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Marshall lauded as a kind, gentle spirit Borough president who advocated for schools and libraries dies at 87 by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

hen then-Queens Borough President Claire Shulman and other politicians took a trip to Jerusalem years ago, they stopped at the city’s Holocaust museum. Shulman became emotional at what she saw at the museum and stood still as the other dignitaries left and continued to walk. She remembered only one person staying behind to check up on her. “It was Helen Marshall,” Shulman said. “But that’s the way Helen was; she was able to pick up on things very quickly.” And when a Borough Hall security guard told Marshall, Shulman’s successor, she was a domestic violence victim the then-borough president took her by the arm and discussed the issue for an hour. “It got to the point where some of her staffers started hinting ‘Maybe someone else can take this on so the borough president could take on other things,’” said Marshall’s former press secretary, Dan Andrews. “But she said, ‘No. This woman needs help and I’m going to help her get it.’ That was Helen.” History books might tell of Marshall’s dedication to libraries, education and children’s services. But to those who were close to her, she’ll always be remembered as someone who was there and cared for them.

Helen Marshall is being remembered not only as a champion of Queens, but a woman with a big and kind heart. She was a public servant for 30 years and spent 12 of those as borough presiFILE PHOTO dent. She is seen here during her last State of the Borough address. “She was a deeply compassionate person who cared tremendously about the well-being of her fellow Queens residents,” said Borough President Melinda Katz, Marshall’s successor. “Her love of the borough was exceeded only by her love for her family, especially her devoted husband Donald, who passed away recently.” Marshall, a public servant for 30 years and

the first black Queens borough president, died last Friday in California after an extended illness. She was 87. “Helen Marshall was a larger-than-life figure in the civic life of Queens and the State of New York,” Katz said in her statement. “During her decades in public life, Helen fought tenaciously to improve our children’s schools,

to address seemingly intractable quality-oflife issues and to secure a fair share of City resources for Queens.” A private memorial service will be held in California, where the late borough president has lived since she retired in 2013. A public ser vice in Queens will be announced at a later date. Donations can be made in her honor to Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities, Inc., located at 33-16 108 St. in East Elmhurst. Marshall, a Democrat, served as borough president from 2002 to 2013 after serving nine years in the City Council. Before her City Hall days, she was in the Assembly from 1983 to 1991. She started her career in politics in 1974 as a Democratic district leader. She was able to serve a third term as borough president after former Mayor Bloomberg secured term-limit extensions for sitting city politicians as part of his bid to run for a third term as mayor. “She felt like she could do more for the residents of Queens,” Andrews said of her decision to run again in 2009. Marshall was born in Harlem in 1929 and moved to East Elmhurst when she married her husband of more than 60 years, Donald, who died in January. Even before her career stint in politics, Marcontinued on page 42 SALE: March 9th - March 15th

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Relief sought after Liberty Avenue fire Five buildings to be demolished; town hall to be held by Sen. Sanders by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Five buildings on Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill will be demolished after they suffered severe damage from a seven-alarm fire that roared through the structures late Saturday evening into early Sunday morning, displacing eight families. According to a spokesman from the Department of Buildings, the structures at 110-08 to 110-16 Liberty Ave. have been scheduled for demolition with a date to be determined.

Firefighters battle the blaze on Liberty Avenue PHOTO COURTESY NYCSCANNER early March 5.

Another five have full vacate orders on them — meaning nobody is allowed to be inside — due to the damage. The blaze started at 110-14 Liberty Ave., the site of Ace Caribbean Market, at about 11 p.m. At press time, the Fire Department had not established a cause for the fire. The blaze spread to other buildings between 110th and 111th streets. More than 250 firefighters were called to the scene and the fire was subdued around 2:40 a.m. Two firefighters and three civilians sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. The buildings have retail on the ground floor and apartments on the second. More than 40 people had to stand outside in frigid temperatures during the fire. The Red Cross provided food, clothing, blankets and financial assistance to the eight families — 23 adults and eight children — according to a spokesman for the group. “Over the next few days, the families will meet with our caseworkers to be connected to further emergency assistance they may qualify for from government agencies and/or our community partners,” the spokesman said in an email. The displaced residents are living in temporary housing, either hotels or with other family members, until they can figure out a more long-term solution, several people interviewed for this story said. In the immediate aftermath of the fire, many went to Tulsi Mandir — a nearby Hindu temple located at 103-26 111 St.

Homes above the strip of stores were destroyed by the fire and water used by the FDNY to put it out. The Indo Caribbean Alliance and Red Cross are offering help to those who have been disPHOTO BY LLOYD MITCHELL placed. The mandir provided hot meals and served as a coordination site for government agencies and a location for those who had been displaced to meet with their family. It also provided the community with a place to donate goods — such as clothes — to those affected. “It was absolutely incredible,” community activist Richard David said of the response.

According to a press release from David, who is running for the seat held by Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica), sufficient clothing and other goods were gathered at the mandir within hours of the fire. Further supplies are not being requested at this time, but those still wishing to help can do so by donating to the Indo Caribbean continued on page 27

106th CO: Nothing bad at hotel shelter No record of complaints near the Comfort Inn shelter by Anthony O’Reilly For the latest news visit qchron.com

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The commanding officer of the 106th Precinct said there are no official complaints of illicit FILE PHOTO behavior near the Comfort Inn.

Despite reports of illicit behavior on the part of homeless people staying at the Ozone Park Comfort Inn, the commanding officer of the 106th Precinct said no such issues have arisen since the families were moved in weeks ago. “I’m OK with the families that are there right now,” said Capt. Brian Bohannon at last Thursday’s Community Board 10 meeting. Bohannon said he’s searched 911 and 311 calls stretching back months before the 50 families were moved into the hotel, located at 137-30 Redding St., and found no indication that their presence has led to an increase in quality-of-life concerns. “We haven’t gotten any calls,” he said. The remarks struck a nerve with a resident in the crowd, who said the captain’s assessment was not true.

“I see people walking up and down the block, smoking drugs,” the unnamed man said. He was walked out of the meeting by cops after he got into an altercation with board member Jeff Duldulao, who asked the man how he knew the alleged drug-doers were living in the hotel. The irate man approached Duldulao and the two were separated by a community affairs officer, who walked the resident out of the building. The city Department of Homeless Services moved 50 families into the Comfort Inn about two months ago — after having rented 10 rooms that it left vacant from October to January. The Days Inn & Suites, located right next door, is housing an unknown number of homeless families as well. The man at the community board meeting isn’t the only one to have complained about the people staying there, as neighbor-

ing residents have reached out to the Queens Chronicle with similar complaints. Bohannon said if there are any concerns, people should notify the police or call 311 immediately. Board Chairwoman Betty Braton said she and other community officials spoke with the hotel owner and had a “productive discussion.” The general manager of the site, Donna Daly, said those staying at the hotel shelter have a nightly curfew and there is security at the site. Daly, in a prior interview with the Chronicle, disputed any allegations of the hotel’s residents taking part in any drug or sexual activity. The Comfort Inn is the latest known example in Queens of the city relying on hotels to house the growing homeless population, though Mayor de Blasio last Tuesday Q promised to end their use — by 2023.

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Up in the sky! It’s a bird ... no, it’s a plane Port Authority begins work on runway as civic prepares for noise complaints by Anthony O’Reilly

A Port Authority source said the project has been scheduled and staggered in a way Death, taxes and the temporary closure of to avoid the most traveled times of the year runway 4R/22L — these are the three things while still allowing time for a large majority of the work to be done quickly. that are certain in life. The schedule might also change if weathAnd with work on the runway comes an inevitable increase in airplane traffic over er interferes with the work. It’s the second time in two years the runthe homes of Howard Beach and Ozone Park way is undergoing major renovations. residents. In 2015, it was “It’s going to be closed for an extendu nb e a r able,” s a id ed period of time so it Joann Ariola, presi’m sure it will be a top could be retrofitted to dent of the Howard more Beach Lindenwood topic of discussion at our accommodate modern aircraft. Civic Association. a result, HowWork on the runmeetings later this year.” ardAsBeach and the way began on Feb. su r rou nding areas 27. The Port Authori— Joann Ariola, president of the Howard were subject to nearty is expected to mill Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association constant flights over and pave the length their homes. o f t h e r u n w a y, “There was one almost every other minrealign two taxiways and do electrical work. The first phase of work on the runway ute,” Ariola said. While low-f lying planes are always an calls for the continuous closure of it starting issue in the area, last year wasn’t as bad Feb. 27 to June 1. Then, there will be nightly closures of the because no major work was being done on runway from June 1 to Sept. 5 from 11 p.m. the runway. “It’s cyclical,” the civic president said. to 7 a.m. on weather permitting days. Ariola said her civic has not yet received There will then be a second continuous closure of the stretch from Sept. 5 to Nov. any complaints f rom residents about increased airplane noise. 17. Associate Editor

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As the Port Authority begins work on runway 4R/22L, some South Queens residents can expect an uptick of low-flying planes above their homes. The issue is a recurring one in the neighborPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON hoods. “I’m sure it will be a top topic of discussion at our meetings later this year,” she said.

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WRHVAC gets its license revoked Mike Miller says the group, subject of probe, is looking to start up again by Anthony O’Reilly

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The operating license for the Woodhaven Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, formerly located on Jamaica Avenue, was revoked in January after the group failed to file several documents with the FILE PHOTO state Department of Health.

Although it’s been years since the Woodhaven Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps has been functional, the state Department of Health in January made the disbanding of the group official due to a lack of paperwork being filed in recent months. According to a Jan. 17 letter, which recently became public, the department said several documents — such as a record of ambulances registered to the entity — had not been provided and a statement of deficiency was mailed to the group last November. The department requested the group submit plans to rectify the problems by the end of the 2016. They did not and as a result, the WRHVAC was “deactivated” by the Health Department and its operating certificate was revoked. “Your certificate and operating authority cannot be reactivated by your organization or any other entity in the future,” the letter stated. “Should you wish to establish a new ambulance operating authority at any time in the future, you will need to apply the Regional EMS Council and

demonstrate need under Article 30 of Public Health Law.” A st at e DOH spokeswoma n declined to comment further, noting an ongoing investigation that she did not elaborate on. Leaders of the now-disbanded group could not be reached for comment on this story. The group has been in distress since its former headquarters, located at 78-19 Jamaica Ave., was shut down after the neighboring building partially collapsed during a heavy rainfall and caused major structural damage to the volunteers’ building. After years of rallies and legal struggles to have the dilapidated building demolished so the WRHVAC could rebuild, the group last year decided to sell the building for $1 million, a move the leadership said at the time they had no choice but to go ahead with. Community activist and former Woodhaven Resident Block Association President Ed Wendell said the state DOH letter “sounds really bad.” “It was this kind of unresponsive environment that led to so many of their problems,” he later said.

Wendell also blasted the corps’ leaders by saying, “I’m sure they’ll find someone to blame because that’s what they’re good at. Pointing fingers and blaming people for what went wrong.” Last June, the group’s last president, Kathy Dalbey-Sexton, told the Queens Chronicle Wendell and other leaders stopped responding to her calls and emails for help to get the former headquarters saved. “It’s really hard to see them having a future as they’re currently constit uted,” Wendell said. “They burned so many bridges.” A s s e m bly m a n M i ke M i l le r (D-Woodhaven) said he’s spoken to those who were in charge of the WRHVAC and that they have plans to come back to the area, but few details are known because their lawyers have advised them not to talk about it. “Of course I’m disappointed,” Miller said of the group’s license being revoked. Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley ( D - Glend ale) wa s u n awa re of license’s revocation when asked by a Q reporter Tuesday.

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mit would cost has not been disclosed, but the idea is to make it so high the businesses would rather go elsewhere than pay it. This is abuse of the private sector. Self-storage units are not a hazard. They don’t require any special inspections. Yes, there are a lot of them — 63 in Queens, with 25 of them in IBZs — but so what? That’s what the market has called for. If the market calls for more manufacturing, and companies find it profitable to move into this city with its choking myriad regulations, they can move into the IBZs too. And if the allure is so strong that IBZs need to be expanded, that also can be done. But it’s absolutely wrong to target a single sector due to its success. Then there’s the law of unintended consequences. As Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri asked Monday when this plan was presented to the Borough Board, could the result be self-storage facilities migrating to more residential areas? Well, so few are built every year that any impact would be minimal, the bureaucracy responded. OK, so then why impose the special permit and its fee at all? We know: because we’re the government and we can. No doubt it will be approved. And few outside the industry and its clients will care. But the next sector that gets milked and bilked and passes the cost of new fees onto its customers could be yours.

