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NEVER GIVING UP Richmond Hill High School still fighting annex closure

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YOUNG OUTLAWS Cops, residents blame students for some recent crimes

SHORELINE SNAPSHOTS See Rockaway’s Fort Tilden in every season, and after Hurricane Sandy

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Lindenwood residents call on city to combat constant flooding PAGE 14 Homeowners like James Noto, left, seen here with friend Vincent Accardo, emptying floodwater from his basement in 2011, have grown frustrated over constant flooding in the neighborhood that has cost residents thousands of dollars and has them calling on the city to help.

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Workers cross boro to fight for higher wages More than 100 protesters march from JFK to LGA to demand raises by Domenick Rafter

their contractors to give passenger service workers who make $9 or less an immediate $1-an-hour raise with a phase-in to $10.10. The PA also asked contractors to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday and work toward “providing an improved wage and benefits package to the thousands of hardworking men and women” at the airports, developing a plan within 90 days. Delta was the first to sign on to the plan and its contracted workers began receiving the dollar raise on March 1 at Kennedy Airport. American soon followed but its workers have yet to receive the dollar raise, according to the union. JetBlue declined and United, Newark Airport’s largest carrier, has been silent on the issue. Michael Carey, a JFK security officer, said workers at the airports have seen significant progress already and that keeps them optimistic for more changes. “We are in a struggle for our very livelihood,” he said. “Any plan, whether it’s from the Port Authority or the airlines and their contractors, must offer us a collective bargaining process so we can negotiate for things like affordable healthcare and familysustaining wages and, in the coming years, in response to what is happening in the economy, we can improve our situation incrementally through a contract that we Q bargain with our employers.”

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cold, raw drizzle did not keep more than 100 air por t workers from marching clear across Queens demanding higher pay last Friday. Sporting ponchos and carrying signs in both English and Spanish, the workers marched 10 miles from JFK Airport to LaGuardia. The date of the protest was no accident: April 4 was the 46th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Speakers at the rally noted that King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tenn. where he was to rally with sanitation workers seeking higher wages and better benefits. The march started around 11:30 a.m. outside the Lefferts Boulevard AirTrain station in JFK Airport. It headed north on Lefferts, then along Queens Boulevard and past the Forest Hills office of contractor Aviation Safeguard, one of the companies the workers are calling on to raise wages. The protest continued along Junction Boulevard and 94th Street to LaGuardia Airport, where the workers arrived later in the afternoon. At JFK Airport, elected officials, union leaders, clergy and workers spoke, including Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Manhattan), state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and Council

Airport workers begin their 10-mile march across Queens last Friday morning on Lefferts BoulePHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER vard at JFK Airport. members Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) and Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows). “On this day 46 years ago, Dr. King lost his life while in Memphis standing with sanitation workers who were fighting for their rights. Today we are marching in New York with 32BJ airport workers who are fighting for these same protections,” said Vincent Alvarez, president of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. “It is uncon-

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Parents, teachers, officials plead with DOE to rescind Bloomberg-era decision by Domenick Rafter Editor

With time running out, the Richmond Hill High School community called out the big guns to help fight plans to close its annex this year and move more than 400 students back to the notoriously overcrowded school. During a town hall meeting Tuesday night hosted by state Sen. James Sanders (D-South Ozone Park), elected officials and school leaders demanded the city Department of Education rescind the closure of the school’s 402-seat annex at the former St. Benedict Joseph Labre school building several blocks away at 94-25 117 St. The closure was approved by the DOE in the last months of the Bloomberg administration, but Mayor de Blasio’s team has not cancelled it, as they have with several other 11th-hour education changes, such as colocations of some charter schools. The plan was to open a new school, focusing on black and Hispanic students, at the St. Benedict’s site and move the Richmond Hill students back to the main campus. “This school is on the way up,” Sanders said at the meeting. “We have new dynamic leadership that is doing something great.” He was referring to the school’s principal, Neil Ganesh, the third in three years. Vishnu Mahadeo, co-president of the Richmond Hill High School Parent Teacher Asso-

Richmond Hill High School PTA Co-president Vishnu Mahadeo speaks at Tuesday night’s public hearing against the DOE’s decision to move forward with the closing of the school’s annex, joined by state Sen. James Sanders Jr., left, Public Advocate Letitia James and PTA Co-president PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Cheryl Rose. ciation, said another issue was that the DOE plans on going back to a multiple-session schedule when the annex closes. He said multiple-session schedules is what caused issues in the school before the annex opened. “We do not want to get back to those bad times,” he said, adding that student performance has been on the rise since the annex opened. According to an education impact state-

ment released by the DOE in November, Richmond Hill’s four-year graduation rate rose from 57 percent in 2010 to 60 percent in 2012, and the percent of students graduating with a Regents diploma increasing from 42 percent in 2010 to 58 percent in 2012. Public Advocate Letitia James also attended the meeting and said she was especially concerned with the state of the trailers in Richmond Hill’s schoolyard, which are

more than a decade old and way past their lifespan. “This is unacceptable,” said James, who has filed suit against the de Blasio administration seeking to have the annex closure reversed. “Children should not be forced to learn in outdated trailers. They should not be forced to wear coats in class because it’s too cold.” James’ lawsuit goes before a judge April 23. Cheryl Rose, co-president of the Richmond Hill PTA, said the trailers have mold and mildew and are a danger to students. James added that she would tour the trailers with Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña so she could see the problem firsthand. When the annex opened in 2010, it was meant as a step toward removing the trailers, though not one has been removed yet. Several students, teachers and parents pleaded with the DOE at the meeting to keep the annex open and get rid of the trailers. John Rainone, a student, said the DOE was unfairly targeting his school. “John Adams has an annex, why can’t we keep ours?” he asked. Both John Adams and Richmond Hill were scheduled to be closed in 2012, but the United Federation of Teachers sued the city to stop the closures, and won. Student Michelle Torres said the news of continued on page 30

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Fight goes on to save Richmond Hill annex

Sex offenders taken out of Skyway shelter At CB 10, Wills says 39 men were removed from site after outrage by Domenick Rafter Editor

124’s PTA to host a town hall meeting with DHS and BASICS, the operator of the shelter, to express their concerns. DHS noted that they had no legal authority to track any of the shelter’s residents when they were outside, even the sex offenders, because they had already served their time. CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton credited the 106th Precinct, including past commanding officer Deputy Inspector Tom Pascale, who was in charge when the shelter switched to a men’s facility in 2011, and the current commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, who took over last fall, for keeping tabs on the sex offenders living in the shelter since it was discovered some were there last summer. “It has been the work of the men and women of this precinct under the leadership that they have that has prevented any incidents emanating from those offenders,” she said. “The precinct and community

At least three dozen sex offenders have been removed from the Skyway shelter in South Ozone Park. News that the shelter, which changed from a family shelter to a men’s shelter in 2011, was housing sex offenders sparked outrage FILE PHOTO last summer. affairs and the men and women who serve us have been on that since day one.” Wills added that Assemblywoman Michele Titus (D-Far Rockaway) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) are proposing a

bill that would ban any sex offender from living within 1,500 feet of a school or playground, which would ban the city from placing any at Skyway. “Hopefully we can get that Q passed soon,” he said.

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The city has removed 39 Level 2 and 3 sex offenders from the Skyway homeless shelter in South Ozone Park, Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) announced at Community Board 10 last Thursday. “We have been going back and for th with the Depar tment of Homeless Services for weeks about the issue and they have removed every sex offender from the shelter as of today” the Councilman announced to applause. The facility, a former motel at 132-30 South Conduit Ave. on the outskirts of JFK Airport, houses over 100 people and has been controversial since it changed from a family shelter to a men’s shelter in February 2011. That change happened without anyone in the community knowing. Two blocks from the shelter is PS 124 and across the Belt Parkway is a park frequented by

neighborhood children. The shelter change in 2011 was also controversial because several children who lived there attended PS 124 and were forced to relocate halfway through the school year. The Department of Homeless Services assured the community several times that security was tight at the shelter, which has 174 beds, but made no assurance that sex offenders wouldn’t be placed there. However, parents and area residents, however, still expressed concer n about its effect on the neighborhood. Last July, the community’s worst fears were realized when the Queens Chronicle reported that several dozen registered sex offenders were living there. State law doesn’t permit sex offenders to live within 1,000 feet of a school or other facility caring for children. Wills said the shelter is 1,002 feet away from PS 124. The news that there were sex offenders living at Skyway led PS

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Residents, police say the kids are not alright Vandalism, robberies in Woodhaven, Ozone Park being blamed on students by Domenick Rafter Editor

Salvatore Congemi has lived in Woodhaven for more than 10 years. Rowdy kids from nearby JHS 210 are not a new problem around his corner home at 89th Avenue and 92nd Street, but lately, things have gotten way out of hand. “We’ve always had fights and stuff,” he said. “But never anything like this.” Recently, Congemi said, students from the school have been targeting his home, throwing rocks at his front window and taunting him. Last week, the situation reached a dangerous turning point. “I was sitting in my living room and at just about 10 minutes to four, BANG!” he explained. A rock shattered the middle pane of his bay window. Congemi said it was thrown by a student at the school. Several more rocks and sticks that have been thrown at his house still litter his front lawn. Of the group of students who have been harassing him and throwing objects at his window, one was arrested, but the problem hasn’t

ceased and the student who was arrested has been released, Congemi said. He added that the students have even targeted the American flag he hangs outside his front door. “I really feel this is a bias crime,” he said. “Maybe because of the flag, who knows.” Issues with students from JHS 210 are not new. Fights often break out in places where they congregate, such as the parking lot of the Pathmark Shopping Center on Atlantic Avenue. In the mid-1990s, graffiti vandalism on homes in Ozone Park was traced back to students at the school and for weeks, officers from both the 102nd and 106th Precincts were present along the main routes to and from the school. Congemi said that cops from the 102nd Precinct have been notified, but he still hasn’t seen any officers posted near his home, at least not in marked cars. However, he said police did track down the kids after they broke his window, finding them in the playground of PS 60 a block away.

The precinct declined to comment on the matter, but issues related to JHS 210 have been brought up many times at its community council meetings in the past few years, notably from residents living near Congemi. A neighbor of Congemi, who declined to have her name published, said the issue is especially bad in Woodhaven because students who take the J train walk through the residential streets to access the subway on Jamaica Avenue. Vandalism is not the only problem residents are facing from kids going to and from school. Jeffrey Schiff, the commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said at last Thursday’s Community Board 10 meeting that there have been a recent string of robberies in the area, many of which are being traced to st udents f rom area schools, including John Adams High School. Many of the robberies had been taking place in broad daylight near A train stations along Liberty Avenue. Neither the JHS 210 nor John

Cardboard covers up the bay window of Salvatore Congemi’s Woodhaven home after it was broken, allegedly by students from JHS 210 throwing rocks PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER at it. Adams High School administrations would comment on the matter. But a source at John Adams said he was not surprised to hear some of the school’s students are responsible because there have been problems within the school itself recently.

“Students have robbed other students,” he said. “So it isn’t surprising that this would also be happening off school grounds.” Schiff said his officers are taking the robbery situation seriously and Q boosting patrols near schools.

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hat can brown do for you?” So goes an old United Parcel Service slogan. Well, the first answer that comes to our mind is this: Stop firing our friends and neighbors en masse for the least little thing. That’s what the UPS center in Maspeth has been doing the past several weeks, dismissing 250 workers in a long, drawnout process that began with notices saying they could be let go at any time. Their crime? Walking off the job for all of an hour and a half back in February in solidarity with a colleague who had been fired after his productivity dropped due to an injury. The whole thing is an utter disgrace. Worker Jairo Reyes was hurt on the job. You’d think UPS would have some sympathy, given the strenuous nature of the work its employees have to do. But no, instead the company fired Reyes on

Feb. 26. That same day, 250 other employees at the Maspeth facility held a 90-minute work stoppage in protest. They didn’t quit, they didn’t damage anything; they just rallied. But that was enough for their employer. It issued termination notices to every one of them. They were not immediately canned, and most of them actually still work there, though dozens have been let go so far. That’s because UPS is taking its time so that it can train new workers to replace the ones it’s dismissing. While firing with advance notice can benefit someone who then knows he or she has to find another job, it’s also demeaning. It’s like pulling off the proverbial Band-Aid slowly, and everyone knows that’s the wrong way to do things. The workers are unionized, members of Teamsters Local 804, but apparently their contracts allow for termination over

work stoppages, so there’s nothing the union can do but show solidarity. And of course it has been doing that. Members rallied with elected officials against the firings last Thursday at City Hall. It was the second time so far they’ve gathered in support of the 250. “I do not understand who in that company put forward a business plan to take away a generation of good will between UPS and the City of New York,” City Comptroller Scott Stringer told the crowd in Manhattan. “This is not going to end this way.” We agree, and support Public Advocate Letitia James’ vow on the subject: “No justice, no peace.” Maybe UPS chose brown as its trademark color because it likes to treat its workers like crap. That has to end. All 250 should see their employment fully restored. It’s the right thing to do.

