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Representatives of the new gym in Howard Beach got more than they bargained for from Chairwoman Betty Braton and the rest of Community Board 10 while seeking legal approval to operate.

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Bill tightening city’s budget belt — sort of Mayor seeks $750M in department savings while hiking spending $3B by Michael Gannon Editor

ayor de Blasio was uncharacteristically reserved on Feb. 7 when he released his preliminary executive budget for fiscal year 2020. But even with dire warnings about uncertain economic times ahead and a call for departments to cut $750 million in spending, the mayor is proposing a $92 billion spending plan, a $3 billion hike over the present budget. Negotiations with the City Council were expected to begin this week. The new fiscal year begins on July 1. “Never has the word ‘preliminary’ been so appropriate in my previous five years because we’re dealing with some very unusual circumstances here,” de Blasio said. De Blasio said employee costs are among the drivers of the projected spending increase. He also said uncertainty on Wall Street, in Washington, DC and in Albany also require a certain amount of caution. The mayor said Gov. Cuomo’s preliminary budget includes $600 million in cuts to the city, including $300 million for education and $125 million in financial assistance to families in need. It also is anticipating a $3.9 billion shortfall in projected income tax revenue through next year. As for Washington, while there is a reported agreement between the Trump administration

and Congress to fully fund the government before the Feb. 15 deadline, de Blasio said another federal shutdown could cost the city $100 million a month. He also said there are troubling signals for the national economy. “More and more observers, more and more key players in our national economy, particularly in the business community are seeing signs of a recession,” he said. “This country is, right now, in the second-longest recovery ever since World War II. It is now a 116-month-long recovery. That is a very good thing. The problem is economic history teaches us that all recoveries eventually end.” The mayor said rather than setting a flat percentage for each city department to cut, the reduction goals would vary, being tailored to individual agencies. He did say no frontline services would be affected. Outyear deficits for FY 2021 through 2023 right now are estimated at $3.5 billion, $2.9 billion and $3.2 billion, respectively In a joint statement, Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan), Finance Chairman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and Capital Budget Committee Chairwoman Vanessa Gibson (D-Bronx) said the Council has its priorities in order. “We know there are challenges presented by the economy, as well as funding shortfalls from

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HB gym survives first test — barely

‘Not the way we wanted to do it,’ says permit-less Planet Fitness by Michael Shain Editor

A king-sized, new gym that opened last month in the heart of Howard Beach without building permits or a gym license is swimming in hot water over its parking. Hat in hand, a lawyer for Planet Fitness last week came before Community Board 10 and acknowledged that the new club “rubbed the community the wrong way” last month when it skipped the customary legal approvals for new businesses to open. “It’s not the way we wanted to do it,” the attorney, Frank St. Jacques, told the board. Planet Fitness had to appear at Community Board 10’s monthly meeting last week to obtain a city gym permit, called a physical culture establishment license — an approval it is supposed to obtain before opening. CB 10 used what is usually a pro forma application as an opportunity to upbraid the gym’s owners about jumping the gun on its opening and extract promises to make new parking arrangements at the club. Planet Fitness, which has been under construction on Cross Bay Boulevard at 160th Avenue for nearly a year, has worried nearby homeowners who watched nervously as the building went up and wondered if the influx of new customers would overwhelm the 148-space parking lot it shares with a Rite Aid drugstore and several smaller stores nearby. At very least, suggested John Calcagnile, a Howard Beach architect and the board’s Land Use Committee chairman, the gym needed to segregate a portion of the parking lot for its exclusive use and bring in valet parking. “You could probably park twice as many

cars back there that way,” he said. Practically speaking, the community board does not have much power to limit Planet Fitness’ operations. It can ask for changes or restrictions, but has no direct authority to impose them. The city’s Buildings Department issued violations to Planet Fitness in the days following its permit-less opening but stopped short of ordering a shutdown. “You may be such a big organization that you’re able to absorb the fines,” said Joann Ariola, head of the Howard BeachLindenwood Civic Association. “But you need to know how we felt. This is a community that does its homework.” While acknowledging “we hope to earn back some of the trust we lost,” the gym’s lawyer said “market forces” and “carrying charges” compelled the owners to open right after New Year’s Day. “While that is not ideal,” he claimed it was in accordance with “generally accepted practice.” In the end, the board voted to approve the gym license — the only legal issue it has any say on — with just five opposing votes. The arrival of Planet Fitness on the boulevard last month has created an uncomfortable situation for officials. CB 10 members say they want to be welcoming of new business to the neighborhood. And the gym, which advertises fees of just $10 a month to work out and a “judgment free” atmosphere, has been popular with a lot of Howard Beach residents. But the board has so far taken the side of those who are concerned that the new gym’s parking problems will inevitably spill over onto the surrounding streets. Q

A lawyer for Planet Fitness, Frank St. Jacques, center, weathered a storm of anger from members of Howard Beach’s Community Board 10 last week, during what it is usually a routine PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN licensing appearance on behalf of the new gym, below.

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Lewis being held in LI jail for safety sake Accused killer gets trip to Riverhead by Michael Shain Editor

Chanel Lewis, left, awaits start of his new trial outside PHOTO BY ELLIS KAPLAN the city.

Chanel Lewis, the accused k iller of Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano, has been quietly transferred to a jail in Suffolk County for security reasons, officials said this week. Lewis, 22, had been held at Rikers Island since he was arrested in February 2017 after police said his DNA was found at the crime scene. His first trial last fall ended in a hung jury last November. On Feb. 1, just 10 d ays af ter Lewis appeared before a Queens Criminal Court judge to set a date for a new trial, the city’s Department of Correction took the rare step of sending him to a jail in River-

head, more than 70 miles away. Officials declined to comment, but transferring prisoners to another jurisdiction is considered a last resort when officers feel they cannot guarantee the safety of someone in custody in a city jail. News of the transfer did not became public until last weekend when Newsday published a report that Lewis had been sent to a nearby hospital for treatment following a fight with another inmate in Suffolk last Friday. A spokesman for the jail there declined to characterize the extent and nature of his injuries but said he was returned to the Riverhead lockup the same day. Lewis’ second trial is set to begin March 12 at the Q Queens Boulevard courthouse.

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Richmond Hill cops deep in mourning Search for answers in shootout that killed cop, wounded another by Michael Shain Editor

An NYPD detective who’d spent his entire career — 19 years in all — at the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill was killed by friendly fire Tuesday while responding to a report of a gunpoint robbery on Atlantic Avenue. It was the first on-duty death of a police officer in Queens in nearly four years. A sergeant was also wounded in the leg in the shooting, but he is expected to recover, police said. Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, who lived in Calverton just west of Riverhead, LI, was shot in the chest as police unleashed a hail of bullets at a suspect they believed was armed and holding hostages in a T-Mobile store in Richmond Hill. He was rushed in a squad car to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Simonsen and the sergeant, Matthew Gorman, were among the first to arrive at the store at 120th Street and Atlantic Avenue after, at about 6:30 p.m., word came over the radio of a man with a gun robbing the store. The unmarked police car they were driving appeared to still be parked in front of the store the next morning. More than a dozen bullet holes pockmarked

the display windows of the store and yellow markers on the street showed where crimescene detectives found each shell casing afterward. The alleged gunman, identified as 27-yearold Christopher Ransom of Brooklyn, was seriously wounded by police gunfire inside the store. The gun he was carrying was a fake, Police Commission James O’Neill told reporters shortly after the shooting. Ransom has a long rap sheet but his earlier crimes appear to be nonviolent. He was convicted of impersonating a cop and for falsifying his records to get a Brooklyn court internship. He later was arrested for stalking two judges whom he’d been ordered to stay away from, according to reports. Photos on Ransom’s Facebook page show him posing for the camera wearing fake badges and an FBI windbreaker. O’Neill said, no matter what, responsibility for the death of Simonsen belongs on Ransom’s shoulders. “Make no mistake about it — friendly fire aside — it is because of the actions of the suspect that Detective Simonsen is dead,” he told reporters at Jamaica Hospital. “This is an absolute tragedy, the worst outcome any police officer, or family of a police

Crime scene cops comb the area around the T-Mobile store in Richmond Hill where Det. Brian Simonsen, left, was killed and another cop wounded Tuesday evening trying to stop a robbery. PHOTOS BY ELLIS KAPLAN, ABOVE, AND COURTESY NYPD The cops were shot by friendly fire. officer, could ever imagine,” he said. “I want to note how difficult it is for our men and women in uniform to go into a situation like this one,” Mayor de Blasio said at the hospital. “To go into a situation where people’s lives are in danger, where there is someone with a weapon ready to recklessly use it at any

moment, and our officers, our detectives, our sergeants go in selflessly to protect others and they know where even a moment of hesitation could mean a life is lost,” he said. Funeral arrangements for Detective Simonsen are pending. Brian Moore was the last officer killed in Q Queens, in Queens Village in May 2015.

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Hurricane Sandy hit the city late in 2012 but it’s still on the minds of many. After Sandy, the Department of City Planning issued two zoning text amend ments that focused on the recovery process. But they were adopted on a temporar y, emergency basis, which is why representatives from City Planning met with the Borough Board on Monday to discuss making them permanent t h rou g h a new z on i ng t ex t amendment. “We’ve learned a lot of lessons over the past six years,” said Brendan Pillar from City Planning. In 2013, temporary provisions removed zoning barriers to allow storm-damaged and new buildings to comply with higher flood elevations and resilient construction requirements, which expire one year after the adoption of the new insurance rate maps. Two years later, documentation requirements were simpli-

fied and additional zoning barriers were removed to give extra relief and accelerate post-Sandy recovery in certain areas. Those changes expire in 2020. Ma nuela Pow id ayko, also from City Planning, said the goal is not to alter the land use process but to provide flexibility for owners to improve their buildings, recommending retrofitting as an idea. “Buildings that were not in a 100-year floodplain but were in the 500-year f loodplain were more than half of the properties that were affected by Sandy,” she said. The goal is to better protect city buildings as climate change takes place. “I’m not a climate change denier,” said Community Board 3 Chairman Stephen Kulhanek. “I’m a climate change promoter.” The DCP said there have been several zoning issues communities have pointed to during years of outreach. One is more f lexibility with height as property owners have been unable to ele-

vate as high as they would like to account for future f lood risk. Also, existing homes in manufacturing and heavy commercial districts are not able to significantly retrofit or be restructured if damaged after a future storm. Busi ness ow ners wa nt more options because of the high cost of dry floodproofing cellars. The new plan, Zoning for Flood Resiliency, would modify height and yard requirements so building owners can elevate living spaces above current risk levels, reduce f lood insurance costs and relocate basements and cellars above risk levels. It would also modify f loor area, use regulations and design requirements so buildings are accessible to all and active uses remain at the sidewalk level with operation space that supports businesses. To allow for adaptation over time through partial resiliency, Zoning for Flood Resiliency wou ld mod if y per m it ted obstruction rules to facilitate the elevation of mechanical, electri-

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hat part of $30 billion minus $3 billion equals $27 billion do they not understand? That remains the question as opposition to the Amazon-Long Island City deal, which would provide $27 billion in new revenue to the city and state in exchange for $3 billion in breaks, continues among some elected officials and activists who sometimes seem to oppose just about anything. Luckily there remain adults in the room — surprisingly they’re Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, not exactly economic development experts — who made the deal with Amazon and are sticking to their position that it would be enormously beneficial for our borough, city and state. Asked about rising gentrification, a legitimate concern, on “The Brian Lehrer Show” last Friday, de Blasio pointed out that helping people stay in their homes through rent subsidies, for example, costs money. “Things like this Amazon deal, it’s not just the 25,000 to 40,000 jobs, which is amazing unto itself and we need, it’s also revenue that allows us to do the kinds of things that create more balance and more justice,” the “Tale of Two Cities” mayor pointed out. Exactly. And with Wall Street becoming less reliable as a steady source of rising tax revenue, de Blasio, like his prede-

cessor, recognizes that the city must diversify its economy. Is there any sector growing faster than technology? Is there any tech firm that has grown more rapidly than Amazon? Cuomo cited the importance of diversifying the economy in comments about Amazon also made Friday. He spoke after the state Senate nominated Sen. Mike Gianaris of Astoria to the Public Authorities Control Board. That would give him the power to single-handedly nix the deal. “For the state Senate to oppose Amazon was governmental malpractice,” he said at a press conference held to discuss the state budget. “And if they stop Amazon from coming to New York, they’re going to have the people of New York State to explain it to. It is irresponsible to allow political opposition to overcome sound government policy.” But the appointment of Gianaris has to be approved by the governor. And he has no choice but to deny it, given that the senator has said there is no revision that could be made to the Amazon deal that would change his mind. (Try to square that statement with how Gianaris had publicly called for Amazon to come to Queens and only flip-flopped after seeing what Cuomo and de Blasio had agreed to.) All this is having an effect. Also on Friday, the Washing-

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All for Amazon Dear Editor: Great editorial in your Feb. 7 edition supporting Amazon LIC! (“Save the Amazon deal from misguided officials”). Apparently, I’m the only local politician supporting the project (I’m the former chairperson of Community Board 2 who negotiated the Citicorp at Court Square Project, which led to a dynamic new neighborhood). In 15 years I met state Sen. Mike Gianaris once, and we argued over term limits and true election law reform. Now he’s trying to position himself as the conscience of the community — please! James Dillon Long Island City

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ton Post — owned by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos — ran a story saying the company is reconsidering Queens due to the groundswell of political opposition it is facing. The piece only cited anonymous sources, and openly speculated that “it is possible that Amazon would try to use a threat to withdraw to put pressure on New York officials.” Anti-Amazon officials such as Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez and state Assemblyman Ron Kim crowed at the news that it might pull out of the deal, while the more level-headed Councilman Eric Ulrich said telling the company not to bring 25,000 good-paying jobs to the city is “crazy.” That’s how many it would have to create to receive the tax breaks. Kim even proposed a bill to create a “collective agreement” with other states to not offer incentives to companies as a way of luring them. Luckily, the U.S. Constitution says “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress ... enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State.” Whew. Just last week this page spoke to the importance of the Amazon deal. Very rarely do we address the same issue here two weeks in a row. But that’s how important this is. Remember, $30 billion minus $3 billion is $27 billion. And that’s a lot more than $0. This is about New York’s future.

