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Trio of Queens pols dislikes new program But Council voted 44-5 to legalize basement apartments in Brooklyn by David Russell Associate Editor

he City Council approved a pilot program to legalize basements in East New York, Brooklyn, by an overwhelming 44-5 vote last month. But three of the five dissenters, Councilmembers Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) and Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), are from Queens, with the other two in Staten Island. “If this works in East New York, they’re going to want to spread it to the other places ... and who decides if it works is the administration or the City Council member,” Holden told the Chronicle. “That’s kind of a recipe for disaster.” The legislation will allow for the creation of new apartments in the area through the modification of existing Housing Maintenance Code, Fire Code and Construction Code standards, coupled with existing allowances for home conversions and the allocation of funds to assist with those renovations. In August, Mayor de Blasio and Councilmembers Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn), Rafael Espinal (D-Brooklyn) and Inez Barron (D-Brooklyn) proposed the legislation to establish a three-year demonstration program to facilitate the creation and renova-

Councilmembers Bob Holden, left, Barry Grodenchik and Paul Vallone were three of five to vote against a pilot program legalizing some basement FILE PHOTOS apartments in East New York. If successful, the program would be replicated in other areas. tion of apartments in the basements and cellars of certain one- and two-family homes in Brooklyn Community District 5. It will also fund community organizations to become the pipeline for homeowners who want to legalize their basements by seeking out low-interest loans to finance construction costs in order to meet those codes and navigating the city’s application process.

“The city is using innovative strategies to unlock more affordable housing at every level — including the basement,” de Blasio said in August. “This program will increase the stock of affordable housing in East New York, provide additional income to homeowners and ensure tenant safety. This administration will continue to utilize every tool we have to tackle affordability head on.”

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What will happen to Jewish Center? Rockwood Park slated to remain ‘community asset,’ new owner says by Michael Shain Editor

The new owner of the Rockwood Park Jewish Center is a Great Neck-based real estate developer that has found a divine niche in the market. Next Step Creative Group, which has bought at least three similar properties in Queens in recent years, got court approval in January to buy the synagogue and community center for $3.5 million, according to court papers. The Howard Beach congregation had been shrinking and the synagogue was struggling financially, which prompted the sale, RPJC President Harold Rosenbaum said It was an open secret in the neighborhood for several years that the Jewish center was up for sale even though it was not officially listed on any real estate sites, said Betty Braton, head of Community Board 10, which oversees land use in Howard Beach. But the new owners of the property, which takes up an entire city block bet ween 84th and 85th streets at 157th Avenue, have been something of a puzzle in the community. Next Step, says the company’s president, David Esfhani, specializes in what he calls “second usage for properties that are underutilized.

Word that the Rockwood Park Jewish Center’s leadership had agreed sell the site to a developer for $3.5 million had some neighbors uneasy. But the new owners have a track record of turning similar properties into schools with city PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN backing. “What we do works for temples that are in need of support,” he said. In the last decade, Esfhani and his partners have bought three other Jewish centers in Queens and rented them to private schools. The properties the group has acquired are the Clearview Jewish

Center in Whitestone, the Bell Park Jewish Center in Queens Village and the Garden Jewish Center in Flushing. The centers were bought for prices ranging from $2.5 million to $4.4 million. The common thread among all

of them — including Rockwood Park — is that they had all been built after World War II in neighborhoods with growing Jewish populations. The changing demographics of Queens have taken their toll on the centers in the past 30 years.

In the meantime, the need for new public school classroom space has become nearly desperate. The addition of Pre-K for All in 2015, effectively adding a 13th grade and 65,000 more kids to the nation’s largest school system, made the problem even worse. Renting buildings to private operators with city contracts, as wel l a s t r a d i t io n a l p r iva t e schools with tuition-paying students, has become an up-andcoming business — especially in Queens where public elementary schools are working at 116 percent of capacity — according to two developers who spoke to the Chronicle last week on background. Next Step does not have a deal yet with a new occupant for Rockwood Park, Esf hani told the Chronicle, “but it will remain a community asset.” “There is no formal plan for what to do with the site,” Braton said. “No, I’m not comfortable with that.” The center needs too many repairs to be ready for students by this fall, she believes. “The building was in disrepair before Sandy,” she said, “and nothing has been done since then. But I assume they must k now what they’re doing if they have done this Q before,” she said.

Ulrich eyes boro president run After winning Queens, councilman looks homeward by Michael Shain For the latest news visit qchron.com

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No sooner had the buffet trays been cleared at Councilman Eric Ulrich’s election-night party at Russo’s On The Bay last week than friends and supporters were asking how he could parlay his unlikely second-place finish in the public advocate’s race. They didn’t have to wait long. Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) told the Chronicle this week that he is seriously contemplating a run for borough president early next year. Melinda Katz, the two-term borough president, now is campaigning in the Democratic primary for Queens district attorney. “I definitely think Melinda is the frontrunner right now,” Ulrich said. “Assuming she wins, I might consider” running for borough president, he said. Ulrich finished a solid second to Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn) and a field of 14 other candidates in last week’s special election for public advocate. The Republican drew nearly 20 percent of the vote citywide. Significantly, he won Queens by 26 percent over Williams,

27,400 votes to 21,700. The final results plainly showed Ulrich would have a difficult time winning a five-borough election. But the election did show that he would be a strong candidate for the top elected office in his home borough. “I think it’s all speculation at this point,” he said. “But the fact that I won Queens leads to questions like that.” Ulrich said last week that he has no intention of running again for public advocate this fall. The field of candidates who might want to run for borough president if Katz is elected DA is still unclear. Councilmen Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) and former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley have also expressed an interest in running. The Democratic primary is set for June 25. If Katz wins then and in the general election, she would become DA on Jan. 1. Under the City Charter, a special election to fill her seat would have to held within 60 days. Ulrich will reach his term limit in the City Council in 2021. “I think I still have much to offer,” he said. “Who knows what Q the future holds for me?”

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Rockaway sand is making comeback! Beach closing last summer will be just a bad memory, officials say by Michael Shain Editor

Last summer, an 11-block stretch of beach in the heart of the Rockaways was closed by the Parks Department because there wasn’t enough sand on it — a bummer for sunbathers who had to go elsewhere and the local businesses who watched their customers move on. Not this summer. The Army Corps of Engineers said this week the sand will be back and the shoreline between Beach 92nd and Beach 103rd streets is being reopened. The beach is being replenished as part of a $13.4-million project that will pump sand dredged from the East Rockaway Inlet Channel two and half miles to the east. The channel has to be dredged anyway to keep it open to boat traffic, so it was considered an ecologically neutral solution. The channel is the narrow body of water that separates Atlantic Beach in Nassau County from Far Rockaway. Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) called federal approval of the project “a huge victory.” Her district office is just a few blocks from the closed beach. “Residents and local business owners suffered because of last year’s beach closure,” Councilman Eric Ulrich (D-Ozone Park)

The view from the Rockaway Beach boardwalk at Beach 96th Street in the middle of winter looks more peaceful than last summer when Parks police were stationed here to prevent people from PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN going onto the sand. said, applauding Mayor de Blasio’s decision to kick in $2.7 million of the funds needed to get the sand from the inlet to the depleted beaches. Both officials noted, however, that the project is only a temporary solution to the peninsula’s erosion problem and that some

type of ongoing effort to replenish sand along the Rockaway beaches was needed. “This is a positive first step,” said Pheffer Amato. But “in order to fully protect our community we need permanent measures as soon as possible.” “While I am relieved the city is taking

these important steps to protect our coastal communities, other areas of the beach remain vulnerable,” Ulrich added. “The city must continuously replenish sand throughout the Rockaway Peninsula while we wait for the ACOE resiliency projects to begin.” The Army Corps said it was “in the process of receiving final approval” from Washington to begin one of those resiliency projects, construction of 13 new groins — the stone jetties that jut out from the beach into the ocean. Groins are the most commonly used method to prevent sand from shifting and washing back out to sea. Last year’s beach shutdown was necessitated by back-to-back nor’easter storms last March that eroded beaches more severely than usual, city officials said. Just days before Memorial Day last May, the Parks Department made a surprise decision to close a half-mile stretch of sand in the busiest part of Rockaway Beach. Even walking on the sand was prohibited and enforced by Parks police posted on the boardwalk. Several of the neighborhood’s more colorful characters dressed in top hats and tails and staged a mock funeral for the beach to coincide with Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver’s press conference announcing the shutQ down last year.

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Lawmakers in Albany are proposing a new bill that will require the city to look before it leaps into a new homeless shelter site. Before the city could open a new shelter, it would be required to issue an extensive “neighborhood impact statement,” under a new bill jointly introduced last week by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblywoman Stacey Pfeffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach). The practical effect of an “impact” law would be to compell city officials to talk to local residents and civic leaders before deciding to place a new shelter in their neighborhood. “While each community wants to do their part to help with the [homeless] crisis, there needs to be a practice where the community is involved in the early stages of the selection process and the concerns of residents can be addressed before a site is finalized,” Addabbo said in a prepared statement.

To say the city has done an imperfect job of siting homeless shelters in Queens without serious local backlash would be an understatement. Both Pfeffer Amato and Addabbo, whose South Queens districts overlap, have had to deal with surprise placements of large homeless shelters in their midst recently. Last month, city officials said they intend to open a new shelter for 120 men in an old warehouse on 101st Street at Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Beach as soon as they can get the building ready. In Ozone Park, meanwhile, a shelter on 101st Avenue opened its doors last Thursday and began housing 113 homeless men — despite a two-year battle to kill or downsize the facility. The new bill would require the city to document the locations of daycare centers, schools, parks, playgrounds, senior centers, transportation “and other information that the City Council deems relevant,” Q Addabbo said.

Warning after six recent rim thefts by Michael Shain Editor

Own a Honda, get a warning. Cops from the 106th Precinct in Howard Beach are sticking these fliers under the windshield wipers of the popular Japanese import, to alert the car’s owner to a recent rash of rim thefts. “Late model Hondas are being targeted for their rims,” reads the “Crime Alert” flier. It recommends installing wheel locks or a car alarm to deter thieves. “Also, consider the installation of a video surveillance camera focused on your driveway,” says the flier, signed by the precinct’s commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Brian Bohannon Jr. Honda owners said they started to see the f liers on their cars beginning two weeks ago. The precinct started leafletting after six cars, all but one a new model Honda or Acura, were hit by wheel thieves in the past month. Two suspects were arrested following

“Don’t let this happen to you!’ says a flier COURTESY NYPD from cops in the 106th Pct. one incident, said P.O. Gary Maher, “and we are trying to see if they are responsible for any others.” This is the first time anyone can recall the police warning owners of a specific type of automobile to be watchful. Honda rims, depending on quality, can Q cost between $150 and $1,600 each.