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Protect our park Dear Editor: Three cheers for state Sen. Tony Avella and the group Save Flushing MeadowsCorona Park for their efforts to stop the mega mall in the Citi Field parking lot. They see it as it is, a sneaky plan by former Mayor Bloomberg and his rich friends to take valuable parkland and give it to private enterprises. They are throwing so much taxpayer money around they have all the politicians jumping through the hoops and giving us promises of jobs and housing. Councilwoman Ferreras has sold out her community and all the people that use the park. This mall will take away local stores’ business in Corona, Elmhurst and Flushing, and only bring more traffic and pollution to this area. All we ever hear about is that the population in Queens has grown steadily. Don’t you think those people are going to want a park to have recreation? Once you take parkland away and build a mall it’s gone forever. From a business perspective it doesn’t make sense to build this mall because everyone knows how bad traffic around the stadium is when there’s a game, concert or other events. When there’s a game traffic backs up on all the major and secondary roads and I try to avoid this area. If they really don’t need that many parking spots then why not turn parts back to © Copyright 2014 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y.

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The plastic bag problem Dear Editor: I am compelled to respond to your editorial entitled “Many questions on dime-a-bag bill,” published in your edition of March 27. All of your questions concerning the bill could be easily addressed by people simply returning to the way of shoppers for most of human history. That way would be bringing your own reusable bags with you on your shopping trips. If throwaway plastic bags would have a price attached to them, albeit a minimal one at only 10 cents, they suddenly would become an economic good with value. Maybe more people would hold onto them, and fewer

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TA faces budget gap. MTA makes painful service cuts. MTA finds some new funding. Does MTA reinstate service? No, of course not. That would be too easy. And it wouldn’t give Albany yet another reason to waste money, which is the state capital’s favorite pastime. Instead of just using common sense and bringing back the bus service it cut in Northeast Queens, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to spend $500,000 studying ... the effect of its own service cuts. State Sen. Tony Avella naturally sees the allocation as a victory, since it marks a step toward the restoration of service. But it would make much more sense to just restore the service that was cut, without spending half-a-million to determine that’s what’s needed.

would end up suspended in trees. Or better yet, shoppers would go back to their own reusable bags, avoiding the charge altogether. Furthermore, I do not know what the editorial writer is carrying in his or her reusable canvas or heavy plastic bags, but I have no idea how “dangerous parasites” can develop in them and somehow infect the food carried in them. I have been using cloth tote bags for years to carry groceries, and, yes, I do have to occasionally throw them in the washing machine. But “dangerous parasites” have not been a problem for me. What is a very real problem is all the throwaway, one-time-use plastic bags blowing in the wind and being the litter that never says goodbye because it never decays. Many of these bags end up polluting water bodies, being ingested by marine animals. The storm surge of Sandy gave us an idea of how many plastic bags are in the harbor by lifting them up and hanging them in trees. One can still see these bags, brought by Sandy, suspended in trees along Little Neck

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Dear Editor: If the proposed 10-cent per bag charge on grocery bags is to encourage recycling, why are paper bags which are recycled presently included? Trader Joes has been using paper bags which are marked recyclable/reusable. This charge seems to be just another scheme to take more money from the citizens of New York. Even in California, plastic has been replaced with paper. Growing up in the Bronx I used to bag groceries after school. The contents of five plastic bags fits into one paper bag. Ban plastic — keep paper and charge nothing! Ken Daniels Glendale

The U.S. and Russia Dear Editor: Re “The Risk of War” by John Amato, Letters, March 27: It should be obvious that power does what power wants, e.g., Putin annexing the Crimea. As are most people, I am against any nation interfering in the internal affairs of other nations — but for the U.S. to accuse Putin of doing what the U.S. has done on many more occasions, e.g., Iraq, Vietnam, Grenada, etc., is the height of hypocrisy. There is an old saying, “When going to court to sue others for wrongdoings, one should go in with clean hands.” This statement should be self-explanatory. Leaving aside the political rhetoric, the United States and Russia going to war over the instance such as this is ridiculous on its face. Dr. Joe Brooks Whitestone

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Dear Editor: How is it that there is incessant TV advertising by a mysterious pro-charter school group 10 or 20 times a day that must cost 4 or 5 million dollars, but charters cannot find the money to construct or rent their own facilities!? In effect a huge amount of New York City children, admittedly from less-advantaged neighborhoods, are getting the equivalent of segregated private school classes that the taxpayers are funding and these schools are not under public scrutiny. They cannot even be financially audited by the city whose residents are footing the bill, and who are generally outraged at some of the salaries taken by charter school executives! Calling your school a “notfor-profit” obviously doesn’t mean you are not reaping a cash bonanza at the expense of the taxpayers. Outrageous! Dave Shlakman Howard Beach

Law and civility Dear Editor: Unlike some of the contributors to the Letters to Editor section, I have maintained my dignity by not mocking, vilifying or denigrating anyone with an opposing viewpoint. It seems my angst that our unsustainable debt and growing obligations for limitless, unconditional, well-intentioned entitlements ,once called “assistance,” have morphed into guaranteed lifestyles is evidence I support “people dying in the streets.” In their effort to create an egalitarian utopia, many are blinded by their fervor and self-righteousness and are oblivious to the unintended consequences of good intentions. Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act, is a case on point. Notwithstanding that Obamacare was passed by Congress without a single Republican vote, our Constitutional rule of law acknowledges and accepts it as the law of the land. However, since its passage, many provisions of the law have been changed, tweaked, omitted, adjusted, finetuned, adapted and delayed — over 30 times without congressional approval. Many Democrats seeking re-election will now be able to deny having voted for Obamacare in its present form since the original law and intent no longer exist. Congress is the only government entity that has the power to write or change laws. We are told the justification for changes instituted by unauthorized individuals is an unselfish motive and that it will benefit the masses. Wilcontinued on page 10

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Dear Editor: How irresponsible and one-sided your article about the closure of the 7 train is for the Hunters Point community (“Hunters Point gets heated with MTA,” April 3, Western Queens edition). Your associate editor made several backhanded remarks such as “… closed for a handful of weekends.” Don’t know the size of her hands, but 22 weekends is more than a handful! Further she said “it is clear that the residents and business owners … would not be satisfied until the MTA gave in to all their demands.” That is untrue. The MTA has not now nor in the past many years listened to our community. We have offered several suggestions and none were acceptable. Year after year this lack of service goes on. Several businesses have already closed because of the lack of weekend service in the spring and summer. These are taxpayers who deserve better. She states now it will be “only 17 weekends,” which is one-third of the weekends of

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Two Queens men were arrested after a brawl broke out between three cab drivers outside in a JFK Airport terminal Monday afternoon. Port Authority police say the two suspects, both livery cab drivers, were engaged in a f ight with the victim, whose name has not been released, in front of Terminal 8 at around 4:30 p.m., when officers approached to break it up. The victim told a Por t Authority police officer that the suspects tried to stab him. Responding officers ordered the three men to stay put pending an investigation, but one of the accused perpetrators, Junior Rowe, 30, of Woodhaven, allegedly ran to his car, a Ford Taur us, and attempted to f lee when officers instructed him to stop. Port Authority police further allege the off icers were nearly st r uck by Rowe’s car as he fled the scene at a high rate of speed. Officers arrested Rowe a short time

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Dear Editor: Re “The high price to pay for diversity,” Editorials, March 20: In this article the trade offs of “redistributing the wealth,” now called diversity, was decried by the editor for the negative effects it will have on New York’s Fire Department. I would be ashamed to admit that I couldn’t pass a test others obviously could but pride in ability and shame have gone the way of the dodo bird and our country is sinking to its lowest common denominators. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope that one day people would be judged by the quality of their minds, not the color of their skin, has gone the same way. Poor Martin Luther King. If those who took the Fire Department test and failed are now being hired, those who took it and passed should get merit pay.

later after he got caught in traffic trying to exit the airport. The second suspect, Wayne Walker, 41, of Springfield Gardens, allegedly chased and menaced the victim with a knife during the altercation. A witness was able to describe the knife in detail and police allege it was found on the floor of Walker’s car and recovered. Walker is facing charges of menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, because he had been banned from JFK after being charged for taxi hustling — illegally picking up fares — in September 2013 and the ban had not yet been lifted. Rowe is facing charges of attempted assault on a police officer, menacing, reckless endanger ment, obstr ucting governmental administration and disorderly conduct. The Port Authority said there were no injuries or delays to air travel due to the Q incident.

Surely, passing and failing aren’t the same. The intelligence of those who pass and those who fail (dare I say it?) is not equal. People of color are stigmatizing themselves. By ignoring their Thomas Sowells and Ben Carsons (writing and surgery) they proclaim to the world that they aren’t capable of advancing without having standards lowered to accommodate them. Calling it racism is baloney. There isn’t a soul who still believes it. The test will come when a 5-foot, 3-inch, 150-pound Latino man or woman has to carry 50 pounds of equipment up a burning building and has to throw a 250pound woman over his or her shoulders and carry her out. Or when a few of the questions they couldn’t answer on the tests come up during the fire. What will they do then? Call the chief of diversity? Still diversity is a beautiful thought. After the Fire Depar tment has been cleansed of its bigotry, national football, baseball and basketball teams should do the same. Teams that are majority minority should open their ranks to women and whites. They can level the playing fields by taking a 5- or 6-point handicap — more if needed to show their hearts are in the right place. If women now deploy on submarines and can become firefighters and policemen, why is one not visible on a basketball or football team? Only then can diversity be anything but the bulls--t it is now. Janice Wijnen Rego Park

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Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives. Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience. Let’s face it, your knees aren’t as young as you used to be, and playing with the kids or grandkids isn’t any easier either. Maybe your knee pain keeps you from walking short distances or playing golf like you used to. Nothing’s worse than feeling great mentally, but physically feeling held back from life because your knees hurt and the pain just won’t go away! My name is Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C., owner of Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center. Since we opened seventeen years ago, I’ve seen hundreds of people with knee problems leave the office pain free. If you’re suffering from these conditions, a new breakthrough in medical technology may completely eliminate your pain and help restore normal function to your knees.

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Could This Non invasive, Natural Treatment Be the Answer to Your Knee Pain? For 10 days only, I’m running a very special offer where you can find out if you are a candidate for cold laser therapy. What does this offer include? Everything I normally do in my “Knee Pain Evaluation.” Just call before April 20, 2014 and here’s what you’ll get… • An in-depth consultation about your problem where I will listen … really listen … to the details of your case. • A complete neuromuscular examination. • A full set of specialized X-rays to determine if arthritis is contributing to your pain (If necessary). (If you have films please bring them for evaluation). • A thorough analysis of your exam and X-ray findings so we can start mapping out your plan to being pain free. • You’ll see everything firsthand and find out if this amazing treatment will be your pain solution, as it has been for so many other patients. Until April 20, you can get everything I’ve listed here for only $37. The normal price for this type of evaluation including X-rays is $250, so you’re saving a considerable amount by taking me up on this offer. Remember what it was like before you had knee problems– when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again. Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle. Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323. Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can find us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before April 20. Sincerely, Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C. P.S. Now you might be wondering …

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New research in a treatment called Class IV Laser Therapy is having a profound effect on patients suffering with knee pain. Unlike the cutting type of laser seen in movies and used in medical procedures, the Class IV therapeutic laser penetrates the surface of the skin with no heating effect or damage. Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle. Professional athletes like The New York Yankees and team members of the New England Patriots rely upon cold laser therapy to treat their sports-related injuries. These guys use the cold laser for one reason only…

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Ulrich announces spending winners Results of participatory budgeting in CD 32 are ... by Domenick Rafter Editor

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) announced the results of participatory budgeting in the Community Board 9 and 14 sections of the district on Tuesday. Five projects won enough votes in CB 9 to reach $1 million and six in CB 14. Ulrich’s office says nearly 1,000 people in both sections of the district voted. In CB 9, the top vote getter, receiving 137 votes, was for $376,000 for a series of school projects, including fencing around schoolyard at JHS 210 in Ozone Park, technology upgrades at PS 273 in Richmond Hill and PS 60 in Woodhaven and audio/video upgrades in the auditorium of PS 64 in Ozone Park. The other four top totals — meaning projects that will go forward — were 112 votes for the installation of bus countdown clocks a three bus stops in the CB 9 area, at a cost of $80,000; 106 votes for paving two miles of Woodhaven Boulevard; 96 votes for a $150,000 project to repave Forest Park pathways near the Schaefer Memorial and 93 votes for renovations to the Richmond Hill Library, at a cost of $100,000. Ulrich has held participatory budgeting,

a process in which constituents get to vote on where to spend up to $1 million of a council member’s allocation, in CB 14 for several years. For the first time, he held it in the CB 9 area, which includes Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and the northern part of Ozone Park. In the Rockaways, the top vote getter was $320,000 in school upgrades, including SAT prep area with computers at Beach Channel High School, protective padding and scoreboard for gym and technology upgrades at PS 317/MS 318, lighting equipment and a control board for the auditorium in Scholars Academy, tech upgrades at PS 47 and landscaping at PS 114. That was followed by ADA-compatible swing sets in district playgrounds, at a cost of $150,000; new swing sets for children with special needs at various playgrounds in Broad Channel & the Rockaways, also worth $150,000; $100,000 each resurfacing of basketball cour ts and reconfiguration of courts to be used for the roller hockey play area in Broad Channel Park and median resurfacing and b e a u t i f ic a t io n n e a r t h e Ro ck away approach to the Gil Hodges-Marine Parkway Bridge and $200,000 to add audio equipment and an electrical system at performance space gazebo that was funded

by participatory budgeting last year and will be installed with new Rockaway Beach boardwalk. Ulrich hailed the vote as successful and promised to conduct participatory budgeting next year, perhaps expanding it to include the CB 10 portion of the district. “I am deeply grateful to everyone that contributed to the participatory budget process this year,” he said in a statement. “My constituents have proven that they want a say in how their tax dollars are spent. I look forward to bringing the process back next year and working with my constituents to expand their voice in the budget process.” The voting was held between March 30 and April 5. Par ticipator y budgeting, which is strongly supported by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx), was also conducted by several other Council members for the first time this year, including Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) and Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton). Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) recently announced that he would bring the process to his disQ trict next year.

