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CALLING FOR CALM No worries about threatened march through Howard Beach

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The commander of the 106th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Brian Bohannon, cautions a packed civic meeting at St. Helen Catholic Academy on Tuesday that demonstrators are not headed for the neighborhood.

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City jail plan splits hearing three ways Pros and cons of closing Rikers overshadows what will replace it by Michael Shain Editor

andra Clark remembers going to her first neighborhood meeting last year about the city’s plan to build a new jail in Kew Gardens and crying for three hours. “Everybody was talking about how high it was going to be and not about the necessity of closing Rikers,” she said. Clark, 34, is something of rarity in central Queens. She’s a resident of Forest Hills who favors placing a 27-story jail more or less in her backyard. She was among several score of people who spoke last week at a boisterous, standing-room-only hearing about the proposed new jail before members of Community Board 9, in a crucial step toward Mayor de Blasio getting approval for the plan. What has been for months a straight forward fight between City Hall and the neighborhoods surrounding the proposed site off Queens Boulevard now has new players, members of the social-justice movement who have made closing Rikers a major priority. “Do not ignore us,” said one of the antiRikers activists who spoke at the hearing. “To vote no is to put yourself on the wrong side of history.”

Lost in a sea of placards are CB9 Chairman Kenny Wilson, center in white shirt, and Land Use Committee Co-chairperson Sylvia Hack, who conducted a mandated hearing at Borough Hall PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN last week on the city plan to build a new jail in Kew Gardens. The hearing, held in the cavernous auditorium at Borough Hall named after the late Borough President Helen Marshall, is a legal requirement of the review process for building a new jail — a proposal CB 9, which represents Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, South Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, has vigorously opposed.

The range of speakers — each under a time limit of two minutes — seemed to break roughly into three groups. On one side were the board members and, for the most part, residents of the neighborhood, who oppose the jail and are urging that Rikers be rebuilt to answer the jail problems of inmate violence and unhealthy conditions.

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One the other were those who advocate for closing Rikers Island as quickly as possible and building new, modern jails in each borough — except Staten Island. A third group is the so-called abolitionists, passionate advocates for keeping only a bare minimum people incarcerated. They demanded that Rikers be closed immediately without any new facilities to replace it. “No new jails,” they chanted when any type of construction was mentioned at the three-hour hearing. “I’d like to think we are the middle ground between the two extremes,” said Clark, who sees a new jail as the more expedient way to close Rikers. The community board is set to vote May 14 on the plan, though its decision is not binding on the city. The co-chairperson of CB 9’s Land Use Committee and an outspoken opponent of the jail, Sylvia Hack, said she was “glad a lot of people turned up” at the hearing. But she was disappointed that most speakers came to express their passion about Rikers — which CB 9 has no say over — rather than the advisability of building a jail in the center of Queens. “It’s too bad,” she said. “But it’s an open hearing and you can’t say this is not on the Q agenda.”

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Nervous night ends with sigh of relief Protesters say they won’t march in Howard Beach after Lewis verdict by Michael Shain Editor

Protesters angry over the conviction last month of a young Brooklyn man in the murder of Karina Vetrano say they will not be taking their fight to Howard Beach. “We are planning a march,” Chris Bates, a community activist from East New York, told the Chronicle this week. “But it will not be through Howard Beach.” Social media sites in South Queens lit up over the week after Bates and the Rev. Kev i n McCal l, sup por ters of convicted killer Chanel Lewis, called a “pla n of a c t ion” me et i ng for Tu e s d a y n i g h t i n Brooklyn. Online speculation was that the Tuesday meeting at a storefront on Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville might tur n into a march in Howard Beach. Many in the Queens neighborhood still recall the 1986 protest march through Howard Beach led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, following the death of a young black man, Michael Griffith, that stained the com mu nit y’s reputation for years to come. Banks said the meeting this week was intended “to have a dialogue with the community about the case, supporting the family of Chanel Lewis and coming

up with a plan for action.” The meeting was closed to the press, he said, “so that we could speak freely.” He declined also to identify the leaders or groups who attended. The size of the meeting was estimated at between 20 and 40 people at various points of the evening by police and organizers. Deputy Inspector Brian Bohannon, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, which covers Howard Beach, posted a rare statement on Facebook and Twitter saying the precinct was aware of the Brooklyn meeting. “A s yo u a l l m ay know,” he told a packed meeting of the Howard Beach Li ndenwood Civic Association, also Tuesday night, at St. Helen Catholic Academy, “social media has been saying there’s a c rowd dow n t he r e that’s going to stor m Howard Beach. It’s not happening.” Boh a n non ack nowledged t h at t he neighborhood was on edge and apprehensive in the aftermath of two trials and a sentencing delayed by claims of jur y misconduct. “Social media, I can’t stand it,” he conf e s s e d a t o n e p o i n t . “ B u t i t ’s everywhere.” For the parents of Karina Vetrano, a 30-year-old speech pathologist who was

Cathie and Phil Vetrano, at a packed meeting of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association, called on neighbors not to react to social-media scuttlebutt about a protest march in the neighborPHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN hood. Organizer Chris Bates, left, said protesters will march elsewhere. murdered and sexually assaulted while out jogging near her home in Howard Beach Aug. 2, 2016, the r umors were more upsetting news. “This is a nightmare that never ends,” Cathie Vetrano, mother of Karina, said at the civic meeting. Reading from notes scribbled on a small sheet of paper, she

asked the group to ignore threats of a protest march “Let’s hold our heads up high and not react to them,” she said. “I am so proud to say I come from this neighborhood, Howard Beach,” Vetrano said. “We are warriors. We are magnifiQ cent.”

Flood control to the front burner ‘Done nothing to protect New York since Sandy’ by Michael Shain For the latest news visit qchron.com

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It has been almost exactly one year since the Army Corps of Engineers rejected a long-brewing plan to build two small flood gates in Howard Beach to protect against a repeat of the devastation Hurricane Sandy left behind. “You could hear people gasp when they said it,” Roger Gendron, president of the Hamilton Beach Civic Association, recalled of the meeting last April he and other local leaders had with the corps’ top brass in Borough President Melinda Katz’s office. In fact, said the engineers, there would be no money for Queens, north or south, to hold back the next storm or the steadily rising tides from Jamaica Bay, the East River and Long Island Sound. None of the f lood damage-prevention measures, including the Howard Beach

flood gates, met the corps’ cost-benefit analysis, they said. Instead, the corps proposed a radical solution, building a 5-mile-wide flood gate from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to Breezy Point in the Rockaways that could be raised during bad storms. Estimated starting cost: $10.6 billion. Since then, a small but vocal group of homeowners in Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach have been campaigning to revive the idea that was originally proposed and passed by Congress in the mid-1970s — two flood gates on Hawtree and Shellbank basins — before it’s too late. Estimated cost: $106 million. “I’m not an engineer by trade,” Gendron, a former truck driver and electrician, said last Saturday at the latest meeting of Protect Our Community, the ad hoc group that formed after the shattering Borough Hall

meeting. “But I’ve gotten a hell of an education over the last year. “They’ve done nothing to protect New York since Sandy.” About 70 people attended the meeting in the gym of Our Lady of Grace Church, a stone’s throw from the canals. The difficulty in moving the Army Corps of Engineers, a branch of the military designated by Congress a century ago as the main agency in charge of flood protection, was Topic A. “This was proposed 50 years ago. It’s not a new concept,” Gendron said. “If you can stop water coming up the canal, you can stop flooding in town.” The key, suggested state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), is keeping political pressure on the corps. “If we do nothing, we Q get nothing,” he said.

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What’s holding up library renovation? Historic Richmond Hill branch still waiting for construction to begin by Michael Shain Editor

After more than two years on the drawing board, plans to renovate the Richmond Hill branch of the Queens Library are behind schedule and underfunded. The branch, built more than a century ago with donations from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, the Bill Gates of his day, has become a problem child of the librar y system’s ambitious rebuilding program. “They’re not cutting cor ners,” said Seth Welins, chair of Community Board 9’s Education and Youth Services Committee. “It’s a beautiful project from the drawings they showed us.” The board’s leadership has not concealed its frustration at the delays. “I am sorry to have to tell you that based on our past year’s experiences dealing with QL, Community Board 9 and the community we represent strongly believe that QL has not shown the kind of urgency to move this project within a reasonable timeline,” the board’s then-chairman, Richard Smith, wrote in a sharply worded letter to Queens Library President Dennis Walcott last November. “We sense a general disregard for our community and all the many people who

use the library and depend on the library for m a ny i m p or t a nt p r og r a m s a nd services.” A gut renovation of the interior was initially set to begin in December 2016. The plans called for a $6 million project funded and overseen by the library itself. The branch would have to be closed for as long as two years. An architect’s design was completed but the start of the project was pushed back to March 2017. In the meantime, the shelves were cleared of books in preparations for the shutdown in late 2017 or early 2018. Sometime in early 2018, “We were told there was now no time line for starting or continued on page 30

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Push to legalize e-scooters, e-bikes Bill touts environmental, safety advantages; been banned since ’04 by David Russell

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E-bikes and e-scooters could soon become legal in the city. In 2004, the Council, citing safety issues, banned all forms of motorized scooters and imposed a $500 fine on riders but state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-East Elmhurst) and Assembly woman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) introduced a bill on April 23 to legalize them while allowing localities to take charge of regulation. The bill has been referred to the Transportation Committee. “These zero-emission devices are safe, sustainable, and affordable, unlocking the right of mobility for a wide segment of New Yorkers,” a statement in the “justification” section of the bill says. The statement also says that more than 100 cities have seen reductions in automobile traffic via e-bikes and e-scooters that helps achieve congestion, safety and environmental goals and that the bill was driven by demographics facing barriers to other modes of transportation including lowincome riders, females and riders of color. “Thousands of food delivery workers in New York City rely on e-bicycles to earn a living wage, while studies of shared e-scooter pilots show that almost half of riders earn less than $50,000 a year,” the statement said.

