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The fight over state exams continues DOE’s omission, chancellor’s remarks draw heat from opt-out supporters by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

iles Vender-Wilson is the only one in his fifth-grade class at PS 149 in Jackson Heights refusing to take the state tests. But he believes it’s not because the rest of his classmates want to take them. “I think that’s mostly because everybody doesn’t know they have the right to opt out,” Vender-Wilson said. “When I tell other kids, they’re surprised that they have the right to opt out.” The elementary school student is not alone in believing people are underinformed of their right to refuse the state tests. Several Jackson Heights parents and Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) on Monday, in what has become an annual tradition, called on the Department of Education to notify the public their children can opt out of the exams. “We are here again because the Department of Education has not done right by our parents,” said Dromm, a former teacher and ex-chairman of the Council’s Education Committee. The DOE, on its official blog, on April 6 posted several tips for students on how to prepare for the state tests, but did not say they have the right not to take them. The English language arts exam started Wednesday and wraps up today, April 12, while the math tests are scheduled for May 1 and 2. Dromm said it’s “unfortunate that the DOE did not inform parents of their right to opt out,” which about 20 percent across the state did last year. School District 30, which includes Jackson Heights, saw 1.2 percent of eligible students not take the ELA test last year, and 1.5 refuse the math, according to state data. The Queens school district with the highest opt-out percentage rate in 2017 was SD 29 in Southeast Queens — 3.4 percent

did not take ELA, and 4.2 sat out for math. School District 24 had the lowest, with 1.2 percent not present for ELA, and 1.4 for math. School districts on Long Island, in the Hudson Valley and upstate typically had much higher test refusal rates. The DOE and its new chancellor, Richard Carranza, were already in hot water with the opt-out movement prior to that blog post. Carranza in a recent NY1 interview called boycotting the tests “an extreme reaction.” “You don’t know, unless you’re able to assess, where students

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are in the mastery of information,” Carranza said. Amanda Vender, Vender-Wilson’s mother, was not pleased with that remark. “I hope he gets up to speed with what’s going on in our state, because I have seen encouraging statements from him in the past,” she said. “Maybe he’s just not very aware of the movement that’s been in our state for several years.” Dromm said “the only thing I think is extreme is the way these tests have been used” and said “it’s unfortunate” Carranza made that statement. A DOE spokesman said in an emailed statement, “Students are more than a single test score, and State tests are one valuable tool for schools and educators to know how they’re doing and how they can improve instruction. As Chancellor Carranza alluded to last week, the State has made real changes to its exams over the past three years in response to legitimate concerns from the community. The DOE also continues to share detailed information on the State exams through its Parent and School Guides.” Much of the opt-out movement revolves around parents’ and education officials’ protest of the scores being tied to school funding and teacher evaluations and how much time is devoted to the tests. The state Education Department has made some changes in response to the advocates’ demands — the results do not weigh as heavily on a teacher’s evaluation as they once did and students now take the exams over two-day periods, instead of three. Since 2016 there have also been no time limits on the tests, meaning students can take as long as they need to finish them as long as they’re working productively. continued on page 25

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Lindenwood triangle will become a circle Community-government teamwork praised in fight to tackle intersection by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

The fight to improve traffic conditions at the Lindenwood triangle — where 153rd and 155th avenues meet 88th Street — has been going on since Joann Ariola w a s p r e s id e n t of t h e Li n d e nwo o d Alliance. The triangle, located a short distance from PS 232, has been the site of many crashes and pedestrian injuries. Ariola, now the president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, other civic members and Community Board 10 have worked with numerous elected officials to get the intersection fixed. And now, it looks like there is some light at the end of the tunnel. The Department of Transportation last Thursday outlined its plans to turn the triangle into a mini roundabout, designed to decrease speeding and provide pedestrians with safer crossings. The agency will conduct a six-month st udy of the roundabout to see if it improves traffic conditions at the intersection and then determine if it should be made permanent or if any changes need to be made. Under the project, there will be pedestrian refuge islands at the intersection, narrower travel lanes to reduce speeding, painted crossings at each leg and signage telling drivers to yield to pedestrians at all entrances of the roundabout. The outer circle will be constructed

The Department of Transportation later this year will be turning the Lindenwood triangle into a mini roundabout. The intersection, which the area civic has requested be reconfigured for years, FILE PHOTO has been the site of many crashes and pedestrian injuries. with temporary “mountable” materials, such as paint, while the inner one will be “non-mountable,” meaning it can’t be driven on. Members of CB 10 unanimously sup-

ported the proposal, which is slated to be completed by September. “This was a cooperative effort,” CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton said at the panel’s meeting.

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) and Dan Brown, community liaison for Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, also applauded the measure. Ariola said the civic was assisted by all of its area politicians, including former Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, in its fight to make the intersection safer. “This is the absolute definition of community and government working together for the betterment of residents,” she said in a telephone interview. “When civic groups work well with government and government agencies, though it may take some time for there to be a completion to their original plan, it really is worth sticking to. You have to be persistent.” The DOT last February changed No Parking regulations on the west and south curbs of 88th Street and 153rd Avenue to No Standing Anytime in an effort to increase visibility for drivers, but area civic leaders said at the time more needed to be done. O t he r i nt e r se ct ion s m ay re ceive upgrades in the near future, as the city is looking at f ive in Lindenwood to make safer. They are: • 151st Avenue and 85th Street; • 151st Avenue and 89th Street; • 155th Avenue and 86th Street; • 155th Avenue and 88th Street; and • 155th Avenue and 89th Street. The DOT did not say when it would Q release a proposal for those crossings.

An early participatory budget backer drops it Eric Ulrich will fund future projects following community engagements by Anthony O’Reilly For the latest news visit qchron.com

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Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) was one of the first city lawmakers to bring participatory budgeting to his district and he and his staffers have defended it throughout the years, though many residents have expressed frustration at how long it takes for projects that receive funding to come to fruition. “I know it may have given you a bad taste in your mouth,” Kevin Tschirhart, the councilman’s chief of staff, told Woodhaven residents in November 2016. “But we’re asking you not to give up hope on it.” Participatory budgeting has now reached more than 30 Council districts, the residents of which started voting on April 7 to decide how $1 million of public funding should be spent — but no such ballots will be cast in Ulrich’s district, as the lawmaker has decided to abandon the system. Tschirhart, on Tuesday, said one of the main reasons for Ulrich’s decision was that participatory

budgeting “pits neighborhoods against each other. “We didn’t think that was optimistic or a positive thing ... pushing each other to get out the votes in their own neighborhood while hoping the other neighborhood doesn’t.” J. Richard Smith, chairman of Community Board 9, echoed those remarks. “It was whoever had the biggest voting block,” Smith said Tuesday, adding that school officials would often lobby parents to vote for projects that benefited them. The board chairman told the Chronicle he’s not upset by the councilman’s decision, and believes there are much easier ways to direct money to certain parts of the district. Residents in the 32nd Council District have also grown weary of the program in recent years, because it can often take up to three years after the votes have been cast to complete certain projects, such as upgrades to parks. As a result, the projects often end up costing continued on page 25

Participatory budget brainstorming sessions are a thing of the past in the 32nd Council District, because Councilman Eric Ulrich has decided to abandon the system. He was one of the first lawmakers to bring it to New York FILE PHOTO City seven years ago.

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Rail study results are delayed ... yet again Dueling opinions on whether the wait is good or bad for train advocates by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Even the MTA’s studies are delayed. Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) announced Tuesday that the results of the transit agency’s probe into whether trains can once again run on the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line will not be released until this summer — more than a year after the public was originally supposed to know the proposal’s fate. “Am I surprised that the MTA has yet to release the results of the evaluation? No. Am I disappointed? We all are. We all had expectations and were looking forward to a favorable on-time evaluation,” she said in a prepared statement. An MTA spokesman declined to comment on this story. The study was announced by former Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder in March 2016, and was scheduled to be completed a year later. But Pheffer Amato announced then that it would take another 12 months to see if trains could run on the line between Rego Park and Ozone Park. The probe was expanded at that time to have New York City Transit and the Long Island Rail Road, both MTA agencies, also look into the idea, and require an outside

The results of the Rockaway Beach Rail Line feasibility study have been pushed back to the summer, a week after Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato was supposed to receive them. One FILE PHOTO transportation expert called it bad news for the lawmaker. contractor help evaluate the possibility of rebuilding a line there, and include “specific criteria in the final report that are meant to better illustrate the feasibility of the proposal.” The lawmaker was supposed to be briefed on the results by the end of last week, according to her chief of staff, but was noti-

fied Tuesday by an MTA representative that the summer is the new end date. Although she’s disappointed in the longer wait period, the assemblywoman believes there will be good news for train supporters. “The MTA, the LIRR and NYCT are getting the message from our continued advocacy and outpouring of demand from the

community, and, at long last, they’re giving the RBRL a serious look — even if it’s taking a year longer than originally expected,” she said in a statement. “We’ve waited this long, and I anticipate hearing big developments soon.” One transportation expert is not so sure Pheffer Amato will receive good news from the MTA. Larry Penner, a retired official at the U.S. Department of Transportation, said the transit agency would not sit on the study if it was in favor of the rail proposal. “In my professional experience in 31 years, they already know what’s contained in the study because the study was developer over many, many months,” Penner told the Chronicle in a telephone interview on Tuesday. “It’s not as if the MTA is being given all this data and now they need three months to digest it ... I think what it is, is it’s very bad news they’re trying to politically massage.” Furthermore, delaying the results means neither the MTA nor any other agency cannot apply for federal or state funding until they are released. “If they want federal funding, you need to have a dialogue with the Federal Transit Administration and that can take six months continued on page 22

Mail carriers are not showing up to work Acting Jamaica postmaster discusses delivery issues with residents, CB 10 by Anthony O’Reilly

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Acting Jamaica Postmaster Paul Stremel told members of Community Board 10 last Thursday that one of the reasons people are not getting their mail in a timely fashion is that some carriers just don’t want to show up to work. “They don’t like to come to work. A lot of them, they don’t have the work ethic,” Stremel said. “It’s not important to them.” Other carriers must then complete those routes, which results in people getting mail late in the evening, sometimes past 7 p.m. Addressing other bad workers, Stremel said union rules protect certain workers from being terminated after just one incident. “They get a couple of bites of the apple before we can get rid of them,” he said. The acting postmaster’s appearance at CB 10 came as residents across the borough are still complaining of missing or late mail deliveries, an issue that has been prevalent since the beginning of the year. Some have complained of going days without receiving mail and only receiving a few envelopes when it does arrive. Members of Congress have said they would welcome a probe into the matter, and the United States Postal Service has said it will hire additional carriers. Stremel told the board that the USPS is testing out a new policy that requires all carriers off the streets by 7 p.m.

