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Hawtree eyesore is upright and closer to removal PAGE 4 Work on removing an abandoned 55-foot boat in Hawtree Basin continued this week, with the vessel recently drained and ﬂoated to the surface. Now, divers can move the boat to the shore and begin dismantling it. This is the fourth craft out of ﬁve that will be removed from the Jamaica Bay area as part of ongoing cleanup efforts.

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Eateries press for more federal aid

Two-thirds of NYC restaurants were denied as last year’s funds ran out by Peter C. Mastrosimone

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hen the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund was made available in 2021 to eateries hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis, the funds were quickly gobbled up, and two-thirds of applicants from New York City were denied. The industry has been seeking a renewal of the program ever since, and last Friday a group of restaurateurs and their advocates gathered in Long Island City with Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) for new funding. Maloney supports a bill sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) that would provide $60 billion for the RRF. A companion bill in the Senate is sponsored by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), but both have been stuck in committee since being introduced last June. The rally was held outside the Court Square Diner. “New York City is the restaurant capital of the nation, but unfortunately, restaurants bore the economic brunt of the Covid-19 crisis especially during the spike of the Omicron variant,” Maloney said, according to a press release issued after the event. “With restaurant owners and employees alike struggling as a result of this pandemic, I am proud to continue to advocate for relief in Washington.”

Pressing for more federal aid for the restaurant industry are, holding the banner, Route 66 American Kitchen & Bar owner Ronan Downs, left, Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Paul O’Connor, Downs’ partner in Taproom 307; and behind them, Kenny Keeting of Playwright, Peter Fahy, Frank McCaully of McGees, Liam McGrevey of Legends, Kathleen Riley of the New York State Restaurant Association, Arelia Taveras of the NYS Latino Restaurant Association, Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech and Michael Muzyk of Baldor Specialty Foods, with other supporters hidden. They rallied outside the Court Square Diner in Long Island City last Friday. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Other bills she supports would create business interruption insurance and extend the time frame of the Paycheck Protection Program loan program.

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Chamber President Tom Grech was also a t the rally. “Throughout the pandemic, restaurant owners did everything asked of them to keep thei r communities and their employees safe, but so many of them are hanging on by a thread. Small businesses that barely survived governmen t enforced lockdowns were hit once again by the Omicron variant, which forced employees to miss work and kept customers away,” Grech said, singing the praises of the industry and saying Congress must follow Maloney’s lead and pass the legislation. According to the New York State Restauran t Association, 95 percent of eatery owners who applied for RRF funding but were denied said a future grant would enable them to keep o r rehire employees. Eighty-six percent said their restaurant is less profitable now than it was before the pandemic, and 74 percent said sales volume was lower in 2021 than in 2019. Ronan Downs, owner of the Route 66 American Kitchen & Bar in Lower Manhattan, who also has stakes in other ventures there, told the Chronicle that many eateries that have held on so far will be closing soon without assistance. “We’ve been particularly hard-hit in Lowe r Manhattan,” said Downs, noting that Route 66 is on historic Stone Street, a big draw. “Offices are at 10 to 15 percent capacity and tourism has Q been wiped out.”

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Progress for boat in Hawtree Basin Abandoned vessel floating upright for first time in years, for removal by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

The fourth of five derelict boats to be removed from the Jamaica Bay area has been drained and floated up closer to the surface, making it almost ready to be dismantled. For the first time in years, the Hawtree Basin vessel, which has been a real stick in the mud for residents, is upright and on the move instead of lodged on its side, as seen at right while it was being drained. “We are happy to report that the contractors are hard at work removing the Hawtree Basin vessel, and hope to have it removed within the next week,” said National Park Service spokesperson Dan Kastanis last week. As of Wednesday, divers were pulling the boat towards the 99th Street side of the canal for the crew to bring equipment and dismantle it. They should have it there by Thursday but are working according to the tide. The project to remove the f ive boats started in December but was delayed due to the pandemic. According to Google Maps, the Hawtree boat, estimated at over 50 feet, has been abandoned for approximately eight years. After going in to remove the large Hawtree Basin vessel with a crane, the contractor, Custom Marine, discovered that the boat was impaled by a large steel piling. That allowed water and debris to fill the vessel, which also had mattresses left behind from when it was a functioning passenger boat.

The 55-foot abandoned boat bogged down in Hawtree Basin is closer to being dismantled after being drained and floated to the surface by former PHOTOS BY ROGER GENDRON Navy SEAL divers. According to the Custom Marine, which is based out of Westchester, the craft weighs 10,000 pounds per 10 feet, making its mass close to 60,000 pounds. Divers told Roger Gendron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, that the rudder was broken off and the engine had rotted out, allowing even more water and debris to get inside. Gendron has been posting photos and updates on the civic’s Facebook page. Three expert marine divers, former Navy

SEALs, were brought in to perform underwater torch-cutting to sever the steel piling. According to the initial plan, the contractor was cutting the piling last week and working to remove the vessel this week. The process included securing airbags around the boat with a series of straps and ropes running underneath the hull. The airbags would help float it to the surface and several pumps would get rid of as much water as possible. Then, the divers could temporarily plug

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Two men broke into and robbed a unit in a multifamily home in Ozone Park on Monday, Feb. 7, just blocks away from the 106th Precinct, according to police. At 10:50 a.m., two unidentified males gained access to the home near Liberty Avenue and 104th Street. The victims, a 41-year-old female and her 3-year-old son, were sleeping in a bedroom. The first man allegedly punched the woman in her face and demanded cash and jewelry. The two men then forced the mother and child into a bathroom and began searching the location for valuables. They allegedly stole $472, a Samsung cell phone, three rings valued at $2,500 and a pair of earrings valued

at $475. The men fled on foot. According to police, the female victim suffered pain and bruising to her face but refused medical attention. Her son was not injured. Video footage shows the men walking nearby after the incident occurred. One of them is seen wearing a ski mask. To watch the video, visit qchron.com. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577, or by going to @nypdtips on Tw i t t e r. A l l t i p s a r e s t r i c t l y confidential. There is a reward up to $3,500. Q

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Russo’s to hold blood drive on Mon. The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association is hosting a blood drive with the New York Blood Center on Monday, Feb. 28 from 3 to 7:30 p.m. The drive will take place at Russo’s On The Bay at 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd. The drive is in memory of Valentina Allen, who died in 2015 at 2 years old of a rare birth defect. Valentina, whose family is from Howard Beach, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a birth defect in which the left side of the heart cannot effectively pump blood to the body; heterotaxy, a defect in which organs are not in their proper places; and asplenia, the absence of a spleen. Over the years, her family has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support other children and their families and for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she was treated. Valentina’s birthday fell in February, which is also American Heart Month. For more information on Monday’s blood drive, contact Phyllis Inserillo at (917) 488-5067 or email Q hblcivic2014@gmail.com. — Deirdre Bardolf

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City, state unveil subway safety plan

Adams, Hochul say homelessness and mental health need attention like crime by Michael Gannon

ence below ground. Addressing homelessness, Adams said, Mayor Adams’ subway safety plan got is the next phase. “The vast majority are not dangerous,” off to a rough start on Monday, with two high-profile attacks following a weekend the mayor said. “But we have to be honest during which six people were slashed or about the number of individuals who are dealing with mental health crises ... there stabbed in a 48-hour period. One of the attacks, a slashing at about are many rivers that feed the sea of home5:30 p.m, last Friday, took place in the Bri- lessness. We need to dam every river.” He said the effor t, coordinated by arwood station, which also houses the headquarters of the NYPD’s Transit District 20, Hochul’s office, will put the policies and which patrols all the subways in Queens people in the right places. He quoted former MTA President Andy Byford, who was except for the A train. A slashing on Monday evening took brought in from Toronto in 2017 but lasted place on Judge Street in Elmhurst near the just over two years after repeated clashes entrance to the M/R station on Elmhurst with former Gov. Cuomo. “He said, ‘You let people sleep on Avenue. The victim sought help in the trains?’” Adams said. station. Joint response But Adams, in rollteams — Hochul ing out his subway safety plan last Friday he system is not made wants to eventually have 30 of them — in Man hat tan with to be housing.” w ill i nclude cit y Gov. Kathy Hochul hea lt h a nd me nt a l said change is coming — Mayor Adams health personnel, as to those grown accuswell as trained memtomed to seeing rampant cr ime and homelessness on the bers of community-based providers in an effort to convince the homeless to accept subways. They are planning to spend tens of mil- help and a bed somewhere other than a sublions of dollars and flood the subway sys- way bench. They also will have police officers, who tem with personnel from police officers to Adams said will enforce both laws and the social workers and mental health experts “This is decades of betrayal,” Adams code of passenger conduct for the Metropolsaid last Friday at the Fulton Street station itan Transportation Authority. Many encounters will take place at the in Manhattan. “Things that happened over decades we cannot wait for decades to fix. end of subway lines. Adams said the homeBut it’s not going to be fixed on Monday less will be required to leave the trains. “At the end of the line, if someone is morning.” The details and the implementation are there with shopping carts, bags, sleeping, complicated, but Adams spelled out his unkempt, that’s nonexistent anymore,” Adams said. “They will prevent people goals in plain words. “Our subway system and our bus system, from riding the trains back and forth all they are the lifeblood of our city,” Adams night like we don’t see them. Going forward said. “If we don’t get them right, our city we will no longer give that option to exist in the system this way. Now it is mandatory. won’t continue to recover from Covid.” Adams said phase 1, in which street cops The system is not made to be housing.” Adams said police will write summonses back up their colleagues on transit assignments by getting out of their vehicles and when necessary but will be used as a first walking into subway stations on their resort to correct behavior so arrests will be beat s, ha s resu lt ed i n 150,0 0 0 such less necessary. “No more smoking,” he said. “No more checks, each one expanding police presSenior News Editor