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Dear Editor: Former Queens Borough President Helen Marshall was a true fighter for the people of her borough. She never stopped pushing for the things that she felt our borough needed. She so improved the quality of life for all residents of Queens, and will be sorely missed. Her many years of public service to the people of this city will always be remembered. May she rest in peace. John Amato Fresh Meadows

Homeless hospitals? Dear Editor: Once again communities are protesting the city’s plan on dumping the homeless population into hotels in their neighborhoods. Recently, I gave Mayor de Blasio and my councilman, Paul Vallone, a suggestion that would help the homeless population and the protesting taxpayer. I’m writing this letter because my suggestion has been ignored by both. I suggested that many empty NYS mental health hospitals languishing throughout the state, on our tax dollars, could be used for housing homeless individuals and families. It would be cost-effective and provide jobs. Could it be that the homeless population doesn’t matter, because they don’t vote? Well, © Copyright 2017 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y. 11374-7769.

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ive credit to new Assemblyman Brian Barnwell for hitting the ground running and taking on issues that matter to his constituents. The young attorney has already sponsored bills that would benefit pensioners; hike sentences for sex criminals and anyone violating an order of protection; and support affordable housing by localizing the absurd area median income calculation. Good stuff. But he’s a bit off on his latest: a bill that would give community boards actual vetoes over homeless shelter placements. We know where he’s coming from; the city is abusing Queens with its rampant conversions of hotels into shelters. But the boards are only advisory bodies, and there’s just no way they’ll be given real decision-making power in just this one area. Much more realistic are bills backed by other Queens lawmakers to improve shelter-planning oversight and transparency. Barnwell means well, but don’t expect this measure to become law. Maybe his next one.

the people impacted by placements in their neighborhoods do. Rockland State Psychiatric Hospital is very large, located on vast green acres, and can house hundreds of homeless individuals and families, as can many other hospitals. Recently, developers went to Community Board 13 in Queens, with plans to build apartments and housing on the grounds of Creedmoor psychiatric hospital. When is a clue a clue? Maybe, just maybe the people protesting the homeless in their communities will ensure that their elected politicians look into the hospital plan. Just think. How would your child, or grandchild feel living in a car, and having to wash in gas stations before going to school? Do these innocent children deserve to feel that shame?

I hope the protesters take on this issue and instead of protesting, use their energy to help the homeless and lobby the governor and mayor to look into this humane concept. Joyce Shepard Bayside

Reopen W’haven Junction Dear Editor: With the debate raging on between supporters of the “QueensWay” and “QueensRail,” I propose an alternative that appeals to both sides. It is worth listening to as it could provide major transit benefits for many commuters stuck in the subway-less land between Jamaica Avenue and Liberty Avenue in Woodhaven and Ozone Park. The LIRR operates the Atlantic Branch from

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Our unlikely unity rally Dear Editor: Last week, 700 citizens assembled in Forest Hills for a citizen-led solidarity rally. Young leaders from across the borough made inspiring speeches of what the unity rally meant to them. A 26-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan thundered how the American Dream has a rightful place for him too. A 20-year-old St. John’s student implored the crowd not to forget the unique oppression of

Wrong on Trump and Jews Dear Editor: Re Rory Lancman’s March 2 opinion piece: “Trump fans the f lames of anti-Semitism across U.S.” (multiple editions): As one of Councilman Lancman’s constituents, I appreciate the job he does for his district, but wish he’d spend more time doing it instead of wasting time on unfounded accusations. Blaming President Trump for spreading antiSemitism is like blaming Timothy Cardinal Dolan for sparking anti-Catholic hate. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who plays a key role in the administration, is an Orthodox Jew. His wife, Ivanka, converted to Judaism and their three kids are Jewish. Why would someone with such strong family ties to the Jewish faith help spread venom against it? Forget about rhetorical rubbish and get more results to your district. Kew Gardens Hills has 3 vital needs: continued on next page

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Dear Editor: Re “Indivisible: Forest Hills rallies for acceptance,” March 2, multiple editions: On my way to the farmers market, I came upon this rally. The Socialist Workers Party was speaking and most of the signs held by the audience said “Resist.” None of the signs read “Acceptance.” Your headline was a total obfuscation of what this rally was about. Acceptance of what? Trump’s administration? The rally’s theme and purpose was to bolster unity against Trump’s agenda. If your reporter saw and heard what I did, and accurately passed it on to you, why did you change the whole gist of the rally? We don’t need another propaganda newspaper. Why should we fight for freedom of the press if the press doesn’t tell the truth? Shirley Sacks Forest Hills

African Americans. A powerful moment of silence commemorating the five-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s killing ensued. A Townsend Harris High School student eloquently described how she and her mother once were spit at in Forest Hills and turned that deplorable hate incident into vigorous activism. It is not every day such a diverse coterie of people come together. It was citizen democracy in action. Grassroots coalition building is essential but not easy. At the outset, the response from too many civic leaders was a mix of skepticism, dismissiveness and even fear. In the end, most attended and a few even wanted to speak. Even a universal message of solidarity against racism and bigotry engendered unfortunate schisms. Identity politics opens the possibility to assert priority to one threatened group over another. This is myopic. It also undermines the truism that a threat to one is a threat to all. There is no province for provincialism when the rights of all minority groups are threatened. This bears remembering when civic organizations evoke the cloak of not appearing “political.” Organizations can also point to another organization’s unrelated policy position as a reason for over-caution and risk-aversion to joining this coalition. Former Mayor Ed Koch had a saying, “If you agree with me on nine out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.” In politics, no one agrees all the time. The rally was at bottom a call to action. The people unquestionably have the ultimate power in this democracy. This has to be an age of assertion. The times demand citizen pressure on civic leaders and elected officials to speak assertively and act to protect the targeted. Indeed, the citizenry is the ultimate bulwark to defend democracy itself. The political establishment will only respond when people organize for change. The newly formed Queens Solidarity Coalition is a vehicle for that change. The Coalition is planning future actions with the goal of making all residents aware of their rights. Ethan Felder Forest Hills The writer is a labor lawyer and co-founder of the Queens Solidarity Coalition.

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Valley Stream to Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. All one has to do is take a look at a map of the line to notice an oddity. The distance between Jamaica Station and the following station, East New York in Brooklyn, is about 5 1/2 miles. Yet along this stretch, there is not a single stop. While everyone argues about the tracks and stations above ground, very few know that one station between East New York and Jamaica has survived the test of time. That is Woodhaven Junction, which shares its name with its elevated counterpart. The station consists of two platforms and two tracks on which LIRR trains still speed by every day. Photos show that the stop is still intact, covered in graffiti and a thick layer of age, but nothing a few renovations can’t fix. What I propose is for the MTA to reactivate the station so that residents on Atlantic Avenue can finally have access to trains. It would be hugely beneficial given that only one stop away in either direction are major hubs on the subway. At East New York, you can transfer to the J, Z, L, A and C trains. Meanwhile at Jamaica, you can transfer to the J, Z and E trains. This would shave precious time for people needing to commute from Atlantic Avenue to Liberty Avenue for the A train or to Jamaica Avenue for the J/Z trains. While it’s not a “QueensRail” it should be taken into consideration since the station is intact and no residents would be disturbed by noise from a train in their backyards. So the next time you ride the Atlantic Branch, look out your window and glimpse the abandoned stop. Maybe we can restore it to its glory and make life a bit easier. Devyn Tapia Woodhaven

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An apple a day, if this doc-to-be has her way Gayatri Malhotra-Gupta of Forest Hills, a fourth-year medical student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, just won a prestigious award for her work educating homeless families in Queens about proper nutrition and health monitoring — and her research on the results. Malhotra-Gupta said her research grew out of her community service work and interest in studying the need for nutrition education in homeless shelters and whether they have a long-term impact. Fifty women and children living in a shelter in Astoria participated in the project, which she did in conjunction with the Global Physicians Network Foundation. “I wanted to see whether it would make a difference,” said Malhotra-Gupta. “A lot of the participants were never screened for diabetes though they were overweight and had risk factors. We educated them and showed them how to build a healthy food plate.” But she also encountered challenges. “It’s hard to see how they will use their

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1. Reopen the Vleigh Place Library, which has been closed for nearly five years. It took 14 months to build the Pentagon from scratch in 1943. Why does it take four times longer to expand and refurbish a one-story building today? Are the contractors Abbott and Costello or the Three Stooges? 2. Restore the Q74 bus line between the Union Turnpike subway station and Queens College. It gave commuters fast access to the subway and students a quick ride to campus. Tolling the East River bridges would fund the Q74 and other bus lines. 3. Reopen the PS 164 polling place so more residents can vote in 2017’s primary and general elections, which Rory Lancman wants to win. The Chronicle recently reported fundraising drives by Mr. Lancman and Borough President Melinda Katz. Money matters in election campaigns, but another currency has greater value — voters’ trust. Deliver results or lose our votes. Achievements outweigh promises. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Trump will have to go Dear Editor: Rational thought of the Trump presidency would indicate that this is really the beginning of the Pence presidency. Bookies must

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knowledge in practice because they still don’t have access to stoves and it’s hard to monitor how they will use this knowledge in the future,” she said. “Every time we go into a shelter 50 percent of the residents are new. It’s a very transient population.” Malhotra-Gupta won her award at the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association’s 61st Midwinter Conference Resident and Student Poster Competition in Dallas. She earned first place for Best Original Research, with her poster entitled “The Effects of a Nutrition Program in a Homeless Shelter to Promote Health Education in this Community.”

have odds on Trump either being impeached or resigning before the end of his term. There shall be a never-ending demand for release of the tax returns. Chances are high that Russian involvement is found. Trump’s violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution will be self-evident. The General Services Administration will voluntarily or by litigation terminate Trump’s lease on the Trump hotel housed within the DC Post Office as a violation of the lease and contrary to the Constitution. If Trump is found connected to Putin either by way of personal finances, business dealings or through his campaign staff the implications are explicit. The Republican leadership is anti-Russia and view Putin as a thug. The national security members of Trump’s cabinet in large measure are opposed to his policies, such as Trump’s disdain for NATO. They view Russia as a danger and agree with members of Congress that Russian involvement in the election was an attack upon American democracy. Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Mitch McConnell, as leaders of the House and Senate, respectively, will use Trump to achieve the objectives they have advocated for but were blocked by Obama. Once their goals are achieved and the glow of Trump has dimmed by revelations and missteps they will dump Trump as quickly as possible. Republicans will realize to keep the White House in 2020 will require Pence assuming the presidency before the next election cycle. Ed Horn Baldwin, LI

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown rejected calls for a conviction review unit, saying he FILE PHOTO doesn’t believe it should be the sole responsibility of one office.

No conviction review unit needed: Brown Some defense attorneys say the office could benefit from having one by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A spokesman for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown Tuesday shrugged off the possibility of the office creating a convictions review unit — as his colleague in Staten Island is looking into the possibility of creating one — saying ensuring accurate judgments is the shared responsibility of all DA employees. “District Attorney Brown believes that it is the responsibility of everyone in our office to prevent wrongful convictions and that should a claim be raised that someone has been wrongfully convicted or is being wrongfully prosecuted to promptly and thoroughly investigate that claim to ensure that justice is done,” spokesman Kevin Ryan said in an emailed statement. “It is his view that responsibility must be shared by everyone in our office — ‘in particular, his senior staff’ — and not delegated to one unit and/or a handful of assistants.” According to published reports, Staten Island DA Michael McMahon is considering creating a convictions review unit — which looks over old judgments if new pieces of evidence surface that might prove an imprisoned person’s innocence. Similar offices already exist in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx — meaning if McMahon goes ahead with the proposal, Brown would be the only district attorney in the five boroughs without one. “There’s something to be said when a DA says, ‘OK, we got it wrong,’” said Tim Rountree, attorney-in-charge of The Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Justice Practice. “It’s about the integrity of the conviction.” Like any other prosecutor, Brown has had some rulings reversed by a higher court and others questioned due to several factors. In 1995, Rockaway resident Kareem Bellamy was falsely convicted of a murder, a ruling that was vacated in 2011 when evidence proved he

was not at the crime scene. And last year, a new trial was granted to Derrick Reed — who was convicted in 2012 of killing his pregnant girlfriend in their Lefferts Boulevard apartment in 2008 — after the state Appellate Court found evidence of “pervasive prosecutorial misconduct,” stating prosecutors misstated evidence and tried to “inflame the jury and arouse sympathy and improperly denigrating the defense.” Still, Ryan said Brown is committed to preventing wrongful convictions. “The course that we have followed has both consistently prevented wrongful convictions in the first place and dealt with those situations where a wrongful conviction, regrettably, has occurred,” he said. Defense attorney Vinoo Varghese said Brown’s opinion that preventing wrongful convictions is the responsibility all prosecutors is “a very rosy picture of life. “That viewpoint of how they operate has not played out,” he said. “There’s enough high profile reversals in that office where you can argue that’s not the case.” Varghese pointed to a 2013 ruling that stated Queens prosecutors violated the Constitution through an interrogation program that targeted defendants who did not have lawyers present during questioning. Asked if he believes if there’s anything that could change Brown’s mind, Rountree said “public pressure,” though a new district attorney would most likely be the one to bring such an office to Queens. “It will be a new district attorney who either will champion the status quo or decide to go with a new approach,” he said. Brown is up for re-election in 2019. Rountree admitted that would have to wait until Brown decides to retire. “He’s firmly entrenched in Queens and he’s Q respected,” he said of Brown.

