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With a show of hands, Community Board 9 members sent a message to the mayor. But the board’s voice is only one of many in Queens against de Blasio’s ambitious plan to remake the jail system.

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DA candidates spar at CUNY Law forum Immigration, bail reform, police and DA misconduct highlight debate by Michael Gannon Editor

ix Democrats seeking the nomination in the Queens District Attorney’s race returned to law school, literally and figuratively, Tuesday night in a forum held at CUNY Law School in Long Island City. Sponsored by 17 progressive community organizations, the event posed questions focused almost entirely on criminal justice reforms. The moderators were Fordham University law professor and former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout and Gotham Gazette Editor Ben Max. Six of the seven candidates for DA Richard Brown’s job were present, with Mina Malik pulling out due to illness. Brown is retiring in June [see related story in most editions and online at qchron.com]. Greg Lasak, Betty Lugo and Jose Nieves brought up the value of their experience as prosecutors in attempting to bring reform to the office, while Tiffany Caban stressed hers as a career public defender who believes even violent criminals may have been victimized themselves. Borough President Melinda Katz said her strengths are her legislative record combined with her extensive ties to the various communities in Queens, while Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) said his legal

Queens District Attorney candidates Tiffany Caban, standing, Borough President Melinda Katz, Councilman Rory Lancman, Greg Lasak, Betty Lugo and Jose Nieves partook in a candidate PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON forum at CUNY Law School on Tuesday. and legislative careers combine to make him the perfect choice. Both stressed that the criminal justice system has disproportionately prosecuted those from communities of color. While all the hopefuls restated their campaign bullet points from the campaign trail and previous forums, Teachout at one point asked them to respond to what she admitted was a law school question. “The police make a legitimate stop [on the

street] of two people,” the professor said. “On one you find a small amount of drugs and an unlicensed gun. The gun has not been used in a crime and the person has no record.” “Do you prosecute the case?” Katz said, “I would not prosecute the marijuana and I’d take the gun seriously.” Lancman said the entirety of the person’s circumstances would have to be evaluated, such as a possible history of drug dealing.

Lasak, getting a lawyerly question, gave a lawyerly answer, asking about the person’s age, the time of day, the neighborhood and whether the gun was loaded. “If it’s unloaded it’s a misdemeanor,” he said. “If it’s loaded, in this city, why would you not prosecute?” Lugo, a former Nassau County prosecutor, said she would prosecute if the drug is cocaine and any loaded gun. Nieves, who works for the state attorney general and is a former city prosecutor, also said circumstances matter. “I had one case where the individual was the victim of violence three times and had a gun to protect himself,” he said. All the candidates favor eliminating the use of cash bail for minor offenses, and some for even certain levels of violent offenses or all offenses — Lancman said success would be impossible without including some of what are considered violent offenses in the conversation — and all believe that existing alternatives to jail time must be expanded. Lasak said that some violent criminals must be locked up for the safety of the community. All also are promising to hire immigration law specialists to make certain people with low-level offenses — and crime victims — do not need to fear deportation continued on page 18

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Vote to halt Kew Gardens jail: 34-0 CB 9 stands up to Mayor’s plan to close Rikers and build new lockup by Michael Shain Editor

As one, Community Board 9 this week voted against Mayor de Blasio’s plan to bu i ld a new, 30 - st or y ja i l i n Kew Gardens. But the unanimous, 34-0 decision is only advisory and cannot actually stop or even slow down the city’s controversial proposal to close Rikers Island within the next few years and move prisoners into new lockups in four of the five boroughs. Officially, the vote Tuesday night at CB 9’s monthly meeting was a legal requirement before the city can break ground on its ambitious jail plan. But there is no guarantee community opposition — even when it’s unanimous — will be able to derail the plan to build a jail behind the Queens Criminal Court big enough to hold more than 1,600 prisoners. “This proposal, designed without communication with the affected communities, will quite simply overwhelm and destroy the small, historic residential neighborhood of Kew Gardens, and also adversely affect the adjacent community of Br ia r wood ,” read the th ree-page resolution. “To proceed at this point is to present the New York taxpayer with a potential bill upwards of $3 billion for jails that may not be needed.”

Community Board 9 elected a new chairman this week, Kenichi Wilson, left, who replaces Richard Smith, right, who is stepping down. The two men presided over the vote to reject a jail plan PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN in Kew Gardens. “I was pleased it was unanimous,” said Sylvia Hack, co-chairwoman of CB 9’s Land Use Committee and longtime Kew Gardens civic activist who may be the jail plan’s most articulate foe. “It’s a travesty,” she said of the process of obt a i n i ng loca l approva l b efore

embarking on the jail project. “That’s what bothers me. “It’s like Trump,” she said, “If you don’t speak up, it becomes the new normal.” The City Planning Commission is slated to vote March 25 to certify that all the i’s are dotted and t’s crossed and the plan

can begin moving through the arcane process known as the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. Of the Community Board’s “no” vote, Hack said, “I don’t think it will accomplish much.” She expects the planning commission, on which the mayor controls seven of the 12 votes, will certify new jails in Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx as well as Queens over the objections of the local boards anyway. “This is a rubber-stamp process,” Hack said. A CB 9 delegation had been ready to attend the planning board vote later this month to speak against it. “We wanted to call out the troops,” she said. “But we just found out that no one from the public will be allowed to speak.” The March 25 vote starts in motion a timeline of legal approvals and hearings that stretch through the fall. That’s the moment when final approval rests with the City Council and the mayor. Borough President Melinda Katz, who also gets a say in the process, has taken a middle course in the fight. She backs closing Rikers but said she was “deeply disturbed by the lack of meaningful local engagement” and is calling for the whole borough-based jail system to go back to Q the drawing board.

Fighting for Hindu holiday recognition LI state senator wants city schools to acknowledge Diwali with day off by Michael Shain

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Hindus in New York have been lobbying for at least a decade without success to make Diwali a school holiday. Now they’re getting some help in Albany. State Sen. Kevin Thomas (D-Nassau), a first-term lawmaker who represents the East Meadow and Hempstead areas and the first Indian-American elected to the Senate, introduced a bill late last month that would require, under certain conditions, that school districts statewide give students the day off for the Muslim Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, Hindu Diwali and Onam, Sikh Vaisakhi and Christian Good Friday holidays. The trigger would be a determination that 7.5 percent of the student population celebrates one of those holidays. City schools already close for the Eid that falls during the school year and as a part of the spring recess, Good Friday. So the practical effect of Thomas’ bill, if it became law, would be to mandate Diwali as a school holiday. Though Onam and Vaisakhi are also in the bill, the focus of activists and officials is on Diwali. For years, city officials have been politely dodging petitions to officially recognize the fall holiday that symbolizes a new beginning to the year and a renewal of faith. The feeling among administrators was that there simply is not enough room on the school calendar for another day off if the system is to meet its legal obligation to hold 180 days of classes a year.

Things start to get sticky when Hindus hear that argument. The point, said Lakshmee Singh, director of the annual Diwali parade in Richmond Hill and a TV personality in the Indo-Caribbean community, is that recognition in America — “cultural acceptance,” as she puts it — is measured in things like school holidays. “I wasn’t thinking about New York City when I introduced the bill,” Thomas said, “but I’m pretty sure it would qualify” under the 7.5-percent rule. The last U.S. Census suggests there may be as many as 200,000 students in the city school system with Hindu backgrounds. “There’s no reason we should be at the end of the line with Diwali,” he said. Even at the highest levels, Singh has found, people can be clueless about the significance of the holiday. At a Diwali party at Gracie Mansion thrown by Mayor de Blasio two years ago, “I couldn’t believe they were serving wine,” she said incredulously. “Diwali is traditionally about fasting,” she explained. “No meat, no drinking. I would love to know who their party planner was.” The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee, whose chairman, John Liu (D-Flushing), was a veteran of the fight to get Lunar New Year named a holiday. Thomas said Q he is looking for an Assembly sponsor.

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Armed Liberty Ave. barfly shot by cops Bouncer wounded in foot wresting gun from alleged shooter at tavern by Michael Shain Editor

A struggle over a handgun outside a notorious Ozone Park bar last weekend ended when police shot and wounded the gunman, according to officials. The gunman, who survived a hale of police bullets with only two wounds, was identified as Anthony Vega, 38. The shooting outside R R R Bar and Lounge at 87-18 Liberty Ave. just before 4 a.m. early Sunday morning turned the neighborhood upside down as police barricaded the busy street for nearly an entire day and trains were forced to skip the 88 St.-Boyd Ave. subway station on the A line. C h ief of Pat rol Ro d ney H a r r ison described for reporters a frightening confrontation that began when Vega, allegedly pulled a 9 mm handgun from his belt and threatened several patrons of the bar. A 32-year-old bouncer in the bar, whose name was not released, stepped in to try to disarm Vega, Harrison said. The gun went off, wounding the bouncer in the foot. The struggle for the gun spilled out onto Liberty Avenue under the elevated subway tracks, when four passing plainclothes detectives driving in an unmarked car spotted the fight. “The officers ordered the suspect to

An NYPD crime scene unit combs for evidence at a Chinese restaurant next door to the RRR Bar and Lounge, where early Sunday morning cops shot and wounded a patron with a gun. Blue PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN stickers mark the bullet holes in the wall left by police gunfire. drop the firearm,” said Harrison. “The suspect refused the officers’ demands, at which time the officers discharged their firearms. “The suspect was shot in the torso and arm.” Crime-scene technicians the next day

marked where at least 32 bullet casings fell to the street and sidewalk. In the wall of a Chinese restaurant next to RRR Bar, about a dozen bullet holes were marked. Vega, who lives about dozen blocks away on 76th Street, was taken to Jamaica

Hospital, as was the bouncer. A man who answered the phone at Vega’s address said, “We don’t need this,” and hung up. Deputy Inspector Brian Bohanan, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said the RRR Bar is well-known to cops in his precinct. Police were called when someone was hit over the head with a bottle outside the bar several weeks ago, but the majority of complaints have been for noise, he said. “It’s been on the Police Department’s radar,” said Betty Braton, chairwoman of Community Board 10. The community boa rd h a s t he power t o recom mend approval or rejection of liquor licenses to the State Liquor Authority. “There’s a histor y of quality-of-life complaints about this place.” “There’s a reason the cops were so close by when this happened,” said one neighbor who asked not to be identified. RRR’s liquor license is due to expire in May, Braton said. She declined to speculate on whether or not the SLA would renew it. Vegas was charged with two counts of assault, criminal possession of a firearm and reckless endanger ment, cops said Q Monday.

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A much-anticipated investigation at New York Families for Autistic Children in Howard Beach has been completed and the results turned over to “the appropriate authorities,” according to the attorney heading the probe. Meanwhile, NYFAC has a new CEO, replacing the service organization’s founder, A nd rew Bau ma n n, the law yer confirmed. The agency’s new director is James Sherry, who declined requests for an interview “until he has time to settle in,” his assistant told the Chronicle this week. Questions about the operation of the organization — which claims to have 150 employees providing services to people with autism — have been swirling around its colorful headquarters on Cross Bay Boulevard since last fall. Baumann, the only leader NYFAC had known, was suspended five months ago by the agency’s board of directors, and soon after was out altogether. At the same time,

The headquarters of NYFAC in Howard Beach FILE PHOTO is the site of the investigation. the outside investigator with expertise in Medicaid fraud was hired to go over the agency’s records. The investigator, attorney Joe Solomon, confirmed this week that he had turned over his findings to agencies charged with overseeing Medicaid but declined to reveal which ones or characterize the findings. Baumann, reached at home, said: “I’m not at liberty to say anything” about the Q probe or his position with the agency.