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A homeless man sleeps on the concourse level of the Forest Hills-71st Avenue subway station. Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul say their new Subway Safety Plan will benefit subway riders, the PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON homeless and mentally ill and the city. doing drugs. No more sleeping. No more barbecues in the subway system. No more just doing what you want. Those days are over.” For her part, Hochul said they will pursue new regulations and new laws on the state and federal level to allow better enforcement of Kendra’s Law, in which people can be ordered into mental health treatment by the courts. Hochul also said new regulations are needed in regard to involuntary committal of mentally ill people who need it. “Individuals who have demonstrated truly that they are not able to take care of themselves,” Hochul said. “That is a cry for help.” The governor said the retreat of Covid will allow the state to free up 1,000 hospital beds for psychiatric patients, including 600 in New York City, that were needed to deal with the pandemic. Hochul’s budget proposal calls for $27.5 million for more psychiatric beds in the

state and another $12 million for supportive housing and staffing outreach positions. The governor also wants to offer up to $150,000 in student loan forgiveness funds for medical and mental health professionals who join the effort. In a press release last Saturday, the day after the plan was announced, the group Passengers United expressed its doubts, citing a pair of knife attacks in Queens stations within the next 24 hours. “How can passengers have confidence in the safety plan released by the Governor and Mayor yesterday if a stabbing can happen in the same station where the precinct for NYPD District 20 is located?” the group asked. Passengers United also said while it has been asking the NYPD for weeks to clear out a homeless encampment at the JamaicaVan Wyck E train station where drug use allegedly was rampant, nothing was done until a robbery and stabbing at about 3 a.m. Q on Feb. 19.

City Council vote on outdoor dining today by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

Two City Council committees voted last Thursday in favor of an amendment in regard to making outdoor dining permanent. Today, Feb. 24, the whole Council will vote on the proposal in its stated meeting. The application to amend the city charter for a zoning change to permit the sidewalk cafes passed with 11 votes in the Committee on Land Use. The Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises passed it unanimously. The applications to each committee were

submitted by the departments of Transportation and City Planning. Councilwoman Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) noted in the meeting that the zoning amendment is a technical one to ensure “further discussion on the larger proposal.” Constituents were mistaken in thinking the vote was to make outdoor dining permanent, she said. The amendments would legalize sidewalk eateries in many parts of the city and do away with the narrow pre-pandemic zones. In the beginning of February, a joint session on the matter lasted over eight hours.

According to the joint report from that meeting, the Open Restaurants Program saved more than 100,000 jobs. Councilmember Mar jor ie Velázquez (D-Bronx), who chairs the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection and co-sponsored the legislation, said then, “Outdoor dining reimagined what the city could do with our streets.” She stated, “I heard loud and clear the many concerns about sanitation, noise pollution, pedestrian safety, designing, accessibility, and enforcement from people all over the City.” Q

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Hochul scraps most of ADU budget provision

Governor reacts to pushback from public, but no one totally satisfied by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

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Ariola’s swearing in Nantasha Williams and Lynn Shulman, Speaker Adrienne Adams and Councilwomen Selvena Brooks-Powers and Vickie Paladino. The FDNY Ceremonial Unit presented the colors for the event. “I am here to celebrate with you all, to rejoice for the NYC Council and to bring you my gratitude for electing an amazing leader,” Adams said, according to a press release. “I am looking forward to serving this district and being a loud voice for our constituents,” Ariola said.

Lane closure The New York State Department of Transportation will — weather permitting — close one lane of the northbound, two-lane Exit 10 ramp on the Van Wyck Expressway from Tuesday, Feb. 22 through the morning of Feb. 28, the department said Friday. The ramp heads west onto the Grand Central Parkway. The lane reduction will allow for work on the ramp as part of Phase 4 of the Kew Gardens Interchange Project. That project has been in the works since 2015; the fourth and final phase started in 2019 and is expected to wrap in June. Visit 511NY.org for travel updates. —Sophie Krichevsky

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Councilwoman Joann Ariola was sworn in for her ceremonial Oath of Office on Sunday by retired Supreme Court Judge Augustus Agate. Her mother, Theresa, held the bible. The ceremony took place at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach. Ariola, top center, was joined by her sons and daughters-in-law: Alison, Christian, Robert, Matthew and Chelsea. Her husband, John Shanks, is off camera. Elected officials attended, including Councilman Robert Holden, above left, Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, Councilwomen

Gov. Hochul cut the bulk of her legislation regarding the expansion of accessory dwelling units from her budget proposal on the evening of Feb. 17. As part of her 30-day amendment, a provision that allows the governor to change the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, Hochul altered part AA to remove the statewide requirement that would allow for ADUs regardless of local zoning regulations and cut part EE, which called for transit-oriented development, in its entirety. The one piece of the legislation that remains intact is part AA’s amnesty provision; preestablished, illegal ADUs in New York City — not statewide — could be granted amnesty under a program the city itself could establish. The move comes after immense outcry from communities — predominately suburban ones — across the state. In Queens, several community boards, including 8 and 11, voted to formally condemn that legislation along with three other bills, S7574 and S4547/A4854. Hochul alluded to the public reaction in her statement. “I have heard real concerns about the proposed approach on accessory dwelling units and transit-oriented development, and I understand that my colleagues in the State Senate believe a different set of tools is needed, even if they agree with the goal of supporting the growth of this kind of housing,” she said. Those in favor of the legislation argue that by allowing for more ADUs, the city will be able to better combat its housing shortage and homelessness level — granted those units meet the minimum health and safety regulations. The opposition, however, not only contends that those apartments would not be affordable, but that allowing for additional residences would make their communities denser and thus threaten their quality of life. Hochul’s latest amendment, then, might be viewed as a compromise of sorts. That, however, does not mean everyone is satisfied. Land use expert and advocate Paul Graziano of Flushing said that Hochul did some “political calculus” in making the amendment, and emphasized that he has been against the amnesty provision from day one. “The bottom line about this is: If you’re going to give amnesty to everyone, why bother having zoning rules in the first place?” he told the Chronicle. “People doing it the right way, in the right zone — they’re essentially being punished for being honest.” Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, who has voiced his support for expanding ADUs in recent weeks, suggested that he was not on board with Hochul’s decision, either — but for different reasons. “As someone who has lived in a basement

Then-Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul at a 2018 campaign event in Bay Terrace. PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY apartment and understands the important role such apartments play in Queens, I fully support efforts to bring to code and legalize basement apartments in New York City. Doing so will help bolster our affordable housing stock and keep multigenerational families together, while preventing the tragedies we experienced during Hurricane Ida’s floods,” he said in a prepared statement. “There must be a renewed, collaborative push among our federal, state and city partners to ensure that basement apartments across the five boroughs provide safe and legal dwelling spaces to the many New Yorkers who desperately need affordable places to live.” This is not the last Queens will hear on the subject, though. The 30-day amendment only affects Hochul’s own legislation — the bills in the state Legislature are still intact. “I understand Governor Hochul’s decision to remove the ADU initiative from the Executive Budget; this action highlights our primary concern, which is to get all of the details of the bill right, rather than enact a bill right away,” state Sen. Pete Harckham (D-Dutchess), sponsor of S4547, said in a statement last week. “It is important that we keep driving a conversation, however, on affordable housing for our workforce and equitable t reat ment for ou r residents.” Assemblyman Harvey Epstein (D-Manhattan), a sponsor of A4854, was more forthcoming in his disapproval of the governor’s amendment. “It’s unfortunate that Gov. Hochul decided to pull ADUs from the budget. We built a broad coalition of supporters that understand the value of this campaign and its #1 priority: affordable housing,” he tweeted last week. “Our fight isn’t over. We’re just getting startQ ed.”