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A second travel ban executive order was signed Monday by President Trump blocking entry into the U.S. for citizens of the same Muslim-majority countries as the first order except Iraq. The new order continues to impose a 90-day ban on travelers and 120 days on refugees, but exempts permanent residents and visa holders and drops language offering preferential status to persecuted religious minorities. It takes effect March 16. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a suit against the original ban and led a coalition of attorneys general that opposed it, stated, “While the White House may have made changes to the ban, the intent to discriminate against Muslims remains clear. This doesn’t just harm the families caught in the chaos of President Trump’s draconian policies — it’s diametrically opposed to our values, and makes us less safe.” Queens officials and centers were quick to comment with a similar outrage as expressed over the first order signed on Jan. 27. Steven Choi, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, said in a statement “... Any suspension of the refugee program dishonors our history, beliefs and values. We are a nation founded in part by refugees fleeing persecution because of their religious beliefs. The United States is meant to be a shining light on the hill, a country that draws our strength from religious tolerance and diversity of opinions.” State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) looked at this order from a perspective of how it will affect families as well as international students. “This ban breaks families apart, keeps talent from coming into our country, and interrupts students from completing their degrees,” he said in his statement. “I believe this will do nothing to help protect our national security, and I will continue to fight this policy.” House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-Manhattan, Bronx) said in his statement, “Make no doubt about it, a religious litmus test goes against everything we stand for as Americans. Furthermore, this ban threatens the security of our diplomats and service-members abroad. Instead of putting forward a comprehensive plan to address our national security risks, the Trump administration is instead enacting hateful measures that will put Americans at risk.” Cong resswom a n Ca roly n Maloney (D-Manhattan, Bronx) called this order “unconstitutional.” “The new executive order is anything but. This repackaging of the original executive order is still clearly an unconstitutional and hateful action meant to ban Muslim and refu-

The first travel ban sparked protests nationFILE PHOTO wide, including at JFK airport. gees from coming to our shores. Such hateful acts not only undermine our values and democracy but also threaten American security at home and abroad,” Maloney said in a statement. The Majlis Ash Shura (Islamic leadership Council) of New York noted in their statement that they will continue to stand by Muslim Americans. “By describing Muslims and people coming from the Middle East as extremists and by marrying the terms Muslims and Islam to the terms ‘terrorism,’ ‘extremism’ and ‘radical,’ Trump vilifies and criminalizes over one billion people and vilifies Islam. It is this sort of calculated and insistent mobilization of racism that is the real threat to this country and our values of freedom and equality.” The MinKwon Center for Community Action noted how this past weekend a Sikh man was shot in Washington and the week before an Indian man was shot and killed in Kansas. The acts of violence were believed to be racially motivated, issues the center believes will only continue when “using xenophobia and Islamophobia to divide the nation, discriminate against immigrants based on religion, and ignore a growing humanitarian refugee crisis,” James Hong, interim executive director, said in a statement. Queens Republican Chairman Bob Turner, however, believes this second order is a step up from the first. “I think we can say this was in response to the court ruling and it was a better move and more of an executive order that is probably more aligned with the original intent to improve the vetting process from countries continued on page 17

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Peralta bill for stiffer penalties passes the Senate; he credits IDC affiliation by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A bill that would stiffen penalties for those caught speeding in school zones unanimously passed the state Senate Monday and state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), the sponsor of the legislation, is crediting his joining the Independent Democratic Conference for its success. Under the bill, sponsored in the Assembly by Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D-Manhattan), drivers found guilty of speeding in school zones twice or more within 18 months will have their license suspended for 60 days — similar to regulations for construction zones. “The same way we protect the construction workers on our highways, we must also ensure that we protect the State’s schoolchildren,” Peralta said in a Monday statement. The senator announced the legislation in October along with Glick. While this is the first time this bill has been introduced, Peralta has proposed others that have not moved out of the Transportation Committee. One example is a bill offered last year that would place speed cameras in every school zone rather than some. Peralta believes this one was able to move so quickly because he’s a member of the IDC, a group of eight breakaway Democrats that share power with the Republicans.

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With the IDC not caucusing with mainline Democrats, the Republicans got to control what legislation comes up for a vote even though they recently were in a numerical minority. “This is just an example of why I joined the IDC, to bring about important legislation that affects the lives and safety of my constituents,” Peralta said in an emailed statement Tuesday.

“As I said from the beginning, my decision had nothing to do with a pay raise. In fact, I took a pay cut.” As hundreds of residents protested his move to the group — which they said gives Republicans too much power in the age of President Trump — Peralta told them that with his moving to the IDC he can move bills such as this

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one to the floor. Regardless of his political affiliation, one transportation advocacy group expressed excitement at the passing of Peralta’s bill. “We’re really glad this legislation that benefits the entire city comes from our own borough, where transit deserts and dependence on cars put pedestrians and especially school kids at a disadvantage,” said the group Make Queens Safer in a message to a Chronicle reporter. “Senator Peralta’s persistence is to be commended. We were pleased to join him when the bill was announced last fall and look forward to it becoming law in the coming months. People need to be reminded that driving safely is a common sense choice, and driving recklessly is not. So, when the question of stiffer penalties comes up, such as having a license suspended, the best goal of this legislation is to truly change drivers’ behavior. Those who continue to break the law, will be fined. And fines work to change driver behavior.” The measure is sitting in the Assembly’s Transportation Committee. “I want to thank my friend and colleague Assemblymember Glick for sponsoring the bill,” Peralta said. “We are working together, along with Transportation Alternatives and other advocates, to protect the more than one million school kids who travel to and from Q school every day.”

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Pols aim to change hotel shelter process State lawmakers supporting bills to increase notification, community power by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Queens state lawmakers have not ignored the thousands who took to the streets protesting the cit y using hotels as homeless shelters. With 40 hotel shelters, according to the Daily News, the borough has more than the other four. Legislation to modify the de Blasio administration’s procedure for placing homeless individuals in the lodging facilities has been drafted or introduced by several of the borough’s state lawmakers. Hotel rooms usually lack kitchens, a violation of the City Administrative Code for housing homeless families, or other amenities normally found in homes, leaving austere conditions to live in. State Sens. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) are co-sponsoring a bill introduced by state Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester) that proposes a composite of r ules to increase transparency and the weight of community input on the

acrimonious shelter placements. Requiring notification in advance of a hearing for a shelter operating plan by the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services rather than 30 days in advance of opening a permanent shelter is a component of the bill. Another part of the legislation aims to allow community boards to request public hearings about the proposed shelters; the Department of Homeless Ser vices would be required to change its permanent hotel shelter plans in response to “reasonable concerns” raised at the hearings, according to Klein’s office. A week’s notice by the city must be given before it opens a temporary shelter, the bill proposes. The DHS would also be required to make sure that the site is violationfree and safe; quarterly reports on the proposed use and use of the sites would also have to be performed by the agency and given to area elected officials. For emergency situations, such a s t hose cau sed by weat her, 48-hour post-placementnotice of hotel shelter use would have to be given by the city.

Requiring a 45-day notification period by the city for elected officials and community boards is the aim of a bill Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) introduced on Feb. 27. Her district includes multiple hotels where homeless families are living. Pheffer Amato praised Klein’s bill. “We applaud Senator Klein on putting a bill in the Senate. We put our own bill in last week, with a longer notification period,” the assemblywoman said in a prepared statement. “Ultimately, what’s important is that communities are brought into this conversation. Regardless of who introduces, we’re glad they’re addressing the need we put on the table.” An outspoken opponent of using Maspeth’s Holiday Inn Express as a shelter, freshman Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth), has drafted and plans to introduce a mu l i f a c e t e d bi l l t h a t wou ld empower community boards to veto planned shelter sites. Given the experience with their continued on page 30

The Lincoln Atlantic Motor Inn on the Van Wyck Expressway has nine open violations, according to the Human Resources Administration. Queens lawmakers are supporting legislation in both of Albany’s chambers to make the converPHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN sion process more transparent and less top-down.

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February for an unspecified ailment. Margulis drafted but did not issue a New York State Attorney General Eric bench warrant for Wills’ arrest. This past Schneiderman apparently has had it with Monday, Wills’ attorney did show in the steady stream of delays coming from court, and Wills’ next appearance was set for March 13. Cou ncilman Ruben Wills But Schneiderman’s office (D-Jamaica) as the councilsaid there were indications man moves closer to trial on this week that Wills now is corruption charges. seeking to hire a new Wills was scheduled to attorney. appear before Queens “Ruben Wills — who is Supreme Court Justice Ira facing trial in Queens and Margulis on March 1. The Manhattan for two alleged councilman is accused of criminal schemes — has for stealing about $33,000 from a years done everything he can nonprofit group that he ran. to avoid conf ront i ng the Wills has repeatedly denied charges against him,” Schneithe charge, as well as one derman spokeswoman Amy accusing him of redirecting Ruben Wills $11,000 in campaign funds for FILE PHOTO Spitalnik said in an email to the Chronicle. “Elected office personal use. He did not appear, with multiple pub- doesn’t give anyone license to break the lished reports saying his attorney, Steve law, or avoid the consequences.” Messages left at Wills’ Manhattan and Zissou, notified Margulis that he had forgotten to inform Wills of the date. Wills district offices were not returned prior to Q is said to be recovering from surgery in the Chronicle’s deadline.

The gang member who shot and killed former Far Rockaway resident Det. Randolph Holder was convicted of the crime Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance announced Monday. Tyrone Howard faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of aggravated murder, the top charge, and five other raps. His sentencing is scheduled for April 3. “In the span of thirteen minutes, Tyrone Howard was a one-man crime spree when he orchestrated multiple acts of senseless violence — beginning with firing gunshots at a group of people on a busy city street, then stealing a bicycle at gunpoint, before culminating in the callous murder of Detective Randolph Holder,” Vance said in a written statement announcing the conviction. “In the final moments of his life, Detective Holder bravely responded to reports of gunfire in an attempt to put a stop to this defendant’s campaign of crimi-

nal activity. He was the very definition of a hero, and I thank him posthumously for his service, along with all the members of the NYPD who put their lives on the line every day to protect the people of this City.” Howard and more than 30 other gang members were arrested in July 2016 for engaging in a turf war that ultimately led to Holder’s death. Howard on Oct. 20, 2015 shot at multiple individuals near the FDR Drive and later stole a man’s bicycle before fleeing. Holder and his partner approached Howard, who shot the cop in the temple. Holder, a native of Guyana who was a third-generation cop, was posthumously promoted to detective Oct. 28. His funeral was held in Jamaica. Howard was also convicted of one count first-degree murder, one count first-degree robbery, four counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count first-degree reckless endangerment and one count seconddegree criminal possession of a forged Q instrument.

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Meeks trashes Trump immigration policies Says executive orders have people living in fear of the government by Michael Gannon Editor

About 150 people packed into American Legion Post 483 in Rosedale Monday night as U.S. Rep Greg Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) discussed President Trump’s evolving immigration policy and what rights immigrants have. But Meeks was far more concerned with many he believes did not attend. “There are people who were too afraid to come here tonight,” Meeks said after the meeting. “This is our fourth town hall, and at each one people have told me they are there getting information for someone else who was afraid to show up.” And what appeared to be apprehension in some immigrant communities in Queens appears only to have worsened since March 1, when Daniela Vargas, 22, who was illegally brought to the United States by her parents when she was 7, was arrested by federal agents after speaking out at a rally in Jackson, Miss. “We’re trying other ways to get the information out there,” Meeks said. Monday’s meeting was well-advertised, though there was no conspicuous evidence of federal law enforcement if any were present in the hall or outside of the building on 135th Avenue.

Congressman Gregory Meeks offered observations and advice Monday night on President Trump’s new immigration policies before taking questions on that and other issues at a town hall PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON meeting in Rosedale. On at least two occasions in recent weeks, false rumors of raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, spread like wildfire over social media in the Indo-Caribbean community along the Liberty Avenue corridor in Jamaica and Richmond Hill.

