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WALK OFF, GAME OVER Phil Vetrano, father of murdered Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano, leaves court Tuesday morning, followed by his wife, Cathie, after hearing the judge impose a life sentence with no chance of parole.

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New NYC policies to fight climate change Council OKs building retrofitting, other bills; BdB reveals Green New Deal plan by Ryan Brady Editor

With the Trump administration exiting the Paris Accord, New York City is deepening its commitment to fighting climate change. Mayor de Blasio is expected to sign the ambitious nine-bill Climate Mobilization Act that the City Council passed last week. And on top of that, he announced a “Green New Deal” plan for the five boroughs aimed at dramatically increasing their reliance on renewable sources. Structures that are 25,000 square feet or larger account for 30 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the five boroughs, despite making up only 3 percent of their million buildings. The chief part of the legislative package, Intro. 1253 gives the big buildings until 2030 to slash their aggregate carbon footprint by 40 percent. Noncompliant landlords will get slapped with steep fines. The bill does not apply to co-op and condo buildings with three or fewer stories or garden apartment complexes. Different reduction targets will be assigned to different types of structures. And a new body within the Department of Buildings — the Office of Building Energy and Emissions Performance — will help owners effectively refrofit to reduce their buildings’ footprints. “The Climate Mobilization Act is a downpayment on the future of New York City — one that ensures we lead the way in the ever-grow-

ing fight against climate change,” Environmental Protection Committee Chairman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), the main sponsor of Intro. 1253, said in a prepared statement. The legislation will codify into city law one of the policies also outlined in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-Queens, Bronx) Green New Deal proposal: retrofitting the nation’s

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buildings to cut their carbon footprints. Constantinides also introduced three of the other bills in the package passed last week. One of them, 1252, creates a sustainable energy loan program for the costs of retrofitting. Another one, 1318, makes the city determine the feasibility of shutting its 21 gas-fired power plants and basing their energy systems on

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renewable sources. The third, 1317, creates new rules for wind turbines intended to make them easier to establish in the city. The Council also passed bills carried by Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Rafael Espinal (D-Brooklyn) that will each require certain large buildings to have green roofs or solar panels. Another Espinal bill that was passed will mandate that the city Office of Alternative Energy put certain information about green roofs on its website, including about their installation. There are also two resolutions in the Climate Mobilization Act. One of them, sponsored by Richards, Constantinides and Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan), urges the state Department of Environmental Conservation to halt the Williams pipeline proposed off the Rockaways. Councilman Stephen Levin (D-Brooklyn) carried the other resolution, which implores Albany to raise the green roof installation tax abatement to $15 per square foot. When Intro. 1253 was first unveiled — it was later amended — some of the opposition came from the co-op and condo community. Bob Friedrich, president of the Glen Oaks Village co-op and a former City Council candidate, was a vocal critic of the bill. He and others continued on page 19

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Is this the answer to flood problem? Road trip to Connecticut: Officials check out gates advocated for HB by Michael Shain Editor

Stamford is only 90 minutes by car from Howard Beach, but it looks a world away when it comes to controlling floods. A group of officials from South Queens made a tour of the system for f lood control that saved the Connecticut town of 130,000 on Long Island Sound from any significant damage during Hurricane Sandy. When they came back, they said they’d seen an idea that “could work” here.

“We can look at a map and see what they’ve done” in Stamford, said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who made the trip last Monday with Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), Hamilton Beach Civic Association President Roger Gend ron , Com mu n it y Board 10 President Betty Braton

and Borough President Melinda Katz aide Dan Brown. “But to hear the mayor say, ‘We have not had a serious flood since 1969,’ that’s a powerful thing,” said Addabbo. The move to convince the Army Corps of Engineers to build gates at the openings of the Shellbank and Hawtree Basins, the two canals that divide Old and New Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach, has been a priority among homeowners but, so far, has not been able to catch the ear of officials in Washington. Periodic flooding from serious storms has been a nuisance in those neighborhoods for years, but with sea levels rising due to climate change, the need for a reliable system of water control has become more pressing, says Gendron. Another rally is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, at Holy Name Church calling for the Corps to build a similar set of gates here to keep the waters of Jamaica Bay out of Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach. Gendron organized the car caravan to Stamford after learning that the government had drawn up plans in the mid-1960s to build similar sets of flood gates both in Howard Beach and there.

Roger Gendron, head of the Hamilton Beach Civic Association and the leading advocate for flood control gates on Howard Beach’s two canals, took officials to see a similar project, now 50 years old, that protects Stamford, Conn., PHOTOS COURTESY BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S OFFICE left, from the Long Island Sound. Congress, with the backing of the Lyndon Johnson White House, funded the project in Connecticut but failed to appropriate money here for unknown reasons. “During Sandy, they showed us that water inside the gate was at 6 feet [above flood stage] and out-

side it was 11 feet,” said Gendron. “That’s huge.” The group toured the pumps and canals created to handle f lood waters escorted by Stamford officials and engineers in charge of the waterfront operation. “The only way for us to get

something like Stamford has,” said Pheffer Amato, “is through persistence and relentless advocacy. “Wit h cli mate cha nge, my agenda is about resiliency, protecting our vulnerable waterfront communities from what’s going Q to happen.”

Eyes are watching in Forest Park now New cameras installed over winter aimed at remote trails, sidewalks by Michael Shain For the latest news visit qchron.com

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At Forest Park this spring, something new is sprouting overhead that doesn’t grow on trees. The NYPD has installed more than a dozen new surveillance cameras at the entrances and along the trails of the park, according to Deputy Inspector Courtney Nilan, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct. The cameras were installed over the winter using discretionary funds from Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). “There wasn’t a huge crime spree or anything,” she said. “It just was an area where we needed cameras, we all agreed.” Crime in the park that straddles Woodhaven Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue is down by half since the beginning of the year

when installation of the cameras began. “We’ve only taken six reports so far this year. That’s an all-time low for the precinct,” said Nilan. “The cameras are the main reason for that.” The 538-acre park has been true to its name ever since it opened at the turn of the last century. Its deep forest and isolated trails are difficult to police and the cameras have provided the precinct with extra sets of eyes on the entrances and more remote areas. “They are a definite help,” Nilan said, “especially on the trails where some people might be thinking, ‘Hey, I can get away with this.’” The park’s reputation as a city sanctuary, home to a vintage carousel and a challenging, par-70 golf course took a hit in 2013 after six women were sexually assaulted

there. A Richmond Hill man was eventually arrested in the case. The cameras have two purposes — catching perpetrators of crime on tape and deterring potential criminals. “Most of all, we want people using the park to feel safe,” said Nilan. The cameras have a 360-degree range of vision and officers at the precinct can get real-time access to the images they capture. “Technology today makes it practically instantaneous,” Nilan said. Most of the cameras are posted in hightraffic areas at entrances along Park Lane South and Woodhaven Boulevard, she said. “They’re easy to spot,” she said. An added advantage to the cameras, officials said, is that they also cover the perimeter of the park, where they can see any break-ins of cars parked along sidewalks. Q

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It’s final: life without parole Karina Vetrano’s killer gets the max, two arrested at protest afterward by Michael Shain Editor

It was the day Phil and Cathie Vetrano, parents of slain Howard Beach speech pathologist Karina Vetrano, had been waiting two and a half years for — the chance to speak directly to her convicted killer and see him sentenced. Minutes after they implored the judge in the mu rder case to impose the maximum sentence on her killer this week, Chanel Lewis was sentenced to prison for life without parole. The final courtroom scene in the racially charged and convoluted case was high in drama. Wearing a black T-shirt issued by the foundation he and his wife set up in Karina’s memory, her father spoke to Lewis for the first time. “Karina asked me to give you a message,” he said. “She told me to tell you that if you stand up today and ask her for forgiveness, she will forgive you. “ T hos e a r e he r words, not mine,” he said turning away. “I will never forgive you.” But when the judge asked Lewis if he had anything to say before sentencing, the 22-year-old Brooklyn man continued to declare his innocence. “I am sorry for the family’s loss,” he said in a barely audible voice, seated at the defense table. “But I didn’t do it.” Lewis, dressed in the silver-gray suit he’d worn nearly every day of his three-week trial, appeared fidgety during the hour-long court session. He stared straight ahead, his leg bouncing nervously under the table, when the prosecutor and Vetrano’s family vilified him and outlined the damage the murder had inflicted on them. Lewis’ mother, Veta, who sat several rows behind her heavily guarded son, listened closely as members of the Vetrano family spoke, watching them read their statements from a lectern set up at the railing of the courtroom. “This is Karina’s day — hers and hers alone,” her mother, told the court. The mother raised her hand over her head and showed the courtroom a pair of white, slip-on shoes, the same ones her daughter wore on her last day of work, she said.

“These are the shoes of a giant, a war r ior and a queen,” she declared. The mother called Lewis “a pathetic, evil coward” and wished him “a long life within our state pr ison and within you r ow n conscience.” She also denounced Lewis’ defense lawyers who “insinuated to the jury that my husband was responsible for the savager y [Lewis] imposed” — a reference to conspiracy theories that circulated on social media that Phil Vetrano played some role in the murder. Karina Vetrano was murdered and sexually assaulted on Aug. 2, 2016 while jogging near her home in Howard Beach, a crime that launched a six-month manhunt and captured the city’s attention. Security was unusually tight in the courtroom as well as outside on Queens Boulevard. Members of the court officers’ tactical Special Response Team were stationed at the perimeter of the courtroom as a precaution against demonstrations during the hearing. Between 30 and 40 Lewis supporters, insisting authorities had arrested the wrong man for the crime, accompanied his mother to court. They chanted “Justice for Chanel” as they were ushered out of the courtroom. Two prot est er s, i nclud i ng Lewis’ pastor, the Rev. Kevin McCall, were arrested after the hea r i ng when they k nelt on Queens Boulevard to block traffic in protest. Judge Michael Aloise, whose

Security at the sentencing of Chanel Lewis was unusually tight. Phil Vetrano, the father of Karina Vetrano, left, showed reporters on the steps outside the Queens County Criminal Court, below, a photo of her as a young girl. “We POOL PHOTO / CHARLES ECKERT, ABOVE; PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN never wanted to make a race thing out of this,” he said. decision last fall to declare a mistrial in Lewis’ f irst trial was widely questioned, took an unusually personal tone before pronouncing sentence. “I believe in God who is at this very moment embracing Karina Vetrano,” Aloise said. He then predicted that Lewis would some day ask for divine forgiveness. “But when you do, it’ll be in a cage,” Aloise said. “That’s a guarantee.” He then imposed a second sentence, 25 years to life, on Lewis fo r i nt e nt io n a l mu rd e r a nd ordered the two terms be served consecutively. The protesters called the sentence “a lynching” and said they would “take this fight to Howard Q Beach.”