“Everything needs to be delivered by 7,” he said. Additionally, carriers temporarily unable to deliver mail — because of injury or other reasons — will be tasked with answering phone calls at post offices. Stremel encouraged residents and board members to sign up for “Informed Delivery,” a service that takes a photo of the mail people can expect to show up at their house later in the day and sends the snaps to their email or smartphones. Board member Marilyn Vecchio uses informed delivery, but said a piece of mail that was supposed to be delivered on a Thursday did not arrive until three days later — on a Sunday. “You go f igure that one out,” Vecchio told Stremel, who said he would look into the matter. Stremel also addressed several postal safety issues, including the rash of mail fishing in Queens. Mail fishing is a crime in which a perpetrator uses a bottle or other object covered in adhesive to steal checks from mailboxes, then washes off the ink on the check and alters it, making them the recipients of the money and increasing the amount being taken out of the victim’s bank account. Those mailing checks are advised to drop the envelope inside a post office or in a bin before the last posted pick-up time. All drop-off boxes in Queens will soon be retrofitted to prevent mail fishing, replacing the traditional flap with a thin slit. Stremel said some have been confused by the new boxes, which are being installed in waves. “It’s very skinny and it’s very small but it’s there,” Q the postmaster said of the slit in the box.

Acting Jamaica Postmaster Paul Stremel discussed ongoing mail issues with members of Community Board 10 last Thursday, saying part of the problem is PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY carriers who don’t want to come to work.

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Could This Noninvasive, 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 22, 2018 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 22nd, 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.

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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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P Forget that trolley plan EDITORIAL

estern Queens Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer probably summed up the status of Mayor de Blasio’s waterfront streetcar plan as best as anyone could when he told us on Tuesday, “I personally thought this was dead already.” In the news pages, we’re reporting that the mayor now admits the Brooklyn Queens Connector, or BQX cannot be built without federal aid, contrary to what its supporters have been saying for the last two years. That there’s still no sign of the feasibility study on the project, first supposed to be produced by early 2017 at the latest. That the city is stonewalling Freedom of Information Act requests from a group opposing the plan for documents related to it. And that it’s no longer answering our questions about the project [see story in some editions or at qchron.com]. Here in the opinion pages, we can just say the plan is dead. It was a nice idea — a 16-mile trolley route connecting Queens and

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Brooklyn — and maybe it can happen decades from now, but today it’s a pipe dream. Mainly, the money for it isn’t there. There won’t be any federal aid for a toy train under de Blasio’s Christmas tree when far more important projects like the Second Avenue Subway, East Side Access for the Long Island Rail Road and the hoped-for Gateway Tunnel under the Hudson River are jockeying for funds. And don’t expect a dime from the state. How much money would be needed is, of course, unknown. The project’s backers have repeatedly told us, for example, that it would cost $2.5 billion regardless of whether a new bridge would have to be built over Newtown Creek. That just shows it’s not a serious plan. And when the Daily News reported that a deputy mayor said it might not be built if it needs outside funding, the mayor criticized the paper’s reporting rather than address it. RIP, BQX. You were so sleek and modern, you were ahead of your time. Maybe one day.

e thought we had it bad here in Central Queens, where the Department of Transportation ruined what had been a nice, easy turn at a soft angle by making it into an bottleneck. But then there’s what the agency did to Roosevelt Avenue. First the annoyance at Woodhaven Boulevard where it meets Yellowstone Boulevard in Rego Park. It used to be that northbound drivers could turn onto Yellowstone toward Queens Boulevard by barely turning at all, just taking an easy curve off Woodhaven. Then came the delineators, those plastic posts sprouting up all over the streets like weeds in an unkempt garden. A bunch of them now jut out from the curb just where one would make the soft turn, forcing drivers to all but stop and make a hard right instead. Traffic clogs

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One-way or no way? Dear Editor: I read in the April 5 edition of the Chronicle about the Department of Transportation’s suggestions for conversions to one-way streets in Maspeth (“DOT pushes Maspeth one-way conversions,” Mid Queens edition). I would like to know, what ever happened to the DOT’s suggestion of more than three years ago to convert Alderton Street to one-way? The idea was pitched as a way to prevent speeders and other drivers who want to avoid Woodhaven Boulevard congestion and traffic lights. Like many of the streets in Maspeth, Alderton Street is too narrow for two-way traffic, as many a car owner who has gotten a side view mirror damaged can attest. It’s all well and good to make suggestions, but when exactly do these ideas go into effect? Or is it that the DOT is too busy carving out bike and bus lanes that don’t seem to do anything to improve traffic? Judy Nici Rego Park

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by Queens legislators. It will improve service in areas with no subway or commuter train links and very limited bus options. Kew Gardens Hills is one of those areas. Some of this money should be used to restore the Q74 bus line, which ran between the Union Turnpike subway station and Queens College. This was a vital service for KGH residents and QC students until it was discontinued in 2010 under the MTA’s systemwide budget cuts. Our only link to the subway is the Q46 Union Turnpike bus line, which is often unreliable and overcrowded. The college runs a shuttle bus service for students, but it’s not accessible to disabled riders, notes a report in the student newspaper, Knight Beat. Restoring the Q74 would benefit thousands of riders who need it. City Councilman Rory Lancman and state Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal must work hard to make this happen. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

up behind them worse then before, especially when cars pour out of eastbound Cooper Avenue to go north. Some drivers don’t seem to know what to do anymore, maybe thinking the traffic light for northbound Woodhaven now applies to the Yellowstone turn too. If the purpose was to muck up traffic flow, create new dangers and annoy people, the DOT has succeeded. (We don’t know the purpose because the agency won’t answer questions on this.) Meanwhile, the DOT has banned rush-hour deliveries and on a stretch of Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights and Corona, after being warned the idea was a bad one. Business owners and area officials are now up in arms as a result. Memo to the DOT: Remove the posts, allow the deliveries and take your vehicular experimentation back to Manhattan.

GOP debt history Dear Editor: Here are a few observations I have concerning Lenny Rodin’s “Blame both for the debt” (Letters, April 5): 1) His letter could have been written many times by others, years ago. Why? Our debt is as old as our Constitution! Under George Washington our federal debt was $75 million. Today, our debt is over $20 trillion. Only Andrew Jackson left office with no federal debt. 2) Like Trump, Rodin singled out Obama’s final-year $500 billion deficit, which is true. What my favorite Forest Hills Republican failed to mention was the role Bush-43 played in the debt saga. Clinton left Bush a fiscal year 2001 surplus of $356 billion! Bush left Obama with an FY ’09 debt of $1.3 trillion. He gave the rich two huge tax cuts (’01 and ’03) plus a long “stupid” Iraq War and a grand recession. Obama had to fight the way

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made to show that one could oppose Obama based on solid financial analysis. First he credits Obama for the large gains in the stock market. Anyone who follows financial news knows that the consensus among economists is that the ultralow interest rate policy of the Federal Reserve was the main driver behind the market gains. Just look at how the market goes down every time there is talk of the Fed raising rates. Mr. Vogel then credits Obama for the large decline in the unemployment rate. The recession actually ended in the summer of 2009, long before Obama’s policies could take effect. Again, this was due to the Fed’s actions. The unemployment rate continued to fall until October 2009 because unemployment is a lagging indicator (it trails the economic cycle). During Obama’s term the labor participation rate hit lows not reached since the Carter years because so many people stopped looking for jobs; they were so discouraged. Obama also It’$ alway$ Republican$ became the first president not to have any year Dear Editor: I am truly amazed that Lenny Rodin can of 3 percent growth. I guess policies like Cash say (with a straight face?) that when it comes for Clunkers were not a big success. Mr. Vogel was right in saying to the deficit, Democrats don’t Republicans are hypocrites for even pretend to care about it but ONLINE not denouncing the Stormy DanRepublicans do. What a stateiels affair. Democrats are also Miss an editorial or a ment. Republicans are the teenletter cited by a writer? hypocrites for staying silent as agers with their parents credit Want breaking news Bill Clinton sexually harassed card, spending wildly with no from all over Queens? women (he paid Paula Jones thought at all about how to pay Find the latest news, $850,000) and had his law the bill. past reports from all license suspended for lying Two wars in the Middle over the borough and under oath, but now going after East? Let’s have a tax cut! Durmore at qchron.com. ing the Obama presidency, Trump. Republicans were screaming, Mr. Vogel and a handful of “The deficit, the deficit, the deficit!” Now? other letter writers contribute to the decline What deficit? Dick Cheney once said, “Defi- in civil dialogue. Maybe they should sign cits don’t matter.” And Republican voters their letters “Trump Lite.” elected Donald Trump, who christened himLenny Rodin self the “King of Debt.” Forest Hills Democrats are the responsible parents who have to pay the Visa bill, whether it’s Clinton repairing the Bush economy, Obama repairBreak on through ing the Duhbya disaster or the next Demo- Dear Editor: cratic president repairing the destruction that In memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther will be left by this administration giving tax King Jr., at the 50th anniversary of his death, I cuts to billionaires. I guess Mr. Rodin forgot that the last four years of the Clinton admin- was inspired to write this poem: istration were turned into seven consecutive Social injustice is like an elastic cell, years of deficits ($2.1 trillion in total) by Where one bides an earthy hell. Duhbya when he passed up a once-in-a-life- A few pushing can gain some space, time opportunity to pay off most of the Holding firm against its former place. national debt and instead used an imaginary Yet, many hands joined far and wide Can burst free to the other side. projected surplus for a huge tax cut. Glenn Hayes Many analysts have asked why Republicans Kew Gardens have changed their views on deficit spending. Their views haven’t changed at all. They have never cared about the deficit; it was a fraud all Yes, it’s the Queens thing along. One thing has changed: a Republican Dear Editor: sits in the White House. Any reason why your paper is so disgustRobert LaRosa Whitestone ingly pro-Met, or Mutt? Any reason why you don’t have a good hint about the Yankees? Aren’t they both New York teams? Obama didn’t build that Don’t give me the Queens thing, either. Dear Editor: Anthony Bisciello One of Trump’s biggest flaws is that he Howard Beach demonizes political opponents. In his April 5 letter, “That GOP hypocrisy,” Robert Vogel Write a Letter! demonstrates the same flaw by implying that Letters should be no longer than 400 people who do not give Obama credit for turnwords and may be edited. They may be ing around the economy are racists. emailed to letters@qchron.com. Let me respond to the two claims Mr. Vogel

