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Audit finds major problems in city Sandy program PAGE 5 Darrell Mitchell stands in front of his Sandy-ravaged home on Tuesday after city Comptroller Scott Stringer announced the results of an audit, which found poor oversight in the Build it Back program led to profits for unqualified entities.

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Civics blast city’s rezoning proposals Plan would create senior, affordable housing without parking requirements by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

ivic leaders across the borough are skeptical of the city’s plan to create more senior and affordable housing through rezoning, saying the plan will lead to overcrowding in already overpopulated areas. “It certainly tells me that it’s a disaster for the residential neighborhoods of New York City,” Joe Amaroso, zoning chairman of the Kissena Park Civic Association, said of the proposed changes. As part of Mayor de Blasio’s plan to create or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing, the city Department of Planning is proposing to “modernize zoning regulations that are outdated and often impede the production of new affordable housing.” The plan would allow for “different types of senior housing,” relax density restrictions for new developments and reduce parking requirements for some affordable and senior housing buildings located near public transportation. Height requirements would also be increased for some residential areas to allow for more units. Amaroso, and other community leaders, say the plan will only lead to congestion and a lack of parking in some areas. Rich Hellenbrecht, vice president of the

The city Planning Department is seeking to rezone several residential areas across the city in an effort to promote the construction of senior and affordable housing. Several civic leaders in IMAGE COURTESY NYC Queens are skeptical of the proposal. Queens Civic Congress, said he knows many senior citizens who still drive cars. “So where are these cars going to go?” Hellenbrecht asked. Roe Daraio, president of the Communities of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together group, added that people living in affordable and senior

housing still use their cars. “It’s crazy to even try to do away with parking,” Daraio said. “We should be looking to increase the parking.” Hellenbrecht added that he has not heard many people requesting senior or affordable housing in Queens.

“Perhaps there’s a demand elsewhere in the city,” he said. “But I think it’s overblown and way premature.” He added that the proposal seems to benefit developers and the real estate industry more than the senior citizens the city seeks to place in the new buildings. Daraio added that increasing the number of units that could be created in new developments would lead to more people in neighborhoods, which would put a strain on the area’s public schools. “[School] District 24 is already overcrowded,” she said. Daraio and Amaroso also expressed concerns that the city’s utilities and infrastructure cannot handle the increased number of people who would move into the new units. “It would open the doors to total disaster,” Amaroso said. “Our infrastructure can’t handle it.” The proposal went in front of a public scoping session last Wednesday at City Hall. The public has until April 6 to submit comments on the plan. The Planning Department has not yet released a date on when it will present its plan to community and borough boards. Hellenbrecht said if the department is “serious” about the proposal, it could come to a City Q Council vote before the end of the year.

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How To Get Rid of Knee Pain Once and For All... Without Drugs, Shots or Surgery Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives. Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience. Let’s face it, your knees aren’t as young as you used to be, and playing with the kids or grandkids isn’t any easier either. Maybe your knee pain keeps you from walking short distances or playing golf like you used to. Nothing’s worse than feeling great mentally, but physically feeling held back from life because your knees hurt and the pain just won’t go away! My name is Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C., owner of Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center. Since we opened seventeen years ago, I’ve seen hundreds of people with knee problems leave the office pain free. If you’re suffering from these conditions, a new breakthrough in medical technology may completely eliminate your pain and help restore normal function to your knees.

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Comptroller says poor oversight of Build it Back led entities to profit by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

As Arverne resident Darrell Mitchell waited for Build it Back to complete work on his Sandy-ravaged house, the subcontractors tasked with doing the work profited from his applications even though no work was being done. And that wasn’t the only case, according to an audit of the city’s program released by city Comptroller Scott Stringer on Tuesday. The city Office of Housing Recovery Operations, which oversees the Build it Back program, paid subcontractors $6.8 million for work on houses that was flawed or incomplete in the first few months of its existence, the audit found. It also states that several companies authorized to carry out the work were unqualified to do so and are continuing to operate without a registered contract. “It’s no secret that New York City’s response to Sandy was a case study in disfunction,” Stringer said a press conference at Mitchell’s Arverne residence. “The recovery effort was a case study in making money for companies and a nightmare for the victims of Sandy.” The audit examined Build it Back’s first 14 months of operation, from June 2013 to August 2014, which was riddled with logistical problems with many homeowners saying

Comptroller Scott Stringer, along with civic and community leaders, announces the results of an audit on the city’s post-Sandy Build it Back program. The audit found that subcontractors were PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY paid for work they did not do or only partially completed. they were finding it difficult to get the assistance they needed. Stringer said the audit gives a look into why that happened. “There was no check on the contractors,” he said. The audit states that because the city did

not formally register contracts with the entities carrying out the work it was “deprived of its primary means of control over program costs and operations, thereby increasing the risks of higher cost and less efficient services.” Stringer and Marjorie Landa, deputy

comptroller for audits, declined to say whether the lack of a registered contract could potentially lead to a lawsuit. In addition to examining documents provided by HRO, Stringer said he and his staff interviewed several people enrolled in the Build it Back program. “We did what very few politicians do these days; we listened,” he said. Mitchell, who hosted the press conference where Stringer made his announcement, said he has still not had repairs done to his house. “I’ve never received a call from Build it Back,” he said. Mitchell, who moved into the house a year before the storm hit, enrolled in the program after his house, which is on the waterfront, was flooded with 4 feet of water and damage was done to his electricity, plumbing and walls. Through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Rapid Repairs program, he was able to have two furnaces placed in his house. But as seen during a tour of his home after the press conference, much of it still remains heavily damaged. He said he hopes to have all of the work done to his house by the end of this summer, adding that the total damage to his property continued on page 13

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Sunken craft may be stuck for a while Eric Ulrich staffer says Army Corps looking for boat’s mystery owner by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

jail, though neither the Queens Chronicle nor Simonetti could confirm that. The owner of the house has several thousand dollars in civil penalties due for neglecting the upkeep of the property, according to the Department of Buildings. Simonetti said if the owner is in jail, the Army Corps would have to consult with its legal counsel to deter mine its next cou rse of action. Andrus said, however, if and when he does get out it might be d if f icu lt to mot ivate h i m to remove them in a timely manner. The boats have been sinking for about three weeks, according to members of the boat club. One member told the Chronicle last week it started to list into the creek, which leads into Jamaica Bay, after several inches of ice started to melt. Oil slicks were visible on the water last week days after authorities pumped fluids out of the craft

The owner of two sunken boats in Hawtree Creek might be stuck for a while as the Army Corps of Engineers looks for their owners, according to Eric Ulrich’s PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY chief of staff. in an effort to prevent an environmental hazard. Andrus said there is a possibility that more fluids are still inside the boats and presenting a risk to the marine life. “The periwinkle are going to

feel the effects of this before anyone else,” he said. Referring to the lack of markings on the boats indicating who the owner is, Andrus said all craft are required to have identification Q on both sides.

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The two abandoned boats slowly sinking into Hawtree Creek might be stuck there for a while as the Army Corps of Engineers looks for their owner, according to Councilman Eric Ulrich’s (R-Ozone Park) Chief of Staff Sal Simonetti. “It doesn’t look like they’re going to be moved anytime soon,” Simonetti said on Tuesday, a week after the Chronicle learned of the abandoned crafts’ presence in the creek. Simonetti said the Army Corps last week went out to examine the craft, but saw no markings indicating who the owner of them might be. He added that the corps determined that the boats — one 50 feet long and another 30 feet — are not a hazard to the immediate area. The boats are also still tied to the dock of a house located on Bayview Avenue, which means they remain out of the government’s reach.

“They’re not supposed to touch it,” Simonetti said. Simonetti and Jon Greenfield, a staff member from Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s (D-Rockaway Park) office, both said the corps has determined the boats’ presence does not present a “navigational hazard” to other craft, prohibiting the agency from requesting funds to remove them. Alan Andrus, corresponding secretary of the Howard Beach Motor Boat Club, said there is room to navigate around the boat during high tide, but it’s a different story during low tide. “You let the tide drop and there’s very little room to get around,” Andrus said. Simonetti and Greenfield said the corps is working with members of the club to identify the owner of the craft and work on a solution to have them removed. Some members of the club, located a few yards away from the wreckage, believe the owner is in

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Agate appointed to Qns. Library board Former judge, from Howard Beach, gets second to last appointment by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last Thursday announced that she has appointed former Queens Supreme Court Justice Augustus Agate to the Queens Library Board of Trustees. “I am very pleased to appoint Justice Augustus C. Agate to the Board of Trustees of Queens Library,” Katz said in a statement announcing the appointment. “Justice Agate has extensive experience in making tough decisions from the bench, so his strong judicial temperament will serve him well as a member of the Queens Library Board of Trustees, which is entrusted with providing sound stewardship to one of our borough’s most treasured educational and cultural institutions. His intelligence and commitment to public service are also most impressive and will help guarantee he does an excellent job as a member of the Board.” Agate, a Howard Beach resident, served as a judge in the borough’s state Supreme Court from November 2004 until the end of last year. Before that he was a civil court judge from January 2001 until his appointment to the Supreme Court. “I am thankful that Borough President Katz has appointed me to Queens Library’s Board of Trustees,” Agate said. “I am dedicated to using the experience I have gained during my 14 years as a judge as well as my many years of law practice to make sure the Queens Library is governed with transparency and with fiscal soundness to ensure that the institution will continue to provide quality services to the people of Queens for

decades to come.” Before becoming a judge, Agate worked in private practice from 1976 to 2000. He was a Democratic Party district leader from 1995 to 2000 and an executive member of the South Queens Democratic Club from 1994 to 2000. He is a member of the 106th Precinct Community Council, the Ozone-Howard Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach. Agate’s appointement is Katz’s penultimate choice to replace eight board members who had been sacked following the start of an investigation into the spending practices of former Library President Tom Galante last year. Those removed had been supporters of Galante who blocked a proposal to place him on paid leave while the investigation into the system’s finances was conducted. The new board on Monday during its first public budget hearing promised to remain transparent with all of the system’s finances and increase accountability, according to the Daily News. “Our goal having this hearing tonight is to create a transparent budget process,” Carl Koerner, president of the Board of Trustees, said, according to the News. The News was the first to report on Galante’s exuberant spending practices after originally reporting his $392,000 salary and later that he charged the system for thousands of dollars in dinners. The new board members appointed by Katz and Mayor de Blasio fired Galante, who is reportedly planning to sue Q the system over the ousting.

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Children need to take their tests

very time we think of noting what dedicated public servants doing a near-impossible job our teachers are, their union comes along with some bit of nonsense that needs to be addressed instead. Usually it’s the United Federation of Teachers, which represents educators in the city. The UFT has been engaged in a campaign of misinformation about Gov. Cuomo’s education reform plan, has gone to court to keep lesson plans secret from principals and of course does all it can to keep even the worst teachers on the payroll. But this time it’s the head of the New York State United Teachers, which represents all the other teachers around the state, who’s gone off the deep end. On Monday the NYSUT president, Karen Magee, said parents should have their children boycott statewide standardized tests. That would include those in the city school system. By doing so Magee and her allies are not acting as supporters of children; they’re acting like children themselves. They’re doing this out of their anger at Gov. Cuomo. What evil act has the governor committed to warrant all the protests, silly hashtag campaigns and irresponsible rhetoric like Magee’s? Reforming the education system so that more chil-

dren will actually learn more things and more teachers will be held accountable when they don’t. It’s nonsensical to believe that 96 percent of teachers are effective or highly effective, as the most recent ratings claim, when we have all these graduates who can’t find the country on a map, can’t do basic algebra and can’t comprehend books that eighth-graders were managing to get through, understand and learn from a couple generations ago. Under the reforms enacted in the new state budget, a greater share of teacher evaluations will be based on student improvement on standardized tests such as the ones Magee wants children to opt out of. Observations by principals, outsiders and possibly other teachers will still be a key part of the evaluations. The pre-tenure probationary period for teachers will be lengthened from three to four years. Bonuses of up to $20,000 will be paid to the best teachers. Full scholarships to SUNY and CUNY schools will be offered to top students who commit to teaching in the state for at least five years. None of this sounds like the end of the world. It’s time the teachers unions stopped fighting every measure of their members’ performance that officials come up with in their allimportant quest to improve education in this city and state.