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ever seen. It is not a perfect deal. But perfect can’t be the enemy of the good, in this case the very good. We clearly need to make sure that all the residents of LIC have an opportunity to benefit from Amazon business in this section of the borough, especially residents of Queensbridge and other NYCHA communities. Let’s advocate, exercise vigilance and support this opportunity. It’s good for LIC; it’s good for Queens; and it’s good for New York City. Fred Davie Long Island City

There could be a dedicated transportation link to the new facility and Amazon could aid in putting up the new jails to offset the tax breaks they are getting. That might make everyone happy. There seems to be less resistance to jails in local communities than putting Amazon in LIC. Their time frame isn’t set in stone so all of the details can be worked out over a couple of years. Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

Amazon to Rikers

Dear Editor: I am going to tell you a story about my family. My dad was a policeman for NYC in the Emergency Service Unit when it first came into existence. He loved his job and retired after 20 years of service. He would have stayed but he worked around the clock with different times and days and could not do it anymore. My mom

Dear Editor: I have a far-fetched idea for Amazon’s location in New York City. Since Rikers Island is going to be closing, and local jails put elsewhere, why not put HQ2 on Rikers Island?

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stayed at home and eventually both of them got part-time jobs to help pay the bills. Eventually, my dad got sick and had to be put into a nursing home to be cared for. My mom panicked when this happened because she was so afraid that the government (federal through Medicare and city through taxes) was going to come in and take her home, her little savings and anything else that they could take to pay for my dad’s nursing. When I went to visit my dad in the home, there was a man next to him who just recently came from Russia maybe three months before. He got the same treatment that my dad had, but the difference was that he and his family did not have to pay anything for his care. The taxpayers of New York and the U.S. government paid for it. Now I am up there in age and got to thinking about this situation and how it can affect my life. Who is going to pay for me? Is the mayor thinking of only votes when he says that he is going to give free healthcare to all low-income families and illegal aliens living here? I believe it! How is this possible without raising taxes again? First it was the homeless, putting them up in hotels. Then it was half fare for the buses and trains and now free healthcare. What else can we do? We have an over-abundance of lowincome families and homeless living here now in New York whom we cannot take care of, and now the mayor and his friends want to bring in more. Is the middle class going to get hosed again by this mayor? I believe so. Watch out for higher real estate assessments and property taxes — mine just went up like a balloon. This affects every single one of us. Where is the Republican Party in Queens? Doesn’t any one of them have a voice? I never hear any of them speak out against the mayor or the governor. It is like, “What can we do? We cannot fight City Hall, can we?” Maybe you could if you tried! Kathleen Schatz Rego Park

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Dems and the unemployed Dear Editor: The Department of Labor reports that the unemployment rate is at its lowest since August 1969, nearly half a century. The news outlets are also reporting that nearly every day we hear of another Democrat announcing a candidacy for president. At the rate both are going, it seems very likely there will soon be more Democrats running for chief executive than people out of work. Edward Riecks Howard Beach

Trump: the real emergency Dear Editor: With the Democrats failing to support legislation that would include a $5.7 billion wall at the Mexican border, Donald Trump seems to threaten to accomplish it by declaring an emergency. Notwithstanding he may not even have the legality to do so, the fact remains an emergency does exist in this country, but it has nothing to do with a border wall. The emergency we have is a president who does not have the slightest understanding of the workings of our government as set up by our Founding Fathers. He is a pathological liar and says he is smarter than our professional generals and the nation’s intelligence agencies. There was a public Senate Intelligence hearing, witnessed by various media and then reported in many newspapers and on news television programs, all of which may well have been heard and seen by millions of Americans. Trump, unhappy with the testimony of the nation’s intelligence agencies that differed from him on a number of important issues, claimed the media reports were “fake” news. This is typical of Trump in his self-created mythical world. If one wanted to use the word “fake” properly, that in my opinion would be Trump’s presidency. Prior to dismissing the media reports as fake news, Trump said the intelligence agencies are “passive and naive” and who “should go back to school.” It is Trump who needs to be reschooled, starting with kindergarten. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Dear Editor: While it is quite easy for the Democrat, liberal, progressive and Democratic Socialist members of Congress to put forth an agenda dictating to Americans their Green New Deal, Medicare for All and income redistribution, they need to take the much more difficult path and lead by example. For the next 12 months for go all air, train or vehicle modes of travel that use fossil fuels; immediately convert your district residences, Washington locations and all related offices in DC and your home state to solar and/or wind power. Forfeit your platinum medical plans for the same Medicare coverage currently in effect and reduce your congressional salary and the salaries of your staff by a conservative 20 percent and redistribute it to persons you believe deserve it. Show us how important these monumental life-altering changes are by setting an example and living them and then people will start to believe. Here is your chance to be real leaders. Joe Cimino Middle Village

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Coalition to fight shelters is born Ozone Park activists rally civic groups from other boros to cause by Michael Shain Editor

If powerful political movements start off modestly, the so-called “5 Boro Coaliton” — formed last week at a hastily called meeting of civic groups citywide that oppose plans to house the homeless in their neighborhoods — had a better-than-average opening day. With a show-of-hands vote, the new organization was formed at the end of a night of impassioned speeches and shouted encouragement — complete with an executive board and a time and place for the next meeting. Sam Esposito was named head of the new 5 Boro Coalition — not surprising since the president of the Ozone Park Block Residence Association was the tireless organ izer behind last week’s “Emergency Summit,” as he called it. “We are not uncompassionate people,” said Esposito, addressing the group for the first time. “We are all willing to dedicate our time to this.” He went on, however, to outline the apprehension that hung over the banquet hall at the Deshi Senior Center on Rockaway Boulevard,

a wedding hall that donated the space. “The [de Blasio] administration has set a plan of 90 shelters in five years in our residential communities. I’ve said it before and I say it again ... You cannot put 100, 200 or even 300 people in the confines of a small place and think it’s all going to be OK, they’ll all get along” Esposito said. “It’s not going to happen. “We cannot move the needle to where we want tomorrow, but we can move the needle just a little at a time until we reach where we want to go.” The planned opening of a shelter on 101st Avenue in Ozone Park for 113 single men in just two weeks fueled the urgency of the meeting. Just last Tuesday, city officials informed local lawmakers that it intends to open a new shelter on Beach 101st Street, just over the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge. The shelter is slated to start taking up to 120 men starting later this winter. Legal challanges in court appear to be the first avenue of resistance the coalition is ready to take. But previous lawsuits have not been successful. “If we are approaching this on a case-by-

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With a show of hands, civic leaders from around the city voted to create the 5 Boro Coalition, an association to fight city plans to create 90 new homeless shelters in the next five years. AssemblyPHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN man Andrew Hevesi, left, advocates for a return to rent subsidies. case basis,” said Michael Scala, a Howard Beach-based lawyer who volunteered to represent the group in court, “you might be able to delay them enough where they might move to a different site. “But what are we doing? We’re just moving [the shelters] all around the city.” Instead, he advised the group’s leaders to turn to Albany for help. The best hopes for halting new shelters is for the Legislature to start to move funding away from temporary housing and back into the rent subsidies for needy families and individuals that existed years ago, he said. “What we’ve found is that, if you pay people’s rent, it will cost one-third the cost of a shelter,” Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), one of the most vocal legislators promoting rent supplements, told the meeting. The subsidies, he conceded, may not solve the homeless crisis by itself.

“But it will stop the growth,” he said of his plan, called Home Stability Support. “That means you do not have to keep building new shelters all the time. “De Blasio’s plan for opening 90 new shelters? If you get this down, you won’t need that,” he told the group. The 5 Boro Coalition also released the names of its newly constituted executive board, including Esposito as well as: • Egidio Joseph Sementilli, a community activist and former City Council candiate from Pelham Bay in the Bronx; • Chris Banks from East New York, Brooklyn, who lost to Charles Barron in last year’s Assembly race; • Oz Sultan, a Republican district leader from uptown Manhattan; and • Tristan Haas, a member of Manhattan’s Community Board 5 in the Murray Hill Q neighborhood.

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Kenici Wilson was named the new Queens Orchestra president. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN shows, the sole owner of Wilson Showtime. “I grew up in this world,” he said. Wilson’s major goal is to find a permanent home for the orchestra, founded in 1953 by David Katz, father of the borough president, Melinda. “There are seven major symphonies in New York. Only two have a home — a stage and a place keep their stuff — the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera,” he said. “I’d like to change Q that.”

Howard Beach’s American Softball League is starting off its eighth season in the green. The group, created to give physically and mentally challenged ballplayers a league of their own, got a $1,000 donatuon last week from the Cross Bay Boulevard branch of The First National Bank of Long Island to start the year off right. Celebrating here are Randy Novick, left, the league’s founder; Sal Giunta, branch manager; and Tina Roseman, the league’s head coach. American Softball is for players 15 to 72 and everyone gets a chance to play. — Michael Shain

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An unconventional choice, Kenichi Wilson, a longtime community activist and owner of an event production company, has been named the new president of the resurgent Queens Symphony Orchestra. “Growing up the son of a musician, everyone thought I could play,” Wilson, 47, the first vice chairman of Community Board 9, told the Chronicle last week. Truth is, Wilson’s first love growing up in Forest Hills wasn’t music, but fixing cars. He can’t play a note. “I didn’t have the reflexes,” he said. The only son of a professional percussionist and a Broadway wardrobe coordinator, he was named the president of the Queens Symphony last month, replacing Tania Broschart, a director of Sterling Bank in Astoria, who stepped down. It is a full circle for Wilson, who used to accompany his father to the Queens Symphony Orchestra’s regular Sunday concerts at the bandshell in Forest Park and hand out programs. Although he did not go into music per se, he stayed in the business as a supplier of trucking and equipment services for music

See ‘Incredibles 2’ for free on Feb. 22 The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club and the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association will host a free movie night featuring Disney Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” on Friday, Feb. 22. The computer-animated

superhero film will be shown at 7 p.m. in Father Dooley Hall at St. Helen Roman Catholic Church, located at 83-09 157 Ave. The host groups are online at Howard Q BeachKiwanis.org and HBLCivic.org.

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Richmond Hill HS is ‘standing’ tall Struggling school removed from state list, nearly doubles grad rate by Michael Shain Editor

For the first time in six years, Richmond Hill High School appeared this month on the state Education Department’s list of schools in good standing. It was a big win for the school that had through much of the decade been ranked as one of the lowest performing in the city. Under a new principal, Neil Ganesh, the school has gone from a graduation rate in the low 40s to 73 percent last year, according to John Antinora, Richmond Hills’ assistant principal for organization. Attendance is now nearly 90 percent, better than the citywide average, he added. State education officials confirmed that the school was informed this week that it had been removed from the list of struggling schools and placed in good standing for the 2018-19 academic year. The biggest problem now, said Antinora will be replacing the extra funds in the budget Richmond Hill had been receiving from the city and state for things like tutors and afterschool programs designed to lift the school out of the bottom reaches. Good-standing status also means the school is no longer required to submit detailed plans every year on how it intends to improve student performance.

From 2012 to 2016, the high school had been listed as a so-called priority school, a category designated for those with “the overall lowest student academic performance on state assessments and persistently low graduation rates.” In 2016, it was upgraded to a so-called focus school, defined as one with “low academic performance that is not improving.” Moving R ich mond Hill up to good standing status leaves six Queens high schools still on the state’s list of struggling schools — two traditional public and four charter. Flushing High School and William Cullen Bryant High School in Astoria are listed on the state’s second-lowest tier of schools, as is the Academy of Medical Technology in Far Rockaway. Stuck on the lowest tier of schools are North Queens Community in Flushing and Frederick Douglass Academy VI and the International High School for Health Sciences, both in Far Rockaway. All of the bottom-tier schools are charters. Among the most persistent problems of the lowest-rank schools is a high percentage of students who are recent immigrants and in need of special English language instruction. “When I started in this job six years

Six years of hard work paid off last week when the state informed Richmond Hilll High School that it has been returned to “good standing” due to better-than-average attendance and a sharp GOOGLE MAPS increase in the percentage of graduating seniors. ago,” Antinora said of Richmond Hill stutodents, “about 18 percent of the entering f resh man and sophomores were ESL learners. “Now it’s over 30 percent,” he said. “Without the collaborative effort of all the stakeholders, the rapid changes which

occurred these past six years would not have been possible,” Ganesh said in a prepared statement. He singled out a com munity group called SAYA, for South Asian Youth Action, for tutoring and mentoring students Q in need of help.

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Cops to DOT: Pull out Ozone Park medians Police and fire officials are calling for pedestrian median strips on Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park to be removed as a hazard to emergency vehicles. “They may have looked good in theory” to the city’s Department of Transportation, “but the theory is not working out so well,” Betty Braton, the longtime chairwoman of Community Board 10, said, after first responders in

the neighborhood complained. Braton, representatives from the 106th Precinct, area fire stations and Sanitation met with DOT officials last month, she said. The medians, installed in late December, are set in the middle of the busy boulevard at three intersections between 130th Street and Foch Boulevard. The new barriers pin cars traveling in the

only eastbound lane between the barriers and cars parked at the curb. Emergency vehicles have to steer around the islands into oncoming traffic or risk being trapped behind traffic in the walled-off lane, they said. “We have received feedback from stakeholders and we are reviewing their comments,” a DOT spokesman said. — Michael Shain

A 24-year-old Flushing man was arrested Monday for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend. Her body was found in a red suitcase on the side of a Greenwich, Conn. road. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas was charged Tuesday with one count of kidnapping resulting in death. The charge carries a sentence of life in prison or death. New Rochelle resident Valerie Reyes, 24, went missing on Jan. 30. Public works employees discovered the suitcase on Feb. 5. Her father identified the body. She broke up with Da Silva around a year ago, according to a criminal complaint filed in White Plains federal court. Prosecutors say he also used Reyes’ debit card to take about $1,000 from an ATM in New Rochelle. The defendant told cops in the Westchester city that the victim hit her head while the two were having sex on Jan. 29 in her home, the complaint said. Continuing, Da Silva allegedly explained that he covered her mouth with packing tape, bound her hands and legs, put her in the suitcase, drove away and dumped it in a Q wooded area.

