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Outside the 102nd Precinct, an outpouring of grief and respect has turned the station house into a shrine for Det. Brian Simonsen. A second suspect was arrested in the robbery that led to his killing.

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Looking forward in LIC, post-HQ2 pullout EDC: ‘Too soon to tell’ whether Plaxall, TF Cornerstone projects will be revived by Ryan Brady Editor

ong Island City real estate demand radically spiked when Amazon revealed in November plans for a 25,000-job campus on Anable Basin. According to Modern Spaces CEO Eric Benaim, the brokerage firm has a 70 percent market share of the neighborhood’s listings. Last year, it had “its best fourth quarter in history.” Naturally, he wasn’t thrilled when Amazon canceled its plans on Valentine’s Day amid intense public criticism of its $3 billion deal with New York and corporate record. “Obviously we’re shocked and upset about all this,” Benaim told the Chronicle. “But the market was hot before Amazon came. The market will be hot after Amazon leaves.” He’s still optimistic about future growth. As an example, the CEO pointed to The JACX, a 1.2 million-square-foot office development at 28-07 Jackson Ave. that’s not complete but has already leased all its space. Bloomingdale’s will bring more than 1,000 employees there. And, Benaim continued, Long Island City is the fastest-growing part of the nation. Between 2010 and 2016, according to RENTCafe, nowhere else saw as many residential units built as the neighborhood did: 12,533. And many more are in the pipeline.

One vocal supporter of the HQ2 deal was Long Island City Partnership, which advocates for economic development. Its president, Elizabeth Lusskin, called Amazon’s decision “a terrible loss” but said she feels good about the neighborhood, looking forward. She cited its wealth of public transit options, institutes of higher education, wide range of industries and location in the city’s geographic center. Whatever the future holds, the online retailer’s move has immediate and concrete consequences. One is that real estate firm Savanna must find a new tenant at One Court Square. It had struck a deal with Amazon to rent about 1 million square feet of the 1.4 million-square-foot space that will be vacated by Citi employees. Savanna declined to comment for this story. New York Post writer Steve Cuozzo pointed out on Tuesday that the real estate firm’s tax credit under the Relocation and Employment Assistance Program, which incentivizes companies to put Manhattan-based employees into outer borough work spaces, expires June 30. One major unanswered question is what will be built at Anable Basin. Before they were canceled to make way for Amazon, two major development plans for the area were going through the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. Plaxall was working to get a part of the area

rezoned so it could build a 70-story tower there. In 2017, the city Economic Development Corp. selected developer TF Cornerstone to build a huge mixed-use project with more than 1,000 housing units, a 600-seat school, manufacturing and office space and a dance studio. Will the projects be revived? An EDC spokesperson told the Chronicle “it’s too soon to tell. We’re going to reassess all possibilities in weeks and months ahead.” TF Cornerstone did not return a request for comment. Plaxall declined to answer a question about whether it wanted to bring its development plan back, but the company in a statement said it was “extremely disappointed” by Amazon pulling out. Business interests across the city felt the same. Groups like the Real Estate Board of New York and the Queens Chamber of Commerce lamented the loss. One advocate was Donna Drimer, who owns the Vernon Boulevard gallery, frame and gift shop Matted LIC. It’s within three blocks of Anable Basin. In her own words “devastated” by Amazon’s decision, she said that the campus plan had the potential to transform Long Island City from a bedroom community to a more vibrant place. “Business is difficult because there is no foot traffic here,” said Drimer, adding that residents “just don’t support the neighborhood.”

With Amazon having killed its plan for a Long Island City campus, area leaders are looking TWITTER PHOTO / @NYCGOV ahead at the future. Most voters in the city wanted the online retailer in Queens, survey data showed. Quinnipiac University published poll results in December saying 57 percent of voters in the city supported Amazon moving to Queens. And earlier this month, HarrisX published a poll that the e-commerce behemoth paid for, which said 69 percent of city voters were in favor. Drimer blames politicians for Amazon’s move, naming City Councilman Jimmy Van continued on page 15

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Homeless drop-in site to get 75 beds Not a traditional shelter, but a one-night stopover for needy by Michael Shain

committee privately on plans to kick up the center’s daily intake and to build the sleeping area. Officials told the board they expect to maintain A drop-in center on Atlantic Avenue for the homeless is being renovated to allow up to 75 the current, 10-a-day intake while the center is under construction. people a night to sleep there. While the expansion is in its early stages, the Construction is set to begin shortly on a portion of the center that is being converted into a board was told, the center expects to have as space for beds, the operator of the center told the many as 55 staff members working there after next year. Chronicle this week. CB 9 has no legal authority to approve or disThe conversion will take about a year, a spokeswoman for the operator, Breaking Ground, approve the plan so it was never brought up for a vote at the board’s regular meeting earlier this said. The drop-in center is not designated to house month. Breaking Ground has homeless people for any maintained an uncharacterlength of time. istically courteous relationIt was opened in 2017 to ship with board and local accommodate people in e are excited to be elected officials ever since need of somewhere to get a the center opened and, so shower, a meal and counmoving toward the far, its operations have seling on what kind of original plan to serve gone smoothly. housing might available to “The drop-in center has them on a temporary or 75 people daily.” been operating in its curpermanent basis. rent limited capacity since Because the city said it — Homeless drop-in center official April 2017, and we are had no intention of making exc it e d t o b e mov i ng the site at Atlantic Avenue toward the original plan to and 102nd Street on the border of Richmond Hill and Ozone Park into a serve up to 75 people daily,” a spokeswoman for traditional shelter, there was relatively little Breaking Ground said in an email. “Breaking Ground has been working closely neighborhood resistance. In its 2017 contract with the city, Breaking with community stakeholders since the beginning Ground was authorized to take in up to 75 people of this project (dating back to 2016), and we cona day for counseling and referrals elsewhere in tinue to work closely with Queens Community Board 9 and local elected officials,” she said. the homeless system. “We look forward to our ongoing collaboration But the center has started out gradually, taking in only about 10 people a day since opening last with the community as the drop-in center moves to its intended operational capacity to bring year. Several weeks ago, officials from Breaking Queens’ most vulnerable residents inside, and Q Ground briefed Community Board 9’s executive give them a second chance at life.” Editor

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The Jewish Center on 84th Street at 157th Avenue opened in 1972.

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Rockwood Park Jewish Center, a fixture in Howard Beach for more than 45 years, has been sold. The pr ice, according to proper t y records, is $3.5 million. The Orthodox synagogue is moving into smaller quarters on the site and the rest of the building will be converted by the new owners into a school for special- needs students, according to Harold Rosenbaum, president of Rockwood Park. Rosenbaum said the congregation had dwindled from 800 families at its height to about 100 today and was having difficulty supporting itself financially. “The sale will ensure the future for us,” he said. The synagogue, built in 1972, needs

major repairs, including a new roof and new air conditioning, he said. “We have this great big building and we don’t need all of it anymore,” Rosenbaum said. The congregation will have a “longterm lease” on its portion of the building, he said. The buyer is a group called Next Step, Rosenbaum said. Off icials for Next Step could not be immediately reached. News of the deal first became public in court records that showed a Queens Supreme Cour t judge approving the ag reement i n ea rly Ja nu a r y. Cou r t approval is necessary for the sale of prop er t y ow ned by a nonprof it organization. The sale is not expected to close for another month or two, Rosenbaum said. Q

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Council sets sights on placard abuse Bills would allow more towing, larger fines and regular enforcement sweeps by Michael Gannon Editor

The City Council is turning to technology — and agencies from 311 to the Depar t ment of Investigation — in a series of bills aimed at reining in the abuse of official parking placards by city employees. Councilmen Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) and Peter Koo (D-Flushing) have introduced separate bills in the package. Perhaps more impor tantly, Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) is a sponsor or co-sponsor of all five. “I fought for this for years as a civic leader,” Holden told the Chronicle last Friday in a telephone interview. Holden’s bi l l, I nt ro. 1412 , wou ld require law enforcement to call for a tow truck any time a vehicle is blocking a sidewalk, fire hydrant, crosswalk, bike lane or bus lane. Koo’s measu re, I nt ro. 942, would establish a plan for the provision and use of placards, including criteria for their distribution and retention; an assessment of just how many are necessar y; and steps to curb unnecessary distribution. Other bills would: • require at least 50 targeted enforcement sweeps per week, monitored by the DOI, with locations determined by 311 complaints; enforcement actions would have to be photographed; • prohibit city vehicles from blocking a fire hydrant, crosswalk, sidewalk or bike lane unless it is an emergency; • require 311 to accept complaints and photographs related to parking placard abuse; and • increase the maximum penalty for use of an unauthorized or fraudulent

The Chronicle in 2017 photographed this placard-augmented vehicle blocking the same fire hydrant outside Borough Hall on two separate occasions. A series of five bills introduced by the FILE PHOTO City Council seeks to re-examine their issuance and enforcement process. placard from the existing $250 to $1,250, no more than 30 days in jail or both. Johnson, in a statement issued by his office, was unapologetic. “Placard abuse is corruption, plain and simple, and New York City cannot tolerate it any longer,” he said. “We are in a transportation crisis and the question of how we allocate our street space is of paramount importance. As we try to fight congestion a nd encou rage modes of transportation like buses and cycling, it is clear that cracking dow n on placard

abuse has to be par t of any ser ious attempt to make navigating our City easie r a nd mor e ef f icie nt for a l l New Yorkers.” Holden said among the problems he has seen include a time when his mother attempted to head out to a store following a snowstor m, only to be forced back home when a vehicle was blocking the sidewalk and the street was impassible for a pedestrian. Another, he said, he witnessed personally shor tly after opening his district

office on Dry Harbor Road, when what appeared to be the car of a city employee was parked illegally nearby. He said numerous complaints to police resulted in an initial runaround. “But I also found out it is very difficult to get a car towed in the city,” he said. The Chronicle in 2017 documented rampant placard abuse by city employees on the streets and in the neighborhoods su r rou nd i ng Boroug h Ha l l a nd t he Queens Criminal Courthouse. Vehicles with cit y placards, union cards or other items indicating the driver was a city employees would be doubleparked or blocking hydrants, crosswalks and handicapped-access curb cuts on street corners. Major problems included a lack of police enforcement for illegally parked vehicles, and employees’ use of vests and baseball caps with a city department logo or other items to avoid summonses In many cases docu mented by the Chronicle, cars with no obvious indication that the owner was a city employee were ticketed, while employee vehicles in the next space or several spaces were not. Holden said the use of vests or other nonplacard items already is punishable, and that the new bills would go farther to c omp el p ol ic e e n for c e me nt a ga i n st employees. “If you’re using a vest or a baseball cap, you can already be ticketed,” Holden said. He said that the proposed requirement to document and photograph enforcement actions in response to complaints would allow the DOI to compare enforcement actions to 311 complaints, and would require justification when no action is Q taken.

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n the nonpartisan special election for public advocate set for this Tuesday, in which candidates didn’t get to run as Democrats or Republicans but instead had to come up with their own party names, the most apt is probably that of City Councilman Eric Ulrich: Common Sense. That’s exactly what the South Queens lawmaker brings to the table amid a cascade of crazy coming from the bulk of his 15 competitors. Just take what Ulrich had to say at the recent NY1 debate with the nine other candidates who qualified for it. “I think that the mayor’s plan to close Rikers Island is downright dangerous. Not to mention the fact that it’s going to result in the building of community jails in the other boroughs. I think it’s going to put average New Yorkers at risk. I think it’s a public safety issue ... “My plan would be to reform and renovate and rebuild Rikers Island but leave the criminals and the people that are in Rikers ... where they are. We do not need to build community jails in residential areas around the city.” It was hard to tell what he was saying at the point where we inserted that second ellipsis because the other candi-

dates started talking over him, appalled that he had used the word “criminals” to describe people locked up there. “That’s horrible, horrible,” one said. When they quieted down, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez said, “I think what is criminal is to call the brothers and sisters on Rikers Island criminals.” Sorry, that’s what most of them are. Not all, but most. This is the mindset you’re dealing with when it comes to many of these candidates. All the wrong positions. Criminal coddling. Backing congestion pricing. Opposing the Amazon deal (and at the debate not even being willing to admit shopping there without making excuses). Ulrich, on the other hand, opposes the congestion pricing tax on Queens residents. He laments the loss of Amazon and the 25,000 to 40,000 jobs and $27 billion in tax revenue its move here would have created. He supports the meritocratic Specialized High School Admission Test for the likes of Stuyvesant and Brooklyn Tech, rather than Mayor de Blasio’s drive to displace Asian students there. He’d rather open more specialized high schools. He backs rental subsidies to reduce homelessness, which would

keep people in their homes and cost less than the shelters de Blasio’s been forcing on neighborhoods from Long Island City to Rosedale and much of the rest of the city. Ulrich is the one candidate who’d be an effective check against the mayor and City Council. As the city’s leadership get more and more progressive, it’s important to have a voice of moderation in a citywide office. The way Amazon was driven away is a perfect example. Although de Blasio was an architect of the deal, he never engaged its critics strongly enough and now blames the company. Yet the city sure could have used its share of that $27 billion. This year de Blasio has proposed a $92 billion budget plan, far more than double the $39 billion it was in 2009, an increase of about 136 percent. In that time inflation has gone up about 17 percent. If spending had risen along with inflation, the budget would only be around $46 billion. Instead it’s jumped eight times the rate of inflation. If anyone could help rein spending in, it’s Ulrich. Only 34, he has now been in office 10 years. He’s been an admirable public servant and is the best choice Tuesday. We’re proud to endorse Eric Ulrich for public advocate.