HB murder retrial underway Finding jurors who have never heard about the brutal murder of Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano three years ago is proving difficult. More than 50 potential panelists, according to reports, were questioned and dismissed on the first day of jury selection, the prelude to a second trial of Chanel Lewis, 22, charged with her death. Last fall, in a first trial, Judge Michael

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County Dems name Meeks chairman Congressman succeeds Joe Crowley in unanimous vote of party leaders by Michael Gannon Editor

Congressman Gregory Meeks on Monday took over the reins of the Queens County Democratic Party, becoming the full-time successor to FILE PHOTO his longtime ally Joe Crowley.

When U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio - Cor tez (D -Bron x, Queens) stunned former Congressman Joe Crowley last year in a Democratic primary, it was considered a political ea r t hqu a ke of n at ion al proportions. But since Monday, when Congressman Gregor y Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) was voted in to replace Crowley as chairman of the Queens County Democratic Commit tee, people are saying any changes here will be a lot more nuanced. “I think it was expected,” said Brian Browne, assistant vice president for government relations and a political science professor at St. John’s University, in an interview with the Chronicle. He believes the county’s district leaders, who voted Meeks in, were interested in a smooth transition. “Gregory Meeks is a longtime Joe Crowley ally and an insider with the party organization,” Brown said. “He has a lot of experience, and there are a ton of voters in Southeast

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House of Representatives. Reich said almost all eligible voters were present to cast ballots with the exception of state legislators, who are in Albany. Browne said it certainly doesn’t harm the party that Meeks becomes the first African-American county chairman. And, as opposed to other names that have been f loated in recent days, he is a district leader. “People were talking about [Rep.] Grace Meng (D-Flushing), but she’s not a district leader,” he said. “You have to be a district leader to be named county chairman.” Brow ne also does not thin k Meeks’ selection should be interpreted as a message to or a slap at the AOC wing of the Queens Democrats and the number of progressive organizations that have come to the fore in the last year. “If there’s any message to the progressives, it’s that the wheels of the county machine turn slowly,” Browne said. “If you want access to the levers of power in the party, run for the county committee. Run for district leader. That’s how you gain Q influence in the party.”

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ou may have heard the subways are in a state of crisis and that the MTA needs more money. You just may have heard this — unless of course you really are living under a rock or just arrived from Mars. Officials are trying to come up with as many ideas for new funding as you can imagine: everything from congestion pricing for vehicles entering much of Manhattan to new taxes for purchases made online, and from new taxes on expensive apartments that are not someone’s primary home to legalizing marijuana in large part to tax that too. None of these are a sure thing, and legal weed in particular is now on the back burner. Meanwhile the MTA goes through money quicker than subway riders leave a train when they finally get where they’re going. Its long-term debt is over $40 billion, and nearly 20 percent of its annual budget goes toward paying that down. Without serious reforms and fare hikes no elected official can stomach, there’s no light at the end of this tunnel that anyone can see. And now the agency may be forced to spend even more due to a federal court ruling. District Judge Edgardo Ramos determined last week that the MTA

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Should city run transit? Dear Editor: City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who wants to be our next mayor, proposes that the city take over the buses and subways, along with giving the mayor unlimited taxing powers. This raises many questions. Would the city further raise property taxes or add additional ones? Should we accept congestion pricing without even knowing the details? Will fees increase every two years as transit fares and tolls do today? Should we blindly add 30 miles of exclusive bus lanes and 50 miles of protected bike lanes every year? Some bike lanes are lightly used and have increased traffic congestion, such as along Queens Boulevard. Should every redesigned bus route have an exclusive bus lane? That would greatly increase traffic congestion with the elimination of two lanes from every fourlane roadway that has a bus, though buses may not operate frequently enough to justify these lanes. Is it that no one needs to drive and every trip can be made by mass transit or bicycle? It is no secret that Transportation Alternatives decides the city’s transportation policy, which is evident from Johnson’s anti-car and pro-bicycle proposals. Reducing traffic congestion, emissions and automobile reliance are worthy goals, but is this the best way to achieve those goals? Why would any plan recommend preconceived solutions without data? © Copyright 2019 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsiblefor errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc.at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

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h, no! It appears conservative commentator Sebastian Gorka was right. Liberals really are coming to take away our hamburgers! The proof’s right here in New York City. Gorka made the comments at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference. Environmentalists have long lamented the methane that cattle emit into the air, saying it contributes to global warming, and he was alluding to this line from the original FAQ sheet on the Green New Deal touted by our own Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast ...” Now Mayor de Blasio is helping the cause, declaring “Meatless Monday” at all city schools. No beef, no chicken, no ham; it’ll be vegetarian food only once a week except for kids who bring in their own. It’s clearly a socialist plot to destroy America. We kid. All jokes aside, we do hope Meatless Monday doesn’t get extended to other days. Children need their protein, and meat provides a lot of it. It’s one thing when kids want to go vegetarian — great! — but they shouldn’t be forced to. If we didn’t evolve to eat both plants and animals, we wouldn’t have canine teeth. We bet that attack dog Gorka’s are extra sharp.

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Johnson wants to model his agency after the Department of Transportation, which is more inept than the MTA. The DOT increased traffic congestion by eliminating parking spaces, limiting turns and traffic lanes and ignoring community suggestions in Select Bus Service planning. It claims that safety is the most important concern, but waits as long as 10 years before restriping worn-out lane markings, repairing dark stretches of highways or replacing missing, misleading or faded signage that poses hazards. It drags its feet in implementing transit priority signals. Just look at how the New York City Housing Authority is run or how the city operates the 311 system, which routinely closes out unresolved complaints to falsify statistics. Are these models we want to follow? The city would not be more responsive than the state. When it had control over transit, it was just as unresponsive as the MTA, which does have its problems too. There may be legitimate reasons for a city takeover. This is not a decision to be made hastily because of someone

with a vested interest. Although we might be desperate for improved transit, not all change is always for the better. Allan Rosen Brooklyn The writer is a former director of bus planning for MTA New York City Transit.

Whom Bloomberg should back Dear Editor: Michael Bloomberg is to be congratulated for making the right decision and dropping out of the Democratic presidential sweepstakes. Despite that, it is essential he remain involved in the political process to ensure that an individual he would regard to be unqualified and irresponsible does not win the Democratic primaries. Mr. Bloomberg, why don’t you use $200 million — less than two-fifths of 1 percent of your total wealth — to sponsor a first-rate figure in the primaries? How about AI Gore, an internationally respected recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize? Gore, a native of Tennessee, would win

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at least some of the Southern states in the general election. He would probably skip the meaningless Iowa caucuses and begin in New Hampshire. Gore might consider teaming up with professor Bill Black, a native of the Michigan industrial heartland, now based in Harry Truman’s Kansas City, who is, like Trump, devoted to reversing America’s deindustrialization, and who, as a former federal prosecutor of hundreds of thieving savings and loan swindlers, would appeal to the Sanders-Warren faction of the Democratic Party. As a team GoreBlack would be unbeatable. How about it, Mr. Bloomberg? Clifton Wellman Elmhurst

Trump walks away Dear Editor: According to Mr. 45, his first two years were better than those of all 44 presidents. This depends on how you define … better! If you mean liar or “You’re fired,” yes he was the best. In fact, he’s known as the Liar-in-Chief. I would like to add “Walk Away.” Here are some of his best performances. 1) He walked away from the Paris Accords. 2) He pulled out of the Reagan and Obama nuclear treaties. 3) He abruptly left the Paris July 14 celebration. 4) He suddenly walked out of the government shutdown talks with Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi. 5) His latest crazy act took place at the Hanoi summit. Folks, let us hope his last walk away will be at noon on Jan. 20, 2021! Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Crystal Mason is black. Terri Lynn Rote is white. Trump carried Iowa by the largest margin of any Republican candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1980. Speaking of states that went for Trump, at a recent rodeo in Owensboro, Ky., a new event was unveiled: “cowboy pinball.” Contestants stand inside circles drawn to mimic the bumpers on a pinball machine. A bull (the pinball) is released into the arena and the last person to leave his or her circle wins $100. At this event the bull promptly flipped two men into the air and rammed another into a fence. Broken ribs, horned rear ends, lacerations, bruises. What fun! Each person signed a waiver giving up the right to sue event organizers, even in the event of death. The fact that this event was held in Kentucky (a state that voted overwhelmingly for Trump) shows that the intellect of these “pinball cowboys” is responsible for Trump being elected president. And also advances the idea that if America does get universal healthcare, sterilization should be mandatory for certain individuals. So as not to contaminate the nation’s gene pool. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

A socialist nightmare Dear Editor: Instead of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trying to scare us by saying that we only have 12 more years to live, why don’t they do something positive? Why not contact socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela and ask him to step down before Venezuela disintegrates into a bloodbath? There’s a country that should be one of the richest in the world but socialism dragged into the gutter! James Dillon Long Island City

Dems and anti-Semitism Dear Editor: Rep. Ilhan Omar made multiple anti-Semitic remarks. Yet, Democrats cannot bring themselves to criticize her. In fact, many of them, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and several presidential candidates, actually came to her defense. The House of Representatives planned to vote on a resolution condemning Omar but her supporters watered down the resolution to a general declaration against all types of hate. Has it gotten to the point where Democrats can’t call out a specific act of anti-Semitism for what it is? President Trump has said things about certain groups that deserve criticism and many letter writers to this paper have properly given it. I would hope that these same people who criticized Trump also condemn Omar and her supporters like Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Bernie Sanders and others. If they do not, they are hypocrites and lose any moral ground to go after Trump. Jesus once said, “May he who is without sin cast the first stone.” It was smart advice 2,000 years ago and it is smart advice today. Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: There are two tiers of justice in America, one for the rich and one for the poor. Judge T.S. Ellis found Paul Manafort guilty of tax fraud, hiding foreign bank accounts and bank fraud. According to sentencing guidelines he should have received 19 to 24 years in prison. Ellis never even considered Manafort’s other admitted crimes, like illegal foreign lobbying and money laundering. Manafort got less than four years. Why so lenient? Ellis said Manafort lived “an otherwise blameless life.” Manafort worked for some of the world’s most notorious despots — Zaire’s Mobutu Sese Seko, the Philippines’ Ferdinand Marcos and Angolan rebel Jonas Savimbi. When will Ellis recommend Manafort for sainthood? To any Republicans who think it was a “just sentence,” here is just one comparison: Crystal Mason was sentenced to five years in jail for tax fraud (just like Manafort) and was released in early 2016. She didn’t know that she wasn’t allowed to vote in that year’s presidential election (whether felons can vote varies state by state). She cast a provisional ballot after being told that her name could not be found on the rolls. Judge Ruben Gonzalez sentenced her to another five years for voter fraud. Terri Lynn Rote was also convicted of voter fraud in Iowa for trying to vote for President Trump twice. Ms. Rote was sentenced to two years probation and a $750 fine.

