattan as a backdrop, the arena would be instantly recognizable and attract not only enough fans, concertgoers and conventioneers to make it profitable, but maybe it could even lure the Jets football team back to the bought of their origin. Game on! Eugene Krymko Long Island City

Hevesi’s bad call Dear Editor: Assemblyman Alan Hevesi’s opinion article “Reservations about USTA shouldn’t halt a good plan” (Feb. 7, multiple editions), backing the USTA’s request for more land in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and to increase the size of its current structures in the park, strongly suggests he is more accomplished as a lobbyist for the USTA than an advocate for the little people whose tax dollars pay his salary. The article demonstrates Mr. Hevesi speaks with a forked tongue. On the one hand he suggests all the parties come together on a plan to solve the issue, but on the other hand, he makes it clear he already made up his mind and approves the USTA’s request for a further intrusion in the park. In supporting the USTA, Mr. Hevesi demonstrates he is a member in good standing with those myopic politicians who place little or no value on the importance of urban parks,

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a nonrenewable resource, and believes parkland is simply real estate to be alienated to the highest bidder or one with political connections. He also displays a total lack of historical understanding of FMCP and the USTA. When the USTA decided to leave Forest Hills, it did not do so to serve a public purpose. It did so to make more money and by taking parkland free of charge, it avoided having to purchase land on the open market. At the time, the USTA promised it would not thereafter ask for more land, a promise that turned out to be as worthless as a dead tennis ball. It did in fact come back and extorted a huge additional part of the park. While it now seeks a small additional piece, the more important, and most odious, aspect is that it seeks to significantly increase the size of its structures already in the park and destroy hundreds of trees Mr. Hevesi obviously bought into the USTA’s claim its presence in New York City is a better bargain than the purchase of Manhattan Island from the native Indians, when it is no f inancial ONLINE windfall at all. All sports activiMiss an article cited ties in this city by a letter writer? Want do not account news from our other for more than editions? Find past seven-tenths of 1 reports, news from the percent of the rest of Queens and more city’s gross ecoat queenschronicle.com. nomic product, an amount that can be equated with the tip one gives the youngster who delivers your groceries. It does not put more police or firefighters on the streets or give us more and better schools. The city had no need to f ile for bankruptcy because the Jets, Giants and Dodgers left. New York need not be concerned that if the USTA is now turned down, it will leave. It has no trouble competing “as is” with other tennis tournaments and it will not leave. Greedy they are, but not stupid. There is no reason for the USTA’s further intrusion other than they want to make more money, the bulk of which goes into the pockets of the professional players and toward USTA commitments throughout the United States, not Queens. What is sad is that Mr. Hevesi simply does not understand his obligation is to protect parks not just for the current residents of Queens and this city, but for generations yet unborn. His failings should come as no surprise, given his abysmal record of never lifting a finger to help the park, with examples being his silence on Major Soccer League’s attempt to build a stadium in the park and the proposed mall and hotel to be built by the Mets owners on their parking lot, which is in fact parkland. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Crime in the 106th Precinct is steady so far in 2013, but burglaries are still a problem, Deputy Inspector Thomas Pascale, the precinct’s commanding officer, told Community Board 10 last week. Burglaries have been an ongoing issue in South Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park and more recently in parts of Howard Beach. But Pascale said the crimes in Howard Beach appeared to subside once a man was arrested while attempting to break into a home there late last month. “I hate to say it, but it looks like the problems stopped in Howard Beach with that arrest,” Pascale said. However, on Tuesday, two women were robbed in a home in Old Howard Beach by a man claiming to work for the Department of Environmental Protectiion after he was let into the house. In Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park, break-ins have been an issue for Hindu households, where robbers know religious icons made of gold are kept. There

has been a pattern of burglaries in South Ozone Park between Liberty and North Conduit avenues east of 125th Street. Car break-ins are also an issue, Pascale said, and a number of residents have been robbed of items inside their cars when they have left them unlocked. He added that there have been issues with fraudsters all over the precinct area, but especially in Howard Beach, where in one instance, a woman left the Rite Aid to find her car had a flat tire and was offered help from a man who later robbed her. According to the most updated statistics from CompStat, the number of robberies and burglaries is down in the past week as compared to last year, but grand larcenies are up. However, violent crime has been nearly nonexistent in the precinct so far this year. There have been no murders recorded in the 106th Precinct since Jan. 1, and one rape. The precinct will hold a meeting concerning public safety concerns on Feb. 20 at the 106th Precinct at 103-53 101 St. in Q Ozone Park.

Police have ar rested two suspects accused of robbing a boy in broad daylight on a busy Richmond Hill residential street at the end of last month. Barshaan Morrison of Laurelton and Thomas Williamson of South Jamaica, both 17, were nabbed by police Feb. 7 and will face charges stemming from the robbery of a 12-year-old boy on 111th Street near Liberty Avenue on Jan. 31. The boy was walking near 104-24 111 St. at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31 when the suspects allegedly approached him from behind, pinned him up against a tree and demanded his phone. The victim complied and handed over his Samsung Galaxy phone and the alleged suspects fled. There were no reported injuries. The suspects were caught on surveillance video walking behind the boy on 111th Street, past a bus stop where people were waiting and then, several minutes later, fleeing the scene toward Liberty Avenue, running past the same bus

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Kayakers rescued from Jamaica Bay Duo saved from icy waters after trip goes awry near Broad Channel by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

A kayaking trip in Jamaica Bay went dangerously wrong for two men on Saturday afternoon, forcing their dramatic rescue from the 40-degree waters in cold, windy conditions. The kayakers, whose names have not been released, were paddling in the waters of Jamaica Bay near Broad Channel Saturday afternoon when their kayak capsized, throwing them both into the chilly water. A resident on Lanark Road — a residential street that juts out into Jamaica Bay near the neighborhood’s subway station — saw one of the men flailing in the water near the A train’s bridge between Broad Channel and the Rockaways, and called 911. An NYPD Air Sea Rescue helicopter was dispatched and saw the two. Detective Brian Singer and Police Officer Marian Kopystianskyj, divers assigned to the Harbor Unit, retrieved one kayaker, a 71-year-old man, from the bay and transported him to the Aviation Base at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. They were met by EMS, which transported the male to Kings County Hospital. He was treated for hypothermia and was listed in stable condition. Back at the scene off Broad Channel, Detective John Kenny, assigned to the Emergency Services Unit, observed the second kayaker, a 32-year-old, swimming to a boat that was anchored in the bay off East 12th Road. The man was able to board the boat and Kenny donned his wet suit and swam out 200 yards to the vessel, fearing the man would need medical attention. Once on board the boat, he realized that the man was suffering from hypothermia. Officers assigned to Harbor Adam — a police harbor unit based in Canarsie, Brooklyn

Above left, the NYPD Air Sea Rescue helicopter races a 71-year-old man who had fallen out of a kayak in Jamaica Bay to Floyd PHOTOS COURTESY NYPD Bennett Field where he was transported by ambulance to a Brooklyn hospital, above right. — responded to the scene and removed the second male, as well as Kenny, from the anchored boat and took them to the shoreline at East 12th Road and Cross Bay Boulevard. There they were met by EMS, which transported the kayaker to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Kenny to Lutheran Hospital in Brooklyn. Both were treated for hypothermia and were listed in stable condition. Don Riepe, a Broad Channel resident and president of the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society, said he had not seen kayakers in the bay for a long time and that although some people do take to the bay’s waters in the winter, it is not common — nor advised — on a

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South Queens’ sense of snow Residents enjoy a real winter weekend after the Blizzard of 2013 by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

The Blizzard of 2013 hit parts of Long Island hard, but 50 miles to the west in southern Queens, the foot or so of the white stuff was nowhere near the worst Mother Nature had ever dealt to residents. The moderate storm led to reactions ranging from minor annoyance to fun — either way, a sight of relief in a community close to ground zero from Hurricane Sandy. The storm’s Friday night-Saturday morning time frame eased the pain as many got home from work before the worst of the weather hit during the night, and awoke to a weekend of enjoying the biggest snowfall in two years. Across the neighborhoods of s o u t h e r n Q u e e ns o n S a t u r d ay, t h e s o u n d s o f p l ow s h i t t i n g t h e p ave ment echoed through the streets, along with the screeching sound of all-terrain vehi- A woman and a young boy cles, not typically have a snowball fight on an used on c i t y Ozone Park sidewalk Saturday. Q PHOTOS BY DOMENICK RAFTER streets.

Digging out parked cars was one of the big nuisances for residents after the storm. Here, two men work to free a vehicle in Richmond Hill.

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The Blizzard of 2013 was merciful to the borough of Queens. While parts of Long Island and New England dug out from recordbreaking snows that stranded people on highways and essentially shut down entire towns last Friday, Queens escaped with little more than a typical February annoyance. “I’ve seen worse,” said one Ozone Park resident shopping at Met Foods on 101st Avenue. In southern Queens neighborhoods hit hard by Hur ricane Sandy, this storm packed a lot less of a punch. About 4,000 lost power in Far Rockaway at the height of the storm, according to Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), but they were restored by noon on Saturday. Around 1,000 people in the Rockaways are still without power from Sandy, though some left in advance of the weekend snowstorm. The Long Island Power Authority, which serves the Rockaways, was harshly criticized for its response to Hurricane Sandy and turned over

control of its lines to National Grid before the snowstorm. At least one resident in the Rockaways compared the waves in the Atlantic Ocean to those created by Sandy, but only minor coastal flooding was reported in areas that typically flood during nor’easters. In Howard Beach, the problem was the amount of snow, and a number of residents near Charles Park said they had only seen one or two snowplows during the storm, far fewer than in areas closer to the Belt Parkway. Nevertheless, the department got positive reviews from Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). “[Department of Sanitation] is doing a superb job clearing the snow in my district,” he said on Twitter during the storm. Don Riepe, a Broad Channel resident and environmental activist, agreed. “The city did a real good job,” he said, noting one problem his neighborhood has had — where plowed snow blocked drainage at the end of its many dead-end blocks — did not materialize. He

A screenshot of the real-time map the city put on its website tracking snowplows across the city during the blizzard on Friday night, featuring MAP COURTESY NYC.GOV streets in Howard Beach. credited Jamaica Bay with some of that. “When the tide came in on the street, it washed the snow away,” Riepe said. The snow was the only real victim of the tide this time. Though Riepe said he had some water in his basement, the effects of the tide across Broad Channel were minimal.