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P Amazon debacle marks a major loss for New York

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t’s been a week and we’re still wondering: What did New York City gain by driving Amazon away? We know what we lost, at least most of it. Twenty-five to 40,000 new jobs, paying $150,000 on average. New tax revenue of $27 billion over 10 years, even more if the job creation fell short of the 25,000 jobs required for the online retail and tech leviathan to get its $3 billion in city and state incentives. An estimated $186 billion in new economic activity, including another $14 billion in taxes. The revitalization of a large waterfront space in Long Island City. New technology programs in our schools, led by true masters of the sector. Workforce training and opportunities for residents of area public housing like they’ve never seen. And the retention of the city’s status as capital of the world. Instead of all that, New York gets to further its reputation for hostility toward business, an amazing thing considering we’re home to Wall Street and, in Queens, the ubiquitous though declining mom-and-pop shop. We’re losing population relative to other states with lower taxes and fewer regulations. The state will lose a congressional seat or two after the next Census, no matter how hard the Queens Complete Count Committee formed by Borough President Melinda

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community, under the terms of the deal de Blasio himself and Cuomo made. You don’t pull a Darth Vader after signing an agreement and tell someone, “The deal has changed.” If de Blasio thought Amazon should have undergone the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure for its LIC campus, or have been forced to stand down as its workers unionized, the time to say so was during the negotiations, not afterward. The selective outrage over Amazon’s hostility toward unions, the issue over which Van Bramer in particular attacked the company, is remarkable. Is Google unionized? No, but it’s operating here. How about financial giants like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co.? No, but they feed New York’s tax-and-spend practices more than anyone. Only select companies, like Walmart previously and Amazon now, are kept out because their workers aren’t unionized. Unions that would have built Amazon’s LIC campus naturally supported its planned move. As Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, said when the deal failed, “This sends the wrong message to businesses all over the world looking to call New York home. Who will want to come now?” Good question. So what did we gain from this? Nothing.

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Angry New Yorkers stopped Amazon’s nonsense by rejecting a $3 billion bribe to the world’s richest man negotiated in secrecy. We demand and deserve total transparency from our elected leaders. All deals with business must be on the radar or off the table. Our governor and mayor don’t need Alexa to tell them that. Amazon pits cities and states against each other in a bidding process that resembles “The Hunger Games.” This process “is not only shameful, but should be illegal,” says The Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson. “Each year local governments spend $100 billion to move large company headquarters and factories between states.” Amazon also cheats all U.S. taxpayers by exploiting loopholes. It will pay zero federal income tax on 2018 profits of $11.2 billion, notes The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (Columbia Journalism Review, Feb. 15). Long Island City property owners and real

estate brokers who bet on soaring home prices are upset. But local residents would have faced geographical genocide if Amazon came there. Another loser is former City Councilman Mark Weprin, who tarnished his family’s proud history of public service by lobbying for a prime predator. Shame on you. The biggest loser of all is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who threw in the towel after New York City refused to bend to his will. Bye, bye, Bezos, and don’t let your helipad hit you in the butt on the way out. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

A loss for the lower class Dear Editor: I am a progressive who considers myself pretty left of center in my politics. A gay African-American man who grew up with very lit-

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ments to the City Charter recommended by his Charter Revision Commission; unfortunately, the revisions failed to produce a level playing field for public debates. Do voters know that having 57 wealthy supporters outside of NYC who each contribute $1,000 is enough to meet the first debate threshold of $56,938 “raised and spent” since the charter requires neither a minimum number of donors nor NYC residency for donors? Do voters know that candidates must have raised and spent $170,813 to meet the financial threshold for the second “leading contenders” Clergy drive loss of faith debate, and again, the charter requires neither a Dear Editor: minimum number of donors nor NYC residenThe news that Pope Francis has ordered the cy for donors? defrocking of Archbishop Theodore McCarPublic debates are the cornerstone of a free rick was long overdue, and this is just the tip of and fair democracy, and televised debates can the iceberg. How many more priests are also make or break a campaign. When a candidate going to be defrocked by the pope? Certainly with broad support can be excluded from the there are still many of these serdebate stage based on one fundvants of God who have yet to be ONLINE raising metric that is influenced called on the carpet for sex by outside money, that metric abuse allegations. must be questioned. Miss an editorial or a The Catholic Church can ill Intro. 1288’s revision of the letter cited by a writer? afford to have more scandals Want breaking news Matching Funds Program to involving sexual predation by from all over Queens? require a minimum of 500 NYC some of its clergy, and had better Find the latest news, residents to contribute $10 to do some additional probing and past reports from all $250, to total at least $62,500, damage control before this scanover the borough and was a step in the right direction, dal becomes any wider. more at qchron.com. but its failure to revise the It was also just revealed that Debate Program by incentivizing the Brooklyn Diocese released candidates to build broad support the names of 108 priests who were accused of among small-dollar donors instead of appealing sexual misconduct. That’s just beautiful! Why to a smaller number of wealthier donors was a did Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio wait until now missed opportunity. to release that list? It should have been released NYC residents deserve an electoral process a long time ago. Was the bishop aware of these that clearly and explicitly values community allegations much sooner? support over access to the affluent. We ask that There are many Catholics, including this you take action on the problems outlined in writer, who are fed up with and disgusted at this letter immediately by helping us bring what is happening in the Catholic Church them to the attention of the Charter Revision today, with general Mass attendance down Commission chaired by your appointee, Ms. throughout the country. How can people even Gail Benjamin. trust in the Church, when those who run it canNina Kulkarni not be trusted themselves? Kew Gardens John Amato This letter was also signed by 34 other members Fresh Meadows of the Queens Democratic County Committee. tle, I know the meaning of work and struggle. And I know you don’t scuttle 25,000 jobs and $27 billion in tax revenue, plus many more billions in economic activity, for the sake of ideological purity. That’s simply privilege masquerading as concern for the poor. You negotiate. Get the best deal you can and move on. Real concern for the poor and working class demands nothing less. Fred Davie Long Island City

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Dear Editor: (An open letter to City Council Speaker Corey Johnson) We, the undersigned members of the Queens Democratic County Committee, ask that you urge the Charter Revision Commission to revise the City Charter to prioritize local representation in determining eligibility for the Debate Program. The Debate Program was created to force candidates to participate in public debates, but in the public advocate special election scheduled for Feb. 26, candidates who would like to participate have been excluded. The NYC Board of Elections approved 17 candidates to appear on the ballot, yet only 10 qualified to appear in the first debate and only seven have qualified for the second. A program created to push candidates onto a public debate stage is now pushing them off. What started out as a democratic idea has become antidemocratic in practice. On Jan. 2, 2019, Mayor de Blasio signed Intro. 1288, which codified into law amend-

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page In spite of media commentary to the contrary, AOC does not have widespread support for her socialist platform except from many of her colleagues in the Democratic Party. Edward Konecnik Flushing

Harris must be trippin’ Dear Editor: In a nationally syndicated morning show, Sen. Kamala Harris was asked about a campaign promise she made playing to the legalize pot crowd. She said she listened to Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur while smoking weed in college. The problem with her statement is she was in school long before either of them had recorded. The jury may still be out on whether pot will harm you medically but providing that Harris isn’t lying it definitely causes one to hallucinate. Bill Viggiano Williston Park

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My plans for the nation Dear Editor: Last week letter writer Bill Viggiano said I had no plans, just complaints (“Who’s got no plan?”). I’m sure I’ve been quite clear as to what I believe is the cause of our nation’s woes. Republicans. He wants ideas? I have plenty! How about we start with something simple like only one charge cord for all brands of electronic devices — phones, computers, tablets and everything else. Something more serious? What about lowering the voting age to 16? A teenager who can die for her or his country at 18 should have a say in just who it is that will be sending them off to war. And how about the first ones sent into combat must be the adult offspring of all members of Congress, the president and the president’s cabinet? Followed by the children of the CEOs of the Fortune 500, all military contractors and the top media executives. The healthcare problem? All Americans get the same health plan enjoyed by members of Congress. While we’re at it, ban high-fructose corn syrup. This cheap poison is hard to find in the rest of the civilized world, which is why nearly all of those countries have lower diabetes rates than the United States. Social Security? Easy. The wealthy pay the same percentage in Social Security tax on their entire income, as every middle-class person does. Not enough money? Return to the income-tax rates that existed when Ford was president. No need to take it back to Eisenhower, when the wealthy paid more than 90 percent in income tax. Just back to 70 percent. That shouldn’t be a problem for people like billionaire, Kenneth C. Griffin, who just spent $238 million for a penthouse at 220 Central Park South. Next, an eight-week election season. A halt to the endless taxpayer-funded Trump rallies. A return to paper ballots. No pharmaceutical ads on TV. Strict banking and financial regulations like Dodd-Frank. Schools

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begin teaching civics class again. We should place education, enlightenment and science at the top of every agenda. Not religion. Any society that bases its actions on the belief in a magic man in the sky is doomed. The elimination of ignorance should be our worthy goal. And that starts at the top with President Trump’s denial of global warming. Along with his belief that the human body has a finite amount of energy and therefore exercise is not good for you. Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate and hate leads to violence. Even violence by Nazis Trump says are “good people” Robert LaRosa Whitestone

Congress Trumped Dear Editor: The president’s declaration of a national emergency to build his southern border wall belittled an important development that American citizens have been waiting for. Trump ignored the best bipartisan efforts of Congress to provide a solution to our border problem. A bipartisan committee from the House and Senate interviewed border personnel, security and technology experts, and construction contractors to devise the best strategy to protect our southern border. The bipartisan plan strategically placed an increase in personnel, technology and barriers in the most vital areas, as recommended by the experts interviewed. This task took a tremendous bipartisan effort by the members of Congress and covered a wide scope of security, including monies for barriers, border personnel, drones and other modern technologies to secure our southern border and ports of entry. Their efforts should renew hope in American citizens that our government can still function in the manner as defined by the Constitution. Unfortunately, though Congress acted diligently in a bipartisan manner to perform its congressional responsibilities of overseeing legislation and spending by providing the president with a comprehensive and welldeveloped bill to secure our southern border, he, shortly after receiving the bill, stated he would sign it but was not happy and would seek other funds to build his wall by declaring a national emergency. The role of the members of Congress is not to make the president happy but to best serve the people and this nation by performing their Constitutional duties with due diligence, which they did. Recent statements by the president and his staff indicate he, without providing substantive justification, will cannibalize $8 billion to build his border wall from military construction funds, a budget area where the president thinks there is an excess. If this excess truly exists, wouldn’t it be better to use those funds to build and rehab military housing, where, as reported recently, the living conditions are abysmal? American citizens cannot allow the arbitrary whims of a president to circumvent the checks and balances of our democracy. Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

Two Queens lawmakers, City Councilman Eric Ulrich, left, and Assemblyman Ron Kim, will be on the ballot in the February 26 special election for public advocate, along with 15 other candiFILE PHOTOS dates from across the city.