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Iconic singer to be honored with statue Billie Holiday monument slated for spot near Queens Borough Hall by David Russell Associate Editor

A statue of legendary singer Billie Holiday will be placed near Queens Borough Hall as She Built NYC is commissioning a statue in each borough to celebrate women. According to the city, only five of the 150 statues in New York depict women. The first group of new ones were selected through an open call that drew over 2,000 nominations from the public. Holiday, who lived in Addisleigh Park and Flushing, was one of the first black women to sing with a white orchestra and recorded songs such as “Strange Fruit” and “God Bless the Child.” She posthumously won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Holiday’s monument was announced last Wednesday, along with the other four. Officials did not say whether it would be installed in the plaza dedicated to women next to Borough Hall, formerly the site of the “Triumph of Civic Virtue” statue. “We cannot tell the story of New York City without recognizing the invaluable contributions of the women who helped build and shape it,” said city first lady Chirlane McCray. “Public monuments should tell the full history and inspire us to realize our potential — not

Billie Holiday will be honored with a statue set to be built near Queens Borough Hall. The iconic LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PHOTO / WIKIPEDIA singer lived in St. Albans and Flushing. question our worth. In honoring these four trailblazers today, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to see powerful women who made

history receive the recognition they deserve.” Jazz at Lincoln Center tweeted, “Billie Holiday’s voice changed music and helped it

blossom in new directions. Her legendary career started in the jazz clubs of Harlem and influenced singers forever. Her statue will stand at Queens Borough Hall for musicians and admirers to appreciate.” Artist selection for the monuments will begin this year and conclude in the first half of 2020. They will be built in 2021 and 2022. The other four statutes will commemorate: Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, where she represented New York’s 12th Congressional District for seven terms and made history by running for president in 1972; • Elizabeth Jennings Graham, who boarded a streetcar that prohibited black passengers in 1854 and refused to leave before being forcibly removed by police; she successfully sued the Third Avenue Railroad Company, the conductor and the streetcar driver; • Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trias, a women’s rights advocate, a pioneer in pediatrics and public health, who was dedicated to issues related to reproductive rights and HIV/AIDS care and prevention; and • Katherine Walker, the keeper of Robbins Reef Lighthouse, who is credited with saving the lives of at least 50 people and guiding countless vessels safely through Kill Van Kull, the channel between Staten Island and Q Bayonne, NJ.

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Veg pledge: Mayor declares no-meat Monday Starting this fall, chickens, pigs and cows can breath a little easier — at least one day a week. Mayor de Blasio this week declared that school lunches citywide will go meatless on Mondays starting in September. “We have to listen to what we are being told by the generation coming up,” he said,

insisting he is only doing what the consumers — meaning, kids — want. The new prohibition on meat applies only to what schools serve in the cafeteria. What if a child shows up on a Monday with a ham sandwich from home? “We welcome all children, with all sandwiches,” the mayor told a press conference

where the new policy was announced. The meatless Monday menu will feature foods like grilled cheese, pizza and hummus. “I have two vegetarians in my home and they feel very strongly about this,” the mayor said, referring to his children. “They just did it spontaneously. They made their own choice.” — Michael Shain

Let your thoughts on congestion pricing, the proposed fee on cars entering Midtown Manhattan that would raise critical revenue for the cash-strapped MTA, be heard. State Sens. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and John Liu (D-Bayside) are holding a town hall on the issue on Thursday, March 21 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village at 230-17 Hillside Ave. “It is important and necessary to hold a town hall on this issue so all members of the public may make their views known,” Liu said in a prepared statement. The two lawmakers, who have expressed concern about what they call a lack of details from the MTA about congestion pricing, have heard input from different stakeholders about the issue. “This town hall is an extension of our ongoing conversation, but with a focus on the specific needs and concerns of our Eastern Queens constituency,” Comrie said in his own statement. “We are looking forward to a robust and Q earnest dialogue.”

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has said much about Queens native President Trump over the past two years — but at a March 8 Long Island City rally, the presidential candidate lobbed criticisms at an entity that tried, but failed, to set its roots in the borough: Amazon. “Hello, Long Island City,” Warren said to the applause and cheers of hundreds, “I understand you’ve had a visitor.” Warren addressed the crowd of supporters at The Arc, a new music venue, three weeks after Amazon ditched its plans to establish part of its second headquarters in Queens, and hours following her announcement that she would seek to break up large tech companies. Under her plan, firms such as Amazon would be barred from owning a marketplace and selling their own products on the same site. She compared Amazon selling its own brand of products on its site to someone trying to own a baseball team while officiating games. “They want to be the umpire and they want to run a bunch of teams in the game,” Warren said. “My view on this is, you can be an umpire or you can own a team but you can’t do both at the same time.” The plan would also have regulators reverse what Warren called illegal and anti-

competitive tech mergers that, according to her, allow giant corporations to stop small and growing businesses. One example she gave was Facebook purchasing potential competitors Instagram and WhatsApp. “They think they can run their business to just roll right over every small business, every entrepreneur, every startup that might threaten their position,” she said before taking a shot at the Trump administration. “And what does our government in Washington do? Nothing.” Warren called for a change in government and vowed her administration would fight for the middle class, and not multibilliondollar corporations. “I want a government that isn’t here to work for giant tech companies,” she said. “When our government works great for those in power but not for everybody else, that is corruption, plain and simple.” The White House hopeful was joined by two of Amazon’s fiercest opponents — state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) and City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside). Neither have endorsed Warren, or any other candidate, but they said they are supporters of her. “We are lucky to have someone who believes in what we believe,” Gianaris told the crowd. “We have brought a presidential candidate to our doorstep

Sen. Elizabeth Warren drew a crowd of hundreds in Long Island City last Friday. tonight because we stood up against corporate greed.” Amazon’s opponents took issue with the $3 billion in tax breaks and other incentives the company — which under the deal would create at least 25,000 new jobs over 10 years

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Rescuing memory of a forgotten hero The Rev. Lawrence Lynch, a Navy chaplain who was killed in the Battle of Okinawa in the waning days of World War II, would have been lost again but for a historian in Woodhaven. Ed Wendell, president of The Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society, discovered several years ago that the triangular park at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard had been named after a priest

who’d been so loved that 3,000 people in the Woodhaven and Ozone Park neighborhoods attended his wake. Lynch was killed attending to a wounded soldier in the midst of a big battle. Over the years, the park’s sign, dedicated originally in 1949, deteriorated, fell down and was never replaced. “History and time had forgotten” what

Lynch had done to earn the honor 70 years ago, Wendell, top with beard and cap, told a rededication ceremony last Saturday. “It is up to us to spread the word.” Gathered with the sign here are Councilman Robert Holden, left, Lynch’s niece Mary Lynch, Councilman Eric Ulrich, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Mike Miller. — Michael Shain

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and generate $27 billion in revenue for the city and state — was slated to receive. Several polls showed that more than 60 percent of New Yorkers supported Amazon coming to LIC, and some politicians and business owners have pleaded for the company to reverse its decision. Van Bramer said it was appropriate the firm said it had dropped the plan on Feb. 14. “We started asking some very tough questions on Valentine’s Day,” he said, “proving once again that money cannot buy love, but it also can’t buy you a president, and Elizabeth Warren is going to be a president who cannot be bought.” Throughout the night, Warren discussed other proposals such as her proposed “ultramillionaires tax,” a 2 percent levy on those worth more than $50 million. “You built a great fortune ... or inherited it,” she said, seemingly taking aim at Trump. “Give a little bit back to the America that helped you build that great fortune.” The tax, she said, would pay for universal child care and other initiatives. She also called for the strengthening of unions and higher pay for all workers. Warren recalled how her mother had to start a minimum wage job after her father suffered a heart attack. “When I was a girl, a minimum wage job would support a family of three,” she said. “Today, a minimum wage job in America will not keep a mama and a baby out of poverty and that is why I am in this fight,” she said. “I believe in opportunity because I have lived opportunity.” Speaking on Trump, Warren said she often closes her eyes and relives the president’s 2017 inauguration — an image that inspires her to fight against him and his policies. “I’ll close my eyes and see it,” she said, “and all of a sudden I’m like, ‘OK, time to go.’” Following her hour-long speech, Warren stayed on stage to take photos with hundreds Q of the attendees.

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Elected officials visit FHHS Pressure on beleaguered principal continues by David Russell Associate Editor

Several elected officials visited Forest Hills High School after published reports have brought the FILE PHOTO principal under fire.

Elected officials made their way to Forest Hills High School last Thursday in the wake of ongoing complaints about Principal Ben Sherman. As concerns about safety grew, teachers voted no confidence in Sherman by a 195-21 margin and published reports detailed alleged student drug use, fights and inappropriate comments made by Sherman toward teachers and students. “Two hundred people don’t get together and make up stories,” Councilmember Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) told the Chronicle on Tuesday. “That would be pretty phenomenal.” And will Sherman be removed? “If all these stories are true, I think he should be,” Koslowitz said. According to a teacher at the meeting, Koslowitz, Borough President Melinda Katz and Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing) spoke. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) sent representatives. Also at the gathering were Deputy Borough President Sharon Lee and Monica Gutierrez, education director for the Queens Borough President’s Office. Koslowitz said she and the other elected officials in the area had a good rela-

tionship with Saul Gootnick, the former principal of the school who retired several years ago, saying that he really cared about the reputation of the school. “It hurts me because Forest Hills High School has always been an A school,” Koslowitz said. “People call my office that want to bring their child to Forest Hills High School. My kids went to Forest Hills High School and Forest Hills High School always had a wonderful reputation and for this to happen now is very disheartening.” She said the lax attitude toward drug use in the building concerns her. “The fact that kids were smoking marijuana in the school alarmed me without in any way being disciplined ... they’re too young to smoke period,” Koslowitz said. She added that they can’t smoke anything in a public building. In a statement, Katz told the Chronicle, “Forest Hills High School had long been a steady cornerstone of the community for decades, with minimal issues. The unprecedented turmoil and uncertainty at the school in recent months, however, have been a chronic distraction for the entire school community, especially the students and faculty. The DOE must figure out how to best remedy the situation, Q and quickly.”

TI Storage soon, kids next? Leaders glad to see land used, working on traffic by David Russell

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The land at 79-40 Cooper Ave. has been vacant for several years but that will be coming to an end as a completion date of June nears for Treasure Island Storage. “I welcome this new development primarily because this piece of land has been vacant for a long time and it will now be used in a positive manner,” said Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village). “I do understand the concerns with traffic in the area but I am already working with the Department of Transportation to alleviate congestion at the 80th Street and Cooper Avenue intersection.”

The developers also informed Holden that all parking for the five-story blue and red building near The Shops at Atlas Park will be on site. Previously occupied by Hansel ’n Gretel, a deli manufacturing business, several plots of land on the avenue, including the spot at 79- 40, sold for more than $9.18 million in March 2015. Kathy Masi, Glendale Civic Association president, said there are two storage locations close to where she lives and they are “nice, clean, quiet.” She added that neither of those spots have retail space, like the one at 79-40 Cooper Ave. will. The storage facility will be in the back of the property with stores and a day care center in the front. Masi predicts the day care plan will be approved, though it still has to go through the Board of Standards and Appeals. The building, on the south side of Cooper Avenue between 79th Place and 80th Street, would be a one- and two-story structure with the day care center in the two-story portion and commercial use in the other. The roof of the one-story building would provide a playground for the day care.