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Frustration grows over Lindenwood flooding Residents say drainage has become a major issue and the city knows it by Domenick Rafter Editor

Lindenwood resident James Noto lives four blocks east of Spring Creek, but whenever it rains, the basement of his home on the corner of 81st Street and 153rd Avenue essentially becomes part of it. For years now, during heavy rainstorms, sewer backup has f looded his basement, causing mold and mildew to develop and forcing Noto to spend a fortune in repairs. Storms in 2011 flooded his house, as did Hurricane Sandy. After torrential downpours a week and a half ago, he had finally had enough. “When it rains hard and fast, there’s nowhere for the water to go,” Noto said. “I have three kids and I’m worried about mildew and mold.” Noto grew up in the house he lives in and said flooding has always been an issue, but the situation has gotten much worse lately. And he isn’t the only one. Several other residents have complained about sewer backups and flooding during heavy rains. “We’ve flooded now several times,” said 79th Street resident Adrienne Lasaponara. “I grew up here and it never really was an issue to this extent.” Many of the homes in Lindenwood have sunken garages and water ponds at the bottom of those depressions. Though the homes are equipped with catch basins, they are not nearly enough to drain all the water during the heaviest downpours, and those on the street are overwhelmed even in light rains. Fed up, Noto contacted his elected officials, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), about the issue. Rudy S. Giuliani, Ulrich’s chief of staff,

James Noto’s Lindenwood garage and basement have been flooded at least three times in the past three years; one due to Hurricane Sandy and twice due to backup from heavy rains. The DEP told Noto that major work on the neighborhood’s sewer infrastructure is needed. PHOTO COURTESY JAMES NOTO said his office was aware of the issue and they have reached out to the Department of Environmental Protection. Addabbo wrote a letter to DEP Commissioner Emily Lloyd detailing the problem and wrote back Noto, saying that the agency had done work on catch basins a block away on 80th Street. The ones near Noto’s home are often filled with water even when it hadn’t rained for a long time. The DEP responded last week to Noto’s and his neighbor’s complaints and Noto said he was told by an inspector that the agency

“had a long spreadsheet of houses” that complained about the problem and that a massive reconstruction of the sewer system was needed in the area. Noto and several of his neighbors have said that while flooding has always been an issue in Lindenwood — which sits on marshy land at the head of Spring Creek — it has been especially bad since new housing developments have gone up just to the east of them on the Brooklyn border. The DEP did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but Lasaponara said

the problem got worse once developers built up the eastern section of the neighborhood along Spring Creek. “Back when I was kid, we had all this land behind us,” she said. “They started to develop that while I was in high school and since that time, there’s just no natural drainage. This city really messed up allowing people to develop there.” Lasaponara’s home flooded during Hurricane Irene and was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. She has had water in her home several other times, including on March 30, when she called 911, but she was told it wasn’t an emergency. “We didn’t know if we were dealing with sewer backup or flash floods. I needed to know if I had to evacuate my family,” she said. “It’s just traumatizing to have to constantly worry about rain.” The city is planning a massive infrastructure project near Noto’s house, specifically focused on the low-lying “jewel streets” section of Lindenwood along the Brooklyn border. The core of that project is to raise the level of the streets to meet the grade of the roads in the rest of the neighborhood to alleviate the flooding problem there, but the project will also include an upgrade of the sewer system around the new developments on the eastern end of the neighborhood, which would allow better drainage for much of the rest of the neighborhood, including where Noto lives. But for him, the damage is already done. “My basement is basically unusable,” he said, noting that he’s spend thousands of dollars to repair his home over the years. Addabbo suggested Noto should file with Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office to see if he can be reimbursed by the city for damagQ es caused by the flooding.

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Community Board 9 gaveled into session under new leadership Tuesday night and engaged in a heated debate over a proposal, favored by Mayor de Blasio, to legalize some basement apartments. The meeting was the first under new Chairman Ralph Gonzalez, who was elected by the board last month. The Land Use Committee put before the panel a letter opposing any attempt to legalize basement apartments for a vote. The committee’s co-chairpersons, Sylvia Hack and Sherman Kane, both oppose any plan to legalize such apartments in the city. Neighborhoods covered by CB 9 have long been notorious for being populated with illegal basement and attic apartments and some longtime board members argued that legalizing those units would only exacerbate them. “We have to make a statement to everyone that we will not tolerate basement and attic apartments because of the greed of landlords,” said member Maria Thomson, who further noted the dangers such apartments pose to residents and firefighters in the event of a house fire and the strain illegal

units put on schools and traffic. Hack said she opposes basement apartments, though she generally supports de Blasio’s call for more affordable housing. “People deserve better housing in a dignified way,” she said. “They shouldn’t be just thrown into a basement.” But there was staunch opposition to the letter among many board members, notably Richard David, the newly appointed chairman of the newly created Economic Development Committee. While noting that the letter was not as harsh as previous rhetoric from the committee, he still opposed it. “I think this resolution falls very short to what would be a positive response to the issue,” he said. “This letter contains a lot of emotions, but not a lot of facts.” The letter calls for a feasibility study to examine the effect of legalizing basement apartments, but David said that seemed irrelevant since the letter already opposes the proposal entirely. The board ultimately voted down the letter 22-20 with four abstentions. Etienne David Adorno, the chairman of the newly created Budget and Finance Committee, noted that in some homes,

basements and attics are occupied by family members, especially among larger families, and not rented out. He voted no. “What if it were your nephew or cousin living there and not paying rent?” he asked. Also during the meeting, the board overwhelmingly backed a resolution from the Education Committee opposing co-locations of charter schools. The only no vote was from Thomson. One proposed charter school, to be located in a former church in Woodhaven, was also brought up during the discussion. Joel Kuzai of Woodhaven asked the Transportation Committee to investigate school bus loading and unloading plans for the school’s permanent home on Jamaica Avenue. The board also unanimously approved a motion supporting the co-naming of 108th Street and Park Lane South after Richmond Hill resident Jack Maple, former deputy police commissioner for crime control strategies who is best known for creating CompStat. Maple, who died in 2001, grew up on that corner, right across from Forest Park. CB 9 also welcomed four new members to the board — Cheryl Alexander, Kamal Bhuiyan, Laraine Fletcher and JarQ nail Singh.

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Cyclist remembered in Howard Beach Gary Zammett Jr. was fatally struck last August while riding on 160th Avenue by Domenick Rafter Editor

Under the bright sunny sky on one of the first warm days of spring, a caravan of bicyclists rode up 160th Avenue in Howard Beach on Sunday, stopped at the corner of 84th Street and leaned their bikes up against the fence surrounding the Con Edison substation that occupies what would otherwise be coveted corner property. They gathered around a white bicycle chained to a stop sign and placed flowers in the rungs of the wheels and the chains. This bicycle was not left there by anyone in particular, but was placed by a group in memory of Gary Zammett Jr., the Brooklyn man who was killed riding his bicycle at the intersection last summer. Zammett’s portrait was placed on the bicycle as the crowd of more than a dozen cyclists retrieved their bikes and raised them in memory of the man who died after being hit by a car last Aug. 23 en-route back to his Canarsie home. He had come to Howard Beach to get a slice of cheesecake for his wife, Celeste. The visit on Sunday was part of a memorial ride that took place across the city sponsored by ghostbikes.org, a group that promotes bicyclist safety and places the white cycles, called ghost bikes, at locations all over the world where a person was killed on his or

her bike. Zammett’s is one of the more than 100 memorials in New York City alone, at least 20 of which are in Queens. Sunday’s Queens ride also visited the location where Pedro Lopez was killed at Maurice and Borden avenues in Maspeth last Nov. 26. Three rides were held across the city. Besides Queens, memorials were held in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Zammett’s family, including his wife, son and cousins, were present at the service. “I am very moved by this,” Celeste Zammett said to Jackie Junttonen of ghostbikes. com, who helped organize the ride. Junttonen said her group’s cause is to help protect the safety of bikers and pedestrians on city streets and prevent accidents, like the one that killed Zammett, from happening again. Sheniqua Jones, Zammett’s cousin, spoke to the attendees about her cousin and thanked them for their support. “We are so glad my cousin is being remembered this way,” she said. Several residents, including a few children on bicycles, surveyed the scene Sunday to see what was going on. “Is that who was killed here? ” asked Andrea Gilroy of Staten Island, who had been in the neighborhood Sunday visiting friends. She had heard about the accident last summer, but didn’t know all the information.

Gilroy, who said she comes to Howard Beach regularly, said her friends in the neighborhood often complain about the dangerous situation on 84th Street. “It’s not too busy a street, so drivers often feel they can run stop signs I guess,” she said. Jones said she would continue to fight to get a traffic light put up at the intersection. Though all the intersections along 84th Street — the only other two-way north-south route on the new side of Howard Beach other than Cross Bay Boulevard — have four-way stop signs, only 157th and 158th avenues have traffic lights. Both are near St. Helen School. “This is a family community,” Jones said. “It’s for the safety of the children, but also the adults. We don’t want anyone else to lose a loved one here.” The city Department of Transportation is also mulling plans to construct a dedicated greenway, perhaps with a bike lane, through the neighborhood to connect the Jamaica Bay Greenway leg on the Belt Parkway to the one at the Joseph Addabbo Bridge into Broad Channel. One of the suggestions made at a recent town hall workshop was to construct it through Spring Creek Park, keeping most bikers off neighborhood streets. Several residents at the meeting pointed to Zammett’s fatal accident as a reason to keep Q bike routes off neighborhood streets.

Cyclists gather Sunday at the memorial for Gary Zammett Jr., where he was struck and killed last August in Howard Beach. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER

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Tom Finkelpearl to lead Dept. of Cultural Affairs Former Queens Museum president pledges to focus on the borough by Christopher Barca Reporter

Just minutes before being introduced by Mayor de Blasio as the new Department of Cultural Affairs commissioner on Monday, the now-former Queens Museum president and executive director Tom Finkelpearl toured the city’s first family around the museum’s famous Panorama exhibit. According to de Blasio, listening to Finkelpearl point out different neighborhoods on the vast floor map of New York City with an excited look on his face reinforced why the former museum head is the right man for the job. “The Panorama has fascinated people for generations. It’s one of the great exhibits here, one of the things that makes this museum special,” de Blasio said before he introduced Finkelpearl. “But in recent years, this museum became so much more. It became more central to the life of Queens. ... And that’s all because there was a visionary leader.” At a press conference attended by dozens of museum employees and elected officials in the lobby of the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the mayor called the hiring of Finkelpearl “A joyous day for the borough of Queens,” and admitted his admiration for his dedication to serving Queens.

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Guilty plea in attacks on girls A Jamaica man is facing 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two 7-year-old girls in South Ozone Park last May. Lee Samuel, 26, of 174th Street, pleaded guilty on Monday to firstdegree criminal sexual act and firstdegree sexual abuse. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Elisa Koenderman on May 5. He had been held without bail since his arrest last May. A statement issued by the office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Samuel also will face 20 years of post-release supervision upon leaving prison. “The defendant has admitted to being a sexual predator and, as such, he has proven himself to be a threat to children and a clear and present danger to society in general,” Brown said. “Today’s plea ensures that he will be punished for his crimes and spares his young victims of having to relive their nightmarish experience at trial,” the District Attorney added. B r ow n’s of f ic e s a id S a m u el approached the two children on the Q same day, several hours apart.

New Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, the former Queens Museum president and executive director, gets emotional after being introduced by Mayor de Blasio at a PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA press conference in the lobby of the museum on Monday. “Tom brings with him a deep and abiding appreciation for this borough,” de Blasio said. “Wherever he goes, he innovates, he creates and he does things that weren’t supposed to be possible. And that’s exactly what we need for our new commissioner of

the Department of Cultural Affairs.” Finkelpearl appeared to get slightly emotional during a rousing standing ovation from the crowd after de Blasio’s remarks, and he expressed his excitement to work with the mayor and the city’s countless

CB 10 members elect new executive board Braton re-elected, some races competitive by Domenick Rafter Editor

There were some changes last week in the executive board of Com munit y Board 10. The board held its election of officers for the 2014-15 term at its meeting last Thursday night in South Ozone Park. Chairwoman Betty Braton of Howard Beach and Treasurer Isabel Van Putten of South Ozone Park were elected unopposed, but there were competitive races for first and second vice chairpersons and executive secretary. Second Vice Chairman John Calcagnile of Howard Beach, the winner of a competitive race in January to fill the spot vacated by Ron Rufkin, who passed away in December, was elected first vice chair man, defeating the incumbent, Sean McCabe of Ozone Park, by a vote of 24-15. Some members have been upset that McCabe, who works nights, has often missed monthly meetings due to his work schedule. Braton said McCabe,

who chairs the Budget Committee, was working to change his hours so he can make the monthly meetings and noted that he has been active in other ways, including chairing Budget Committee meetings. “Keep in mind that a lot of work that goes on in this board goes on outside of these meetings,” Braton said. McCabe, who has served on the board since age 19 and is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, did win a competitive race to replace Calcagnile as second vice chairman, securing 18 votes, defeating Donna Gilmartin of South Ozone Park, who received 17 votes and Romeo Hitlall of South Richmond Hill, who garnered two votes. In the race for executive secretary, Rosemary Ciulla-Frisone of Howard Beach defeated the longtime incumbent Nellie Santiago of Lindenwood 20-18. CB 10 member John Cavanagh only voted in the first vice chairman election because he had to leave the meetQ ing for work.

cultural institutions in the coming weeks. “The [Department of Cultural Affairs] should be about inclusion, openness and opportunity,” Finkelpearl said. “What happens on the community level with artists in all the neighborhoods of New York City; there’s something extremely valuable and moving that’s good for communities. And I intend to try to understand how we can best express that value.” Finkelpearl, an artist himself specializing in sculpting, was the president and executive director of the Queens Museum from 2002 until this year. He will be in charge of the Department of Cultural Affairs’ $156 million budget. Despite mainly residing in Lower Manhattan, Finkelpearl owns a summer home in the Rockaways and emphatically expressed his will to help strengthen cultural institutions in Queens. “When I see [Corona Youth Music founder Alvaro Rojas] running the Corona Youth Orchestra and when you go and you watch the kids and their dedication to learning classical music ... it’s transformative,” he said. “And that’s as important as anything that happens on Fifth Avenue.” Neither Finkelpearl nor de Blasio would comment on which cultural institutions or sites the department would immediately focus on in Queens or the city as a whole. Q

CB 10 grants home variance Community Board 10 approved a variance for an Ozone Park homeowner who was looking to legalize extensions to the house done by a previous owner. The home at 106-02 Sutter Ave. was expanded from a one-family to a twofamily by the previous owner, despite such a change violated the area’s zoning rules. Lawyers for the owner, Frank Moreno, explained that in order for their client to bring the house back to code would be a hardship. They also noted that the house is not out of character for the neighborhood as residences nearby are two-family. “They do deserve the relief that they’re requesting due to the circumstances that this new property owner inherited,” said First Vice Chairman John Calcagnile, chairman of CB 10’s Land Use Committee. “One of the things we don’t understand is how it got that far.” One member asked the owner if he could commit to staying in the house for a while, but Moreno said he plans to live there, although he couldn’t say how long. The board approved the variance Q unanimously. — Domenick Rafter

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PTA say policy is unfair to other applicants Editor

Townsend Harris High School, one of the most exclusive high schools in the city, will admit 11 special education students in September who fall outside the standard criteria for admission, a move that has a lot of parents seeing red. “How can the Townsend Harris administration be told that they are to hand over seats to completely unqualified students? ” the PTA w rote in a let ter addressed to Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña last week. More than 5,000 students apply annually to the school and only 270 freshman are accepted. To be considered at Townsend Harris, students must earn an A average and score in the top 10 percent of the state in reading and math tests. Though parents say they have no problem with special education students coming to the school if they meet the requirements, they do not want admission policy changed to allow special education students who don’t meet the criteria.

But the city Department of Education has been trying for some time to open up the city’s specialty schools to special education students. “Students with disabilities, just like those without them, deserve a high quality education,” DOE spokesman Marcus Liem said. “The school administration will have the support it needs, and all students in this school community will benefit from learning alongside each other.” According to the DOE, there was only one special education student enrolled in the school during the 2012-13 academic year. Several other schools across the city employ the same policy, though some specialty schools, such as LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and the Performing Arts, were not among them. The DOE has been speaking with the principal weekly and plans to meet with staff and teachers to develop a plan for services in place that will better serve special ed students. They also plan to meet with Q the PTA to discuss the changes.

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Wills, city roll out anti-trash initiatives Legislation, funding and business partnerships take aim at garbage by Michael Gannon Editor

Litter and trash in South and Southeast Queens has been compared to the weather — many complain but nobody does anything about it. But government and civic officials are calling a program introduced on Monday a way to manage the problem on a boroughwide basis rather that just as an issue in isolated, individual neighborhoods. Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) introduced the city’s effort, tabbed the Clean Streets, Safe Neighborhoods, Strong Communities initiative, on the commercial strip just north of the intersection of 140th Avenue and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. He said newly introduced laws and the combined efforts of multiple city agencies, civic groups, businesses and public-private partnerships can succeed where past efforts responding to individual neighborhoods and streets have failed. Wills gave a brief outline of proposed changes to existing sanitation codes that would increase the fines for those caught engaged in illegal dumping, and those who use city street wastebaskets to dispose of their household or commercial garbage. Another tweak would eliminate the issuance of tickets for residential properties on Sundays.

Members of the Wildcats workforce, part of a nonprofit partnership with the city’s Department of Sanitation, clean sidewalks along the Jamaica’s Guy R. Brewer Boulevard business corridor on PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Monday morning. Wills said he has been focused on troubles in the areas represented by community boards 9, 10, 12 and 13, and he was joined Monday by Deputy Borough President Leroy Comrie of St. Albans, Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton, and District Manager Yvonne Reddick and Sanitation Committee

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Tie vote saves Galante from forced paid leave Embattled library CEO stays on; board postpones vote on structural changes by Michael Gannon Editor

In a 12-hour period on April 3, state senators introduced a bill to change oversight of the Queens Library system; Borough President Melinda Katz reiterated her call for library CEO Tom Galante to be placed on temporary leave; the Library Board of Trustees issued a list of changes it intends to vote on to improve oversight; a board measure to place Galante on paid leave was defeated when the vote ended in a 9-9 tie; and the board reissued the list of changes intended to improve oversight. Now what? For t he mome nt , at lea st , Galante is staying on in a position that pays him more than $390,000 per year. Some of the library’s expenditures in recent years, along with r e vel a t io n s a b o u t G a l a n t e’s employment as a six-figure per year consultant with the Elmont, LI, school district have led not only to those actions but to federal and city investigations, as well as an audit by the office of City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

“I’m not going to comment,” G a la nt e s a id la st T hu r sd ay, moments af ter the paid leave measure failed and the meeting was adjourned. But Katz did. “I am deeply disappointed,” Katz said in a statement issued by her office last Friday. “As I have sa id re p e at e d ly, t he Q ue e n s Library is one of the great institutions in this city and is one of the best libraries in the country. As such, it deserves uncompromised leadership and the best set of corporate governance practices. ... Un for t u n at ely, t he Boa rd of Trustees missed an opportunity to restore faith in the institution by its vote last night.” Even Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), a former Queens Library employee, is calling on Galante to temporarily step aside. The series of technically separate meet i ngs at the Cent ral Library in Jamaica began with a library official attempting to tell a Chronicle reporter to not take photographs of the proceedings until challenged under the state’s

open public meetings statutes. The special meeting dealing with Galante’s status was postponed until board member Terri Mangino arrived from Florida; but by the time the vote came around about three hours later, Jacqueli ne A r r i ng ton had to leave, thus removing a tiebreaking vote from the mix. T he even i ng also i ncluded back-to-back executive sessions — the first one lasting about two hours — separated by less than one minute. Among the changes offered by the board both before and after the meetings are the creation of an audit committee; a review of executive contracts and new conflict of interest policies. They don’t yet include other measures proposed several weeks ago by Public Advocate Letitia James. James or her designated representative serves as a nonvoting ex off icio member of the Queens Library board. So too do representatives of the mayor, speaker of the City Council, the comptroller and Katz.

A smiling Tom Galante leaves the Queens Library Board room after a measure to place him on temporary paid leave failed as the result of a tie vote. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON

One of James’ proposals is to give ex officio members a vote. “As they do in Brooklyn and M a n h a t t a n ,” s a i d I b r a h i m Khan, James’ representative at

the meeting. The proposal to allow ex officio members to vote was on the agenda for a third meeting, which was continued on page 32

Putting together the last minutes of Avonte Video surveillance shows how teen escaped Riverview School building by Tess McRae

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Despite his remains having been found, there is still an air of mystery as to how Avonte Oquendo managed to escape from his class and leave the building unnoticed. But footage obtained by the Chronicle shows that there were several instances that, had they taken place in a slightly different way, may have prevented the escape of the 14-year-old Avonte. On Oct. 4, just past noon, Avonte and his class gathered in the cafeteria to eat lunch. The slight boy behaved as any young teen would during lunch period: a little hyper and jumpy but otherwise normal. His teacher asked students to throw away their garbage and corralled them into the corner so that paraprofessionals could escort the 13 students to the technology room. That is when the trouble started. According to the teaching assistants, the class was full of wound-up students who require a significant amount of attention. The video surveillance shows Avonte and his class leave the cafeteria and enter into the staircase. Thirteen students go in but only 12 come out. Avonte had somehow gotten past the three paras as they ascended to the second

The Riverview School in Hunters Point where Avonte Oquendo escaped his class before running FILE PHOTO out of the building and eventually ending up in the East River where he drowned. floor to class. “Working with special needs children is tough, there is no denying this,” David Perecman, attorney for Avonte’s family, said. “But if I see 13 people entering, I want to see 13 come out.” Instead, Avonte ran downstairs, past a school safety officer once and then a second

time. She didn’t stop him. “Honestly, I think she was being lazy and, if you look at the video, there is a little girl who approaches her just as Avonte runs by her the second time to give her a hug,” Perecman said. “I think she wanted the hug. The hug is more fun.” Perecman, who will officially file a

wrongful death lawsuit in a few weeks, believes that the safety officer saw Avonte run past her but was too lazy to pursue him. What’s more, the paraprofessionals did not appear to notice Avonte was not in the technology room. The video shows a female teacher walking up and down the hall, coming in and out of the staircase appearing to look for someone. It is about 10 minutes after Avonte would have gotten away from the group. But what worries Perecman is that Oct. 4 was not the first time Avonte attempted to run away. The day before he ran out of an open door and allegedly fell off the waterfront near Gantry State Park and into the East River, Avonte had also gotten away from his class. “What is going on that he tried to get away the day before and still there was no response?” Perecman asked hypothetically. While Avonte is dead and the search is long over, the journey Percman and his client, Avonte’s mother Vanessa Fontaine, have been on is long from over. Once the lawsuit is filed, he will be able to depose any employee of the Riverview School in Long Island City, including safety officer Perez, whom Avonte ran past twice. continued on page 38

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Iroquois Yacht Club rebuilds continued from page 18 the yacht club’s buildings. Last Thursday, under what was one of the first warm sunny skies of spring, Bershad’s workers cut and installed the siding and the yacht club took another step toward normalcy, a year and a half after the storm that almost wiped it out.

“These are good people and this is a good community,” Bershad said. “I’m glad to help out.” Most of the Sandy damage has been repaired, including the main deck and the floor of the main hall. Horn showed off pictures of what the floor looked like when it was just beams crisscrossing over open water. “We had an in-ground pool in here,” he joked. The water line is still evident in the kitchen, which includes oversized ceramic sinks that are nearly a century old. The club’s entire electrical system needed to be overhauled as the main fuse box ended up underwater, though only by two inches. Horn said the club is planning on having a big season-opening bash in June and said members are looking forward to a normal summer. “We still got a lot of years ahead of us,” he said of the yacht club. While Bershad’s workers pulled the old damaged siding off the house, a symbol of the yacht club’s perseverance was unmasked — the letters IYC painted on the original outer facade of the main building, the iniJ&B Home Improvement puts up new siding at tials of the Iroquois Yacht Club. the Sandy-damaged Iroquois Yacht Club. “I never even knew that was PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER there,” Horn said smiling. -Q

Brittany Cervino and other mourners visit the site where a car carrying Darius Fletcher, Jada Monique Butts, Crystal Gravely and Jaleel Furtado careened into the water and they drowned. The group had been celebrating Gravely’s 20th birthday. PHOTO BY RIYAD HASAN

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Darius Fletcher, Jada Monique Butts, Cr ystal Gravely, Andrew Gramm and Jaleel Furtado were on their way home after celebrating Gravely’s birthday. Gramm was driving them along 19th Avenue, traveling west, when he hit the curb, careened through a 3-foot-high chain-link fence and rolled over into Luyster Creek, also known as Steinway Creek in Astoria. The car began filling with water and the 20-year-old driver broke out of the vehicle as his friends struggled. He made his way to shore and said he immediately called 911. According to the NYPD, when officers arrived, the driver was at the end of the road, flagging down rescue workers. By the time divers got into the water, it was too late. The two females and one of the males was transported to Elmhurst General Hospital and were pronounced dead on arrival as was the second male passenger, who was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in Astoria. Almost im mediately af ter Fr iday’s crash, elected off icials began issuing statements on the matter. “My deepest condolences go out to the families of these victims,” Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), who represents the area the four young people were from, said in a written statement. “The entire East Elmhurst community is mourning the loss of these four wonderful young adults. Their memory will forever be upheld in our minds and hearts.” State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) even called on the Department of Trans-

portation to conduct a review of safety measures on the roads leading up to the water, a tributary of the East River. Gianaris said reports from the crash raised questions about the strength of the fence and added that there is a lack of proper signage indicating that the street leads to a dead end — there is an “end” sign posted by the fence where the four young adults died. “As our community deals with this tragic accident, we must work together to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future,” he said in a written statement. “DOT must make our streets safer by reviewing all roads leading to waterways as there may be similar dangers in other neighborhoods throughout our city. This accident was avoidable and something must be done to keep people safe as t h e y d r ive , w a l k o r c ycle o n o u r roadways.” Friends and family members placed f lowers, candles and other mementos — including a basketball — near the shore where Fletcher, Butts, Gravely and Furtado took their last breaths. Brittany Cervino, a friend of Gramm and Furtado, was particularly emotional when she visited the scene. She was comforted by her friends and released balloons — one of which was a basketball balloon — in honor of the two young men. “They used to play basketball together,” she said. Gravely would have turned 20 on Saturday. Funeral arrangements were not made available as of press time. The NYPD said the Highway Collision I nvestigation Q Squad is investigating the incident.

