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City removes collapsed home, allowing family to move back in next door PAGE 4 The Ramblersville home that partially collapsed into Hawtree Creek, and onto the house of Judy Carroll, was torn down and removed by the city last week, allowing her and her children to move back into their home. The issue of a leaking water main, however, has yet to be solved.

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Queens: The next stop on the campaign trail In Flushing, President Clinton calls on immigrants to vote for Hillary by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

one of the five remaining candidates for president would do more for Asian Americans, immigrants and minority business owners than Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. That was the message delivered by former President Bill Clinton, who gave a wide-ranging 40-minute speech on behalf of his wife to a cheering crowd of around 200 Asian Americans at the Mudan Center in Flushing on Tuesday morning. After being introduced by Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), he wasted no time in describing what similarities and differences the former secretary of state and her sole Democratic primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have on issues pertaining to minorities and immigrants. “They do have some differences,” Clinton said, “but it’s important to remember, however, that her opponent says anyone who’s not for him is by definition a member of some establishment. They voted together 93 percent of the time.” Clinton was quick to point out, however, that the two candidates differed on a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2007 championed by President George W. Bush, late Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and others. That legislation would have created a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, two new classes of visas — including a two-year guest worker program — increased the number of border patrol agents by 20,000 and contained the entirety of the DREAM Act. The bill was opposed by many hardline Republicans for providing a path to citizenship and some Democrats —

Former President Bill Clinton stumps for Democratic presidential primary frontrunner Hillary Clinton in Flushing on Tuesday, speaking to a crowd of around 200 Asian-American residents. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA

including Sanders — who said the guest worker program would drive down wages for low-income Americans. It was ultimately defeated in the Senate 61-34, something the 42nd president said was a mistake, to rousing applause

from the Flushing crowd. “She voted for Sen. Kennedy’s key comprehensive immigration reform in 2007 — the last time we had a chance to pass it — and millions of Americans would be on their way to citizenship today, including members of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities if that bill had passed,” he said. “She’s the only candidate you can vote for in either primary who voted for it.” Later in the speech, the former president said Asian nationals surprisingly make up a large portion of the estimated 11 million undocumented United States residents, and immigration reform will be at the top of his wife’s legislative priorities should she win the White House in November. “Asian Americans make up about 11 percent of undocumented immigrants in this country, which is why it’s so important — because we missed the last chance in 2007 to pass immigration reform — that we do it now,” he said. “Until we clean this up, we have to support programs President Obama has instituted like [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] that protect children from being ripped out of their schools.” Bouncing off his points on immigration, Clinton pointed specifically to a backlog in visa applications from Asian nations like the Philippines as an issue that affects countless residents of urban areas like New York. According to the U.S. State Department, over 4.4 million people were on the federal waitlist for family-based visas as of Nov. 1, 2015, an increase of 200,000 from 2014. A plurality of applications come from Mexico, while India, Vietnam, China, Bangladesh and the Philippines round out continued on page 22

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Nightmare house is now a distant dream City tears down collapsed home; water main leak is the ‘next fight’ by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

After being forced to move out of her house for the second time in close to four years, Ramblersville resident Judy Carroll got some good news Monday when she learned the home leaning on hers was being torn down by workers hired by the city, allowing her and her children to move back in after being out of it just over a week. “I was so happy that they did it so quickly,” Carroll said. “The two companies they hired were excellent.” Last Sunday, 153 Broadway fell into Hawtree Creek and onto her home due to a combination of high winds — which reached 65 miles per hour at nearby John F. Kennedy International Airport — the structure being a gutted shell and the foundation under it being weakened by a still-leaking water main. Carroll’s family was forced to move out of the home until the neighboring one, owned by an LLC, could be lifted. The owner, listed on public records as Mushe Badalov, had attempted to move the house himself. The city took over, Carroll said, after the house was found to have asbestos all over it. “It wasn’t just on the roof shingles, it was everywhere,” she said. She added that published reports on the house added to the pressure to have something done with it sooner rather than later. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) agreed with that assessment. “That does make a difference,” Addabbo said. “It’s important for us to convince city agencies and the Mayor’s Office to get things done and that’s why pressure from elected officials and the media is so important.” Addabbo had put pressure on the proper city agencies to respond to the problem after being contacted by Roger Gendron, president of the neighboring New Hamilton Beach Civic Association. As for Carroll’s home, the damage was minimal. The

City workers clean up the site of a house that, until Monday, was partially in the creek and leaning against the Carroll home next door. Judy Carroll and her children were forced to move out until then, but now they’re finally back home. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY siding where Badalov’s property hit hers needs to be replaced and the wall on the opposite side sustained a minor crack. Nobody was injured when the house fell over during the windstorm. “It’s a miracle that’s all it is,” noted Carroll, who last week expressed concerns that if the damaged structure wasn’t moved soon that hers could end up in the creek with it. The 153 Broadway home was in the process of being demolished when the city stopped the work due to a lack of permits. It remained a flimsy shell until the collapse. Still, Addabbo praised the city for reacting quickly to

the collapse noting that the eight-day time span to correct an issue such as the one in Ramblersville is a relatively short time to wait. “Something like that should never be taken lightly,” Addabbo said. “They were quick to resolve that.” Carroll still has one more fight, however. The water main that weakened the foundation of Badalov’s property is still leaking, as it has been for years. Workers with the Department of Environmental Protection were at the site early Wednesday morning, as well as crew members who were seen cleaning up the debris from Q the house.

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The Department of Transportation is preparing to take a second look at a request for a no-standing sign on 91st Street in Woodhaven, Community FILE PHOTO Board 9 transportation officials said on Tuesday.

A Richmond Hill business official Tuesday expressed his disapproval of a plan to reroute an M TA bus dow n a resident ial street in the area. Michael Butler, president of the Richmond Hill East Business Persons Corp., called the idea to make the Q54 go down 131st Street between Hillside and Jamaica avenues “ludicrous. “There’s no need to do that,” Butler, who said he was speaking on behalf of residents on that block, told Community Board 9 members during the public forum portion of the monthly meeting. “There are other options than that.”

Department of Transportation and MTA officials at past meetings have said the rerouting is necessary because of a safety project going on in the area, which would m a k e M e t r o p o l i t a n Ave n u e between 130th and 131st streets one-way going eastbound. Drivers going west on Metropolitan will be forced to make a right onto 131st Street and then a left onto Hillside Avenue to continue on Metropolitan. An MTA representative told CB 9 members at a transportation committee meeting last month that the bus rerouting is necessary to avoid having the large vehicles make those turns, adding that having them go down 131st Street is the

“only alternative” for the line. No area residents showed up to that committee meeting. Butler accused the MTA and DOT of poor outreach when it came to the bus rerouting proposal. “It would be nice if they came down to talk to us, rather than coming and shoving this down our throats,” he said. T he safet y project was approved by CB 9 in late 2014, but the bus rerouting was not part of the entire proposal until earlier this year. Transportation Committee Chairman Kenichi Wilson said there is no vote required of the board on the rerouting, though they could pass a resolution continued on page 6

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Wills feels Khan’s wrath after CB snub Developer says he wasn’t reappointed to board due to ‘prison’ controversy by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The former Community Board 9 member who last year was accused of owning the juvenile detention center located on a residential block in South Ozone Park believes he was not reappointed to the advisory panel earlier this month because of the controversy, further charging that Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) had a hand in the matter. “I knew this was coming,” Patrick Khan told the Queens Chronicle. “It’s unbelievable that this is the politics that’s being played out on the community boards.” Khan was simply told earlier this month that his term on the board has expired, after serving four years on it. He was offered no explanation in the letter alerting him to the fact or during a phone call with CB 9 Chairman Raj Ramphershad, who declined to comment on this story. Khan, however, believes it has to do with the property at 133-23 127 St., a South Ozone Park building he previously owned but sold years ago. That address is now the site of a Close to Home facility, where juvenile offenders are held and educated. It’s part of a statewide initiative to keep them out of prison facilities. Some residents, who called the site a “prison,” protested the placement of it and some unsuccessfully sued to stop its opening.

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New members for CB 9, 10 A new slate of volunteers were appointed to South Queens community boards earlier this month. For CB 10 — which represents Howard Beach, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park and South Richmond Hill — the new members are: Edna Fraylon, of the South Ozone Park Civic Association West; Ryan Graham, Queens County commander for the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Mohammed Hakim; Pierre Kishun; Fazlurrahman Mohamed; Donna Montague; former member Jose Quijano; and Jeysha Ruiz, a South Ozone Park resident who was one of the most vocal opponents of the proposed juvenile detention facility in South Ozone Park. All board members up for reappointment were put back on the advisory panel. For CB 9 — which represents Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, and Ozone Park — the new member is Mohinder Singh. Board member Patrick Khan was not reappointed [see separate story]. Board members are nominated by council members and appointed by the borough president. All serve two-year Q terms. — Anthony O’Reilly

Councilman Ruben Wills, left, asked Borough President Melinda Katz not to reappoint former Community Board 9 member Patrick Khan due to his prior ownership of a South Ozone Park FILE PHOTO home that now hosts a detention center, the ousted member claims. Khan claims that Wills, the councilman who represents the former board member and the 127th Street site, spoke with the borough president and asked her to not reappoint him due to his prior connections to the site. Asked about the accusations, a spokesperson for Wills said in an email, “Changes to the

composition of a Community Board are not uncommon, and CB9 is no exception to such occurrences. As stipulated by the City Charter, the local Council Member can nominate applicants for board membership, and the Borough President makes the appointments.” A spokeswoman for Borough President

Postal, city police say an HB mail thief is caught Fey: We’re keeping an eye on crooks by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

It wasn’t quite the catch this “fisherman” was looking for. The U.S. Postal Inspector’s Office working with the 106th Precinct arrested a 19-year-old man for using a string attached to a sticky bottle to take mail out of a Howard Beach mailbox, the South Queens command announced on Twitter Tuesday. The precinct offered few details on the arrest, only saying that the suspect was found taking mail out of a mailbox at 84th Street and 155th Avenue. The arrest comes five days after Capt. James Fey, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, told Community Board 10 that his officers and the U.S. Postal Police are in the midst of investigating such incidents in Howard Beach. Fey said Jackson Heights is also the site of a similar investigation. The captain was first made aware of the incidents at last month’s Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association meeting, at which residents pointed out mailboxes they

The hook and line. TWITTER PHOTO believed to be hot spots for criminals carrying out the act. Fey reported last week that residents who may have been victims of the crime did not report the missing mail, mostly checks, to the U.S. Postal Police but instead went to customer service, thus leaving the thefts unreported. U.S. Postal Service officials are scheduled to update the community on their investigation at the civic’s March 26 meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m. at St. Helen Catholic Q Academy, at 83-09 157 Ave.

Melinda Katz said, “Each term is for 2 years for all CBs. Whether new or not, no one is automatically re-appointed.” Khan bought the building in 2010, which, he said, was abandoned. “I’m a real estate developer,” he said. “I buy a lot of abandoned buildings that are eyesores and put them back into service.” Khan told the Chronicle he put $1 million into the 127th Street site, allowed public officials to use it to host events and dignitaries and unsuccessfully tried to turn it into a community center. After failing to do so, he sold the building to a cor poration, K AD of Queens LLC, in 2014. However, in February of 2015, online records still listed him as the owner of the property as South Ozone Park residents started learning of the plans to place the detention center there. Several of them went to CB 9’s meeting that month and called for Khan’s resignation. Online records did not reflect the change of ownership until March 2015. But the damage was already done to Khan, he claimed. The frustrated residents picketed his house, and his son’s. Even after finding out that KAD owned the house, some of the residents claimed he sold the property knowing what would be put there. He denied that. “I didn’t know what they were going to do Q with it,” he said.

CB9 traffic continued from page 4 expressing their disapproval of it. Wilson encouraged Butler and other concerned residents to show up to the April 18 MTA Board meeting, in which the proposal will be brought up for a vote. That meeting will start at 10 a.m. on the 20th f loor of 2 Broadway in Manhattan. “It’s my understanding that the meeting is opened to the public,” Wilson said. In other transportation-related news, Wilson said the DOT is preparing to take another look at a request for a no-standing sign in front of a 91st Street school building in Woodhaven. The North Side School and Parsons Preschool, both located inside 85-27 91 St., have been requesting the no-standing sign for months, citing concerns that school buses have nowhere to pull over when dropping off and picking up schoolchildren, causing a backup of traffic behind the vehicles on the oneway street. Wilson said previous DOT inspections did not take place during drop-off and pickup, “so they weren’t able to see the backup. “They’re willing to come out and meet with the principals and discuss the request again,” Wilson said. “We’re hopeful that one day this might Q be achieved.”