The TI Storage location at 79-40 Cooper Ave. is under construction and a day care center is in the process of being approved to be built on the property. The property has been vacant for PHOTOS BY DAVID RUSSELL several years. Masi says the only issue will be traffic and transportation. “They definitely have to work out the Q transportation issue,” she said.

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Mystery of buried bones in Rich Hill backyard by Michael Shain Editor

Human bones were found by police on Tuesday buried in the backyard of a house in Richmond Hills. The remains, believed to be about 40 years old, could not immediately be identified, authorities said. Police did not say what prompted them to start digging in the yard behind 87-72 115 St., not far from Forest Park. But according to a report published in the New York Post, cops had been tipped off about the presence of a body by the friend of a woman who’d lived in the house as a child in the 1970s. The woman who’d grown up there believed her mother’s boyfriend had buried a body in the backyard, the report said. Property records show the current owner, Oliver McNicholas, bought the house in 1992. When he was contacted at another home listed in his name in Su f fol k Cou nt y, he de cl i ned t o comment. It was not clear if anyone is living in the house at the moment. The windows appeared covered from the inside and a No Trespassing sign is nailed to a post on the porch. Cops with shovels and sifters were in and out of the house all day Tuesday, neighbors said. Crime scene cops were set to return on Wednesday to continue Q the search.

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Caban said public defenders keep a list of police officers believed or proven to have been untruthful on the witness stand. She also said the DA’s Office itself has a culture of “gamesmanship, coerced pleas and unrevealed evidence.” Katz said as prosecutors are heavily reliant on police testimony, she believes they need to be held to as high a standard of veracity as anyone. “Maybe higher,” she said. “Not just perjury.” All the candidates reiterated their stands on plans to close Rikers Island. Lancman is an enthusiastic supporter of efforts to close the jail facility and believes the former Queens House of Detention in Kew Gardens near the courthouse should be renovated and used as it was for decades. Katz believes the city must include far more community involvement when selecting the sites of the planned community jails. Caban does not believe the closure plan is fast enough. Nieves believes Rikers, where he has worked, is beyond redemption and must be shut down and replaced by the Kew Gardens facility. Lugo believes it should be shut but that the buildings can be repurposed while violent and nonviolent offenders there are separated. Lasak is not in favor of the community jails. “People don’t want jails in their neighQ borhoods,” he said.

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Two students of PS 63Q were honored by state Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. during the reception of the Annual NYSATA Legislative Art Exhibit 2019. The reception took place at the “Well” of Empire State Plaza in Albany, N.Y., where hundreds of young artists, parents, educators and state officials celebrated a very special art event, as part of Youth Art Month. Fifth-grader Jocelyn Coyotl, entered the exhibit with her collage titled “Cosmic Love,” while secondgrader Suhala Hassan (not pictured) received a lot of praise for her “Self-Portrait.” Sen. Addabbo, with Coyotl, left, discussed the artwork with students, and congratulated them for their creativity and effort, expressing his support and dedication to students, parents and educators, as well as to arts education. Right, art teacher Ms. Maria Panotopoulou, shows her pride for Coyotl’s achievement.

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Wanted Police are looking for this man, identified as Alonzo Mills, in the attack last Tuesday of his girlfriend. The woman, 25, who was not identified, told police she woke up in her South Ozone Park apartment shortly before 6 a.m. to find Mills, whose adddress was not given, destroying her mobile phone. When she awoke, Mills attacked her, she said, “push[ing] her head into a wall causing pain,” an NYPD spokesman said. He then grabbed the woman by the neck and shook her, cops said. The extent of her injuries was not included in initial reports. — Michael Shain

Following her successful appeal of two criminal charges, Queens prosecutors are going after Luander Stephans of Woodhaven again. She was ar rested in October 2014. Authorities charged she hurt her husband in a domestic incident and by doing so violated an order of protection. After getting called to the 102nd Precinct station house, she allegedly tried to “make the charges disappear” by offering sex and $700 to the cop interviewing her. In November 2015, a jury convicted her of third-degree bribery and third-degree falsely reporting an incident but acquitted her of all counts related to the attack on her husband. But on Jan. 23, the Appellate Division, Second Department struck down the convictions and ordered a new trial. The District Attorney’s Office told the Chronicle it is seeking leave to appeal the decision, declining to provide fur ther comment. Stephans is due back in court on May 6. At trial, she testified that the officer at the station house who questioned her had spoken to her and touched her in a sexual manner and that, scared, she offered him money and sex.

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Office used a recording of it at trial. Stephans’ then-lawyer agreed to it. That is, until Queens County Supreme Court Judge Charles LoPestro ordered the recording be stopped while it was being played. He had a sidebar conference with prosecutors and the defense attorney. The recording was “highly prejudicial,” the judge said. He was contemplating calling a mistrial. In an about-face, Stephans’ former lawyer then moved to get one declared. He said the recording prevented the trial from being fair. But the judge said the trial would go on. He ordered the jury to ignore the recording. Even after that, one of the Internal Affairs officers who interviewed Stephans testified as to what she said to him and his colleague in the back of the police car. The defendant’s lawyer didn’t try to stop it. With one justice dissenting, the Appellate Division found the defendant “was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel.” The appeals court also said Queens prosecutors shouldn’t have been allowed to present either the Internal Affairs officer’s testimony about what Stephans said during the interview or the interview itself. “This error cannot be considered harmless beyond a reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s convictions of bribery in the third degree and falsely reporting an incident in Q the third degree,” the opinion said.

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Holden’s first bill passes in Council Legislation is part of package addressing lead-related issues by David Russell Associate Editor

Last April, Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) held a red f lag and declared a CAC Industries lot a “red flag site” after learning that a sewer main project in Middle Village was stalled late in 2017 after high levels of lead were found in the soil. On Wednesday, Int. 1063 passed the City Council, which requires any city development to provide notice to the relevant Council member and community board within five business days of discovering or becoming aware of a hazardous level of lead in soil. The bill is Holden’s first to pass in the City Council. “Increased transparency between city agencies and the public is a value that I campaigned on and I’m pleased to see this bill accomplishing that,” he said in a statement. The soil that had been excavated during the Penelope Avenue sewer work was sitting in a yard leased by CAC Industries across the street from PS/IS 128, a K-8 school. The dirt had been sitting uncovered at the site until a tarp was eventually placed over the mounds. In April, Holden took aim at the Department of Design and Construction, saying,

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Steamfitters offer positions The Joint Steamfitting Apprenticeship and Training Committee Local Union #638 is recruiting 300 apprentices from April 8 through April 19, the state Department of Labor said last Thursday. Applications will be available at the Steamfitters Industry Training Center, at 32-32 48 Ave. in Long Island City, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays during recruitment period. Applications will be accepted during the recruitment period or until 2,000 have been issued, whichever comes first. Applications must be returned by 3 p.m. on May 7. Applicants must provide photo ID at time of obtaining and returning applications and must pay a $25 fee by certified check or money order, though the charge may be waived if financial need can be proven. Applicants must be at least 18 years old; have a high school or general equivalency diploma prior to July 1, 2019; submit to preadmission drug testing and random drug testing during the program; have reliable transportation to get to and from work sites; and meet other requirements. For further information, contact the nearest state Department of Labor office or Local Union #638 at (718) 885-8822. Q

City Councilman Bob Holden, at podium, with Councilmen Joe Borelli, Corey Johnson, the speaker, and Danny Dromm as he speaks about his bill requiring awareness about hazardous levels of NYC COUNCIL PHOTO / TWITTER lead in soil. “If they knew this was contaminated, to leave it uncovered is criminal. To leave it uncovered across from a school is more criminal.” The discovery about the soil was made after CAC Industries, the project’s contractor, tried to bring the dirt to a dump but management there declined to take it after a

visual inspection. Testing revealed lead levels in the dirt mounds between 300 and 600 parts per million, exceeding the federal limit for bare soil where children play. Eventually, the soil was removed and relocated to a facility in New Jersey. “It is common sense that local officials

should be notified of any dangerous contamination so they can help inform and protect their constituents,” Holden said in his statement. “There is no excuse for carelessness that this bill will correct.” Other bills in the package address leadbased paint hazards, lead testing in water, blood lead screenings, childhood lead poisoning prevention and the availability of lead hazard testing. Included in the package is one sponsored by Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), which would require the city’s health department to inspect any site where a child with elevated lead levels in the blood spends 10 or more hours per week. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) introduced one requiring the city’s Department of Environmental Protection to create an interactive, searchable map on the city’s website that would identify all known lead water supply mains and service lines. The bills now await the mayor’s signature into law. On Twitter, Holden posted, “Thank you to all of my great @NYCCouncil colleagues for your congratulatory words today. My first bill to pass at today’s stated meeting will go a long way toward protecting our city from lead contamination, along with all Q of the bills in the package!”

NYCLV rates City Council Five Queens members get perfect environmental scores by Michael Gannon Editor

Queens had mixed but mostly positive results last week when the New York League of Conservation Voters released its annual scorecard rating members of the City Council on environmental issues. Five members from Queens scored 100 percent ratings based on their votes on 13 bills presented in 2018, including Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Environmental Protection Committee Chair man Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria). Queens, as a delegation, averaged 92 percent. Brooklyn and Manhattan both averaged 94 percent with the Bronx (79 percent) and Staten Island (46 percent) bringing up the rear. “We are excited that so many Council Members support the environment and have taken pro-environmental actions as part of our scorecard,” NYLCV President Julie Tighe said in a statement accompanying the report. “Kudos to the 44 Council Members who earned high marks this year! With the executive br a nch i n Wash i ng ton u nder m i n i ng years of environmental progress, it is more important than ever for local gov-

ernments to fill that void.” Constantinides, R ichards and Van Bramer also scored 100 percent for 2017, while Ulrich, coming up from 54 percent, had one of lowest ratings a year ago. Rounding out the Queens delegation were Cou ncil members Pau l Vallone (D-Bayside), Peter Koo (D-Flushing), Parks Committee Chairman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) and Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) at 92 perc e nt ; Fr a nci s c o Moya ( D - C or on a) , Dan ny Drom m (D -Jackson Heights), Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) at 85 percent; and Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) at 77 percent. Vallone, Koo, Lancman, Dromm and Koslowitz scored 100 percent last year. Sixteen members from other boroughs also rated perfect scores for a total of 21, or more than 42 percent of the Council. The entire scorecard is available online at nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ city-council-2018-scorecard.pdf. The bills included three measures to reduce the incidence of lead poisoning; two for encouraging wind-generated energy; four aimed at reducing motor vehicle emissions; an organics recycling program; and green space initiatives for parks, the Q waterfront and urban agriculture.

City Council members from Queens generally scored high marks on the annual scorecard issued by the the New York League of Conservation Voters last Friday. Five received 100 percent ratings, though five others with perFILE PHOTO fect scores last year dropped.