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City seeks speedier Queens bus routes Mayor seeks cut in bus travel times by Michael Gannon Editor

Six Queens locations are among more than 20 citywide that are being targeted by Mayor de Blasio and the city’s Department of Transportation in an effort to speed up bus service in the next year. The mayor spoke about the plan last Thursday in Hunters Point South Park along with DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and other officials. The proposal is being called the Better Buses Action Plan. “The Better Buses Action Plan is something that we can do to address the fact that New Yorkers have some of the longest bus commutes in the whole country,” de Blasio said in a transcript sent by his office. “It does not need to be that way. We can do things differently. We can do things better.” Part of the plan includes Woodhaven Boulevard between Union Turnpike and 101st Avenue, considered to be an extension of existing Select Bus Service on the corridor that began in 2017. Potential changes include median extensions at Union Turnpike, Myrtle and 101st avenues, and bus- and pedestrian-friendly signal adjustments. New projects include: • Broadway between Queens Boulevard and 75th Street in Elmhurst, with possible changes including new signalization;

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• Main Street in Flushing between Northern Boulevard and 40th Road, with possible improvements including new street markings, adjusted signals and an extended bus lane; • the intersection of Main Street and Union Turnpike in Flushing, including new street markings, signal adjustments and left turn restrictions; • Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood between Metropolitan and Putnam avenues, possibly including a new bus lane, new loading zones for businesses and new metered parking on spur streets; and • improvements along Rockaway Beach Boulevard in the Rockaways. “I said this in the State of the City — we will speed up bus rides for 600,000 New Yorkers, by 25 percent, by next year,” de Blasio said. “So, it’s a very aggressive goal. Shave a quarter of the time off of people’s commute by next year for 600,000 people. And this is going to involve over 20 projects all over the city. It will involve new bus lanes, in some cases. It will involve green light priority for buses at 300 key intersections around the five boroughs. It will involve redesigning some of our current bus routes in Queens and the Bronx, and a whole host of other examples.” Studies and community outreach in Queens for the city’s plan are scheduled to begin next month and run through spring 2020. Initial

Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood is one of six places in Queens that the city is targeting for changes to speed up bus service in the next PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON 12 months. reaction from around the borough was hopeful. “I have advocated for better bus service and proper management of Fresh Pond Road buses for many years,” Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Long Island City) said in a statement from the Mayor’s Office. She added that previous MTA efforts have improved the Myrtle-Wyckoff and Metropolitan Avenue subway stations. “It’s past due time to assist our bus riding community,” the assemblywoman said. Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village)

said he is looking at the DOT’s Fresh Pond proposals with an open mind. “We do see an opportunity for progress,” Holden told the Chronicle in a telephone interview. Holden said such things as a new bus lane could be useful, but that he then would like to see any lost parking offset on the nearby side streets. But he said improvement is possible on the corridor with even minor changes. He said one example is a parking spot in Menahan Street that causes problems for those attempting to make southbound turns onto Fresh Pond. “You can fix that problem by eliminating one parking spot,” he said. Holden expects to tour the area with Queens DOT Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia in the near future to discuss the possibilities. The Flushing projects fall within the district of Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing), with Main Street in that area being one of the busiest spots in the city for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Kim wants any changes to be coordinated and very well thought out, rather than what he believes have been merely incremental measures in recent years. “There are always the same constant complaints — people competing for space,” Kim said in an interview. “If you shift a lane of traffic or paint different lines on the paving, you’ve inconvenienced someone else.” He said any changes also would need to take the area’s small Q business community into consideration.

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t last, after the long search for the killer, the anticipation of the trial, the mistrial and the retrial, the saga surrounding the horrific murder of Karina Vetrano is over. We hope. Justice was served Tuesday when Vetrano’s killer was sentenced not only to life in prison without the possibility of parole but a consecutive term of 25 years to life. That was the judge sending a strong message that the murderer, Chanel Lewis, will never get to see the light of day from outside prison walls again. Which is as close as we can come to fairness under our system, since Vetrano will never see the light of day again either, and hasn’t for two and a half years. Nor will anyone ever again get to see the sunshine that surrounded her. As the Rev. Francis Colamaria, pastor of St. Helen Church in Howard Beach, said at Vetrano’s funeral, “Karina, a bright light, had a smile, an energy, a presence that could light up a room. In fact, one that could light up your very life.” Vetrano was beautiful inside and out. A speech pathologist, she held a master’s degree from St. John’s University. She loved to play with children. She loved

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to travel. She had a sophisticated website on which she showed herself to be a highly intelligent, complex and sensitive person. If you seek it out, just be warned that she didn’t hold back and wrote about much of the human experience, including its dark elements. The site may live on forever, but even if it does not, the memory of Vetrano will for those who knew her. We again offer our deepest condolences to Vetrano’s family and friends. We share, with most of the community, the relief that justice has been done. And we congratulate the prosecution for learning from whatever mistakes it made during the first trial and successfully representing the people this time around. There are those who maintain Lewis’ innocence, with some trying to inject a racial element into the case, as if Lewis was charged because he is black. Nonsense. Plenty of evidence proved his guilt. Now some of those people vow to “take this fight to Howard Beach.” We hope they don’t. The community needs to heal from the horror of Vetrano’s murder, not see it revisited in a divisive, pointless way. People have suffered enough thanks to Lewis already.

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End illegal tolls now Dear Editor: Congratulations, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, on last week’s announcement in the Chronicle (“MTA cries uncle over Rockaway toll,” multiple editions), confirming the virtual end of the Cross Bay Boulevard toll plaza to the Rockaways. While there is much to celebrate in the first step of the toll’s demise, there are also disturbing sidebars to its conditions for removal. The plaza remains totally illegal. It is not a topic for discussion or debate, nor is it a bargaining chip, toward the implementation of congestion control readers for motorists in Manhattan. The Albany legislators are not throwing Queens a concession by simply signing off on the toll’s removal, but instead are compounding its illegality by seeking further leveraging support for their latest contentious fraud on the public. The law is clearly on the side of the toll’s removal. What is it that Albany does not understand? First and foremost, it isn’t the Rockaway “bridge.” It is a viaduct, and its toll is illegal because it divides the County of Queens from Queens. It is the only such extortion of its kind in the State of New York. Everyone should be entitled access to the Rockaway Peninsula to enjoy the sun, surf, and sand without a tariff. Queens is supposedly receiving a “gift” from Albany, to enjoy the board© Copyright 2019 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsiblefor errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc.at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

ount us among the skeptics when it comes to elements of the new survey on New Yorkers’ thoughts about homelessness. Is it really true that 46 percent of Queens residents support having a homeless shelter open up in their neighborhood while only 40 percent do not? That’s hard to believe given the history of stealth shelters being opened here with zero public notice and the resulting protests. And as City Councilman Bob Holden points out in our story on the poll, there’s a difference between large shelters holding hundreds of people and small ones such as the one he’s working on in a Ridgewood church basement, which will house 15. Ask people if they support having one of those nearby or having the hotel around the corner turned into a shelter and you’ll get different answers. In Queens, again and again, we get hotel shelters. Then there’s the sample used in the survey. The total of 1,002 citywide is fine, but only 100 people were polled in Queens. That’s 10 percent, but we make up 29 percent of the city’s population. Lastly, the survey was conducted by a polling firm and ... Win, formerly Women In Need, a nonprofit that says it’s the city’s biggest provider of shelters for families. Not exactly a neutral arbiter. We don’t know what impact if any this poll will have on policy, but we hope and expect others also will take it with a grain of salt.

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walk, the ocean, and the commercial districts struggling to stay in business. I am further insulted that a sweep of the pen is not being used immediately, and in time for the coming 2019 beach season. As stated in the Chronicle report, it will still take until next spring to right the wrong of an illegal toll plaza, while western Nassau County, in the meantime, will continue to enjoy a free passage to the entire peninsula, as it has already been doing for decades. As for Joe and Stacey, again may I extend my personal thanks and appreciation for your efforts on behalf of Queens. Stacey was correct, as it is a bother for me to establish residency to gain access to the beach, when, in actuality, no one should be denied free passage to the Rockaways, whether you live in Queens or not. Nassau County has already laid claim to that precedent. This is a rare instance, where no justification exists, to prolong the demolition of this plaza for yet another 12 months, and thereby deprive all motorists of the Rockaway shoreline

now. Never mind spring 2020; let us have payback, in time for summer 2019! Robert W. Rice Woodhaven

For better community boards Dear Editor: Re Mk Moore’s April 18 letter, “Embrace board reform”: I agree with the writer’s argument that community boards must overhaul membership, based on my experience with one of them. As a Kew Gardens Hills resident for 75 years, I proposed to Community Board 8 that 77th Avenue between Park Drive East and Vleigh Place be made into a one-way street during PS 164’s school hours, to prevent accidents and road rage incidents. Similar conversions were made at other Queens schools to improve safety. I submitted a petition signed by PS 164’s principal, teachers, school safety officers and many parents.

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The board rejected my proposal with no official explanation. But I think its rigidity is the real reason. Until a recent rule change, many board members served virtually lifetime terms. They operate as a chummy neighborhood club of old friends resisting new ideas. Board meetings are open to the public and media, and guests are welcome to speak. But moving the dial on key issues will be difficult until new members replace old ones. Joining a community board is easier that it used to be, but not without obstacles. I’m told that new members must be sponsored by an elected official. But since many elected officials often align with the old guard, securing a sponsor isn’t always easy. Membership applications must be notarized, which can be costly. While community boards no longer meet in proverbial smoke-filled rooms, the atmosphere is often stale and requires a breath of fresh air. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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More back shelters than don’t, poll says It’s Holden vs. Quinn on results due to who did survey on homelessness by Angel Adegbesan Chronicle Contributor