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How did you make out with the lessthan-ferocious Blizzard of 2019? The city closed the schools Monday as a precaution against a foot of snow predicted by the weather experts. But in Queens, the damage was closer to five inches, and a consensus that the storm was pretty underwhelming. Unless, of course, you made it to Charles Park in Howard Beach to see three-year-old Julian complete his first snowman — with a bit of help from parents Anthony and Michelle. The latest forecast calls for light snow on Friday. After that, the weather guessers say, it is a straight shot to Spring.

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Countdown to Easter begins with ashes Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter and one of the most hallowed times of the year for Christians, began this week with Ash Wednesday observances all over Queens.

At St. Helen’s Church in Howard Beach, Father Lukasz Kubiakust — dressed in the special violet vestments reserved for the Lenten season — administers ashes to a parishioner at morning Mass.

The ashes derive from the ancient Jewish tradition of donning sackcloth and ashes as an act of repentance, scholars say. Lent ends on Holy Saturday, which this year falls on April 20, the day before Easter.

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nti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head again, from the halls of Congress to a schoolyard in Rego Park. While neither of the cases we’re talking about are even remotely like the horrors of Pittsburgh or Charlottesville, they reflect the discrimination and hatred that lead to such events. In Rego Park, police say two boys, 12 and 13, were responsible for the dozens of swastikas found in chalk on the PS 139 playground two weeks ago. “Heil Hitler” and “No Jews allowed,” they wrote — though “Jews” was crossed out (maybe to reinforce the message?). A child psychiatrist told us on Tuesday the kids may not have known the true meaning behind the swastika but he could not be sure, not having spoken with them. They sure seem to have picked up on anti-Semitism somewhere. At least at their age there’s a chance they’ll learn tolerance and love for all people over time. U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, however, is an educated adult who should know better. Yet she continues to spew anti-Semitic tropes about Jews buying political support with their money and pushing people in the United States to have an “allegiance to a foreign

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Dear Editor: Please do more in-depth stories on the illconceived Kew Gardens jail plan by the de Blasio administration. Too many NYC residents are not aware of how the safety of residents will be compromised. De Blasio is doing his best not to provide a forum for community input. No one in the administration is giving answers to “Why can’t Rikers be renovated?” We need our local papers to make this a front-page issue. The article “Rikers, cash bail topics of DA forum” in your Feb. 28 edition gave some insight of which candidates for district attorney support and do not support the closing of Rikers with one exception — our Queens borough president. In all likelihood she is with de Blasio on this matter as is, shamefully, Karen Koslowitz, who represents Kew Gardens in the NYC Council — but we need you to bring the facts to the front page. The city is proposing to spend billions of dollars to house correction facilities in residential neighborhoods. Why not spend this on the homeless population, which is a huge issue in NYC affecting mostly law-abiding citizens? Yes, we do desperately need criminal justice reform but that is not what the closing of Rikers is all about. Thank you for your consideration. Rosanne Rosano Kew Gardens

Dear Editor: Our borough president is now processing applications for new members of our community boards. The boards are voting on their new officers. It is time for a fresh new community board and executive committee to represent you and your community. Last year NYC voted overwhelmingly to impose term limits on community boards through a revision to the City Charter. A chief complaint from our borough president was that the change would leave a knowledge gap on the boards, and a phased approach was approved to lessen that impact. Now is the time to begin the changes she stated were necessary. As our Queens borough president looks to appoint new board members, she should appoint as many new ones as possible. Allow new board members to blend with the existing ones to share and learn. Take the opportunity to remove board mem-

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bers who are just checking the box and not participating in the board’s business. Look at the members’ attendance at board meetings and committee meetings and act accordingly. The borough president lobbied hard against term limits, and now is her opportunity to prove that she was serious about her concerns. Reform the community boards and bring new ideas and participants into the process. Community board members should also look to reform their dated ways. Look to new members when you are electing your officers. Do not continue to have the same persons simply changing seats on your executive and chair positions. Members should all look to bring their new members into community board leadership and prove that they want to truly represent our communities and bring new and beneficial change. All of the communities of Queens are watching how our borough president and community boards will implement the changes voters requested.

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Reach out to our borough president and community board members and let them know it is time for a change. Let the new members of our boards have a voice. The communities of Queens have asked for a change. Now the borough president and community boards should truly represent the voters and deliver. Mk Moore Kew Gardens

Kudos for revenge porn bill Dear Editor: I would like to praise state Assemblyman Ed Braunstein for introducing legislation, which he has done five times before, against revenge porn. The sixth time is a charm. The antirevenge porn bill has just passed the Assembly and state Senate unanimously, and Gov. Cuomo said he will sign it into law. The new law will make revenge porn a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. This applies to anyone who posts an explicit image without a person’s consent that could lead to emotional, financial or physical harm. This will also require websites to remove those images. No woman deserves to be victimized by an ex-partner and have nonconsensual photos sent out to the media through Google, Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere. Assemblyman Braunstein, let me say, kudos for a job well done for all the women who have been victimized. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

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tract out more work to the private sector and reduce raises? Will you ask employees to increase their contributions toward medical coverage and pensions? Contrary to the heated rhetoric of elected officials and so-called transit advocates, MTA services continue to be among the best bargains in town. Since the 1950s, the average cost of riding the bus, subway or commuter rail has gone up at a lower rate than either the consumer price index or inflation. The MetroCard affords a free transfer between bus and subway. A majority of residents purchase weekly or monthly MetroCards or train tickets, which reduces the cost per ride significantly below the base fare. In the end, quality and frequency of service is dependent upon secure revenue. We all will have to contribute — be it at the fare box or via tax revenues redistributed back to the MTA. TANSTAAFL: “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch,” or in this case a free ride. Someone has to pay for it. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI The writer is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who previously worked 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

Trump the disgrace Dear Editor: Never have I been more displeased and witnessed more disgrace than when I saw Trump hug the American flag like a soldier coming home from a war. The legendary British linguist said, “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” Nothing could be more apropos than that gem of wisdom. Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

Traitors then and now Dear Editor: Hoda Muthana is seeking re-entry into the United States after leaving this country at the age of 19 to join ISIS. There is a historical precedent and solution to her plight. This nation could dust off the “oath of allegiance” it allowed the traitors who fought for the Confederate States of America to take, restoring their full property and constitutional rights after their unsuccessful and brutal attempt to destroy the United States of America. Maybe, we could even build a statue of her and place it on public property, similar to those erected for some prominent Confederates. That hypocritical “oath of allegiance” solution has plagued us with unresolved problems to this day. Ms. Muthana will not be given the same facile option. Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

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Dear Editor: The MTA fare increases were both modest and necessary to deal with this year’s operating deficits of several hundred million dollars (“MTA sets new fares; shakeups promised’ (Michael Gannon, Feb. 28). The capital side shortfall is in the billions. Long-term MTA debt exceeds $40 billion. This results in debt service payments eating up 17 percent of the annual budget. Yearly debt service payments will grow to 20 percent under the MTA Five-Year 2020-24 Capital Plan. The MTA has no available surplus operating dollars to delay any fare increase, let alone offer any reductions. Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio’s budgets include no funding to do either. Both the MTA and elected officials have never been serious about combating fare evasion. Every year, the MTA loses over $200 million from those who refuse to pay their way. NYC district attorneys will not prosecute fare evaders. This encourages more riders not to pay. NYC transit police have their hands tied, thus giving up enforcing fare payments. For those public officials, MTA board members and others who opposed any fare increases and were quick to demagogue on this issue for political purposes, just how would the MTA balance financial shortfalls? Which capital improvement projects should it cancel? On which route(s) would you support service reductions? Would you volunteer to reduce, cancel or delay any capital projects benefiting your constituents? In which future union contracts would you ask for more flexible work assignments, hire part-time employees, con-

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The Amazon Wall, Made Up of Propaganda and Lies by John J. Ciafone, Esq.,

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A lifelong resident and a business owner of Astoria/Long Island City We just recently witnessed a carefully orchestrated mob attack on the American fabric and value system by a bunch of Communist/Socialist elected officials and planted radical activists, who for the most part don’t live, work or care about our community. Worse is that these people planned a propaganda campaign and uttered incendiary hyperbolic hate speech and tactics to kill anywhere from 25,000 to 40,000 jobs, which would have had a tremendous jolt to our local economy, to make a political point and push their Communist/Socialist agenda. They lied at every point in the dialogue by saying the community was against it, while never engaging the community, when in reality about 70% of the community supported the arrival of Amazon. The main rabble rouser refused to meet with Amazon, outrightly rejected the company and tweeted “ScAmazon.” These people lied that it would cost us $3 billion to bring Amazon when the costs would be paid Amazon by reducing some of its taxes and spurring a 27 billion dollar net benefit to the City and State. What about the Barclay Center that received tax rebates and transformed the entire Downtown Brooklyn community or Hudson Yards, which changed the West Side of Manhattan. Major corporations like General Motors and Tesla received tax rebates. It was estimated that Amazon would generate $400 million in tax revenue annually. Not to mention a boom to the local economy for existing businesses and the further demand and need for new businesses to deal with this influx of jobs and residents. They lied about the infrastructure of schools and transit not being able to cope with the influx of new people when the 27 billion dollars made from Amazon would be reinvested into our roads, subways, schools and mechanical systems. They lied that unions were against it when most organized labor supported it. They lied that Amazon supported ICE to scare immigrants. They lied to the NYCHA residents in Queensbridge, the largest public development in the United States, that they would lose their housing. This rose to a level of fraud, con-artistry and public theft not seen before as politicians who went against the will of the majority of the community, violated the public trust. They sold out the public for personal gain, notoriety and a desire to extort and shake down Amazon. Whether you dislike Jeff Bezos who made his fortune from, rags to riches, by attacking the very principles his Company represents is antithetical to our American values and the principles of life and liberty that our founding fathers set when this Country was created and which put these scoundrels in office. More shocking was that these people had celebrated the death of Amazon’s arrival with rallies, death dances and even a pinata celebration. There were even politicians who chimed in for the kill that did not represent the area Amazon would develop. These misfits cheered and hugged on social media. How will they replace such a devastating loss. What example do these politicians set for our young children and middle class families that pay taxes, receive no public handouts, and are choking on student loans. What benefits has their conduct cost the local businesses that hire workers, barely surviving with the ever increasing fines, penalties and taxes with which the City and State Legislatures continue to suffocate these hardworking people.