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through all this with the GOP saying, “Just say no!” 3) Rodin failed to mention our two huge economic upheavals occurred under the GOP! Hoover’s depression and Bush-43’s recession. Most economists agree the feds must spend more to end these crises; that’s what Democrats FDR and Obama did to restore the economy. My last thought. Since the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, America has been the 911 for our allies. Here are several examples: Aid to Britain and Russia (World War II), the Marshall Plan to restore postwar Europe, the United Nations, NATO and wars in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq and against ISIS. All paid for by Uncle Sam. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Even without the IDC, Republicans rule Senate Attention now turns to Simcha Felder; Peralta, Avella still face primaries by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

What impact does the return of all members of the Independent Democratic Conference to the mainline Democrats have on the state Senate? In the short-term, little to none. Republicans will still have a numerical majority when the IDC on April 16 hands in a piece of paper notifying the chamber it is rejoining the Democratic caucus, and no longer sharing power with the GOP. Even if Democrats win two special elections on April 24 — one in Westchester and one in the Bronx — the presence of state Sen. Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) in the Republican caucus will still give the GOP power over the upper chamber, even though Democrats would outnumber them 32-31. Should Felder decide to again caucus with the Democrats, they would be the majority. The senator has said he does not feel obliged to pledge loyalty to either party. “I’m loyal to God, my wife and my constituents, and New Yorkers,” he said in an interview with The New York Times. But the unity deal, announced on April 4, is still being hailed by some as a big step forward to Democrats’ taking control of the state Senate. “New York is under attack by an ultraconservative government in Washington that is threatening the progressive soul and economic base of our state,” Gov. Cuomo said in a statement. Under the deal, state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) will be the minority leader and former IDC head Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) will be deputy leader. IDC senators who were committee chairpersons are now ranking members, and have been moved to smaller offices. There have been rumors of Democratic unity for years, but a compromise was reached following a dinner with Stewart-Cousins, Klein, Cuomo, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), chairman of the Queens Democratic Party, and others. State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elm-

Gov. Cuomo, center, announced a Democratic unity deal with state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and former IDC leader Jeff Klein, now a Democratic deputy leader. PHOTO COURTESY NYS

hurst), who joined the IDC in early 2017, said discussions for the deal began in earnest late last year. Asked why an agreement was reached now, Peralta said “all the pieces lined up,” meaning party and labor union leaders were all on the same page. “We needed everyone riding the same train going in the same direction,” Peralta said in a Wednesday interview. “The mission will be to take back the House in Washington, take back the state Senate and, in two years, the White House.” But to some, the timing seems suspicious. Former “Sex and the City” actress Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging Cuomo in the Democratic primary, has taken some credit for getting Cuomo to push for unity sooner rather than later. “For 8 years, Cuomo claimed that he was powerless against the IDC that allowed Republicans to rule the New York State Senate,” Nixon tweeted. “And then since launching our campaign he — surprise! — found the power, and this morning the IDC announced they would caucus with the Democratic Party.”

Brian Browne, a political science professor at St. John’s University, said it’s not unfeasible that her candidacy had some impact on the decision. “Certainly, this arrangement has been going on for years and the political class seemed to be OK with that status quo,” Browne said. “Having a primary challenger probably mot ivat ed h i m t o get t h is resolved.” He added the handshake between Klein and Stewart-Cousins came at a “chaotic time,” as state lawmakers had just finished wrapping up votes on a $168 billion budget. Klein was in the room with Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk) during negotiations, but Stewart-Cousins was not, a fact that irritated many Democrats. Addressing Felder, Peralta said he’s not sure what his colleague will do, but is happy the attention will be on him rather than the now defunct IDC. “People will understand what we’ve been saying for a long time,” he said. “Now we have an opportunity to ask a very important question, ‘What are you going to do?’”

Browne said, “Time will tell.” Even if Felder comes back to the Democrats, the party would only have a one-seat majority. Peralta hopes to win at least two or three more. But he, and other former IDC members, still face primary challenges from candidates upset with their decision to join the breakaway group in the first place. Those candidates — including Jessica Ramos, who is going against Peralta, and John Duane, who is challenging state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) — released a joint statement saying the unity deal “cannot undo the damage that you have done by blocking a single Democratic State Senator in the room to advocate for common-sense progressive priorities. “During budget negotiations, you failed to represent the Democratic voters who elected you. At the polls this year, voters will not make the same mistake again. We will not allow you to mislead New Yorkers with false claims of Democratic unity.” Peralta does not believe he will be punished at the polls for having joined the IDC — and said the move may work in his favor come Sept. 13 because he was able to bring financial resources back to the district, which he was unable to do as part of the minority. Senators in the majority, and those in the IDC, were able to advocate for funding in the budget to benefit area schools, cultural organizations and more. “I had a voice at the table,” Peralta said. He also touted the passage of paid family leave, Raise the Age and more. “I’m very proud of my record during my 14 months in the IDC,” he said. Browne does not see whether a senator was in the IDC or not as a big factor for many voters. “It’s kind of inside baseball trying to explain that there was this caucus but it no longer exists,” the political science professor said. “I think it depends on how Ramos messages it. Primary voters tend to be more informed than general election voters, but on Q the surface it’s a bit clunky.”

Queens GOP backs Molinaro in guv race by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

The Queens Republican Party last Wednesday voted unanimously, with two abstentions, to endorse Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro in the race for New York governor. “Thank you @QueensCountyGOP for your support,” Molinaro tweeted shortly after the vote. “I am humbled & grateful.” Joann Ariola, chairwoman of the Queens Republican Party, said she and the GOP’s executive committee were impressed with the candidate’s resume and that he outlined a strategy for accomplishing his platform promises. “It wasn’t just saying ‘A chicken in every pot,’” Ariola told the Chronicle. “He explained how you were going to get that

chicken. I think that’s what everyone was impressed with.” Molinaro was 36 when elected Dutchess County executive in November 2011, the youngest person ever to win that position. He started his public service at 18 when he was elected to the Board of Trustees for the village of Tivoli and a year later became the youngest-ever mayor in the United States. He’s also served in the Dutchess County Legislature and state Assembly. Molinaro will face state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R-Syracuse) and Joe Holland, former commissioner of the state Department of Housing and Community Renewal, in the September primary. The winner of that race will face the Democratic nominee. Cuomo is being challenged by former “Sex and the City” Q actress Cynthia Nixon.

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‘The Smoking Pie’ put Guyana man fighting out by CB 9 members extradition to Queens Cars being keyed on Atlantic: resident by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Community Board 9 members on Tuesday unanimously voted against granting a liquor license for The Smoking Pie in Woodhaven, a business that is purportedly owned by the operators of two trouble establishments. Jim Cocovillo, co-chairman of CB 9’s Public Safety Committee, asked officers from the 102nd Precinct what they thought about the application before a vote was taken. Lt. Christopher Estrella reported the applicant of the 105-06 Jamaica Ave. establishment is believed to have been connected to the TrapHouse Gentleman’s Club in Ozone Park, which was shut down by the State Liquor Authority in November following dozens of complaints from elected officials and neighboring residents. Some reported having gunshots fired at their cars. Estrella said the owner may have also been connected to another trouble bar. “It leaves a bad taste when you didn’t

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Residents reported TrapHouse patrons FILE PHOTO shooting at their cars. do good your first time around, or your second time around,” the lieutenant said. Nobody spoke in favor of The Smoking Pie’s application at the CB 9 meeting. Residents who live near the TrapHouse said things have gotten much better since it closed. But one resident said there have been multiple cars, including two of her Q own, keyed in the area.

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A Guyana man is trying to fight extradition back to Queens, where he is wanted for allegedly killing a man in South Ozone Park in 2011, according to published reports. Lawyers for Troy Thomas argued in Guyana’s High Court that he is entitled to protections laid out in the country’s Constitution because he is a citizen, Stabroek News, a Guyanese publication, reported on Tuesday. Thomas was ar rested by Guyanese police last month after cops acted on a tip that he was being harbored by a homeowner, according to Stabroek. His lawyers also argue that Magistrate Sherdel IssacsMarcus, who presides in a lower court, has no jurisdiction in the extradition case. The High Court is expected to rule on the defendant’s case on April 13. Stabroek said extradition proceedings in front of the magistracy are expected to be adjourned until that decision is handed down. Guyana and the United States have

an extradition treaty that was drafted when the United Kingdom ruled over the Caribbean island. Although slight changes to the agreement were made after the country became independent, much of it remains the same. Thomas was living in South Ozone Park on Dec. 11, 2011 when he allegedly shot and killed South Richmond Hill resident Keith Frank. An NYPD spokesman said Keith was shot once in the torso on 132nd Street. Keith, who im migrated to New York from Guyana when he was 12, was reportedly at a birthday party when he ran into Thomas, with whom he had had prior altercations. The suspect fled to Guyana shortly after an arrest warrant was issued and has remained on the island ever since, according to reports. A spokeswoman for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement emailed to the Chronicle, “We are working on extraditing Troy Thomas back to Queens. That is all I Q can say on the matter.”

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a ny unwar ranted by Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. The issue of school safety is continuing publicity. With the current to get national attention following the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas DOE g uideli nes, High School in Parkland, Fla., as teachers public schools must and students are still fighting for changes leave one of their front doors that will help keep everyone safe. There is a growing need for heightened u n locked , wh ich security measures right here in Queens allows anyone to following recent incidents in borough enter the school schools. Students, teachers and parents w i t h o u t b e i n g recently raised safety concerns at both screened first. In order to enter our local private and Forest Hills High School, after the school was put on lockdown following a stu- religious schools, and other schools dent’s threat of gun violence, and at PS around the state, you must ring a bell and 184 in Whitestone, where an unwelcomed speak with a staff member before entering because the doors individual entered the are locked. I want to see school and had to be this same system impleremoved from the premhe city has the mented in our public ises. While many activschools, as well. I ists across the country ability to protect believe this simple meaare calling for stricter sure can potentially pregun safety regulations students from vent a dangerous situaand common sense laws, harm now — it’s tion from starting. and others are suggestAs the ranking meming the ridiculous idea of time to act on it. ber of the Senate Educaarming teachers, here in tion Com mit tee, I New York, the Department of Education is looking into differ- appreciate the DOE for their willingness ent safety measures it can implement right to consider measures in ensuring that our inside the public schools to help protect public school children remain safe while they learn. I look forward to continuing our schoolchildren. Some of the ideas being discussed at to work with DOE to bring immediate, various school sites include installing tangible safety measures to our schools. While the DOE is focused on increasmore security cameras, placing more security staff members — including ing safety measures in public schools, trained, armed and unarmed personnel New York’s private schools, Catholic schools and yeshivas are due to receive — in schools. I have introduced legislation that would $15 million in funding for additional require all entrances from the street or out- safety equipment from the 2018-19 New side areas of a public school to be locked York State budget. This funding, along from the outside at all times during the with the safety measures DOE is looking school day, such as it is for private schools. to implement, will go a long way in Other bills I am considering and drafting keeping all of New York’s schoolchildren Q are ones to increase the criminal penalty safe. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. is New York for making threats of violence towards a school and to not release the identity of the State Senator for the 15th District, in person committing the violent act within South and southwestern Queens, and the a school, so as not to give that person ranking member of the Education