A new bill could mean the legalization of FILE PHOTO e-scooters and e-bikes in the city. City Comptroller Scott Stringer tweeted his support, saying, “E-bikes are critical to reducing congestion & promoting more environmentally friendly transit options. And our current e-bike enforcement is disproportionately harming delivery workers.” Fifteen years ago, the Council wrote the

bill banning the modes of transportation after 19-year-old Oscar “Donte” Pomar was killed attempting to evade police on his scooter. Police tried to get him to pull over because he wasn’t wearing a helmet but he sped onto a residential street at around 40 miles per hour, hit a pothole and was ejected from his vehicle. Pomar suffered a skull fracture and brain lacerations. The 2004 legislation imposed fines on any vendor found selling the cycles as well as operators using them anywhere, including private property. A vendor caught selling the bikes was fined $1,000 or imprisoned for 15 days, or both. A person caught operating the vehicles would be fined $500 and issued a traffic ticket. The city reapproved the legality of some electric bicycles last year but did not include “throttle-assist” scooters. “Pedal-assist” bicycles that have batteries, such as some Citi Bikes, are allowed but scooters remained banned by the state due to a lack of vehicle identification numbers. The Department of Motor Vehicles lists motorized devices that cannot be registered in New York on its website. Motorized scooters, mini-bikes, dirt bikes, gokarts, golf carts and motor-assisted bicycles cannot be registered or operated on any street, highway, parking lot, sidewalk or other area in the state that allows public

motor vehicle traffic. In 2017, Mayor de Blasio announced the city would step up its enforcement of e-bike laws. E-scooter legislation was dropped from the state budget several months ago. Some in favor of the bill have said that the current laws are discriminatory because many people in the food and other delivery businesses are minorities or immigrants. Marco Conner, interim co-executive director of Transportation Alternatives, is a fan of the new bill. “I think it’s great and it’s long overdue,” he told the Chronicle. Conner has no concerns that e-scooters would be sharing lanes with regular bicycles. “I think that issue is well overstated as an actual problem,” he said, adding that most city streets don’t have bike lanes anyway. “That’s not really the problem here for bicyclists,” Conner said. “The problem for bicyclists on New York City streets is 4,000 pound vehicles moving past them at lethal speeds and occupying bike lanes.” He believes legalizing the modes of transportation would have a positive influence both on safety and the environment. Conner has one concern: “Although it’s good that localities can have some measure of control, I think that could also potentially be abused if that authority is taken to an Q extreme.”

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P No Lewis protest in HB EDITORIAL

oward Beach can breathe a sigh of relief now that supporters of Chanel Lewis, who don’t believe the young black man killed Karina Vetrano, have decided against marching through the neighborhood in protest. Activists who contend Lewis was falsely convicted — despite his confession, the DNA evidence and that trip he took to the hospital the day after Vetrano’s killing for damage to his hand that a doctor called “a classic boxer’s injury” — met Tuesday night to decide on a “plan of action.” At the same time, the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association also was meeting, drawing an estimated 150 to 200 people, many concerned that a large group of angry protesters was about to descend on the community. “This is a nightmare that never ends,” Vetrano’s mother, Cathie Vetrano, said at the meeting. “Let’s hold our heads up high and not react to them.” That’s exactly what this page was going to say if the activists had decided to come: that Howard Beach should stand up by standing down.

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But Deputy Inspector Brian Bohannon, commander of the 106th Precinct, assured the civic audience, stating, “... social media has been saying there’s a crowd down there that’s going to storm Howard Beach. It’s not happening.” Good. That would have been completely inappropriate and would have achieved nothing. It certainly would have had no impact on the appeal Lewis’ attorneys said they will be filing. A march past the homes and businesses of people who had nothing to do with the case only could have stirred up racial tension. Howard Beach does not need or deserve that, and is still living down the notoriety it received more than 30 years ago when an innocent black man was killed there. Nor do Queens or the city as a whole deserve it. This borough especially prides itself on how well people of all ethnicities get along. The activists say they still will march in protest of Lewis’ conviction, just not in Howard Beach. While we differ with them completely on the case itself, we are thankful for that decision.

Don’t ban fur; just don’t buy it

he fur industry is in serious decline and that’s just fine with us. What’s not fine is the heavy hand of government coming down to crush it. A City Council bill would ban the sale of fur in the five boroughs, while one in the Assembly would do so statewide. The Council bill has nine sponsors including, in Queens, the odd couple of Danny Dromm and Bob Holden, as well as Antonio Reynoso, whose mostly Brooklyn district stretches into Ridgewood. The Assembly bill has but one sponsor, Linda Rosenthal of Manhattan, and there is no companion yet in the state Senate. We understand and sympathize with the desire to prevent the unnecessary suffering of animals. But the fur trade is not what it used to be. More than 85 percent of pelts today come from animals raised on farms, not from those caught in cruel traps set out in the wild. We would much rather see federal law making sure farm animals are not treated cruelly than a ban on sales. The trade has a long history in New York — that’s why there are beavers on the seal of the city, which at one point reportedly manufactured 80 percent of the fur coats sold in the United States. Today, reports say, only about 1,100 people here work in the industry (which is gearing up to keep the ban from becoming law). Times are changing, without the government’s help. People are choosing faux fur on their own. Many top designers no longer deal in fur. On Amazon, fake fur products vastly outnumber the real thing. Let the fur industry die on its own over time thanks to the will of the people.

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PS 164 needs signals Dear Editor: Re your April 25 report “Traffic signals are finally coming to PS 376 in Bayside” (multiple editions): If NYC’s Department of Transportation can install traffic signals to bolster safety at a Bayside public school, why can’t it do the same for PS 164 in Kew Gardens Hills? Traffic lights are sorely needed to protect students, parents and teachers at the busy intersection of 77th Avenue and 135th Street during school opening and closing hours. Two-way traffic has caused near collisions and road rage outbursts. Community Board 8 rejected a proposal to make 77th Avenue a one-way street during school hours. But traffic signals might work. Bayside residents gained support from their elected city and state officials. KGH City Councilman Rory Lancman focuses more on farebeating arrest stats than constituents’ safety. Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal stays silent. They need a wakeup call from voters. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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today’s political climate. Our local leadership is hostile to big business, chasing away 25,000 good Amazon jobs. It is hostile to small business, putting in bike lanes and bus lanes with no consideration for mom-and-pop businesses. Then there is a Trump administration hostile to New York City. We can’t allow the city to spend like drunken sailors on its dream jail, not with a shrinking private sector. It is time to figure out a cheaper solution. Build smaller. Reduce jail amenities. Shrink the amount of space per inmate. Avoid duplication of social services. Reduce the jail size to a reasonable 15 stories or less and then maybe we will have some money left over for more important needs like education, housing and transportation. The only vote for the current mega jail proposal that makes sense is no. Scott Avidon Kew Gardens

Shady homeless survey Dear Editor: Re “More back shelters than don’t, poll says,” April 25, multiple editions: I do not know where in Queens that Win conducted its survey, but I know one thing for sure. No one in College Point was asked. I am sure that this survey on homelessness has nothing to do with the profit made by Win, which is currently helmed by former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The city wants to put a 200-male transitional shelter in College Point right near several schools, including one all-girls school. There are more than 3,000 school-aged children right near this planned shelter. Also, “transitional” means men coming out of Rikers Island. Just what this community needs. Kim F. Cody Whitestone

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No citizenship question Dear Editor: We vehemently oppose the addition of the citizenship question to the 2020 Census questionnaire. The present administration’s announcement that it intends to include a citizenship question is myopic and ill advised, and defeats the entire purpose for taking a decennial nationwide Census in the first place. Indeed, it violates the Founding Fathers’ motives for gathering Census data as part of the U.S. Constitution. Worse yet, after recent hearings, the Supreme Court justices appear ready to vote 5-4 to allow the present administration to add the hotly contested question. In the last Census count, in 2010, despite our collective efforts to get everyone counted, the city’s response rate was only 62 percent. Approximately 50,000 residents were not countcontinued on next page

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Dear Editor: It is an incontrovertible truth that the Social Security system as established is unsustainable. The mythology of Social Security, the holy grail of progressives, is defended and propagated with misinformation and deception with cult-like religious fervor. An example of government double-speak and dishonesty is its decision to rename Social Security payments a “Federal Benefits Payment.” One might well ask how an insurance arrangement in which the recipient makes payments throughout his working existence is regarded as a “benefit.” Whatever happened to “earned income”? Three neighboring Texas counties, which opted out of Social Security over 30 years ago by creating personal retirement accounts, have avoided a fiscal train wreck while providing retirees with even more retirement income. Since 1980, when more than 75 percent of municipal workers in Galveston, Texas voted and were permitted to opt out of the system, middle-income workers making $51,000 at retirement get $3,846 per month rather than $1,540 a month under Social Security; workers who earned $75,000 get $4,540 per month in retirement. More importantly, if a worker participating in Social Security dies before retirement, he loses his contribution. But a worker in the Galveston Plan owns his account, so the entire account belongs to the estate. There is no specified “retirement age,” participants own their investment, can designate beneficiaries, can pass it on to their heirs and have a choice of options for payment of benefits. Most importantly, politicians cannot raid the funds to pay other bills. The Galveston model has demonstrated over 30 years that personal retirement accounts work. It could also serve as a model for reforming Social Security. The Social Security program is a unique distinctive enterprise. It is neither an investment nor a savings account, but a Ponzi scheme that has run out of other people’s money. Ed Konecnik Flushing

Donate food May 11 Dear Editor: My name is Susan Lee. I am a member of Branch 562 of The National Association of Letter Carriers and the food drive coordinator for the Jamaica district. Our branch represents 20 post offices, which provide service to more that 230,000 patrons. The National Association of Letter Carriers sponsors a food drive every year to help feed impoverished families. This is our 27th year and we are very proud to help stamp out hunger. Our food drive will take place on May 11. Letter carriers across the nation on the same day will be making an impact in their communities. Carriers will collect nonperishable food donations while delivering the mail. The food is then given to churches and local food pantries for distribution. More than 49 million people living in America are facing multiple challenging situations. Uncertainty over where their next meal is coming from is one of them. The poverty statistics are staggering. Thirteen million are children who feel hunger’s impact on their health and their ability to perform in school. More than five million are seniors living on fixed incomes. Families are forced to make difficult choices. If they pay for food, will they have enough money for utilities, medicine and or housing? Our food drive’s timing is crucial. Food supplied to food banks and pantries is low during the springtime. Families are desperate and I witness this desperation every week. I volunteer at The River Fund Food Pantry/ Help Center at 89-11 Lefferts Blvd. in Richmond Hill. The director’s name is Swami Durga Das. This pantry has been in operation for 26 years. People from every borough come here for assistance. I could quote numbers, but you would need to see it to believe it. The pantry also provides food for other mobile sites. Please take a moment to read how this pantry provides service to the needy. The website is river.fund. This is just an example of the importance of food pantries. Please join the National Association of Letter Carriers in our mission to help stamp out hunger. Susan Lee Jamaica

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Help for stutterers Dear Editor: I’d like to ask your readers: Do you stutter? Do you know someone who does? Most people do. More than three million Americans and 70 million people across the globe stutter, but sadly it is still quite misunderstood. Help us change that. May 13 to 19 is National Stuttering Awareness Week. To support the stuttering community, the nonprofit Stuttering Foundation launched a new website with easy-to-find information like articles, brochures, magazines, videos, research reports and counselor referrals, with a new laptop- and mobilefriendly interface. The Stuttering Foundation has accurate, trusted information about stuttering and free help on its new website, stutteringhelp.org. Please take a look and tell a friend. Jane Fraser President, The Stuttering Foundation Memphis, Tenn.