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P Your Cuomo-Con Ed rate hikes EDITORIAL

veryone’s furious at Con Ed for jacking up electric rates this year. And some of that anger is justified, but mostly the utility is just passing along increased costs and hedging against more in the future. The real culprits, aside from the inflation that has hit every sector of the economy, including energy, are our elected officials. They’re the ones restricting the market and driving up costs, like their counterparts elsewhere in the country. The main target of ones ire should be former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. It was Cuomo who, pretty much singlehandedly, forced the shutdown of the Indian Point Energy Center, which had been supplying one-quarter of the city’s power. You can’t cut 25 percent of the supply of anything without driving up costs, as anyone who’s paid attention in a high school-level business class knows. Cuomo certainly knew it, but he was determined to shut down Indian Point’s two nuclear reactors, whether out of genuine concerns about people’s safety or other, more Cuomoesque reasons, like the shady payments a rival gas-powered plant was making to the wife of the governor’s crooked aide Joe Percoco. Whatever the cause, Cuomo made it clear from 2011 on that he would

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force Indian Point to close. The federal government was poised to grant its two reactors permission to operate for decades more, but the governor’s take put a stop to that. Now he and the environmentalists who always sought to close the plant can rest safe in the knowledge that New York State’s carbon emissions have increased because more natural gas is being burned to produce electricity. We all get to cope with the higher bills, and don’t think Con Ed is done — it’s seeking permission to raise electric rates 11 percent and natural gas 18 percent next. In part, that will be so it can afford mandates to use more green energy, such as wind, solar and hydroelectric, that not just Cuomo but our state lawmakers have enacted. Do you feel safer with the nuclear power station 25 miles north of here shut down? Do you feel better knowing that our laws will require less use of natural gas in the future? (And don’t forget that Cuomo also banned fracking, nixing another source of gas, to protect drinking water.) If so, great, but realize the price of all that is higher energy bills. And if not, remember that the main drivers of this were Cuomo and the legislators who have long allowed such an imperial governorship to exist here.

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Less gas, more cost Dear Editor: ’m still trying to get over the sticker shock of my last Con Ed bill. On top of that Con Ed is proposing an additional 11.8 percent increase in January 2023. I’m wondering if the new law that takes effect in 2027 banning natural gas in most new buildings is such a good idea. Linda Dobson Middle Village

Pols on energy: hot air Dear Editor: I see from the article “Queens angry with Con Ed price hikes” in last week’s edition that Sens. Mike Gianaris and Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson, all of whom lack the technical background to understand the science of energy generation, are complaining about Con Edison. I wonder if any of them have any scientists or engineers on their staffs other than political “scientists.” Had the life of the Indian Point Energy Center, which had provided reliable carbon-free power for almost 60 years, been extended, perhaps the spike in electric bills would not have occurred. The U.S. Department of Energy noted that 20 nuclear power plants, one-fifth of the nation’s fleet, are planning or intending to operate up to 80 years. In New York, power-sector emissions © Copyright 2022 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsiblefor errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc.at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

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fter a man was hit by not one SUV but two Feb. 12 in a horrifying Glendale accident caught on video, officials promised safety improvements to the notorious intersection in question, where Cypress Street meets Cooper Avenue. No doubt better lighting there would help. But there’s not much those could do about the crash nine days later between an SUV and a moped with two teenagers on it down the road at Cooper and 88th Street. One of the parties ran the light; we don’t know which. Nor could safety improvements do anything about the senseless Feb. 17 death of 18-year-old Sara Perez on Northern Boulevard on the East Elmhurst-Corona border. The 16-year-old who hit her simply decided to roar onto the sidewalk as she walked by. No one has been arrested in these crashes. Should anyone have been? We don’t know. But we do know that as traffic deaths in the city jump, from 220 in 2019 to 243 in 2020, to at least 266 in 2021, we need more police enforcement of existing laws. We all see reckless drivers every day and we don’t see enough of them stopped and ticketed. As the city battles rising crime, it must battle rising traffic deaths too. Apply the broken windows theory to driving violations now.

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reached 28.5 million tons in 2021, up from 24 million tons in 2019, according to EPA figures. The increase coincided with the shutdown of Indian Point’s two nuclear units in 2019 and 2021. Sen. Gianaris’ opposition to the construction of a “peaker plant” is an example of how clueless he is on energy matters. Renewable sources of energy today are not capable of meeting all the demand, especially in the summer. A “peaker plant” would prevent the blackouts and brownouts we are likely to face in summers to come. However, there is a solution. Cut off power to the homes of Gianaris, Addabbo and Anderson. They can generate their own renewable energy for their homes through the hot air they expel! David Soukup Sunnyside

A chance to fix schools Dear Editor: Thank you to Allan Rosen and Edward Riecks for their kind and on-point responses to my Feb. 10 letter to the editor titled “Why Should I Study” (“Kudos to Kristina I” and “Kudos to Kristina II,” Feb. 17). I wholeheartedly agree that we need excellence in schools for the precise reason of not being the laughing stock of the world. By dismantling the merit-based system, you are simply putting a Band-Aid on a wound and not solving the underlying problem. There shouldn’t be “bad” schools because the education system should be teaching and preparing students from kindergarten so that they will be able to do well in every school. All schools should be “good” schools because our students

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Retirees under the bu$ Dear Editor: I have a vested interest in Mr. Rottenberg’s letter (“Adams off on Medicare plan,” Feb. 17). I, as a retiree of the NYPD, pay union dues to the Detective Endowment Association. I feel that I and every other retired union member who has paid dues should have had the right to vote on this terrible NYC Medicare Advantage Plan. Now my medical treatment will be decided by an insurance company. This company is only interested in making big profits. As Mr. Rottenberg says, “This is not the medical coverage I signed up for.” I faithfully paid my union dues for over 22 years of service and continue to do so today, as a retiree. This was all done in a back room by the representatives who were supposed to protect us. All retirees have been sold out. Kim F. Cody Whitestone

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Democrat gerrymandering Dear Editor: Democrats have often railed against gerrymandering since Republicans control a majority of the state legislatures and therefore use their power for their advantage. That has not stopped Democrats from doing the same in states like Maryland. Now, we have the ultimate in Democratic hypocrisy here in New York. In 2014, New York voters approved the Independent Redistricting Commission to eliminate political favoritism in the redistricting process. The Democrats tried to pass a resolution this past November changing the process but the voters rejected it. So, the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed a bill stating that if the commission could not come up with a plan by a certain date, the Legislature will do the redistricting. Of course, Democrats on the commission refused to compromise so the Legislature drew up a new congressional map, which may cause Republicans to lose up to four seats. My main complaint is not what the Democrats finally did. As I wrote, Republicans do it too. I have two problems with their actions. First, the Democrats went against the will of the people to increase their political gains. This is very undemocratic. Second, I never want to hear any Democrat complain about gerrymandering. They shouldn’t cry about something they do themselves. Remember when Democrats cried about Senate Republicans changing the rules regarding approving Supreme Court judges. They forgot that Harry Reid did the same to Republicans when it came to lower court judges and that Republicans vowed revenge at that time. Politicians from both parties act hypocritically at times. Hypocrisy is not owned by one party. However, this act is about as blatant as it gets. Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: Letter writer Joan Silaco requested it (“Elephants in the room,” Feb. 17), so I am writing a follow-up to my Feb. 10 “Penner, PETA and poultry.” I also thank her for reading and complimenting me on my letter. PETA’s website documents utterly horrific abuses of animals used for clothing, food, medical experimentation and entertainment. To make it simple, I’ll stick to factory farming. The only caveat I’ll offer my Queens, Nassau and Suffolk neighbors is I have not witnessed for myself the abuses contained in these documentaries. But having seen firsthand chickens being transported in freezing cold weather, crammed in cages where they can hardly move, I don’t have a problem believing the videos. Observing the conditions under which animals are kept before the slaughter, it is impossible not to wonder how pure our food can be.

