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YOUNG AND DANGEROUS More students bringing weapons to school: report

WHERE’S THE MAIL? Crooks ‘fishing’ for letters: residents

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A report by Families for Excellent Schools states that more and more students are bringing weapons into schools and the city should do more to address the issue. A weapon is found in a Queens school every 17 school days, on average.

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Weapon recovery numbers worry some Dromm hits back at report, says group doesn’t look at charter schools by Anthony O’Reilly

Weapons in Queens schools

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he two Jamaica students found carrying loaded guns into school last week is part of a growing trend of young pupils bringing weapons with them, a report by Families for Excellent Schools found. According to the education advocacy group, which cited NYPD statistics, 1,678 weapons were recovered in public schools last year, a big jump from the 1,347 found the year before. “Between alarming increases in weapons recovered, violent incidents, and abusive teachers, New York City is in the midst of a crisis of school violence and Mayor de Blasio is choosing to ignore parents,” Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools, said in a statement last Friday. “Mayor de Blasio’s refusal to confront the epidemic of violence in our schools is putting families across the city at risk.” The report shows an increase in the recovery of every weapon, ranging from firearms to boxcutters. For guns, 13 were recovered last year compared to 10 in 2014; tasers and stunguns jumped from 4 to 62; BB guns jumped from 76 to 78; boxcutters from 488 to 497; and “Other Weapons” from 122 to 155. The biggest increase was in the recovery of knives, which jumped from 647 to 873. Schools in Queens are not exempt from the

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A weapon is recovered every: 11 school days 14 school days 15 school days 15 school days 18 school days 20 school days 20 school days 23 school days 26 school days 26 school days

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recent uptick, the report states. According to data given to the Queens Chronicle by Families for Excellent Schools, a weapon was recovered from a student in the borough every 17 days on average during 2015. Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village had the most frequent occurrences, with a

weapon being found, on average, every 11 school days. Families for Excellent Schools is demanding de Blasio take action on the spike of weapons being brought into educational facilities. A Department of Education spokeswoman said in an email, “Schools must be safe

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Hook, line and you do not have mail Howard Beach residents claim mailboxes are targets for thieves by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Something is f ishy with the mail in Howard Beach lately. During a meeting of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association on Tuesday, an area resident asked Capt. James Fey, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, about reports she had heard about mail being stolen from area mailboxes. Fey said he had heard about mail being stolen by youths who are apparently “fishing” for mail by sticking a pole with a sticky material on it into the mailboxes, but added no such reports have been made to the 106th Precinct. When the resident gave Fey specific locations where the thefts seem to be taking place, such as the mailbox in front of TD Bank on Cross Bay Boulevard and one located on the corner of 84th Street and 157th Avenue, the captain said these crimes are usually reported by residents directly to the postal inspector. Fey said the precinct will follow up with the U.S. Postal Service about the reports. Crime Prevention Officer Gary Maher said the culprits usually carry out these crimes during the overnight hours on Sundays when they know mail has built up in the mailbox. Maher said that an individual hanging around a mailbox by a bus stop and letting several buses pass without getting on may be looking to steal the mail. A former post office employee present at the meeting suggested that residents not put their mail in mailboxes overnight and also not put their mail in isolated mailboxes. Fey also mentioned that only three of the 84 crimes during the past 28-day period in the precinct took place in

Howard Beach and Lindenwood. He said that one of the three crimes involved a con artist calling a senior citizen in Old Howard Beach posing as her grandson and telling her that he needed money for bail. “Please look out for our elderly because they truly are vulnerable,” Fey said. He told the audience that a Mercedes Benz in Lindenwood was broken into and a $3,000 radio was taken from it. The theft of tools from houses under construction or being remodeled was reported by contractors attending the civic meeting. The civic also heard from the Fire Department about the importance of having smoke detectors, which were handed out for free along with carbon monoxide detectors, in one’s home. Lt. John Erico and Lt. Joe Delligatto, of the department’s fire safety education unit, stressed that every floor of a house should have one smoke detector, as well as each bedroom. People should also make sure to test the detectors every month and replace the batteries as needed. Erico said the alarms chirp three times when smoke is detected and chirp rapidly when carbon monoxide is detected. “Mine talks,” said a resident, as the audience broke out into laughter. “In the middle of the night it says, ‘Alarm, alarm, leave house immediately,’” she added. In the event of a grease fire, Erico added, residents should try to cover the fire with a lid. If no cover can be found, baking soda can be sprinkled over the flames until the fire is extinguished. He also urged residents to have a Q fire extinguisher in their house.

Capt. James Fey, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, addresses crime at Tuesday’s meeting of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association. Some residents said mail is being fished out of mailboxes in PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON the area.

Assembly votes to legalize MMA fights Resorts World Casino says hosting events would be an ‘economic driver’ by Anthony O’Reilly

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New York State is finally ready to r umble after the Assembly passed a bill that legalizes and regulates mixed martial arts events. “With today’s vote, millions of fans across the state will soon be able to enjoy MMA right in their own backyard. This will make MMA safer for fighters and fans alike, as well as bring millions of dollars to the state and boost economic activity for our local businesses,” Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), who had advocated for the spor t’s legalization, said in a Tuesday statement issued shortly after the chamber’s 113-25 vote. “I’m proud to join Majority Leader Morelle in ending this unnecessary chokehold on a sport that every other state in the country has safely enjoyed for years.” The bill passed the Senate earlier

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this year and Gov. Cuomo is expected to sign the bill, lifting the near20 year ban on the sport, into law. Assembly members have been trying for years to bring the sport

to the state, which, pending Cuomo’s signature, will be the last in the country to legalize it. One of the main opponents of the legislation was former Assembly

Speaker Sheldon Silver, who late last year was forced to give up his seat after being convicted on corruption charges. Some members spoke out against it before Tuesday’s vote, including Manhattan Assemblymembers Dan ny O’Donnell (D-Manhattan) and Deborah Glick (D-Manhattan), who both called the sport barbaric. Seve r a l Q ue e n s A sse mbly members have been at the forefront of getting the sport to be legalized, including Goldfeder, Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria). “Until today, New York has been an outlier when it came to legalization of Mixed Mar tial Arts. I am delighted that status has now changed because it will bring incredible economic benefits to our state and fans will finally get to watch a sport they love,” Simotas said in a statement. All three have put their names

on the bills that failed to pass, as well as the one that was approved this week. The state will collect tax revenues from events held in New York, according to the bill’s language. At least one Queens venue is look i ng to capit ali ze on the Assembly’s move. A R e s o r t s Wo r l d C a s i n o spokesperson said the South Ozone Park racino, adjacent to Aqueduct Race Track, is the “perfect venue to host mixed martial arts events. “Adding one of the fasting growing and most popular sports in the country to our entertainment portfolio would be an economic driver for the region,” the spokesperson added in an email. Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s largest MMA company, has already expressed interest in hosting fights in New York City and Q other parts of the state.

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Dangling wires irk Woodhaven civic Cable companies are doing a sloppy job of cleaning up, residents say by Matthew Bultman Chronicle Contributor

This isn’t what cable subscribers have in mind when they talk about cutting the cord. Residents in Woodhaven have become frustrated with cable providers who they say sloppily clip old cable or phone wires and let them hang from the lines above. There are various blocks in the neighborhood, they say, where wires dangle above parked cars and sidewalks. “It’s not what we want in our community,” Martin Colberg said last Saturday, drawing nods of agreement from several people during a meeting of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. “We don’t want to see that. It looks horrible.” Residents said the problem arises when someone in the neighborhood changes cable providers. The new company will sometimes cut the old wires, they said. And while installers are supposed to remove the entire wire, companies sometimes clip it and leave the rest dangling behind, some said. In Woodhaven, the problem is evidenced on 89th Street between Jamaica and 88th avenues, where several wires are hanging. Some were low enough that a person standing on the sidewalk would have no trouble reaching out and grabbing hold of them. Colberg, president of the block association, cited other streets throughout the neighbor-

Downed cable lines in Woodhaven are a common eyesore, according to those who live there. Martin Colberg, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, theorized this could PHOTO BY MATTHEW BULTMAN be due to an ongoing battle between Verizon and Time Warner. hood with similar issues, which residents at the meeting attested to. “It seems like there is a cable war going on and we may be suffering from it,” Colberg said, pointing to the ongoing battle between Verizon and Time Warner for customers in the five boroughs. Downed cable and telephone lines are not as

dangerous as downed power lines, which carry high voltages and can be deadly if someone touches them. Still, they could become energized if they get tangled with other cables, according to energy education groups, which say it’s best to assume all downed or hanging lines are dangerous. At the very least, Woodhaven residents say

the lines have become an eyesore. Colberg advised people to call 311 and report detached wires to the city. He said the block association also planned to bring the issue to Community Board 9 and might take the matter to City Hall to ask for a sit-down with some cable network operators. In separate emails this week, representatives from Verizon and Time Warner said it was their company’s policy not to disturb another provider’s equipment when activating new service. “However, if there was a reason to disconnect existing wiring we would remove it from both ends (the house side and the network side) and not leave it detached,” Verizon spokesman Michael Murphy wrote in an email. “If a resident is concerned about a detached wire, whether due to weather, or caused by a vehicle, or otherwise, they can contact us and if it belongs to us we will remove it.” The discussion Saturday was prompted by talk of the WRBA’s “311 weekend,” a fundraiser in which residents pledge to make donations for each complaint to 311. Colberg said the drive has been extended to run the rest of March. Money will be donated to the WORKS Little League for its Challenger division, which is geared toward children with special needs and Q learning disabilities.

Support grows for RBL feasibility study Mike Miller, Polly Trottenberg get on board with looking at train idea by Anthony O’Reilly

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All aboard? Support for conducting a study to look at the feasibility of restoring the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line is slowly but surely gaining support. First, Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) last week put out a statement calling the study a “commendable idea for the old Rockaway line. “Seeing this in the final budget would demonstrate how serious we are about improving transportation options for the residents of my district. An important question that should be asked is how we can connect this rail line to the current Long Island Railroad ser vice already on Atlantic Avenue,” Miller continued. “I would hope that in the process the study takes into account all factors, especially homeowners who live next to the rail line. We must ensure that quality of life is maintained for all members of the community.” Miller’s district encompasses the area just north of Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s (D-Rocka-

way Park), who last Tuesday announced the Assembly included funding for the feasibility study in its one-house budget proposal. The Assembly, Republican-controlled Senate and Gov. Cuomo now must negotiate a final budget that goes into effect April 1. Cuomo has the ability to veto single items in both house’s budget proposals. In the past, he has announced funding for a different idea for the right-of-way, a 3.5mile stretch of parkland to be known as the QueensWay. Goldfeder and transportation advocates looking to put a train back on the line, which has not happened since 1962, are expected to have a major ally hop on board with their proposal. Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg is expected to soon come out in favor of the study. Goldfeder also went to the Capitol last week to discuss the study with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Nadler is a supporter of restoring the rail line.

