Queens Chronicle South Edition 02-23-23

Don’t conflate 421a and Good Cause bill

The tax abatement and the eviction bill are unrelated: state Sen. Stavisky

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

The cost of housing has become a burden for the average American, especially in New York. To address the housing crisis in the Empire State, Gov. Hochul has proposed creating 800,000 new homes, which include 100,000 affordable units, within the next decade.

Hochul intends to achieve that goal in part by renewing the 421a abatement, a tax break for developers who include inexpensive homes within their developments.

In 2020, over 51 percent of New Yorkers surveyed said that they spend at least 30 percent of their income on housing, according to the Population Reference Bureau, a data analysis group that examines and disseminates information about a populace, their health and well-being so the information can be used to support evidence-based policies.

As she announced highlights from her fiscal year 2024 executive budget plan last month, Hochul said that housing is a basic human right and a safe, affordable home should not be out of reach for anyone in the state.

In 2023, Hochul secured a five-

year $25 billion investment for the creation of 100,000 inexpensive homes, according to a spokesman of the governor.

Last year, the state unveiled 139 new affordable and supportive housing units in Jamaica, which cost $80 million to develop, the spokesman added. Construction is also underway to bring more than 500 additional apartments to the borough.

“New York faces a housing crisis that requires bold actions and an allhands-on-deck approach,” Hochul said in a statement in January. “Every community in New York must do their part to encourage housing growth to move our state forward and keep our economy strong.”

If renewed, 421a will be extended from June 2026 to June 2030 for ongoing developments. The abatement expired in June 2022.

While Democratic lawmakers believe that new housing throughout the city is essential, they are wary about renewing the abatement, which cost the city nearly $2 billion in tax revenue, according to The New York Times.

Some Democratic lawmakers — not all — say they will support 421a

if there is also support for the Good Cause Eviction bill, a plan that was introduced to prevent landlords from evicting tenants without cause.

State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) does not believe in conflating 421a with the Good Cause Eviction bill.

“I, in the past when it was first proposed, supported it because I think there have to be incentives for housing to be complete,” Stavisky told the Chronicle. “There have been abuses. Developers have taken advantage ... and that is wrong, obviously.”

The Housing Committee of the

state Senate is going over how the money is going to be spent, according to the senator.

Stavisky, a co-sponsor of the Good Cause bill, does not believe it should be tied to 421a.

“They are two separate issues,” Stavisky added. “There should be a carve-out for co-ops or condos. There is no mention of co-ops or condos in the bill.”

The state senator fears that people who have a condo or co-op could get evicted for nonpayment of carrying charges, a fee for owning the property. In Queens, the mostly middleclass co-op or condo owners can’t

afford a lawyer.

“People are concerned about the homeless population and they want affordable housing,” said Stavisky, who grew up in a rent-stabilized home with her mother in Manhattan. “I’m not against housing, it’s just got to be fair and affordable.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) told the Chronicle he has supported 421a since his City Council (2002-2008) days.

“Some incentive is needed to build what we should identify as affordable housing,” Addabbo said. “The issue that we are going to get into is what is affordable?”

Housing is the most pressing need in the city, according to the senator.

“This could be $1 billion in tax abatements, but do we get a return greater than that in terms of affordable housing units in the end?” Addabbo asked. “That is the debate. I’m trying to listen to both sides, my colleagues, the governor. Is this investment that we grant — is the return greater? Does the abatement equate to an increase in the development of affordable housing?”

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Gov. Hochul, left, wants to renew tax breaks for developers who build affordable housing, and state Sens. Toby Ann Stavisky, Joe Addabbo Jr. and John Liu support the abatement. However, Stavisky and Addabbo want to make sure developers don’t abuse the reduction in taxes.

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PEP approves $42M plan for locked entrances, more security features Schools to receive safety upgrades

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

The city is set to begin locking front entrances to schools and implementing additional security measures.

The Panel for Educational Policy, the governing body for the city Department of Education, last Wednesday approved a $42 million contract with a company that will install door locks, cameras and buzzers at 1,300 buildings.

The initiative was included in Mayor Adam’s preliminary budget proposal.

“Our kids’ safety should come first and it’s a step in the right direction of securing schools,” said Sherry Algredo, a Richmond Hill parent of two who chairs Community Board 9 and previously chaired its education committee.

“This is a practice in schools with special needs children like my son’s school and I feel safe knowing that no one can just walk into his school,” said Algredo, who previously served on Community Educational Council 27.

School safety agents will monitor cameras and buzz visitors in, Adams said back in January when the preliminary budget was released.

In Corona, PS 28 was part of a pilot program for the new security system because last fall, its principal had to subdue an intruder, according to reports.

“In larger schools it might be difficult since there is the PTA and parents always coming to pick up and drop off kids,” Algredo added.

Queens lawmakers applauded the move.

“In June, shortly after the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, I hosted a meeting with several city officials and school

administrators, where it was suggested that we take some of the very steps currently being implemented,” Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) said in a statement.

“More recently, in September, I wrote to DOE Chancellor David Banks, urging him to lock the doors of school buildings for the current school year. It’s great to see that these suggestions are now being implemented, and I hope that they will prevent future tragedies,” Ariola said.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) has a bill co-sponsored by state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) in committee that would require entrances to all schools be locked during the school day. All other school doors are supposed to be locked and alarmed.

“I visit classrooms across my district and many times the doors to a public school will be open and you can be well into the school building before you encounter a school safety guard,” Addabbo said in a statement. “Our private schools, Catholic schools and yeshivas all have locked doors where you need to be buzzed in, and I just want the same common sense security measures for our public schools,” he said.

Joseph Giacalone, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a retired NYPD sergeant, called it “security 101.”

“Go back to the basics,” he said. “You protect your home by locking the front door, you protect your car by locking it up.”

Gavin Healy, a Jackson Heights father of a fifth-grader, felt the PEP’s approval wasn’t representative of all parent and community opinions.

“It’s interesting that we see a vote

like this ... where the mayoral appointees say yes and almost every borough president appointee and elected member says no,” Healy said. “I think there’s a sense of urgency about the problem of school shootings and this is understandable but I think that it is distracting us from more meaningful, sustainable solutions to the problem,” he added.

Some PEP members echoed doubts about locking school entrances.

“I’m not saying it is the answer and I’m not saying it’s not,” said Queens Borough President PEP appointee Sheree Gibson at the meeting. “I’m saying, where is the engagement and the discussion? Where is the data?”

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said in a statement to the Chronicle, “As the father of a school-age child and the president of a borough with hundreds of thousands of students like him, I believe there’s nothing more important than the safety of our kids. There is no price tag that can be put on it. I look forward to continuing these conversations around efforts and initiatives such as this to ensure that our schools are safe havens for our children.” Q

Push for day off honoring South Asian holiday in schools continues Council resolution backs Diwali efforts

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

The City Council last week voted to pass a resolution supporting ongoing efforts to make Diwali a school holiday.

Councilwoman Linda Lee (D-Oakland Gardens) introduced Resolution 164 calling upon the city Department of Education to establish Diwali as an official holiday for public school students.

The resolution complements legislation introduced in Albany by Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) and by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven), which call for the state to replace the old Anniversary Day, or Brooklyn-Queens Day, with Diwali, as no additional days off can be added to the school calendar.

“We cannot fully appreciate the great diversity of culture and beauty of our City when one-fifth of our public school students are ultimately forced to make a painful choice between attending school

and celebrating their traditions at home with family,” said Lee in a statement.

“It is my hope that this resolution will allow children to partake in their celebrations in ways that previous generations of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean New Yorkers could not,” she said.

“The support of the City Council will add to the overwhelming momentum from New Yorkers of every background to pass A628 this year,” said Rajkumar of her bill.

She continued, “Our Councilmembers have sent the message today that we see and celebrate New York City’s South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities, and we will afford them the accommodations we give to everyone in our diverse City.”

Mayor Adams had promised to make Diwali, which is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists, a school holiday and announced the Albany route last year.

“Chancellor Banks and his team sat down and looked at the requirement of school days,” he said at a press conference at the time. “Instead of looking from a place of deficit, we looked from a place of surplus. And because of that, we were able to identify a way of using legislation, partnering with the assemblywoman, and using data to identify the days that we can use to have this important Diwali holiday without our young people missing days of school in the process,” he said.

The statement from Lee’s office noted that the Asian American Pacific Islander community has witnessed a rise in harassment and violence over the past three years, with a 361 percent increase from 2020 to 2021 in the city alone. Fear has spread among the community but acknowledging Diwali will serve as a way to celebrate and educate on the diversity of faiths here, she said. Q

Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, Schools Chancellor David Banks and Mayor Adams announced the city’s support of the state bill to make Diwali a school holiday last October.

PHOTO BY ED REED / NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE

City school buildings will soon have ramped-up security features including locked entrances.

PHOTO BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF / FILE

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Tenant said she is ready to fight back

Landlord is allegedly trying to evict her for resisting sexual harassment: NYCC

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

“Fight, fight, fight, housing is a community right,” is what nearly two dozen people chanted at a rally outside the steps of Queens Civil Court in Jamaica last Thursday in support of a tenant who is facing eviction after allegedly rejecting her landlord’s sexual advances.

Members from both Housing Justice for All and New York Communities for Change were in front of the court with picket signs because they felt for Carlene Hosang, an immigrant from Jamaica who works as a homecare worker and has lived with her 19-year-old daughter at her residence, the location of which she did not want to reveal, for 13 years.

Landlord Michael O’Neil’s lawyers, of Balsamo, Rosenblatt & Hall, a Brooklyn law firm, were not able to be reached for comment.

To Housing Justice and NYCC, a statewide tenants rights group and a community-first organization that advocates for affordable homes and against economic exploitation, respectively, Hosang is another example of why there needs to be a Good Cause Eviction bill, a state proposal would prohibit the eviction or non-renewal of a renter without good cause, such as nonpayment.

“We are fighting for housing as a right, a right free from predatory behavior,” said JeanAndre Sassine, Southeast Queens co-chair for

NYCC.

Sassine said lessees have a right to live in dignity, from avoiding price gouging and living in safety.

“We are gathered here because of a bad actor,” the SEQ co-chair added. “Carlene Hosang should be living her life and pursuing her happiness, instead of being pursued by a landlord who thinks she should owe him more than just rent. We are here supporting Carlene and demanding Albany to support other Car-

Community effort for quake victims

The Ozone Park community and beyond came together last weekend to collect over 100 bags of goods to send to victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

The Ozone Park Residents Block Association, the Ozone Park Howard Beach Woodhaven Lions Club, the Deshi Senior Center, Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services and the Masjid Al-Abidin pulled off the drive on Saturday at the senior center.

When delivery plans were thwarted, Ido Shargal from the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit stepped in and the NYPD’s Middle East and Turkic Society and Muslim Officers Society, above with block association President Sam Esposito, left, came to the rescue. At right, Angela Nocerino and Iris Torres volunteer at the drive. — Deirdre Bardolf

lenes and vulnerable renters in New York.

“With Good Cause in place the vulnerable will have protections instead of being at the whims of predators ... No one needs to be a victim in this city or this state.”

For Hosang, who looked at her daughters Anvockay Bissiney, 32, and Daniel Watt, 19, while addressing the crowd, the struggle she must overcome is more personal.