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reaking with protocol for the second time in two years, the New York Press Association had someone outside the media industry as its guest speaker at its annual convention April 8 and 9. And just as none of the assembled newspapermen and women from around the Empire State minded when a World War II veteran who stormed the beach at Normandy in the first wave recalled the events of June 6, 1944 just before their 70th anniversary, no one minded this time. The speaker was U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara. And since the NYPA members were there to hear Bharara speak — in between other convention activities — there was no need for the objectivity they have to show in print outside of the editorial page. Bharara got a standing ovation, just as that old soldier had. Both, after all, were asked to speak because of the great good they’ve done for the world. Bharara gave an excellent address recounting his office’s efforts to prosecute crimes of all kinds, including those committed by the long list of corrupt elected officials he’s taken down. That list includes ex-state Sen. Malcolm Smith of Jamaica, ex-City Councilman Dan Halloran of Whites-

tone and of course, most recently and most prominently, exstate Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos of Long Island and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of Manhattan. Bharara, who served on his school papers both in high school and at Harvard, linked the press — what he repeatedly called “this press” — to the work of prosecutors like those in his office, in that its members uncover and expose wrongdoing, helping promote public integrity. To illustrate that, one story he related revolved around a crooked Russian businessman he prosecuted, one whose activities first were revealed in a newspaper report. When he read the story, Bharara called his office to get an investigation started, and his team told him they had already been on it for four hours. Naturally Bharara included humor in his speech, saying near the beginning that when he was asked to address NYPA, he first wondered what he’d have to say to the New York Power Authority. But he was deadly serious in his message and in most of his responses to questions from the audience. When this newspaper asked his opinion on the Joint Commission on Public Ethic’s unconstitutional rule that PR reps who speak to opinion writers in the press must report their contact to

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Schools, not jails Dear Editor: Re “A jail in College Point? Never,” Editorial, April 7: It is odd that the de Blasio administration wants to build prisons in Queens but not more quality high schools. At the same time, the mayor is doing all but changing New York State law about the specialized high school system in order to limit the steady flow of low-income, hardworking, and usually immigrant Asian children experiencing drastic social mobility. There aren’t even enough high schools in Queens to support the middle-school student population in the area because it is assumed that enough will be admitted into one or more of the specialized high schools. In order to motivate our youth into working harder, perhaps the administration intends for the jail to serve as a constant draconian reminder of the bifurcate paths of our Queens youth: acceptance into a good high school an hour or more away or a local jail! Therefore, in face of increasing overcrowding, with 36 percent of NYC public schools facing overcrowding and Francis Lewis High School nearly topping the list at 176 percent overcapacity, according to a 2014 City Comptroller report, the city is dangling a whip to Queens kids to leave the borough. Or perhaps the administration is, despite its promises, ignoring its attention to the outer boroughs and © Copyright 2016 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y. 11374-7769.

the state and register as lobbyists, he paused thoughtfully. Then he said he could not answer right away but would look into the issue, one that has newspapers and public relations firms around the state up in arms — and the Legislature sitting on its hands doing nothing. And he joked with the questioner about what his opinion on the topic might be. The poised Bharara was most animated when speaking about the Silver case, especially when a questioner raised the idea that it might have been an instance of over-prosecution. He called that idea “silly,” while being sure to tell the reporter who raised the issue that he wasn’t calling him that. There’s nothing silly about the work Bharara’s office is doing. The day after he spoke, the headlines here were all about a widening probe into the city government, with alleged evidence of pay to play activity among developers, City Hall and even top police officials. If crimes have been committed, there’s no one better suited than Bharara to bring the perpetrators to trial. Stay tuned, as he likes to say. We’ll also stay tuned as to Bharara’s own position. Whoever wins the presidency, we sincerely hope he remains on as U.S. attorney. This city, state and nation need him to keep doing the great good he’s been doing for the world.

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Library way overdue Dear Editor: Re Ryan Brady’s April 7 article: “Walcott calls for full restoration of funds”: Queens Public Library CEO Dennis Walcott wants New York City to restore capital funds to 2008 levels. How about restoring the Kew Gardens Hills Public Library (Vleigh Place and 72nd Street), closed since 2013? An interim facility on Main Street hardly meets neighborhood needs. If I sound like a broken record on this subject, it’s because of the QPL’s unbroken record of delays, disappointment and deceit under prior CEO Tom Galante and his interim replacement, Bridget

Quinn-Carey. QPL Public Affairs Director Jonathan Chung told me community meetings will be held to update residents on the Vleigh Place branch’s status, but I’ve seen no announcements and no word on a reopening date. Maybe if NYC had one public library system instead of three (Queens, Brooklyn, New York), we’d get better results from centralized administration. Three separate systems aren’t a trifecta, they’re an “in-effecta.” Overdue books are bad, overdue libraries are worse. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Racial double standard Dear Editor: Last Saturday night Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio performed a skit onstage in an Inner Circle show. When Mrs. Clinton teased Mayor Bill about taking so long to endorse her presidential can-

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Dear Editor: Re “Venom on the Left,” Letters, April 7: It’s nice to see Mr. Rodin back in the game. Too bad he still refuses to accept facts. And if he really thinks my comparison ONLINE of Trump to Hitler trivializes the Miss an article or a Holocaust, the letter cited by a writer? problem is his. Want breaking news The best way from all over Queens? to prevent future Find the latest news, holocausts is not past reports from all to forbear from over the borough and Holocaust commore at qchron.com. parisons; instead, it’s to make sure that those comparisons are meaningful and substantive. As for your mother (a concentration camp survivor) calling me an idiot, bless her sweet heart. But perhaps she has forgotten the building of walls around Polish ghettos (now it’s Mexico). Or Hitler blaming a certain religion for all of Germany’s problems (now it’s all Muslims). A Trump supporter in Cleveland was filmed giving a Nazi salute while telling a protester to “go to Auschwitz.” If Mr. Rodin believes this to be an isolated incident he’s naive. Support for Trump is high in areas where the number of racist search queries on Google is also high. Coincidence? Are these my opinions? No, they are facts! All Trump supporters may not be racist but do you think white supremacists will vote for Bernie (or Hillary)? Not a chance. As for my “demonizing those I disagree with,” that is true, but only those that deserve it. They just happen to be Republicans. Like the ones in Mississippi who passed the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act.” Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? What it really does is allow people to refuse services to anyone based on “religious objection.” You’d like to eat in my restaurant? First tell me which magic man in the sky you believe in. You’d like to order a cake for your wedding? Sorry, my god says you’re an abomination. Disgraceful. But what else would you expect from a state that ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery … in 2013?! Ah, Mississippi, Trump Country. Mr. Rodin defends Trump by saying that Trump eventually “clarified” his statements pertaining to David Duke, torture and punishing women who get abortions. Which just means Trump can say anything and his supporters don’t care. But there is one thing Mr. Rodin cannot deny. When Matt Lauer asked Trump if he condemned white supremacist groups, Trump failed to simply say, “Yes.” Robert LaRosa Whitestone

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Dear Editor: The latest story regarding the involvement of four highly regarded police officials in the ever-growing corruption scandal is very upsetting indeed! These people are civil servants who took an oath to uphold law and order — and they seem to be doing just the opposite. If there are any more police officials who are mixed up in this outrageous behavior, they also should be relieved of their positions and all of them should be prosecuted. If these were ordinary citizens who were found to have been involved in such an outrageous crime, they would already have been put behind bars in the pokey for a long stint. Let justice prevail — it must. John Amato Fresh Meadows

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The de Blasio administration last Friday proposed the smallest water rate hike in years, but some City Council members still feel like their constit uents are being drowned in debt. “We don’t need a water rate hike at all,” Cou ncilman Ror y Lancman (D -Fresh Meadows) said in an interview. “I don’t care how small it is. If you mug me and take the money out of my right pocket, I’m not going to thank you for not taking the money out of my left pocket.” Should the city Water Board adopt the proposed rate hike, the typical single-family homeowner will pay $1,078 for water and sewer bills, up from $1,055. The 2.1 percent increase is the lowest proposed in 16 years. The proposal, which will be voted on next month, follows a New York Times report that stated Mayor de Blasio was halting work on the city’s third water tunnel in an effort to halt rising water rate increases, which had been skyrocketing most year under Mayor Bloomberg. A day after the report was published, however, de Blasio announced he was going ahead with the construction of the tunnel, which will provide water to Brooklyn and Queens and is meant to replace the city’s second tunnel, which is decades old and is quickly deteriorating. The rising rates, according to Bloomberg at the time, were going to the payment of the water tunnel, which he continued to fund during the economic crisis even as he cut programs and services elsewhere. Lancman said the city could have proposed a rate hike of 0 percent and still have had plenty of money to pay for the tunnel. The councilman explained that is because the city is regularly overcharging the city Water Board for the use of city-owned water and sewer infrastructure. The de Blasio

administration is asking the board to pay $244 million, of which 50 percent will be returned to it. That still leaves the city with $122 m illion. However, as Lancman explained, the city is only paying $35 million on city-owned infrastructure it can charge the Water Board for. That leaves $87 million not going to water or sewage infrastructure that the councilman claims is going straight into the city’s general fund, which doesn’t even take into account the $75 million it expects to raise with the rate increase. Other Council members said their constituents are having trouble staying afloat with the rise of water rates and other services. “It’s always disappointing to see rates go up here in eastern Queens,” Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) said. “While I’m happy they’re not going up by much, any increase is unfortunate. We’d like to see it at zero, especially in this lowinflation age.” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said he often hears about water rate problems. “We’re dealing with one issue now where a woman who was away for two weeks saw an unusually high water rate bill,” he said. “Unusually high even if she was there.” Both Grodenchik and Dromm expressed their approval of the water tunnel project going forward, but the latter said there are other ways to pay for it. “I do recall some of my colleagues saying the city is ‘flush with cash,’” Dromm said. “But then they vote to use taxpayer dollars to give nonpublic schools security guards. Maybe we could use some of that cash to pay for the water tunnel.” Grodenchik said he’d like to think “that when the water tunnel is done there will be no increase at all .... but it does take money Q to maintain the system.”

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BP questions makeup Trouble bar hit with of ‘prison’ committee dozens of violations by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Were it not for a letter from Borough President Melinda Katz, the South Ozone Park community may have been left out of an advisory board created to oversee matters related to the juvenile detention center on a residential block there. Dan Brown, Katz’s liaison to Community Board 10, said at the panel’s monthly meeting last Thursday that the borough president was made aware of some noticeable absences from the advisory board. “The civic was left off, the community board was almost left off,” Brown said. In a March 28 letter to Gladys Carrion, commissioner of the Administration of Children’s Services, Katz requested “that any Community Advisory Board related to this facility include a representative from my office, as well as all other local elected officials.” She also requested the board include CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton, its district manager, Karyn Petersen, and a representative from the South Ozone Park Civic Association West. “The New York City Administration of Children’s Services as well as the Close to

Home facility administrators, Sheltering Arms, had stated publicly at several meetings that they would continue to engage the community regarding matters concerning this juvenile facility,” Katz added in her letter. “I expect that any engagement with the community include the above mentioned community representatives.” The requested additions to the advisory board were made, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. The implementation of the juvenile center, at 133-23 127 St., has been a hot-button issue since last year when the ACS proposed moving 17 young offenders to the site as part of a statewide program to move them out of upstate facilities. South Ozone Park residents living on the block have called the center a “prison,” though it is not officially one. Area residents and the civic, with the help of Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica), unsuccessfully sued the operators of the center, Sheltering Arms, in an attempt to block the building’s opening. A federal judge ruled the plaintiffs had no standing on the case because they tried to argue the site violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and none of those who filed Q the lawsuit are handicapped.