A new poll found that more Queens residents support having a homeless shelter open up in their neighborhood than oppose it. The survey was conducted by HarrisX and Win, a family shelter provider in the city. It said 46 percent of people here are in support of a homeless shelter opening up in their com munity while 40 percent are against it. It also said that 91 percent of the borough’s residents agree that more needs to be done to combat the homelessness crisis and 90 percent believe that shelters should be provided to all those who need it. “Until now, we thought there was a huge amount of controversy around solutions to the homelessness crisis,” Christine Quinn, president and CEO of Win, said in a press release. “New Yorkers don’t agree on much, but the poll shows that New Yorkers believe we should do more to solve the problem of homelessness and they are willing to do their part, in their own neighborhoods.” But not everyone is buying the results. City Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), long an opponent of the city policy on homelessness, especially where it chooses to establish shelters, is one who does not. Holden is skeptical of the poll because it was conducted by a nonprofit organization that can benefit from building more shelters — Win says it is the largest provider of shelters for homeless families in the city. He said in a Tuesday interview that the poll is “skewed” a nd quest ioned t he people approached in the survey as well as the questions asked. “Any survey conducted by a homeless

shelter provider is suspect,” Holden said. “If speaks to a trend and opinions in the city. it was done by an independent, then that’s “Nobody polls 8.1 million people to get another case. Not by a company who stands the perspective of the City of New York,” to benefit from building more shelters.” Quinn said. “This statistical group is repreQuinn, also in a Tuesday inter view, sentative of the entire City of New York. A argued that the poll is “legitimate and thousand is the standard practice and you professional.” can’t devalue a poll because of that.” According to Win, formerly Women In Quinn also believes that there is less diviNeed, the survey was administered both sion on the issue of building more homeless online and via phone, with the phone compo- shelters than some might think. nent completed using “There is a loud and live, professional interwell-organized minoriviewers in English and ty and this poll sends a Spanish. A spokespermessage that they are study finds that 46 son told the Chronicle not the major it y of percent are OK with a that random sampling New Yorke r s,” she was used for the phone “So, what I hope homeless shelter in their said. component. N e w Yo r k e r s t a k e “You can say you from this poll is that neighborhood while 40 don’t share the feelings they stand with the percent are not, but at of the vast majority of majority of their brothNew Yorkers, you can e r a nd si s t e r New least one councilman is say you disagree with Yorkers in wanting to what this poll indisupport the homeless skeptical. cates, but you stand in and don’t listen to the a place where you are loud, well-organized in a minority if this is not your opinion and minorities because they simply do not speak that is the councilman’s prerogative,” Quinn for New Yorkers.” said when told of Holden’s skepticism. “I Holden said he believes creating more think the councilman just needs to recognize huge shelters would not work. He said he has that it is that and should be taken seriously.” yet to see a community where people want According to the survey press release, more in their neighborhood. HarrisX surveyed 1,002 adult New Yorkers “I don’t think any community will oppose from every borough — including more than taking care of their own,” he said. “We just 100 people from Queens, from March 14 to don’t want a large shelter and have men com19. Quinn, a former speaker of the City ing in from prisons. If we can get a small Council, said 1,000 New Yorkers is a stan- shelter for our own, a small facility, then that dard number professional pollsters use for is better.” corporations, political candidates, nonprofits According to the citywide poll, many New and universities to come up with a poll that Yorkers expressed strong support for a wide

range of policy solutions to address homelessness. Some of the policies include creating up to 90 additional homeless shelters across the city, as Mayor de Blasio plans. “I’m on the streets in the neighborhood and I know my district — it would be 95 percent against it,” Holden said. “I know most neighborhoods would not want a large shelter. Now, if you said to me, would you take a smaller 10-person shelter, I would say, that would be reasonable.” He added, “But, the kind of shelter that the City of New York and the Department of Homeless Services and nonprofit providers are doing is 200-men shelters. If you ask a neighborhood, would you want a 200-men homeless shelter in our neighborhood, guess what the numbers would be? I don’t need a poll in my district to know which way the wind blows.” In his district, Holden said he is working on a safe space shelter in Ridgewood with up to 15 beds. The shelter would be in a church basement with functioning kitchen and showers. “That’s the answer,” he said. “Small safe space shelters rather than huge 200-men shelters in our communities.” Other policies suppor ted in the poll included providing supportive services, including career counseling for families leaving homeless shelters so they do not need to return as well as providing tax incentives for employers who train and hire homeless and formerly homeless parents. “I would actually support hiring homeless people, cause we’re not heartless,” Holden said. “I just don’t think the large shelters work. I also think homeowners feel the large Q shelters don’t work.”

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The operator of a Jackson Heights spa has been indicted on charges he coerced female employees into providing sexual services to customers as a requirement for keeping their jobs. The manager of Nishu Salon & Spa on 76th Street at Roosevelt Avenue is charged with sex trafficking, promoting prostitution, forcible touching and third-degree sexual abuse, according to the Queens DA’s Office. Police arrested Vajira Jayatunge, 50, of South Richmond Hill during a raid of the spa last Thursday by the NYPD’S vice squad, authorities said. The raid discovered 12 women working at the spa, the DA said. One of the employees went to authorities with her story of being pressured by Jayatunge into offering customers massages with “happy endings” — including oral sex and intercourse. He then allegedly kept the money she was paid. When the employee tried to end the practice, she was threatened with deportation, she said. The manager told

her he would inform her family that she was engaging in prostitution unless she resumed giving sexual services, the DA said. Nishu Salon & Spa’s website says the establishment offers a “blend of ancient therapeutic remedies (Sri-lanka, India & Thailand) & modern day Spa rituals to be healthy, rejuvenate & well being. “Guaranteed that you will leave relaxed and rejuvenated,” it says. State records show the spa was incorporated in November 2017 but does not give the name or names of its principals. The indictment alleges Jayatunge began pressuring the worker from the time she was hired in May 2018 and continued to last February. The prosecutor did not say if the woman was still employed there. The phone number listed for the spa was not being answered or taking messages this week. Jayatunge was ordered held on $200,000 bail and required to surrender his passport. Q He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

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Aged in the bottle: old pubs Around for decades, these Queens bars have passed tests of time and taste by Michael Shain Editor

Old bars come in two types, historic and nostalgic. The historic ones are those watering holes that look the same as they did long ago and exude a feeling of another era — usually the era when bars were the center of neighborhood life. The nostalgic ones are the bars that remind you of when you were younger, the kind of places that you remember — fondly or not — hanging out in. The heyday of the neighborhood bar is gently fading like the final image after you turned off the TV set, back when TVs had tubes. Adults don’t escape after dinner anymore to the corner bar. They have the couch now. And Netflix. Here are four old pubs — each located in a different par t of Queens, and ranging in age from 43 to 189 (not a typo) years old — that stayed young and found a second act. How? Simple, because the people who love them remained loyal and still show up, if not every night after dinner, every chance they get. Fillmore’s Tavern Opened: 1978 Address: 166-02 65 Ave., Fresh Meadows Adam Tortora started as a bartender at Fillmore’s at age 21. A few years later, on the bar’s 40th anniversary, he bought the place from t he or ig i n a l ow ne r, R ick Reichenbach. He didn’t have much choice, he said. “This place is a part of my family,” Tortora said, “Both my brothers met their wives here. It’s the place we always came when I was growing up.” Fillmore’s is short for Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States.

“Rick had an affinity for presidents and Fillmore was a member of the Know Nothing Party,” said Tortora. “He had no idea what he was doing when he opened the bar so he thought it was an appropriate moniker.” When it came time to retire, Reichenbach didn’t want to sell to just anyone, said Tortora. “It was an important past of Rick’s legacy planning that he leave it to someone who would look after the people here,” said the new owner. “One cook has been here 22 years, another 25 years,” Tortora said. “I think we have five people on the staff with 20 or more years. “We have given it the attention it deserves.” O’Neill’s Opened: 1933 Address: 64-21 53 Drive, Maspeth When George O’Neill died last summer at age 83, it made all the local newspapers. Not just as an obituary, but as a news event. O’Neill, longtime owner of the pub and restaurant that carries his name was such a partisan for Maspeth, his passing required the neighborhood be told it had lost a signature figure. “He loved Maspeth,” said Danny Pyle, a retired firefighter and George’s son-in-law, who now runs the place. It was O’Neill’s father, George Sr., who first opened the bar, then called the Plateau Tavern, on the spot where the restaurant and pub is today. “It was only a part of what it is today,” said Pyle. “There used to be a row of stores here and the tavern was maybe 20 percent of what it is now.” It was George Jr., just back from the Army in the mid-1950s and taking over from this father, who began “to buy up the places on either side

and expand,” Pyle said. The restaurant is about to expand again. This time upward. Shortly after O’Neill’s death, the restaurant won city approval to build a second floor on the restaurant for a catering facility. Reservations for events like communions and confirmations have to be made up to a year in advance, said Pyle. “The demand in the neighborhood was so great, we had to do it,” he said. Blarney Bar Opened: 1966 Address: 146-09 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica “When I started, this was all I could do, really,” said owner Peter Hanlon, “Filling drinks and shooting the BS.” How did he make it this long in a changing neighborhood? “Perseverance,” said Hanlon. “I had nothing in the beginning. I did this by looking after people. The customer is the No. 1 thing.” Actor Robert Duvall filmed a movie he directed, “Angelo My Love,” in Blarney in the mid-1980s and helped bring the place some notoriety. But for the most part, Hanlon did it alone. “No, no partners,” he said, “Everyone here is my partner, you might say.” Hanlon is gradually turning over operations to one of his three daughters, Marguerite, and her husband, Malachy. “I had a beautiful life here with beautiful people,” he said. “We’re the only one left on Jamaica Avenue,” he said, meaning Irish bars, not Hanlons. Neir’s Tavern Opened 1829 Address: 87-48 78 St., Woodhaven Neir’s claims it is not just the oldest pub in New York City but one of the oldest bars in the country to operate continuously — with a brief intermission for Prohibition — in the same spot. How old? The mahogany bar where regulars sit was installed when Ulysses S. Grant was in the White House. Like, really old. The Blue Pump Room, The Old Abbey, The Union Course Tavern and Yesterdays are just some of the names the bar has been called. Ed Wendell, president of the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society and unofficial chairman of the committee planning a birthday bash for Neirs 190th anniversary in October, believes the secret to Neir’s

O’Neill’s in Maspeth, top, Neir’s Tavern in Woodhaven, above, Blarney in Jamaica, below left, and Fillmore’s in Fresh Meadows. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN, TOP; FILE PHOTO, ABOVE; COURTESY BLARNEY, BELOW LEFT; COURTESY FILLMORE’S, BELOW RIGHT

longevity is its hard-to-find location. “It was hidden,” he said, “tucked safely away in a corner of Woodhaven while the world went to war and there was a Depression and stuff. “Nobody knew it was there — except for those of us in the neighborhood who went there.” In 2009, a shy firefighter, Loycent Gordon, bought Neir’s with some friends and dedicated himself to the task of making sure no harm came to it. He has been its prime protector,

promoter and chief bottle-washer ever since. “How do you explain its longevity when so many bars around it have closed in all those years?” asked Wendell. “We loved it and the people who worked there loved it,” he answered. “It’s a melting pot of our community, like a very friendly family.” Wendell paused. “When my mother passed away, it’s where we went to Q eat.”