LaGuardia College president leaving by Michael Shain Editor

Amazon promised 25,000 to 40,000 jobs. Amazon promised a new school. Amazon promised to work with LaGuardia Community College for educational and job opportunities for new students and immigrants. Amazon promised to support 130 educational and training programs throughout the City. Amazon promised to improve and create public parkland. Amazon promised to provide skilled and unskilled labor. Amazon promised to hire union workers in the fields of construction, plumbing, electrical, maintenance and Cleaning. Amazon would have made us supercede Silicon Valley in technology jobs, along with the Cornell Science Center and Google. New Jersey, Maryland, Chicago and Miami, all offered from $4 to 5 billion more than New York to lure Amazon. And now, they are laughing and celebrating our loss and salivating at the chance of getting Amazon in their hometown. The hypocrisy is amazing. The Amazon job killers are the very same politicians who believe that we should give free health insurance, free education and free hand outs to illegals on the backs of every hardworking citizen. Their slogan is bring illegals in but push jobs out. These con-artists built their own Wall against new businesses and jobs in our community. The reverberations will be tremendous and will chill future business in this City when we are already hemorrhaging jobs in Wall Street and in banking and which is causing a serious population exodus. These toxic electeds and Communist/Socialist protesters will drive this City into the doldrums of the 1970s, or when drugs, prostitution and crime riddled Long Island City. These Communist/Socialists want to run us down like Chicago or even worse, Detroit, Michigan. At first, I thought that most of these people were ignorant but now I know that they are hell bent in destroying this City. They have the blood of the majority of the people on their hands, the people who struggle to find work, own a business, hire local workers, educate their children and raise their families in this wonderful community that they have perverted. These individuals show more respect to the prisoners at Rikers Island than the representatives at Amazon. The politicians who killed this deal should be removed from office and the other politicians who were cowards, who sat on their hands and said nothing should also be removed. Haven’t we seen this intentional propaganda and fraud perpetrated on society before while others stood on the sidelines, which resulted in horrible consequences as our history books account. The elected officials who killed this deal, or supported its death or did nothing should be ashamed of themselves. Your conduct amounts to public theft and you are unfit for public office and have violated the will and trust of the people for your own selfish political needs. We don’t need your Wall hurting our community.

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The president of LaGuardia Community College, Gail Mellow, is stepping down after nearly 20 years. The college in Long Island City has more than 55,000 students, the majority of whom were born outside the U.S. Mellow will leave at the end of August, according to the school. The 67-year-old educator did not say where she would go next. “My family and I are looking forward to the next chapter,” she said in a prepared statement. “I have no fixed plans and I’m leav i ng the door open to new opportunities.” Mellow’s departure comes on the heels of another, high-level executive change in the city university system in Queens. After a yearlong search, Queens College President Felix Matos Rodriguez was named the new chancellor of CUNY two weeks ago, replacing James Milliken, who stepped down in May. Mellow had been widely considered the

Gail Mellow headed LaGuardia Community PHOTO COURTESY LGCC College since 2000. other leading candidate for the chancellor’s post. The LaGuardia president made her reputation as a strong advocate for community colleges as a path to economic success, especially for immigrant and low-income students. As a college student herself, Mellow graduated from Jamestown Community College in western New York before getting higher degrees at SUNY Albany Q and George Washington University.

Media barred from jail board meeting by David Russell Associate Editor

The mayor’s Queens Advisory Committee held a meeting last Thursday at 80-02 Kew Gardens Road in order to hear input from residents on the administration’s proposal to build a new jail next to Queens Borough Hall and courthouse. However, the media were not welcome. In a since-deleted tweet, Eric Phillips, a spokesperson for the mayor, said, “They aren’t public meetings. The general public isn’t invited en masse. Not every meeting involving the government is open to the public or the press.” Despite the ban, one Queens media outlet, the Courier, did report on the meeting, including in its story a photo taken inside. Phillips told the Chronicle, “The meetings weren’t open to the general public, or reporters. If a reporter snuck in, they shouldn’t have.” This reporter had signed in and was sitting down when he was told to leave by someone on the phone from the Mayor’s Office. The city says the modern, community-

The sign on the door outside of Thursday PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL night’s meeting. based jails would be integrated into surrounding neighborhoods with community space, ground-floor retail and parking. The goals are to provide a safer environment for jail employees and allow inmates to remain closer to loved ones as well as offer health, education, visitation and recreational services that will help people reintegrate once they’re free. Since announcing the plan for jails in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx to replace Rikers Island, the Mayor’s Office created Neighborhood AdviQ sory Committees to gain input.

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Warming up for JFK environment battle Residents want to be ready for airport rebuild on land, water and in the air by Michael Gannon Editor

Right now a lot is unknown about the potential environmental impacts of the state’s plans to practically rebuild John F. Kennedy International Airport. But people in South and Southeast Queens aim to be prepared beforehand. The JFK Airport Committee of the New York Community Aviation Roundtable discussed myriad health and environmental issues on the agenda Monday night at the Port Authority’s JFK offices. Chairwoman Barbara Brown said the packed agenda was a necessary undertaking as the PA and Federal Aviation Administration move through the planning stages. “Let’s have our questions ready beforehand,” Brown told the crowd of more than 40. Andrew Brooks of the FAA explained the agency’s process for determining which projects require any of three levels of study. He said their three possible decisions include categorical exclusions, which are determined to pose no significant threat of the human environment; an environmental assessment, which helps federal agencies govern projects when it does not specifically call for an environmental impact statement; and an EIS, which is a through study complete with preliminary reports and public hearings.

Dan Mundy Jr. of Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, center, called for reduced overnight traffic and federal guarantees of pollution control measures when the Port Authority rebuilds John F. Kennedy PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON International Airport. “We try to cover as much as possible,” Brooks said. He also said that as the projects go forward, the FAA would be the agency that would hold the PA accountable to honor all environmental agreements. The example he used came from a question by Dan Mundy Jr. of Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, who asked for assurances about things

like a system to recapture glycol, the chemical used to deice planes, and keep it from reaching Jamaica Bay. “It depletes the natural oxygen in the water,” Mundy said. Brooks said any agreements the PA reaches with the community can be made part of the conditions of accepting certain federal funding for the project.

“They would have to meet all those commitments,” Brooks said. Academia also weighed in. Dawn Semple, an assistant professor of earth and physical sciences at York College in Jamaica, said she is applying to have her students conduct air quality tests beneath JFK flight paths. Dennis Graham, an assistant professor of nursing at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, LI, called for noise tests after discussing studies from Germany and England on the effects of airport noise — especially at night, when it disrupts sleep — on people’s hearts and blood vessels; and how noise at night affects young children’s ability to learn. “You have to reduce airport noise,” he said. “Especially at night. Especially for children.” The group also heard from Nick Dmytryszyn, an engineer, who researched the often-discussed “curfew” enjoyed by residents near LaGuardia Airport between midnight and 6 a.m. “There is no curfew,” he said, adding that federal law specifically banned them in the 1990s. Dmytryszyn did say that airlines have a voluntary agreement to not schedule out of LaGuardia during those hours to allow for maintenance of the runways, of which it has two to JFK’s four. He also said LaGuardia does remain open to take late-arriving fights Q and emergency landings.

Concern over FHHS principal continues Odd behavior, comments alleged; elected officials to meet with staff by David Russell

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Perhaps unpopular Forest Hills High School Principal Ben Sherman is preparing for the circus. In a list of concerns given to Queens High School Superintendent Juan Mendez, teachers said Sherman will sit in a crowded hallway and juggle, ride a unicycle, play with a Frisbee and tightrope walk on outdoor, metal railings. The document also lists several comments he directed at those at the school. He allegedly would urinate while leaving the door to his office and the door to his bathroom completely open in front of his two secretaries. When asked to shut the door Sherman’s reported response was, “Did they not like what they saw?” Sherman allegedly walked up to students in a hallway and said, “The bigger the hoop, the bigger the ho,” in reference to one of the girls wearing large hoop earrings. In another alleged incident, he walked up to a student who was selling water and snacks for a fundraiser and asked, “Are you selling handguns, I’d like to buy a Glock.” He told a tenured teacher, “Hubba, hubba, I like what I see through the holes of that sweater,” the list says. And Sherman allegedly told a freshman student, “Your jeans weren’t ripped enough, maybe you should enlarge them.” Sean Davenport, former principal of Thurgood Marshall Academy, will serve as supervising superintendent until further notice, overseeing daily operations at

the school. Sherman will report directly to Davenport, who will report directly to Executive Superintendent Andre Spencer. In an email, Spencer told faculty at the school, “Chancellor Carranza is committed to providing students and staff at Forest Hills High School the resources and support they need to succeed. The Chancellor and I have you heard clearly, and want you to know that we are working with the entire school community to build a strong and supportive environment.” “If the chancellor was truly committed to supporting the school community, he would take this pervert with him,” a history teacher said. “Why are they keeping this man on? The fact that he needs one-on-one supervision speaks to his incompetence. How can the faculty agree to serve under a man who has credible allegations of lewd, sexual behavior with students and staff? The only way to return to our former high status is with a change at the top.” On Feb. 14, a no confidence vote was taken regarding the principal, with teachers voting 195-21 against Sherman. Teachers are concerned about growing safety issues in the building, including fights, drug use and a student throwing urine into a classroom. Sherman became principal of the school in 2017. On Thursday, elected officials including Borough President Melinda Katz, Councilmember Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) will meet with faculty and school aides in the school’s cafeteria before open Q school night.

As teachers and aides grow concerned about safety issues at Forest Hills High School, there have also been incidents of Principal Ben Sherman allegedly making off-color comments to teachers and students. FILE PHOTO

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Corrections The Feb. 28 story “Rikers, cash bail topics of DA forum” misstated the offenses for which candidate Jose Nieves would end bail. He would end it for all of them. The Feb. 28 story “Williams wins big special election” misstated who the last person from Queens to win citywide office was. It was John Liu, elected comptroller in 2009. Q We regret the errors.

a spokesman for Vallone, said in a statement. “In addition to serious safety concerns, residential districts throughout NYC, particularly transportation deserts like northeast Queens, lack the infrastructure and public transportation to support the population boom that this program would create. Lack of parking, congested streets, and limited public resources are already issues caused by those living in illegal basement apartments and legalizing them would only exacerbate them and continue reducing the quality of life in these communities.” Grodenchik, the other Queens member who voted against the program, told the

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continued from page 2 can replicate it in other areas.” Espinal also spoke before his vote about the positive effects the program can have. “There are many homeowners who are renting out their basements currently,” he said. “And we all know those basements are unsafe because of the fact the city fails to recognize them. Legalizing basements will provide an opportunity for those homeowners to make a little extra income, to be able to pay their mortgage and will also secure those tenants living in those basements, making sure they have a habitable home to live in.” Lander said the program is a good way to address the city’s affordability crisis and that the city will be able to learn lessons from the pilot in East New York to “smartly expand” the program. Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) was one of the 44 who voted in support, saying that he based his vote on the fact that Espinal, the councilmember in East New York, was in support of the program. “I would not be supportive right now if this were going to be citywide policy or if it were going to be in my community,” Lancman said during the vote. “But let’s see how it goes and go from there.” Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) also spoke while voting in approval for the project. “I do want to caution the city before they roll this out in ensuring that they, especially for Queens communities, are really having a robust community engagement plan and conversation with local stakeholders and elected officials,” he said. Holden said he thinks the move sets a “dangerous precedent.” “I certainly wouldn’t want it in my district,” he said. Holden fought against basement apartments for years as a civic leader. “I just see people being packed into basements,” he said. “I think, no matter what, it’s dangerous. Even if it’s made legal.” At a fire safety meeting in St. Albans in January, Deputy Assistant Chief Edward Baggott, the FDNY’s borough commander for Queens, said, “I would not live in a basement, cellar or attic space — even if there was a second way out — and I wouldn’t recommend that to anybody.” Vallone was one of the members of the Council in the minority in voting against the program. “Council Member Vallone is strongly opposed to legalizing habitable apartments in basements and cellars,” Lionel Morales,

lems with overcrowding right now with my schools. Most of them are at capacity already.” No Council members from the Bronx, Manhattan or Brooklyn voted against the pilot program. “Most of my colleagues in Manhattan don’t have single-family homes,” Grodenchik said. He added that those who voted against it are all from single-family homeowner communities. “Generally the civic associations in my community, the people who live there, are not a fan of basement apartments. It leads to a lot more crowding of everything,” he said. Still, Grodenchik wishes the program “a Q lot of good luck.”