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Longtime Queens DA announces his resignation; John Ryan in interim by David Russell Associate Editor

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown will resign effective June 1, he announced last Thursday morning. “It had been my hope that I would be able to finish out this term in office,” Brown said. “Unfortunately, that is not to be. Given the current state of my health and my ongoing health issues, it has become increasingly difficult to fully perform the powers and duties of my office in the manner in which I have done since 1991.” Chief Assistant DA John Ryan will serve as acting DA. Brown took the office on June 1, 1991 in an interim role after being selected by Gov. Mario Cuomo. Brown was one of 14 candidates interviewed by the governor’s staff to replace John Santucci. Prior to becoming district attor ney, Brown was a judge on a state appeals court in Brooklyn. In 1973, on his first day sitting as a judge in Manhattan Criminal Court, a defendant opened fire in the courtroom. He went behind the bench and to the floor, earning him the nickname “Duck Down Brown” from court officers. Many in Queens still just call him “Judge Brown.” “I thank the people of Queens for their

Chief Assistant District Attorney John Ryan, left, and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, who announced his retirement effective June 1, in a 2016 photo. Ryan will replace Brown for the rest of the year. A primary will be held June 25, with the general election in November and the PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS DA winner taking office in January. much appreciated support over the years,” he said. “It is has been my honor to serve you. I particularly want to express my appreciation to all those who have worked so professionally and diligently in this office

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Judge says MTA broke ADA elevator statutes Federal court rules scope of Bronx subway project mandated access by Michael Gannon Editor

A federal judge ruled last week that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority discriminated against handicapped residents when it failed to include elevators among massive renovations that were made to a Bronx subway station over nine months from late 2013 to early 2014. What remains to be seen is how the ruling is applied in the future. In an 11-page opinion issued March 5, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos found that renovations to the Middletown Road subway station, which serves the No. 6 train, were extensive enough that they were required under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 to include handicapped access “regardless of cost” where technically feasible. The MTA had argued that the scope of the work at Middletown Road only triggered a lower federal standard that allows the MTA — and the courts — to take cost considerations into account. The suit originally was brought in 2016 by Bronx Independent Living Services, Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York and individuals Robert Hardy and Rodolfo Diaz. The office of Geoffrey Berman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New

A federal judge has ruled that the scope of a subway station renovation in the Bronx was enough to mandate elevators, like this one at 71-Continental Ave. in Forest Hills, under Americans with PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Disabilities Act regulations. York, joined the suit on the side of the plaintiffs last March 15. “We’re very excited for the ruling not just for the Middletown station but also the New York City subways as a whole,” Brett Eisen-

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It’s become notorious for prostitution. Women who work at illicit massage parlors proposition customers on the sidewalk. But 40th Road in Downtown Flushing between Prince and Main streets used to be known for something different. “It was a food street,” Flushing Business Improvement District Executive Director Dian Yu said. “When people would come to Downtown Flushing, they’d come here to eat.” In January, Yu launched a petition aimed at getting the authorities to truly rid the street of the prostitution problem. The impetus for it was a concern among Yu and business owners in the area about the impact the sex trade was having on the neighborhood economy, turning off families with children and giving Flushing a bad name. Now, neighborhood leaders are stepping up the fight to take back the block. Cops have padlocked some of the illicit parlors on the street. Others have had their locks switched by landlords. City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) discussed the strategy last Friday in front of Bland Playground with Yu, Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), chairman of the Public Safety Committee, and Deputy Inspector Keith Shine, commanding officer of the 109th Precinct. “We will approach the ladies in the street, we will make sure they have alternative job opportunities with agencies and community groups, we will teach them English and help them to find good jobs,” City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) said. But customers will be dealt with differently. “If they come here, we have undercover police officers,” he added. “They will arrest

them for coming here as a john.” Koo pledged a tough approach on landlords, too. “If they continue to have their properties leased for illegal activities, we will notify police and we will work together with the Police Department and Fire Department to shut them down,” the councilman said. He also pointed to how leases often have clauses in them defining illegal activity by a tenant as grounds for termination. And if landlords have trouble getting rid of the bad actors, Koo urged them to “come to my office and we’ll help them to evict illegal tenants.” Richards urged the prostitutes who work on 40th Road to seek help. “We want to get you the assistance you need,” he said. “To the pimps, to the pimps who are pimping these young ladies out, you are going to go to jail because we have zero tolerance for this activity in our city. And you must go to jail if you are preying on vulnerable young ladies who may be undocumented, who you know need services, you need to go to jail.” Shine said the new campaign is “a great example of the Police Department working in partnership with the community to solve problems.” When asked, he declined to specify if the police would arrest prostitutes. Under the de Blasio administration, the NYPD has pledged to concentrate anti-prostitution enforcement on human traffickers, pimps and johns rather than sex workers. Yang Song, who had been arrested for prostitution before, jumped to her death from a 40th Road building’s window in September 2017 during an NYPD enforcement action. According to reports, police were at the building as part of a wider probe into prostitution and she was not specifically being targeted. continued on page 25

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Party like it’s 1999: St. John’s great run Metta World Peace recalls when Red Storm were a win away from Final Four by David Russell Associate Editor

In 1999, St. John’s was one shot away from the Final Four, trailing Ohio State 76-74 in the final moments of the Elite Eight but the Buckeyes forced a turnover and escaped with a 77-74 win. Twenty years should be long enough to heal the wounds of that loss, right? Maybe not. “We were two points away from the Final Four,” Metta World Peace, who was still Ron Artest then, told the Chronicle Tuesday. “Oh my goodness. Kill me. I just want to kill myself right now ... shoot me in the head right now. Good Lord.” But it was still a great season for the Red Storm, who began the season not even ranked in the top 25. “I’ve been unranked for a long time in my career,” World Peace said. “I wasn’t really a politician. I did things how I wanted to do things. I wasn’t ranked going into my senior year [of high school]. I wasn’t a lock to go to the McDonald’s [high school All-Star] game but I earned it.” Artest grew up in Queensbridge and went to high school at La Salle Academy. He also played for the Riverside Church Hawks AAU team with several future St. John’s teammates, including Erick Barkley, Reggie Jessie and Chudney Gray. “Being from Queens, that was one of the reasons why I went there,” World Peace said. “Being from New York, playing at St. John’s, that meant everything. I was so happy I made that decision to stay home.” There were question marks surrounding the team when the season began. Felipe Lopez and Zendon Hamilton had finished their collegiate careers. And a coaching change was made as Fran Fraschilla, who had recruited Artest to the school, was out and Mike Jarvis was in. Jarvis remembers the first day on the job, when he met Artest. “I’ll never forget,” he told the Chronicle. “Very respectfully he said, ‘Coach, do you really think we can win the national championship?’ In fact, he was really questioning me. “And I said to him, ‘Ron, you’re one of the main reasons that I came here because I know how much you want to win a national championship and I wouldn’t be here unless I believed the same.’” Jarvis added, “What it told me was that he was going to be a challenge, but he was going to be a challenge in a very positive way because of how much he wanted to win.” World Peace said, “I love Mike Jarvis. I had some issues with Mike Jarvis because I was a stubborn kid and I was very rebellious but Mike Jarvis showed me a lot of love.” He added, “We clicked because he was like a father figure. He taught people about life, not just basketball.” Jarvis said he understood he had different roles to different

Ron Artest takes a shot against the Miami Hurricanes. PHOTO COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS

people as a coach. “I considered myself to be a teacher and for anyone that needed it I’d be their dad or their uncle or their big brother,” Jarvis said. “That was the role that I knew I was supposed to play.” He said he was impressed with Artest’s work ethic, passion and the fact that he expected everyone to work as hard as they could. “He cared about people and that was really obvious because no matter how talented Ron was, the first thing he wanted to do was to win and to have the best team he could possibly be a part of,” Jarvis said. The coach also said that he himself was at a good point in his career when he was comfortable with who he was and didn’t have to impress anybody. St. John’s started the season 16-3 and was ranked in the top 10 for the first time since December 1991. After finishing the regular season 23-7, they made it to the Big East title game, where they lost to Connecticut. “Richard Hamilton was amazing,” World Peace said.

In the NCAA Tournament, St. John’s dominated Samford 69-43 in the first round, setting up a date with Indiana and legendary coach Bobby Knight. The first book about defense Jarvis bought as a coach was written by Knight. With Indiana leading early on, Jarvis called for St. John’s to switch from a man-to-man to a zone defense. “We hadn’t played a possession of zone the whole year ... Ron probably thought that I was nuts,” Jarvis said. The move spurred a 13-0 run and the Johnnies ran away with an 86-61 victory. That set up a Sweet Sixteen matchup with Maryland, led by Steve Francis, later known in the NBA as The Franchise. St. John’s ended the first half on a 20-0 run and cruised to a 76-62 win. “That was a big game for us because obviously Steve Franchise was amazing,” World Peace said. “And to beat Steve Franchise it made you feel like you were really good. Some people get up for certain people and Steve Francis was one of those guys where, if you beat him, you feel good about yourself.” Only Ohio State stood between St. John’s and a trip to St. Petersburg, Fla. for the Final Four. Unfortunately, St. John’s saved its worst for last. “He was awful,” Jarvis said of Artest’s game. “I mean he was awful.” St. John’s trailed by 13 with nine minutes to play before a furious rally put them in position to tie or win the game. But it wasn’t to be. “We should’ve been in the Final Four that year,” Jarvis said. “No doubt about it.” Artest left after the season for the NBA, saying that he needed the money. The Red Storm actually won the Big East title without him the next year. “That was amazing,” World Peace said. “I was like, ‘Oh my goodness. I wanted to be on that team.’” Maybe World Peace will follow in Jarvis’ footsteps and coach the school one day. He applied for the job when St. John’s parted ways with Steve Lavin in 2015. “I didn’t know Chris Mullin was going for the job when it was available ... when I found out that Chris was up for the job I was like, ‘That’s great,’” World Peace said. He added, “They showed a lot of respect but they already had Chris Mullin by that time. They took my call but Chris Mullin’s very experienced, he has a really good staff and I support them 100 percent.” He said St. John’s made the right choice and that they are in good hands for a long time with Mullin but he’s keeping the dream of coaching the Red Storm. “If in 10 years or in 20 years, when Chris retires, I would love to be a head coach at St. John’s,” he said. It would be Q pretty cool.”

Grand jury backs DA on murder charges by Michael Shain Editor

Two men arrested in the cell phone-store robbery that led to the friendly fire death of a veteran detective have been indicted for murder. “This was a tragic incident that should have never happened,” Chief Assistant District Attorney John Ryan said in a prepared statement announcing that the grand jury had approved the top charges against Christopher Ransom, 27, of Brooklyn, and Jagger Freeman, 25, of Jamaica. Neither man is charged with firing at

Top charges stick vs. alleged robbers police officers last month during a botched robbery of a T-Mobile store in Richmond Hill. But Ransom is said to have used a fake gun to rob the store and Freeman is being charged as the lookout. A detective, Brian Simonsen, was killed and his boss, Sgt. Matthew Gorman, wounded when fellow officers opened fire at Ransom, who rushed the cops brandishing the fake black weapon. Since the shooting, civic activists and

members of Freeman’s family have picketed twice outside the DA’s office in Kew Gardens calling the murder charges prosecutorial overreach. “I’m not saying he’s innocent,” said Kenny Carter, whose group, Fathers Alive in the Hood, organized the protests. “But felony murder is too much. He wasn’t even in the store.” The two defendants are due back in court Q May 15.

Jagger Freeman, at his arraignment, is PHOTO BY ELLIS KAPLAN charged with murder.