including 15,000 by Bitta Mostofi Last month, the Mayor’s Office of New Yorkers. As Immigrant Affairs published our first the Trump adminannual report, celebrating the diversity istration wrongly of our city’s immigrant communities t e r m i n at e d T PS and proudly showcasing local govern- for Haiti, Hondument’s work to promote the health and ras and El Salvawell-being of all New Yorkers. Immi- dor, which all have grant New Yorkers make up a bigger faced sit u at ion s proportion of New York City than they similar to Nepal’s, have in a century, at the same time our the city will coneconomy is booming and we’re experi- tinue to highlight the importance of encing record low levels of crime. renewing Nepalese TPS. In 2015, after a series of devastating Together with our immigrant sisters and brothers, we’re creating a more earthquakes in Nepal killed thousands of people and decimated critical infraequitable and just New York. A mong ou r diverse and vibrant st r uct u re, the federal gover n ment immigrant communities are Nepali established TPS for Nepalese people New Yorkers. Our city is home to the l iv i ng i n t he Un it ed St at es who largest Nepalese community in the couldn’t safely return home. The U.S. country, with nearly 8,000 Nepalese Departments of Homeland Security New Yorkers living throughout the five and State did so in recognition that it would be inhumane to boroughs. Later this force people to return to m o n t h , t h e Tr u m p a country that was unable administration will make to safely reabsorb them. a determination on Temhere are 8,000 Nepal is str uggling to porary Protected Status rebuild from this awful for Ne pa l. New York New Yorkers tragedy. City’s position is clear: who were born So while the stakes of TPS for Nepal must be this decision are high, the extended. in Nepal, and Mayor’s Off ice stands Nepalese New Yorkers are a great example of 7,000 of them f i r m ly w it h Ne palese New Yorkers. Mayor de the dynamism and live in Queens. Blasio recently sent a letgrowth our city is experiter to the Trump adminencing. The Nepali popuistration, seeking a full lation has increased 60 percent since 2010. Of the 8,000 New 18-month renewal of TPS for Nepal. In our annual report for 2017, we Yorkers born in Nepal, almost 7,000 emphasized our efforts to advocate for live in Queens. These New Yorkers are making their TPS recipients. In the five boroughs, mark in the city through establishing our office has worked with a local beautiful Hindu and Buddhist temples, coalition of leaders from the religious, contributing to our economy, serving labor and advocacy communities, as exquisite cuisine in neighborhoods like well as elected officials, to connect Jackson Heights and leading vital New Yorkers with TPS to city and c o m m u n i t y o r g a n i z a t i o n s l i k e community resources, including free Adhikaar and the United Sherpa Asso- and safe immigration legal services ciation. We are proud to have part- available through ActionNYC. Nationnered with both Adhikaar and USA on ally, our Cities for Action coalition of important programs like the city’s free over 175 mayors and county executives English-language learning program works to advocate for immigrant comWe Are New York and our municipal munities, including TPS recipients. If this is an important issue for you, I D prog ra m I DN YC. By work i ng directly with leaders in the Nepali call the White House at (202) 456-1111, community, we have made our city call the Depar t ment of Homeland more inclusive and accessible for a Security at (202) 282-8000 and call the growing, thriving and contributing State Department at (202) 647-4000 to make your voice heard. Advocacy will community of New Yorkers. But the Trump administration might always be central to our work, and in th reaten the prog ress we’ve made this ultimate city of immigrants, we together by terminating TPS for Nepal. will always stand up with our fellow Q Across the United States, TPS provides New Yorkers. Bitta Mostofi is Acting Commissionwork authorization and protection from depor tation to approximately er of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant 300,000 people from 10 countries, Affairs.

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A new, $15 million rental subsidy has been included in the state budget — something Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) is calling a “small victory” in his push for a larger safety net for those facing homelessness. The lawmaker told the Chronicle on Wednesday that the pilot program — crafted by him and state Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester) — will see the $15 million distributed among 240 families either already in a homeless shelter or on the brink of becoming homeless. According to Hevesi, the recipients’ rent supplement will make up the difference between their public assistance shelter allowance and the federally set fair market rent standard — they will be eligible to receive the payments for four years. Of the 240 families, 200 will be New York City residents chosen by the city’s Human Resources Administration in conjunction with his office over the next few months, while the other 40 are residents of Monroe County. Hevesi told the Chronicle on Wednesday that Monroe County was chosen for two reasons: The city of Rochester has a high rate of child poverty and the county has

A $15 million rental assistance pilot program crafted by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, right, and state Sen. Jeff Klein was included in the newly enacted state budget, something the former lawFILE PHOTOS maker called a ‘small victory’ in his push for Home Stability Support. recently launched a number of anti-poverty initiatives that, when paired with the pilot program, will have an even greater chance of succeeding. Two nonprofit organizations will also be hired by the state Office of Temporary Disability Assistance to monitor the program. While it’s not Home Stability Support — his $450 million anti-homelessness initiative that would replace all existing city and state

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Foreclosures down in boro, but SE hurting Queens down 13 percent in 1st Q of 2018 after steep rise last year by Michael Gannon Editor

Home foreclosures in Queens are down for the first quarter of 2018 following a 40 percent increase for all of 2017, but still are a problem in Southeast Queens. The findings were published last week by PropertyShark, a website that chronicles and caters to the residential and commercial real estate industry. Andra Rus of PropertyShark said in an email to the Chronicle that Queens saw 1,260 foreclosures in 2017, as opposed to 898 in 2016. The 2017 numbers were the highest in the borough since the housing collapse in 2010. “It’s difficult to say at this point if the trend spotted in Q1 for Queens will continue for the rest of the year, since many factors may influence the number of new foreclosures filed,” she wrote. “For example, in Q1 2017, new foreclosure cases in Queens registered a 61% increase and then the borough ended the year with a 40% increase overall — still an increase, but much lower than what the first quarter showed.” She added that Southeast Queens, particularly in the 11434 ZIP code, and eastern Brooklyn still are seeing higher numbers of cases. The 11434 area includes all or portions of South Jamaica, St. Albans, Rochdale and Springfield Gardens.

Queens suffered a 40 percent increase in foreclosures in 2017. The rate has fallen in the first quarter of this year, but some sections of Southeast Queens still have not completely recovered GRAPHIC COURTESY PROPERTYSHARK their losses from a decade ago. Rus said PropertyShark’s next quarterly report, to be released in July, might provide better insights of any trend. Yvonne Reddick, district manager of Community Board 12, often gives foreclosure statistics at the beginning of her monthly report to the board.

The 11434 ZIP code makes up a large swath of District 12. She said Rus’ numbers do not come as a surprise to her. “When you say Queens is down for the first quarter, that includes all of Queens,” Reddick said. “Community Board 12 is still hot in terms of foreclosures.”

Rus said there appears to be fewer people entering the process in the first quarter. Reddick believes that could be attributable, at least in part, to more and more people seeking help through city, community and nonprofit agencies earlier in the process than they have in the past. But she said many homeowners still wait to seek help, and in many cases do not act until it is too late to extricate themselves easily. Much of that, Reddick said, comes from a sense of stigma. She said no matter where one lives, there is no shame in asking for help to save a home when that assistance is both needed and available. “You need to get help when you receive your first notice,” Reddick said. “Don’t wait until the sheriff knocks on your door to call. Some people are proud — they don’t want people to know. But when the sheriff shows up to evict you, people will know.” The city has dedicated millions of dollars for technical assistance and legal services to help people avoid foreclosure and eviction. Agencies such as Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica also are available. State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), as another example, offers appointments for free foreclosure legal services that can be scheduled at his district office by calling Q (718) 765-6359.

Embattled NYCHA chair set to resign Olatoye to step down at end of April; Brezenoff named as interim leader by Michael Gannon

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Facing an ongoing federal inquiry and what amounts to a pending state and federal takeover of a large amount of funding, Shola Olatoye and Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday that Olatoye will resign as chairwoman and CEO of the New York City Housing Authority effective at the end of the month. Olatoye joined the administration in its early months in 2014. But the agency has been repeatedly rocked with scandal since this past November, beginning when Olatoye admitted she knowingly submitted false lead paint inspection reports to the federal government — a NYCHA practice that began at the tail end of Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s administration. De Blasio, touring a NYCHA project in the Rockaways on Tuesday morning, had nothing but praise for Olatoye as he named Stanley Brezenoff — who most recently had worked to stabilize the financially teetering NYC Health + Hospitals — as her interim replacement. “The Housing Authority that [Olatoye] inherited four years ago faced bankruptcy, an inability to make basic repairs and an alarming surge in violence,” the mayor said in a statement issued by his office. “She was

a change agent from Day One. Crime is down. Repairs are faster. Finances are stabilized. And NYCHA is putting record investment from the City to work making life better for the 400,000 New Yorkers that call NYCHA home. We’re grateful for her service. “With a proven track record of transforming large agencies, I’m confident that Stanley Brezenoff will help to continue our progress while we search for a new chair.” “This is one of the toughest jobs in America,” Brezenoff said. “Under Mayor de Blasio and Chair Olatoye, NYCHA has faced down enormous challenges, launched a n enor mou s t u r n a rou nd ef for t a nd improved the lives of residents. I’m committed to working with residents, finding new solutions and making progress that people will see and feel in their communities.” Olatoye, testifying before the City Council about lead paint in December, said that NYCHA had been catching up on lead paint inspections since she learned of the lapse. But she also said the inspections were being carried out by trained, certified personnel, which many were not. Just days later, many NYCHA tenants in Brooklyn who had not gotten lead paint inspections in years suddenly received letters threatening eviction for not being pres-

ent to let inspectors in. NYCHA said the letters were sent out in error. This past winter thousands of tenants, who already were dealing with things like mold, deteriorating walls, ceilings and plumbing, vermin infestations or combinations of those, lost heat when aging boilers gave out. Olatoye has said on more than one occasion that union contracts and work rules have, in many cases, presented roadblocks in her efforts to speed up response times of maintenance and construction needs. Gov. Cuomo recently declared a state of emergency at the authority, and ordered that the city appoint a monitor to oversee the spending of more than $600 million, a combination of newly approved state funding and more than $300 that had been previously approved by the state but held back for concerns over lack of oversight. Cuomo’s order allows the waving of many procurement rules. NYCHA now also has “design-build” leeway on projects, which in theory will streamline and speed up the process for projects by allowing one contractor to handle both aspects. The federal department of Housing and Urban Development this month required prior approval for all major NYCHA capital projects that use federal funds. The move

