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BROKEN WINDOWS FURY A call for more park security; people are still leaving keys in their cars

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More than a dozen people woke up Tuesday morning to see their car windows smashed and glove compartments ripped open along Park Lane South by Forest Park. Additionally, 102nd Precinct Commanding Ofﬁ cer Capt. Courtney Nilan said car thefts are on the rise — partially because people leave their keys in their vehicles.

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After a downward trend, suspensions are now up Spike comes as crime in schools is up; parents union head not shocked by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

ith the Department of Education easing some disciplinary policies in schools and taking a “restorative justice” approach, the number of suspensions has dropped in recent years. But that trend seems to have reversed so far this school year, with the number of suspended students jumping 20.9 percent from July to December 2017 when compared to the same time period in 2016. Over the first 121 school days, suspensions have increased 5.4 percent so far this academic year compared to the previous one. Principals suspended 18,241 students citywide from the beginning of the year to March 23. Last year, they had disciplined 17,515 in the same time period. Superintendents suspended 6,865 students in the first 121 school days, compared to 6,310 at the same point in the 2016-17 year. Suspensions in grades K-2 dropped from July to December, from 254 to 37. The city last year announced children in those grades will only be suspended when required by federal law and in cases where violent behavior is exhibited. The numbers were released in accordance with city law. The DOE, in the report and a follow-up email to the Chronicle, did not provide a rea-

The number of students being suspended increased last year, after a downward trend. School officials did not provide an official reason for the uptick, though one parent advocate cited a FILE PHOTO jump in crimes in schools. son for the uptick, but said officials were looking to once again reduce the numbers. “Schools must be safe havens for communities and we are continuing to carefully review and monitor suspension data to provide targeted interventions,” Elizabeth Rose, deputy chancellor for operations, said in a statement. “This remains a top priority, and

we are expanding school-based supports and resources while remaining vigilant in addressing the root causes of conflict.” But to Mona Davids, president of the New York City Parents’ Union, the reason for the increase is clear. “Parents, community members and the president of the school safety officers union

have been raising the alar m about the increase in violence and different types of weapons confiscation in schools,” Davids said in an interview with the Chronicle. NYPD statistics first reported by the New York Daily News show incidents of major crimes in schools — such as robbery — rose from 151 to 163 in October to December 2017 compared to the same time frame last year. School arrests during the same quarter jumped from 373 to 399. Davids said those numbers show Mayor de Blasio’s “kumbaya form of discipline has failed abysmally. “The suspensions are up because they have realized that restorative justice program wasn’t working.” A spokeswoman for the United Federation of Teachers did not respond to a request for comment on this story, and a spokeswoman for Teamsters Local 237, the union representing school safety agents, said, “We do not have a comment at this time.” The numbers were all recorded during former Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña’s reign at the DOE. Davids has no hope that the new leader, Richard Carranza, will do better on disciplinary matters. “I have zero confidence,” she said. “He’s just a placeholder until Mayor de Blasio is out Q of office.”

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A call for increased security in Forest Park More than a dozen cars vandalized in one night along Park Lane South by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

More than a dozen cars left just outside Forest Park along Park Lane South had their windows smashed and glove compartments ripped open late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. At press time, no arrests had been made and the investigation was ongoing. Capt. Courtney Nilan, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, told the Chronicle it appears the break-ins were not the acts of thieves — but mischievous teens. “It looks like they did it more for the vandalism ... for the mischief,” Nilan said. “There was property in the cars that could have been taken out that wasn’t,” though the precinct did receive two complaints of petit larceny for old electronics that were stolen. One thing that might back up Nilan’s theory is a picture that was sent to the office of Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), which shows a young person near the park Monday night. “It’s a pretty clear picture,” Koslowitz said in a Tuesday telephone interview. According to MK Moore, the leader of Friends of Forest Park, this is not an isolated incident. He’s calling for security around the park to be increased, in an effort to deter further crime there. “We need it to end,” Moore said in an

More than a dozen cars left along Park Lane South had their windows smashed Monday night into Tuesday. One park advocate said the park has seen an increase of illicit activity in recent PHOTO COURTESY MK MOORE weeks and is calling for increased security. interview with the Chronicle. “We need police activity there at night to drive off the people who are hanging around.” He said the park, specifically along Park Lane South, has seen prostitution, drug sales and more in recent weeks. He’d like to see nighttime patrols in and around the park,

along with more surveillance cameras. “There’s just a lot of people in there doing illicit activity and it’s nasty,” Moore said. “All that activity is going on there after hours.” Although the park is closed at night, many people can still be seen coming in and out of it. This isn’t the first time security has been

an issue in Forest Park, which sprawls across more than 500 acres. The 102nd Precinct in 2014 saw an increase in car break-ins around the park. The thieves at the time took valuables from the vehicles. Those thefts, along with a series of sexual assaults around the park, prompted Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and other elected officials to fund the installation of security cameras in the area — the equipment was not installed until July 2016. Nilan said she will provide additional security around the park following Monday’s incidents by assigning another unit to the area. “The kids could meet up tonight and say, ‘Hey that was fun, let’s do it again,’” she said. “I’m definitely going to have one of my midnight conditions teams there.” In the future, Forest Park will see a dedicated pair of officers walk the beat. The 102nd Precinct is slated to be enrolled in the Neighborhood Coordination Officers program in July and Nilan will assign two of them to the park. “It’s a disservice not to have designated officers in the park,” she said. Koslowitz was happy to hear of the captain’s plans. “You want to feel safe in a park,” the councilwoman said. “Anytime they can have offiQ cers in a park, it’s good.”

Rail study results may be out soon Pheffer Amato should receive a response from MTA by end of week by Anthony O’Reilly

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) may soon receive news on the results of a study that seeks to see if it would be feasible to once again run trains on the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line. The MTA told the assemblywoman that she will receive a response by the end of this week regarding the results of the study, according to the lawmaker’s chief of staff, Amanda Kernozek. The news follows a March 20 letter the lawmaker sent to MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota requesting a briefing on the probe, which was to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2018. “I am pleased to know that the study will be completed on time and will show that a thorough and thoughtful analysis was conduct-

ed,” Pheffer Amato said in the letter, provided to the Chronicle. “I’m looking forward to reviewing the results of the study, and determining what the next steps and options are for this process.” An MTA spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on this story. When trains were taken off the right-of-way in 1960, low ridership was responsible for its decommissioning but Pheffer Amato — and many others — argues the Rockaway peninsula is in desperate need of new transportation options. For mer Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder — Pheffer Amato’s predecessor and one of the earliest driving forces behind the proposed rail reactivation — in March 2016 got the MTA to agree to a feasibility study to see if the line could connect commuters between Rego

Park and Ozone Park. A year later, Pheffer Amato announced it would take another year to complete the probe, but it would be expanded to have New York City Transit and the Long Island Rail Road also look into the idea, and require an outside contractor help evaluate the possibility of rebuilding a line there. Whatever the findings may be, the fight to get trains back on the right-of-way still faces an uphill battle. Many people in Queens want to see the path between Ozone Park and Rego Park turned into parkland, k nown as the QueensWay. The group behind that plan, Fr iend s of Q ueen sWay, h a s already released renderings of what it might look like and plans to have the first stretch completed by 2020. The state has provided funding

The results of the Rockaway Beach Rail Line feasibility study may become FILE PHOTO public in the coming days. to both the park and rail ideas, but has given more to the former. T hose advocat i ng for t he QueensWay have also expressed concerns over the elimination of

parkland, specifically the Forest Hills Little League’s fields on Fleet Street — and possible disturbances to residents neighborQ ing the line.

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Pols push DOE on door plan Vallone, Braunstein sign on to idea after PS 184 incident by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Two Bayside politicians have joined state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.’s push to allow the front doors of public schools to be locked, and the latter lawmaker said there may be some progress on the idea. “I think we’re starting to at least shake the tree on this,” Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) said in a telephone interview. The lawmaker said he had a recent conference call with Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) — both of whom in a March 27 joint statement said they want to see the doors locked — in which they discussed the proposal with Department of Education officials. The agency officials, according to Addabbo, said they would talk to their legal team about it. The senator on March 9 introduced a bill that would require the move, making it so anyone visiting a public school must be buzzed in, just like at private schools. “This can be done tomorrow, without my bill,” he said. If passed, Addabbo’s bill would take effect immediately after being signed by Gov. Cuomo. The legislation — right now in front of the Education Committee and carried in the lower chamber by Assemblyman Mike Mill-

er (D-Woodhaven) — was introduced following the killing of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14. A DOE spokeswoman said in an emailed statement, “Nothing is more important than the safety our of schools, and our close partnership with the NYPD ensures all school buildings are secure. We have detailed safety protocols and procedures in place that are in the best interest of the school community. We will review the legislation.” Addabbo told the Chronicle earlier this month he was inspired to write the bill because the private schools in his district all require visitors to be buzzed in but the public ones have their front doors open, allowing anyone to walk inside. “And sometimes you’re a good bit into the hallway before you come into contact with a school safety agent,” he said. Such an incident occurred in Whitestone last month, when a man deemed suspicious walked into PS 184 on two separate occasions. On the first occasion, the man, a neighborhood resident, was asked to leave by the principal and got agitated. Security personnel were told to never allow him into the building, but he was seen inside later that month during a Sunday sports game. The case sparked security concerns in the area and many parents at a town hall started

chanting “lock the school doors.” The incident was the reason Vallone and Braunstein backed Addabbo’s proposal. “Current DOE policy requires that school principals keep the front door of their school unlocked during the day. This allows an individual to enter the building before a determination can be made if they represent a danger or not. This deviates from the practice at many private schools where visitors must ring a bell and announce themselves before being permitted entry,” the assemblyman said. “Granting public school principals this same authority to confirm whether or not an individual represents a threat before allowing them into a school could prevent dangerous incidents from taking place.” “Incidents like the one at PS 184 clearly show that our students are not as safe as we think and changes need to be made to make sure that they can learn and grow in the safest environment possible,” Vallone said. “This request is just the first step in a series of changes that must be made. This must remain our top priority from here on out as we lead the charge for safety in our schools.” Addabbo, the ranking member of the Education Committee, said other school district leaders from across the state when he tells them public school doors are left unlocked. “They can’t believe it,” he said. “It’s just a Q common sense thing.”