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Lancman vs. Obama I Dear Editor: (An open letter to Councilman Ror y Lancman) I read the article “Lancman blasts Obama on Israel, the Mideast” in the Queens Chronicle’s March 26 edition, which outlined in part, your interview with the editorial board. I must say that it was quite revealing. Your statements reflecting your views on the Obama Administration’s Middle East Policy and Israel’s relationship with the U.S. are somewhat ignorant of the long history of involvement of both countries in support for a “twostate solution.” History tells us that the twostate solution has been the centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, actively supported, encouraged and facilitated during the administrations of the last seven presidents — including President Obama. It’s silly for someone of your stature to make President Obama the villain for the past and recent differences and disagreements the two countries have had. The article states that “Lancman stands solidly against President Obama’s polices in the region, largely blames him for allowing murder and mayhem to spread there …” I find this rhetoric to be offensive and disrespectful, when referring to the president of the United States. Frankly, when I hear this vicious rhetoric it’s reminiscent of how those Tea Party Republicans constantly attempt to demean President Obama and the © Copyright 2015 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.

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t’s certainly not news that the city’s Build it Back program under the Bloomberg administration was a disaster that did next to nothing for people in South Queens, the Rockaways and elsewhere who suffered so much damage during Hurricane Sandy two and a half years ago. But now a new audit by city Comptroller Scott Stringer reveals in further detail one key reason why the program failed: lack of oversight of the contractors who were doing the repair work. Of course some were billing for work that wasn’t done; no one was watching to ensure they didn’t. Of course some were not qualified to do the projects they took on; no one was watching that either. On the other hand, of course many others were honest. The problems Stringer uncovered lasted into the early de Blasio administration, but since then they are being addressed. Naturally the agency in charge says it has implemented the reforms Stringer recommended; that’s par for the course. Let’s hope the city also holds the wrongdoers accountable.

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office of the President of the United States with their coded racist rhetoric. Personally, as a lifetime Democrat, I expect the Democratic Party should stand behind our Democratic president more forcefully and step up to the plate sometimes, when the president is undergoing the usual barrage of attacks from those right-wing bigots. We must engage in meaningful dialogue that will help strengthen — not weaken — the strong bond this country has with the State of Israel. Elmer H. Blackburne District Leader, 29th AD, Part B Laurelton

Lancman vs. Obama II Dear Editor: To suggest the views expressed by City Councilman Rory Lancman in an interview with the Queens Chronicle are extreme misses the boat. Irrational would be more realistic. Anti-Semitism growing among liberal Demo-

crats; United States military action against Iran; Iran placing a nuclear weapon on a cargo ship, sailing it into New York harbor and Lancman’s home turned into a mushroom cloud are all bizarre. To say President Obama is to blame for allowing murder and mayhem to spread in the Middle East and that Obama’s statements about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are reprehensible is not only untrue, but blatantly irresponsible and unacceptable rhetoric from an elected official, especially one from New York. Mr. Lancman seems to have blinded himself into a vacuum and is unable to see there may be two views that deserve recognition. He finds nothing wrong with Netanyahu’s failure to have advised Obama beforehand of his intention to address our Congress. He finds nothing wrong with Netanyahu’s incessant building of settlements in the West Bank even between Palestinian towns and villages. He finds nothing wring with Netanyahu’s pre-election rejection of a two-state solution and his irresponsible claim

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Dear Editor: The world is a mess. Terrorists strike individually or in groups killing for the satisfaction of destroying the lives of families simply because they can. Girls are kidnapped, raped and kept prisoners in the dark, forced to be second-rate members of their communities. Hatred is the constant byword. Extremists demand compliance to their twisted beliefs, politicians cannot accept their opponents are anything other than enemies, and judges who find for one side are condemned by the other as “activists,” when in fact they are condemned for not agreeing with the party that is unsuccessful. Anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim, anti-religious, anti-gay and lesbian, anti-choice, anticompromise — anti-everything but what one side demands is the only way! To oppose positions taken by the right wing of the Republican Party and Tea Party members results in questions whether the opponent is a patriot, a traitor to the nation, morally corrupt, ethically questionable or could be trusted to become an elected official. Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana will not answer if the Religious Freedom Bill protects acts of discrimination. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has altered his position on abortion legislation. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is marshaling “true conservatives” to take control of the nation’s future. And amazingly, Trevor Noah, who can testify to the impact of discrimination, has no problem making anti-Semitic tweets. A recent remake of an “Our Gang” segment had a child appearing as Joe Biden stating he wanted to be vice president so when someone murdered the president he could move into the White House. Perhaps Americans who hate those who don’t agree with them have hopes of death for their “foes.” The political divide is a threat to democracy, yet those who deem compromise a mortal sin seem oblivious to the consequences. We should expect more Timothy McVeighs. They are among us, homegrown and sponsored by these American patriots. Their brothers only did what they would do in Paris. Ed Horn Baldwin, LI

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Dear Editor: Re “Bocce players furious at city over shoddy fix,” March 26, multiple editions: As beautiful as the bocce court canopy in Juniper Park looks, the design is so obviously flawed. Anyone who as much as looks at a pitched roof with shingles or tiles can see and understand that you start at the bottom and overlap the next tile up over the bottom one, not vice versa. It would have been just as easy to reverse the orientation of the glass slats so that the rainwater would not fall until safely away from over the court’s surface. As it is presently designed, the configuration of the slats makes falling rain create rows of ridges on the court’s surface, adversely affecting the natural, smooth roll of the bocce balls. Saying that the canopy was intended to provide shade for the court, not protection from the rain, is an irresponsible statement. No one is suggesting that the players want to be out there while it’s raining. The point of the criticism is what good is shading if the result of

what you’ve done makes the courts unusable after it stops raining? But what is more important than complaining about its shortcomings is what can to done to fix it. Reversing the orientation of the glass slats should be a relatively straightforward revision that would go a long way to making the bocce players a lot happier. Steve Fisher Middle Village The writer is a retired architect.

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Israeli Arabs were coming out in droves to vote against him, all of which, postelection, he now disavows. He chooses to ignore the fact many Israelis do not agree with Netanyahu’s policies, including about 200 Israeli high-ranking military and security persons. Netanyahu’s extreme right-wing partners will never agree to a two-state solution, notwithstanding even a recognition of Israel, without which there will never be peace in the area. Mr. Lancman should reconsider his claim Obama is not a friend of Israel. Former Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak once said: “I can hardly remember a better period of support, American support and backing and cooperation and similar strategic understanding of events around us ONLINE t h a n what we have right now.” Miss an editorial or For mer Israeli article cited by a writer? President Shimon Want news from our other Peres said U.S. editions covering the rest President Barack of Queens? Find past Oba ma is “a r e p or t s , ne w s f r om great president across the borough and and a great friend more at qchron.com. of Israel” and that security cooperation between the U.S. and Israel is “the best we’ve ever had.” He also said he was stating his opinion on Obama “because it’s just true,” adding that he has “the highest respect ” for Obama for overseeing the current relationship between the two countries. What Mr. Lancman, and others who think like he does, fail to understand is that seeking a two-state solution with international security guarantees on both sides ensures that Israel is as the founders intended, a true democracy, and knowing that there can be no peace without meaningful compromise on both sides, does not make those who disagree with the views of Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition anti-Semites and anti-Israel. In fact, in my opinion, they seek the preservation of Israel. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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The city last Friday put out a request for proposals for a citywide ferry operator to control a five-borough waterborne transportation system, which will include a stop in the Rockaways. But some say the peninsula needs its own stop now. “We need that transportation alternative now,” said Felicia Johnson, a member of the Rockaways Community Board 14. Mayor de Blasio announced in February that the city would link Astoria, the Rockaways, South Brooklyn, the Bronx and the Lower East Side of Manhattan to the East River Ferry system — which has stops in Manhattan, Long Island City and Brooklyn. The expansion will be funded by a $55 million capital project, de Blasio announced. The cost of a trip on the ferries will be the same as a bus or subway ride, which is now $2.75. The city Economic Development Corp. listed a few of the requirements for a ferry operator, which include being able to travel on the New York Harbor, East River and Rockaway Inlet under “typical environmental conditions”; “provide vessels that minimally impact the Harbor and surrounding communities”; “vessels should hold a minimum of 149 passengers in climate controlled seating”; must be ADA-complaint and have storage for bikes and strollers; have public restrooms; and will be “encouraged to provide food and beverage concessions.” Interested entities have until June 12 to submit their applications. The expansion is expected to launch in Astoria and the Rockaways in 2017, the year de Blasio and all city Council members are

up for re-election. State Sen Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) wants to see the Rockaways get a dock sooner than that. He is proposing the city utilize an unused dock in Fort Tilden, located on the far western end of the peninsula. “A ferry operator could start pulling boats up tomorrow,” Addabbo said in a written statement. “There is parking for Rockaway residents wanting to travel off the Peninsula and Gateway Beach nearby for beach visitors coming in.” The Rockaways had a ferry stop at Beach 108th Street after Superstorm Sandy knocked the A train out of commission. But it was disassembled last October due to low ridership and a high per-rider subsidy cost, according to city officials. Johnson said people are frustrated the 108th Street dock was disassembled, only for it to be announced it will be brought back. “I think part of the frustration is that you told us you had no money to do it and now you have the money to do it during an election year,” she said. She added that the city should look at a more central location for the dock, saying the city was doing a “disservice” to peninsula residents on the easter n end of the Rockaways. “They still have to drive out to get there,” she said. Richard Khuzami, president of the Old Astoria Neighborhoods Association, said the proposed Astoria dock would be a welcome addition to the community. “The trains are already crowded,” Khuzami said. “We need to create some sort of Q alternate form of transportation.”

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After a two-month hiatus, the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association met on Tuesday to get updates from elected officials and city agencies. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) said there would be a town hall meeting on flood insurance and Sandy recovery in Howard Beach at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 158-20 101 St. on April 9 at 7 p.m. Jeffries said new flood maps are in the process of being revised and changed and there will be a 90-day public comment period. The congressman also said the Army Corps of Engineers will be at the meeting to discuss its efforts to improve resiliency to better protect the Howard Beach and Jamaica Bay communities from the possibility of a future extreme weather event. He said that FEMA officials will also be present at the meeting. “We want to make sure FEMA officials are here in Howard Beach to be held accountable for some of the things that have taken place,” Jeffries said.

City Department of Transportation Spokesman Craig Chin discussed the repainting of the overpass on Crossbay Boulevard by the Welcome to Howard Beach sign. He said the bridge was 17 years old and DOT expects that the repainting will extend the life of the bridge for another 17 years. Chin said that most of the work will be done during the overnight hours and that from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be a single-lane closure and a single- and doublelane closure from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Chin said the project is expected to start the week of April 6 and be completed, weather permitting, by the middle of April. He said that a community liaison for the project can be reached at (917) 434-1385 or emailed at queensbridgepainting@gmail. com. Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said there has been a sharp decline in burglaries and grand theft autos, but there has been a rise in identity theft. “Cyber crime is the wave of the future,” Q Schiff said.

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Mentally ill man missing A mentally ill Brooklyn man who used to live in Woodhaven is missing and might be in the South Queens community, residents say. Joseph Logue, 21, has been missing since March 3 and is bipolar and diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to a statement from the Woodhaven Residents’ Block LIVW-066602

Association, which is assisting the family with trying to find him. According to the WRBA, Logue previously lived in Woodhaven and has returned to the community since he moved. Anyone with information about Logue’s whereabouts is asked to call the 75th Precinct at (718) 827-3548.