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With rent laws soon expiring, group calls for expanded tenant protections by Ryan Brady

Make the Road’s report recommends tying the length of preferential rent to that of tenancies; getting rid of the “vacancy bonus” allowing landlords to increase rents by a Berónica Cedeño paid $1,150 a month for her rent-stabimaximum of 20 percent when a tenant leaves a rent-regulatlized Queens apartment when she started living in it four ed unit; and disallowing permanent rent hikes on stabilized years ago. units that landlords say are needed because of major capital Fifty-dollar annual increases followed. The landlord then improvements. tried to jack the rent up to $2,245 but sold the building The group calls for an end to vacancy decontrol, a policy before that could happen. by which building owners can turn stabilized units into marNow, the new owner wants her to sign a $1,833-a-month ket-rate ones once the rent climbs to $2,733 monthly and lease. It would be legal because her unit has a preferential rent. they have no tenant. Make the Road also wants the state to But Cedeño says the proposed increase is too much for her. codify into law a Senate bill that would prevent landlords A member of immigrant advocacy group Make the Road from evicting tenants unless they have “good cause” to do New York, Cedeño tells her story in a report published last so — like failing to pay rent or illegally using the premises week by the advocacy group called “Protecting Immigrant — and expand rental protections to tenants in buildings with Homes: The importance of strengthening and expanding less than six units. tenant protections for immigrant New Yorkers.” Additionally, the advocacy group urges Albany to amend “I have been living in this building for decades and it frusthe Emergency Housing Protection Act of 1974 so that all of trates us that they are trying to use this loophole to push us the state’s municipalities — rather than just New York City, out,” Cedeño was quoted as saying in the report. “Where are Nassau, Rockland and Westchester counties, the only ones families like mine supposed to go when we cannot afford the supposedly affordable housing available in our city?” Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz speaks at a press conference hosted allowed by existing law — can decide, in the event of a housAccording to Make the Road, immigrant-led households by Make the Road New York. The immigrant advocacy group ing emergency, to make themselves subject to rent regulation. Some of the Make the Road-endorsed reforms have been are the tenants of 42 percent of the city’s rent-regulated announced the release of a new report about the state’s affordable housing stock. NYS ASSEMBLY PHOTO / TWITTER proposed as bills in the state Legislature. housing crisis. “We are seeking to extend the most basic protections for Rent-controlled apartments are sought after by the city’s tenants, many of whom have zero legal protection beyond the regulations in New York expire on June 15, setting up a politi- tenants across New York State, so that we can strengthen our hearings required for evictions. But, as with Cedeño’s case, cal battle between grassroots tenant groups and the well-fund- communities and improve access to education, financial stabilstate law gives building owners ways to spike rent costs for sta- ed real estate lobby. Housing activists in Make the Road and ity, and healthy living,” Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz bilized units. And some tenants of rent-controlled apartments other grassroots groups are pushing Albany to enhance and (D-Jackson Heights) said in a prepared statement. “Our conleave because of illegal harassment by landlords. expand protections to ease the burden on low-income and stituents face skyrocketing rents, harassment from their landQ lords, and forced displacement.” The group’s report comes less than two months before rent immigrant New Yorkers. Editor

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Holden withdraws from small biz act Councilman says details need to be reviewed before action is taken by David Russell Associate Editor

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) often speaks of fighting for the middle class, which is why it might have come as a surprise to people when he withdrew his cosponsorship of the Small Business Jobs Survival Act. The bill would establish conditions and requirements for commercial lease renewal negotiations, including requirements for lease renewal terms, arbitration-triggering conditions, limits on security deposits and prohibitions on landlord retaliation. “The spirit of that law I am for, obviously, protecting small businesses,” Holden told the Chronicle during a phone interview on Tuesday. “However, we need to go over all the details of it before we jump.” He added, “I have some concerns. Let’s put it that way.” The bill, which has 29 sponsors, received a hearing in the Small Business Committee last October and will need to be referred by the committee to the Council floor to get a vote. Holden said he would like to see the bill strengthened and that he can always sign on again but wants to go to all the hearings before deciding. He is concerned that forcing 10-year leases

Councilman Bob Holden withdrew his co-sponsorship of the Small Business Jobs Survival FILE PHOTO Act. on landlords would lead them to want to do business with chains with better credit, noting that there would be no incentive to lease out to small businesses out of concerns that

they may not have the credit to support a 10-year lease, which may prove more difficult in negotiations for an agreement. “I know it’s tying their hands a bit,” Holden said. “I could see the other side, too, that some of the landlords would go with chain stores.” And if a lease goes into arbitration due to lack of agreement on rent, the small businesses “would be at a disadvantage because they can’t afford better lawyers.” Growing companies themselves could be locked into a 10-year lease and have trouble trying to expand or look for a bigger space, he said. In March 2018, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) introduced the bill into the Council. In October he said, “Our small businesses are the backbone of our city and we must empower them to have the tools necessary to be able to compete and stay as part of our city’s vibrant culture and diverse community.” Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said, “The unique character and diversity of New York City’s small businesses is what makes this city what it is. We must protect our city’s small businesses from being driven away by exorbitant rent increases and taken over by large corporate chains.” In September, the New York City Bar said

its Real Property Law Committee issued a report reaffirming its opposition to the bill. The committee concluded that the Council lacks the authority to enact the legislation even if it passes. The panel noted the bill would “create a right for a current commercial tenant at the end of its lease to negotiate an extension of that lease, whether or not the lease provided for such a renewal or other extension right.” The committee determined that the city would only be empowered to do so by a concern for “health and welfare” and that previous attempts by the Council to enact rent control were struck down by courts. “The committee argues that this surely means the courts would also disallow commercial rent controls,” the NYCB wrote. It added that no state-enabling statute expressly authorizes the city to control rents and that the City Charter contains no express provision authorizing that either. Holden added that he’s heard from small business owners that leases are far from the biggest problem when doing business. They stress that rising taxes, overregulation and the imposition of unnecessary fines by city agencies, as well as increased minimum wage, mandated paid leave and healthcare costs, have made running a small business Q more difficult.

Traffic talks stalled for Belmont arena Eastern Queens residents demand more information on game day crush by Michael Gannon

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Community Board 13 took its April meeting on the road Monday evening, gathering at the Merrick Academy Charter School in Laurelton. But the new setting did nothing to inspire new confidence in the state’s proposal to build an arena for the New York Islanders on the grounds of Belmont Park, located on the eastern side of the Cross Island Parkway. An extension of the site’s environmental study has pushed back the estimated start of construction to possibly late summer or early fall. Updating the board on Monday, Richard Hellenbrecht, CB 13’s land use chairman, told the public that the developers still have not provided adequate information on dealing with the traffic that such a site is expected to attract along the CIP and nearby neighborhoods such as Queens Village, Cambria Heights and Springfield Gardens. The developers only recently agreed to expand their traffic study beyond a handful of intersections in Queens Village, a change that took place shortly after City Comptroller Scott Stringer added his voice to those of residents and elected officials calling fit it. The Islanders’ owners are hoping to have them in the new arena for the National Hock-

Officials at Community Board 13 say there has been no movement — or information — on traffic as the review process for a proposed hockey and concert area at Belmont Park stretches into FILE PHOTO the summer. Residents in Queens, upper left, want more assurances. ey League’s 2021-22 season. “It’s still about traffic,” Hellenbrecht said. “They’re planning 40 hockey games a year that seat 18,000 people; and about 100 concerts with 19,000 — starting at a time of day when the Cross Island is already a parking lot.”

Residents fear that drivers in newer cars with navigational aids will be steered around delays through residential neighborhoods. They also fear losing parking to Belmont attendees who do not want to pay for spots on-site. Under an agreement with the Empire

Development Corp. — backed by Gov.Cuomo — New York Arena Partners also plans to const r uct a 250 -room hotel and 435,000-square-foot shopping and retail complex. NYAP is a consortium that includes the Islanders ownership and Sterling Equities, run by the Wilpon family, owners of the New York Mets. Hellenbrecht strongly recommended that the EDC and the developers be asked to come before the board, though Steven Taylor, a member of both CB 13 and the Cambria Heights Civic Association, suggested that board members not get their hopes up after the civic’s recent meeting with representatives. “What shocked me was the lack of answers to any of our questions,” Taylor said. While many residents and elected officials have suggested building a full-service, eastwest station on the Long Island Rail Road’s existing spur that runs between the western end of the racetrack and Jamaica’s Penn Station, Hellenbrecht said the LIRR still is promising only two trains before and two after each major event, meaning Islanders fans from Nassau and Suffolk counties would need to ride to Jamaica and back to attend a game, and do the reverse to get home if doing so by train. “I have family and friends on Long Island,” he said. “No one’s going to do that. That’s Q insane.”

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$1.1M for tenants at Parker Towers Lawsuit over illegal rent increases against Blackstone will continue by David Russell Associate Editor

Rent-stabilized tenants at Parker Towers in Forest Hills will receive roughly $1.1 million in refunds from the Blackstone Group. But the residents are still not dropping the lawsuit they filed over what they say were illegal rent increases. The suit started in March 2018 against the Jack Parker Corp., claiming the company illegally deregulated apartments despite receiving tax breaks under the J-51 program, which requires landlords to keep their apartments rent-stabilized. The corporation sold the towers to Blackstone in November for $500 million. Blackstone was later named as a defendant. Lucas Ferrara, of the Newman Ferrara law firm, is representing the tenants and said the lawsuit is in its initial stages and that there will be an analysis of the landlord’s rental practices to determine whether the refunds given are consistent with the law. “We are of the view that the recently announced rent refunds and rebates are just the tip of the iceberg,” Ferrara said in an email. “As we peel away the layers, and examine the owner’s books and records, we’re certain we’ll find that additional tenants were bamboozled and/or that even more units will be restored to stabilization, and

Blackstone Group will pay roughly $1.1 million in refunds to rent-stabilized tenants at Parker Towers in Forest Hills but a lawsuit over illegal rent increases at the location will still move forFILE PHOTO ward. that even greater refunds will be warranted.” Real estate publication The Real Deal reported Blackstone has been reviewing leases at the property with an independent auditing firm to figure out which rent-stabilized apartments have not been treated as rent-stabilized and what the correct rents and refunds should be.