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page ed, causing New York to lose two congressional seats, and it may be worse this time around. The Empire State is the only one where the loss could grow to two of the current 27 representatives in the House, a new low from 45 seats between 1933 and 1953. There are now 3.2 million foreign-born people in New York City, out of 8.6 million residents. Of those foreign-born, 46 percent are noncitizens, with at least 500,000 undocumented, all of which use public resources and services. At least 132 government programs use information from the Census to determine how to allocate an estimated $880 billion a year, much of it for programs that serve lower-income families, like Medicare, Head Start, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Pell grants for college and reduced-price school lunch programs. Census data also apportions highway spending. In New York, for example, how the already disproportionate $7 billion from the federal government that funds all these aspects of life here, like repairs to highways, nutritional programs and centers for seniors, where new schools and hospitals are built, could be affected by one question on the 2020 Census: Are you a United States citizen? The Census data has collateral consequences on, for example, redrawing school zones, understanding illness rates and opening businesses in underserved neighborhoods. All of this can be solved by just withdrawing the intrusive question, which is unconstitutional and fundamentally unAmerican, from the form. It is an ill-concealed attempt to stop funding for cities like New York and California, where immigrant families abound. Albert Baldeo Richmond Hill

allowing “me” to exist, such an entity would also be responsible for having provided me the intelligence to determine that “it” does not. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

Pro-Sharpton, anti-Israel Dear Editor: Thirteen out of the 20 current Democratic presidential candidates conferred with Al Sharpton in Harlem to obtain his “blessing.” The same 13 refused to attend this year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee yearly conference in Washington, DC. The same 13 disclosed publicly a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions stance. The same 13 have not voiced a condemnation of Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s anti-Semitic pronouncements. The same 13 never condemned Sharpton’s past incitement toward Jews or the Tawana Brawley scandal. When did Al Sharpton become kingmaker for the Democratic Party? Jacques Hakim Bayside

Lay off the president Dear Editor: I’m appalled by the hatred shown our president. Whether you like him or not, the economy is at an all-time high, unemployment is at an all-time low and we aren’t involved in any major conflict. Would you rather we were failing in all these areas, just to be correct? I don’t get it! B. Chorzepa Rego Park

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Bulldogs coach recalls working with Blessuan Austin in high school by David Russell Associate Editor

Campus Magnet football coach Eric Barnett has been a Jets fan for about 40 years and now Gang Green has given him another reason to cheer. Last Saturday, the Jets selected cornerback and former Bulldogs star Blessuan Austin in the sixth round of the NFL draft. “I was so excited for him because I know how hard he worked in high school and I know how much he wanted to go DI, so after he went DI I know how much he probably wanted to go pro,” Barnett said, referring to Division I. Barnett remembers how Austin called him as soon as he was accepted into the Cambria Heights School and how he was always the hardest worker, never missing a training session or practice. “He was extremely coachable,” Barnett said. “I wish I had more of him.” Austin, who Barnett said had the “body of Adonis,” played both offense and defense in high school.

Perhaps Austin was meant to be a Jet. The team wore authentic Jets practice jerseys when Gang Green switched brands and discarded their old equipment. “So he virtually was wearing, when he was playing, an authentic Jets jersey,” Barnett said. The players weren’t as excited as the coach. “The kids never appreciated it,” Barnett said. “Because they were playing, these were the Jets jerseys with a big number on it. We played games in them. They were like, ‘Can we get other jerseys?’ I said, ‘Do you realize what we’re wearing? We’re wearing the Jets’ jerseys.’” Austin had offers to lower-level colleges and Barnett advised him to take one of the ones on the table. “But he was determined,” Barnett said. “He said, ‘No, coach. I want to go Division I.’” Eventually, Rutgers offered him a scholarship. Injuries limited his playing time during his last two seasons for the Scarlet Knights but now he has a chance to prove himself with the Q Jets. Barnett will be rooting for him.

Awful prez, awful letter Dear Editor: I was appalled to read John Amato’s April 25 “Get to work, Congress” letter. His insulting comments on two great Democratic leaders, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, as “out-for-blood Democrats” were outrageous. Voters in 2018 gave Pelosi a mandate as House speaker to lead an aggressive inquiry of the miserable Trump presidency. John, do you want Trump “to continue to do his job” with tactics such as lashing out with vicious attacks on and labels for opponents? Folks, remember the Charlottesville chant, “Jews will not replace us”? Trump considered them to be … very nice people! Mr. Amato, wake up and smell the coffee. Trump will never “work together” with Democrats. His presidency is at war with Congress. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Religion: It’s just a fantasy Dear Editor: I’m not anti-Semitic, I’m anti-religion. The only group whose opinion should be taken seriously when it comes to making decisions that affect our nation are atheists because they base their ideas on science and facts, not the fantasy that is religion. Pay attention now: I’m not saying that Catholics, Jews, Muslims, etc. shouldn’t have a say in the path our nation takes — unless they base any part of that decision on religion. Do parents (measles in Williamsburg) have the right to not have their children vaccinated due to religious beliefs? And as a result risk infecting “nonbelievers”? It’s very simple: One person’s religious freedom ends where it impacts another person’s civil rights or health. I think the hierarchy of the Catholic Church should spend eternity in hell for protecting pedophile priest-rapists. As well as Muslims who support the stoning death of nonbelievers or homosexuals. Unfortunately hell doesn’t exist. I don’t fear vengeance from an all-powerful deity. For if such an entity were responsible for

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Ozone Park ready for spring On Liberty Avenue under the A train, members of the Ozone Park Civic Association paused for a moment from their Saturday spring cleanup chores to pose for this picture. OPCA President Joseph Carawana, center in yellow, organized the friends and neighbors to pick up the trash and debris

that accumulates over the winter around hard-to-tend places like Bayside Cemetery, right. Joining members of the civic association this year were the Girl Scouts, Frank Dardani, president of The Tudor Village Association, and his wife, Patricia. — Michael Shain

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Latin Kings members Perry new CO of 104; convicted; one flees Mastronardi to 75th Three reputed members of the Latin Kings were convicted of gang assault and other crimes in the beating of a rival gang member outside a Jackson Heights bar in 2016, Chief Assistant District Attorney John Ryan announced last Wednesday. Luis Minchala of Jackson Heights, Luis Mayancela of Astoria and Michael Aragundi of Jamaica were convicted of first-degree gang assault, two counts of first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery and first- and second-degree assault after a two-week trial but on the eve of closing arguments, Minchala fled and is being sought as a fugitive by the NYPD’s Warrant Squad. Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Stephanie Zaro set sentencing for May 16. The defendants each face up to 25 years in prison. Two other co-defendants, Jonathan Duy and Wilson Matute, previously pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder and are awaiting sentencing. Ryan said that according to trial testimony, shortly after 1 a.m. on Oct. 29, 2016, Aragundi, Mayancela and several other Latin Kings members approached and attacked the victim, who was standing outside El Paisa bar on Northern Boulevard.

The victim was repeatedly punched and stabbed. One of the defendants also grabbed a cane and beat the man with it. Minchala was not involved in the actual attack but ordered the hit and watched to make sure it was carried out. After fulfilling his orders, the defendants fled the scene, leaving the victim bleeding in front of the bar. The man, who was stabbed 11 times, was taken to a hospital and treated for injuries to his head, neck and other extremities. Several of the lacerations penetrated his arm, causing him to suffer extensive pain and permanent nerve damage. “The defendants cornered and attacked the victim in front of a bar,” Ryan said in a statement. “The victim sustained a series of severe stab wounds during the assault and continues to suffer from nerve damage as a result of the beating he endured. After weighing the evidence presented at trial, a jury found the defendants guilty of gang assault and other crimes. This verdict reaffirms that gang violence is unacceptable and individuals who participate in gang attacks and other intolerable acts, will go to Q prison.”

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Capt. Victoria Perry is the new commanding officer of the 104th Precinct as Deputy Inspector John Mastronardi now has been given the same position at the 75th Precinct. Perry received the commander’s pin last Thursday night. On the 104th Precinct’s Twitter page, a message from Mastronardi said, “It was an absolute honor to serve the #MiddleVillage, #Maspeth, #Glendale #Ridgewood neighborhoods and work with amazing Cops. It was a pleasure to pass the 104 CO’s pin to Captain Perry today. T h a n k yo u t o t h e 10 4 P r e c i n c t Community!” NYPD Queens North tweeted, “John, on behalf of PBQN, thank you for your dedication and service to all communities @ N Y PD10 4Pc t . Yo u r l e a d e r s h i p t h roug hout t he com m a nd w i l l be missed...good luck in your new assignment @ NYPD75Pct @ NYPDBklynNorth. And to Capt Perry, congrats and welcome to QN.” Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle

Deputy Inspector John Mastronardi puts the commander’s pin on Capt. Victoria Perry NYPD PHOTO / TWITTER last Thursday. Village) thanked Mastronardi on Facebook and added, “join me in welcoming Captain Victoria Perry as our new commanding officer. I look forward to meeting her and working together to always improving Q policing our neighborhoods.”

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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SERVICE 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. Date: Sunday, May 5, 2019 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Howard Beach Judea Chabad 162-05 90th Street, Howard Beach, NY Y Phone: 718-845-9443 ©2018 M1P • HOBE-075871

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Van Bramer talks boro president bid Councilman is first to officially declare campaign to replace Katz by David Russell Associate Editor

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) is running for Queens borough president. He made the announcement last week on Twitter and will officially announce on May 5. “It’s not a legislative office but it has and should have the power to be an organizing tool to advance progressive values and Queens values,” Van Bramer told the Chronicle in a phone interview Wednesday. “It’s just something that seems to fit well with who I am and what I’m so passionate about, which is Queens.” Van Bramer has served on the Council since 2010 and was deputy leader for several years. He will be term-limited out after his current term, along with the vast majority of his colleagues. Before winning his seat, Van Bramer worked for the Queens Library, during which time he worked in every neighborhood of the borough. “I feel like I know the neighborhoods and know how different and unique they are,” he said. Van Bramer said the decision was one he had given a lot of thought. “I’ve certainly enjoyed being a Council member for the last nine-plus years and thought about what I might do next, whether that might be in public service or not,” he said.

“And I think the thing that I care about so very much is the borough and I think we can, and should, do so much more to push for our progressive values and refor m in the borough.” So what’s the first thing he would do if he were to be elected borough president? “The first thing I would do is raise my voice to demonstrate that Queens is home for all immigrants, including the undocumented and to use the Borough President’s Office to really establish an office that is dedicated to protecting and serving all immigrants in Queens, including the most vulnerable, including the undocumented,” Van Bramer said. “I think we can be more aggressive and should be at the boroughwide level, declaring our support for driver’s licenses for the undocumented, pushing back hard against any and all efforts to demonize immigrant communities, par ticularly those who are undocumented.” He added that some of the talk about the diversity of the borough comes across like empty words. “We talk very often in Queens about our diversity but sometimes it feels like lip service when in fact what we should be doing is taking a much more aggressive approach to demonstrate the borough has its arms open to welcome immigrants and then to

protect them,” he said. “It’s not just enough to say that we have different kinds of restaurants from all different nations and backgrounds. That’s great but the truth is what we need to do is welcome and protect all of the immigrants who find their promised land in Queens.” Van Bramer is the first candidate to publicly announce his bid for the job. “I think people appreciate clarity now more than anything in politics,” he said. “And it seemed like beating around the bush or hemming and hawing, being coy wasn’t the right way to do this. I know what I want to do and I feel like it’s better to just say it instead of playing games with it.” Van Bramer is expecting a crowded field in the race. “I think anytime there’s an open seat in a Democratic primary you can expect, and should expect, multiple candidates, possibly even in the double digits,” he said. He noted that there are seven candidates in the Democratic primary for Queens district attorney and he expects more in the race for borough president. Van Bramer has endorsed Tiffany Cabán in the DA race. Also running is Borough President Melinda Katz and if she wins, the race to succeed her would likely be sooner than 2021. But Van Bramer is running in “any

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is running to become the next borough president. FILE PHOTO and all eventualities.” “It is never too early to start organizing in Q politics,” he said.