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One has to wonder if massive amounts of adrenaline aren’t being produced by the animals’ fear, and one has to wonder how pure they can be after inhaling their own waste products being kept under filthy conditions. I also must emphasize that my own eating habits are not perfect, and I have not eliminated meat from my diet. But I am trying. When I order Chinese food I order vegetables instead of any meat. And most importantly, I do not write opinion pieces on Earth Day while also writing opinion pieces extolling cheeseburgers and hamburgers. Nat Weiner Bronx

should be well prepared to succeed not just in school but in the real world. Putting students in a rigorous school that they were not prepared for is not only unfair, but it won’t solve the problem — the Department of Education failing its students. Turning screened high school admissions into a lottery is just one way for the DOE to hide its failures. It is too much trouble for the DOE to help these students so this is just an easy way out as per usual. The DOE clearly cares more about saving face than helping the children they are supposed to be educating. Now that we have a new chancellor starting with a clean slate, this would be the golden opportunity to raise the bar and give students the tools they need to reach these expectations because education means everything. Will the new administration step up to the challenge and put an end to this era of low expectations? I hope Chancellor David Banks takes this opportunity and runs with it to show our city that we are capable and will rise once again. On a final note: For all who say I would do great in public office, I do indeed plan on running for Congress in the future. Kristina Raevsky Forest Hills

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Adams sets priorities in $98.5B budget plan

Mayor proposes smaller headcount, more efficient services, public safety by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Mayor Adams has laid his cards — and his administration’s priorities — on the table with his preliminary budget proposal for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The plan calls for a budget of $98.53 billion for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. If passed by the City Council as drafted, it would represent a reduction from the $106.5 billion anticipated to be spent this year, The Adams administration is forecasting what the mayor said in his Feb. 16 budget address are manageable out-year deficits of $2.7 billion, $2.2 billion and $3 billion for the next three years, respectively. “I made a commitment to New Yorkers to spend taxpayer dollars more wisely, while making the upstream investments necessary to ensure a robust recovery — and this administration’s first Preliminary Budget achieves exactly that,” Adams said in a statement issued by his office. “We are cutting spending, making government run more efficiently, investing in public safety, and providing much-needed help to working families across our city.” Among the savings initiatives Adams highlighted are nearly $2 billion in departmental cuts under the Program to Eliminate the Gap initiative. Not even the NYPD was

Mayor Adams is requesting a budget of $98.5 billion for the fiscal year beginning on July 1. NYC SCREENSHOT / YOUTUBE Negotiations with the City Council have begun. spared. Adams’ proposal also reduces the city headcount by 3,200 this year and 7,000 next year through attrition with zero layoffs. The plan will raise the city’s budget reserves to a record $6.1 billion. Among the expenditures that Adams said will help spur economic activity are expanding the NYC Earned Income Tax Credit to $250 million; earmarking funding

for a minimum of 100,000 summer youth jobs; and setting a base of $75 million per year for Fair Fare discount MetroCards for low-income residents. “With this preliminary budget, we have taken the very first steps to turn our city around,” Adams said. “The best city in the world will look even better if we focus on the basics. New Yorkers and visitors must feel safe on our streets, in our subways and

schools, and in their homes. “Government must work for the people and use taxpayer funds efficiently. Above all, New Yorkers must feel confident and optimistic that their city is working for them and looking out for their future.” Negotiations with the Council already are underway and will pick up steam. The City Charter requires a new budget to be approved by July 1. In a statement issued by the office of C o u n c i l S p e a ke r Ad r ie n n e Ad a m s (D-Jamaica), she and Finance Committee Chairman Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn) praised the proposal for many of the expenditures and investments the mayor outlined. “This is a promising start to the budget process, and the Council looks forward to fulfilling its role in examining this Preliminary Budget through hearings and other efforts,” they said. On the GOP side of the aisle, Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) said she was encouraged — so far. “This is a very preliminary budget,” Ariola said in an interview. “There are a lot of points that have been much needed in this cit y for a long t i me — li ke f iscal conservancy.” Ariola said Adams appears to be moving continued on page 16

Mayor will not expand curbside composting Queens environmentalists push for program, despite its imperfections by Sophie Krichevsky

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Mayor Adams’ search for a 3 percent cut to the city’s budget put the Department of Sanitation’s brown bin composting program on the chopping block last week. Despite campaign promises of curbside compost expansion, Adams’ preliminary budget would not only press pause on that expansion, it would also stop the reintroduction of the program to those communities that had it prior to the pandemic. Councilmember Sandy Nurse (D-Brooklyn), who chairs the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management , pulled no punches in her reaction to the mayor’s preliminary budget, which docks $18.2 million from the sanitation budget, targeting curbside compost pickup specfiically. “We especially cannot afford cuts to DSNY’s organic composting program. Organic waste makes up one-third of our city’s waste stream,” Nurse said in a statement Feb. 16. “The consequences of not equitably expanding the organics program are more rats ripping open our trash bags and thus more litter on our streets. It will contribute to an overall lower quality of life for our city’s most disadvantaged communities.” Queens environmentalists are, unsurprisingly, frustrated with the decision. “I think we were just surprised and disappointed that this was the direction the mayor

seems to be going with that [program],” said Amy Marpman, chair of the Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board. Asked for an explanation, Adams said in a press conference last week, “We won’t use taxpayers’ money just to do a symbolic program.” That answer elicited a lot of negative reactions from the public, and has become the touchstone in the debate. The mayor’s words struck a chord with Marpman. “I disagree that it’s a symbolic program. It’s a very important and meaningful program for the city,” she said. Chelsea Encababian, compost project manager at the Queens Botanical Garden, agreed. “I wish that he would come to the table and talk to the people doing the work,” Encababian said of the mayor, “and get our perspective on why it might not be working ... to the degree it’s supposed to.” But some environmentalists seem to take Adams’ point — even those who disagree with this section of the budget proposal. “There is broad support in the Council for the residential composting program, and the environmental cost of not composting is food waste emitting methane, the worst greenhouse gas, as it decomposes in landfills. That is unacceptable,” Councilman James Gennaro (D-Hillcrest) said in a statement to the Chronicle. “But the

The curbside compost program would not get the money it needs to expand if the budget is PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON approved as is. mayor has a point — composting organic waste has become a ‘boutique’ program limited to few neighborhoods, and compliance is poor. So, the program does need to be fixed. And the Mayor has asked his team to fix it and it is his responsibility to fix it.” On that, the centrist Gennaro finds an unlikely ally in Gil Lopez, a far-left environmentalist who also sits on the SWAB. “It’s upsetting that the mayor is cutting money for the composting program. But he’s right. The mayor said it: The brown bin program is symbolic and does not work. I do not disagree with that at all,” he told the Chronicle. But, he added, “The solution is not to cancel a program

because it doesn’t work. The solution is actually to whip your administrators that are responsible for this program into shape and make it work.” But Lopez was frank: He is not a fan of the curbside compost program. “I think the brown bin program is based on classist and racist and environmental[ly] unjust ways of operating in the world that focus strictly on the financial bottom line and do not look at the issues on the ground,” he said. More specifically, he explained, the brown bin program is flawed in its execution for myriad reasons. “They spend a lot of money on trucks and drag union drivers into neighborhoods that got no education about how to use the brown bin,” Lopez said. “So they have a very low participation rate. It’s very low — so low, that before they canceled all the programs in the pandemic they actually stopped enrolling into new neighborhoods, and [after] they were going back to neighborhoods with the lowest participation rate and the highest contamination rates and trying to re-educate people.” But it’s not as simple as a lack of interest, as both Encababian and Kat Cervino, president of the Coastal Preservation Network, said; the interest is there. “This is really something that people want to do, and as they learn more about it and how light continued on page 16

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Students at PS 143 in Corona certainly did not eat lunch alone last week. In fact, they had some high-profile guests to enjoy Vegan Friday lunch with in honor of national No One Eats Alone Day, a curriculum and campaign to end social isolation and create a culture of belonging. Schools Chancellor David Banks visited the school with state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights), Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and Councilmembers Francisco Moya (D-Corona) and Rita Joseph (D-Brooklyn), who is chair of the City Council Committee on Education. They met with PS 143 Principal Justine Lucas and were

greeted by the school’s chorus who sang “Roar” by Katy Perry, top left. Banks has been visiting schools and meeting with administrators and community education councils since taking office. He often speaks of his “pillars for success,” one of which is prioritizing health and wellness for students. He has said that includes a healthy mind, body and spirit and has stressed the importance of mindfulness. At PS 143, Ann Digregorio has been teaching yoga and mindfulness for over 20 years. Banks and the other officials experienced those workshops taking place at the school, as

students did sun salutations, top right, and held cards with affirmations like “I am grateful” and “I am brave” printed on them, above center. The visit coincided with the new Vegan Friday program rolled out by Mayor Adams. The cafeteria hot lunch included rice and beans, plantains, salad and meatless burritos. The meal got great reviews from the group, a marked difference from the lacking vegan lunches shared on social media in recent weeks. Banks spoke of the energy felt in schools with good leadership and about holding such schools up as an example for oth— Deirdre Bardolf ers to learn from.