“I grew my kids up in that house and I never disrespected anybody,” said Hosang, who wants

to be a good example to her children. “I never owed him rent, and if I needed help with rent I know that there is a system, right, and that system fights for me. Why is it that when you are getting your rent you are harassing me for sex?

... On behalf of myself, my kids and other women, I will never stoop that low.”

With the help of her translator, Nesar Bhuyan, Nahar Akber, a Richmond Hill resident, told her own tenant story.

“The landlord cut off my heat, gas and water,” Akber said. “The landlord sent me a letter telling me that I have to leave my house this month. I live with my daughter and my grandchild.”

Akber said that she had always paid rent on time, but stopped last month when her landlord allegedly cut off her heat and the other utilities.

Aaron Fernando, a Richmond Hill resident and a member of Housing Justice for All, said it was his third time in front of the Civil Court for an eviction case within the last year.

“This keeps on happening,” Fernando said, “where a few people with money, resources and power are able to make these decisions for everybody else. One landlord can decide to file an eviction or turn off the heat and one judge can make a decision about this case and one governor and our state leaders in Albany are going to decide to let these evictions to keep on

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Charges in SOP deli shooting last week

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

A deli worker in South Ozone Park miraculously survived being shot at, including in the head, by a perpetrator with two different weapons last Wednesday.

According to the Queens District Attorney’s Office, Donnie Hudson, 35, of Rockaway Boulevard, entered the Rockaway Express deli around 2:30 p.m. and allegedly fired three shots at Fahmi Kaid, 47, who was behind the counter. One shot grazed Kaid’s head but that wasn’t enough for Hudson, who left the store and returned about 30 seconds later with an assault weapon, which the DA’s Office says he fired multiple times at the employee, who was lying on the floor.

According to the complaint, Hudson lived in the apartment above the store. Earlier that day, he went to retrieve his mail, which was behind the counter. A couple of hours later, he returned with the weapons.

In total, Kaid sustained the grazed gunshot wound to the head, a gunshot wound to the wrist, injury to his radial artery, a major blood vessel in the arm, and a volar laceration that will require surgery.

Kaid was treated at a hospital and is in

stable condition, authorities said.

Upon further investigation, police found that a second victim, 27, who was nearby when the shooting occurred, suffered a gunshot wound also to the wrist.

Hudson was arrested a few blocks away just before 7 p.m. and was allegedly found with a .40-caliber pistol, an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and multiple magazines and rounds of ammunition.

He told police that he bought the AR-15 in Tennessee, according to the complaint, and said, “I’ve used those guns a lot of times. I used the gun today to shoot.”

He was arraigned and charged with attempted murder in the second degree, assault and multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon. If convicted, Hudson faces up to 25 years in prison.

“This was a brutal, calculated assault using battlefield weaponry,” said District Attorney Melinda Katz in a statement on Friday. “Under absolutely no circumstances are we going to stand for turning our communities into war zones. Given the firepower deployed in this violent attack, we asked for the defendant to be remanded into custody. Thankfully, the judge agreed.” Q

Carlene Hosang, a tenant from Southeast Queens, said that she was forced to go to Queens Civil Court because she resisted alleged sexual advances from her landlord, who now wants to evict her and her 19-year-old daughter.

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Meeks funds local projects in Queens

More than $16.3M allocated for senior services, a diabetes center

and more

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) secured more than $16.3 million for community projects last year, allocating funds for organizations throughout the city.

In Queens, Alpha Phi Alpha Senior Citizens Center ($154,000), in Cambria Heights; Black Spectrum Theatre ($1,275,750 million) in Jamaica; Chhaya ($150,000) in Jackson Heights; the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. ($2 million); Haitian Americans United for Progress ($364,558) in Hollis; Jamaica Hospital Medical Center ($4.305 million); the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in Jamaica ($325,000); the St. John’s Episcopal Hospital ($3 million)in Far Rockaway; and York College ($2,117,500). The Jamaica and Rockaway YMCAs ($1 million) also received funding, according to a press release.

Meeks said that he was thrilled to support local projects within his district.

“The funding will ensure that my constituents are receiving the necessary resources they need to provide for their families and live in a safe community,” he said in a statement.

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The senior center received assistance toward its transportation services; Chhaya, a social services organization, received funds toward a small business assistance program; and HAUP received a reward for its youth leadership and workforce programming, according to Meeks’ office. GJDC received a check for a small batch manufacturing development initiative, Black Spectrum received one for an African-American history program, the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center will use its funds to create a Diabetes Wellness Center, and Jamaica Hospital and York Collage will use the allocated money for new equipment. York College will also put aside funds for a science workshop

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working with the city and Mayor Bill de Blasio, said the senator.

“We must equate it to the increase in development of affordable housing,” he said.

As for the Good Cause Eviction bill caveat, Addabbo is not one of the state senators who plan to hold up the abatement because of that bill.

“I do not support the Good Cause Eviction,” he said. “I know that will be in the discussions, but I will see where the discussions go for the next four weeks — but I think they are unrelated.”

training program.

The funding at the YMCAs will go toward enrichment programs.

Sharon Greenberger, the president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater New York, was grateful that the congressman was prioritizing operations at the Jamaica and Rockaway locations.

“The last two years have been enormously challenging for our city, and these funds will enable both the Jamaica Y and the Rockaway Y to continue providing critical programs and vital services to our communities,” Greenberger said in a statement via email.

The remaining funds went to Long Island Cares ($360,100) in Hauppauge toward its benefits programs; the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty ($1 million) in Manhattan for its senior services; and the Roxbury Volunteer Emergency Services ($257,000) in Manhattan for a new ambulance. Q

If there are more affordable units to begin with, there would not be a need for a Good Cause legislation, Addabbo said.

“I don’t think there is any area that is immune to the need for housing ... salaries are not commiserate with the cost of living,” he said. “What are the details [of 421a]? Will there be more credible units? We will see.”

State Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside) agrees, according to Scott Sieber, Liu’s spokesman.

“Building more housing is a high priority for Sen. Liu and currently there are many ideas and strategies on the table, all of which will be carefully considered and deliberated over the next couple of months,” Sieber said in a statement. Q

U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks, center, presents Cedric Dew, VP of Transitional Housing at Jamaica YMCA, and Michael Garcia, executive director of Rockaway YMCA, a check for $1 million for enrichment programs at their YMCAs.

PHOTO COURTESY YMCA

EDITORIAL AGEP

DOT making streets ugly

The city just hired its first chief officer of the realm. Though the name sounds medieval, this person is supposed to do a modern job, coordinating agencies to “deliver vibrant, attractive public spaces throughout the city,” as she told NY1.

One agency she should call immediately is the Department of Transportation, which, as part of what only a fool would not realize at this point is a war on cars, has been making the city more stilted and ugly every day. It’s been doing this by marring our streets with those portable mini speed bumps and curbs that get bolted down at intersections and, even worse, the vertical plastic posts that get stuck into them or attached to the asphalt on their own. They’re stupifyingly ugly, and they’re sprouting up all over the place like some kind of super-early perennial weed you want to see mown down. Every one of them is a glaring white middle finger to the people of Queens. Take a ride along 62nd Drive from, say, Yel-

lowstone Boulevard to Queens Boulevard, to see the damage to the streetscape the anticar fanatics at the DOT did in just a few days last week. It’s one clump of posts, delineators or bollards after another, all to ensure drivers can never go outside the lines no matter what the reason. Sometimes there’s a good one.

“Safety!” scream the DOT and its activist allies. Yet traffic fatalities have spiked in recent years, even as more plastic has been installed. And if safety were traveling’s only point, you could make the speed limit 10 mph (there are lawmakers seriously considering 20). Plus, the DOT is doing weird stuff like installing pedestrian islands next to curbside bike lanes. Huh? You just crossed a street and you need to rest before you cross a bike lane?

A lot of this sure looks like it’s just punishment for drivers. For existing. And it’s making day-to-day life more difficult and less appealing. Is there anything, oh chief officer of the realm, that thou canst do to help us?

A weakened governorship

New York State has long been known for having a particularly strong governor. Decades ago, academics said New York’s chief executive had more formal powers than those in any other state except Maryland. Combine that with a forceful personality and political acumen — think Thomas Dewey or Andrew Cuomo — and you’ve got a lot of power in one person.

It’s more power, in fact, than one person is supposed to have in the United States. There’s a reason Article I of the Constitution is about Congress and Article II about the presidency — the legislative branch is the “first branch” of government. But not in New York.

Until now, that is.

Gov. Hochul is no Cuomo (thank goodness!). Where he managed to manipulate the Legislature for his own

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

George’s beanstalk

Dear Editor:

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political benefit (remember the Independent Democratic Conference, several senators who aligned with Republicans?), she is instead being pushed around by lawmakers, as seen in the failed nomination of Justice Hector LaSalle to head the Court of Appeals.

This swing to the legislative branch would only be a natural reaction to the monarchical tendencies of Cuomo, especially as those were enabled even more by the Covid pandemic. But it’s also happening because the Legislature has gotten more assertive due to its strengthened one-party nature. Democrats have veto-proof majorities in both houses. Republicans have dreams.

Now that it’s budget time, we’ll see where the legislators take us, how Hochul counters them, and whether this power shift looks like it will last.

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George Santos secured more than 140,000 votes under false pretenses. Can NY-3 sue him to get the salary we pay him back? We’re not getting a representative for our money. Can we get compensation for pain and suffering? He’s not working for his district. He’s absconding with a salary. When I arrived at his Douglaston office for an 11 a.m. appointment with one of his staff on Feb. 1, the office was cordoned off by police who corralled a crowd of protesters complete with signs asking for the removal, resignation and retreat of George Scam-tos.

Santos has no more discernable substance than an Invisible Man, the H.G. Wells-Kevin Bacon-Hollow Man version. Santos bandaged himself in yards of lies to strut into the sunlight. He absurdly protests that he’s done nothing wrong. Inside him, there is nothing to be seen. It’s frightening every time the bandages slip a little more. Until Congressman Ritchie Torres tweeted, “George Santos has been caught ‘embellishing’ his Congressional resume, falsely claiming that he cast a vote against the Omnibus budget on December 23rd, 2022. Santos was not a congressman at the time except in his own imagination,” Santos’s official website listed the lie.

His latest patch on his lack of substance is a lapel pin in the image of an assault rifle. He wore it on the House floor during Gun Violence

And the latest? We witnessed his arrogant occupation of a seat on the aisle at the State of the Union address. After Sen. Mitt Romney chastised him there, Santos invented a meeting with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in which she expressed her support. Sinema’s office stated unequivocally that never happened. The list grows like the beanstalk in the fairy tale.

Debra Michlewitz Bayside

Stop the crawl

Dear Editor:

I think lowering the speed limit is a mistake. We barely crawl in our cars as it is. You only add fuel to the fire by further lowering the speed limit. People who observe the speed limit are not the ones who cause accidents. That is caused by the people who don’t observe the

speed limits. Further decreasing the speed limit will only aggravate the speedsters further. They are so stymied by the snail’s pace of traffic that they will do anything to get ahead. I am distracted while driving by constantly checking my speed, especially on main thoroughfares, checking to see if the drivers behind me are going to do something stupid because they are angry that I’m not moving fast enough, avoiding potholes and watching for scooters.