The president’s original U.S. entry restrictions, including a ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries, was blocked in federal court. Meeks is not impressed by a new executive order dropping the total to six.

“Make no mistake — this is a Muslim ban,” he said. And he is livid over the proposal in some cases of refugee applications to separate children from their parents for a year or more while their cases are adjudicated. “It’s supposed to be a disincentive,” he added. “... They talk about ‘extreme vetting.’ The process already can take two to three years. How much more extreme do you want?” Another executive order widened the scope of unauthorized immigrants who might be picked up and deported. But Meeks said people with visas, green cards and other legal residential status need to be just about as careful as those who have entered the country illegally. Meeks said one advantage those living in the city have is Mayor de Blasio’s continuing designation of New York as a sanctuary city, with police not checking the immigration status of those picked up. “If you have parking tickets, you’re not going to be deported,” the congressman said. He said i n t he event someone is approached on the street by agents they should have copies — not originals — of certain papers handy. He said if agents come knocking at continued on page 25

Rep. talks healthcare, budget and Russians Congressman Meeks reflects on the atmosphere in GOP-led Washington by Michael Gannon

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New Yorkers have a great deal to lose should Capitol Hill Republicans and the Trump administration radically rework or repeal outright the Affordable Care Act, according to U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau). The congressman, speaking in Rosedale Monday night at a meeting primarily about immigration issues, also talked at length about the ACA, or Obamacare, as well as domestic and international politics at the American Legion Post 483. Speaking before Republicans released their plan, and with developments in the coming days, Meeks had no doubt that GOP leadership will try something rash. “In the last seven years, my Republican colleagues voted 65 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act,” he said. Meeks said the numbers are stark — 29,000 residents of his 5th Congressional District who did not have insurance before are now covered, along with 940,000 in New York State. In response to a question from the audience, Meeks said the financially hobbled NYC Health + Hospitals organization could stand to lose unknown millions of dollars if they lose health coverage. “I’m worried about people dying,” said one speaker, who identified herself as a healthcare professional, and added that people who previously were uninsured have since sought medical treatment — particularly preventive care — that she fears they won’t be able to seek in the near future. “Preventive care is less expensive,” Meeks concurred. The congressman on Monday surmised that the conflicting signals coming out of the GOP caucus could be signs

that there is not yet a consensus, with Republicans having promised to keep popular features such as no bans on preexisting conditions and children up to age 26 eligible to stay on their parents’ plan. Meeks acknowledged that the current plan should be subject to bipartisan discussion to tweak and fix what is wrong. But Meeks himself offered no concrete recommendations to deal with two factors that are driving up costs of ACA plans — a dearth of young, healthy people signing up, thus subsidizing low premiums for older, sicker patients, and major insurance companies — the latest, Humana effective 2018 — pulling out of the program because of massive financial loses. Meeks said that could best be solved by electing Democratic governors in states where GOP leadership has declined to agree to the expansion of Medicaid to back state programs. “In states where Democratic governors did that, the plans are doing well,” he said. Democrats currently hold 18 of the 50 state governorships. Meeks did approve of Trump’s call for a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, saying he could find many projects that need doing in Queens alone. But he also pointed to the president’s call for a $54 billion increase in defense spending and funding for the wall along the border with Mexico “that Mexico isn’t paying for,” and other initiatives. “I don’t think they know how they’re going to pay for it all,” he said. “You want to cut State Department funding by 30 percent? That won’t do it. Want to cut [Housing and Urban Development] and Energy? That won’t do it.”

He sees at least the possibility of an unlikely ally in the Republican-stocked Freedom Caucus. “They’re supposed to be the fiscal conservatives,” Meeks said. Meeks also wants an independent commission similar to the 9/11 Commission to investigate Russian influence in November’s presidential election. “They didn’t hack voting machines, but they were able to influence people’s minds before they went in to vote,” he said. During his 2012 presidential campaign, Republican Mitt Romney called Russia the country’s “number one geopolitical foe,” a statement met with derision and mockery from Democrats. Meeks, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said his party does not need to walk back its criticism of Romney, as the congressman traces his problems with Russia back to its military intervention in the Ukraine in 2014. “And President Obama put sanctions in place,” he said. Meeks also did not equate any Russian influence on the election with President Obama’s remarks prior to 2016’s “Brexit” vote in which Great Britain voted to pull out of the European Union; or an Israeli organization using U.S. government grant money to oppose the 2015 re-election of Prime Minister and frequent Barack Obama sparring partner Benjamin Netanyahu. A Congressional investigation found that the organization did not violate terms of the grant. Meeks did not comment on Obama’s Brexit remarks, and denied any influence was asserted in the Israeli elections. Q “I thought it was the other way around,” he said.

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The grandson of late mob boss John Gotti, who shares his name, was sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty last month to selling drugs, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced last Thursday. Gotti, 23, was also ordered to forfeit more than $250,000 in proceeds he made from drug sales. “The sentence imposed today by the Court sends a strong message to all drug dealers that illegal drug trafficking in Queens will not be tolerated. Drug abuse and misuse can destroy the lives of young people and wreck havoc in our communities,” Brown said in a press

Also forfeits more than $250,000 release announcing the sentencing. “Do not expect any leniency from dealing prescription drugs, rather than peddling in cocaine or heroin. It cannot be stressed enough that drugs like Oxycodone are just as addictive and dangerous.” The Howard Beach resident was arrested Aug. 4 in his home following a long-term investigation into the drug operation that he carried out with other alleged cohorts. The trial against eight defendants arrested

and charged with Gotti is still pending. Gotti primarily sold oxycodone pills for between $21 to $30 per pill and dealt more than 4,200 pills per month. Undercover officers purchased $46,080 worth of oxycodone from Gotti during 11 undercover buys. He pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, conspiracy to commit a felony and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Brown said illicit operations like Gotti’s

that shell out illegal pills create a public health hazard. “As the use of prescription drugs in this country has dramatically increased over the last twenty years, so has their misuse — killing far more people in the United States each year than illegal opioids,” he said. “According to the Centers for Disease Control, deaths from prescription opioids have more than quadrupled since 1999 and 91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Oxycodone, in particular, is extremely potent and has a high potential for Q abuse and death.”

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continued from page 12 with a track record,” Turner said. “There’s a long way to make corrections ... in terms of national security.” Similarly to Turner, the president of the Queens Village Republican Club, the oldest GOP club in the country, Phil Orenstein, believes this executive order is putting America first. “The president’s number one job is the safety of Americans, and we cannot trust who’s coming in and putting America at risk if we let them in like we have been doing,” Orenstein said. “The travel ban is only for 90 days, not forever. In that time we will develop a suitable screening process,” he added. Mayor de Blasio stood against Trump in a statement, “If the President took a quick look around his own hometown [New York] he would see that we don’t need to discriminate to be safe. In fact, New York City’s inclusiveness helps make this the safest big cit y in America.” “Thankfully, the stroke of a pen in Washington won’t change our New York values and it won’t make us any less proud to be the ultimate city of immigrants,” he noted about the city. On Tuesday night Hawaii attorneys filed a 40-page request asking a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of the Q order.

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NYPD’s O’Neill takes questions in Rosedale Commissioner gets dozens of queries on police and community relations by Michael Gannon Editor

NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill fielded dozens of questions from members of the public Thursday night in a 90-minute meeting at the SNAP Brookville Neighborhood Senior Center in Rosedale. Speaking before nearly 100 residents, O’Neill spoke frankly on subjects ranging from new community policing and minority recruitment within the department to traffic enforcement. The sit-down was arranged by the office of Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton). The dais also included NYPD Inspectors Jeffrey Schiff and Frederick Grover, commanding officers of the 105th and 113th precincts, respectively, as well as a number of elected officials who also responded to some questions. O’Neill, who had been on the NYPD for more than 30 years, took over as commissioner in September. He told the group that much of what drives the initiatives he believes in comes from his years on a foot beat in the subways to his tenure as a precinct commander. “Working in Transit from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., you get the opportunity to meet the people of this great city,” O’Neill said before taking questions. “... If I was someone who didn’t

NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill, center, paid a visit to Rosedale last week to take questions from the public at a forum hosted by Councilman Donovan Richards, second from right. Among those on the dais were 113th Precinct CO Frederick Grover, left, 105th Precinct CO Jeffrey Schiff, Assistant Chief David Barrere, CO of Patrol Borough Queens South, and Assemblywoman PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Alicia Hyndman. care about quality-of-life issues, I wouldn’t have lasted six-and-a half-years as a precinct commander.” He also said that crime statistics for the first two months of 2017 — “It’s still early,” he said — are continuing to head down over-

all and in most of the major crime categories. “This is not the same city as 1983; it’s not the same as 1990,” the commissioner said. “Of course, each time you mention a statistic, you’re talking about people.” Trust between the NYPD and the minority

community has been an issue in Southeast Queens for decades. It also was a prominent theme among audience members on Thursday, and O’Neill said the department’s expanding community policing initiative — the Neighborhood Officer Coordination program — already is showing results. The program is now in 39 precincts, including the 113th on South Jamaica and the 103rd in Jamaica. Hand-selected officers are stationed to permanent sectors, and spend about one-third of a shift of not responding to radio calls, but interacting with community and business leaders. “You’ll see the same officers in the same sectors all the time,” O’Neill said. “When will we see it in the 107th Precinct?” asked Marc Haken of Community Board 8. O’Neill said it could happen by the end of 2018, but added that each expansion of the program must be carefully planned. He pointed out, for example, that pulling NCOs off patrol duties for one-third of their shifts requires other officers to augment patrol. “It is very manpower-intensive,” O’Neill said. “We have 36,000 officers. I know that sounds like a lot but we have to make sure we deploy them wisely.” continued on page 22

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Giving love to the veterans The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach and the students at St. Helen Catholic Academy are showing their love for veterans. The Builders Club, the elementary school equivalent of the Kiwanis Club, wrote Valentine’s Day cards for disabled veterans at the St. Albans VA Hospital. Left, veterans pick up their cards.

Retired Army Gen. Pat Alesia, left in second photo, also a Kiwanis member, delivered the cards to the veterans hospital. “Words cannot describe the appreciation and gratitude of our veterans, especially after they saw the whole school took time out to do something special just for them,” the Kiwanis Club said in an email.

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The Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation Robotics Team at PS/MS 207Q in Howard Beach, in its second year, has researched the diamondback terrapin, a turtle species that needs help. The team met with the National Park Service and Hofstra University to learn that its numbers are decreasing in Jamaica Bay due to drowning in crab cages. The Robotics Team designed a new crab cage using TinkerCAD software and built a 3-D printed prototype. The SASF team also researched the current laws and found out that in New York, crab cages are not required to have turtle escape devices. The school contacted local Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and asked him to look into legislation that would require turtle excluder devices on crab cages. The congressman recently met with the Robotics Team to hear their presentation on this topic. ATTENTION PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS SCHOOLS: If you would like to be featured on a School Spotlight page, call Lisa LiCausi, Education Coordinator, at (718) 205-8000, Ext. 110. TO SEE THESE STORIES ONLINE GO TO QCHRON.COM/SCHOOLNEWS.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Getting ready for warmer weather

Celebrate Holi this weekend

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The 29th annual Phagwah parade will make its way through the streets of Richmond Hill this Sunday. The parade — held at the start of spring to commemorate the Hindu holiday of Holi — will convene at Liberty Avenue and 133rd Street at noon. Floats will head west on Liberty Avenue, then make their way north on 125th Street until they reach Phil “Scooter ” R i zz uto Pa rk at 95th Avenue. Once there, participants will hold a cultural celebration in which they throw multicolored powder at each other while dancing and listening to live music. It will be the second year in a row that the celebration will be co-hosted by the Federation of Hindu Mandirs and the Arya Spiritual Center. In 2015, the two sides could not come to an agreement as to which one would be the main organizer of the parade. As a result, the event did not take place that year. Last year, they were forced by a judge to host it jointly. Now, the two have ag reed to do so for f ut u re Q parades. — Anthony O’Reilly