The final list of public advocate candidates Nonpartisan election Tuesday, Feb. 26 by Ryan Brady

To find your nearest polling site, head online to nyc.pollsitelocator.com. Here are the 17 names on the ballot: Get ready, Queens voters. The nonparti• Wall Street lawyer Manny Alicandro on san special election for public advocate is the Better Leaders line; Tuesday, Feb. 26. • A ssembly m a n M ich ael Bla ke The position was vacated earlier this year when Letitia James stepped down from it to (D-Bronx) on the For The People line; • Columbia University professor David become the state’s attorney general. Since then, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Eisenbach on the Stop REBNY line; • Councilman Rafael Espinal (D-Brook(D-Manhattan) has had the job on an interlyn) on the Livable City line; im basis. • Community activist Anthony Tony HerNext week’s winner will replace him. bert on the Residents First line; And if the next public advocate wants ens vote • A s s e m b l y m a n R o n K i m to have the job next year, she or he e s (D-Flushing) on the No Amazon must survive a possible June pri- Qu line; mary and the regular, partisan • Activist and journalist Nomigeneral election for the post in ki Konst on the Pay Folks More November. line; The role, which was created to • Former City Council Speaker have a watchdog function, has few 201 9 Melissa Mark-Viverito on the Fix the formal powers. It has often been critMTA line; icized as a stepping stone for higher • Assembly man Dan iel O’Don nell office. Before James had the job, Bill de (D-Manhattan) on the Equality For All line; Blasio did. • Attorney Jared Rich on the Jared Rich for The Feb. 26 special election will be the first-ever citywide one. Because there were NYC line; • Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manno primaries to select party nominees, each hattan) on the Unite Immigrants line; candidate has his or her own line. • Former South Queens City Council canThe field has shrunken considerably since the start of the race but remains didate Helal Sheikh on the Friends of Helal c r owd e d . It i n c l u d e s t wo Q u e e n s line; • Dawn Smalls, a lawyer and activist who lawmakers. Some candidates, including for mer served in the Obama and Clinton adminisQueens congressional hopeful Danniel trations, on the No More Delays line; • Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) Maio, were kicked off of the ballot for on the Common Sense line; irregularities. • Walker on the Power Forward line; One person who ended up making the • C ou nci l m a n Ju m a a n e Wi l l ia m s final ballot — Assemblywoman Latrice Walker (D-Brooklyn) — dropped out of the (D-Brooklyn) on the It’s Time Let’s Go line; race but was prevented by the Board of and • Civic engagement activist Benjamin Elections from removing her name. Q Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Yee on the Community Strong line. Editor

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The Joe Crowley era in Queens politics is over. The 10-term congressman, who was upset in a party primary last June by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, resigned Tuesday night from his powerful post as chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party. His resignation came the same day as the 56-year-old former lawmaker accepted a job with a high-powered Washington, DC law and lobbying firm. Squire Patton Boggs announced Tuesday Crowley is joining the firm “immediately.” Squire Patton Boggs is among Washington’s largest firms with 47 offices in the over 20 countries. Taking a lobbying job in the nation’s capital while retaining his high-ranking party post back in Queens would have raised questions about his ability to do both without serious conflicts of interest. In the first hours after the Squire Patton Boggs announcement, people close to Crowley were saying that he would be keeping his Queens party job. But by early evening, Crowley made what one source called “a quick decision” to give it up. “It’s time to move on,” he told the Daily News. From his seat atop the Democratic Party here, Crowley influenced a large swath of political life in the borough and the city at large for more than a decade. Judgeships, City Council seats, party leadership jobs and virtually every Democratic nomination for elected office in Queens went through him and the executive committee he chaired since 2006.

Crowley’s deep political connections forged during 20 years in Congress made him a highly sought-after figure among lobbying firms in the nation’s capital. Also the former chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Crowley was considered to be next in line to House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi. He was also one of the Hillary Clinton’s most enthusiastic supporters. His future became the subject of much speculation after his defeat last year, when he fought to be retain his party leadership post and then formed a state campaign committee, Joe for New York. It was thought he may be preparing to run for office again, though just which office was unclear. The guessing ended this week when he took the lobbying position. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) are among the first names to be mentioned as possible successors as party chairman. Asked if she intended to run for the top spot, Meng seemed to indicate she is interested without saying so directly. “As a Representative of one of the most diverse districts in the country, I know how vital it is that the process to select a new leader is open and inclusive, with voices from every community being heard,” she said in a her statement. “That is the best way to ensure that we can unite as Democrats with a common vision for making progress for Queens, our city and the nation.” An email to Meeks’ office seeking comment was Q not returned.

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It looks like the residents and businesses of Rego Park should prepare themselves for a new development project. The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Angelus sold vacant land at 98-04 63 Road for $30 million to Chuang Heng Rego Park LLC, developer Kenny Liu’s company. “The area is growing, growing, you don’t know what’s going on,” said Yuriy Ustayev, who runs a dry cleaners on 63rd Road. Our Lady of the Angelus, a K-8 school at 98-05 63 Road was closed at the end of the school year by the Diocese of Brooklyn. Enrollment has dropped from 226 students in 2012 to 130 in 2018. “The Catholic schools are in bad shape,” said Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio. He also serves as the chairman of the board at St. Mary Gate of Heaven in Ozone Park. “Enrollment is down. The economics of running a school are huge; medical, pensions. It’s not like years and years ago where they had the nuns and the priests working in schools where they didn’t have to give a living wage and now they do.” Gulluscio said that a school can’t run “in the red.” According to the diocese, there was a budget deficit of $444,299 because of the severe drop in enrollment.

The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Angelus sold vacant land at 98-04 63 Road for $30 million. Reports say the developer plans to build a residential tower, leading to concerns PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL about the infrastructure in the area. “It’s a shame that we had to give up another school in the diocese but again, low enrollment, economics,” he said. “It’s unfortunate.” According to real estate reports, Liu filed

plans for a 177,000-square-foot tower. Gulluscio said, “Wearing my hat as a community board manager, I would say ‘Another, with all capital letters, high-rise?’ Our infrastructure can just hold so much and that’s a

problem. We can’t fit any more people on the platform of the E and the F train, we can’t put any more trains on the track ... we need better infrastructure. I’m happy that the church continues to survive but I’m not happy with the fact that the infrastructure is going to be stretched even more.” He did acknowledge it would be good for businesses in the surrounding area, including the mom-and-pop shops. Michael Cohen, spokesman for Councilmember Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), said that nobody has been in touch with the office. He noted that if the project is as-ofright they don’t have to be. The zoning is R7-1. According to Cohen, theoretically the building can go as high as the developer wants but once it hits 60 feet the building has to start angling in. The concern about overdevelopment in the area is one that many residents have notified Koslowitz and her office of. This residential tower is the latest in what many consider residential overcrowding in the surrounding area, even with all the stores around. “It’s obviously going to be good for the businesses that are just across the street,” Cohen said. “But then there is the overwhelming problem of the overtaxed infrastructure. Everything’s already at over 100 Q percent capacity.”

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Roll call of respect for fallen detective At 102nd Pct., hundreds came to share their grief over tragic loss

Black crepe hung over the entrance of the station house on 118th Street in Richmond Hill, where a vigil in the memory of slain Det. Brian Simonsen was held last Sunday.

Tributes in the form of flowers, candles, balloons and posters overwhelmed the sidewalk in front of the PHOTOS BY RICK MAIMAN/POLARIS 102nd Precinct within a few days of the shooting.

From the beginning, there was something different about the appalling death last week of Det. Brian Simonsen in a botched robbery in Richmond Hill. On the day after his death, the first floral pieces, delivered by local florists, started showing up at the sergeant’s desk inside the station house door. Within a day, the community affairs officers tweeted photos showing there was no more room inside to keep the the mementos of sympathy for Simonsen’s\ fellow officers in the precinct. Last Sunday, hundreds of community members who could not make the trip Wednesday to Simonsen’s funeral in Hampton Bays, LI organized a vigil in the cold outside the stationhouse to say goodbye. Q — Michael Shain

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Officers from the 102nd Precinct comforted each other before going out to meet and thank the community members who’d come to show their support.

More than a dozen classes from nearby schools sent handmade condolence cards.

The Rev. Peter Heltzel, left, Deputy Inspector Courtney Nilan, the 102nd Precinct’s commander, and Assistant Chief David Barrere, the Queens South commander.

A photo of Simonsen tucked in a floral tribute.

Sorrow was etched on the faces of many who gathered in front of the station house.

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A second man has been arrested in the botched mobile-phone store robbery in Richmond Hill that led to the death of a veteran detective. Jagger Freeman, 25, was the alleged lookout man in the robbery but took off r unning when police ar rived at the T-Mobile store on Atlantic Avenue Tuesday. Freeman was reportedly picked up by police at his apartment on Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica Saturday. At his ar raig n ment yesterday in Queens Criminal Court, he was hit with a slew of charges, including murder and robbery. Det. Brian Simonsen and his boss, Sgt. Matthew Gorman, who were among the first to respond to the radio call of a robbery in progress, were accidentally shot by other police officers at the scene. Simonsen died of his wounds. Gorman is expected to make a recovery. Freeman, like his alleged accomplice inside the phone store, Christopher Ransom, is charged with murder because

Jagger Freeman was arraigned in a detective’s death last week. PHOTO BY ELLIS KAPLAN Simonsen’s death occurred during the commission of a crime. A weapon Ransom pointed at responding police turned out to be a fake. On the night of the robbery, police said nothing about the possible involvement of a second suspect. But Commissioner James O’Neill on Friday conf ir med reports that one was being sought. According to prosecutors, Freeman and Ransom communicated by text durQ ing the robbery.

Long Island City, post-Amazon continued from page 2 Bramer (D-Sunnyside), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens, Bronx) and state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria). But the vast majority of the deal’s critics weren’t elected officials. There was a small army of grassroots activists from groups like New York Communities for Change, the LIC Coalition, the city’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, Make the Road and the Ridgewood Tenants Union. Critics were concerned with the HQ2 facility displacing working-class residents by further driving up housing costs and straining public transit infrastructure. Additionally, they criticized the online retailer for suppressing workers who attempt to organize and its relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio were also widely ridiculed for offering Amazon, whose CEO and founder is the world’s richest person, $3 billion in incentives. The deal they secretly negotiated with the company required it to create at least 25,000 jobs to get the bulk of incentives. The governor also let Amazon circumvent the ULURP, which is often used for major developments. It solicits input from different public stakeholders like community boards and the City Council. And in the case of large-scale projects like the HQ2 proposal, the ULURP often results in concessions made in response to concerns

from the community. But Amazon at no point publicly showed signs of compromise about its Queens plan. Still, when the company cited opposition from “a number of state and local politicians” as the reason why it dropped the plan, many immediately blasted Van Bramer, Gianaris and Ocasio-Cortez as “job killers.” In response, the three lawmakers have argued that Amazon had no interest in negotiating or working with the community at all. “We were never against jobs. But we fought for values we believe in,” Van Bramer said in an email. “The City Council was bypassed altogether here so we didn’t even have the power to kill it. What we did do was talk about the overly generous subsidy, the company’s anti-union stance and other serious concerns. That wasn’t just my right, it was my obligation.” And while some of the people who demonstrated against Amazon wanted the company to not come to Long Island City at all, others just wanted it to offer more and show corporate responsibility. Otis & Finn barbershop co-owner Shawn Dixon attended the first protest. He called on the company to return to the table and agree to a new deal, one with protections for small businesses and investment in public schools. “I’m disappointed that they didn’t negotiate,” he said. “But if that’s the only deal they were willing to take, then I think it’s probaQ bly for the best.”

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Our Lady of Grace is a fantastic place to learn by Giovanni Gizzi

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Open House & Fundraiser The families of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy in Howard Beach sprang into action recently to show off what a great community they are. With special emphasis on the families of St. Camillus Academy in Rockaway Park, which will unfortunately close in June, they not only reached out personally, but focused on a practical and critical issue — bus service. The city provides service for a maximum of five miles, but OLGCA is six miles from St. Camillus. Fundraising Chairperson Doreen DeCandia reached out to City Councilman Eric Ulrich, who jumped into action to successfully get the distance extended. Also, an Open House was recently held to show off the school to prospective families who previously had been welcomed to OLGCA for five months following Superstorm Sandy, while their building was repaired.