“I may be the only one with any water problems,” Riepe said. Dan Mundy Sr., another Broad Channel resident and president of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, agreed the storm was little more than a nuisance to their community. “Well, we didn’t need another storm,” he said. “The people are very frustrated with all they’re going through. But it could have

been a lot worse.” The storm brought the biggest snowfall in the city in more than two years. The last big snowfall was the Dec. 26, 2010 blizzard that dropped two feet of snow. In that storm, city officials and the Department of Sanitation were criticized for leaving a number of residential streets in the outer boroughs unplowed, including many in Queens. But this time, the department kept tabs on where their plows were, and allowed citizens to do so as well. On a map of the city posted on nyc.gov, the streets were shaded in different colors depending on how long it had been since a plow passed and people could click each street to see when it was last plowed. Queens residents shouldn’t put away their shovels just yet, however. Forecasts call for a chance of more snow this weekend. That has some in Sandy-affected areas fed up with Mother Nature. “It would be nice if the weather backed off and gave us a little Q break,” Mundy said.

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Though the city and teachers union have yet to agree on a plan for evaluating teachers, even though the state deadline passed nearly a month ago, the DOE has a plan to implement one should it come to fruition. In a letter to State Education Commissioner John King, Chancellor Dennis Walcott outlined the costs and processes in which the DOE will roll out a teacher evaluation plan. The letter explains how city educators will be informed of the key components of evaluations that must be based on student performance. It also goes into detail on the different training programs for teachers, principals, department off icials, a timeline for the roll out and the cost for each one. However, the information given in the letter is just the bare minimum of what the State Education Department asked for, although the DOE said they would provide more information when requested and the

letter answered the initial requests the state asked for nearly a month ago. In the letter, Walcott explained that the implementation plan is all based on the expectation that the city and teachers unions will reach an agreement on a system, which has still been elusive, even a month after the state deadline. “All elements of this plan will be executed in accordance with collective bargaining agreements and will be for formative purposes until an agreement with the UFT and CSA is reached,” the letter states. The DOE and the United Federation of Teachers failed to reach an agreement on a teacher evaluation plan by the Jan. 17 deadline set by Gov. Cuomo. The two sides could not agree on a sunset date for the plan, or an appeals process for dismissed teachers. Because the deadline was missed, the city lost out on $250 million in state funding. King said the city could still get up to $200 million in grant money if an agreement was reached on a plan by Q Feb. 15, but that appears unlikely.

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PS 108 Sandy book drive Students, above, from PS 108 in South Ozone Park will hold a book drive for young victims of Hurricane Sandy who lost their books in the storn. The drive will be held from March 4 through 8 at PS 108, located at 108-10 109 Ave. The public can come and drop off books from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. on March 4 and 6 and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 5, 7 and 8. The drive is the brainchild of f ifthgrade teacher Melissa Levin, who came up

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Council members react to budget plan Queens politicians out of step with Bloomberg in ‘budget dance’ by Ramiro S. Funez Chronicle Contributor

Political leaders across the borough are lining up against Mayor Bloomberg’s latest — and final — budget proposal, signaling the beginning of the annual “budget dance” between the City Hall and the City Council. Legislators are protesting Bloomberg’s plan to cut funding for fire companies and the city’s Department of Education in his Fiscal Year 2014 budget, which he unveiled on Jan. 29. To put it bluntly: It cuts too deep. “It’s very distressing to hear that the mayor plans to cut an already bare-bone budget,” said Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights). “The mayor’s proposed budget is one that the city can’t afford.” According to Bloomberg’s proposal, the city would allocate a $70.1 billion budget for the next fiscal year that would put an end to a $1.1 billion deficit without having to increase taxes or impose lay-offs in the public sector. The proposal would also require all new nonuniform employees to work until age 65 to retire and receive a pension. Over the last few years, members of the Council have teamed up with education and fire department advocates to oppose Bloomberg’s annual budget cuts to both services. This year, many of the same community leaders who have been vocal opponents of Bloomberg’s fiscal plans are trying to block passage of slashes to fire companies and education budgets that the mayor is pushing to pass before he leaves office. Bloomberg is proposing a 4.3 percent decrease in educational funding, which would likely result in 700,000 hours

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Train murderer sentenced An Elmhurst man was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison on Feb. 6 for the fatal stabbing of a Woodhaven resident at an elevated subway station in July 2010, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. Benjamin Moreira, 21, was found guilty in December. Dario Paiva, 27, was at home at about 11:30 p.m. on July 30, 2010, when his mother told him that his younger brother, Khristian Paiva, 20, might need help after overhearing a commotion during a telephone call with him. Dario met up with his brother who said the perpetrators had punched him and fled up the stairs of the 85th StreetForest Parkway subway station to the J train platform, Brown said. Dario searched for them and after a brief verbal exchange, he was stabbed once in the chest by Moreira. Dario was transported to a Queens hospital where he died a short time later. Moreira was convicted of seconddegree murder, first-degree manslaughter, tampering with physical evidence and fourth-degree criminal possession of Q a weapon.

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of after-school programs being cut and approximately 1,800 teaching positions being slashed from the DOE. According to Dromm, Bloomberg’s plan would significantly increase the size of classrooms within his district and would decrease the quality of education in schools. “Class size is at one of the highest rates it has ever been,” said Dromm, who used to be a school teacher. “I know the effect of larger class size; it means teachers won’t be able to individualize their plans and it will harm education.” Bloomberg also proposed the elimination of 20 fire companies throughout the city in an effort to alleviate costs — a

plan he has unsuccessfully attempted for several years. Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) said she is very concerned with Bloomberg’s plan to close fire companies and thinks it will “harm the public safety of the district and the City as a whole.” “If the mayor had his way the last three years, there would have been fewer fire companies and firefighters ready to respond to Hurricane Sandy,” Crowley said. “The Fire Department is our first line of defense in any emergency, and my colleagues in government and I have made it clear that we will not tolerate crippling cuts that will increase response time and put the City’s safety at risk.” Although Bloomberg does not plan on cutting the NYPD’s budget, many political leaders are concerned that funds currently allocated to the Police Department and the proposed funds outlined in the mayor’s budget plan for the next fiscal year aren’t enough to keep the city safe. City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria), a staunch supporter of the NYPD and anti-crime funding, believes that Bloomberg’s budget proposal does not do enough to improve police funding, as some forms are crime are rising. “While the NYPD is not being cut any further, that is not nearly enough,” Vallone said. “We have allowed our police force to attrit, and the recent spikes in crime show that we need to add more cops — not keep the status quo.” Vallone, who serves as Chairman of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, has advocated for an expansion of the Police Department’s budget throughout his tenure and has pushed for stronger security measures throughout his district. Bloomberg will present his proposal to lawmakers before Q his term ends later this year.

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Police are searching for the above suspects in connection with three hotel robberies. Each NYPD IMAGES time they fled in a silver Audi. The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two men wanted for robbing three hotels. In all three incidents the suspects displayed a handgun, demanded money and fled in a silver Audi. The duo first struck at the Quality Inn at 138-68 94 Ave. in Jamaica on Dec. 29 at 1:10 p.m. In addition to cash, the assailants took an iPad. Next, they hit the Howard Johnson at 153-95 Rockaway Blvd. in Jamaica at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 4. The next day at approximately 1:30 a.m. the suspects robbed the La Quinta at 111-26 Van Wyck Boulevard in South Richmond Hill.

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Missing man found dead An elderly South Richmond Hill man, who was reported missing from his home last Wednesday, was found dead a few miles away from where he had last been seen. Seventy-five-year-old Willie Lloyd of 109-38 135 St. was reported missing Feb. 6. He was last seen wearing a black and white jacket, a blue baseball hat and blue jeans. He had last been seen inside his home on that evening. Police underwent a search for Lloyd throughout the borough and released his picture to the public. On Thursday, police said they had found a man’s body in the vicinity of Rockaway Boulevard and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Springfield Gardens, just outside the boundaries of Kennedy Airport — about three miles from Lloyd’s home. The body was positively identified as Lloyd. Police do not suspect any criminality in his disappearance or death and have not determined how Lloyd got to the location where they found his body. The medical examiner will determine Q the cause of death. — Domenick Rafter

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Anti-USTA crowd at CB7 Groups opposing the United States Tennis Association’s planned expansion within Flushing Meadows Corona Park came out in full force to Community Board 7’s public hearing on Monday, voicing their concerns about the nonprofit’s need to use more parkland in order to modernize its facilities. The influx of voices came two days before the board’s Parks Committee was to vote on the proposal on Wednesday. “When the USTA decided to leave Forest Hills, it did not do so to serve a public purpose. It did not do so out of any desire to help government. It did so to make money,” said Benjamin Haber. The USTA plan to expand includes using .68 acre of land, a strip that runs between the organization’s current facilities and the Unisphere. The plan also calls for the creation of a new Grandstand on land which was leased out to the USTA but never used. CB 7’s Parks Committee pushed back a vote on the proposal, demanding specific improvements that would result from the USTA’s presence. Check out qchron.com for a full recap Q of the committee vote.