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NCO meeting in HB April 16 Howard Beach and some Ozone Park residents will have the opportunity to discuss quality-of-life issues with Neighborhood Coordination Officers at a community meeting on April 16. The meeting will take place at St. Helen Church, located at 157-10 83 St. in Howard Beach. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and there is no scheduled end time. Police Officer Peter Paese and his partner, Mike Petrizzo, are tasked with covering Sector A in the 106th — everything south of the Conduit, mostly Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach and some parts of Ozone Park. There will be no NYPD higher-ups at the meeting, allowing residents to talk freely with the officers. Other sectors in the command will hold similar meetings later in the month. The NCO initiative launched in the 106th Precinct last July. Two officers are assigned to a sector and walk the beat every day they’re on duty, getting to know residents, business owners and community leaders in an effort to improve police-community Q relations. — Anthony O’Reilly

Attic apartment was flagged by the DOB by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

The attic apartment that three people had to be rescued from as flames ravaged it had been flagged as an illegal dwelling by the Department of Buildings close to 10 years ago, according to public records. The agency on Nov. 17 2008 issued a partial vacate order on 101-51 107 St. in South Richmond Hill because there was no secondary means of egress for the illegally converted attic apartment, according to the DOB’s website. Inspectors also noted there was an illegal conversion of the cellar and ordered it to be vacated at that time. The home had been converted into a three-family, later to a five-family one, when it is only zoned for two. But the landlord, according to records, ignored the city’s demands. A violation was issued May 28, 2013 for failure to comply with the order to vacate, and a $12,000 fine was levied. Several other citations were issued for working on the building without a permit, the DOB’s website states. Families were living in the attic when

it caught fire early Sunday morning. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. According to published reports, firefighters knew the attic was an illegal dwelling and the people inside would need to be rescued from the window. The FDNY used a ladder to get the people out of a small window. “They would all have been dead,” FDNY Battalion Chief Robert Bohack told the New York Post. A DOB spokeswoman told the Chronicle a full vacate order has been issued on the house due to structural damage caused by the fire, smoke and water used to extinguish the blaze. An additional three violations were issued, the DOB said, including one for working on the site without a permit. Tenants of the house have been offered relocation assistance by the American Red Cross and the DOB’s investigation into the house is ongoing, the spokeswoman said. The owner of the house avoided reporters’ questions when confronted at Q the scene of the fire.

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Special prosecutor sought for Stevens If judge’s daughter is indicted, DA, courts will act to avoid conflicts by Michael Gannon

of assigning a special prosecutor,” said a spokeswoman for Queens District Attorney The Queens District Attorney’s Office Richard Brown on Tuesday. The aim is to eliminate the possibility of and the New York State Unified Court System are working on the logistics of how to a conflict of interest that might arise among possibly prosecute the daughter of the judges and prosecutors who must by definisupervising judge of criminal courts in all tion work closely and regularly with each other. of Queens. Police sources said Stevens had been sitReagan Stevens, 42, of Brooklyn, is the daughter of Supervising Judge Deborah Ste- ing in the back seat of a car that officers vens Modica, and currently is on unpaid from the 103rd Precinct found doubleparked just a few blocks from suspension from her where five shots were fired less $90,000-per-year job as a deputy than an hour earlier at 174th director in the Mayor’s Office of Street and 109th Avenue. Criminal Justice. Published reports state that Her stepfather, Judge SalvaShotSpotter technology detected tore Modica, sits in civil court in shots being fired at about 9:42 Queens. p.m. The New York Post reportShe was arrested Saturday on ed that footage from a private charges of second- and thirddegree criminal possession of a A Hi-Point 9mm simi- security camera allegedly capweapon along with two men lar to one police said tured images of five f lashes when none of them claimed own- was found. FILE PHOTO coming from the vehicle. Police sources confirmed to ership of a gun that was found in their car a few blocks from an intersection the Chronicle that five shots had been fired where five shots had been fired less than an earlier and that a loaded 9mm handgun was found in the Infiniti in which Stevens was hour earlier. If Stevens is indicted, prosecutors and the sitting along with Caesar Forbes, 25, and courts face the prospect of having a lot of Montel Hughes, 24, both of whom live nearby. moving parts put into action. Reports stated that the gun, with an “At this point, we have begun the process Editor

The Queens District Attorney’s office already has asked for a special prosecutor in the event that the daughter of a sitting Criminal Court judge is indicted following her arrest over the weekend FILE PHOTO on weapons charges. eight-round capacity, had three bullets left when police allegedly recovered it — with a defaced serial number — from the vehicle’s glove compartment. All three were arrested when nobody claimed ownership of the gun. Forbes and Hughes, according to multiple reports, were

hit with an additional charge for allegedly carrying knives. Stevens’ biography, which said she spent 15 years with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office in charge of a number of diversionary programs, had been removed from Q the MOCJ website as of Monday.

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A $1 million restoration project in Forest Hills’ famed Station Square will get underway later this month, according to the Forest Hills Gardens Corp. PHOTO COURTESY FOREST HILLS GARDENS CORP.

Iconic Station Square in Forest Hills is set to undergo renovations beginning later this month. The Forest Hills Gardens Corp. announced in an April 6 email to its members that the city infrastructure underneath the idyllic plaza will be upgraded and the uneven brick roadway will be resurfaced and leveled. “This project has been on the drawing board for many years and we are excited to embark on this unprecedented event for our community,” the FHGC’s email reads. “This is a multi-faceted project with many phases and involving more than just the restoration of our historic road surface.” The renovations will take approximately eight months — lasting through the end of 2018 — and will require the closure of the eastern two-thirds of the square to vehicles, according to the group. Pedestrians will still be allowed to access the sidewalks, while 71st Avenue and Burns Street west of it will remain open to traffic. Drivers looking to drop off or pick up Long Island Rail Road riders at the entrance to the Forest Hills train station in the square, however, will not be able to directly in front of it. “Because of the logistics of a project of this size and to maintain safety at all times, the entire square east of Continental Avenue will be closed to all vehicular traffic for the entirety of the project,” the FHGC’s email says. “We understand this will be an inconvenience but after much discussion it was

decided there was no other way to safely proceed with this project if the square was not closed to the public. “We are counting on everyone’s understanding, patience, and support throughout this process.” A city source added that work is likely to begin on April 16. The project is being paid for with a $1 million Community Capital Assistance Grant the group received from the state, according to Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills). “It’s funding we helped get for them,” Hevesi said in a Wednesday interview. “Seven or eight years ago now, we put in for a Community Capital Assistance Grant. We’ve gone through this process with them and the money has f inally come through.” Because the streets of Forest Hills Gardens — including Station Square — are private and not controlled by the city, the FHGC is responsible for roadway maintenance and upkeep. Hevesi said he wholeheartedly supports the planned upgrades. “You have to preserve the historic beauty of that area and the history of the Gardens. A former president has spoken there,” Hevesi said, referring to President Theodore Roosevelt’s famous post-presidency “100 percent Americanism” speech in Station Square on July 4, 1917. “It shouldn’t be neglected.” FHGC leadership did not return a request for Q comment by press time on Wednesday.

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RESPECTING THE RAINFOREST The Queens Explorers Magnet School for Global Conservation and Service Learning, PS 316 in Ozone Park, participated in its third service learning project called: Respect the Rainforest. The goal of the project was to have the students become aware of which living things live in a rainforest, how these living things rely on the rainforests in order to survive and what are the effects on our world if the rainforests would disappear. Through the six-week unit the students developed a deeper understanding of their part in our global community as well as educated their local community. Queens Explorers is proud to announce having raised $683.00 for Conservation.org. During the March parent teacher conference the students converted the gymitorium into a rainforest. At the exhibit the parents viewed students work, listened to the sounds of the rainforest, purchased snacks, bought raffle tickets, as well as took pictures with a rainforest frog. It was a five-sensory experience that made everyone connect to the rainforest.

THE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM. Caring for a family member who has trouble with thinking and memory can be extremely challenging. So challenging, in fact, that caregivers may feel overwhelmed, struggling to maintain their own health and well-being.

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A new Queens CERT class The city Emergency Management Department recently held its graduation ceremony for 35 Community Emergency Response Team, known as CERT, volunteers, 14 of whom will be assigned to Queens. The CERT graduates completed a training course in disaster preparedness, basic emergency response skills, first aid and more. The CERT team ser ving Community Boards 12 and 13 will gain eight new volunteers while CBs 1 and 2 will get two, CB 9 will get two, CB 4 one and CBs 7 and 11 will get one. Seen here are the Queens volunteers

with some of their instructors. Top row: Craig Kligfield, left, FDNY Captain James Spencer, NYC Emergency Management Liaison Karen Thomas, Jon Butler, Lesly Bataille, Meghan Lee and Bishop Knight. Middle row: NYPD Auxiliary Det. Tammy Sheedy, left, Anthony DiNatale, Dimitri Bznuni, Sincede Savoca, Sheila Flores, Sonia Thompson, Eric Freeman and NYC Emergency Management Liaison Bushra Mollick. Bottom row: John-Peter Cruz, left, Lisa Dawson, Fumi Shiba, Scott Rubel, Audrea Newsome, and NYPD Auxiliary Sgt. Kenny Garcia.

The NYPD last week marked the anniversaries of the deaths of two police officers who worked out of the 103rd Precinct station house in Jamaica. I n s p e c t o r T h o m a s B oyl a n w a s attached to the 22nd Division — now known as Patrol Borough Queens South — on the morning of April 5, 1952 when a C-46 cargo plane crashed after an aborted landing at Idlewild Airport, plunging into a row of houses at 169th Street and 88th Avenue, directly in front of the patrol car in which he was riding with Patrolman William O’Shea. Debris struck the car, killing Boylan instantly. He had joined the NYPD in 1922. The two people on the plane and two on the ground also died. O’Shea survived his injuries. Det. William Capers was working in plain clothes with the 16th Division’s Burglary-Larceny Unit on April 3, 1972 when he observed three men behaving suspiciously in front of a bank at 164th Street and Jamaica Avenue. Capers fired a shot from his service weapon during a struggle as he attempted to stop the suspects. The shot was heard

Insp. Thomas Boylan, left, died in 1952, when a plane overshot a runway at Idlewild Airport and debris struck his cruiser. Det. William Capers was killed in a “friendly fire” shooting in 1972. PHOTOS COURTESY NYPD

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by a nearby patrolman on traffic duty, who instantly responded. Not realizing that Capers was a police officer, he fired once, fatally wounding the 19-year veteran in a tragic case of friendly fire. Capers left behind his wife and son. As a result of his death, the NYPD initiated policies and procedures to better protect plain clothes officers who find Q themselves in armed confrontations.