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HS admissions deadline extended but that does not satisfy the critics by Deirdre Bardolf

three 99s and a 100. The parents also note that attendance and The high school application process is open test scores are no longer considered and that admissions policies are made at the DOE level and the deadline to apply has been extended 10 days to March 11, the Department of Edu- instead of at the school level. The petition makes five demands: that the cation announced last Wednesday, but many four subject grades are averaged and ranked are more concerned with the new admissions from top to bottom as done in previous years, policy than they are with the deadline. that the top tier lottery “bucket” be more narMore than 700 signatures have been gathrow, that schools be able to add supplemental ered for an online petition by the group Queens Parents United entitled “Demand Fair screens such as essays and interviews, that all and Transparent High School Admissions lottery numbers be provided before the application closes and that “real parent engagefrom Chancellor Banks and NYC.” “There was no engagement with school ment” takes place. “We need schools that match our children’s communities or parent leaders on this policy,” skills, talents and interests,” commented one the Change.org petition reads. parent on the petition. “Accelerated learning “Upon review of the screening criteria, it is must be by merit only.” readily apparent that the DOE constructed a In a recent Town Hall, Schools Chancellor fancy lottery masquerading as a screen designed to mislead parents into thinking Banks said that, although many parents would like to see the admissions criteria remain as merit remains the guiding standard.” they were previously, the department is trying For in-demand schools, the DOE-assigned to be fair and equitable. He said the policy lottery number would be the primary determinant of whether a student receives an offer, the would be revisited next year. DOE Chief Enrollment Officer Sarah petition explains. Kleinhandler said that access for Black and Student averages that land them in the “top tier” can consist of grades as low as in the 70s. brown students increased 13 percent with this model. Slides presented in a Citywide Council on State Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside), chairperHigh Schools meeting on Feb. 9 showed that a student with two 85s and two 75s would son of the Senate’s Committee on New York City Education, acknowledged last week that end up in the same tier as a student with Associate Editor

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continued from page 12 thoughtfully and deliberately. She said she supports his belief that city agencies and personnel must be managed and operated more efficiently. But as chairwoman of the Fire and Emergency Management Committee, she does want to talk to the mayor about what she said are plans to reduce staffing in 20 engine companies within the FDNY from five firefighters to four. In a statement from the Citizens Bu d get C o m m is sion , P r e sid e nt Andrew Rein had both praise and problems. “Mayor Eric Adams’ Preliminary Budget proposes important, welcome, and refreshing initial steps in the right direction, especially reducing unneeded vacant positions to realize recurring savings and removing the $500 million in specious labor savings—a victory for fiscal integrity,” Rein said. But he said some of the mayor’s estimates are somewhat misleading, and that to bolster New York’s competitiveness and ability to serve its residents in the future, “the City should take significant additional actions in the Executive and Adopted Budgets to make government more efficient, stave off the looming fiscal cliffs, and save Q for the inevitable next downturn.”

continued from page 12 their trash is and how much of their waste is just like ridiculous to go in the trash, more people are willing to do it,” said Cervino, whose organization runs a compost dropoff program in College Point. Rather, what stops people from participating in compost programs is not only a lack of accessibility, but the confusing nature of the numerous and constantly changing nature of the city’s compost programs. “If you’re changing it often — ‘Who gets what in this neighborhood? That neighborhood?’ — it’s confusing,” Encababian said. The curbside compost program is just one piece of the city’s composting initiative — but it’s a big one. And that, Encababian said, could put a strain on programs like Cervino’s and at QBG. “Because people are super excited about it, there are certain food scrap dropoff sites that don’t have the space to process 100 households’ worth of food scraps each week,” she said. Still, Gennaro was optimistic that the program would survive, he hopes in better shape: “I believe that when the budget is finally adopted, the composting program will be fully funded, and the Mayor will have fixed the program’s inefficiencies. I believe it will end up Q being a win-win.”

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Senate District 17 Dems are in for a race to remember this June by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

Former Middle Village Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley recently filed to run for state Senate District 17, election records show. She’ll face off with Democratic Socialist Kristen Gonzalez, a young, Latina progressive who grew up in Elmhurst and sits on Community Board 4, in a June primary. While Crowley has yet to make a formal announcement, she confirmed to the Chronicle that the public can expect one soon. The Democrat has also begun collecting donations via ActBlue. Asked about her new competition, Gonzalez wrote in an email to the Chronicle, “I’m excited for everyone in the race to make their case to the voters of the new 17th district. This will be the first time these communities have a chance to express their priorities collectively, and I’m confident that their priorities are the same as my campaign.” District 17 is one of two new Senate districts that encompass parts of Queens under the recently passed redistricting proposal. While previously, the district was entirely in southern Brooklyn, it now straddles the BrooklynQueens border, and includes parts of Glendale, Ridgewood, Long Island City and Greenpoint.

In her time on the Council, Crowley worked to increase capacity at schools in District 24 and advocated for physcial education reform. She was also dedicated to improving parks and libraries, decreasing crime and supporting unions. Gonzalez, on the other hand, plans to focus on lowering rents, providing free healthcare and creating good union jobs through a Green New Deal. “Families in this district work hard every day of their lives, but so much of what they earn goes to boosting the profits of big insurance companies and bad landlords,” she said in a statement to the Chronicle. Crowley’s bid comes on the heels of her 2021 primary challenge to Borough President Donovan Richards, during which she gave the sitting BP a run for his money, losing by a narrow 0.6 percent. Crowley previously ran against Richards in the 2020 BP special election, which Richards won handily. She lost her Council seat in 2017 to Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), who holds it to this day. Crowley is the cousin of former 14th District Congressman Joe Crowley, who was ousted from Washington by a challenger who is now perhaps the most well-known U.S. rep-

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Former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley and young progressive Kristen Gonzalez will face off in FILE PHOTO , LEFT; COURTESY PHOTO the SD 17 primary in June. resentative in the country: Alexandria OcasioCortez (D-Bronx, Queens). In 2012, Crowley made a bid to join her cousin in the House, but lost to Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) in a primary. Like Holden, Meng, too, remains in office today. Crowley faces a new challenge in Gonzalez, who has already earned endorsements from Make the Road Action and TREEage. The 26-year-old Latina grew up the daughter of a single mom who emigrated from Puerto Rico

and worked as a teacher’s aide, alongside other jobs. Gonzalez relied on scholarships to attend an elite Upper East Side high school, commuting each day from Elmhurst. Those qualities could certainly make Gonzalez an appealing choice for the young progressives who live in the district. However, as the New York Post reported Feb. 5, Gonzalez lives in a 58-story, waterfront LIC building and works for American Express, continued on page 18

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Crash-prone corner back on city’s radar

DOT chief vows quick upgrades after man hit twice at Cooper and Cypress by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

City Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Tuesday promised speedy changes while standing at the busy Glendale corner where a 57-year-old man was struck by one SUV and run over and dragged by another on Feb. 12. “You’ll see changes within days,” Rodriguez said standing at the intersection of Cooper and Cypress avenues. A sickening video that has gone viral shows the man being knocked down by one vehicle as he is crossing the street. He then is run over by a second driver who made a left turn and was apparently unaware that the first vehicle struck someone. Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), who organized the press conference, acknowledged things like lighting may not have been optimal at the time and need to be upgraded. He still was largely grasped by disbelief. “That two drivers couldn’t see him ...” Holden mused. Speaking at a meeting of the 104th Precinct Community Council on Feb. 15 [see separate story in some editions or at qchron. com], Deputy Inspector Louron Hall, the precinct’s commanding officer, said the man was in stable condition. Holden and Rodriguez

said Tuesday that remained the case in their most recent updates. Hall said last week the entire Cypress corridor has demanded increased attention from his officers, with 16 collisions and 97 violations issued since Jan. 1 alone. He said the precinct is considering a historical study of the Cooper and Cypress intersection. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), speaking at Tuesday’s press conference, said the city already is all too well aware of the problem. “There was a study in 2019 naming this intersection,” Addabbo said. “This intersection is on the city’s radar ... This isn’t about saving a bumper or a fender. This is about saving lives.” A ssembly wom a n Jen ifer R ajk u m a r (D-Woodhaven) said over eight years the intersection has seen 153 reported crashes injuring 56 motorists, 10 pedestrians and seven cyclists. Holden said along with any changes the Department of Transportation can make, there needs to be a change of mentality among drivers. “Even look at how cars are marketed,” Holden said. “The ads show how fast they go; spinning turns. Nobody drives that way.” Rodriguez, who until January was chairman of the City Council’s Transportation Committee, was promising short- and long-

term improvements. He said aside from the intersection itself he will deliver things like Jersey barricades to protect nearby bike lanes to replace plastic delineators and bollards. “I asked the previous administration for Jersey barriers,” Holden said. “I was told, ‘We don’t do those anymore.’” In terms of his “within days” promise, Rodriguez said things within the DOT’s immediate control will be done quickly. Caroline Shadood hopes so. She lives near the intersection since moving from Brooklyn, and said her partner has been hit twice at the intersection and she herself was struck once some years ago about half a mile away across the Brooklyn border. “It was horrible how many people died at Flushing and Wyckoff [avenues] before they did something,” she said at the press conference. Among the changes Rajkumar would like to see is the setting of signals at Cooper and Cypress to allow periods of “pedestrian crossing only” time. That has been done at numerous intersections in recent years. She also would like to see a traffic light at Cooper and 59th Street to allow pedestrians to cross Cooper while avoiding the intersection; and the elimination of parking for 200 feet on westbound Cooper past Cypress to allow the widening of the eastbound lane.