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The 102nd Precinct reminded residents never to leave car doors unlocked or keep keys inside a parked vehicle. FILE PHOTO

Capt. Courtney Nilan, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, told the Chronicle Tuesday that the precinct is seeing an uptick in car thefts committed when a vehicle is left running, or the keys were left inside an unlocked car. “It’s a crime of opportunity,” Nilan said in a telephone interview. In the past 28 days, there have been 11 reports of stolen cars throughout the command that covers Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and the northern section of Ozone Park — up from three during the same four weeks last year, a 266 percent increase. Of the 11 cases, half were ones in which the vehicle was running or a key was left inside. Two cases happened within a 24-hour period earlier this week — one on 91st Street in Woodhaven and 89th Avenue in Richmond Hill. Most of the cases have occurred between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. and not concentrated in one specific part of the precinct. Year to date, the precinct has seen 27 stolen cars — the same number it saw at this point in 2017, but Nilan said the recent uptick will soon cause that number to go up. In an effort to curb the thefts, the command posted a safety alert on its Twitter, providing residents with some advice, including: • never leaving keys inside unlocked vehicles, especially when the motor is running; • making sure all valuables are brought out of the car, or hidden; • getting the car’s windows etched with a vehicle identification number, making it easier to identify in the case of theft; and • parking in well lit area and making sure doors are locked. Motorists can also sign up for a “Combat Auto Theft” sticker, which authorizes police to pull over a vehicle if they see it between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. — if the proper driver of the vehicle is stopped, he or she just has to show identification. For further information, people can call the 102nd Precinct crime prevenQ tion unit at (718) 805-3217, or by emailing james.healy@nypd.org.

Unlicensed Flushing contractor sentenced Alfred Lakas gets 2 and a half to 5 years As an unlicensed contractor, Flushing resident Alfred Lakas got homeowners to pay him for work he didn’t end up doing. Now, he’s paying for it. District Attorney Richard Brown announced last Tuesday that Lakas, 63, was sentenced to two and a half to five years in prison. On March 5, the man had pleaded guilty to third-degree grand larceny. Lakas also signed confessions of judgment, affidavits agreeing to the debts he owes his five victims, for $15,000 in total. He had acted as though he was a qualified, licensed contractor with specialties in heating, air-conditioning and other areas, according to the criminal charges. “The defendant misrepresented himself to the homeowners — claiming to be a licensed contractor,” Brown said in a prepared statement. “And once he had gained their confidence, he conned the victims out of thousands of dollars.” In one instance, a homeowner in South Ozone Park had agreed to pay the Flushing man $7,000 in February 2012 for the installation of central air conditioning in his house, the charges said. Lakas took a $3,000 down payment from the homeowner. And after not doing any of the work, he didn’t return the money. Similarly, a northeast Queens man met with the unlicensed contractor in April 2013 and agreed to pay him $5,000. The job was to convert a house the man owned so it would use gas rather than oil heat. Lakas took a $2,500 down payment from the man, which he didn’t return after failing to do any of the work. “Consumers should be vigilant when hiring home improvement contractors by checking references and verifying licenses with the proper City agencies,” the district attorney added. “In pleading guilty, the defendant has admitted to scamming the homeowners and has now been sentenced to a term of incarceration as punishment for his crimes.” According to published reports, Lakas ran the Bayside-based company Q Al’s Heating and Air. — Ryan Brady

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he new state budget has some positive elements to it. Gov. Cuomo’s stomping all over the concept of home rule in order to stick it to Mayor de Blasio is not one of them. On the other hand, you can make an argument that it’s the only way to get certain things done. Accomplishments are what Cuomo hopes will propel him to re-election this year and possibly the White House down the road. De Blasio may hope his own status as a voice for progressivism will get his wife elected as his successor and raise his status nationwide, possibly also with an eye toward 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Regardless, the state budget does at least partly address three major problems the city faces, but at the cost of Gotham’s independence in at least two of them. First, the budget adds $1 billion to education spending, which may help alleviate the gap between rich and poor districts,

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depending on how it’s spent. The city will have to report to the state how it intends to use the money in order to get it, though. Critics, such as an education advocacy group that counts Cuomo Democratic primary opponent Cynthia Nixon among its prominent members, say the plan will only worsen inequality among the schools. Next is the New York City Housing Authority, an agency as decrepit as many of its buildings. The state will provide $250 million in new money for upgrades, but again with more oversight: an independent monitor to oversee how the funds are spent. It’s a Cuomo power grab, but NYCHA has not been doing what needs to be done, even after the mayor announced his “next generation” plan to fix things — three years ago. We’d much prefer the city could have taken care of NYCHA’s problems — mold, vermin, lying to the federal government — on its own. With all the money our taxpay-

ers send to Albany, we deserve more independence. But maybe now we’ll get results. Lastly there’s the dreaded congestion pricing — Manhattan trying to charge Queens drivers to solve its traffic woes. We’re thankful it did not pass. A weakened version, however, will bill taxi users another $2.50 per ride in Midtown and Downtown to help fund the MTA, on top of 50 cents per trip already paid to the transit agency. Uber and Lyft, a major cause of Manhattan’s gridlock, will see their clients pay $2.75. So the people will pay more, but the playing field will still not quite be level. It should be. Taxi drivers and medallion owners have suffered greatly thanks to their new, less-regulated competition. We doubt Cuomo and de Blasio will ever get along and stop using the public as their pawns, but given that state Senate Democrats are finally reunifying, who knows? Hope springs eternal, even in New York.

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More strain on LIC Dear Editor: Re “TF Cornerstone talks Anable Basin proposal,” March 29, Western Queens edition: In elementary school our children are taught to learn from their mistakes, analyze what went wrong and focus on not repeating the errors in the future. Although the Department of City Planning admits that its 2003 rezoning in Long Island City resulted in a neighborhood grossly deficient in standard residential accommodations, we now learn in the interview with Jon McMillan, TFC’s director of planning, that the plan using taxpayer-owned land at the west end of 44th Drive represents the planning genius of the DCP and the Economic Development Corp., along with the mutual cooperation of the Anable Basin developers. Rather than use the standard professional approach of analyzing together all of these parcels and the surrounding areas, what we once again have is spot zoning resulting in segmented planning that will inhibit, if not prevent, the comprehensive, systemic assessment of the environmental and socioeconomic implications of placing such massive buildings in areas already ailing from a strained-to-breaking infrastructure. The East River shoreline has restrictions on the sale of waterfront property according to the City Charter. What are the terms of a special deal with TFC? © Copyright 2018 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsiblefor errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

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Building a wall and elevating TFC’s buildings will only send floodwaters and the rising sea throughout LIC’s Hunters Point. That area along with “Lake Vernon” are the defenses against flooding and could be developed into a highly valuable wetland for all to enjoy as well as to integrate into the science programs of the local schools, as has been achieved in other waterfront cities. LIC ranks near the bottom for open space in NYC: Live trees and empty benches are like gold dust. Amidst this unhealthy atmosphere TFC, the DCP and the EDC intend to pile another 2,000-plus residents, 500 to 1,000 daily workers and probably 700 dogs? These plans further expose the utter failure to plan realistically about livability with climate change and limited infrastructure. Wisdom and prudence reject this Alice in Wonderland vision for these taxpayer-owned lands. Peter T. Johnson Long Island City

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emember when the City Council voted 49-1 in 2013 to reiterate and strengthen the ban on electric bicycles? We do. Does the mayor? Apparently not, or he just doesn’t care. On Tuesday the city declared pedal-assist e-bikes to be legal after all. Throttle-driven ones, the kind that look like scooters or mopeds, remain illegal. Was new legislation passed? No. Were there hearings? No. Will all the pedal-assist e-bikes the cops have seized in recent years be returned to their owners, often indigent immigrant food deliverymen? We don’t see how. We’ve said all along that these vehicles should be legal, though yes, their riders often break the rules. As do regular bike riders and car drivers. So ticket them. And speaking of the law, someone please remind the mayor that he’s not supposed to just make it up as he goes along.

Overbuilt, underconsulted Dear Editor: In the recent article “TF Cornerstone talks Anable Basin proposal” Cornerstone’s Jon McMillan stated that “this project is addressing the concerns of the community by being a mixed-use project.” But the community has never been part of the process that proposes 50and 60-story mostly market-rate residential towers on city land. Questions remain as to whether the units set aside for affordable housing will actually be affordable. Additionally, the small percentage of new manufacturing and commercial space will do nothing to preserve and protect the existing small manufacturers, artists, artisans and store owners who are being pushed out by increasing rents and short lease terms. It will damage existing businesses to make way for new businesses that lack roots in the community but can better afford the new spaces.

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McMillan goes on to state that “The city’s policy here is an attempt to address the community’s concerns.” But not even the community board has been involved in the process. The community is concerned with the already oversaturated residential market, tall and dense buildings that destroy the neighborhood’s character, the lack of infrastructure improvements, the need for a science-based resiliency plan and the need to sustain the existing fragile community of small businesses and creators. Before making matters worse the city should be addressing our local issues and our existing economy. The city instead is pushing to provide enormous benefit to a private developer on taxpayer-owned land. Diane Hendry Long Island City

Talkin’ baseball — or math? Dear Editor: Analytics, spin rate of the ball, launch angle. Gee, I remember when baseball was just plain fun. Bill Viggiano Williston Park, LI

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ties and child-care and senior centers. In New York, for example, how the already measly $7 billion from the federal government that funds all of these aspects of life here — like whether resources are provided for repairs to the Belt and Grand Central parkways and the Van Wyck Expressway, and for nutritional programs and centers for seniors, and where new schools and hospitals are built — could be affected by one question on the 2020 Census: Are you a United States citizen? All of this can be solved by just withdrawing the intrusive question, which is unconstitutional and fundamentally unAmerican. It is an ill-concealed attempt to stop funding for sanctuary cities. Others oppose this measure as an attempt by Republicans to sabotage important Census data to rig the political system. Albert Baldeo Richmond Hill

That GOP hypocrisy Dear Editor: The day President Obama took office, Jan. 20, 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 7,949. The day he left office, Jan. 20, 2017, the Dow was at 19,732. The day Obama took office the unemployment rate was 7.9 percent and moving higher to its peak of 10 percent in October 2009. The day he left office the unemployment rate was down to 4.8 percent. But like the banks in the Old South, the black man was given “no credit,” especially from Republicans and Trump. In fact, it was these positive trends that Trump inherited when he took office. Another example of Republican hypocrisy is the Stormy Daniels saga. If President Obama had a nine-month affair with a porn actress, beginning one month after his wife gave birth to their child, and then paid the actress $130,000 — 11 days before the election — to keep her quiet, all the evangelicals and “family values” crowds would have been going crazy. And at Fox News, where they hardly mention Daniels, they would have covered the story 24 hours a day. Rush Limbaugh and Republican politicians would be clamoring for Obama’s impeachment. The old expression applies: If Obama walked on water, the Republicans would say, “What’s the matter, he can’t swim?” Robert Vogel Bayside

A child shall lead them Dear Editor: In keeping with the season, when Jesus expelled the individuals conducting business in the temple of God, He reminded them that they were in a house of worship, but they had made it a den of thieves. Maybe, now is the time to strongly remind members of Congress that they are there to serve the people and not the lobbyists, such as, the NRA. Ironically, the first group to sing praises to Jesus after the expulsion of the money grubbers were the children, despite the displeasure of those in authority. Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