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The Ozone Park bar where a bouncer died of a heart attack last month after breaking up a fight between two patrons has been issued close to three dozen violations by city and state agencies, 106th Commanding Officer Capt. James Fey said last Thursday. Fey delivered the news during his report in front of Community Board 10. The violations were issued following a multiagency investigation into Johnny’s Restaurant & Bar, at 107-09 Rockaway Blvd. The probe was conducted following the March 12 death of Elsworth Reid, a bouncer at the watering hole, who suffered a fatal heart attack after breaking up a fight outside the location. According to cops, two suspects assaulted Reid and were initially charged with manslaughter, though further investigation cleared them of any involvement in his death. “It’s probably going to be taken off as a

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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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Chronicle wins eight press awards

Among the headlines that won an award for the Queens Chronicle last weekend was the Jan. 29, 2015 “Silver and Cold,” an idea of Editor-in-Chief Peter C. Mastrosimone that tied together stories on a snowstorm and the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. “Beloved Bayside Coach dies of cancer at 54” was one of five stories that won Associate Editor Chris Barca third-place honors as Sportswriter of the Year. The Nov. 12, 2015 South Queens edition, featuring Councilman Eric Ulrich as Gen. George Patton, won a graphic design award for Associate Art Director Ella Jipescu, while the entire issue contributed to one for overall excellence. And an ad designed by Art Director Jan Schulman, for Qwik Pack & Ship of Queens, NY, was honored with an advertising award.

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

The Queens Chronicle won more awards at the New York Press Association’s annual convention last weekend than it had in four years, expanding its reach into categories in which it had never been recognized before. Each year NYPA hands out awards for news coverage, advertising and design to weekly newspapers around the state during the event,

which also features dozens of seminars for staff training. For the 2015 calendar year, the organization’s hundreds of member papers submitted 2,836 entries for recognition in the contest. The Chronicle won eight awards, tying the number it took home for its work done in 2011. On the downside, the paper never did better than third place. On the upside, it was recognized across the spectrum — for news content, page design and advertising.

Bharara to state press: ‘No one is above the law’ by Michael Gannon

vital as any investigation his office carries out in ensuring public integrity. He also did It is rare, outside of the State of the not shy away from the press, taking more Union address, that a public official can get than a dozen questions from NYPA a standing ovation from a group of members. He told the Queens Chronicle that he journalists. would have to look into the Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney recent decision by the state’s for the Southern District of Joint Commission on Public New York, received just that on Ethics to require certain indiApril 8 as the keynote speaker viduals to register as lobbyists at the annual convention of the for the simple act of calling a New York Press Association. newspaper editor to promote a Bharara’s office has prosepoint of view. cuted a who’s who of elected If you think Bharara is officials in New York State, the unpopular in Albany, consider two most prominent being forTurkey, where the president is mer Assembly Speaker ShelPreet Bharara an ally of a businessman whom don Silver and former state PHOTO BY PETER C. Bharara’s office is prosecuting. Senate Majority Leader Dean MASTROSIMONE Two Turkish journalists in the Skelos. His off ice now is reportedly investigating corruption allega- crowd told Bharara that his name is banned tions within the NYPD and Mayor de Bla- in the Turkish media. But following the arrest of Reza Zarrab, sio’s political fundraising arm. Bharara, former editor at his high school Bharara picked up more than 200,000 newspaper, said arresting corrupt politi- Twitter followers in Turkey. He attributed cians is necessary “but it is not enough.” that to his belief that regardless of wealth, He said small newspapers — “This press,” power, connections or fame, “no one is Q he repeatedly called the group — are as above the law.”

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The honor Publisher Mark Weidler said he was happiest to win — because it involved the entire staff — was the third-place Past Presidents’ Award for General Excellence. In that category, papers are judged on everything from news coverage to use of photos, the editorial page, the front page, graphic design, typography and more. Each entry consists of three entire newspapers from three different months during the year. The Chronicle’s submission comprised its editions that contain its annual Celebration of Queens, Anniversary and Back to School/Fall Guide supplements, which was one key to winning. “Overall editorial content is heavy on hard news, light on features (except for your movie section in this issue,” the category’s judge said in part. “Lots of news about crime and politics, which shows a solid understanding of your readership. Your 37th Anniversary edition is full of good stuff — everything I need to know about the history of NYC. ... Good effort on the special sections contained in these 3 issues.” As with most though not all of the categories, papers seeking the Past Presidents’ Award — which the Chronicle had never won before — are put into different divisions based on their circulation. With 160,000 copies produced each week, the Chronicle is always in the highest-circulation division. Perhaps the next most prestigious award came down to the work of one man — Associate Editor Christopher Barca, who won third place in the Sportswriter of the Year category. That one has no divisions; it’s every writer against every other one, each submitting five articles. The award was another Chronicle first. “I feel I really got to know the subjects of Christopher Barca’s stories and to appreciate their contributions to the community,” the judge said. Former Associate Editor Cristina Schreil, also the qboro Arts, Culture & Living editor, earned the Chronicle two awards. One was third place in Coverage of the Arts. The judge complimented Schreil’s “very interesting range of topics” and “lively writing,” also noting the “excellent use of graphics and photos on most pages” — the result of both her work

and that of Associate Art Director Ella Jipescu and Production Manager Terry Nusspickel. Schreil also won a third-place award in the Feature Photo category, for a picture taken at a rally for victims of the earthquakes in Nepal, showing mourners and candles spelling out the name of the country. “Photojournalism at its finest capturing a small piece of history; very nice,” the judge said, adding that the page design “complimented” the photo — again the work of Jipescu. Jipescu — working with Editor Anthony O’Reilly on a concept from this writer — also won third-place honors for graphic design. That was for the Nov. 12 South Queens edition’s front page, which featured Councilman Eric Ulrich as George C. Scott portraying Gen. George Patton in the classic 1970 film “Patton.” In addition to those five awards, the Chronicle also won three honorable mentions. One was in the Coverage of Health, Health Care & Science category, another first for the paper. Five articles were submitted for that — one by Barca, one by O’Reilly, one by freelancer Victoria Zunitch and two by then-intern Etta Badoe. Topics ranged from cancer to West Nile virus, Alzheimer’s disease, twin-to-twin transfusion and the heroin epidemic. The judge said the pieces were “nicely written and illustrated localized stories.” Another honorable mention was won for the Chronicle’s headline writing, which the judge called “clever.” Submissions for that included this writer’s “Silver and Cold,” linking stories on the weather and former Assemblyman Sheldon’s Silver’s arrest; Schreil’s “Dawn of the Shed,” previewing sheep-shearing at the Queens Farm Museum; “What — the F? Track fire snarls a.m. rush,” about train trouble; and “Mr. Smith goes to prison,” about former state Sen. Malcolm Smith’s fate. The latter two were by Editor Michael Gannon. Art Director Jan Schulman also picked up an honorable mention, in the Best Small Space Ad category, for her design of an advertisement for Qwik Pack & Ship of Queens, NY. The Chronicle will continue striving to give its readers award-winning content from cover to cover, and its loyal advertisers their money’s Q worth, week after week, and online too.

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PS 207 to celebrate NYPQ offering free its 50th anniversary cancer screenings Alumni, former staff invited to gala by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

It was 50 years ago that PS 207 in Howard Beach first started educating young girls and boys. The school’s parent association is now preparing to look back on its decades of success and celebrate with its extended family at its 50th Anniversary Gala on Tuesday at Russo’s On The Bay. Patricia Biordi, co-president of the PS 207’s PA, is encouraging as many alumni as possible to come out to the event to reminisce about their time at the school. “We’re trying to get it out there to get some of them to attend,” Biordi said. The gala will start at 5:45 p.m. and is $75 per person. All proceeds will go to the school’s air-conditioning fund. A full dinner will be provided to guests, as well as a night full of raff les, prize giveaways, music, dancing and more. Biordi said the PA will also be playing a slideshow of old photos taken at the school throughout the decades. “Unfortunately, we did lose a lot during

Sandy,” she said, adding that the group is still hoping to bring back as many memories as possible during the event. For Biordi, who has been involved in the PA for 9 years, the gala is an opportunity to celebrate “an extension of our family. “We’re very fortunate in that we have a very active community,” she said. “We do get a lot of support from parents, even those not involved with the parent association.” Biordi said she would like to see recent alumni attend the gala, as well as those who may have left the school doors decades ago. “We want to mix the old with the new,” she said, adding she’d like to see the same happen with staff members. Those attending will have an opportunity to win prizes donated by area businesses, as well as the chance to take home jewelry, electronics, Yankee tickets and more. Two tickets to a Broadway show and a night at a Manhattan hotel will also be up for grabs. Those interested in attending the gala should call Dorothy Baran at (718) 8482700 ext. 1231 or email DBaran@schools. Q nyc.gov.

Program allows uninsured to get tested by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

New York-Presbyterian /Queens is offering free screenings for colorectal, breast, cervical and prostate cancer to the medically uninsured. The free screenings are provided through the hospital’s participation in the New York State Department of Health Cancer Services Program, which receives state and federal funds. “New York-Presbyterian/Queens is the lead hospital for the Cancer Services Partnership of Queens (CSPQ), which links patients to a range of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer health services,” NYPQ Cancer Services Director Jacqueline Xouris said in an emailed statement to the Chronicle. Free screenings are given without regard to immigration status. To ensure timely access to treatment, anyone diagnosed with cancer receives patient navigation. Those eligible may be enrolled in the state Medicaid Treatment Program, which provides full medical coverage for

active prostate, breast, cer vical or colorectal cancer treatment. The program served around 4,000 Queens residents at the hospital in 2014. About 400 fewer participated last year due to increased enrollment in the Affordable Care Act’s health coverage, according to Xouris. Six other hospitals in the World’s Borough, including Elmhurst and Jamaica Hospitals, participate in the program. Cervical, breast, colorectal and prostate cancer are all considered to be preventable with the proper treatment. Xouris advises anyone aged 40 or older who is uninsured and in need of breast, cervical or colorectal cancer screening to call her office at (718) 670-1561 for assistance. The hospital staff will link callers to a CSPQ provider close to their home. “Early detection saves live and the sooner we find the cancer, the smaller it is the easier it is to treat,” she said. New York-Presbyterian/Queens, the largest hospital in the borough, is located Q at 54-65 Main St. in Flushing.

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New York Mets fans were out in force on April 8 to welcome their team home after a long winter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only this time they met the Mets as defending National League champions, who went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-2. Top left, Chris Torres of Astoria and Jackson Heights channels his inner Jacob deGrom with Donna Gryzikb of Bayside while at top right, the John family, also of Bayside, sports the colors. At left in the second row, Yankee fan Hector Alomar, in the gray hoodie, hangs out with his Met fan sons including Hector Jr., left, David and Bryan. Next to them, Darwin Figueroa, Jr., and his wife Alexa Zapata of Richmond Hill celebrate another opening day victory. Second from right, Ivan Jozic and Glen Foley of Astoria are dressed for the team and the cold weather. Jozicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father

once had a tryout with that other baseball team in New York. Next to them, Queens residents Chris Holmes, right, and Jeff Klainberg, second from right, tailgate with out-of-towners Ben Block, left, and Michael Macauley. In the next row, to the far right, Tim Honeyman of Fresh Meadows tests his pitching arm in a bean bag toss with Jonathan Zappel, while next to them hot cocoa vendor Joseph B. of Woodside keeps the fans warm. Above, Queens resident Alison Ross, right, and her friends Jennifer Melo, left, and Kerriann Hayman eschew the cocoa for a team blanket. At far right, Nick Maggio, left, and Evan Bruno of Jackson Heights wait in line for the dunk tank. At right, Queens native Tara Holman and family await the game.