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A teenage girl was hospitalized in critical condition on Monday after the moped on which she was riding as a passenger collided with an SUV on Cooper Avenue in Glendale. The crash took place at 3:13 p.m. at the T-junction where 88th Street meets Cooper. The intersection is regulated with a traffic light. According to information received from the NYPD and city Department of Transportation, officers from the 104th Precinct responded to find a 16-year-old girl lying in the street suffering from severe head trauma, along with a 15-year-old boy suffering injuries to his right leg. The boy was operating the vehicle, which police called a motorcycle in their report, with the girl being a passenger. Subsequent published repor ts have referred to the vehicle as a moped. The initial findings of the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad stated that the boy was operating the 2021 Yamaha on Cooper and heading east, in the direction of Metropolitan Avenue, as he approached 88th Street. The SUV, a 2021 Mazda CX-30, was on 88th with the driver, a 30-year-old man, attempting to make a left turn onto Cooper. Police said the Yamaha

A lieutenant from the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad confers with Deputy Inspector Louron PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Hall, right, commanding officer of the 104th Precinct. struck the front of the SUV, causing both teens to be ejected. EMS personnel transported the girl to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical condition and the boy to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park in stable condition. The driver of the SUV and his

27-year-old passenger also were taken to J H MC, where they were t reated and released. No information was available as to who had the green light when the collision occurred. Police said the investigation is Q continuing.

Councilman Bob Holden, left, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar address traffic safety at the intersection of Cooper and Cypress avenues in GlenPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON dale on Tuesday. Rajkumar also said she would be introducing a number of related bills in Albany, such as requiring more driver education and a “crash Q victim bill of rights.”

District 17 continued from page 17 which, on a surface level, might be seen as a negative by those same progressives. But when the Chronicle asked about that, Gonzalez did not waver. “You don’t forget what it’s like to overhear your mom on the phone having to plead with a caseworker for help with basic necessities like food stamps, or healthcare for her daughter. You don’t forget what it’s like to watch your mother clean houses on the weekend to make ends meet, and like many of your neighbors work seven days a week and still be one disaster — health, climate or otherwise — away from losing everything. I take those experiences with me in everything I do,” she said via email. “But the truth is, this campaign isn’t really about me. It’s about building a permanently mobilized base of working-class people to keep all their representatives, myself included, accountable to their needs. Our campaign is just another step in that process.” As the area prepares for what is shaping up to be an exciting Senate race, with Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan’s (D-Long Island City) announced retirement, it will also — for the first time in nearly four decades — choose a new assemblyperson to send to Albany. Crowley’s campaign did not respond to Q an additional request for comment.

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Politicians and residents celebrate co-naming of Homelawn Street by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

Elected officials and various members of the Bangladeshi community gathered at the intersection of Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street on Monday, Feb. 21 to celebrate the co-naming of Homelawn Street as Little Bangladesh Avenue. The new name is made possible by Councilman James Gennaro (D-Hillcrest), who sponsored legislation to that effect; the bill was passed on Dec. 15, and was adopted into the City Charter Jan. 15. Community members came out in droves to commemorate the event Monday afternoon — perhaps to an extent no one could have anticipated. As elected officials began to arrive, they were quickly engulfed within the crowd of residents and reporters alike, and, with little room to move on the intersection’s island, some were overwhelmed. At one point, Gennaro, the event’s ringleader, required the assistance of Deputy Inspector Kevin Chan of the 107th Precinct to clear the area, and even went so far as to threaten to call off the festivities. Once Gennaro and his fellow elected officials and VIPs reconfigured themselves with the lectern and the microphone in the middle of the street, though, the councilman kicked off the program — albeit, almost an hour

Gennaro quickly handed off the microphone to Mohammed Aminullah, a former Queens Democratic district leader and Bangladeshi community leader. He unabashedly touted Gennaro’s record. “We tried to make the Bangladesh coalition together, and we have been successful partially,” Aminullah said. “We have to keep trying with a leader like Jim Gennaro to make this Bangladesh community more strong.” He was followed by Bangladeshi Consul General Monirul Islam. “Today I’m extremely happy. I’m honored, and also am emotionally overwhelmed, because today, we are going to open a new road, known as Little Bangladesh Avenue,” he said to the cheering crowd. Later, Islam added: “The Bangladeshi diaspora in the USA have become a Monday’s speakers included Assemblyman David Weprin, left, CB 8 Chair Martha Taylor mostly real, real force, in the sense that they are not hidden, activist Mohammed Aminullah, District Attorney Melinda Katz, Councilman James Gennonly playing a role in terms of protecting aro, Bangladesh Consul General Monirul Islam and Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, right. Bangladesh’s history, culture and tradition in PHOTO BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY behind schedule. He began with a moment of many of them here in Jamaica,” he then said USA, but also, they’re effectively contributsilence in honor of the Freedom Fighters who before the crowd. “Today, we are celebrating ing towards the relationship between the two lost their lives in Bangladesh’s 1971 War for the many contributions of the Bangladeshi countries.” Independence, figuring it was also an effecCouncilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-St. community to the Borough of Queens.” tive way to rein in his audience. Albans), whose district borders Gennaro’s, It was determined that the event would “I am thrilled to be here for this wonderoccur on Monday specifically because of its also spoke during Monday’s celebration, ful and timely co-naming ceremony. As coinciding with both the anniversary of the doing so with great enthusiasm. She began many as 65 percent of New York City’s Ban- fight to recognize the Bangla language and with a quote from activist Lilla Watson: “If continued on page 22 gladeshi population reside in Queens — and International Mother Language Day.

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Hall of Science welcomes you back

Felled by pestilence and flood, Corona icon partially reopens by Michael Shain Chronicle Contributor

Five months after floods from the remnants of Hurricane Ida ravaged the New York Hall of Science, the science center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park reopened to visitors last weekend. A large section of the museum remains under construction but, without fanfare, officials put out word late last week that most of the center would be open again on Saturday. “Not bad for two days’ notice,” said Margaret Honey, president of the museum, after learning that about 800 visitors — the vast majority of them young kids, the museum’s favored demographic — showed up the first day. “It’s great to see people back in the building again.” The Hall of Science has been shuttered for all but two months of the last two years — first, by the pandemic and then the disastrous flood. On the night of Sept. 1, Ida dumped 10 inches of rain on parts of Queens in under an hour. Eleven people here were killed. The violent stormwaters broke through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the museum’s facade, then rushed through the lobby to the building’s lowest point — the rotunda at the bottom of the main pavilion, a full story below street level. The deluge poured down the staircases and filled the rotunda, like a bathtub, with 3 feet of water. A third of the museum’s exhibitions and nearly all its administrative offices were utterly destroyed. Honey estimates the repair costs at $13 million, most of which will be paid for by insurance money, grants from the Federal Emergency Man-