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The expansion of the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park dominated Tuesday’s meeting of Community Board 9 at the Kew Gardens Community Center, as board members unloaded a barrage of questions to the Parks Department and United States Tennis Association about the plan. Though very little of the park sits in CB 9, which includes Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill, board members expressed concern about the potential effects of the project on the park itself, especially when considered alongside the proposed soccer stadium and and shopping mall plan near Citi Field. The USTA is seeking to expand its presence by taking less than an acre of parkland near the Unisphere. “Somewhere along the line, they’re going to have to put a moratorium on building in Flushing Meadows,” said CB 9 member Maria Thomson. “Enough is enough.” Discussion of the plan came after a lengthy public hearing in which a few local residents expressed their opposition to the idea, while others, including union workers

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The Port Authority has authorized $175 million to fund an 11-gate, 75,000-squarefoot expansion of Delta Air Lines’ Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The money will fund the second phase of Delta’s massive ongoing expansion of operations at JFK. The project is an addition to the $1.2 billion Delta is spending to make JFK its international hub. Port Authority officials anticipate the direct or indirect creation of 770 jobs as a result of the construction and expanded airport operations. Delta’s previously approved portion of the Terminal 4 renovation is scheduled to be complete in May. Richard Anderson, Delta’s CEO, called the cooperative effort “another in a long line of substantial investments we are making in New York,” in a statement issued by the airline. The statement also quoted Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg as saying the economic impact of the expansion program is multiple and massive.

“Delta’s numerous investments in New York ... are a key to strengthening our economy and maintaining New York City’s position as a top tourist destination,” Bloomberg said. “The jobs that result from this continued expansion are important to our city and its economy.” Once completed, the revitalized Terminal 4 will have 27 gates to acommodate the estimated 11 million passengers it serves at JFK per year. It will house new shops and restaurants, and have added amenities for its Sky Club passengers, including an outdoor terrace and facilities that feature showers. The project will allow Delta to phase out and demolish its 53-year-old Terminal 3 by 2016. The space will then be converted to a parking area. The airline also is in the midst of a $160 million renovation and expansion project at LaGuardia Airport, which will become its domestic and business travel hub. The LaGuardia project involves renovating the existing Delta terminal and the old US Airways building and linking them with Q an elevated connector.

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A state appellate court has unanimously upheld former Queens GOP operative John Haggerty’s conviction on a pair of charges connected to a scheme in which he laundered money from Mayor Bloomberg’s 2009 campaign for mayor. The panel of judges issued its ruling on Feb. 7. Haggerty, once a bigwig in Queens Republican politics, was convicted in 2011 of stealing $750,000 from Bloomberg’s campaign, money that came from a $1.1 million Election Day pollwatching operations fund for the Independence Party, which gave Bloomberg its ballot line in 2009. But the funds never went to it. Haggerty instead used the money to purchase his childhood home in Forest Hills. Haggerty’s trial featured testimony from Bloomberg in which he said he had not had any conversations with Haggerty about the money. Haggerty’s defense lawyers tried to

argue that Bloomberg had lied under oath. But in their decision, the judges said Bloomberg was the victim of the crime and upheld that Haggerty was guilty of deceiving him. “Although the mayor could not have controlled how the Independence Party used that money, the theft was committed when Haggerty used false representations to cause the mayor to transfer the money to the Party,” they wrote. “While Haggerty also deceived the Independence Party into believing that it was paying a vendor for ballot security services when it transferred the money to Haggerty’s shell corporation, the mayor remained the true victim of Haggerty’s deception.” Haggerty had faced as many as 12 years in prison, but was sentenced to 15 months to 4 years in December 2011. He was also ordered to pay back the money by selling the home, which he still has not done. The ruling last week means Haggerty will head to prison, though no date has Q been set for his surrender.

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Ex-state senator admits coverup in theft of thousands in public funds by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Ex-lawmaker Shirley Huntley of Jamaica gave the people of the State of New York an early Valentine’s Day gift on Wednesday when she admitted in court that she was involved in the theft of thousands of dollars that were stolen from them. Huntley, until recently a state senator, copped to a felony charge for the second time in two weeks, admitting that she tampered with evidence to cover up her role in the misappropriation of $30,000 in taxpayer money she had authorized to go to a nonprofit group that turned out to be a sham. The evidence tampering charge is an E class felony, but prosecutors are recommending that Huntley only get five years’ probation for it because she already faces 18 to 24 months in prison in a separate but related case. The charge she pleaded guilty to this week was brought in state court. Huntley had secured about $30,000 in member item funding — allocations to private organizations that don’t go through the regular legislative process — for a group she created called Parent Workshop, run by her former aide Patricia Savage and her niece, Lynn Smith. Parent Workshop was supposedly set up to assist families in educational matters but never did, instead just functioning as a vehicle to steal taxpayer money, according to the prosecutors. After the state started investigating the group, Huntley created a template for a false, backdated letter that claimed Parent Workshop had held seminars though it never did. “In or around March 2011, I assisted Roger Scotland and Patricia Savage by drafting a letter to be used to create a false record indicating that events on behalf of the Parent Workshop had taken place at the Beacon Center,” Huntley told a judge in open court in Nassau County, where the case was prosecuted. “I understood that the false record would be sub-

mitted by Patricia Savage in response to a subpoena issued as part of the attorney general’s investigation of Parent Workshop.” Scotland is the former president of the Southern Queens Park Association. He was initially accused in the case but no longer faces any charges. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, whose office conducted the investigation in conjunction with that of Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, said in announcing Huntley’s guilty plea, “It is unconscionable that an elected official would deliberately tamper with a law enforcement investigation into the theft of taxpayer dollars. Former Senator Huntley’s felony plea sends a strong message that those who abuse their positions to rip off taxpayers and tamper with investigations will be held accountable. My office’s partnership with the comptroller is designed to combat such corruption, and we will continue to work tirelessly to protect every penny of taxpayer money during these challenging economic times.” Two weeks ago, Huntley pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge for stealing $87,000 in taxpayer money she had allocated for the Parent Information Network, another sham nonprofit group she founded with Smith and Savage. That charge could carry a prison term of up to f ive years, but Schneiderman’s announcement said Huntley is facing only one and a half to two years. Smith, Savage and another defendant, David Gantt, still face various state charges in the Parent Workshop case. Smith and Savage are each charged with multiple felony counts of grand larceny in the third degree and offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, while Gantt is charged with multiple counts of tampering with physical evidence and falsifying business records in the first degree, as well as one count of conspiracy in the fifth Q degree.

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If they walked in our shoes they would see the enormity and complexity of the daily struggle the 130,000 Rockaway residents are waging to collect flood insurance; to get a FEMA or SBA loan; to cover the gap between an insurance settlement, a FEMA grant or SBA loan and the actual cost of rebuilding; to get emergency unemployment benefits; to find a contractor; to get the “rapid response” task force to rapidly remediate mold; to overcome bureaucratic double-speak and mixed messages; to compel ill-prepared utility companies to provide the service their charter requires. I am quite familiar with these struggles. These are my constituents. From the beginning, my staff and I have been deeply engaged with relief and recovery. Several of my staff lives on the Peninsula and endured flooding and displacement. We are fighting alongside families, clergy, nonprofits, a host of volunteers, relief organizations, administrators, and other elected officials to get federal, state and city agencies to respond. Now we face another battle — over how much aid will be allocated to New York, and how, where and on what it is spent. The needs of homeowners and small businesses must be prioritized. Money should quickly go to rebuilding. This will help stabilize families and communities, revive services, restore employment and create jobs. This experience has taught me that from Breezy Point to Neponsit to Belle Harbor to Rockaway Beach to Rockaway Park to Hammels to Arverne to Edgemere to Redfern to Far Rockaway, I represent fighters. These constituents won’t give up or give out. Across race, religion, place of residence, ideology, and party affiliation, they are fighting together to recover and rebuild anew. Indeed, the great inspiration to draw from all this is that New Yorkers and their elected officials, Democrats and Republicans, are fighting together. This is supremely important because it is only by sticking together that we will be able to push government and the private sector to do what needs to be done — things like repositioning generators, pushing the Army Corps of Engineer to redesign our shores, wetlands, and coastal infrastructure, taking a new look at where homes are built and demanding more effective evacuation and restoration procedures — not only to rebuild in Sandy’s aftermath but also to fortify our region against the Q super storms that are sure to come. Gregory Meeks is United States Congressman for the Fifth District, in South and Southeast Queens.