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Many of the students in my class have grown to do outstanding in ELA, science, social studies, religion, art, Italian, computer and gym, giving them an advantage when they grow older. Even though I’ve only attended this school since September, my possibilities to achieve hundreds on grades have increased, and I’ve engrossed a significantly enormous quantity of intelligence since the first day. Every teacher is irreplaceable in their own manner, and they all have a humorous and delighted personality. For instance, my instructors make classwork and homework very upbeat and like to make education enjoyable. I believe every teacher that works here has an optimistic personality, providing a motive to desire to be in this school. In this institution, we are associated with the Catholic faith and live that way by attending Mass every week, different days for certain grades, to remind us of who and whose we are, to encourage growth and fight stagnation and to remind us of our living hope. Lastly, this school composes of enthusiasm, making students desire to learn and beam with exhilaration every day, uplifting us and giving an intention to attend school. Join us at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy, and you’ll surely have the same insight as I do! To learn more about Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy for a greater journey in education, visit their website, olgcahb.org, or contact Ms. McMaQ nus, the principal, at (718) 848-7440! Giovanni Gizzi is a seventh-grader at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy who lives in Howard Beach. He gave this speech during the school’s open house last month.

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Good morning parents, students and children. My name is Giovanni Gizzi. I am a student at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy, in seventh grade, and have just begun my first year. Once I knew I was moving schools, I had much to think about. I questioned if they would educate the way I was educated before, if they had accessible after-school programs, and if I would adjust to the environment and get to know other students. Well, as it is for most students, you’re quite anxious the first day in a new setting, especially when you see new faces and different staff working at the institution. Though, as time went on, I began to readjust and develop a routine to walk in and see everyone’s jubilant smiles, such as the receptionist, Miss Janice. I’ve become great friends with everyone in my grade and even industrialized a reputation for being the worried student by educators. They give us the proper amount of homework, and additional assignments for classwork during school, that give us an ambition to do well. They make sure you’ve completed homework by obtaining it or doing activities based on the homework, which keeps us enthused. Even though there are reduced classes and students in each class, it gives everyone an opportunity to have the same learning proficiency; other school classes may consist of up to 30 children all taught during the same interval! Plus, anyone who doesn’t go to this school is missing out on that opportunity of a learning experience! Also, we take part in many fundraisers and bake sales to raise money for so many wonderful charities and support our school in different ways, making this school unique and great! People have gone here from the beginning and have learned much from that time, such as becoming great drawers, those who could speak Italian well, and good writers.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) was ceremonially sworn in at Renaissance School for Musical Theater and Technology in the Bronx last Saturday. Ocasio-Cortez officially had been inaugurated last month in Washington, DC. Since pulling off the upset against Rep. Joe Crowley in the primary, last summer, the new congresswoman has become an idol for those with similar opinions. She was against Amazon’s proposed move to Queens, which the online retail giant recently decided to back out of. “We do not have to settle for scraps in the greatest city in the world,” she said at the ceremony on Saturday. “We do not. We deserve more and we can ask for more and if people don’t want to negotiate, that’s their problem, not ours.” She also addressed the Green New Deal, proposed programs to combat climate change and economic inequality that she and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) unveiled Feb. 7. “When we first were engineering it before it was introduced, they were saying, ‘She’s divisive. She’s too confrontational. No one will sign on to a single piece of legislation that she introduced.’ And then the first day we were able to introduce a resolution in both chambers cosponsored by every Democratic presidential candidate and 65 House members,” Ocasio-Cortez said. She added that it’s legislation for the people. “The Green New Deal is not my legislation,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “The Green New

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On Sun., Feb. 24, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church will be sponsoring a New York Blood Services blood drive from 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Our Lady of Mercy is located at 70-01 Kessel St. in Forest Hills. “Please bring your donor card or donor number and give the gift of life,” the organizers said. Details on the rules for donating and more information can be had at (212) 570-3242 and Q nybloodcenter.org.

You’ll get four times the laughs when a quartet of comedians perform a show called “Comedy to Go” on Saturday, March 2 at the Howard Beach Judea Chabad. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., the show begins at 8 and the venue is located at 162- 05 90 St. Tickets are $36 in advance or $40 at the door, with refreshments included. Call (718) 845-9443 for more information or reservations. Don’t miss these Q schticks!

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On Twitter, state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) posted a picture of him and Ocasio-Cortez hugging on Saturday. “Honored to celebrate such a remarkable leader,” he tweeted. “Maybe you’ve heard of her?” Gianaris also was a major opponent of the Amazon deal. The 29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez is currently the youngest U.S. representative. She has a spot on the House Financial Services Committee, which regulates and oversees the Q financial services industry.

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Can’t judge a book store by its cover How did Richmond Hill shop defy odds? Simple. ‘I own the building’ by Michael Shain Editor

Ray Harley sits by himself most days, reading a book in the back of his store, under the el on Jamaica Avenue at 104th Street. Walk-in customers are few and far between. It is only since Labor Day that Harley’s Richmond Hill store has gone from being open just one day a week to four. Called the Austin Book Shop, it is one of the last of a breed, a secondhand bookstore on a major street in Queens. It is a type of business that — like the $1 slice — pretty much no longer exists in New York. Austin Book may not sell as many books as Wendy’s sells hamburgers, but it is a success story that should be a case study for some business-school class some day. Seriously. What landed Harley, a retired Fed Ex driver, on Jamaica Avenue was baseball — a love of the game as well as the vast literature that it has spawned over the last century or so. Naturally, Harley carries books of just about every variety. His bread and butter is rare and hard-to-find history books, Harley said.

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In front of the Austin Book Shop.

But baseball is, in its own way, why Austin Books still exists. The beginning of the baseball season is always a busy time for him and, as the 30 major league teams this week report to spring training in Florida and Arizona, the in-box on his website is humming with orders. “Spring training and the death of a famous player, those are about the biggest spikes I get,” said Harley. Frank Robinson, the Hall of Fame outfielder and manager, died a couple of weeks ago, wh ich means ext ra orders to fill. Austin Book Shop came by its name honestly. Bernie Titowsky, a New York City teacher, first opened the store in Kew Gardens in 1954, around the corner from the Austin Ale House. When a basement flood in the mid-1980s wiped out much of his inventory, Titowsky packed up what was left and moved south to Richmond Hill. Harley, who lived nearby at the time, sold Titowsky his baseball book collection — 200 or 300 books, he recalls — when he and his wife needed room in their apartment for a new baby. “About a month later, Bernie told me, ‘Hey, we did pretty well with those baseball books. Got any more?’” said Harley. It was the beginning of a friendship and mentorship that lasted until Titowsky died suddenly in 1993. “His family told me that I was the only one they thought about selling the store to,” he said. Two things came together for Harley at that moment — the internet and a small financial windfall. The money allowed him to buy the building in October 1994 — for $125,000, according to proper ty records.

On Jamaica Avenue, Ray Harley has owned one of the last secondhand bookstores in the city, Austin Book Shop, since 1994. Browsers are always welcome but the store, which specializes in baseball and history books, does most of its business on the internet, left. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN The year 1994 is also when a company named Amazon started in Seattle revolutionizing bookselling overnight from being a hand-to-hand operation to a worldwide market. It was Harley’s sister-in-law, Kathy Keane, who urged him to move the store’s inventory online, then helped with the seemingly endless cataloging job that it required. As stores like Austin Book shut down elsewhere and became nail salons and Subway shops, Harley thrived selling secondhand baseball books on the internet. How did he escape the fate of so many others? “I can’t say this any more bluntly — I own the building,” he says. Meaning he never has to worry about rent hikes driving him out. Westsider Books, the last secondhand book store on the Upper West Side, said last fall that it was closing after 35 years. Only after a successful GoFundMe campaign

raised $50,000 last month to pay the store’s back rent did the owners say it would remain open for now. One of the oddities of the bookselling business of late has been that, since the big retail chains like Barnes and Noble have closed many of their stores or, like Borders, gone belly up, revenues at secondhand stores like Austin have been increasing. Bookstores all over the country are reporting a revival in sales. That has something to do with another somewhat new phenomenon, said Harley. More people these days seem to miss the feeling of a book in their hands. That seems to be true for both walk-in and online customers. For years, Austin Books had been open to browsers only on Saturday. But since Harley retired from his Fed Ex route last year and can now open the store four days a week, his internet business jumped 50 percent. “I have yet to figure out the connection,” Q Harley said. “I wish I could tell you.”

Immig advocates call for new license policy Advocates say allowing undocumented immigrants in the state to apply for driver’s licenses would be a win for the economy and public safety. City Comptroller Scott Stringer joined the MinKwon Center for Community Action, Make the Road New York, the Fiscal Policy Institute and the New York Immigration Coalition last Friday to call for the state to implement the policy, pointing to data they said strengthens their case. “T he ti me is now for Albany to expa nd access to all New Yorkers because granting licenses isn’t just a statement of our moral values, it also

Stringer touts safety, economic benefits makes sense from both a financial and public safety perspective,” Stringer said in a prepared statement. Having more car operators learn how to drive, proponents say, would dramatically improve safety on roads. Stringer’s office also cited a study which found that keeping undocumented immigrants from getting car insurance increases its cost for licensed drivers by $17.22 per person annually. The District of Columbia and twelve

states already allow unauthorized immigrants to get licenses. New York might do the same this year, with Democrats having totally taken over the state Legislature in January. Gov. Cuomo backs legislation that would legalize the policy. Stringer’s office has found that 150,000 of around 525,000 undocumented immigrants in the city would get licenses were the proposal adopted. Auto sales would go up by 2.7 percent, he estimates.

The policy would bring the state $9.6 million in driver’s license fees and $1.4 million of that money would go to the MTA, according to the Comptroller’s Office. Stringer also estimates that via gasoline tax revenues, the policy would generate $5.2 million for highway and bridge infrastructure and $3.1 million for mass transit. “This legislation is a win-win-win for our state: it will help our economy, improve public safety, and protect immigrants,” Make the Road New York CoExecutive Director Javier Valdés said in Q his own statement.

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Progressive pols who killed Amazon deal must resign that the vast bulk, by Evi Kokalari-Angelakis The politicians whose ego-driven theat- $2.5 billion, of this rics led to Amazon deciding against mov- i n c e n t i v e i s a ing forward with the HQ2 deal in Long resource available to Island City have done a great disservice to all companies that at least the next three generations of New bring jobs to our state. The amount of Yorkers. Mike Gianaris, who represents New a company’s incenYork’s 12th State Senate District and tive is based on the gained his 15 minutes of fame by rabidly number of people opposing the deal, should resign over his you employ — and since Amazon was set to bring a massive harmful and unjustified actions. In the immediate, Amazon being amount of jobs to the area, the incentive pushed out of New York has cost our state was proportionately large. Gianaris claimed that the “community 25,000 jobs — though estimates put it much higher at around 75,000 — due to raised its hand and said, ‘I have some questhe tech giant inevitably bringing more tions about this deal that we knew nothing about.’ Instead of dealing with those quesbusinesses and revenue to the area. While local politicians, like Gianaris, tions in a responsible way, Amazon took claimed that their reasons for opposing the its ball and left town.” In fact, the community did raise its hand HQ2 plan was about unions or gentrification, I believe the reality is that they were and say ‘I have questions’ in regard to Giajust upset the deal didn’t go through local naris’ actions, but we were mostly ignored. Last Tuesday, a large group of brokers, review and that they wanted a little bit of spotlight. Until last Wednesday Gianaris developers and other real estate professionthought Amazon was bluffing. That back- als — myself included — held an event to fired. It’s hard to believe that these selfish discuss the deal and the Amazon move (or not) to LIC. I personpoliticians would have ally had gone to Giadone all of this if they naris’ office and invithad known that their t’s hard to believe ed him to come and reckless actions would speak with us about actually cause Amaofficials like state how we can find comzon to back out mon ground that completely. Sen. Mike Gianaris would benefit all New In addition to costwould have done what Yorkers. His office ing our state jobs and said he was unavailrevenue, their actions they did if they had able. I followed up will have a devastating with emails with them ef fect on the real known their actions as per their own recestate market — at would actually drive om mend ations and least in Long Island was hoping he’d agree City. Amazon away. to meet with us. No David Lichtenstein response to date. of Lightstone Group Last Wednesday Cuomo brokered a remarked that this is the worst day in New York City since 9/11, except this time the meeting with the union and Amazon leadterrorists were elected. While that state- ership. Gianaris was not present at that ment may be extremely hyperbolic, the either. If Gianaris was genuinely consentiment about how much far-reaching cerned about our community, he would harm our local politicians have done is have sat down with all the parties to the deal. Instead he chose to conduct all necesshared by many. The fact that Gianaris and some other sary communications through the media. Like Gianaris, Rep. Alexandria Ocasioprogressive politicians who opposed the deal didn’t even sit down with Gov. Cuomo Cortez celebrated this massive potential job or representatives from Amazon makes it loss, declaring, “We can put a lot of people sting even worse. They never took it seri- to work for that money, if we wanted to.” ously and treated it like a game. This was a What money is she referring to? Good major deal that could have impacted so grief, our elected officials are clueless. The bottom line here is that it is time for many lives for the better — and they squashed it without even discussing their us to elect leaders who care about invigorating New York — not scaring away busiconcerns with the other side. For example, these progressive politi- nesses that would bolster our economy. Q Evi Kokalari-Angelakis is Founder of cians repeatedly pointed to the nearly $3 billion in government incentives that Ama- Golden Key Realty Group, based in Astozon would have received — but they didn’t ria, and a realtor with almost two decades bother speaking to anyone to understand of experience in new development.