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Dear Editor: Article 1, Section 2, the U.S. Constitution provides, “Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States ... according to their respective Numbers ...The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.” The 14th Amendment mandates apportionment of representatives “according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state,” as distinct from citizens only. The Trump administration’s announcement that it intends to include a citizenship question is myopic and ill advised, and defeats the entire purpose for taking a decennial nationwide Census in the first place. Indeed, it violates the Founding Fathers’ motives for gathering census data as part of the U.S. Constitution. In the last Census count, in 2010, despite our collective efforts to get everyone counted, the city’s response rate was only 62 percent. Fifty thousand residents were not counted, causing New York to lose two congressional seats, and it may be worse this time around. There are now 3.2 million foreign-born people in New York City, out of 8.6 million residents. Of those foreign-born, 46 percent are noncitizens, with at least 500,000 undocumented, all of whom use public resources and services. Congress depends on these results not only to decide how to distribute federal resources, but how to determine the number of congressional districts in each state. It is the most important data and economic tool in America, and is used to plan the provision of healthcare, law enforcement, education, employment, transportation and social services, like where to build new schools, roads, healthcare facili-

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Jamaica Ave. trash still a major issue WRBA president urges residents to continue reporting the problem to 311 by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

It’s hard not to notice the trash sprawled along Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. People have been complaining about it for years and the issue came to a head at the March 24 meeting of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. “When you’re finished here, I’ll be glad to show you my phone and show it to anyone else here who wants to see it,” one Woodhaven resident named Jimmy, who has taken several photos of the litter, yelled at the meeting. “The garbage is piled high on every single corner, and when it’s a holiday and the garbage isn’t picked up, it’s twice as high and when it snows, the s--t stays under there and stays there even longer.” Frank Castelli, chairman of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, admits it’s a problem but says there are steps being taken to remediate it. “In fact, the Sanitation supervisor just called me the other day and asked what they can do to help us,” Castelli said. “It is a problem though.” One of the many theories as to why there’s so much trash along Woodhaven’s commercial corridor is that people living in illegal basement apartments — another pervasive problem in the community — throw

The illegal dumping along Jamaica Avenue was one of the hot topics at the March 24 meeting of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. Councilman Eric Ulrich said he will see if a fifth PHOTO COURTESY JIMMY day of service can be added to the corridor. out their garbage in the city receptacles, sometimes spilling over onto the sidewalk. One consequence of that has been business owners receiving fines for litter left in front of their stores, even if they were not open when the items were dropped there.

But residents at the WRBA meeting also said there are some businesses that do not sweep the sidewalks. Jimmy, and others, called on Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) to contact the Sanitation Police to fine people illegally

dumping in the area. They also want to see more pickups along the corridor. “I’ll be willing to bet you right now $100 to your favorite charity there’s garbage that’s still not picked up on Jamaica Avenue,” Jimmy said. Ulrich, in response, said he uses his discretionary funding to provide Jamaica Avenue for four days of Sanitation service — other major streets do not see that much, he said. He’s also paid for new receptacles with smaller holes so larger items cannot fit in them, though people now just dump their trash on the sidewalk. But he’s open to doing more. “Starting July 1 when there’s a new budget, I’ll meet with Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) and his budget director to see if we can share the costs of Jamaica Avenue,” the councilman said. His and Holden’s districts split at Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue. “If I can, I’ll add a fifth day of service,” he added. Meanwhile, WRBA President Steve Forte encouraged residents to continue reporting all illegal dumping to 311. “When you report it to 311, you’re putting it on the record,” Forte said. “If you don’t record it, [Ulrich] is not going to see it.” Q

Teacher tenure suit can move forward UFT disappointed with ruling but ‘confident’ outcome will back union by Anthony O’Reilly

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A lawsuit challenging teacher tenure laws can move forward, after the state Appellate Division last Wednesday ruled the plaintiffs in the case have the legal standing to sue the city, state and teachers’ union. “What this court has affirmed is, yes we are stakeholders and we have every right to expect [teachers] should properly educate our children,” said Mona Davids, president of the New York City Parents’ Union and one of the lead plaintiffs in the case. “We’re looking forward to discovery.” The case was brought by nine parents and the advocacy group Partnership for Educational Justice in 2014 against the state and city education departments and teacher unions, alleging that tenure laws and the seniority-based “last in, first out” layoff system deprive their children of a “sound education” — which, they say, goes against the state Constitution — because ineffective teachers are kept on the payroll. One of the parent plaintiffs was a Queens mom whose daughter attended PS 106 in Far Rockaway and had the same allegedly bad teacher three times. The defendants have tried three times to have the case thrown out of court, saying the parents have no standing. The appellate judges, in a six-page decision, disagreed. “Contrary to the defendants’ contentions, the plaintiffs had standing to commence these actions, as they adequately alleged a threatened injury in fact to their

protected right of a sound basic education due to the retention and promotion of alleged ineffective teachers,” the judges wrote. The United Federation of Teachers said in a statement that it’s disappointed in the ruling, but believes the final result will be in the union’s favor. “Judges around the nation have dismissed claims similar to those filed in the Davids-Wright case, and we are confident as the case goes forward that New York courts will ultimately recognize the importance to students and schools of reasonable due process for teachers,” Adam Ross, the UFT’s general counsel, said in a March 28 statement. The Partnership for Educational Justice has filed similar challenges in New Jersey and Minnesota — in the former, a judge threw out the case but parents are appealing that ruling. “Today’s decision from the New York appeals court is an incredible victory for students’ rights,” Alissa Bernstein, executive director of the group, said in a statement. “While the defendants have repeatedly tried to delay and dispose of this case, today’s decision affirms the fact that the brave parents and children who brought this suit deserve their day in court.” New York City is one of the hardest places to fire ineffective teachers, according to several studies. A 2016 report by the Thomas Fordham Institute said only San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago have stricter termination laws than the DOE. At the time, according to the report, it took more than two years to fire a tenured teacher, though the UFT said the median time Q between a charge and settlement was 105 days.

A lawsuit challenging teacher tenure laws can move forward, after the state Appellate Division ruled the parents who brought the case have standing. The United Federation of Teachers, whose president Michael Mulgrew is seen FILE PHOTO here, says it’s “disappointed” with the ruling.

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MidVille man seeks to boot â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;out of touchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pol Republican Eric Butkiewicz will run against Joe Addabbo Jr. in November by Anthony Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly Editor

What do ex-Assemblywoman Marge Markey and ex-Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley have in common, besides being former lawmakers? According to Republican Eric Butkiewicz, they were both â&#x20AC;&#x153;out of touchâ&#x20AC;? with the district while serving in their respective chambers. But he said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still one politician representing southwest Queens who is largely not in-touch with his constituents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). Butkiewicz is seeking to kick the five-time incumbent out of office in November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw that fervor starting to brew of, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get the out-oftouch politicians out of here,â&#x20AC;? he said in a recent interview with the Chronicle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt impassioned to run.â&#x20AC;? The lifetime Middle Village resident and entrepreneur said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning to run a grassroots campaign similar to the ones that saw Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth) defeat Markey in a landslide in the 2016 Democratic primary, and Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) edge out Crowley in the general election last November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the issues you only know about if you speak to people,â&#x20AC;? Butkiewicz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel, and a lot of people I speak to feel, like our current senator isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually on the ground talking to people.â&#x20AC;? The candidate will be seeking endorsements from the Reform and Independent parties. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already received the endorsement of the Libertarian Party of Queens. Reached by phone, Addabbo confirmed that he will run for a sixth term in November and said he looks forward to talking

Middle Village resident Eric Butkiewicz hopes to evict state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. from office in November. PHOTO COURTESY ERIC BUTKIEWICZ

â&#x20AC;&#x153;about the issues, not my opponent.â&#x20AC;? Asked to respond to Butkiewiczâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;out of touch,â&#x20AC;? the senator said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My constituents know I try to make every civic meeting, every community board meeting. I have mobile office hours. I try to get out there as much as possible, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big district ... I trust that I have a fine work record, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to the people to decide whether they want me to repre-

sent them in Albany.â&#x20AC;? Among Butkiewiczâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top priorities, if elected, are advocating for more environmental resiliency measures in Rockaway and increasing school safety on the peninsula. On the latter, he said Addabboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to allow principals to lock school doors from the inside is â&#x20AC;&#x153;nothing I can argue with.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are schools that are on the persistently dangerous schools list,â&#x20AC;? the candidate said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We talk about guns, but what about safety from stabbings, safety from beatings and safety from other attacks?â&#x20AC;? He would also speak out against the state- and city-backed closure of jails on Rikers Island, which would be replaced with borough-based centers. Asked if he believes the Rockaway Beach Rail Lineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abandoned right-of-way should again carry trains or be turned into a 3.5-mile stretch of parkland, Butkiewicz said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to look at data on the rail proposal. A feasibility report conducted by the MTA is expected to be released in the coming days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think before I can have an opinion, I would need to know how much it would cost,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to have a colossal waste of money.â&#x20AC;? Butkiewicz attended St. Stanislaus Kosktka School in Maspeth and played in area little leagues growing up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he coaches on the team his little brother plays on. At Baruch College, where Butkiewicz majored in government administration and public policy, he started a nonprofit called Doxa, a nonpartisan group that aims to increase public discourse and community involvement. He also hosted a public forum at the school on safety and justice. In business, he has founded several startups, including Q the news and public relations website ebmedia.co.

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Tax plan, MTA funds and more in NY budget Here’s just a few of the things the state is spending $168 billion on by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Gov. Cuomo’s proposal to “protect” state taxpayers from the federal tax overhaul signed into law last year was included in the $168 billion budget agreed to by New York lawmakers last Friday into Saturday. Employers can opt into a plan in which taxes will be shifted from the worker to employer and a 5 percent tax will be placed on all annual payroll expenses in excess of $40,000 per employee, which will be phased in over three years beginning on Jan. 1. The move was devised as a workaround to the new $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions that was included in the tax bill. The budget also creates two state-operated Charitable Contribution Funds, which will accept donations for the purposes of improving healthcare and education and authorizes school districts and other municipalities to create charitable funds. Contributions to the state funds can be itemized as deductions on federal and state tax returns, equal to 85 percent of the donation amount. Donations to any school district or municipality-operated charity would provide a reduction in local property taxes equal to a percentage of the donation. The move has been blasted by Republicans and some tax experts who say it is not legal under Internal Revenue Service rules for charitable contributions. An email seeking comment to the conservative-leaning Manhattan Institute was not returned by press time Wednesday afternoon. The Citizens Budget Commission said state lawmakers “deserve credit” for the move, and estimated another state initiative, to “decouple” from the federal tax code in certain areas, will eliminate a $1 billion tax increase, “but may present new challenges in this administration.” The budget marks a $5 billion increase from the last fiscla year, a hike of 3 percent. The schools portion of the budget calls for a $1 billion increase in education aid, bringing the amount to $26.7 billion for the 201819 school year. But it also requires 76 school

State leaders came to an agreement on a $168 billion budget last Friday, which includes an optional payroll tax, more money for schools, surcharges on for-hire vehicles and more. Borough FILE PHOTO lawmakers approved some of the measures included in the package. districts, including New York City’s, to report how they plan to spend the money. It does not give state officials the power to approve school district budgets, a move Cuomo originally proposed that was panned by lawmakers and education officials, including former city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), the ranking member of the Education Committee, was also against the move. “It’s more palatable now,” Addabbo said in a Monday interview. On the education aid increase, he said “I like that, because that should improve the educational environment for our kids ... but as I always say, it’s not how much you spend but how you spend it.” The Alliance for Quality Education, a Cuomo critic that counts his primary challenger Cynthia Nixon as one of its top members, says the plan hurts minority students.