The firm determined that about 110 units should receive rent and/or utility reductions and about 82 units should be re-regulated. The average rent reduction per unit is approximately $230 per month and the refunds total about $1.1 million. “We acquired Parker Towers in November and have been working diligently to resolve the litigation that ties to actions taken by the prior owner,” Blackstone spokeswoman Jennifer Friedman said in an email. “We are pleased that we were able to voluntarily address this issue quickly and fairly for our residents. We will continue to review the prior owners’ lease files with the

expectation of resolving any remaining issues expeditiously. We remain committed to providing high quality, professional service to the residents of Parker Towers, and to being good stewards to the surrounding community.” But Ferrara said he believes Blackstone used the wrong formula to calculate the numbers. He added the landlord hasn’t given him a chance yet to verify the numbers. “We suspect we’ll uncover ‘irregularities,’” Ferrara said. He added, “While Blackstone is quick to express that they are acting ‘quickly and fairly,’ that couldn’t be further from the truth.” Friedman said, “We are completing our audit of the remaining units, while working to expeditiously resolve the litigation we inherited.” She also said that Blackstone has brought in the company’s property operation platform to handle some tenant outreach and customer service topics. The firm also implemented nightly security patrols seven days a week. There have been several issues at Parker Towers in recent years, including a small outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed one resident and sickened another in 2017. Q

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The Howard Beach Judea Chabad’s annual Holocaust Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, May 5 at 7 p.m. The guest speaker, Karl Birnbaum, is a Holocaust survivor and member of the temple at 162-05 90 St. For additional information, call Marsha at (718) Q 641-6743.

At your service in the park These Explorers from the 106th Precinct volunteered for spring cleanup last week at a park near and dear to the hearts of the police officers there. Nicholas DiMutiis Park in Ozone Park is named for an officer from that precinct who was killed in the line of duty trying to stop a fleeing car thief in 1994.

During a high-speed chase, the driver of a stolen car broadsided DuMutiis’ car at 102nd Street and Liberty Avenue, near the park, which was renamed in his honor. Staffers from Borough President Melinda Katz’ office and the 106th Precinct Community Council pitched in too. — Michael Shain

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HB Kiwanis to award scholarships The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach will be awarding scholarships to students living in the 11414 ZIP code. Its scholarship fund will benefit high school seniors who will be continuing their education in an accredited college or university in the fall of 2019. The four $1,000 scholarships available are: • The Paul Anthony Bono Scholarship, to be awarded to a student who will major in any field of study; • The Stanley Merzon Scholarship, for which preference is given to a student who

plans to major in journalism or mass media; • The Founder’s Scholarship, also to be awarded to a student who will major in any field of study; and • The August Sirgiovanni Scholarship, for which preference is given to a student who plans to major in the sciences or mathematics. Anyone interested should contact Dino Bono by calling (646) 401-2805 or emaili n g hbk iwa n i s d i no @ o u t l o o k .c o m . Details are posted on howardbeachkiwanis.org. Applications must be postQ marked by May 31.

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York City’s Green New Deal meets that reality head on,” the mayor said in a statement. “We are confronting the same interests that created the climate crisis and deepened inequality. There’s no time to waste. We’re taking action now, before it’s too late.” Mu lt iple new policy goals were announced Monday. Calling glass-walled buildings “inefficient,” the Mayor’s Office said it would ban the construction of new ones “unless they meet strict performance guidelines.” De Blasio plans to put the city on a path toward reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 and create more jobs in renewable energy. The administration also said it is “pursuing a deal” that would have all city government activities powered by Canadian hydropower and other renewable sources. Speaking about his Green New Deal plan on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday morning, de Blasio responded to a question about his habit of regularly taking an SUV 11 miles from Gracie Mansion to his gym in Park Slope. His multicar security detail goes with him on the trips. “I come from that neighborhood in Brooklyn. That’s my home, I go there on a regular basis to stay connected to where I come from and not be in the bubble that I think for a lot of politicians is a huge problem,” he said. “But the fact is that those cars and that security detail are part of the life of Q being mayor of New York City.”

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continued from page 2 on the Presidents Co-ops and Condos Council met with Constantinides. The lawmaker put the carve-out for co-ops and condos with three or fewer stories into the bill, but Friedrich said he’s still concerned about how co-op and condo owners will cope with the retrofitting costs. “This bill is forcing them to spend money they don’t have on projects they don’t need,” he said. In response to criticism from Friedrich, Constantinides has pointed to how the bill will provide property owners with information about grants to help pay them costs incurred by retrofitting. Additionally, he has brought up the sustainable loan energy program that Intro. 1252 will establish, which only makes borrowers pay back money they saved on energy. The bills passed last week aren’t the only new steps that the city government is taking to fight climate change. De Blasio on Monday announced “New York City’s Green New Deal,” a strategy that includes both the laws the Council just passed along with new investments from the executive branch that he said will guarantee a 40 percent reduction in emissions from the five boroughs from 2005 levels by 2030 when other, previous actions by his and prior administrations are accounted for. “Every day we wait is a day our planet gets closer to the point of no-return. New

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Coming to a beach near you That may look like oil spewing out of a pipe on Rockaway beach, but it’s sand. Sand being dredged from the East Rockaway Inlet on the border of Queens and Nassau County was this week sent along two and a half miles of pipeline to a stretch of shoreline between Beach 92nd and Beach 103rd streets.

That 11-block section of beach was closed to the public all last summer because of storm erosion. The replenishment is part of a $10 million project to open up the inlet off Long Beach and, at the same time, get new sand on one of the peninsula’s busiest beaches. — Michael Shain

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At 7:00 p.m., Sunday, May 5th, the Howard Beach Judea Chabad will be hosting a Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance service. Our guest speaker is Mr. Karl Birnbaum, who is a Holocaust survior and congregant. Please join us for a moving program of Memory and survival. Collation to follow. It is very important in these troubling times, with anti-Semitism on the rise, for all to attend. The world must remember, we must never forget.

Six options for funding your next home project Before starting a home improvement project, either on one’s own or with the assistance of a professional contractor, homeowners must first consider the costs involved. According to the home improvement resource HomeAdvisor, more than one-third of homeowners do not understand what hiring a professional will cost, and then cannot successfully budget and secure financing once they have set their sights on a renovation project. HomeAdvisor says that some of the more popular projects, such as remodeling a kitchen or bathroom or building a deck, can cost, on average, $19,920, $9,274 and $6,919, respectively. Homeowners may find that the more expensive renovations require them to secure some type of financing. Those who have never before sought such financing may want to consider these options. 1. Cash-out refinancing: With cash-out refinancing, a person will begin the mortgage process anew with the intention of paying off the current mortgage balance, and then taking out additional funds for other purposes. Cash-out refinancing is a way to tap into a home’s existing equity for use on improvements or other expenses, such as college tuition. 2. Home equity line of credit: The financial experts at Bankrate indicate that a HELOC works like a credit card, with the

house as collateral. There is a credit limit, and borrowers can spend up to that limit. The interest rate may or may not be fixed. However, the interest may be tax-deductible if the financing is used to improve, buy or build a home. 3. Home equity loan: Individuals also can borrow against equity in their homes with a fixed interest rate through a home equity loan. Most lenders will calculate 80 percent of the home value and subtract a homeowner’s mortgage balance to figure out how much can be borrowed, according to the f inancial advisor y site The Simple Dollar. 4. Personal loan: Homeowners can shop around at various financial institutions for competitive personal loans to be used for home improvement purposes. Funds may be approved within one business day, which can be ideal for those who want to begin their improvements soon. 5. Personal line of credit: A personal line of credit allows borrowers to borrow only the money needed at the time, and offers a variable interest rate that is generally lower than fixed loan rates. Again, like a credit card, PLOC gives a person a maximum borrowing amount and is ideal for ongoing purchases. 6. Credit cards: In a pinch, credit cards can be used to finance improvements, but

Before beginning your next home improvement project, speak to a financial advisor and shop around for the best types of funding for them. they do come with the cost of very high interest rates if the balance is not paid in full by the time the bill comes due. However, for funding smaller projects and maximizing rewards points through home improvement retailers or specific credit card company promotions, credit cards can be a

way to earn various perks in addition to the benefit of improving a home. Homeowners looking to finance their next improvements should speak to a financial advisor and shop around for the best Q types of funding for them. — Metro Creative Connection

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Questions to ask when shopping for a mortgage Buying a home is a major financial commitment. It’s exciting, but can also be confusing and overwhelming. Choosing the best mortgage that fits your needs is an important first step and first-time homebuyers in particular should research the many options and know the right questions to ask. Here are some questions to ask a lender that will help you make an informed mortgage decision: • How much can I afford? A home affordability calculator can help you get an idea of what you may be able to afford and keep your monthly payments within your budget. In addition to recurring expenses like car payments, student loans, credit cards and disposable income, be sure to consider other monthly expenses related to the new home, like association fees, homeowners’ insurance, utilities and property taxes. Further, some types of mortgages have firm eligibility cutoffs related to the ratio between a buyer’s total debt amounts and their monthly income. • How much do I need for a down payment? It’s a common misconception that a 20 percent down payment is required to buy a home. Let’s face it, a 20 percent down payment is a lot of money and often the largest obstacle for homeownership, especially for first-time buyers. You can qualify for a conventional mortgage with as little as 3 percent down. Conventional mortgages originated with a low down payment, which is defined as less than 20

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A set of high schools in Cambria Heights has been cited by City Comptroller Scott Stringer in an inquiry to the School Construction Authority about funds allocated through participatory budgeting. Stringer, in a letter to the SCA on April 12, referred to upgrades to a gymnasium and a locker room at a school in Council District 27 with a combined $900,000 price tag. Multiple sources have confirmed for the Chronicle that the facilities in question are at the Ca mpus Mag net High School Complex. Stringer’s letter to Commissioner Lorraine Grillo said that nearly half of the 539 projects funded through participatory budgeting — in which residents of some Council districts can vote on how to spend up to $1 million or more — have been for school-related. “Clearly, New Yorkers care passionately about resources available in and through schools, and seek all possible avenues to prioritize spending for them,” Stringer wrote in a letter obtained by the Chronicle. “I therefore was concer ned when I learned that schools may not be receiving all of the funding promised through the Participatory Budgeting allocation,” he continued. Stringer, citing the Council District 27 schools, asserted that the two projects had been considered fully funded for the combined total of $900,000. He then said that in February, the SCA told school officials the projects were underfunded and over budget. “This was due to the SCA reducing the project’s allocation by 25 percent, reportedly due to a need to designate those funds for

agency-related ‘soft costs,’” he said. A spokesman for the SCA told the Chronicle that soft costs are to cover things such as determining the scope of the work needed, construction management and related administrative necessities, and that the department can assess anywhere up to 25 percent to meet such expenses. Stringer has requested a detailed description of how the SCA both determines the costs and how they are budgeted. While one source told the Chronicle that the Campus Magnet projects appear to have been underfunded from the start, Stringer also asked for a complete breakdown of the expenses included in the 25 percent for the gym and locker room projects; and documentation as to whether the 25 percent fee “is consistent across all SCA projects funded by Participatory Budgeting. If it is not, please describe the process for determining ‘soft costs’ for any given project.” Stringer requested a reply by April 26. “We’re working on a response to the comptroller’s letter,” the SCA spokesman told the Chronicle on Wednesday. He said things like soft costs are factored in by the SCA from the start of a project and are made clear during any discussions with school officials. He said in some cases the agency recommend that all parties meet with elected officials to secure more funding. In the case of Campus Magnet, the SCA was able to reduce some of the costs by combining separate projects into one. A message left by the Chronicle at the office of Community District Education Council 29, which has jurisdiction over Q Campus Magnet, was not returned.