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Read aloud State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. joined students at PS 254 in Richmond Hill for the annual Read Aloud program on April 2, in which a book is read out loud to the young students. This year, school officials chose “Of Thee I Sing” by President Obama, which is comprised of short biographies of influential and inspirational American heroes, and Addabbo was invited to read it.

Unfortunately for St. John’s basketball supporters, the player many fans call “Oblockpa” won’t be donning the red and white next season. St. John’s announced Thursday that sophomore center Chris Obekpa, who finished second in all of college basketball with four blocks-per-game in 2013, has been granted his release from the school and will be transferring. It is not known what school the Nigerian-born big man will be taking his talents to, but Baylor and Oregon are two universities that are rumored to have interest. In accordance with NCAA transfer rules, Obekpa will most likely be forced to sit out one season at his new school. St. John’s also announced Thursday that bench player and three-point specialist Max Hooper, who is graduating in May, will look to attend graduate school and continue his playing career at another institution. “We wish Chris good luck as he moves toward his next opportunity,” Red Storm coach Steve Lavin said in a statement. “We wish Max the best of luck in all of his

future endeavors.” Obekpa and Hooper aren’t the only members of the Johnnies to be departing St. John’s early, as sophomore JaKarr Sampson announced last month that he will forgo his final two years of eligibility to enter the NBA Draft in June. While the move wasn’t shocking, it came as a surprise to basketball experts who believe Sampson’s skills need more finetuning at the college level. The Ohio native is projected to be drafted towards the end of the second round, if he’s even selected at all. The departures of Obekpa and Sampson, both key starters, leaves a gaping hole in the Red Storm’s roster, but unlike previous seasons, St. John’s doesn’t have a solid recruiting class coming to school. However, Lavin has been recruiting Christ the King center Adonis Delarosa hard this spring. Other schools like Pittsburgh and Fordham have expressed interest in Delarosa, who will make his college decision on April 18. Delarosa’s older brother, Joey, is already enrolled at St. John’s and is expected to suit Q up for the Red Storm next season.

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) paid a visit to the South Queens Democratic Club meeting in Howard Beach on March 27 to discuss issues that he has been focusing on during his first term in Congress. Jef fries, who represents Howard Beach, Lindenwood and Ozone Park in Washington, DC, as well as most of eastern Brooklyn, was welcomed by Democratic district leader and club president Frank Gulluscio, left, and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder.

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Rabbit rescue a reality in Queens Forest Hills woman protects former pets often bought around Easter by Laura A. Shepard Chronicle Contributor

Vivian Barna of Forest Hills could not be more passionate about saving rabbits discarded by owners who no longer wish to care for them. The full-time real estate broker founded All About Rabbits Rescue and dedicates her personal time to caring for rescued rabbits, setting up adoptions, rabbit education and volunteering at pet shop adoption locations. Barna grew up with dogs and once worked to rescue them until the day she came across a stray rabbit with upper respiratory problems in Queens, who became her first pet rabbit. After that, she was all about rabbits. Although rabbit purchases are known to spike around Easter, Barna says that thoughtless and impulsive bunny buys are problematic all year round. Barna urges people to adopt rabbits through the NYC Animal Care and Control, Petfinder, or rescue adoption locations, such as the Petland Discounts on Austin Street in Forest Hills and 72nd Street in Manhattan and Petcos in Manhattan. Adoptions ensure the new owners are educated in proper rabbit care and the pets are already spayed or neutered, which eliminates behaviors that would lead people to abandon rabbits. Pet stores sell rabbits, with practically no questions asked, according to Barna. “The consideration for adopting a rabbit should be no different than getting a dog or a cat,” she said, adding that “even more consideration is needed for a rabbit. It’s a high-maintenance special-care pet for a 10-year stretch that needs full understanding.” AARR adopted out about 45 rabbits in the past year and half, she said. The rabbits came from pet shop purchases, some were strays and some were because the owners were moving. Some surrenders were averted due to Barna’s suggestions. Often, people who purchase more than one rabbit don’t know the sex and become overwhelmed when the rabbits produce offspring. The owners then unload the babies at shelters or outdoors. NYCACC took in 380 rabbits in 2013, 341 in 2012, and 283 in 2011. Many were surrendered by their owners, others were recorded as strays. The vast majority were adopted or placed with New Hope partners, an ACC initiative that finds homes for unwanted pets,

Rescued rabbits Eeny, left, Meeny and Mo.

and other rescue groups and shelters. Barna says the New York City shelter is frequently overcapacity and fears that if the problem continues to grow, the shelter system will seriously consider euthanizing rabbits. In the weeks after Easter, Barna’s rabbit rescue, the Queens Zoo and the Alley Pond Environmental Center all receive calls from people who want to get rid of their rabbits. Scott Silver, the director of the Queens Zoo, said that each year, they get an average of two to six rabbits, with the most being around eight or 10. “Everyone thinks they’re the only one who thinks of calling the zoo,” Silver said. The zoos typically refer callers to NYCACC and rabbit rescue places. “When people want to spend time with rabbits, they should come to the zoo, unless they’re ready to accept the responsibility,” Silver said. The farm side of the Queens Zoo has three Flemish giants, the largest breed of rabbit. Each is about 20 pounds, but they can grow larger. One year, someone dropped off 20 rabbits to APEC, which hopped all over until staff and members caught them, according to Aline Euler, the center’s curriculum and grant developer. Some were very ill and had to be put to sleep, while the rest were put up for immediate adoption. The center can only take rabbits if they have space. Euler recommends that people try to find new homes for their unwanted rabbits by asking friends, neighbors, family members or going through schools, religious organizations and other networks to take them in before surrendering the rabbits to pet stores or shelters. “There needs to be a realistic assessment of whether a person is able to take care of a rabbit,” Silver said. “The problem with respect to pet care is that people don’t know what they’re getting involved with, with rabbits.” Euler said parents sometimes don’t think when making a decision about a pet. “Often the child says ‘Mommy, I want that” and then the parents realize it’s more work than they bargained for,” she said. A lot of rescue groups are cautious when adopting to families with children, but AARR will do so as long as the entire family is interested and invested in petcare, not just the children. The parents must promise

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Vivian Barna of Forest Hills with Heather, one of the rabbits she has rescued. Very often people PHOTO BY LAURA A. SHEPARD get rabbits for the wrong reason and then no longer want them. AARR that they will supervise the children to make sure they are quiet and gentle with the rabbit. Euler pointed out that rabbits can live for more than 10 years and parents are often left with them when their children go away to college and summer camp. Nevertheless, she believes that children benefit from having pets because it gives them a sense of responsibility and fond memories. Rabbits require a lot of hands-on care, such as being brushed weekly, having their nails clipped and their litter boxes cleaned. Their diet consists of a variety of greens, hay and pellets and they regularly need new chew toys. They need boxes to hide in, litter boxes and nonskid flooring. Also important, bunnies need space. Their cages must be large and although rabbits don’t need to be walked, they need time to run around. However, their time out needs to be supervised — unless the house is fully rabbit-proofed — devoid of wires, household plants, baseboard molding. Leather items also need to be protected. Vet care for rabbits can be very expensive, exceeding the cost of caring for dogs or cats. Rabbits need to be spayed, neutered and cared for. Adopted rabbits are already altered. Rabbits are also prone to gastrointestinal problems, which can lead to sudden death. Rabbits are only 10 percent bone marrow, so dropping them can cause fatal injuries. AARR has rabbits housed in foster homes and various adoption locations and is seeking an official shelter location for adoptions and education programs. Heather, a rescued rabbit, is overweight from improper nutrition. Barna said this is common because owners give their rabbits too many treats and high-calorie alfalfa pellets when they should feed them lower-calorie Timothy pellets, grass and hay. Rabbit obesity leads to other health problems. Another rabbit, who Barna named Talia, was exhibiting signs of discomfort because

her fur was so matted it formed a gigantic hairball mass on her back. “Rabbits should be treated gently because they are cautious and a little scared because their natural disposition is to protect themselves,” Euler said. Barna explained that rabbits are prey animals, so they do not behave like dogs or cats. Many people who buy a rabbit impulsively don’t know this and are often disappointed. “Rabbits are wonderful pets if you understand them and you appreciate them and form a relationship on their terms. They don’t always come to you, but they allow you to gently pet them and I just love them.” Silver said he understands people’s connection to animals: “I see it everyday at the zoo, but people need to be aware that if they take that connection any further than visiting with the animals, they have to take responsibility.” Euler said that while many people find legitimate places to surrender their rabbits, others release them into parks, where they usually don’t last too long. In the wild, domestic rabbits succumb to dehydration, starvation, ticks, infections and attacks from predators, including humans. White rabbits are especially easy for birds of prey to spot. “It’s not fair to the animal to do that,” Euler said. It is also illegal to abandon a domestic animal. Silver said the zoos do not have wild rabbits. The Eastern cottontails that reside in Queens’ parks are actually invasive to the area, having replaced the New England cottontails, of which few are left. Eastern cottontails do not make good pets because they are more timid and stressed by being confined, they don’t eat as well, and they can be very destructive around the house. However, every year many are kidnapped from the parks. The email address to reach Barna with any questions and adoption inquiries is AllQ AboutRabbitsRescue@gmail.com.

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Street co-named for Pope On Sunday, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) gathered with Assemblywoman Marge Markey (D-Maspeth), clergy members and dozens of residents to co-name a portion of 56th Road in front of the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Maspeth as Pope John Paul II Way. Before his tenure as Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow, Poland visited the Queens church in 1969. According to the parish, the now-canon-

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ized saint even slept in the rectory and shared coffee with the worshippers for a few days “Pope John Paul II’s long ministry connected people from ever y nation and helped make the world a more peaceful place,” Crowley said. “His leadership during the horrors of World War II was a beacon of hope for countless Polish and Jewish communities. Pope John Paul II touched the lives of billions and now all Queens residents will be reminded of his legacy for generations to come.”

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Electeds introduce library reform bills Legislation calls for transparency in revamping the entity’s structure by Christopher Barca Reporter

In the wake of the Queens Library scandal surrounding embattled CEO Tom Galante’s questionable salary and spending practices, area lawmakers have introduced legislation to reform the library’s structure and add oversight measures. “This is not about whether or not the Queens Library is a good system. It is,” Borough President Melinda Katz said at a press conference last Thursday. “This is about the public trust and public accountability to a system that is funded 85 percent by public funds.” The twin bills introduced in both the state Senate and Assembly on March 26 and April 1, respectively, were announced outside Borough Hall in Kew Gardens. Most of the bills’ sponsors, including state Sens. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) and Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) and Assembly members Jeff Aubry (D-Corona), Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside), Michael Den Dekker (D-Jackson Heights) and Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing), as well as City Councilmembers Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) were in attendance at the announcement. Among many reforms, the legislation calls for the shortening of the Board of Trustees’ terms from five years to two,

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Galante vote continued from page 24 postponed just after the 9-9 tie and just prior to the board adjourning until next month. “This wouldn’t have ended in a tie if the taxpayers’ representatives were allowed to vote,” Ibrahim said in the corridor outside the boardroom. “They just kicked the can down the road again.” Another of James’ proposals is that a library CEO’s compensation be no more than that of the mayor. While the Queens Library and others in the city operate as nonprofits, they receive an overwhelming majority of their funding from the taxpayers. Multiple news agencies have reported that the FBI and the city’s Department of Investigation are investigating related matters. Comptroller Scott Stringer said last month that his office is auditing the books of the Brooklyn and Manhattan library systems as well as Queens. At the state level, state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) and Assemblyman Jeff Aubrey (D-Corona) have introduced companion bills [see story this page] that the senator said will “rein in the excess of the Queens Library and provide a long-term blueprint for efficiency, transparency and Q accountability.”

Assemblyman Jeff Aubry, center, joins state Sen. Michael Gianaris, Borough President Melinda Katz and other elected officials to announce legislation drafted on the state level two weeks ago PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA calling for vast administrative reforms at the Queens Library. beginning on Jan. 1, 2015. The bill also demands that those on the Queens Library’s Board of Trustees must either be residents of Queens or operate a business in the borough, and anyone on the board can be removed by either the mayor or the borough president, whichever entity appointed the member in question, if there is reasonable cause for such action.