Last week, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) told the Queens Chronicle he would advocate for funding for the study to be included in the final budget. Goldfeder last week said he would like the study to include the assessment of “the current condition of infrastructure along the 4-mile right-of-way, as well as the full cost of reactivating the line for passenger service ... the benef its of reactivation, including potential ridership and the economic benefits to surrounding communities.” The rail line, if reactivated, would connect the existing Rockaway line to Ozone Park and then to Rego Park. If the study is approved as part of the f inal state budget, the MTA would have to conduct it and report its findings to both chambers and the governor by March 1, 2017. A spokesman for Goldfeder said there is no exact price tag on the rail study, but that he expects it to be anywhere from $2 to $5 million, basing that number off Q other similar studies.

Support for a study to look into the feasibility of restoring the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line has been growing ever since Assemblyman Phil FILE PHOTO Goldfeder announced funding for the initiative.

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t’s been a long time since there was a president from New York, long enough so it’s become a cliché that being the city’s mayor or the state’s governor is a dead-end job. But now, as the most unpredictable presidential election in living memory rolls on, it’s looking more and more likely that the contest will pit New York transplant Hillary Clinton, the former senator and secretary of state, who’s now lived in Westchester for more than 15 years, against business mogul and showman Donald Trump, a Queens native and the very personification of Manhattan nouveau riche excess. That means Queens and the rest of New York stand to benefit whether the Democratic veteran of Washington, DC or the Republican billionaire builder end up in the Oval Office. Presidents don’t forget where they’re from, and for Clinton that’s been Chappaqua, NY since her husband left office, and for Trump it was Jamaica Estates when he was growing up [see an article on what some residents of the area think of his run in this week’s paper]. This topsy-turvy race has of course brought no

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shortage of surprises, whether it’s the success in a handful of states of Clinton’s opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (a Brooklyn native), or the fact that Trump is running at all, much less leading what once had been a crowd of 17 seeking the GOP nomination. Many Republicans would like to deny him the nod at their convention, but it’s not at all clear that they could. So what we hope for now is that the race can stabilize and mature. That may not be possible with Trump as a candidate, but we can hope. He actually delivered a somewhat substantive, prepared address this week, to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a speech blessedly free of references to what goes on in the bathroom, and named his foreign policy team. The next day, however, supporters of his rival, Sen. Ted Cruz, sent out a racy picture of Trump’s wife, Melania, from her days modeling for the likes of GQ, and Trump responded as he so often has: ignoring the truth (that Cruz wasn’t responsible) and making demented threats (to “spill the beans” on Cruz’s wife). Well, New York may win in the end, but we’re all going to suffer more between now and November.

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Misdelivered mail Dear Editor: I would just like to clarify a few misconceptions in the Queens Chronicle article authored by Christina Cardona in regard to some Queens residents being dissatisfied with their mail delivery (“Residents slam postal disservice,” March 17, multiple editions). Community Board 4 in Queens is alleging that the sole reason for its localized mail delivery problems is the processing of Queens mail at the Brooklyn Processing and Distribution Center. I sincerely wish that the reporter and/or the community board would have thoroughly investigated the dilemma of mail delivery in Queens before concluding that Brooklyn was responsible for their predicament. Carefully reading through the article shows CB 4’s main problem is not with the Brooklyn P&DC but with localized mail delivery. Community board members are complaining that mail is being missent to addresses in their community and that Queens residents are consistently exchanging mail that has been misdelivered. Prior to pointing the finger of blame, one must understand the intricacies of mail delivery. Please realize that if mail is being misdelivered, it is not the fault of the employees of the Brooklyn P&DC. The issue in Queens is clearly a carrier-related problem in a specific Queens post office. Our American Postal Workers Union © Copyright 2016 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y. 11374-7769.

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t’s time!” That’s what official Ultimate Fighting Championship announcer Bruce Buffer says to start mixed-martial arts bouts, and it’s time the phrase be heard live here in the Empire State. That possibility was all but assured Tuesday, when the state Assembly finally passed a bill that would legalize professional MMA in New York, which is now the only state in the nation that doesn’t allow it. The passage is likely one more positive result from the downfall of disgraced former Speaker Sheldon Silver, who had opposed letting the UFC hold matches here. The state Senate already passed an MMA bill, and Gov. Cuomo is expected to sign the measure. Soon you may even see stars such as Ronda Rousey, Conor McGregor and Chris Weidman right here in Queens, as Resorts World Casino would be glad to host bouts. Is MMA fighting violent? You bet. So are boxing, hockey and football, all legal sports. New York State’s ban has done nothing but cost both the state and private venues money, and deny people who want to watch live the chance to do so. It hasn’t made society any more civil. It’s a pointless ban we look forward to seeing knocked out.

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Select Bus boondoggle Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Anthony O’Reilly’s March 17 article “What will SBS end up costing the city? ” (multiple editions). The article, which reveals the staggering $400 million projected cost for Select Bus Service on the WoodhavenCross Bay Boulevard corridor, says it all. SBS has become nothing more than an excuse to use budgeted funds, whether it

makes sense or not, whether it benefits the affected communities or not. The collateral damage inflicted by this on our communities will be the true cost of this monstrous boondoggle and that cost will be just as staggering. SBS has become just one more sad example of bureaucratic indifference and inefficiency. What is worse, the DOT has the unmitigated gall to blame the increase in their projected funding on the communities who are merely pointing out the many fallacies in this project. Indeed, the affected communities have consistently and intensely opposed this project — and for good reason. It would further increase congestion on Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards, force traffic onto small residential side streets and impede driveway access for those who must actually live on these boulevards. No one opposes improving bus service on this busy corridor. But this does not require SBS! Bus service can be improved by simply implementing off-board fare collection (the

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FAITH TALK Pastor Stephen Roser We have been created in such a way that we cannot live without hope. We can live 40 days without food, six minutes without air, but not one second without an expectation of a better day. The source of hope determines the quality of hope. Life’s pathway is littered with the withering hopes of pleasure, fame, and wealth, proving the words of Solomon, “the hope of ungodly men perishes.” The Source of our hope, which we celebrate this Easter, is Christ’s Resurrection, the Source of Life itself. The apostle Peter described it as a “living hope.” Nevertheless, we can hardly imagine a man with less hope than Peter had on the night that he denied that he knew Jesus of Nazareth. After the rooster crowed for the third time, he walked into the darkness, a hopeless, broken man. A dramatic change occurred on Easter morning when, after hearing that Jesus had risen from the dead, he ran to the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, stooped

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One lousy editorial Dear Editor: I am very disappointed with your recent editorial calling for a “compromise” on landmarking (“A landmark compromise,” March 10). This editorial’s proposal to allow property owners to “opt out” of all of the restrictions that come with landmarking is truly absurd. Based on your idea, this means that the current owner would be able to “not worry about getting new windows” but also would be able to completely alter or demolish their building at any time. Additionally, the idea of a histor-

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One lousy article Dear Editor: Last week’s lead article by Christopher Barca, “Who’s at fault? ”, regarding the “park” on Austin Street in Kew Gardens, alongside the Kew Gardens Cinemas, is a terrible, ill-informed article which casts unfair blame on the theater owner (“Who’s responsible for primping the ‘park’?”, multiple editions). The “park” was originally a feces-infested dog run, converted to a vest-pocket park as part of Mayor Lindsay’s program for creating and equipping such parks citywide after leasing the land from the owner for $1 for 20 or 25 years. When the lease ran out, the (new and present) owner continued to make it available to the community at no charge. Maintenance has been an informally shared responsibility over the years. Early on, the users of the sitting area maintained it, but, in time, additional support was needed. Participants in irregular cleanup and repair have been the departments of Parks (which repaired benches) and Sanitation (which cleaned up periodically), the staff of the Roger Williams, conscientious users, Cheril Alexander’s Kew Gardens Youth Group (with monetary support from the Kew Gardens Civic Association), Rosemary Sherman and Carol Lacks, other Good Samaritans, and the theater. We certainly don’t want the owner to close the “park” off and deprive the many residents in the area — old and young — of a much used and appreciated amenity, one that has also been used for community affairs and concerts. Obviously, cleanup has not been as frequent in winter; and, while the recent early onset of warm weather prompts the need for a cleanup, it does not justify the complaint made. Had the reporter done his homework, both the article and this reply would not have been warranted. Dominick Pistone, President Murray H. Berger, Executive Chairman for the Kew Gardens Civic Association Kew Gardens

ic district is to preserve an entire neighborhood, not just a few buildings here or there. If this compromise had been in place when the Landmarks Law was adopted in 1965, neighborhoods throughout New York City would have been destroyed, not saved. As a civic leader, member of the City Council and now state senator, I have continuously supported the protection of our neighborhoods through numerous strategies including contextual rezoning and landmark designation. This includes, as you pointed out, the Ahles House, as well as the Douglaston Historic District Extension — also calendared during my tenure on the City Council. It does not surprise me that the current owner of the Ahles House is stating that the building shouldn’t be preserved. The Ahles House has great architectural integrity and, more importantly, is historically critical to interpreting the history of Bayside due to its status as the last ONLINE house standing that belonged to Miss an article or a letter cited by a writer? the Bell family. As for BroadWant breaking news from all over Queens? way-Flush i ng, Find the latest news, you do a great past reports from all disservice to this over the borough and neighborhood by i mply i ng t hat more at qchron.com. the opposition to landmarking is equal to those in favor. There are not “many other people” who oppose landmarking, as you erroneously stated, merely a handful of residents who don’t believe in landmarking, which is their right. However, a decade ago the neighborhood was required to survey the residents in order to receive National and State Register of Historic Places status. At the time, over 85 percent of the property owners were in favor; today, that number is over 90 percent in favor. I have just introduced legislation (Senate Bill No. S7032) to direct the Landmarks Preservation Commission to create a landmark historic district for Broadway-Flushing that will match the existing National and State Register historic district boundaries. In addition, to help protect neighborhoods that may not reach the level of landmarking, I just introduced legislation (Senate Bill Nos. S6958 and S7031) to create Architectural Design districts which would allow neighborhoods to preserve the character and promote new construction which would better fit in with the existing development patterns and styles. Tony Avella NYS Senator for the 11th District Bayside

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Dear Editor: In response to Kerry Wright’s Letter to the Editor (“Aid the Disabled,” March 3), we are an example of parents who have an adult child with intellectual developmental disabilities, or IDD, living with us at home. Our daughter is a 28-year-old with autism and mental retardation. She attends a day program. She can do many things, but living on her own is not one of them, nor will that ever be a possibility for her.