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Seniors urged to be prepared for crisis Addabbo and Pheffer Amato share stories with crowd; experts give tips by Mark Lord

loss of property, explained, “We think much differently post-Sandy. We think of resiliency ... what we need to do.” He said that legislation has addressed some of the needs. By working together, Addabbo added, “We can be better prepared. Information is critical.” He encouraged the crowd to “use elected officials’ offices as a resource,” particularly after any disaster. Pheffer Amato, who lives in the Rockaways, an area that was devastated by the storm, spoke of her personal failure to be ready for it. “I think I am a great legislator,” she said, “but I was not a prepared mother. “We had a few candles in the house ... the ones that smell nice. My house smelled like vanilla,” she said. “We didn’t have three days of medication.” She stressed the need to be prepared for “simple, common sense issues.” And, she advised, “Just take it a step further” than buying the typical extra milk, eggs and bread. Representing the city Department for the Aging, Darnley Jones, the director of Queens community outreach and emergency coordinator, alluded to best-selling author Harvey Mackay when he reminded those in attendance that “a failure to plan is

a plan to fail.” An emergency can happen any time, day or night, he said, with the most comMake a plan. Gather supplies. Get mon types involving weather and fire. informed. “According to the FDNY, every seven Those are the three basic steps recomto 10 minutes somewhere in this great mended for being prepared for any emercity of ours is a fire taking place,” he gency, the subject of a Queens Interagency said. Council on Aging program, held at Queens “You always have to have a plan,” he Borough Hall on Feb. 8. said. “Within that plan have a contingenThe event, with an estimated 100 concy plan in case your initial plan does not cerned citizens on hand, included presentawork.” tions by several experts as well as personal He stressed the importance of having accounts from state Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. a go-bag, a three-day emergency supply (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblywoman kit. Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park). “You need a card with your medica“We want to make sure that people are tions listed, the dosage, and the doctor’s aware of what they need to do to be prename,” he said. “We can live without pared when the next disaster hits — not if, food. We cannot live without water.” when ,” said QICA P resident Ba r r y And he suggested having on hand Klitsberg. glow sticks that can provide light for up He recalled visiting local disaster relief to 24 hours and a transistor radio “to centers following Hurricane Sandy in 2012. stay in constant communication.” “You saw the look in people’s eyes,” KlitsDarnley Jones of the city’s Department for the To contact Jones with any questions or Aging speaks to seniors at Borough Hall about berg said. “They were just in shock. Their concerns and for further information on emergency preparedness. eyes were glazed over. You don’t forget. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD preparedness, call (212) 602-4264. This is real.” yourself and sustain your life” until help Alexander Poku, a volunteer educator Addabbo, whose district suffered fataliwith the American Red Cross, stressed the arrives, he said. “The more we are preties in the storm, in addition to tremendous importance of having a working smoke pared, the less we’ll rely on them.” He cautioned about the importance of detector, which his organization provides knowing not only what resources are availfor free, including installation. “Most people that live in the city do not able but “what’s in your community that feel the need to be prepared,” he said, sug- could be a threat or a danger to you gesting that the great work by the NYPD because that’s how you can prepare specifiand FDNY gives “a false sense of security.” cally for your community.” To contact the American Red Cross, call “You need to be able to take care of 1 (877) 733-2767 or visit nyredcross.org. A highlight of the program, which was sponsored in part by Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital, came courtesy of QICA’s Executive Director Bruce Cunningham, who raff led off three go-bags, as well as other emergency paraphernalia, including light sticks and hand-squeeze LED flashlights. In case of an emergency, unless otherwise noted, call 311 or use NYC.gov to contact city agencies. You may also sign up for free for the city’s emergency notificaAlexander Poku of the American Red Cross speaks about smoke detectors, left; the crowd listens, center. Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, tion system by calling 311, at NYC.gov, or Q by following @NotifyNYC. QICA President Barry Klitsberg and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. hand out go-bags to raffle winners, right. Chronicle Contributor

‘Worst’ landlord to appeal court case by Angel Adegbesan Chronicle Contributor

The state Appellate Division decided Feb. 7 that the claims in landlord Kamram Hakim’s lawsuit against former Public Advocate Letitia James were correctly dismissed by a lower court, according to records. The Appellate Division affirmed the ruling of the Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead against Hakim in 2018. The division found Hakim’s argument against James unavailing, court records said. The justices also decided that Hakim’s appeal from the denial of his motion for a preliminary injunction was “moot.” If approved, the preliminary injunction would have prevented the Public Advocate’s Office from publishing its list of the city’s 100 “worst” landlords until a pending ruling or outcome.

Because James became New York’s attorney general in January, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) is serving as acting public advocate. Voters will elect a new public advocate in a Feb. 26 special election. The division ruled that the deprivation of due process claim against James was correctly dismissed by Edmead. Specifically, it found that the type of damage alleged did not meet the requisite of “stigma-plus,” a legal concept defining the type of loss a party must incur to successfully proceed with a defamation lawsuit over a government action. In a statement, James described the division’s ruling as an affirmation of the effectiveness of the watchlist as a “tool to hold bad landlords accountable and protect tenants. “I am pleased that the courts recognized that this is clearly within the scope of the Office’s work and I hope that future

Public Advocates will continue to utilize this important tool that has created real and lasting improvements for New Yorkers,” the attorney general said. Hakim had filed his lawsuit against James in her official capacity as public advocate in December 2016. He argued that her office had unfairly included him on its Worst Landlord Watchlist in 2015 and 2016. Hakim had originally sent a letter to James in July 2016 and claimed that two of the buildings cited in the 2015 list as multiple dwellings were actually vacant. He demanded that his name be removed and a retraction be issued. The lawsuit also called for her to refrain from publishing any watchlist that includes him. He sought $15 million in damages. Hakim was ranked the 25th worst landlord on the 2018 “100 continued on page 19

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The Queens County Democratic Organization has voted to support Borough President Melinda Katz in her campaign for district attorney. The organization mentioned the support she has picked up, citing the New York Hotel Trades Council, numerous trade unions, Democrats from across the county and over 300 community leaders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queens Cou nt y Democrats believe Melinda Katz will be the District Attorney to deliver the reform ou r boroug h ne ed s t o a dd ress inequalities in our criminal justice system,â&#x20AC;? party Chairman Joe Crowley said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Throughout her career, Melinda has fought for our progressive values and she will advocate for justice for all as our next District Attorney.â&#x20AC;? Katz said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that Queens is ready for criminal justice reform, and I look forward to transforming the District Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office into a partner for justice for everyone who calls Queens home.â&#x20AC;? Katz launched her campaign in December. She previously served in the state Assembly and City Council. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Russell

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DISNE Y â&#x20AC;&#x2122; S â&#x20AC;&#x153;AL ADDI N KIDSâ&#x20AC;? On Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, two fourth-grade classes at PS 63Q in Ozone Park performed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aladdin Kidsâ&#x20AC;? before a sold-out auditorium of parents, family members, friends, staff and visitors. The performances were made possible by a grant received through the Disney Musicals in School program. This is the second year that the school has received a grant.

Congratulations go out to the students of classes 4-413 and 4-415 and teachers, Ms. Tuohey, Ms. Torsiello and Ms. Casino, who made the show a huge success. The school administration would also like to extend a special thank-you to Ms. Harvey and Ms. Panotopoulou for the amazing art work.

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Amazon backers tout benefits during rally Critics collect signatures to block firm from LIC as report raises doubt by Orla McCaffrey Chronicle Contributor

Some Long Island City leaders voiced their continued support for Amazon’s proposed new headquarters in the neighborhood Monday. Standing in front of the Queensbridge Houses, Bishop Mitchell Taylor, a community activist, said he is concerned by attempts to inf luence community residents against the tech giant. “If you’re concerned about gentrification, that happened 15 years ago,” said Taylor, who sits on the 45-member Community Advisory Committee, a group established last December to provide input on Amazon’s move to northwestern Queens. “We can’t allow people from outside our community to speak for us.” His statement came two days after antiAmazon groups canvassed the housing development, gathering more than 400 signatures of residents who oppose the deal. Canvassers handed out flyers with the following statements: • Amazon has made little commitment to hire from the community or support good jobs. • Amazon will fuel skyrocketing rents and displacement. • Amazon supports [President] Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. • Amazon will overburden our schools and subways. • The deal is a 3 billion dollar tax break to the richest man in the world. Sabrina Jalal, public housing organizer at CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, said around 50 volunteers distributed flyers with information about the changes an Amazon headquarters would bring to the neighborhood. “A lot of [the residents] had concerns about the type of jobs that would be available,” Jalal said. “Those jobs aren’t for the community; they’re not for the residents.” The well-organized resistance effort in the five boroughs, as well as a years-long approval process, has caused some Ama-

April Simpson, president of the Queensbridge Houses Tenant Association, speaks Monday at a rally in favor of Amazon’s establishing a second headquarters in Long Island City. She was joined PHOTO BY ORLA MCCAFFREY by Bishop Mitchell Taylor, in sunglasses, and other supporters. zon executives to reconsider New York City as the company’s newest base, the Washington Post reported last week. Taylor was joined Monday by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) and leaders of area public housing tenants’ associations, who said the arrival of 25,000 jobs in the neighborhood represents a significant opportunity. “We’ve been representing our community for years, since Day One, so what makes you think we’re not going to represent them still, today, with Amazon?” said April Simpson, president of the Queensbridge Houses Tenants Association. Other groups canvassing were Make the Road New York, a city-based organizing group focused on empowering immigrant communities, and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union. Also on hand were City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria), who’ve emerged as vocal opponents of the deal. Gianaris was recently named by the

state Senate to the Public Authorities Control Board, which has the power to nullify the agreement. But his appointment has to be approved by Gov. Cuomo, who with Mayor de Blasio negotiated the deal to bring Amazon to Long Island City. The Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing development in the United States, are home to some 7,000 Queens residents. Amazon hasn’t made enough of a commitment to ensuring some of these residents have a chance at good jobs, according to those against the deal. Amazon’s memorandum of understanding with the city and state agrees on a $15 million investment, including $5 million from the tech company, to fund things like tech training for minorities. Amazon has also agreed to be present at public housing career fairs, but that commitment expires after three years. The agreement provides Amazon with about $3 billion in tax breaks and other incentives over 10 years, a time in which it is expected to pay about $27 billion in

taxes to the city and state. To get the incentives, it must create 25,000 new jobs, and the compact anticipates as many as 40,000. The Washington Post story, released last Friday, said that Amazon executives are having discussions “to reassess the situation in New York and explore alternatives,” according to two anonymous sources. “The question is whether it’s worth it if the politicians in New York don’t want the project, especially with how people in Virginia and Nashville have been so welcoming,” the paper quoted one of the sources as saying. The article also stated, however, without attribution, that “No specific plans to abandon New York have been made. And it is possible that Amazon would try to use a threat to withdraw to put pressure on New York officials.” Asked for a response to the story, an Amazon spokesperson said in an email, “We’re focused on engaging with our new neighbors — small business owners, educators, and community leaders. Whether it’s building a pipeline of local jobs through workforce training or funding computer science classes for thousands of New York City students, we are working hard to demonstrate what kind of neighbor we will be.” Not everyone at Monday’s press conference approved of the tech company’s arrival, including Dannelly Rodriguez, a community organizer and CUNY School of Law student. Rodriguez said support for the deal is misinformed, and the company’s arrival in the neighborhood “will increase gentrification tenfold.” He pointed to rises in homelessness and cost of living after Amazon built its Seattle headquarters. “There’s no renegotiating,” Rodriguez said. “Once they come here with that political and that capital power ... we can’t sit here and expect that Amazon and Jeff Bezos are Q coming here to bend a knee to NYC.” Peter C. Mastrosimone contributed to this story.

Feds nab alleged jihadi wannabe at JFK airport “I want to execute. I want to behead. Shoot.” A Manhattan man arrested at JFK Airport last Thursday night allegedly said that online to an undercover FBI agent. Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion, 29, faces up to 40 years in prison. He was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and another count of conspiring to provide material support to one. Authorities say he tried to join Lashkar e-Tayyiba, the organization responsible

Manhattan man faces decades in prison for a litany of terrorist operations including the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed at least 174 people. Encarnacion went by the nicknames “Jihadistsoldgier,” “Jihadinhear,” “Jihadinheart,” “Lionofthegood,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. In November 2018, the defendant allegedly said he wanted to join a terrorist organization during an online group dis-

cussion in which he met an individual referred to as “CC-1,” authorities said. That person introduced Encarnacion to someone else who, unbeknownst to the Manhattan man, was an undercover FBI agent. In recorded social media messages with the two others, Encarnacion allegedly expressed his allegiance to Lashkar e-Tayyiba. He’s accused of telling the undercover agent that he was “ready to kill and die in the name of Allah” and sought the offi-

cer’s assistance to go abroad and serve as an “executioner” for the Pakistani group. Encarnacion also allegedly said he tried to carry out “a bombing and shooting” in the United States but lacked the “guidance” and “guns” to do so. Prosecutors say the defendant, planning to travel to Pakistan, agreed to a plan with the undercover. He would take a Feb. 7 flight to an unspecified European city and from there travel to the South Asian country. But the FBI arrested him as he tried to Q board the plane.

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station and for what she called true East Side access. “Unfortunately, those promises, supported by objective studies, have not been fulf illed,” Nolan said. Borough President Melinda Katz called it “a critical investment.” A spokesman for the MTA, in an email, said the station’s time line could depend on one other major project — the proposal by the New York City Economic Development Corp. to build over about 70 acres of the 180-acre site while maintaining it as a rail yard. “As NYCEDC and Amtrak develop a Master Plan for a potential overbuild of Sunnyside Yards, the MTA is working with them to ensure that options for a station can be pursued without compromising future LIRR service or operations,” the spokesman said. Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Com merce, and Elizabeth Lusskin, president of the LIC Partnership and executive director of the Long Island City Business Improvement District, also offered their support at the press conference, asking the state to keep its promise. “Western Queens has seen a population boom, not only in terms of new residents, but businesses have discovered that our community is the perfect place for them to grow and thrive,” Grech said. “This growth has put a strain on our local infrastructure.” “Plans for the growth of LIC laid out 30 years ago are now being exceeded beyond anyone’s expectations, dreams or fears,” Lusskin added. “This is now the fastest growing neighborhood in the United States, and this is before major projects cur rently in the works take Q shape.”