Additionally, the executive director and other “key library executive personnel” must report to and get the approval from the Board of Trustees regarding any outside employment opportunities before they accept a second job. The legislation also calls for those head officials to annually disclose the library’s handling of finances “when public money is used to fund staff salaries,” and an audit

committee formed by the Board of Trustees will be charged with overseeing the financial reporting process. Gianaris said the measure has the support of “just about everyone” in the state Legislature from Queens. “Ever yone k nows that the Queens Library has had a major failing in regards to its finances, its compensation of its paid employees and outside income rules,” Gianaris said. “In the state Legislature, we thought we should take some steps to reform the way the Queens Library is run and put some best practices in place to make sure that this kind of situation is not repeated.” “We’re concerned with a board that may have become a bit too comfortable with themselves,” Aubry added. “They should have the responsibility to answer to those who appoint them.” Last week, the library released a statement detailing a series of similar reforms it plans to adopt, but a change in the term limits of the trustees was not among them. Despite calls by Katz and others for Galante to temporarily step down while federal and city investigations into the library’s finances continue, the CEO will remain at his post after a vote by the Board of Trustees over whether to place Galante on paid Q leave ended in a 9-9 tie.

Fired UPS workers rally at City Hall Electeds call on delivery service to rehire employees by Christopher Barca Reporter

Another week of verbal barbs and rallies and neither side in the war between United Parcel Service and the fired 250 employees of the company’s Maspeth facility is ready to back down. Joi ned by Cit y Compt rol ler Scot t Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James and Cit y Cou ncil members Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) and Ror y Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), dozens of Teamsters Local 804 members rallied on the steps of City Hall last Thursday. They were protesting UPS’s termination of 250 workers after they walked off the job for 90 minutes on Feb. 26 in support of a fired colleague. “I do not understand who in that company put forward a business plan to take away a generation of good will between UPS and the City of New York,” Stringer said. “This is not going to end this way.” The first 20 of the 250 workers were officially relived of their duties last week, and according to a release on Local 804’s website, an additional 16 employees were let go on Friday, bringing the total number of fired drivers to 36. A f ter the rally at Cit y Hall, U PS released a statement, saying the February walkout damaged the company’s commitment to timely deliveries and the workers

Standing alongside Public Advocate Letitia James, center, and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Councilman Rory Lancman speaks at a rally at City Hall on Friday to protest the termination of PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL 250 drivers from the Maspeth UPS facility in February. must be held accountable. “We cannot allow employee misconduct that jeopardizes our ability to reliably serve our customers and maintain order in

our delivery operations,” the statement says. “For this reason, the company is releasing employees involved in the work Q stoppage.”

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Rest stops are commonly affiliated with the highways that spread out across the country serving drivers making the long trek between destinations; roads like the New York State Thruway, the New Jersey Turnpike, the Mass Pike. Rest stops — with the exception of a couple of gas stations on the Grand Central Parkway — are not something you see in Queens. Until now. Nestled in the heart of the airport’s cargo area, the new JFK Travel Plaza in Building 125 is located at a former garage for city buses at 147th Avenue and 147th Street, just a block from the JFK Expressway, the main route into and out of the airport used primarily for those heading east. Similar to the thruway and turnpike rest stops, the JFK Travel Plaza offers fuel, food and other services, including a car wash and a dry cleaners. The new plaza employs around 80 people. George AbiZeid, president and CEO of Airport Plazas, a company that operates similar service areas in other airports, including Indianapolis and Newark, said the

idea for the facility first started in 2007 when he was asked to take part in a Request for Proposals for a Sunoco gas station at the site, which at the time was a vacant overgrown lot surrounded by a dilapidated fence. “Little did we know then that it would turn into this,” AbiZeid, who built several rest stops along the New Jersey Turnpike, said at the JFK Travel Plaza’s official grand opening last Thursday, though the plaza had been operating for several months. Besides the Sunoco gas station that was the original intent of the site, the plaza boasts several eateries, including a Wendy’s, Qdoba and a Max’s Pizza. It is anchored by a 7-Eleven store. The plaza even offers recharge facilities for Tesla electric cars on site. Though it’s located off the main routes into and out of the airport, operators are not concerned about that. A tall sign promoting the concession at the plaza hovers overhead and is easily seen from the Belt Parkway and JFK Expressway. The plaza was constructed fairly quickly. Ground was broken on the project in October, 2012 and it opened for business 14 Q months later.

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continued from page 22 bags to line them, and the business ties up a half- to two-thirds full bag and calls Sanitation for a pickup. Terranova said interested business owners can call 311 or the DSNY at (646) 8854503 for more information. Wills also said he has the support of Richards, who is the Environmental Committee chairman; Miller, who chairs Labor; and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan). “We have the funding. We have the legislation. We have the partnerships,” Wills said. “Now we need the people. And the people appear to be on board. Yvonne Morgan of the 198th Street Block Association believes the plan is the only way no matter how well DSNY does its job. “We have to get organized and keep our neighborhoods clean,” she said at the press conference. Speaking in a telephone interview on Monday evening, Margaret Finnerty, the 20-year president of the Richmond Hill South Civic Association, said she heard Wills outlining his agenda at a recent community board meeting. She said she likes the multipronged approach, particularly the idea of stiffer fines and increased enforcement. “We need more enforcement to keep the business districts garbage-free,” she

said. “That needs to be stepped up.” Finnerty said in her experience South Richmond Hill does not have nearly the number of incidents involving things like illegally dumped construction debris or discarded furniture that have been the bane of residents’ existence in places like Jamaica and Springfield Gardens. But she did say the use of city trash cans by residents and businesses has her neighbors every bit as frustrated, particularly along Liberty Avenue. “The legislation [increasing fines] is needed,” Finnerty said. “You can have all the enforcement you want, but the fines have to be high enough so that people know there are consequences.” Jamaica resident Joe Moretti, a vocal critic of the city’s sanitation priorities in the Jamaica region, agreed that the proposals are good — to a point. He would like to see all dumping and littering fines at least doubled rather than the incremental hikes in the Wills and Koslowitz bills. “But why has it taken so long to do something like this that myself and others have been saying for some time? ... I mean, why didn’t they do something before? ” he asked in an email to the Chronicle. He believes the broadside approach is the result of activists such as himself Q forcing the hand of elected officials.

Chronicle wins four newspaper awards by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

The Queens Chronicle won four awards, for news coverage, photography and design, at this year’s New York Press Assocation convention, held last Friday and Saturday in upstate Saratoga Springs. The awards covered work done in 2013. NYPA received 2,760 entries in 63 categories from 158 newspapers statewide. The Chronicle’s top win was its firstplace award in the News Story category. The award was given for an article in which former Assistant Managing Editor Joe Orovic examined the impact a professional soccer stadium had had on Harrison, NJ, during the debate over one that had been proposed to be built in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. “By far the best entry — well written, great facts, and told in a manner easy for the reader to understand and comprehend,” the judges said in granting Orovic and the Chronicle first-place honors in the contest’s highest-circulation division. “Gives the reader credit for being able to digest a complete story and use their own mind to form an opinion. Bravo!” The other awards won by the Chronicle

were all second-place honors. One was in the Sports Feature Photo category, for contributing photographer Rick Maiman’s shot of boys and girls playing Little League baseball. The photo was used for the cover of the Chronicle’s 2013 Spring Guide, published April 16. Another was in the Graphic Design cateogry, for Associate Art Director Ella Jipescu’s use of falling dominoes to illustrate criminal charges being brought against political figures. The image was used on the front page of the May 9 Southeast Queens edition, along with Editor Michael Gannon’s headline, “Who’s next?” The judges called it a “nice use of imagery to make a strong visual point and draw the reader into the story,” and brought the falling dominoes metaphor to life. The last award given was in the Special Sections/Niche Publications category, for the June 27 Celebration of Queens edition, which contained 13 articles focusing on job creation in the borough. “A nuanced look at economic recovery from the ground up, focusing on job creators as the engine,” the judges said. “A great concept and great execution, community journalism that avoids cheerleading.” Q

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York Coach Erzulie Mars, left, smiles with pride over York’s Campus All-Star Challenge Team of Swatanter Polce, Tess Mercer, Kim Barnes and Philip Alerte. The students will compete in the PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON national academic quiz tournament April 12 to 16 in Torrence, Calif.

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

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Four York College students are headed out to California on Saturday to represent the school in the 25th annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. The quiz competition, run by College Bowl Co., features teams from historically black colleges and universities vying for a $50,000 grand prize for their school. It is sponsored by the American Honda Motor Co., and the finals take place on the automaker’s Torrence, Calif. campus. “It’s kind of ‘Jeopardy’ and ‘Family Feud,’” said Tess Mercer of Bayside, a junior at the school who is majoring in occupational therapy. Her teammates are junior Kim Barnes of Maspeth, studying medical technology; senior Philip Alerte of Jamaica, majoring in health promotion management; and Swatanter Polce of New Hyde Park in Nassau County, majoring in political science and minoring

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by Christopher Barca Reporter

Not only are a number of evacuated apartments inside a Rego Park residential building unlivable, but they’re apparently too dangerous for even a reporter and a construction manager to be in. Standing inside of vacated apartment 5C on Tuesday, building superintendent Badge Bicic and Samson Management director of construction management Mike Santoro noticed a newly formed crack running along one of the unit’s walls and nervously called an engineer to inform him. “That scares me more than any of the other cracks,” Santoro said after leaving a voicemail on the man’s phone. “Let’s get out of here, this is a serious situation.” The crack is just one of many ripping apart a portion of the apartment building at 94-01 64 Road. According to Santoro, poor excavation of soil at an adjacent site at 64-24 Booth St. in preparation for a six-story residential building to be constructed has damaged the neighboring structure’s foundation and rendered the side of the building facing the excavation in danger of collapse. There are numerous cracks ranging from hairline fractures to inch-wide ruptures covering much of the exterior of the building from the ground all the way to the roof. Inside the structure, cracks up to two feet long that are large enough to allow daylight to

pass through are present on the walls of the basement, with similar-sized cracks running along the floor and ceiling. The same goes for six apartments, including Bicic’s, which he shares with his wife and son. Bicic and his family were forced to relocate to a one-bedroom apartment elsewhere in the building, while the 19 other tenants in the cracking units were relocated to area hotels and other apartment buildings owned by Samson Management in the Rego Park and Forest Hills area.

“Let’s get out of here, this is a serious situation.” — Mike Santoro, director of construction management

Santoro said the cracks began appearing on Feb. 11 and got progressively worse until Feb. 26, when a tenant called 911. After the FDNY surveyed the building, it was determined that it was unsafe for those select residents to remain in the building. According to a Samson Management official, the building’s owner is paying for the relocated renters’ hotel fees and is charging those who moved to other apartment buildings their original rent instead of the higher rates in their new structures.

Those tenants were given approximately one week’s notice prior to the evacuation and were forced to remove most, if not all, of their belongings from their former residences. There is no time table for their return, but Santoro says he’s relieved everyone was evacuated when they were. “If they really excavated a lot of soil, this building could have collapsed with people inside,” he said. “We’re just looking out for everyone’s safety.” Booth Holdings, the owner of the neighboring site, installed crack monitors to register the amount of movement in the walls on a small number of the fractures throughout the building. Both Santoro and Bicic say, that most were not improperly installed, however. Despite his calm appearance, Bicic said the constant worrying over the building and its residents is extremely stressful. “We’re suffering,” he said after a tenant stopped him in the building’s foyer to ask him what was going on. “Everyone always asks me if the building is safe.” Measures to shore up the interior of the building in the form of vertical steel beams were put in place in the basement and every impacted apartment, but Santoro and Bicic are calling on the Department of Buildings and Booth Holdings to act swiftly to prevent more damage. “These people are like criminals,” Bicic said of Booth Holdings. “It makes me crazy.” “Rather than doing it carefully, they were

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Building superintendent Badge Bicic fits his fingers into the crack in the floor of his apartment, the one he and his family were evacuated PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA from in February. excavating right up against the building,” Santoro added, pointing to an area of chipped brick on the structure’s cracking exterior. “They don’t care.” When contacted by the Chronicle, Yury Yagudayev, the project manager for the construction site, said he had no comment. The DOB did not respond to inquiries for comQ ment by press time.

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continued from page 24 “I am going to ask everything I can,” Pereceman said. “I have that right as an attorney to do that and I will take advantage of that right.” But he also admitted the odds the city will allow the case to go to trial are slim. Perecman suspects the city will wait until the last minute and concede fault. That way, none of the details to the case will be brought out. Perecman will only be responsible for obtaining compensation for Fontaine. “With wrongful death suits, the amount of money granted to the family depends on a number of things, mostly how much the deceased had been making and how many people were dependent on that income,” the attorney said. “Avonte obviously didn’t have income. So what’s the most I can get? $1 million? Two? Three? That’s about it.” In New York, the courts do not prov ide compensat ion for pai n a nd suffering. “For a mama, losing a child is the hardest thing you can go through,” Perecman said. “But when the child you lose has been your focus because of their special needs, it’s worse. And the way it happened, the way he died Q makes it even worse.”