A residential placement (group home) would open up a new world to her. She would be able to live among peers, develop new life skills and become part of a community where she would have responsibilities and new experiences appropriate for someone of her age and developmental level. Parents whose adult children have been afforded the opportunity to live in a group home all report that it was the best thing that ever happened to them. Our daughter’s doctor (neurologist/psychiatrist) concurs with this opinion. In addition, since we are both already in our 60s, we have the added worry of what will happen to our daughter as we age further. If something happens to one or both of us, she would be put into a crisis situation. We are asking everyone to contact your local officials and urge them to support our cause to secure funding to develop new residential housing for individuals with IDD. Louis and Janet Turro Woodhaven

Again like Hitler Dear Editor: On Aug. 2, 1934, the German Army assembled and stated with arms raised, “I swear by God this sacred oath to the Leader of the German Empire and people, Adolf Hitler …” On March 5, 2016, Trump asked supporters to raise their right arms and “solemnly swear” that they would vote for him. It’s remarkable how few have condemned Trump for this re-enactment of 1934. Powerfully absent is the revulsion to those who complied. The efforts by mainstream Republicans to avoid alienating Trump’s supporters defines them as willing to sell out morals for political expediency. The Republican establishment is twisting and turning in all manner of contrivances to deny Trump the nomination while keeping his supporters loyal to the party. Does there not come a time when principles overtake political opportunism? When a soul is traded to the devil can the consequences be surprising? Some establishment Republicans reputedly are supporting Ted Cruz as the Trump alternative. The belief is that Trump will destroy the party while Cruz will lose but keep intact the Republican brand. But without rejecting the extremists that would follow Trump regardless of any offense or violation that is in violation to the Constitution or Bill of Rights what would be a legitimate Republican Party? Ed Horn Baldwin, LI

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Police say they have arrested the “main aggressor” in the brutal stabbing of a 24-year-old man earlier this month on a street corner in Woodhaven. Frank Ventura, 15, was taken into police custody on March 15, the NYPD said, close to two weeks after the assault on the corner of 85th Street and Jamaica Avenue. Ventura faces several charges, including attempted murder, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to cops. He is being held on $300,000 bond or $150,000 cash bail. “I don’t foresee that person coming out to the streets anytime soon,” Jose Severino, community affairs officer for the 102nd Precinct, told the audience Saturday during a meeting of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. The gruesome attack on March 2 alarmed the community and prompted a manhunt by police, who said the victim was jumped by a group of assailants about 6:40 p.m. and repeatedly stabbed in the neck, stomach and rear, while being kicked and punched. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where Severino

said he remains in stable condition. Days after the assault, police released photos of six suspects who were wanted in connection with the crime. Akk of the individuals are described at the time as Hispanic men, between the ages of 15 and 20. Severino said Saturday that authorities continue to hunt for the other people involved. “It’s an ongoing investigation but the main aggressor was the person arrested,” he said. He described the attack as an isolated incident but said it was not yet clear what the relationship was between the victim and the suspects. Two NYPD officers were nearby when the stabbing occurred and were able to quickly treat the victim while EMS responded. Police have credited the officers — Teddy Saint-Gerard and Nicholas Salamone — with helping save the man’s life. Both were presented with the “Cop of the Month Award” at a recent 102nd Precinct Community Council meeting. “That was just good thinking, putting pressure to the wound, and it enabled EMS to get him to the hospital to save a life,” Q Severino said.

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nue to continue on Metropolitan. An MTA representative told the few CB 9 members present that the bus rerouting was necessary to avoid having the large vehicles make those turns, adding that having them go down 131st Street was the “only alternative” for the line. No residents of 131st Street showed up to Tuesday’s meeting, though CB 9 Chairman Raj Rampershad said some expressed opposition when he spoke with them the weekend before. At least one of the residents called CB 9’s office to criticize the short notice of the meeting, according to District Manager Lisa Gomes. Rampershad and Wilson asked DOT officials why the agency didn’t reach out to nearby residents and notify them of the plan. An agency official responded that it relies on community boards to get the word out about any projects going on in the area. The project is expected to start in late May, DOT and MTA officials said, and Q take four to six weeks.

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A Tuesday meeting of Community Board 9’s Transportation Committee drew no opponents of the MTA’s plan to reroute the Q54 down a residential street in Richmond Hill. “I think we’re satisfied,” committee Chairman Kenichi Wilson said. The meeting was held to discuss why the MTA chose to make the bus go down 131st Street, a residential cor ridor, between Jamaica and Hillside avenues. The change would be in effect for buses heading to Williamsburg. Q54 buses going to Jamaica will not have to turn down 131st Street. MTA and Department of Transportation off icials said it was necessar y because of a safety project going on in the area, which would make Metropolitan Avenue between 130th and 131st streets one-way going eastbound. Drivers going west on Metropolitan will be forced to make a right onto 131st Street and then a left onto Hillside Ave-

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Council OKs MIH and ZQA by wide margins NYC will become a place where ‘everyone’ can live, de Blasio says by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

After months of tense debate, the City Council Tuesday voted to approve Mayor de Blasio’s rezoning initiatives to create more affordable housing in the five boroughs. “New York City is not the only city struggling with an affordable housing crisis, but it is the only one to pass a plan that will benefit half a million low-to-moderate income people, build and preserve over 200,000 affordable housing apartments, and require developers to build affordable housing,” de Blasio said in a statement issued shortly after the vote. Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which will require permanently affordable units in new developments and enlargements of more than 10 units, passed 42-5. Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) was the only Queens Council member to vote against it. Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which will relax or eliminate parking requirements for senior housing in transit zones and allow for slightly higher buildings in areas zoned for multifamily dwellings, passed 40-6 with one abstention. The Queens legislators who said no are Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) and Grodenchik. The Council and de Blasio disagreed on the initiatives until last week, when Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) announced changes to the plans.

Following an agreement between the City Council and Mayor de Blasio last week, city lawmakers approved Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability by wide FILE PHOTO margins on Tuesday. On MIH, the Council added another level of affordability for new units and made it so the lawmakers choose how many affordable units a developer will be required to include in the structure. It also creates a tracking system to follow how many units are created

under de Blasio’s plan. When it comes to ZQA, the Council is calling for changes to the transit map that states where parking requirements would have been eliminated, though how that will be done has not been made clear.

Both plans are part de Blasio’s goal to create or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing by 2024. All but two Queens community boards voted against ZQA and MIH last year, with most of them citing the reduction in parking as their main concern. CB 1 voted in favor, but with the caveat that some parking spots be kept. Community Board 3 voted for the plans as proposed. During the Council’s vote, several lawmakers took time to explain why they were voting in favor of the two bills. Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) thanked the community boards whose areas he represents, including 1 and 3, for their input on the bills, and praised the Mayor’s Office for keeping track of the panels’ complaints. But not everyone was happy with the Council’s vote. Protestors opposing the plans chanted during the meeting and some, according to published reports, superglued their hands together, making it harder for security to remove them from City Hall. One protester started having back spasms and required medical attention. Mark-Viverito called for a pause to the meeting while the ambulance treated the protester and stood by the person’s side until help Q arrived.

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Lt. Gov. Kathy Hocul has a big state to serve. And she’s been in the World’s Borough a lot lately. “There are 62 counties, so please don’t tell the rest how much time I’m spending in Queens,” the lieutenant governor said at the Chamber of Commerce last Friday. “It’s like being a parent in a big family, I have to show the love to everybody.” She doesn’t seem to mind coming here often, though. “I’ve so enjoyed coming to Queens because I love the diversity,” Hochul said at the event, which was hosted by t he cha mber’s L eg islat ive Com m it tee. “It’s so welcoming.” As the chairwoman of Gov. Cuomo’s regional economic development councils, Hochul has a big role in making the business climate of New York an attractive one for companies and investors. The governor’s work, she said, is largely responsible for the growth that New York has experienced in recent years. “The fact that unemployment has dropped by 3, 4, 5 percent in parts of the state of New York — don’t take that for granted,” Hochul said. The lieutenant governor, a Buffalo native, also discussed her own experience joining a chamber of commerce. After she graduated from law school, her mother started a flower shop and she assisted with the legal process of starting a business. “We benefited tremendously from the networking and

the synergy that was created by the people trying to support each other as part of the community,” Hochul said. “It really was enormously successful and we became very close friends with people from our chamber.” Hochul also discussed the administration’s plan for providing paid leave for state employees, a policy that no other state in America has implemented. “The rights of families to have dignity, take care of each other, take care of a sick spouse, take care of parents who need it,” she said. “You should be proud to be part of a state that makes that a high priority.” Increasing the number of minority and women-owned businesses is also an initiative that Cuomo and his lieutenants have worked on. In 2014, the governor announced his goal of giving 30 percent of state agency contracts to women- and minority-owned businesses bidding on them. A proposal of the governor’s 2016 legislative agenda is to make that percentage a goal for all localities and municipalities in New York State. “We need more women to be participating in business,” Hochul said. “We need their voices.” The Chamber of Commerce is currently seeking women and minority-owned businesses to work in the LaGuardia Partners Project, a public-private partnership selected by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the large-scale renovation of LaGuardia Airport. “Sometimes it’s tough to get to the right contacts,” Thomas Grech, the chamber’s executive director, told the Chronicle. “And the chamber’s in a spot where we’re trying to connect the dots to allow all those people to get Q access to that consortium.”

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Residents of Jamaica Estates talk Trump Candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style and comments worry some who live in his old neighborhood by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Although Martha Taylor knew the Trump family when she was growing up, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voting for The Donald in New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming primary election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The things heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saying that he would do are totally unconstitutional,â&#x20AC;? Taylor, a life-long Jamaica Estates resident, told the Queens Chronicle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And how does he think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna pass them in a democracy?â&#x20AC;? Taylor, the chairwoman of the Jamaica Estates Association and the second vice chairwoman of Community Board 8, was a Brownie Scout when the GOP frontrunnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister was a Girl Scout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never met Donald and he was sent off to military academy pretty early on,â&#x20AC;? Taylor said, adding that she â&#x20AC;&#x153;knew his brother Freddy, who was a friend, and I liked him a lot.â&#x20AC;? Her words for the candidate are less kind. Like others interviewed for this story, Taylor was speaking solely for herself, not for any of the groups that she is affiliated with. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made a lot of outrageous comments which I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t now whether he really means them or not,â&#x20AC;? she said. The neighborhood, Taylor added, was less ethnically diverse during the time that he lived there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was much whiter when he was a kid and kind of WASPy,â&#x20AC;? she said.

As a child, Donald Trump lived at 85-14 Midland Pkwy. in Jamaica Estates. Some of the people who live in the neighborhood now, however, are not sure that the GOP frontrunner can â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make FILE PHOTO America Great Again.â&#x20AC;? But times have changed. Perhaps to The Donaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chagrin, many of the businesses on Hillside Avenue that are used by Jamaica Estates residents are owned by immigrants. Dr. Edward Toriello, the president of the JEA, weighed in on the candidate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not really crazy about his policies, to be honest with you,â&#x20AC;? Toriello said.

Many in the borough, a bastion of diversity where every language under the sun is spoken, have voiced disgust about Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incendiary rhetoric. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think his style is presidential,â&#x20AC;? Toriello said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the type of style that attracts me.â&#x20AC;? Still, one resident of the neighborhood,

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Love was in the air March 19 as Queens Chronicle Associate Editor Anthony O’Reilly married the love of his life, Julie Amadeo. O’Reilly, who covers South Queens and education for the Chronicle, and Amadeo, now in her final year at NYU School of Law, met at St. John’s University in 2011. The two fell in love there and were engaged on Jan. 1, 2015.