“Governor Cuomo’s policies have caused the spending gap between rich and poor school districts to grow 24 percent to a record setting $9,923 per pupil,” Jasmine Gripper, legislative director for AQE, said in a statement. “His budget will leave Black, Brown and low-income students in high need school districts further behind.” In his continuing feud with Mayor de Blasio, Cuomo has appointed an independent monitor to oversee repairs made to public housing buildings. The state is also providing $250 million for said repairs. NYCHA projects will also receive designbuild authorization — which allows agencies to combine design and construction procurement processes into one, instead of carrying them out separately. Other projects cleared for design-build are the construction of new, borough-based jails to replace those on Rikers Island and the reconstruction of part of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in

Brooklyn Heights. The state also addresses sexual harassment by, among other things, requiring all state contractors to affirm they have a sexual harassment policy and ensuring nondisclosure agreements can only be used when the condition of confidentiality is the preference of the victim of a sexual assault. It also ends the 30-day storage timeline for rape kits — a package of items used to gather evidence in the investigation of sexual assault cases. A ssembly wom a n A r avel la Si mot a s (D-Astoria), who pushed for the change, applauded the move. “No sexual assault survivor should ever be told that a prosecution is not possible because a rape kit was disposed of prematurely,” Simotas said. Sexual contact is also now banned between police officers and individuals in their custody — a rule that had never been made explicitly clear. Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) pushed for the law. “This common sense legislation ensures that individuals in police custody are also protected from coercive sexual behavior committed by officers exploiting their authority,” Braunstein said in a statement. On transportation, the budget funds an $836 million Subway Action Plan that will be financed half by the state and half by the city. Mayor de Blasio has begrudgingly agreed to fork over the money. A full congestion pricing plan was not included in the budget, but a $2.75 surcharge will be put on all Uber and Lyft vehicles south of 96th Street in Manhattan — the fee will be $2.50 for yellow cabs and $0.75 for pooled trips [see related story in some editions or at qchron.com]. The money will go into an MTA “lock box” for subway upgrades, outer borough improvements and more. A group of Queens Assembly members, led by Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows), announced there will be a $50 million annual fund for outer borough transit projects, something they pushed for earlier Q this year.

GallopNYC to host free senior lunches by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

GallopNYC, the operator of Sunrise Stables in Lindenwood, will be hosting a free “Lunch and Learn” program for area seniors every Tuesday from April 9 to June 19, and is asking some of those attendees to come back on Friday to volunteer with its therapeutic rides for children and adults with special needs. The lunches will take place from noon to 2 p.m., where attendees will learn about equine behavior, how to care for horses and other basic horse knowledge, all while enjoying a complimentary meal

Also searching for weekly volunteers for about an hour. The next hour consists of hands-on workshops with the horses. Seniors from the area are invited back to the stables on Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon to volunteer with GallopNYC’s therapeutic riding lessons. The volunteers will be asked to assist with walking alongside the horses and doing activities with children when they are not riding. Sunrise Stables is located at 80-98 Linden Blvd. It was previously called

Gemini Stables and was operated by the Federation of Black Cowboys, but suffered from years of neglect. The Parks Department named GallopNYC, which specializes in offering therapeutic rides to people with special needs and wounded veterans, the operator of the site in September 2016. Those interested in going to the lunches or volunteering should contact Sonja Sepkowitz by emailing sonja.sepkowitz@ gallopnyc.org, or calling (646) 233-4507. Q

GallopNYC will host free events at Sunrise FILE PHOTO Stables this spring.

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Boro merchants support NYFAC Several Howard Beach businesses will be supporting nonprofit New York Families for Autistic Children by accepting donations for the group during the month of April, which is Autism Awarness Month. Donations will be accepted at Almonte’s Key Food, Bougie’s Salon, Carvel of Howard Beach, Cross Bay Hardware, Explosion Salon, Howard Beach Bagel Café, Ragtime Gourmet Supermarket and That’s a Wrap Howard Beach. Those who donate will receive an “autism egg,” a sticker showing their support of autism awareness. All donations will go to benefit NYFAC, which provides services to children with autism. NYFAC’s headquarters are located at 164-11 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach. But that’s not all you can do during the month of April. If you visit Panera Bread, located at 73-25 Woodhaven Blvd. in Forest Hills, on April 19 from 4 to 8 p.m. and mention NYFAC, 20 percent of your purchase will be donated to the orgaQ nization. — Anthony O’Reilly

City eyes MidVille for animal intake center Public hearing before CB 5 on April 11 by Christopher Barca Editor

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has announced plans to convert a vacant Middle Village storefront into a pet intake center. According to the cit y’s land use review application, the DOH is eyeing the first f loor of a three-story, mixeduse st r uct u re at 66 -78 69 St. as a replacement for its small Rego Park animal ad missions facilit y on Queens Boulevard. “The purpose of a Pet Admissions Center is to intake animals from the borough and hold them temporarily until they can be transferred to the nearest full-service animal center each evening,” the application reads. “The current Queens Pet Admissions Center in Rego Park has just 750 square feet of space, which cannot adequately accommodate the number of animals surrendered each day.” The new center will continue to be operated by Animal Care Centers of

NYC, the nonprofit that operates cityowned animal shelters. The DOH said the Middle Village location was selected partly because of its size — 1,400 square feet of space — adding that the Rego Park facility was “overburdened.” The new site will have five employees — including a veterinarian to examine the animals being surrendered by their owners or turned in by others for a variety of reasons — and operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. A counselor will also be on hand to “discuss various options with pet owners in hopes of promoting the owner’s ability to keep the pets in their home.” The Rego Park facility will remain open until the extensive renovations at the proposed Middle Village location are completed. A public hearing will be held on the application prior to Community Board 5’s regularly scheduled meeting on April 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Christ the King High Q School in Middle Village.

E-recycling at Springfield Pk. The office of state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) will co-sponsor the first of three electronic waste recycling collections this spring from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 14 at Springfield Park in Springfield Gardens. The Lower East Side Ecology Center will collect working or nonworking computers, monitors, printers, scan ners, keyboards, mice, cables, televisions, VCRs, DVD players, phones, cell phones, audio equipment and PDAs. It is illegal to dispose of such items in regular trash collections, and Comrie’s office is asking residents to spread the word about the collection, will take place rain or shine. Other sponsors include state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park), Assemblywoman Alicia Hynd man, (D-Spr ingf ield Gardens), Cou ncil ma n Donova n R icha rd s (D-Laurelton) and the Caribbean American Society of New York. Springfield Park is located at the intersection of Springfield Boulevard and 147th Street. Comrie’s office can Q be reached at (718) 765-6359.

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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SERVICE At 7:00 p.m., Sunday, April 15th, the Howard Beach Judea Chabad will be hosting a Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance service. Guest speaker Manny Korman was a child on the kinder transportation effort by the British government to bring Jewish children out of Nazi Germany, occupied Austria and Czechoslovakia. Please join us for a moving program of Memory and survival. It is very important in these troubling times, with anti-Semitism on the rise, for all to attend. The world must remember, we must never forget. g

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Even if the Mets had not won on Opening Day this year, the game still would’ve been an economic victory for the Big Apple. The Economic Development Corp. announced last Thursday that it estimates the 2018 Opening Day game at Citi Field has an economic impact of $7.9 million for the city. Visitor spending on costs like transportation, ticket sales, merchandise and concessions accounted for a large portion of the sum: $4.5 million, the EDC said. The number was defined in the analysis as the total for “direct impact.” “Indirect impact” made up the remaining $3.4 million. That number includes spending by companies that benefit from the Citi Field visitors’ spending, as well employees of the stadium who gain from Opening Day. “The season may not be in full swing, but the economic impact of the Mets Opening Day Game has proven to be tremendous, providing one more thing for fans and Citi Field employees to cheer about,” EDC President James Patchett said in a prepared statement. Q

Giving the needy a helping ham for Easter Joined by Borough President Melinda Katz and St. John’s University Campus Minister for Athletics the Rev. Richard Rock, center right, dozens of student athletes at the school did some good on Good Friday. They unloaded and distributed 1,000

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FAA to look at new plane noise metrics Boro quiet skies activists applaud provision in omnibus spending bill by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Queens Democrats managed to secure a win in the fight for quieter airplanes in the new omnibus spending bill signed by President Trump. Signed on March 23, the legislation features a clause instructing the Federal Aviation Administration to analyze new ways of measuring noise from aircrafts so that it can be reduced. The provision was announced Monday by Reps. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), Tom Suozzi (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens), Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens), Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) and Kathleen Rice (D-Nassau). They secured the measure in the spending bill. Each lawmaker is a member of Congress’ Quiet Skies Caucus, a body focused on fighting burdensome aircraft noise. The districts represented by the politicians all include constituents who are impacted by planes from LaGuardia or JFK airports. According to Meng’s office, the omnibus bill clause “directs the FAA to evaluate other methods to address community airplane noise concerns, and encourages the FAA to make these recommendations based on actual noise levels.”

A provision in the omnibus spending bill President Trump signed last month instructs the Federal Aviation Administration to look at new methods to measure airplane noise. According to some, FILE PHOTO the metric used now — day-night average sound level — is inadequate. The congresswoman is optimistic about what ideas the aviation agency will put forth. “The blistering sounds of airplane noise in Queens continues to negatively impact the quality of life of borough residents, and looking at a more accurate measurement of noise effects would go a long way towards creating

quieter skies over our communities,” she said in a prepared statement. “I look forward to seeing what other metrics the FAA proposes.” The FAA uses day-night average sound level to measure airplane noise in decibels. The allowable limit for the noise in residential areas is 65 decibels.