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Woodhaven Boulevard crash A 29-year-old man was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in serious condition after suffering severe trauma to his body in a crash on Woodhaven Boulevard Tuesday morning. At approximately 7:15, police responded to a 911 call of a collision at Woodhaven and 68th Avenue at the edge of Rego Park. A preliminary report revealed the driver of the 1996 Honda sedan was traveling

n o r t h b o u n d o n Wo o d h a v e n a s h e approached 68th Avenue when he lost control and collided into a light pole. The investigation is ongoing. The Q11, Q21, SBS-Q52, SBS-Q53, QM15, QM16, QM17 and BM5 buses were detoured due to the road closure on Woodhaven and Yellowstone boulevards. The car was seen across the street from the 112th Precinct on Tuesday night.

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Improvements to the Chuck Granby Gym at the Campus Magnet High School Complex in Cambria Heights is at the heart of a letter from City Comptroller Scott Stringer to the School ConFILE PHOTO struction Authority.

Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria) has written to the president of New York City Transit in attempt to get automated voice announcements in multiple languages in the city’s transit system. Simotas, in an April 16 letter to Andy Byford, asked that NYC Transit upgrade its announcements for the more than four million of the city’s residents who speak languages other than English. She said more than more than 1.9 million speak Spanish, with 419,000 speaking Cantonese or Mandarin, 186,000 Russian, and 200,000 speaking Hindi, Urdu or

Gujarati. Simotas said the upgrades can be funded through the “lockbox” to be filled by congestion pricing tolls. “We are committed to communicating clearly with all of our customers, which is why there is an entire division at NYC Transit working hard to improve the clarity and reach of our announcements,” an NYC Transit spokesman told the Chronicle in an email. “We currently post printed signs at various locations in multiple languages and we are happy to look at the Assemblymember’s request within the limits of what’s Q practical.”

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Mullin’s replacement has taken three schools to NCAA Tournament by David Russell Associate Editor

It was a good Friday for St. John’s. After a coaching search that a CBS Sports Network college basketball writer called “the abomination of all abominations,” and billionaire booster Mike Repole described as a “national embarrassment,” the Red Storm finally found its man in Mike Anderson, who was introduced as coach last Friday. Chris Mullin stepped down as head coach on April 9, beginning a wild, 10-day journey that saw one coach after another turn down the job. Bobby Hurley decided to stay at Arizona State. Porter Moser did the same at Loyola-Chicago. And Tim Cluess, who played at St. John’s from 1979 to 1981 and was a popular choice with fans and media alike, said he would remain at Iona as it seemed St. John’s didn’t really want him. Repole, an alumnus who founded Vitaminwater, went on Mike Francesa’s show and called the school’s Board of Trustees “clueless,” adding that “I think we need a president’s search first.” Athletic Director Mike Cragg called Anderson on Wednesday morning and two days later, he was being introduced at the place where he had helped Tulsa win the National Invitational Tournament championship in 1981 over Syracuse, as he reminded the media.

St. John’s head coach Mike Anderson was introduced at Madison Square Garden last Friday. PHOTO COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS Anderson has won 369 games as head coach. Anderson has won 369 games in 17 seasons as a head coach, including a 2004 run to the Sweet Sixteen with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a 2009 run to the Elite Eight with Missouri and three NCAA Tournament appearances at Arkansas before being fired several weeks ago.

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He had been an assistant at Arkansas from 1985 to 2002, including for the 1994 squad that won the national championship and the 1995 team that made it back to the title game. Head coach Nolan Richardson described his teams’ playing style as “40 Minutes of Hell” because of the energy

Arkansas would use against opponents. Anderson offered a variation of that when predicting how things may go early in his St. John’s tenure during his press conference at Madison Square Garden: “Early on it might be 30 minutes of hell, 10 minutes of what the hell are you doing?” Anderson said the Red Storm will be a team that fans can enjoy watching. “For the fans it is going to be exciting — when you come into that arena for two hours it is going to be sheer entertainment. If you go to the bathroom for a break, you are going to miss something.” St. John’s has not won an NCAA Tournament game since 2000. During this decade, they made the Big Dance in 2011 and 2015 and both appearances were followed by rebuilds. Anderson said his goal is to win a championship. “I really feel that the place for that to happen is St. John’s,” he said. “We are in the mecca of college basketball, Madison Square Garden. For all the New Yorkers and all the St. John’s alumni, for the administration, for the students and for the faculty, I want you to know you got a guy here who is going to leave it all on the floor. You are going to have kids who represent this university in a first-class manner on and off Q the floor.”

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DOT blasted over 126th St. repaving Willets Pt. biz owner blasts agency for inaction on dilapidated roads nearby by Ryan Brady Editor

As the owner of A&D Used Auto Parts & Cars on Willets Point Boulevard, Sam Sambucci has for years been trying to get the city to pave the blown-out, potholed roads of the Iron Triangle. Willets Point does not have a modern sewage system. And as its roads continue to deteriorate, Sambucci says their sorry state is hurting A&D and the other taxpaying auto businesses that front them. “We are losing customers now,” said the A&D owner, adding that people often don’t want to deal with the trouble of driving in. Sambucci was stunned to see last week that the city milled 126th Street between Northern Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue, right by Citi Field. Though the strip forms the western border of Willets Point, it is much smoother than the blocks inside of it. “There is no reason that they should have milled this road,” he said, adding that the strip of 126th has been paved three times since construction on the Mets’ stadium finished around a decade ago. Especially, Sambucci explained, when the dilapidated condition of the Iron Triangle’s streets would slow down any emergency responder vehicle rushing into the area. “They’re 300 feet away from the worst

The city just milled and will soon finish repaving 126th Street by Citi Field. Critics say the work PHOTOS BY RYAN BRADY should have instead been done on the dilapidated roads of Willets Point. roads in the city,” he said. “They wasted that money and time to do that street. I don’t understand what this is. Is it a slap in the face

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Honoring heroes Holy Week, which began on Palm Sunday, saw an added tribute to the memorial for two slain police officers outside the NYPD’s Transit District 20 headquarters at the Briarwood-Van Wyck subway station. A cross created from blessed palm branches, inset, was placed on the table honoring Det. Miosotis Familia, left, and

Det. Brian Simonsen. Familia, 48, was a mother of three. The 12-year veteran was shot on July 5, 2017 as she sat in a mobile command center in the Bronx. Simonsen, 42, of the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill, was killed in a friendly fire incident on Feb. 12 as he and his partner responded to a robbery in progress.

has many times implored city officials to get the repaving done at Community Board 7 committee meetings. She said the limited scope of t he recent work ma kes her “furious.” “We’ve been fighting and begging them for years” for repaving, said Prestigiacomo. She has been gathering signatures in the area for a petition urging the city to change its plans and repave the Willets Point roads that need it the most. In an email to the Chronicle, a DOT spokesperson said that the sections of 126th Street, 126th Place and 127th Street slated for repaving have “conditions” that “allow for inhouse resurfacing.” The agency said the remaining roads “are either included in a redevelopment plan or require more substantial work than our conventional in-house paving can address.” There are no active redevelopment proposals in place for any large part of Willets Point. City Hall is planning to build 1,100 affordable housing units and an elementary school in a six-acre space at the southern tip of Willets Point for the Phase 1-A component of the area’s redevelopment. No official plans are yet in place for the Phase 1-B part of the project that would transform the other 17 acres of Iron Triangle land that the city owns or controls. However, the city Economic Development Corp. in January released two “illustrative proposals” for the area that were created based on the Willets Point Task Force chaired by Borough President Melinda Katz and City Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona). One of the scenarios has a soccer stadium as its main component and the other envisions a mainly residential Phase 1-B area. Demolition work has leveled almost all of the space slated for the Phase 1 Q redevelopment.

to the business owners?” The city Department of Transportation estimates that 126th Street’s repaving will be finished in “early-to-mid-May.” It also gives the same deadline for two other blocks it plans to repave on Willets Point’s northern periphery: 126th Place and 127th Street between Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue. Sambucci was puzzled by why the DOT chose those two blocks, saying they’re not among the area’s busiest. Others reacted the same way. “People are wondering: Why the hell did they pick these two particular street segments?” said Robert LoScalzo, a filmmaker who is making a documentary about Willets Point. The Mets announced last month that 126th Street by t h e s t a d i u m wo u l d b e renamed in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver. LoScalzo surmises that the DOT may have planned to repave the street in anticipation of a renaming ceremony at it. As for the two one-block resurfacings, he said the agency may have planned them “to throw a bone” at Willets Point businesses that would be outraged that the work isn’t planned for where it’s needed most. Despite the Chronicle asking the DOT in two emails if the repaving work was being done because of the expected co-naming, the agency did not answer the question prior to deadline. Iron Triangle proper ty owner Irene Prestigiacomo Thirty-fourth Avenue in Willets Point.