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Chronicle, “It’s not something I would look kindly on.” He said that after sitting through a hearing of the Committee on Housing and Buildings, “it just seemed like there was an awful lot of work to get this thing done ... it was just something I couldn’t go along with.” He did acknowledge the city’s increasing population with each passing decade, saying, “It’s just growing and growing by leaps and bounds.” “The thing is we do desperately need more housing, especially affordable housing,” Grodenchik said. “But with more people living in a community you need bigger schools, you need more access to mass transit and all those things that go with a bigger crowd. I have enough prob-

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Waiting continues at 78-16 Cooper School or shelter? Only current work is for asbestos abatement by David Russell Associate Editor

In September, following talks with the School Construction Authority and the Department of Homeless Services, Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) said that the city is considering nixing plans for a 200-bed men’s homeless shelter at 78-16 Cooper Ave. and that “we’re getting close” to getting a school at the site instead. So what’s the latest six months later? “We don’t have anything concrete or a document telling us that there will be a school there, yet,” Glendale Civic Association President Kathy Masi told the Chronicle. “So we’re still working on DHS’s word to the councilman.” The school would be a District 75 one, for students with special needs. There is a District 75 school in Maspeth, PS 9, but this one would be “bigger and state-of-the-art and with outdoor facilities,” Masi said. “Pretty nice place it would be.” She added, “I think it might all be sitting with the mayor at this point.” A spokesman for Holden said there is no news to share and the shelter proposal is still halted. “We are told that the SCA is working out a deal with the property owner and we expect to receive confirmation in the near

The building at 78-16 Cooper Ave. remains dormant for now as asbestos abatement is being done. A spokesman for Councilman Bob Holden said the School Construction Authority is workFILE PHOTO ing out a deal with the property owner. future that a school will be built there,” the spokesman said. Any work taking place at the property, according to active permits, is for asbestos abatement and other str uctural work, according to the spokesman.

Masi said it’s been a “very long time” waiting to see a document saying that there will be a school at the site. “I understand the red tape business, the bureaucracy,” she said. “But it’s been quite a while so I’m kind of hoping we get some-

thing within the next 30 days.” Plans to use the defunct four-story factory as a shelter date back to 2012. Two years later, the Glendale/Middle Village Coalition was formed to fight it. The group sued the city regarding an environmental assessment of the former factory that the city contracted out to an independent firm. The case was dismissed in court and the group’s appeal was denied. The Chronicle reported in January 2018 that the plan to use the location as a shelter had been dropped. But over the summer, Holden said he learned the city was deep in negotiations with a social services agency to use the location as a homeless shelter for up to 200 adult men. Holden told the Chronicle then, “You might as well put a neon sign that flashes, ‘Homeless shelter.’ Any robbery or burglary in the neighborhood will be blamed on it.” The talk in October was that a shelter could possibly go to the location of PS 9 in Maspeth. The school was opened in 1905. Having a shelter there, could free up the spot at 78-16 Cooper Ave. for a school, though Holden said that would not be a “swap” because he worked on both issues Q separately.

Assembly OKs helping New group aims for big eating disorder victims parks spending hike

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Rozic bill would cut costs paid by patients Assemblywoman Nily Rozic’s (D-Fresh Meadows) bill to require insurance companies to cover all types of eating disorder treatments passed in her chamber last week. “Eating disorders are a serious illness that can be highly treatable with affordable medical care that doesn’t leave families choosing between bankruptcy and recovery,” Rozic said in a prepared statement. “Passing this bill is critical to not only ensuring proper insurance coverage, but also improving education and awareness about the complexities of eating disorders and effective treatment.” State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (D-Bronx, Westchester) is sponsoring the bill. The proposal would make insurers cover doctor services and inpatient hospital care and bring coverage of the disorders up to date with existing mental health parity laws. Thirty million Americans will at some point in their lives suffer from an eating disorder like anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder or other specified feeding or eating disorders, according to Rozic’s office. For females between 15 and 24 years old suffering from anorexia nervosa, the mortality rate is 12 times higher than for all other

Play Fair Coalition kicks off campaign by Ryan Brady Editor

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic’s bill to make insurance firms provide comprehensive coverage for eating disorders is one step closNYS ASSEMBLY PHOTO er to becoming law. causes of death. More broadly, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all other forms of mental illness. A single month of treatment for eating disorders can cost as mush as $30,000. And despite the illnesses’ severity, obtaining the necessary insurance coverage can Q be difficult.

A new alliance has launched an effort aimed at getting the city to, over a matter of years, dramatically increase its spending on parks. Almost 200 people stood outside City Hall last Thursday at the Play Fair Coalition’s rally to kick off their campaign, demanding a $100 million increase in Parks Department expense budget funding. That number is a goal for the first year of the campaign, which will run into 2021, when an open mayoral election is expected to take place. City Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), the Parks Committee chairman, joined more than 60 groups at the event to let their voices be heard. New Yorkers for Parks, the Astoria Parks Alliance, DC 37 and Friends of Cunningham Park are just a few of the names in the Play Fair coalition. A $100 million increase would represent a dramatic spike in Parks funding. The agency told the Chronicle that its entire expense

budget for fiscal year 2019 is $534 million. According to the Play Fair Coalition, parks represent 14 percent of land in the city. But, it noted, only .59 percent of the city budget for fiscal 2019 was dedicated to the Parks Department. The agency declined to comment in response to the Play Fair rally, referring the Chronicle to the Mayor’s Office. An inquiry there was not returned prior to deadline. The coalition said its overall goals are to get the city to enhance its parks, make green jobs and mitigate climate change. “For more than a generation, parks have been shortchanged in the city budget,” Grodenchik said in a prepared statement. “Across our city, in all five boroughs, in every neighborhood, parks are the places where New Yorkers play, exercise, and breathe fresh air, the places where we clear our minds, rejuvenate our bodies, and refresh our spirits.” Dorothy Lewandowski retired as Queens Parks commissioner at the end of 2018. No successor has been publicly Q announced since then.

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Sutphin BID, Chronicle honor two in Black History Month celebration by Michael Gannon Editor

Rene Cheatham-Hill had been a longtime community activist when one day she ran into then-City Councilman Leroy Comrie in the corridors of Borough Hall in Kew Gardens. “He asked ‘Rene, do you know anyone who would be interested in serving on the community board?’ ‘Yeah — me!’” she replied. Cheatham-Hill, now chairwoman of CB 12, told the story on Feb. 28 at Starbucks on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica where she and James Heyliger, president of the Association of Minority Enterprises of New York, were honored that evening in a Black History Month ceremony sponsored by the Queens Chronicle and the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District. Helium Image donated decorations, including some festive balloon displays. Glenn Greenidge, executive director of the BID, said Cheatham-Hill was selected for her longtime civic engagement, in particular her advocacy against overdevelopment and efforts to shut down the St. Albans Veterans Hospital and replace it with housing complexes. Heyliger was tapped for his role in helping legions of women and minority business owners gain the resources, net-

working, capital and legislation necessary for them to bid on and receive government contracts. Both also received City Council proclamations from the office of Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica). Greenidge said, while Heyliger has been deeply involved in assisting those in the construction field, they are far from the only ones whose businesses have benefited from his work. Heyliger spoke to a time years ago when he was operating a community program that provided a few jobs for area youths. The child of a friend was arrested for gang activity. The friend sought Heyliger’s help, based on his experience in and dealing with government. Heyliger knew he could go to court with the promise that the one youth could have a job. But he went to the judge offering more help than expected in the form of a letter to city officials. “The letter was asking for money for 50 jobs,” Heyliger remembered. “I told him if he signs this letter, I can have a job for every kid in the gangs. And I hired some pretty girls so I knew they’d show up. When you have a job, you don’t have time to get in trouble. When you get your

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Black History Month honorees Rene Cheatham-Hill, left, and James Heyliger, right, receive City Council proclamations, joined by Queens Chronicle Account Executive Ree Brinn and Sutphin BouPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON levard BID Executive Director Glenn Greenidge, organizers of the event. first check, your life changes ...” Cheatham-Hill grew up in Flushing, and moved to Addisleigh Park as an adult. The conditions of the roads and other things

most might tolerate, she found intolerable. “I knew I had to get involved,” she said. “You don’t need a title to make a difQ ference in this community.”