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Commission OK’s new district maps Dissenting vote is Queens member with ties to Asian-American group by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

The new City Council district lines that will be in place until at least 2022 are all but official. By a 14-1 margin, the NYC Districting Commission approved the new City Council maps Feb. 6, leaving the assured passage of the lines by the Council itself as the last step before their finalization. The Council is expected to approve the maps this month and they will go into effect for this year’s elections. The one dissenting vote came from Queens member Linda Lin of Forest Hills, an attorney and member and former president of the Asian-American Bar Association of New York. In the new maps, Oakland Gardens and Bayside remain divided, which Asian-American groups, including the Asian American Community Coalition On Redistricting and Democracy tried hard to unite. AABANY, which Lin headed in 2011, worked with ACCORD on fighting for Asian-American representation in last year’s state and federal redistricting process. Lin did not respond to a request for comment. Another AsianAmerican member of the commission, Justin Yu of Manhattan — chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce — voted for the new maps. Yu was appointed to the commission by Mayor Bloomberg, while Lin was an appointee of the City Council Democratic Caucus. Opposition to the unif ication of the neighborhoods into one

Linda Lin, a Queens member of the NYC Districting Commission, cast the only dissenting vote on the new City Council maps. PHOTO COURTESY AABANY district was led by former state Senator Frank Padavan, another Queens member of the commission. Padavan represented Bayside in Albany for over 30 years and noted at the Districting Commission’s public hearings that Oakland Gardens and Bayside had never been united into one district before. But ACCORD said the demographics of the neighborhoods have changed, war ranting a change in the lines. And that was not the only part of the maps ACCORD opposed. The group also blasted the lines in Bensonhurst and Sunset Park in Brooklyn and Chinatown in Manhattan because members claim the

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Republican feud continued from page 6 The leadership f ight might also affect the party’s choice for a mayoral standard-bearer in the fall. Currently, the GOP candidates are former MTA chief Joe Lhota, supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis, publisher Tom Allon and George McDonald, founder of The Doe Fund. Queens has the largest bloc of Republican voters in the city and the borough has voted for the GOP candidate for mayor in the last six elections, playing a key role in the 1993 race in which Giuliani defeated Democratic incumbent David Dinkins In that race, Giuliani beat Dinkins in Queens by a margin of over 100,000 votes. “If you’re a Republican running for mayor in New York City, your best bets are Queens and Staten Island,” Kevin Ryan, an aide to Halloran, said. “Rudy Giuliani once said if it weren’t for Queens, he would never have been mayor.” The county GOP has already thrown its support behind Catsimatidis, but that endorsement did not come without controversy.

new districts also divide AsianAmerican communities there. They did praise the consolidation of the Chinese-American community in Elmhurst, which was united within the 25th District. Other communities including Woodhaven and North Flushing also took issue with the lines. Ed Wendell, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, was resigned to the new district boundaries, which split Woodhaven down Forest Parkway and 80th Street, leaving the areas to the west in the 30th District — which includes Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale on the other side of Forest Park — and the eastern twothirds in the 32nd District, which includes Howard Beach and the Rockaways. Wendell said he did not blame the commission members, but said the process in which lines are drawn was to blame. “It’s disappointing, but not surprising,” he said. Four civic associations from North Flushing, Whitestone and Aubur ndale fought for a lastminute change to unite low-density communities sur rounding Downtown Flushing into the Bayside-based 19th District, rather than include them in the 20th District, which is centered in Downtown Flushing. Paul Graziano, an urban planner from North Flushing, said his neighborhood, home to mostly detached one- and two-family private homes should have been placed entirely within the 19th

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District. Though his home was moved there — it had previously been in the more densely-populated Flushing-based 20th — half of the neighborhood remained out of it. “I’m happy to be in the 19th,” he said. “But I’m not happy the neighborhood is split up.” The maps are the third draft drawn by the Districting Commission. The first version was revised after public hearings. Council

At a Queens County GOP Executive Board Meeting, Halloran, the last elected Republican in Queens loyal to Ragusa, called for a chance for all mayoral candidates to be heard by the committee before an endorsement was made. A motion was put forth to endorse Catsimatidis at the start of the meeting. When at least one committee member voiced an objection, Halloran agreed that each candidate — including Catsimatidis — should have a chance to speak with the board and be fairly vetted before an endorsement is put to a vote. He moved for a discussion. The leadership refused to allow any discussion. Halloran walked out of the meeting. “Now, you’ve lost the other elected off icial in Queens,” Halloran said as he left. Ragusa’s deputy, Vince Tabone, is legal counsel for Catsimatidis’ company, Red Apple Group, a fact that was brought up in 2009 when Catsimatidis was eyeing a mayoral run before term limit extensions allowed Bloomberg to seek a third term. Several Queens Republicans suggested the connection between Tabone and Red Apple Group is behind the leadership’s quick endorsement of Catsimatidis, an asser tion GOP spokesman Robert Hornak flatly denied.

Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) asked the panel to draw a third set of maps because the second draft caused controversy when it appeared to move the home of embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn) into the Ridgewood-Bushwick-based 34th District, which will lack an incumbent in November’s election. Lopez had hinted he would be interested in running for the seat Q and may do so anyway.

“That is an idiotic assertion to make, that completely discounts the fact that most members of our committee believe that not only is John our best candidate, but the only one who can win in November,” he said. “It also arrogantly ignores the relationship John has built over the years with many members of the committee and the support he has given to both the committee and the Chairman. John has earned our support and we are happy to give it to him and look forward to seeing him bring real common sense Republican governance to City Hall." Catsimatidis is also footing the bill for a lawsuit brought by Ragusa and Queens GOP leadership against Ulrich and the two Staten Island Republicans over the appointment of Michel to the BOE. Whatever the reason, the endorsement did not sit well with Halloran. “Every candidate, including John Catsimatidis, should get a fair hearing, and every district leader has a right to speak prior to the county’s endorsement of any candidate for the most important office in the City of New York,” he added, according to Ryan. “The county party has to listen to its members, not stifle debate.” Q

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the Sutphin Boulevard Civic Association, a foster parent with Little Flower for eight To those in the community, she is known years and vice president of the Foch Boulesimply as CW, but activist Christina vard Library Association. She has come a long way, surviving a batWinslow is now seeking a different title, that of city councilwoman for the 31st District, a tle with substance abuse and spending a 30day stint in jail for prostitution seat occupied by Ruben Wills when she was 16. Winslow (D-Jamaica). hopes her success in overcomA single mother of four, ing the obstacles in her life will Winslow, 43, has never run for serve as an inspiration to others, political office before, but after particularly youth. being encouraged by community “I want to encourage peomembers to do so, she decided to ple,” Winslow said. “I was able go for it. to change my life with God’s “People believe in what I’ve help, and others can do it too.” done,” Winslow said. “They Although she didn’t want to know my heart is in it and that Christina Winslow COURTESY PHOTO speak ill of the incumbent, I’m a sincere person, so they Wills, she did say she thought believe I can do it.” Winslow, of South Jamaica, is the founder his predecessor, Tom White Jr., was a more and CEO of A Cause, A Concern, A Solu- effective lawmaker, and she hopes to impletion Network, a nonprofit organization that ment some of his methods to bring much provides services to families and children in needed resources to the community. “I just pray that people have the confineed. She is certified by the National Association of Forensic Counselors, according to dence to make me their leader,” Winslow Q her website. Winslow has been a member of said. “I want to be a voice for them.” Assistant Editor

Fazio Dance students performing with the “The Beat Dance Tour” dance tour are: back row from left, Sabrina Frogerio, Amanda Garcia and Gia D’Andrea — that’s Courtney Galiano of “The Beat” in the center — Daniela Ciniglio, Taylor Lombardino and Emily Olsen. And in the front row from left , Christal PHOTO COURTESY FAZIO DANCE CENTER Taormina, Alexa Barisano and Caitlyn Olsen. A select group of dancers from Fazio Dance Center in Howard Beach had the opportunity to join Courtney Galiano on “The Beat Dance Tour.” Galiano, who is a cousin of Fazio’s own Gia D’Andrea, was a finalist on the popular TV show “So You Think You Can Dance,” among her many credits. She shared her exciting experience with the Fazio stu-

dents who were thrilled to be back dancing strong after the setbacks of Hurricane Sandy. Just this past January, Galiano was diagnosed with, multiple sclerosis. The Beat Dance Tour has teamed with the MS Society to “Dance Towards a Cure.” A portion of every registration for the tour will go to the Q MS Society.

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Gov. Cuomo, a Hollis native and by his own recognition a “Queens man through and through,” received the biggest rounds of applause for his stance on stop and frisk and proposed women’s equality legislation, on Wednesday at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City. The governor spoke of job creation, taking his time on a decision about fracking upstate, education and gun control, but people were the most excited about equality for all. There are 49,880 marijuana arrests made citywide in 2011 because of stop and frisk, Cuomo said. Of those about 80 percent are Hispanic or black, and 69 percent are under 30, which results in many young minorities entering the criminal system, he added. Cuomo has proposed the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana in an effort to keep these young individuals out of jail. Being jailed for these comparatively minor offenses creates a cycle of arrests that should end, he said to resounding applause. “It stigmatizes and criminalizes,” Cuomo said. “It’s not right. It’s not fair.” The audience at what the governor called a State of the State address also burst into cheers when Cuomo presented his 10-point Women’s Equality Act. The crowd in Albany last month gave him a standing ovation when he introduced the idea. The legislation aims to continue freedom of choice and reproductive health, achieve pay equality, create zero tolerance to sexual harassment in the workplace, allow for the recovery of attorney’s fees in employment credit and lending cases and end family status discrimination in housing. Other important points include combatting human trafficking, which Cuomo noted was a large problem in New York. His plan additionally aims to end housing discrimination and “shatter the glass ceiling,” he said, pointing out that women still make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. His legislation would also stop housing discrimination for victims of domestic violence. He went on to commend the New York Legislature for passing bills last month that create tougher background checks and licensing for guns and ban certain types of automatic riffles. He touted New York being ahead of what President Obama said in the State of the Union that he wants in terms of gun control.

Gov. Cuomo spoke to a packed crowd at LaGuardia Community College on Wednesday. PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT

“The NRA is powerful politically,” Cuomo said. “[New York legislators] have the guts to stand up and vote.” Cuomo pledged to not raise taxes while still balancing the budget and lowering the deficit. That has dropped to $1.3 billion from $3 billion the year before and $10 billion the year before that. Cuomo emphasized an entrepreneurially aware government to encourage businesses. He highlighted a plan that would team private institutions with educational institutions so the new establishments are surrounded by support. While in these incubators the businesses would not pay taxes with one stipulation: they must keep their jobs in state. Cuomo spoke of increasing the minimum wage although later he said he would like the federal government to lead that push. His education plan would increase school days, with the state footing the bill, as well as acknowledge that poor schools are different from those in rich neighborhoods. “In those distressed communities they are a school plus,” he said, adding that those teachers provide nutritional education and counseling more often than in privileged Q neighborhoods.