agement Agency and donations from the museum’s league of regular contributors. “We’re not going to do everything at one time,” said Honey. “It’s going to happen in phases. “What we had to repair so far is minor in the scheme of things — Sheetrock, paint, electrical,” she said “Rebuilding the lower central pavilion, that’s a much bigger project.” This week, about 60 percent of the museum has been reopened to visitors. The sections that have been restored — including a hugely popular playroom for preschoolers and the interactive Mars-rover station — are in the museum’s newer section. Running was the preferred speed for most kids after getting past a guard checking for proof of vaccina- The preschool playroom filled up fast after the doors to the New York Hall of Science were opened last Saturday tion and a young man taking tickets. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN morning for the first time since the remnants of Hurricane Ida devastated the building. The exhibition that had just been up about a third of the science cen- she said. “Weeks.” opened at the time of the flood, “The group friend of Dan and Maya. “It was heartbreaking,” said “We used to trek to Manhattan. ter’s half a million annual visitors. Happiness Experiment” about the When city schools closed, the yellow Avenius. neuroscience of joy, has been Didn’t know this was here.” Because only a portion of the The calamity of pandemic restric- buses stopped coming. remounted just as it was. Early on, members told the muse- museum is open, officials were reluc“This was a bummer, it’s been tions has hit just about every big pubclosed for so long,” said Sofya Kulik, lic institution in Queens hard. But the um they would hold off bringing their tant to announce the reopening Hall of Science seems to have been kids back until a vaccine was widely widely. a mother of two from Rego Park. Emails were sent out only to memespecially snake available, according to Brian Ave“This is a n iu s , t he mu seu m’s he a d of bers and a media list, Avenius said. bitten. mile away from “It’s a little like a soft opening.” T he science marketing. home,” she said, t’s great to see “Too much of the museum is For a place pitched at youngsters, center was shut as her children, offline right now to go big,” said the museum had to be a bit more d o w n f o r 16 Dan, 4, and people back in Honey. “It was the loyalists and regum o n t h s a f t e r heedful than others, he said, Maya, 2, Finally, the Hall of Science lars who came today.” romped through the building again.” Covid in March The north pavilion — part of the 2020, an unusual- reopened full-time last July 2. Seven the happi ness — NYSCI President ly long stretch. weeks later, the heavens opened up. original building constructed for the exhibit. Margaret Honey 1964 New York World’s Fair — will By comparison, Literally. “We’re memThe morning after the Ida storm, take another six months or so to t h e A m e r ic a n b e r s a n d we came here all the time. For the kids, Museum of Natural History and Met- staffers were dispatched to Home restore, officials estimate. Until then, visitors can take a short ropolitan Museum of Art in Manhat- Depot to buy pumps and rubber wadthis was tough.” detour and view the progress from a ing boots, Honey recalled. “It’s our first time,” said Jun Ye, tan were closed for only six months. “We wore those boots for weeks,” window above the pavilion floor. Q Class trips have traditionally made mother of 2-year-old Hunter, a play-

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There’s a lot to do during a visit to the Hall of Science, so Sofya Kulik, and her children, Dan, 4, and Maya, 2, stretched out on bean bag chairs for a quick break during their trip. The only NYSCI display not wrecked by the flood was a Mercury space capsule hanging from the ceiling. The rotunda of the north pavilion, destroyed by the flood, is still closed to the public.

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District Attorney Melinda Katz, near left, hosted a Black History Month event last Wednesday in St. Albans. Al Sharpton, second from left at top left, the founder of the nonprofit National Action Network, was the keynote speaker; City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams was a guest speaker; and Majority Whip Selvena Brooks-Powers and Director of Special Projects Lynette Shelborne-Barfield of state Sen. Leroy Comrie’s office helped present awards at the Black Spectrum Theatre event. The program included live music, dance performances from the Devore Dance Co. and a number from the Queens Alliance Drumline. The Rev. Philip Craig of the Springfield Community Church did the invocation at the start of the festivities and the Rev. Maria Hubbard of Agape Bethel Community Development did the benediction to close out the ceremony. Youth activists, left, from the nonprofit Life Camp were also in attendance. Above, hip-hop pioneer Ralph McDaniels, left, theater founder Carl

Clay, activist Larry “Love” Moore, BlaQue Network founder Aleeia Abraham, QDA office staffer Sharon Walker and Assistant District Attorney Allison Wright were the honorees of the night. “Being recognized during The Black History Month presentatation was an honor and long time coming,” said Clay. “It was a welcome and appreciated gesture of the Queens DA Office to sponsor this event at Black Spectrum Theatre because it shows a continued willingness by DA Katz’s office to reach out to all communities and organizations across Queens to promote a new sense of even-handedness and fairness from her office.” Abraham said that the award will inspire and motivate her team as they engage challenges. The BlaQue Network is a directory that connects people from Queens with Black entrepreneurs in the World’s Borough. “The honor conveyed an appreciation of our work in the com— Naeisha Rose munity,” said Abraham.

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The new street sign at the corner of Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street was unveiled PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL during Monday’s festivities. continued from page 19 you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Williams continued: “I want to let you know that I’m here to work with you. I believe that my liberation is your liberation. Together, we could do amazing things — like rename a major street Little Bangladesh Avenue.” But for Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajku-

mar (D-Woodhaven), the first South Asian woman elected to New York state office, the street’s rebranding hit close to home. “In the 1970s, my parents immigrated and they settled right here: Hillside Avenue,” she said. “It’s a special meaning for me that all these decades later — as they rose in this country, as we all rose in this country, as our children have risen — that I get to stand here today at the naming of Q Little Bangladesh Avenue.”

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Foodie Joe and Queens Bully

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Joe DiStefano, Queens’ best-known foodie, is negotiating the signature food of Nepal, momos — steamed dumplings served in soup or with a dipping sauce. Without some practice, momos can be awkward to eat without dropping something down your front. In a new YouTube series about Queens cuisine, DiStefano manages to gobble momos in three different restaurants without a drip or a stain — talking to the camera the whole time about the subtle differences among types of the Himalayan fast food. “I love talking about food in Queens on camera,”

said the author of “111 Places in Queens That you Must Not Miss,” a bible of the borough’s cuisine. Episode 1 of “World’s Borough Buffet” debuted last month with a sprightly video that follows DiStefano, first, to two established momo restaurants in Jackson Heights — Nepali Bhanchha Ghar at 75th Street and Roosevelt Avenue and Lhasa Tibetan Restaurant, at 76-03 37 Ave. Bhanchha Ghar is the perennial winner of the Momo Crawl, an annual neighborhood competition, and Lhasa is the famed “restaurant behind the cellphone store” that moved after a fire last year. The episode then visits Queens Bully, the youngat-heart Forest Hill gastropub on Queens Boulevard and 76th Road, where the Himalayan fast food has

been reinvented as a — surprise!— West Indian dish. “That’s the beauty of Queens,” said DiStefano. “You can do that. Authenticity in Queens is a moving target.” If foodies have long recognized Queens for its bewildering smorgasbord of ethnic food, TV has been a little slower getting to the table. Anthony Bourdain did a worthy hour on Queens a few years ago for his CNN food series, “Parts Unknown.” Still, it barely scratched the surface. “World’s Borough Buffet” is the brainchild of Queens Bully co-owner Rohan Aggarwal, who plans to produce a new show every month on a different, iconic Queens dish. continued on page 25

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Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on Jan. 31, 1919, in Cairo, Ga, into a family of sharecroppers. He was the youngest of five children. The middle name was given in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt, who had died weeks before he was born. In 1920, father Jerry Robinson deserted the family and his mother Mallie moved the family to Pasadena, Calif. Although he endured a life of poverty, young Jack excelled in four sports — football, basketball, track and baseball. He made history when he chose baseball as his sport and became the first man of his race to enter the all-white profession. In 1947 and 1948 he lived in a small, humble house in East Flatbush. In 1949, he received a $7,000 raise that raised his salary to $21,000. The family decided to move to a 60-by-100 property at 112-40 177 St. in the exclusive Addisleigh Park section of South Jamaica. After his MVP award his salary was increased to $35,000 in 1950 ($376,000 in today’s money). After a poor 1955 season, he knew his days were numbered. He started

Jackie Robinson’s home at 112-40 177 St. in the Addisleigh Park section of South Jamaica, INSET FILE PHOTO as it looked in the 1940s. building a six-acre estate in Stamford, Conn., to enjoy his retirement. He retired after the 1956 season. He suffered from diabetes, poor eye sight and a bad heart. Six months after his old Brooklyn teammate Gil Hodges passed away at 47, Robinson died of a heart attack at age 53 on Oct. Q 24, 1972.

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Be it a small family plot from Queens’ days as farmland or Calvary covering 365 acres, cemeteries tell stories of the history of the borough and those who have lived here. In his new book, “Dead Queens,” author Richard Panchyk tells the stories of the cemeteries themselves, in 128 pages with more than 230 photographs. The book is the latest of Panchyk’s works in the America Through Time series by Arcadia Publishers. It was a collaborative effort with his daughter, Lizz, who accompanied him to several cemeteries and helped him take and select the photos. “Keep in mind that until about the mid19th century there weren’t any of these big cemeteries,” Panchyk, who grew up in Elmhurst, told the Chronicle in a telephone interview. “Until then it was either church yards or family plots that you had in the backyard. And there are probably still some that we don’t know about.” An example, he said, was the discovery in 1931 of Native American remains by a road construction crew. They were reinterred in Zion Episcopal Cemetery in Douglaston. His research actually goes back to the days when he worked on his book “Hidden History of Queens,” released in 2018.