According to the agency, DNL “averages all community noise during a 24-hour period, with a ten-fold penalty on noise that occurs during night and early morning hours.” When airplanes are flown between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., a 10-decibel penalty is added to the noise they create for the DNL calculation. In Hamilton Beach resident John Fazio’s backyard, he has a monitor that measures airplane noise levels. He recently looked at the DNL numbers for individual days over a period of three months. Fazio found that on only four days, the numbers came in at 65 decibels. “Most flights were 65 decibels or more,” he told the Chronicle. “A couple in the 70s, too.” Many quiet skies activists have called for the number to be lowered to 55 decibels. Achieving the policy change was once a primary goal of the Queens Quiet Skies advocacy group. But not anymore. “We think that DNL actually needs to be replaced by much better metrics,” said QQS President Janet McEneaney, who praised the omnibus bill clause. “A system of metrics.” If more than one way of measuring the noise is used, she explained, different metrics could offset the methodological weaknesses of other ones. continued on page 19

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DNL. Along with the 10-decibel penalty between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., the CNEL measurement adds a five-decibel penalty for flights between 7 and 10 p.m. According to the QQS president, CNEL is “better” than DNL, but the usage of a combination of metrics would be best. New York Community Aviation Roundtable Co-chairman Warrren Schreiber lives in Bay Terrace, a community with many residents vexed by noise from LaGuardia planes. According to him, the DNL metric is seriously flawed. “You could have a plane sometime during

the day coming in and producing noise of 80 decibels and then you have another one coming in and producing noise of 40 decibels,” he said. “Take the two of those together, divide it by two.” Then Schreiber noted, the calculation would be 60 decibels. While the number would be under the FAA threshold, he explained, those who hear the plane that produced 80 decibels are subject to a painfully loud sound. Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association President Joann Ariola said that while airplane noise has always been an issue in her community, “it’s never been as bad as it is now.” The FAA, she added, “is either not regis-

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tering [airplane noise] properly or not listening to the results” of DNL measurements. Given the severity of the problem, Ariola approves of the provision in the omnibus bill. “Any type of measure through the federal level addressing the issue is welcome,” she said. Susan Caroll, who is one of Borough President Melinda Katz’ representatives on the aviation roundtable, said the omnibus clause is a major victory for the quiet skies movement. “It’s an acknowledgement by Congress that the standards that the FAA has been using to evaluate noise for decades do not Q reflect reality,” she said.

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Participatory budget voting opens Saturday Council District 29 residents can select up to five projects to fund PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON

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Residents of Council District 29 can vote starting Saturday for what projects deserve funding from the budget of Councilwoman FILE PHOTO Karen Koslowitz. • Forest Park at the Overlook on April 7 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; • the Forest Hills Green Market at Queens Boulevard and 70th Avenue on both April 8 and 15 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; • the Forest Hills Library on April 9 from 3 to 6:30 p.m.; • the corner of 108th Street and 63rd Drive in Forest Hills on April 10 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.; • the 75th Avenue subway station on April 11 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.; • Yellowstone Park on April 12 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.; • the Rego Park Library on April 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; and • the corner of Austin Street and Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens on April 14 from Q 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Small space makes big turn in Rego Pk. Sharper maneuver now needed to access Yellowstone from W’Haven by Michael Gannon Editor

The space is small given the size of Woodhaven Boulevard — two cars couldn’t park there — and it is set apart by a little bit of paint and nine plastic delineators. But the area, blocked off by the city last year, seems to cause a bit of confusion for northbound drivers looking to make a right turn onto Yellowstone Boulevard. It forms a level bump out into a space drivers formerly traversed, forcing them to make a sharper turn onto Yellowstone.

The small space extending from the curb and some new dotted lines force traffic to the left before making the right turn on Yellowstone Boulevard.

“They didn’t do it right the first time,” said a nearby business owner who did not wish to give his name. “They didn’t block it off well — people were getting caught. Then they did it right and added more delineators.” He also said the delineators had to be replaced a few weeks ago after they were taken out by a plow in a snowstorm this year. The DOT did not respond to questions about the rationale or cost of creating the space, and whether the right turn is regulated by the traffic light just to the north. But in two recent visits by the Chronicle, several drivers did have to make abrupt moves left before heading back to the right to make the turn on Yellowstone. The opposite end of the intersection is regulated by a traffic light that governs traffic coming from Yellowstone onto Woodhaven. While most drivers make the right turn onto Yellowstone when the light was red, on two occasions they did not, and had drivers behind them pull out to the left and make the right turn around them. On a few occasions there were brief tieups when drivers coming from Cooper Avenue went to make the right turn when traffic was backed up by the traffic light. The one owner said his business has not

Two drivers looking to make a right turn from Woodhaven to Yellowstone Boulevard in Rego Park. A space set off late last year by the Department of Transportation could be causing confusion PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON over how a red light off to the right regulates the turn. been harmed since the change. He also does not think it is a safety issue at this point. “People are used to it,” he said. “I’m sure DOT did its surveys. Does it help? I

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tion of CSX track next to Christ the King High School and All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village, according to Community Board 5 Dist r ict Manager Gar y Giordano. “I haven’t heard of anything like that recently,” Giordano said in Monday interview. “But I know a few years ago, there was a design for a project over there.” In terms of the scope of a possible project, the district manager said he doesn’t anticipate work being incredibly

d isr upt ive, but a dded he wou ld be reach i ng out t o t he DOT for more information. “If there is an award,” he said, “they need to let us know the details pretty darn soon.” When asked about the contract by the Chronicle on Tuesday, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said it was the first he had heard of it, adding he will question the DOT about it. A spokesperson for Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) declined to comment, saying his office was unfamilQ iar with any contract being awarded.

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Congestion pricing for taxi, for-hire cars Cabbies: Surcharge will be ruinous; transit groups: Doesn’t go far enough by Michael Gannon

Matthiessen said he is fine with an incremental, phased-in approach like the one ew York City’s agreement to split advocated in January in the governor’s Fix $836 million in subway upgrades NYC plan. “We first need to invest in and upgrade the with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will jumpstart the state’s Subway infrastructure,” he said, specifically mentionAction Plan, but all sides still recognize the ing the need to close gaps in public transporneed to find a steady new revenue stream for tation in the outer boroughs before a fullscale congestion plan for the Manhattan busithe trains. But what Gov. Cuomo is calling phase one ness district is fully feasible. He also said a phased-in approach would of a congestion pricing plan for Midtown and Downtown Manhattan does not go far be necessary to allow drivers to adjust. And he said any fees both now and in the enough for many transportation and environmental advocacy groups, and is being pillo- future must strike a balance between dampried by the taxi industry as going way too far. ening the driving demand enough to reduce “In this budget, the city pays half of the congestion, but still having enough paying $836, which is $418 million,” Cuomo said in drivers to collect the necessary revenue. Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh a statement issued by his office last Friday. “Basically it’s retained from the city. But now Meadows) has been one of the more vocal the Subway Action plan is fully funded, and critics of congestion pricing in Albany. He it can actually move full speed ahead, ... . largely was calling the budget deal a victory. “Contrary to And congestion pricreports you’ve seen, ing, I believe, is a there were a lot of concept whose future members of the Demhas come.” ocratic Caucus who Phase one, which nd congestion pricing, are opposed to conwill kick in this comgestion pricing,” he i ng Ja nu a r y, w ill I believe, is a concept said. “We didn’t feel place a $2.75 surwhose future has come.” it was the right way, charge on all rides in to tax cars going into for-hire vehicles and — Gov. Cuomo Manhattan. $2.50 for yellow and Weprin said his green cabs, the latter coalition pushed to of which Cuomo said limit the yellow taxi have a heavier finansurcharge to 50 cents, while assessing a highcial burden. “That generates $415 million,” he said. er fee on for-hire cars such as Uber and Lyft. “We feel they are contributing most to the “That would go to fund the MTA. That congestion in Manhattan,” he said. “Yellow would be annual.” And the governor did use the phrase and green cabs are already paying a lot for their medallions and already contribute a lot “lockbox.” Many advocacy groups have been pushing to the MTA.” Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the for a plan akin to proposals by Move NY, which would charge a fee for all vehicles New York Taxi Workers Alliance, said the entering or crossing into Manhattan south of taxi surcharges will be devastating to an 60th Street and impose tolls on all East River already-reeling industry. “Heartless and calculating politicians in bridges to and from Manhattan. It would at least initially reduce existing tolls on cross- Albany just launched a vicious attack on a ings such as the Throgs Neck and Whitestone workforce that has lost four drivers to suicide in the past four months,” she said in an bridges. “This is a good first step, but it is only email to the Chronicle. “Drivers from every that,” Alex Matthiessen, spokesman for sector, yellow cab, black car, livery and Uber drivers themselves are facing foreclosures, Move NY, told the Chronicle. Editor

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Taxi and for-hire vehicle rides into Manhattan will get more expensive in January with what Gov. Cuomo is calling the first phase of congestion pricing. Riders will pay a $2.50 surcharge on yelPHOTO BY ILMRT / WIKIMEDIA low and green cabs, and $2.75 for services such as Lyft and Uber. bankruptcies and homelessness at an unprecedented rate. Yellow cabs have already contributed close to $1 billion toward the MTA since 2009. Meanwhile, Uber and its cohorts are getting a break on surcharges for the same pool trips that have driven down MTA ridership. “Once again Albany is letting Wall Streetbankrolled companies write the laws, while we bury drivers dead from financial despair,” Desai added. As for future attempts, Weprin said drivers in Queens are still reliant on their cars to get into Manhattan for things like business, personal matters or medical care. “And it’s a lot greater than the 4 percent than people are saying,” he added, referring to the share of Queens residents who drive in. But Matthiessen counters that doing things like tying fees to factors like existing bridge tolls is fair for all involved. “You pay to go through the Queens Midtown Tunnel,” he said. “People coming to Manhattan can pay $2.75 in the subway, up to $30 one way from Suffolk or Dutchess County. Unless you bike in or walk across a bridge, people pay.” In a joint statement, advocacy groups Transportation Alternatives, The Straphangers Ca mpaig n, R iders A llia nce a nd StreetsPAC also were disappointed. “Fixing our transit system should have been Albany’s first priority this year; unfortunately, the final budget does not offer a credible plan to modernize the MTA, nor provide a sufficient revenue stream to make it possible,” they wrote. “The crisis in our subways and on our streets will continue, and New Yorkers will continue to demand action from Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers.” The Citizens Budget Com mission’s

statement also said the plan falls short. “New surcharges will be placed on trips made by taxis and for-hire vehicles in New York City’s central business district, but the can will be kicked down the road on a fuller congestion pricing plan to reduce traffic and provide a significant long-term revenue source,” the group wrote. “Instead, to increase short-term revenues, the City of New York will be forced to provide $418 million for the Subway Action Plan or have its sales tax revenues withheld — even though New York City taxpayers pay the overwhelming majority of MTA taxes and subsidies. The New York League of Conservation Voters listed the deal under missed opportunities in the new budget. “The surcharge on for-hire vehicles below 96th Street is a good first step toward reducing automobile emissions and raising new revenues for the MTA, but we need real congestion pricing, which means at a minimum using a portion of the new revenues to begin the construction of cordon infrastructure and address transit deserts,” the statement read. “We will keep the pressure on the governor and the Legislature to finish the job and fully implement the recommendations of the Fix NYC panel.” A group of green taxi drivers in Forest Hills was largely disinclined to discuss the matter on Wednesday morning. The one driver who did was aware of all the details, but seemed resigned to what happens in January. “It’s money the city wants,” he said. Weprin harbors no illusions that this is the last time he will be fighting Manhattan traffic surcharges. Q “We’ll be ready in January,” he said.