Weprin ‘exploring’ a 2021 comptroller bid Assemblyman, who ran for the job in 2009 primary, files to do it again by Ryan Brady

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Assemblyman David Weprin may give running for city comptrolFILE PHOTO ler a second try.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) may make another run for city comptroller. The lawmaker, who lost a four-way Democratic primary for the financial watchdog office in 2009, told the Chronicle he is “exploring” a 2021 candidacy for it. The city comptroller controls the pension fund, reviews government contracts and audits city agencies. Term limits prevent the incumbent, Scott Stringer, from running for re-election. Two City Council members — Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn) and Helen Rosenthal (D-Manhattan) — have publicly declared that they are running for the job. The Campaign Finance Board website does not yet have Weprin’s fundraising numbers. However, the state Board of Elections website lists the January balance of the assemblyman’s campaign account at $424,915. Albany lawmakers who run for city offices transfer funds from state campaign accounts into city-level ones. As of January, the comptroller campaign balances for Lander and Rosenthal were, respectively, $136,719 and $19,817, CFB records show. Weprin, whose late father Saul Weprin was an Assembly speaker and whose brother Mark served both there and the City Council, will have a Manhattan fundraiser on May 23 for his comptroller campaign committee. Touting his relevant experience in an interview, the assemblyman cited his public finance bona fides. In the mid-1980s, Weprin served as deputy superintendent of banks and secretary of the banking board under Gov. Mario Cuomo.

As chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee for eight years starting in 2001, Weprin said, he interacted with city agencies and worked very closely with then-comptroller Bill Thompson. Today, as an assemblyman, he sits on the Ways and Means Committee. He’s also a former board member of the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan watchdog. “I have the background and the knowledge to be a very effective comptroller,” he said, adding that his 25-year career on Wall Street adds to his qualifications. For three years, he chaired the Securities Industry Association trade group. Like many Assembly members, he has a second job, working as vice president at the investment bank Stern Brothers, and does some legal work on the side. He told the Chronicle would step down from the position if elected city comptroller. “I think I’m still very qualified for the job,” Weprin added. In 2009, he got 11 percent of the vote, finishing fourth in a race with as many candidates. Now-state Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside) won the contest; former councilman David Yassky and now-Borough President Melinda Katz came in second and third, respectively. St. John’s University political science professor Brian Browne said Weprin will need to be a top fundraiser to be a strong candidate in 2021. “Also, I think he has got to stand out from what is probably going to be a crowded field,” he said. Browne noted that Weprin’s previous experience running for comptroller, along with his expertise in public and private finance, would be advantages for a 2021 candidacy. Q

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The city’s restoring a piece of Alley Creek 1.9-acre parcel just south of LIRR tracks undergoing $1.8M DEP project by Ryan Brady Editor

With commuters on the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington line passing them by, workers have been making progress on the city’s $1.8 million Alley Creek wetland restoration project on a 1.9-acre parcel slightly south of the tracks. Debris and invasive common reed grass is being removed from the space affected, which is a maritime grassland habitat described by the city Department of Environmental Protection as a “critical tidal salt marsh.” The agency said the work, which will bring new life to Alley Creek, will finish up later this year. It follows a similar, $20 million Bloomberg-era restoration project, completed in 2009, that restored a 16-acre chunk of Alley Creek farther south, on the other side of Northern Boulevard. “Wetlands play a critical and substantial role in a healthy marine environment as they naturally filter impurities and provide valuable wildlife habitat,” DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapien za said in a prepared statement. According to the DEP, the first phase of the new project features the reed grass removal. Workers will also excavate older

A truck sits on the 1.9-acre piece of Alley Creek by the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington NYC DEP PHOTO line that the city Department of Environmental Protection is restoring. f ill material, some of it concrete and asphalt, at the site. The city will backfill the location and carve out its tidal channels with about 2,500 yards of cubic sand. Around 27,400 plants then will be put in as 2-inch plugs after the placing and grading of the sand. Species native to Alley Creek — seashore saltgrass, seaside goldenrod and lit-

tle bluestem as well as smooth and saltmeadow cordgrasses — are to be installed. About 500 square yards of salt marsh vegetation saved before excavation work started will, along with 13 “woody shrubs,” be replanted, the DEP said. Back in 2013, the city agency agreed to a consent judgment in response to the state Department of Environmental Conservation

claiming that the DEP was violating state law. The accusation was made because the Tallman Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in College Point was not getting rid of enough and reducing enough nitrogen from the Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay. The ongoing work at Alley Creek is being done under the consent judgment due to modifications that were made to it in 2015 and 2016, according to the DEC. Regardless of the city’s motivation for improving the northeast Queens wetland, Little Neck civic activist Walter Mugdan has been happy to watch the work taking place f rom an LIR R t rain on his weekday commute. “It’s a great project,” he said, adding that the restoration will clean up pollutants from the site’s past. In the early 20th century, according to Mugdan, there was a coal-fired power plant at the exact same place on the creek where the city is now doing the restoration work. It generated power for a trolley that ran from Flushing out east onto Long Island. Later, in the mid-1900s, a small amusement park was in operation at the site. “This restoration project is a way of cleaning out all that concrete and the asphalt that is still in those areas,” the activist told Q the Chronicle.

New lease on life for Court Square Library Seven-month extension gives QPL officials time to seek new location by Michael Gannon

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The story of the Court Square Library will have a happy ending. The Queens Public Library and Citicorp have reached an agreement to extend the Library’s $1-per-year lease at 25-02 Jackson Ave. through March 2020. The lease was scheduled to expire this coming August. What was planned to be a community rally on Wednesday morning calling for an extension to buy more time turned into a celebration. The library has been in the 3,200 -squ are-foot space si nce 1989. Queens Library President Dennis Walcott said at the rally that he was thrilled and grateful to both Citi officials and the neighborhood. “The outpouring of support for the Court Square branch from this community, our elected officials, Citi and others is a major indicator of the importance of this library,” Walcott said in a transcript provided by the library. “It further fuels our determination to find a permanent space for this treasured asset that has put tens of thousands of people on a path to success. “We are deeply appreciative of Citi’s flexibility and its decades of support for our mission. We also will continue to engage with the owner of the building and

others to explore a long-term solution.” Citi Executive Vice President Edward Skyler, in a statement issued by the library, said Citi will assist in finding a new site. “We are longtime supporters of Queens Public Library and have been proud to provide space for the Court Square branch since we first opened our doors in Long Island City 30 years ago,” he said. Speaking with the Chronicle last Friday, Court Square Branch Manager Alison McKenna said it serves about 100,000 customers per year. She cited its Toddler Time prog ram as an example of the branch’s popularity. “Someone said our Toddler Time program is harder to get into than a Manhattan nightclub,” she said. “C ou r t Sq u a r e is a ve r y u n iq u e branch,” McKenna added Wednesday in a press release from the office of Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside). “Although it’s tiny, with only 3,200 square feet, this library has become the heart of this growing community.” Van Bramer called the extension a short-term victory. But he said there must be a long-term solution. “The Court Square Library is a cornerstone of our growing community, serving thousands of individuals and families

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says she is the frontrunner. He says the Queens County Democratic machine remains strong despite its recent Can the Queens County Democratic Organization losses. “They’ve regrouped and they’re not as strong as they bounce back? It didn’t have a good 2018. First came now-Rep. Alex- were at Joe’s height,” said Arzt, a former City Hall bureau andria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-Queens, Bronx) routing of chief for the New York Post who later served in the Koch administration. “But they are not a group to be trifled then-party boss Rep. Joe Crowley in their June primary. The September primaries brought more defeats for with.” He also said that Katz is “well-liked” and does not have the machine. Progressive noninsiders unseated three party-backed legislators: state Sens. Tony Avella and the types of issues that Crowley did when he ran for rethe late Jose Peralta, along with Assemblywoman Arid- election last year. “He lived in Virginia and he wasn’t well-known in his ia Espinal. They respectively fell to now-state Sens. John Liu (D-Bayside) and Jessica Ramos (D-East Elm- district,” the consultant said. “He lost control of the dishurst) along with now-Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz trict, didn’t spend that much time in the district. This is way different.” (D-Jackson Heights). Still, he acknowledged that there are “uncertainties” But the open Queens district attorney Democratic primary election on June 25 gives the county organization a with the June 25 election, like which groups will vote the chance to reassert itself. It has endorsed and thrown its most and how strong election turnout in general will be. There’s no recent playbook to go on because Brown weight behind Borough President Melinda Katz in the seven-person race. ens vote never faced any competitive primary. e s Arzt expects Katz to win, with either Cabán “I think this is an important test of the counQu or Lancman coming in second. ty organization,” St. John’s University political Both Browne and Arzt said a major advanscience professor Brian Browne told the tage for the borough president will be the Chronicle. county organization’s get-out-the-vote operaRep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) tion, which is bolstered by powerful unions and took over the party earlier this year after Crowneighborhood political clubs. Katz, with the parley stepped down when he was hired by a Wash201 9 ty’s endorsement, has plenty of both in her corner. ington, DC-based lobbying firm that represents fosShe also has the backing of major politicians like Bronx sil fuel industry clients and other corporate interests. Aside from Katz, the other six candidates are public Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Carolyn defender Tiffany Cabán; City Councilman Rory Lancman Maloney (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens). “I wouldn’t write off the old traditional get-out-the(D-Fresh Meadows); ex-prosecutor and former state Supreme Court Judge Gregory Lasak; defense lawyer and vote infrastructure,” Browne said. Still, he noted that former prosecutor Betty Lugo; ex-state prosecutor Jose social media has been a game-changer. In a broad sense, the St. John’s University professor Nieves and Mina Malik, a former prosecutor who used to head the Civilian Complaint Review Board. Malik had said, the way policy issues are being discussed in the race unsuccessfully challenged the petition signatures of ref lects a political shift. He brought up how voters in Boston and Philadelphia have elected into office reformCabán, Lasak, Lugo and Nieves. The incumbent district attorney, Richard Brown, 83, minded district attor neys aimed at reversing mass announced earlier this year that he would not run for re- incarceration. “In recent years the campaign rhetoric surrounding diselection for health reasons. He’s had the job since 1991, when it became vacant and Gov. Mario Cuomo appointed trict attorney races, nationally as well as in New York City, has kind of moved from about being tough-on-crime to him to it. No Republican has entered the race to replace him. being a progressive prosecutor,” he said. “Law and order Most of the Democratic candidates have rebuked Brown’s has given way to conversations about decriminalization.” The district attorney election has also resulted in bortough-on-crime policies and pledge to make the District Attorney’s Office a bastion of criminal justice reform. ough residents learning more about the office’s powers, But the candidates differ on how and to what extent the according to Queens County Democratic Committee member Erica Manney. The activist is a member of status quo should change. Longtime political consultant George Arzt, who Neighbors Against White Supremacy, a group that is in worked on Katz’s borough president campaign in 2013, the Queens for DA Accountability coalition. Editor

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“The most important thing, no matter who wins, is that we’re really building awareness of the power of the DA’s office and how much power they have over people’s lives,” she said. Manney, of Oakland Gardens, was elected to the county committee last year. She ran against a woman who was unaware that the Democratic Organization had her name put on the ballot — a situation that happened in other races in Queens. The activist said that the party’s recent defeats have made more ordinary people without political connections feel like they can make an impact, leading to noninsiders “getting more involved” in politics and civic activity. While neither of the groups that Manney is in has endorsed a candidate in the district attorney race, she did say that she thinks Cabán “is building a really great progressive coalition.” The public defender, a first-time candidate, had a small army of volunteers not long after announcing her candidacy earlier this year. She was endorsed by the city’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, One Queens Indivisible and a long list of other left-leaning groups including, notably, the Working Families Party. City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Q Ramos are also supporting her.