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Phase One tenants told to ‘relocate in the near future’; no help in sight by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor

It’s not an eviction notice … but it’s close. Tenant businesses in the Phase 1 area of Willets Point’s redevelopment received cryptic letters from the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development telling them to pack up and get ready to leave. But help promised in 2009 has not materialized and attempts to relocate the businesses as a cluster have been slow-moving. The letter, dated Dec. 6, 2012, asks tenants on city-owned property to “relocate in the near future so that the development stage of the project may begin.” It goes on to refer tenants to a “relocation manager” named Shirley Williams, located at HPD’s headquarters on Gold Street in Lower Manhattan. But Williams has been missing in action from day one, according to sources. Combined with the letter, it leaves many wondering when they’re supposed to leave, and where exactly they’re headed. Tenants seem to think they should be packed up and gone by the end of the month, but HPD said no timeline has been given. “We are working to advise occupants of their rights, and about all of the relocation services and benefits for which they may be entitled to,” said an HPD spokesman. “A vacate date hasn’t been set yet. Currently we are ask-

ing occupants to be proactive in this process, while attempting to provide enough time for them to use this information to make appropriate arrangements that best suit their needs.” The lack of information has some wondering where exactly is help originally promised when a redevelopment deal was struck. The missing assistance includes a $3 million tenant relocation fund promised by then-City Councilman Hiram Monserrate in numerous on-therecord conversations as part of the plan that passed the City Council in 2009. HPD, the city’s Economic Development Corporation and Office of Management and Budget do not mention any such fund set aside to aid relocation efforts, according to a Memorandum of Understanding circulated among the agencies. The memo projects expenses and offers a table of allocated funding. The document was given to the Chronicle by Robert LoScalzo, a documentary video producer who has been tracking and researching the proposed Willets Point development since 2007 for an independent project. He filed a request under the Freedom of Information Law to find the $3 million relocation fund, which produced the memorandum. HPD’s spokesman did not comment on the memorandum or the promised $3 million. “Shirley Williams oversees a staff of property managers who are on-site on a near daily

basis and are available to work with the occupants, answer questions and address their concerns regarding their rights and benefits,” the spokesman said. Efforts to find a new home for the businesses as a cluster do offer some hope. The Cornerstone Realty Group, a firm enlisted by the city to assist relocation efforts, has found a plot of land that could be home to a group of Willets Point businesses, according to Marco Neira, who leads the Sunrise Co-op, a group of 60 businesses looking to move en masse to a shared location. The 200,000-square-foot plot of land is in the vicinity of Grand Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Maspeth, and is currently the home of a school bus depot. “The city is trying to negotiate on our behalf,” Neira said. The plan is to own the land outright. “We want to buy the land, and then we build it up. We don’t want to lease or rent from them.” But the long-term prospects of businesses remain uncertain after they move. Individual spots for them have been found within Queens, with rents that are twice as high as what they currently pay. Neira said the city offers services to help the businesses see through their first month in a new location, but then they’re on their own. “What happens the next month if they don’t do business?” he said. “They are going to die after the first month.”

A rendering of the planned Willets Point redevelopment, after the tenant businesses are FILE IMAGE long gone.

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The redevelopment’s passage in 2009 produced a plan with controversy that arguably overshadowed its ambition. The initial plan called for the redevelopment of the Iron Triangle’s entire 62 acres. But legal efforts led by opposition group Willets Point United helped stymie the redevelopment’s progress. The city subsequently split the project into phases. Phase 1 calls for a 200-room hotel, 30,000 square feet of retail space, as well as a 1.4million-square-foot shopping mall and a Q parking area.

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The weather has been really unpredictable. That proved to be an understatement last week when we started to get storm warnings of a winter nor’easter on its way to New York. The warnings were right on target, for this storm was one of the biggest in years. This storm named Nemo brought Woodhaven nearly 9 inches of snow, strong winds and cold temperatures. The Sanitation Department did a great job as they had done and are still doing with the Sandy recovery. They proved once again that they are “New York’s strongest.” We dug out and now with warmer weather the snow is slowly disappearing. During this cold spell Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue was “Taking Care of BIDness.” Many supermarkets, stores and even some of our banks were open. At least, you could buy food and cash a check. But in spite of this storm, think positively. Daylight Savings Time is only 26 days away, and 36 days to spring and this storm will be a memory to us here in Woodhaven. Unfortunately, for those still recovering from Sandy and some Long Island communities, this storm will add to their troubles. We in Woodhaven will continue to try to assist them and keep them in our prayers. As we approach March 10 when daylight savings time begins, it will be so good to have it “lighter later” but until then, leave your porch lights on all night for your safety and security.

On this Valentine’s Day lets start our “spring” regiment early to look good and to feel good! Lift your spirits on our Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue at one of our nail salons for a manicure and a pedicure or have your hair done at one of our noted beauty salons — even get a tan. Get your taxes prepared locally and then shop Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue with so many bargains. This Presidents’ Day, Monday Feb. 18 will feature more sales than ever. As in past years, our New York State Senators, Kristen Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, support humane causes. My friend Jamie advises that we have to ban horse slaughter — the killing of healthy horses. Ask our senators to cosponsor and support S1176. Remember, teach your children to be kind to all animals. Last week I attended the School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center’s Mardi Gras Celebration. It was a lovely evening. The sisters teach and train young women so that they can find gainful employment. It was a good time for a very good cause. Congratulations to Dana Cubillan named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2012 semester at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut and Andrea Pura recipient of the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence from Colgate University of Hamilton. You make Woodhaven proud. Happy Valentine’s Day and enjoy Presidents’ Day. God bless our armed forces and Q may God bless America.

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getting a combination ticket that has a MetroCard on the back. Donovan said the MTA also would urge anyone who can to take advantage of the pretax travel benef it program offered by many employers in the city, in which MetroCards and other commuter expenses are paid for out of an employeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretax earnings, saving the commuter more than just the $1 fee. Since the MTA budget was adopted on Dec. 19, state Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) had protested that commuters in his district in northeast Queens would be unfairly hit with the green surcharge, as machines at Long Island Rail Road stations within his district do not allow residents to add money to existing MetroCards. Donovan said those residents always can fill their cards at any vending machine at the western end of their commute. He also said existing cards, which have expiration dates due to the eventual breakdown of the magnetic strip on the back, can have their balances transferred to new cards for free at any manned subway station customer service booth free of charge. Tolls at the Throgs Neck, Whitestone and RFK/Triborough bridges and the Queens Midtown and Hugh L. Carey/Brooklyn Battery tunnels also will increase for both cash ($7.50) and E-ZPass ($5.33) customers. Donovan said here too they are not anticipating problems with he morning rush on March 4. He said the MTA typically has not had delays in the cash-only lanes following increases, especially with more and more Q drivers opting for the E-ZPass.

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Con Ed may bury some power lines Council members support the offer, but not rate increases to fund it by Michael Gannon Editor

For years, City Council members Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) have been telling anyone who will listen that Con Edison needs to place more of its overhead electric wires underground to protect them from severe weather ranging from hurricanes, blizzards and, three years ago, a tornado. Now they and Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) are pushing a bill for a comprehensive, citywide study of where power lines can be placed underground. And the utility has suggested burying “select” power lines belowground in a proposal it made on Jan. 25, outlining $1 billion in upgrades the utility says are necessary to increase reliability during potentially destructive weather conditions. “In 2010, we had a microburst and a tornado that took out 840 trees in Queens; 10,000 homes in my district were without power for 10 days,” Halloran said. “Con Edison restrung those lines at the cost of millions of dollars and then that winter we had a snowstorm where 8,000 homes lost power for four days.” He said Hurricane Irene in 2011 knocked out thousands of homes in his district alone for four days, with the utility again spending millions to restring wires throughout the outer boroughs. “Then last year, we had Hurricane Sandy, which saw 15,000 in my district alone without power for up to 15 days,” he said. “In addition, car and truck traffic shut down because there was no way to fill them because gas stations had no power. They spend millions more.” Most of Manhattan, Halloran said, had power restored within four days of Sandy. “Why? Their power lines are belowground,” he said. “But Con

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A 3-year old girl tumbled out of a fifth-floor window to her death last Saturday, according to police. Officers responded to a call at 2:30 p.m. at 53-01 32 Ave. in Woodside, where Rusroshi Barua had fallen out her family’s bathroom window. Barua was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where she was pronounced dead about five hours later. Q Police suspect no criminality.

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Some overhead wires in Middle Village that survived Hurricane Sandy couldn’t cheat a snowstorm several days later. PHOTO BY STEVE FISHER

Ed has said it is too expensive to put lines underground in Queens.” Crowley could not be reached for comment for this story, but ever since assuming office she has repeatedly called for Con Ed to bury lines in Middle Village which have proven vulnerable to severe weather with high winds. Con Edison’s proposal, which it calls Fortifying the Future, includes — but is not limited to — making much of its equip-

ment submersible to withstand flooding; adding new walls and flood barriers to electric and steam production facilities; fortifying 13 substations in low-lying areas of the city against flood damage; and making all future underground equipment floodproof. But the utility also is asking the Public Service Commission for up to $400 million in rate hikes to offset the cost. The New York Post quoted a letter from Council Speaker Christine Quinn to Con Edison CEO Kevin Burke and President Craig Ivey that said rate hikes at this time would be a burden on those still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Quinn’s office declined to respond to multiple requests for a copy of the letter. But Halloran, in a rare alliance with the speaker, believes the utility is capable of footing the bill for upgrades without harming consumers’ wallets. He believes the proposed upgrades are well within the utility’s financial ability to provide. “The PSC gives a monopoly to Con Edison for power in this city,” the councilman said. “With that monopoly comes a responsibility for them to employ modern technology and to consistently deliver the energy that keeps our homes safe and our businesses running.” A Con Edison spokesman declined to comment outside of a press release issued by the company on Jan. 25. Halloran said his, Crowley’s and Comrie’s bill would look at where lines could and could not be buried, and what it would cost. It would also bring to the planning table telecommunications companies, city water and sewer officials and any other entity that buries cables or equipment beneath city streets and sidewalks to better coordinate — and reduce — projects that Q result in ripped up pavement.