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continued from page 22 usability, the MTA is obligated to install an elevator, regardless of the cost, unless it is technically infeasible,” he said. “Individuals with disabilities have the same rights to use the New York City subway system as every other person. The Court’s decision marks the end of the MTA treating people with disabilities as secondclass citizens.” A source told the Chronicle that the term “technically infeasible” likely will be subject to further scrutiny — possibly even at Middletown Road — as ADA regulations and Berman’s statement recognize that even where the federal alteration regulations might otherwise require an elevator to be installed, the requirement does not apply when technical issues at a particular station render elevator installation infeasible as part of the project. In the case of Middletown Road, MTA told accessibility advocates “years ago, in advance of their lawsuit,” that technical issues prevented elevator installation, and invited the advocates to identify how issues could be overcome. Following completion of the discovery portion of the case, the court will now need to address the MTA’s techQ nical concerns.

School bathrooms sit with extras in Dist. 28 by Michael Gannon Editor

Participatory budgeting allows residents in City Council districts to vote on how to spend set-asides of discretionary money on community projects at parks and libraries and on streetscapes and equipment upgrades at schools. Cou ncilwoman Ad r ien ne Ad ams (D-Jamaica) released her nominated projects on Monday, and will be organizing public meetings in the immediate future. Those include extra police security cameras, technology upgrades at libraries and school projects such as renovations to the student lounge at Richmond Hill High School and new fountains at two schools capable of refilling personal bottles. But the list also includes renovations to bathrooms at PS 40 and PS 55 in Jamaica, as well as PS 45 in South Ozone Park and PS 5 in South Richmond Hill. The Chronicle reached out to Adams and the Department of Education to determine why bathroom renovations are not funded in the DOE’s capital budget. Adams, in an email from her office, said parents in her district just want the work

done, however the funding comes. “Through the participatory budgeting process our budget delegates sift through the idea submissions to help narrow down what ultimately goes on the ballot to be voted on by the community,” Adams said. “It is not surprising to me that our community selected school bathroom upgrades for inclusion on the ballot. It is unfortunate but Council District 28 was neglected for a long time before I took office but I am here to work hard as a conduit for change. We need funding for these upgrades and I will continue to work with the SCA and all city agencies to fight for the fundamental needs of District 28.” DOE spokesperson Miranda Barbot, like Adams, said students deserve high-quality facilities. “[A]nd several bathrooms at each of the schools listed on the ballot have been renovated within the past few years,” she wrote. “The Director of Facilities works closely with each school to ensure upgrades are made, and we have additional upgrades planned in the coming months.” The DOE recently proposed a $17 billion capital plan, including $50 million for Q bathroom upgrades.

40th Road continued from page 23 The New York Post reported earlier this month that Jentai Tsai of New Jersey, a businessman who owns buildings on 40th Road that have been sanctioned over prostitution, had given campaign contributions to Koo and other politicians. The publication quoted the councilman as saying the landlord was “starting to remove all the violations. We want to make sure from now on he will rent out to good tenants, not unlawful tenants.” Tsai did not come up at last week’s press conference, though Lisa Lou, the new managing agent for one of the buildings he owns on 40th Road, stood with Q the speakers.

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It is a common misconception that a 20 percent down payment is required to buy a home. Advice to wait and save a large down payment is often based on the theory that the cost of mortgage insurance, which is required when you buy with a smaller down payment, should be avoided. This may not be the best advice and is, in fact, not in line with market trends, considering the median down payment for f i rst-ti me homebuyers is 7 percent, according to the National Association of Realtors. Yes, you can qualify for a conventional mortgage with a down payment as small as 3 percent of the purchase price. It is also true that you can reduce your monthly mortgage payment by paying for discount points at closing, but that can be 5 or 10 percent of the purchase price — not 20. And because every buyer’s situation is unique, it’s important to do the math. In today’s market, it could take a family earning the national median income up to 20 years to save 20 percent, according to calculations by U.S. Mortgage Insurers using a methodology developed by the Center for Responsible Lending; a lot can change during that time, in the family’s personal finances and in overall mortgage market trends. How can buying now save you money later?

Consider you wa nt to pu rchase a $255,000 home. A 5 percent down payment is $12,750 versus $51,000 in cash for 20 percent down. With a 740 credit score at today’s MI rates, your monthly MI payment would be about $110, which is added to your monthly mortgage payment until MI cancels. MI typically cancels after five years; therefore, you will only have this added cost for a short period of time versus waiting an average of 20 years to save for 20 percent. With home price appreciation, today’s $255,000 home will likely cost more in the years ahead and this will also have an impact on the necessary down payment and length of time required to save for it. There are other variables in the equation too, such as interest rates. As federal rates rise from their historic lows, so too will the costs associated with financing a mortgage. The savings a borrower might calculate today could be altogether negated by waiting even a few more years. Another factor is that rents are on the rise across the nation, leading to a reduced capacity for many would-be homebuyers to save for larger down payments. If you decide to buy today with a low down payment mortgage that has private MI, keep in mind that the monthly MI payments are temporary and go away, lowering the monthly payment over time. Again,

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Legal Notices Notice of Formation of LAILA PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/04/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: HECTOR JEAN-GILLES, 24-31 95TH ST., EAST ELMHURST, NY 11369. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MW GLOBAL MERCHANT LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/06/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Michael A. Willis, 15723 129th Ave., Jamaica, NY 11434 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of NONNABELLA 52, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/15/19. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 4532 171st St, Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Nvision Consulting LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY 01/29/2019. Off location in Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Nardeo Singh, 258-20 86th Avenue, Floral Park, NY 11001. Purpose: any lawful activity. PARSONS HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/23/13. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2100. 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, c/o Harry Raptakis, Esq., P.O Box 504, Franklin Square, NY 11010. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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

Legal Notices Notice of Formation of PINAY SPRING, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/13/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Lyn Chin 31-48 Steinway St., Apt. 4, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Premier Care NP Services L.L.C. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/21/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Geralda Pelissier, 112-06 Witthoff Street, Queens Village, NY 11429. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Protacio Analytics, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/04/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Protacio Analytics, LLC, 35-15 75th Street, Unit 601, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Stellar Sprinters Group LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 1st, 2017. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC. 119-56 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11434. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of You’re Approved LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/23/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Kikumau Johnson, 161-07 137th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11434. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 707261/2018 Borough: Queens Block: 14231 Lot: 1075 NYCTL 2017-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, vs. ANGELO FRATIANNI; The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through JACK FRATIANNI, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; AMELIA FRATIANNI, if living, or if she be dead, her husband, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said AMELIA FRATIANNI, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; NORA HILDRETH, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA F. IMMERSO A/K/A CLARA IMMERSO, DECEASED; The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through JOSEPH FRATIANNI, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; VICTORIA DIRENZO; MARIA SURGNER; AMELIA CARONA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #100,” the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the aboveentitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: January 9, 2019 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Robert J. McDonald, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated February 5, 2019, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as Branch Channel, Jamaica, New York and identified as Block 14231, Lot 1075 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $2,116.68, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, Anthony J. Iacchetta, Attorneys for Plaintiffs NYCTL 2017-A Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent and Custodian, 28 East Main Street Suite 1400, Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 758-2110 aiacchetta@phillipslytle.com

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It’s about two weeks before opening night and the Queens College Opera production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is already shaping up. At the helm is Adjunct Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hastings, who offers a few cautionary words of advice to her students as rehearsal is about to begin. “Check your props,” she advises, reminding her singers of the particularly fragile nature of three of them: a moon, a nest and a dozen or so lanterns, which will prove to be a bit problematic the first time they’re put into use. “The plan is to stop and fix the logistical things,” Hastings says, adding, “It would be nice if we didn’t have to stop.”

And then the cast of 27, gathered in a rehearsal hall at the Aaron Copland School of Music, with guest conductor Keith Chambers wielding the baton, take their respective places and the run-through begins. Included in the production, which, Hastings said, got underway with music rehearsals in September, are graduates and undergrads, as well as two guest artists. They will bring to life, for four performances only, this ever-popular fairy tale of a damsel in distress and the handsome prince who rescues her. It premiered in 1791 and continues to be performed regularly around the world. Of course, there’s more to this singspiel — a form that encompasses both spoken dialogue and sung text — if one looks beneath the surface. In its latest incarnation, it will be sung in its original German

(supertitles will be provided), with the dialogue presented in English. “For young artists, it’s important to sing in the original language,” explained Hastings, who heads the college’s Opera Studio. The majority of the singers are, not surprisingly, music majors, though at least one would-be accountant and one speech pathologist in training are also on board, Hastings said. As interesting as the onstage tale are the personal stories of some of its interpreters. Corona native Tito Gutierrez, one of the guest artists, is a 36-year-old alumnus of the college, where he carried a double major in vocal performance and music education. continued on page 35

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “Drawing Bridges to Wellness,” the 3rd annual Creative Arts Therapy Exhibition presented by the Psychiatry Department of Jamaica and Flushing hospital medical centers. Sat., March 26 (opening reception 11 a.m.-4 p.m.)-Mon., March 25, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: Gabriella Zlocki, (718) 592-9700, ext. 138, queensmuseum.org.

“The Magic Flute,” Mozart’s beloved fantasy opera about a prince on a quest to rescue a woman held captive, by Queens College Opera. Thu.-Sat., March 21-23, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., March 24, 3 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $20; $5 students. Info: (718) 793-8080, kupferbergcenter.org.

“Progression,” with works by 18 artists showing how street art has developed from exterior walls to inside art galleries. Through Fri., March 15, The Factory LIC, 30-30 47 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 392-0722, tessa@licartsopen.org, gallery@licartsopen.org. “Banu Cennetoglu,” with objects, images, texts and more that contemplate the individual’s place within today’s geopolitics, and “In Practice: Other Objects,” with works by 11 artists and teams probing the interplay between objecthood and personhood. Through Mon., Mar. 25, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org. “Gluteus Maximus,” with works by Omari Douglin that contemplate the female posterior with outlines of its shape in caulk lines that provide a thematic take on figuration and double as stick figures at play. Through Sat., March 30, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com.

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

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entertainment 8 p.m.); Sun. March 17, 3 p.m., Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 1300 209 St. $23; $21 seniors 62 and over, kids 12 and under. Info: (718) 428-6363, theatrebythebayny.com.

Piano prodigy Huang Tiange, with the 14-year-old performing works by Chopin, Beethoven, Prokofiev and more solo, along with premieres of his own sonata and another piece. Sun., March 17, 2 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY PHOTO Astoria Symphony Orchestra: Dorian Baroque, with performances of Pergolesi’s celebrated “Stabat Mater” and a trio sonata by Arcangelo Corelli. Sat., March 16, 8 p.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 23-25 Newtown Ave., Astoria. $15; $10 seniors, students. Info: (917) 300-8695, astoriamusic.org. Unforgettable: The Magic of Nat King Cole, a celebration of the legendary singer’s power and genius, with vocalist Sachal Vasandani joined by Shai

“Spring Awakening,” a look at the teen psyche, morality and sexual politics, set in 1890s Germany. Wed.-Sun., March 20-24, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 24, 2 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $22. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com. Kids up to age 6 will have a ball this Sunday with the stories, songs and dancing of the interactive theater show “Tales from the Shed,” presented by the puppeteers of Chickenshed NYC, where the motto is “Theatre Changing Lives.” See Kids/Families. COURTESY PHOTO Maestro on piano, Reuben Rogers on bass and Obed Calvaire on drums. Fri., March 15, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $25 (20 percent off with promo code QCH20); $20 students; free teens. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, with the Quintet of the Americas performing works by George Gershwin, Arturo Marquez, Valerie Coleman, James Cohn of Queens and more. Sat., March 16, 2 p.m., Langston Hughes Library, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona. Free. Info: (718) 651-1100, quintet.org. Beethoven Meets Stradivarius, with violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn and cellist Evan Drachman on their famed, rare instruments and pianist Barbara Podgurski of Musica Reginae performing works by Beethoven and the world premiere of a piece by Sunny Knable. Sat., March 16, 2 p.m., The Churchin-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $20; $10 students. Info: (718) 894-2178, musicareginae.org.