“I was looking at cemeteries at that point, and I decided it would make a good book of it s own,” he said. It does not include all Samuel Clopton’s loved ones expressed their grief in art when c e m e t e r i e s i n he was laid to rest in Flushing Cemetery in 1921. Author Richard COURTESY PHOTOS Queens, something Panchyk found the stone to be heartrending. he said, pun intended or not, would be a huge undertaking, but it ans. He even posted decades-old family photos from St. Michael’s in East Elmhurst. covers the majority. And the Panchyks resisted any temptation “I tried to hit the biggest ones,” he said. “ ... I tried to make selections based on varied to turn the book into a “celebrity graves” geography, Western Queens, Eastern tour, though there are big names by the Queens, northern, southern. Large cemeter- thousands in the borough. “I think I consciously avoided that,” he ies and church yards.” There are also small family cemeteries such as the Pullis family said. “If you do that, you wind up very plot located within Juniper Valley Park and focused on a specific aspect when there’s so the Remsen Cemetery in Rego Park that much more history and interesting sights includes graves of Revolutionary War veter- with the cemeteries; more than just ‘Houdini

is buried here.’” He said with websites like Findagrave.com one can easily locate where any celebrity is buried within a cemetery. Among his favorites was All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village, formerly Lutheran Cemetery. “Not just because of its size, but because of the wide variety of areas within,” he said. “Also the types of stones, new ones, old ones. I have a picture in the book where you almost think you are in a rural cemetery in Vermont. There’s a little brick path. You don’t see signs of anything else, and you feel very removed from Queens. Other places you go and you’re right next to Christ the King High School and Metropolitan Avenue.” And, of course, there are sad stories. “One stone I encountered was very poignant,” he said, referring to that of Samuel Clopton in Flushing Cemetery. “It’s a woman beside herself with grief on her knees, her head resting on the stone. It struck me as tremendously sad; she is devastated by the loss. It makes you realize that every gravestone has its own story, about the person’s life, who misses them, who they were important to. And obviously these stones would cost a lot of money. Not everyone can afford to express their sentiments in art form like that. But some of the stones I Q encountered were very powerful.”

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Raised in Flushing — his father owned several Indian eateries — and living now in Kew Gardens, Aggarwal grew up seeing Queens as a batch of neighborhoods and groups that had little in common and rarely connected. “Q ue ens a lways lacke d unit y, I thought,” he said. “We’re in a different world now,” he continued. “It’s not about competition any more. We know what it is to survive through this pandemic. From small taco trucks to noodle shops to us, we feed off each other now.” The episodes are short — three and half minutes or so — designed to be seen on cell phones and to grab attention quickly. “What can you do in 30 seconds to make them travel here? That’s all you get,” Aggarwal said. He confesses to spending much of his off time watching food TV. “I can watch food shows all day,” he said. (His favorite is the YouTube series by rapper Action Bronson, also a Flushing kid.) Future “World’s Borough Buffet” episodes will focus on Pad Thai, Biryani, meatball parmesan, gyros and noodle soup.

Joe DiStefano about to enjoy a momo at Lhasa Tibetan Restaurant on the new show “World’s Borough Buffet.” On the cover: DiStefano and “Buffet” producer Rohan Aggarhal at the latter’s eatery, Queens SCREENSHOTS; PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN Bully. “In Queens, we are lucky,” the restaurant owner said. “We are in a land where Q food is golden.”

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continued from page 23 Aggarwal initially wanted a web production that would promote the Queenscentric menu of his bar. But it also highlights other eating places where the dishes that made the borough famous got their start. “The idea is to shed light on some other business and then bring it back here,” he said, ending with how Queens Bully remodels the dish.

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Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/19/2022. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as against may be served & shall mail process to 132-05 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY

of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/27/2022. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 5304 103rd Street, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/26/2022. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 5752 49th Place, Maspeth, NY 11378.

Notice of Formation, GP One LLC Art. of Org. were filed with ﬁ led with Sec. of State of the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/27/2021 NY (SSNY) 1/18/2022. Cty: Office Location: Queens County. Queens. SSNY desig. as SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be against may be served & served. SSNY shall mail a copy shall mail process to 10-11 of process to the LLC, 106-05 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst, 49th Ave., Long Island City, NY 11369. Purpose: For any NY 11101. General Purpose lawful purpose.

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Legal Notices Notice of formation of GRACETINT LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/13/22. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 27-21 44th Dr., Unit 2202, L. I. C., NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful act. Notice of Formation of ITEMS FROM SHARON LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/22/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: SHARON CLEVELAND, 116-39 192ND STREET, 1LL, ST. ALBANS, NY 11412. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of MUTTS & MEOWS PET CARE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/20/2022. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 9522 63RD RD. #317, REGO PARK, NY, 11374. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

MVA POWELL’S COVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/30/21. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be process to the LLC, 234 149th Street, Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of formation of NEW RONG BAO LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/18/22. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 118-12 29th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of NEXT LEVEL CLEANERS LLC Articles of Organization were ﬁ led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/12/2021. 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: JIN KIM, 19210 LINDEN BLVD., ST. ALBANS, NY 11412. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of TAIJIQUAN INTERNAL HEALING ARTS AM LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/22/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 13311 223RD ST., LAURELTON, NY 11413. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of YAU.GURU CONSULTING LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/07/2022. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: STEPHEN HANMER DELIA, 37-32 80 ST, APT 51, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/24/2022. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 4 Incline Place, Aberdeen, NJ 07747. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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TO: Dmitry A. Shelchkov, MD, 9527 67th Avenue, Rego Park, NY 11374-5135. The State Medical Board of Ohio, 30 E. Broad Street, 3rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215-6127 In the Matter of: Dmitry A. Shelchkov, MD 21-CRF-0081. On December 9, 2021, the State Medical Board of Ohio mailed an Order of Indefi nite Suspension to Dmitry A. Shelchkov, MD via certifi ed mail, return receipt requested, at his last known address of record, 9527 67th Avenue, Rego Park, NY 11374-5135. The Order was not returned to the Board from the postal service. A copy of the Notice is available on the Board’s website at www.elicense.ohio.gov. Dr. Shelchkov may be entitled to an appeal. Such an appeal must be commenced by the fi ling of a Notice of Appeal with the State Medical Board and the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. The Notice of Appeal must set forth the Order appealed from and state that the State Medical Board’s Order is not supported by reliable, probative, and substantive evidence and is not in accordance with law. The Notice of Appeal may, but is not required to, set forth the specifi c grounds of the appeal. Any such appeal must be fi led within fi fteen (15) days after the last date of publication in accordance with the requirements of Section 119.12, Ohio Revised Code. Please contact the undersigned to ascertain the last date of publication. Any questions or correspondence should be addressed to: Jackie Moore, Case Control Offi ce, 30 E. Broad Street, 3rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215-6127 Jackie.moore@med.ohio.gov

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX # 725071/2020 FILED 12/23/2020 SUMMONS Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon County in which the premises are situated. Premises: 4118 WARREN ST., ELMHURST, NY 11373 A/K/A 41-18 WARREN ST., ELMHURST, NY 11373. TRINITY FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, FLOR PINOS, EDWIN ZUNA A/K/A EDWIN E ZUNA-ARGUDO, LUIS AGUSTO GARCIA A/K/A LUIS AGOSTO GARCIA PINOS, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until sixty (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE 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. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, Jacqueline K. Lamer, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504, 914-219-5787 Help for Homeowners in Foreclosure. New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Summons and Complaint. You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Sources of Information and Assistance. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov. Rights and Obligations. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. Foreclosure rescue scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a home owner’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. File# 6938253

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Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks will recall the translation of Scottish poet Robert Burns’ famous line from his poem “To a Mouse” whenever he thinks of James Harden. Burns wrote, “the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” A little more than a year ago, Marks obtained Harden, a bona fide NBA superstar, in a complicated trade involving three other teams: the Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Nets gave up two quality players in Caris LeVert and Jarrett Allen (a 2022 AllStar) and two first-round draft picks. Marks believed the key to winning a championship was to have three superstars. The Nets already had Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, so when he heard Harden was unhappy in Houston and had signaled an interest in playing for Brooklyn, he quickly engaged in what proved to be complicated trade talks. Harden lived up to billing when he first came to Brooklyn. Though they came up short in the end, the Nets put the Milwaukee Bucks through a grueling seven-game second-round playoff series last spring. And surely, the Nets’ “Big Three” would play even better in the upcoming season as they now had experience operating as a unit. Things began to fall apart, however, when Mayor de Blasio instituted (rightfully, in my ARLENE PACCHIANO Broker/Owner

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