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A proposed day care center for 167 children at 79-40 Cooper Ave. has raised questions about how the area would handle extra traffic and parking. The building, on the south side of Cooper Avenue between 79th Place and 80th Street, would be a one- and twostory structure with the day care center in the two-story portion and commercial use in the other. The roof of the one-story building would provide a playground for the day care. The day care itself, operated by Children of America, would provide a service parking lot with 32 spaces. “We believe that the 32-space parking lot should provide adequate room for parents as they d rop off child ren to park,” said Frank St. Jacques, a land use attorney with Akerman LLP, at the Community Board 5 meeting last Wednesday. He added the parking should not be a The space at 79-40 Cooper Ave. next to where a self-storage business is being built. A day care p r o b l e m e ve n w i t h 37 e m pl oye e s center for 167 children has also been proposed at the site but Community Board 5 raised a working. PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL number of questions about parking and traffic concerns in the area. “We’re not expecting all the employees to drive,” St. Jacques said. “Just into the lot in the morning and evening especially at the time in the morning.” The space is approximately 84,000 based on experience in other locations, while the employees there will be parked there will be some carpooling, there will in the farthest away spots. Also, as the square feet and there’s a self-storage day goes on and more children arrive, facility being built on the rear portion of be some mass transit.” He said there is no off-site parking the staff is staggered so that the parking the site, though the parking lot for the s e l f- s t o r a g e i s n o t r e l a t e d t o t h e provided but it is believed during peak lot won’t be fully used all at one time. CS Cooper LLC is applying for a spe- application. hours it will be mostly parents pulling On the ground f loor of the proposed cial permit from the Board of Standards and Appeals to allow the development of building, the commercial space could be the day care in an M1-1 zoning district, divided into two or kept as one. The tenwhich allows for commercial, manufac- ancy has not been determined. “The thinking is that either medical turing and certain community facilities office use or some type of complementaas of right. The permit is different than a zoning r y u se to t he d ay ca re cent er,” St. variance, which would ask for a waiver Jacques said. The 32 parking spots would be for of some rules. A special permit needs to both the day care and the commercial meet certain findings. One is that there is no other viable use at the site. St. Jacques pointed to other places location available within a district where the use is allowed as of right. COA con- nearby that work with youth, including ducted a search for another location of Artistic Stitch, Party Solvers and Triappropriate size, needing about 10,000 umph Gymnastics, the last of which is square feet to fit its programming and located directly across from the proposed needing space for an outdoor playground day care. COA operates 64 locations across 12 and parking, and weren’t able to do so. Also, the manufacturing district where s t at e s , i n clu d i ng s p ot s i n Ja ck s o n it is seeking to locate a day care has to Heights and Queens Village. The organization deals with children be within 400 feet of the boundary of a from 6 weeks to about 12 years old. The district where it’s allowed as of right. O t he r f i nd i ng s r elat e d t o s a fe t y site would be a city Department of Eduinclude making sure the center would be cation pre-K provider and would also adequately separated from noise, traffic, offer afterschool and summer programs. It would run on weekdays from 6 a.m. poor a i r qu a l it y a nd ot he r a dve r se to 6:30 p.m., with child ren ty pically effects. Walter Sanchez, Land Use Committee arriving between 6 and 9:30 a.m. and chairman of CB 5, recommended that being picked up between 3 and 6:30 p.m. St. Jacques said it takes about four to COA try for a variance instead. “One of the reasons we want you to go five minutes for parents to drop off their for a variance in manufacturing zones is children based on other COA locations Frank St. Jacques, a land use attorney with because ty pically there might not be within the borough and other locations Akerman LLP, speaks at last Wednesday’s Com- parking in manufacturing zones,” he that are car-oriented and have similar munity Board 5 meeting about the proposal to said. enrollment. He added that the group has bring a day care center for 167 children to Sanchez also said, “We find automobiles not had a problem with an overf low of PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL 79-40 Cooper Ave. travel pretty quickly on Cooper Avenue, parking out into the street.

COA recommended to the Department of Transportation that some high visibility crosswalks be added. One board member asked about a barrier or fencing to separate the parking lot from the self-storage to make sure children wouldn’t be abducted. St. Jacques said the parking lots will be separated by medians at the rear of the site and that his clients would look into putting extra protection up between the location and the self-storage. He added that COA has a number of safet y protocols, i nclud i ng ch ild ren being accompanied by caregivers from the parking lot into the location as well as on the way out. The entrance is in the rear of the building. One woman, who would only identify herself as a Glendale resident who lives on Cooper Avenue, said no matter what is done, “There’s still going to be an insane amount of traffic.” Vincent Arcuri Jr., chairman of CB 5, said two new traffic signals would probably be a solution, with one at 79th Place and the other at the exit of the site. “I think the Transportation Committee is going to look at this a little closely and make some more recommendations if it’s Q going ahead,” Arcuri said.

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MLK winners Meet the winners of Assemblyman Mike Miller’s (D-Woodhaven) second annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Contest for students at PS 97 in Woodhaven. The essay contest coincided with the school’s “Respect for All Week.” Miller, top row center, chose the four winners himself: Merilin Zhinin (fifth grade), front row left, Jenaya Richards (fifth grade), Ana Christina Rizzuto (fourth grade) and Zafirah Haque (third grade). With Miller in the top row are Assistant Principal Denise DeJesus, left, and Principal Marilyn Custodio. “I was extremely impressed with all of the students’ essays and look forward to next year’s essay contest,” Miller said.

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St. John’s hadn’t beaten Villanova at Madison Square Garden in 17 years. While that’s not as bad as Charlie Brown waiting 43 years to win a baseball game (at least he maintained his youth), it was time for the Red Storm to reclaim their home floor. The Johnnies came back from a 19-point deficit on Sunday in a stirring 71-65 win against the Wildcats to take a major step toward the NCAA Tournament. It would take a late-season collapse for the Red Storm to miss it. The Garden, filled to capacity with 19,812 fans, came alive as the team erased a 14-point second-half deficit with 12 minutes remaining. “This is as loud as I could remember, maybe louder,” said head coach Chris Mullin. “I’m happy. I’m happy for them that they got to experience that. There’s nothing like that. There’s some great places to play college basketball but when you get a full Madison Square Garden against a championship team like Villanova, there’s nothing like that.

It was awesome. And it helped us. I think it kept us in the game and then took us to another level.” Mustapha Heron, who scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half, said “The energy was crazy in here. I never played in anything like it. I can probably say that for most of our team and it was fun. The fans came out and they were amped.” Even Villanova head coach Jay Wright, who was in his first season with the school the last time St. John’s beat the Wildcats at MSG, acknowledged the excitement in the arena once it was all over. “Great college basketball atmosphere,” he said. “The Garden was really awesome today and it was really fun being a part of it.” There was a bit of revenge as St. John’s had squandered a 13-point lead against Villanova in the first meeting between the teams this season. This time, Villanova led for 32 minutes before St. John’s rallied. “It’s a two half game,” Heron said. “When we went there, we controlled the game for most of the time and then they came back and did a

Head coach Chris Mullin, left, Mustapha Heron and LJ Figueroa speak after the Red Storm came back from a 19-point deficit to beat Villanova on Sunday. St. John’s is closing in on the school’s PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2015. similar thing.” Since the Big East realigned, Villanova had gone 19-2 at MSG before Sunday’s game, including a 6-0 mark against St. John’s. The hero for the Red Storm was LJ Figueroa, who scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds. He also hit the go-ahead three to give St. John’s its first lead at 54-53, and another three that gave them a 58-57 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. “My teammates put me in a great position to get me the ball today,” Figueroa said. “Even though shots weren’t falling, they were still telling me to attack. Having Shamorie [Ponds]

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distribute like that and Mustapha was on fire. It just kept me going.” Justin Simon scored 13 points including a miracle buzzer beater in the first half from the other side of court, which gave the Johnnies some momentum. Now St. John’s is on the verge of its first NCAA Tournament since 2015. “We’re not complacent,” Heron said. “It’s good that we beat the defending national champions but we still have the rest of Big East play. Then we have a Big East tournament. So getting to the NCAA Tournament is Q third on our list.”

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The city’s Department of Transportation will add pedestrian safety features along three major roads in Queens by the end of 2019, according to a new Borough Pedestrian Safety Plan released by Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday. Rockaway Boulevard from Eldert Lane to 3rd Street, 37th Avenue from 114th Street to Woodside Avenue and 21st Street between 50th and 20th avenues all will see Vision Zero-related upgrades. “We said from the beginning that Vision Zero would change minds,” de Blasio told reporters at a press conference. “It would change the way we do things. We have some real evidence now after five years of the difference it can make — 2018 was the safest on the streets of New York City in over a century.” Using new data, DOT is identifying priority locations around the city. Some sites and corridors are receiving more in-depth interventions than before while new locations will receive critical safety upgrades. Places where crashes have decreased drastically will continue to be closely

monitored. By the end of this year the city plans to change traffic signals on all the new corridors to discourage speeding and give pedestrians exclusive crossing time at 300 intersections to prevent crashes and pedestrian injuries. “The bottom line is every time we find something that works, we want to apply it in more and more places in the five boroughs,” de Blasio continued. In February 2015, the Department of Transportation compiled data on crashes, deaths and serious injuries on streets throughout the city to create the Safety Plans. The plans have provided a road map for Vision Zero, by identifying the most dangerous intersections and corridors in the city. Improvements in recent years have resulted in dramatic reductions in the numbers of pedestrians killed or seriously injured in areas of Queens. “And as the Mayor said for what will now be year six of Vision Zero, we are not going to rest,” said Polly Trottenberg, commissioner of the DOT. “Our agenda is every bit as aggressive as it has been in the Q previous five years.”

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Seven years later, murder trial starts Rockaway landlord charged with killing tenant days before Sandy by Michael Shain Editor

In early October 2012, the talk of the Rockaways was the death of a popular, 39-year-old city schoolteacher, murdered in her newly built townhouse, just a block off the beach. Karla Shah Boguwalski was stabbed in the neck seven or eight times, her body wrapped in a painter’s tarp and left in the empty apartment above the one she shared with her husband. Cops at the time said they were looking for the doctor who owned the townhouse. Three weeks later, Hurricane Sandy washed over the Rockaways and suddenly the murder was no longer Topic A. Boguwalski’s death seemed lost in the past until last week when — seven years later — her accused killer, Dr. Keith Howard, quietly went on trial in Queens Criminal Court. Even by the measure of usually slow-moving homicide trials, it has taken Howard — who has been held in jail without bail since he was arrested a week after the body was discovered — a long time to get to court. “It’s a messy case,” said a source close to the case who provided background but was not authorized to discuss it publicly. According to prosecutors, Howard, who had a medical degree but never practiced

Seaspray Aveune, just off the beach, in Arverne, was the scene of a grisly murder in October 2012. Because Hurricane Sandy hit just a few weeks later, the crime was barely remembered GOOGLE MAPS until the trial of the accused killer began last week in a Queens court. medicine nor applied for a medical license, was obsessed with Boguwalski. Howard’s wife, Ma Guillerma, bought the townhouse on Seaspray Avenue in Arverne in February 2012, apparently as an investment, according to property records. Howard and his wife rented the downstairs unit to Boguwalski, an ESL instructor

at nearby PS 43, and intended to live in the apartment upstairs themselves, said the source. When the teacher failed to come home on Oct. 2, her husband called police and told them he saw blood on the stairs going up the Howard’s apartment, which was empty at the time.