Street renaming for Hamdani CB 11 approves honor for Bayside 9/11 hero by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor

A mother’s efforts to memorialize her son’s heroics on Sept. 11, 2001 and wipe away early suspicions that he was a terrorist are slowly coming to fruition. Talat Hamdani, 61, has spent over a decade battling the perception that her son, Mohammed Salman Hamdani, was anything less than the 23-year-old NYPD cadet who rushed to help at the World Trade Center that fateful day. He’ll be one step closer to full recognition for his heroics this spring, when a proposed renaming of 204th Street at 35th Avenue in Hamdani’s honor will come before the City Council. Community Board 11 voted unanimously for the renaming on Feb. 4, moving the proposal on to Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone). “We the people do have the power to rectify,” Talat Hamdani said. “This is democracy at work. I’m happy, but yet it’s not over.” The Pakistani American from Bayside rushed to the World Trade Center when he saw smoke billowing from the towers, and died helping that day. Yet the immediate response by authorities was to investigate

his whereabouts, suspecting he was part of the terror network responsible for the attack until his remains were later found at Ground Zero. He was buried with full honors from the Police Department, and lauded as a hero by Commissioner Ray Kelly. But at the 9/11 Memorial, Salman’s name resides along the South Tower’s perimeter, in a veritable purgatory among those whose connections to that fateful day were tenuous or hard to define. Talat wants her son’s name moved to be among the first responders who died helping others that day. The renaming is solace, however small, but helps build her case. “It is an injustice,” she said. “I think this event, the naming of the street, is going to send a strong message to the whole city.” Halloran said he will bring the renaming before the Council in March. “Mohammed Salman Hamdani made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11,” he said in a statement. “An NYPD cadet and EMT, he entered the Twin Towers not because he had to but because he chose to dedicate his life to helping people. My cousin, Lt. Vincent Halloran, made the same sacrifice and I know Salman’s family feels

Bayside’s Mohammed Salman Hamdani will have his heroism on 9/11 memorialized locally with a proposed street renaming. COURTESY PHOTO both pride and sorrow for their loss. The city must recognize these great heroes, who gave their lives to save others. A street renaming is a very small but approQ priate recognition of his bravery.”

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ADHD DRUGS PERFORMED BETTER THAN ASSUMED PHOTO COURTESY AMELIA JOSEPH

Keeping kids from the flu Parents and staff of Woodhaven’s PS 97, the Forest Park School, participated in a workshop last Thursday facilitated by the school nurse, Kathy Ryan. “Germs Make Me Sick” and “Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup and Yawn” were two books that were highlighted for an audience of 30 parents and guardians. All in attendance received a free copy of each of the books to share with their children. They also

received a “Stay Well” bag which consisted of lip balm, hand sanitizer, a pack of tissues and a can of Lysol spray. Literature from the U.S. Department of Health was distributed to all in attendance. The workshop was supported by federal Title I Parent Involvement Funding. Above, parents show off their copies of “Germs Make Me Sick” during the workshop.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects an average 9 percent of U.S. children between ages 5 and 17, making it one of the most common childhood disorders. Because children affected by ADHD experience problems staying focused, hyperactivity, and disruptive/aggressive behavior, they are likely to fall behind at school and display risky behavior as teenagers. While such drugs as methylpheni-

date (Ritalin®) may help children with ADHD concentrate better and control impulsivity, some argue that the prescription stimulants transform children into “robots” or “drug” them into acquiescence.” However, the latest research on the matter reveals that the ADHD children themselves do not agree. Many say that they still are the same people but they “just act a little better.”

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In cases where stimulants don’t work or cause unpleasant side effects, nonstimulants like Strattera®, Intuniv®, and Kapvay® may help. The fi rst nonstimulant medication approved by the FDA was Strattera. It’s now used in children, adolescents and adults. When stimulants and nonstimulants are not effective or well-tolerated or when certain conditions are present, several other medications are available to treat ADHD. For more information, please call WOODHAVEN PHARMACY, at 718-846-7777 at 86-22 Jamaica Ave. We are open weekdays 9 to 8; Saturdays 9 to 6 and Sundays 9 to 2. HINT: The study mentioned above is the fi rst to survey children with ADHD about how they feel about ADHD drugs and their effects.

Girl Scouts collecting for library book drive Girl Scouts from Junior Troop No. 4986 from PS 232 in Lindenwood will be collecting books and money to help rebuild the Broad Channel Library, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The collection will take place in front of the Lindenwood Shopping Center on Sunday, Feb. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. New and slightly Q used books, as well as money, will be accepted.

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by Josey Bartlett n Tuesday morning Jeffrey Leder of the three-year-old Jeffrey Leder Gallery divulged how art works were whittled down from 300 submissions to 12 for the second International Painting NYC exhibition, the first show of the year. “We narrow it to 50 and then we go out to lunch,” Leder said, “just to get away because it’s hard to make these decisions. Then we go on a walk and make the final cut.” Artists from Japan, Holland, Colombia and Argentina, as well as a few from here in Queens and elsewhere in the city, display their modern pieces at the gallery. Although there are more than 1,000 artists’ studios in Long Island City, where Leder is located, there are fewer than a dozen galleries and only a few art museums. Bringing international art to Queens widens the scope of what borough

residents can view, he said. “I wanted to present a venue in Queens where people can see international art,” Leder said. As for which 12 artists get picked, there are no hard and fast rules. “My taste is diverse,” Leder said. “If I like it, I like it. I have a visceral reaction to it.” Each work creates a different reaction for every person and pulls individuals in differently, he said. That’s what he likes about art. Leder and his co-judge for this show, LIC-based architect and photographer Orestes Gonzalez, don’t look at resumes, instead relying just on the images. The most important part is how strong the piece can stand on its own. ”It’s about 90 percent strength on its own and about 10 percent how they play with others,” he said. In the back room of the gallery hang many of James Kennedy’s works and one

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PWC in the Tri-State waters. The fee is $65; learning materials included. Pre-registration is a must for driving a motor vehicle on the base at Fort Totten. For more information call Mike Kaff at (917) 952-7014 or Ralph Traub at (347) 336-5866 or email 12-01@verizon.net. To register online and for more information visit uscgaux1201.org.

An African-American art exhibition by Khalil Koromantee and His Young Black Artists will be on display on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Rosenthal Library, Room 230, at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

Join Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, for a workshop, on Saturday, Feb. 16, following the annual Flushing Lunar New Year parade. Create and decorate traditional paper lanterns in various symbolic colors. The fee is $2 per person. For more information visit queensbotanical.org or call Darcy Hector at (718) 886-3800 ext. 330 or dhector@queensbotanical.org.

THEATRE On Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Black Spectrum Theatre, 177 Street and Baisley Boulevard, Jamaica, the SABC Performing Arts Ministry premiers a new stage play entitled “It’s Time To Take a Stand” for two performances only, at 2 and 6 p.m. Tickets are $30 for general admission. Group discount rate available. Purchase 10 tickets and receive a 10 percent discount. For further information call (718) 723-8005 or email SABCPerformingArts@yahoo.com. On Sunday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. the Once Upon a Time Theatre Company, 87-61 111 St., Richmond Hill, presents The Adventures of Pinocchio, a musical for young and old alike. Advance tickets are $8, $5 for children. At the door tickets are $10, $7 for children. Call (718) 846-9182, email oncetime@aol.com or visit onceuponatime-inc.com for more information. St. Gregory’s Theatre Group, 242-20 88 Ave., Bellerose, with the entrance on 88th Road, presents Gatsby to Glee: An SGTG Song and Dance Cabaret on Friday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. Admission is $18, $15 for seniors and $7 for children. Call (718) 9892457 or email tickets@sgtg.org. LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thompson Ave., Long Island City, will present “Survey,” a oneact play by Forest Hills playwright Michael Brody, on Friday, Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. Admission is free. For more information call (718) 482-5151. The Ridgewood Older Adult Center will host a bus trip to the Queensborough Performing Arts Center’s preview of “Black Stars of the Great White Way” on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 3 p.m. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. The bus departs at 2 p.m. sharp from the Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. See Audrey, Karen or Jackie or call (718) 456-2000 for tickets and information.

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DANCE Green Space’s resident company Valerie Green/ Dance Entropy presents Skimming the Surface, an evening of dance in celebration of their 15th anniversary season at their home studio theater, Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Suite 301, Long Island City, on Feb. 21-23 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance online at DanceEntropy.org and $20 at the door.

FILM A free showing of “Night at the Museum” will be held at Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Long Island City, on Monday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. Popcorn and hot chocolate will be served.

The Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens host “Love Never Dies” on Saturday, Feb. 16. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, will present a “Best of 2012” program of films selected by chief curator David Schwartz and assistant film curator Rachael Rakes, through Feb. 22. The cost is $12. Times vary. Visit movingimage.us or call (718) 777-6888 for hours and more information. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, hosts a month-long series which includes 36 independent feature and short films by black filmmakers beginning in the 1970s, with personal appearances by director Haile Gerima and series curator Jacqueline Stewart through Sunday, Feb. 24. Admission is $12. Visit movingimage.us for hours.

MUSIC A musical show, The Ghetto Chronicles, by writerdirector Duane DWhit Witley will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. in Goldstein Theatre at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. The show is free.

FLEA MARKETS Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, will hold a flea market on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call (718) 478-3100 for more information.