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With the Metropolitan Transportation Authority being asked to juggle a lot of requests this budget season, government, business and civic leaders in Western Queens have just one more — the longstudied and long-awaited Sunnyside station for the Long Island Rail Road, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) was in Long Island City on Monday saying the station is long overdue, and never more so w it h t he popu lat ion g row t h i n t he region. The station is considered connected to the East Side Access Plan, which is underway, expected to open new commuter access to Grand Central Terminal by December 2022. Sources have told the Chronicle that the station cannot realistically be built until the East Side Access project is completed. “Nearly 20 years have passed since Long Island City was promised a new station in Sunnyside Yards and it is way past time for the state to deliver,” Maloney said in a statement issued by her office. “We need a transportation system that recognizes and accommodates the growing number of riders on our railways and one that recognizes our city’s changing com muting patter ns. The current MTA Capital Plan has more than $75 million for the station. We need this station. We were promised this station. And we are calling on the MTA to put to use the resources needed to build it.” Assembly woman Cather ine Nolan (D-Long Island City), in an accompanying statement, said she has directed millions of dollars to study the need of a

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Caban discusses vision for DA’s office DSA-backed candidate pledges sweeping criminal justice reforms by Ryan Brady

Lasak. The three of them have each raised more Progressive women won historic upsets in than $1 million. The Board of Elections Democratic primaries across the city last year. hasn’t yet published fundraising numbers for By running unapologetically left-wing Caban. But she has pledged to not accept corpocampaigns driven by dedicated volunteers and small donations, first-time candidates rate or real estate contributions. And the cantrounced longtime politicians with deep cam- didate contends competing dollar-for-dollar with her best-funded rivals isn’t necessary for paign chests. And that’s exactly the strategy that public victory. “The Julia Salazars and the AOCs and the defender Tiffany Caban is using in the June 25 Democratic contest to replace exiting Catalina Cruzes and the Jessica Ramoses of the world, they didn’t have $1 million in the Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. bank to win their races,” she said. “But “We are entirely grassroots, peoplethey did have was a changing w powered,” she said in a sitdown inters v n o tes what ee electorate that has really been actiview with the Queens Chronicle last u Q vated in ways that they have never Friday, adding that she had around been.” 70 volunteers working for her Since Brown was appointed in ca mpaig n , wh ich of f icially 1991 by Gov. Mario Cuomo, much launched on Jan. 25. in Queens has changed. The district More boots on the ground are attorney is a frequent target of criticoming, too. 201 9 cism from criminal justice advocates. Following an earlier endorsement by its Queens branch, the New York City chapter And in recent years, candidates pledging to of the Democratic Socialists of America end overly carceral practices have been electvoted to back Caban on Sunday. The group’s ed district attorney in cities like Boston and 5,000-plus members played a major role last Philadelphia. Hopefuls running to replace Brown have year in sending Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-Queens, Bronx) to Congress and Julia called for his office to be reformed but differ on exactly how. Salazar (D-Brooklyn) to the state Senate. Caban wants sweeping changes. A Richmond Hill native who now lives in Saying the office’s culture defines convicAstoria, Caban is a staff attorney at New tions and sentences as the main measures of York County Defender Services. Running as a criminal justice reformer, success, the candidate argues the office has she’s calling for ending cash bail and mass totally ignored broader issues of justice. “The two simple questions we should be incarceration, decriminalizing sex work, instituting discovery reform and other policy asking on every single case are, ‘How do we make sure this doesn’t happen again?’ and changes long sought by activists. Her highest-profile rivals in the race are ‘How do we make our communities safer?’” Borough President Melinda Katz, City Coun- she said. Success should instead be measured, cilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and former Supreme Court Justice Gregory Caban continued, by how successfully the Editor

Public defender Tiffany Caban aims to dramatically reform the Queens District Attorney’s PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Office. office decreases recidivism, fairly applies the law to all classes and racial groups and helps reduce the city’s incarcerated population. “And the amazing thing is that to me, these things seem so intuitive,” she said. In general, she wants to bring a “traumainformed, community solution-driven, harmreduction philosophy” to Queens. The candidate said she would immediately end Brown’s much-criticized policy of making defendants choose between waiving their speedy trial rights or not being able to later get a plea deal that does not include the top count on an indictment.

Sex work in Queens is heavily linked with human trafficking. Caban argues that fully decriminalizing the former will help law enforcement target the latter. Many advocates argue that prostitutes who are trafficking victims may be afraid to reach out to the authorities for fear that they themselves would be criminally prosecuted. “By fully destigmatizing and decriminalizing, you are actually creating a space to be able to target trafficking,” she explained. On other fronts, Caban wants tough prosecution. She mentioned having represented clients charged with taking “a little bit of money from their employer. “But why aren’t we prosecuting the employer who has stolen their wages, who has misclassified their workers and has really done some significant harm across the board to folks?” she said. Ending cash bail must be considered in some violent crime cases along with low-level, nonviolent ones, according to Caban. And when it comes to certain “offenses born of poverty, mental health and substance abuse,” her office would decline to prosecute. She also promises to “go to every length possible to make sure that there isn’t the risk of a [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] contact” with defendants. Caban pledges to hold ICE and NYPD officers accountable for any misconduct, too. The candidate has spent her entire professional career as a public defender. But as a New York Law School student, one of Caban’s internships was at Brown’s office. She remembers it as a hypercompetitive space that lacked the “team mentality” she’d observed at other workplaces. “At the end of that internship, they were like, ‘You were great, but I guess I’ll see you Q on the other side of that aisle,’” she said.

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The boyfriend of Jennifer Irigoyen was arrested last Friday in the Feb. 3 killing of the pregnant 35-year-old in Ridgewood. Anthony Hobson, 48, of Rego Park was charged with second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and fourthdegree criminal possession of a weapon. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison. Hobson surrendered to police at the 104th Precinct with his lawyer on Feb. 8. Irigoyen was found by police inside the vestibule at 60-80 Myrtle Ave. with stab wounds to her neck and torso. Irigoyen was five months pregnant. The unborn child did not survive. Hobson initially was also charged with abortion. Abortion, however, was removed from New York State’s Criminal Code by

the recently signed Reproductive Health Act. Specifically, all references to abortion were removed from Article 125 of the Penal Law, which previously had been headlined “Homicide, abortion and related offenses.” But the law was only just signed by Gov. Cuomo, leading to confusion among the authorities. Asked about the issue when police announced their charges but before Hobson was arraigned, Det. Sophia Mason, an NYPD spokesperson, said he was charged with abortion because “This is not a hospital setting, this is a homicide.” She added, “This is not a medical procedure that was being done.” The abortion charge was dropped after media outlets, including the Chronicle, pointed out the change in law to the DA’s office.

“This was a heinous crime,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement issued before the arraignment. “A woman was brutally stabbed — killing her and her unborn child. The defendant is alleged to have shown no mercy and no regard for human life when he repeatedly and purposely plunged a knife into this expectant mother’s abdomen, torso and neck. The defendant, now in custody, faces spending the rest of his days locked behind bars.” Brown’s office later acknowledged that the abortion law in question, Section 125.40, has been repealed, along with related sections of Article 125. Officials celebrating passage of the RHA have repeatedly pointed out that all abortion law has been moved to the Health Code, where they say it belongs. A GoFund Me page to raise f unds

Jennifer Irigoyen, 35, was stabbed to death at 60-80 Myrtle Ave. on the morning of Feb. 3. Police later arrested her boyfriend. FILE PHOTO towards Irigoyen’s viewing ceremony and burial has already surpassed its $18,000 goal, raising more than $25,000 as of Q Wednesday afternoon. Peter C. Mastrosimone contributed to this story.

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Liu, who chairs Senate panel on NYC education, blasts Cuomo budget plan by Ryan Brady Editor

Even with Democrats winning complete control of the state government in the midterms, Albany education budget negotiations are combative as ever. Cuomo and lawmakers have less than two months to make a deal. The state’s next fiscal year begins on April 1. Delivered in January, the governor’s executive budget proposal requests an education funding increase of $956 million over last year’s $26.7 billion. Out of that, $338 million would be used for Foundation Aid. The numbers place the governor at odds with the Board of Regents and state Department of Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who recommended a $2.1 billion increase in school funding annually, with $1.6 billion of it for Foundation Aid, at a hearing last week. Elia’s position is that the state needs to ultimately increase its education budget by $4.1 billion, a target that could be met by yearover-year increases. That’s the same number many progressives say the state needs to pay because of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York case. The lawsuit demanded more school funding, which Cuomo says the state covered, but activists say it did not. State Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside), chairman of the Subcommittee on New York City Education, is in the second camp. He blasted the $338 million proposed for increased Foundation Aid in the executive budget proposal at a press conference in the Whitestone Library last Thursday. “It’s a paltry amount,” said Liu, a freshman. “It is absolutely inadequate. It is not enough. It is not

State Sen. John Liu, center, says Gov. Cuomo’s executive budget proposal does not include enough new funds for PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Queens schools and inappropriately “interferes” with the city Department of Education. near what the schoolchildren of New York deserve.” Joining him were attorney and activist Rory Schnurr, Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing), as well as representatives of Assembly members Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) and David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows). Liu and the other three lawmakers represent some of the city’s best-performing public schools. Cuomo’s budget request aims to require districts to spend a large share of the increased Foundation Aid at schools within them defined by the st ate as being the highest-need. According to published reports, city Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has said the governor’s proposal would send 75 percent of the new education money to 22 percent of public schools in the five boroughs. Liu has been highly critical of

the city Department of Education, notably its proposal to abolish the Specialized High School Admissions Test. But he said Cuomo’s approach with assig ning new quantities for each school amounts to “micromanaging” and “interfering” with the city government. “Unfortunately for our constituents, pretty much none of the schools in our area will get any additional funding,” the senator said, pledging to fight Cuomo’s plan “tooth and nail.” Marilla Li, chief of staff to Rozic, said her office anticipates that the governor’s proposal “could result in no increase or even a rollback in funding for over 20” public schools in the assemblywoman’s northeast Queens district. Rosenthal brought up how schools in his district had asked him to help secure funding for acquiring laptops or air conditioning in gyms, costs that he pointed

continued from page 14 Worst Landlords in New York City” watchlist with 440 Department of Housing Preservation and Development violations across four buildings. He was named by James as the 34th worst landlord in 2015, 52nd worst 2016 and 26th worst in 2017. The division ruled that the defamation claim that Hakim made against James is not sustainable because the phrase “Worst Landlords” is nonactionable opinion and the title “100 Worst Landlords in New York City” is also not actionable because it does not name the plaintiffs, court records said.

Hakim’s attorney, Darren Marks, said they will be appealing the decision and declined to comment further. Edmead had officially dismissed the lawsuit in May 2018, according to court records. However, Hakim and his attorney filed an appeal to the Appellate Division a few days later. The landlord’s suit claimed that his inclusion on the list constituted libel and intentional infliction of harm, but the judge ruled that both of these claims were without merit. Edmead wrote in her dismissal that the “worst landlords” list was pure opinion rather than an assertion of facts and, therefore, does

not constitute libel. She added that Hakim’s argument that James’ office “took accurate factual data, and applied it in a way that produced an incorrect opinion” was not strong enough to constitute libel. In August 2010, then-Public Advocate Bill de Blasio launched the landlords watchlist to mount pressure on building owners who let violations pile up year after year without consequence. The watchlist website seeks to help tenants better organize to secure building repairs and enable prospective renters to view a building’s violation history before signing a lease. Ranking and eligibility for the watchlist is based on housing violation data from the

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Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The Public Advocate’s Office looks at the number of open violations that were issued after Jan. 1, 2007, according to the watchlist website. For landlords to get on the list, they must own a building with fewer than 35 units with an average of at least three open and serious violations per unit. Larger buildings must have an average of at least two open and serious violations per unit. Under the 2018 watchlist’s section for Hakim, it lists him as owning four apartment buildings on First Avenue in Manhattan by East 66th Street. No properties in Queens are Q listed under his name on the watchlist.

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out would be considered “basic needs” in many places. In a statement to the Chronicle, state Division of the Budget spokesman Morris Peters responded to the concer ns voiced in Whitestone last Thursday. “ T h e G ove rnor’s budget proposes the highest education funding levels in state history, including a $1 billion increase in Education Aid — of which $282 million is for New York City schools — with 70 percent directed to high-need school districts,” he said in an email. “This w i l l b r i n g t h e Gov. Cuomo

total increase in State support for schools to $8.1 billion (42 percent) since 2012. We want to ensure this f u nd i ng act u ally goes to the schools that need it most, so the budget builds on the State’s first ever collection and reporting of school-level f inancial data by requiring schools to dedicate a significant portion of their Foundation Aid increases to address inequities in their neediest schools.” Earlier this month, Cuomo said the tax cut bill signed by President Trump has caused the state to have a $2.3 billion revenue shortfall. Liu and Rosenthal take the governor’s claim with a grain of salt. “It is an undeniable truism that the executive always lowballs the revenues and the Legislat u re brings it back in line with reality and that’s exactly what I believe we will be doing,” the senator explained. The assemblyman brought up how Cuomo raised alarm about a possible deficit last year, too, but “it magically all got worked out Q after negotiations.”

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Former Met ready for another season Jeff Duncan has been named MAC Coach of the Year three times by David Russell Associate Editor

Jeff Duncan remembers trying to figure out what he was going to do after his life as a professional athlete was over. “When your playing career ends you have a six- to eight-month period of trying to find yourself again,” Duncan told the Chronicle. Duncan, who made it to the majors with the Mets in 2003 and 2004, thought about going into the business world or medical sales, even going on a number of interviews before deciding to stay in baseball. He coached a travel team in Illinois and joined the Auburn Tigers in a volunteer capacity. He left to become an assistant at Purdue and then was hired as the head coach at Kent State prior to the 2014 season. Duncan has been named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in each of the last three seasons. What makes him so good? “I don’t know if I’m good,” Duncan said laughing. “It’s something that if you have passion for development and relationship I think it’s a perfect job to get into.” He added, “Our philosophy here at Kent has been recruit the right guys that have upside to them, that have ability and when they get here, develop the heck out of them, and it’s worked out.” Duncan joined the Mets in May 2003

Former Met outfielder Jeff Duncan is ready for his sixth season as head coach at Kent State PHOTO COURTESY KENT STATE ATHLETICS University. after being called up from the minors. Though the team was on its way to a lastplace finish, the roster had notable names such as Hall of Famers Mike Piazza, Roberto Alomar and Tom Glavine, in addition to former All-Stars John Franco, Jay Bell and

Al Leiter, among others. “I had the opportunity to play with such great veteran guys as a young guy, which was really good,” Duncan said. “Those guys were very influential on me.” He got an education both on and off the field. “I was able to learn a lot just on how to handle the game and handle people,” Duncan said. “It was awesome. It was a really good experience and those guys were great to me.” He was called up while the team was in San Francisco. Glavine, Bell and Joe McEwing took him to centerfield before the game and sat him down so he could take it all in. A moment that stands out to Duncan is the home run he hit at Shea Stadium against the Phillies with his family in the stands. “It was a really good moment,” he said. The biggest jump after playing in the minors in Norfolk and Binghamton was the pressure and media. “When you go to New York, you’re talking about the biggest city as far as sports and the media,” he said. “Everything was just magnified. Just being able to adapt to that was an unbelievable experience just for your development as a person as well.” The Mets sent Duncan back to the minors in May 2004 as he struggled at the plate. “I may have lost some confidence along

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St. John’s walk-on becomes an author Part of what makes St. John’s a historic program are the great players who have suited up for the team, stars like Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson, Malik Sealy, Dick McGuire and Tony Jackson. Bill Mitaritonna didn’t reach that status in the six games he played as a walk-on during the 1993-94 season, but now he’s the author of a new book, “Last of the Redmen: Memoir of a St. John’s Basketball Walk-On.” Growing up in Rosedale, Mitaritonna became a fan of the Redmen during the team’s run to the Final Four in 1985. “Mullin’s the reason why I played basketball,” he told the Chronicle. Mitaritonna even took a white T-shirt and wrote Mullin’s name and the number 20 on the back in a black marker. St. John’s beat NC State in the Elite Eight on his 13th birthday to send the school to its first Final Four in 33 years. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School and didn’t make the team as a freshman.