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Dr. Edwin Simpser, long affiliated with St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside, has been named its president and CEO. Simpser has served as acting president for the last several months after Dr. Jeffrey Frerichs left. Simpser is also an attending physician at North Shore University Hospital, New York Hospital Queens and the Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park The new president is a pediatrician specializing in pediatric gastroenterology. He received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has taught students, residents, and fellows throughout New York City including Cornell University Medical College, New York University School of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is on the faculty of the Hofstra NSLIJ School of Medicine. Simpser came to St. Mary’s in 1999 as chief medical officer. During his tenure at the Bayside facility, he has played “a pivotal role” leading the construction of a

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Dr. Edwin Simpser is taking the reins at St. Mary’s Hospital for children. COURTESY PHOTO initiatives as an innovator and leader in pediatric healthcare,” Wells added. St. Mary’s opened its first facility in 1872 and remains the city’s only pediatric Q post-acute care hospital.

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Liora Codor has always loved Fort Tilden. The former military base on the western end of the Rockaway Peninsula has been a place of leisure for her and her family for decades. It also has provided a welcoming subject for her camera lens. Codor, a professional photographer who shot for Macy’s for years, is showing off some of her favorite Fort Tilden photos at an exhibit being held at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge this spring. Liora Codor: Fort Tilden — A Photographic Essay opened on Sunday with a parade of Codor’s friends, family and parkgoers who had heard about the exhibit and wanted to see it. Displayed on the wall of the refuge’s multipurpose room were about three dozen of Codor’s favorite photos divided by season and by time after Hurricane Sandy; immediately after the storm and a year later. Her winter work featured snow-covered beaches and the abandoned recreation house once used by the military. Though flooded with the whites and blues of winter, the colder season photos also feature some color, including the glowing red and orange sunsets common on winter afternoons. Her spring collection features the juxtaposition of a justwaking world of newly grown plants and baby birds. In one photo, a Canada goose leads an army of goslings. Codor captures them as they seem to march in formation with the older bird. In another, a Carolina wren sits on a bare branch and sings, perhaps a wake-up call to her feathered brothers and sisters. continued on page 44

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Gabino Abraham Castelan Solo Show, in collaboration with Mano a Mano, Space Art Gallery, 29-09 39 Ave., Long Island City, now thru Apr. 25.

The Art of Ghost Dumplings, Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave., Friday, Apr. 11, 6:30-10 p.m. $75. Proceeds to scholarship fund. Contact/RSVP: Jackie (347) 505-3013, drosa@queenscouncilarts. org; queenscouncilarts.org/the-moveable-feastbook-launch/Proceeds.

Global Art Project for Peace Exhibition and The Potter’s Wheel Artists Exhibit: “Off the Wall,” Austin’s Ale House, 82-70 Austin St., Kew Gardens, thru Apr. 22; Contact: (718) 849-3939.

“Long Island Cars” show & swap meet, Belmont Racetrack, Hempstead Tpke. in Elmont, Exit 26B off the Cross Island Pkwy., enter thru Gate 3, Saturday & Sunday, Apr. 12-13, show cars arrive by 11 a.m. $7 Saturday, $9 Sunday; $13 for both; kids under 12, free. Info: (631) 567-5898, LongIslandCars.com.

THEATER Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Indie teams: Wednesdays & Thursdays, 7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fridays, 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for the whole night. Info: secrettheatre.org.

Easter Concert, First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, Queens Blvd. & 54 Ave., Elmhurst, Thursday, Apr. 17, 7:30 p.m. The Harmonious Chorus sings in the 1895 sanctuary. Free. Info: mmelikian@aol.com.

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MUSIC “Pleading Against Prophecy,” a Millennial Ballet by the In-Sight Dance Company will perform at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center on Friday, Apr. 25.. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

“Flamenco,” with Spain’s Auxi Fernandez, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, Sunday, Apr. 13, 4 p.m. $35. Sponsored by Music Program of NY State Council on the Arts. Info/tickets: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

DJ classes, Mainline, 218-12 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, 1st & 2nd week of every month starting in April. Once a week, four sessions, classes in beat mixing and MC techniques. Call: (718) 479-4848.

“Pleading Against Prophecy,” a Millennial Ballet, In-Sight Dance Company, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10, Jamaica Ave., Friday, Apr. 25, 8 p.m. $10 advance, $15 at door; special discount until Apr. 15, buy one, get one free with discount code: QueensChronicle. Info: insightdance.org.

Regents review classes, Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Register now for classes in June in: integrated algebra, geometry, global history & geography, living environment/biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, U.S. history & government, algebra 1, algebra 2/trig. Contact: (718) 335-6049, between 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Fertile Ground New Works Showcase, Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., Suite #301, Long Island City, Sunday, Apr. 27, 7 p.m. New works showcase for emerging and established artists. $10. Contact: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org/tickets.

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AUDITIONS “Fiddler on the Roof,” American Martyrs Sullivan Hall, Bell Blvd. & Union Tpke., Bayside, Thursday, Apr. 10 & Saturday, Apr. 12, 7-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, Apr. 13, 3-5:30 p.m. Open call all ages, kids parts for 11 year olds and up. Required: head shot & resume, sheet music for ballad & up tempo, conficts for MayJuly, comfortable clothing for group dance audition. Children under 18 must be accompanied by adult.

CLASSES Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wednesdays,

Hands-on-History: Let’s Go Fly a Kite! King Manor Museum, 150-30 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Saturday, Apr. 19, 12-3 p.m. Free. Create and decorate your own kite. Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org. Children’s carnival, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, Saturday, Apr. 12 & Sundays, Apr. 13, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $11 pp (includes all rides). Contact: (718) 347-FARM, queensfarm.org. After-School Environmental Science Enrichment Program, Eastern Queens Alliance, Idlewild Park Preserve Environmental Science Learning Center, 149-20 Springfield Lane, Rosedale, began Monday, Mar. 31. Ten-week series of hands-on science workshops focusing on wetland and estuaries meets Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 3:30-5 p.m., thru June 14. Ages 8-12, $8 per session, $21 per week. Contact: (347) 824-2301, info@easternqueensalliance.org or eqa-ippc.com/science-in-the-park.html.

Drama workshop, Poppenhusen Institute, 11404 14th Rd., College Point, Saturdays, thru June 28, 10-11:30 a.m., ages 8-12 with instructor Lisa LaGrande. Free, pre-registration required. Contact: (718) 358-0067. LP FAM’s youth baseball registration, Dunton Presbyterian Church, 109-29 135 St., South Ozone Park, every Saturday, 12-3 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 5-14. Contact: Derik Braswell (917) 692-4775, or Paul Cox (718) 835-8416. Volunteer coaches welcome for baseball & football. LP FAM’s youth basketball program, Queens Transition Center, 142-10 Linden Blvd., South Ozone Park, every Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 8-16. Contact: Mike Glasgow (917) 442-0479.

COMMUNITY Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Beach Cleanup, with New York Cares Day Spring, Saturday, Apr. 12, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Volunteers wanted. Register: littoralsociety.org. Blood drive, West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department, 102-33 Davenport Ct., Howard Beach, Saturday, Apr. 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: (800) 933-2566, nybloodcenter.org. Social dance, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Saturday, Apr. 21, 8 p.m.12 a.m. Call: (718) 478-3100. Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers.

Cherry blossom walks on Roosevelt Island, Saturdays Apr. 12 & 26 at 11 a.m., meet at the Visitor Center Kiosk at the tram Plaza. $10 donation requested to the Roosevelt Island Historical Society. Contact: (212) 688-4836, rooseveltislandhistory@gmail.com. Shorewalker walk, Three Lakes, Three Parks, Sunday, Apr. 13. Contact: Christine at (212) 787-1136, chryost@hotmail.com. St. John’s Health & Wellness Expo, presented by HealthFirst, in front of Carnesecca Arena, St. John‘s University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica, Saturday, Apr. 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 35th Annual Antique Auto Show, Queens County Farm, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, Sunday, Apr. 27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 adults, $2 kids 12-under. Contact: (718) 347-FARM, queensfarm.org. Doggie boot camp, Crocheron Park, Bayside, every Saturday thru October, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. dogschoolny.com.

FLEA MARKETS St. Josaphat R.C. Church, Easter craft & plant sale, plus Polish bake sale, Parish Hall, 35th Ave. & 210th St., Bayside, Saturday, Apr. 12, 10 a.m-4 p.m., Sunday, Apr. 13, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at 110th Ave., Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Vendors welcome. Contact: (718) 332-0026 Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sunday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. American Martyrs CVW Post, garage sale, Parish Hall, Bell Blvd. & Union Tpke., Bayside, Sunday, Apr. 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Call: Ed (718) 468-9351.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Bereavement Group for Seniors, Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc. (SNAP), 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4, CBU 29, Queens Village, eight-session group, Mondays, 2:15 p.m. For those who have recently lost a loved one. Contact: Marion (718) 454-2100.

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A Queens-made resident celebrates her roots by Tammy Scileppi qboro contributor

There are over two million stories in Queens. Everyone who lives or works here, or is just passing through, has a story to tell. And Briarwood resident Amy Wu wants to share as many as she can via “QNSMADE” — one human at a time. The School of Visual Arts grad student is eager to get the word out about her budding website — a homage to her favorite borough. When it’s officially launched, QNSMADE will offer its visitors a fascinating glimpse into the lives of people — artists, workers, business owners, students, families — who live or work in Queens, or even are just visiting. Candid interviews and captivating photos will put real faces to the many neighborhoods, and a listing of vendors, manufacturers, and businesses will be provided as an added feature. “My hopes are that these interviews, photos and resources will help put the borough on the map,” said Wu. “My friend Jaina Teeluck and I go out to different

Amy Wu, creator of the new photo and storytelling website Qnsmade.com, works on the PHOTO BY PATRICK CASHIN homepage. neighborhoods in our free time, and I’ll talk to people while she takes pictures. I’m a horrible photographer.” It takes an artist’s touch to create a digital tapestry of faces and lives. Bits and pieces of the colorful Queens

mosaic are starting to pop up on the site, as a portrait of the borough emerges. But it takes time. It’s a work of art in progress. Wu recalled watching her parents, who came to Richmond Hill from India and then moved to Flushing, struggle to make

ends meet. Their story is part of that portrait. A former graphic design student, Wu, 28, now majors in interaction design and will graduate next year. She said she got the idea for her site while taking a fivemonth entrepreneurial class after she was asked to come up with a business model. “So, I was thinking, ‘What can I do that won’t bore me? Why don’t I interview interesting people in Queens and meet some people in the community?’ I’ve lived here all my life. There are 80 different neighborhoods that I want to go and take pictures of,” she said. “Why don’t I take that model of Humans of New York and bring it here to Queens?” Getting a website up and running is no easy task, and the QNSMADE founder soon realized she would need help. “I couldn’t do everything; I could only do pieces of everything. So, my professor said, ‘You can become the producer. Basically, you’re setting the foundation for visuals, and what questions you want to ask in interviews. And, you can have people collaborate with you; become your team.” continued on page 46 00 continued

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Meet the man behind Picasso’s prints: Marcel Salinas by Tess McRae

The process involves using heavy plates glossed over with grease and ink — in Many consider artists such as Pablo either black, red or yellow — and pressing Pica sso to be geniuses and in most them on paper, one color at a time. respects, they are. After the repetitious procedure, the But few know the work Picasso’s print- proof is brought to the artist, who makes makers put into each of his pieces. notes about any improvement it needs. The art gallery at An example of the Queensborough Comprocess is on display munity College’s latest as part of the exhibit. “Classicism and Exile: exhibit, “Classicism The piece is an The Life and Work of and Exile: The Life and abstract portrait of a Work of Marcel SaliMarcel Salinas” man with royal blood. nas,” provides a retroThe or iginal proof When: Normal art gallery hours, spective of the work of was almost flawless, through May 2 one of Picasso’s most save two spots PicasWhere: 222-05 56 Ave., trusted printmakers. so asked Salinas to Oakland Gardens Salina s, born in make bluer. Tickets: Free, qcc.cuny.edu Egypt in 1913, remains Though the prints vir tua lly unknown are by far the most despite having a rich exciting part of the body of work. Originally a photographer, exhibit, the rest of Salinas’ work — most Salinas moved into sketching, painting and of which comprises original still life, landeventually creating prints for artists. scapes and nudes — is worthy of taking in Printing is tedious work that requires as well. attention to detail and patience to recreate an “Classicism and Exile” allows viewers original piece so artists may mass produce to watch Salinas learn and evolve through their works. his work. qboro editor

The first, right, and second, left, proofs of a Pablo Picasso piece created by Marcel Salinas. PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE The original print has notes from the famous artist himself. “When you look at the older pieces, they are beautiful but they stick to the rules,” Faustino Quintanilla, executive director of the gallery, said. “As he got older and more seasoned, he became more free in his paintings.” His nude pieces are particularly eye-

catching as they feature a technique known a s “graphics,” which utilizes stark contrasts between shadow, light and lines. The gallery — a designated landmark — also features a year-round African art Q collection.