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Alleging a dramatic rise in violent incidents in schools, one advocacy group has resorted to suing the Department of Education. “There are changes that have to be made,” Kaufer added. “It’s unfortunate that you have to sue to get justice.” Kaufer a few weeks ago was skeptical of Families for Excellent Schools because of the group’s pro-charter school affiliation. In a Tuesday interview, she said that she’s grown to agree with some of the points brought up by the organization following some research into its reports. “I think there’s a problem, clearly,” she said. She added the group’s pro-charter affiliation does not nullify its self-professed mission to help the existing school system. “We have to look at what each group is saying,” Kaufer continued. “I honestly think they try to be as objective as possible and I do think they want to try to emphasize something that will help.” Still, Dromm accuses the group of exaggerating incidents in public schools. He pointed to the discovery of two guns found in Jamaica schools late last month, which were followed by a report by the group that showed more weapons were being found on students than ever before. “When those incidents happened, they were all handled properly,” Dromm said. “There was no violence, which to me says that the system is working.” But the lawsuit and reports, exaggerated or not, could spell trouble for de Blasio as he heads upstate next month to tell legislators why they should renew mayoral control of the public school system, which is set to expire at the end of June. “That is a point the mayor is going to have to address,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), a member of the continued on page 32

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Gennaro Bruno to get 21 years in prison working to move large quantities of marijuana from Canada to New York for the Gambino crime family when Bosshart, then 30, conspired to exclude one of Bruno’s co-conspirators from the operation. Bruno brought Bosshart — who had just been released from prison weeks earlier and had an extensive rap sheet— to the secluded Howard Beach street corner and shot him point-blank in the back of the head. Bruno evaded justice for years and obstructed a grand jury investigation into the murder, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, while still continuing to make money for the Gambino family though drug trafficking and extortion. Bruno also pleaded guilty to extorting payments from a Queens waste cart company, according to the government. Before joining the crime family, Bruno allegedly committed other crimes as part of the Ozone Park Boys, a Gambino crew also known as the Liberty Posse, and the Q Young Guns. — Anthony O’Reilly

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A Gambino crime family associate last Friday pleaded guilty to executing a fellow mobster in Howard Beach in 2002 and conspiring to cover up a federal grand jury investigation into the murder, federal authorities announced. Gennaro Bruno, 43, also known as Gerry, admitted to the murder of Martin Bosshart off 155th Avenue near Lahn Street in the late hours of Jan. 2, 2002, U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Rober t Capers said in a release. Bruno, who was arrested in late October 2014 and brought to New York from Las Vegas, is scheduled to be sentenced to 21 years in prison on May 6. The U.S. Attorney’s Office worked with the FBI to track down Bruno. In the statement announcing the guilty plea, Capers did not comment on Bruno’s admission but extended his appreciation to “the FBI, the New York City Police Department and the Queens County District Attorney.” Br uno, according to Capers, was

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Bill Clinton leads Queens rally for Hillary Former President Bill Clinton, Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East Elmhurst), right, and former NBA star Felipe López rallied for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a rally held inside the New York Hall of Science on Sunday. “We cannot make a mistake in who we make president,” Clinton said. “We have got

to have somebody who will prioritize education so that it doesn’t matter what ZIP code you live in whether your kid gets a good education.” The candidate and her surrogates rallied for her campaign throughout the city over the weekend. Sunday’s event was aimed at organizing Latinos to support Clinton.

The rally was interrupted by around two dozen protesters, one of whom accused the candidate for being responsible for the death of Berta Cáceres, a Honduran activist who was murdered in March. She is widely believed to have been killed by Honduran government forces, whose 2009 coup was supported by the former secretary of state.

Your first chance to formally weigh in on the presidential election is Tuesday, April 19, when the Democratic and Republican parties both hold their primaries in New York State. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the city. Since New York is a closed primary state, only those registered in one of the two major parties can cast a ballot. D e m o c r a t s w i l l b e ch o o si n g between former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Republica ns w ill be choosi ng among business mogul Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Dr. Ben Carson remains on the ballot but has dropped out of the race. Democrats also will select a slate of delegates pledged to a certain candidate; Republicans only vote for the candidate. Anyone with questions about his or her eligibility to vote can check it online at voterlookup.elections.state. ny.us or call the city Board of Elections at 1 (866) VOTE-NYC (868-3692). Q — Peter C. Mastrosimone

continued from page 2 the top five — with over 107,000 applications coming from each nation. “As all of you know, Asian and Pacific members make up 40 percent of the family visa backlog,” he said. “There are some people from the Philippines that have been waiting for more than 20 years for visas. She will do her best to clean it up, shore it up and make that system work.” Meng told the Chronicle after Clinton’s speech that it’s an issue that her office receives complaints about, but there’s often nothing she can do. And the fact that the former secretary of state has made it one of the focal points of her campaign is why the Queens representative said she’s supporting Clinton. “We have so many instances of people who have come to our office,” Meng said, “like a mom who is here legally, but because of backlogs, has been separated from her child for eight or 10 years. “Not enough people talk about the backlog. We’ve seen firsthand how it hurts our constituents. She’s bringing it up a lot more.” When it comes to small businesses, of which Queens has tens of thousands, the former president said his wife plans to replicate his adminstration’s doling out of loans to such entities, enhancing job growth. “In just the eight years I was president,

we had $800 billion in small business loans out there and America flourished,” he said. “We doubled the number of small business loans to women and to minorities in my eight years over the previous 40, and that’s what Hillary wants to do again.” While the former president was making the rounds in Flushing and Corona in recent days, Hillary Clinton spent a few days spreading her message throughout the borough, as well. On Monday, the Democratic frontrunner visited the Jackson Diner in Jackson Heights with Borough President Melinda Katz, Rep. Joe Crowley (D -Bron x, Queens) and other elected off icials, speaking with patrons and even ordering food to go. A day earlier, Clinton made a pit stop at the Greater Allen AME Church in Jamaica, addressing gun violence and other inner-city issues with the predominantly African-American congregation. Recent polling shows Clinton leading Sanders by double digits in New York, but the gap has shrunk considerably in recent weeks. The two will debate in Brooklyn tonight, April 14 — an event that airs live on CNN at 9 p.m. — while the Sanders campaign has scheduled a large rally at Hunters Point South Park in Long Island Q City on April 18 at 7 p.m.

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Hillary campaigns in Jamaica Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton was in Southeast Queens last Saturday, campaigning at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral in Jamaica. Clinton, the former U.S. senator from New York and most recently secretary of state under President Obama, is preparing to face U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a primary on April 19.

Councilman Donovan Richards, left, is one of myriad elected officials from Queens who have endorsed her. “Secretary Hillary Clinton is a proven fighter for the working middle class and has years of experience that make her the most qualified candidate to become the next President of the United States,” Richards said in a statement issued by his office.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS What can we do about biz in Woodhaven? by Maria A. Thomson Executive Director GWDC

The Greater Woodhaven Development Cor p. a nd t he Wood haven Bu si ness Improvement District have had many concerns about “Pop’s Restaurant,” which the new renters tore apart and destroyed the Ice Cream Parlor decor, which was very dear to Woodhaven residents. It appears that the agreement between the building owner and the tenant not to alter this location was a gentlemen’s agreement not in writing. Therefore he, the building owner, and we, the community, can do nothing. My thinking is, if the tenant wanted to open a bar/restaurant, the GWDC/WBID could have found them a vacant store where they could have renovated and built what they wanted. These tenants have lived in Woodhaven for 15 years, so they knew how we cherished this old ice cream parlor. But unfortunately, this rental is between the building owner and the renter. So, Pops as we know it is gone. This again illustrates that the Woodhaven Business Improvement District has no control over what stores are rented by the building owners that come in to our community. It is up to the potential store owner to determine whether he or she can do business in the community and up to the landlord to rent it to these stores. These potential stores and landlords have no obli-

gation to come to the Woodhaven Business Improvement District in regard to any of their decisions. Since this is the case, all we can do is try to solicit different stores and invite them to come to our shopping strip. We, through our office, try to entice a variety of stores to come here and once the stores are here, we are very watchful as to how they do business and if we do have complaints, consumer affairs, etc, we do address them. It is unfortunate that we can not limit the type of stores that we have but this is beyond our control. But, on the positive side, we have five banks, an award store that makes plaques and trophies, excellent bakeries, a spa, a new bicycle shop that recently opened, a catering hall, four strong community organizations, a driving school, excellent doctors, dentists and a therapy/medical office, an orthopedic shoe store, an upholstery store and a printer and all of these individuals are professional and experienced in their services and their products. Also, our new sushi restaurant is proving very successful. We now boast a low vacancy rate in our stores, and a well-lit Avenue with clean streets and many promotional activities for our children and our adults. May God bless our armed forces, may God bless our disabled veterans, may God bless our NYPD and may God bless our Q America.

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Lancman rips mayor over proposed cuts Councilman protests possible school summer program defunding at rally by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) held a rally Monday against Mayor de Blasio’s proposed budget cuts to school summer programs in the city at the Parsons Educational Complex in Flushing. “These kids rely on the program that we have there in the summer for their development, for their education, for their preparation for life,” said the councilman, who was joined by students, parents and advocates. “And we’re here today to tell the mayor that his cuts are unacceptable!” According to Lancman, 605 children in his district and 31,000 students throughout the entire city use the programs, which feature mentoring, college prep, literacy programs and other ways of enriching students’ lives. Dozens of children from nearby schools who use the program attended the rally after being dropped off by bus at the complex, which hosts them in the summer. “This summer, based on the mayor’s current preliminary budget, we will not be able to meet the needs of this neighborhood,” Ozzie Araujo, the director of the Beacon Center at the Parsons Educational Complex, said at the rally. The program, which is filled to enrollment every year and has a waiting list, was almost

Councilman Rory Lancman urged Mayor de Blasio to restore funding for New York City school summer programs with parents, students and advocates at a rally held in front of the Parsons PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Educational Complex. defunded in the last budget season. Cuts had been proposed by de Blasio, who after opposition from advocates and the Council said that City Hall “screwed up” in its preliminary budget documents and abandoned them. “The City Council, just as we did last year, is gonna fight to save this program,” Lancman said.

A de Blasio spokeswoman denied any planned “cuts” to the program, which costs $28 million, because when the mayor announced the restoration of funds in 2015, he said that it was “for this year only — so that families and providers are not left hanging.” Many of the children that use it do so because their parents work full-time in the

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The City Council on Tuesday released its response to Mayor de Blasio’s preliminary budget proposal. A recurring theme in the 60-page document is budgeting “for a more equitable city.” “In order to be fiscally responsible and practice prudent budgeting, the city must take steps now to build up its reserves and find efficiencies where money can be saved, while providing more services, programs, and opportunities to its resid e nt s ,” a c c ord i ng t o t he exe cut ive summary. “This can be accomplished by addressing inequality through responsible budgeting,” it continued. Like the mayor, the Council is calling for a spending plan just in excess of $82.1 billion for the 2016-17 fiscal year. The amount is significantly higher than the $78.5 billion deal struck with the administration in June 2015, though current estimates are placing spending by the end of this f iscal year at closer to $ 81.7 billion. While citing better-than-anticipated revenues this year and a dip in the unemployment rate, the report, like de Blasio’s, is anticipating the possibility of slowed

econom ic g row th in the foreseeable f ut u re. Towa rd that end it seeks to increase funding of existing budgetary reserve line items. The Council is calling for the city to expand “key criminal justice, community support and human services.” The Council wants to expand services and programs for youth and the city’s immigrant population. Among the items members want to baseline is the $ 65 million in annual assistance for the library systems including the one in Queens. Baselining, if agreed to by the mayor, would set $65 million as the f loor for future annual subsidies. But the Council also wants the city to add $100 million to address libraries’ capital needs, which are estimated to be at about $250 million. The Council also is calling de Blasio to kick in $200 million per year for the next five years for capital repairs needed in the New York City Housing Authority. Other proposals include: • baselining the Vision Zero Public Education campaign at $2.5 million; • creat i ng a n Of f ice to End Gu n Violence; • returning more NYPD officers to the street by “civilianizing” 200 positions

n ow b e i n g s t a f f e d b y u n i f o r m e d personnel; • giving $4.9 million to the Queens District Attorney’s Office for detective personnel, enhanced information technology units and an anti-violence initiative unit; • adding $240 million annually to the Department of Transportation’s street reconstruction budget; • hiring more school crossing guards; • increasing funding of the arts and culture by $40 million; and • expanding the Citi Bike program. Funding for some of the initiatives would come from, among other sources: • reducing debt service payments by $250 million in fiscal year 2017 “as these costs are overestimated in the financial plan; • reducing the data-processing equipment budget by $14 million: and • agency savings of $91.2 million, some $80 million of which would represent federal money used to fund fringe benefits for workers at the Administration for Child ren’s Ser vices and the Human Resources Administration. Mayor de Blasio will present his executive budget next month. A final 2016-17 Q budget must be in place by July 1.

summer and need someone to look after them. “They don’t have anywhere to send them,” Araujo said. When the mayor decided not to move forward with slashing the funds last year, the school director added, he did so after many program staffers worried about whether they were out of a job for the summer and the children’s parents looked for other options. “These students will be at a loss without this crucial programming and we urge the mayor to reconsider,” New York Junior Tennis League Director Ryan Mitchell, who works with the students in the programs, said in his remarks at the rally. The kids, he added, are less prone to obesity when they are enrolled in the program, in which they can keep physically active by playing sports. Cynthia Fleurival, whose daughter Arielle has used the summer programs for four years, says that the consequences will be dire if the defunding happens. “If they cut funding for this program, there are gonna be fights on the street like I heard one of the children say,” Fleurival told the Chronicle. “If we’re just home all day doing nothing, then I honestly don’t see what we’re gonna gain from that,” Arielle said. “I just think we’re gonna keep losing and losing until Q there’s nothing left to lose.”