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State sues landlord in tenant harassment AG James says Zara Realty charges illegal fees, flouts stabilization regs by Michael Gannon Editor

New York State Attorney General Letitia James has filed a civil suit against one of the largest residential landlords in Queens. In a joint statement with Gov. Cuomo issued Friday, James accuses Zara Realty Holdings of Jamaica of repeatedly violating rent stabilization laws and harassing t e n a nt s at t h ei r Q u e e n s a p a r t me nt buildings. James said Zara, which owns and manages “at least 2,500 rent-stabilized apartments in 38 buildings in and around Jamaica, Queens,” has taken advantage of their tenants, by charging them illegal fees and rents, and requiring that they sign illegal leases. Zara’s attorneys have denied the allegations in an email to the Chronicle. “For years, Zara Realty has engaged in an egregious pattern of tenant harassment and exploit ation,” James said. “Evading our rent regulation laws and forcing low-income tenants to pay exorbitant fees for fake services is deception of the worst kind. This is a notice to all unscrupulous landlords who seek to hurt New Yorkers, we will not tolerate this behavior.” In the 52-page complaint, James alleges that Zara or affiliated entities “have spent years evading and circumventing rent stabilization laws in order to scam tenants out of thousands upon thousands of dollars” by charging new tenants illegal key money, room reservation fees, advanced rent and excessive security deposits. The state alleges tenants who continue to reside in Zara Realty buildings are often illegally charged late fees and fees for services to which they are entitled to for free such as regular apartment maintenance; and that Zara Realty regularly charges tenants moving into its buildings and tenants moving apartments within the same building a broker’s fee under the name “Jasmine Homes, LLC,” a company controlled by the Subraj family, though the Rent Stabilization Code prohibits landlords from collecting a broker’s fee. In addition, James alleges, Zara Realty also charges tenants security deposits that equal three to four times the monthly rent, though the Rent Stabilization Code allows a landlord to collect only one month’s rent as security. The complaint also alleges that when Zara Realty takes over a new building, it changes the building’s front door lock and requires that tenants pay fees of up to $200 per key for the new lock. It also requires that tenants submit to background checks or sign new leases if they want a key. The investigation allegedly found that some tenants paid more than $11,000 simply to move into their rentstabilized apartment. Zara Realty’s attorneys, Niles Welikson

State Attorney General Letitia James is accusing Zara Realty of harassing tenants and violating GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE rent stabilization laws. The company is denying the allegations. and Randi Gilbert of Horing Welikson & Rosen said Zara follows all laws and has cooperated fully with the state’s Tenant Protection Unit during the investigation. “Zara Realty was founded by immigrants who came to this country penniless and achieved the American Dream,” they said in an email to the Chronicle. “Today, it remains a family-run business based in the same community of Jamaica, Queens, where it was founded.” They said Zara typically purchases older buildings, “many of which have a long history of neglect by prior owners, and invests in new inf rast r uct ure — including boilers, windows, facades and roofs, security systems, renovations to individual units and other amenities — all in service of creating high-quality affordable housing for tenants.” They stated that the t u r nover rate among rent-regulated tenants in Zara buildings is low and the company has never sold a building it purchased in Queens. “For more than a year, Zara has offered the Tenant Protection Unit and the Division of Housing and Com munity Renewal its full cooperation in resolving any issues deemed potentially unlawful involving rent regulation,” they said. “The allegations contained in this suit, many of them factually inaccurate, will be vigorously contested. Many of them also deal with highly complicated legal issues that are subject to various inter pretations under the law, including conflicting judicial opinions.” They said the terms of the leases Zara offers its tenants are in compliance with the law, as are any late fees, or costs for extra keys, which provide the high level of security Zara’s tenants expect and deserve.

As for major capital improvements, they wrote Zara is proud to invest in its properties for the benefit of tenants and all

MCIs are approved by DHCR itself. “Zara is committed to continuing to work to ensure that the organization provides high- qualit y, safe and moder n affordable housing for their thousands of tenants,” their statement concluded. Much of the evidence was gathered by the Tenant Protection Unit. The TPU was signed into law by Cuomo in 2012. Greg Frewer, acting deputy commissioner and bureau chief, discussed some of the mechanics of the investigation in a telephone interview with the Chronicle on Friday. “We received numerous complaints from the community, and requests from advocates from the community to intercede,” Frewer said. “We worked with tenants. A lot of research went into drafting the complaint. ... This isn’t something where you just snap you r f ingers — there’s no instant coffee. This requires a lot of work.” Frewer said in such cases the landlord typically drafts an answer to the complaint and the state then acts accordingly. “What does Zara need to do? Stop its predatory behavior,” Frewer said. “We’re still in contact with tenants, still in contact with advocates, so this is still live, and Q we’ll proceed the way we always do.”

PS 146Q SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT SPREADING VALENTINE’S CHEER

Students at PS 146Q, The Howard Beach School, were able to ditch their school uniforms for a day and wear red for Valentine’s Day with a donation to the American Heart Association. The school coordinates this event every year for the students and the AHA. PHOTOS COURTESY OF PTA OF PS146Q

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Spring is nearly here and the GWDC is ready for it Snow is still on the ground, but spring is just around the corner — or maybe a few blocks away — with March 20 the official first day of the season. I am counting the hours till the days are lighter and the skies are brighter. At the end of February I attended a very nice fundraiser sponsored by the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society. There was a screening of the famous film “Casablanca.” Ed Wendell did a great job at this event, as he always does. He and his team (wife Josephine by his side) cooked a great pasta and meatball dinner to enjoy with the movie. At first I did not know why there was a roulette wheel in play with the guests winning prizes. It wasn’t until seeing the film that I realized its relevance. Ed asked those in attendance to raise their hands if they had never seen the movie before. I was quite embarrassed to say that I had

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The parade runs from 43rd Street and Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside to 58th Street and Woodside Avenue in Woodside.

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The 20th annual St. Pat’s for All Parade hit the streets last Sunday, bringing tidings of Irish joy and inclusion to Queens two weeks ahead of St. Patrick’s Day. Among the “marchers” were three historical LGBT figures made larger than life: civil rights and AIDS activist Robert Rygor, left, poet and playwright Oscar Wilde and suffragist and social worker Eva Gore-Booth, helped along by the Lavender and Green Alliance.

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At left, unicorn-bearing Brian Fleming conducts the St. Pat’s for All-Stars musical ensemble. Above, some good cheer from IS 230.

At left, Irish Consul General Ciarann Madden, left, with parade Grand Marshals Sean Curran and Fionnula Flanagan and parade Co-chairman Brendan Fay. At right, state Attorney General Letitia James makes a point with Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro.

Contingents from The Fitzpatrick Academy of Irish Dance and the Girl Scouts.

Clockwise from left are tiny-hatted John Blasco; four happy parade viewers; Mohammed Marahman and sons Saad and Sejad; Capt. Michael Gibbs, the 108th Precinct commander, Borough President Melinda Katz, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan; and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Danny Dromm, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and state Sen. Mike Gianaris.

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All the cool kids (retired) are on Facebook by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Travel nurse Virginia Blackert remembers when it could take days to get a telephone call through to friends of hers in Tbilisi, in then-Soviet Georgia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing,â&#x20AC;? she said, thanks to the wonders of Facebook. She joined around 10 years ago simply because â&#x20AC;&#x153;people were talking about it,â&#x20AC;? and now she finds herself using it on a daily basis. And Blackert, 70, is one of the untold millions of senior citizens who take advantage of the online social networking service, which was founded in 2004 and boasted two billion monthly active users as of January of last year. Speak to a dozen individuals and chances are youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get as many reasons why they spend time on the network, though keeping in touch with family and friends is one of the more common ones. Marilyn Garfinkel, a native of Laurelton who moved to Florida five years ago, probably has more experience on Facebook than most people in her age category. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got involved with computers a really long time ago,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more tech savvy than the average 64-year-old.â&#x20AC;? She joined Facebook around 2008 because she wanted â&#x20AC;&#x153;to stay in touch and share pictures with friends. I like to be that person who shares.â&#x20AC;? And, like many of the serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s users, she enjoys

Forget millennials and their social media use â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Facebook has become a favorite tool of seniors PIXABAY.COM keeping in touch with people in the neighborhood or half a world away. reconnecting with old friends, some of them long lost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all talk about the old hardware stores, the old bakeries, different people in the old neighborhood,â&#x20AC;? she said. When she first went on Facebook, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a new toy,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a lot more involved. I would

not be happy without it,â&#x20AC;? but she admitted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would not be devastated.â&#x20AC;? When it comes to picture sharing, few can hold a candle to Manny and Aurora Torres, long-time residents of Forest Hills. Aurora, 64, a retired executive administrative

assistant, joined about 10 years ago, with Manny, 66, who spent years as a private chauffeur, following a short time later. They add new photos to their Facebook page almost every day. These can run the gamut from scenes outside their home, covered in the latest blanket of snow, to shots of the two of them on their latest outings to Brooklyn or Manhattan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful way to communicate,â&#x20AC;? Aurora said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made a lot of friends,â&#x20AC;? she added, including people she has gone on to meet in person and with whom she has developed ongoing friendships. For Manny, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mostly about his prized music collection â&#x20AC;&#x201D; vinyl records, CDs, memorabilia, you name it. And, of course, he never hesitates to post photos of his latest purchases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started linking into music groups,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the beginning, it was about exploring different topics. I started seeing all these things on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s records. We started sharing photos.â&#x20AC;? Photos also play an important role for calculus professor John Masotti, 70, a resident of Bellerose Manor who joined the site about eight years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I use it to contact people and share photos,â&#x20AC;? mostly of his four little dogs, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a connector. I have a lot of friends in Florida.â&#x20AC;? And just last month he heard from a former continued on page 21

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C M SQ page 21 Y K involved in.” She also turns to Facebook for inspiration, both physical and spiritual. It helps her to stick to her workouts and she continued from page 19 uses it sometimes “as a prayer group to give student to whom he taught biology back in encouragement and sometimes to receive it.” But Facebook isn’t always viewed in a posi1970. That young man is now 64 and, accordtive light. ing to Masotti, happy to “If we didn’t have it, we’d have found his former go out more and see people teacher once again. more,” Blackert said. “And For Joni Rapp, a semirethe lack of English grammar tired baby boomer who grew and usage is scary, espeup in Forest Hills and now cially in the medical field.” lives in Provincetown, Rapp is wary because Mass., Facebook is a way of there are “a lot of phonies. promoting herself as an Anybody can say anything entertainer. about who they are. You “I’m a social person,” she can’t always believe what said. “I checked it out. I you see.” So, she warned, ‘friended’ people I knew, then others. There are peo- Aurora and Manny Torres at a “You should question.” And Debbie Vogel, 60, ple who found me who Beatles festival, in one of many remembered seeing me in a photos she has on her Facebook who lives in Rego Park and show in 1972 and wondered page. FACEBOOK PHOTO / AURORA TORRES joined Facebook only in 2014, said, “I know I spend what happened to me.” She uses Facebook for advertising events entirely too much time on Facebook, but it has and even has her own page, Provincetown become the way people communicate with each other.” She added, however, that she Entertainment Group. Also putting the service to good use in self- misses the days of handwritten letters and perpromotion is Cecilia Vaicels, 66, of Bellerose, sonal phone calls. “Facebook friends are not the same as who has been on board since 2009. “I use Facebook to keep in touch with family friends you see on a day-to-day basis,” she and friends,” she explained, as well as to “pro- said. But, she added, “I can’t imagine not havP mote shows, films, events I’m running or ing Facebook now.”