Also, the new traffic lights where you cannot see their color until you are underneath them are another reason to take my eyes off the road. Enough already! Keep the speed limit at 25 and increase it to 35 on major roads and boulevards so that traffic can flow. Lowering it will only cause the crazies to drive crazier.

I would suggest ads aimed at the public reminding them of safety measures they should heed while crossing the street.

Linda Dobson Middle Village

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

Students fight for ed

Dear Editor:

Higher education is the most important investment that people can make in their future. However, in recent years, the cost of college has become unaffordable. Despite higher education being more important than ever with a decline in economic activity, tuition costs are surpassing inflation, and many students are finding themselves struggling to pay for education.

As a lifelong Queens resident and student myself, I and many others know firsthand about the bias in recent years. Despite CUNY schools’ history of being free for all students decades ago, presently students are working, taking out loans and struggling to make ends meet to pay for public education. Seeing classmates and friends drop out of college or decline acceptance letters due to tuition, denying dreams and future prospects, is something that should not continue to run rampant.

The TAP program in New York State is an initiative offering vital financial assistance to students, making education accessible and affordable. However, with recent assistance from Gov. Hochul, program cuts and raising tuition at a 3 to 6 percent hike, funding for financial aid programs that are vital sources of assistance is being reduced. These effects are detrimental to students from middle to low-income families, and those attending CUNY/SUNY.

To address this, on Feb. 28 hundreds of CUNY students and I will be going to Albany to advocate for higher education funding. I call on Gov. Hochul to honor her commitment to higher education and refrain from further increases in tuition costs and cuts to financial aid programs. By making our voices heard, we can ensure that higher education remains accessible and affordable. The upcoming trip is an important step in this process. Especially if you are a Queens college student please join us for Higher Education Action Day in Albany! Email queens@nypirg.org for more details.

Alice Lee Forest Hills

The writer is a student at Queens College and intern with the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Revisioning Aqueduct

Dear Editor:

In her campaign to make room for New York’s growing population, Gov. Kathy Hochul envisions the end of horse racing at Aqueduct Race Track. We can lament the end of a 128year racing tradition, but as planners prepare to redesign this site, they can incorporate elements of the racetrack into the new neighborhood. I can imagine the one-mile circuit as a circular road with a park inside it, and new streets around them carrying the names of famous horses and races that took place at Aqueduct.

Nothing lasts forever. Rochdale Village was also built on a horse racetrack and Electchester was built on a former golf course. Both of these developments are vital to the borough’s working class families. More importantly, with new housing, planners must make sure that it does not adversely impact traffic and transportation.

Planners should connect the segments of

Linden Boulevard that are blocked by the racetrack, and recognize that the revival of the LIRR Rockaway Beach branch as the QueensLink will ensure that Aqueduct neighoborhood’s residents and workers will have easy access to Manhattan and the rest of Queens.

Sergey Kadinsky Fresh Meadows

Cars killed jobs, too

Dear Editor:

Richard Nebenzahl worries that after efforts

“to discourage, restrict or prevent automobile drivers” take effect, “we’ll be getting around by horse and buggy,” eliminating employment “at gas stations, auto dealerships, parking garages, repair shops, auto supply stores, car washes and other related businesses” (“Toll of the war on cars,” Letters, Feb. 16). Those automotive occupations eliminated others in the horse and buggy industry they replaced, while subsidized fossil fuels undermine the development of alternatives that could make them equally obsolete.

Joel Schlosberg Bayside

Trump lied the most

Dear Editor:

Edward Riecks was right in the letter he wrote a few weeks ago “A lie is a lie” (“Democrats lie, too,” Feb. 9). But some lies are worse than others. Just like one lie is not equal to 30,573 lies. That’s the number President Trump spewed during his four years in office. Trump — who’s still the leader of the party Mr. Riecks supports.

Some of Trump’s greatest hits? It didn’t rain during his inauguration, which he falsely claimed was the largest in history. The coronavirus was under control. But Trump didn’t restrict himself to verbal lies. He also used visual aids. Like the time he used a Sharpie marker to crudely alter an official National Weather Service map to add Alabama to the proposed path of Hurricane Dorian. That ridiculous display might have been funny had White House officials not tried to pressure federal weather experts into saying he was right and they were wrong.

And let’s not forget Trump saying he didn’t know about the payment to Stormy Daniels. Or what about Trump saying that President Biden would destroy protections for people with preexisting health conditions?

Mr. Riecks then claimed that Maxine Waters encouraged violence against supporters of Donald Trump during the George Floyd murder trial. The truth? A reporter asked her, if Officer Chauvin isn’t convicted on all charges, “What should protesters do?” Her exact response? “Well, we gotta stay on the street. And we’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.” By contrast, according to Trump’s former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Trump asked, “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?” So congratulations to Mr. Riecks for trying to equate the lies of the GOP with the lies of Democrats by lying about Maxine Waters.

Robert LaRosa Sr. Whitestone

Assembly map hearing lasts six hours

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

The York College faculty dining room was packed with dozens of Queens residents last Thursday evening who were eager to voice their opinions on the Independent Redistricting Commission’s latest draft Assembly maps.

And though the numbers dwindled by the end of the six-hour hearing, community members overwhelmingly supported the IRC’s plan for Assembly District 24, which would unify Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park into one district. Residents have advocated for that for years, as having one district for the neighborhoods would unify the area’s South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities.

The most recent draft, which was released Dec. 1, is the result of a second lawsuit in the state’s more than a year-long redistricting saga. When the state’s first-ever IRC could not agree on maps at the beginning of 2022, the Legislature took up the mantle of drawing new congressional, state Senate and Assembly maps, passing them last February. That sparked a lawsuit disputing both the partisan lean of the congressional and state Senate maps and whether lawmakers had the authority to draw them; the Assembly maps were not challenged at that point. Though the state Court of Appeals ultimately said last May that those maps, too, were unconstitutionally drawn, the court allowed the Assembly maps to stand because they had not been included in the initial suit. The other two, however, were redrawn, leading those two primary elections to be delayed by two months. But a subsequent lawsuit took care of the Assembly maps, and Justice Laurence Love of the Supreme Court of New York County ruled last September that the IRC would be tasked with drawing new ones.

Though some of last Thursday’s 100-plus speakers voiced frustration that the state is facing yet another round of redistricting this Cen-

sus cycle, as Carina Nieves of Richmond Hill pointed out, she and her neighbors would not have gotten anything near what the proposed AD 24 lays out.

“This is a community of interest, and we’ve been disenfranchised for a long time ... I’m thankful for this map. But I’m also thankful for the people who came back and went to court and said, ‘The Assembly maps were horrible,’” she said. “So we have to give some props to the Republicans. Because otherwise, this map wouldn’t have existed, right? And we wouldn’t have a map that represents us.”

Countless others praised that part of the IRC’s December draft. That included Richard David, a community leader in South Richmond Hill and one of two district leaders in AD 31. (The AD 31 map in effect for the 2023-24 legislative cycle covers parts of South Ozone Park and South Richmond Hill.)

“For as long as we’ve lived here, our neighborhood has been divided. In fact, we have never known a neighborhood at any level of government that’s been politically compact, where we can fight for the representation that people like Shirley Chisholm has fought for, for generations before us,” he said, referring to the area’s vibrant Guyanse and — more broadly, Indo-Caribbean — communities. “So the map that you’ve created really presents an opportunity for our community to be seen and heard, for our community to participate in the political process that we are here to do.”

“We deserve to be united and not divided,” agreed Mohammad Amin, executive director of the Caribbean Equality Project, which aims to empower Afro- and Indo-Caribbean LGBTQ+ immigrants in South Queens.

In decrying the division of his neighborhood into three districts, Israel Pescovitz of Kew Gardens Hills called the AD 24 plan “an inspiration.”

“I wish my neighborhood would turn out the

way you guys do.”

But for all the praise for the AD 24 plan, there was just as much criticism to go around. Many of those testifying Thursday took issue with the proposed AD 26. That draft lays out a district that spans the southern half of Bayside, Little Neck, Douglaston, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, Hollis, parts of Queens Village and a few blocks of Jamaica Estates. The map — which South Richmond Hill activist Aaron Fernando calls “the backwards ‘C’” — is much larger than the version of AD 26 that re-elected Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) last fall.

Fernando is a member of the Asian Pacific Americans Voting and Organizing to Increase Civil Engagement (known as APA VOICE) Redistricting Task Force, a coalition of community organizations and leaders throughout the city to advocate for Asian voting power; he helped design the group’s maps, which it submitted to the IRC. In advocating for that plan, he testified Thursday that AD 26 ought to be split into two districts: one for the so-called “Hillside Corridor” — which would include Glen Oaks, Bellerose, Hollis, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills and parts of Utopia and Briarwood — and another for Bayside, Little Neck, Douglaston, Bay Terrace, Whitestone and College Point.

“You want to keep the Hillside Corridor together,” Fernando said. “Anyone who’s walked down Hillside Avenue knows what it is: It’s home to vibrant South Asian, Indo-Caribbean businesses communities, Bangladeshi, Punjabi, Indian, Guyanese [people] and more.” He added that it would be a predominantly Asian district, which would allow residents to elect a South Asian or Indo-Caribbean candidate.

Numerous others — many from the Hillside Corridor themselves — praised that part of the APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force plan throughout the hearing. But they were not the only ones to object to the IRC’s proposal for

AD 26. Lillian Ji, a retiree and longtime Bayside resident, said the district was not compact.

“For the 27 years I’ve lived in Bayside, I have never gone to the Hillside Corridor or Queens Village,” she said. “I have no idea where Glen Oaks is.”

Also a product of the APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force plan is a proposal to make the proposed AD 40 smaller by bringing its eastern edge inward to 166th Street. Many Chinese and Korean residents who testified noted that including some of Eastern Flushing in a district with Downtown Flushing, Murray Hill and Linden Hill would weaken its coalition of Asian voters, and that the racial and class demographics in Eastern Flushing differ. Some Southeast Queens residents who testified, including Amir Abadi from Jamaica, took issue with the way the IRC’s draft splinters Springfield Gardens, Laurelton and Rosedale between ADs 33, 29 and 31, respectively, which together collectively represent a large swath of Black homeowners.

“I think it fixes a problem that does not exist,” Abadi said of the proposal for AD 29. “The current changes to the lines dramatically increase the input of renters from the northern half of the district in the Downtown Jamaica, Jamaica Estates area, and dilute the homeownership of the overall district. Laurelton and Rosedale were previously a part of the 29th Assembly District, and they compensated the St. Albans, Jamaica regions, which are filled with homeowners who have similar single family duplex compositions.”

A similar problem — or lack thereof — was flagged as a concern in AD 30, which, as is, includes Woodside, Elmhurst, Maspeth, Middle Village as well as parts of Astoria and Jackson Heights. Some were critical of the plan’s division of the Filipino and Tibetan communities in

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While AD 24 plan is a hit, still much room for improvement in Queens

Aaron Fernando, a South Richmond Hill-based activist who helped design the APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force maps, argued last Thursday evening that the proposed Assembly District 26 should be split into two districts. IRC LIVESTREAM SCREENSHOT

The Independent Redistricting Commission released its most recent draft Assembly district lines on Dec. 1. Queens weighed in on the plan last Thursday. NYS IRC MAP VIA DAVE’S REDISTRICTING / FILE

Some proposed districts, residents said, are too big, earning nicknames like “the backwards

‘C’” and “the serpent of Central Queens.”