RBL stanchions to be repaired S t a t e S e n . Jo e Ad d a b b o J r. (D-Howard Beach) will announce today, April 14, that repairs to the det e r ior at i ng st a nch ion s of t he defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line will start taking place soon. Addabbo will make the announcement alongside Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio at 1 p.m. at the intersection of Yellowstone Boulevard and Kessel Street, not too far from where he first called on the MTA and city agencies to repai r the suppor t st r uct u res i n December. The line, which connects Ozone Park to Rego Park, has been abandoned since 1962 and has been proposed as the site for a 3.5-mile stretch of parkland known as the QueensWay or for running trains again. The MTA earlier this month agreed to conduct a feasibility study for bringing the train back; prior state funding has gone toward designing the park. Regardless of what is done, Addabbo said late last year that the stanchions have to be fixed as soon as possible for the safety of all those who Q travel underneath the trestles. — Anthony O’Reilly

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Stabbing perp gets 25 years A South Richmond Hill man Monday was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally stabbing his estranged wife more than 150 times in front of their three children. “This heinous act committed by a husband against his wife in front of their three small children as they cried and pleaded with him to stop while they attempted to pull him off of her was vicious and unimaginable,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement announcing the sentence. “The children will have to bear the emotional scars of what they witnessed for the rest of their lives. The sentence imposed by the court is more than warranted.” According to Brown, Oscar Novakovsky, of South Richmond Hill, stabbed his wife, Diane Sharma, on Jan. 15, 2012 in her home. The violent incident took place in front of their children, who were ages three, five and nine at the time. Sharma was found with more than 150 stab wounds throughout her body and a knife protruding from her neck, according to Brown. Novakovsky pleadQ ed guilty to the crime in March.

Alleged serial robber pinched by police Multiple Queens businesses victimized by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

A Sunnyside man has been arrested for allegedly robbing over a dozen businesses throughout Queens and Brooklyn just in the last two weeks. According to authorities, August Watkins was arrested in Williamsburg last Friday and was charged in connection with the stickup of a Subway restaurant in Long Island City on April 3. However, police believe Watkins is responsible for hitting 15 other area businesses between March 26 and April 5. He allegedly began his spree by robbing N&K Smart Mart at 79-23 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights just before 7 a.m. on March 26, with Watkins allegedly hitting the gas station at 60-90 Eliot Ave. in Middle Village twice in a 12-hour period on March 28. One day later, he allegedly hit Stephen Deli at 61-25 Woodhaven Blvd. and the 7-Eleven at 65-07 Woodhaven Blvd. — both in Rego Park — within 20 minutes of each other shortly before 2 a.m.

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Watkins expanded outside Central Queens in the following days, allegedly knocking off stores in Ozone Park, Elmhurst, Woodside, Richmond Hill, Flushing and Sunnyside in the next three days, even crossing the Brooklyn border to allegedly rob two establishments in Greenpoint. By the time he was arrested, he allegQ edly stole close to $14,000 in cash.

Queens gun buy back event The city Police Department and the offices of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown and Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) will be hosting a gun buy back program on April 16, offering people money in exchange for getting operable firearms off the streets. The event will take place at the Evangel Temple, located at 227-10 Merrick Blvd. in Laurelton from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A $ 20 0 pre -pa id ca rd ca n b e exchanged for operable handguns and assault rif les and a $25 card will be handed out for any rifles, shotguns and airguns brought to the event. The card will be handed over after an officer screens the weapon and deems it to be operable. Participants will only receive payment for up to three guns, but you may bring as many as you like. Any firearms brought to the event must be brought in a plastic or paper bag or in a box. If you’re transporting it by car, you must do so with the gun in the trunk. For more information, you can call 311 and ask for information on the Queens gun buy back program. Active or retired law enforcement officials or gun dealers are not eligible to participate in Q the program.

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Participatory budget projects get long wait Residents upset that city will take years to build Alley Pond Park fitness station by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

When Virginia Salow voted for a participatory budgeting project to create adult fitness stations in Alley Pond Park, she didn’t think that it would take four years to finish. “I’d like to be involved with this project,” said Salow, who says the project could solve the issue of adults exercising with the park’s playground equipment. But, she added, “it isn’t even in the designing stage yet.” But that is the amount of time that the Department of Parks and Recreation will probably need to complete the project. According to an agency spokeswoman, the average timeline for a project is three years after funding for it is secured and work on its design has begun. The Parks Department is planning to hold a public scoping meeting on the fitness stations this spring, after which it will begin work on them, though it has not scheduled one yet. “I keep getting asked at my leisure club about it,” said Salow, a Bellerose resident who advocated for the project as a participatory budgeting item when Mark Weprin was her City Council representative. “I said, ‘Oh, it’s gonna be a long, long time before I see that.’” Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), who succeeded Weprin as the City Council’s representative for District

Adult fitness stations for Alley Pond Park, a participatory budgeting project that Virginia Salow of Bellerose successfully pressed for last year, may not be constructed for several years, due to PHOTO BY MATTHEW BULTMAN the Department of Parks and Recreation’s capital projects backlog. 23, is not happy about the project not being started yet. Still, the councilman says that some of the issues are natural to capital projects. “Capital construction is very complicated in the city,” he said. The process of completing them is often a long one, even if funding has been provided,

as it was for the fitness stations project in the fiscal year 2016 budget. Grodenchik, who said he regularly meets with Parks Department officials and that they are “working to improve the process and speeding it along,” points to the agency’s backlog as a reason that the projects will take so long to complete.

The view that the backlog needs to be taken care of is not an uncommon one among City Council members. “I’m not exactly sure where the delay is, so it’s hard for me to put my finger on it,” Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said. “But the idea that these projects are taking so long to get done is a continuous one that we’d really like to see Parks take care of.” The department has “between 400 and 500 active projects in the process of being built,” agency spokeswoman Meghan Lalor said in an emailed statement. Capital projects, she added, do not officially begin until they are fully funded and a design consultant has been assigned to them. In 2004, then-Councilman Tony Avella secured funds from the city to make a comfot station at Little Bay Park. The facility was not finished until February of this year. “But on the other hand, the pathway surrounding Oakland Lake was done fairly quickly,” Grodenchik said. Others like Little Bay Park’s comfort station and, probably, the Alley Pond Park fitness stations, languish in the backlog for years before progress is made. “We will stay on top of this and certainly I feel her pain,” Grodenchik said in reference to Salow and the fitness stations project. “But it Q will happen at the end of the day.”

School District 30 sees 94 kids opt out Dromm: ‘Parents are finally starting to understand what the tests are about’ by Anthony O’Reilly

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Parents in School District 30 gave the loudest “no” to state standardized tests in Queens when 94 of them opted their children out of the English Language Arts exam administered last week, according to preliminary data compiled by education advocacy group. Although the number of children who were absent for the tests in much of western Queens doesn’t come close to the figures that upstate and Long Island school districts saw — some of which had more than 50 percent of their students stay at home during the tests from April 5 to 7 — the 94 is far more than all of the other school districts in this borough combined. The second-highest was School District 24, which only saw 11 opt out of the test. Districts 25 and 27 saw one kid absent and 26 saw 2. No information was available for districts 28 and 29. The 94 test rebels in School District 30 are 10 fewer than the number of children who opted out of both the ELA and math exams last year. Students began the math exam this year

on Wednesday and will complete it by Friday. The preliminary numbers were compiled by United2CounterTheCore, an education advocacy group that opposes the implementation of the state’s Common Core curr iculu m. T he st ate Education Department does not release opt-out numbers until the summer. For Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who partially represents School District 30 and is the Council’s Education Committee chairman, the 94 students who refused to take the ELA test this year are “a sign that parents are finally starting to understand what these tests are really all about,” which, he says, is that they are used to unfairly measure the effectiveness of schools and teachers. The New York State Board of Regents has placed a four-year moratorium on using test scores in teacher evaluation, but critics have said those measures do not go far enough. The state this year also eliminated time limits on the tests. Dromm also said they represent a push-back on education officials’ campaign to have parents keep their kids in school on test days.

“They’re trying to defuse an explosive,” Dromm said. “This is a grassroots effort led by grassroots activists. If the powers that be keep pushing for these tests, the movement will grow.” The former public school teacher has pushed the city Department of Education to make parents aware of their right to opt out of tests, but stressed each parent should make their own choice. “Parents should make up their own mind,” Dromm said. Asked about the opt-out rate in School District 30, state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), a member of the Education Committee, said in an emailed statement, “This is precisely why the current testing system is being reevaluated, in order to curtail the burden placed on students, as well as to develop a model that correlates with real benef it s t o t h e St at e’s ove r a l l curriculum.” “It is the parents’ choice to opt out, and I’m sure that if there was a more inclusive format designed that allowed parental input, many wouldn’t feel the way they do now,” Q the senator added.

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Houston hoops in Queens Former New York Knicks star Allan Houston, top, may be long retired, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t still have an interest in growing the game of basketball. Along with Knicks forward and Jamaica native Kyle O’Quinn, former St. John’s University star Felipe Lopez and rapper Kurtis Blow, Houston and the group held a hoops and leadership clinic for around 50 Queens

kids at the Louis Armstrong Recreational Center in Corona, teaching them the fundamentals of both the sport and life. The clinic was hosted by Borough President Melinda Katz and the Allan Houston Legacy Foundation, which reinforces the values of faith, integrity, sacrifice, leadership and legacy through mentoring and relationship building.

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work best for our kids,” he added. Mayoral control was extended for only one year in 2015. At least one Queens senator is confident the Mayor’s Office and DOE will address the issues brought up in the lawsuit. “We must ensure that our students learn in a safe environment, and I am sure the New York City Department of Education works to provide just that,” state Sen. Jose Peralata (D-East Elmhurst), also a member of the Education Committee, said in an emailed statement. “Bullying and other forms of violence have no room in the classroom, and this is why we must be on the same page in proQ tecting city schoolchildren.”

continued from page 20 Education Committee, said. “When I drop off my children at school every morning, I need to be sure they’re in a safe environment.” Addabbo said he would like to see more programs geared toward educating parents and students on the signs of bullying and violence in schools. As he has in the past, he said the legislators upstate must make sure they keep in mind that mayoral control goes beyond their personal opinion of de Blasio. “It’s about what structure is going to

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Voodoo Dancer’s blended pop set to rock Astoria

t’s a song that took 20 years by Mark to complete, but “Lovely Lord Nights” finally found its way onto Voodoo Dancer’s debut CD release, “Hello It’s Us.” And there’s a good chance audiences will get to hear it live when the band turns out for an hour-long gig at one of Astoria’s oldest pubs, Gussy’s, on April 23. “We wrote it together in 1990,” said Warren Passaro, the band’s lead vocalist. “We wrote the rest 20 years later and recorded it.” As with many of the band’s songs, his collaborator was the band’s lead and rhythm guitarist Steve Drizis, who was born in Greece, raised in Astoria and Sunnyside and now resides in Middle Village. Friends since the inception of the New Wave and big-hair band days, members of the band decided to bring each of their individual talents to the table to create what they felt would be a local super band. Voodoo Dancer was officially formed in 2013, and the band has already released a second CD, “Spoils of the Soul,” which includes a tribute to Nelson Mandela, “A Tired Man.” To describe the band’s sound is no easy feat; even the musicians themselves have a hard time describing it. “We’re still trying to figure that out,” said keyboardist Peter Farrell, who finally concluded it’s a combination “dance/pop/rock with Euro influence.” Passaro, who was raised in South Ozone Park, describes it as “almost like Maroon 5 meets Black Crowes.” Farrell said he first met Drizis in the late 1980s. About three years ago he got a call from his friend about forming the band that led to their playing together for the first time in 15 years. Living in Philadelphia, Farrell explained that getting together for rehearsals can sometimes become a chore unto itself.