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Sanders’ focus now back on the Senate Says key Albany chairmanships can accomplish more than a new U.S. rep. by Michael Gannon Editor

Less than a week after pulling out of the race for the 5th Congressional District, state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) said keeping to his Senate seat in the 10th District was a pretty good — and potentially far more influential — consolation prize. Sanders spoke about both races, issues state and national and an ongoing federal investigation into allegations of solicited kickbacks raised by two residents of the Rockaways in a sitdown last Friday with the editorial board of the Queens Chronicle. Sanders has a challenger in the 10th District — Adrienne Adams, the chairwoman of Community Board 12 and a fellow Democrat. “Imagine if I could get the chairmanship of the [Senate’s] Economic Development Committee, or Banking Committee,” he said. “In Congress, you can sit on a committee for years before you become chairman. And it has to be the right committee. You could be on the paint-drying committee.” He said one of the more influential state committees, however, would put him in a far better position to advance his agenda, such as a $15 statewide minimum wage and free tuition to some public colleges and vocational schools. He also wants to hold Gov. Cuomo

accountable for what he said is a focus on the economy upstate, such as his “Buffalo Billion” initiative. “If you could bring that to New York City and do it right, you could do many spectacular things.” he said. Sanders back in December filed paperwork to try to unseat Congressman Greg Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) in the 5th CD. Shortly thereafter two residents of the Rockaways filed a complaint with federal officials. Sanders would not discuss the case on advice from his attorney other than to say “We will have our day.” He also went into no detail regarding some of his supporters’ contention that the allegations were a direct result of challenging the congressman. “I expected to get hit with the kitchen sink,” he said. “I didn’t expect to get hit with the bathroom toilet.” Much of Sanders’ scenario depends on Democrats regaining control of the Senate, which had been divided 31-31 since January when former Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos was convicted on corruption charges and expelled. A special election for Skelos’ old seat in heavily Republican Nassau County is scheduled for April 19 between Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) and

Fresh from pulling out of the race for the Democratic nomination in the 5th Congressional District, state Sen. James Sanders Jr. says there is great potential for New York if Democrats can PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE gain control of the state Senate. Republican attorney Chris McGrath. The winner would give his party a numerical advantage, but particularly with Democrats, that is no sure thing. Five of their members, including Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), are in the Independent Democratic Conference. Another wild card is Sen. Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn), who cau-

cuses with Republicans. But Sanders said he also is looking to November, when he believes national politics will be beneficial to the party in Senate races upstate. “Democrats come out to vote in presidential election years,” he said, a movement the continued on page 29

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The race in the state Senate’s 10th District this year could shape up to the general election being anticlimactic to an anticipated Democratic primary. Adrienne Adams, chairwoman of Community Board 12 and one of the newest members of the Queens Library Board of Trustees, announced her intention to run for the seat in late February, when incumbent Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) was planning a race against Congressman Greg Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau). Sanders’ recent announcement that he was withdrawing to concentrate on re-election has done nothing to change Adams’ mind. “I’m running to provide the district with the integrity they deserve as part of a united Democratic Party,” Adams said Monday morning in an interview with the editorial board of the Chronicle. “... I don’t think my political aspirations are affected by his.” Adams considers herself “semi-retired” from a career in corporate executive training, where she has worked with companies r a ng i ng f rom small to For t u ne 50 0 occupants. She has been on Community Board 12 since 2009, and was elected chairwoman in 2012 in a hotly contested race with then-

Community Board 12 Chairwoman Adrienne Adams is focusing on business and education — and not her opponent — as she campaigns for the Democratic nomination in New York State’s 10th PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE Senate District. incumbent Jacqueline Boyce. She was appointed to the library board by Borough President Melinda Katz to fill one of the vacancies created when Katz and Mayor de Blasio removed several board

members considered to be loyalists of embattled former CEO and President Tom Galante. Should Adams and Sanders both stick out the race until the Sept. 13 primary, the

winner would be a prohibitive favorite against any Republican opposition in the general election on Nov. 8. Adams’ stated priorities upon election are not surprising given her professional background and her former post as chairwoman of CB 12’s Education Committee. “I believe in equally funded schools,” she said, referring to $4.4 billion she said Albany owes to school districts in the state under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court rulings. She said New York City alone is owed $2 billion. Adams said she supports charter schools as she does any school that succeeds in educating children. “What I am opposed to is co-location of charter schools or any other schools,” she said. She also wants to craft legislation that would increase the number of government contracts awarded to minority and womenowned businesses. And she is a supporter of the call to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. Adams, a Jamaica resident, also is a member of Katz’s Jamaica Now Leadership Council, which has been charged with overseeing wide-ranging plans to revitalize Jamaica’s business and economic future, continued on page 29

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Two children were accused of bringing loaded guns to school in Jamaica last week, one day and five blocks apart. A handful of community leaders were outside one of the schools on a snow-dusted sidewalk early Monday morning for both the students and the neighborhood. No one was hurt in either incident, but Kevin Livingston organized Monday’s gathering of black men outside of PS 40, the Samuel Huntington School, for myriad reasons. “We wanted children coming to school to see black men who are mentors and role models,” Livingston said. Livingston, a community activist, is the founder of 100 Suits for 100 Men, an organization dedicated to helping young men in the community prepare themselves for school and the job market. The program has since expanded to include women. The group greeted students and parents, wishing them a good morning and encouraging them to work hard and have a good day in school. “We have two problems,” Livingston said. “First, there is a proliferation of guns in our community. Why are children getting access to guns? Second, there are men in our community who have to stand up. This is not just an NYPD problem anymore.” He also said that the neighborhood needs something different than the publicity it has been getting in the last week.

In the case of PS 40, located at 109-20 Union Hall Street, police said an 11-year-old child brought a loaded 9 mm pistol into the building on March 16. Multiple published reports have said the boy told police that the gun belonged to his grandfather. A day later a 15-year-old boy was charged with bringing a loaded .38-caliber revolver into York Early College Academy, located at 133-25 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. He allegedly was having problems with a group of students in the school and displayed the gun. The school was placed on what is being termed a “soft lockdown.” Livingston on Friday put out the word that he was looking for as many male leaders as possible from the community to gather outside of PS 40 beginning at 7:20 a.m., with the intention of greeting students and parents through the formal opening at 8 a.m. A group of eight had gathered by the time the first students arrived. Earl Roberts, former president of the 113th Precinct Community Council, was among them. He said his purpose was to be visible to the children, and to show them that people care. He also said it is for the good of the neighborhood as a whole. “I grew up in that white house across the street,” Roberts said, pointing. “We used to ride our bikes from here to Valley Stream and back. This is my neighborhood. I don’t call Q this Southeast Queens. This is Jamaica.”

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continued from page 2 concerns over weapons being recovered from schools prior to last week. “I haven’t heard anything,” Adrienne Adams, chairwoman for Community Board 12 and its former Education Committee head, said in a wide-ranging interview with the Chronicle about her campaign for state Sen. James Sanders Jr.’s (D-South Ozone Park) seat. Adams, who said she would seek to work on education issues if elected to the Senate, said she has also not heard of any increase in violence in schools, a phenomenon that the

Families for Excellent Schools put out a report on last week. At least two people said while the report’s numbers may be accurate, it was put out with a political purpose. Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, blasted Families for Excellent Schools for putting out negative reports about public schools, but failing to show an increase in violence at charter schools. “They’ve had a much bigger increase,” Dromm said in a Tuesday interview. The councilman pointed to an op-ed by

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew that showed, using the same numbers the advocacy group used for their report, that charter schools have a much higher incidence of weapon recovery and drug possession and the number of violent incidents in those facilities jumped 54 percent from 2014 to 2015, compared to the 23 percent increase in public schools. “Why don’t they ever talk about charter schools?” Dromm asked. He also said it wasn’t a coincidence that the report was released the same week as the two gun recoveries. Community Board 9 Education Committee Chairman Seth Wellins asked the same question.

“They’re always pro-charter school,” Wellins said. Wellins said he had not heard of any uptick in violence or weapons being found in schools throughout the district or in Richmond Hill High School. According to the report, Richmond Hill High School had a weapon recovered every 18 school days on average in 2015. “If anything, I thought they were down,” Wellins said about the school. Mayor de Blasio visited the high school last year and reported that violent incidents were decreasing ever since it was named a Renewal School, an initiative launched by the city to provide additional resources to strugQ gling institutions.

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Rookie filmmaker Dan Hendrick last week took home the Audience Award at the Queens World Film Festival for his debut film, “Saving Jamaica Bay.” “We are incredibly proud to have sold out not one but two screenings for our World Premiere,” Hendrick, a former Queens Chronicle editor-in-chief, said in a statement issued on Monday. The Audience Award is determined by which film sold the greatest number of tickets. Hendrick’s documentary about the estuary premiered on March 17 at the Museum of the Moving Image. Directed by David Sigal and narrated by Susan Sarandon, “Saving Jamaica Bay” examines how the body of water and the ecosystem surrounding it were ignored for years and highlights the lengths Broad Channel residents went to ensure its long-term survival. The film is slated to be shown at the Environmental Film Festival in the nation’s capital on March 24, the Princeton Environmental Film Festival on April 7 and the Palm Beach International Film Festival on April 10 Q and 12. — Anthony O’Reilly

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Walcott and library start a new chapter Former schools chancellor says he’s still in education, community service by Michael Gannon Editor

Former New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott was not looking for a new fulltime job when he agreed to meet with representatives of a national executive search company. “They made a presentation about another job that I decided didn’t interest me,” Walcott told the Chronicle on Thursday. “Then they asked ‘What about the Queens Library?’ “I said ‘Hmmm ...’” Walcott, 62, was approved as president and CEO by the library’s Board of Trustees on March 1. He is a Queens native and resident, attending the public school system that he would one day lead under Mayor Mike Bloomberg from 2011 through 2013. Since then, by his own estimate, he has visited about 35 of the library’s 61 community branches. “I’m very excited,” Walcott said. “I’ve been meeting with staff, hearing their input, seeing how we are dealing with our community, trying to make plans to deal with their needs. I want to get a firsthand feel of how the staff feels about their work, and how we can help deal with their needs.” And to get a better feel of the community’s perception, some of Walcott’s pre-approval preparation included undercover visits.

“I’d wear sneakers and a hoodie,” he said. “You get a feel for the dynamics and the flow.” The library’s Board of Trustees will make a formal request to the state’s Department of Education to approve Walcott following its next regular meeting. While Walcott has not tended to tackle small projects in recent decades, he said the community service aspect always is what attracts him. “I’m always involved in the community, when I taught, formed an alternative Big Brother program, headed the Urban League, worked for the United Way.” He admits that he is not running the Queens Library where he read and checked out books as a child, given the advances in technology and the multiple media and services that customers now expect. “Sometimes, I just like to sit down with an old-fashioned book,” he said. “But there are people who want to get their information from different platforms, whether that is by computer, DVDs or others. We will constantly be reevaluating what we have to offer.” The new president and CEO, working out of the Central Library in Jamaica, has eschewed the traditional second-floor digs complete with an outdoor deck for an office on the first floor. His hope was to get feedback from the clientele, and it is working.