Boro says priorities are jobs, green space, year-round entertainment Cohen shares results of 6 visioning sessions

by Sophie Krichevsky

Associate Editor

Green space, year-round entertainment and well-paying, local jobs: That’s what Queens said its priorities are for the 50 acres west of Citi Field, according to a report released Tuesday on Mets’ owner Steve Cohen’s first six visioning sessions.

“Having spent hours with the community at these sessions, one thing is abundantly clear: Everyone believes we can do better than 50 acres of parking lots,” Cohen said in a statement. “We’re encouraged by what we have been hearing and will continue to host these sessions over the coming weeks to further inform our ultimate vision for the area.”

More than 1,000 people voiced their opinions through sticky notes, dot stickers and dialogue at the first six visioning sessions, which took place throughout December and January; 85 percent of participants attended one of the two events at Citi Field last month. Other smaller groups met in Downtown Flushing, East Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights.

The sessions coincide with the beginning of the New York State Gaming Commission’s Request for Applications for three commercial casino licenses, which have long been earmarked for the downstate region. Over the last year, Cohen has quietly campaigned for a license to be awarded for a Willets Point casi-

no. Area civic leaders have been widely opposed to that idea, largely because the land in question is considered parkland that was leased to the Mets in 1961.

The Court of Appeals in 2017 halted the construction of a shopping mall there — one of several other past proposals for the site — for that reason, though the decision said it is possible for the state Legislature to alienate the site for a specific use. When previously asked about that obstacle, a spokesperson for Cohen said should the project proceed, they would seek to expand the permitted use of the land; doing so, he said, would be a legislative rather than a legal matter nor would it bypass any required city permits.

Though Tuesday’s report mentions gaming as one possibility for year-round entertainment, it was one of several other ideas, including space for live music and festivals, bars and restaurants or community events, to name a few. Some residents got specific: They suggested that the area play host to a Langston Hughes Jazz Festival or the Flushing Meadows Soap Box Derby. Others advocated for a food hall fea-

turing area restaurants and vendors.

Creating more green and open space could serve that purpose; a press release with the report said that open space was the “highest-ranked feature” when participants were asked what would improve a day at the ballpark. While some said they would like to see more community athletic fields, oth-

ers called for easy waterfront access.

Accessibility was another significant piece of the puzzle. The report says that while more than half of the participants drove to Citi Field, only 20 percent said they wanted to continue getting there by car. Many said they’d prefer to take the subway or Long Island Rail Road, bike or walk to the stadium instead. Nearly 10 percent of respondents said they would like to get to Citi Field by ferry, which would dock in the marina.

But none of those ideas would be possible without people to operate those facilities: Jobs were of chief concern for many during the visioning sessions. In creating those jobs, local hiring and making a living wage were the top priorities for participants. In addition to supporting local businesses, many said they wanted those roles to be union jobs, and that some should be entry-level positions or have on-thejob training while still allowing for upward mobility.

Dates and times for upcoming visioning sessions have yet to be scheduled. Q

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More than 1,000 people weighed in at the first six visioning sessions on the future of the 50 acres west of Citi Field. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS FUTURE

Raises double the amount NYC has set aside; Adams says funds will be found City, DC 37 reach tentative contract

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

The city last week reached a tentative agreement with its largest public employee union on a new contract.

And while it is being considered a good deal for members of District Council 37, some critics are questioning whether the city can afford the five-plus-year deal with a total 16.2 percent increase, particularly since it is expected to be used as the framework for other unions presently in negotiation with the administration, which incudes most of them.

DC 37 represents more than 90,000 workers, including school cafeteria workers, social workers, crossing guards, library workers, school safety agents and 911 operators.

The pact is retroactive to May 2021 and runs through Nov. 6, 2026. It includes annual raises of 3, 3, 3, 3 and 3.25 percent. There also is a $3,000-per-member ratification bonus, and other stipulations for things like a childcare fund.

Union members now must put it to a vote.

“I am a blue-collar mayor who has stood shoulder to shoulder with working people all my life — to fight for fairer wages, better benefits, and a better quality of life,” Mayor Adams said in a transcript of a Feb. 17 press conference sent by his office. “This is the first tentative agreement we have reached under this administration, and it is a great deal for workers and fair to city taxpayers.”

At the press conference, multiple reporters brought up that the administration has set aside only enough money in its labor reserve fund for total average raises of 1.25 percent.

For the DC 37 pact that means a five-year

addition of $4.4 billion in committed spending, with reserve offsets leaving $2.9 billion for the city to come up with over the life of the contract.

Even before the tentative settlement and any other labor contract to follow, the city’s Independent Budget Office two weeks ago forecast deficits of $2.8 billion, $3.9 billion and $2.9 billion in fiscal years 2025 through 2027.

Neither Adams nor Budget Director Jacques Jiha were specific about where the additional money might be found, though Adams said it would not be achieved through union givebacks. His office later that day told the Chronicle that the mayor is not planning tax increases to make up the difference.

“We didn’t go into this contract negotiation of saying. ‘What can we take from you?’” Adams said. “That was not our atmosphere and that I was not our thought. Our thought was ‘How do we work together?’”

Henry Garrido, the executive director of DC 37, pointed to possible healthcare savings as an example.

“So we are still committed to saving hundreds of millions of dollars in healthcare not necessarily by charging the workers more, but by being smarter in the way we procure services, that we have a relationship with hospitals and providers, the way we provide prescription medication,” he said at the press conference. “Healthcare, as the mayor has said in his whole life, has been a challenge of my life as well, has been a big challenge and been a major topic of our discussions. How we approach it is not from the perspective of concessions, but a perspective of partnership.”

Jiha said the administration knew very well

Mayor Adams and DC 37 leader Henry Garrido, right, are lauding a tentative agreement with the city’s largest labor union. But critics are concerned about how to pay for raises it and similar contracts will contain in the near future. PHOTO BY ED REED / MAYOR’S OFFICE

the amount money in the reserve fund before and during negotiations, though he continued to speak in generalities about closing the projected gap such as by looking for savings from city agencies.

“As you know, we included in the budget about 1.25 percent. So that additional expense that we have, we’ve been planning for this all along, through the measures we have taken in the past year in terms of all the savings measures we have taken just to deal in anticipation of this year,” he said at the press conference. “So we were well prepared for this settlement ... We’re preparing for that deal. We knew that

deal was coming and we’ve been negotiating with the labor unions for the past year.”

Pressed further by reporters Jiha said, “Well, we are going to take some measures to basically find ways to fund the deal. OK?”

In response to a subsequent email from the Chronicle, the Mayor’s Office said the contract gap “can be funded by recognizing underspending at city agencies, finding efficiencies and identifying additional revenue. Our administration’s careful fiscal stewardship, including conservative revenue estimates positions us well for this agreement.”

In a press release of his own, Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, wasn’t completely sold.

“The tentative New York City-District Council 37 contract announced today provides raises that are very reasonable given recent and anticipated inflation,” Rein said “The great challenge, however, still is how the City will pay for them.”

Rein said assuming the DC 37 agreement sets the pattern for all other unions, the raises would cost approximately $16.2 billion more than currently budgeted.

The CBC’s preliminary analysis estimates the additional spending would total approximately $2.5 billion in fiscal year 2023, $2.3 billion in fiscal year 2024, $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2025 and grow to $4.1 billion in fiscal year 2027, above the funds already in the budget to cover 1.25 percent annual raises.

“Consequently, City budget gaps would widen to approximately $2.5 billion this year, $2.3 billion in fiscal year 2024, $6.4 billion in fiscal year 2025, $9.1 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $10.6 billion in fiscal year 2027,” he said. Q

Hike spread over 3 years; Public Service Commission must approve Con Ed, state sign deal on rate increase

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Con Edison and the state have reached an agreement under which the utility has drastically reduced the percentage of the increase it is asking for delivery of electricity and gas in its service area.

But not everyone is happy with even the new numbers.

“Under the proposed 3-year agreement, assuming that new rates go into effect on June 1, 2023, electric rates would increase 4.9 percent in the first year, and gas rates would increase 7.7 percent, both well-below the original proposal,” the State Department of Public Service said a statement to the Chronicle on Tuesday.

The initial request was for a one-year increase of 11.2 percent in electric rates to raise 1.2 billion in revenue; and an 18.2 percent increase in gas charges to raise nearly $503 million.

The DPS said the new three-year agreement would raise electric and gas rates 3.8

percent and 6.4 percent, respectively, the second year and 3.2 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively, in year three.

The agreement will be placed in public review and the state will accept public input on the matter. A vote by the Pubic Service Commission is anticipated some time in the second quarter of this year.

Other parties to the settlement include the New York Power Authority, Walmart and the New York Energy Consumers Council. The National Resources Defense Council and the New York Geothermal Energy Organization signed onto the electric portion only.

The agreement will be subject to public review and comment before the PSC makes its final decision, possibly sometime in the second quarter of the year.

Con Edison, in a statement to the Chronicle on Tuesday, said the increases are necessary.

“Con Edison is building an energy system to meet New York’s climate goals,

while strengthening the safety, reliability, and resilience of our service, and this investment is critical to meet those goals,” the statement said.

“This investment from customers will steer New York away from fossil fuels, promote the use of electric heat pumps, energy-efficient appliances, electric vehicle chargers, battery storage and more,” the utility added. “These programs are designed to increase benefits for disadvantaged communities, ensuring all our customers can reap immediate and lasting benefits from New York’s historic shift to clean energy.:

Con Edison said it is working to build a cleaner, greener grid that is even more reliable while protecting New York against climate change both now and in the future.

“We also recognize that even a modest rate increase poses a challenge for some New Yorkers, and that’s why we are offering a number of programs that provide

relief, including Flexible Payment, Level Billing Plans, and Energy Efficiency Programs,” the statement concluded.

The portion of a customer’s bill that would be affected is the delivery charge. The portion for taxes and fees are set by the government, while the gas and electricity themselves are charged at market price.

State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-Astoria) was among the more vocal critics of Con Ed’s initial increase proposal.

Mamdani remained unimpressed in a series of posts on his official Twitter account on Wednesday,

“Con Ed and state regulators have proposed a deal to raise gas + electric bills for the average residential customer by $60+ / month by 2026,” he wrote. “This is a slap in the face to the working class New Yorkers and a reminder of the relationship of the state to corporations like Con Ed.”

Mamdani is an advocate of establishing a publicly owned power supplier. Q

Input sought for Jam. Bay stewardship plans

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

The National Park Service is continuing its efforts to develop a stewardship plan for the East and West Pond areas of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

A West Pond Habitat and Viewshed Management open house will be held Saturday, Feb. 25 at the refuge visitor center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event will focus on public input regarding specific habitat and viewshed issues along the West Pond Loop Trail from Bench 1 to Bench 13 to support the development of a Stewardship Plan.

The West Pond Trail, west of Cross Bay Boulevard, has 13 benches along the way, comprising the majority of the path.

The viewshed refers to the total landscape visible from a certain point.