Police discovered the body in the bathroom upstairs. News reports at the time said Boguwalski had complained to police earlier that Howard had entered her apartment unannounced on more than one occasion. This trial before Judge Barry Schwartz is in fact Howard’s second. At his first trial last year, the jury declared it was hopelessly deadlocked on a verdict. Whether it was a single juror or more who voted for acquittal was never made public. Howard’s defense rests largely on the question of whether a slight man in his sixties who’d suffered a documented heart attack before the murder was physically capable of carrying the body up a flight of stairs. The trial’s key witness, Boguwalski’s husband, reportedly investigators’ initial suspect, is expected to take the stand next week. Howard’s lawyer, Harold Ruvoldt, predicted it will be a long trial, probably about a month. He has not yet decided if Howard will take the stand in his own defense, the attorney said. Meanwhile, the house where the murder took place is still owned by Howard’s wife, Q according to property records.

Queens priests on sex allegations list Brooklyn Diocese says more than 100 men accused of misconduct by David Russell

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The Diocese of Brooklyn, which serves both Brooklyn and Queens, released a list of more than 100 clergy for whom the organization received allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor. “It is my hope that the publishing of this list will provide some assistance to those who are continuing the difficult process of healing, as well as encourage other victims to come forward,” said the Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio, the bishop of Brooklyn. “Sexual abuse is a heinous, sinful crime and we as a Diocese are committed to remaining vigilant against such abuse.” The share of those on the list who are deceased is about 60 percent. Among the living, in Queens it includes the Revs. Hugo Bedoya, Joseph Byrns, Christopher Coleman, James Collins, John Dwyer, Romano Ferraro, William Finger, James Frost, Vincent Gallo, Robert Guiry, Joseph Hassan, John Hauser, Brian Keller, James Lara, Andrezj Lukianiuk, Charles Mangini, Francis Manzo, Robert McConnin, Arthur Minichello, Thomas Morrow, James O’Brien, Stephen Placa, Adam Prochaski, Arthur Purcell, Ricardo Raveneau, James Russo, Barry Ryan, Michael Salamone, Patrick Sexton, Daniel Sheehan and George Stack; and Deacon Edward Huckemeyer.

In 2017, the diocese opened its Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program. Phase I was for individuals who previously reported abuse by a diocesan clergy member. Phase II is for those who want to come forward with a previously unreported allegation of abuse. “That’s not something they want to talk about openly with their family and in a courtroom,” said attorney Laura Ahearn, who represents many victims. “So for many of those adult men, it’s a good program.” “I’ve dealt with cases ranging from guys who groomed and spent many years sexually abusing kids, to an attack in the sacristy,” Ahearn said. She added that she has dealt with victims as young as 8 years old and as old as 80. “Most of the victims are adult men who are now in their 50s,” Ahearn said. According to Ahearn, the diocese across the state recognized the Child Victims Act was going to pass, “so they hurried to put into place settlement programs that would offer victims an opportunity to settle these cases out of court. And some folks who are more suspicious of their intent would say it’s to reduce their liability.” There were 108 names listed, including 67 clergy credibly accused and 41 who died or resigned prior to a finding of credibility. One auxiliary bishop, two deacons and

The Brooklyn Diocese listed 108 clergy members accused of sexual misconduct with minors during the 166-year history of the organization. A number of the accused were assigned to Christ FILE PHOTO the King at one point or another. 105 priests were included in the listing, span ning the 166 -year histor y of the diocese. The majority of reported cases in Brooklyn and Queens involved priests ordained between 1930 and 1979, with incidents of abuse peaking in the 1960s and 1970s.

More than 95 percent of priests in the history of the diocese are in good standing. The full list of names can be viewed at dioceseof brooklyn.org/sex-abuse-crisisresponse/list. The list also includes their assignments Q and their current status.

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Since October New York has seen a spike in measles cases, including 73 confirmed in the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. Others in Brooklyn and Rockland County also have been infected. Washington State has declared an emergency because of an outbreak that the Washington Post reported had infected 55 people in Washington and Oregon as of Feb. 6. And all for an illness that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says has been virtually eliminated in the United States. “Nearly everyone in the U.S. got measles before there was a vaccine, and hundreds died from it each year,” the CDCP says on its we b sit e , c d c.gov / va c c i n e s / va c - ge n / whatifstop.htm. “Today, most doctors have never seen a case of measles.” The outbreaks have come in areas where large percentages of children have not been vaccinated. Dr. Candida Cordice-Ford, a pediatrician with Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, said choosing to not vaccinate children is a mistake. “Vaccinations are important to prevent the spreading of disease,” Cordice-Ford told the Chronicle. “A lot of people are afraid because of a great deal of misinformation that is being spread, especially on the internet.”

Medical experts are reiterating the need for childhood vaccinations following large outbreaks of FILE PHOTO measles in Brooklyn and elsewhere in the United States. She said like any medication, the measlesmumps-rubella vaccine can have side effects, though they are usually minimal, such as fever and swelling around the injection site. Allergic reactions, which are far more serious, Cordice-Ford said, are rare. She said any child vaccinated at JHMC is monitored for 15 to 30 minutes afterward, and that parents are

given information on signs to look for after the child is home. “We discuss the benefits and risks with all parents,” she said. According to the city’s Department of Education, vaccines are required for all children ages 2 months to 18 years old who attend day care, public or private school.

In a statement on its website, the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said the first Brooklyn case was an unvaccinated child who picked up measles on a visit to Israel during “a large outbreak.” Other unvaccinated children have since picked up the illness. The Post article says the Pacific Northwest “is home to some of the nation’s most vocal and organized anti-vaccination activists.” The DOE has information and schedules about which vaccinations are needed online at schools.nyc.gov/school-life/health-andwellness/immunizations. The website also lists which procedures must be followed for parents seeking exemptions for medical or religious reasons. All children enrolled in prekindergarten, nursery school, daycare and Head Start programs in the city are required to have had their first measles vaccine, usually given around a baby’s first birthday. The city offers immunizations for measles and more than a dozen other diseases for children and adults and regardless of immigration status at its Fort Greene Health Center at 295 Flatbush Ave. Ext., 5th floor in Brooklyn. It is open from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and is accessible by public transportation. No appointments are necessary. Patients are asked to bring vaccination Q records and insurance information.

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Are children today turning into digital zombies? Do you feel panicked if you leave home without your mobile phone in hand? Do you find it difficult to sit in the house without browsing the internet on your devices? Are your children spending much of their classroom hours on tablets? Screen time has taken over most people’s daily lives, but at what cost? A 2014 report from Nielsen found that adults log a total of 11 hours of screen time per day. Delaney Ruston, a physician and creator of the documentary “Screenagers,” which explores young people’s use of digital devices, discovered kids spend an average of 6.5 to eight hours per day looking at screens. All of this time glued to digital devices has profound effects on physical and mental health and many experts are advising people to cut back on the time they spend on their devices. Brain damage Multiple studies indicate that spending considerable time on screens can produce atrophy (shrinkage or loss of tissue volume) in gray matter areas of the brain, according to reports in Psychology Today. These are regions of the brain where processing occurs. One of the most affected areas includes the frontal lobe, which governs executive functions like planning, prioritizing, organizing and impulse control. Another vulnerable area is the

On the average, today’s young people spend an average of 6.5 to eight hours per day glued to their digital devices, which may have a profound effect on physical and mental health issues. insula, which is tied to a person’s capacity to develop empathy and compassion for others. Research also shows that white matter can be compromised, which translates into loss of communication between cognitive and emotional centers within the brain.

Vision problems Staring into screens for extended periods of time can damage areas of the eyes and result in computer vision syndrome, which is characterized by trained eyes, blurred vision and headaches. The MultiEthnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study, con-

ducted by researchers and clinicians from the USC Eye Institute at Keck Medicine in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, has found that exaggerated screen time and insufficient sunlight exposure has more than doubled incidences of myopia (nearsightedness) among American children in recent years. Sleep disturbances University of Gothenburg psychologist Sara Thomée, a lead researcher into the effects of screen time on the body, says the blue light from digital devices suppresses the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin, keeping people from having restful sleeps. Overstimulation Screen time can cause hyperarousal, which may be more notable in children than adults, according to research published in Psychology Today. Regular amounts of screen time can cause the brain to be in a state of chronic stress, which can short circuit the frontal lobe. This may lead to addictive behaviors, rage, inability to recover from minor frustrations and hyperactivity. Screen time is profound and may be hurting minds and bodies. Many people have set goals to reduce the time they spend on electronics to improve their perQ sonal health. — Metro Creative Connection

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Routine dental examinations and cleanings are an important component of oral healthcare for both children and adults. However, many children do not visit the dentist until well after the time recommended by medical and dental professionals. Parents may be unaware of the dental health timeline, or they could be reluctant to bring their children for fear of how their kids will behave — especially if parents are harboring their own apprehensions about the dentist. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that a child go to the dentist by age one, or within six months of the eruption of his or her first tooth. Yet, according to a survey commissioned by Delta Dental Plans, the average age of a child’s first dental visit is 2.6 years. Parents worried about how their kids will respond to the dentist can take the following steps to acclimate kids to dental visits to make them more comfortable during their appointments now and down the road. • Be a positive role model. Children frequently learn by example. If they see their parents being diligent about dental care, they’re more likely to embrace proper oral hygiene. Bring children to your own dental appointments so they understand the process and become familiar with the type of equipment used. • Stick to the first-tooth milestone. Take your child to the dentist on or about when his or her first tooth erupts. Early dental visits will get kids used to going to the dentist and prevent minor problems that may lead to more complex dental issues.

• Read books about the dentist and role play. Information can allay kids’ fears about the dentist. Read books together about dental visits and act out possible scenarios with your kids. Give kids toy dental health tools and have them practice exams on you and vice-versa. • Be supportive and instill trust. Avoid telling your child that everything will be okay. If a procedure is needed, this could affect his or her trust in you and make the dental office an even greater source of anxiety. Simply be supportive and offer a hand to squeeze or a hug if your child needs you. • Consider using your dentist. Some parents like to take their children to a pediatric dentist, but it may not always be necessary. Many family practices cater to patients of all ages, and the familiarity of the office may help make children feel more comfortable. Speak with your dentist about the ages they see. • St e er cl e a r of ne g at i ve word s . M ich a el J. H a n n a , DM D, a n at ion a l spokesperson for the A A PD, suggests using positive phrases like “clean, strong, healthy teeth” to make the visit seem fun and positive rather than scary and alarming. Let the office staff come up with their own words to describe processes that won’t seem too frightening. By employing these techniques, kids’ dental visits can be more pleasant for all involved, paving the way for a lifetime of Q healthy teeth. — Metro Creative Connection

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Baking is one method of cooking that may not require the addition of fat. Meats that are baked can be placed on top of a rack, so that excess fat drips off and is contained in the bottom of the pan. • Explore poaching, broiling and grilling. Poaching, broiling and grilling are three healthy alternatives to frying. Broiling and grilling expose food to direct heat, so it is a fast method of cooking and may not be appropriate for foods that require longer cooking times to tenderize. Poaching is the process of simmering foods in water or another flavorful liquid. • Use minimally refined ingredients. Select among whole grains and ingredients that have not been refined. The closer a product is to its natural state, the more nutritional properties it is likely to have retained. • Season foods yourself. Rather than relying on prepackaged seasonings, mix your own blends. Packaged seasonings generally contain a lot of salt. Use fresh herbs whenever possible for the freshest of flavor. • Add heat for flavor. Spicy pepper, dry mustard and other zesty flavor enhancers can make foods taste delicious without added calories. • Try low-fat or fat-free dairy. Substitute low-fat alternatives for full-fat dairy items. For example, Greek yogurt can sometimes be used in place of less healthy ingredients such as mayonnaise. • Trim excess fats. Prepare meats and poultry well by trimming the fat and skin to make the final product even healthier. By remembering healthy eating involves not just the foods they cook, but also how those foods are cooked, home cooks can make Q their meals that much healthier. — Metro Creative Connection

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ARTS, CULTURE CULT C LTU U RE E & LIVING LIV L NG

About faces LIC portraits shine in one of four new exhibits at Plaxall Gallery

Many of these things are quite like the others. Themes of duality play out in four Long Island City Artists exhibits that opened with a Feb. 9 reception at the Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City. In “L.I.Centric,” curated by Norma Homberg, we see that duality doesn’t necessarily mean a strict binary. The exhibit breaks down the fourth wall with arresting portraits of LIC luminaries made by LICA ar tists via photographs and in other types of renderings.