He a d i ng i nt o s opho mo r e ye a r, h e attended a basketball camp for two weeks run by head coach Jack Curran but eventually became the last player cut. The move “devastated” Mitaritonna. His father lifted his spirits a bit when he told him he would make varsity and play in college one day. Instead of making Molloy’s team, he became a manager for Curran. One of his duties was to call USA Today and give stats and records out. He tried out for the team once more as a senior but Curran explained that with four guards that would be playing Division I ball ahead of him, he would see no playing time, so Mitaritonna remained as a manager. A month after graduation, he was playing in a su m mer leag ue when he was noticed by Jim Graffam, head coach at Division 3 Westbrook College in Maine. G raf fa m was pleased to lea r n that Mitaritonna had gone to Molloy. “Oh wow. That’s great.” The player didn’t mention he didn’t play at the school.

Bill Mitaritonna is the author of a book recalling his unlikely path to playing for the St. John’s Redmen. PHOTO COURTESY BILL MITARITONNA Mitaritonna said he learned about life and “how to be a man” at Westbrook but health concerns for his parents led him to return to New York. He took classes at St. John’s and was a practice manager during his junior season. In the fall of 1993 he told head coach Brian Mahoney he would like to try out for the team as a walk-on. “He was another coach that said, ‘Well, you went to Archbishop Molloy, so you have that background,” Mitaritonna said. A rash of inju r ies saw f ive players hurt during preseason conditioning and

the way where I kind of had to refind it,” Duncan said. “And then when I refound it I felt like I was in a really good place. Then it comes down to luck.” He said he kept a good attitude even after being sent down. “It’s not tough if you still have a lot of passion for baseball and I did, but it’s tough in a sense to where the fanfare is large in the big leagues and then in Triple-A it’s all development again,” Duncan said. Duncan never made it back to the majors, bouncing around in the minors with the Mets, Padres, Dodgers and Blue Jays before a stint with the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League. “I have no regrets. I played as hard as I possibly could every day, so I don’t regret anything,” he said. Now Duncan embraces the college atmosphere and how each of the 56 games is more magnified. “Here in college, it’s playoff baseball every game because every game really matters, where in the minor leagues it really doesn’t, it’s about extreme development and individual development.” He says at the end of the day, there is a big similarity between coaching and playing. “All you have left is the relationships and the experiences you had, so why not make Q the most of it and let’s enjoy it.” Mahoney asked Mitar iton na and Brad Small to be practice players. When the regulars didn’t get healthy, the pair ended up in uniform for home games. When St. John’s hosted Columbia in the second game of the season, Mitaritonna had a number of friends in the stands. The Redmen were winning easily in the final minutes and a “We want Bill” chant started in the crowd. Mahoney went down to the end of the bench with one question for Mitaritonna: “Who the hell are those guys?” The walk-on explained it was his summer softball teammates from Rosedale. Mahoney’s reply: “Well, you bet ter than k them because you’re getting in. They just guilted me into putting you in.” Mitaritonna, who never played in high school, took the f loor at Alumni Hall that night wearing number 31 for the Redmen. He would make it into six games during the season, joking that he was given no instruction and shot as many times as possible. He noted that the home crowd would be into the end of the blowout games hoping he would score and then groaning in disappointment after he missed. Mitaritonna did sink a free throw against Niagara, giving him one point in his college career, just behind Mullin’s school record of 2,440. The 1993-94 season was the final one that St. John’s was known as the Redmen before switching to the Red Storm, making Mitaritonna and his fellow seniors the last Q of the Redmen.

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B ridal & Party Planning A Special Occasions Guide Wedding to do list, a month-to-month guide If your state requires it, make blood test appointments. If you’re going to change your name, complete those documents. Send wedding announcements to local newspapers.

10 TO 12 MONTHS BEFORE YOUR WEDDING

Tell your parents, important family members and close friends the good news. Arrange for your families to meet, if they haven’t done so already. Announce your engagement — either in the newspaper, on a wedding website with an e-mail sent out to all your friends, or in the most traditional way, with mailed engagement announcements. Have an engagement party, if you’d like. Envision the theme and tone of your wedding: Formal or casual? Day or evening? Religious or secular? Set your budget and decide who’s paying for the wedding, or who’s going to contribute. Start your guest list — write down all the names of the people you’d like to invite, categorizing them by level of priority. Ask your parents for their guests lists as well. Select a date and time (have backup dates in mind, in case a key element is unavailable). Select and reserve your ceremony and reception sites. Hire a wedding consultant, if you’re using one. Choose and book an officiant. Chose bridesmaids, groomsmen and ushers. Meet with florists, caterers and musicians. Arrange for a tasting with your caterer.

THE MONTH OF YOUR WEDDING

Apply for your marriage license. Have your final gown fitting. It’s helpful to have a bridesmaid with you to learn how to bustle your train and fasten any tricky buttons (and help you go to the bathroom, if you’ve got a big dress). Check with your bridesmaids and groomsmen to make sure they’ve gotten their attire, confirm arrival times and answer any last-minute questions. Contact your vendors (caterer, officiant, cake baker, photographer, videographer, florist, musicians, transportation, hotels) to confirm arrival and delivery times. Write and print your wedding program. Create welcome baskets for out-of-town guests. Send change-of-address information to the post office. Write thank you notes as you receive gifts. Ask your mother or maid of honor to contact any guests who have not RSVP’d.

8 TO 10 MONTHS BEFORE YOUR WEDDING

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Shop for and order your dress and accessories, including veil, gloves and shoes. Sign a contract with your caterer. Book a florist and choose arrangements. Book your musicians and/or DJ for both the ceremony and reception. Select and confirm your photographer (and your videographer, if you’re using one). Look into wedding insurance and decide if it’s a good option for you. Plan your honeymoon. Shop for and order your bridesmaid dresses. If you’re making your own favors, start doing so now. Meet with wedding cake designers or bakers and arrange for a tasting.

4 TO 8 MONTHS BEFORE YOUR WEDDING

Send save-the-date announcements or call out-of-town guests to let them know the final date, time and location of the wedding. If you’re purchasing favors, do so now. Start planning your rehearsal dinner. Give the host(s) your guest list. Examine your beauty regimen. If your caterer isn’t doing it for you, reserve any rental equipment you’ll need, including dishes, tables, chairs, linens and tents. Register for gifts. Select your wedding cake designer, and order your wedding cake. Arrange transportation. Order stationery. Select a calligrapher, if you’re using one Select what the groom and groomsmen will be wearing, and arrange to purchase or rent.

1 TO 2 WEEKS AHEAD

Purchase your wedding rings. Book wedding night accommodations and accommodations for out-of-town guests. Buy gifts for your wedding party, parents and each other. If you’re changing into “going away outfits” before you leave the reception, purchase those now.

2 TO 3 MONTHS BEFORE YOUR WEDDING

Give a list of “important shots” to your wedding photographer. Discuss your menu with your caterer. Meet with your officiant to discuss the service. Write your vows. Attend any wedding showers. Mail your wedding invitations. Think about your hair and makeup — If you’re doing your own, try out hairstyles, purchase any extra makeup, think about having a “makeover party” with your girlfriends. Book your hairstylist and/or makeup artist, if you’re using them. Meet with each of them to experiment with styles and colors. Schedule your wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.

Arrange seating plan, and write place cards. Give your final head count to your caterer and confirm any last minute details. Write toasts for the rehearsal dinner and reception. Try on your wedding shoes, and wear them on carpeted surfaces around the house. Arrange for a plant waterer/ pet sitter/babysitter while you are on your honeymoon. Pick up your dress. Attend your bachelor/bachelorette parties, if you’re having them. Send your travel plans and contact information to a family member and your house sitter (in case of emergency). Finalize seating chart.

THE DAY BEFORE YOUR WEDDING Do something to relax and enjoy the company of your out-of-town friends. Assign responsibilities to your wedding party (handing out corsages and boutonnieres, greeting and seating guests, checking on vendors). Confirm transportation. Have a manicure and pedicure. Give your wedding party gifts. Rehearse the ceremony. Hold the rehearsal dinner.

DAY OF THE WEDDING Give gifts to your parents. Enjoy your wedding!

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B ridal & Party Planning A Special Occasions Guide Themed weddings: Campy or creative? Fairy tale wedding or modern twist? Many brides- and groomsto-be have been thinking about their ideal wedding for years. Some may have strong ideas about wedding ideas, complete with scrapbooks featuring color schemes and wardrobe choices. Themed weddings have grown in popularity — as couples want to do what they can to set their event apart from the scores of other weddings guests have attended. The key to themed weddings is to create a balance between tradition and elements that tie into the theme. This way the wedding is classy instead of over-the-top ... unless, however, over-the-top is what’s desired. • Decide on your theme : Develop a clear idea of what you’d like the theme to be. Themes can range from tie-ins to seasons to specific interests, such as sports or hobbies, to a particular color scheme. Once you have a firm concept of your theme, you can plan and shop around it. For the purpose of illustration, let’s use a winter theme as an example.

• Introduce your theme with stationery: Your save-the-date cards or wedding invitations will present the theme to your guests, and could be the building block for the entire wedding. A winterthemed wedding may feature a whimsical font of swirly patterned type evoking the feel of winter wind. Delicate polka-dots could hint at falling snow. Avoid snowmen and ski boots. • Keep it simple: A theme may also be achieved simply with color. Draperies, f lowers, seat covers, table linens, etc. in a frosty blue, silver or white will touch upon the feel of winter. There’s no need to clutter up the space with knick knacks that make the theme overwhelming. Remember, you want the event to still be traditional, with touches of the theme throughout. • Choose an accent: There may be one concept of your theme that you’d like to build upon, such as snowflakes. However, instead of paper snowf lakes hanging from the ceiling, which would be more reminiscent of a classroom

instead of a reception room, think about other subtle ways to incorporate the accent. Delicate doilies under the china could hint at snowflakes. Italian pizzelle cookies dusted with powdered sugar look like snowflakes and are very tasty. Instead of Jordan almonds in favors, use large nonpareils. Ask the venue to create a signature cocktail that’s white and frosty. • Rely on flowers and lighting: Flowers, foliage and other natural accents can add a special touch to your wedding. Nature provides so many different hued and shaped flowers that can work effortlessly into your theme. Hydrangea or snowball plants (also called Guelder rose) form large puffs of flowers that resemble snowballs a nd a re aptly named. Delicate alyssum and even the common baby’s breath can be tucked into floral arrangements to add a snowflake appeal. Lighting is something couples often overlook. Famed party planner David Tutera often uses lighting to set the mood at the events

The key to a themed wedding is to create a balance between tradition and elements that tie into the theme. Subtle touches will provide the desired mood. he plans. Changing the color or the scope of the lighting for different parts of your reception can create different moods. • Choose festive foods: Foods don’t necessarily need to look like themed elements (mashed potato ski slopes). However, you can touch on the theme by using sea-

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A wedding website is an invaluable resource and provides couples the opportunity to share registry information. The links take their guests directly to online registries and as the wedding day draws closer, can reflect any new developments.

Information to include on your wedding website at separate locations) and include a Google maps feature if possible. Save guests the trouble of returning RSVP cards by including an RSVP section on your website. Establish an email address solely for RSVPs, and check it regularly so you can update who is and who is not attending your wedding. Couples can save the expense of postage by requesting that guests RSVP exclusively through their websites. Just be sure to include that request with the invitations if you still plan to mail more traditional invites. Many couples arrange for discounted hotel rooms for their out-of-town wedding guests. Include this information on your wedding website, and aim to include at least two hotels where guests can register under your party and receive discounted lodging. In addition to the hotels you arrange a deal with, include some extra information about other lodging options in the area. Out-of-town guests will appreciate having as many options as possible, and couples providing that information saves guests the trouble of researching certain neighborhoods to determine if they are safe or close to the ceremony and reception sites. Wedding websites also provide a great way for couples to share registry information. Include links that take guests directly to your online registries. Wedding websites are a great resource for couples who want to share information about their weddings. As the big day draws closer, couples can update their sites to reflect any Q new developments. — Metro Creative Connection

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Personal websites are an invaluable resource for couples planning their weddings. Wedding websites provide a great platform for couples to share all sorts of information regarding their big day, making them an essential element of modern-day wedding planning. Wedding websites need not feature all the bells and whistles of more permanent sites. But while there are specific guidelines governing what to include on wedding websites, couples should be mindful to share certain information to ensure their guests stay in the know about the pending nuptials. Wedding websites can be used to inform guests about the couple getting married as well as the various participants, such as the bridesmaids and groomsmen. Extended families of the bride- and groom-to-be may not know much about their loved one’s betrothed, and the wedding website can help guests get to know both people getting married. Include information about the bridal party as well. A brief story about each bridal party member’s relationship to the bride and/or groom can be a great way to illustrate just how much each person in the party means to the couple tying the knot. Invitations were once the go-to source for information about couples’ wedding ceremonies and receptions. But unlike invitations, websites won’t get lost around the house or in the mail, making them more reliable resources for guests. Include all the pertinent details about the big day on your website, including the time and location of both the ceremony and the reception. Include directions to and from the venue (both the ceremony and reception venues if they will be held

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Choosing the right florist and selecting flowers

What would a wedding day be without flowers? The beauty and the aroma of fresh-cut flowers can create a welcoming atmosphere and complement the beauty and the style of a wedding wardrobe. Flowers are often the first things that guests see upon arriving for the ceremony and they may even be something guests take home at the end of the night. Flowers create an air of romance, and most couples want to make flowers — whether fresh or silk — an integral part of their wedding day. As with any decision when planning a wedding, choosing the right flowers requires some research and a basic knowledge of which flowers will convey the message and the theme of your wedding. It doesn’t take a lot of expertise to know what you want, and it is important for couples to convey their feelings to the florist. Consider these tips when choosing a florist and selecting flowers. • Experts advise that a couple start looking for a florist at least six months before the wedding, especially if the wedding will take place during the peak season of May through September. Get recommendations from friends as to which florist they used or find out if your wedding planner or banquet hall manager recommends a particular florist. Some catering halls have agreements with florists, and they work together. • Browse magazines to get ideas of what you like. You also may be able to find a florist through an advertisement or if he or she has been featured in publications. • Establish your flower budget prior to sitting down with the florist. You should expect to pay at least 8 percent of the total wedding cost on flowers. Get an estimate on the floral arrangement and then tweak your needs according to your budget. Selecting flowers that are in-season will result in more affordable rates than exotic or out-of-season blooms.