The Stewardship Plan aims to define the future of the area by identifying and developing strategies and management actions related to mowing, viewshed and habitat management, according to a press release from the Gateway National Recreation Area.

It will also identify management actions related to the protection of resources includ-

ing freshwater ponds, bird and wildlife species, habitats, wetlands and soundscapes.

During the open house, NPS staff will be available for conversations related to these issues and how they can be addressed or evaluated in the broader efforts.

The public input process from the NPS began last year and 116 people contributed to it. A summary of the comments and next steps was then prepared.

The topics that received the most comments had to do with the installation of bird boxes and similar structures, the management of the park’s volunteer program, staffing levels at the refuge, vegetation and viewsheds, water control systems and general management, according to the summary.

The last formal plan for the East and West Pond area was completed in 1981 and much has changed since then, including climate change and sea level rise, investment in the refuge, habitats transforming and management policies evolving, the NPS explains on its website.

Questions and comments can be sent to Gateway_Feedback@nps.gov, or in writing. More information can be found at on the NPS website. Q

Black History Month in the 102

For Officer Justin Davis, second from right in second row, working in the NYPD means continuing to follow in his parents’ footsteps.

Davis’ parents both served 20 years in the Air Force before joining the NYPD. Davis was in the Navy before joining the 102nd Precinct and is now a Youth Coordination Officer.

“I get to deal with kids from my community and become an influence for them to maybe follow in my footsteps and take the

path that I took,” said Davis, who is from Jamaica. “Seeing a young Black man, a police officer with a graduate degree and years of service, can be a positive influence for them,” he said. He graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor’s and a master’s in criminal justice. That is especially relevant for him during Black History Month and he said he appreciates the precinct’s celebration of its Black officers, who he is seen with above.

— Deirdre Bardolf

COMPREHENSIVE

WOMEN'S IMAGING

$5M from BP to help expand and revive Noguchi, Chocolate Factory Funds to bring new life to institutions

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

What sets Queens apart is its diversity and cultural scene so it is only natural that institutions like The Noguchi Museum and the Chocolate Factory Theater exist here, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said at Isamu Noguchi’s former studio in Long Island City on Tuesday.

Richards was there to announce an allocation of $3 million to the museum and $2 million to the theater.

“My job as borough president is to support these organizations,” he said. “I often say that, even at the height of the pandemic, culture never closed in our borough. It was really these institutions that kept our communities going.”

The borough, Richards added, is stronger when the arts community thrives.

“We are very excited that with our upcoming capital project, we will be able to stabilize and preserve this building and it will be made publicly accessible for the first time in its history,” said Brett Littman, director of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum.

In 1961, Isamu Noguchi relocated from Manhattan to Long Island City with the purchase of a 3,200-square-foot warehouse on the corner of 10th Street and 33rd Road that offered him space to work on a larger scale. For over a decade, he was able to create and store

many of his works there. It was even equipped with a bedroom and living spaces, the restoration of which will be part of the upcoming improvement project.

The museum opened in 1985 across from the studio.

Littman said that the studio space will be

renovated to include a museum shop and cafe and also feature space for programs and events, something that the community has been asking for. New restrooms and HVAC systems will be installed, too.

On a nearby lot that the museum owns, a new building will be constructed “from the

ground up,” said Littmann, and it will store thousands of Noguchi’s works.

A basement in one of their buildings that they previously used to house works was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy and ever since, the museum has stored the sculptures all over the city and state, making it difficult and time-consuming for curators to put together shows.

“To bring everything back and consolidate would be incredible,” Littman said.

“I think the impact of this cultural investment will help for decades to come.”

At the Chocolate Factory Theater, an artistcentered organization that aims to support their labor, a new, state-of-the-art fully accessible theater will bring a safer stage for dancers and replace the DIY work that has been done there, said Co-founder and Executive Director Sheila Lewandowski.

“This funding will be the capstone that we need to get our renovation done,” she said.

It will allow the theater to double the size of its audience, double the length of residencies, and pay artists twice as much, she said.

Richards’ announcement was the first stop on his “Borough Hall on Your Block: Western Queens” tour this week, which aims to build bridges throughout Queens, bringing town halls, employment and resource fairs, senior services, youth events, funding announcements and more. Q

Borough President Donovan Richards, second from right, announced a $5 million arts investment for The Noguchi Museum, headed by Brett Littman, left, and the Chocolate Factory Theater, co-founded by Sheila Lewandowski. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

Terminal 1 cleared for takeoff after fire

JFK

flights were diverted, canceled

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport returned to full service on Sunday afternoon, three days after an electrical fire temporarily shut down the entire building, which handles both domestic and international flights.

“JFK Terminal 1 has advised they will have normal, scheduled operations on Sunday, 2/19,” the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement emailed at 4:05 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

The Port Authority operates JFK and LaGuardia airports. A tweet posted on Sunday cautioned drivers that the airport’s parking lots were expected to reach capacity on Monday due to the Presidents’ Day holiday.

The building was shut down after what the PA described as a small electrical fire broke out Thursday in the overnight hours. The agency did not comment on a cause.

No other terminals at the airport were affected by the fire or outage, with the exception of those taking on extra landings and departures. The PA said Terminal 1 handles 5 percent of all JFK passenger flights. Dozens of flights were canceled during the closure. JFK personnel handled as many flights as possible through other terminals. Other flights were diverted to places such as Newark-Liberty, Dulles Airport in Washington, DC and Logan Airport in Boston.

The most publicized cancellation was that of an Air New Zealand flight that was forced to return home while still over the Pacific Ocean, eight hours into its flight, before it had even approached the U.S. West Coast. The airline said in numerous reports that landing the jet at another airport would have forced it to be on the ground for at least a few days, thus having ripple effects on its flight scheduling.

Just after 12:30 p.m. on Saturday the PA announced that all repairs had been made, full power had been restored and the building’s safety and security systems were being

Passengers and airlines had a rough few days after a small electrical fire shut down service last week at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 1. GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE

tested and brought back online.

By Saturday, Terminal 1 was able to handle 26 of the scheduled arrivals and departures, while 18 were moved to other JFK terminals.

A total of 10 were moved to Newark-Liberty and Stewart on Saturday, with 10 others requiring cancellation.

Terminal 1 will be replaced by 2030 as part of an ongoing $15 billion redevelopment of JFK.

Construction on the new building has begun on the site of the old Terminal 3, which was torn down nine years ago. Work will then move to the existing Terminal 2. When that section of the rebuild is completed — by 2026 in the most recent estimate back in September — the present Terminal 1 will be demolished to allow the third and final stage of the work. The completed project is slated to have 23 gates on a structure of 2.4 million square feet. Q

What voters should know about 2023 elections in NYC

by Divya Murthy and Rachel Holliday Smith THE CITY

This article was originally published on Feb. 16 at 5:05 a.m. EDT by THE

CITY

With no federal or statewide races, 2023 is an off-year for politics — except in New York City.

Here, a busy election year is ahead. There’s guaranteed to be at least one race in your neighborhood, including City Council seats and district attorney elections in three boroughs.

The political season will kick off in earnest with candidates petitioning to get on the primary ballot starting later this month. The primary election is June 27: Voters will nominate party candidates through ranked-choice voting for city positions, except for district attorney races which do not use the ranked-choice method. The general election will be held on November 7.

Here’s what you need to know now.

Races

City Council

Voters will get to decide who holds each of the 51 City Council seats this year. The districts were redrawn last year following the 2020 nationwide Census, which revealed changes in the city’s population. The districts were changed to ensure that they represent roughly equal populations, and equitably represent minority populations.

What’s more, the city’s charter says that every 20 years, City Council members will serve a twoyear term instead of a traditional four-year term to allow “new challenges” to incumbents during the redistricting shuffle. You can think of it as a four-year term split into two — except that anyone who wins the first two-year term

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is not guaranteed a second win. (Council members are limited to serve no more than two four-year terms, per a 2010 referendum.)

Look up which City Council member is currently representing you at council.nyc.gov/districts/.

And see which redrawn district you will be in next year according to new Council maps found at nyc.gov/site/districting/maps/ maps.page.

District Attorney: the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island

Three boroughs have elections to choose new district attorneys, the top local prosecutor in the county. In the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island, the incumbents — Darcel Clark, Melinda Katz and Michael McMahon, respectively — will have to win re-election. There are no term limits for district attorneys in New York City. And because the office is a county position — serving through the state court system — rankedchoice voting does not apply to these races; voters will choose candidates through the traditional one-vote method.

Sunnyside, Woodside, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights across several districts, noting that the Tibetan Community Center on 32nd Avenue and 58th Street in Woodside would be outside of AD 30. Those same speakers said they would prefer the current iteration of the district.

That was not the only issue for Sunnyside residents. Jairo Nunez said he did not like that the neighborhood would be divided across two districts, nor was he a fan of AD 36, which the IRC draft would have stretch from Astoria across Roosevelt Island and the East River to

Others: Judges and delegates

There are a few other races that may pop up on your ballot, including Civil Court judge and delegates to the judicial convention. Read more about those jobs and what they do in our guide at thecity.nyc/2022/6/15/23170278/ judges-district-leaders-countycommittee-surrogate-judicial-delegate-downballot-races-2022.

Key dates in 2023

For the primary:

• Feb. 28: The first day candidates will start collecting voter signatures on designation petitions to get on the primary ballot. A designation petition names or nominates the candidates running for a party position or public office, complete with witnesses and signatures.

• May 4: Deadline for the city Board of Elections to certify petitions and finalize the June primary ballot. This is when we will know, officially, which candidates will appear on the ballot.

• June 12: The last day to request your absentee ballot online or by

Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Others shared the latter concern.

But that was far from the only multi-borough district residents objected to: The proposal for AD 38 would include parts of Rego Park, Middle Village, Glendale, Ridgewood, Maspeth, East Williamsburg and Greenpoint before ending at Court Square in Long Island City. Maspeth resident Charles Neumann dubbed it “the serpent of Central Queens.”

“What this district is is just bits and pieces of eight different neighborhoods,” Neumann said. “I don’t have anything really specific, just as long as we get rid of the snake.” In a subsequent tweet to the Chronicle, he added that the draft AD 38 “would represent no one well.”

mail. Here’s a link how to do that: nycabsentee.com.

• June 17: The last day to register as a voter, or to update your address, for the June primary.

• June 17-25: The early-voting period.

• June 26: The last day to request your absentee ballot request in person from a city Board of Elections office.

• June 27: Primary Day — and the last day to return your absentee ballot or postmark it. It must reach the city Board of Elections by July 4 to be counted.

For the general election:

• Oct. 23: The last day to request an absentee ballot online or by mail. Here’s a link how to do that: nycabsentee.com.

• Oct. 28 - November 5: The earlyvoting period.

• Nov. 6: The last day to request an absentee ballot in person.

• Nov. 7: The general election — and the last day to return your absentee ballot or postmark it. It must reach the BOE by Nov. 14 to be counted.

How can I check if I’m registered? And where do I vote?

Find your voter registration details at nycvotersearch.com

You’ll also see which districts you’ll vote in for judicial, congressional, City Council and civil court elections.

The BOE hasn’t updated its polling site locations yet — we’ll update this story when they do.

When will I know who’s actually on the ballot for the June primaries?

The first week of May.