“I think it’s a time to show how much creativity we have here,” at a time the area is getting a lot of attention in the news due to the sincenixed Amazon secondary headquarters plan, Homberg said. In viewing this exhibit, instead of trying to see the artists’ works as something they created and placed outside of themselves, we are invited to consider each artist in direct connection to the portrait he or she created and to the person depicted. As denizens of the locality of LIC, they may have had the chance to develop relationships. This is certainly

true for Jesse Winter, who included photo portraits of his daughter, Dale, and a neighbor he got to know, Rose, who lived to be 103 years old. “Viewing the personal relationships depicted between subject and artist, the network of shared space and community is made manifest in these poignant portraits,” the gallery notes say of the exhibit. The portrait artists also include Orestes Gonzalez, Jonathan Lev, Manolo Salas and legendary World War II photographer and veteran Tony Vaccaro. Vaccaro, who is claimed as an artist

both by the world and by Long Island City, included in the exhibit some photographs that had been taken of him. “This has significance because I was using the Hasselblad,” Vaccaro said of a portrait of him looking through the lens of a camera. One of Vaccaro’s favorite memories is having given an unstinting critique of the good, bad and ugly of the Hasselblad camera to a stranger who had asked, only to hear the man eventually disclose, “Mr. Vaccaro, I am Hasselblad!” continued on page 31

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DANCE

“Progression,” with works by 18 artists showing how street art has developed from exterior walls to inside art galleries. Through Fri., March 15, The Factory LIC, 30-30 47 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 392-0722, tessa@licartsopen.org, gallery@licartsopen.org.

“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.

“Bionic Me,” a multifaceted, interactive exhibit that lets participants fly a virtual jetpack, use the mind to move a ball, use gestures to control a robot arm, look through an infrared camera and more, all exploring technologies that “enhance the human experience.” Through Sun., May 5, 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. “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. “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.

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G

“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. “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.” Through Sun., Apr. 7, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

Ballet Nepantla: “Sin Fronteras,” (“Without Borders”), an exploration of “the in-betweenness of cultures,” blending Mexican traditions, contemporary and classic ballet and West African dance; with live music. Sat., March 2, 8 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20-$30. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

FILM Cirque Zuma Zuma, a troupe of acrobats, tumblers, singers, dancers and more, who made their U.S. TV debut on “America’s Got Talent,” will bring their high-energy show to Colden Auditorium on Sunday. See Special Events. 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 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.

MUSIC Songs Without Words: Les Delices, a program blending the concepts behind 17thcentury music and the modern era, with torch songs, jazz standards and improvisation, by Melisande Corriveau, left, Eric Milnes and Debra Nagy. Sun., Feb. 24, 3 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $25; $10 seniors, students; free teens. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY 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.

“See It Big!” Costumes by Edith Head, with a series of films the designer worked on in Hollywood’s Golden Age, such as “I Married a Witch” and “The Birds.” 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.

Long Island Composers Alliance and The Cobalt Saxophone Quartet, performing works for sax by composers from geographic LI. Sat., Feb. 23, 8 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $20 suggested. Info: (718) 268-6704, licamusic.org. An Afternoon of Chamber Music, with works by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms on violin, clarinet and piano, with tenor Aram Tchobanian. Sun., Feb. 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $12; $10 seniors, students. Info: (718) 459-1277, conbrioensemble.org.

THEATRE

“Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” the 2018 documentary following the lives of two young black men and others in a rural Alabama county over several years. Sat., Feb. 23, 2, 4 and 6:30 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. LOUVERTURE FILMS / THE CINEMA GUILD

“The Congresswomen,” a tragicomic exploration about women wielding power and whether utopias can exist in the real world, drawn from Aristophanes’ “The Assemblywomen” of 391 BC, by the Queens College Drama, Theatre & Dance Dept. students. Thu.-Sun., Feb. 28-March 3 and March 7-10, varying times, The Performance Space, M11 at Rathaus Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $18; $11 seniors, QC students. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org. “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. 21-23, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 4, 2 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $20-$30. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS Cirque Zuma Zuma, a high-flying, action-packed spectacle with acrobats, lion dancers, contortionists and more, hailing from 16 African nations. Sun., Feb. 24, 3 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $20-$35. Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org. Oscar Watch Party, hosted by improv comedian Rory Scholl, with snacks, trivia, prizes, drink specials, voting and more. Sun., Feb. 24, 7 p.m., QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $12. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com. continued on page 33

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by Mark Lord qboro contributor

What a pleasant surprise it was to see The Secret Theatre largely occupied by a group of high school students at last Thursday evening’s performance of its current tenant, “The Glass Menagerie.” The play is presented by Pigeonholed, a theater troupe that aims to “give theater artists the chance to make the work they want to make, not the work the industry tells them they should be making.” Here is a play, long a personal favorite, which premiered three-quarters of a century ago — 1944 precisely, in fact — and established Tennessee Williams as one of this country’s most prominent playwrights.

‘The Glass Menagerie’ When: Thu.-Sat., Feb. 21-23, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 24, 2 p.m. Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City Tickets: $20. (718) 392-0722, pigeonholedtheater.org

It features little action, only four fleshand-blood characters and a great deal of talk (with nary a curse word within earshot). It’s exactly the kind of play that, in these modern times, could easily sink into oblivion. But it’s far too good for that, and it’s encouraging to know that young people are still being exposed to it — and, from the overheard commentaries at the end of last week’s performance, finding it relevant to their own lives. Largely autobiographical, the play focuses on the Wingfield family: mother Amanda, a faded Southern belle who yearns for her youth; her son, Tom, a young man who is frustrated by his job in a shoe warehouse and his home life, from which he longs to escape; her daughter, Laura, a young woman with a slight physical handicap who is both mentally fragile and a social misfit; and the long-absent patriarch who took of f year s before the ac t ion commences. The final character to appear is one Jim O’Connor, a gentleman caller brought home as a possible savior for Laura. Over the course of two and a quarter hours, there is plenty of conversation ...

Katie Sparer as Amanda and Justin Cimino as Tom in “The Glass Menagerie.” brilliant, almost poetic conversation, the sort that has not been heard too frequently, if ever, in more recent plays. And the characters are so beautifully drawn and their respective plights so heartbreaking that it would be difficult for an audience not to get involved. And involved Thursday’s audience was.

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A Williams classic as poignant and painful as ever

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The performances, for the most part, were understated, some to better effect than others. Katie Sparer as Amanda was, as the moment required, the domineering mother and the nostalgia-filled dreamer. Justin Cimino as Tom slipped easily back and forth in his roles as the play’s narrator continued on page 33

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C M SQ page 30 Y K New York State Department of Transportation VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY CAPACITY AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO JFK AIRPORT PROJECT P.I.N. X735.82 Queens County, New York Notice of Public Hearing/Open House Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), has prepared a Draft Design Report/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DDR/DEIS) for the Van Wyck Expressway Capacity and Access Improvements to JFK Airport Project (Project). The Project has been advanced in accordance with the requirements of the Council on Environmental Quality regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 CFR Part 1500-1508), the FHWA Environmental Impact and Related Procedures; Final Rule (23 CFR Part 771), and the NYSDOT Procedures for Implementation of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (17 NYCRR Part 15). Formal Public Hearings/Open Houses on the Project will be held in Queens on: • Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Robert Ross Johnson Family Life Center, 172-17 Linden Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11434, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (formal presentation at 6:30 p.m.) • Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (formal presentation at 5:30 p.m.) The Open House portions of these public meetings will provide participants an opportunity to review and discuss the Project with NYSDOT representatives. The Public Hearing sessions will include a formal presentation and provide participants the opportunity to provide oral statements through a stenographer. The Project is located in Queens, New York along a 4.3-mile segment of the Van Wyck Expressway (VWE), including the northbound and southbound service roads. The purpose of the Project is to provide increased capacity on the VWE between the Kew Gardens Interchange (KGI) and JFK Airport to improve vehicular access to and from JFK Airport. In addition, the Project will address operational, geometric, and structural deficiencies on the VWE between the KGI and JFK Airport. The DDR/DEIS describes the Project; the consideration of social, economic, and environmental effects that would result from implementation of the Project; and measures to mitigate adverse effects. The DDR/DEIS will be available for review during business hours at the following locations on and after February 1, 2019: • • • • • • • • •

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Queens Library at Briarwood, 85-12 Main Street, Briarwood, NY 11435 Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432 Queens Library at Richmond Hill, 118-14 Hillside Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 Queens Library - Lefferts Branch, 103-34 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, NY 11419 Queens Library at Ozone Park, 92-24 Rockaway Boulevard, Ozone Park, NY 11417 Queens Library at Baisley Park, 117-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11436 Queens Community Board 6, 104-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Queens Community Board 8, 197-15 Hillside Avenue, Hollis, NY 11423 Queens Community Board 9, 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Room 310-A, Kew Gardens, NY 11424 Queens Community Board 10, 115-01 Lefferts Boulevard, South Ozone Park, NY 11420 Queens Community Board 12, 90-28 161st Street, Jamaica, NY 11432 Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY 11424 Kew Gardens Community Center, 8002 Kew Gardens Road # 202, Jamaica, NY 11415 South Jamaica Houses Community Center, 10904 160th Street, Jamaica, NY 11433 St. Joseph Community Center, 108-30 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435

The DDR/DEIS may also be accessed at https://www.dot.ny.gov/VWE. Comments may be submitted at the hearings, via mail, or via e-mail and will be received until March 18, 2019. Requests for further information or submission of comments regarding the Project may be sent to vwe@dot.ny.gov or the individuals listed below. Glorimar Reyes, P.E. Project Manager New York State Department of Transportation Region 11 47-40 21st Street Long Island City, NY 11101

Hans Anker, P.E. Senior Area Engineer Federal Highway Administration Leo O’Brien Federal Building Room 719, 11A Clinton Avenue Albany, NY 12207

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The director portrayed by James Patrick Curran, left, has a meltdown over his show’s reviews, as the other “It’s Only a Play” characters, played by Dean Shildkraut, Tim Reifschneider, Matt PHOTO BY MARK LORD Frenzel, Rich Feldman, Virginia Harmon and Faith Elliot, look on in shock.

The play’s the thing — and the critics’ reviews by Mark Lord qboro contributor

James Wicker (played by Rich Feldman), an actor on a recently canceled television series, may not actually be wishing a successful opening for his supposed best friend, Peter (Tim Reifschneider), the panicky author of the new play. They are joined by Virginia Noyes (Faith Elliott), the washed up and doped-up diva marking a comeback on the stage; Frank Finger (James Patrick Curran), the play’s young English director, seen by many as a theatrical genius, much to his dismay; Julia Budder (Virginia Harmon), the novice producer; Ira Drew (Dean Schildkraut), the acerbic critic; and Gus P. Head (Matt Frenzel), a young coat-check boy with theatrical aspirations of his own. Last Saturday night’s opening found some of the actors still struggling with lines, as well as some mistimed sound cues, mild issues sure to be eliminated during the run. The attractive set (designed by Jeff Arnold) and costumes (Sue Lynn Yu), most of them quite elegant, add to Q the flavor.