• Once you’ve hired the florist, you can come up with a wedding flower worksheet that establishes all of your needs. The florist may ask for specific information, such as photos of the bride’s gown as well as the colors and styles that the wedding party will be wearing. A good florist knows that a bouquet should not overpower or detract from the beauty of the bride. The groom’s boutonniere is traditionally one of the flowers from the bride’s bouquet so that the look is cohesive. • Ceremony flowers may be traditional and some houses of worship have strict guidelines. However, reception flowers can be where you show off your creativity and whimsy. You may want to give the florist more freedom of expression with regard to reception centerpieces and flowers that adorn other areas of the room. • To give the impression that there are more flowers than there really are, use fragrance and filler as your tools. Fragrant flowers can fill up the room with a welcoming aroma. Look for frangipani, lilies, hyacinths, jasmine and sweet peas for a big impact. Florists know how to stretch arrangements by using greenery and other filler to lend bulk without too much extra cost. • Experienced florists will know how long it takes certain buds to open and show off their maximum beauty. Therefore, expect a florist to be working on your floral arrangements as much as a week before the wedding date — purchasing containers, cleaning flowers and waiting for certain ones to open fully. Minimize changes close to your wedding date as most things will already be started. • It is possible to make your own centerpieces or bouquets if you so desire. Simplicity will work best for the novice. Think about grouping similar-hued calla lilies together for a bridal

The beauty of fresh-cut flowers can create a welcoming atmosphere couples desire. bouquet. Hydrangeas and peonies are larger flowers that can easily fill up a vessel on a table as a centerpiece. White flowers will coordinate with any color scheme and could be the easiest to mix and match. White blooms include sweet pea, rose, camellia, stephanotis, narcissus, gardenia, orchid, lily of the valley, jasmine and gypsophila. Flowers are one component of the wedding that will help achieve the magic and beautiful atmosphere couples desire. Q — Metro Creative Connection

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Getting married is an exciting time in a couple’s life together. Wedding planning is the next logical step after the engagement announcement, and while couples often get swept up in planning their dream parties, it’s important to note that ultimately the ceremony is the star of the day. Before booking a wedding reception venue or getting one’s heart set on a particular date, couples need to secure their ceremony sites as well as apply for a marriage license. In some instances, ceremonies are held at the same site as the wedding reception, while some couples choose to tie the knot in their church or synagogue. Each of these types of ceremonies will be governed by the schedule of the house of worship or civil site. Finding a venue Once couples choose a wedding date, it is a good idea for them to visit their ceremony site of choice to check the calendar. It helps to have some flexibility in the wedding date in case the first choice is unavailable. Although summer weddings used to be the most popular, today’s couples are tying the knot more often in September and October than other times of year. Even though a couple’s wedding is special and unique to them, ceremony locations

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Ma ny couples f i nd thei r wedd i ng rehearsal dinners to be relaxing respites from the whirlwind of wedding planning. Such dinners enable the happy couple to slow down and enjoy themselves in a relatively casual gathering with their closest friends and family members. Rehearsal dinners typically take place on the night or two before the wedding. The couple, members of their wedding party, the parents of the bride and groom and others involved in the wedding typically attend this dinner. The couple generally takes the time at the dinner to thank everyone for their contributions to the wedding and to offer some small gifts of appreciation. No rules govern rehearsal dinners, so couples have the freedom to plan the dinners as they see fit. Rehearsal dinners often come immediately after the ceremony rehearsal, when the wedding party and the officiant go over the timing and details of the wedding. Make arrangements with the ceremony site and off iciant prior to making dinner reservations. Parents of the groom traditionally host the rehearsal dinner, so they will be integral in planning the event. That means couples should keep an open and gracious mind. Remember, the rehearsal dinner

doesn’t have to be a lavish affair, and it can be customized to any budget or preference. Some couples feel that hosting rehearsal dinners in casual settings can make the dinner more comfortable for members of the wedding, who can use the dinner as an opportunity to mingle and get to know one another before the wedding. This will help to tame nerves and enable the wedding party to loosen up and enjoy themselves even more. Some people may be more inclined to socialize and have fun when they’re not worried about putting on airs. Restaurants that have special meaning to the couple often make for great places to hold rehearsal dinners. The bride and groom can suggest their ideas, but ultimately it is the person handling the bill who has the final say. Couples who want greater control over the rehearsal dinner festivities can suggest hosting it themselves. Despite its name, the rehearsal dinner doesn’t actually have to be a dinner, as couples can opt for meals at a different time of the day, like brunch or lunch. An earlier occasion gives guests plenty of time to get home and rest up for the festivities of the wedding to come. Toasts are expected at the rehearsal dinner, but they tend to be spontaneous, off-the-cuff remarks. A couple with a good sense of humor

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Rehearsal dinners give the happy couple a chance to enjoy themselves with their friends and family before the hustle and bustle of wedding day. might not mind being roasted at their rehearsal dinners. The bride and groom should expect to say a few words of thanks to all in attendance, but remarks need not be too formal. Rehearsal dinners may even feature a little entertainment. Tech-savvy parents may put together a presentation with videos or photographs that chronicles the couple’s

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discharge to navigable waters must obtain a WQC from the NYSDEC indicating that the proposed activity will comply with State water quality standards. The review and issuance of a Water Quality Certification would also require approvals pursuant to Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) Article 11, Endangered and Threatened Species and Article 15, Protection of Waters.

DEC Application IDs: 2-9902-00109/00002 ETS 2-9902-00109/00003 EF 2-9902-00109/00004 WQC 2-9902-00109/00005 SPDES Permit(s) Applied for: Article 11 Title 5 Endangered/ Threatened Species (Incidental Take) Article 15 Title 5 Excavation & Fill in Navigable Waters Article 17 Titles 7 & 8 Industrial SPDES – Surface Discharge Section 401 - Clean Water Act Water Quality Certification Project Location: Raritan Bay (Queens and Richmond County) Project Description: The Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (“NESE Project”) is a 26-inch diameter pipeline proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company LLC (Transco) that would transport natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, travelling underwater in the Raritan Bay and Lower New York Bay to approximately three miles offshore of the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens Borough. Approximately 23.5 miles of underwater pipeline will be installed, of which approximately 17.4 miles would be in New York State waters.

Prior to putting the pipeline into service, the line will be hydrostatically tested with filtered seawater treated with a corrosion inhibitor and a non-toxic fluorescent dye. The applicant has applied for an Industrial State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit for the discharge of the hydrostatic test water to two outfall locations. A draft SPDES permit (NY0296457) has been prepared which includes flow rate monitoring; BPJ-based effluent limits for benzene, toluene, xylene; and technology-based effluent limit for oil and grease. Permit details can be seen in a draft permit and fact sheet on NYSDEC’s website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6054.html. Availability of Application Documents: Filed application documents, and NYSDEC draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person. The documents are also available at: http://northeastsupplyenhancement.com/ and: Bay Ridge Public Library 7223 Ridge Blvd Brooklyn, NY 11209 (718) 748-5709 St. George Library Center 5 Central Ave Staten Island, NY 10301 (718) 442-8560 Queens Library at Seaside 116-15 Rockaway Beach Blvd Rockaway Park, New York 11694 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Determination:

Water Quality Certifi cation (WQC) Application:

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the lead agency for the environmental review of interstate natural gas pipelines under the federal Natural Gas Act. FERC staff prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), dated January 25, 2019 for the NESE Project, Docket No. CP17-101, pursuant to NEPA. The FERC FEIS can be viewed and downloaded at: https:// elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/docket_search.asp by entering the Docket No. and the date of the FEIS in the search boxes.

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The NESE Project would be installed a minimum of 4 feet below the sea floor through a combination of jet trenching, clamshell dredging and horizontal directional drilling (HDD). Construction would be phased to avoid potential impacts to marine species. If permits are ultimately issued, compensatory mitigation would be required to offset unavoidable impacts to benthic resources, including shellfish.

State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Determination: This project is not subject to SEQR (federally preempted) and therefore is treated as if it was a Type II action. SEQR Lead Agency: None Designated State Historic Preservation Act (SHPA) Determination: The proposed activity is not subject to review in accordance with SHPA. The activity is being reviewed in accordance with federal historic preservation laws (Section 106 of NHPA) and the project area of potential impact is substantially the same. Coastal Management: This project is located in a Coastal Management area and is subject to the Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal Resources Act. DEC Commissioner Policy 29, Environmental Justice and Permitting (CP-29): It has been determined that the proposed action is not subject to CP-29. Statutory and Regulatory Provisions: The above referenced applications were filed and reviewed pursuant to Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) Article 3, Title 3 (General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction), and Article 70 (Uniform Procedures Act or UPA); and pursuant to Title 6 of Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (6 NYCRR) Part 621- Uniform Procedures. The relevant regulations are found at: Part 182 (Incidental Take Permits), Part 608 (Protection of Waters), Part 750 (SPDES) and Section 401 of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) (33 USCA 1341). The project is required to demonstrate the ability to obtain coverage under the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater General Permit for Construction Activities (GP-0-15-002) prior to conducting any construction activities that disturb greater than one acre. Public Comment Hearing: Pursuant to 6 NYCRR 621.8, a public comment hearing for the receipt of public comments on the permit applications will be held on Tuesday February 26, 2019 at the following location: Bay Ridge Manor House 476 76 th St. Brooklyn, NY 11209 (718) 748-8855 There will be two sessions for comment, one session will begin at 2:00 p.m. and the second session will begin at 6:00 p.m.

Supplemental Public Comment Hearing: A supplemental Public Comment Hearing will be held on March 6, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. at Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability 100-00 Beach Channel Drive Rockaway Park, New York 11694 (718) 734-3280 All persons, organizations, corporations, or government agencies which may be affected by the proposed project are invited to attend the hearing and to submit oral or written comments. It is not necessary to notify NYSDEC in advance to speak at the public comment hearing. Equal weight will be afforded to both oral and written statements. Lengthy statements should be in writing and summarized for oral presentation. The presiding Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) may set reasonable time limits for each speaker to afford everyone an opportunity to be heard. The hearings are fully accessible to persons with a mobility impairment. Interpreter services will be made available to the hearing impaired at no charge upon written request to Molly T. McBride, ALJ, NYSDEC 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233, (518) 402-9003 no less than one week prior to the hearing. Opportunity for Public Comment: Written comments submitted to NYSDEC during this comment period and oral comments given at the Public Comment Hearing are considered part of the record. At the conclusion of the public comment period NYSDEC will determine pursuant to 6 NYCRR 621.8 whether substantive or significant issues have been raised in the public comments or public comment hearing to warrant an Adjudicatory Hearing. If no issues are raised to warrant further adjudication, NYSDEC will proceed to a final permit determination, either denying the permit(s) or issuing the permit(s), which may include developing a response to comments. Individuals and parties may file written comments to the NYSDEC representative listed below or may submit comments electronically at NESEproject@dec.ny.gov. All written filed comments and electronically submitted comments must be received no later than 5:00pm on March 15, 2019. Contact: Karen Gaidasz, Project Manager Major Projects Management NYSDEC - Division of Environmental Permits 625 Broadway, 4th Floor, Albany, NY 12233-1750 Phone: (518) 402-9167 Fax: (518) 402-9168 WILC-075443

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The NESE Project would connect to the existing Rockaway Delivery Lateral in Queens, and would provide 400,000 dekatherms per day of incremental capacity to National Grid to serve customers in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. According to Transco, the project is intended to support reliability as well as help displace the use of oil.

State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) Application:

Quality Review Act. NYSDEC evaluates the FERC NEPA documents and the permit applications submitted by applicants to NYSDEC to ultimately make a determination regarding issuance of NYSDEC authorizations.