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continued from page 5 was around $110,00, which he said was relatively minor for homes in his neighborhood. “Some people got a lot worse damage than I did,” said Mitchell. He added that he has not heard of one Arverne resident who has had an elevation project completed on a property. Stringer did say that many people have started receiving help through the program, specifically after Mayor de Blasio appointed Amy Peterson to head it up. But, he added, there’s still much more to do for those affected by the Oct. 29, 2012 superstorm. “We should not be celebrating where we are now,” Stringer said. In HRO’s response to the audit, the agency pointed out to the auditors that many of the study’s recommendations made have already been implemented. Among those recommendations made by the Comptroller’s Office are specifying experience requirements for the work and review qualifications for any future consultants. HRO said those and many other recommendations were made in April or June of last year. It also claims the audit’s sample was too small. The study based its findings Q off a sampling of 70 applicants.

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Education reform and ethics top state budget Teacher evaluations and merit pay approved; dirty pols lose pensions by Michael Gannon Editor

Education reforms that would have been unthinkable a few years ago and ethics laws that some question were both part of a $142 billion state budget passed by the state Legislature just after midnight on Wednesday morning. Gov. Cuomo, in a statement issued by his office on Wednesday, said the deal holds the annual spending increase below 2 percent for the fifth straight year. He called the package the most meaningful that has been agreed to in many years, not just because of what the state is spending, but how it is being spent. “This budget addresses two of the most fundamental and intractable issues that have vexed the state for generations — education and ethics,” Cuomo said. But critics said the measure failed to pass DREAM Act college tuition assistance for undocumented residents, an increase in the minimum wage or a paid family leave act. “I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to go to my hardworking community of taxpayers ... and explain to them that we could not raise the minimum wage, but we can give taxpayer money so that the rich can get a larger plane or a larger yacht,” state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) said in a statement issued by his office.

On education, the budget spends a record $23.5 billion. Administration officials also said that it includes items to recruit and keep the best teachers. One measure will provide full scholarships to SUNY or CUNY schools for what an official called “top students” who agree to teach in New York State for five years. The state will begin uniform accreditation and admission standards for teacher preparation programs. All teachers also will be required to complete 100 hours of continuing education and recertify every five years or lose their licenses. It also includes measures that teachers’ unions have fought for years, including $20,000 bonus pay for top-rated teachers; lengthened tenure and probationary periods; and a new teacher evaluation system. Under ethics reform, all public officials will be required to disclose the nature of all outside income in excess of $1,000. Any legislator who earns $5,000 or more from a single client or customer would have to disclose the name of the client and the services rendered. Exceptions would be available in some cases. The administration said a legislator who is a lawyer and has a particularly sensitive case could apply to the Office of Court Administration. Public officials who are convicted of

Gov. Cuomo is praising the budget for gains in FILE PHOTO education and ethics reform. corruption now may lose their state pensions, rather than just those elected after 2011. The measure must pass the Legislature twice and will be voted on by the public in 2017. Under per diem travel and lodging expense reform, the state will set up an electronic check-in system that verifies a legislator has attended an official function or event, though state Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) has his doubts. “They have that now when I park my car and I have to swipe a card to get into the

building,” Addabbo said. “This is reform?” There also is a list of items that elected officials can no longer pay for out of campaign funds, including rent, mortgages, clothing, fines, penalties and tickets to sporting events. But it does not specifically say that those accused of crimes cannot use campaign funds to pay for legal defense. The deal was not short on critics in the Queens delegation to Albany. State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), in a press release, said he voted against the education bill because it did not contain the DREAM Act. “Another year, another budget that does not include the DREAM Act,” he said. “... Another year of false fear mongering propaganda led by the [Senate] majority perpetuating an intolerant ideology that the sky will fall if we allow these undocumented kids to receive money from the Tuition Assistance Program.” Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights), echoed his disappointment in Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre). Addabbo said any of those measures can be taken up in the coming weeks of the session. “Unfortunately, when that happens, those Q tend to be DOA,” he said.

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Hevesi happy with homelessness funds Nearly $440 million was secured in state budget for various programs by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

One Queens legislator believes the city and state has begun to turn the tables in the fight against climbing homelessness rates. According to Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), the newly appointed chairman of the legislative body’s Social Service Committee, $439.5 million have been allocated in the 2015-16 enacted state budget for programs and services designed to combat homelessness. Citing the allocation as the largest such increase from the previous year’s budget since 2008, Hevesi could barely contain his excitement in a phone interview with the Chronicle on Tuesday. “I am extremely happy with what we got into the budget,” Hevesi said. “As an opening salvo, this was an extremely successful effort.” The assemblyman said the funding he is most excited about is a $15 million allocation for the new “Homelessness Prevention” pilot program, which will serve New York City in its first year. Its goal is to assist families in the process of losing their homes for “compelling” reasons, such as domestic violence, by allowing localities to raise rent subsidies to the fair market rate set by the U.S. Department of

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi believes the $439.5 million in funding for programs to prevent homelessness in this year’s state budget may reverse the city’s climbing homeless population, FILE PHOTO reducing the need for shelters. Housing and Urban Development. Through rent subsidies, Hevesi said, people who would have fallen into the shelter system in past years could avoid such housing and instead be able to pay for their own apartment. “That was the most important thing,” he said. “There was a general recognition that housing subsidies need to be raised to the fair

market rate set by the federal government. That recognition is huge and will help thousands of people.” Hevesi added that city and state representatives will continue to negotiate how much money families would receive through the program, but that he’s confident the agreed upon figure would be an acceptable one. Programs benefiting runaway and home-

less youth also saw a bump in funding from last year’s budget. In the 2015-16 enacted budget, $4.5 million was allocated to such services, an increase of $2.12 million from last year. In a statement, Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), chairwoman of the Assembly’s Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, said the added funding means the Office of Children and Family Services will be able to provide more endangered youth seeking to be enrolled in their programs with counseling, transportation, food and housing. “No child should be forced to sleep on the street,” Rosenthal said. “The increase in funding ... recognizes the seriousness of the crisis facing our homeless youth and will help create hundreds of beds across the state.” Along with a combined $2.5 million increase for New York State Supportive Housing Program and the Solution to End Homelessness Program, Hevesi believes the days of seeing record numbers of homeless people enter the city’s shelter system may soon be a thing of the past. “I think right away, you’ll see a slowing down of the number of people going into shelters,” he said. “Possibly by the next budget cycle, you may see the number of homeless Q people capped and eventually reduced.”

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Another year, another handful of New York Press Association awards to grace the reception area at the Queens Chronicle office. The newspaper earned five awards, including two first-place honors, at last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual NYPA convention, where the best work done by weekly newspapers around the state during 2014 was recognized. Billed as the largest gathering of its kind in the country, the convention sees hundreds of journalists, graphic artists, account executives, publishers and other members of the trade gather in upstate Saratoga Springs for training, networking, industry analysis, celebrations and the granting of the awards. Submissions for the contest are judged by another stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s press association; this year Iowa did the honors for New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3,335 entries. With a print run of 160,000, the Chronicle is in NYPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top circulation division, so it competes against the largest weekly newspapers across the state each year. Tops in the Chronicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win column was the first-place award scored by Managing Editor Liz Rhoades in the Best News or Feature Series category, for her 10-part sequence of articles celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1964-65 Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fair in Flushing Meadows.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow!â&#x20AC;? the judge who made the selection said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was exhausted after reading this. A series of this magnitude is quite an achievement, even more so when dealing with something that happened 50 years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her research is extensive, and the whole layout works well with photography, logos and pull boxes breaking up the text. The inclusion of so many peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinions that were there was an excellent touch, and the whole series was a fascinating read.â&#x20AC;? Published from April 17 through June 19, 2014, the series is posted in its entirety at qchron.com/worldfair64.

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Imagine mixed martial arts champions Ronda Rousey or Long Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chris Weidman squaring off against hungry challengers in front of sold-out crowds under the bright lights at Madison Square Garden or the Barclays Center. Dozens of state lawmakers, including some from Queens, wish to make that a reality in the near future. New York is the only state in the country where professional mixed martial arts fights are illegal, but Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) said bills in both the upper and lower houses of the state Legislature, if signed, would finally reverse such backwards thinking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a policy mistake not to legalize it in New York,â&#x20AC;? Hevesi said in a phone interview with the Chronicle on Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re leaving money on the table.â&#x20AC;? The Senate bill to legalize MMA, co-sponsored by Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) passed the upper house 47-14 on March 24, with the only Queens member to vote no being Sen. James Sanders (D-South Ozone Park). But in the Assembly, the legislation has stalled somewhat, with no action taken on the bill since it was introduced in January. Hevesi and co-sponsor Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) say the argument against legalizing the combat sport doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resonate with many people anymore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our country and entire world doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree with those arguments,â&#x20AC;? Hevesi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the argument that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no skill involved and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too violent. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sport. These guys are the best-trained athletes in the world.â&#x20AC;?

In a statement issued Monday, Goldfeder said the state needs to end its chokehold on MMA, which, if regulated, could generate economic benefits via tax revenues and a boon in business in the area surrounding venues where professional fights would occur. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Legalizing and regulating MMA in New York State would make the sport safer, bring millions of dollars in tax revenue and boost economic activity for our local businesses,â&#x20AC;? Goldfeder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;MMA is available on TV and becoming increasingly popular, yet residents are forced to travel across state lines to enjoy a live match.â&#x20AC;? Last week, Rousey, the Ultimate Fighting Championshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s female bantamweight champion and arguably the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular fighter, traveled to Albany to meet with Gov. Cuomo and lawmakers in an effort to drum up support for MMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legalization. She pointed out that New York does allow amateur MMA fighting, but those bouts are often more dangerous than professional ones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no kind of blood testing to make sure the athletes are safe,â&#x20AC;? Rousey told reporters upstate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so dangerous that something needs to be done about it. They need to be regulated. They need to be protected.â&#x20AC;? Hevesi said he hopes the topic will be discussed on the floor of the Assembly within the next two months, but there is a faction within the legislative body that has no interest in voting to legalize the sport. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say the majority of people want it to happen, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a group of Democrats that are dead set against it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if you regulate it, you can ensure the fightersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Q safety.â&#x20AC;?

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Schumer to lead U.S. Senate Dems in 2017 Israel an issue as Reid taps New York lawmaker as his replacement by Michael Gannon Editor

W hen U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced last week that he would retire following the 2016 elections, speculation in New York automatically focused on Brooklyn-born Sen. Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, who long has been known to have interest in the top spot. Reid endorsed Schumer a day later, bypassing his current No. 2, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) “I think Schumer should be able to succeed me,” Reid said last weekend in an interview quoted in published sources including The New York Times and Washington Post. “I thank Harry Reid for his friendship, counsel, and steadfast leadership of our caucus over the last ten years, and I look forward to continuing to work right alongside him for the remainder of this Congress,” Schumer said Monday in a statement from his office. “I am honored and humbled to have the support of so many of my colleagues and look forward to our Senate Democratic Caucus continuing to fight for the middle class.” The news generally has been well-received in city political circles. Typical was City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who said Schumer will be an exceptional leader. “Sen. Schumer has been a vociferous defender of New York City, a strong ally of the middle class and tenaciously fought for the rights of immigrants,” the speaker said. “I know as majority leader he will continue to push to make our country a more fair and just place for everyone.” Mark-Viverito likely is engaging in serious wishful thinking on her majority leader comment, with Republicans currently holding 54 seats. But Michael Krasner, a political science professor at Queens College, said he has little doubt as to Schumer’s future effectiveness for both Senate Democrats and New York State. “He’s one of our own, and he’s a very good politician,” Krasner said in an interview. “You can’t get elected dog catcher without Sen. Schumer showing up to con-

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has been anointed by as the successor to Senate Democratic Leader FILE PHOTO Harry Reid when Reid retires after the 2016 elections. gratulate you. He knows how to keep in touch, and he undoubtedly will be able to deliver for New York.” Krasner admitted that the national and international aspects of Democratic leader would take somewhat more skill. He believes New York’s senior senator is up to the task. “He has been very active and effective representing big money interests on Wall Street, helping with tax exemptions that help people collect their salaries and bonuses” Krasner said. He said Schumer may have to build more of a track record among the lower-income and middle classes, but that he has a generally liberal voting record. David Laska, a spokesman for the New ork State Republican Party, said in a telephone interview on Monday that Schumer still has to be re-elected in 2016 before he can focus on taking Reid’s job. The GOP is intending to speak regularly about the state’s high taxes, poor business climate and Schumer’s action or inaction in

the Senate regarding the U.S. relationship with Israel. Reid’s announcement came days before Wednesday’s stated deadline for Iran to reach an international agreement over its nuclear development program. And the icy relationship between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became toxic as Netanyahu ran for and won re-election last month. “He’s been speaking out of both sides of his mouth,” Laska said about Schumer. “Where does he stand — with his party or his constituents?” Krasner said without any doubt Schumer’s constituents are properly skeptical about any deal with Iran. But he believes Schumer has the skills — and the time — to navigate those rapids. “He’s not going to butt heads with Obama, particularly when it’s on a partisan issue where Republicans are trying to make political hay.” Krasner said. “He’s a good party man. He can probably lay low for a while.