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The sun is bright and warm and sundown will be later due to Daylight Saving Time, which begins this Sunday. In spite of the chill in the air, Spring begins next week on March 20 — only 12 more days. Now to St. Patrick’s Day. I hope for the parade it is warm and sunny but it is always great no matter the weather. As I have said before, I remember when I worked in a Manhattan office how we changed every name plate, placing an “O” in front of our names. In this way, we were all Irish for a day. I hope many will take this time and take the Woodhaven Business Improvement District’s advice to eat out in Woodhaven. I hope you go to one of our restaurants where they prepare great corned beef and cabbage. It seems that St. Patrick’s Day is always a great day for all to enjoy. Again, our WBID would like to remind you that we still have free benches available to any of the Jamaica Avenue stores or businesses that want one. Give us a call at our office, (718) 805-0760 or (718) 805-0202 if you want one. When you are shopping, please encourage the storeowners to call us regarding getting one of these durable, attractive

benches. They have separators, so no one can lie on them. They are for sitting and resting only. During this year, many elected officials had stated that when alternate side of the street parking was suspended, the parking meter charges should have been suspended as well. This is a very good suggestion that was made last year because paying for the meters requires walking from your cars to a meter in all of the bad weather and walking back to place the ticket in your car. If you’d like to suggest a spot for a MuniMeter, please call our office. Mark your calendars for Saturday April 8, for the WBID’s “Spring Promotion,” with music and clowns 1:00 to 4:00 p.m along Jamaica Avenue. There will also be free pictures with the Easter Bunny in the Forest Parkway Plaza area. Look for our WBID staff members with their WBID hats distributing free quarters on Jamaica Avenue, to thank patrons for shopping here by paying for their first 15 minutes on the parking meters. Come out and enjoy this free fun family day sponsored by our WBID. May God bless our Armed Forces, our disabled veterans, our leaders and our NYPD and police officers everywhere; and Q may God bless our America. QUEENS Queens’ Largest Weekly Community Newspaper Group

Two recycling events set for South Queens South Queens politicians are looking to go green — one recycling event at a time. On March 26, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato will hold an e-waste recycling event at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center, located at 156-45 84 St. in Howard Beach, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents can drop off computers, phones and other unwanted electronics to be safely disposed of. “If e-waste isn’t processed the right way, it can poison sanitation workers and our water supply,” Pheffer Amato said. For more information, you can call the assemblywoman’s office at (718) 9459550 and ask for Amanda Kernorzek. A little more than a month later, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) will be holding their annual spring recycling event at Forest Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Accepted items include electronics, paper, clothing and some household items. Air conditioners, paint containers, mattresses, ovens, office furniture and firearms cannot be dropped off. For more information, call Addabbo’s Q office at (718) 738-1111.

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K-Bridge park plan is a definite: state DOT CB 5 chairman suggests waterfront promenade on the Queens side by Levar Alonzo Chronicle Contributor

The $554 million Kosciuszko Bridge project isn’t only about construction and demolition. There’s a green aspect of it, as well. The state Department of Transportation confirmed to the Chronicle this week that plans to build new parks on the Queens and Brooklyn bases are still on. The proposed site on the Queens side, which is owned by the state’s Department of Transportation, spans 43rd Street and 54th and 55th avenues. “The park is a commitment made as part of the original environmental impact statement,” said DOT spokeswoman Diane Park in a Monday email. “This calls for a public comment period ... we are still in the early stages but we look forward to working with the community and local leaders as this moves forward.” Coming in April, motorists will be able to drive across the new Queens-bound span over Newtown Creek — which is nearing completion — with the Brooklyn-bound bridge opening in 2020. At the conclusion of construction, the state DOT will build the new park, then transfer ownership of it to the city Parks Department.

The state Department of Transportation confirmed this week it still plans to build a park on the Queens side of the new Kosciuszko Bridge. Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri has FILE PHOTO floated the idea of building a waterfront promenade. “The state has proposed for Parks to acquire the site after the bridge work is complete,” said Parks Department spokewoman Crystal Howard in a Monday email. “There isn’t a conceptual plan yet as to what

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NYPD’s O’Neill visits Queens continued from page 18 The commissioner said the city’s diversity now is addressed from the time new officers enter the academy — questioned about minority recruitment, O’Neill said the department is now majority-minority — and that cops’ first assignments now are completely different than under past regimes. “Ever yone remembers O peration Impact, where new officers were flooded into the city’s busiest precincts in their busiest areas,” O’Neill said. The experience, he believes, put inexperienced cops face-to-face with some of the worst crime. “In the short-term, it had a positive impact on crime,” he said. “In the long term, I think it was a disservice to the community, and a disservice to the officers.” Each rookie now begins with a veteran field training officer, and works two months on overnights, two months nights and two months on the day shift, getting as wide a range of experiences as possible with an experienced partner. This too, he believes, will lead to better policing of the community. One place O’Neill said recruiters are falling short of numbers they would like is among African-American men. He also said thus far some 7,000 officers have undergone multiday training for dealing with people who might be autistic or suffering from some sort of intellectual

or psychiatric disorder. “I know we need to get the police officers in the street to be able to identify that,” O’Neill said. As for body cameras, the commissioner admitted that he had to be converted to the cause. “But I did my research,” he said. Body cameras have a great deal of support among leaders of minority communities, and O’Neill said he now is 100 percent in favor of them. The goal, he said, is to have all officers on patrol, including transit and housing units, to be wearing the devices by the end of 2019. He did say that there still are many rules and protocols that must be worked out, such as when cameras must be turned on and off. “There are a great number of privacy issues,” he said. Southeast Queens also has a great deal of residential complaints about the number of tractor trailers and large commercial trucks parked there. Councilman Richards asked directly if perhaps Schiff and his officers could receive a few more heavyduty truck boots, which incapacitate vehicles until a summons is paid. The commissioner agreed to speak with Chief Thomas Chan of the NYPD’s transportation division, promising the 105th Q Precinct “all the boots it needs.”

to do with the area.” Although no formal plan has been drafted, the DOT’s commitment to build a park, and the lack of green space in the area, has the communities surrounding the bridge

thinking about what type of park could be established. “Building something closer to the water, maybe involving water activities, along the promenade would be great,” Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri said in a Monday phone interview. “We deserve something good here on the Queens side.” Community Board 2 officials could not be reached for comment, but Dorothy Morehead, the chairwoman of CB 2’s Environmental Committee, told reporters that people bike and run along the water, so she would like to see more infrastructure to promote those uses. There has been some trepidation about another environmental aspect of the bridge project, however, as the state announced last month it will implode the approaches to the 77-year-old span. As the Chronicle reported last week, there has been some frustration on the Queens side over a lack of notice given by the state about the demolition plan and its environmental impact. The bridge is named for famed Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko, who made a name for himself by building fortifications and defenses, such as Fort Clinton in Q West Point, NY.

Devoy Playground is open and upgraded by Isabella Bruni Chronicle Contributor

Tuesday marked opening day for the upgraded Joseph Devoy Playground in the Forest Hills section of Forest Park. The playground, an old-fashioned tree house theme, now offers equipment for kids up to the age of 12 with interactive panel games and steel drums. The layout is designed to complement the sloping terrain of the park, while preserving tree roots, and the relaxed earth tones of the playground are meant to reflect the nearby forest. A drinking fountain, additional seating, accessible swings and a new tire swing were also installed. The park, however, still holds onto some of its pre-existing features, such as the wood climbing logs and animal sculptures, which were preserved at the request of the community. Work on the $1.45 million playground began in late June 2016 and was completed months ahead of schedule. The project was made possible by full funding from the Queens Borough President’s Office. “Forest Park is a jewel in our City’s

The updated playground is suitable for kids PHOTO COURTESY PARKS DEPT up to 12. parks system due to its natural beauty and to amenities like DeVoy Playground,” Borough President Melinda Katz said in a prepared statement. “With spring around the corner, the newly renovated DeVoy Playground will make it an even more engaging place for the growing families around Forest Park,” Q she added.

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Queens woman saving strays from Thailand Puppies once bound for the illegal meat trade are in need of new homes here by Levar Alonzo Chronicle Contributor

A Kew Gardens woman plans to go to Thailand this month to bring back a dozen puppies in desperate need of homes. Animal rescuer Raquel Battle met the puppies while volunteering for Dog Rescue Thailand in Mae Laem Phim in the south of Thailand. The Dog Rescue is a nonprofit organization whose main purpose is to give stray dogs a better life and to diminish the number of suffering strays. Battle helped to care for more than 90 dogs at the shelter and assisted in feeding over 80 street dogs daily. Packed tight, often times 20 to a cage, more than 200,000 live dogs are smuggled every year illegally from northeastern Thailand, as part of the dog meat trade, the animal rights activist said. They often are destined for Laos or Vietnam, where consumption of dog meat is prevalent amongst some ethnic groups, as well as a small section of northern Thailand. This accounts for thousands of dogs going through primitive killings or being beaten to death. “There are 8 million homeless dogs in Thailand,” said Jenny Radman, director of Dog Rescue Thailand. “They are often run over or intentionally harmed, others are rounded up and transported illegally to their brutal deaths by dog meat traders.” Battle brought eight dogs back to the United States

with her. Now she is envisioned organizing her own rescue effort for the 12 puppies that were bound for the dog meat trade. She plans to raise funds for transport costs and to contact over 150 rescue groups and no-kill shelters in the tri-state area seeking their support. “When I returned home, I couldn’t stop thinking about their fate,” Battle said in a press release. “I know the unwanted animal situation here is dire, but saying it is exponentially worse in Thailand is an understatement.” Battle is also arranging medical care for a 4-month old kitten with partially paralyzed legs, who was languishing in a cage at the Thai shelter. As the shelter’s only feline, the kitten was unable to receive proper care due to limited veterinary resources and an already overworked staff. “I always see videos of dogs and cats who were given a second chance at life; I know this kitten can be one also,” Battle said. An email address has been set up to handle inquiries for the project. People can contact ThailandPuppies@gmail.com or contact Dog Rescue Thailand on Facebook for more information. Battle also has set up a crowd sourcing account at gofundme.com/a-journey-of-12-puppies-1-kitty. “Saving these 12 puppies will allow us to continue to help more dogs, who would otherwise suffer treQ mendously without help,” Radman said.

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Two NYPD detectives have been indicted in Queens for allegedly falsifying a drug arrest that sent a man to Rikers Island for 51 days. The office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown identified Dets. Kevin Desormeau and Sasha Neve, both 33 and of Long Island, as 10-year NYPD veterans. The 10-count indictment charges Desormeau with first-degree perjury, firstdegree offering a false instrument for filing, official misconduct and making a punishable false written statement. He is accused of twice lying under oath before the grand jury and in a court hearing. He could face up to seven years in prison. Neve is charged with official misconduct and first-degree offering of a false instrument for filing, and faces up to four years. Brown said that, according to the charges, Desormeau and Neve arrested a man for allegedly selling crack cocaine to a woman in the vicinity of 108th Avenue and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica between 6:40 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2014. Desormeau allegedly stated in the

criminal affidavit that he observed a handto-hand exchange between the man and a woman, and that he allegedly recovered rock cocaine from the man at the time of his arrest. The man then was arraigned for criminal sale of a controlled substance and held at Rikers Island in lieu of bail. Desormeau testified before a grand jury on Jan. 16, 2015, and allegedly said he saw the man hand two women something in exchange for cash and that upon arresting the man he recovered crack cocaine. He testified during a hearing on Nov. 5, 2015, and allegedly repeated that he saw the man engage in a drug transaction and that he recovered crack cocaine and $725 in cash. But the attorney for the accused man allegedly presented to the District Attorney’s Office a video from inside a restaurant and bar on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard which showed the man playing pool during the exact time that the drug transaction was to have taken place. The video also allegedly showed the detectives enter the restaurant and bar while the man was playQ ing pool and then escort him outside.

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Queens police await new upgrades from donation by Isabella Bruni Chronicle Contributor

The NYPD was presented with a check from Queens District Attorney Richard Brown for $20,391,864 in asset forfeiture funds on Monday at a ceremony in College Point at the City Police Academy. Police Commissioner James O’Neill accepted the check, which was given to support the department’s implementation of a number of new law enforcement initiatives in Queens, according to a release from the district attorney’s office. With this money, all 16 precincts in the borough will receive new vehicles, police recruits will receive enhanced training and new technology will be distributed including computer tablets, upgraded gun holsters and more. Brown said in his statement, “The principal use of the funds will be centered on enhancing Commissioner O’Neill’s community-based policing strategies in all 16 Queens County police precincts. In essence, it heralds the return of a familiar figure – the cop on the beat who knows the people and the community he or she serves.” “By forging closer, more meaningful relationships with local business owners, community advocates, religious leaders and residents, it is hoped that a line of dialogue can be opened up between the police and the communities that will result in mutual understanding and an

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“I want to thank Judge Brown for his leadership and for supporting this police department with critically essential funding,” O’Neill said. “The $20 million Judge Brown has allocated for this department will be an important investment in neighborhood policing, our crime fighting strategy. This forfeiture funding will provide our cops with essential tools — like vehicles, technology, and training — they need to do their job. I thank him for this investment in us and helping us keep this city the safest big Q city in America,” he added.