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Meng speaks about concerns of district Pol working on airplane noise issue; plans on talking at gun safety town hall by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Members of Congress from all over the country — including two who represent Queens — have recently spoken at gun safety town halls. But constituents of Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) shouldn’t feel left out. That’s because she’s planning on talking at a town hall at Forest Hills High School, which recently went into lockdown mode in response to a hoax threat. “We are doing something,” she said in a sitdown interview with the Chronicle’s editorial board last Thursday. “We just don’t have a date yet.” Recently, Meng said, officials at Queens schools have reached out to the congresswoman more than they usually had during her years as an elected official. “There was always the occasional, you know, social studies teacher, history teacher, [Advanced Placement] government teacher — they want us to go visit their school around once a year,” she explained. But lately, Meng added, “it’s been very different. “I think that teachers and administrators are actively seeking ways to talk to their students and to help their students become more effectively engaged,” she said. “So, we’ve seen a lot more reach-out, I think, because of the political climate.”

Rep. Grace Meng plans on talking at a not-yet-scheduled gun safety-focused town hall at Forest Hills High School, which recently went into lockdown over a hoax threat. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON The congresswoman, who refused to attend the inauguration of President Trump, has staunchly opposed many of his administration’s decisions. Meng says Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ plan to include a question about citizenship on 2020 Census

forms could result in New York — which has a high population of undocumented immigrants — losing federal funding or congressional representation. According to Meng, infrastructure money, schools and Medicare funding are among

what’s at stake. “Local Queens groups, for example, will be super important in making sure that people are filling out the Census,” she said. An undercount for New York, Meng added, would “hurt all of us.” The congresswoman said that an artsfocused institution in Queens, which her office preferred not to name, told her undocumented people’s fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has negatively impacted them. “They’ll hold an event and they won’t have good turnout because people don’t want to be seen in large crowds,” she explained. Along with her colleagues in Congress’ Quiet Skies Caucus, Meng was recently able to score a win for many constituents in the recent omnibus spending bill signed by President Trump. A clause in the legislation instructs the Federal Aviation Administration to look at using metrics other than day-night average sound level — which many have criticized — to measure airplane noise. Those in Meng’s district who are sick of noisy planes may be interested in hearing about her discussions with NASA and the U.S. Navy. “They want to be able to ... further develop technology on how to have quieter engines,” the lawmaker said. “Times have changed and even the permissicontinued on page 32

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Turn on CNN or MSNBC tonight, and there’s a good chance you’ll see a segment or two about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. In the last six months, multiple high-ranking Donald Trump campaign officials have been hit with either financial felonies or charges of lying to investigators, while 13 Russians have been indicted for allegedly weaponizing social media to swing the race. And if Mueller is able to prove collusion between Moscow and the campaign of thencandidate Trump in order to swing the election — or that the president obstructed justice in an attempt to kill the probe — people across the political spectrum say the Queens native could face impeachment at the least. But when Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), in her role as a Democratic National Committee vice chairwoman, travels around the nation to speak with voters, she said the investigation is the last thing on their minds. “As big of a deal as this is to us, to our country and our institutions, when I am traveling to areas around the country, this is not a top concern,” Meng said in a sitdown interview with the Chronicle’s editorial board last Thursday. “While we talk about it a lot in this building and in Congress, it’s not something the American public fully grasps yet.” And while the lawmaker called Russian

Pol talks tariffs, Mueller and more interference and potential collusion a “threat to our democracy,” she added she has no interest at the moment in joining the small group of congressional Democrats already clammoring for Trump’s removal. “I think Donald Trump, the chaos and the occasional incompetency of his administration are things that help Democrats politically,” she said. “[Vice President] Pence is someone who would probably have similar policy ideas, but would probably be a lot more savvy in being able to get things accomplished the way he wants to.” Much more pressing matters, she said, include the escalating trade feud between the United State and China — leading to stock market volatility and fears over how Chinese tariffs on soybeans and pork could crush Midwest farmers financially. Despite being an outspoken critic of the president, Meng said she agrees with the motivation behind the tariffs placed on Chinese steel and other items as a way to combat the Asian power’s unfair trade practices. When pressed on whether the feud will either bring the two giant economies to the negotiating table or create a permanent break between them, the lawmaker believes the former scenario is more likely to play out. “I don’t know how many better options they have to buy soybeans or other products made

by Americans elsewhere,” she said. “Maybe I’m being a little too optimistic, but that’s my hope. “If there are good things that are accomplished from this, we should tout them,” she added. “I hate when either party uses talking points that are so biased or black and white, I think that makes us as leaders and politicians look less credible.” When it comes to impacts in her district, the lawmaker noted she has yet to hear from many Chinese-American business owners — “we will have to have these conversations with them” — but said grocery bills in Queens could “potentially” rise, should a full-scale trade war break out. There is some optimism in the district, however, for Trump’s proposed meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, which the president said Monday could happen in May or June [see separate story in some editions or at qchron.com]. Meng isn’t as positive, however, as she expressed worry over two things: the optics of the American president meeting with an oppressive tyrant and the possibility Trump puts his own interests ahead of the country’s. “We need to make sure the president is negotiating with America’s interests first and foremost, and not just that Kim Jong-un gets a photo with the American president without

Rep. Grace Meng talks Trump, tariffs, taxes, FILE PHOTO upcoming elections and more. conceding anything before the meeting,” she said. “If he is able to get concessions and give him his photo, we should all give him credit. But we don’t want to be seen as rewarding a sponsor of terrorism.” As a vice chairwoman of the DNC, Meng is tasked with helping support the massive wave of new Democratic candidates looking to win Congressional seats this November. But a number of those hopefuls, most notably Pennsylvania Rep.-elect Conor Lamb, have said they do not support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). The former speaker drew the ire of those on continued on page 32

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Rep. Meng talks local issues continued from page 30 ble noise levels are being exceeded,” she said. “We’re hopeful.” In the Elmhurst section of her district, Meng would like to see a new Long Island Rail Road station. The neighborhood once had one, but it’s been closed for years; the MTA has $3 million in its 2015-19 capital budget plan dedicated to the environmental review and preliminary design for a new Elmhurst stop on the Port Washington line, which can be packed with passengers during rush-hour times. Meng said that while the passenger crowding on the line is problematic, “it’s underutilized now, at least during the day.” A rehabilitated Elmhurst station, she added, wouldn’t receive express trains to Manhattan or Port Washington, LI. “The local ones are less busy, I think, than the express ones,” she added. Much of her district, especially Flushing and Bayside, has large Korean populations. Some Queens residents with ancestry from the Koreas have expressed strong political opinions about President Trump’s plan to hold a summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. According to Meng, many people in her district are happy about the unprecedented plan for a meeting between the leaders of the two countries. The congresswoman said that based on what she’s hearing, most but not all of her

constituents are “excited” about the summit. “They don’t want to see another war. They have relatives and loved ones back at home and nothing’s changed for decades,” said Meng. “Some of them have relatives that stay in North Korea. They want to be able to see them again and interact with them again.” In response to some White House policies, the congresswoman explained, she’s had to do some outreach that didn’t need to be done during the Obama years. “We have been working with the local Asian-American community in a way that we hadn’t necessarily had to before,” she said. Much of the outreach to the demographic, Meng added, has been about “trying to make clear that some policies being put forth by this administration could hurt them.” Because many businesses in Flushing import goods from China, the neighborhood could be particularly hurt were a trade war between the Asian country and the United States to intensify. Meng said she hadn’t been contacted by any Flushing business owners or leaders about the issues that could arise from tariffs. “I haven’t yet,” she said. “We are trying to figure out a good way to approach this. This is literally coming out in the media more and more this week, so we will have to Q have these conversations with them.”

Meng talks national politics continued from page 30 the left and right in January when she said the one-time bonuses some corporate employees received after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act became law amounted to “crumbs” — compared to what company investors received in stock buybacks. While Meng def lected when asked whether Pelosi was becoming a detriment to the party’s chances of taking back the House, she did call her colleague’s comments “insulting.” “If you tell that middle American family that the extra $100 in their paycheck isn’t enough, that’s a little insulting,” she said. “I did not like the ‘crumbs’ comment because that is significant money for a family. Just because it’s not $33,000, that doesn’t mean it’s not something that benefited them.” An ardent opponent of the new law, Meng said the Democratic Party as a whole needed to do a much better job of explaining the dangers of permanent corporate tax cuts while trying to avoid trivializing wage increases some Americans have seen. “We have to connect it to how it hurts them eventually,” she said, “but we can’t say 100 percent it was bad policy, because that’s not true for them.” Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) has been said to be campaigning behind closed doors for the speaker role, should the Democrats take back the House. Meng said her Queens colleague is cer-

tainly one of the “top contenders,” adding the borough could really benefit from having one of its representatives be the House’s most powerful member. “Whether it’s bringing back more resources or attention, even if it’s symbolic like Queens being mentioned in a speech, it would be great,” she said. The congresswoman was also complimentary of another potential candidate named Joe — former Vice President Joe Biden, 75, whom she met with in March. Meng said she did not have a preferred candidate to take on Trump just yet but that the person would have to be someone who “can go into any community” and connect with the audience. “His age is going to be a factor,” she said. “But if there’s no frontrunner in the next year, that gives Joe Biden an in.” One of the many potential 2020 candidates is U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a House member who was appointed to the Senate after Hillary Clinton resigned to become then-President Obama’s secretary of state. Should Gillibrand win the presidency or resign to take a Cabinet position, would Meng want her Senate seat? “You never say never,” she said. “I don’t know what opportunities will open up, but I believe in being ready to do anything as long as I can continue serving my commuQ nity here.”