And he can placate his constituents by saying ‘Accept the fact that there is a strained relationship, accept the rhetoric.’ But what he can then say is there have been no cuts in aid or substantial actions that threaten Israel’s security interests, either economic or military.” He also said Schumer is backing Hillary Clinton — who has begun to distance herself from Obama, whom she served as secretary of state — for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2016. On the other hand, Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said on an email to the Chronicle that Schumer is in “an unenviable position regarding the Iranian nuclear deal,” particularly as he is Jewish and has an influential Jewish constituency in New York. Complicating matters further, Skelley said, is the Schumer has signed on as a cosponsor of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which would require congressional approval of any deal. But, like Krasner, he said being in line to replace Reid would place pressure on Schumer to support the administration. “Schumer would prefer to avoid a schism in the party over the issue, but one has to think that if he perceives that enough of the Democratic Caucus is hesitant to make a deal, it’s possible that he’ll oppose a deal, assuming one is made.” Skelley said that would mean there was enough opposition to an Iran agreement to override a presidential veto, with Schumer’s opposition giving other Democrats the necessary political cover to do so. “The final look of the nuclear agreement also will matter, and aspects of it might allow Schumer a way out if he wants to personally oppose the legislation but not sink the administration’s efforts,” Skelley said. Krasner said that while more people in New York right now trust Netanyahu, the state’s Jewish vote is not as monolithic in its views on Israeli security as it once was. A Schumer spokeswoman said in an email that he does not consider himself in an awkQ ward position on an Iran deal.

Woman charged in her boyfriend’s death A South Ozone Park woman is facing the possibility of life in prison after allegedly setting up a robbery that ended in the shooting death of her boyfriend, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Friday. “The defendant is accused of arranging to have her boyfriend robbed, but the victim scuff led with the gunman and was shot and killed,” Brown said. “This is yet another example of the senseless gun violence in our community that must end. The defendant now faces being locked

She allegedly set him up to be robbed behind bars for the rest of her life.” Natasha Mohabeer was arrested early Friday morning and authorities charged her with coordinating with an unidentified man to rob her boyfriend, Michael Jonathan. Jonathan got into a scuff le with the robber in St. Albans and was shot in the torso during the altercation, Brown said. The shooter has not yet been identified.

Jonathan was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, the DA added. Mohabeer is charged with seconddegree felony murder, attempted firstdegree robbery and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to Brown. She faces 25 years to life in prison if Q convicted of all the charges.

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Spring has sprung. Apparently, cats have, too. This is the time of year when stray and feral cats living in yards, lots, alleyways and parks all over the city emerge from their winter dens. Spring is also kitten season, said Kathleen O’Malley, director of a city-led TrapNeuter-Return program, which is part of the NYC Feral Cat Initiative. O’Malley added residents may start to notice adult cats being more active, hunting for food to nourish their young and themselves. The TNR program, in which volunteers are trained to nonlethally and humanely help control stray cat populations in the city, has a certification workshop coming to the Steinway Library in Astoria on Saturday, April 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Upon learning TNR, residents will be able to safely and humanely trap a stray or feral cat, get it spayed or neutered by a p r of e s s i o n a l a n d r e t u r n i t t o i t s environment. Participants will get hands-on practice with how to use the humane trap, which can be bor rowed or rented from trap banks across the city. Videos will also show people out in the field demonstrating how to operate traps and establish

winter shelters. Experts will also instruct participants on how to care for cat colonies and provide an informational handbook. “We do know that Queens covers a large area geographically and although we are constantly training people in TNR, for people who live in Queens and people who work in Queens, there are still a lot of gaps,” O’Malley said. “Queens is an area of high need and that’s why we concentrated on having workshops on site.” The initiative is a program par t of Mayor de Blasio’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. “There are a lot of people out there that think that community cats should be scooped up and taken to a shelter or to a home and it’s just not that simple,” O’Malley said, adding that these cats are not socialized to humans and shouldn’t be picked up or too disturbed. If a resident were to call 311 to alert the city about a cat colony in their neighborhood, the most that will be done is a TNR procedure. The NYC Feral Cat Initiative emphasizes spaying and neutering as the safest way to reduce populations. “If everybody took care of five, 10, 15 cats, then that would get the job done,” Q O’Malley said.

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fiti vandalism on the scaffolding and that he put lights under the scaffolding during the evening hours through the morning. This for the safety of our residents. I also asked all of our elected officials to assist us with these requests. This building, because of this neglect, nearly cost Woodhaven lives, then cost Wood haven ou r Volu nteer A mbulance Corps with its beautifully renovated meeting hall, which the Woodhaven Senior Citizens Center used, costing Woodhaven this as well. Now the building ow ner of record, George Kochabi, has left our Woodhaven w it h a g r af f it i-va nd ali zed , d a rkened eyesore. This eyesore surrounds a collapsed building where no visible repairs have been made. It has been two years now since this building collapsed. It was to be demolished, but the Honorable Justice Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan in good faith granted an extension for the owner to repair the building; then more extensions were granted, and here we are. I hope the fact that this owner did not maintain this building and repair it before the collapse and has no intention of repairing it now will be recognized. May God bless our armed forces, may God bless our disabled veterans, may God bless our NYPD and may God bless our America. Q

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CB 2 weighs in on Queens Blvd. plan DOT aims to make intersections safer, starting on a 1.3-mile stretch by Dorna Aprin Chronicle Contributor

Following a community workshop in January that aimed to pinpoint pedestrians,’ drivers’ and cyclists’ major points of contention along Queens Boulevard, the city Department of Transportation presented a detailed proposal Tuesday to Community Board 2’s Transportation Committee. The plan calls for a project that will kickstart the Great Streets initiative, a $100 million effort to make the entire 7-mile stretch of Queens Boulevard safer. At CB 2’s office in Woodside, DOT representatives discussed the tentative plan’s first phase: to redesign a 1.3-mile stretch of the boulevard from Roosevelt Avenue to 73rd Street. “This 1.3-mile segment has unique challenges created by overpasses that interrupt the roadway, numerous skewed intersections and high volume entrances and exits to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway,” read a DOT statement about the project. The proposal, which creates a more fluid transition for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians from the street’s center lanes to service roads, includes a bike lane protected by a two-foot buffer and fringed by four-to-five feet of pedestrian space. DOT also proposes removing drivers’

The Transportation Committee of Community Board 2, including committee Chairman Joe Conley, center, reviews the Department of Transportation’s proposed changes to Queens Boulevard. PHOTO BY DORNA APRIN

ability to make right turns at 59th Place and 60th Street. The changes are meant to minimize safety concerns among residents. An estimated cost of roughly $2 million

for completion of the first segment was proposed at the committee’s meeting. The first phase is slated to be completed in August, pending the approval of the community board as a whole.

“We think at the end of the day we’re going to have a truly transformative project that’s going to make Queens Boulevard the street that it should be, a street that serves the residents of Queens, that stitches the neighborhood together rather than dividing it apart” said Ryan Russo, DOT deputy commissioner. With 43 roadside injuries and six fatalities — two being pedestrian deaths — since 2009, Queens Boulevard is regarded as one of the most dangerous corridors in the city. “Road Shopping” or the repetitive switching from mainline to service road, is a common error made on the roadway, DOT representatives said, adding the method is a leading cause of accidents there. Inattentive bikers and jaywalkers also lend to the accident and mortality rate on the dangerous street. Queens Boulevard is marked as a priority corridor as part of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative. CB 2’s Transportation Committee will deliver its recommendation to the full board at the monthly meeting Thursday. DOT plans to hold public workshops in the fall and winter regarding more phases of the boulevard project planned for stretches from 73rd Street to Eliot Avenue and from Q Eliot Avenue to Union Turnpike.

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Who’haven Woodhaven resident Marilyn Demino got quite the surprise when she looked at the windowsill of her 80th Street home. Perched on a flagpole holder was an owl, which stared at Demino and her husband as she took the shot. She said her husband and she thought the bird had a damaged wing because it just stood there, but later saw that it had flown away. Demino said she spotted the bird on March 24 and that seeing it was a rare sight for her. She was not able to identify what type of owl had visited her home.

The Flushing Mall is no more. Work has begun to demolish the building at 13315 39 Ave. and to likely replace it with housing and commercial space. A construction fence surrounds the site, which according to a permit filed with the Department of Buildings by owner F & T Group of Flushing, calls for a 13-story mixed-use building with 192 apartments and stores. The project is expected to cover around 190,000 square feet. F & T Group is a busy developer. The f irm is now constructing the massive Flushing Commons on the site of the former Municipal Parking Lot 1 and last year completed One Fulton Square, featuring a Hyatt Place hotel, condos, shops and professional offices. That is located across the street from the former mall and continues to Prince Street and Roosevelt Avenue. F & T officials declined to comment on the latest project, which has not yet been approved by the DOB. It will be built as of right, but a spokesman told Community Board 7 District Manager Marilyn Bitterman that the board would be apprised of plans as they evolve. The Flushing Mall was created in 2001 at the site of a vacant warehouse. F & T offiials said then that it was only an inter-

The former Flushing Mall is almost concealed by large trucks. It is in the process of being torn PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN down for a mixed-use development. im use for the space. Although the mall shops never really caught on, the food court was very popular with the public for its offerings of handmade noodles, shaved ice and fried crullers. At one point, the site was going to be used for parking during construction of

the $ 850 million Flushing Com mons mixed-use project that includes upscale condos, retail and commercial areas, a YMCA, a public green and underground parking. But when work began last year, developers found a way to retain parking Q at the site.

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At the age of 93, Little Neck resident Dave Shapiro continues to work in his family’s industrial brush business, over eight decades after he began earning a nickel for every sack of wooden brush blocks he unpacked for his father, the company’s co-founder. Shapiro is part of a segment of the population that increased steadily between 1993 and 2009: seniors in the active work force. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, during those 16 years, workers 55 and older grew from 29.9 percent to 40.4 percent, changing the face of the nation’s work force. A multi-generational work force is the new reality. While the rate has remained steady since, the contributions by older workers cannot be denied. It is a phenomenon that is addressed in a series of publications called “Age Smart Industry Guides,” released on March 18 by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center. The publications feature interviews with small businesses across the five boroughs that have successfully hired and retained older workers. They offer peer-to-peer advice from business owners in four major New York City industries: family-owned

businesses, food services, manufacturing and nonprofit organizations. Ruth Finkelstein, a co-author of the publications, indicates that “many older adults want and need to keep working. At the same time, many small businesses struggle with staffing issues. We have a win/win opportunity for New York City.” Shapiro, like many older workers, has much to offer in the business world, including, he said, “My knowledge. I understand brushes themselves. I can advise on the best brush for a particular function.” Knowledge and experience, it seems, are valuable assets regardless of the product involved. Anthony Gilroy, director of marketing and communications for the world-famous piano manufacturers Steinway & Sons, one of the companies featured in the guides, said, “When it comes to things like building pianos, experience and the increased skill that come with doing something over a long period of time is highly valued.” While Gilroy admitted that “we don’t hire a huge amount of older employees,” he pointed out that “we do retain many employees for decades.” The only way to replace these skilled workers, he said, would be “to train new employees over a significant period of time. The majority of these skills don’t exist in employees out on the street.”