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Jose Nieves talks Queens DA campaign Longtime prosecutor discusses reforms by Ryan Brady

law school and now lives in Queens Village. As an assistant district attorney in BrookDistrict attorney candidate Jose Nieves lyn, he was proud to be part of a place where grew up in East New York, Brooklyn in the prosecutors were implementing reforms. “It was the right thing to do because we 1980s and ’90s. His mother, a Puerto Rican immigrant, raised him and his six brothers by were giving people second chances,” he said. herself. She worked as a street vendor by day “We were giving people the opportunity to turn their life around, rather than just chargand a livery cab dispatcher by night. Crime in the city was sky-high then. And ing and incarcerating individuals.” Vying in a crowded Democratic primary few if any neighborhoods had it worse than field to replace Queens District Attorney his. One day he was walking home from the Richard Brown, Nieves says he’s distinYMCA on Jamaica Avenue around 8 p.m. A guished by his extensive experience and deep commitment to changing the criminal justice cop car pulled up on the sidewalk. Having been frequently racially profiled system. For more than a decade, he served as a U.S. before, he knew the drill. “They would stop you, frisk you and let you go on your way,” Army Reserves captain. He was deployed in Nieves said in a sitdown interview last Friday 2009 for a one-year tour of duty in Afghanistan, where he advised officials there seeking with the Queens Chronicle. to build a strong judicial system. The military “But that night they didn’t.” Without saying why, they held him and told honorably discharged him in 2014. His career also includes prosecutorihim to wait a few minutes. ens vote ala work at the U.S. Department of He saw an unmarked NYPD car e s Transportation and the U.S. Attormoving slowly towards him on Qu ney’s Office for the Northern DisJamaica. trict of New York. “And my heart sank,” said The city Department of CorrecNieves. tion hired Nieves in 2014. There, This wasn’t a stop-and-frisk, he he was a lead attorney prosecuting realized. 201 9 officers at the Rikers Island jail com“I just prayed to God,” the candidate plex for excessive force against inmates. said. “Praying that no one misidentified “These cases included very severe injuries, me, claiming I did something wrong.” The unmarked car pulled up next to him like a broken back, broken eye sockets, a fractured head,” he said. and the officers kept holding him. After that, he worked as deputy chief for It drove away. An officer told Nieves he the state Attorney General’s Office’s Special could go home. So he did. Still shocked, he spoke to one of his broth- Investigations and Prosecutions Unit. Because of an executive order signed by Gov. Cuomo ers about the situation when he got home. “He said, ‘Listen, you can do two things. in 2015, the unit is tasked with special proseYou can get mad, you can mouth off at the cutions in cases in which police officers are police and then they’ll stop you and you’ll get connected with civilian deaths. Nieves, who stepped down from the job to yourself arrested,’” said Nieves. “‘Or you can do something to change the system. You can run for district attorney, handled the first-ever do something to improve the community and homicide cause launched by the unit against an NYPD officer because of the directive. do something for yourself and your family.’” Like others in the race, Nieves says Queens He went with the second choice. After getting a bachelor’s degree in crimi- is long overdue for criminal justice reform. He wants to end cash bail, implement disnal justice from St. John’s University, Nieves graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 2001 covery reform, consider immigration status and afterwards went to work for that borough’s when making plea deals, divert defendants in district attorney. He moved to Queens after many cases away from the criminal justice Editor

Moody’s hikes NYC credit New York City last week received an upgrade in its credit rating from one of the top rating agencies in the business. Moody’s Investors Service increased its rating on the city’s general obligation bonds from Aa2 to Aa1. The upgrade, announced last Friday, will make it easier for the city to borrow money for things like capital projects at lower interest rates, thus decreasing debt service costs. In a statement issued by the Mayor’s Office, Moody’s cited the city’s increased economic diversity, par ticularly its decreased reliance on revenue from Wall

Street and the city’s fiscal management. “For the last five years, we’ve used the City’s budget to improve the lives of New Yorkers,” Mayor de Blasio said. “Moody’s credit rating is validation of what we’ve always known: that you can be both a progressive and a strong fiscal manager.” Moody’s also upgraded debt issued by the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., the New York City Educational Construction Fund, and the New York City Industrial Development Agency from Q Aa3 to Aa2.

system and decline to prosecute low-level offenses. He favors closing the Rikers Island jails and using the old House of Detention as a replacement facility in Queens. But he says he has specific policy positions that go beyond his those of his rivals. For example, Nieves favors the creation of a conviction integrity review unit, like others in the race do. But he also wants the unit to have an advisory council that has on it “community reform organizations,” clergy members and wrongfully incarcerated people. He also says the District Attorney’s Office must have a unit that helps incarcerated people it prosecuted re-enter society. “We have to identify those people … and connect them with the services they need six months before they’re released,” he said, adding that the unit would help drive down recidivism and enhance public safety. Specifically, it would connect former prisoners moving back into their communities with “vocational services, employment services, housing services, educational services, drug programs and mental health resources.” Nieves said he would not prosecute individuals for prostitution. In Queens, sex work is often linked with human traffickers, a group that the candidate pledges to punish with the full weight of the law. He noted that Brown has staff members who focus on traf-

Jose Nieves, a Democrat, is running for Queens PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY district attorney. ficking but said more needs to be done. “I want to build it up to a complete unit,” he said, one led by a bureau chief with attorneys, assistants and investigators who have all been trained in how to effectively combat the illicit industry. Additionally, Nieves said the unit would coordinate with city and state agencies to “create a real dynamic where you’re putting a dent in the rings and you’re putting a dent in Q the industry, especially in Queens.”

Pols expect religious garb bill to finally pass Weprin has pushed proposal for 8 years by Ryan Brady

But Weprin and state Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside), who is also carrying the legWith Democrats having won complete islation, say they expect that to change. “This bill will at long last rid our control of the state government in January, two Queens lawmakers are more state of this type of religious discrimioptimistic about passing legislation nation in the workplace,” the senator said in a statement. aimed at protecting reliThe impetus for Weprin gious minorities. to put forth the bill was the Known as the “Religious case of Kevin Harrington, Garb Bill,” the proposal an MTA subway operator. would ban discrimination In 2004, he was directed to based on religious attire remove his turban or brand and aspects of appearance, it with a logo for the translike facial hair. portation authority. Assemblyman David “With hate crimes on the Weprin (D-Fresh Meadrise, we must make it clear ows) first introduced it in that New York will not tol2011. His chamber, which erate any form of discrimiis Democratically connation against people of trolled, has passed it every Assemblyman David Weprin year since 2013. The vote FILE PHOTO faith,” the assemblyman said in his own statement. last Wednesday was 140-2. The proposal never made it through “This legislation would ensure that no the state Senate, which Republicans one is ever forced to choose between have controlled for nearly all of the last adhering to their religious beliefs and Q earning a living.” 75 years. Editor

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‘Bionic Me’ exhibit ﬂies kids into our high-tech future by Mark Lord

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Near the entrance of an intriguing new exhibition at the New York Hall of Science stands an imposing metallic figure — a robot named Exoskeleton. He was developed by engineers, who were inspired by the hard shells of insects, in an effort to make humans stronger. He is designed to provide support and power to help people who have suffered a stroke or spinal injury become mobile again. His other potential uses range from shipbuilding and firefighting to space exploration. And he is but one of nearly two dozen inventions, all intended to enhance the human experience, on display at NYSCI through May 5. The exhibition explores medical and industrial breakthroughs through hands-on experiences. Visitors to the exhibition, access to which is included in the museum admission price, can experience for themselves how to increase their potential and better equip themselves for the future. The display should prove particularly attractive to youngsters, who can test

their limits as they run, sense and navigate, all the while exploring how technology can integrate with the human body. On a recent Friday afternoon, one of the more popular attractions was one that highlights the ways prostheses can make humans faster. Jayden Duncan, a 13-year-old from Brooklyn, tested his own abilities by running on a track alongside a Paralympian named Scott, depicted in a string of larger-than-life photographs that inevitably seemed to keep him ahead of all competitors. “I think they’re good for running,” Jayden concluded of Scott’s prosthetic legs. “It’s getting more advanced and helping people out.” He was optimistic that in the future similar advances could be made to enhance other body parts. Another popular attraction is called “Reducing the resistance,” which focuses on the study of aerodynamics and how it can improve efficiency. Think of the air around us as a fluid, the exhibit suggests. At walking speed, we don’t notice the air pushing against us. The faster we move, however, the harder it is to push the air aside.

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boro EXHIBITS

“The Tempest,” Shakespeare’s tale of magic, illusion, love and power set on an exiled wizard’s island, in an immersive show with audience movement, presented by The Secret Theatre and LIC Artists. Fri.-Sun., March 15-17, 22-24 and 29-31; Wed., March 20 and 27, 7:30 p.m., The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $23.50 advance ($22 with promo code earlybird through Fri., March 8); $25 at door. Info: (718) 3920722, licartists.org.

“Women in Art 2019,” with works by 30 artists; “Dream Again,” running concurrently with and serving as the backdrop for a production of “The Tempest”; “Inside/Outside,” with works reflecting the experiences of mental illness by dozens of artists; and “Rebirth,” a mini solo exhibit by Luzia Castaneda, with a related four-part workshop. All through Sun., April 7 (except “Dream Again,” through Sun., March 31) with joint opening reception Sat., March 9, 7-10 p.m., The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org. “Drawing the Line,” a retrospective on New York City graffiti from the ’80s to today’s street art culture. Mon., March 11, 12-2 p.m. or by appointment, through Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, 6th floor, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4803, artdept.qc.cuny.edu.

Classical music lovers will get a rare chance on March 16 to see works performed on two of the world’s rarest, most storied instruments: the “Red Mendelssohn” Stradivarius violin played by Elizabeth Pitcairn, left, and the “Baudiot-Piatigorsky” Stradivarius cello played by Evan Drachman, accompanied by Barbara Podgurski of Musica Reginae on piano. See Music. COURTESY PHOTOS AND, RIGHT, FILE PHOTO

“A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games,” with more than 30 playable games from 1958, when the first, Tennis for Two debuted, through today, with consideration of various elements of sports gaming. Through Sun., March 10, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes full museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. “Progression,” with works by 18 artists showing how street art has developed from exterior walls to inside art galleries. Through Fri., March 15, The Factory LIC, 30-30 47 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 392-0722, tessa@licartsopen.org, gallery@ licartsopen.org.

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Astoria Symphony Orchestra: Dorian Baroque, with performances of Pergolesi’s celebrated “Stabat Mater” and a trio sonata by Arcangelo Corelli. Sat., March 16, 8 p.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 23-25 Newtown Ave., Astoria. $15; $10 seniors, students. Info: (917) 300-8695, astoriamusic.org. Beethoven Meets Stradivarius, with violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn and cellist Evan Drachman on their famed, rare instruments and pianist Barbara Podgurski of Musica Reginae performing works by Beethoven and the world premiere of a piece by Sunny Knable. Sat., March 16, 2 p.m., The Churchin-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $20; $10 students. Info: (718) 894-2178, musicareginae.org.

“Banu Cennetoglu,” with objects, images, texts and more that contemplate the individual’s place within today’s geopolitics, and “In Practice: Other Objects,” with works by 11 artists and teams probing the interplay between objecthood and personhood. Through Mon., Mar. 25, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

The Astoria Choir: Canten A Coro, an evening of Spanish-language music including settings of poems by Lorca and Neruda, folk songs and villancicos. Sat., March 9, 8-9 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 31-18 37 St., Astoria. $20; $15 students, seniors. Info: (347) 926-3310, astoriachoir.org.