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“The other day a man came up to me and said ‘You’re Walcott.’ I said yes, and he told me that he had just been released from prison ... He was looking for help and information and he didn’t have a computer. He went over to the computer center. I don’t know if he checked out a tablet — he may have. He had been in for a long time, but he knew who I was, and he knew he could come here for the help he needed. That’s good for us.” Walcott has inherited a massive capital

building program. And he said part of the challenge is to maintain the standards and services that more modernized branches have come to expect while simultaneously effecting upgrades in programs, personnel and resources to the needier branches. He is grateful for the new city funding that, after years of internal cuts and service reductions, has allowed all branches to open six days a week. “I’m a firm believer in seven-day service,” he said. The one thing Walcott would change tomorrow if he could would be to have the city — which underwrites about 85 percent of the Queens Library’s budget — to establish a baseline annual budget figure. “That helps so much when you are planning,” he said. Of the clientele, Queens Library spokeswoman Joanne King said that a full 30 percent of all materials loaned out in the last year were for non-English spea k i ng or read i ng customers. Walcott also said he is not intimidated by the thought of heading up a library system that must accommodate people of more than 130 nationalities who speak upward of 160 native languages in their homes. “You’re forgetting my last job,” he said Q with a laugh.

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The last beam has been placed on Flushing Commons, topping off the 1.8-millionsquare-foot mixed-use complex in downtown Flushing. “This is a major, major milestone for not only our project but for Flushing, and I want to start by recognizing many of the people that we’ve gathered here today,” Michael Meyer, the president of the F&T Group development company, said at a ceremony for the milestone. “It’s a large group and we’re really quite honored to have many of you here.” Often called a mega-project, Flushing Commons will have around half-a-million feet of commercial space, around 600 condos, a four-level parking garage, a 1.5-acre public plaza with restaurants and shops and a 62,000-square-foot YMCA facility. Flushing Commons’ topping off coincides with the end of the first phase of its construction. One hundred forty-eight of the residential units for the site have been constructed, as have 86 of the office units. The second and final phase of the complex, which is being built by Tishman Construction and designed by the Perkins Eastman firm, is expected to be finished in 2020. With the partners AECOM Capital and The Rockefeller Group, the Flushing-based

The last construction beam for the Flushing Commons mega-project, which was signed by its developers and neighborhood leaders, was placed on one of its buildings during the topping-off PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY ceremony. F&T Group has led the project, the planning of which began after the Bloomberg administration issued a request for proposals for the site, which used to be a municipal parking lot. Neighborhood business leaders, representatives from labor unions hired for the construction, as well as public officials also

attended the event, which took place on the second floor of a parking garage adjacent to the building. “You’ve got the right vision, the ability to make it happen and on behalf of Governor Cuomo and the people of the state of New York, we thank you,” Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul

said. “We thank you for believing in our community as we all believe in ourselves.” The complex is another product of the neighborhood’s building boom. Yet as state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) said in her remarks, the area was not always as economically robust. “You walked along Main Street and the stores were boarded up,” the senator said, recalling the neighborhood in the early 1980s. As anyone who has been to the neighborhood in recent years will tell you, things are different now, often because of projects like Flushing Commons. “Look at all of the scaffolding that you see, the buildings that are going up,” Stavisky added. “It’s more than just a place for people to play, to meet, and work and live. It’s jobs. And jobs, to me, are the key to the economy and to economic development in our state because people who live here will pay taxes.” After the remarks were given, the ceremony’s speakers and other leaders in the neighborhood, such as Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corp. President Claire Schulman and Flushing Chinese Business Association President Peter Tu, signed the building’s last beam, which was then elevated to the top of the building as the ceremoQ ny crowd watched.

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Police Officer Patrick Winberry made an unmistakable impact on countless lives during his four-year tenure in the NYPD, his 14-year run with the Levittown Fire Department and his 30 years on Earth. That’s according to Capt. Mark Wachter, his commanding officer at the 104th Precinct, in speaking to the Chronicle on Monday about the Levittown, LI resident who died suddenly at his home last Wednesday. “It wasn’t just a job for him, it was a calling,” Wachter said. “He was a person who genuinely liked helping people, whether it was through fire rescues or patrolling the streets. He was a good example for people.” Winberry’s committment to public service began when he was just 16, when the diehard Mets fan — then a Holy Trinity High School student — joined the Levittown Fire Department, eventually earning the rank of captain. He later joined the NYPD in 2012, serving two years in the 75th Precinct in East New York before being transferred to the 104th Precinct in May 2014. During his 22 months working the night shift as a patrol officer in southwest Queens, Winberry made an indelible mark in the command thanks to his supreme dedication to his job and the hysterical jokes he would supply the command with when he was at the station, according to Wachter. “He was the one who made everyone laugh in the precinct,” the captain said. “No matter what was going on, he put a smile on everyone’s face. “By the time you were finished talking with him,” he

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continued from page 22 senator believes could be galvanized should Donald Trump take the GOP nomination for president. On upcoming issues, Sanders absolutely believes Mayor de Blasio is going to face a battle over mayoral control of city schools. The Legislature last year gave de Blasio a one-year extension, coming off a sevenyear window last granted to former Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Sanders, former leader of his school board under the old system, is not a fan of mayoral control. “It takes too much control away from the parents,” he said. Sanders believes local community education councils are not taken seriously. “Mayor Bloomberg did eight out of 10 things right,” he said. “The two things he did wrong were education ... He could not get schools to work. He thought children were widgets, that all you needed was different leadership.” But he believes Gov. Cuomo and Senate Republicans hold de Blasio to tougher standards because of their dislike for him — a feeling largely believed to be mutual where Cuomo is concerned. Sanders said he is working on a compromise system that would establish borough school boards chosen by Council members. On gambling, whether it be casinos upstate or the video slot terminals being

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Landlord, house of worship still at odds Ohr Natan can stay in new building if leader steps down: developer by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Nearly three years after its existence was first threatened by potential development, the Ohr Natan synagogue in Rego Park may be on its way out the door in the near future. But there is one way they can stay, according to its landlord. “We’re exploring an option to build an office building there, but we haven’t pulled the trigger yet,” said Rudolf Abramov, a principal at RJ Capital Holdings, the owner of 98-81 Queens Blvd. “We’re going to maintain a synagogue there, but only if the leadership changes.” According to reports, RJ Capital Holdings is eyeing a five-story, 100,000-squarefoot mixed-use building at the site of the popular synagogue. But Abramov told the Chronicle on Wednesday that the exact size of the potential structure had yet to be set in stone and work per mits won’t be f iled with the Department of Buildings anytime soon. He said the company won’t do so until it has enough prospective tenants lined up, but he is interested in keeping a house of worship at the site if Rabbi Nahum Kaziev steps down as Ohr Natan’s leader. “It’s very simple. I don’t believe one man

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Senior discount OK’d by Senate A 10 percent discount for seniors renewing their driver’s licenses is included in the state Senate’s onehouse budget resolution, state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) announced last Friday. “Rising property taxes, healthcare and housing costs disproportionately affect seniors who have no choice but to budget closely to their retirement savings, if they’re even fortunate enough to have a savings,” Avella said in a statement. The senator introduced a bill with the discount provision after taking office in 2011 and has done so again every year, fruitlessly until the current one. Fees for standard class D license renewals, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles, range from $64.50 to $80.50 and vary by location. “A 10% discount on a license renewal might not sound significant, but every little bit counts — especially when combined with the senior programs, property tax cap and other initiatives I and my [Independent Democratic Conference] colleagues are fighting for this legislative session,” Q Avella added. — Ryan Brady

The Ohr Natan synagogue at 98-81 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park will be allowed to stay, should RJ Capital Holdings construct an office building at the site as planned, but only if Rabbi Nahum PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA Kaziev steps down as its leader, according to the landlord. should be making all the decisions for the congregation,” Abramov said. “It should be a whole body of people that makes decisions in unity with the community.” The synagogue and its landlord have

publicly feuded dating back to at least 2013, when Kaziev claimed the house of worship was being evicted to make way for housing. A representative for RJ Capital Holding

— then known as Trylon LLC — refuted those remarks. But in 2014, the two entities found themselves in court, with Abramov alleging Ohr Natan was not paying its monthly rent. The case was eventually dismissed over a paperwork technicality, but not before the two took shots at each other in the media. “They just want to evict us,” Kaziev told the Chronicle two years ago. “He’s absolut ely ly i ng,” Abr a mov responded. Kaziev could not be reached by a Chronicle reporter by press time on Wednesday, but he told DNAinfo that he didn’t believe his landlord’s promise to maintain a synagogue at the location. “We don’t believe them at all. We don’t trust them at all,” he said. “It might be a big tragedy in the community.” W he n a ske d if t he p e r son a l feud between them was a major reason behind requiring Kaziev to step down in order for Ohr Natan to stay, Abramov declined to say so. “We have no relationship. I know the kind of person he is,” he said. “I just know that isn’t the way to run a house of spirit.” According to reports, the building will take two years to build once an anchor tenQ ant is found.

Boats coming ferry soon to Qns. New York Water Taxi says city made it walk the plank by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

M ayor d e Bla sio a n nou nc e d la st Wednesday that San Francisco-based Hor nblower will be sailing on a new adventure next year when it operates the city’s ferry service. “We are selecting an operator with an incredible track record providing service in our harbor. We look forward to launching with Hornblower next year,” de Blasio said in a statement. The ferry service, which is expected to create 155 jobs, will connect the Rockaways, Astoria, South Brooklyn and the Lower East Side of Manhattan to the East River Ferry system — which has stops in Manhattan, Long Island City and Brooklyn. The cost of a trip will be the same as a bus or subway ride. Shortly after the announcement was made last week, New York Water Taxi announced it will go out of business at the end of the year, citing too much competition f rom gover n ment-subsidized ferry companies. New York Water Taxi has been providing waterborne transportation services to and from New Jersey and all five boroughs, including stops on Randall’s Island, since 2002. A statement from the Mayor’s Off ice states Hornblower was picked “on the basis of its

Get your sea legs ready. The mayor’s citywide ferry service will be operated by Hornblower and is FILE PHOTO scheduled to start next year. ability to provide the highest quality service at the best value to taxpayers.” According to the city, a ferry from the Rockaways to Wall Street will take about an hour, the ride from Astoria to East

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Jamaica Hospital Medical Center marked Creative Arts Therapy Week March 14 through 18 with an art gallery featuring works created in the past year by patients being treated for mental illness. Art therapists Heather Grey and Michelle Hololob coordinated the third annual exhibit. The theme was “Perceptions and Reflections: A Patient’s Point of View.” Works included selfportraits, sculptures and paintings and drawings reflecting everyday life and activities. At top left, a tree done in pencil is depicted with people — some falling off and away. Below that is a self-portrait, its title card, inset, reflecting a conversation with the patient. At top right, patients painted “Universality” featuring faces of every race, creed and color on reflecting panels from fluorescent lights.