Jay Parker, 63, left, the owner of Ben’s Best Deli in Rego Park, with longtime employee Marty FILE PHOTOS Stein, 75, who says work keeps him healthy. Gilroy estimated that the Long Island City-based company has 300 craftspeople in its factory and an additional 75 employees as part of its administrative staff. About half, he said, are 50 years of age and older. In Shapiro’s case, he inherited the business from his father. It has retained its original name, Culicover and Shapiro, though his father’s original partner remained with the business for a very limited time. “My father wasn’t going to throw away the statio-

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Snoring and heart disease Snoring isn’t pleasant for anyone — not the partner who has to sleep beside the snorer, nor the snorer whose breathing may pause repeatedly throughout the night. But did you know that loud, excessive snoring is often a sign of obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that — if left untreated — can cause you to be five times more likely to die from heart disease? Along with good nutrition and regular exercise, healthy sleep is essential for a healthy heart. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S, so treating sleep apnea is good for your sleep and your heart. According to the National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project, obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic disease that afflicts at least 25 million U.S. adults. “Obstructive sleep apnea is destroying the health of millions of Americans, and the problem has only gotten worse over the last two decades,” says Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler, president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and a national spokesperson for the Healthy Sleep Project. Sleep apnea involves repetitive pauses in breathing during sleep, which can put an enormous strain on the heart. Severe sleep apnea can reduce the amount of oxygen in your blood and cause dangerous surges in your blood pressure. This stress triggers your body to respond in ways that may promote heart disease. Sleep apnea may be far more common than

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Another borough establishment featured in the publications is Ben’s Best, a Queens Boulevard fixture for 70 years. Today, it is owned and run by Jay Parker, 63, whose father opened the kosher delicatessen at its Rego Park location in 1945. Looking around at some of his employees, behind the counter, or seated at a front table taking telephone orders, Parker said, “These guys live for the job. Nobody calls in sick. Nobody calls for personal days. They have the work ethic.” Besides the work ethic, Parker also praised his workers for their ability to get along with diners. “They’re pleasant to the customers,” he said. “They relate to 4-year-olds walking on the floor and 95-year-olds.” Some of “the guys” have been with Parker for over three decades, including Marty Stein, 75, who said, “Work keeps me healthy, mentally and physically. I don’t think of my age. It’s a nice comfortable place to work.” With no immediate plans to give up his job, Stein added, “If Jay sells or retires, I’m out of here.” “We’re all going out together,” Parker agreed. With a quarter of its 54,000-member workforce being over the age of 55, the North ShoreLIJ Health System “keeps in line with an aging

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Things to consider when choosing a college When choosing a college, students often look for the best academic institutions. While it’s hard to argue with that approach, high school students facing the decision of where to spend the next four years of their lives should know that the right university is not necessarily the one with the best academic reputation. A host of factors come into play when f inding the right match between student and university. Academics should always carry the most weight, but students should consider a host of other factors before ultimately deciding where to continue their academic careers. • Cost: In a perfect world students would not have to worry about financing their college educations. But that’s not a world in which today’s students live, so the cost of a college education is something nearly every collegebound student must consider before making his or her decision. According to the College Board, the average overall cost to attend instate public college for the 2012-13 academic year for students who did not receive f inancial aid was

$22,261, a nearly 4 percent increase from the previous school year. That sticker price includes the cost of living in a dorm, food, books, and the additional expenses college students typically have. And the College Board notes that, despite the cost increase, financial aid budgets stayed the same as the year before, meaning even those students who received financial aid paid more money. While cost should not dictate where high school students ultimately go to college, students should know that eventually student loans will have to be repaid with interest, so those who do not want to bury themselves in student loan debt after graduation would be wise to choose a university that’s more affordable or one that’s offering a more attractive scholarship and grant package. Unlike student loans, scholarships and grants do not have to be repaid. • Distance from home: While many high school students may think a school far away from their folks is ideal, the reality of being far away from home is a struggle for many college students who

A host of factors come into play when choosing a college. Academics should always carry the most weight, but students should consider a host of other factors before ultimately deciding where to continue their academic careers. attend college outside of their home states. Homesickness is a very real thing for college students who are away from home and on their own for the first time. In addition to homesickness, college-bound students should consider the cost of travel before

enrolling in a college or university that’s far from home. Mom and Dad might not be able to afford to fly their college students home several times per year for the holidays and other breaks in the school year, and the burden of financing that travel can fall on

students. If you are not planning to work during the school year, then financing trips home may prove very difficult. • Environment: Both the academic and social environments at a college or university merit consideration when students are deciding where to continue their educations. Some students thrive in a competitive academic environment, while others tend to fare better in a more casual setting. Students should assess which environment is best for them and choose a university that best suits them as a student. A college or university’s social environment is another factor for students to consider. Larger schools tend to rely heavily on Greek life, while smaller schools may be more intimate and less exclusive. Students who hope to join a sorority or fraternity might benefit from a school with a thriving Greek life, while those who want a more intimate social environment might prefer a smaller school where all of the students Q seem to know one another. — Metro Creative Connection

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Many of this year’s high school graduates will be leaving home for a college campus in the fall. Such a departure is often bittersweet for kids and parents alike. Young men and women typically look forward to the freedom and independence that college life can provide, but those same men and women know they will miss the familiarity of home as well. Parents, too, have mixed emotions when kids head to college, as their sadness over a child leaving home is met with the pride they feel that the child they raised is setting out to make their own way in the world. Few moments in life involve such significant change as the moment when a young man or woman first arrives on a college campus. First-year college students often don’t know what to expect once they arrive on campus, but there are steps parents can take to help their kids prepare for college life. • Teach kids how to schedule their time. One of the things many college kids find once they arrive on campus is that their life is suddenly much less structured and their amount of downtime has increased considerably. Unlike high school, which keeps many kids in class or involved in extracurricular activities from the early morning through the late afternoon, college affords students much more free time, which is theirs to use as they see fit. Some

kids dive right into on-campus activities, while others struggle to use their free time to their advantage. Parents can teach time management skills such as how to establish a schedule so all of that free time does not go to waste. This schedule can be adjusted on a weekly basis depending on coursework or extracurricular activities. Once kids learn to manage their time effectively, including using breaks between classes to review notes from a recent lecture or upcoming class, they’re likely to get the most out of themselves academically and find they have more time to pursue extracurricular activities as well. • Discuss finances and establish a financial arrangement. Many college freshmen struggle to manage their money. Some might never have had a job during high school while others who did work only did so to earn spending money. But many college students need more than spending money once they reach campus. Rising tuition costs have made it difficult, if not impossible, for parents to bankroll their kids’ everyday expenses. As a result, many college students find themselves forced to manage their own money for the first time in their lives. Parents can teach simple financial lessons, such as the benefits of buying groceries as opposed to dining out

or ordering in each night. College is also where many young men and women first sign up for a credit card. Parents can teach their kids the basics of managing credit, such as the benefit of paying off a balance before interest rates kick in and the negative ramifications of missing payments. Parents who can afford to provide financial support for their children enrolled in college should reach a financial agreement with their children before they are off to college. Make sure kids know your financial support does not mean they have unlimited access to your funds, and make it known that such support will not continue if kids aren’t performing well in the classroom. • Encourage kids to contact any roommates before the school year begins. Part of the trepidation many kids have when leaving for college concerns how they may or may not develop a relationship with their new roommate. Many schools assign roommates months in advance of the school year, giving kids ample time to make contact and make arrangements about whom is going to bring certain items, such as a television or coffee pot or even furniture if the room can fit any. Parents should encourage such contact so kids can get a feel of who they will be living with and lay the groundwork for a friendship before they even step foot on

Parents of college-bound youngsters can help their kids prepare for such a significant life adjustment so kids are better equipped to handle both their academic and social lives. campus. The feeling of knowing someone on campus can greatly reduce the anxiety many kids feel when they arrive at school for their freshmen orientation. The day a student leaves for college is a significant day for parents and students alike. Parents can take a number of steps to make the transition to college easier for Q their college-bound son or daughter. — Metro Creative Connection

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Thermography heat seeking technology going mainstream Modern advancements in thermographic detectors have brought on recent research with breast thermography, standing up to the challenge of breast cancer screening through radiation-free methods. Thermal imaging is a state-of–theart, non-invasive, painless screening test that detects physiological changes in the body that are produced by developing patholog y or disease. Thermal imaging can detect those changes years before they will show up on traditional-rays showing areas of abnormal physiolog y and NOT anatomy like other standard tests. Thermography is a heat seeking physiological test, while mammograms, sonograms and MRI are all anatomical tests. Some surgeons are using thermal imaging to assess the prognosis of cancers found on mammography, and reducing false positives. This cuts down on biopsy and can save millions of dollars each year. Current mammography guidelines are set to screen women over 40-50 years of age, leaving unprotected those who have not yet attained midlife status, and currently account for

20,000 or more cases of breast cancer in the United States each year alone. Breast thermography is safe for women of all ages and is effective for women with dense breasts. Combining technologies enhances the effectiveness of mammography up to 95 percent from 83 percent for mammography alone. Dr. Christine Northrup, a visionay pioneer i n women’s health, says “Studies show that a thermogram identifies precancerous or cancerous cells earlier, and produces unambiguous results, which cuts down on additional testing — and it doesn’t hurt the body. Isn’t this what women really want?” Breast thermograhic technology has been FDA cleared since 1982. It should not, however, be considered an alter native to mam mog raphy. Rather, it should be regarded as an adju nct to mam mography and should be included in every woman’s regular breast health regime. All women can benefit from thermal imaging, regardless of density, implants, reconstruction or nursing mothers. It is imperative for woman

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Douglaston hiker starts a podcast Willow Belden produces an outdoor program from her base in Wyoming by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

A former Douglaston resident is finding life out West to her liking and recently debuted her own iTunes podcast called “Out There.” Willow Belden, a former editor at the Queens Chronicle, now living in Laramie, Wyo., has three podcasts under her belt. The theme is the outdoors, “from your window box and garden, to the fields on the edge of town, to the forests, prairies, seashores, and wilderness,” she says at the beginning of each program. “On the show, we explore our relationship with nature, through stories, interviews, essays, and fiction. We travel around the U.S. and the world, with tales of love and heartbreak, passion and adversity, desperation and triumph.” The first program, titled “Pedaling and Paddling,” deals with a couple who have differing hobbies. He’s afraid of water and she’s nervous bicycling, but the two found a way to meet in the middle. The second installation deals with a cross-country skier, Sarah Konrad, who was turned down to participate in the Olympics primarily because of her age, but eventually got there by joining the biathalon team. “I was never a good shooter, but a good skier,” said Conrad, who also lives in

Laramie and made the team at the age of 38. She competed in the Torino games. The third episode features a wildlife researcher, Joe Hutto, who lived with mule deers for eight years. He embedded himself in the herd and experienced great happiness and sadness with the animals. Hutto became attached to the deer, even though in the past he had been a hunter. When hunters illegally trespassed and killed one of his favorite deer, the naturalist said he had had enough and ended his research. “But it was worth it and gave me insight,” he said. The podcasts run up to 30 minutes, with Belden interspersing questions with the dialogue. Music adds a professional touch to the programs. Some of it was written by an acquaintance in Brooklyn. Although the three aired programs take place in Wyoming, Belden is hoping in the future to expand the settings across the country, but that will take money. Until she builds up a listening audience, of around 10,000 — she’s now at 3,000 — she said it would not be practical to solicit advertisers. Meanwhile, she is working three jobs to support the effort. Belden believes there is the possibility that National Public Radio will pick it up. She previously worked for Wyoming Public Radio.