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Secret Theatre stages classic murder mystery

‘And And Then There Were None None’

by Mark Lord

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Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None,” the current attraction at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, is the granddaddy of all murder mystery t whodunits, making its first appearance as a novel in 1939, followed by countless adaptations in every conceivable medium. By now, it’s overly familiar, cliche-ridden, at times melodramatic, and I’ll be darned — it still makes for riveting entertainment! Set on an island (small and, of course, isolated), the story unfolds as a group of strangers arrive — one by one, guests of hosts no one, including the hired help, seems to have ever met. At center stage hangs a large reproduction of an eerie nursery rhyme that will serve as a foreshadowing device as the evening progresses. On a nearby table stand are — temporarily — 10 figurines, which will come to represent each of those who have been gathered for the mysterious occasion. Also figuring prominently on the stage is a large gramophone, on which a

recording is played, accusing each of the invitees of having committed murder so sometime in the past. Br Brief conversation ensues, but it’s not long before the evening’s first victim is d dead. d We can almost rest assured, based on that verse on the wall and the play’s title, that the rest will follow suit in short order. How and why and, particularly, at whose hand are the major concerns. The play, written for the stage by Christie herself, is directed by Christopher Noffke, who elicits memorable performances from the entire cast. Dan Fenaughty is appropriately arrogant as Phillip Lombard, a former military man with a mysterious past who eyes everyone with suspicion. He develops an interesting relationship with Zoe Abuyuan, as the cool and resourceful Vera Claythorne, who continues to suffer from guilt years after committing an unthinkable act. Nathaniel Ansbach, with his rocker looks and swagger, is the irresponsible Anthony Marston, a young man who is accused of having killed two young children —

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“And Then There Were None,” an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s best-selling mystery, about a series of murders in a remote English manor. Thu.-Sun., April Thu.-Sat., 25-27, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. April 28, 3 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $22. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

“Closed for Installation,” with overlooked everyday objects like bulletin boards, park benches and water fountains remade by Fiona Connor; and “More or Less Bone,” a monumental work in fiberglass and paint by Jean-Luc Moulene. Both Mon., April 29-Mon., July 29 (opening reception Sun., April 28, 5-7 p.m., SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

DANCE Latin Dance Fiesta, with 4 troupes, from Chile, Guatemala, Haiti and Uruguay, performing traditional dances. Sat., April 27, 8 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20-$30. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

“Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan,” with more than 80 works by the artists and friends Isamu Noguchi and Saburo Hasegawa who sought to make modern art through “true development” of Japanese traditions. Wed., May 1-Sun., July 14, The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org. “100th Anniversary of the First Transatlantic Flight,” with photos, maps and more celebrating the journey of U.S. Navy seaplane NC-4 from Rockaway to England. Fri., May 3 (opening celebration 10 a.m.-4 p.m.)-Sun., June 2, Rockaway Artists Alliance Studio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point. Free. Info: (718) 939-0647, (718) 474-0861, queenshistoricalsociety.org, rockawayartistsalliance.org. “HS2AS Alumni Exhibition,” with works by 14 graduates of the High School to Art School program. Through Sun., May 12, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 505-3018, queenscouncilarts.org.

Mariana Valencia: “Bouquet,” with the dancer “quoting” works by other choreographers and her own pieces done with her longtime collaborator, Lydia Okrent. Thu.-Sat., April 25-27, 8 p.m., The Chocolate Factory Theater, 5-49 49 Ave., Long Island City. $20. Info: (718) 482-7069, chocolatefactorytheater.org. The historic Onderdonk House in Ridgewood will host its third annual New Amsterdam Festival Saturday, a celebration of the city’s Dutch colonial past that teaches about the culture of the Netherlands and offers plenty of food, games, music and more. See Special Events. PHOTO BY KENNY RODRIGUEZ

MUSIC Jazz Jam, the monthly event led by saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, with all musicians and vocalists welcome to join in. Wed., May 1 (and each first Wed. of the month), 7-10 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free to play or sing; $10 to listen; free students and teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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Queensboro Symphony Orchestra All-Mozart Concert, with performances of his Symphony No. 29, “Apollo et Hyacinthus” Overture and Flute Concerto No.1, featuring Sojung Moon. Sun., May 5, 7:30 p.m., Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. Free-will offering. Info: (718) 359-5996, qbsymphony@gmail.com, facebook.com/queensborosymphonyorchestra.

“Hope is the Thing with Feathers: Art of the Natural World,” with works in multiple media from around the world, from the days of ancient Egypt to modern times, including John James Audubon’s “Blue Crane or Heron,” above, also called “Little Blue Heron,” from his “Birds of America.” Through Thu., July 11, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org. JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

“Bionic Me,” a multifaceted, interactive exhibit that lets participants fly a virtual jetpack, use the mind to move a ball, use gestures to control a robot arm, look through an infrared camera and more, all exploring technologies that “enhance the human experience.” Through Sun., May 5, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $25-$45. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org. “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” an adaptation of the book by Harriet Jacobs, who was born a slave and spent seven years hiding in an attic crawl space as part of her plan to be free; performed by Cherita Armstrong, right. Tue., April 30, 7 p.m., Aaron Copland School of Music, room 264, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $20. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org. COURTESY PHOTO

Renee Rosnes Quartet, with the pianist and composer performing with Peter Washington on bass, Steve Nelson on vibraphone and Lewis Nash on drums. Fri., April 26, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $25; $20 students; free teens. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY PHOTO

“Backstage at the ’39 World’s Fair,” with showman and 20th-century entertainment expert Travis S.D. delving into the live performance side of the fair to mark its 80th anniversary. Sun., April 28, 3 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $10. (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org, bit.ly/2VUBmTk.

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“Queens of the Night” (“Reinas de la Noche”), an LGBTQ musical cabaret story about resilience, love and inclusion. Each Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; each Sun., 4 p.m., April 26-May 19, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $45 advance; $48 at door; $42 advance students, seniors; $45 at door; $40 all Fri. only. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

“Painted Alice,” a musical adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland” for adults, about an artist who falls through her canvas into a strange world. Fri.-Sun., April 26-28, 8 p.m., The Plaxall Gallery,

“Spherus Cirque,” with trained engineer and Cirque de Soleil veteran Greg Kennedy combining highenergy juggling, clean comedy and more. Sun., May 5, 3 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 15349 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $20-$35. Info: (718) 7930923, kupferbergcenter.org.

COMEDY Mike Salazar — Pa’l Gabacho (For the American), with the Mexican comedian bringing his new standup show to New York for the first time. Sat., May 4, 8 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $48-$103. Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org.

KIDS/FAMILIES Native American storytime and crafts, with Matinecock Indian and author Donna Gentle Spirit Barron showing kids how to make Mother Earth Storytelling necklaces with beads. Sat., April 27, 12-2 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $5 per kid; max $15 per family. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org. “Anne of Green Gables,” a musical based on the classic book about an orphan girl’s adventures, by ArtsPower, best for kids 7 to 12; with a concurrent children’s book fair featuring Queens-based authors. Sun., April 28, 1 and 3 p.m. (show); 12-approx. 5 p.m. (fair), Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $14; $12 seniors; fair free. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. Birding for Kids, a walk geared toward kids under 13 and their families, led by Urban Park Rangers, with binoculars available for borrowing; part of Kids Week. Fri., April 26, 1-2 p.m., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, meeting at Willow Lake entrance, Park Drive East and 73 Terrace. Free. Info: (718) 846-2731, nycgovparks.org. Kids’ Superhero Party, with magic show, face painting, music and giveaways; kids encouraged to dress in costume. Sat., May 4, 12-2 p.m., The Shops at Atlas Park Center Green, 8000 Cooper Ave., Glendale. Free. Info: (718) 326-3300, shopatlaspark.com/events. continued on page 32

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An original musical adaptation of “Anne of Green Gables,” the classic children’s novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, will be presented at Queens Theatre by the ArtsPower National Touring Theatre on April 28 for two performances only, as part of an event dubbed “Page to Stage Day.” In addition, half a dozen authors and illustrators of newer children’s books, all of whom have ties to the borough, will be on hand to display their creations, autograph copies and answer children’s questions.

‘Anne of Green Gables’ and children’s book fair When: Sun., April 28, show 1 and 3 p.m.; fair 12 to 5 p.m. Where: Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Tickets: $14 show; fair free. (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org

“Anne” focuses on a young orphan girl who is trying to find her place in the world. According to Gary Blackman, who in 1985 co-founded Ar tsPower with his identical twin brother, Mark, the stor y is one of “acceptance and tolerance,” which, he said, gives it a sense of timelessness. “Unfortunately,” he added, “we see a lot of intolerance for people who are not like us.” The musical, which runs 55 minutes and is geared toward youngsters 7 to 12 years of age, features a book and lyrics by Greg Gunning, the company’s artistic director, and music by Grammy-nominated composer Richard DeRosa. The adaptation was written in 1993, and has been a part of ArtsPower’s repertoire ever since. The all-adult cast consists of four profes-

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An old favorite onstage, and new ones out front

ArtsPower is bringing “Anne of Green Gables” to Queens, though with different actors than in this prior production. Joanne Baker-Smith, left, hopes her book inspires chilPHOTOS BY PHIL LANOUE, ABOVE, AND MARK LORD dren to write themselves. sional actors: Marth Brown in the title role and Sean Casey Flanagan, Amanda Leakey and Stefanie Sambrano. As a literary character, Anne, a vivacious girl and a voracious reader with a wild imagination, makes the book expo a perfect

match for the stage production, a connection not lost on Joanne Baker-Smith, an independent children’s author. “We’re bringing our books to life in the lobby and they’re bringing the book to life continued on page 33

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Docket #: O-14886-17 SUMMONS (Publication) In the Matter of a Family Offense Proceeding Kim Marie Metrock, Petitioner, - against Pablo Castro Molina, Respondent. IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: To: Pablo Castro Molina (Address Unknown)

A petition under Article 8 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court requesting the following relief: Order of Protection; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this Court on Date/Time: May 7, 2019 at 9:30 AM Purpose: Return of Process Part: 2 Floor/Room: Floor 4/Room 480 Presiding: Hon. Elizabeth Fassler Location: Queens County, 151-20 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432 to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with Article 8 of the Family Court Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Dated: January 31, 2019

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TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Elizabeth Fassler of the Family Court, Queens County, dated and filed with the petition and other papers in the Office of the Clerk of the Family Court, Queens County. SODL-075795

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SUMMONS (Publication) In the Matter of a Custody/Visitation Proceeding Kim Marie Metrock, Petitioner, - against Pablo Castro Molina, Respondent. IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: To: Pablo Castro Molina (Address Unknown) A petition under Article 6 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court requesting the following relief: Custody; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this Court on Date/Time: May 7, 2019 at 9:30 AM Purpose: Return of Process Part: 2 Floor/Room: Floor 4/Room 480 Presiding: Hon. Elizabeth Fassler Location: Queens County, 151-20 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432 to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with Article 6 of the Family Court Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Dated: January 31, 2019

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Book takes a squirrel’s eye view of Forest Hills by Peter C. Mastrosimone editor-in-chief

Amidst all the resistance to the pending ban on feeding birds, squirrels and other animals in city parks, it’s likely no one could be more opposed than Tyler and Max. After all, as Max said on a recent day as he and his twin brother frolicked in a park, “Tyler, we don’t have to wait long, here comes the lady with a bag of peanuts. She just tossed two in our direction. Yummy!” Tyler and Max, you see, are squirrels. And they’re the main characters in the new children’s book “Crossing the Street with Tyler & Max” (Outskirts Press). Penned by Forest Hills resident Claudia Tan, the book tells the tale of the brothers’ move from their home in the Big Tree to a new one in the nearby Huge Tree, along with their trips to see relatives, friends and more. “I know it’s time to leave — it’s time to expand our horizons!” Tyler tells Max when he decides to make the move. “We have a comfortable existence here, I know that. We’re set because of the folks’ generosity. We have a place to lay our head but there’s nothing like being on our own. And of course, Max, you’ll be with me. We’ll be together.” Max, who yearns for excitement but likes to leave the planning to his analytical brother, agrees. And so their adventure begins. It’s a very local expedition, with most of the action taking place on Ascan Avenue — starting in the yard alongside Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy — on Austin Street and in Forest Hills Gardens. Precise locations are instantly recognizable in a number of the book’s many photos. “When I saw a retired couple in MacDonald Park feeding the squirrels and the absolute delight in their eyes when the cute animals would sit up and pose for them — I got the idea to use the tree dwellers as the main characters for my book,” Tan said in an email. “I brought my own bag of peanuts, won their friendship and trust, and set up my photography studio on a park bench. “And, best of all, I’ve had so much fun writing about Tyler and Max.” The book is slim, a fast read but a good one for helping younger children expand their vocabulary, with words such as “innovative” and “determinedly” making

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appearances. Readers also learn the proper term for a s quir re l’s n e s t : “dray,” though it’s more commonly spelled “drey.” And the story carries a positive message for youngsters. “The book is about how you can do whatever you set your mind to do,” Tan said. “There are no limitations in life. Tyler and Max are initially afraid to leave their secure environment, but when they do — there’s no turning back. “Children might be curious about their own neighborhood, venture out, and make some interesting discoveries. I think they will also enjoy the photos.” “Crossing the Street with Tyler & Max” is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million and Outskirts Press, as well as Kew & Willow Books, the independent shop on Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens. Tan, who works in the aviation industry, already envisions a sequel or two, with the twin squirrels venturing farther abroad — even getting on a plane one day. And, she said, if Tyler and Max do learn of the ban on feeding animals, they’ll likely protest, crying, “Don’t starve us” and calling on the squirrels of the Q world to “unite!”