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boro MUSIC Boz Scaggs with Special Guest Jeff LeBlanc, a longtime rocker formerly with the Steve Miller Band and an indy artist hot on iTunes. Sat., Apr. 16, 8 p.m. Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $35-69. Info/tickets: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org. Queens Jazz OverGround Spring Festival 2016, with numerous bands including headliner Helen Sung, Dennis Lichtman’s Queensboro Six and Keith Jordan Quartet featuring Sharif Kales; a children’s workshop, public class and jam. Sat., Apr. 16, noon10 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. Trinity Lutheran Church Extravaganza, 125th anniversary concert with Trinity Bell Ringers, Astoria Choir, Greater Astoria Historical Society. Sat., Apr. 16, 8 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 31-18 37 St., Astoria. Info: (718) 278-0036, astorialic.org. Forever Broadway concert, with show tunes from top musicals, by Jackson Heights Community Chorus. Sun., Apr. 17, 4 p.m., Renaissance Charter School, 35-89 81 St. $15. Info: (917) 200-5779, (917) 686-2098. Queens Symphony Orchestra, tribute to founder David Katz, with guest maestro Elli Jaffe of Jerusalem Symphony. Boro Prez Melinda Katz, David’s daughter, is special guest. Sun., Apr. 17, 3 p.m. LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free, reservations req’d. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org.

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JamaicaFlux: Workspaces and Windows 2016 grand opening, with numerous events with artists, writers, curators. Large-scale display of visual art installed along Jamaica Ave. Sat., Apr. 16, 2-8 p.m., Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. Free. Info: (718) 658-7400, jamaicaflux.info. “Residents,” new works that invoke, challenge and celebrate the classical tradition, by nine recent grads of Grand Central Atelier. Opening reception Fri., Apr. 15, 6-9 p.m. Other viewing by appointment, Mon.-Sat., thru PATRICK BYRNES June 3. Artist talks, Wed., Apr. 20, May 4, 6-8 p.m. Eleventh Street Arts, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: eleventhstreetarts.com. “Nearly Uniform — Contemporary Silverpoint Drawings,” luminous abstract works crafted with precision using an exacting technique. Thru Sun., Apr. 17, Thu.-Mon., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, info@dorsky.org. “To the Moon and Beyond: Graphic Films and Inception of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’” rarely seen artwork created for the 1968 epic film, $15;

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$11 seniors, students; $7 ages 3-17. Thru Aug. 14. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. “Essence of Queens,” photography of landmarks by Carlos Esguerra. Thru May 8, Tue., Sat. and Sun., 1-4 p.m. only. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. “Echoes,” paintings celebrating 2,000 years of Mexican culture, examining early imagery and links to the present. Sat., Apr. 16-May 21, Pachanga Patterson eatery, 33-17 31 Ave., Astoria. Free. Info: (718) 5540525 (eatery); domingocarrasco.com (artist). “Paint Heads,” featuring nine artists fascinated with the properties of paint and building on the lessons of the past. Thru May 1, Thu.-Sun., 12-6 p.m. Jeffrey Leder Gallery, 21-37 45 Road, Long Island City. Free. Info: (917) 767-1734, jeffreyledergallery.com. “Queens County Parks: Urban Landscapes,” photos by Paul Melhado. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Thru May. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

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FILM Sidney Poitier Retrospective, with nine movies starring or directed by America’s first black Academy Award-winning actor, including “In the Heat of the Night” and “The Defiant Ones.” Sat.Sun., April 16-17, varying times. $12; $9 seniors, students; $7 youth 3-17. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Info/tickets: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. Short Films with Queens World Film Festival, screenings of works in progress, discussion, networking among indy filmmakers and professionals, hosted by QWFF co-founder Katha Cato. Fri., Apr. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave., Long Island City. $10. Info: (347) 505-3018, queenscouncilarts.org/lab.

DANCE “Fertile Ground,” new works featuring emerging and established performers and several choreographers, with wine-and-cheese discussion afterward. Sun., Apr. 17, 7 p.m., Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. $12. Info/tickets: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

LECTURES Recruitment of Women in the Police Force, by NYPD Assistant Chief Diana Pizzuti, with Q&A, on the challenges and importance of recruiting female officers. Sun., April 17, 2:30 p.m. Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing, Free. Info: queenshistoricalsociety.org.

Dennis Lichtman’s Queensboro Six will be among the performers hitting the stage for the Queens Jazz OverGround Spring Festival at Flushing Town Hall. PHOTO BY LAURA MARIE DUNCAN

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“The Wind in the Willows,” A.A. Milne’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s beloved novel, performed by the Gingerbread Players. Sat.-Sun., Apr. 16-17, 23-24, 2:30 p.m.; also Sat., Apr. 16, 7:30 p.m.; St. Luke’s Church Parish Hall, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. Suggested $15; $12 students, seniors, members of groups. Tickets/info: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.org. “Southeast Queens, A Play with Music,” about “a place with more than its share of history.” Thru Sat., May 7, varying times, Black Spectrum Theatre, Roy Wilkins Park, 177 St. and Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. $25; $20 seniors; $12.50 children. Info/tickets: (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com. “Troll,” about the perils of unchecked free speech in the internet age, anonymity and hate. Thru Sun., Apr. 24, varying times. $18. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Info/tickets: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

Carol Lynn Lustgarten book signing and lecture, by Forest Hills author of “I Don’t Like Getting Old.” Sat., Apr. 16, 2:30 p.m., Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Free (books available to buy). Info: (718) 268-7934, queenslibrary.org. Queens Civic Congress Biennial Luncheon, with U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as featured speaker. Over 200 civic leaders to attend, honoring activists Jim Gallagher of Fresh Meadows, Warren Schreiber of Bay Terrace, Christina Wilkinson of Newtown Historical. Sun., Apr. 17, 1 p.m., Antun’s, 96-43 Springfield Blvd., Queens Village. $50 advance/ members; $55 at door. Info/tickets: Kevin: (718) 374-1359, kjforrestal@gmail.com; James: (917) 623-0456; jtrent8830@aol.com. Nature poetry reading, by Queens Poet Laureate Maria Lisella and borough wordsmiths. Sun., Apr. 17, 2 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Relay for Life Bowl-a-Thon, to raise money for American Cancer Society fundraiser in Middle Village, sponsored by Glendale Kiwanis Club and Coldwell Banker Kueber Realty. Sun., Apr. 17, 2:30 p.m., Jib Lanes, 67-19 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. Minimum $40 donation for two hours of bowling, rental shoes, hot buffet. Info: pattig213@aol.com. Sergey Kadinsky book signing and lecture, by Fresh Meadows author of “Hidden Waters of New York City,” with special focus on Jamaica and its old Beaver Pond. Sun., Apr. 17, 3 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave. Free. Info: (718) 2060545, kingmanor.org.

“The New KKK,” screening of first episode of new CNN series United Shades of America and panel discussion with comedian W. Kamau Bell, who visited a Ku Klux Klan chapter in Arkansas for the show, and journalists Errol Louis and John Avlon. Tue., Apr. 20, 7 p.m. Free, limited space. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. PHOTO COURTESY CNN VIA MOMI

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A new theater company and the world premiere of a topical drama by an emerging playwright have come together in the latest attraction at The Secret Theatre, one of the busiest performance spaces in the everevolving scene that is Long Island City. The group is The Rushline Co. and the play, by Ken Greller, is called “Troll,” as in a person who anonymously and purposefully creates discord on the internet by posting inflammatory remarks, often of a sexual or religious nature. Inspired by the real-life case of a troll who went by the name Violentacrez, the play

‘Troll’ When: Through April 24, various times Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City Tickets: $18. (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com, therushlinecompany.org

centers around a frustrated young web journalist named Ari Jacobs (played by Brian Drummy, one of the co-founders of the company) who has uncovered the real-life identity of such an individual. Jacobs must decide whether or not to expose the man, Arnold (Jeffrey Delano Davis), which could turn around his own circumstances in life. Ari, as it turns out, is in the midst of a terrible depression. Among other issues, he has recently become homeless after a split-up with his lover, Ben (Reggie D. White), who tries to suppress his own sexual orientation. A fourth character is Tim Kramer (Andrew Block), an aspiring writer and Ari’s drinking buddy in whose pad Ari temporarily crashes. The play examines the role of social media in today’s society and some of the psychological issues behind those who abuse it. Despite the darkness of the subject matter, there is some humor here — very dark humor, to be sure. The dialogue is often sharp and the characters are flesh-and-blood human beings. Perhaps too much of the play’s 90-minute running time is devoted to the relationship between Ari and Ben. It might serve the work better to focus more on Arnold, who is

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Reggie D. White and Brian Drummy in “Troll,” a new play examining the hatred often PHOTO COURTESY THE RUSHLINE CO. espoused online and what lies behind it. given rather short shrift near the play’s end. All four actors, under the steady direction of Jason Modica, Rushline’s other co-founder, deserve praise for being admirably naturalistic.

Drummy is a daring actor indeed, going so far as to strip down to his birthday suit in one scene, in full view of the audience, seated on two sides of the small playing area. continued on page 39

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Staying alive: Leder Gallery probes into paint by Cristina Schreil qboro contributor

“Every five years, you hear, ‘Painting is dead,’ Jeffrey Leder said one recent afternoon in his Long Island City gallery. Ironically, he stood in a room of paintings. Leder described how some art critics and writers seem to occasionally pronounce that amid changes in the contemporary art world, there is no interest in painting. But he’s among many who assert that the medium has prospered. “It’s a very basic human form of expression,” he said. Beside him, curator Charles Marburg agreed. He has good reason to — Marburg is a painter himself with more than 20 years of daily studio work, and over much of the past year has curated a new exhibition for the Jeffrey Leder Gallery drawing from nine New York City-based painters. The artists are decades-deep in long investigations of the properties of paint. Marburg said the exhibition should reveal a deep, studied knowledge earned through a steadfast devotion. He calls these artists “Paintheads.” Marburg described the term as stemming from an “insatiable curiosity of figuring out what the hell you can do with paint.” Leder likened it to Deadheads, the termed devout fans of the Grateful Dead. “Paintheads” runs through April, closing Sunday, May 1. There are 25 paintings spread out over two rooms downstairs and one room upstairs in the Leder Gallery’s converted 1882 brownstone townhouse. Most works have used oil, acrylic and casein paint. Leder explained that all nine artists — whose ages range from 50 to 70 — have been painting since their teens or early 20s. “I wanted to do a show of artists who had been painting for quite a while,” Marburg said. As he led me around the space, he emphasized the concept of highlighting artists who had been “sitting and looking” at their work for years. The artists are Andrea Belag, Katherine Bradford, Martha Diamond, Ian Hughes, Queens-born Melissa Meyer, John L. Moore, Bobbie Oliver, Gary Stephan and Susan Wanklyn. Marburg hovered over two works by Wanklyn on the first floor and spotlighted

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details that illustrate the exhibition idea. In “Untitled (2 Blues),” Marburg pointed out a sliver of negative space at the top and textures that might look unimportant in a passing glance but are formed by creating hundreds of works before. He reinforced his goal of finding painters whose years of questioning and open dialogues with their works have distilled into a deeply informed visual vocabulary. “Someone who really understands painting,” Leder stressed. Leder said many have already admired Diamond’s “Blue Wash” upstairs, which is positioned on a wall adjacent to big windows overlooking 45th Street. “Perfect example of someone who has been painting for a long time,” Marburg said, noting details that indicated her knowledge of loading a brush, controlling brushstrokes, how the paint will behave and the “wonderful sense of light” she achieved. He later said that like other works in the exhibition, the artist created “something magical” while having it appear “deceptively simple.” Marburg looked at around 100 artists online and made 15 studio visits over the last six months. “There are a kazillion good artists in this city,” Marburg said, later asserting the show is not meant to be a survey or assessment. Many artists have shows in Manhattan galleries, and, with the exception of Wanklyn, all typically create much larger works than are represented in the gallery’s intimate space. The architecture of the brownstone itself leads to an interesting viewing experience. It feels like a home; original touches such as

Top right, Queens-born artist Melissa Meyer’s “Capital B.” Top left, Jeffrey Leder’s corgi, Sarah, passes by a 2016 untitled painting by Andrea Belag. Above, Curator Charles Marburg stands in a first-floor room of the Jeffrey Leder Gallery. PHOTOS BY CRISTINA SCHREIL EXCEPT TOP RIGHT, COURTESY JEFFREY LEDER GALLERY

slate fireplaces and pressed paper accents around the staircase let it feel much more intimate than some massive galleries, Leder

said. He said seeing the paintings in a house also acquaints viewers with how one might Q look in theirs. All works are for sale.