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The St. Pat’s for All parade made its accustomed return from Sunnyside to Woodside on March 5. At top, the FDNY’s Emerald Society Pipes and Drums serenade the crowd along the parade route, like those folks, top right, who are Irish by heritage or by affirmation on Sunday. In the center row, Anastasia Somoza, one of two grand marshals, addresses the crown as Councilman Danny Dromm and others look on. Next to them, it wouldn’t be a parade without the Girl Scouts and Brownies. To their right, Patrict Delaney gets into the wearing of the

green. At far right, NYPD members in the Gay Officers Action League wave to the crowd. Above left, Grand Marshal Phil Donahue is introduced. Next to him, City Public Advocate Tish James and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer celebrate on the chilly but sunny afternoon. So too do Joan Deraval and Cathy Browne to the right of the pols. Next to them Finnegan Bingham, 6, has a ride decked out in the colors of the day. At right, Burkeley Murry, 3, has one of the best seats in the house. At far right, the Servian Family celebrates together.

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The Legal Aid Society is sponsoring a series of Know Your Rights town halls in Queens to discuss the president’s recent actions and educate borough immigrants about what protections are offered to them as fears of deportation continue to grow. Two were already held earlier this week in Corona and Long Island City. There will be four more hosted this month on the following dates: • March 11 at the Elmhurst Library, located at 86-07 Broadway from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. That town hall will be co-spon-

Legal Aid to host four more this month sored by Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing); • March 15 at the Queens Community House, located at 108-25 62 Drive in Forest Hills, from 6 to 8 p.m.; • March 18 at St. George’s Episcopal Church, located at 135-32 38 Ave. in Flushing from 6 to 8 p.m.; and • March 28 at PS 212, located at 34-25 82 St. in Jackson Heights, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Pro-bono attorneys will be on hand to dis-

cuss President Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration, the so-called Muslim ban, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Temporary Protected Status and the rights of undocumented and documented immigrants. Trump made immigration enforcement one of the cornerstones of his campaign, including the deportation of those with illegal status and the construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border to keep others out of the country.

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In recent weeks, Immigration and Customs Enforcement have detained many unauthorized immigrants, including some in Queens, and deported them — though judges have issued stays on such actions in some cases. The Legal Aid Society provided free legal services to arrivals from the Middle East who were being held at John F. Kennedy International Airport after Trump first issued the “Muslim ban,” which a judge ruled unconstitutional, that prohibited travel from seven Muslim-majority nations. Q — Anthony O’Reilly

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C M SQ page 28 Y K Not many sports columnists like to admit when they’re wrong. But I’ll do it. In my season preview piece, I pegged the 2016-17 Red Storm at 17 wins, which was probably the most bullish prediction out there at the time. But if you think about it, I wasn’t necessarily that far off. If the Johnnies didn’t drop four out of five games to end the season — most recently, the Storm’s 86-75 defeat at the hands of Providence last Saturday — maybe that 13-18 record could have been 16-15? But the old saying, “You are what your record says you are,” is certainly true in this case. Far too many times, St. John’s lost games it shouldn’t have. They were far too inconsistent, shooting the lights out one day and falling flat the next. That doesn’t mean the season wasn’t a relative success, however. For the first time in years, the Johnnies finally have top-tier young talent making waves in the Big East. One of those first-year stars takes home the Chronicle’s top honor in my award-filled season review. MVP: Shamorie Ponds Anyone who disagrees with this is wrong. Not only was Ponds far and away the Red Storm’s best player this season, he firmly established himself as the conference’s top freshman. I don’t want to rehash last week’s column and all of his eye-popping stats I listed, but to recap, he was the team’s top scorer, led in steals, was second in assists and finished third in rebounds. The most consistent player on the team, Ponds scored 20 or more points 11 times this season, including a season-high 29 points

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on Saturday to break former Red Storm star D’Angelo Harrison’s freshman scoring record. Quite simply, his energy is contagious, his smile is infectious, his shot is smooth and his superstar potential is obvious. Ponds opened the eyes of experts and coaches across the nation and rightfully so. Remember the name, you’ll be hearing it for years to come. MOST IMPROVED: Tariq Owens Yes, this was Owens’ first year as a member of the Red Storm. But he did play 214 minutes of uninspiring ball at the University of Tennessee during the 2014-15 season before transferring to Queens. So I rule he is eligible for such an honor. The stats — five points and five rebounds per game — won’t jump out at you, but make no mistake, Owens became a crucial part of this team down the stretch after starting slow. The lanky center has the biggest motor out of anyone on the squad, making up for his lack of elite skills and bulking body with an unrivaled intensity and will to win. And when he was

given substantial minutes, he often made his impact felt in all facets of the game. His performance against Seton Hall last month was most memorable, as he went for 10 points and 12 rebounds while simultaneously shutting down star forward Angel Delgado, the same player who posted the Big East’s first 20-20 game in five years a few weeks earlier. Owens’ role probably won’t expand much next season, as Michigan State transfer Marvin Clark Jr. will be eligible come the fall, but he’s still going to be plenty useful. LVP: Kassoum Yakwe Yakwe burst onto the scene last year while filling in for the injured fellow center Yankuba Sima, opening eyes with his emphatic blocks, impressive defense and respectable ability to rebound. But those who expected the Mali native to raise his game to the next level this season ended up disappointed. Despite his size, Yakwe averaged just four points and three rebounds this season, playing just 20 minutes per contest. He still finished second on the team in blocks (62 compared to

Is there any doubt Shamorie Ponds was the Red Storm’s best player this year? FILE PHOTO Owens’ 68), but a lack of consistency and an inability to provide any offense in the paint allowed Owens to eventually overtake him as the team’s best low post player. The Red Storm’s tendency to get beat in the paint hurt them numerous times throughout the year, and if they want to correct that going forward, they need Yakwe to step up in a big way. Regardless of what happens in Wednesday’s scheduled Big East Tournament tilt against Georgetown, the Johnnies gave us just enough this year to consider the campaign a reasonable success. Next season, the third of Mullin’s tenure, is going to be very telling. We can only hope Q the group takes that next step.

Queens hoops teams upset in PSAL quarters Title-hungry John Bowne stunned by Jefferson, no borough teams remain by Christopher Barca

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Shamorie Ponds is on his way to becoming the King of Queens as the brightest star on the St. John’s University basketball team. But his old Brooklyn high school is still making a living off breaking the hearts of hoops squads here in the borough he now calls home. In what may go down as the biggest upset of the 2017 Public School Athletic League “AA” division city basketball tournament, 11-seed Thomas Jefferson High School thrashed Flushing’s uber-talented John Bowne High School unit, the tournament’s third overall seed, 77-49 last Sunday at Hunter College. The loss was a stunner for the Wildcats, as Bowne entered the tournament as one of the favorites to reach the March 11 title game at Madison Square Garden. Despite the 2016-17 campaign being its first in the PSAL’s top division — the Flushing school was bumped up from the “A” league after years of domination — the Wildcats, now facing tougher teams, opened eyes. Bowne went 12-4 in the regular season en route to capturing its first Queens borough championship last month and earning a firstround bye in the PSAL tournament. In the second round, star junior Christian Hinckson and blossoming sophomore Alejan-

John Bowne star junior Christian Hinckson saw his squad upset in the PSAL city tournament FACEBOOK PHOTO quarterfinals on Sunday. dro Vasquez proved why they’re two of the best players in the borough, dropping 22 and 20 points, respectively, in last Thursday’s 70-57 win over Paul Robeson High School. The lightning-fast Wildcats also earned a reputation for being a tough team to score on, but the Jefferson offense was able to break

Bowne down defensively as four Orange Wave players scored at least 12 points. The other half of the PSAL bracket saw a pair of underdog borough teams — Bellerose’s Queens High School of Teaching and the Springfield Gardens Golden Eagles — fall short to favored opponents. Last Saturday’s QHST contest against Staten Island’s Curtis High School at Baruch College was mostly controlled by the Tigers and their star senior CJ Kelly, as they led by seven at the end of the first quarter, nine at halftime and one going into the final frame. But as the minutes went by, QHST shooters seemed to get colder and colder. In what ended up being a close, 54-48 loss to Curtis, Tigers shooters missed free throws on six different possessions late in the game. Kelly finished with a team-high 14 points, but it wasn’t enough as the QHST season, which saw the Tigers go 15-1, ended in heartbreak. Springfield Gardens also enjoyed a solid season, going 13-3, but the Golden Eagles had their 2016-17 campaign end in blowout fashion, 57-38, courtesy of top-seed Lincoln High School later that day. One of the city’s more dominant basketball powerhouses for years, the Railsplitters never gave Springfield Gardens much of a chance, as they led by double digits for most of the contest.

The talented Golden Eagles duo of seniors Hegel Augustin and Khayri Harris — who combined to score 40 points per game during the regular season — were held to just nine collective points by their u ndefeated opponents. Three lower-ranked borough squads — the Queens High School for Construction, Cardozo High School and Francis Lewis High School boys squad — were booted from the tournament in earlier rounds. Before Jefferson upset Bowne, the Orange Wave thrashed Francis Lewis 116-61 in the first round on Feb. 28, by far the biggest blowout of the tournament. Cardozo also went down in the opening round, as the Judges were upset by Brooklyn Collegiate 56-55 in overtime on Feb. 28. After squeaking by Mott Haven 85-79 in the first round, QHSFC dropped its second round tilt 67-55 to South Shore. Curtis High School was also a menace for one Queens school on the girls side of the bracket, as the fourth-seed Warriors knocked off fifth-seed Francis Lewis Lady Patriots 52-40 on Sunday at York College. The Fresh Meadows school was looking for its third trip to the PSAL title game in four years, but junior Sabrina Vitale’s 20-point performance wasn’t enough to lead the Lady Q Patriots to the semifinals.

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More cops for the 106th Pct. The 106th Precinct is getting a little heavier in a very good way, its commanding officer said last Thursday. Capt. Brian Bohannon said at Community Board 10’s monthly meeting that the South Queens command will be given 12 new officers next month. “They’re starting to really fatten us up,” Bohannon told the crowd. A resident asked the captain why the precinct was getting more officers, and while the commanding officer had no concrete answer he did offer a hypothesis — that the precinct will soon be part of the Neighborhood Coordination Officers program. “That might be why they’re starting to fatten us up a little bit,” he said. Neighborhood coordination officers, who are in more than 50 percent of precincts citywide, are cops who walk the same beat every day and connect with everyday citizens to establish better community-police relations. Bohannon had the program when he was the executive officer in the 113th Precinct and said in a sitdown interview with the Chronicle and other media outlets he hopes to Q see it in the 106th “soon.” — Anthony O’Reilly

Legislation aim to change hotel shelter process continued from page 14 communities that board members have, the lawmaker said, their votes would be based on more information than City Hall’s. “At the end of the day when you leave all the decision-making power in the hands of the mayor, the fact of the matter is you leave the authority to the person who is in my opinion causing problems,” Barnwell said. “Notification is great but you need something to actually have the power to stop bad decisions.” The assemblyman does not think that granting the shelter-placement rejection power would result in NIMBYism preventing hotels from ever being used as shelters, though it would block sites like the Holiday Inn Express from housing the homeless. Different sites could be suggested by the board, he said; and no government body is ever compelled to approve anything. “What forces the Senate to approve a nomination for the Supreme Court?” he said. “The community board is not gonna turn down every site.” Community boards are advisory bodies. Because Barnwell’s legislation would designate the hotel shelter location veto authority, the assemblyman said that a “home r ule message” — legislative approval by New York City — might be required. The Law Department declined to comment about whether the bill would require

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vator issues and other problems. The former Pan American Hotel in Elmhurst (which, like the Lincoln lodging, has hosted sex offenders) and the Holiday Inn Express have been perhaps the most rancorous sites. Huge demonstrations followed the city announcing its plans to house the homeless at the locations. Broadly speaking, the shelter bills backed by borough state lawmakers are focused on communities affected by the facilities. An ambitious program called Home Stability Support that aims to drastically reduce the rate of homelessness has been put forth by one borough lawmaker. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), the proposal’s architect, has argued that the plan would reverse the trend of more New Yorkers losing their homes. Were it implemented and as successful as proponents say, the policy framework would at the very least limit the growth of hotel shelters. The plan, which would subsidize tenants who can barely pay their rent, has gained t raction in some quar ters of Queens. Hevesi has traveled throughout the borough discussing the policies of the plan at meetings of civic associations and community boards; several of the latter have passed resolutions supporting HSS. However, the lawmaker has said that the plan’s inclusion in this year’s state budget Q is unlikely.