An outdoorswoman herself, who also enjoys bicycling and skiing, last summer she hiked the 500-mile Colorado Trail alone, a trek that took five weeks. “That made me feel more confident and able to take risks,” she said of the summer adventure. A graduate of Kenyon College and a Fulbright Scholar, Belden was West Queens and qboro editor, earning Rookie of the Year honors from the New York Press Association. She later graduated from Columbia University’s journalism graduate school before moving on to radio work. “I like the lifestyle out here,” she said. “And I’m excited about the podcast more than any other job. It’s more exciting and I’m in charge.” A podcast is like a radio show, except instead of being distributed over the airwaves, it’s online. You can download episodes and listen to them whenever and wherever is convenient, on your computer, phone or other device. To access “Out There,” go to the website outthereshow.com. It has a link to the podcast. Belden is also asking for contributions that can be made through the website. The show airs the second Thursday of each month. Eventually, Belden hopes to Q make it more frequent.

Douglaston’s own Willow Belden during her 500-mile hike along the Colorado Trail last summer. She now has started COURTESY PHOTO an outdoor podcast.

Urinary Incontinence: It Doesn’t Have to Rule Your Life Urinary incontinence (UI) is a very common condition, but many people have trouble discussing it with their doctor because of embarrassment, a lack of knowledge about treatment options and the misconception that it is a “normal” part of aging. Farzeen Firoozi, MD, a urologist specializing in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at the Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, part of North Shore-LIJ Health System, discusses what you need to know about this condition.

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Bladder or urinary incontinence (UI), also known as a loss of bladder control, can have symptoms ranging from mild leaking to uncontrollable wetting. There are several types of UI, including: • Urge incontinence — The inability to hold urine long enough to reach a restroom. It is often found in people who have conditions such as diabetes, stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, but may be an indication of other diseases or conditions that would also warrant medical attention. • Stress incontinence — Leakage of urine during exercise, coughing, sneezing, laughing, lifting heavy objects or other body movements that put pressure on the bladder. This is the most common type of incontinence in younger women. • Functional incontinence — Leakage due to a difficulty reaching a restroom in time because of physical conditions such as arthritis. • Overflow incontinence — Leakage that occurs when the quantity of urine produced exceeds the bladder’s capacity to hold it.

If you or a loved one has symptoms of urinary incontinence, call (516) 734-8500 today to make an appointment with one of our urologists. For more information, visit NorthShoreLIJ.com/Smith.

What you need to know about UI: • 200 million people are affected by UI worldwide. • 1 in 3 Americans age 30 to 70 have experienced bladder control loss, and may be living with symptoms. • 2 in 3 people with UI do not use any treatments to manage their condition. • According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 51 percent of people aged 65 and older living at home reported bladder and/or bowel incontinence. While one-third of American adults think that UI is a normal part of aging that they have to accept, incontinence can be improved or completely cured with proper evaluation and treatment. The Smith Institute for Urology has resources for men and women who want to discuss these symptoms and treatment options with a physician. Our urologists and urogynecologists are at the national forefront for many non-invasive, state-of-theart procedures to correct incontinence.

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Queens has a new artistic epicenter. And, there’s beer, too. As if trying to lure the spotlight away from the more established scene in Western Queens, the Ridgewood Artists Spring Showcase, at Finback Brewery, features a vast collection of photographs, paintings, models, animation, films, sculptures and mixed-media pieces by more than 20 members of the Ridgewood Artists Coalition. The union of the artists, who live in the southwestern Queens neighborhoods of Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale, indicates a strengthening creative pulse in the area. It’s a bit puzzling to pinpoint what exactly is going on in the exhibit. Even with, (or perhaps, especially with), a beer in hand, viewers may have to stop and investigate what they see. It comes off as a fitting task in peering into a new hive of artists blooming in the neighborhoods. In one corner, a rudimentary scaffold supports eight randomly planted canvases painted with abstract streaks of white, red and black. Some are partially ripped and destroyed. Opposite, a crocheted pink arm holding an anatomically correct human heart sprouts from the wall; the arm sports fake fingernails. In a corner, white hooks anchor ropes that are crudely woven to suspend lavender-colored pieces of cinder blocks. The tangle brings back childhood memories of cats cradle gone awry. Nearby is a wall of photos — among them, a snapshot of an inquisitive goat — interspersed with paintings, including abstract portraits painted on mirrors. On another wall are two paintings capturing a familiar sight: front stoops washed in afternoon light. In another room, a stop-motion claymation film with an amazingly detailed set plays on a small television. Unlike the jovial claymation pieces many are used to seeing, this film deals with dark emotions. Continued onpage page continued on 43

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2 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $5 per child plus admission. Preregistration req’d. Info: (718) 886-3800, ext. 204, queensbotanical.org.

Titans of American photography, two exhibits on photography from the 19th century to the present. Mon., April 13, opening reception Thurs., April 23, 6 p.m. Thru June 6. Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College, Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Info: (718) 997-4747, qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach.

“BubbleMania,” a wacky comedy with swing music and soap bubble manipulations. Tue., April 7-9, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6 + admission. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Drawings of Anthony Baus, featuring more than 30 pen and ink wash architectural and perspective compositions. Opening reception Fri., April 17, 6-9 p.m. Thru May 8 by appointment. Eleventh Street Arts at Grand Central Atelier, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Info: eleventhstreetarts@gmail.com.

Free art classes: Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

“Windows of Inspiration,” showcasing still life and abstract paintings by Lisa Baw. Tues.-Sun., thru April 9, hours vary. Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 631-6396, artgallery@qcc.cuny.edu.

Friday Night Teen program sponsored by the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens. Every Fri., 6-7 p.m. for middle school students and 7-9 p.m. for high school students, Maurice A. Fitzgerald P.S. 199, 39-20 48 Ave., Sunnyside. $10 registration req’d. Info: (718) 728-0946, vbgcq.org.

“Matthew Weiner’s ‘Mad Men,’” revealing the creative process behind the AMC drama with large-scale sets, costumes, props and videos. Thru June 14. $12 adults, $9 seniors and students, $6 children. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. “After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India, 1947/1997,” chronicling the emergence of modern art in India. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested donation of $8 adults and children over 12, $4 seniors, students. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

THEATRE “Resistance,” by Lawrence F. Bloom, is set in Palestine in the 1940s. Tues., April 7, 8 p.m., Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 St. Free. Info: (718) 261-2900.

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Rough Draft Festival, a showcase of worksin-progress, with events, thru Fri., April 3, at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Times vary. Info: Handan Ozbilgin, (718) 482-5153, hozbilgin@lagcc.cuny.edu. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” presented by Variations Theatre Group. Fri., April 10-Sat., April 25, 8 p.m., 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun., The Chain Theatre, 21-28 45 Road, L.I.C. $18. Info: (866) 811-4111, variationstheatregroup.com.

DANCE Green Space Blooms Annual Dance Festival, presented by Dance Entropy. Thurs.-Sun., April 16-19, 8 p.m. Matinee Sat., April 18, 1 p.m., 37-24 24 St., Suite 301, Long Island City. $15; $20 at door. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

The third annual “Spring Egg-stravaganza!” a special event at the Queens Botanical Garden, PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN takes place this Saturday.

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Easter concert, by the church’s Chancel Choir and by Harmonious Chorus, Thurs., April 2, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, 54-05 Seabury St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 639-3126.

Empire City Casino bus trip. St. Josaphat’s Church, 34-32 210 St., Bayside, Wed., April 8, bus leaves at 9:30 a.m. $25, get back $15. RSVP: Joy (917) 921-7631.

“Anima: A Cabinet of Wonders,” with Baroque and late Renaissance music played on period instruments, Fri., April 10, 6 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. $25; $30 at door. Info: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org.

“A Night of Doo-Wop,” featuring the Devotions, Sat., April 11, 7-11 p.m., Our Lady of Grace Church, 100-05 159 Ave., Howard Beach. $40. Info/tickets: Richard Maiorino (718) 213-2599 or Lamondo Spicer (646) 267-8656.

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Beekeeping basics: for the bee-curious and aspiring beekeeper. Tues., April 14, 7-9 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $12 per session. Member’s discount $10. Advance registration recommended. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

“The Wizard of Oz in 3-D,” special presentation of the 1939 classic. April 3-12, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

LECTURES Homebuyer Seminar, Queens Chamber of Commerce and Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Jamaica, 1-4:30 p.m., Sat., April 4, York College Academic Core Bldg., 94-20 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, Room 3D01. Info: 631-391-6457, firsthome.ticketleap.com/fthb. “How Could This Happen: Explaining the Holocaust,” by historian Dan McMillan. Mon., April 13, 1:30 p.m. $8. Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Info: (718) 268.5011, ext. 151, cqy.org. “Human Evolution,” presentation by the Queens County Bird Club on “Ancestors in our Genome,” a description of recent breakthroughs in the human family tree. Wed., April 15, 8-10 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info: (718) 225-8064, qcbirdclub.org.

“Educator appreciation reception,” free for teachers of grades pre-K thru 12, with book discussions and classroom aids. Thurs., April 16, 4-6 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 7000 Austin St., Forest Hills. Info: John Dessereau (718) 268-0479, crm2713@bn.com. Child ID safety event and tattoo fundraiser, sponsored by New York Families for Autistic Children and the Masonic Society, to bring free IDs to children, disabled adults and the elderly. Sat., April 25, NYFAC Autism Center, 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. Info: (347) 566-3122, ext. 305. “Sacred Heart Spring Fling,” with live music from Risky Business Band, buffet dinner. Sat. Apr 25, 7 p.m., Sacred Heart School, 84-05 78 Ave., Glendale. $45. Tickets: (718) 440-5534, (718) 268-5126.

KIDS/TEENS Spring Egg-stravaganza! With old-fashioned games, crafts and an egg hunt. Sat., April 4, noon-

COMMUNITY ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, all begin at 7 a.m. Fri., April 3, 21-11 Broadway, Rite Aid Shopping Center, Astoria; Sun., April 5, 147-17 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica; Wed., April 8, 55-52 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood. Info: petlanddiscounts.com. Sacred Heart blood drive, Fri., April 3, 2-7 p.m., 84-05 78 Ave., Glendale. Donors receive free dinner courtesy of Knights of Columbus and free movie tickets from NY Queens Hospital. Info: Chris, (917) 474-9723, kofc5103@gmail.com. Fire safety workshop. Thurs., April 9, 1-2:15 p.m., Pomonok Library, 158-21 Jewel Ave., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 591-4343, queenslibrary.org. Earth Day program. Willis Elkins, of the Newtown Creek Alliance, will speak about policies. Thurs., April 16, 7 p.m., Ridgewood Democratic Club, 60-70 Putnam Ave. Info: (917) 574-7867. LIC street festival, sponsored by Kiwanis of Astoria, with vendors, rides and mobile pet adoption trailer. Sun., April 19, noon-6 p.m. Info: (718) 444-6028, info@streetfairsny.com.