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History in hand The past is present at King Manor kids’ craft events The kids who turned out on Saturday for this month’s Hands-On History workshop at King Manor Museum in Jamaica probably had no idea that they were participating in a centuries-old tradition. They just knew that they were having a ball. The ongoing series, which is free and takes place the first Saturday of every month except January, focused this time around on the making of crazy quilt squares, a name which is totally apt rather than derogatory. A textile art that encourages creativity, crazy quilting dates to the 1800s and involves the making of quilts that feature smaller and more

irregularly shaped pieces of fabric than standard quilts, without any repeated motifs. As youngsters arrived early Saturday afternoon, they were given one large piece of fabric — their quilt square — and instructed to select for themselves from a large basket pieces of scrap of various sizes, shapes and patterns. The very young were seated in one area where they adhered the smaller pieces to the large one with good old-fashioned glue; the older ones sat apart, each working with a needle and thread, learning various stitching techniques. According to the museum’s Director of Education Brittany Lester, crazy quilting stemmed in part from the adage, “Waste not, want not,” the idea being to use every last bit of old fabric that

was available. It was also, she said, “a great way for families to connect with each other. Crazy quilts are very much a part of American culture.” Some quilts, Lester said, were known to have taken up to 1,500 hours to complete, involving not only the sewing of fabric but the addition of fancy lace, bows and other decorative touches. Among the first visitors to arrive on Saturday was 3-year-old Aleia Maharajh of Richmond Hill, along with her mom, Alesia Khan. “It’s a good way for her to be creative,” Khan said, offering her daughter a helping hand. Another mother, Jana Yagudayev, of Kew Gardens, agreed, saying she brought her daughter, Nicole, 5, because she wants “to develop her imagination.” continued on page 37

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EXHIBITS MoMA PS 1 Spring Open House, celebrating NYC’s performance scene with more than 35 artists presenting work that “intersects music, art and nightlife.” Sun., April 15, 12-6 p.m., 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

“Little Women,” a musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s novel about the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, with authentic 19th-century music, adapted by Dolly Guinther and Beatrice Grant. Sat., April 21, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 22 and 29 and Sat., April 28, 2:30 p.m.; Fri., April 27, 7:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. $15; $12 each in groups of six or more. Info: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.org.

“Solar-Lunar Transcriptions,” with teaching artist Tina Seligman exploring the rhythms of the sun and moon through visual art, music and poetry. Sat.-Sun., April 14-15, 12-5 p.m.; weekdays in between by app’t, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. “Southeast Queens Biennial: A Locus of Moving Points,” with works by three generations of artists with deep connections to the area, in various media. Thru Sat., April 21, York College Fine Arts Gallery, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. “Notations in Passing,” a related exhibit with glimpses of the experiences of people living and working in the area. Thru Sat., April 21, Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Both by No Longer Empty Curatorial Lab and the York gallery. Free. Info: (718) 262-3797 (York), (718) 990-0778 (library), nolongerempty.org. “Art in the Garden: Hope,” with intricately detailed pencil drawings of seeds artist Laura Fantini has collected in NYC and Italy, exploring their power, new beginnings and growth. Thru Sun., April 29. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free thru March; then free with garden admission. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. “Peace and Love,” with paintings, mixed-media works and sculptures by several artists, reflecting the African-American experience. Thru., Mon., April 30. Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 16104 Jamaica Ave. Free (donations welcome). Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org. “Queens Selects,” with works in various media chosen by Queens College faculty and students from the Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection, dating from 1000 to 1500. Thru. May 31, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org.

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“Much Ado About Nothing,” the beloved Shakespeare comedy about the courtship of two very different couples, “a saucy and sparkling battle of wits,” by the Titan Theatre Co. Thu.-Sat., April 12-14 and Thu.-Sun., April 19-22, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 15 and 22, 4 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $18. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

“A Fresh Civility: CUNY Queens College MFA show,” with diverse works in different media by students in the Masters in Fine Arts program, including Zaid Islam’s “Dis-OBEY,” left. Fri., April 13 (opening reception 7-10 p.m.)-Thu., May 10, LIC Artists’ Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City (parking lot entrance; door above staircase). Free. Info: (917) 287-3093, licartists.org, artdept.qc.cuny.edu. COURTESY PHOTO

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The Gingerbread Players will perform a unique musical adaptation of the beloved 186869 novel “Little Women,” featuring songs of the era, in Forest Hills starting April 21. See Theatre. PHOTO BY LOUISE GUINTHER / THE GINGERBREAD PLAYERS

MUSIC Queens Jazz Over Ground Spring Fest, a free, day-long series of workshops and performances highlighting musicians and vocalists in Queens. Sat., April 14, 12-10 p.m. (certain events at certain times), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org, queensjazz.org. Edmar Castaneda Quartet with special guest Gregoire Maret, combining the harp and harmonica: “harp vs. harp.” Sun., April 15, 3-5 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $25-$40. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org. Brian Stokes Mitchell: Simply Broadway, with the stage and screen star performing hits from his career and music from his new album, backed by a live band. Sun., April 15, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $40-$50. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org. Global Mashup #1: Latin Boogaloo Meets Afrobeat, with music of each style played by separate bands and then a jam of both, with open dance floor. Fri., April 20, 8 p.m. (dance lessons 7 p.m.), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens 13-19 with ID. More mashups every other Fri. thru June 15. Info/RSVP: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org. Broadway Valentine, with three real-life couples who are Broadway veterans performing favorite love songs of the Great White Way; rescheduled after cancellation due to water main break. Sat., April 14,

3 and 8 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20-$30. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

DANCE Nai-Ni Chen Dance Co.: CrossCurrent V, featuring new works in a collaboration with the Queens College Dance Program. Sun., April 15, 2 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens 13-19 with ID. Info/RSVP: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY PHOTO

THEATRE “[title of show],” a musical about its own creation as a theater festival entry, and the struggles of its author and composer and their two actress friends. Thu.-Sat., April 12-14, 7:30 p.m. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18 advance; $20 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com. “Murder at the Castle,” a murder mystery dinner show with live actors, audience participation and full meal. Sat., April 14, 7-10 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $80. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org.

Fashion in Film Festival, the 10th annual, with movies notable for their use of costumes and styles from the 1920s to today. Thru Sun., April 22, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15 each; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

LECTURES/TALKS Headwraps of African Women in America, on those worn by both free and enslaved women from the 18th to 19th centuries, by historical interpreter Cheyney McKnight of Not Your Mama’s History. Sun., April 15, 3-4:30 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org. Birding by Ear on Long Island: Spring Warbler Songs, with presentations on more than 30 species as the core of spring migration arrives, by ornithologist Stephane Perreault for the Queens County Bird Club. Wed., April 18, 8 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info: (718) 229-4000, qcbirdclub.org. Wartime Defection: Resistance & Rescue During Genocide, on decision-making in violent contexts and the shift from support for state violence to resistance, by Aliza Luft of UCLA. Thu., April 12, 5-7 p.m., Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info/registration: (718) 2815770, khc.qcc.cuny.edu. COURTESY PHOTO continued on page 38

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Titan Theatre Co., the resident troupe at Queens Theatre in Flushing, has been unusually successful in making the plays of William Shakespeare and other classic writers accessible to today’s audiences. The trend continues with its current offering, “Much Ado About Nothing,” a delightful romp involving the misperceptions, false reports and, of course, disguises that characterize many of the Bard’s comedies. The production, under the direction of Jenny Bennett, who also did the adaptation, is distinguished by its hip, fresh vibe, beginning with the appearance of one of its leading players, Lenny Banovez, who struts on with sunglasses and a swagger that would not be out of place on a Manhattan street. Music and hints at slapstick add to the merriment. Many of the actors incorporate modern mannerisms (as well as an occasional expression) into their characterizations,

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ When: Thu.-Sat., April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., April 15 and 22, 4 p.m. Where: Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park Tickets: $18. (347) 738-5602, titantheatrecompany.com

much to the surprise and delight of the audience. At last Friday night’s opening, the spectators, including many children, filled the intimate space with laughter nearly from start to finish. Being only inches from the actors is an important part of the experience. Things turn ominous in the second of two acts (the play is abbreviated here, following this troupe’s customary formula), threatening to lead to a tragic ending. But even then there is plenty of laughter, much of it courtesy of Carine Montbertrand, who, in an unusually effective case of blind casting, offers a most amusing turn as Dogberry, the constable who takes his job ohso-seriously. She has great fun directly addressing the audience, a practice several other actors employ as well. The play offers commentary on a multitude Lenny Banovez and Molly Thomas share an intense moment as Beatrice of issues, among them attitudes toward and Benedick in “Much Ado About Nothing.” PHOTO BY MICHAEL PAULEY courtship and marriage, the status of women and the impact of gossip, through several plots that and Claudio (Andrew Garrett), Benedick’s gullible friend. unfold simultaneously. These include the evolving relaBanovez, who is Titan’s artistic director, seems a perfect tionship between Beatrice (Molly Thomas), one of Shake- fit as the histrionic Benedick, who appears to always be perspeare’s strongest female characters, and Benedick forming for the benefit of others, though deeper feelings (Banovez), a soldier who vows never to marry, and a may well lurk beneath the surface. Banovez is terrific at scheme to ruin the happiness of another couple, Hero offering surprising line deliveries and uses vocal inflections (Ann Flanigan), the virtuous daughter of the well-respect- most amusingly. Thomas is a fine foil, as the two compete to ed governor of Messina, where the action takes place, continued on page 39

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Old traditions for new generations at King Manor continued from page 33 She hoped an activity like this would also help Nicole enhance her socialization skills. Kiara Williams, 11, came all the way from Lake Ronkonkoma, LI, while visiting her grandmother in Queens Village. “I wanted her to learn about the history of Rufus King,” Kiara’s grandmother, Teresa Williams, said, and to “get a grasp of what people did in the olden times before electronics.” And LaShana Simmons, also of Queens Village, brought her 8-year-old twins, Lucas and Olivia, to the event because “families need more quality time together instead of spending so much time in front of a TV or laptop.”

Hands-On History When: First Sat. of each month Where: King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica Entry: Free. (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org

Lucas, a study in concentration, looked up from his project long enough to call it “a mash-up of all my favorite designs. It’s fun.” Assisting Brittany for the day was artist Risa Puno, whose 20-by-22-foot, multileveled picnic table-like sculpture, “Common Ground,” has been on display on the museum’s grounds since last year. The piece, which celebrates what Puno described as “harmony through diversity,” features 60,000 glass tiles, the designs of which she said were inspired by quilt patterns and flags of different countries. It will soon be heading to a museum in Connecticut and then, Puno hopes, it will find a permanent home somewhere. King Manor’s upcoming Hands-On History events include, on May 5, “Make a Scented Sachet!,” to be followed on June 2 by “Make Your Own Clay Pot!” and on July 7 by “Become an American

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Holocaust Memorial Service, with guest speaker Manny Korman, a child on the Kindertransport, the British program to rescue children from Nazi-controlled areas; with a collation (light meal) afterward. Sun., April 15, 7 p.m., Howard Beach Judea Chabad, 162-05 90 St. Free. Info: (718) 641-6743. How We Create & How We Cope, with multidisciplinary performances and presentations about mental health, mental illness and the connection to creativity. Sun., April 15, 5 p.m., LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Little Theater, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 482-5151, bit.ly/2JxQJLN.

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KIDS/TEENS “Pete the Cat,” a play about a groovy cat and his pal, Jimmy, and the adventures they have when the second-grader needs help with art class. Sat., April 14, 2 p.m., Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. $10; $5 kids. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

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Storytime, for kids from infancy to age 5 and their parents or caregivers, with songs and crafts too. Each Wed. thru April 25, 10:45-11:30 a.m., Rochdale Village Library, 169-09 137 Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 723-4440, queenslibrary.org.