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a home-rule message; City Hall and the office of Council Speaker Melissa MarkViverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) did not immediately return requests for comment. Still, Barnwell said, the long-term solution to the crisis is affordable housing, not hotels. He and state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) are supporting a bill to change the calculation of the average median income formula, which is used to determine the income levels of individuals eligible for affordable housing. Rather than using income data for all of New York City and the counties of Putnam, Westchester and Rockland, the bill calls for finding the average for a ZIP code. Juniper Park Civic Association President Bob Holden, a vehement opponent of the Maspeth shelter plan, would welcome the extended notification period and the empowering of communities against the sites. “There has got to be advanced notice and more stipulations,” he said. “They just c a n’t r u n r o u g h s h o d ove r t h e neighborhood.” The Lincoln Atlantic Motor Inn sits on the Van Wyck Expressway at the western edge of Jamaica. It has nine open violations as of March 8; a state Senate report in January found that at that time, it had 17. Those violations were issued for defective or broken lower window sashes, rat infestations, failure to properly register a certificate, ele-

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will with ill help h l par ticipants ti i t leave l ith a smallll idea id of how to speak Gaelic. The center also hosts language classes for adults from 7 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. Prizes will be up for grabs for teams of four who place first, second and third. Tickets are $50 for each team and proceeds will be donated to the Irish Center and Pieta House, a suicide prevention nonprofit located in the center. For those who may be senior citizens or maybe know one who wants to get out and socialize, the center will be holding a special Wednesday Lunch Club next week starting at noon; food is served at 1 p.m. Continued continuedon on page 35

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Everyone — and just about everything — will be Irish on March 17 as the city once again commemorates St. Patrick’s Day. But there’s a pocket of Queens where you don’t have to wait for that one day to celebrate the Emerald Isle. Located in the heart of Long Island City, the New York Irish Center has a mission of keeping the culture of Ireland alive for people of all ages in the World’s Borough. “We’re a little slice of Ireland right here in New York Cit y,” said Jane McCar ter, the center’s cultural director. “We have people who come from Ireland and we have those who maybe have

roots there and their t over th d wantt tto explore l th i culture lt a little bit.” And while the center, located at 10-40 Jackson Ave., will be hosting much of its regular programming in the run up to St. Patrick’s Day, there are a few special events to celebrate the island’s patron saint. Today, March 9, a Bi-Lingual Table Quiz will be hosted starting at 7:30 p.m. As the name suggests, questions will be asked in two languages — English and Irish Gaelic. It’s a continuation of the center’s mission to keep the language alive. “Gaelic was once on the Europeans’ endangered language list,” McCarter said. She promises that events such as the table quiz

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Aizuri String Quartet, with two violins, a viola and cello performing works by Mozart, Beethoven and Pulitzer Prize for Music winner Caroline Shaw, part of Aaron Copland School of Music’s weekly spring chamber music series. Fri., March 10, 10 a.m., LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $25; $100 for all eight concerts; free QC students, faculty, staff. Info: (718) 5442996, kupferbergcenter.org.

Quintets for piano and strings, rarely heard pieces by Dvorak, Dohnanyi and Shickele, by Musica Reginae Chamber Players. Sat., March 11, 7:30 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $20; $10 students 13-30; free kids under 13 with adult. Info: (718) 894-2178, musicareginae.org. Con Brio Ensemble, with the chamber music group performing works by Telemann, Strauss and Dvorak and Kreisler. Sun., March 12, 2 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $12; $10 students. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org, conbrioensemble.com. Quintet of the Americas: Designed by Nature, with the Queens woodwind group performing nature-themed music by Scott Joplin, David Dzubay, Duke Ellington and more, to celebrate opening of “Designed by Nature” art exhibit. Sun., March 12, 2 p.m. (exhibit opens 12 p.m.), Studio T-7 Gallery, Rockaway Artists Alliance, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point. Info: (718) 474-0861, rockawayartistsalliance.org. Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, with the influential accordionist and vocalist playing Creole zydeco music. Fri., March 10, 8 p.m. (zydeco dance lessons 7 p.m.), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; free teens 13-19 with ID. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY PHOTO

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EXHIBITS The Endless and Mobile Beautiful Collapsible Labyrinth, an interactive sculptural installation with works by 40 artists, movable walls allowing viewers to alter the works, video, sound and more. Thru Fri., March 17, Flux Factory, 39-31 29 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 669-1406, fluxfactory.org. “Resistance and Memory in Belgium, 19401945: Multiple Narratives,” with wartime and recent photos and testimonies of those who resisted the Nazi occupation, by professor Anne Griffin of The Cooper Union. Thru Fri., May 26; opening reception with Griffin Thu., March 9, 6-9 p.m., Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, 6th floor, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4803, kupferbergcenter.org.

It’s show time! The Queens World Film Festival opens Tuesday, with dozens of movie makers, including those above, screening their best in Astoria. See Film. PHOTO COURTESY QWFF Congolese Plantation Workers Art League (Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise), with sculptures mostly made of cacao by workers in the African nation, many self-representations, highlighting their low wages. Thru Mon., March 27, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $5 suggested; $3 students; free for LIC residents. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org. “Chance Encounters: cubism, dada and surrealism,” with 69 works by 23 artists including Georges Braque, Paul Klee, René Magritte and Max Ernst. Thru Sat., March 18, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org. “The Divine Female,” works expressing “appreciation and love for all women,” dedicated to International Women’s Day (March 8), by Eduardo Anievas and Yelena Tylkina. Thru Sun., March 19; The Local, 13-02 44 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 738-5251, longislandcityqueens.com. “Science Fiction, Science Future,” on how science-fiction ideas might become science fact tomorrow, with hands-on exhibits incorporating robots, holograms, augmented reality. Thru Sun., April 30, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, college students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Dark Forest,” large-scale paintings of woodlands and immersive installation, by Todd Bradford Richmond. Thru Sat., April 1, by appointment, Topaz Arts, 55-03 39 Ave., Woodside. Free. Info: (718) 505-0440, topazarts.org.

“Disarming Geometries,” works using geometric abstraction to address social and political issues and to grapple with the uncertainties of contemporary life. Thru Sun., March 26, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info/ RSVP for tour: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

THEATRE “Last of the Red Hot Lovers,” the Neil Simon comedy about a middle-aged man’s failed attempts at adulterous seduction. Fri., March 10, 2 p.m.; Sat., March 11, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sun., March 12, 3 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $25-$42. Info: (718) 7600064, queenstheatre.org. COURTESY PHOTO “Something’s Afoot,” a murder mystery musical that spoofs Agatha Christie, by Maggie’s Little Theater. Sat., March 18; Fri.-Sat., March 24-25, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 19, 26, 2:30 p.m., St. Margaret Parish Hall, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village. $20: $15 seniors; $12 kids. Info: (917) 579-5389, maggieslittletheater.org. “Wine, Women and Song,” an original revue of works from the Great American Songbook, by Theatre By The Bay. Sat., March 18, 25, 8:30 p.m.; Sun., March 19, 26, 3 p.m., Bay Terrace Garden

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LECTURES/TALKS The Lambs Club, on the history and impact of America’s oldest professional theater organization, by its president (shepherd), Marc Baron, as part of the “Bayside: the Actors’ Enclave” exhibit. Wed., March 15, 7:30 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $5. Info: (718) 3521548, info@baysidehistorical.org. When We Were the Muslims, with Anthony Julian Tamburri, dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute at Queens College, on President Trump’s executive orders and his own grandmother’s immigrant experience as one of 695,000 Italians in the U.S. labeled enemy aliens in WWII. Wed., March 15, 12:15 p.m., Kiely Hall, room 312, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Info: (718) 997-3079, pierre.tribaudi@qc.cuny.edu. Mammals of Long Island: Flying Squirrels, Coyotes and River Otters, by veteran naturalist and environmental consultant Mike Bottini and the Queens County Bird Club. Wed., March 15, 8 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info: (718) 229-4000, qcbirdclub.org. COURTESY PHOTO

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Area artist Todd Bradford Richmond transformed the halls of Topaz Visual Arts Center into a spectacle with the premiere of his experiential exhibit, “Dark Forest,” a series of large-scale oil paintings and experiential installation. “For the urban dweller, it’s a feeling of forest and nature,” Richmond said. “Rather than just being a passive viewer, you’re an active viewer.” Richmond says that “uncertainty” and the “unknown” are recurring themes across “Dark Forest,” and its analog oil paintings, “Painted Forest,” both of which span across the gallery’s main corridor.

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“It’s a moment of being estranged, meant to remind the viewer that they’re looking at a painting — and not a photograph,” said Richmond. In the solo series, the painter enlarged several sections of the large-scale paintings to duplicate them as details, which formed individual microcosms of the exhibit that are on display alongside the entryway. Visitors are ultimately led into the back to wander through an immersive atramentous installation that Richmond referred to as a “forest of [blue] light.” A vertical striae of lasers, which Richmond referred to as “light sculptures,” prompted some visitors to reach out and “grab” them. Richmond says the series is meant to reflect what painting represents today. “Why paint using oil? Why paint on linen?” Richmond said, referring to the evolution of painting throughout history. “It becomes an exploration of painting, how we see painting [along with] light, color, tone and how we experience that.” The installation artist, whose practice draws upon nature, form, composition and movement, utilized a miscellany of compo-

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sition elements such as a mysterious light source and contrasting color beams. Richmond said that the series was initially inspired by a photograph taken by his wife of 25 years, Paz Tanjuaquio, at Millennium Park in Chicago. She helped him

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art. They despised middle- and upperclass values and aesthetics with the same vehemence heard today in angry American rhetoric about “the 1 Percent” or “cultural elites.” French- G er ma n-A mer ic a n a r t is t Hans Arp’s “Composition with Red and Yellow Forms,” painted in 1966, is a stark example of what some might derisively call “non-art” but Arp might call “a Dada compliment.” Two curvy blobs, two colors, suggesting an organic form. That’s all. Surrealism, in its way, takes all of this seriously — even Dada! — by rendering the fluff of the unconscious and often depicting it with an almost rigidly photographic accuracy. “Histoire Naturelle,” 1926, is a focal point of the exhibition. The Max Ernst portfolio of 34 prints appears at first glance to be a collection of scientific drawings, but use his pioneering rubbing technique called frottage to create fantastical themes and landscapes out of organic forms. The show was created by students in Professor Edward Powers’ class of the same name. Students chose the p i e c e s a n d w r o t e a c c o m p a ny i ng essays, some of which are posted Q within the exhibit.

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The food will be provided by Woodhaven House and members of the City Council’s Irish Caucus — which include Queens Council members Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) and Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) — are expected to attend. McCarter highlighted the importance of the weekly lunch club and other senior citizen-friendly events. “It’s important for them to get out and socialize,” she said. “We really have to look out for them.” The center also hosts a computer training class for seniors every Saturday morning from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The day before the big parade makes its way up Fifth Avenue, the center will be hosting its weekly fiddle training course with professional musician Niall Mulligan from 6 to 9 p.m. The event is free and fiddle lovers of all ages are invited to attend. The Sunday after St. Patrick’s Day, the center will hold its monthly traditional Irish music session from 4 to 7 p.m., when musicians, dancers and other singers will perform for three hours. The event is free.

The New York Irish Center provides a place for everyone to learn of the customs of Ireland, such as dancing. On the cover: Katie Mulholland is among the many musicians who have performed at the Irish Center. PHOTOS BY ADAM BAKER /FLICKR, AND COVER, COURTESY NYIC The week after, a free Céili and set dancing session will take place from 7 to 11 p.m. A Céili is a social event where participants can get a quick introduction to Irish set dancing while enjoying live music. And at the end of the month, a double screening of two Irish comedy dramas — one made in Ireland and the other here — will be screened starting at 7 p.m. “Starz,”

a comedy produced in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, and “On the Lig,” produced in New York, will be shown followed by a Q&A with some of the artists. McCarter said the weekly, monthly and special events hosted by the center are meant to appeal to all ages. “We really do run the gamut,” she said. Every week, the center hosts events

for children as young as two such as Jiggy Tots — pre-Irish dance and movement — every Tuesday from 10:15 to 11 a.m. The class is for children aged two to four. For those children aged four to 12, Irish dancing classes are available on Monday from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. And the Emerald Footprints Drama Group is open for kids 6 years and up every Tuesday from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. The classes, McCarter said, tend to fill up very quickly and not just with those from Ireland or of Irish descent. “We really do have a good mix,” she said. When asked why the center seems to be so popular, she said many are curious to learn about Ireland but don’t necessarily want to travel thousands of miles to be on the island itself. “It’s a lot easier to get here than it is to get on a plane and travel to Ireland,” McCarter said. The center is easily accessible by subway; just take the 7 to Vernon-Jackson. Its office hours are Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and its phone numQ ber is (718) 482-0909.