LECTURES Attend a lecture about caregiving for an aging parent and the unique challenges and opportunities it presents on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. No charge. RSVP is requested. Call Pamela Leff at (718) 268-5011 ext. 621 or visit cqy.org/parent for more information. A Haitian Students Association update on Haiti: three years after the quake will take place on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Student Union, 4th floor, at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

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Korea: 60 Years Later, a history roundtable will be presented at the Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, 4th floor, Long Island City, on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. Look back at America’s “forgotten war” or the 1950s on the 60th anniversary of the armistice ending hostilities. If you know a Korean War veteran plea encourage them to attend and share their experiences. Free to GAHS members, Veterans and their families, $5 to the public. Call (718) 278-0700 for more information.

MEETINGS AARP Chapter 2889 meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at noon at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 69-60 Grand Ave., Maspeth. New members are welcome. The next meeting is on Feb. 20. Queens Borough Democratic Club has monthly general meetings. They will discuss upcoming citywide elections and recent immigration reform legislation and firearm legislation at Tropical Restaurant, 88-19 Jamaica Ave. Woodhaven, 2nd Floor, on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7-8:15 p.m.

FOR KIDS School age children are invited to join the Richmond Hill Library, 118-14 Hillside Ave., on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. for a free Black History Month event.

CLASSES Qualified instructors from Flotilla 12-01 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be teaching the About Boating Safety class at Fort Totten in Bayside on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 8:30 a.m. This class is for recreational boaters and includes the proper use of safety equipment, maintenance, rules of navigation and the legal requirements for operating boats and personal watercraft. Certification is required for boating in NJ waters and operating a

A meeting of the Parashat and Haftarat Club of Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., will take place on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 12:30 p.m. following Shabbat services. Discuss Torah portion Teruma with Rabbi Samuel Waidenbaum, Rabbi Romiel Daniel and Charles Lehat. Lite bite will be served. No charge. Registration is open for Kids With Cameras Making Movies at the Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 12715 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens, for 10 kids ages 11 to 15. The five-week program, beginning Feb. 23 from 2-4 p.m., is free but the Friends of Maple Grove are requesting a $10 registration fee to secure the reservation. Send fee to Friends of Maple Grove at Maple Grove Cemetery, at the same address. Call (347) 878-6614 to reserve. Italian Charities of American, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, announces Italian classes for beginners starting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 7-9 p.m. for 14 weeks. Price is $80 per adult. Call (718) 478-3100 for more information. A drum workshop for teens will be held on: Thursday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. at Queens Village library, 94-11 217 St. (718) 776-6800. Admission is free but space is limited. Call your local library to reserve or visit queenslibrary.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS The JCC-Chabad of Long Island City/Astoria, 10-31 Jackson Blvd., hosts a Shabbat dinner for the community and friends on Friday, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. Some other programming includes: Torah Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m.; Taam Shabbat, Mommy and me, on Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Carlbach Shabbat service and LeChaim on Fridays at 6 p.m.; Shabbat morning service and kiddush on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m.; Kids Klub, Saturday night kids, with woodworking on Feb, 16 at 6:30 p.m. Listen to the Megillah and enjoy a Purim nosh on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Purim with Dr. Seuss with entertainment for all ages and a feast will take place on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 3:30 p.m. at PS 78, 48-09 Center Blvd. Call or visit (718) 6090066 or jewishlic.com for more information. Edison Place restaurant, 71-28 Cooper Ave., Glendale, will be hosting a Murder Mystery Show and 3-course dinner on Friday, Feb. 15 to benefit the Excalibur Reading Program. Tickets are $49.95 and may be obtained by calling (718) 821-8401.

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Tony Hawk, a 45-year-old San Diego native, was the first skateboarder to complete a “900,” two-anda-half revolutions in mid-air, a totally rad move not repeated for another five years. He went on to create the “Boom Boom HuckJam,” an extreme sports exhibition and tour in Las Vegas, appear in several films, license a video game named after himself and start the Tony Hawk Foundation, which builds skateparks in underprivileged neighborhoods. The urban dictionary even has a slang term named for him — the hawkie, “One who has partaken in the activity of skateboarding purely because they were influenced by a computer game.”

‘Physics on Wheels — Tony Hawk: Rad Science’ When: through April 22, Monday closed, Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Opened Mondays starting April 1. Where: New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St. Tickets: $11; $8 for children, students and seniors (718) 699-0005, nysci.org

And although Hawk is an example of philanthropy, perseverance and stardom, the New York Hall of Science in Corona is most interested in how Hawk is an example of gravity, force, velocity, inertia and balance at play. “Tony Hawk: Rad Science,” an exhibition about the physics of extreme sports, opened Feb. 2 at the New York Hall of Science. The touring program, coproduced by Hawk, earned praise in Berkeley, Calif. and Las Vegas. Its current home in Flushing Meadows Corona Park is its East Coast debut, which will run through April 22 with accompanied special workshops. “Physics is everything in skateboarding,” Hawk said. “So much of what we do on a skateboard is learn to make physics work for us. I hope that by demonstrating that in this exhibit, we’re helping to make science more interesting and fun — especially for kids who may not have considered that skateboarding and science are actually related.” There are 25 interactive experiences that include the Bodacious Board Balance to test balance in classic tricks like “grinding” and “manuals” on the safety of a padded surface; Loop of Centripetal Force, where guests use plastic balls to attempt the 360-degree “loop of death;” and Friction Hill, where guests use An exhibit at the New York Hall of Science explores the physics pucks to see how a given surface affects motion. Guests can also test out Hawk’s video game and employed by Tony Hawk, the world’s most famed skateboarder. PHOTO COURTESY NYSCI 45 continued on page 00

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From China, not your usual acrobatics “Unfabulous” to ABC’s Wide World of Sports and Cirque du Soleil? Get real. ABC’s “The Wayne Brady Show.” The circus coming to town? Boring. They’ve also made regular appearances on Those jugglers in the park? A bunch of amateurs. The Peking Acrobats will be swinging through the NBC/Comcast’s new 3-D channel. And they had a cameo in the recent remake of “Ocean’s Eleven.” Kupferberg Center for the Arts on Feb. 22. at 7 p.m. Their brand of entertainment, though, goes back The high-flying group has gained notoriety for its seemingly physics-defying show since its Western to the Ch’in, or Qin, Dynasty, which lasted from 221 to 207 BC. The art form has been debut in 1986. evolving ever since to include The group’s techniques are variations and new forms of old rooted in Chinese history and tricks. folk art, but include deathWhen: Friday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. defying maneuvers such as the The acrobats performed at Where: The Colden Auditorium, famous pagoda of chairs, in the Hollywood Bowl as part of The Kupferberg Center, which performers balance the arena’s Fireworks Season Queens College themselves on a diagonal stack Finale. 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing of chairs, making your weekThe troupe also released a Tickets: $20-$30 night Jenga games seem like a high-definition DVD of its (718) 793-8080 piece of cake. 25th Anniversary Tour in KupferbergCenter.org They’re master practitioners 2011. of trick-cycling, precision tumThe aerialists have been bling, somersaulting and gymnastics, adept at all gaining a growing presesence in the West, with a kinds of feats of flexibility, balance and strength. 2005 tour in Italy, where they performed across The group will be accompanied by live musicians the nation, from Milan to Pisa and Naples. playing traditional Chinese instruments, with special They enjoy a special level of reverence back effects that match the rhythm and time of the music. home, where being skilled enough to become an If the acrobats seem familiar, you have probably acrobat is considered the equivalent of being a Q caught them on television. They’ve appeared on a major opera singer. number of shows, ranging from Nickelodeon’s — Joseph Orovic

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES Atria Forest Hills, 112-50 72 Ave., welcomes older adults and family members to its upcoming free concert on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 3:15 p.m. Louisiana dinner to follow. Parking is available upon request. RSVP with Bella Kirschner at (718) 261-5300 or bella.kirschner@atriaseniorliving.com. The Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside, hosts: Qi Gong, Mondays at 10:45 a.m.; Wii time, Mondays and Thursdays at 12:45 p.m.; Music with Dee, Mondays at 1 p.m.; beginners drawing, Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.; health education, Tuesdays at 10 a.m.; aerobics, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m.; yoga, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; mind, body and soul, Wednesdays at 11 a.m.; bingo, Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m.; jewelry making, Wednesdays at 1 p.m.; stay well exercises, Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.; reminiscing group, Thursdays at 10:45 a.m.; Scrabble, Thursdays at 12:45 p.m.; dance fitness, Fridays at 10:45 a.m. and AARP chorus, Fridays at 1 p.m. Additional events: movie “One for the Money” on Friday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m.; blood pressure taking on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 9:30 a.m.; current events on Friday, Feb. 22 at 12:45 p.m.; a Purim celebration on Monday, Feb. 25 at 11:45 a.m.; music appreciation on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 12:45 p.m and fall prevention on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 10:15 a.m., shopping trips, computer classes, lunches and more. Call (718) 224-7888 for further information. The Innovative SNAP of Eastern Queens Senior Center, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village, offers a wide array of programs and services including: healthy lunches, current events, diabetes self-management classes, yoga and the Reminiscence Groups. Receive information on benefits and entitlements or share your life story in a safe, private setting. For more information on classes and transportation call Kathleen at (718) 454-2100 or visit snapqueens.org.

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MG CONSTRUCTION AND MECHANICAL LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/14/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Marek Grabowski, 102-10 66th Rd., Apt. 27A, Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes.