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Bright with dark undertones, live in Astoria continued from page 33 “Technology is amazing,” he said, indicating that he sometimes joins rehearsals from afar. “It’s like I’m playing with them,” he said. “If you know the songs, it shouldn’t be a problem,” said Drizis. As for the band’s name, Drizis explained that “it took about two weeks and 1,000 names back and forth” before a decision was made. “I wanted something a little dark,” explained Passaro. “Even though my songs sound bright, they have dark undertones.” Excitement is building over the planned British release of “Forever Girl,” the first cut on the “Spoils of the Soul” album, as a new dance mix. “It’s one of our best songs, very catchy,” said Drizis. Other members of the band are Duane Lozada on bass; Anthony Antoldi on drums; and Meghan Cary on backing vocals. The upcoming gig at Gussy’s “should be an interesting night When: April 23, 10 p.m. for us,” said FarWhere: Gussy’s, 20-14 29 St., rell, anticipating Astoria fans “should be Entry: $10. (917) 261-1494 willing to shake their asses.” He

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thinks the music appeals to all age groups, but admitted, “Time is going to tell.” Voodoo Dancer will perform at Gussy’s as part of a musical lineup. For more information on the show, call the club. For more about the band, or to hear some tracks or Q order their CDs, visit them on Facebook.

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COMMUNITY Pancake breakfast, Sacred Heart School, 84-05 78 Ave., Sun., Apr. 24, 7-11 a.m. Tickets: $8, at Coldwell Banker Kueber Realty at 67-13 Myrtle Ave., McKenna Florist at 67-11 Central Ave., Glendale. Info: Kerrie (718) 809-5281.

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KIDS/TEENS BY GRACE GO the glowing orbs of accent lighting. An The story of Villa Russo found its elegant stone staircase leads into the beginning at the hands of two sons of Grotto Room, a favorite for ceremonies. Italian immigrants whose dedication Light, gold-tone draping floats across and hard work nurtured the growth the ceiling, while a stone fireplace at of a small pizzeria into a full-service the back of the room burns warmly, restaurant. The Russo Family’s love guarded by stone lions. The Victorian for food traveled through the family’s exposed brick framing the space further unique Italian recipes, building a loyal enhances the warm, golden atmosphere following through the journey. The family of the Grotto Room. The centerpiece is used their catering expertise to open a an elegant ring of slim pillars that gather to form a gazebo banquet hall next area at the front to their restauVILLA RUSSO of the room. The r ant, mar king Palace Room is the founding of 118-16 101st Avenue the place for truly the contempo Richmond Hill, NY 11419 regal celebra rary venue that is 718-849-0990 tions. Encircled by Villa Russo. After an indoor balcony, hosting the first villarussocatering.com the sheer structure wedding recep of the room casts tion in 1977, the Russo brothers discovered their true an enchanting charm over its guests. passion: catering the special moments Golden chandeliers drop down from a in the lives of their beloved patrons. layer of sheer fabric and lights, drawing Now operated by a second-generation attention to the glossy dance floor below. family, Villa Russo continues the tradi- Layers of stone—a distinct characteristic tion of old-world values and traditions of Villa Russo—form a border around the that keep their clients coming back Palace Room. Full of light and old-world year after year. What started out as a charm, Villa Russo is prime for festive small family-owned pizzeria in Queens gatherings with family and friends! Newly engaged? Don’t miss the free over 58 years ago is now one of New York’s most successful and passionate 2016 Spring Bridal Show at Villa Russo on Thursday, May 19th! This event is catering venues. The golden letters at the entrance rated #1 in NYC for a show featuring to Villa Russo reads, “Il Palazzo de Villa cakes, wedding trends, industr y Russo,” giving clue to the majestic, experts, honeymoon giveaways and graceful look and feel of the Italian- other great prizes. Find more informainspired venue. Villa Russo’s impres- tion on www.villarussocatering.com or sive façade is one shaped from a blend call us (718) -849-0990. of stones and statuettes, lit up under Photography provided by Villa Russo Catering. – ADVERTORIAL –

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CLASSES Composting 101, teaching “how anyone can turn garbage into gold.” For adults and children 10 and up. Sat., Apr. 16, 1-3 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $5. Space limited, preregistration req’d. Info: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. Star Searchers — Exploring the April Night Sky, for adults (children 9 and up welcome with an adult). Observe Jupiter, its moons, constellations and more. Pro telescope provided, attendees welcome to bring their own or binoculars. Sat., Apr. 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Alley Pond Envi-

ronmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $15. Space limited, preregistration req’d. Info: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. ESL: Practical English for Employment and U.S. Citizenship. Language and cultural lessons and U.S. Citizenship Test preparation, designed to be taken together. Free from the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens. Mon. and Fri., thru June 27, 6-8 p.m., PS 13, 55-01 94 St., Elmhurst. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com. Personal training, by Mike Iozzino, every Mon., 1:30 p.m. Tai chi for beginners, by David Knee, every Tue., 11 a.m. Art, by Art Neshamkin, every Thu., 1:30 p.m. Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, suite 202. Suggested donation: $1 or $2. Info: (718) 268-5960.

SOCIAL Oldies Night with The Satellites, with live music, dancing, buffet dinner, beer, wine, soda. Sat., April 16, 6-10 p.m., Mary’s Nativity parish center, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. $40. Tickets (advance only): Anne Marie, (347) 860-3950; Irene, (917) 637-9953.

FLEA MARKETS St. Josaphat’s RC Church of Bayside, with Polish meat and bake sale too. Sun., Apr. 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., parish hall, 35 Ave. and 210 St. Free parking, vendors wanted. Info: Steve, (718) 224-3052.

SUPPORT GROUPS Alcoholics Anonymous, daily meetings around Queens for those with a drinking problem. Info: (718) 520-5021, queensaa.org. Al-anon, self-help group for anyone affected by another’s drinking: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82 St. and 34 Ave., parish house, 1st floor, Jackson Heights, every Tues. Contact: jacksonheightsalanonon@gmail.com. Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road, Rego Park, every Sun. 12 p.m. GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing): Find peer-lead grief support for those who have lost a loved one to substance abuse. Meetings held once a month. Info on date, times and location: nycmetrograsp@gmail.com.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Karaoke, every Fri., 1 p.m. All seniors invited to join in the fun. Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Contact: Rosalie, (718) 738-8100. Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144.

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continued from page 35 Onstage the entire time, Ari must deal with ever-changing emotions and Drummy’s performance was heartfelt throughout, though, at times, his dialogue was inaudible due to poor projection. The staging is interesting. The set, designed by Bryce Cutler, consists of little more than a sofa and dozens of large empty cardboard packing boxes, which take on quite an active role during the proceedings. Projections are reflected on these boxes, but, because of the placement of the spectators, they are difficult for some to see. The effective lighting design is by Steve Shack; the sound effects, designed by Maggie Burke, add immeasurably to the atmosphere. B e forewa r ne d : T he pro du c t i on includes, in addition to nudity, a great deal of adult language and situations. Leave grandma and the kiddies at home. On its internet site, Rushline indicates its goal is to produce works that engage audiences in “difficult conversations.” This welcome new troupe is well on its Q way.

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The New York City Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on Wednesday April 27, 2016 at 2:00 P.M., at 55 Water St., 9th Floor, in Manhattan on the following petition for revocable consent in the Borough of Queens: J.F.K. Property Co. LLC – to continue to maintain and use a force main under and along Rockaway Blvd. Interested parties can obtain copies of proposed agreement or request sign-language interpreters (with at least seven days prior notice) at 55 Water Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10041, or by calling (212) 839-6550.

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Notice of formation of EMPIRE FOUR SEASONS DISTRIBUTION LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/18/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: PO BOX 800008, Elmhurst, NY 11380. Purpose: any lawful act. Gabor HJH LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/20/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 85-45 89th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421. General purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KAYA CLOUDS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/18/2016. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Charles Robert Haas, 3911 220th Street, Bayside, NY 11361-2347 Purpose: any lawful activity.

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SURROGATE’S COURT-QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of NICOLAE KALADJIAN, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees, and successors in interest, whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK STATE, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF QUEENS COUNTY; A petition having been duly filed by Smaranda Moraru, who is domiciled at 560 Main Street, #717, Roosevelt Island, New York 10044. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on June 2nd, 2016, at 9:30 o’clock in the AM noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of NICOLAE KALADJIAN, lately domiciled at 54-16 82 Street, Elmhurst, N.Y. 11373, admitting to probate a Will dated April 18, 2002, (a Codicil dated_________) (a Codicil dated_________) a copy of which is attached, as the Will of NICOLAE KALADJIAN, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [ X ] Letters Testamentary issue to: Smaranda Moraru [ ] Letters of Trusteeship issue to:________ [ ] Letters of Administration c.t.a. issue to________ (State any further relief requested) HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Margaret M. Gribbon, Chief Clerk, March 24th, 2016 DATED, Attested and Sealed. George W. Klein, Attorney for Petitioner, Telephone Number, 718-575-3373, 70-09 Austin St., Suite 204, Forest Hills, N.Y. 11375, Address of Attorney. [NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] P-5 (10/96) NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: KUTTING EDGE BARBERSHOP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/05/2016. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Oksana Aminova, 9834 63rd Dr., Apt. 5C Rego Park, NY 11374. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NO FEAR COMICS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/4/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Oneil Gordon, 144-20 225 Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Leonardo 106-57 160 St. LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/1/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Edmundo Roman, Esq., 505 59th St., 2nd Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11220. General purpose.

Notice of formation of R&M Seymour Realty LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/30/2016. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Melanie Seymour 116-38 198th Street, Saint Albans, NY 11412. Purpose: any lawful activity.

N O T I C E O F F O R M AT I O N O F LIMITED LIABILIT Y COMPANY. N A M E : L I N D E N H OT E L L LC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/05/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LINDEN HOTEL LLC, 31-06 LINDEN PL, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

ROB & ALAMO REALTY, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/07/16. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 172-31 Victoria Drive, Jamaica, NY 11434. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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The 104th Precinct leads in fighting crime Men arrested for allegedly posing as a cop, possessing illegal shotgun by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

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Don’t let the handful of startling offenses in the area over the last few weeks fool you. According to Capt. Mark Wachter, the 104th Precinct’s commanding officer, no station in the borough has had the success it’s had in reducing crime. “In the last month, a lot has happened,” Wachter said at the precinct community council meeting on Tuesday night. “A lot of good stuff, but a few bad things as well.” According to Wachter, the command is down 5 percent in crime for both the last 28 days and the year — the biggest drop in any precinct throughout the borough — all while efforts to combat reckless driving and illegal massage parlors operating throughout southwest Queens have ramped up. “If we look around Queens, we’re the best in the borough in crime reduction right now,” he said. “We had a 10 percent reduction last year so it’s going to be a little rougher this year. We’re going to work harder and focus our efforts.” In terms of notable arrests, the commander said his officers apprehended two men with multiple illegal firearms and other weapons in their possession —with one of the men driving around the neighborhood impersonating a cop. In that case, a Bushwick man was pulled over on April 2 for having illegal lights and sirens on his car and subsequently busted for allegedly possessing an imitation pistol that strongly resembled a NYPD-issued service weapon, a gravity knife, an expendable metal baton, metal knuckles, a stun gun and handcuffs.

Officers from the 104th Precinct responding to a domestic violence call also arrested a man for allegedly possessing an illegal shotgun, a rifle, an axe and multiple knives. Wachter added that felony domestic violence reports have gone up substantially in recent months and urged anyone in an abusive relationship with someone who owns a firearm to report it to the police. “If you’re in a relationship and your spouse or significant other has firearms,” he said, “you’ve got to let us know.” When it comes to less violent crime, Wachter said the precinct has closed every single illegal massage parlor on Myrtle Avenue that’s been reported to the authorities, with the station turning its focus to establishments on other thoroughfares like Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue. “In a week or two, we’ll hopefully keep making more arrests,” he said. Three officers — Jonathan Hili, Onur Cumur and Nicholas Mancuso — were also honored as the cops of the month by the precinct for apprehending one of two men on March 16 who allegedly robbed two delis at gunpoint. According to Wachter, the two suspects allegedly stuck up the bodega at 59-02 Myrtle Ave. and injured one of the store owners. Three days later, they allegedly robbed a second area deli, but they were spotted by the three cops shortly after f leeing the location. After a brief foot pursuit, Hili, Cumur and Mancuso captured one of the men. “Excellent work done by all three of them,” the commander said. “They put their lives on the line and they do a great job.” Q

Burglary investigation The NYPD is seeking the public’s help in identifying and locating a person and vehicle in connection with a burglary pattern in the 105th Precinct. Police say sixteen homes have been burglarized between Jan. 25 and this past Sunday, April 9. The burglar or burglars usually enter the homes via rear doors or windows when pos-

sible. Cash, electronics and jewelry are among the items taken. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public also can submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential.