“And when you look at an individual portrait, you can see yourself,” Grey said. Below that is a tryptic on cardboard reflecting the artist’s view of bipolar disorder in starkly contrasting shades of blue and red. Next to it, “Where I Feel Safe” offers the artist’s take on life on the street as opposed to a city homeless shelter. At bottom right, patients crafted a tree with a little bluebird sitting on a branch. Next to that, at top, a patient drew a Picasso-esque “Modeling Elephants” based on his observation that fashion models strutting the runway appeared to have similarities with elephants walking on the African plains. At right is a woman’s self-portrait, while above is a small part of the collection that now fills three times the space it did in 2014.

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ONE GIANT LEAP Exhibit highlights Kubrick’s vision for ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ like digital tablets, live video-chat sessions, and of course, HAL 9000, the flawed artificial intelligence that puts the mission at jeopardy in the latter half of the film. But perhaps most impressive is the incredible realism in depicting space travel — never before achieved in science fiction films, which at the time landed squarely in B-movie territory. In overseeing development of these renderings for “2001,” Kubrick had the guidance of some of the best minds in the film and aerospace engineering industries. Kubrick left a screening of “To the Moon and Beyond” at the 1964-65 World’s Fair quite impressed with the depictions of our solar system and outer space. The seven-minute film was the work of Graphic Films, a small production company founded by Lester Novros. “To the Moon and Beyond” is on display in part on a small screen, and continued on page 37

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arly man’s discovery of blunt weapons; the establishment of a base on the moon; a manned mission beyond Jupiter; ascension to a higher plane of being — the monolith has been there for it all. We’re speaking, of course, of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which is the subject of a new exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. The collection examines how the director’s relationship with little-known production company Graphic Films would shape his film, and cast a new archetype for how technology would be treated in science fiction and cinema in general. A little over a year after the film’s release, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin would become the first men to walk on the surface of the moon. That puts into even sharper relief Kubrick’s foresight into the path technology would take. Depicted in the film are fairly accurate versions of iPadby Neil Chiragdin

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boro THEATRE “Julius Caesar,” the timeless Shakespearean political drama of tyranny, ambition and assassination, by Titan Theatre Co. March 25-April 10, varying times. Queens VINCENZO CAMUCCINI Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $18. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. “Southeast Queens, A Play with Music,” about “a place with more than its share of history.” Fri., March 25-Sat., May 7, varying times, Black Spectrum Theatre, Roy Wilkins Park, 177 St. and Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. $25; $20 seniors; $12.50 children. Info/ tickets: (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com.

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“Paint Heads,” featuring nine artists fascinated with the properties of paint and building on the lessons of the past. Fri., April 1-Sun., May 1, Thu.-Sun., 12-6 p.m. Opening reception April 1, 6-8 p.m. Jeffrey Leder Gallery, 21-37 45 Road, Long Island City. Free. Info: (917) 767-1734, jeffreyledergallery.com.

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Black History Month “WEUSI.com,” Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, works by WEUSI Artist Collective members, reminiscent of the Black Arts Movement and highlighting the relevance of African-American imagery in a contemporary context. 161-04 Jamaica Ave. Thru Mar. 24. Free. Contact: Roseann Evans (718) 658-7400, revans@jcal.org.

FILM “The Thin Red Line” (1998), centered on World War II’s Battle of Guadalcanal, meditating on the meaninglessness of war, beauty of nature, mystery of human behavior. With Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte. Part of retrospective on production designer Jack Fisk. Fri., March 25, 7 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave. $12. Info/tickets: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. Movie Freak: A Day with Owen Gleiberman: the film critic discusses his career Sat., March 26, screening “Natural Born Killers,” the radical crime thriller (2 p.m.), and “Nashville,” the renowned vision of life in the ’70s (6:30 p.m.), and signing his book, “Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies.” Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave. $12. Info/tickets: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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“Queens County Parks: Urban Landscapes,” photos by Paul Melhado. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Thru May. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/ planyourvisit.

Falu’s Bollywood Orchestra, an ethereal ensemble combining Eastern and Western, classical and modern music. Sat., March 26, 8 p.m. (preshow dance lesson at 7), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 members, students. Info: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org.

Art in the Garden — “Portraits of Tall Friends”: A valentine in sculpture and photography, inspired by the amazing, abstract beauty of trees. Thru Thu., March 31. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $4; $3 seniors; $2 students. Contact: Anne Tan-Detchkov (718)8863800, info@queensbotanical.org.

Concert by two choruses, First Presbyterian Church of Newtown’s Chancel Choir and The Harmonious Chorus, conducted by Victor Lui and Jonathan Breit, with piano accompaniment. Fri., April 1, 8 p.m., at the church, 54-05 Seabury St. (Queens Blvd. and 54 Ave.), Elmhurst. Free but free will offering accepted. Info: (718) 639-3126, info@fpcn.org.

“Uncle Charlie,” black and white photographs presenting a richly textured portrait of a disturbed and complex man, Charles Henschke, uncle and godfather of renowned photographer Marc Asnin. Thru April 10. Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 631-6396, qcc.cuny.edu/artgallery.

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“To the Moon and Beyond: Graphic Films and Inception of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’” rarely seen artwork created for the 1968 epic film, correspondence between its creators and director Stanley Kubrick and a draft of the script. $15; $11 seniors, students; $7 ages 3-17. Thru Aug. 14. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Wildcard Weekend: Geometric Candles Casting, teaching how to make candles of complex shape with paper, soy wax and crayons. Ages 6 and up. Sat., March 26, 1-5 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6; $4 members’ children. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. PHOTO COURTESY NYSCI

“Essence of Queens,” photography by Carlos Esguerra. Thru May 8, Tue., Sat. and Sun., 1-4 p.m. only. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

Kindershul, interactive program for children ages 2 to kindergarten and parents. Every Sat., 10:30 a.m., Hillcrest Jewish Center Library, 183-02 Union Tpke. Info: (718) 380-4145.

Falu’s Bollywood Orchestra will bring a blend of classical North Indian music and contemporary pop and jazz to Flushing Town Hall March 26. PHOTO COURTESY FLUSHING TOWN HALL Can’t Find Me! about how animals survive by using camouflage, with a game, story, hike and craft. Ages 3-6. Sun., Apr. 3, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. $21. Vet Tech 101, on how to check pets’ eyes, teeth, gums, ears to keep them healthy. Ages 10-13. Sun., Apr. 3, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. $25. Both at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Registration req’d. Info: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. Craft day: Every Tue., 4 p.m., South Ozone Park Library, 128-16 Rockaway Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 529-1660.

EASTTER EVENTS Connection Church 5th Annual Hunt the Egg: Two locations, three age divisions, 10,000 eggs. Sat., March 26, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Astoria Park (northeast corner), Astoria Heights Playground. Ages baby-2, 3-6, 7-12. Golden eggs for door prizes, coffee bar game for parents. Free. Raindate: Sun., March 27. Info: connectionnyc.com/events. Barnyard Egg Hunt, for kids of all ages, with Whiskers the Bunny, games, hayride, bunny hop dancing. Sat., March 26, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $5. Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org. Our Saviour New York Church egg hunt, for pre-K to 5th grade, Easter bunny, prizes. Sat., March 26, 1-2 p.m., 92-14 63 Drive, Rego Park. Free. Info: (718) 275-2825, oursaviournewyork.com. Spring Eggstravaganza: Egg hunt, Easter bunny, crafts for kids. Sat.-Sun., March 26-27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (early arrival recommended), Queens Zoo, 53-51 111

St., Corona. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $5 children 3-12. Info: (718) 271-1500, queenszoo.com. Ascension Church 10th Annual EasterFest: Sun., March 27, 11 a.m. service, children’s Sunday school; 12:30 p.m. indoor egg hunt for those attending church; 1 p.m. egg hunt for all. Games, children’s craft-making, vendors and food. PS 101, 2 Russell Place, Forest Hills. Suggested donation: $5 at 1 p.m.; $2 for service and Sunday school attendees. Contact: Roseann, (718)685-8214.

SPECIAL EVENTS Phagwah Parade, celebrating Hindu holiday of Holi with colorful clothing, floats and talcum powder thrown on people at ending festivities. Sat., March 26, 10 a.m., from 133 St. and Liberty Ave., Ozone Park, to Phil Rizzuto/Smokey Oval Park. Singing in the Lanes, bowling and karaoke “funraiser” for Oratorio Society of Queens, with light dinner. Sat., April 9, 7:30 p.m., San-Dee Lanes, 342 Hempstead Ave., Malverne, LI. $35. Info/tickets: (718) 279-3006, info@queensoratorio.org.

LECTURES Middle East Unraveling: Threads of Hope, outlining the region’s chaos and wondering if there are any prospects for peace, by Queens College Prof. Mark Rosenblum. Mon., March 28, 1:30 p.m., Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. $8 suggested donation. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org, pkurtz@cqy.org. continued on page 00 38

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Fans of video games, “Star Wars” and cosplay who can’t wait for New York Comic Con to return will get to attend a convention in their own backyard this weekend. The first-ever World Game Con will be Saturday at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Starting at noon, attendees will be able to compete in fighting video-game tournaments, take part in a cosplay contest and learn how to properly wield a lightsaber, among other activities. The convention was started up by Michael Pollak and Anthony Cross. Both North Babylon, LI natives and longtime video game fans, they had connections with people at Queens Theatre and were welcomed to

World Game Con When: Sat., March 26, 12-7 p.m. Where: Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park Entry: $20. worldgamecon.com

suggest events the venue could host. They both credit Fernando Blanco, the theater’s in-house manager and coordinator of volunteers, for allowing them to arrange the con. “For the last year and a half we had been talking about doing something in the park that would be attractive to a lot of young people,” Blanco said. “I had the idea of a comic con environment in Queens,” Pollak said. There are conventions every month, big and small, that range the gamut from niche hobbies to mainstream TV shows, but Cross, who is an aspiring event planner, and Pollak both wanted to avoid the negative aspects that plague bigger ones like New York Comic Con. “It’s very commercialized,” Cross said. “If you don’t have a lot of money you’re not going to have a fun time. You buy a ticket and spend another $50 or $100.” Among the special guests at the convention will be 27-year-old Rob Franzese. His name may not be famous, but the character he plays at conventions is. He earned the nickname “Real Life Peter Griffin” after a video of him cosplaying and doing a deadon impersonation of Peter Griffin from the show “Family Guy” at New York Comic

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Whether you’d fight for the Jedi or the Sith, you can get some quality lightsaber PHOTO COURTESY NY JEDI training at World Game Con. Con went viral. “I love the smaller shows. These home shows are the root of what comic book conventions are. It’s great to see that there are still small shows out there,” Franzese said. “[World Game Con] is almost in its own category. It’s a gaming convention but it just won’t be that. It’s also going to be a