Chess, card and board games for teens, with Uno, poker, chess and more, every Mon.-Sat. except major holidays, 2-6 p.m., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 359-8332, queenslibrary.org. Storytime!, every Thu., 11-11:30 a.m., Astoria Bookshop, 31-29 31 St. Free. Info: (718) 2782665, astoriabookshop.com.

MARKETS Italian Charities of America flea market, with refreshments and food also for sale and vendor tables available for $25. Sat., April 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Info: (718) 478-3100.

SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dances, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, Italian and Spanish music, food and more. Sat., April 21 (and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100. Israeli folk dancing, with instruction for beginners, in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. Each Mon., 7:30 p.m. (beginners’ instruction); 8:3010 p.m. (intermediate dances), Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows. $10. Info: (718) 380-4145, hillcrestjc.org.

CLUBS “Hooks & Needles” Crochet & Knit Club, with participants bringing projects, hooks, needles and yarn, or working on charity projects. Every Thu., 6:30-9 p.m., Big 6 Shopping Center, 60-10 Queens Blvd., Woodside (entrance inside shopping center, up one flight, down hall to left of 99-cent store). Info: Lorraine, (917) 817-4037.

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Titan’s ‘Much Ado’ continued from page 35 out-insult each other. Flanigan is appropriately gentle as the intended wife of Claudio, played with a wide range of emotions by Garrett. Marcus Denard Johnson makes an impression as the powerful nobleman Don Pedro; Tristan Coltan is the personification of melancholia as Don John, who’s at the center of the evil scheme; and Jack Cirillo and Michael Selkirk make their marks as, respectively, Leonato, Hero’s father, and his brother, Antonio. Mike Lee plays guitar and sings pleasantly as Balthasar, a servant, and leads some surprisingly attractive choral singing, in which most of the cast participates.

The simple setting (designed by Michael Sabourin), depicting a series of doors with shutters and an open entranceway in the middle, sets an appropriate atmosphere and offers ample oppor tunities for rapid entrances and exits. Eric Van Tassell’s lighting is evocative. The costumes designed by Olivia J. Trees are largely of the pastel variety and mostly attractive, though one or two of the players appeared inappropriately unkempt on opening night. Now wrapping up its ninth season, Titan, which has a knack for attracting both seasoned and blossoming theatergoers, deserves its growing reputation as a fine Q theatrical company.

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

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CB 11 to LPC: Don’t diminish public input Board says proposed rule changes shouldn’t shut out community voices by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Many across the city have criticized the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s proposed rule amendments. Intended to streamline the process of approving some kinds of exterior changes to buildings protected by a historic status designation, the proposals have led advocates to say the change would shut out public input. Along with some less controversial amendments, the proposed changes would allow the staff of the LPC — rather than its commissioners — to approve alterations like barely visible rear yard and side yard additions to a landmarked property that are routinely approved by the commissioners. Major alterations that significantly impact the look of historic buildings would still be approved by the commissioners, according to the LPC. To make that process — which includes public hearings — easier and less costly for applicants and more efficient and transparent for the LPC, the proposed changes would create new rules, codifying established criteria used by the commissioners. When dealing with applications that its commissioners, rather than solely staff-level employees, must approve, the commission urges applicants to get feedback from community boards about their plans. Community Board 11 is adding to the chorus of criticism of the rule changes proposal. The advisory council unanimously approved a resolution on Monday in opposition to the potential loss of input from community boards and the public about the applications that the LPC is now seeking to give its staff the power to approve. Henry Euler, the board member who came

A home on Center Drive in the Douglaston Historic District. In response to the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s proposed rule changes, Community Board 11 passed a motion on Monday in opposition to the potential exclusion of public input about alteration applications PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY for properties in historic districts. up with the resolution, briefly discussed the proposed LPC rules changes, speaking out against any reduction of public input. “I don’t think that’s correct,” he said. “I think it’s very important for a community and a community board to have an opportunity to raise their concerns.” Within Community District 11, there are the Douglaston and Douglaston Hill historic districts, in addition to individual properties like the Ahles House in Bayside that are landmarked. The advisory council has a Landmarks Committee that has reviewed applications for exterior work in the preserved sections

of Douglaston. “It’s really important ... for the community to give their input into the future of where we live,” Douglas Montgomery, the co-chairman of the CB 11 Landmarks Committee, said. The committee speaks with homeowners seeking alterations, as well as architects if they were involved in the application, Euler said in an interview Tuesday. After reviewing the proposed alteration, the committee writes a letter to the LPC with a recommendation. After the meeting, CB 11 District Manager Joe Marziliano told the Chronicle that the

resolution calls for the planned rule changes to be amended “to ensure that the public, community boards and preservation groups can fully review and participate in” the applications that the LPC wants to let staff handle alone. The proposed rule changes would not just affect how the city approves certain alterations in the protected parts of Douglaston — Queens also has historic districts in St. Albans, Sunnyside, Jackson Heights and Ridgewood. And throughout the borough, there are individually landmarked buildings. Historic Districts Council Executive Director Simeon Bankoff is among the activists saying the proposed rule changes will reduce public input. If implemented as policy, Bankoff says it could result in community boards having “less of a sense of what’s going on in their historic districts. Neighbors will have less of an opportunity to weigh in on projects that can affect their neighborhoods.” In response to the criticism about the loss of public input for certain applications, the LPC defended the proposed rule changes. “The proposed rules are intended to increase transparency and efficiency,” agency spokseswoman Zodet Negrón said. Codifying long-established criteria used by the commissioners in their decisions, she added, “not only informs applicants what they can do, but does the same for neighbors and communities.” The public comment period for the proposed amendments ends on May 8. Queens residents who are interested in giving their input can send an email to nycrules@lpc. nyc.gov or a letter to the Landmarks Preservation Commission at 1 Centre St., 9th floor Q north, New York, NY 10007.

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The city is moving along on a major $200 million infrastructure project affecting Flushing, College Point and Whitestone. And later this year, it’ll be moving onto the second part. Overall, the project aims to bring in new water mains, as well as storm and sanitary sewers, with the goal being to improve water distribution and drainage systems, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. The first phase of the project, which included work in western Flushing, has wrapped up; the city announced its completion on March 28. Phase one featured the building new storm sewers beside the Whitestone Expressway service road between Flushing Creek and 25th Avenue, 25th Road between the service road and Parsons Boulevard, in addition to parts of other roads like Union Street. “This $71 million investment in Flushing will significantly upgrade the sewer system, improve drainage, reduce flooding, and provide a reliable supply of water,” DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza said in a prepared statement.

Set to kick off later this year, the second phase of the project features work slightly east of the Whitestone Expressway. The roads are in an area that includes northern Flushing and southern Whitestone. According to the Department of Environmental Protection, Willets Point Boulevard between Parsons Boulevard and 149th Street will be worked on in phase two. So will Parsons between 29th and 22nd avenues, 146th Street between 29th and 20th avenues and other nearby blocks. The cost of the second phase, which the city is seeking a contractor for, is estimated to be $68 million. The third phase of the project, which is expected to start in 2020, includes work in College Point. We Love Whitestone Civic Association President Al Centola told the Chronicle he’s glad about the work planned in the second phase of the project. “Any improvements are always welcome,” he said, adding that flooding is extremely bad on some of the roads where the phase two work will be done. “My only fear is they install the new sewers and then they install the new catch basins but then they don’t follow up Q and maintain them,” Centola added.

The green lines on the map show roads in Flushing and Whitestone where the city will do work in a major water infrastructure project’s second phase, which is expected to begin in August. IMAGE COURTESY NYC DEP

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The Mets erased a lot of leftover disappointment from the 2017 season last weekend when they swept the three-game series against the Washington Nationals in the nation’s capital. Considering how the Nationals have kicked sand in the collective faces of Mets fans over the last decade it’s completely understandable that many Amazin’s supporters thumped their chests on Monday morning. Never mind that two of the games were decided by one run and that Sunday night’s was a twelve-inning affair — wins are wins. One veteran radio sports reporter compared the Mets’ big weekend in the nation’s capital to when the Mets took three games in April 1986 from their then-chief rival in the National League East, the St. Louis Cardinals, and how that set the tone for that magical season. But everyone needs to take a deep breath before getting too giddy. What happened 32 years ago cannot be considered to be an augur of how things will go this season. First, it’s very early. Secondly, the Nationals will be in Flushing next week for a three-game set and it’s conceivable that they could turn the tables on the Mets. The best news of the Nats’ series was the solid five-inning outing turned in by starting pitcher Steven Matz on Saturday. Matz had no

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One of the most vital, but congested, intersections of Forest Hills is at Continental Avenue and Austin Street. On three of the intersection’s four corners once stood banks all jockeying for neighborhood residents’ money. Two of the corners still have banks at them, while the third one — which used to a host a Corn Exchange Bank The crossroads of Continental Avenue and Austin Street branch — is where a Boston looking north, Forest Hills, summer 1949. Market sits today. Wedged in between The Corn Exchange and a Wool- Continental Ave. for many years. Once a worth’s was Louis P. McGahie’s Real big player in the bakery business, it had 20 locations in Queens alone in the 1950s. Estate at 106-22 Continental Ave. King George Restaurant took the bakMcGahie had been the assistant sales manager of the firm that developed Forest er y’s place and kept it for several Hills Gardens, the Sage Foundation decades. Cohen’s Fashion Optical, which Homes Co., when it opened in 1910. He sells contact lenses and glasses, now sits kept his fingers in many real estate deals at the corner. Traffic was thought to be almost as bad in the gardens until his 1962 death. The corner without a bank was occu- a problem nearly 70 years ago as it is pied by Cushman’s Bakery at 107-02 today, with no certain solutions in sight. Q

command of his pitches in his previous start, a 5-1 loss to the Cardinals at Citi Field, and was gone after four very shaky innings. The bad news was that Matt Harvey resembled the mediocre pitcher we have seen the last couple of years, as he was roughed up by Bryce Harper and most of the other hitters in the Nationals’ lineup. Of course, no one has had a rougher start than Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, whose propensity to strike out and occasionally excite with a few moonshot homers, has reminded longtime area fans more of Dave Kingman rather than the National League MVP whom the Yankees acquired in December from the cash-strapped Miami Marlins. Stanton has been lustily booed by the Yankee Stadium faithful, but that may be counterproductive. It’s not easy to start over with another team, particularly when you go from one of the most anonymous teams in sports to the most successful and scrutinized in history. Stanton will be fine once he gets to feel more at home. It has been quite awhile since a horse that won the Wood Memorial — held the first Saturday in April at Aqueduct each year — also won the Kentucky Derby. This year’s winner, Vino Q Rosso, will try to break the jinx. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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