THEATRE “Single Entry,” a comedy about two Jamaican women trying to get visas to the U.S. and how struggling to attain the American dream is difficult for illegal immigrants. Fri., March 8, 8 p.m.; Sat., March 9, 3 p.m.; Sun., March 10, 6 p.m., York College Performing Arts Center, 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica. $25; $20 seniors, students. Info: (718) 2622000, yorkpac.com. Rare early 20th-century one-act Broadway comedies, with Clare Beecher Kummer’s “The Robbery” and “The Choir Rehearsal,” and Irving Dale’s “Too Much Salt,” “Tickets Please!” and “The Way of a Woman,” all suitable for families, by the Woodside Players. Sat., March 9, 2 p.m., Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Free. Info: (631) 898-4205, (718) 268-7934.

MUSIC Joel Ross’ Good Vibes, with the percussionist and his new ensemble performing, as part of the Thursday Night Jazz Series. Thu., March 14, 8 p.m., Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. $10. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

and Jewish heritage. Sun., March 10, 12:30 p.m., Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. (entrance on 69 Road). $10; $25 a family with kids under 18. Info: Zhanna, (718) 263-7000, ext. 200, fhjc.org, nefeshmountain.com.

Global Mashup 1: Bollywood Meets Global Roots Blues, with Indian vocalist Falu’s quartet and multigenre band Hazmat Modine each performing separately and then together as the crowd dances. Sat., March 9, 7 p.m. (dance lessons), 8 p.m. (concert), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY PHOTOS Nefesh Mountain: bluegrass with timeless Jewish themes, with Alan Grubner, left, Doni Zasloff, Eric Lindberg and Tim Kiah performing their family-friendly blend of old-time American music

“Spring Awakening,” an exploration of the teenage psyche examining morality and sexual politics, set in 1890s Germany. Thu.-Sun., March 7-10, 8 p.m.; Wed.Sun., March 20-24, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 10 and 24, 2 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $22. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com. “The Congresswomen,” a tragicomic exploration about women wielding power and whether utopias can exist in the real world, drawn from Aristophanes’ “The Assemblywomen” of 391 BC, by the Queens College Drama, Theatre & Dance Dept. students. Thu.-Sun., March 7-10, varying times, The Performance Space, M11 at Rathaus Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $18; $11 seniors, QC students. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org.

“Un-Tamed,” with works by five black female playwrights examining the national conversation about black womanhood and personalizing the issues surrounding it in the “Me Too” era. Fri.-Sat., March 15-16 and 22-23, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 17, 4 p.m.; Wed., March 20, 1 p.m., Black Spectrum Theatre, Roy Wilkins Park, 177 St. and Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. $25. Info: (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com.

“Lost in Yonkers,” Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age comic drama about teen brothers and the characters in their family, by Theatre By The Bay. Sat., March 9 and 16, 8:30 p.m. (preshow entertainment 8 p.m.); Sun. March 10 and 17, 3 p.m., Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 1300 209 St. $23; $21 seniors 62 and over, kids 12 and under. Info: (718) 428-6363, theatrebythebayny.com. Theater, poetry, music, comedy and more, a casual afternoon in a coffeehouse setting with attendees invited to bring short monologues to perform, hosted by The Woodside Players. Sat., March 16, 2 p.m., Astoria Library, 14-01 Astoria Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 278 2220.

DANCE “Latinx Homages” (“Homenajes Latinos”), a dance and music celebration of six of the best Latin singers, including Celia Cruz, Selena and Tito Puente, by Colombian dance company Cali Salsa Pal’ Mundo. Fri.-Sat., Mar. 8-9, 8 p.m.; Sun., Mar. 10, 4 p.m. Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $45 advance; $48 at door; $42 advance, $40 at door seniors and students; $40 advance Fri. only; $37 students, seniors. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

FILM “Island of the Hungry Ghosts,” the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary winner, about asylum seekers held on Australia’s Christmas Island, otherwise known for its massive red crab migrations. Fri., March 8-Sun., March 17, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 7776888, movingimage.us. continued on page 28

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Art closing the distance by Victoria Zunitch

Alumni.” The exhibit runs through April 7 at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs in Long Two tall, slender figures approach a Island City. The show was inspired by looking at disdense field of grass taller than they. Straight spines, leaning with invisible burdens — but tance from several directions and aims to it’s a forward lean, ahead, onward. They explore the concept on many layers, includshow every sign of forging into and through ing the physical, chronological, intellectual, emotional, geographic and more. the expansive thicket. The curators and all of the participating The size of the space between the two figures creates tension. Yes, they walk close artists are alums of the Skowhegan Summer enough to show that they are together. Yes, Residency, an intensive summer program they are far enough away to demonstrate for emerging visual artists on a rural farm in Maine that runs every year for nine weeks. that both are also alone with themselves. “All Skowhegan alumni share the experiThis is an ink-on-paper piece from Russell Hamilton’s 2013 series “Im-migrant,” now ence of distance from their unique summer on display with other artists’ work in “Dis- on the Skowhegan campus,” the notes say. tance: Works on Paper by Skowhegan Curators Betsy Alwin and Steve Locke also took inspiration from the poem “Look,” by Solmaz Sharif, an American who was born in Istanbul, Turkey to Iranian parents. “Look” was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award and the 2017 When: Through Sun., April 7 PEN Open Book Award. Where: Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, “It matters what you call a thing: 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City ’Exquisite’ a lover called me,” the poem Entry: Free. (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org opens. In crystallized vignettes of interpersonal and international acts of war, qboro contributor

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A dysfunctional family played by a tightknit cast by Mark Lord qboro contributor

By most accounts, Neil Simon is the most successful playwright America has ever produced. While best known for his light-hearted comedies, he won tremendous acclaim (along with a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award) for one of his more serious works, “Lost In Yonkers,” now being presented by Theatre By The Bay in Bayside, where it runs through March 17. Despite the overriding tone, Simon’s signature humor is on display throughout. Set in 1942, the play focuses on a dysfunctional family, forced, by circumstances, to coexist in an apartment in the title town. The matriarch, Grandma Kurnitz, is a no-nonsense German immigrant, with whom each of her four surviving adult children has definite issues. This comes clearly to light when Grand-

ma’s two teenage grandsons come to spend the better part of a year with her, a situation which pleases none of them. From the experience, the boys learn many an important lesson, as, perhaps, does Grandma. The current TBTB rendering, a rare opportunity to see this affecting piece, is well worth seeing. Director Patrice Valenti assembled a talented group of actors to bring the difficult roles to life and molded them When: Sat., March 9 and 16, 8:30 p.m.; into a tightly knit unit. Sun., March 10 and 17, 3 p.m. Each character has ample opportuWhere: Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, nity to stand out. As Grandma, Rose1300 209 St. mary Kurtz is formidable indeed, makTickets: $22; $20 seniors 62 and over, ing it abundantly clear why everyone kids 12 and under. (718) 428-6363, fears her. theatrebythebayny.com She is matched by the resourceful Heidi Jean Weinrich, who imbues

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from the local mob. And one feels guilty laughing at Valenti in the minor role of Gert, Grandma’s other daughter, whose traumatic childhood left her with lifelong breathing issues. A few minor technical issues were noticeable at Saturday night’s opening, sure to be ironed out in future performances. The stylish set (designed by Valenti and Lila Edelkind) and costumes (Thea Sieban) Q are appropriate to the time.

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The food, beer and the Chicago River are about to turn green, which can only mean one thing — no, not food poisoning: St. Patrick’s Day. The nationwide celebration of all things Irish lasts all March, with parades from Sunnyside to Manhattan taking place throughout the month. But you don’t have to stand on Fifth Avenue to celebrate the Emerald Isle. With a few simple ingredients, and a pint of Guinness, you can have a party anywhere. And this recipe is so simple, you don’t even need the luck of the Irish to pull it off. Irish soda bread

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to set for five minutes). • 1/2 to 3/4 cup of raisins (optional) Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift all the dry ingredients, and raisins if you’re using them, into a bowl and make a well. Pour all but 2 tbsps. of the buttermilk into the well, and stir with a fork until the ingredients just come together. Do not overmix. If it’s too dry, add the reserved buttermilk. Tip the dough onto a floured work surface and knead for only 30 seconds. You want the dough to be a little wet and sticky. Mold it into a round, and cut a deep cross into it with a bread or serrated knife. Put the dough onto a floured baking sheet or baking pan and cook for 30-35 minutes, checking it after 30. It’s finished when the loaf is golden brown. Another way to check doneness is to tap the bottom of the loaf — if it sounds hollow, you’re done. Allow to cool slightly, but serve warm Q with plenty of Irish butter.

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‘Bionic Me’ When: Through Sun., May 5 Where: New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona Entry: $16; $13 kids, seniors (718) 699-0005, nysci.org

which participants are forced to navigate by using their senses, suggesting that when one or more of our senses are restricted, our other senses compensate. This was a favorite of Sunnyside residents James Fasulo, 8, and his sister, Anna, 4. “They loved the tunnel,” their mother, Nancy Ellwood, said. “It was spooky and they had to psych themselves up for it.” Among the other attractions, “Mind and machine” offers insight into how one is able to control a computer using thoughts. With practice, we are told, the process could be faster than using one’s hands.

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Jayden Duncan, 13, runs alongside a virtual Paralympian at the “Bionic Me” series of exhibits. At left, James Fasulo, 8, Ivanna Steel, 4, Isabella Steel, 6, and Anna Fasulo, 4, enjoy the camouflage exhibit. On the cover: Michal Maczka, 9, Alan Maczka, 5, Michael Daugherty, 5, and Nicholas Daugherty, 6, at the wind power exhibit. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD

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To demonstrate this, children are invited to stand in front of large fans, which provide powerful gusts of wind, in an effort to push back against the air. Among those giving it a try was Nicholas Daugherty, 6, a sixth-grader from Westchester, whose mother, Izabela, said her son is “really interested in science. He wants to be a scientist.” Down the hall, four youngsters were trying to make themselves disappear in an exhibit called “Camouflage helps us hide.” Changing our appearance, it suggests, can either help us hide or help us stand out, depending on the situation. One of the longest lines was to be found outside a small pitch black tunnel

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Marcellus Wiley had a solid 10-year NFL career (1997-2006) as a defensive end with the Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars. The gregarious Pro Bowler is best known to most, however, for his broadcasting work on ESPN where he cohosted its afternoon show “Sports Nation” and is currently doing the same on Fox Sports 1’s “Speak for Yourself.” That may account for the title of his just published autobiography, “Never Shut Up” (Dutton Books). I have to admit that I picked up a copy because Wiley is one of the few players from my alma mater, Columbia University, to make it to the ranks of any professional sports league. I expected him to tell a number of anecdotes about growing up in a tough part of Los Angeles; his days playing for that perennial Ivy League powerhouse, the Columbia Lions; remembrances of life on Morningside Heights; some obligatory NFL war stories; and how he broke into television and whether that’s a tougher business than pro football. While there are lighthearted moments in “Never Shut Up” it’s a surprisingly cautionary tale. His degree did not prevent him from exercising poor judgment such as hitting nightclubs when he should have been resting; firing his loyal agent, Brad Blank, for rightfully warning