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Mets fans predict a variety of outcomes One at Opening Day says the team will ‘suck,’ others eye the pennant by Christopher Barca Editor

It’s not crazy to think this year’s New York Mets can compete for a second National League pennant in four seasons. It’s also not crazy to think the Amazin’s could miss the playoffs — and by a significant margin too. For example, longtime New York Post sports writer Kevin Kernan has them losing in the World Series to the crosstown Yankees. But Big League Stew’s Chris Cwik predicts the Flushing faithful will have to sit through a lousy 78-84 season. And much like the many MLB experts in the media, Mets fans from Queens surveyed by the Chronicle outside Citi Field on Opening Day last Thursday — a 9-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals — are also divided. Jamaica native Bill Powers has been attending Mets games since the 1960s, and last Thursday was “about the 45th or 50th time” he’s attended Opening Day. So believe him, Powers remarks, when he says how bad this year’s team will be. “I think they’re gonna suck,” Powers said. “The lineup is too old and injury prone. Plus, we don’t know if the pitching staff can stay healthy for a full season.” The Mets are arguably one of the biggest question marks in baseball. The pitching

Glendale native Bob Jordan, left, thinks this year’s New York Mets will win one of two wild card slots. Other fans from Queens had a wide array of predictions — one said the team will “suck” PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA while another wholeheartedly expects a World Series championship. staff — fronted by flamethrowing ace Noah Syndergaard and former Rookie of the Year Jacob deGrom — has the potential to be one of baseball’s best. Anchored by slugging outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce, the lineup certainly has thump as well. As last year proved, however, the injury

bug is undefeated. Both Syndergaard and Cespedes missed significant chunks of time in 2017, while injuries also hampered closer Jeurys Familia, outfielder Michael Conforto and many other key players. Glendale native Bob Jordan hedged his bet, saying if the Mets stay relatively healthy, there’s no reason to think they can’t

compete for a playoff spot. “If we avoid the injuries we suffered last year, I think we’ll be the second wild card team,” Jordan said. “I’m fine with that. It means we’re playing in October.” Both Ridgewood resident Eddie Cedeno and Forest Hills native George Whalen also predicted the Mets would be playing in the National League Wild Card Game — a onegame playoff where the winning team advances to the Division Series and the other goes home for the winter. “I’m definitely thinking wild card,” Whalen said. “If we stay healthy, we can be pretty dangerous.” That’s exactly how Corona resident and longtime season ticket holder Sonny Riyanto described this year’s Mets. “At least a playoff appearance. I want to go deep into October,” he said. “If we pitch well, we can beat anyone.” Defeating the Mets in a best-of-five Division Series or best-of-seven Championship series will most likely require opponents to beat Syndergaard or deGrom at least once — a tough task for even the best offenses. Melissa Correa of Floral Park simply doesn’t see that happening. When asked what she expects of this year’s Mets, she had just three words for the Chronicle. Q “World Series champs!”

Staub was about more than baseball Personable slugger aided families of fallen first responders; fed the needy by Michael Gannon

today did things like that.” Staub had been in failing health for the last few years, Read a story saying that most notably when he suffered a Rusty Staub was a fan favorite heart attack in 2015 on a transin his baseball career and you Atlantic flight from Ireland to might have to check the dateline New York. to see if you were in New York, Daniel Staub, a New Orleans Houston, Detroit or Montreal. native, earned his nickname A real Renaissance man, from his bright shock of red hair. Staub was an expert on subOff the baseball field he had a jects ranging from the finest French wines to just what body Rusty Staub died on March pair of successful New York language indicated that a pitch- 29, hours before Opening City restaurants — barbecued er was tipping his slider. The Day and three days before ribs were the specialty — and was a humanitarian who raised outfielder, gourmet chef and his 74th birthday. philanthropist, beloved during PHOTO COURTESY NY METS / TWITTER well over $100 million for the families of police officers and two tours with the Mets, was 73 when he passed away in West Palm Beach, firefighters killed in the line of duty, never falFla. on March 29, his death casting a pall on tering even after more than 400 died in the 9/11 Opening Day ceremonies at Citi Field later attacks on the World Trade Center. He also quietly and without fanfare provided that afternoon. “It’s a bittersweet day. It’s hard,” said Lizzie more than nine million meals for needy people Durkin of Levittown, who was at Citi Field for via food pantries and other services run the game. “He was my late mother’s favorite through Catholic Charities; and served the player and he was such a great player and a Mets as a goodwill ambassador. The six-time All-Star came to the major good person.” Bill Powers of Jamaica hopes the team leagues as a 19-year-old with the Houston Colt .45s, the team that entered the National League retires Staub’s number. “Man, he was one hell of a ballplayer,” he with the Mets the season before. He was traded to the expansion Montreal said. “He did so much for fallen firefighters and their families too. If only more players Expos before the 1969 season and quickly

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became a fan favorite, learning French and picking up the nickname “Le Grand Orange” for his now-famous locks. He was obtained by the Mets before the 1972 season and once again was instantly embraced by fans for his high caliber of play and personable demeanor. He was part of the 1973 “You Gotta Believe” National League champions who were in last place in late July and 12 games below .500 before Manager Yogi Berra rallied the troops to take the National League East with only 82 wins. During a five-game upset of the Cincinnati Reds in the playoffs during which he hit three home runs, Staub separated his throwing shoulder while crashing into the right field wall making a game-saving catch in extra innings of Game 4. Unable to throw overhand because of the injury, he still mauled Oakland Athletics hurlers in the World Series at a .423 clip, with a home run and six RBIs against a pitching staff that included future Hall-of-Famers Jim “Catfish” Hunter and Rollie Fingers. The Mets came close to derailing what would become a three-peat dynasty in Oakland, losing in seven games. After the 1975 season, when he became the first player in Mets history to drive in 100 runs in a year, he was dealt to the Detroit Tigers in a cost-saving move that obtained fading former ace pitcher Mickey Lolich, who went 8-13 in

his only season in Flushing. Staub, on the other hand, once again became an immediate fan favorite, being selected that year as the American League’s starting right fielder in the All-Star Game. He had some of his best statistical seasons in the Motor City. Following a half-season return to Montreal and a year with the Texas Rangers, Staub returned to the Mets in 1981 and finished out his final years as a first baseman, pinch-hitter deluxe and de facto coach. He also served as a Mets broadcaster. He was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame in 1986, and, though he was with the franchise just over three seasons, Le Grand Orange’s number 10 was retired by the Montreal Expos before the team moved to Washington, DC. Staub is one of four players, along with Ty Cobb, Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez, to hit home runs in the major leagues both as a teenager and after his 40th birthday. He had 292 home runs and an even 100 pinch hits in his career, and in 1983 tied a major league record with hits in eight consecutive pinch-hitting appearances. His 2,716 career hits are 64th all-time heading into this season. He is the only player in MLB history to have 500 or more hits with four different teams, including the Colt .45s/ Q Astros, Expos, Mets and Tigers. Christopher Barca contributed to this story.

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Honoring those whose work aids seniors by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Despite the heavy snowfall that resulted in many canceled activities across the city, the 47th anniversary celebration of the Queens Interagency Council on the Aging went off without a hitch March 22, as a trio of advocates received special recognition and a moment of silence was observed in memory of one of QICA’s longstanding backbones, who passed away earlier in the month. The large reception room at the Queens Community House in Kew Gardens was filled to capacity for the event. QICA President Barry Klitsberg lauded seniors for being “such an important part of our society [that] they cannot be forgotten.” He acknowledged the loss of his vice president, Miriam Burns, as “a total shock to all of us,” calling her a “fierce advocate for seniors” and adding that, in her absence, “we have to work a little harder.” Executive Director Bruce Cunningham echoed the sentiments, saying, “It’s not every day you’re fortunate to have a colleague that’s highly intelligent and highly committed.” Burns, he said, was “the person about lost causes ... very low-key ... a listener and strong advocate. When it came to policy, Miriam was always spot on.” It was the second consecutive year that QICA

Queens Interagency Council on the Aging honorees Ron Kim, second from left, Lucy Garcia and Ronald Fatoullah display their awards, flanked by QICA President Barry Klitsberg, left, and ExecPHOTO BY MARK LORD utive Director Bruce Cunningham. suffered a far-reaching loss. Last year’s ceremony reflected on the passing of Klitsberg’s predecessor, Maria Cuadrado, the previous summer. This year, the organization, which seeks to empower older adults via information and training on benefits and services available to them, bestowed an award named in Cuadrado’s memory for the first time. The new Maria Cuadrado, Ph. D. Community Leadership Award went to Lucy Garcia, a member of QICA’s board who, over the past 25 years,

had dedicated herself to nonprofit community service, most recently with the Institute for Puerto Rican and Hispanic Elderly. She was praised for her “motivation to help, teach and counsel seniors in need, particularly to ensure their health and well-being.” Klitsberg called Garcia a “dynamo,” and indicated that, many years ago, Cuadrado had been her mentor. “We worked together all those years,” she said. “I learned so much from her.”

Reflecting on her years of service, Garcia said, “If I had to do it all again, I would do it again and again and again. I’m still fighting.” Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) received the Rose Kryzak Legislative Award, an honor in remembrance of the former QICA board member credited with spearheading the successful statewide lobbying effort to enact EPIC, the state’s Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage plan. Klitzberg introduced Kim as “a busy man, but no stranger to QICA.” Receiving his award, Kim, the first and only Korean-American elected official in New York, recalled coming to the borough in 1987 and settling in Flushing, which “embraced immigrants.” He was honored for legislation that provides tax credits to mom-and-pop diners, cafes and restaurants for working with local nonprofits to serve older adults and for standing up for immigrant small-business owners. Kim promised to continue to fight for seniors. The Leon Von Holden Advocacy Award, named for another former QICA board member, was bestowed upon elder law attorney Ronald Fatoullah, known for his service to the senior citizen and special needs communities. In accepting, Fatoullah paid further tribute to the borough, saying, “Queens embraces all of us; P this is what we’re made of.”