That’s when the city BOE certifies the ballot, i.e. ensures that all of the candidates have followed the proper protocols to earn a spot in the primary.

A big part of doing this is peti-

Residents in the eastern portion of the proposed AD 38 were far from pleased. “All of these neighborhoods are vastly different — yet were all put together in one Assembly district,” said Raj Korpan, a Rego Park resident and co-chair of the Central Queens Redistricting Coalition. “This district splits every one of those neighborhoods into multiple districts. Not one of those neighborhoods is kept whole inside of 38. And so if the goal of redistricting is to keep communities of interest together, then this district has completely failed to achieve that.” He added he would like to see Rego Park unified and put in a district with Forest Hills.

The district’s size was also a concern for Derek Evers, a Community Board 5 member

tioning, or the process of collecting a certain number of signatures from potential voters in the district where a candidate is running.

You may see campaign volunteers asking people on the street to sign petitions supporting their candidate’s run; they’re usually holding long paper forms from the BOE.

Candidates need a lot of signatures. For example, for New York City Council seats, the city charter mandates a minimum of 450 signatures this year. But, often, candidates gather many more than the minimum — in case a political opponent challenges their validity and moves to throw some out.

The period for collecting signatures begins on February 28 and runs through April 6. Then, election officials have about four weeks to certify the candidates and issue a final ballot lineup.

I am not a U.S. citizen. Can I vote in local New York City elections?

Probably not this year.

The City Council passed a law in late 2021 allowing noncitizens in the five boroughs to vote in municipal elections. But a judge on Staten Island struck it down in the summer of 2022, and while the city almost immediately appealed that judge’s decision, it’s unlikely to be resolved for the 2023 election cycle. That means, for now, noncitizen New Yorkers can’t vote. Q Have a question for THE CITY about elections, voting and local campaigns? Let us know at ask@ thecity.nyc with the subject line “Election” —or by texting “Election” to (718)-215-9011. Hearing from you makes our reporting better!

“THE CITY (www.thecity.nyc) is an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to hardhitting reporting that serves the people of New York.”

who lives in Ridgewood. “From Congress down to the City Council, we’ve been gerrymandered in with neighborhoods miles away and often ideologically different from us,” he said. Later he added, “The problem with this district is the reason it’s big and sprawling is because it’s largely made up of wealthy one and two family homes.”

Thomas Moravsky, who lives in the Liberty Park section of Glendale, was not thrilled, either. “This is not a continuous district. This is unacceptable to our community,” he said. “We need one voice advocating for our community, which is part of the borough of Queens — not Brooklyn.”

The IRC has until April 28 to submit a plan to the state Legislature. Q

New Yorkers go to the polls when the rest of the country does — and during “off years” too. PHOTOS BY HIRAM ALEJANDRO DURÁN / THE CITY

The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY

PURPOSE: THE FILING OF NEW TARIFF AMMENDMENTS TO P.S.C. NO. 12 GAS TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSION’S ORDERS DATED JANUARY 19, 2023, IN P.S.C. CASES 14-M-0565 AND 20-M-0266.

TEXT: Notice is hereby given that The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY has fi led new tariff amendments with the Public Service Commission to comply with the Commission’s Orders dated January 19, 2023, to become effective February 1, 2023.

The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY (“KEDNY”) fi led tariff revisions in response to a New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) Order Authorizing Phase 2 Arrears Reduction Program. Phase 2 of the Arrears Reduction Program provides automatic relief through direct bill credits to all residential non-Energy Affordability Program (“EAP”) and small-commercial customers who have eligible arrears and who did not receive relief under the Phase 1 program, by issuing a one-time bill credit to reduce or eliminate accrued arrears through May 1, 2022. The PSC Order also establishes the Arrears Management Program (“AMP”) Phase 2 Surcharge to recover costs of these bill credits effective February 1, 2023.

Notice is hereby given that starting on February 1, 2023, the AMP Phase 2 Surcharge will commence on customer bills and will be included in the Delivery Revenue Adjustment line. The AMP surcharge is located on the KEDNY website. For Residential customers: https://www.nationalgridus. com/NY-Home/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/Gas-Rate-Statements and Business customers https://www.nationalgridus. com/Long-Island-NY-Business/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/ Gas-Rate-Statements?regionkey=nylongisland&customerty pe=business.

Copies of the proposed revisions are available for public inspection and can be obtained on the Company’s website at https://www.nationalgridus.com.

Keyspan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid

PURPOSE: THE FILING OF NEW TARIFF AMMENDMENTS TO P.S.C. NO. 1 GAS TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSION’S ORDERS DATED JANUARY 19, 2023, IN P.S.C. CASES 14-M-0565 AND 20-M-0266.

TEXT: Notice is hereby given that Keyspan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid has fi led new tariff amendments with the Public Service Commission to comply with the Commission’s Orders dated January 19, 2023, to become effective February 1, 2023.

Keyspan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (“KEDLI”) fi led tariff revisions in response to a New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) Order Authorizing Phase 2 Arrears Reduction Program. Phase 2 of the Arrears Reduction Program provides automatic relief through direct bill credits to residential non-Energy Affordability Program (“EAP”) and small-commercial customers who have eligible arrears and who did not receive relief under the Phase 1 program, by issuing a one-time bill credit to reduce or eliminate accrued arrears through May 1, 2022. The PSC Order also establishes the Arrears Management Program (“AMP”) Phase 2 Surcharge to recover costs of these bill credits effective February 1, 2023.

Notice is hereby given that starting on February 1, 2023, the AMP Phase 2 Surcharge will commence on customer bills and will be included in the Delivery Revenue Adjustment line. The AMP surcharge is located on the KEDLI website. For Residential customers: https://www.nationalgridus.com/ Long-Island-NY-Home/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/?regionkey =nylongisland&customertype=home and Business customers https://www.nationalgridus.com/Long-Island-NY-Business/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/?regionkey=nylongisland& customertype=business.

Copies of the proposed revisions are available for public inspection and can be obtained on the Company’s website at https://www.nationalgridus.com.

QCC crowned, CUNY hoopsters honored

The City University of New York Athletic Conference tipped off basketball championship season with its annual all-star luncheon, held at Giando’s on the Water in Williamsburg late last week. Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes, top left, the president of York College and the chair of the CUNY Athletics Council gave opening remarks before all of the conference’s community college and senior college all-stars were honored.

Above, the all-star delegation from York College with Olawale Kila, left, Mac-Dege Dessources, Devine Chisolm,

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happening.”

Fernando believes the only solution is for lawmakers to pass the Good Cause Eviction bill and other similar laws.

“After today is over, we need to be in Albany fighting for a series of bills that take power away from landlords and give it to tenants.”

The Our Homes, Our Power package has bills to enact the Good Cause eviction protections, provide housing access vouchers, give tenants the right to collectively decide the future of their building, make rental rates fair and create a pathway to publicly backed hous-

Ellma Hodzic and Terrell Fullerton received accolades.

The contingent from Queensborough Community College, above right, was led by CUNYAC Men’s Coach of the Year Clarence Emengo, left, and Player of the Year Anthony Walters. Also above, Dequan Lewis earned the Burt Beagle Sportsmanship Award. Women’s all-star player Nayla Walters also was honored.

The hardware the contingent from QCC received was a sign of success to come in the championship game the fol-

ing that is insulated from market forces, according to housingjusticeforall.org.

“One of those bills you are hearing about today is Good Cause Eviction,” Fernando said. “We are going to Albany, we are going to fight for Good Cause and we are going to ask Governor Hochul to support it and we are going to ask the leaders in the state Senate and the state Assembly to support it and we are going to get it done this year.”

An injustice has been done, said Bishop Melvin Artis of the Global Outreach Evangelistic Team and a Jamaica resident, about Hosang.

“People are being harassed, people are being evicted,” said Artis. “Kids are being put out onto the street and landlords feel like they

can have their way with the tenants.”

The bishop said it’s time for politicians to stand up for their constituents or when the next election comes around he expects residents to be rallying outside their offices in addition to voting them out of their post.

“If you don’t do what is right you will be looking for a job in another place,” he added.

Elaine Blair, an education leader with NYCC, said that Hosang should not be going without gas, light and heat because of sexual harassment.

“She came here to work hard and so that her kids could get a good education,” Blair said. “We have to stand up and fight back ... so that they can live comfortably and not be mentally stressed. They should be living at their

full potential.”

— Gregg Cohen

lowing night, as the Tigers, top right, beat BMCC, 72-66, to win the 2023 CUNYAC/Healthfirst Community College Men’s Basketball Championship. Played at Kingsborough Community College, QCC captured the school’s first title in 20 years and seventh in program history. In the contest, Walters, the nation’s leading scorer, was named the championship game’s Most Valuable Player, finishing with a game-high 23 points while grabbing six rebounds in the victory.

Reuben Abitbol, a renter from Ridgewood, came down to Jamaica after learning about what happened to Hosang and share his sympathies with her.

“An injustice to any tenant is an injustice to all tenants and New Yorkers,” Abitbol said. “Cases like Ms. Hosang are not uncommon. This is an injustice to her and her family.”

Jeremy Maldonado, an Ozone Park resident, said he has several friends and family members who got evicted without cause.

“This is something that I don’t want to see in my city anymore,” Maldonado said. “I can’t count on my hands and toes how many people leave the city because they have no other choice.” Q

PHOTOS BY TONY CORREA / CUNY ATHLETICS

PHOTO BY HARRIS RAPPEL / YORK ATHLETICS

by Sophie Krichevs ky

h is i co ni c vo ic e an d kn ac k for na rr at ive an d it’s not hard to believe that Ira Glass , host of “This Life,” has becom e known as one of the greatest storytellers in a generation.

With his iconic voice and knack for narrative and narration, it’s not hard to believe that Ira Glass, host of WBEZ Chicago’s “This American Life,” has become known as one of the greatest storytellers in a generation. And now, he’s coming to Queens College: On March 11, the Kupferberg Center for the Arts will present “Seven Things I’ve Learned: An Evening With Ira Glass,” starting

at 8 p.m.

Th Life’ host is coming to Queens College

The ‘This American

Although avid listeners of National Public Radio will certainly be in for a treat, the show casts a wide net. “What I wanted was a show where I could basically put anything in that would amuse me to say to an audience,” Glass said with a chuckle.

avid listeners of Public Radio will certainly be in for a treat , the show casts a wide net. “What I wanted was a sho w where I cou ld basically put anyt hing in t hat wou ld amuse me to s ay an with

In doing that, he also sets out to talk about what it’s like to make

In doin g that, he also sets out to talk about what it’s like to ma ke stor ies.

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“People who are coming to see me want to know why are we doing what we do, how do we do what we do on the radio show,” Glass told the Chronicle. “So a little bit of it is a how-to, and then a lot of it — really most of it — is just really memorable stories of one sort or another.”

Much like “This American Life” itself, those stories have range; some are light and funny while others take on more serious topics. Though the show will include some stories that have been featured on “This American Life,” others never made it on the air. Some have aired, but lack shelf life and are unlikely to ever be played

show,” Glass told the Chronicle. “So a little bit of it is a how-to, and then a lot o f it — really o f it — is just memorable stories of one sort or another. ” Much like “This American Life” itself , those stowhil e others take on more serious to pics. Thou gh t he in clude some s tories t hat have been lac k shelf life and are unlikel y to ever be p la y ed a gain.