It’s really difficult to review a play that’s about a play being reviewed, especially when critics are the targets of some of the play’s most vicious barbs. Take, for instance, the line, “Reviews are what’s killing the theater.” And that’s one of the kinder sentiments expressed. Then again, everyone connected with the theater gets ribbed in “It’s Only a Play,” Terrence McNally’s vitriol-laced love letter to the profession. In the play, the current attraction at Parkside Players, where it runs through March 2, nothing much actually happens. But the audience is given an insider’s view into the goings-on at an opening night party, as all hands anxiously await the critical response. This satirical comedy, long on inside jokes and replete with dropped names, first came to light, albeit in a vastly different form, as far back as 1978. It has since undergone multiple revisions, the latest of which reached Broadway in 2014. With references a s modern a s When: Fri.-Sat., Feb. 22-23, March 1-2, “Hamilton” and Mike Pence, it seems 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 24, 2 p.m. to have undergone some additional Where: Grace Lutheran Church, tweaking in its latest incarnation. 103-15 Union Tpke., Forest Hills The ca s t of seven, under the assured direction of Bernard Bosio, Tickets: $18; $15 seniors, students; works as a tightly knit ensemble, por(718) 353-7388, t raying a n interes t ing a r ray of parksideplayers.com characters.

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continued from page 27 That would be Victor Hasselblad, creator of that camera and many others that bore his name. In the exhibit “Fuxico,” by Julia Equi and Davi Leventhal, as curated by Anna Pillow, the Brazilian art of quilting, usually with small flowers instead of the American-style squares, is on display. Leventhal and his sister, Nanda Leventhal, grew up with a blue quilt, and a green, in the Fuxico style of the Brazilian favelas, made for the siblings as children by their family friend and nanny, Marinette. Fuxico quilts often use small flowers instead of the square building-block pieces of fabric that make up Americanstyle quilts.

New LICA art exhibits When: Through Sun., March 3 Where: The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City Entry: Free. (347) 848-0030, licartists.org

Marinette grew up poor and went to work at the age of 12, with her parents’ blessing, on a farm owned by their greatgrandmother. Marinette remained a family friend throughout the years and lived long enough, until last December, to know that she had inspired Davi to create Fuxico artworks for the exhibit. In “Pairings” by Nancy Gesimondo, artworks themselves display duality. In this exhibit, the twinning is more abstract. Some works share the same perspective on shape — a saltbox house seen on the level — and others share the same arc of a rainbow of colors, the same effect on their subject, or even the same feathery silver something set centrally in the field of view.

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Faces and traces of past and present at Plaxall

Artist Davi Leventhal and his sister Nanda Leventhal in front of a multicolored Fuxico quilt he made and, in green, one made for the siblings as children by their family friend and nanny. At left are some of the portraits in the simultaneous “L.I.Centric” exhibit. On the cover: Photographer Jesse Winter and his daughter, in front of his porPHOTOS BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH trait of her as a slightly younger person. The exhibit “Towards Light & Color” by Cecilia Andre is a series of workshops in which participants are encouraged to

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C M SQ page 32 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. 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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, on behalf of the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-AHL, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-AHL, Plaintiff, -against- Scott Gordon, Esq., as Limited Administrator of the Estate of Larry Powell, Loretta Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell, LaTiffany Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell if living and if any 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, LaTeria Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell, LaCriesha Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell, Keon Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell and Larry Powell’s respective heirs-at-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, 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, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Mervis J. Gaboton a/k/a Mervis J. Gillispie, Jean B. Gaboton, US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-S3, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, Defendants. Index No.: 706573/2018, Filed: 2/14/2019. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged 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; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. 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 $320,000.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens on March 21, 2005 in CRFN 2005000163943, covering premises known as 135-27 Brookville Boulevard, Rosedale, NY 11422. 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: Bay Shore, New York, September 17, 2018, Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP, BY: Linda P. Manfredi, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706, (631) 969-3100, Our File No.: 01-044330-F02

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continued from page 28 Multicultural Celebration, a tribute in music and dance to various cultures from China to Mexico, by the Central Astoria Local Development Corp. Sun., Feb. 24, 12:30-4:30 p.m., Rioult Dance Center, 34-01 Steinway St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 398-5903, centralastoria.nyc.

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“The Beauty of Ballet,” a live performance of favorite moments from “The Sleeping Beauty,” “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake,” by the School of American Ballet; best for ages 4 and up. Sun., Feb. 24, 1 and 3 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free; RSVP suggested. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. PHOTO BY ROSALIE O’CONNOR

February Break Family Programs, with a different nature-inspired event or workshop each day. Thu.-Fri., Feb. 21-22, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Most $10; Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. Young Chefs “Love”ly Desserts, with kids 8-12 enjoying chocolate cake in a mug and more; and Little Cooks: Let’s Eggs-periment, with kids 5-7 trying out recipes with eggs from different animals, with a focus on the bobwhite quail. Sat., Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m.12 p.m. (Chefs); 11 a.m.-12 p.m. (Eggs), Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $24 (Chefs); $22 (Eggs). Info/pre-registration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

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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.

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 Saturday night dance, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, top 40 Italian and Latin music, food and more. Sat., Feb. 23 (and every other Saturday all year) 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100. Mardi Gras Masquerade, the fun of New Orleans, with DJ, dancing, hot buffet, soft drinks, dessert included with admission (21plus BYOB). Sat., Mar. 2, 7-11 p.m., Msgr. Finnerty Parish Center, 195 St. and 45 Ave., Flushing. $35. Info: (718) 357-8888, stkevinflushing.org.

MARKETS 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. Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com.

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. Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:3011:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

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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.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 01-0819, bearing Index Number NC-001237-18/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) INDRA (Middle) DARLEAN (Last) FORGENIE. My present name is (First) INDRA (Middle) DARLEAN (Last) FORGENIE AKA INDRA ALSURAN AKA INDRA D. FORGENIE AKA INDRA DARLENE FORGENIE FKA INDRA DARLEAN ALSURAN. The city and state of my present address are Corona, NY. My place of birth is TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. The month and year of my birth are August 1955.

SCRATCH STUDIOS, LLC Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 11/26/2018. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o Tyler Lyons, 20-56 35th Street, Queens, NY 11105. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1316214 for on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 26-05 28th Street, Astoria, NY 11102 for on-premises consumption. 26-05 Hospitality LLC d/b/a Anassa Taverna

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 02-15-19, bearing Index Number NC-001143-18/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) CHLOE KYLE (Middle) DENAGA (Last) FAVIS. My present name is (First) CHLOE KYLE (Middle) DENAGA (Last) DE LA TORRE (infant). The city and state of my present address are Maspeth, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are February 2007.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 01-07-19, bearing Index Number NC-001217-18/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) DOMINIC (Middle) AMIEL (Last) GALLEGO. My present name is (First) DOMINIC (Middle) AMIEL (Last) GALLEGO-LANDERO (infant). The city and state of my present address are GLENDALE, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are May 2005.

Notice of formation of S & L SHI LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/19. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 55-10 98th St., Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: any lawful act.

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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.]

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.

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

The beginnings and rise of P.C. Richard and Son by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Peter Christian Richard was born in Amsterdam, Holland on June 12, 1880. He landed in America in 1899 and got his first job driving a milk wagon. He soon married Odella “Della” Zimmermann, and they had a son, Alfred Joseph, on Oct. 11, 1909. Early Census records show Peter had an eighth-grade education and was a hardware storekeeper on P.C. Richard and Son appliance store, 96-09 Liberty Ave., Ozone Park, summer 1949. 18th Avenue in Brooklyn. A.J. left school to work in the business full time. In 1927, they decided tions of the company in 1947 and to move to 106-51 96 St. in Ozone Park. enlarged the store to a 56-by-123 foot They soon moved their hardware store to property introducing television sets and 96-09 Liberty Ave., Ozone Park and appliances. Peter died in 1972 and Angeline died in 1987. A.J., who built up an renamed it P.C. Richard and Son. Tragedy struck on June 29, 1935, when empire, passed away in St. Lucie, Fla. at Della passed away suddenly in Sau- the age of 95 in 2004. Today there are 66 stores in New York, gerties, NY. Peter then married Angeline Rudtke, 20 years his junior, in November New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylva1937. She gave him a daughter, Angela, nia, operated by third- and fourth-generaborn on Aug. 19, 1938, and he was a tion family members making it the largest chain of privately owned appliance busiproud father again at the age of 58. Q A.J. took over the day-to-day opera- nesses in the United States.

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RIP, Pedro Morales by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Baby-boomer pro wrestling fans were saddened to learn last week of the passing of Pedro Morales who held the Worldwide Wrestling Federation (the precursor to today’s WWE) championship belt in the early 1970s. He was 76 and had been battling Parkinson’s disease. Morales was also a part of Shea Stadium history as 22,000 spectators watched him battle the previous WWF champ, Bruno Sammartino, for 75 minutes of solid ring action. It ended in a draw only because of curfew rules. At the time, it was the largest crowd to watch a pro wrestling match in New York history. Keep in mind that there was neither cable television nor the internet back then. Pro wrestling could be seen only on UHF stations such as Channel 48 in Philadelphia and Channel 47 here in New York. Pedro Morales was born in Culebra, Puerto Rico and grew up in East New York. He was a terrific athlete and an important figure in Hispanic sports history who clearly never got his due because the outcomes of wrestling matches have always been predetermined. Nonetheless wrestlers have to be both top stuntmen and convincing actors in order to get people to buy tickets for their matches. The late WWF chief, Vincent McMahon, Sr., understood the growing economic impor-

tance of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic communities in the Northeast. That’s why he was eager to have Morales become the face of his wrestling promotions in the early 1970s. Cards at Madison Square Garden and the Spectrum in Philadelphia invariably sold out. Not long after, corporate America started taking note of the growing Hispanic market. Pedro Morales deserves some credit for that. It’s safe to say that among the constituencies who were angry about Amazon’s decision not to locate a major corporate campus in Long Island City were our area’s professional sports teams. They were counting on the retail giant to purchase season tickets and suites to entertain customers. Oklahoma City Thunder guard, onetime John Bowne High School student and Lefrak City native Hamidou Diallo raised his profile overnight by winning the annual NBA All-Star Game dunk contest last Saturday night. He leaped mightily over Shaquille O’Neal on the way to stuffing the basketball through the hoop. Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Harris, who is one of the most down-to-earth athletes you’ll ever meet, also had a big weekend in Charlotte, NC beating Steph Curry in the three-point shot Q contest. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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BROAD CHANNEL/HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

CONR-075366

T C O N T R AC

Asking $419K

Asking $825K

T C O N T R AC

Asking $680K

Beautiful custom Colonial. Large open concept with 23 ft. ceilings, 2 custom fireplaces, tinted UV windows. Beautiful kitchen with high-end SS appl., granite counter, FDR, den with Fplc, patio off den, custom staircase to 2nd flr. with 3 BRs, 2 full bths, balcony off MB, total 4 BRs, 3 1/2 bths, 42x100.

Apartments For Rent • HOWARD BEACH. 3 BRs/1 bath, 2nd floor ................................................................... $2,100 mo. • LINDENWOOD. 2nd floor, newly renovated, 3 BRs, 2 bths. ....................................................... $2,500 mo. • OZONE PARK (101 Ave.). 2 BRs/1 bath, plus office. Newly renovated includes heat. .... $2,100 mo. • HOWARD BEACH. 3 BR duplex, 1 1/2 baths, new kit, updated bath, new carpeting. ................... $2,100 mo.

• Hi-Rise Co-op. 1 BR/1 bath, washer/dryer on each floor. ............................................... Reduced $159K • Hi-Rise Co-op. 1st floor, 2 BRs/2 baths, hardwood floors. ...........................In Contract $239K • Hi-Rise Co-op. Large unit in totally redone building. 3 BRs/2 baths, living room w/L-shaped dining room. ..............................................................Asking $262K • Hi-Rise Mint AAA. 2 BRs/2 full baths, plus terrace, mint granite & SS appl. kitchen. 2 new baths. ..............................................................Asking $299K • Hi-Rise Co-op. 2 BRs/2 baths, mint cond., plus terrace. ..........................................In Contract $325K

Commercial Space For Rent • HOWARD BEACH Crossbay Blvd. (2nd floor) 850 sq. ft., all new office space. ........................... $2,750 mo.

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Co-ops & Condos For Sale Low Ranch on 40x109 in desirable Rockwood Park area, 3 BRs, 1.5 bths, pvt. driveway and large basement. Asking $ 689K

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