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Exhibit shows Fort Tilden’s scenery in every season continued from page page 00 39 continued from One of Codor’s favorite pictures is one featuring a mother oystercatcher teaching her chick to eat. “I waited more than two hours to get that photo,” she explained, laughing as she recalled a battle of wits she had with the mother bird as she waited for the right photo opportunity. “When I would get close, she would back away, then get close to me, so I’d back away. She was protecting her baby.” Codor’s summer photos have vibrant colors of lush green and blue sky and her

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autumn ones feature a colorful change of season, but one that still feels summery. Some of her photos are of the same subject in different seasons, such as the old battery where guns were located to protect the shoreline from foreign invasion. She has photos of the installation in winter and summer to show how the seasons change the scener y in that same location. At the end of the exhibit, Codor shows off some of her post-Sandy work. Several photos were taken just weeks after Sandy and show a devastated landscape with shattered concrete, twisted fencing and gravely injured flora. One photo shows the exposed roots of black cherry vines, completely devoid of the earth that once enveloped them. “There really is a sense of sadness in these photos,” Codor says of the ones she took right after Sandy. The last section of the exhibit features photos taken a year after Sandy as nature begins to repair the damage the storm created. She had two photos of dune grass, one with just a few stalks, the other showing thick plumes

Liora Codor stands among her photographs of Fort Tilden on display at the Jamaica Bay PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Wildlife Refuge now through June 6. of grass just several months later. “It amazes me how nature comes back and when it does, it comes back differently,” Codor said. She noted that the red leaves of the Virginia creeper have exploded in the wake of Sandy.

“Everything else seemed to have died, but that flourishes,” she explained. The exhibit is free and open to the public during the hours the wildlife refuge’s contact house is open, which is daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The photos will be on disQ play through June 6.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Contact: (718) 657-6752. Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center (Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center), 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, has a special Saturday program, open every other Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for all seniors, especially South Asians, offering basic computer classes, basic English, health education, Indian movies, Indian yoga, games, Kinect bowling, tai chi, Yuan Ji dancing, breathing yoga, Ping-Pong, karaoke, field trips, case assistance and a vegetarian Indian-style lunch. Contact: (718) 886-5777. Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Regular weekly hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30; Eldercise, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thursday of month. Monthly buses to Yonkers. Contact: Karen (718) 456-2000. CNS Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expy., Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Kosher/nonkosher lunch, 11:30 a.m. $2. Bingo 3 times a week. Adults 60+. Contact: (718) 225-1144. Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers: computer training classes, all levels, beginners to advanced, including: 21st Century Technology and the latest gadgets; and Microsoft Excel (separate class); fitness classes in Zumba, aerobics, line dancing, chair and mat yoga, tai chi, lower-body toning, sit and be fit; recreational activities (daily bingo, singing, watercolor painting, bus trips, daily meals and more). Contact: Hindy at (718) 894-3441.

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Overeaters Anonymous, Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Rd., Rego Park, Sundays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Contact: (718) 937-0163. Other location: Rego Park Library, Thursdays at 11:15 a.m., 91-41 63 Drive. For help with weight loss and/or other issues. Al-anon self-help group for anyone affected by another’s drinking. Jackson Heights, meets every Tuesday, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82nd St. & 34th Ave., Parish House, 1st floor. Contact: (718) 457-1511. Other location: Rego Park, every Sunday at noon at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road.

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Bereavement groups for loss of a spouse, facilitated by a licensed social worker. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call Pamela Leff: (718) 268-5011, ext. 621. The Lupus Alliance of Long Island and Queens meets once a month on Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m., Flushing. Register/information: (516) 802-3142. Members $10, nonmembers $15, includes a light breakfast, handouts and lunch. Contact: (516) 826-2058. Schizophrenics Anonymous free self-help support group will be held on Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Rd., Rego Park. Call (718) 896-3400. Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings are held every Friday from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, Fr. Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park. Emotions Anonymous, an emotional support group, will be held on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Victoria Congregational Church, 148th St. and 87th Avenue, Briarwood. Call (718) 938-8869 or (917) 312-7150.

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AARP meetings: Open to the general public. Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, 1 p.m. Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, noon. Contact: (718) 672-9890. Chapter 4163, Ozone Park, Christ Lutheran Community Center, 85-15 101 Ave., last Tuesday of each month, noon.

Center for the Women of New York, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Room 325, Job Club, Wednesdays (once a month) 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free, get firsthand info on job leads. Women's Support Group, Wednesdays (once a month) 6:30-8 p.m. Registration required for either program. Free. Contact: CWNY (718) 793-0672, centerwny@yahoo.com.

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When she’s not growing her site, Wu said she likes to eat authentic Asian dishes in Flushing, and fusion fare in Forest Hills; she often frequents Sage General Store in Astoria, and is a movie buff who enjoys watching films at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria and during the summer at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City. The eager artist said she visits and has friends in Brooklyn and Manhattan, but feels a different vibe here. “Queens people, they’re protective and pretty tough. There’s no BS here. That’s why I like Q Queens. It’s real.”

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Notice of formation of INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/19/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 136-19 Franklin Ave, Ste 6A Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Kevin Painting & Home Improvement LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 1/10/14. Office: Queens Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 101-38 113th St., S. Richmond Hill, NY 11419. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of LENOBLE PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/25/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MARMINA TAXI LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/26/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 1720 Linden St., #1R, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MD & EET Management LLC. Art. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/06/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 168-38 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NYC POMMES FRITES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/15/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: JAMAVE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/8/09. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 19748 Jamaica Ave., Queens, NY 11423. General Purpose.

Notice of formation of Kinetic and Innovative Rehabilitation, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/26/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2389 23rd Street, Apt. 2R, Astoria, NY 11105. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MACV LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/9/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 2572 Newbridge Rd., Bellmore, NY 11710. General Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MATIAS EXQUISITE TABLEWARE AND GIFTS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/24/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process Isabel Beatriz Gross, 79-04 149th Street, Suite 1J, Flushing, NY 11367. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

MSSC, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/31/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 59-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of SelDon Group, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/11/13. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 195-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans, NY 11412, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of 3301 Atlantic Partners LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 102-10 Metropolitan Ave Ste 200, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation: 35-02 DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Art. Of Org. were filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/13/2014. Office Loc.: QUEENS COUNTY. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 34-30 Collins Place, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of AMERICAN OAK, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/07/14. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Robert Recca, 2357 51st Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 340 MELROSE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/20/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, P.O. Box 620800, Little Neck, NY 11362. General Purpose.

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Notice of formation of 43-09 169th ST LLC. Art. of Org. filed w. Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/16/2013. Office loc: Queens. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 43-09 169th St, Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of A & W 7608 Realty, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/19/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 7608 Jamaica Ave, Woodhaven, NY 11421. Purpose: General. NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 8/22/13, bearing Index Number NC-000603-13/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ALLISON (Middle) SARABI (Last) HERRERA. My present name is (First) MARVIE (Middle) CHANEL (Last) PEREZ (infant). My present address is 32-47 100th St., East Elmhurst, NY 11369. My place of birth is Queens, NY. My date of birth is November 20, 2008.

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To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILIT Y COMPANY. NAME: CROWN J MANAGEMENT, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/25/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Eddie W Yu, 3100 Zinnia Court, Plano, TX 75075. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CHEM-CLEAN LEASING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/07/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 3367 55th Street, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: EAGER EAGLES CHILD CARE ACADEMY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/27/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Sherene Joseph, Apt. 1A, 21040 Grand Central Parkway, Queens Village, NY 11427. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Clare Gaskins, Ph.D., LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/26/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 85-31 120th Street, Apt. 1E, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOLDEN WIN NY LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 2/28/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 46-24 66th St., Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: all lawful activities.

Notice of formation of CLIFFSIDE PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 1/28/2014. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against Joseph J. Gawalis, III, 30-78 37th St., Apt #2R, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GOLFCITY, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/13. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 7-18 150 St Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CLZ PAINT & DESIGN, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/04/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HSHMUL Taxi, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/18/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Sukhpreet Singh, 9267 240th Street, Bellerose, NY 11426. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Big National LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/14/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Llubica Janjic, 69-55 Juno St., Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful activity.

INDEX NO.: 703002/2013 Filed Date: 3/31/2014, SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE. MORTGAGED PREMISES: 168-31 104 AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11433. BL #: 10222-35. Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS. LOANCARE, A DIVISION OF FNF SERVICING, INC. Plaintiff, -againstPHILLIP WILLIAMS, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, BERNADETTE HENRY, NYC PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NYC TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, OMAR WILLIAMS, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $ 348,570.00 (said loan was modified to $ 288,164.01 by loan modification agreement dated August 1, 2012.) and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of QUEENS on June 22, 2009, at CRFN NUMBER 2009000188584, covering premises known as 168-31 104 AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11433 – BL #: 10222 – 35. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant PHILLIP WILLIAMS, the foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Sidney F. Strauss of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and dated March 10, 2014. Dated: New Rochelle, N.Y. March 25, 2014, McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. /s/____________________. By: Jonathan Pollack Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 145 Huguenot Street, Ste. 210, New Rochelle, NY 10801, p. 914-636-8900, f. 914-636-8901. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE: NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-877-226-5697 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS: Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

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SUMMONS.ORIGINAL FILED WITH THE CLERK ON 01/28/2014. INDEX NO.: 700621/2014. MORTGAGED PREMISES: 75-34 FURMANVILLE AVENUE, MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY 11379. (Block: 3036, Lot: 63). SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. COUNTY OF QUEENS. ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff v. GEORGE NELSON, if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; PEGGY NELSON, if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; ANGELA FISCHER A/K/A ANGELA COCCARO; ALBERT FISCHER; BENEFICIAL NEW YORK, INC.; CAPITAL ONE BANK; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NYC DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE-PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; JOHN DOE (Unknown Tenants/Occupants of the subject property being set for to represent any and all occupants of the subject property being foreclosed herein, and any parties, entities of any kind, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged property) Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above captioned action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. QUEENS COUNTY is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises foreclosed herein. Dated: 1/28/2014. BY: /s/____ Margaret J. Cascino, Esq., Stern & Eisenberg, PC, 485A US Highway Route 1 South, Suite 110, Woodbridge Corporate Center, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, (732) 582-6344, Counsel for Plaintiff. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Augustus C. Agate, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated January 28, 2014 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Furmanville Avenue, distant 258.89 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side of 77th Street and the southerly side of Furmanville Avenue, as said Furmanville Avenue and 77th Street are shown on the Final City Plan; RUNNING THENCE westerly along the southerly side of Furmanville Avenue, 24 feet; THENCE southerly at right angles of Furmanville Avenue, 100 feet; THENCE easterly parallel with Furmanville Avenue, 24 feet; THENCE northerly at right angles to Furmanville Avenue, 100 feet to the southerly side of Furmanville Avenue, at the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 75-34 Furmanville Avenue, Middle Village, NY 11379. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE. NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT. YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-226-5697 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS. Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

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by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

In Queens many bars have come and gone. One was Tutie’s of Ozone Park, an institution and treasure in South Queens for many decades. In the 1940s Tutie’s began to gather up and display memorabilia, long before it was fashionable to decorate a bar or restaurant with such items. As the years rolled by just about everything you could imagine ended up somewhere in the bar at 88-19 Liberty Ave. There was even a toilet seat hanging from the ceiling. If you could name something that wasn’t there, you’d get a free drink. The famous slogan of the bar’s owner, Tutie Sommese, was “If you’re sick of living and don’t know how to die come on down and give Tutie’s a try.” The Sommese family was one of the oldest in Ozone Park. John Sommese was an embalmer who lived on 94th Street with his wife, Concetta. Other Sommese family members were grocery workers and countermen. After World War II, Tutie’s was very popular with returning servicemen. A generation later their sons returning from Viet-

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Tutie’s Bar and some of its knickknacks in the 1950s. Owner Tutie Sommese is on the left. nam loved the place just as much when they returned home. The wild atmosphere fed by the tchotchkes really took you away from the world and your problems. At one point a customer literally sawed a chunk of the bar off and took it home because he loved the place so much and wanted a piece of it. Since its closing many ethnic food businesses have been tried out on this corner but all have failed to make the same mark or impression. You can still see the phrase “Meet Me at Tutie’s” painted on the side of the old bar’s building from the Liberty Avenue subway line. A photo of it also appears on the “ForQ gotten New York” website.

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Colin Jost, who with Cecily Strong succeeded Seth Meyers at the “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update desk, quipped, “Monday was Opening Day for baseball and a reopening of old wounds for Mets fans!” As angry as Mets fans had to have been on March 31 watching their heroes fail to hold a one-run lead with two outs in the ninth inning, their spirits must have truly sunk the next day over the news that the team’s closer, Bobby Parnell, would go on the disabled list because of a ligament tear in his pitching elbow. Last Wednesday Mets general manager Sandy Alderson was initially hopeful that Parnell could avoid season-ending Tommy John surgery because the tear was in a fairly thick part of the elbow. He ominously added, however, that torn ligaments don’t heal themselves. Parnell and Mets management agreed this week that he should have the surgery. Last September Parnell had to end his season early because of neck surgery. Thankfully that operation was completely successful and the Mets are hoping this one will be as well. The Mets’ loss of Parnell makes their failure to re-sign LaTroy Hawkins, who steadied the bullpen in Parnell’s absence last year and was a rare leader in the clubhouse, all that more egregious. Hawkins signed a $2.5 million contract

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