‘Star Wars’ convention. It’s going to be the best of both worlds.” Just about everyone loves “Star Wars,” and if you saw the movies as a kid, you at least one time had a lightsaber duel with a friend. An uncoordinated and sloppy duel, most likely. Mike Zhang, continued on page 39

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Hollywood once listened to Hitler by Victoria Zunitch qboro contributor

Hitler loved movies. He wanted movies to love him. “Producing Silence: Hollywood, the Holocaust and the Jews” at the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College, explores how the Third Reich censored U.S. movie studios to get Hitler cinematic love, and how American anti-Semitism and the studios’ mostly Jewish-immigrant movie moguls eased that path. The exhibit was curated by Rabbi Isidoro Aizenberg, the center’s scholar-in-residence. Between 1933 and 1942, the Nazis exercised censorship in Hollywood in part through the industry’s Production Code Administration. Forbidden were Jewish actors, Jewish characters, positive Jewish themes and any negative portrayals of the Nazis or Hitler. The exhibit starts with a movie poster and text telling how the trouble started with Universal Pictures’ anti-war film “All Quiet on the Western Front.” In December 1930, Nazis led by Joseph Goebbels released stink bombs, sneezing powder and white mice to disrupt a Berlin showing. The Nazis then demanded changes. The biggest Hollywood studios were dependent on the lucrative German market. The studio heads rationalized the need to maintain a good German business and didn’t see what the rest of the world didn’t see: the full looming Nazi menace. Universal President Carl Laemmle, a German Jewish immigrant who left close relatives behind, didn’t want the movie banned in his fatherland and changed it to suit the Germans. He later visited Germany and was

pleased to see that it was “doing good business.” That must have been the last time Laemmle was pleased about anything concerning Germany. A photo of Laemmle with his son and daughter explains that he soon helped about 300 German Jewish family members and strangers escape to America. As the 1930s progressed, the studios repeatedly acceded to Nazi demands, apparently thinking they could ride out the problem with compromise and patience. Twentieth Century resisted, producing “The House of Rothschild.” But the fearful public complained it was “too Semitic.” Positive Jewish messages were removed and an anti-Semitic character was added, earning the movie rousing reviews and a Best Picture Academy Award nomination. Perhaps producer Darryl F. Zanuck was doing penance later when, in 1947, he produced the expose of American anti-Semitism, “A Gentleman’s Agreement.” Warner Brothers repeatedly pushed back. In 1933, it was the first to close its German offices, and produced the Hitler parody “Bosko’s Picture Show.” Jack L. Warner helped launch the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League in 1936 and co-produced “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” in 1939, earning himself a place on a Hitler “extinction list.” In 1940, the financial and artistic independence of Charlie Chaplin inspired him to push back even harder. Though making a comedy about Hitler was controversial, Chaplin famously said he was determined to go ahead because “Hitler must be laughed at.” Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, starred in and composed the music for “The Great Dictator.” The exhibition is textheavy, with posters and

Nazis disrupted a 1930 Berlin screening of “All Quiet on the Western Front” and demanded changes to the film, which were made. A 1934 poster, right, in the United States called for a boycott of movies with “Jews or Jew lovers” in them, and said the action was “only the Beginning to an End.” Below right, Adolf Hitler at Germany’s top movie studio, UFA, with his propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, and below left, Charlie Chaplin, who said “Hitler must be laughed at,” mocking the Nazi leader in 1940’s “The Great Dictator.” PHOTOS BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH, OF IMAGES COURTESY KUPFERBERG CENTER photos and a few short videos. Patiently reading visitors will be rewarded with insight into Hollywood’s procession of denial, compromise and regret. It’s easy to feel holier than they. In a scathing 2013 critique of Ben Urwand’s book, “The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler,” accompanied by kinder words for Thomas Doherty’s “Hollywood and Hitler: 1933-1939,” David Denby of The New Yorker noted that contemporary movies are being tailored to please the Chinese government.

The center will screen 1939’s “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” on March 30, 1942’s “To Be or Not to Be” on April 6 and “The Great Dictator” on May 11, all at 12:10 pm. Thematically related lectures also will be held: “Cinematic Responses to Genocide” is scheduled for April 7 at 4 p.m. and “A Good Place to Hide: The Villa ge of Le C h a m b o n” for May 1 at Q 1 p.m.

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continued from page 33 while modern audiences may be used to the most dazzling of computer-generated imagery, one can try to imagine what effect a camera flying through star clusters and galaxies might have had on viewers in 1965. The camera motion is slow, but deliberately paced, not far off from the style Kubrick employed in many of his own films, including “2001.” The exhibit includes correspondence between Kubrick and Novros, as well as Con Pederson, the director of “To the Moon and Beyond,” and Douglas Trumbull, who had recently joined the company as a background

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artist. The Graphic team gave notes on everything from how different fuel sources would dictate the shape of the spacecraft to how a certain type of repair might better contrast with the protagonist’s later actions to what the communication consoles inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratories at NASA look like — and how they might be improved upon by the year 2001. The correspondence tells another story. Kubrick, infamously meticulous, seemed to be frustrated with communicating in the fits and bursts that post and Western Union would allow — him being in England, while the Graphic team was located in Southern California. He arranged for Pederson to fly over to discuss circumstances in person. Novros, who did not go along on the trip, sent an obsequious letter trying to clarify the terms of their arrangement in the meantime, apparently concerned that Graphic’s work on the film might be at an end. Pederson’s trip was a success it seems, because shortly after, he and Trumbull left Graphic to work fulltime on the film, and the group’s working relationship continued. Over 20 sketches display a range of concept art, much of it for the moon base

The “To the Moon and Beyond” exhibit includes part of the short film of the same name that led Stanley Kubrick to hire those behind it for his sci-fi epic “2001: A Space Odyssey.” On the cover: Some of the displayed sketches that were used to create the PHOTOS BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN AND, COVER, COURTESY MOMI; ILLUSTRATION BY ELLA JIPESCU look of “2001.” sequence. They do an impressive job of showing how quickly — over the course of a few months, late in the pre-production for “2001” — creative and technical minds can come together and collaborate on a sophisticated vision. As the monolith triggered advances in the human race, so too has “2001” inspired

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generations of filmmakers and moviegoers. Trumbull, in an interview accompanying the 40th anniversary release of the film, said, “That was what Kubrick did. Anything that was presented to him as a challenge ... he would immediately figure out how to flip it on its head, do exactly the opposite of what Q anybody had ever done before.”

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“Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Supreme Court, Queens County, on the 8th day of March, 2016, bearing Index Number 14190/15, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, letting the Respondent, JP Morgan Chase, N.A. show cause before CMP, Room 25, at the courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York on the 28th of April, 2016 at 2:15pm or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order should not be made: Pursuant to RPAPL §1931, discharging of an ancient mortgage (dated February 1, 1978 and recorded February 23, 1978 in Queens County, New York) for real property located at 138-78 Francis Lewis Blvd, Rosedale, New York 11422 related to Mortgagee/ Respondent, J.P. MORGAN CHASE, N.A.; Mortgagors, Harry W. Kent, and, Stephen R. Candell; and Petitioner/ Assignee JOEL P. WOLF”

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 03/16/16, bearing Index Number NC-001138-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ALEX ANDROS ( Last) CANON. My present name is ( First) ALE X ANDROS ( Middle) THOMAS (Last) RUISI (infant). My present address is 4574 164th Street, Flushing, NY 11358-3225. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is December 30, 2006.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KAYA CLOUDS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/18/2016. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Charles Robert Haas, 3911 220th Street, Bayside, NY 11361-2347 Purpose: any lawful activity.

City Lights Travel LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/10/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 437 Beach 128th St., Belle Harbor, NY 116941508. General purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: KUTTING EDGE BARBERSHOP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/05/2016. 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 Oksana Aminova, 9834 63rd Dr., Apt. 5C Rego Park, NY 11374. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Gabor HJH LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/20/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 85-45 89th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421. General purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NO FEAR COMICS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/14/2016. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Oneil Gordon, 144-20 225 Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. Purpose: any lawful activity.

39-23 213 St. LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/14/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Frank J. Didero, 47-14 158 St., Flushing, NY 11358. General purpose.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 02/03/16, bearing Index Number NC-001018-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) VISHNU (Middle) V (Last) RAJA. My present name is (First) VISHNURAJ (Middle) V. (Last) NAIDU AKA VISHNURAJ VENUGOPAL NAIDU. My present address is 43-70 Kissena Boulevard, Apt. # 9E, Flushing, NY 11355-3725. My place of birth is INDIA. My date of birth is July 20, 1977.

Index No.: 20450/2009. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE At an IAS Part 15 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held in and for the County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on the 24th day of February, 2016. HON. JANICE A. TAYLOR, Justice. KEITH SIMMONS, Plaintiff -againstSHAWN CORCAS, PATRICIA CORCAS, PROFIT & PROFIT MARKETING, INC., MUSA ABDUL BEY, CAROLYN L. HAILEY, SHARON BLACK, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, Defendants. UPON the annexed affirmation of Bill Tsevis, Esq., dated February 22, 2016, together with exhibits annexed thereto, and upon all prior pleadings and proceedings heretofore had herein, LET all the parties in the above-entitled action and all persons of interest in the estate of KEITH SIMMONS, the deceased plaintiff, show cause before this Court, at the Centralized Motion Part Room 25 thereof, located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on April 20, 2016 at 2:15 p.m. of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard; WHY an order should not be made and entered providing the following relief: (i) Pursuant to CPLR Section 1021, dismissing the above entitled action, with prejudice, for failure to make a timely substitution in place and stead of the plaintiff, KEITH SIMMONS, and the defendant, CAROLYN HAILEY (“Hailey”), who each died several years ago; (ii) Pursuant to CPLR Section 6514(b), cancelling the Notice of Pendency filed on July 30, 2009 in connection with this action; and (iii) Such other and further relief as this Court may seem just and proper. SUFFICIENT REASON APPEARING THEREFOR, let service of a copy of this order and the papers upon which it is based, by service pursuant to CPLR Section 2103(b)(6), upon Robert Prignoli, Esq., 475 Bement Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10310, attorney for the defendants, SHAWN CORCAS and PROFIT & PROFIT MARKETING, INC., and upon Gassler & O’Rourke, P.C., 98 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 462S, Great Neck, New York 11021, attorneys for defendant, PATRICIA CORCAS, and by personal service upon Dawn Jeanty a/k/a Dawn Harper, Mimi Simmons and Keith Samuel Simmons, Jr., the known persons interested in the estate of KEITH SIMMONS, the deceased plaintiff, on or before March 9, 2016, be deemed good and sufficient service; and it is further ORDERED, that service of this Order be made by publication of said Order in two (2) newspapers hereby designated as most likely to give notice to the unknown persons interested in the estate of KEITH SIMMONS, the deceased plaintiff, viz: in Queens Chronicle and Weekly Gleaner, published in Queens County, once a week for four (4) successive weeks, and such service shall be deemed good and sufficient service thereof. ENTER: Honorable JANICE A. TAYLOR.