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Guyanese citizen Troy Thomas, 33, was extradited to the U.S. last Thursday and charged with a 2011 Richmond Hill murder. He had waged an unsuccessful legal battle to avoid being sent back for prosecution. The case represents the first-ever extradition from the small South American nation. The NYPD said Thomas, who was living on 156th Street in Jamaica at the time of the crime, was charged with seconddegree murder. He fled the city after the shooting. A Queens County grand jury indicted him in 2012.

He allegedly killed Frank Keith, 20, of Richmond Hill. The victim had become a father just eight months before getting gunned down. Around 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 11, 2011, police rushing to a house on 132nd Street by 109th Avenue found the victim with a gunshot wound on his torso. He had been shot outside a house party and was pronounced dead after being brought to a nearby hospital. According to reports, Keith and Thomas had had previous, hostile interactions. The victim had immigrated to New Q York when he was 12.

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Opponents challenge beep over court experience and commitment to reforms by Michael Gannon Editor

During last Saturday’s forum for Democrats running for Queens District Attorney, former Nassau County prosecutor Betty Lugo said choosing when to prosecute under the state’s felony murder laws is a decision that must be made on a case-by-case basis. One of her opponents, Mina Malik, seized the opportunity to launch what appeared to be a not-so-veiled broadside at Queens Borough President Melinda Katz “That’s where a DA needs basic understanding of criminal law,” Malik said. “Experience matters.” Malik’s comment came after Katz, who has the endorsement of the Queens County Democratic Party, became the primary target earlier in the debate when candidates were given the opportunity to ask a question of one opponent. Katz, outside of holding political office, is an attorney, but has largely handled land use and real estate matters in her career. Malik, getting the first question, asked Katz to list the criminal cases she has handled either as a prosecutor or defense attorney. Katz responded that she knows all too well what it is like to be the victim of a crime. “My mother was killed by a drunk driver

when I was 3 years old,” she said. “That per“You have no experience,” he said. son left my father to raise four children ... I “If all you’re looking for is someone grew up without a mother.” who’s only interested in racking up convicKatz said her experience in government tions and racking up prison sentences, I’m has given her the management and leadership not your guy,” Katz said, leading into a disexperience necessary to effect the reforms cussion of her goals to reform the office and she wants to bring to the DA’s office. make it more active in preventing serious She also said she worked on criminal cases crime and cutting recidivism by working as both an intern and as a law clerk under with the community, nonprofits and faithfuture U.S. Attorney General Michael based organizations, people she said ens vote sshe has been working with her Mukasey. e s entire public career. Laughter broke out in the audi- Qu ence at the Robert Ross Johnson “If you have to introduce yourFamily Life Center when former self to those people on day one, it prosecutor and judge Greg Lasak won’t work,” Katz said. went next, and also addressed She also pointed out that while outKatz. going DA Richard Brown was a judge, 201 9 “I’ve gotta stop doing so well in the he had never been a prosecutor until polls,” Katz quipped. being appointed to the office 28 years ago. Lasak began by asking if she had considKatz has promised to crack down on wage ered running for district attorney five years theft and workplace safety issues among her ago — before she was facing term limits. off ice’s investigative and prosecutorial Lasak posed a question he put to the Chroni- priorities. cle earlier this year about when a ranking “How can you do that when you have NYPD chief or even the commissioner is in her accepted $250,000 in contributions from the office to brief her on a major case. real estate industry?” asked public defender “You will have to make a decision,” Lasak Tiffany Cabán, who went next. said. “Not an assistant district attorney — Katz said in her time on the City Council you.” He added that in answering Malik’s she served as chairwoman of the Land Use question about criminal law experience, she Committee, and is proud of the role she has had to go back to her law school days. played in the revitalization of Jamaica, all

while having to deal at arms’ length when necessary with the industry over 25 years in public life. Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) also brought out the heavy artillery, pointing to Katz’s record of voting twice for the death penalty while serving in the state Assembly. Katz admitted she first went to the Assembly with residual anger left over from her mother’s death. “But people can change, and grow,” she said, pointing to her later support on the City Council for resolutions to stop the death penalty in New York, and legislation she crafted when in Albany to help women and victims of sex crimes. And Katz yielded no ground to Lancman, chairman of the Council’s Criminal Justice Committee, when he asked why as borough president she has not submitted a single bill for the criminal justice reforms she is championing to the Council, as is her right under the authority of the Borough President’s Office. Katz said a lack of visibility does not mean a lack of interest or action. “I don’t hold a press conference every day on the steps of City Hall,” Katz said. “And I don’t have public hearings just to Q have them.”

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DA debate ripped from the headlines Democrats asked about high-profile cases, police and DA oversight issues by Michael Gannon

Chanel Lewis murder trial out of Howard Beach. Lewis was convicted of murder on April A community forum in St. Albans last Saturday gave the candidates in the Queens 1 in the 2016 death of Karina Vetrano. His district attorney’s race time to present their first trial had ended suddenly in November regular stump speeches and boiler-plate when Queens Supreme Cou r t Justice Michael Aloise declared a hung jury after talking points. But they also were asked to comment on less than two days’ deliberation. Several of the candidates pointed out that a number of recent high-profile issues by the moderator, NY1 anchor Cheryl Wills, and they would have to be circumspect as the members of an audience of more than 200 case is likely to be appealed by Lewis’ attorpeople at the Robert Ross Johnson Family neys, an appeal that would take place with one of the seven candidates serving as Life Center. s Queens district attorney. The candidates, who were seated v n o e t e es tthe new Lasak said he could not comment in an order determined by drawing u Q as he was the judge during the very numbers, included Tiffany Cabán, early stages of the case. But Lanca public defender; Borough Presiman, without mentioning Aloise dent Melinda Katz; Councilman by name, said he saw “plain bias” Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadon the part of the judge, adding he ows) ; st at e prose cut or Jose believes the first case was stopped Nieves; private practice attorney 201 9 when the judge sensed the jury was and former Nassau County prosecutor Betty Lugo; Mina Malik, former head of the heading toward acquittal. A number of the candidates said it Civilian Complaint Review Board; and Greg Lasak, a former assistant Queens DA appeared evident that Lewis has mental or psychiatric issues. Cabán said he perhaps who retired as a judge last year. Aside from reiterating their stands on the should have been placed in an institution. None, however, mentioned that Lewis’ state’s new bail laws, the city’s plans to close Rikers Island and the possibility of a lawyers abandoned a psychiatric defense massive new jail in Kew Gardens, the candi- back in October 2017 after he underwent dates also were asked directly about the examination. Editor

Candidates for the Democratic nomination for Queens district attorney address the crowd at the Robert Ross Johnson Family Life Center last Saturday, just over eight weeks from the June 25 PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON primary date. Another case, one still unfolding, is that of Jagger Freeman, who has been indicted for murder for his alleged role as the lookout in the failed robbery that resulted in the friendly fire death of NYPD Det. Brian Simonsen on Feb. 12. Supporters of Freeman say that he was not even in the store when the shooting took

place and that the DA is overcharging. But the conversation turned to talk of the state’s felony murder statute, which can be applied if a death, intended or not, occurs during the commission of an underlying felony. “Sometimes it is a necessary tool,” Lasak said, as it can be used to prosecute someone continued on page 30

Ocasio-Cortez cites import of Census Freshman rep also addresses her opposition to Amazon at town hall by Orla McCaffrey

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Fr e sh m a n C ong r e sswom a n Alexand r ia Ocasio- Cor tez (D-Bronx, Queens) addressed issues ranging from the abandoned Amazon deal to the 2020 Census at a town hall in Corona last Saturday. Ocasio-Cortez took the stage at Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities in front of about 150 people. She briefed attendees on work her staff has done in the district since her January inauguration before taking questions from the crowd. Ocasio-Cortez said the 2020 Census is critical to the community she represents. “You’re going to be sick of hearing me talk about this by next year,” she told the crowd. “It’s the single most important thing that we’re going to do that will affect all of our issues over the next 10 years.” Ocasio-Cortez also brought up the citizenship question that the Trump administration wants added to the once-a-decade count. It asks: “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” Communities with large shares of immigrants, including the areas

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses a crowd at Elmcor Youth and PHOTO BY ORLA MCCAFFREY Adult Activities. Ocasio-Cortez represents, are at risk of being undercounted because of the question, she said. Fewer people recorded in an area means less federal, state and local funding. “When we don’t [count everyone], we don’t get the resources necessary to accommodate the population of the United States,”

she said. Nearly half of the people living in Ocasio-Cortez’s district were born in a country other than the U.S., the 2010 Census showed. That’s almost double the rate of immigrants in the city overall. Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a lawsuit

against the question’s addition. A judgment will be handed down in June. Federal judges in New York and California have already ruled that the question goes against administrative law. Ocasio-Cortez said her team would be helping com mu nit y members organize around the Census. She asked everyone in attendance to remind everyone on the floor of their apartment buildings to fill out the form next year, which will be available online. More than 20 people stood in line for a chance to ask the congresswoman a question. One man thanked Ocasio-Cortez for her position against Amazon’s proposed second headquar ters in Long Island City. The company announced in February that it no longer planned to build a campus in the city. The same month, a Siena College Research Institute poll found that 58 percent of city residents supported the plan. Ocasio-Cortez said she never got a clear answer on where the number of jobs Amazon was to create under its deal with the city

and state — 25,000 — came from. She told the crowd she doubted the high-paying jobs Amazon promised would have gone to people already living and working in the city. “Are those the jobs they’re giving to NYCHA?” she asked, referring to the New York City Housing Authority. “Are those jobs going to people in our community? Or are they just importing already-wealthy people into our communities?” Ocasio-Cortez said she supports reforming the state’s Opport u nit y Zone Prog ram, which rewards businesses for investing in low-income areas. New York offered Amazon more than $3 billion in tax breaks, grants and job creation incentives in the nixed agreement. The event was the congresswoman’s first general town hall since taking office. She’s previously hosted discussions on the Green New Deal and healthcare. Ocasio-Cortez said she expects to hold additional town halls on the Census and criminal justice before Q August.