DANCE Take Root, with performances by DeLucia Benson Dance and Six Degrees Dance. Fri.-Sat., March 15-16, 8 p.m. $17 advance; $20 cash at door; $22 credit card. Fertile Ground, featuring multiple dance troupes and post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Valerie Green. Sun., March 17, 7 p.m. $15. Both part of monthly series at Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org. “Fables,” with timeless stories like “The Fox and the Crow” and “The Tortoise and the Hare” set to dance, inspired by the rhythmic narrative of Jean de La Fontaine’s “Fables” and performed by area children alongside professionals from Rioult Dance NY. Sun., March 17, 3 p.m., LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City. $15. Info: (718) 482-5151, lpac.nyc.

“Las Bacantes Flamencas,” a flamenco music and dance adaptation of Euripides’ “The Bacchae,” an ancient Greek play about the rational and instinctive sides of human nature, by Danza España. Each Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; each Sun., 4 p.m., through March 31, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $45 advance; $48 at door; $42 advance, $40 at door seniors and students; $40 advance Fri. only; $37 students, seniors. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

“The Tempest,” Shakespeare’s tale of magic, illusion, love and power set on an exiled wizard’s island, in an immersive show with audience movement, presented by The Secret Theatre and LIC Artists. Fri.-Sun., March 15-17, 22-24 and 29-31; Wed., March 20 and 27, 7:30 p.m., The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $23.50 advance ($22 with promo code earlybird through Fri., March 8); $25 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, licartists.org. “Un-Tamed,” with works by five black female playwrights examining the national conversation about black womanhood and personalizing the issues surrounding it in the “Me Too” era. Fri.-Sat., March 15-16 and 22-23, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 17, 4 p.m.; Wed., March 20, 1 p.m., Black Spectrum Theatre, Roy Wilkins Park, 177 St. and Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. $25. Info: (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com. Theater, poetry, music, comedy and more, a casual afternoon in a coffeehouse setting with attendees invited to bring short monologues to perform, hosted by The Woodside Players. Sat., March 16, 2 p.m., Astoria Library, 14-01 Astoria Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 278 2220.

Koresh Dance Co.: “Inner Sun,” a piece inspired by the parallel between Earth’s core and that of the human body, with dancers using body percussion, gestures and rhythms drawn from folk roots. Sat., March 16, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 17, 3 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20-$42. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. COURTESY PHOTO

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THEATRE New Shanghai Circus, with a troupe of elite gymnasts, cyclists, jugglers and acrobats defying gravity and melding Chinese traditions with 21st-century technology. Sat., March 23, 3 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $20-$35. Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org. “Lost in Yonkers,” Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age comic drama about teen brothers and the characters in their family, by Theatre By The Bay. Sat., March 16, 8:30 p.m. (preshow

“Creature from the Black Lagoon,” the 1954 3-D sci-fi classic about a monster that becomes enamored with a scientist’s attractive young assistant, followed by talk with Mallory O’Meara, author of “The Lady from the Black Lagoon,” about the creature’s designer, and fellow author Grady Hendrix, and a book signing. Sat., March 16, 2 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us COURTESY PHOTO. continued on page 36

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Some rock ’n’ roll royalty is coming to Queens as Jackie Wilson’s son, Bobby, and Ricky Nelson’s sons, Matthew and Gunnar, will be performing in concert. But this is not a show featuring oldiesonly material, as there will be music from each of the artists’ own catalogue. The Nelsons are the third generation in the family to have a No. 1 hit. Ozzie Nelson reached the top of the charts in 1934 with “And Then Some.” Ricky Nelson had “Poor Little Fool” and “Travelin’ Man” in the early 1960s. Then the band Nelson made it to the top in 1990 with “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection.” Jackie Wilson had 16 R&B Top 10 hits and 14 top 20 pop hits, while his son hit

‘Rock and Roll Royalty!’ When: Sun., March 24, 3 p.m. Where: The OLBS Theater, 34-45 202 St., Bayside Tickets: $35-48

the Adult Contemporary Top 10 four times. The younger Wilson and the Nelsons have never met, and Wilson said is he looking forward to meeting them. He said he likes New York audiences and is looking forward to his first performance in Queens, which is being held by the Queensborough Performing Arts Center, though off-site. “Very vocal,” he told the Chronicle about New York crowds last Friday. “If they love you, you’re going to know it. If they hate you, you’re going to know it, too.” Wilson was born in Westbury, LI, though he didn’t find that out until years later. In fact, he didn’t know he was Wilson’s son until he was 35. “I had no inkling of an idea before then,” he said. He did join a doo-wop band, the Love Notes, after being medically discharged from the Navy. The group had a kid who was the world’s youngest Elvis impersonator: a young Bruno Mars. Wilson, who was still Bobby Brooks then, was told of his resemblance to the singer of “Higher and Higher” and “Lonely Teardrops.”

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Bobby Brooks Wilson and Matthew and Gunnar Nelson will perform at The OLBS ThePHOTO COURTESY QPAC ater in Bayside on March 24. A vocal coach asked who he was trying to sound like and when he told her Jackie Wilson, she said that he had the same range, only that Jackie had a sky-blue voice and Bobby’s was deeper blue. Paul Revere, of Paul Revere and the Raiders, offered him a spot in his Legends

in Concert series. Wilson didn’t want to do an impersonation act, but eventually, Revere talked him into doing the show in Atlantic City. Before meeting with a choreographer and her husband to go over some dance continued on page 37

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Teen sex, angst and rage make for a fulfilling show by Mark Lord qboro contributor

The Tony Award-winning rock musical “Spring Awakening,” the current attraction at The Secret Theatre, where it runs through March 24, makes for a difficult but ultimately fulfilling experience. What makes it so hard to digest is its very subject matter: A group of teenagers takes a sometimes horrifying journey as they discover their sexuality, dealing with death, physical abuse, ridicule, repression, unfulfilled desires, uncertainty and all the frustrations that often accompany the transition from childhood to adulthood. Based on the 1891 play of the same name by Frank Wedekind, the musical features a

‘Spring Awakening’ When: Wed.-Sun., March 20-24, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 24, 2 p.m. Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City Tickets: $22. (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com

but naive Wendla; and most score by Duncan Sheik, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater. memorable of all, Darren Cementina, who offers a most touching The show enjoyed a lengthy portrayal of the anxiety-filled run on Broadway beginning in Moritz. All three have strong act2006. In its first major staging in ing chops. Vocally, Doyle and Fox Queens, it is perhaps more are pleasant, indeed, though their affecting than ever, thanks to the intimate black box setting, with voices are sometimes drowned the action inches away from the out by the overpowering fouraudience. piece band, under the astute Directed by Maya Hana Evans direction of Singer Joy. Cementiwith an obvious eye for detail, na projects well. pacing and fluidity, the piece sees Offering powerful support are but one moment ar y pause Ryan Washington and Maura throughout its playing time. Kelley, who play all the “adult” Thanks to the ingenious moveroles, in an admirable variety of ment of set pieces by the actors voices and postures. themselves, and the evocative The other members of the lighting designed by Annie Garcompany all deserve mention for rett-Larsen, one scene flows their individual characterizations: effortlessly into another. The kids are definitely not all right in “Spring Awakening,” but Richie Barrella, Stephanie GomerEvans and choreographer experiencing their angst is worthwhile. PHOTO COURTESY SECRET THEATRE ez, Alex Guhde, Nick Magnanti, Gabriel Spector keep the actors in Danielle Nigro, Thomas Prast, Ian an interesting, almost constant state of heartfelt and an intimate scene in a hayloft Smith and Kristi Swiger. motion, though there is little actual danc- is staged tastefully. Despite much gloom, the show offers an Leading the cast of 13 are Kenneth Doyle optimistic ending, with hope for a more ing. (Truth be told, there is little to dance about in this story.) The few moments of as the handsome, brilliant and rebellious understanding world. But do leave the chilQ stillness resound. The dramatic episodes are Melchior; Annabelle Fox as the beautiful dren at home!

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continued from page 31 Using the name by which most of her students address her, he explained how he got involved: “Liz contacted me. I guess she thought the role would be good for me.” He sings the role of Monostatos, a servant who, on more than one occasion, is overcome with lust. “I have more time on my hands,” he said, since he’s no longer tied down to his studies. “If you’re a music major, it’s very difficult. I was always very busy with my classes.” His experience in two previous operas at the college “helps you help others,” he said.

In the role of Tamino, the dashing prince, is 22-year-old David Szabo, a senior vocal performance major. A Long Islander, he chose Queens College largely because his father had gone there. Both his parents are cellists, Szabo said, so getting involved in music “seemed a no-brainer.” Upon graduation, he plans to pursue his love of music in “a career path many are not aware of,” as a member of the U.S. Army Chorus, “Pershing’s Own,” which he describes as “an elite all-male group that sings at the White House.” As his love interest, Pamina, Jessica Courtney, 25, of Rego Park, is appearing in her first opera role ever. A transfer student to the college, she’s also a vocal performance major who wants “to sing as many roles as possible and travel ... the whole thing ... wherever auditioning takes me.” When: Thu.-Sat., March 21-23, 7:30 p.m.; Many of the opera’s comedic Sun., March 24, 3 p.m. touches come courtesy of PapageWhere: LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, no, a folksy birdcatcher sung in this 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing production by Carlos Arcos, a native Tickets: $20; $5 students. (718) 793-8080, of Ecuador who came to this counkupferbergcenter.org try when he was 15. Now a junior, he is singing his first major operatic

‘The Magic Flute’

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Two priests (Thomas Laskowski, left, and Neophytos Ioannou, right) warn Tamino (David Szabo, second from right) and Papageno (Carlos Arcos) about the wiles of women during a rehearsal of “The Magic Flute.” On the cover: Sarastro (Paul Greene-Dennis) seeks to drive off Monostatos (Tito Gutierrez) before he can force the love of Pamina (Jessica Courtney); and a stage set with the Queen of the Night. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD; IMAGE BY KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL role, though he’s no stranger to this particular piece. He appeared in the chorus of a production last summer when he was studying his craft in Germany.