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AMENDED CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO: Leon Knutti, Leticia Knutti, Arturo Knutti, Pedro Juan Knutti, Nils Holder Schutzenberger, Alexander Rudigier, Maximiliano Knutti, Ingrid Knutti, Ivonne Knutti, Alejandro Knutti, DCM Services, American Infosource, Weltman, Weinberg, & Reis, NYC Human Resources Administration, Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of ELIZABETH KNUTTI A/K/A ELISABETH KNUTTI , deceased, and unknown “male” Knutti, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of ELIZABETH KNUTTI A/K/A ELISABETH KNUTTI, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 150-24 HILLSIDE AVENUE JAMAICA, NEW YORK, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of ELIZABETH KNUTTI A/K/A ELISABETH KNUTTI, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 28th day of March 2013, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $17,573.35 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why the claim to New York City Human Resources Administration in the amount of $127,543.35 should not be paid; and why the claim to DCM Services in the amount of $1,040.08 should not be rejected; and why the claim to American Infosource in the amount of $8,534.89 should not be rejected; and why the claim to Weltman, Weinberg, & Reis Co in the amount of $1,333.44 should not be rejected; and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 8th day of February, 2013 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County Margaret M. Gribbon Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you.

Notice of Formation of NEW YORK GOLDWATER FUND I, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secy. of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/4/2012. Office located Queens County. Princ. office of L.P. is 5002 97th Place, Corona, NY 11368. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the L.P. may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the L.P. to the Partnership, 5002 97th Place, Corona, NY 11368. Name and business address of each general partner are available from the SSNY. Latest date upon which the L.P. is to dissolve is 10/31/2032. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

117-13 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/12. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 102-10 Metropolitan Ave., Ste. 2000, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: ROCK ANGEL PUBLICATIONS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/06/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

21-24 21ST ROAD LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/1/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Rosalie Mollica, 1117 30th Rd., Astoria, NY 11102. General Purposes.

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HRA program helps nurse remodel, and pay off her car “Wow, is this the same bathroom? ” friends of Patricia Keanes-Douglas ask when they visit her Brooklyn home. “Who did it? It’s beautiful!” Maybe it’s the shimmering Carrera White tiling on both the floor and walls that catches their eye. Maybe it’s the modern chromefinish Kohler fixtures and deepsoak drop-in bathtub. Or it might be the marble sink and clean white solid wood vanity below it. Then there’s the threebulb lighting fixture that lends such a crystal- clear glow to the whole room. More likely than not, it’s all these things, because everywhere you look, Keanes-Douglas’ new bathroom exhibits a refined elegance and style that looks modern but also will stand the test of time. “It’s very posh-looking,” she says. “It’s really light and airy, and it makes you want to stay in the bathroom. Even though the bathroom is small, it’s the kind of bathroom you see in a magazine. It’s beautiful.” Best of all, turning the bathroom from dated and drab to light and livable cost a lot less than you might think, thanks to the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance program, which specializes in helping homeowners do all kinds of remodeling while at the same time saving thousands of dollars. Keanes-Douglas, a nurse, and her daughter, Patricia, had been wanting to redo the bathroom in

their home on a quiet block near the Brooklyn Terminal Market for years, but the time never seemed quite right. Until, that is, they received an advertisement for the HRA and saw all the services its attentive staff offers. “My daughter is always looking to upgrade things,” KeanesDouglas explained. “She’s wanted to do the bathroom for a long time. I said, well, we’ve been here over 10 years, and we’ve done some things around the house. I hated that old bathroom. This seemed to be the right time to do it.” But the Keanes-Douglases didn’t want to call just any old contractor to do the job, which is where HRA comes in. The first step was to call the group’s toll-free number and set up an appointment with a representative who came by to explain all the benefits of the program, which include securing assistance and screening contractors to make sure only the best are brought in to do the work. Keanes-Douglas, like so many HRA clients, is thrilled with the results. Not only did she get a new bathroom for herself and her daughter, the refinancing allowed her to pay off her car loan, do some more work on the dining room and still come out ahead. I t was H R A r ep r es ent a tive Carlos Fontanez who first came to her home to detail the program. “When Carlos came he

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Brooklyn nurse Patricia Keanes-Douglas was tired of her bathroom’s outdated design, but had been putting off renovations — until the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance program put remodeling within reach. explained the whole thing to me,” said Keanes-Douglas, a native of Grenada who’s lived in the United States most of the last 42 years. “I don’t like to rush things. He took a lot of time explaining everything to me. Then I spoke to his supervisor, and he was really very thorough and informative. Once I got all the information and

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Patricia Keanes-Douglas can’t help but smile as she shows her HRA representative, Carlos Fontanez, what a great job her program-approved contractors did on her bathroom. A drop-in deep-soak tub with custom-tiled apron brings style, comfort and even tax savings, all thanks to the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance program.

read it over, I was very comfortable with the program.” The next step was to meet with the HRA-approved contractor w ho’d b e doing t he wor k. The program is very particular about who can do the jobs it’s involved with, requiring companies to demonstrate that they are licensed, bonded and insured for at least $100,000 per incident; registered with the Better Business Bureau, with a rating of an A or higher; on file with Consumer Affairs; and in business for at least 10 years with no name changes in their filings. The HRA’s standards ensure that only the best, most reputable home improvement firms are hired — and the program’s rules stipulate that they don’t even get paid until a client certifies the job has been done to his or her complete satisfaction. The selective process paid off for Keanes-Douglas, as it does for each HRA client, with the whole job done in about a week without any problems, and her house left spotless every day. “They cleaned up as they went along,” Keanes-Douglas said.

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Queens children were in for a treat when Max Gruberg, a well-known Philadelphia carnival operator, purchased a piece of land abutting what was then Horace Harding Boulevard at 174th Street, close to Saint Mary’s Kiddie Park in Fresh Meadows, as it appeared on a postcard Cemetery. The plan was to that doubled as a coupon. build an amusement park. Business continued to grow. Then sudGruberg had successfully opened a similar fun spot in Long Beach, LI a few years earli- denly bad news came when the government er and saw the need for the expanding popu- announced it was taking the property under the eminent domain law to build the Long lation of Fresh Meadows to be entertained. On March 15, 1950 he opened Kiddie Island Expressway. Sadowski and Seyman Park at 174-15 Horace Harding Blvd., offer- had a deadline to vacate the property by July ing free admission, nine great rides, a clown, 3, 1955 and favorite rides like their Roto refreshments and souvenirs. Six rides cost Whip, Jet Rocket and merry-go-round were 50 cents. With a special postcard you got quickly sold at discount prices. After the expressway was completed the three more for free. Kiddie Park was a big property was excessed and resold. Philips hit with the little baby boomers of the area. After a few years Gruberg sold the park Medical Systems occupied the site for sevto Frank Sadowski and Albert Seyman, who eral years. More recently a rival newspaper, operated the Dreamland fun park on Hillside the Queens Tribune, was there, but it has Q since moved to Whitestone. Avenue in Brooklyn.

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

When word leaked out last week that the Mets were hoping to be part of a syndicate to build a casino in Willets Point in a plan presented to Mayor Bloomberg in 2011, my immediate reaction was “What the hell were these guys thinking?” Two years ago, the Mets were in the midst of the fallout from the Bernie Madoff scandal. Madoff Securities victims’ trustee Irving Picard had his sights set on collecting hundreds of millions from their owners as restitution. The team’s cash flow, not to mention its image, were, and in many ways still are, in deep trouble. It was the epitome of chutzpah on the Mets’ part to expect any governmental authority to grant them permission to build a casino. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig must have felt betrayed when he heard the news that Mets CEO Fred Wilpon had desires of becoming the Steve Wynn of Flushing. Selig has long been one of Wilpon’s strongest allies, even during the darkest days of the Madoff scandal. He gave the Mets the 2013 All-Star Game as a token of that friendship. Selig, like all of his predecessors, has viewed the gaming industry as an anathema. His refusal to consider reinstating Pete Rose for betting on baseball is a clear example. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has long

been a proponent of allowing bettors to wager on sporting events and has vowed to use the court system to make that happen. If Christie were to prevail, then all casinos could have sports books. Currently, you can only bet on college and professional sports in Nevada. It would be obviously embarrassing for Bud if an MLB team owner was connected to a casino where patrons could bet on America’s pastime. What might make sense for a racetrack doesn’t for baseball. Having a casino a stone’s throw away from a baseball stadium is clearly at odds with the wholesome family image that professional baseball has cultivated for well over a century. Mets first baseman Ike Davis, Yankees ace CC Sabathia, and Yankees relief pitcher David Phelps were among the honorees at the 33rd annual Thurman Munson Dinner, which benefits AHRC, a nonprofit organization that helps the lives of the mentally disabled of all ages. Davis laughingly apologized to the press for the miserable first two months of the 2012 season, when he batted .150. He had missed a good chunk of the 2011 season with an ankle injury, and his bad luck continued in 2012 when the Arizona resident contracted valley fever. He said that he did not take any special precautions during this off-season and claimed that his body Q now has immunity against the disease.

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It seems everyone has a cell phone these days. In fact, it’s probably difficult for many people to remember life without one. But it wasn’t that long ago when city residents in public places relied on pay phones to reach out and touch someone. And they may be making a comeback now that the mayor is calling on designers to reinvent the booths with a new contest. The deadline to enter is Feb 18. The Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge is a competition that calls on participants to create physical and virtual prototypes of their models to be used once the city’s pay phone contracts expire in 2014. There are still more than 11,000 pay phones on city sidewalks, according to the mayor, down from a high of approximately 35,000 in the late 1990s. A list of all the devices along with their locations and phone numbers are available on the website payphone-project.com. Those interested in entering the Reinvent Payphones Pay phones will change to reflect Design Challenge should go to nyc.gov to review contest modern times. PHOTO BY SNMNCA019/WIKIPEDIA rules, sign up for updates and submit their prototype applications for consideration by the deadline. After all submissions are received, up to 15 semifinalists will be selected to demonstrate their ideas at the Reinvent Payphones Demo Day on March 5. Quirky, a company that helps new inventors get their products into the mainstream, will host the event at its Chelsea headquarters. Submissions will be judged by the following criteria: connectivity, creativity, visual Q design, functionality and community impact.

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