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Chronicle, BID honor Southeast Queens leaders Chronicle Contributor

The Queens Chronicle, in partnership with the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, will celebrate four great women of Southeast Queens in honor of Mother’s Day on May 9. One, Yvonne Reddick, became the first female district manager for Community Board 12 in December 1994. She has been with CB 12 for about 30 years. “I’m honored to have been chosen among great women and mothers that have dedicated and are sincere in providing services to the community,” Reddick said. “I hope that they continue to do what they do.” She and the other three will be honored at 5:30 p.m. at Grace Historical Church Parish House at 155-10 90 Ave. in Jamaica. Glenn Greenidge, executive director of the Sutphin Boulevard BID and also a member of CB 12, headed up the selection process. He was assisted by Ree Brinn, an account executive at the Chronicle. Hazel Benn was chosen for her work in the community and at Grace Church. Benn said growing up she always had a passion for helping the less fortunate enjoy a better life. She also said anytime she cooks, she always had to share it with someone. Originally from Guyana, Benn said she was the coordinator of a community-based organization that belonged to her church. “All I can say is to God be the glory,” Benn said of the nomination. “I am always a person who wants to give back to the community and humanity and it is something I stress to my children from back home. I’m very honored and hope my children can take from the pattern, but I’m humbled.” Honoree Alecia Jones is executive director of New Beginnings Centers of Hope. “It’s a humbling experience, you know when you’re only looking out to do good in the community, you really don’t look for a ‘Thank you,’” she said of her nomination. “You only do it because you love the community and you

love the people you serve and you want to make lives better.” Jones started the nonprofit organization to provide a safe decision-making environment for women with unintended pregnancies. Jones said one of her biggest accomplishments is assisting and reminding women of their value and the value of their preborn children while transforming lives. “Assisting them and seeing that it doesn’t have to be the end and that if they have caring people who help them face the pregnancy

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Kiwanis 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, awarded to a student majoring 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, awarded to a student majoring 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 contact Dino Bono at (646) 401-2805 or emailing hbkiwanisdino@ outlook.com. Details are posted on howardbeachkiwanis.org. Applications must be postQ marked by May 31.

with respect, honor and provide access to good community resources, that life can be better than ever even though the pregnancy was unplanned,” Jones said. Michelle Keller, also a member of CB 12, serves as its transportation chairperson. She has been with CB 12 for 27 years. While she said it is not work that most people want to do, she enjoys it. “Anything I can do to enhance the quality of life in the community — that’s my goal,” Q Keller said.

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Holden, 102, 104 team up on noise Complaints have been made about loud music at Forest Park Bandshell by David Russell Associate Editor

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) said he can hear people blaring music from the Forest Park Bandshell from his house. To clarify, Holden lives in Middle Village north, two blocks away from the Long Island Expressway. In fact, when he first heard the music on a night about a month ago, he thought it was coming from Juniper Valley Park. “It’s one thing to play music but it’s another thing to get stadium speakers and blast it where you can hear it for miles,” he told the Chronicle on Monday. Holden posted on Facebook on April 23 that the 102nd Precinct was in the bandshell park i ng lot and would remai n throughout the night. One commenter posted, “This is our way of staying out of trouble .. we are in a open park not disturbing anyone in a parking lot .. yes i agree we leave a mess but add trash cans and it will be cleaner!! We aren’t there fighting killing shooting we just there playing music staying out of trouble!!...” Holden told the Chronicle he didn’t agree with the post. “Weren’t disturbing anyone? That’s ridiculous,” he said. “You’re disturbing people for miles away. That’s how bad it was. If they weren’t disturbing anyone, this wouldn’t be an issue. And the fact that these are grown men who said we’re staying out of trouble, what does that mean? Let us break the law and let us disturb the peace because we’re staying out of trouble. These guys have to grow up.” Holden added, “These guys are not

Councilman Bob Holden, left, and Deputy Inspector Courtney Nilan, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, are responding to noise complaints stemming from loud music being played by FILE PHOTOS people near the Forest Park Bandshell location. angels like they say on their Facebook posts. ‘Oh, we just want to hang out and have fun.’ Yeah, you want to have fun at other people’s expense and make a racket.” He is working with the 102nd and 104th precincts to solve the problem. “You can get a parking ticket within two minutes of your meter expiring, but the people who are actually creating a nuisance to the neighborhoods aren’t getting fined,” Holden said in a statement. “The NYPD needs to crack down on these complaints or else the disturbances will never stop.” Courses of action were discussed in a meeting last Friday at the Overlook, the headquarters for Queens Parks. Afterward, Deputy Inspector Courtney Nilan, commanding officer of the 102nd

Precinct, noted the outskirts of the park are in the 104th Precinct, and said, “We basically have a joint effort going where we’re conducting traffic checkpoints.” She said the area is in Sector D of the precinct and steady sector officers with uncommitted time will be displayed in the bandshell area. Also, Neighborhood Coordination Officers from the 102nd Precinct and Sector D officers from the 104th will work on joint operations inside the bandshell area and on the outside of the park. Nilan said she could not say if they are writing tickets, but that if people are violating the law, they are subject to them. She and Holden also said they are involving the Parks Department on erecting a gate near the bandshell to keep people out of the area after 9 p.m.

Nilan said there also has been talk of all-terrain vehicles in the area and that she has plainclothes officers looking out for any. “Once you confiscate, maybe an ATV or if one of these cars isn’t properly registered or insured or whatnot or there’s infractions where we can confiscate them, that usually [deters] the groups from coming back because that’s the reason they’re going there,” Nilan said. She compared the gatherings to car meets, as people come and put speakers on their cars and play music. Holden said he doesn’t mind people hanging out in the area but it’s the loud music he can’t accept. “We can’t tolerate that,” Holden said. “If they kept it down it would be one thing ... but we were getting complaints from all over.” Holden said there was music blasting after midnight on Easter Sunday. “I mean, Easter Sunday, that took some nerve to disturb people,” he said. Nilan said she’ll continue to check in with Holden’s office to monitor the situation because many complaints have gone to his office and not 311 or the precinct. She said because of the acoustics of the bandshell, the sound is traveling toward Middle Village and Glendale and that people living right on the other side don’t hear the music, which is why the 104th Precinct is taking the complaints. Nilan added that the 102nd can devote a lot of resources to the issue because crime is down and they are not being pulled in a lot of different directions. “We want to nip this in the bud before the really nice weather hits,” she said. Q

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Erica Ford’s two-decade quest to eliminate gun and gang violence has earned her recogCOURTESY PHOTO nition beyond New York City.

Erica Ford, who founded the organization LIFE Camp in 2002, has become a visible fixture in her orange T-shirt and jacket as she seeks to end gang and gun violence in Queens. But now Ford’s efforts are getting her and LIFE Camp some national recognition as well. Ford was chosen by the founder of the “Black Girls Rock!” awards show, BET Networks and Altice USA to be featured in a ser ies of v ideos h ig h lig ht i ng her accomplishments. “Black Girls Rock! is a movement dedicated to elevating the stories of women who are making a positive impact locally and globally,” said Beverly Bond, founder of the awards show in a press release sent to he Chronicle. “We are proud to highlight Erica Ford’s commitment to young people in New York

City through LIFE Camp and we hope this campaign will encourage others in the area and beyond to become active change agents in their respective communities,” she added. Ford, in an email to the Chronicle, said there can be no letting up in her work. “Playing a role in creating The New York City Crisis Management system — a citywide initiative that provides sorely needed therapeutic and other critical wraparound supports to high risk youth and families is so inspiring,” Ford said. “It is beyond a joy to see the way our work is transforming so many lives — keeping young people out of jail and on a positive track and healing parents and families traumatized by violence and poverty. I am because my team is. Every day we make history and every day we light the spark in someone that changes the world!” Other women chosen for the series were from Newark, NJ, Arkansas and North Carolina.

Nneka Norville, director of corporate social responsibility at BET Networks, said Ford’s story is important to the organization’s mission. “BET Networks is committed to not only entertaining our global audience, but also empowering them by recognizing their efforts and amplifying their inspiring stories,” she said “We are proud to be able to share the story of Erica Ford and her tireless work in New York City with the help of our partners at Altice USA and Black Girls Rock!” Ford’s story will be told in video shorts and clips ranging from 30 seconds to two minutes filmed and created by a crew that followed her around. LIFE Camp also was recognized with a $,000 donation to further its mission. They will be shown on outlets including Optimum, BET and Altice’s New York footQ prints.

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Nurses work with elderly in hospitals, homes by David Russell Associate Editor

Nurses are of vital importance to the elderly, whether it be in the home or at the hospital, long-term or short-term. “I think the care of seniors is absolutely critical,” said Kerri Scanlon, the deputy chief nursing officer of Northwell Health and associate executive director of patient care services and chief nursing officer of North Shore University Hospital. Scanlon explained that nurses work with people of advanced ages both at hospitals and at home. “Nursing touches every element of the care for our elderly,” she said. “The whole goal is for the nurse to be able to manage that care and optimize the patient. And it’s not the same nurse, it’s the nurses in hospital settings, home-care settings, case management settings.” And, Scanlon said, making sure seniors can live on their own is paramount. “The biggest thing they do is help to educate and help to show seniors to stay at home and how to care for themselves, which is crucial,” she said. “The biggest thing is maintaining that independence so that they’re able to stay at home.” When people receive care at home, nurses can make sure they are taking their medication

Nurses are of vital importance to seniors, whether it’s educating them on maintaining independence at home or providing direct care in the hospital through medication, IVs, wound management and education. and that they have an understanding of what the medicine is for. And a nurse can also look around a patient’s home and determine if it’s safe. “Is it the safest environment for the patient? Do they have other needs that will help them and

just the day-to-day practicing care that they have in their home,” Scanlon said. “They will also be able to educate the patient so that there’s things that they can do to stay at the most optimal health for themselves.” Another area in which a nurse can educate a

patient is regarding wound care, she added. And in the hospital, the nurses give direct care, “whether it be medications, IVs, wound management, education or coordination of what the needs are for the patient. So nursing plays a vital and critical role in the care of the elderly.” Nurses are also able to have a close relationship with patients. “I think that patients over time trust the nurse. That’s why nursing is the most trusted profession, still,” Scanlon said. “Because there’s nothing more personal than when you have health need and you are developing that relationship with a patient and you’re at your most vulnerable state.” Scanlon became a nurse 25 years ago, following in the footsteps of her mother after seeing the impact she had on patients. “I just felt, what a wonderful profession and I went into it,” Scanlon said. She earned her master’s degree in nursing from Columbia University as an adult nurse practitioner. “I consider it an honor to be a registered nurse,” she said, noting that there are over 14,000 nurses in the health system. And there will be one more soon, as Scanlon’s daughter will be graduating in two weeks. Q “I’m very, very excited,” Scanlon said.