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“Island of the Hungry Ghosts,” the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary winner, about asylum seekers held on Australia’s Christmas Island, otherwise known for its massive red crab migrations. Through Sun., March 17, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Little Makers: Paint Party, with kids using everyday materials to create a colorful painting and mixing a batch of washable paint to take home, best for ages 1 1/2 to 7. Sun., March 17 and 24, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6 per child plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES Lecture: fall prevention and safety in the home, by nurse practitioner Eileen Miller, at AARP Chapter 3334 meeting; new members welcome. Mon., March 25, 1-4 p.m., Msgr. Finnerty Parish Center, 195 St. and 45 Ave., Flushing. $2. Info: (718) 357-3365. Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:3011:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

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started calling me Jackie.” Eventually, he went back to singing and got out of the tribute world, signing with Plateau Music, an independent label in Nashville, Tenn. Oldies shows came after him and he agreed to do his father’s music as long as he was not billed as a tribute artist, taking pride in being an artist of his own. He sings his own songs as well, including “Bridges Are Burning” and “I Can’t Love You Anymore.” Wilson has a disclaimer when he walks on stage: “If you see Jackie, great. If you hear Jackie, great. But this is Bobby, doing Q the best Bobby I can. Let’s have fun.”

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• Monday, March 25, 2019 at the Radisson Hotel JFK Airport 135-30 140th St, Jamaica, NY 11436 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (formal presentation at 7:00 p.m.) This public meeting will provide participants an opportunity to discuss the Project with NYSDOT representatives and participants will have the opportunity to provide oral statements privately through a stenographer. The DDR/DEIS will be available for review during business hours at the following locations: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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continued from page 33 moves, he found a video of “Shindig! Presents Jackie Wilson.” “For some reason on the box cover, I look nothing like him,” Wilson said. “And then the video comes up and it was like I was standing there. I remember my mouth dropping wide open because I didn’t know my look was that close. “They just looked at the video and looked at me and went, ‘That’s you.’” Billy Davis, who wrote a few hit songs for Jackie Wilson, saw Brooks perform and wouldn’t leave the arena until he met the young singer and told him he was flabbergasted by the similarities. Brooks was performing one night and met the Four Tops. Wilson was cousins with founding members Levi Stubbs and Lawrence Payton. They both knew Brooks’ biological mother and a DNA test later confirmed that he was Wilson’s son. “It took me a little time to digest it after I found out who I really was,” he said. After the revelation, he stopped singing for two years and sold Kirby vacuum cleaners. He did take his father’s last name, per the request of his half-siblings. “I just wanted to be Bobby Wilson,” he said. “I didn’t want to be Jackie. People

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The NYC Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a public hearing on the following application: Variance (§72-21) to permit the construction of a six-story plus cellar Use Group 2 residential building (WellLife Network Inc.) to provide 66 units of low-income affordable and supportive housing contrary to ZR §§ 23-142 (floor area and FAR), 23-142(g) (open space), 23-22 (density regulations), 23-45(a) (front yard), 23-451 (planting requirements), 23-631(d) (front height and setback), 23-632(b) (side setback) and 25-251 (parking). R5 zoning district. Address: 80-97 Cypress Avenue, Block(s) 3731/3732, Lot(s) 65,54, Borough of Queens. BSA Calendar Number: 2018-156-BZ, Applicant: Sheldon Lobel, P.C., for PSCH Cypress Avenue Housing Development Fund Corp. d/b/a WellLife Network Inc., owner. Community Board No.: 5Q. This application has been calendared for Public Hearing *Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 1:00 P.M. session, in Spector Hall, 22 Reade Street, Borough of Manhattan. Interested persons or associations may appear at the hearing to present testimony regarding this application. The referenced application may be reviewed by appointment at the BSA’s office, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. To schedule an appointment or to obtain subsequent information regarding additional hearing dates, please call 212-386-0009 and reference BSA Calendar Number.

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HOWARD BEACH Hi-Ranch, prime location, lg corner lot, 4 BR, 2 full baths, new appli., IGP, walk-in basement. Fruit trees. FOR SALE BY OWNER

646-238-8147 Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Mint AAA Hi-Ranch, 3 BR, 2 full baths, 3 zone radiant heat, porcelain tiles in 1st fl. gas heat Glo FP, quartz counter tops, top fl all GE Cafe series kit, SS appli, granite counter. All new kit & bath, 2 sep electric 220 boxes, tankless water heater, sec cameras, ductless AC, Pella sliding doors. No sand damage. Asking $899K, Connexion I RE, 718-845-1136

Ridgewood, 1824 Madison St., 3/17, 2-3:30pm, X-lg 6 family brick, $1,629,000. Greenpoint, 483 Humbolt St, 3/17, 3-4:30pm, 2 fam/3 levels, $1,799,000. Williamsburg, 326 Leonard St, 3/17, 1-2:30pm, semi-det, 2 fam, $1,999,000. Capri Jet Realty, 347-450-3577 Wantagh, Long Island, Sat 3/16, 12-2pm, 327 Duckpond Drive. Lovely move-in condition, lg expanded Cape, 4 BR, 2 full baths, 80x92 lot, lg extended den w/sliding glass doors to a beautiful park-like yard w/pool, 1st fl 2 BR, 1 bath, 2nd fl, 2 BR, 1 bath, attic for storage. Asking $519,999. Connexion I RE, 718-845-1136 Having a garage sale? Let everyone know about it by advertising in the Queens Classifieds. Call 718-205-8000 and place the ad!

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF QUEENS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007AR3, V. MOHANIE BISHU, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 12, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-AR3 is the Plaintiff and MOHANIE BISHU, ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the QUEENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD. COURTROOM #25, JAMAICA, NY 11435, on April 5, 2019 at 10:00AM, premises known as 92-24 175TH STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11433: Block 10214, Lot 17: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE 4TH WARD, BOROUGH AND COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 705689/2016. David H. Sloan, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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Notice of formation of GEN AND FAMILY LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 11/19/2018. Office location: QUEENS COUNTY. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to NETWORK SOLUTION & Tax Consulting Inc., 105-16 JAMAICA AVE. RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT, QUEENS COUNTY, in favor of ISMAT JAHAN, against MD MOSHARAF HOSSAIN, ROBIN’S HEAVEN INC, ET AL, to me directed and delivered, I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, by Dennis Alestra DCA# 0840217, auctioneer, as the law directs, FOR CASH ONLY, on the 8 day of May, 2019, at 2:30 pm O’clock in the Afternoon, at: THE QUEENS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 30-10 STARR AVENUE, 1st Floor, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 in the county of Queens all the right, title and interest which MD MOSHARAF HOSSAIN, ROBIN’S HEAVEN INC, ET AL, the judgment debtor(s), had on the 12 day of April, 2017, or at anytime thereafter, of, in and to the following properties: 37-18 76TH STREET, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372 (BLOCK 1286, LOT 45) ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Approximate amount of judgment $77,780.96 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 700156/2011. Schwartz, Ponterio & Levenson, PLLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff 134 West 29th Street – Suite 1006, New York, NY 10001, (212) 714-1200

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SPORTS

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

You would buy a used car from Theodore Brodlieb

Tom Terrific by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Anyone who was a Mets fan when Tom Seaver pitched for the home team at Shea Stadium was devastated to hear last week that he has retired from public life because of dementia. It wasn’t just because the man dubbed “The Franchise” and “Tom Terrific” is the only homegrown Met in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and was key to the team going from laughingstocks to World Series champs in 1969. Learning that the perennially boyishly handsome and articulate Seaver is battling dementia is a stark reminder of everyone’s mortality. Apparently some of his teammates from that fabled 1969 team knew of his cognitive issues in late 2016 and that he had become reluctant to leave his home in Napa Valley. One of them, first baseman-outfielder Art Shamsky, worried that Seaver would not be able to enjoy the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the ’69 Mets that will take place this summer. Shamsky and fellow former ’69 Mets Jerry Koosman, Ron Swoboda and Bud Harrelson (who himself is battling Alzheimer’s) decided to celebrate a couple of years early with Seaver by visiting him at his Northern California home. Art Shamsky, with co-author Erik Sherman, has written a book on that 2017 trip to see Seaver out west titled “After the Miracle” (Simon & Schuster). It’s a must-read for Mets fans. Sham-

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Theodore “Ted” Brodlieb was born in April 1916 to immigrants Israel and Gussie Brodlieb from Pinsk, Russia. Ted and brother Seymour grew up on the streets of Brooklyn as their father toiled as a men’s tailor. As a young man Ted learned the trade of selling used cars at Marathon Motors in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and loved the business. After World War II, he boldly opened up a new car dealership in a deserted area near Idlewild Airport (long ago renamed John F. Kennedy Airport). He sold the affordable DeSoto and Plymouth cars and logically named his dealership Idlewild Motors. It was a smashing success as airline mechanics and workers passed by the dealership daily on their way to work. In 1960 Brodlieb added Valiant to the lineup as the Chrysler Corp. discontinued the DeSoto. He opened up another new car dealership in Woodmere, LI, and Ted’s Auto Sales in Far Rockaway for preowned cars.

BEAT

Idlewild Motors, 130-29 Merrick Blvd., Springfield Gardens, summer 1949. Brodlieb was loved by the industry and honored as president of the New York Auto Dealers Association in 1987. Upon his death in 2011, the association pledged an annual scholarship in his honor. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree as his sons Marc and Ken followed in his footsteps opening dealerships in East Hills, LI. Grandson Oliver has even decided to enter the business too. A men’s barbershop and other businesses now occupy the Q former Idlewild Motors property.

sky devotes most of it to sharing his recollections of that magical season with the final chapters serving as the meet-up with Seaver. The authors smartly let the reader to be a fly on the wall as the ex-Mets tell stories. There is even some fun political friction as Ron Swoboda, one of baseball’s few liberals, recalls how ultraconservative pitcher Don Cardwell was upset with his anti-Vietnam War beliefs. The authors also point out the pride that Seaver has taken in his Calistoga winery where he produces GTS cabernet sauvignon. When I met Seaver for the first time at Citi Field a number of years ago I decided that I would eschew discussing baseball and chat about red wine instead. I told him that I wasn’t a big fan of California reds and that I preferred pinot noir from Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Seaver became animated discussing Pinot Noir. “It’s a finicky grape and it’s hard to replicate taste from one vintage to another because there are so many variables that affect it such as temperature, amount of sun, the slope of the hill, and the quality of the soil.” He went on to state that price has nothing to do with wine enjoyment. “It’s an individual thing. You can love a $20 bottle and hate a brand costing $100.” Q He’s right about that. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II 82-17 153 RD Ave., Suite 202, Howard Beach, NY 11414

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Legal 2 Family! Beautiful Colonial in great location. Features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, full finished basement, 2 car garage. Mint condition, wood floors, new roof, new kitchen with new appliances, can be easily M/D, lots of space, close to all transportation. Must see this one! Great price and great value. Won’t Last!!!

• Lindenwood • Spacious 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Condo with Terrace. This condo features 2 large bedrooms, updated bathroom, ample closet space, laundry room and storage. Close to shopping, schools, highways, public transportation, and express bus to Manhattan. Minutes from JFK and casino. Parking is available for an additional $25/month.

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Excellent Fully Renovated 1 Family Detached In Upper Glendale. A true must see!

Lovely 1 Family Tudor In The Best Part Of Glendale, convenient to all, community drive, 2nd house from corner, hardwood floors thru-out top floor, completely fenced in, can park additional car plus area for table and BBQ. Close to Atlas Park Mall, Trader Joe’s and Home Depot! Move Right In!

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

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

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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