“We made some really funny videos for the 2016 election that really have no news value at all — it’s the sort of thing you can air once,” Glass said, “We could never play it again on the radio, because it relates to a news moment in 2016.”

“ We made some really funn y videos for th e 2016 election that really have no news value at all Gla ss said, “We could never it a g ain on the radio , 2016. ”

Some stories are simply more visual than others, and would not be best served on the radio. For years, Glass said he only played audio at his shows, but eventually, he realized that performing live is an

Some stories are simply more visua l t han ot her s, and would not be best served on the radio. For years, Glass said he onl y p layed audio at his shows, bu t realized that performing live is an opportunit y to share stories in new formats.

“I just felt like, ‘I’m there in the room,’” he said. “So I could show video, whereas on the radio, I just

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“I felt like, ‘I’m there in the room,’” he said. “So I cou ld show video, w hereas on the ra dio, I just don’t get a chance.”

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Carol Alt: College Point girl was a model of success

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Anthony Alt was born in Queens, on Dec. 13, 1929, the first-born son of four children of Antone and Lillian Alt. He grew up in a comfortable home on 201st Street in Bayside, his father earning a good living during the Depression as a fireman assigned to Hook & Ladder 164 in Douglaston.

In February 1952 he married Muriel Burmester and became a fireman like his dad, eventually rising to a battalion chief in 1974. In 1955 his first child, Anthony Jr., arrived and they settled into a brand-new home at 127-15 11 Ave. in College Point, a stone’s throw away from Muriel’s parents.

Daughters Karen and Carol followed in 1959 and 1960, respectively. When another daughter, Christine, was on the way in 1963 they moved out to Concord Street in Williston Park. At age 18, Carol, at almost 5-foot11 and working as a waitress was taken for being a model or suggested she should be

one. She followed through and succeeded.

Alt became the youngest model for Lacome. In 1982, she appeared as the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model, elevating her to supermodel status. She married NY Rangers defenseman Ron Grescher in 1983, ending in divorce in 1996.

After gracing the cover of over 700 magazines she is still modeling today, owing her figure and youthful looks to a raw food diet she has been following since 1996. Q

The earliest home of supermodel Carol Alt at 127-15 11 Ave. in College Point, as it looks today.

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FTH takes a musical march into women’s history

by Kristen Guglielmo qboro contributor

March is Women’s History Month, and Flushing Town Hall is going to make the month extra special with a variety of themed musical events that anyone can appreciate.

Jazz producer Clyde Bullard produced three concerts titled the Women’s History Month Trilogy. The first show is called “The Golden Girls,” and will be on Friday, March 3. The concert will focus on the music of female icons, including Dionne Warwick, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Carole King and Petula Clark. It will also include music from more recent pop artists Katy Perry, Alicia Keys and Lady Gaga.

“The title of the concert is a concept I came up with. All of these women have achieved gold record status,” Bullard explained. “They were beloved. You could call them golden women.”

The concert will be performed by Zoe Lyons Nieves, an award-winning singer-songwriter.

The second show is called “Paris is for Lovers,” scheduled for Friday, March 17. German-born singer Gabriele Tranchina will be performing a multitude of French classics, including “La Vie En Rose” by Edith Piaf and “Autumn Leaves” by Jacques Prévert. Tranchina, her ensemble and music director

Joe Vincent Tranchina are sure to bring warm feelings of Parisian romance to the hearts of all attendees.

The final concert in the trilogy will be held Friday, March 31. Titled “I’m Every Woman,” the show will honor the music of even more notable female vocalists. Singer Emilie Surtees will be joined onstage by a band and background vocalists for a night of exciting songs by Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Olivia Newton John, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and Loretta Lynn.

Bullard promises all three concerts will be a delight. “The women performing in the trilogy are consummate entertainers, not just performers,” he said. “They aren’t just getting through song after song while you watch them. They connect with the audience and create a continuum.

“Different cultures use different languages and instruments to express themselves. So, whenever you’re hearing any music, you should realize it’s culture being expressed through sound. These concerts are included

in that.”

The Women’s History Month Trilogy concerts are not the only women’s historythemed events to see at FTH. On Friday, March 24, Town Hall’s long-term Louis Armstrong Legacy Jazz Jam house band leader and saxophonist/flutist Carol Sudhalter will lead a quintet for an event called “Octogenarian Women of Jazz.”

“It’s something special when anyone reaches the age of 80 and continues to play. It deserves to be honored,” Sudhalter said. Sudhalter, who will be belatedly celebrating her 80th birthday at the concert, will play alongside world-renowned pianist Bertha Hope, drummer Paula Hampton of the legendary jazz Hampton family, and popular vocalist Keisha St. Joan. They will be joined by a rare appearance from esteemed bassist and columnist Bill Crow.

“I had people along the way telling me unwarranted opinions — telling me it’s too late in life to play, or the jazz world is not a safe world for women. Just a variety of refusals to accept that I had a contribution to make,” she said of her journey in the jazz world as a woman. “It’s definitely changed over the years, and I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that negativity much anymore.”

For more information on any of the performances, visit flushingtownhall.org. Q

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Being on stage also offers a sense of authenticity Glass said he does not always have in the studio. “Performing on the radio, it’s just a very weird, artificial kind of thing to do,” he said. “You’re in a room that’s completely silent and soundproof, talking, and pretending that you’re talking to someone, when really you’re talking to no one — but actually, you’re also talking to lots and lots of people. [You’re] trying to

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sound relaxed and like you’re just talking ... I’m reading from a script, usually, when I’m on the radio, but trying to sound like I’m not reading from a script.

“When you’re standing in front of people, it just feels very normal to just talk. There’s a person who’s alive to just, like, feel the presence of people in the room. Then it’s nice to say things that are funny and people laugh, instead of on the radio, you say something that you hope is funny, but it’s like saying a joke in outer space.”

Though he’s known for his radio persona, ironically, the “performing part” of being on the air is the part Glass says he likes the least.

“It’s really the part that I dread. Every other part of it is better to me,” he said. “The part where you’re actually performing your lines, all you can do is mess it up in a way that will make the story worse. And if you do it exactly perfectly ... perfection is just nobody notices that you’re performing, you know?”

More than 25 years after launching “This American Life,” Glass still manages to find new ideas, though he admits it’s not easy. One way is to keep doing things no one else has done before. Those often are the most fun; Glass pointed to “129 Cars,” during

which the show’s team follows a car dealership for a month, as a favorite.

“The place where ideas come from is ideas come from other ideas — you just have to kind of surround yourself with stuff and kind of wait and notice what you’re curious about,” he said. “Sometimes you

just really stumble into stuff, like some weird conversation can lead to stuff ... that’s ideally the kind of thing that keeps happening and does happen.”

Tickets start at $30; QC students get 50 percent off. To reserve yours, visit kupferbergcenter.org/event/ira-glass/. Q

Gabriele Tranchina, left, will perform French classics at Flushing Town Hall in March, while Carol Sudhalter will lead a band of older women playing jazz. COURTESY PHOTOS

Ira Glass, host of “This American Life,” will take the stage at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 11. On the cover: Glass smiles into the camera.

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Notice of Formation of 42-06 FLUSHING LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/06/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LLC, 150 GEORGE ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11237. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF QUEENS BANK OF AMERICA N.A., V. ERROL W. PARRIS, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA BELL AKA SYLVIA JUSTINA BELL, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 5, 2022, and entered in the Offi ce of the Clerk of the County of Queens, wherein BANK OF AMERICA

N.A. is the Plaintiff and ERROL W. PARRIS, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA BELL AKA SYLVIA JUSTINA BELL, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE on the COURTHOUSE STEPS OF THE QUEENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD., JAMAICA, NY 11435, on March 10, 2023 at 12:00PM, premises known as 216-24 132ND AVE, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413: Block 12923, Lot

18: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH AND COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index # 704124/2015. Martha Taylor, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing.

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1781 OCEAN LLC. Art of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 12/16/2022.Offi ce: QUEENS County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, LEGALCORP SOLUTIONS 1060 Broadway Suite 100 ALBANY, NY 12204 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

18-54 CORNELIA ST. LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 01/13/23. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 18-54 Cornelia Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

4 SOUTH RESTORATION LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 01/26/23. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 27-47 McIntosh Street, 1st Floor, East Elmhurst, NY 11369. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

46-04 VERNON BOULEVARD, LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 01/19/23. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 430 Maspeth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6901 REGO LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 01/30/23. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 69-01 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, NY 11374. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ACTIVE LINK LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/31/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ACTIVE LINK LLC, 6933 69TH RD, MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY 11379. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AUTO KING RENTALS LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/21/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: AUTO KING RENTALS LLC, 24604 57TH DRIVE, LITTLE NECK, NY 11362. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

BIGGIE’S JEWELRY LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/16/23. Offi ce in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Alex Musheyev 26104B Langston Ave., Glen Oaks, NY 11004. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of BOBBI SINCLAIR LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/30/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: NORTHWEST REGISTERED AGENT LLC, 90 STATE STREET, SUITE 700, OFFICE 40, ALBANY, NY 12207. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Builtinc, LLC fi led w/ SSNY 12/9/22 Off. in Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served & shall mail process to Christian Cedillo, 4004 34th Ave, Apt. 401, LIC, NY 11101. The reg. agt. is Christian Cedillo at same address. Any lawful purpose.

BULLY DRIVELINE PARTS LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 09/23/22. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Joseph, Terracciano & Lynam, LLP, 2 Roosevelt Avenue, Suite 200, Syosset, NY 11791. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Summons/Michael Sadykov, Person/Attorney Filing: Heather Hendrix Mailing Address: 70 S Val Vista Dr Suite A3-418 City, State, Zip Code: Gilbert, AZ 85296 Phone Number: (480)507-0908

E-Mail Address: mylawyer@hendrixlaw.com State Bar Number: 019115, Issuing State: AZ In The Superior Court Of The State Of Arizona In And For The County Of Maricopa Plateau Capitol, LLC Plaintiff(s), v. Michael Sadykov Defendant(s). Case No. CV2022-095616 Summons To: Michael Sadykov Warning: This An Offi cial Document From The Court That Affects Your Rights. Read This Summons Carefully. If You Do Not Understand It, Contact An Attorney For Legal Advice.

1. A lawsuit has been fi led against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers were served on you with this Summons. 2. If you do not want a judgment taken against you without your input, you must fi le an Answer in writing with the Court, and you must pay the required fi ling fee. To fi le your Answer, take or send the papers to Clerk of the Superior Court, 201 W. Jefferson, Phoenix, Arizona 85003 or electronically fi le your Answer through one of Arizona’s approved electronic fi ling systems at http://www.azcourts. gov/efi linginformation. Mail a copy of the Answer to the other party, the Plaintiff, at the address listed on the top of this Summons. Note: If you do not fi le electronically you will not have electronic access to the documents in this case. 3. If this Summons and the other court papers were served on you within the State of Arizona, your Answer must be fi led within Twenty (20) Calendar Days from the date of service, not counting the day of service. If this Summons and the other court papers were served on you outside the State of Arizona, your Answer must be fi led within Thirty (30) Calendar Days from the date of service, not counting the day of service. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least 3 working days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona in and for the County of Maricopa Signed And Sealed this Date: December 23, 2022

L42kathill LLC, Arts of Org. fi led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/11/2023. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 26 Bow St., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purpose

MARTIN BURGER, PLLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 11/18/22. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC, 219-51 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11428. Purpose: For the practice of the profession of Law.