Officers Jonathan Hili, second from left, Onur Cumur and Nicholas Mancuso were honored on Tuesday as cops of the month by 104th Precinct station commander Capt. Mark Wachter and PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA council president Len Santoro for arresting an alleged armed robber.

Borough President Melinda Katz declined to comment about the de Blasio administration considering a space in College Point to build a jail on when asked about it by the Chronicle. “The administration has not reach out to our office about this proposal,” Sharon Lee, the borough president’s communications director, said in an emailed statement. “We will reserve comment at this time.” Other officials who represent the area, Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), Assembly man Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing) and state Sen. Tony Avella

(D-Bayside), have announced their opposition to the idea of a jail in College Point that would partially replace Rikers Island. In a statement, a de Blasio administration spokeswoman pointed to recent comments by the mayor indicating that there are not current plans to build a new jail. “We’ll explore options, we’re openminded, but right now our focus is on fixing Rikers Island because that’s going to be our reality under any scenario for five to 10 years minimum,” the mayor Q said at an April 6 press conference. — Ryan Brady

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Scott’s Seafood House, a Rego icon

Sat. nights not all right

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Next to the Howard Johnson’s on Queens Boulevard, the greatest Rego Park landmark was arguably Scott’s. Opened in 1941 at 96-24 Queens Blvd., it originally was named Scott’s Seafood House. It saw only modest success until 1949, when Michael and son Bernard Zeldow bought it. Michael Zeldow (1892-1988) had learned the food business working in his Russian immigrant father’s cafeteria on Court Street in Brooklyn. Scott’s had a staff of 50, with AfricanAmerican head chef Al Jones serving dishes like Alaska King Crab, broiled Florida pompano and lobster thermidor. Regular patrons included actors Thelma Ritter, Jack Palance, Sylvia Sidney and Cornell Wilde, as well as District Attorney Thomas Mackell and Borough President Mario Cariello. It was the meeting place for the Rego Park Lions Club lunches. Host and hostess Lou and Ann Benton always made you feel comfortable. The bartender was Al Hirsch. Scott’s bought an estimated 20 tons of shrimp, 20 tons of lobster from South Africa, eight tons of lemon sole, and 15 tons of

Scott’s Seafood House, at 96-24 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park, January 1969. Maine lobsters every year. Cue Magazine wrote in a review, “There is no better place in New York for Sea Food Lovers.” In 1988 Michael Zeldow died at 96. Bernard, who had gone to the Fulton Fish market every day at 5 a.m. for 40 years, to select the freshest items of the day, was thinking about retirement to Florida. In 1990 the business was sold and became Ottomanelli’s Cafe. But in a short time it closed and became Vincent Palermo’s strip club, “Wiggles.” Because of its location and low-class atmosphere it became the No. 1 target of Mayor Giuliani and eventually was shut down. It’s every sea lovers dream for Q Scott’s to come back and do it all again.

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

In 1973 Elton John had a big hit singing about how Saturday night was all right for fighting. That’s certainly not the case weather-wise generally for Mets games in April as well as most of May and September. The Mets have not scheduled any Saturday 1 p.m. games this year. This past Saturday night the starting game time temperature at 7:10 p.m. was 41 degrees, and that wasn’t factoring into account the strong wind. It was very fitting that the CocaCola polar bear threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Wall Street Journal sports reporter Jared Diamond tweeted, “Is this a first in majorleague history? Bartolo Colon’s age (42) is a larger number than the first-pitch temperature (41).” A number of Mets ushers I spoke with were also upset about the strange start time. Granted, it had rained during that afternoon, but that wasn’t the point. Affable Mets second baseman Neil Walker expressed his preference for weekend day baseball to me in the Mets clubhouse prior to the game: “Aside from the weather being a little warmer during the day our body clocks are used to day baseball since most spring training games are played then.” The Mets bats were as cold as the conditions as they lost 1-0, though credit has to be given to

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Phillies starting pitcher Vince Velasquez. Saturday matinee baseball games have long been a New York baseball tradition because they appeal to families. There is something very pleasant about watching games in the sunshine and getting home at a reasonable hour. Mets reliever Jerry Blevins felt for his Yankees counterpart Dellin Betances when he was charged with a throwing error after fielding the Astros’ Carlos Correa’s infield grounder on Opening Day. Correa ran to first on the infield grass, which should have resulted in him being out. Betances made an awkward looping throw over the head of Yanks first baseman Mark Teixeira, and the Astros wound up scoring three runs that cost the Yankees the ballgame. Had Betances drilled Correa in the back, however, the umpires would have ruled him out and the Yankees would have escaped trouble. “That’s crazy that there would be an incentive to needlessly hurt a player. Baseball has to change that immediately,” said Blevins. The Mets home opener this past Friday was special, and not just for the fact that the team raised its 2015 National League pennant at Citi Field. There was a moment of silence for longtime Mets public relations director Shannon Forde who lost her battle with breast cancer last Q month. She’ll be greatly missed. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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• Old Howard Beach • 1 Family Colonial - 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, EIK, can be used as a mother/daughter, new windows in bath, 1st floor and bedrooms, new boiler, hot water heater and electric. 3B58M5

• Lindenwood • MEDICAL OFFICE FOR RENT Established location across from shopping center. Waiting room, reception area, 5 exam rooms, handicapped bathroom, 1st floor- handicapped accessible, 1300 square feet.

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Just Listed Ranch Huge 80x100 corner lot, radiant heat, 8 rms all formal, 3 BRs, den, sunroom, 2 car garage. CALL NOW!

Hi-Ranch. huge 50x100 lot, 10 rms, 4 BRs, 3 baths, large EIK, FDR, new heating & HW, large rooms & plenty of closets.

Detached 2 Family, 10 rms, 4 bedrms, 3 baths, finished basement, private driveway, det. garage, granite countertops

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1 Family Ranch - just the shellcompletely gutted from Sandy, sold with additional lots across the street of 20x80 which can be used for parking, boat storage etc. N6QK8S

Custom Built Colonial - 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, living room, dining room, EIK, CAC, radiant heat, cathedral ceilings, sound system thruout, heated in-ground pool with new heater - A MUST SEE!! QWS22Y

1 Family Hi-Ranch - 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, living room, dining room, EIK’s, baths and kitchens are renovated, new electric and windows, no Sandy damage, quiet block, sliders to yard, Lot Size-40x106. CCDTS7 ©2016 M1P • CAMI-069298 CAMI 069298

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• Rockwood Park • Spectacular Empire Mother-Daughter - All Brick With Pavers, In-Ground Pool, Built In Bbq, Security Cameras And Alarm, 40X106 Property, New Kitchen With State Of The Art Appliances, Gas Fireplace, New Boiler, Crown Molding, 2 New Bathrooms With Jacuzzi And Air Jets, Vaulted Ceiling, Too Many Extra To List!! RKYM75

Updated Det. Colonial, 13 rms, fireplace, 5 baths, finished bsmnt, det garage with pvt. drive, solar panels, CALL NOW!

Centreville 3.5 Room Duplex, 2 baths, townhouse Condo, granite kitchen. Comes w/parking spot, washer/ dryer, pet-friendly. CALL NOW!

HOWARD BEACH Just Listed, garden Co-op, 3.5 rms, 1 bedrm., 2nd fl, pet friendly CALL NOW!

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High Ranch, 5 BRs, 3 full baths, high-end appliances: Viking stove, granite & stainless steel appl, new HVAC (5 ton unit) heating system, new siding – roof – electric panel 220 (40 breakers), crown moldings, full - CCTV surveillance system, audio/video and much more. Come and view this beautiful house.

LARGE ALL BRICK DETACHED COLONIAL 4 BRs, 2.5 baths, 1 BR on first level with large living room, dining room, 1 bath, 2nd floor has 3 BRs & 1 bath. Finished bsmnt. with ½ bath & pvt. dvwy., 1 car gar. 30x100

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Boater’s/Fisherman’s dream. Very cozy completely renovated: new kitchen w/ wood cabinets & new appliances, new boiler & hot water heater, new siding/roof/ walls/ceilings & floors. Back, side and front decks. Dock holds 2 boats. Den on 1st floor can be BR. 3 BRs/1 full bath.

HOWARD BEACH HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK LINDENWOOD Split-level– All updated brick & stucco on 40x100 – new stucco, newly paved pvt dvwy Large 2 family for 2 cars, new CAC, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, featuring 6 BRs, hardwood 5 baths, full fin floors, bsmnt with sep ent, Andersen formal dining rooms, windows, eat-in kit, in-ground sprinlarge den, klers/manicured sliding doors yard, alarmed and to patio. very clean.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Unique large Colonial on oversized 40x127 corner lot. New kitchen with granite countertops, new cabinets & tiled floors, 3 large BRs, 2.5 Baths, 2 walk-in closets, 2-car garage, with rooftop terrace.

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All New Mint Ranch, 3 BRs, 2 full baths on 46.5 x 100 lot, new kitchen, baths/appliances/windows, new heating system, new CAC, French drains, 200 Amp electric, fin bsmnt with porcelain tiles, new pavers, new stoop/ roof/skylight, custom CT A R awning on side NT O C of house. IN

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Large Cape on 60x100 lot, 4 BRs, 3 full baths, back dormered, full fin bsmt, park-like backyard, 3 zone heat, new boiler, hot water heater, deck off top floor overlooks yard, beautiful sunroom, great location– Must see!!!

MINT! All Brick Tudor Colonial, 3 BRs, 2 new baths, new kit w/breakfast nook, CAC, updated electric, porcelain tiles: 1st floor, hardwood floors: upstairs. 9' ceilings 1st & 2nd floors, pvt drwy & det. 1 car gar, slate roof, full finished bsmt. CT

HOWARD BEACH Custom 50x100 Colonial. 4 BRs, 3 full baths, granite kitchen with Thermador stove & hood, sub-zero fridge, Jacuzzi bath, balcony, fireplace in fam. room, 1.5 car gar. A spectacular home!

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HOWARD BEACH (143 Broadway) LAND Large waterfront property (69x155) 4 lots altogether. Located on Canal.

BUILDER’S DELIGHT! Asking $129K HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Co-ops High Ranch on large 55x100 lot– Walk-in area (All new) with enclosed porch- 3 BRs, 2 full baths, CAC, impeccably clean, move-in cond.

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Detached Colonial, 4 BRs, 1½ baths, full finished bsmnt with fin. attic, pvt. dvwy, 1 car HOWARD BEACH - HI-RISE CONDO garage, new roof, Large 1 BR Condo in Hi-Rise building, 2 stained glass closets galore, laundry on premises, windows. L-shaped Living Rm, Dining Rm.

• Updated/1 BR co-op, Hi-rise building .. $129,999 • Hi-rise 1 BR, top flr, updated kit & bath$125,500 • Large 1 BR, new bath, oversized rooms ... $109K

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MINT CONDO (2nd floor), large 3BRs, 2 baths 2 terraces front and back.

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Lovely Colonial in Richmond Hill North featuring 4 BRs – original oak bannister, new roof, new windows, near transportation.

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CONR-069302

Large Hi-Ranch on oversized 45x100 lot – featuring 4 BRs/3 full baths, w/updated kitchens and baths. Park-like backyard with screened porch.

Colonial (New construction) 3/4 BRs, 2.5 baths, finished attic, pvt. dvwy., deck, large yard, bsmnt will be sheetrocked, in-ground sprinklers, new PVC fencing, stainless steel appliances Reduced $769K

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Asking $599K

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Updated Colonial/Cape on 40x100 features updated kitchen and full bath, large living room/dining room & 2 BRs on first floor– Top floor has 2 BRs and full bath, large unfinished bsmnt, large deck & yard– Must see!!

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Large unique Split-level/Colonial featuring 4 BRs/4 baths, full finished ½ in-ground basement, 1 car garage, pvt driveway, in-ground pool, CAC, sprinkler system.

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