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him about the possibility of getting cut by the Chargers if he didn’t restructure his contract; and voicing his displeasure with legendary coach Bill Parcells, ending his time in Dallas. Most harrowing was his painkiller addiction, which haunted him well after his playing days and nearly killed him. He filed a lawsuit against the NFL for failing to inform him about the dangers of the drugs that he was given. “I knew that playing in the NFL was like signing a deal with the devil but I didn’t realize the steep price I’d have to pay,” Wiley told me in a phone interview last week. He’s so adamant about the dangers of tackle football that he’s forbidden his young son from playing Pop Warner and would discourage him from playing from the high school level on up. Wiley laughed when I mentioned the number of NFL quarterbacks who are over 40 or quickly approaching it. “Those guys wear red jerseys in practice. If you touched them at all during training camp or in practice you’d get a oneway Greyhound bus ticket. The offensive and defensive linemen butted heads on every play in practice. The actual games were a relief and fun compared to practice.” I asked Wiley if he was ribbed by teammates about his alma mater, Columbia. “Every day I was told that I played with a bunch of nerds!” Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

“Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.,” the 2018 biographical documentary about British-Sri Lankan singer, songwriter and political activist Matangi Arulpragasam, better known as MIA. Sat., March 9, 2:30 p.m., Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $10; $7 students, seniors. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Live Drawing with Models, for those 20 and over, with nude models, music and refreshments available. Mon., March 11, 6 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. Pop-Up Memory Books for Seniors, a six-week with senior citizens telling their life stories through pop-up books they’ll make, with other skills also taught. Each Wed., March 13-April 17, 11 a.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $10 each class. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. Writing From the Heart: an eight-week workshop in creative writing, for those who want to start or improve their writing in a supportive atmosphere, with author and longtime Queens College instructor Maxine Fisher; and participants attending any or all remaining classes. Each Sat., through March 30, 12 p.m., Maspeth Library, 69-70 Grand Ave. Free. Info: (718) 639-5228, queenslibrary.org.

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Taste of the World 2019, the 8th annual, with dozens of area restaurants expected to provide dishes of all kinds. Sun., March 10, 2:30-5 p.m., Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Roman Catholic Church McLaughlin Hall, 110-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. $25 advance; $30 at door. Info: (718) 268-6251, ourladyqueenofmartyrs.org.

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

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La Bella Italia meeting, with the Italian cultural organization hearing a presentation on the sculpting of Mt. Rushmore by the grandson of its chief carver, Luigi Del Bianco. Sun., March 10, 1-5 p.m., Christ the King High School CNL Center (behind buildings, door #10), 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village. Free (donations accepted). Info: Jacqueline, (718) 897-3135, Jennie (718) 848-5968. PHOTO JIM BOWEN / WIKIPEDIA

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES SNAP: Services Now for Adult Persons, a full-service neighborhood center with exercise classes, line dancing, table pool, hot lunch daily, sewing, jewelry, quilting classes and more. 13333 Brookville Blvd., suite LL5, Rosedale. Info: (718) 525-8899, snapqueens.org. Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:3011:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100. Queens AARP Chorus, which sings at nursing homes and AARP events, seeks retired people to join. Meets each Fri., 11 a.m. (new people asked to come 10 a.m.), Clearview Selfhelp Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net.

SUPPORT GROUPS Monthly bereavement group, for dealing with the loss of a loved one, with handouts, light refreshments and more. Wed., Mar. 13 and every 2nd Wed. of the month after that, 2:30-4 p.m., Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Free. Info: (718) 335-6049, maspethtownhall.org. Anxious, nervous, depressed? Recovery International can help. Meetings every Thu., 2:30 p.m., Fri., 3:30 p.m. Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Info: recoveryinternational.org. sonheightsalanonon@gmail.com. Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road, Rego Park, every Sun. 12 p.m.

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ACROSS 1 Final bio 5 Enervate 8 Venomous vipers 12 Hawaii’s capital 14 Onetime head of Iran 15 “What Not to Wear” specialty 16 Greek vowel 17 “-- the season to be jolly” 18 Improvised musically 20 Pacific or Atlantic 23 Presidential “no” 24 Drink all at once 25 Time between connecting flights 28 Pitch 29 Lively dance 30 Spot on a domino 32 Hollow pastry 34 Grown-up nits 35 Rewrite, maybe 36 Luxury boat 37 Forcible restraint 40 A billion years 41 Acknowledge 42 Morning-after ailment 47 Viral video, e.g. 48 Imagine in detail 49 Scruff 50 24 hours 51 Grandson of Eve

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place of judicial language, the words he has printed are heavy on thanking Jesus Christ and requesting forgiveness for his sins with only a glance at any injustice in the phrase “I forgive all others.” Those who wish to explore distance in a social setting can email rsvp@dorsky.org for any of three upcoming programs. “Artists in Conversation” is scheduled for Sunday, March 10, 3 to 4:30 p.m. “Distance and Missed Connections,” on Sunday, March 24 from 1 to 2:30 p.m., is a program of readings with a discussion, and a workshop called “Testimony: Experiences in Migration” is planned for Sunday, April 7, from Q 12:30 to 2 p.m.

The kindergarten students at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy in Howard Beach combined science with art in the Science Lab! They made predictions and tested what would happen when they mixed two primary colored liquids together. The students extended their learning by testing out what happens when they add more water and when they mix secondary colors together!

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PROBATE CITATION, SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY, FILE: 2019-150, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, by the Grace of God Free and Independent. To John Kelly, if living and if dead, to his heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if he died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Eugene Kelly, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Rita Solomon, Guardian Ad Litem. A petition having been duly filed by Cornelius J. Kelly, residing at 32 Maple Avenue Ext., Bethel, Connecticut 06801. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court of Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on April 11th, 2019, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Eugene Kelly, a/k/a Gene Kelly and Eugene Francis Kelly lately domiciled at 143-10 20th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357, admitting to probate a Will dated March 5, 2013, a copy of which is attached, as the will of Eugene Kelly deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Cornelius J. Kelly. Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate, James Becker, Chief Clerk, Dated, Attested and Sealed February 6, 2019. Theresa E. Crowley, Attorney for Petitioner, 718-428-9180, 42-24 235th Street, Douglaston, New York 11363. Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. NOTICE FOR FORMATION of a limited liability company (LLC). The name of the limited liability company is 123-13 SHERMAN EMPIRE LLC. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Department of State was November 26, 2018. The County in New York in which the office of the company is located is Queens. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the company upon whom process may be served, and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the company served upon him or her to c/o Jagranie Sherman, 119-18 150th Avenue, South Ozone Park, New York 11420. The business purpose of the company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, on behalf of the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-AHL, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-AHL, Plaintiff, -against- Scott Gordon, Esq., as Limited Administrator of the Estate of Larry Powell, Loretta Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell, LaTiffany Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell if living and if any be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, LaTeria Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell, LaCriesha Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell, Keon Powell, as Heir to the Estate of Larry Powell and Larry Powell’s respective heirs-at-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Mervis J. Gaboton a/k/a Mervis J. Gillispie, Jean B. Gaboton, US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-S3, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, Defendants. Index No.: 706573/2018, Filed: 2/14/2019. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $320,000.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens on March 21, 2005 in CRFN 2005000163943, covering premises known as 135-27 Brookville Boulevard, Rosedale, NY 11422. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York, September 17, 2018, Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP, BY: Linda P. Manfredi, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706, (631) 969-3100, Our File No.: 01-044330-F02

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BROOKLYN/OZONE PARK BORDER Legal 2 fam., SD, 4 BRs, 2 full baths, 1st floor, living room, kit, 2 bedrooms, full bath, 2nd fl., living room, kit., 2 bed, full bath, with full fin. basement, 8' ceiling. Pvt. dr. for 2 cars in front. Asking $729K

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HOWARD BEACH OPEN HOUSE • SUN., MARCH 10th DUPLEX CONDO One-of-a-kind Janet Ann duplex condo, 2 BRs, 1 1/2 baths, renovated throughout, granite, S/S appliances, washer and dryer, terrace. Asking $375K

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Mint High Ranch, 4 BRs, 2 full baths. Stucco exterior, granite countertop, pavers front and back, triple driveway, new fencing. Reduced Asking $935K

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Mint AAA Hi-Ranch. 3 BRs/2 full bths. 3 zone radiant heat, porcelain tiles in 1st floor, gas Heat Glo fireplace, quartz countertop, top floor all GE Cafe series kitchen, SS appl., granite counter. All new kitchen and bath, 2 separate electric 220 boxes, tankless water heater, sec. cameras, hi hats throughout, ductless AC, Pella sliding doors, no sand damage Asking $899K

Beautiful Home, 35x100, granite tiles & ceramic tiles, cathedral ceilings with crown moldings, hi-hats, kitchen has cherrywood cabinets, SS appl., stove, gas F.P. in living room, built-in granite table in kit, sec system-fully alarmed, custom door, C/Air, pavers in front (much more). Asking $819K

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HOWARD BEACH/HAMILTON BEACH

Lovely Cape on 50x100, featuring 4 BRs, 2 full baths, basement, 2 driveways, garage & large yard. Reduced $775K

OZONE PARK 1 family SD, 2 BRs, 1 full bath. Charming Low Ranch with full basement, indoor porch, living room, formal dining room, Eat-In Kitchen. Asking $437K

Rare, totally unique, mint 2 fam. on the water, 41x110. Featuring 3 floors, walk in mint 1 bed apt. with granite kit, custom island, SS appl., wine fridge. Gorgeous bedroom, tiled throughout. Middle floor boasts a huge custom kitchen, granite counter, new cabinets, SS appl., double wall oven and much more. Spacious living room, bedroom and sliders to huge terrace for beautiful sunsets. Asking $1.1million Master suite and mint 1/2 bath on top level. Dock to 4 boat slips.

Colonial. Being sold "As Is." Renovated after Sandy, 3 BRs, 1 bath. Reduced $390K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH / LINDENWOOD

Low Ranch on 40x109 in desirable Rockwood Park area, 3 BRs, 1.5 bths, pvt. driveway and large basement. Asking $ 689K

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

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HOWARD BEACH

Nestled across from Duckpond Drive Park this is a lovely (move-in condition) mint large expanded Cape. 4 BRs/2 full bths on 80x92 lot. Large extended den with sliding glass doors to a beautiful park-like yard with pool. 1st floor, 2 BRs, 1 bath, 2nd floor 2 BRs, 1 bth, attic for storage. Asking $519,999K

Hi-Ranch, 2.5 stories, plenty of closets, 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths, new roof 4 yrs. old, new siding, in-ground sprinkler system and alarm system. Asking $ 825K

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

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

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

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