QML Meters LLC, Arts of Org. fi led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/24/2023. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Queens Medallion Leasing, 21-03 44th Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101. General Purpose

Notice of Formation of RENTALS BY SANTOS LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/04/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: MATTHEW SANTOS, 4337 216TH STREET, BAYSIDE, NY 11361. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Jeff Fine Clerk of Superior Court

By: Denise Hill Deputy Clerk Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English profi ciency must be made to the division assigned to the case by the party needing the interpreter and/or translator or his/her counsel at least ten (10) judicial days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding. If you would like advice from a lawyer, contact Lawyer Referral Service at 602-257-4434 or https://maricopabar.org. Sponsored by the Maricopa County Bar Association. A copy of this Summons and its accompanying Complaint may be obtained by contacting counsel for the Plaintiff at the address shown on the Summons.

CITI HOMES HOLDING LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/8/22.

Offi ce in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 180608, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business loc: 61-43 186th St., Ste. 437, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365.

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RIVERDALE LLC. Art. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 01/26/2023, effective date 01/26/2023 Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Notice of Formation of GLOBALPRIMEENTERPRISESLLC

Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/19/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: RAMON CANDO, 87-30 JUSTICE AVENUE, APT 6G, ELMHURST, NY 11373.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualifi cation of Kasada, LLC. App. For Auth. fi led with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/20/23.

Offi ce location: Queens County. LLC formed in Louisiana (LA) on 10/10/16.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Notice of Formation of Q I A HOME LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/07/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ALEJANDRO ANTONIO LOPEZ, 5120 90TH ST, APT 3FT, FLUSHING, NY 11373. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ROXON, LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/10/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ROXON, LLC, 8325 LEFFERTS BLVD., 2FL, KEW GARDENS, NY 11415.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Glenn Karmi, 26910 Grand Central Pkwy Apt 20K, Floral Park, NY 11005

SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave, Ste 100, Albany, NY 12205. LA address of LLC: 910 S. Acadian Thruway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806. Arts of Org fi led with LA Secy of State, 8585 Archives Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70809.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX #713107/2022 FILED: 12/4/2022 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is: The location of real property being foreclosed. LIMA ONE CAPITAL LLC, Plaintiff, against PRICES LANE HOLDING CORP.; JOHN KAZAS, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirs-atlaw, next-of-kin, 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(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint; THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF GARDEN BAY MANOR CONDOMINIUM; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE No. 1’’ through ‘’JOHN DOE No. 100’’ inclusive, the name of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendant(s). To the above named Defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Phillip Hom, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, granted on the 17th day of November, 2022, and filed with the Complaint and other papers in the office of the County Clerk of Queens County. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by PRICES LANE HOLDING CORP. to RECOVCO MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT LLC, bearing date November 8, 2018 and recorded January 29, 2019, in CRFN: 2019000031982 in the County of Queens, which was assigned to WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A. NOT IN ITS INDVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFRA TRUST 2016-1 by instrument executed November 13, 2018 and recorded August 20, 2020, in CRFN: 2020000234550, which was further assigned to LIMA ONE CAPITAL LLC by instrument executed March 30, 2022 and recorded April 12, 2022, in CRFN: 2022000152574. Said premises being known as and by 21-31 78th Street Unit B1, Jackson Heights, NY 11370. A/K/A 21-31 78th Street, Unit 1, East Elmhurst, NY 11370, bearing tax map designation Block: 974, Lot: 1027, which is more fully described in the Schedule “A” attached to the Complaint. To the above named Defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. There is due and owing to plaintiff the sum of $312,908.00 plus interest thereon from January 1, 2020 in addition to those accumulated late charges and those recoverable monies advanced by Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s predecessor-in-interest on behalf of Prices Lane Holdings Corp together with all costs, including but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, disbursements, and further allowances provided pursuant to the underlying loan documents and applicable law in bringing any action to protect the Mortgagee’s interest in the Subject Property. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Aldridge Pite, LLP, Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 File 1679-001B

Notice of Formation of WESTIN FLUSHING OPERATIONS

LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/05/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: GEORGE XU, 3366 FARRINGTON STREET, SUITE 200, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX # 701495/2022 FILED 1/19/2022 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action. Plaintiff’s principal place of business is c/o Celink, 3900 Capital City Boulevard, Lansing, Michigan 48906. REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTEES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN PROPST A/K/A JOHN M. PROPST, WHO WAS BORN IN 1938 AND DIED ON APRIL 8, 2020, A RESIDENT OF QUEENS COUNTY, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS 10951 142ND STREET, JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11435, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES, ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, RHONDA PROPST AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN TO JOHN PROPST A/K/A JOHN M. PROPST, TONY PROPST, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widow, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, ANGELA PROPST A/K/A ANGELA HENDERSON, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widow, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME), NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, Defendants. To the above-named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This action was commenced to foreclose a mortgage against real property located at 10951 142nd Street Jamaica, New York 11435. You are named as a party defendant herein because you may have an interest in this premises. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 4N25 Melville, NY 11747. 631-812-4084. 855-845-2584 facsimile HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid 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 New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. 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 your taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. 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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Supreme Court of New York, Queens County. U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE CHALET SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, -against- WILLIAM C. WATTS, JR. INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MARY LEADER A/K/A MARY WATTS; NOELYN LEADER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; KAREN LEADER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; CHERYL LEADER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; NOEL LEADER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; TYRONE LEADER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; ANTHONY LEADER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; NOELETTE LEADER HUTTON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; MICHELLE ROBERTSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; TINA MONROE, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; ELLIOT ROSEBOROUGH, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; ERIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST OF THE LATE MARY LEADER A/K/A MARY W. LEADER A/K/A MARY WATTS, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF; ALTHEA N. WATTS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MARY LEADER A/K/A MARY WATTS; UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF GERALDINE LEADER, DECEASED, 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 IS DECEASED, BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, ANY RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; AND JOHN DOE, Defendants Index No. 11766/2011 [NYSCEF 701498/2021]. Mortgaged Premises: 9525 102nd Street Richmond Hill, New York 11413 Block: 9382 Lot: 37.

To The Above Named Defendant(s): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT. THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Mortgage to secure $230,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Queens County Clerk’s Offi ce on November 13, 2006 in CRFN: 2006000628796, covering the premises known as 95-25 102nd Street, Richmond Hill, New York 11413. The relief sought herein is a fi nal judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is located. 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 fi led this foreclosure proceeding against you and fi ling 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. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO, LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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Index No. 4804/2013, Date Filed: 1/25/2023 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, -against- Teekema Clarke, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Stanley Clarke a/k/a Stanley D. Clarke; Rasheem Milton; Any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of the late Margo Martini, if they be living or, if they be dead, their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the Plaintiff; city of New York Environmental Control Board; City of New York Parking Violations Bureau; City of New York Transit Adjudication Bureau; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Defendants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 344 Beach 12th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint int his action and to serve a copy of your answer, or a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Lance P. Evans, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered Jan. 23, 2023 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Consolidation and/or Modified Mortgage (hereinafter “the Mortgage”) to secure $236,500.00 and interest, recorded in the Queens County Office of the City Register on September 19, 2008, in CRFN: 2008000373419 covering premises known as 344 Beach 12th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691 a/k/a Block 15615, Lot 108. 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. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. 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 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: November 10, 2021. Steven M. Palmer, Esq., Foreclosure Attorney, LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP F/K/A, SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK, LLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14624, (585) 247-9000, Fax: (585) 247-7380, Our File No. 13-023589, #100091

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 708300/2022 M&T BANK, Plaintiff, v. ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE DAVID MCCANN, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, JOHN DOE, (REFUSED NAME) as JOHN DOE #1, JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME) as JOHN DOE #2, JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME) as JOHN DOE #3, JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME) as JOHN DOE #4, KIANA HARPER AKA KIANA MCCANN, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who fi led this foreclosure proceeding against you and fi ling 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. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable Phillip Hom, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 10th day of January, 2023 at Long Island City, New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: Block 13151 Lot 52 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Fourth Ward of the Borough of Queens, City of New York, known and designated as and by the Lot Nos. 22 and 23, in Block No. 55 on a certain map entitled “Map of Laurelton, Borough of Queens, New York City, property of the Laurelton Land Co.” and fi led in the Offi ce of the Clerk of the County of Queens on July 12th, 1910, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of 226th Street (Delaware Street) distant 320 feet Southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the said side of 226th Street with the southerly side of 139th Avenue (Laurelton Boulevard); RUNNING THENCE Westerly and parallel with the southerly side of 139th Avenue 100 feet; THENCE Southerly parallel with the westerly side of 226th Street 40 feet; THENCE Easterly and again parallel with 139th Avenue 100 feet to the said side of 226th Street; THENCE Northerly along said side of 226th Street 40 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record. These premises are also known as 13936 226th Street, Laurelton, NY 11413., Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 500 Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY 14604

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The magnificent McCarver

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

When I learned of the passing of longtime catcher and baseball analyst Tim McCarver last Thursday, my first thought was what the legendary journalist Pete Hamill once wrote about him. “Tim McCarver is one of the smartest men in America,” Hamill stated, and I fully concurred with his assessment.

McCarver’s playing career began in 1959 and ended in 1981, making him one of the few to play in parts of four decades. He was part of the Philadelphia Phillies broadcasting team in 1982. In 1983 he decided to come north on the New Jersey Turnpike as the Mets offered him a lucrative deal to join Ralph Kiner on telecasts. He was with the Mets through the 1998 season.

McCarver was adept at conveying to baseball fans what was going through the minds of managers and everyone on the field at any given moment. His most famous prescient moment came during the 2001 World Series between the Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks. In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 with the Bronx Bombers up by a run, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera faced Luis Gonzalez with the bases loaded. McCarver informed his audience of the possibility of Gonzalez, a good contact hitter, getting a broken-bat single. That is exactly what happened as the Diamondbacks rallied for two runs and won the World Series.

While known for his baseball expertise, he was well-versed in many subjects. Being from Memphis, he had a keen interest in all things Elvis, rockabilly and Stax soul. Athletes often want to be actors or singers and he was no different. In 2009, a small Memphis- label, Archer Records, released a compact disc titled “Tim McCarver Sings Selections from the Great American Songbook.” While he did not make anyone forget Frank Sinatra or Astoria native Tony Bennett, he could carry a tune. His versions of “On a Clear Day” and “Day by Day” were quite good. You can hear them on YouTube.

The last time I saw him in person was in the fall of 2019 when he was being honored by Fordham University’s radio station, WFUV, with the Vin Scully Award. He introduced me to some of his associates by saying, “This is Lloyd Carroll from the Queens Chronicle. He has been writing about sports forever and I enjoy reading his articles!” He then asked if I wanted to chat with him for my next column, and we did for the next 20 minutes. I felt as if I were on top of the world.

The outpouring of tributes on social media and from the legitimate media were expected, and were far from perfunctory. It seemed as if everyone who wrote about McCarver last week felt like they had lost a great friend.

And so did most baseball fans. Q

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