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Thor’s flaming fastballs have fans fired up Mets faithful from Queens and beyond flood Citi Field for Opening Day

Ridgewood pals Eddie Cedeno, left, Sarah York, Katie Mischik, Patrick Stankard and Dan Young “pour one out” in honor of Shea Stadium at the site of the old field’s home plate.

Floral Park resident Melissa Correa — third from left, rear, — tailgates with friends in the Citi Field parkPHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA ing lot on Opening Day last Thursday while “Ace” shotguns a beer.

fter a heartbreaking loss in the 2016 Wild Card Game, the Mets were supposed to make noise in 2017 and once again compete for the pennant. In typical Mets fashion, however, injuries up and down the roster ended up ruining that dream. But last year is in the past. It’s time to make history in 2018. And if star pitcher Noah Syndergaard’s 10-strikeout performance against the St. Louis Cardinals on Opening Day was any indication, the Amazin’s will be a force well into the fall. Mets fans by the tens of thousands — many donning Thor’s jersey — had a blast at Citi Field last Thursday, as the home team started the season hot, winning 9-4. Some supporters came from as far away as North Carolina and Florida, but many of the tailgaters and those playing catch in the parking lot hail from right here in Queens. Q — Christopher Barca

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Season-ticket holder Sonny Riyanto, left, walked from his Corona home to Citi Field a few blocks away to enjoy the pregame festivities with his friend, Lori Ramirez, and her daughter, Jazlyn.

They live in Huntington, LI, but Maddy and Thomas Vella repped Queens on Thursday.

Bellerose resident Jackie Rafferty and her son, William, bundle up with their Middle Village friend, Shannon Healy.

Forest Hills native Jewelya Jordain’s birthday present from her son, George Whalen, was two tickets to Opening Day.

Jamaica native Bill Powers, second from left, enjoys an adult beverage with his buddies in the Citi Field parking lot. Powers has been to more than 45 Opening Day games.

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Ignore the quotation marks. The title of this show goes in brackets. Yes, “[title of show],” a generally delightful fivecharac ter music al ( including the on-s t age keyboardist who is heavily involved in the proceedings) being staged through April 14 in its first New York City production since its Broadway run in 2008, is perhaps best described as cleverly quirky, its titular punctuation included. On the surface, the show is about two struggling writers who decide to create a new musical for an upcoming theater festival. While facing one roadblock after another — including what to write about — they must also decide what to call their show, ultimately finding inspiration in the field for “title of show” on the festival’s entry form. Actually, the show is about more than what it seems, as suggested by a note from the director in

the program. “It’s about the creative process and all the insecurities that it can bring up,” he says, concluding, “This is truly a love letter to humans, artists, and Broadway.” The show’s original creators, book writer Hunter Bell and composer/lyricist Jeff Bowen, played themselves, the two lead characters, throughout the show’s journey from that festival to off-Broadway and, ultimately, to the Great White Way. They were joined on the trek by two female friends: one already with a couple of Broadway shows under her belt, the other an aspiring actress on the verge of throwing in the towel. The current production, at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, features five talented performers. As Hunter, Jeffrey Scott Stevens displays a powerful singing voice and equally strong personality, at times playing too broadly for a laugh. He’s paired effectively with Jason Moody, whose take on Jeff occasionally finds him going to the opposite extreme, speaking and singing too softly. But they each create a believable character in a show where realism is integral to its success.

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“Southeast Queens Biennial: A Locus of Moving Points,” with works by three generations of artists with deep connections to the area, in various media. Thru Sat., April 21, York College Fine Arts Gallery, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. “Notations in Passing,” a related exhibit with glimpses of the experiences of people living and working in the area. Thru Sat., April 21, Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Both by No Longer Empty Curatorial Lab and the York gallery. Free. Info: (718) 262-3797 (York), (718) 990-0778 (library), nolongerempty.org. “Mel Chin: All Over the Place,” with more than 70 works in various media by the conceptual artist whose art defies classification. Sun., April 8 (public opening 2-5 p.m.)-Sun., Aug. 12, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org. “Peace and Love,” with paintings, mixed-media works and sculptures by several artists, reflecting the African-American experience. Thru., Mon., April 30. Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 16104 Jamaica Ave. Free (donations welcome). Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org. “Night Regulation, “Storytelling in the Land of Text, Identity and Pictures,” with abstract works in various styles that include letters, words or phrases. Thru Fri., April 6, Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., LIC. Free. Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com.

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Live Drawing with Models, a chance for those 20 and over to practice with a series of quick and long poses, in a relaxing, nonjudgmental environment. Each second Mon. of the month: April 9, May 14, June 11; 6-9 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Queens Selects,” with works in various media chosen by Queens College faculty and students from the GodwinTernbach Museum collection, including a Taino stone head, left, dating from 1000 to 1500. Thu., April 12-Thu., May 31, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org. COURTESY PHOTO “Conspiracy of Goodness: How French Protestants Saved Thousands of Jews During World War II,” about an isolated community, Le Chambon, that saved 3,500 Jews from Nazi Germany and Vichy France. Thru June. Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, qcc.cuny.edu/khrca.

Open mic, with performers chosen on a firstcome, first-served basis; order chosen by lottery; some nights open to acts other than comedy. Each Wed.-Sun., varying times, QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. Free (purchase of drink or snack suggested). Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

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MUSIC Sounds of Akari, with violist Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, harpist Ashley Jackson and floutist Alice Teyssier performing works by Debussy, Andrew Norman and Toru Takemitsu, and an original piece, to celebrate Isamu Noguchi’s collapsible paper lanterns called akari. Fri., April 6, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. Free (as is museum admission all that day). Info: (718) 2047088, noguchi.org. Movie Music Magic!, with violinist Diane Block and cellist Terry Batts performing tracks from hit films such as “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Chocolat” and more. Sun., April 8, 2 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $12; $10 students. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. Queens Jazz Over Ground Spring Fest, a free, daylong series of workshops and performances highlighting musicians and vocalists in Queens. Sat., April 14, 12-10 p.m. (certain events at certain times), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org, queensjazz.org. The Broadway Dolls, with stars of the stage performing show tunes, ’60s girl-group pop songs, rock and more. Sun., April 8, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $35-$45. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

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2 and 8 p.m.; Sun., April 8, 3 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20-$42. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

THEATRE “[title of show],” a musical about its own creation as a theater festival entry, and the struggles of its author and composer and their two actress friends. Thu.-Sun., April 5-8; Wed.-Sat., April 11-14, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 8, 3 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18 advance; $20 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

Wartime Defection: Resistance & Rescue During Genocide, on decision-making in violent contexts and the shift from support for state violence to resistance, by Aliza Luft of UCLA. Thu., April 12, 5-7 p.m., Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info/registration: (718) 281-5770, khc.qcc.cuny.edu.

FILM “The Tale of the Bunny Picnic,” the heartwarming 1986 Muppet bunnies movie about bullying, overcoming fears and the smallest of heroes. Daily thru Sun., April 8, 11 a.m. “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” the 1984 comedy about Kermit and the gang taking their show to Broadway. Thru Fri., April 6, 1 p.m. Both part of Spring Recess Programs, with kids workshops too, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15 each; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

“Much Ado About Nothing,” the beloved Shakespeare comedy about the courtship of two very different couples, “a saucy and sparkling battle of wits,” by the Titan Theatre Co. Fri.-Sat., April 6-7; Thu.-Sat., April 12-14 and Thu.-Sun., April 19-22, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 8, 15 and 22, 4 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $18. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. “Murder at the Castle,” a murder mystery dinner show with live actors, audience participation and full meal. Sat., April 14, 7-10 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $80. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Beginner’s Spanish, so you too can say, “Yo hablo el Español.” Each Tue., Fri., 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Free. Info: (718) 268-5960.

Fashion in Film Festival, the 10th annual, with movies notable for their use of costumes and styles from the 1920s to today, including 2017’s “The Inferno Unseen,” above, a new edit of 1964’s unfinished “The Inferno” (“L’Enfer”). Fri., April 6-Sun., April 22, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15 each; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. LOBSTER FILMS continued on page 36

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Spending an hour or so in conversation with Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Broadway leading man who will appear in concert at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center on April 15, is all it takes to appreciate the zest he has for life and everything it has to offer. Even on the telephone, his resonant baritone voice, wellknown throughout a career that has spanned some three decades and is still going strong, is clear and powerful. And he answers each question fully, thoughtfully, and with great enthusiasm, as if doing so for the first time. A native of Seattle, he likes to say he was born on Broadway. After all, he points out, “The hospital I was born in is on Broadway.” “I call myself the luckiest actor in the world. I never had to wait tables. I have always been able to support myself” as an

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actor, he said. His first of two Tony Awards came in 2000, for his performance in the Broadway revival of “Kiss Me, Kate.” “It was pretty overwhelming, an out-of-body experience,” he said. “The stars have to align perfectly for that kind of thing to happen.” Sixteen years later he was awarded a special Tony for his humanitarian work, which includes 14 years and counting as chairman of the Actors Fund of America, a charitable organization that assists needy on-stage and behind-the-scenes members of the entertainment industry. He is thankful for his success and sees service as “a way to pay back the universe.” He has also lobbied in Washington, DC on behalf of the arts, which, he said, many people take for granted. “The arts are everything beautiful that is not nature,” he said. They “make you look at life in a different way. The arts connect us to humanity, to ourselves. Arts can change people in one moment for the rest of their lives.” And, he added, “When we look at societies in the world, what survives? The art survives.” Growing up, he was surrounded by music. Calling his father “a big jazz fan,” Stokes and his actress wife, Allyson Tucker, named their son Ellington, though Stokes insists it was merely a name that seemed to fit. Would this veteran of nearly a dozen Broadway shows (among them “Ragtime,” “Man of La Mancha” and the drama “King Hedley II,” all of which earned him Tony nominations) and multiple forays into television series, films and recordings continued on page 37

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Cinema history, after a ‘fashion,’ at MoMI by Michael Gannon Editor

Whether a film takes place in early 20thcentury England, Africa in the 1960s or centuries in the future, the clothes on screen often are far more than costumes. The 10th annual Fashion and Film Festival, coming for two weeks to the Museum of the Moving Image starting Friday, examines how directors used fashion in pictures to tell stories and connect through time. The exhibit curators are Marketa Uhlirova, a senior research fellow in fashion history and theory based in London, and Tom Gunning, a professor of art history, cinema and media studies at the University of Chicago.