W.T.C. Development LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/4/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 86-22 Broadway, 2 Fl, Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Werber Real Estate LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/26/16. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Werber Management Inc., 40-52 75th St., Elmhurst, NY 11373, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

SC H U M A N 21- 41 4 5 T H ROAD LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/16/04. 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 Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154, Attention: Jerome Levine, Esq. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qualification of SPG JFK II Office LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/8/16. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in DE on 1/28/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Seagis Property Group LP, 100 Front St., Suite 350, Conshohocken, PA 19428, principal business address. DE address of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VAPIANO TRAVEL LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/14/2016. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Robert Gandini, 157-28 20th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Y & R Realty I, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/11/16. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: 64-86 84th Place, Middle Village, NY 11379, Attn: Roman Diakun. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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tle hurdle relay team made up of Jenna Piller, of Middle Village, Cr istina Giannelli, of Woodhaven, Isabelle Poptean, of Bayside, and Petra Stiglmayer, of Flushing, came in sixth with a time of 33.54 seconds, also a school record. Fellow Flushing resident Sarah Kowpak came in sixth in the high-jump event Q with a leap of 5 feet, 6 inches.

Few kids in the city can run and jump like these nine Archbishop Molloy High School student-athletes. Coached by Oly mpia n K awa n Lovelance, all nine Molloy athletes who competed at the New Balance National Indoor event in Manhattan last week, with all nine earning AllAmerican honors. The boys shuttle relay tea m, made up of Liam Rock, of Middle Village, Andres E chea nd ia , of Bayside, and Oluwatom ide A lao and Ikpechukwu Obay i, both of Queens Village, came in fou r th place and set a Molloy coach Kawan Lovelace, center, with boys shuttle relay team s c h o o l r e c o r d members Liam Rock, Andres Echeandia, Oluwatomide Alao and w it h a t i me of Ikpechukwu Obayi, high-jumper Sarah Kowpak and girls shuttle 30.59 seconds. relay runners Jenna Piller, Cristina Giannelli, Isabelle Poptean and The girls shut- Petra Stiglmayer. PHOTO COURTESY ARCHBISHOP MOLLOY HS

The sixth-grade basketball team from Saint Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic Academy in Ozone Park recently won the 2015-16 CYO Boys Basketball Diocesan Championship of Brooklyn/Queens. They also finished the season undefeated, going 18-0 after beating St. Clare Catholic Academy from Rosedale 47-35 in the championship game. The 11-player

team in alphabetical order includes Josh Cruz, John Gianesses, Christopher Henderson, Zac Hirschman, Jaden Jenkins, Vito Masi, Jonathan Murgida, Nicholas Musca, Jayden Rodriguez, Julian Pascucci and Tommy Turner. Head coach Brian Jenkins, above, stands on the right and assistant coach Joe Murgida is at the left of the team.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 14239/2015., Salete F. Grullon, Plaintiff, -against- Hermogenes Andres Grullon, Defendant. Date Summons Filed: 30th day of November, 2015. Plaintiff designates: Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is: Plaintiff resides in Queens County. SUMMONS WITH NOTICE. Plaintiff resides at: 84-40 153rd Avenue, Apt. 5C, Howard Beach, N.Y. 11414, County of Queens. ACTION FOR A DIVORCETo the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below. Dated: November 20, 2015. Yours, etc., Attorneys for Plaintiff: Simon & Gilman, LLP, 91-31 Queens Blvd., Suite 411, Elmhurst, New York 11373, 718-459-6200. NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage between the parties, on the grounds of DRL Section 170 subd. 7- Irretrievable Breakdown in the Relationship for at least 6 months. The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action. The nature of any ancillary or additional relief requested is: a) Awarding Plaintiff reasonable and suitable spousal maintenance to be paid by Defendant; b) Directing Defendant to provide health insurance coverage, medical, dental, hospital and major medical insurance coverage for the benefit of the Plaintiff, and life insurance upon Defendant’s life naming Plaintiff as irrevocable beneficiary, and directing Defendant to make payment of any and all uninsured medical expenses incurred by Plaintiff; c) Awarding Plaintiff a declaration of the marital property of the parties and granting unto Plaintiff an equitable distribution and/or distributive award thereof; d) Awarding Plaintiff a declaration and grant of title to Plaintiff’s separate property; e) Awarding Plaintiff sole title to and sole and exclusive possession, use and occupancy of the marital residence and title to the furniture, furnishings, and other personal property contained in the marital home; f) Directing Defendant to pay the monthly mortgage payments, real estate taxes, insurance, maintenance, fuel, utilities, telephone charges, repairs and all carrying charges for the marital residence located at 84-40 153rd Avenue, Apt. 5C, Howard Beach, New York 11414; g) Directing Defendant to make payment of all debts, credit card debts, charge card debts, and loans in the name of Plaintiff and/or Defendant, individually or jointly; h) Directing Defendant to pay Plaintiff’s appraisal fees and accountant fees and other professional and expert fees, litigation expenses and expenses for services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff; i) Directing Defendant to pay Plaintiff’s counsel fees for legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff; j) Granting each party the right to resume the use of any maiden name or other pre-marriage surname; and k) Granting such other and further relief as to this Court may seem just and proper in the premises, together with the costs and disbursements of this action. -NOTICE CONCERNING CONTINUATION OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE (Required by section 255(1) of the Domestic Relations Law) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that once a judgment of divorce is signed in this action, both you and your spouse may or may not continue to be eligible for coverage under each other’s health insurance plan, depending on the terms of the plan. -NOTICE OF ENTRY OF AUTOMATIC ORDERS (D.R.L. 236) Rev. 1/13- FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE ORDERS MAY BE DEEMED A CONTEMPT OF COURT- PURSUANT TO the Uniform Rules of the Trial Courts, and DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW § 236, Part B, Section 2, both you and your spouse (the parties) are bound by the following AUTOMATIC ORDERS, which have been entered against you and your spouse in your divorce action pursuant to 22 NYCRR §202.16(a), and which shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the action unless terminated, modified or amended by further order of the court or upon written agreement between the parties: 1) ORDERED: Neither party shall transfer, encumber, assign, remove, withdraw or in any way dispose of, without the consent of the other party in writing, or by order of the court, any property (including, but not limited to, real estate, personal property, cash accounts, stocks, mutual funds, bank accounts, cars and boats) individually or jointly held by the parties, except in the usual course of business, for customary and usual household expenses or for reasonable attorney’s fees in connection with this action. (2) ORDERED: Neither party shall transfer, encumber, assign, remove, withdraw or in any way dispose of any tax deferred funds, stocks or other assets held in any individual retirement accounts, 401K accounts, profit sharing plans, Keogh accounts, or any other pension or retirement account, and the parties shall further refrain from applying for or requesting the payment of retirement benefits or annuity payments of any kind, without the consent of the other party in writing, or upon further order of the court; except that any party who is already in pay status may continue to receive such payments thereunder. (3) ORDERED: Neither party shall incur unreasonable debts hereafter, including, but not limited to further borrowing against any credit line secured by the family residence, further encumbrancing any assets, or unreasonably using credit cards or cash advances against credit cards, except in the usual course of business or for customary or usual household expenses, or for reasonable attorney’s fees in connection with this action. (4) ORDERED: Neither party shall cause the other party or the children of the marriage to be removed from any existing medical, hospital and dental insurance coverage, and each, and each party shall maintain the existing medical, hospital and dental insurance coverage in full force and effect. (5) ORDERED: Neither party shall change the beneficiaries of any existing life insurance policies and each party shall maintain the existing life insurance, automobile insurance, homeowners and renters insurance policies in full force and effect. IMPORTANT NOTE: After service of the Summons with Notice or Summons and Complaint for divorce, if you or your spouse wishes to modify or dissolve the automatic orders, you must ask the court for approval to do so, or enter into a written modification agreement with your spouse duly signed and acknowledged before a notary public. Dates of Publication: March 24, 31, April 7, 2016.

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It’s soccer season! by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

With the start of the Major League Baseball season less than two weeks away, and all of the attention given to men’s and women’s college basketball, it’s easy to overlook that the Major League Soccer season has gotten underway. After years of hearing how soccer was ready to finally make its mark on the USA with the reality never matching the hype, there is now ample evidence that “the world’s sport” could at least push ahead of hockey here. A good crowd turned out last Friday at Yankee Stadium, on a cool though not overly chilly evening considering the time of year, to see the New York City Football Club lose to the Orlando City Soccer Club by the all too typical soccer score of 1-0. NYCFC certainly had their chances as they had possession of the ball far more than Orlando City did, but it was to no avail as they couldn’t close. Balls sailed off the goalpost or either just to the sides or over it. The baseball equivalent would be the countless times that the Mets have had runners in scoring position and yet never find a way to get them to cross home plate. NYCFC is in its second year of operations and it’s a joint venture between the New York Yankees, who have a 20 percent equity stake, and the English Premier League’s Manchester City football team. They did not make the MLS playoffs last

year but ownership made it clear that it would not use being a novice franchise as an excuse for futility, as head coach Jason Kreis was fired. While that might seem unfair, Man City spared no expense in trying to make their Big Apple subsidiary credible from the start by exporting such European stars as Frank Lampard, David Villa and Andrea Pirlo. Veteran baseball columnist Bob Klapisch was at Yankee Stadium Friday and admitted to me it was the first nonbaseball event that he had covered in years. “You have to love the fact that the games are over in two hours no matter what!” he said with a smile. Obviously the same will never be said for the nation’s pastime. The hardest part for American sports fans to get used to is that the referees can add time back on the clock for stoppages of play since timeouts that exist in the NBA and the NFL are not part of soccer. My suggestion would be to make the extra time more visible on the stadium clock for fans to see. Major League Soccer’s season stretches from mid-March to late November. I’d also suggest that the league shrink its schedule by having more midweek games. An April through late October/early November schedule would be better for fans, particularly here in the Northeast, Q and would less tax our attention spans. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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In 1958 when mom-and-pop businesses reigned supreme on Austin Street in Forest Hills, partners Sol Laxer and Jason Perline decided to turn the Clarks Seafood Fish Market into a stylish, high-quality mens’ clothing store. The site at 71-57 Austin St., owned by Stockman Holding, was transformed into Beau Brummel Casuals Ltd. They quickly built up a solid reputation as a fashion maker for diplomats, executives on the way up and style-conscious men. Laxer and Perline shopped carefully for merchandise that met their high standards. They were less interested in names than with bringing real value in style and fabrics to their loyal customers. When the youth revolution from London’s Carnaby Street look hit America in the late-1960s, Beau Brummel was ready. There was nothing middle of the road here. The clothes were generally dressy, elegant and stylishly colorful, yet almost formal at times. Guido Cantalicio was the master tailor, who claimed no store in America did as conscientious a job on alterations as

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