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C M SQ page 38 Y K Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action to Foreclose a Mortgage INDEX #: 703940/2018 Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), A Corporation Organized And Existing Under The Laws Of The United States Of America, Plaintiff, vs Neilchand Sing If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Nalini Sing, Citibank (South Dakota) NA, Unifund CCR Partners, Cavalry Portfolio Services, LLC, Criminal Court Of The City Of New York, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The IRS, John Doe (Those Unknown Tenants, Occupants, Persons Or Corporations Or Their Heirs, Distributees, Executors, Administrators, Trustees, Guardians, Assignees, Creditors Or Successors Claiming An Interest In The Mortgaged Premises.) Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 118-65 129TH STREET SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 BL #: 11753 - P/O Lot 13 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Neilchand Sing, Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Janice A. Taylor of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Thirty-First day of January, 2019 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated January 4, 2002, executed by Nalini Sing to secure the sum of $385,700.00. The Mortgage was recorded at Book 6277, Page 1952 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on March 22, 2002. The consolidated mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed June 17, 2003 and recorded on September 16, 2003, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2003000359941. The consolidated mortgage was subsequently assigned by a corrective assignment executed December 16, 2015 and recorded on January 21, 2016, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2016000020671. Plaintiff is also holder of a mortgage dated June 16, 2003 executed by Nalini Sing to secure the sum of $28,655.55 and recorded at CRFN 2003000359942 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on September 16, 2003. Said mortgage was consolidated with the mortgage referred to at Book 6277, Page 1952 by a Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement executed by Nalini Sing dated June 16, 2003 and recorded September 16, 2003 at CRFN 2003000359943 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County to form a single lien in the amount of $411,500.00. The mortgage was subsequently modified on January 28, 2006. The consolidated mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed October 28, 2005 and recorded on March 9, 2006, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2006000133597. The property in question is described as follows: 118-65 129TH STREET, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT, YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW. DFS.NY.GOV <http://WWW.DFS.NY.GOV> . RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN YOUR HOME DURING THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD AT AUCTION PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered, and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: February 4, 2019 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 61369

EVERGREEN 297, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/31/2018. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 66-64 Booth Street, Rego Park, NY 11374-4634. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Hanging Moon Recording LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/14/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: HANGING MOON RECORDING LLC, 1 BAY CLUB DR., BAYSIDE, NY 11360. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Haru Cleaners LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 1/22/19. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Law Offices SJ Lee, 400 Kelby St., #1003, Fort Lee, NJ 07024. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of Ignite Your Passion Travel LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/14/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: DIANA BERCHAN, 39 UNDERWOOD ROAD, FOREST HILLS GARDENS, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS, CitiMortgage, Inc., Plaintiff, - against - Sophia Hwang a/k/a Sophia Su Hwang if living and if she be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York Social Services District, Board of Managers of Woodside Condominium, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of America-Internal Revenue Service, Defendants. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 709629/2018, Filed: 1/14/2019. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the Mortgage premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $85,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS on April 22, 2008, in CRFN 2008000160482, covering premises known as 58-59 44th Avenue, Unit 3-A, Woodside, NY 11377. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your Mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bayshore, New York, January 9, 2019 By: Linda P. Manfredi, Esq., Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100. Our File No.:01-088009-F00 Discover the world’s best walk-in bathtub from 5 Reasons American Standard Walk-In Tubs are Your Best Choice 1 2 3

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

Cyrano ‘nose’ no love in a romantic, comedic classic

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by Mark Lord

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Romance, chivalry and a great deal of humor are all on ample view in Titan Theatre Co.’s production of “Cyrano,” running at Queens Theatre through Feb. 17. Adapted into a compact 75 minutes by Jo Roets from French dramatist Edmond Rostand’s 1897 classic, “Cyrano de Bergerac,” the play has also seen its roster of actors reduced to a very busy four, who somehow manage to embody most of the characters found in the original. And, yes, there’s plenty of panache, a word said to have been introduced into the English language by the play, a fictionalized account of the life of the title character, a seventeenth-century writer. A flamboyant confidence of style, the trait is embodied in the sentimental Cyrano, a poet and soldier most easily recognized from his protruding proboscis. He is secretly in love with his distant cousin, Roxane, a beautiful and intelligent woman with a soft spot for romance. Though he’s glib of tongue, Cyrano’s looks fill him with self-doubt, preventing him from expressing his true feelings to Roxane. Meanwhile, she falls for the much better-looking Christian, a hopelessly witless young man who has trouble putting two words together ... sometimes even one! Nowadays, Cyrano’s situation could very easily be masked, at least temporarily, thanks to social media, where people aren’t always as they seem. But with no internet to hide behind, he agrees to open his heart to Roxane by putting his words in Christian’s mouth as, in tandem, they woo the love of their life from the shadows beneath her balcony. That scene, one of the best known in literature, provides one of the play’s highlights. Director Mary MacDonald-Kerr wrings every bit of pathos, crossed with laugh-out-loud antics, out of it. In fact, throughout the play, she repeatedly draws upon the situations to evoke a full range of emotions from her actors and, in turn, the audience. continued on page 43

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “Conspiracy of Goodness: How French Protestants Saved Thousands of Jews During World War II,” about an isolated community, Le Chambon, that saved 3,500 Jews from Nazi Germany and Vichy France. Through Fri., May 24, Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, qcc.cuny.edu/khrca.

DANCE “Latinx Homages” (“Homenajes Latinos”), a dance and music celebration of six of the best Latin singers, including Celia Cruz, Selena and Tito Puente, by Colombian dance company Cali Salsa Pal’ Mundo. Each Fri. and Sat., 8 p.m.; each Sun., 4 p.m., through March 10, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $45 advance; $48 at door; $42 advance, $40 at door seniors and students; $40 advance Fri. only; $37 students, seniors. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

“Jon Brogie: Studies from Rome,” with drawings and paintings of Rome’s most iconic masterworks that the 2017 Alma Schapiro Prize winner created during a stay at the American Academy there. Through Fri., Feb. 22, by appointment, Eleventh Street Arts, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: eleventhstreetarts.com. “Nikon Small World 2018,” with winning images from the photomicrography competition, such as a peacock feather section, amino acid crystals and butterfly wing scales. Through Sun., Feb. 24, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Pairings,” with works that share a common thread; “L.I.Centric,” with portraits of figures in the community; “Towards Light & Color,” with works by painter Cecilia Andre; and “Fuxico,” with fabric flowers made in the Brazilian tradition. All through Sun., March 3, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org. “Drawing the Line,” a retrospective on New York City graffiti from the ’80s to today’s street art culture. Every Mon. and Wed. 12-2 p.m. or by appointment, through Mon., March 11, Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, 6th floor, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4803, artdept.qc.cuny.edu.

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New York Classical Players: Paik & Beethoven, with acclaimed pianist HaeSun Paik and the NYCP performing two Beethoven concertos and a contemporary one. Fri., Feb. 15, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info/RSVP (required): (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Distance,” with works on paper by dozens of alumni of the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture related to physical or metaphysical distance, including Nat Meade’s “Cry Drops,” left. Sun., Feb. 17 (opening reception 2-5 p.m.), Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org. COURTESY PHOTO “Gluteus Maximus,” with works by Omari Douglin that contemplate the female posterior with outlines of its shape in caulk lines that provide a thematic take on figuration and double as stick figures at play. Through Sat., March 30, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com. “Banu Cennetoglu,” with objects, images, texts and more that contemplate the individual’s place

FILM Storyteller and performer David Gonzalez, accompanied by pianist Daniel Kelly, will bring his multimedia, rhymed-verse spin on “Sleeping Beauty” to Flushing Town Hall Saturday, preceding the performance with an interactive theater workshop featuring warm-ups and games. See Kids/Families. PHOTO BY MYLES ARONOWITZ within today’s geopolitics, and “In Practice: Other Objects,” with works by 11 artists and teams probing the interplay between objecthood and personhood. Through Mon., Mar. 25, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

THEATRE “The Glass Menagerie,” the Tennessee Williams classic about a family’s relationships with each other, the wider world and the past, by the Pigeonholed Theater Co. Thu.-Sat., Feb. 13-16, 7:30 p.m.; Tue.-Sat., Feb. 19-23, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 17 and 24, 2 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $20-$30. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com. “Black Angels Over Tuskegee,” an uplifting and inspirational work chronicling the stories of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed African-American fighter pilots who broke the racial barrier in World War II, part of Family Matinee and Black History Month series. Sat., Feb. 16, 2 p.m., Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. $10; $5 kids. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org, jamaicapac.org. “Queen,” the story of two female scientists studying vanishing bee populations who discover an error in their research that could ruin their careers, but they could look the other way to save the bees, by the Astoria Performing Arts Center. Thu.-Fri., Feb. 14-15, 8 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 16, 2 and 8 p.m., Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30 Road, entrance on 21 St. $25; $20 students, seniors. Info: (718) 706-5750, apacny.org. “Cyrano,” an adaptation of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” the witty play about a poet, musician and soldier who believes he’ll never win the woman he loves and

helps another man woo her, by the Titan Theatre Co. Thu.-Sat., Feb. 14-16, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 17, 4 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org, titantheatrecompany.com/home.

MUSIC Valentine’s Day Concert, with music from classical to ragtime celebrating love’s triumph, by William Gati and Wendy Luck, above; followed by wine and cheese reception for the opening of a new art exhibit. Sat., Feb. 16, 4-6 p.m., The Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free w/RSVP. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org. COURTESY PHOTO

Black History Month Celebration, with multiple films including a world premiere. Each Fri. through Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. “See It Big!” Costumes by Edith Head, with a series of films the designer worked on in Hollywood’s Golden Age, such as “Double Indemnity,” “Roman Holiday,” “Sunset Boulevard” and “To Catch a Thief.” Through Sun., March 10, various dates and times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra concert, with works by Rossini and Respighi, Mozart, Dvorak and Ivanovici. Sun., Feb. 17, 2 p.m., Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. (entrance on 69 Road). $5; $3 seniors, students. Info: (718) 374-1627, fhso.org.

Mid-Winter Ghost Hunting Adventure at Neir’s, with the Ghost Doctors using their equipment to lead the search for specters at America’s oldest continuously operated bar. Fri., Feb. 15, 8:30-10 p.m., Neir’s Tavern & Grill, 87-48 78 St., Woodhaven. $25 (includes one drink). Info: (718) 296-0600, (347) 502-7352, bit.ly/2DoqAxB. FILE PHOTO

Queensboro Symphony Orchestra: “Ancient Airs and Dances!”, with Suite 3 of that work by Respighi, Mozart’s Serenata Notturna K. 239 and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos. Sun., Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. Free-will offering. Info: (718) 3595996, qbsymphony@gmail.com, facebook.com/ queensborosymphonyorchestra.

Rinkworm: a popup roller-skating rink, with various theme nights, lounge, arcade, snack bar and skate rental available, by Springboard Collective. Through Sun., Feb. 17, varying times, Flux Factory, 39-31 29 St., Long Island City. Free; rentals by donation. Info: (347) 669-1406, fluxfactory.org. continued on page 45

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Single? Sixty or over? Enjoy theater? Then a new initiative about to get underway at Queensborough Performing Arts Center may be just for you! It’s the 60 + Singles Theatre Club, designed so that active mature adults can share their passion for live entertainment and cultivate new friendships at the same time, whether romantic or platonic. The club is the brainchild of Susan Agin, the center’s executive and artistic director, who explained, “It came about because we were intentionally sitting single folks side by side in the theater. In many cases they ended up chatting and becoming friends.” It was after noticing this that “we decided to make it official.” Already interested parties are contacting the theater about joining. Elissa Harvey, a Bayside resident and a longtime patron of QPAC, fell in love with theater as a child, she said in a recent telephone interview. “My family used to attend Broadway shows — always orchestra seats. I love Broadway!” Harvey also happens to be an author,

poet and lyricist who, many years ago, wrote a show that wa s per formed off-off-Broadway. Along the way she has also taught both elementary school and at Queensborough Community College, where the center is located. “I like to meet people of like minds,” Harvey said. “It will keep me motivated.” She is single now, though she has been widowed and divorced in the past. And she wouldn’t mind finding a new friend with whom to pursue her theatrical interests. “I occasionally go alone to the theater,

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Linda Khan, left, is a QPAC regular who meets friends there already. With the venue’s new singles club, some friendships could turn into something more. PHOTO, LEFT, BY MARK LORD but I prefer to go with a friend,” she said. Linda Kahn of Rego Park said she has been attending six or seven shows a year at QPAC for the past four or five years. “I meet friends I know there,” Kahn said. But she would be open to meeting new ones.

Like Harvey, she has a definite love of the theater, and if she met someone new there she could see them going out for lunch or dinner together. “It’s hard to meet someone you like,” she admitted. While single now, she “was continued on page 45

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Centuries-old legacy of charity for needy in Jamaica by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) was a French priest recognized for his caring and compassion for the poor. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic charitable organization dedicated to the service of the poor, was founded by French lawyer and scholar Antoine Frederic Ozanam in 1833. The Society came to the United States in 1845, organizing in St. Louis. At the turn of the 20th century, walking only three blocks south of Jamaica Avenue, one would encounter a section of poverty with tumbledown shanties populated with whole families of “Italians, Slavs and Negroes,” according to the newspapers of the day. In the 1920s a large influx of black families moved from the South to Queens because of the opportunity to find work and settled in this section of South Jamaica. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, eager to help, purchased a building on a 50-by-161-foot lot, opening up a store with furniture to give a chance to the new residents of the area. After making a home visit to a family facing hardship the society would give them a voucher to present

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St. Vincent De Paul Society Salvage Bureau, 104-22 Merrick Blvd., South Jamaica, summer 1941. to the store. The words “Salvage Bureau,” once seen on the building were changed to “thrift store” in the 1960s. Today the group is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit, still doing good works. But the once popular Merrick Boulevard location is now closed and the property is owned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. St. Vincent de Paul outlets still thrive on Long Island, where items are also sold to the Q general public at affordable prices.

BEAT

1994 Rangers reunion by Lloyd Carroll

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The New York Rangers honored their 1994 team on the silver anniversary of their Stanley Cup-winning season with a ceremony held last Friday evening at Madison Square Garden. Team captain Mark Messier admitted at a pre-ceremony press conference that he was well aware of the pressure of winning the Stanley Cup for the NHL franchise in the largest U.S. market that had been in the midst of a 54-year championship drought. Neil Smith, the Ranger’s then-general manager, added that he made trades in which he gave up a lot of skilled young players that he normally wouldn’t have in order to end those derisive “1940!” chants. Glenn Healy was the team’s backup goaltender to Mike Richter after having played the preceding four seasons for the Islanders. Healy is now an executive with the NHL Players Association so it was no surprise that when I mentioned to him how the Rangers’ championship was a great gift to new league commissioner Gary Bettman, he quickly said, “It was but he then squandered that goodwill by having three lockouts during his tenure!” He still follows the Islanders from afar. “[Head Coach] Barry Trotz and [General Manager] Lou Lamoriello have really changed the culture there particularly in terms of scouting and personnel evaluation.”

Healy didn’t dispute or get surprised by my claim that the Isles are still wary of the media. The annual Thurman Munson Dinner, named after the legendary Yankees catcher who tragically died in a 1979 plane crash, has raised over $16 million for AHRC, a nonprofit that helps those with cognitive disabilities. Among those honored Tuesday night were New York Giants long snapper Zak DeOssie, Yanks manager Aaron Boone and two of his players, Miguel Andujar and Didi Gregorius, and longtime former Mets first baseman, Ed Kranepool, who has valiantly been battling renal disease and is hoping for a kidney transplant in the very near future. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Miracle Mets of which Kranepool was a key member. Forty years ago, however, he came close to being the first ex-player to have an equity stake in an MLB team as he was part of a syndicate led by financier Robert Abplanalp that aimed to buy the Mets from the Payson family. “Abplanalp gave the Paysons a blank check and told them to name their price. For some reason they went with the bid from Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon,” Kranepool said forlornly. And the rest as they say is history. His fellow ’69 teammates, Ron Swoboda and Art Shamsky, were there to lend support. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief,” which will be screened at the Museum PARAMOUNT PICTURES of the Moving Image as part of a series honoring Edith Head.