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FILM “Jim Henson’s The Storyteller,” three episodes of the 1987-88 TV retellings of classic folktales, honoring the recently deceased John Hurt, who played the title role. Sun., March 12, 1 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. Queens World Film Festival, with dozens of movies of all kinds, from shorts to featurelength, thrillers, such as “Dillzilla: Titan of Terror!” to documentaries. Tue.-Sun., March 14-19, varying times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria; Kaufman Astoria Studios, 34-12 36 St. $15 per event (usually more than one film); and at MoMI, $11 seniors, students. Info: (718) 429-2579, queensworldfilmfestival.com.

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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Start Your Summer Veggies, with participants learning how to start vegetables indoors and taking home a starter garden. Sun., March 12, 1 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $10. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. Suicide prevention: safeTalk, to help ID those with thoughts of suicide and connect them to life-saving aid, for pros and the general public 15 and over; light lunch included. Tue., March 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Israel Center of Conservative Judaism, 167-11 73 Ave., Flushing. Free. Info/RSVP (by March 10): (718) 454-0705. English and civics, offered by the Flushing Jewish Community Council. English/civics: Each Thu. thru June, 6-8 p.m., Temple Beth Sholom, 171-39 Northern Blvd. Intermediate English: Each Mon. thru June, 1-3 p.m., Korean Community Services Center, 42-15 166 St. Both free. Info: (718) 4630434, flushingjcc.net.

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Mulch Madness, with volunteers spreading mulch over trails in Forest Park including around The Watering Hole birding area; supplies provided. Sat., March 11, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (attendees able to come and go anytime), starting at Raoul Wallenberg Square, Park Lane S. and Metropolitan Ave. Info: (917) 282-0754, friendsofforestpark@yahoo.com.

CLUBS Flushing Camera Club, featuring Italy travel log and tips on using layers and masking to improve images. Wed., March 15, 7:15-9 p.m., Flushing Hospital Medical Center auditorium, 5th floor, 146-01 45 Ave.; free parking in Burling St. lot. Free. Info: (718) 358-1103, flushingcameraclub.org. “Hooks & Needles” Crochet & Knit Club, with participants bringing projects, hooks, needles and yarn, or working on charity projects. Every Thu., 6:30-9 p.m., Big 6 Shopping Center, 60-10 Queens Blvd., Woodside (entrance inside shopping center, up one flight, down hall to left of 99-cent store). Info: Lorraine, (917) 817-4037.

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St. Patrick’s Day celebration, with dinner and live comedy from an “America’s Got Talent” entertainer who got a standing ovation; name not disclosed. Sat., March 18, 6 p.m., St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City. $30. Info: (718) 729-8957.

Knitting and crocheting class, to learn a new skill or share an idea for a craft project, by Jamaica Senior Program for Older Adults. Each Thu., 10:30-11:30 a.m., T. Jackson Adult Center, 92-47 165 St. Info: (718) 657-6500, jspoa.org.

Movies R Dumb: “Leprechaun in the Hood,” the 2000 black comedy about a murderous leprechaun: “arguably the worst St. Patty’s Day movie of all time,” with live riffing by Frank Conniff of MST3K and more. Fri., March 17, 11 p.m.-1 a.m., QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. $10. Other St. Pat’s comedy events Thu.-Fri., March 16-17. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

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., 9:30-11:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Fri., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

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Mets’ corner concerns by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Another year, another potentially serious injury for Mets third baseman David Wright. This time, it’s a right shoulder impingement that has forced him to stop hitting and throwing, instead making him concentrate instead on hitting the weights to build up strength. My respect for Wright as a player, and more importantly as a person, is second to none. He is always accessible for a quote, is a role model in the clubhouse and sets an example of how a major leaguer is supposed to act. Wright and Mets management have understandably put the best spin on the injury that they could, but it’s getting harder and harder to ignore his accounting and health issues. Wright is owed a guaranteed $67 million from the Mets between now and 2020. And while the team will recoup 75 percent of the money owed to Wright if he misses at least 60 games, the Mets will be paying him a significant sum if he’s out long term. At age 34, and given how things have gone the last few years, it’s only rational to assume that his career is over. I hope I’m wrong. The Mets have to also be concerned about the other corner position, first base. Lucas Duda’s back issues continued early in spring training as he suffered from spasms. Last year the Mets got lucky when Duda

went down because they were able to acquire James Loney from the Padres, who performed admirably in both the field and at the plate. They’re now hoping that Jay Bruce will be able to spell Duda at first base this season. A lot of the marquee names are gone at the Yankees’ Tampa spring training headquarters, as Brian McCann was traded to the Astros last winter while Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez both retired in 2016. Ironically, there’s more excitement about the upcoming season now that Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has made it his mission to go young with top prospects such as Aaron Judge, Greg Bird, Clint Frazier and Gary Sanchez. Just like the Yankees, the Jets have rid themselves of a lot of their old guard, as they spent the first part of 2017 cutting ties with quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, center Nick Mangold, wide receiver Brandon Marshall and cornerback Darrelle Revis. Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan and head coach Todd Bowles know that, in all likelihood, they have to make the playoffs in order to keep their jobs, so it’s not hyperbolic to state this upcoming draft and free agency period will be one of the most important in Q Jets history. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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PS 48, generations before Chancellor Fariña by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

This is how New York City education was delivered in South Jamaica a little more than 80 years ago: A humble 19th-century clapboard building served PS 48 students from kindergarten to fourth grade. In the cupola was a huge bell that would ring and echo throughout the neighborhood to make sure you were not late for the start of class. The school employed seven teachers. The most senior ones were Helen Goines, who lived on South PS 48, at Church Street (now 152nd Street) and South Road, employed since 1893; Carolyn Road, Jamaica, in 1932, shortly after it closed when the Smith, who lived on New York Bou- new PS 48 was built, leaving the original waiting for a levard, employed since 1894; and new purpose or its demolition. Birdie Robinson, who traveled from Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn each day, new state-of-the-art building was built for PS 48 at 155-02 108 Ave. (alternatively listed as employed since 1904. The principal was Nellie Bassey, who was 108-29 155 St.). A new principal came in named Mertie employed since September 1892, making a salary of $4,920 per year. She traveled to Cool with 22 mostly new teachers. Today, work each day from her home in the Grana- the school is called William Wordsworth in honor of the poet, with about 430 students. da Hotel in Brooklyn. Q This all ended in 1931 when a beautiful Pre-K to grade five is taught there.

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‘Dark Forest’ continued from page 33 of Art and Design. They met while she was studying to be a choreographer at New York University Tisch School of Arts. “We do everything together, brought this place together, and we’ve been here 16 years now” Richmond said. He added that he has, in the past, composed music for his wife’s choreography. According to Tanjuaquio, the artist’s father, Owen Richmond, was instrumental in founding Topaz Arts, and even coined the term “Topaz” by combining Todd and Paz. “We typically don’t show our own work here at our gallery,” she said. “Usually nonfor-profits rent out our space at a nominal cost.” She added that the husband-wife duo strive to maintain an eco-friendly environment, complete with a rooftop garden. Gabriel Masson, an interior designer with a boutique Manhattan-based firm who attended Dark Forest’s opening reception last Saturday, noted Richmond’s unique use of space, color and lighting in his exhibition. “He created an environment — as opposed to just art on a wall.” Masson said, “[and] that to me, creates a three-dimensional experience.” Masson added that as an interior designer, he believes an immersive experience has a “livability” that visual art typically lacks.

“I think the use of the lasers is interesting because I think it gives us both a vertical and horizontal experience, to me it echoes the height and width of the painting,” he said. Richmond’s series premiere attracted an entourage appearing to be reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s “Factory” days. Despite the chilly weather, visitors delightfully chatted and sipped Aperol Spritz, a wine-based, Venetian-inspired summertime cocktail. Saturday’s reception drew a swanky crowd of nearly 100 guests throughout the afternoon, with many of them arriving from Manhattan, Harlem and Brooklyn. “Dark Forest” will be on display until April Q 1, with viewing hours by appointment.

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF FORMATION of limited liability company (LLC). Name: 269A LINDEN STREET REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/24/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC 75-20 VLEIGH PL., FLUSHING, NY 11367. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

448 ASHFORD ST H L LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/19/17. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3512 Prince St Fl2, Flushing, NY 11354. General Purposes.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS, INDEX NO. 702407/2016. Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 135-08 82ND AVENUE, UNIT 201, BRIARWOOD, NY 11435, Block: 9668 Lot: 1002, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ABFC 2007-WMC1 TRUST ASSET BACKED FUNDING CORPORATION ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-WMC1, Plaintiff, vs. BREDMAN JON; JAIME GONZALEZ if living, and if she/he be deceased, the heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; SYNCHRONY BANK FKA GE CAPITAL RETAIL BANK FKA GE MONEY BANK; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; ST. CLARE’S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; BOARD OF MANAGERS OF BRIARWOOD GARDENS CONDOMINIUM; BANK OF AMERICA, NA; AUDREY I. PHEFFER, QUEENS COUNTY CLERK; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $230,720.00 and interest, recorded on March 19, 2007, in Official Record CRFN 2007000144925, in the office of the City Register of the City of New York in the County of QUEENS, covering premises known as 135-08 82ND AVENUE, UNIT 201, BRIARWOOD, NY 11435. 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. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 the mortgage company will not stop the 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: December 16, 2016, RAS BORISKIN, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff, JAMES P. MURPHY, ESQ., 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590, 516-280-7675.

D&S MYRTLE, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/5/2015. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 144 North Hamel Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Purpose: Any Subscriptions are only $19 for a lawful act or activity. full year!!! Call 718-205-8000

GS MAIN STREET REALTY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/03/2017. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 36-36 Prince St., Ste 11B, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 02/06/17, bearing Index Number NC-001078-16/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) PALAK (Middle) MAYANI (Last) PARIKH. My present name is (First) PALAK (Middle) PRADEEP (Last) MAYANI AKA PALAK MAYANI, AKA PALAK P. MAYANI. My present address is 86-20 Eliot Avenue, Rego Park, NY 11374-1036. My place of birth is INDIA. My date of birth is October 01, 1989.

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UNK MOTORS, LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/25/2017. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 37-43 Crescent Street, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Queens remembers former Borough Prez Helen Marshall continued from page 2 shall was dedicated to improving her community through education. She worked as a teacher for eight years but left that job in 1969 to become the first-ever director of the Langston Hughes Library. She was also instrumental in the establishment of the Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities, Inc. “Helen’s legacy as the champion of East Elmhurst, Corona, and all of Queens goes back for more than 30 years,” said Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras Copeland (D-East Elmhurst), who holds the seat Marshall once had. “Helen launched my political career when she appointed me at 14-years-old to serve on the Corona Youth Council. She was a mentor, a friend, but most of all, she was family.” Her love of libraries never waned and in 2013, as she was preparing to leave office, the Center for an Urban Future noted she had allocated more money for library projects than the other four borough presidents combined. Projects she funded are still ongoing, including the expansion of the East Elmhurst branch that broke ground late last year. “Queens Library would not be the worldclass library system it is today without Helen. She believed in libraries as places where communities are empowered and inspired, where children can nurture a love of learning and discovery and where adults can gain the skills they need to adapt to a changing workforce,” Queens Library CEO

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Dennis Walcott said in a statement. She graduated from Queens College’s adult and continuing education program in 1972 with a degree in education. “She suppor ted capital projects for CUNY colleges in Queens with regularity and generosity, and was a frequent voice for college readiness and student aid. The college and the borough benefited from her love of the arts, including her assistance with the Louis Armstrong House Museum

in Corona,” Queens College President Felix Matos Rodriguez said in a statement. In 1982, she was picked by the Democratic Party to run for the Assembly — a seat she held until she was elected to the City Council in 1991. After being term-limited out of her Council seat, Marshall ran for borough president and defeated former Republican Councilman Al Stabile. She ran on a platform of making Queens a tourist destination. “Visit Queens and see the world,” was one of her trademark statements. In 2002, she created the Queens General Assembly as a way for different cultural and ethnic groups to interact. Although she advocated for all Queens residents, two groups had a special place in her heart: children and seniors. “She loved being around children and she loved seniors,” Andrews said. One of her favorite projects, Andrews said, was the Children’s Library Discovery Center addition at the Central Branch of the Queens Library. “She loved the children,” Shulman said. Marshall’s predecessor said she never lost her “cooperative” spirit while in Borough Hall. “She was always there to be helpful,” Shulman said. “She wanted to do what she could for the Borough of Queens.” Marshall was a supporter of redeveloping Willets Point and the controversial Willets

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