CLASSES Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced. Call: (718) 969-1128. Community yoga & Zumba classes. Women’s Zumba classes: Thurs. April 20. Dara Gardens Community room, 150-30 71 Ave., Kew Gardens Hills. All classes start at 8 p.m. $10 per class. Info: DaraGardensCC@gmail.com. continued on page 00 44

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Playful and cerebral, Baw pays homage to mundane by Victoria Zunitch qboro contributor

Like the body-slamming hug of a 4-yearold, Lisa Chin-Jung Baw’s works shock and destabilize the viewer, sometimes conjuring aggressive happiness or causing a gust of air to escape sharply yet joyfully from the lungs. Baw’s oil-on-canvas paintings, pottery and calligraphic works are now on display in her “Windows of Inspiration” exhibit at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery through April 9. Baw is presented as not

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only a QCC student but also as an accomplished artist informed by Monet, van Gogh, Kandinsky and Matisse. In her painting “Sunflowers,” she enters into a hea ling conver s at ion wit h a depressed van Gogh over his dead and dying Helianthus blooms, capturing them on the upswing in their life cycle. Her repainting is a cheerful rebuke of his more somber rendering, seeking to show what he could have done if only he had fully appreciated the colors orange, red and yellow. Baw exhibits an in-your-face, possibly unintentional playfulness that evokes emotional, physical and spiritual motion. The gallery notes that Baw was born with severe cerebral palsy and realized she needed to live life to the fullest after she underwent an emergency liver transplant at age 16. The exhibit reveals an artist who has not only triumphed over pain in her world but moved above and beyond it. A bone-colored vessel, “Untitled Ceramics 2009,” might have been given the name “Untitled Finished Work in Progress” for its intentionally sloppy and off-kilter decorative flourishes and its undecided but stable shape. It has a solid base, but its body says

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“Sunflowers,” by Queensborough Community College student Lisa Baw, converses with PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH Vincent van Gogh’s famous piece exploring the flowers. Baw is still deciding, even after kiln firing, what it will be when it grows up: either a smoothly-rounded vase or homage to the crumpled paper bag. At close range, her paintings reveal considerable facility with thick layers of many

colors via both tiny and broad brush strokes. In some, as in the landscape “Autumn, Family & Friends,” the layers are so thick and protruding they challenge the notion of paintings as two-dimensional art. continued on page 45 00 continued

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Under the white-hot sun, a staircase ascends to nowhere; on the ground below, a pair of massive bowls bear Sanskrit inscriptions of celestial bodies. These are the photos of famed sculptor Isama Noguchi on display at his namesake museum in Long Island City, showing the early 18th-century Indian observatories that inspired his work. Stemming from his 1949 worldwide trip, Noguchi would continue to draw upon the photos and sights he captured for decades. The exhibit also displays models and sculptures inspired by them that would become his projects. In his travel notes Noguchi wrote, “Here tradition is alive.” The yantras, instruments of astronomical observation, were an anachronism even when the governor of Agra and Malwa, Jai Singh, built them in the 1720s. Telescopic lenses were already standard, and the models came from earlier centuries. Nevertheless, Singh sought to produce astronomic campuses of permanence and of such scale that people would be able to walk among them: the jantar mantars. The edifices embrace the infinite weight of the cosmos, and their grandeur is evident in each of the 18 photos in the exhibit. Noguchi uses dramatic angles that emphasize the structures’ mass and heft, as in “Samrat Yantra, Delhi Observatory, 1949,” and his appreciation for the scale of the monuments is apparent. The many blackand-white images in the gallery underline a stark contrast between the white marble and plaster that compose the structures and

the deep blacks of the shadows they cast. This highlights the function of these yantras, the shadows’ placement correlating to a specific alignment of time and heavenly bodies, which was not lost on Noguchi. The artist often focused on human interaction with these instruments. Tourists are seen casually relaxing on the yantra in some photos; in others, where they casually mill about, the massive staircase of the Samrat Yantra depicts people as shockingly miniature. Noguchi’s sculptures and models for larger-scale landscape work are at the exhibit’s core. There’s a clear link, for instance, between the contours of “Mishra Yantra Instrument, at the Jantar Mantar observatory, Delhi, India, 1949” and the playfully named Slide Mantra studies. Although the exhibit is afforded only a small fluorescently lit gallery, the breadth of Noguchi’s work is deepened considerably by the photographs on display here, and are Q certainly worth a visit.

‘The Jantar Mantars of Northern India’ When: Thru May 31, Wed. to Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. to Sun., 11 a.m.6 p.m. Where: Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, LIC Entry:

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Ice Jewelry: where the owners can relate to their clients

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Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park.

Free Parking Available or by Train M or R to 63rd Drive Station they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said. In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services. Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.” The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can. “For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11 am - 7 pm the rest. For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10 am - 6 pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. bargain deal. When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right. Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to in 2009, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that counter for $800. We don’t do that.” they’re doing something right — the pawn business Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation determined to break that mold, building a reputation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and on trust. Saturday 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday – private “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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Corona N.Y. LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/7/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 102-15 Northern Blvd, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: General.

GARRISON PROPERTIES II LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/21/14. 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, 37-61 104th St., Corona, NY 11368. General Purposes.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: JCD-NYC LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/10/2014. 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 JUAN C. DIAZ, 3038 88TH STREET, 2ND FL., EAST ELMHURST, NY 11369. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Name of LLC: Julianna’s Blacksuits LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 2/17/15. Office loc.: Queens Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act.

Matthew J. Citrolo, Cpa PLLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/18/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 25-28 72nd St Fl 2, East Elmhurst, NY 11370. Purpose: PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.

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ENDOR CAR & DRIVER, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/17/14. 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, 31-00 47TH Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101. General Purposes.

GRAND GOELET CONSULTING LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/04/15. 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, 11839 236th Street, Cambria Heights, NY 11411-2325. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

JD Produce Maspeth LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/10/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Sheng Bo Dong, 57-45 Rust St, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: General.

Notice of formation of MANCUSO PROPERT Y MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/23/2015. Office location, County of Queens. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 231-17 57th Ave., Bayside, NY 11364. Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 2/26/2015, bearing Index Number NC-00123614/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) MEHZIBA (Last) LIAQAT. My present name is (First) MEHZEEBA (Last) LIAQAT AKA MEHZIBA LIAQAT. My present address is 140-40 BEECH AVE., APT. 2G, Flushing, NY 11355. My place of birth is PAKISTAN. My date of birth is January 04, 1990.

Notice of Formation of Pride Jamaica LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/13/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Krishna K. Mehta, Penthouse, 100 Ring Road, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: any lawful activity.

FOUR QTRS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/16/15. 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, c/o Robert Giusti, Esq., 4240 Bell Blvd., Ste. 601, Bayside, NY 113612861. General Purposes.

IRIS TRANSTECH LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/13/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 33-24 Northern Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11101, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of JJ CIRCLE LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/26/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 4805 Glenwood St., Little Neck, NY 11362. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

MATTHEW DOUNEL, MD, MPH, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/18/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The PLLC, 72-11 Austin St., MB# 230, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Medicine.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MWBE PROPERTY SERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/24/2014. 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 USACORP INC., 325 DIVISION AVENUE, SUITE 201, BROOKLYN, NY 11211. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: REMARK GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/18/2013. 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: FREDDY PICHARDO, 40-41 190TH STREET, UNIT 4A, FLUSHING, NY 11358. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: F & I BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/30/2014. Office location: New York 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 INDRIT VOGLI, 187 SPRING STREET, APT. 2E, NEW YORK, NY 10012. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

426 CLINTON STREET LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/05/15. 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 Joseph Mattone, Esq., Mattone Mattone Mattone LLP, 134-01 20th Avenue, College Point, NY 11356. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

1324 BERGEN ST. PROPERTY HOLDING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/12/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Alla Kormilitsyna, 6738 108 St., Apt. B26, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of 43-21 57th Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/25/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 26-17 210th Place, Bayside, NY 11360. Purpose: any lawful activity.

147TH ROAD LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/5/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Makeda Shaw, P.O. Box 1498, Valley Stream, NY 11582. General purpose.

47-10 WOODSIDE ASSOCIATES LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/09/13. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 65-22 Boelsen Crescent, Rego Park, NY 11374. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK QUEENS COUNTY SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 14248-14, Borough: Queens, Block: 12175, Lot: 79, NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, v. GURDIAL S. PANSHI, if living, or if he be dead, his wife, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through GURDIAL S. PANSHI, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #100,” the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: January 23, 2015 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Leonard Livote, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated February 13, 2015, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as 158th Street, Borough of Queens, New York and identified as Block 12175, Lot 79 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $3,674.57, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, Anthony J. Iacchetta, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Attorneys for NYCTL 1998-2 Trust and the Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent and Custodian, 1400 First Federal Plaza, Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 238-2000. aiacchetta@phillipslytle.com

31-41 45th Street LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/19/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 31-41 45th St, Long Island City, NY 11103. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 71-12 GRAND AVE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/23/15. 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 71-12 GRAND AVE. LLC, 70-05 GRAND AVE. #2R, MASPETH, NY 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

ACQUISITION CAPITAL LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/18/15. 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, 32-75 Steinway Street, Ste 211, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

AVENUE 37 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/12/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Simon Yiu & Rachel Yiu, 41-43 37th St., Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Chris Mullin hired as St. John’s hoops coach

RM WARNING by Christopher Barca

The Red Storm icon takes over for Steve Lavin, who was let go last week by Christopher Barca

In the NBA, Mullin played 16 seasons and was named to the All-Star Team five St. John’s basketball legend Chris Mul- times. Most notably, he won a gold medal as a member of the “Dream Team,” along lin is coming home to Queens. The all-time leading scorer in the pro- with the likes of Michael Jordan and gram’s storied history was introduced on Magic Joh nson, at the 1992 Su m mer Wednesday as the new head coach of the Olympics. Bor n a nd raised i n Brook ly n, the Jamaica school’s men’s basketball team. “Wow, it’s great to be home,” Mullin 51-year-old Xaverian High School alum was inducted into the St. John’s Athletics said to open his press conference. Mullin’s introduction comes just five Hall of Fame in February. Meanwhile, Lavin departs after serving days after St. John’s and for mer head coach Steve Lavin, who led the Johnnies to as the school’s head men’s basketball the NCAA Tournament in 2011 and 2015, coach since the 2010-11 season and his tenure was filled with ups and downs. mutually parted ways after five seasons. In his first year in Queens, Lavin took Mullin, one of the greatest athletes in Queens history, has no coaching experi- the Johnnies to their first NCAA Tournaence in any capacit y at any level of ment in nine seasons. He then brought in an elite recruiting class that included the basketball. However, he served as the general man- likes of D’Angelo Harrison, Sir’Dominic ager of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors Pointer and Phil Greene, who played four for five years and most recently worked in seasons at the school, as well as Forest the front office of the Sacramento Kings as Hills High School graduate Maurice Harkless and JaKarr Sampson, who both left St. an advisor. In his four years at St. John’s, from 1981 John’s early for the NBA. But St. John’s didn’t reach the NCAA to 1985, Mullin scored 2,440 points, was a two-time All-American, won the John Tournament again until this year, when the Wooden Award for best college basketball Johnnies lost 76-64 to San Diego State in player in 1985 and led the Red Storm to its the second round last month. In his five seasons, Lavin compiled an most recent Final Four that same year. The Johnnies have never advanced that 81-55 record and won 20 games in a camfar in the NCAA Tournament since Mul- paign three times, but he went 1-4 in the Big East Tournament and lost both NCAA lin’s senior season. That’s something he plans to change Tournament games he coached in. “In life, change is inevitable,” Lavin said immediately, he told the crowd of reportin a statement. “I’m grateful for my time ers, students and alumni on Wednesday. “We’re going to be one of the biggest teaching at St. John’s University. I will take teams in the country,” he said. “No doubt with me the lasting friendships forged durabout that. And we’re going to play our ing my tenure as head coach. I’m proud of our results both on and off the court.” tails off. I can guarantee that.” St. John’s Athletic Director Chris Monasch than ked Lavin for all he did for the program in a statement issued Friday. “Coach Lavin returned high expectations to our men’s basketball prog ra m and represented St. John’s in a positive way,” Monasch said. “We appreciate h is com m it ment to the program and to our student-athletes over the past five years.” Lavin will be most remembered for bringing this year’s Steve Lavin was let go by St. John’s on Friday, with school legend graduating seniors to continued on page 54 PHOTO BY AMY RIO Chris Mullin being hired to replace him on Monday. Associate Editor