Classic films show Edith Head’s legendary work by David Russell Associate Editor

One of cinema’s iconic figures never starred or directed a movie, but dozens of the most admired films of Hollywood’s Golden Age list her name in the credits. Costume designer Edith Head was nominated for a whopping 35 Academy Awards, winning eight, in a career that saw her work with the industry’s biggest names. Her eight Oscars are the most for any woman and she also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Head’s storied career lasted for decades and ended with her designing Steve Martin’s wardrobe for the 1982 comedy “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,” which was released after her death. Some of the most famous movies Head designed costumes for can be seen in Queens this month and next. The Museum of the Moving Image is screening movies featuring her work as part of its “See It Big!” series. “Roman Holiday” sees Audrey Hepburn as a princess who experiences Rome on her own. It was the first major role for Hepburn, who won the Oscar for Best Actress. “Sunset Boulevard” is the legendary film starring Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, an aging actress who deludes herself into thinking she’s making a comeback. Veronica Lake plays a 17th-century witch who returns to life to harass a politician who is a descendant of her persecutor

in the romantic comedy “I Married a Witch.” Hepburn also stars in “Funny Face” as a bookstore employee who is accidentally photographed by Fred Astaire’s character who believes she can be a model. Shirley MacLaine plays Charity Hope Valentine, a woman looking for love in the musical romantic comedy “Sweet Charity.” “To Catch a Thief” sees Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in a romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Grant is accused of returning to his old ways of being a jewel thief. It was one of Kelly’s final roles before she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Hitchcock’s “The Birds” stars Tippi Hedren as a woman whose romantic courtship of Rod Taylor’s character is interrupted by an attack of birds on a seaside town. Hedren and Hitchcock teamed up again for “Marnie,” co-starring Sean Connery, as she plays the title character, a habitual thief Q with psychological issues.

‘See It Big!’: Edith Head When: Through Sun., Mar. 10, various dates and times Where: Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria Tickets: $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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The play gets off to a memorable start, as one of the actors, Greg Brostrom, welcomes the spectators, accompanying himself quite wittily on a piano that, when least expected, provides comic relief. Brostrom displays versatility, embodying such characters as Count de Guiche, a powerful and vengeful nobleman; the drunkard Ligniere; and Ragueneau, a friend to Cyrano. Madison Hart makes for a beautiful Roxane and also proves convincing as her duenna, her elderly, bent-over attendant. Andrew Garrett is properly dashing as Christian. And he proves his comedic

‘Cyrano’ When: Thu.-Sat., Feb. 14-16, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 17, 4 p.m. Where: Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Tickets: $25. (718) 760-0064, titantheatrecompany.com

chops in scene in which he makes repeated references to Cyrano’s outstanding facial feature. In the title role, Tyler Moss cuts an appropriately sad figure, easily winning over the audience and, ultimately, the object of his affection. The uncredited creator of his massive nose did a creditable job. Not to be overlooked is Moss’ engagement in a fair share of swordplay, which he handles with aplomb. MacDonald-Kerr and the cast are to be commended, too, for the precision of their timing, sometimes changing costumes (the attractive handiwork of Anthony PaulCavaretta) at breakneck speed, and managing to make each entrance (often from the side of the stage) on time. Kudos as well to fight director Molly Thomas and lighting designer Emily Clarkson. Lenny Banovez, the company’s artistic director and frequent director, designed the simple but efficient set. Filled with horseplay, lovers’ deceptions, and, above all, romance, the play continues to appeal to modern-day audiences. And the current production’s brief running time should prove particularly

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Greg Brostrom performs as Count de Guiche and Madison Hart as Roxane in “Cyrano.” On PHOTOS BY MICHAEL PAULEY the cover: Tyler Moss as the notoriously large-nosed title character. appealing to the younger set, who have grown accustomed to all things short, sweet and in a continuous state of motion.

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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action to Foreclose a Mortgage INDEX #: 709098/2018 Nationstar Mortgage LLC D/B/A Mr. Cooper, Plaintiff, vs Aubrey Archibald, Rachel Brown AKA Rachel Archibald If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Robert De Souza AKA Robert Desouza, Bank Of America, NA, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The IRS, John Doe (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.) Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 121-40 LUCAS STREET SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 BL #: 12669 – 62 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s), attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for the Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Rachel Brown AKA Rachel Archibald, Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Laurence L. Love of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Thirtieth day of January, 2019 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Long Island City. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated January 15, 1987, executed by Aubrey Archibald, Rachel Brown AKA Rachel Archibald and Robert De Souza AKA Robert DeSouza to secure the sum of $61,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at Book 2315, Page 2070 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on March 12, 1987. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed October 31, 1988 and recorded on September 4, 1991, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at Book 3197, Page 2024. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed July 1, 1994 and recorded on January 5, 1995, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at Book 4046, Page 486. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed December 8, 2016 and recorded on December 9, 2016, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2016000435698. The property in question is described as follows: 121-40 LUCAS STREET, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered, and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: February 2, 2019, Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 61365 NOTICE FOR FORMATION of a limited liability company (LLC). The name of the limited liability company is 123-13 SHERMAN EMPIRE LLC. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Department of State was November 26, 2018. The County in New York in which the office of the company is located is Queens. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the company upon whom process may be served, and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the company served upon him or her to c/o Jagranie Sherman, 119-18 150th Avenue, South Ozone Park, New York 11420. The business purpose of the company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.

Notice of Formation of Betwixt Weddings & Events LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/19/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: WICKSIE TU, 48-17 41ST ST, SUNNYSIDE, NY 11104. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX # 701388/2018 FILED: 01/24/2019 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE MORTGAGED PREMISES: 11512 125th Street, South Ozone Park, New York 11420, BL#: 11668 – 12. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action. U.S. BANK N.A., IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE FOR CSFB HOME EQUITY PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FIX1 TRUST, CSFB HOME EQUITY PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FIXl, Plaintiff, against ELENA ROHENA, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or window, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, ET AL., Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until sixty (60) days after services of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $308,750.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of QUEENS on December 15, 2004, in CRFN 2004000772017, covering premises known as 11512 125th Street, South Ozone Park, New York 11420 – BL #: BLOCK 11668 LOT 12. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant Elena Rohena, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. David Elliott, JSC of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, dated January 7, 2019. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, /s/___________ Matthew Smith, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 145 Huguenot St., Suite 210, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Dated: January 21, 2019. File # 17-303027. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

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continued from page 40 Outing the Past: A Celebration of Irish LGBTQ History, with historical speeches and award presentation to Kathleen Walsh D’Arcy, co-chairperson of the St. Pat’s for All Parade; followed by a reception. Sat., Feb. 16, 1-5 p.m., New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info/ RSVP: (718) 482-0909, newyorkirishcenter.org. Lyrics of Light, Lyrics of Love: A Tribute to Lewis H. Latimer, a musical and spoken-word performance by Bob McNeil in honor of the famed African-American inventor, in celebration of Black History Month. Sat., Feb. 16, 5-8 p.m., Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137 St., Flushing. Free. Info/RSVP: (718) 9618585, latimernow.org/events.

KIDS/FAMILIES How Many Zombies Are Too Many Zombies?, an educational game with up to 25 players taking on the role of scientists helping the “Center for Calamity Control” handle a zombie outbreak and learning mathematical modeling. Through Fri., Feb. 15, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Sleeping Beauty” by David Gonzalez, a multimedia spin on the classic fairy tale with live rhymed-verse storytelling, music and image projections, for ages 5 and up; preceded by an interactive workshop. Sat., Feb. 16, 1 p.m. (workshop); 2:15 p.m. (performance), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Performance: $14; $8 kids; free teens; workshop: $8; $5 kids; free teens with tickets to show. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. February Break Family Programs, with a different nature-inspired event or workshop each day. Tue.-Fri., Feb. 19-22, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Most $10; Feb. 20 storytime and craft-making free. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

LECTURES/TALKS Tea Talk on Spring Gardening, with Fred Gerber sharing tips and ideas useful whether one has a yard, terrace or sunny window, over tea and biscuits. Sat., Feb. 23, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested donation $8. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. Nocturnal Neighbors: The Bats of New York City, with Kaitlyn Parkins, a conservation biologist for NYC Audubon, on the secret lives of bats, the threats they face and work being done to save them, presented by the Queens County Bird Club. Wed., Feb. 20, 8 p.m., Alley Pond

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Writing From the Heart: an eight-week workshop in creative writing, for those who want to start or improve their writing in a supportive atmosphere, with author and longtime Queens College instructor Maxine Fisher; and participants attending any or all remaining classes. Each Sat., through March 30, 12 p.m., Maspeth Library, 69-70 Grand Ave. Free. Info: (718) 6395228, queenslibrary.org. Fantasy Terrariums: Winter Break Family Workshop, with participants learning about the ecosystem of a terrarium and creating their own to take home. Thu., Feb. 21, 1 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested donation $5; $12 family; free kids under 3. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. Defensive driving, for better skills, insurance, point reduction and fewer crashes. Sat., Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., American Martyrs Church of Bayside, 79-43 Bell Blvd. $45. Info/registration: (631) 360-9720.

TOURS/HIKES The Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tour, with a museum educator leading a dynamic experience exploring the puppeteer and filmmaker’s work on “Sesame Street,” “The Muppet Show,” “Fraggle Rock” and more. Each Sat. through June 29, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $20; $16 seniors, students; $14 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

SOCIAL EVENTS Singles Social & Dance, with the music of DJ Andrew Forman and refreshments. Sun., Feb. 17, 2-6 p.m., Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. $10. Info: (718) 459-1000, rpjc.org.

MARKETS Italian Charities of America flea market, with new and vintage items and vendor tables available. Sat., Feb. 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Info: (718) 478-3100. Rummage sale, with glassware, linens, tools, curios and more. Sun., Feb. 24, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish Hall, Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3227.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Queens AARP Chorus, which sings at nursing homes and AARP events, seeks retired people to join. Rehearsals each Fri., 11 a.m., Clearview Selfhelp Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net.

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60-plus singles club continued from page 41 married years ago,” she said. Another devotee of the theater is Mildred Foster, who, speaking of QPAC, said, “I used to visit that place quite often,” though she hasn’t been there in a while. The main reason? She relocated to the Bronx. But she is still willing to travel to see shows and to strike up new acquaintances. When she attends performances, she never likes to go alone. Divorced since 1985, Foster said she “loves shows. Always did. Even when I was working. And I love music.” A retired post office employee, she said she and her former co-workers spend a lot of time doing things together. “I’m old,” she said, “but I’m not dead yet.” Agin — a self-described matchmaker — believes “theater is an ideal instrument for generating conversation,” saying, “Our performances prompt audience members to express opinions with others they don’t know. Instantly, a conversation is made.” She seized upon that idea and it seems to have caught on. According to Agin, there are at least a dozen individuals who have expressed an interest in club membership, which costs $50 per year. The theater is compiling a list

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of all the interested individuals and will begin reaching out to them as early as this spring, Agin said. Membership will guarantee an orchestra seat in the club section. It also will include admission to preshow receptions at select events and admission to postshow artist meet-and-greets, also at select events. For further information on the club or upcoming attractions at QPAC, located on the campus of Queensborough Community College at 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside, go online to visitqpac.org or call (718) 6316311. While the venue undergoes longawaited renovations, most shows this season are being held elsewhere in Queens. Q

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Folk Music Singalong, with kids in grades K-4 and families joining musician Moreno Ferreira on American folk songs such as “The Wabash Cannonball,” “Frog Went A-Courtin’,” “Grizzly Bear” and many more. Wed., Feb. 20, 3:304:30 p.m., Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $10 per child. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info/pre-registration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, qcbirdclub.org.

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PROBATE CITATION. SURROGATE’S COURT-QUEENS COUNTY. CITATION. File: 2018-3376, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent. To Public Administrator of Queens County, The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Joyce Mercer, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, Carla Weintraub, Lisa Levy, Bruce Edward Urband, Deborah Sharaby, Carmen Bajdechi, Rosalie Syde-Drew, Kamryn Nathasing, Ann Duncan, Linda Samert, Betty Lou Carol, Rosemary Devlin, Richard Gutierrez, GAL. A petition having been duly filed by Joan Hale, who is domiciled at 315 Ring Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40207. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on March 28, 2019, at 9:30 AM o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Joyce Mercer lately domiciled at 48-29 205th Street, Bayside, New York 11364 admitting to probate a Will dated December 1, 2017, a copy of which is attached, as the will of Joyce Mercer deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [x] Letters of Admnistration c.t.a. issue to Joan Hale (State any further relief requested) Waiver to dispense with Bond. HON. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate, James Lim Becker, Chief Clerk, Dated, Attested and Sealed Jan. 28, 2019, Robert G. McDermott, Attorney for Petitioner, (631) 414-0094, 3075 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 260, Ronkonkoma, New York 11779, [NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.]

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PROBATE CITATION. SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY. File No. 2018-443. CITATION. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT. TO CARLTON SHEPHERD, JR., if living, and if dead to his heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if he died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of CARLTON SHEPHERD, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot be ascertained, Michael A. Santucci, Guardian Ad Litem. A petition having been duly filed by PETER WILLIS, residing at 72 Knickerbocker Drive, Belle Mead, NJ 08502. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court of Queens County, at 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard., Jamaica, New York, on the 28th day of March, 2019, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the Estate of Carlton Shepherd, lately domiciled at 109-21 192nd Street, Jamaica, NY 11412, admitting to probate a Will dated March 30, 2012, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of CARLTON SHEPHERD, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Peter Willis. HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County, James Lim Becker, Chief Clerk, Dated, Attested and Sealed Jan. 24, 2019, Name of Attorney: Audrey S. Bernhardt, Esq., Address: 185 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577, 516-307-1236. 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 consent to the proceedings, unless you file written verified objections thereto. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you.

PROBATE CITATION, SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY, FILE: 2019-150, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, by the Grace of God Free and Independent. To John Kelly, if living and if dead, to his heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if he died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Eugene Kelly, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Rita Solomon, Guardian Ad Litem. A petition having been duly filed by Cornelius J. Kelly, residing at 32 Maple Avenue Ext., Bethel, Connecticut 06801. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court of Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on April 11th, 2019, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Eugene Kelly, a/k/a Gene Kelly and Eugene Francis Kelly lately domiciled at 143-10 20th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357, admitting to probate a Will dated March 5, 2013, a copy of which is attached, as the will of Eugene Kelly deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Cornelius J. Kelly. Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate, James Becker, Chief Clerk, Dated, Attested and Sealed February 6, 2019. Theresa E. Crowley, Attorney for Petitioner, 718-428-9180, 42-24 235th Street, Douglaston, New York 11363. Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

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Commercial Space For Rent • HOWARD BEACH Crossbay Blvd. (2nd floor) 850 sq. ft., all new office space. ........................... $2,750 mo. • HOWARD BEACH Crossbay Blvd. 2,000 sq. ft. store front, good for medical or office space. ... $7,900 mo.

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