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David Schwartz, the chief curator at MoMI, said the 19 selected films are an eclectic mix including but not limited to Hollywood. “They’re from India, Africa and from different genres,” he said. “Fashion and costuming are expressive, and often we don’t think about it,” Schwartz added. “The common theme [in the festival] is time. Some use fashion to connect with the past or future. Some connect to the present or to dreams, fantasy. We’re looking at the costumes and what they’re telling us.” Perhaps the best-known movie in the festival is Jane Fonda’s futuristic cult classic “Barbarella” from 1968. Clothes are virtually characters themselves in such showings as “Tales of Manhattan” with Rita Hayworth from 1942, and “Tony Takitani,” a 2004 offering from Japan. And “Beyond the Rocks,” a 1922 silent romance, is history itself. Schwartz said it marks the only screen pairing of legends Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino. It was thought to have been lost forever for nearly 80 years until 2003, when a print on delicate nitrate film was found in a private collection in the Netherlands.

Screen legends Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson in the 1922 romance PARAMOUNT PICTURES “Beyond the Rocks” playing at MoMI on April 8. Schwartz said inclusion of the film, about a romance seemingly doomed by British societal norms, was more than just a way to get a movie with an interesting history on the screen. Costumes are important, especially in Valentino’s role as a British aristocrat. “Fashion was critical to the film,” he said.

Both also had ties to Queens. “They were two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but both made a number of films in Queens right across the street from us when Paramount had a studio there,” he said. The film will show at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 8, and will be introduced by New York University film scholar Drake Stutesman. Q

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continued from page 31 Chelsea Barker proves an adept singer as Heidi, the Broadway veteran, and Jennifer Swiderski nearly steals the show as the burned out, insecure Susan, employing terrific comic timing and most expressive eyes to good effect. Not to be overlooked is musical director Christopher Lengerich, who proves a great sport as Larry, the show’s sole musician, managing to score some laughs of his own without actually having much to say. The production gets off to a rousing start, with the entire company setting up the premise in “Untitled Opening Number.”

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The cast of “[title of show]” is Jennifer Swiderski, left, Jeffery Scott Stevens, Christopher Lengerich, Chelsea Barker and Jason Moody. Above left, Stevens cavorts as Moody looks PHOTOS BY REIKO YANAGI on. On the cover: Preparing a play brings out plenty of emotions. on a shoestring budget, the set consists of little more than an assortment of four chairs and, though the story line covers several weeks’ time, costumes remain unchanged, per the creators’ vision. The lighting scheme too often finds actors in the shadows.

It should be noted that the show is very much aimed at theater aficionados, with inside references providing much of the humor. However, the characters’ hopes, fears, vulnerabilities and interdependence Q are universal.

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It remains quick-paced for much of the 100-minute intermissionless playing time, though it does lose steam, ironically, just as the possibilities of success seem real. This is more a reflection of the story itself, rather than of this rendering, which has been overseen by Scott Guthrie, who directed with an assured hand. But, for the most part, the show is clever, and there are several musical numbers that stand out, particularly one, late in the proceedings, which expresses the characters’ philosophy that it is better to be “nine people’s favorite thing than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing.” In keeping with the tradition of the show’s creators, who mounted their original version

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Some last-minute zoning changes made after World War II changed everything for some Queens neighborhoods during a time many were experiencing a critical housing shortage. Melbourne Avenue, located in the shadows of Queens College and the now-closed Arrowbrook Golf and Quonset huts were placed along 69th Street at Countr y Club in Kew Gardens 61st Road in Middle Village as temporary veterHills, was slated to receive tempo- ans’ housing following World War II. rary veteran housing in the form of completed by Sept. 1, 1946. quonset huts. Another batch along 69th Street was Robert Moses, the coordinator of the project, decided against it at the last located next to a Tyrol gas station at 61st Road. minute. Middle Village residents were always Moses decided to move the vets project from Flushing to Middle Village, which afraid that when the housing emergency had just completed its own fight to have ended, those quonset huts would become the area around 69th Street and Eliot Ave- an eyesore. But after the program ended in 1952, nue rezoned to residential use only, to prevent the city from erecting a Sanitation the exact opposite happened. The land where the quonset huts were garage with an incinerator. Four hundred and 50 units, scattered as became some of the most expensive plots Q far as Caldwell Avenue to the north, were of land in Middle Village.

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KIDS/TEENS Hands On History: Make Your Own Crazy Quilt Square, with participants making their own quilt square, a popular pastime 200 years ago, with artist Risa Puno, and then touring King Manor Museum. Best for kids 3 and up; adults welcome too. Sat., April 7, 1-4 p.m., 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 2060545, kingmanor.org. Come Compose!, a Musica Reginae interactive piano concert for children and their families with teaching artist pianists Beata Moon and Barbara Podgurski, who’ll jointly compose new music with the kids. Sat., April 14, 3 p.m., Maple Grove Cemetery Celebration Hall, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info: (718) 894-2178, musicareginae.org.

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SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dances, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, Italian and Spanish music, food and more. Sat., April 7 and 21 (and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Howard Beach Senior Center, new beginner mah-jongg class every Fri., starting April 13 (must preregister). Also exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:30-11:30 a.m., 12:302:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

SUPPORT GROUPS Monthly bereavement group, for dealing with the loss of a loved one, with handouts, light refreshments and more. Wed., April 11 and May 9 and every 2nd Wed. of the month after that, 7-8:30 p.m., Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Free. Info: (718) 335-6049, maspethtownhall.org. GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing): Find peer-lead grief support for those who have lost a loved one to substance abuse. Meetings held once a month. Info on date, times and location: nycmetrograsp@gmail.com.

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Stokes in concert continued from page 33 like to see his son, now 14, follow in his theatrical footsteps? “No!” he answered emphatically. “It’s not a profession I would wish on anybody.” Rejection requires a thick skin and success can play with one’s mind, he said. “People feel they own you.” But, he was quick to add, he would do it all again. “It’s been perfect for me,” he said. “I love to work.” As for the upcoming concert, it is believed to be his first in the borough, though even he couldn’t be sure. “I’ve crisscrossed the United States so many times, I can’t remember where I’ve been,” he explained. And Stokes — his mother’s maiden name and the one he prefers to go by — doesn’t yet know what songs he’ll be singing. “It depends on what’s going on in the world,” he said. “It all varies; it’s never the same thing.” But he’s sure of one thing: “I want people to feel better when they leave than when they came in.” While Stokes has cut back somewhat on the eight-shows-a-week grind that is Broadway, he’s far from idle. In addition to his concertizing, he has been working on a new solo CD, “Plays With Music,” which has repeatedly been put on the back burner

while other endeavors have intervened. Stokes is philosophical about it all. “I’ve learned in life that things will get finished when they’re supposed to get finished,” he said. And the latest distraction, a pilot for a new CBS comedy series, “Fam,” is one Stokes eagerly anticipates. Playing a character described as “unaffected with a great sense of humor,” Stokes seems an ideal match. But, more than anything else, he said, he loves to learn. “I am best at being a student. If you have curiosity in your life, that will give you joy forever,” he said. “I don’t want to read Q about life. I want to live it.”

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 02-26-18, bearing Index Number NC-000183-18/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) DEBBIE (Last) SUSSMAN. My present name is (First) HARRIET (Middle) DEBORAH (Last) SUSSMAN AKA DEBBIE SUSSMAN AKA DEBBIE H. SUSSMAN AKA H. DEBBIE SUSSMAN. My present address is 7314 173RD STREET, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366. My place of birth is MANHATTAN, NY . My date of birth is December 25, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 03-19-18, bearing Index Number NC-00024118/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) LILIANNE (Last) ALZATE. My present name is (First) EMMA (Middle) LILIANA (Last) ALZATE AKA EMMA LILIANNE ALZATE AKA EMMA L. ALZATE AKA LILIANNE ALZATE. My present address is 69-27 59TH ROAD, 2ND FL, Maspeth, NY 11378. My place of birth is COLOMBIA. My date of birth is March 02, 1960.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12-04-17, bearing Index Number NC-000760-17/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) CHRISTLE (Middle) ERICAJOANNE (Last) VIDOR. My present name is (First) ERICA (Middle) JOANNE (Last) VIDOR AKA CHRISTLE VIDOR (infant). My present address is 109-17 135 STREET, 1ST FLOOR, South Ozone Park, NY 11420. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is February 01, 2001.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 02-26-18, bearing Index Number NC-000177-18/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) GENOVIA (Middle) RASHIDA (Last) LINDO-TURNER. My present name is (First) GENOVIA (Middle) RASHIDA (Last) LINDO AKA GENOVIA R. LINDO AKA GENOVIA LINDO. My present address is 136-21 241ST STREET, Rosedale, NY 11422. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is October 12, 1989.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 03-01-18, bearing Index Number NC-000171-18/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) OMEFA (Middle) ALORNA PATRICIA (Last) LIVERPOOL. My present name is (First) OMEFA (Middle) ALORNA PATRICIA (Last) PRASS FKA OMEFA ALORNA PATRICIA LIVERPOOL AKA OMEFA P PRASS. My present address is 104-34 FARMER’S BLVD, Saint Albans, NY 11412. My place of birth is GUYANA. My date of birth is May 13, 1986.

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File No.: 2016-780/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO: Eugene Bullock, Leonard Aloi, Guardian ad Litem, Attorney General of the State of New York, the unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of Marie Ryan aka Marie A. Ryan, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of Marie Ryan aka Marie A. Ryan, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 85-16 Park Lane South, apt 3C, Woodhaven, NY 11421, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of Marie Ryan aka Marie A. Ryan, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 24th day of May, 2018 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $49,754.99 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 5.5% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(3); and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 26th day of March, 2018, HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County, James Lim Becker, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court, GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000 1981 Marcus Avenue, Suite 200, Lake Success, New York 11042 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation

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The passing of Rusty Staub last Thursday morning from kidney failure, a malady he was battling for quite awhile, certainly took a lot of the joy out of Opening Day for the Major League Baseball community, especially for the Mets. Rusty was one of the first inductees into the team’s Hall of Fame. Given that the late player was a six-time AllStar who had over 2,800 hits in a 23-year MLB career, it can be argued that he should be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame as well. Longtime Mets fans will fondly remember Rusty as a key figure on the 1973 “You Gotta Believe” team that came within a game of winning the World Series against the Oakland Athletics, a team then in the second year of a threeyear championship streak. Mets fans and media always cite the 1977 trade of Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds as the worst personnel move in franchise history. That is clearly true, but what often gets overlooked is the horrible deal the Amazin’s made nearly 18 months earlier when they sent Staub to the Detroit Tigers for washed-up pitcher Mickey Lolich to save a few payroll dollars. Staub and Seaver were close as teammates. Though we’ll never know for sure, my guess is that had Staub stayed with the Mets, so would have Seaver, since he would have had fewer rea-

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