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continued from page 27 the result of his reckless driving. Albert Baker is solid as General Mackenzie, a war hero who long ago sent his late wife’s younger lover on a particularly dangerous mission, resulting in his anticipated demise. Richard Mazda, the show’s executive producer, brings to the stage an austere presence as Sir Lawrence Wargrave, a respected judge who seems to be constantly cleaning his eyeglasses. Broadway veteran David Engel cuts a handsome figure as Dr. Armstrong, a prime suspect in the minds of several of the others, who is often called upon to pronounce a

‘And Then There Were None’ When: Thu.-Sat., April 25-27, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 28, 3 p.m. Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City Tickets: $22.(718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com

victim dead. Richard Iverson brings a quirkiness, bordering on the eerie, to the role of Rogers, the hardworking butler; Kelsey Sheppard is competence personified, while obviously afraid of someone or something, as Rogers’ wife, the housekeeper Ethel. Adolpho Blaire is stocky former police inspector William Blore, coming across as equal parts bold and foolhardy. With an air of self-righteousness, and a carefully executed rolling of every “r” as if her life depended upon it, Peggy Lewis makes one of the most indelible impressions as the Bible-quoting Emily Brent, whose

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They’re dropping like flies in this killer show

Housekeeper Ethel Rogers is tended to in the classic mystery “And Then There Were None.” At left, Emily Brent has some choice words for Vera Claythorne. On the cover: PHOTOS BY REIKO YANAGI Anthony Marston checks out, the only way one can in this story. actions years before led to tragedy. The presentation is helped enormously by the effective sound (no credit given) and lighting (designed by Annie Garrett-Larsen). Despite its age, the story maintains inter-

est from start to finish. There are enough twists and turns to surprise even the most intuitive spectator, the mark of a good mystery. “And Then There Were None” remains Q one of the very best.

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PRESIDENT MARCIA V. KEIZS extends congratulations and invites all students accepted to York College for Fall 2019 to attend the

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We look forward to seeing you! YORK COLLEGE! Atrium of the Academic Core Building, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica NY 11451. Contact the Admissions Office by visiting www.york.cuny.edu/admissions, or by calling 718-262-2169. Free parking is available for this event.

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

The tale of Good Humor by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

It was 1920, one year after the Eskimo Ice Cream Pie was invented. Ice cream parlor owner Harry Burt of Youngstown, Ohio, replicated it and had his 23-year-old daughter try it out. Good but messy was the verdict. Then his son suggested sticking a stick into the treat to make it more convenient to handle while eating. It stuck to the stick very well. Burt had a sellable product. He named it the Good Humor Ice Cream Sucker. Two years after his death in 1926, his widow sold the company to Midland Foods. The buyer was selling franchises. And Thomas J. Brimer was buying them, in Detroit, Chicago and New York. In New York, the Good Humor Corp. opened up executive offices at 46-81 Metropolitan Ave. in Maspeth and a plant at 35-24 42 St. in Long Island City. In the era of the 1930s Depression, Good Humor ice cream was sold from trucks, pushcarts, bicycles and shoulder bags. After World War II, with the baby boom, the company expanded into the suburbs. A truck depot was built at 222nd Street and Braddock Avenue in Queens Village in 1954. In 1961, the company was sold to the

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KIDS/FAMILIES Art for Tots — Earthly Creations: Nature and Art, for kids 2 to 4 and their families. Sat., April 27; 10:30-11:45 a.m., The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10 per family; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 2047088, noguchi.org.

A worker leaving the Good Humor Depot Plant at 35-24 42 St. in Long Island City with his pushcart, circa 1945. famous tea company Thomas J. Lipton, a subsidiary of the Unilever Co. Then at its height, Good Humor boasted 85 favors and varieties of products. All good things came to an end in 1978. Financial hardship forced Good Humor’s owner to shut down the ice cream trucks and sell each for only $1,000 to $3,000. The products were only found in stores. But by 1984, the company was profitable again. Unilever bought the Gold Bond Ice Cream Co., the maker of the famous Popsicle, as well as the Klondike and Breyers Ice Cream companies. They are part of Englewood Cliffs, NJ-based Good HumorQ Breyers, Unilever’s ice cream wing.

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St. Margaret’s Boy Scout Troop 119, of Middle Village, seeks adult leadership as well as boys 10 and older to be Scouts. Meets every Tue., 7:15-9 p.m., St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, 66-05 79 Place. Info: (718) 894-4099, (718) 440-7629.

LECTURES/TALKS Book talk and signing: “The German-Jewish Cookbook,” with mother-daughter co-authors Gaby Rossmer Gropman and Sonya Gropman and light refreshments made from their recipes. Sat., May 4, 2-4 p.m., Astoria Bookshop, 31-29 31 St. Free. Info: (718) 278-2665, astoriabookshop.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS Irish Heritage Celebration, with awards, presentations, music and more, sponsored by Assemblymembers Brian Barnwell and Cathy Nolan. Thu., April 25, 7-9 p.m., New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: Barnwell’s office, (718) 651-3185, figueroar@nyassembly.gov. Community Volunteer Day, with participants planting, weeding, painting and cleaning up Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Sat., April 27, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., meeting at the Unisphere. Info: (718) 760-6565, allianceforfmcp.org.

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New Amsterdam Festival, the 3rd annual, celebrating NYC’s Dutch colonial roots, with a market, music, crafts, games and more. Sat., April 27, 12-6 p.m., Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. $5; free kids under 13. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

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TOURS/HIKES Bird Walk with NYC Audubon, an exploration of avian life at the Queens Botanical Garden and how resources like food, shelter and water are provided there. Sat., April 27 and May 18, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students; $2 kids over 3. Info/registration (required): (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. Hawk Watch, with birders seeking raptors, bringing or borrowing binoculars, led by Urban Park Rangers. Sun., April 28, 10-11:30 a.m., meeting at the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: (718) 352-1769, nycgovparks.org.. Woodcock Full Moon Prowl, with naturalist Don Riepe, a park ranger and NYC Audubon leading a group seeking the American woodcock and its aerial courtship displays; binoculars advised. Tue., April 30, 7-8:30 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 3184340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit. The New World of the Number 7 Train Tour, with six walks and connecting rides along North Queens’ transit corridor and into Manhattan, with lunch in Flushing, led by with Boro Historian Jack Eichenbaum; different than the original tour. Sat., April 27, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $49. Info/registration (required): (718) 961-8406, jaconet@aol.com, geognyc.com.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Writing From the Heart: a workshop in creative writing, for those who want to start or improve their writing in a supportive atmosphere, with author and longtime Queens College instructor Maxine Fisher; and participants attending any or all classes. Each Sat. through June 29, 12 p.m., Maspeth Library, 69-70 Grand Ave. Free. Info: (718) 639-5228, queenslibrary.org.

MARKETS Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com. St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church Flea Market, outdoors, with 160 vendors. Every Sat.-Sun. until Nov., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd.-150 St., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Knitting and crocheting class, to learn a new skill or share an idea for a craft project, by Jamaica Senior Program for Older Adults. Each Thu., 10:30-11:30 a.m., T. Jackson Adult Center, 92-47 165 St. Info: (718) 657-6500, jspoa.org.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT, QUEENS COUNTY, in favor of ISMAT JAHAN, against MD MOSHARAF HOSSAIN, ROBIN’S HEAVEN INC, ET AL, to me directed and delivered, I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, by Dennis Alestra DCA# 0840217, auctioneer, as the law directs, FOR CASH ONLY, on the 8 day of May, 2019, at 2:30 pm O’clock in the Afternoon, at: THE QUEENS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 30-10 STARR AVENUE, 1st Floor, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 in the county of Queens all the right, title and interest which MD MOSHARAF HOSSAIN, ROBIN’S HEAVEN INC, ET AL, the judgment debtor(s), had on the 12 day of April, 2017, or at anytime thereafter, of, in and to the following properties: 37-18 76TH STREET, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372 (BLOCK 1286, LOT 45) ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Approximate amount of judgment $77,780.96 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 700156/2011. Schwartz, Ponterio & Levenson, PLLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff 134 West 29th Street – Suite 1006, New York, NY 10001, (212) 714-1200

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the defensive. They issued a press release lauding their hire with quotes from such luminaries as Duke coach Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski and college basketball broadcasting legends Bill Raftery and Dick Vitale. Chris Flexen made yet another spot start for the Mets this past Saturday in St. Louis as he took Jacob deGrom’s spot in the rotation after the latter was put on the injured list. The result was a typical Flexen outing. He gave up five earned runs in four innings as the Mets lost to the Cardinals, 10-2. In the past you could excuse Flexen for being young and simply not ready for the big stage. But now he is just a couple of months shy of his 25th birthday. In baseball terms that is not exactly embryonic. Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen has to be wondering if Flexen is more of a suspect than he is a prospect at this point. Former Forest Hills High School and SJU basketball star Mo Harkless was fined $15,000 by the NBA for tossing his headband into the Oklahoma City crowd in the final seconds of a playoff game between the OKC Thunder and Harkless’s Portland Trailblazers this past Friday night in which the Blazers lost 120-108. That seems a bit excessive for harmlessly providing a souvenir for someone even if it’s chump change Q for a veteran NBA player. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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