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state and territorial nurses associations also conduct celebrations during National Nurses Week to recognize the contributions that nurses and nursing make to the community. Nurses are often the first people patients see when visiting hospitals. According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources Services Administration, there were 2.8 million registered nurses, including advanced practice RNs, and 690,000 licensed practical nurses, or LPNs, in the United States between the years of 2008 and 2010. Nurses fill many roles in the medical community, assisting doctors and helping to make in-patient stays more comfortable for men and women who are ill or injured. Specialized nurses, such as nurse practitioners, may even serve as the primary healthcare provider, offering diagnoses and writing prescriptions. While there is a specific week set aside to show appreciation to nurses, many people agree that they deserve recognition throughout the year. Any instance is a good time to give back to nurses, and the following are a few ways to honor the nurses in your life. • Play caretaker to him or her; • cater a meal; • provide foot relief; and P • give verbal or handwritten thanks. — ANA Facebook / Metro Creative Connection

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Medicare scammed out of $1.7 billion Scammers have billed Medicare $1.7 billion in phony invoices for selling hundreds of thousands of pieces of medical equipment we don’t need. Federal agencies have brought charges for peddling unnecessary braces for knee, wrist, shoulder and back. How did this happen? We answered TV and radio ads aimed at Medicare beneficiaries. By calling them for more information, we were offered “free” devices we didn’t need. Per the Department of Justice news release, medical doctors were bribed into prescribing the devices to patients they had never even met or those they’d only talked to via brief phone conversations. Once they were given a person’s Medicare numbers and personal information, the calls would be switched to a foreign call center, and they were then able to bill Medicare. It was a complicated scam, involving doctors, company executives, call centers, 130 companies, bribery, kickbacks and more.

Scary, isn’t it? If you see an ad on TV about free medical equipment you can get because you’re on Medicare, write down the information and give it to your doctor. Ask whether that device or service is something you really need. If it is, and if it’s something approved by Medicare, you can still get it for free. In fact, whether it’s for free medical equipment, or insurance coverage, or for any reason, if it’s related to Medicare, all the scammers really want is your Medicare number. In other Medicare scams, they’ll call you and say they need to update your information, including your bank account number where your Social Security is deposited. Whether they use sympathy, offers of help or aggressive tactics ... don’t let it fool you. Hang up. Remember, once the scammers have your Medicare card number, they can use it again P and again. — Matilda Charles, King Features Synd., Inc.

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continued from page 6 completing the project,” Welins told the Chronicle this week. Books from the Glendale branch, which had already been closed for renovations, were used to restock the shelves and keep the library open. Then last October, a decision was made to hand over the renovations to the city’s Department of Design and Construction, which is better funded than the library. “The reason that the Library made the extremely difficult decision not to proceed,” Walcott replied in a letter last January, “was that the Library was and is in no position to advance the signif icant sums of money needed to implement this project.” In the meantime, the distinctive building on its pie-shaped lot at Hillside Avenue, Lefferts Boulevard and Babbage Street remains open. R ich mond H i l l is one of n i ne branches currently set for renovation. Two more branches, a completely new building in Far Rockaway and an extension in East Elmhurst, are scheduled to open next month. Two of those projects, Richmond Hill and the branch in Woodside, are not completely funded yet, said Elisabeth de Bourbon, a spokeswoman for the Queens Library.

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The Richmond Hill makeover was first proposed under Queens Public Libr a r y’s t he n -P r e sid e nt T hom a s Galante, who was ousted in 2014 amid changes of fiscal mismanagement. Back then, said de Bourbon, the library used a funding strategy that financed renovations “up front with operating funding from the city.” The library was reimbursed later from the city’s capital funds. “This strategy of using operating money to pay for the project is no longer workable. We need to pay for it with capital dollars, which are available to us only through DDC,” she said. “It takes time to cobble together funding,” de Bourbon said in an email. “It’s complicated.” A spokesman for the DDC did not get back to the Chronicle by press time with information about the current staQ tus of the library project.

HB Holocaust service 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 MarQ sha at (718) 641-6743.

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Headline stories in DA’s race continued from page 20 proceedings, it is not enough to hold whose actions contributed to the death; or police officers to the same standard as to use as leverage for a plea deal or turn- everyone else. ing state’s evidence against others. “I think they should be held to a higher Nieves and Lugo said establishing standard, because they get a higher level intent is important, with the latter saying of belief,” she said. the law has to be applied only on a caseLancman, chairman of the Council’s by-case basis. Committee on Criminal Justice, pointed And all candidates said they would to the numerous hearings his committee have strong policies or even an office for has held for greater transparency and a conviction review and potential miscon- more open disciplinary system; plus his duct by police officers. endorsements from the mothers of Sean Cabán said an offiBell and Eric Garner, c e r’s d i s c i pl i n a r y both of whom had records should be part fatal encounters with of the evidence turned police. rimary day in the race over to the defense Malik pointed to during pretrial disher term as the head for Queens District covery, particularly of the CCRB, while his or her history of Lasak spoke of his Attorney is June 25. court testimony. own prosecution of “ Yo u c a n h ave three police officers, someone sitting on a sergeant and a lieuRikers for nine, 10, 11 months,” she said. tenant in the 106th Precinct — and its “And when you’re ready for trial the judge reverberations up to the borough comtells the DA, ‘You can’t put this officer on mander’s office. the witness stand — make a deal.’” “I had a defense lawyer call and tell Nieves pointed out that his present job me, ‘My client is covered with burns,’” he is investigating and prosecuting allega- said. “A defense lawyer had that kind of tions of excessive force and the deaths of faith in me.” unarmed civilians at the hands of police Lugo said she would not stop with and correction officers for the state police officers, promising to monitor her Attorney General’s Office. own office for prosecutorial misconduct Q Katz said in the case of criminal as well.

by Bob Friedrich What do Colin Ferguson, Joel Rifkin, and almost a thousand other inmates in New York State prisons have in common? If you said they are murderers, rapists, predators and other serious criminals, you would be only partially correct. What they all have in common is that they could soon be released on parole and back on the streets under a bill that is gaining traction in the state Assembly and Senate and sponsored by David Weprin and Brad Hoylman, respectively. In 2005 capital punishment was declared unconstitutional in New York and two years later it was legislatively ended. At that time, New Yorkers were told that a prison sentence of “life without parole” meant life without parole. Under Weprin’s “elderly parole” bill, such phrases would become meaningless syntax, as it would allow the state Parole Board to grant full parole to anyone convicted of a crime who has spent 15 consecutive years in prison and is at least 55 years old. Try telling the families of the 25 Long Island Rail Road victims who were either killed or wounded by Colin Ferguson that their assailant may walk the streets again as a free man under this bill. The outrage and contempt triggered by the sponsors of this bill among law-abiding families and the victims of these perpetrators are real and palpable. The state Parole Board members appointed by Gov. Cuomo have been notoriously lenient in granting parole for cop killers and others engaged in the most heinous crimes. Few believe that, given the authority and opportunity to release more hardened criminals into society, the current Parole Board wouldn’t do just that. The two Democrat sponsors are meeting fierce resistance from a decapitated Republican Party in the state Senate that was defrocked of any semblance of power in the most recent election. Moderates like Weprin are being pulled to the far left by the rigid ideologues in their party. Fearing a primary challenge from the well-funded progressive left, Weprin has obviously decided to cater to them rather than his constituents. Not to worry, his voters receive regular state-fund-

Long Island Rail Road gunman Colin Ferguson and other notorious criminals could be set free under a bill now before the state PHOTO BY SENECALINE / EBAY Legislature.

ed constituent mailings that never mention his sponsorship of t h is bi l l a nd instead tell them about “free rain barrel” or “bicycle helmet” giveaway programs. Having been fed a daily diet of Republican demonization and lacking the tools or time necessary to research a candidate’s record, voters will simply “play it safe” and pull the lever for the names they recognize. Re-election is all but assured. And then there’s the rush to close Rikers and open neighborhood jails to house MS-13 gang members and other unsavory characters in those neighborhoods — creating community magnets for gangbangers and others during visitation hours. This sudden urge to prioritize the concerns of violent criminal populations above the needs of everyday law-abiding citizens raises perplexing questions. Where is the concern for the hardworking Janes and Joes who follow the rules, play by the book, pay at the turnstile and go about their daily lives without creating chaos in their neighborhoods? These folks have been left out in the cold as politicians show more concern for the perpetrators of crime than the victims. As this new rearrangement of priorities begins to take hold, we are beginning to see the pendulum swing back toward the days of higher crime. Vandalism, graffiti, turnstile-jumping and homeless encampments are clearly on the rise since the mayor and City Council decriminalized many of these quality-of-life offenses. Contrary to assertions made by Mayor de Blasio and reported in the media, not all crime has fallen. Shooting incidents, misdemeanor sex crimes, rape, felony assaults and grand larceny auto (theft) have all risen, according to the most recent NYPD CompStat statistics. Political leaders cherrypick positive CompStat numbers to generate favorable press. But this sleight-of-hand diversion portends trouble ahead for our city. The woke group of New York politicians know that their re-elections are on autopilot, because a two-party system of checks and balances no longer exists in New York. This lack of accountability has given politicians like Weprin and Hoylman and others a blank check to propose and advocate for legislation intended to appease the rigid ideologues of their party — instead of their own constituents. Voters must become more informed for our participatory democracy to Q work. Bob Friedrich is President of Glen Oaks Village, a civic leader and a former City Council candidate.

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Alone again, naturally Finding legitimate solitude in our crowded borough of more than 2.3 million people and our metropolitan city of more than 8.6 million usually requires going home and closing a door, or heading far out into an underused corner of a park. Maybe someplace like the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. At the refuge’s gallery now through the end of May, photographer Agron Jashari shows us another way to find solitude by using the mind and the gaze. He finds people and objects in situations that can be experienced as private moments even when they are surrounded by a crowd. “Through my photography, I seek to document

my own personal experiences, to capture landscape and cityscape scenes as I see them and to share with others the beauty and diversity of the world I’ve seen. I’m fascinated by capturing a moment of solitude in places I travel and always looking to create timeless images,” Jashari told the Chronicle. Lift up your eyes to the holes in the skyline that used to be a pair of twin towers, and see instead the solitary One World Trade Center holding its ground in dignified independence. It stands alone, yes, where there used to be a coupled pair, but also: Yes, there it stands. Neither accompanied nor lonely, it dwells in stolid dignity. The single tower is somehow isolated without being divorced from its surroundings in numerous photos in the exhibit. It appears in “One World

Trade Center — from loading dock at Gantry Plaza, Long Island City,” “One World Trade Center, viewed from Red Hook, Brooklyn,” “One World Trade Center, Night View,” and “One World Trade Center, with Sailboats.” There is a moment of wistful loneliness in “Twin Walls — Empty Sky Memorial, Jersey City, New Jersey,” where the sky isn’t actually empty — we see the Woolworth Building between the walls — but it is empty of what used to be, the Twin Towers. “On skyline and bridge photos, I’m trying to represent the idea that even if sometimes we might be surrounded by a million people, we can still feel alone somehow,” Jashari told the Chronicle. continued on page 35

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“Scenes of Queens,” with oil paintings by Madeline Lovallo of local landscapes, available for sale. Through Fri., May 31, Austin Ale House, 82-70 Austin St., Kew Gardens. Free. Info: (718) 849-3939, madelinesstudio.pixels.com.