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Well that was a quick 22 weeks. I feel it was just yesterday, in the first iteration of St or m Wa r n i ng this season back on Nov. 6, we were discussing the St. John’s Red Storm’s prospects for the upcoming year. The conversation had barely started on the urgency the school faced as seniors D’Angelo Harrison, Sir’Dominic Pointer and Phil Greene IV entered their collective final season in Queens. And here we are, almost six months later, just days from the Final Four and the last three games of the NCAA basketball season. Time moves too fast, let me tell you. I’m sure Harrison, Pointer, Greene and now former head coach Steve Lavin will all agree. The four-year playing careers of the hoops trio are sadly over, as is Lavin’s fiveyear tenure at the school. Lavin certainly elevated the program from the abyss that was the Norm Roberts era, as he helped the school reach two NCAA Tournaments and win 20 games in a season three times. And he deserves credit for that. Red Storm fans should look at the last five years under Lavin as a success. Personally, the best thing Lavin did in my mind was bring this graduating group of seniors here to St. John’s back in the summer of 2011. Harrison, Greene and Pointer went on to become three of the most beloved players in school history, with Harrison turning into one of the best ballers the program has ever seen. He leaves Queens in third place on the school’s all-time scoring list and first place in the hearts of nearly every Red Storm fan who watched him play, including this St. John’s alum. With Pointer and Greene acting as Harrison’s sidekicks, everyone is certainly going to miss them. But zero Big East or NCAA Tournament game wins over the last four years isn’t going to cut it in New York City. The Johnnies need a coach who will turn the program from a fledgling one into a perennial Sweet 16 squad. And the school thinks they have found one in a very familiar face. To go back to the concept of time, it

apparently moves in a circle for Chris Mullin. Thirty years to the day when Mullin played his final game for St. John’s, a loss to Georgetown in the Final Four, the program’s all-time leading scorer agreed to become the 20th head coach in school history. My immediate reaction was one of strong skepticism. Yes, Mullin, a Basketball Hall of Famer, is the face of St. John’s athletics and is arguably the greatest athlete in the borough’s history. But he has no head coaching experience in any capacity at any level. Instead, he’s a front office guy, having served as general manager of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors for five seasons and most recently as an advisor with the Sacramento Kings. I’m not worried about him being a player’s coach at all. No one knows the game of basketball better than Mullin. But how successful will he be as a recruiter? Lavin was far from the best, as he basically ignored the wealth of talent right here in Queens and the rest of the city in deciding to recruit elsewhere. So even a marginal upgrade over Lavin isn’t good enough. In order to take the Red Storm over the top, Mullin needs to recruit his butt off and I don’t know if he can do that. How much impact will his iconic status have on a high school junior or senior who was born after Derek Jeter had already won two World Series titles? That remains to be seen. Mullin will need to hire a top-notch staff, something he’s already started doing in bringing in St. John’s grad and former Iowa State assistant coach Matt Abdelmassih. The 30-year-old is known as a master recruiter with strong links to high school superstars such as Long Island’s Cheick Diallo, who is reportedly considering St. John’s along with other high profile schools. If St. John’s is going to become an elite program, Mullin has to find a way to land Diallo and others that Lavin couldn’t. I’m hopeful that when I report back to you in October, I’ll be able to bring some good news on that front. And with that, I bid everyone a fond farewell. Thanks for reading Storm Warning these last 22 weeks! I know I can’t wait to see the new-look Johnnies in action next season. So let’s hope these next six months go by quickly.

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Christ the King fails to become first three-peat Federation champ by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Queens sent four city title-winning high school basketball teams up to Albany for last weekend’s New York State Federation Tournament of Champions. But all four of the borough’s representatives came back to the city without a highly coveted state championship. The boys basketball teams of Christ the King High School, Springfield Gardens Educational Campus and Maspeth High School all fell short of their ultimate goal, as did the Christ the King girls team, losing to squads from the Bronx, Albany, Buffalo and Long Island, respectively. The most surprising defeat of the weekend was Christ the King’s 79-73 loss in the state “AA” division final on Saturday to Wings Academy of the Bronx, which beat Cardozo High School for the Public School Athletic League championship earlier this month. The Royals, winners of back-to-back federation titles and this year’s Catholic High School Athletic Association city championship, were ever-so-close to an unprecedented threepeat as they led 62-51 with just 5:25 remaining in the game. But Wings pummeled Christ the King over the final five minutes, as they blitzed the Royals with a 16-2 run, spurred by clutch three-pointers from Desure Buie and Efrain DeJesus. “They had some guys that came off the bench and banged some threes,” Christ the King head coach Joe Arbitello said in a phone interview with the Chronicle on Tuesday. “They just got hot and we couldn’t hit our shots. That’s it.” Queens Village resident Jessie Govan, a Georgetown commit, led all Wings players with 24 points while DeJesus added 19. “He killed us, he was the difference,” Arbitello said of

Christ the King point guard Jose Alvarado, right, may have to replace his friend and superstar teammate Rawle Alkins next PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA season’s as the team’s top player. Govan. “He didn’t look great in the semifinals but then he came out and played like a senior is supposed to.” For the Royals, superstar junior Rawle Alkins scored 24 points of his own in what potentially was his last game at the Middle Village school. The highly recruited guard played eight games on the

varsity level in Florida when he was in eighth grade and may not be eligible to compete next year according to CHSAA rules. “I don’t know yet,” Arbitello said of Alkins’ status for next season. “With him back, we’re really good. Without him back, we’re still really good.” If Alkins is ruled ineligible, the Royals will still have some star power in point guard Jose Alvarado. The floor general averaged 12 points per game this season and five times scored more than 20 in a contest. Christ the King has consistently pumped out skilled guards over the last decade, including Omar Calhoun, Jon Severe, Malik Boothe, Travis Atson and Alkins, and Arbitello sees Alvarado as next in line for the throne. “He’s the next one,” he said. “He’s awesome. Just his tenacity, he doesn’t stop.” Despite falling short on Saturday, Arbitello said he expects his team to be highly competitive again next season, something it’s been for the better part of the last 10 years. “A lot of these teams have their years where they can win it and then they have to rebuild,” he said. “We’re lucky that we don’t have to deal with that at Christ the King.” The Christ the King girls, much like the boys, fell short upstate, losing the “AA” division title game to Nassau County powerhouse and defending federation champion Long Island Lutheran 66-52. The Royals kept it close in the first half and briefly took a 29-28 lead in the third quarter, but LuHi, who now has four state titles in five years, took control of the game with a 14-4 run and would never lead by less than five for the rest of the game. Dominique Toussaint led Christ the King with 18 points continued on page 54

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Chris Mullin continued from page 52 the Queens school, as Harrison, Pointer and Greene all scored over 1,000 career points and were almost universally beloved by St. John’s fans. Harrison, who will leaves Queens in third place on the school’s all-time scoring list with 2,178 points, took to social media after hearing the news to wish his coach well. “Lavin has been more than a coach in my life for me and my family,” Harrison tweeted. “I owe him for changing my life. Thank you coach.”

Tournament continued from page 53 while the dynamic duo of Sydney Zambrotta and Kaela Kinder combined for 26 points in the loss. While the Christ the King teams often dominate on a city and state level, two relative newcomers, Maspeth and Springfield Gardens, found themselves upstate competing for championships as well. Maspeth, the winners of the PSAL “B” division city title in its first year as a varsity program, lost to Park School of Buffalo 70-51 in the “B” division state final on Sunday.

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Greene echoed Harrison’s sentiments on Twitter later Friday afternoon. “They are going to miss you here coach,” Greene added. “Had a great run and he was like a father figure to me and us all. Love you always coach!” It is unclear how Friday’s news will i mpact t he Red Stor m’s i ncom i ng recruits, but Mullin said he couldn’t wait to hit the ground running to bring the best “You’ll see me in the public school gyms,” he said, “the Catholic school gyms, the AAU gyms ... I think it’s important we dominate New York City. If there’s a great player in New York City, he needs to come to St. John’s.” Q

Paolo Tamer led the Argonauts, who went 28-2 this year, with 17 points while Michael Bugaj contributed nine of his own. Springfield Gardens was the only Queens team not to reach a state final, as they lost in the “A” division semifinals to Albany Academy 61-50 on Friday. Doing their best to honor Anthony Mason, the former Knicks star and Springfield Gardens alum who died of heart failure last month, the Southeast Queens school fought as hard as they could to remain competitive against a superior opponent. Joel Boyce scored a team-high 20 points for Springfield Gardens while Ian Howard Q added 11 points and four rebounds.

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At the height of the Depression, at 112-01 Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills stood a Chrysler Auto Dealership and the Seminole Parking Garage attached to it. But nobody had much money and the expensive Chrysler did not sell well, with the dealership folding in 1936. In 1937 Topsy’s Cabin Fried Chicken Topsy’s Restaurant at 112-01 Queens Blvd. and first appeared in the Queens telephone its billboard, inset, on the boulevard at 76th directory in place of the dealership. The Road, the site of Schwartz’s Funeral Home. Both parking garage continued to operate images are from 1949. independently. Topsy’s was a huge success. Shortly the the run. The owner and manager of Topsy’s word “cabin” was dropped from the name was only know as LeRoy. The restaurant folded in the 1970s and and it was just called Topsy’s. This being a different era, the eatery was known for hav- was replaced by a Kinney Rent-a-Car agening an all-black staff with impeccable man- cy. The landlord of the irregular 107-by-252ners. Its logo in the windows and on the foot property was the Cord Meyer Corp. By menu was a pigtailed slave girl from the the late 1980s, Cord Meyer decided to sell 1852 classic “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Topsy’s the property to Krause Management. Krause constructed at 280-unit condominium buildslogan was “Eat It With Your Fingers.” The corn fritters were extremely popular. ing there in 1989, which remained vacant for The fried chicken was unhealthy but people a while before the market attracted buyers. Topsy’s is still remembered by anyone were helpless to resist this great pleasure. Q Takeout was available for working people on who ate there.

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Two weeks ago I titled my column, “Is Lavin’s job in jeopardy?” Last Friday afternoon, which is always a preferred time for companies to publicly reveal bad news, we got the answer, as St. John’s announced that it had dismissed Steve Lavin as its basketball head coach. It’s somewhat ironic that Lavin was fired after the Red Storm made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in four years. It would be easy to point to their propensity for being one and done in postseason play (four straight quick exits in the Big East Tournament and the equally quick disappearance in the first round of the NCAA two weeks ago) but that would not tell the whole story as to why he got the boot. Too many of Lavin’s recruits have either been suspended at one time or another or have been academically ineligible to play. Center Chris Obepka’s suspension for marijuana use just days before the NCAA Tournament was about to begin was likely the straw that broke the camel’s back as far as St. John’s president Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw was concerned. At a fundraising dinner last year, Gempesaw praised the SJU women’s basketball program which has had just as much, if not more, success than the men’s. There have not been any embarrassing off-the-court issues for the women’s hoops players and the vast majority take

their studies very seriously. Many are in nursing and pre-med programs. Center Amber Thompson told me she is an accounting major. On a personal note, I like Lavin. He was always very generous with his time when I needed to speak with him, even when it appeared that the St. John’s sports information directors during his tenure preferred he interact only with the sportswriters from the dailies, particularly during postgame press conferences. The Knicks held their annual celebration of Queens last Monday night. A video featuring former Knicks star Larry Johnson and current Knick Quincy Acy holding a clinic for kids at Rego Park’s Lost Battalion Hall was shown on the scoreboard during the first quarter. Later on the Knicks honored the late Anthony Mason and his Springfield Gardens High School coach Ken Fiedler with a ceremony on the court. The fun at the Garden continued on Friday as the team honored one of the greatest players in its franchise history, Walt “Clyde” Frazier, on his 70th birthday. Clyde’s former teammates Phil Jackson, Earl Monroe and Dick Barnett were on hand to extend their best wishes. The Four Tops, who sadly are down to one living original member, Duke Fakir, serenaded Clyde with “Happy Birthday” and performed a couple Q of their ’60s Motown hits during halftime. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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