Jahstix, with the Rasta rock performer playing tunes by Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and more in new entertainment space “The Bungalow.” Thu., May 2, 6 p.m. (with different acts performing each Thu. in May), Rockaway Brewing Co., 46-01 Fifth St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 482-6528, rockawaybrewco.com.

“Hand & I,” with embroidered works by 19 artists that address climate, race, gender, immigration, and the U.S. prison system, in “a cri de coeur for social justice.” Sun., May 5 (opening reception 2-5 p.m.)-Sun., July 14, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.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. Sat., May 4 (opening celebration Mon., May 6, 7 p.m.)-Sun., June 2, Rockaway Artists Alliance Studio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point. Free. Info: (718) 9390647, (718) 474-0861, queenshistoricalsociety.org, rockawayartistsalliance.org. “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.

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“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. “Tree of Life,” with nearly 40 works by 9 artists meant to convey peace and harmony, including David Chatowsky’s “My River,” left, all for sale, with a portion of he proceeds to benefit the Pittsburgh synagogue of the same name where 11 were killed and 7 wounded in an Oct. 2018 shooting. Through Thu., Aug. 1, Red Pipe Cafe, 71-60 Austin St., Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 2248359, bit.ly/2GAm0Nk. DAVID CHATOWSKY “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. Through Mon., July 29, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

May the Fourth Be With You: John Williams Tribute Concert, a performance honoring the “Star Wars” composer on Star Wars Day, dedicated to pianist Rosina Lhevinne, who taught him at Juilliard. Sat., May 4, 4-6 p.m., Maple Grove Cemetery Celebration Hall, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free with RSVP. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

Forget dancing the night away — you can dance the day away at Salsa Brunch, which returns to Juquila in Long Island City this Sunday. See Social Events. PHOTO BY SIRIN SAMMAN “Timberline,” with works by Nicholas Arbatsky that appear to float above the printed surface, just out of range of the viewer’s focus. Sat., May 11 (opening reception 3-6 p.m.)-Sat., June 29, Topaz Arts, 55-03 39 Ave., Woodside. Free. Info: (718) 505-0440, topazarts.org. Lisa Gindi Art at The Supper Room, with original works form Gindi’s “Glitz Collection,” inspired by her love of fashion, cars and New York City, available for sale. Mon., May 13, 8 p.m., The Supper Room, 38-17 Bell Blvd., Bayside. Free. Info/RSVP: (718) 873-2999, lisagindiart.com. “Solitude” — Photographs by Agron Jashari, with cityscapes, landscapes and more by the Brooklyn-based lensman. Through the end of May, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit. “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.

THEATRE “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., through 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.

“Catch Me If You Can,” a comic mystery about a disappearing newlywed, not to be confused with the later film and musical of the same name, by Douglaston Community Theatre. Fri.-Sat., May 3-4 and 10-11, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 5, and Sat., May 11, 2 p.m., Zion Episcopal Church, Church Street off Douglaston Pkwy., 243-01 Northern Blvd. $19; $17 seniors, students. Info: (718) 482-3332, DougCommThtr@gmail.com. “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, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $20-$35. Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org. COURTESY PHOTO Theatre For All New American Voices Reading Series, with seven short plays by disabled playwrights or featuring disabled characters. Sat., May 4, 8 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info/registration (required): (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

DANCE Valerie Green/Dance Entropy and Zawirowania Dance Theatre, performing two works in a collaboration between the LIC choreographer and the Polish troupe. Sat., May 11, 8 p.m., Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. $20 advance; $25 at door. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

Global Mashup 5: Balkan Punk Meets West Africa, with the Lemon Bucket Orkestra and Kakande each performing separately and then together as the crowd dances. Sun., May 5, 6 p.m. (dance lessons), 7 p.m. (concert), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens. Info: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org. 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.

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. Dave Hill: History Fluffer, with the comedian, writer and musician giving “first-person” accounts of different historical periods and getting called out on his tall tales by Jim Biederman and Jodi Lennon. Wed., May 8, 7:30 p.m. (with more shows Wed., May 15 and Thu., May 23 and 30), QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $10. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.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. continued on page 36

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Your favorite Disney tunes, all sung in one show Oftentimes, when one wishes upon a star, one finds oneself at a Disney park, where so many dreams come true. Well, if you can’t make it all the way to Disney (or even if you can!), there’s a new musical revue about to unfold on the stage of Royal Star Theatre in Jamaica that may well have a similarly dreamy effect on you. It’s called “Beyond a Dream Come True,” billed as “an original play by Anne Marie Cahill, Edwin Palacio and Gabriella Marchese.” “We were playing around with some ideas for a storyline, and we settled on

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one,” explained Cahill, who also directs, during a break at a recent rehearsal. It follows the characters as they audition for the theatrical arm of the Disney company, exploring the labels placed on everyone by society and learning, along the way, who they are. The characters include several intentional stereotypes: the ingenue, the leading man and lady, the stage parents. And they are played by an equally diverse multigenerational, multiethnic cast. Ellen Armet, who flits from one local stage to another, plays the stage manager within the show, a woman who, as the story has it, personally knew Mr. Disney. “I’m from the school of Walt Disney,” Armet said of her character. “We have the same convictions. I’m trying to carry on. The new come-uppers want to change things.” Marking his theatrical debut, Alex Andres is cast as the “bad guy,” a role he does not seem to fit offstage. “I enjoy singing,” he said. “I enjoy karaoke. Paul [Johnson, the show’s musical director] suggested I should audition. He continued on page 36

Members of the cast of Royal Star Theatre’s “Beyond a Dream Come True” take a break for the camera at a recent rehearsal. Since the show is set during an audition, the actors PHOTO BY MARK LORD will dress as they would for that, rather than in “costumes.”

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the same: Our smaller size fosters a familial, supportive environment through which every student has an opportunity to develop in a challenging role. While students audition and are held accountable for their work and growth each year, the spirit in our program is not competitive. I delight in seeing our students support one another and consider each other’s strengths when entering into our work together. Moreover, students have the ability to develop as performers over time, working closely with our Middle and Upper School teachers to fine tune the aspects of their artistry that will lead them to new discoveries. A student may begin as a lead actor and move on to assistant director, or ease in as an ensemble performer and take on larger roles as they feel more comfortable. There is truly something for everyone in our theatre program, and we pride ourselves on helping each individual student find exactly what that ‘something’ is.” While Lawrence Woodmere Academy has already held their 2019 performances of the Middle School’s version of “All Shook Up” and the Upper School’s version of Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida”, the school’s Spring Concert & Art Shows will be held on May 16 and 21 at 7 p.m., showcasing the school’s music students who thrive in NYSSMA and consistently achieve AllCounty and All-State honors in band and chorus. Have a child interested in the Arts & Music? It may be worth your time to call or stop by Lawrence Woodmere Academy and see for yourself the amazing work being accomplished by staff and students! Contact admissions at (516) 394-1827 or visit their website at lawrencewoodmere.org. Lawrence Woodmere Academy is located at 336 Woodmere Blvd. in Woodmere.

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Australian breed developed for its fine hair. Their fleece is so delicate, these girls are outfitted with coats to keep the dirt and burrs out of their hair. The flock has one, lone Romney wether whose rough fleece is a basic material for blankets and rugs. Two alpacas, one 14 years old and the other 15, will also be shorn. Their incredibly soft fleece is usually blended with sheep’s wool to make one of the most sought-after yarns in the fashion world. If you want to sound in the know just remember that the hair on the sheep is called fleece. You can call it wool only after it’s been cut off. After a trip upstate to Battenkill Fibers in Washington County, where the wool is spun and dyed with colors made from plants that are grown at the farm, the stuff you’ll see shorn next week will be available to buy in the farm’s gift shop in about six months. “Teaching and showcasing sustainable agriculture helps further the movement of Q conscious living,” said Weprin.

It happens just once a year, like the Daytona 500 or Coachella. But the Sheep Shearing Festival is unlike the other events at the Queens County Farm Museum. Different from, say, the County Fair or Thunderbird American Indian Pow Wow, sheep shearing connects visitors directly with what the farm actually does. Short of helping cultivate the farm’s 20-plus-acre flower and vegetable beds, watching the farm’s sheep and goats get their spring haircuts is as authentic as it gets. “There is a symbiotic relationship that farmers have with their animals,” Jennifer Walden Weprin, executive director of the farm museum, said in an email. “Queens Farm relies on our animals, including the sheep, to help manage the health of our pasture. The sheep rely on the farmers to help maintain their health with regards to removing their wool. The farm’s Sheep Shearing Festival connects the consumer to the process.” Like knowing where our food comes from, seeing for yourself where wool — and a very high-quality wool it is — gets it’s start is worth the trip to Floral Park next week. When: Sat., May 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Here’s a quick look at what you’ll see. Where: Queens County Farm Museum, The farm keeps a flock of 12 Cots73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., wold ewes and one wether (ewes are Floral Park what farmers call girls, wethers are neuTickets: $5 advance; $8 at door. tered boys). Their curly blond fleece (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org make Cotswolds easy to spot. It also has three Cormo ewes — an

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But, somehow, not necessarily lonely. One can take inspiration from these photos to view the tower, or themselves, as individuated but not separated, as standing on one’s own, not apart, within a crowd of others. “Q u e e n s b o r o B r i dg e , A u t u m n” appears as an inviting overhead expanse leading into the beyond, with an anchoring tree at the left hand of the photo. Pictures of children communicate the freedom of a lack of self-consciousness that comes from being fully engrossed in a fascinating pursuit, as in ”Observing the Statue of Liberty from Flag Plaza,” with a child looking at the s tatue

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through a coin-operated viewfinder, or contemplating a sunset while standing on a structure near the water’s edge in “Winter Scene at Calvert Vaux Park.” The photographs of New York City sites are prominently featured, as the gallery’s mission is to show art related to the center’s functions of serving a wildlife refuge and being an education center within the City of New York. But there is also a small collection of other photos on a side wall showing a set of Jashari’s photos from his European travels. Several of these appear to explore themes of solitude by way of contemplating wide-open, in contrast to empty, space. In one, a girl strides pur-

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KIDS/FAMILIES 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. Writing class: Writing Mom as a Character, with kids creating characters based on the moms they know and developing short stories for them, to “help make the #BestMothersDay Ever!” Sat., May 4, 2:30-4 p.m., Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 990-0778, newtownliterary.org. Hands-on History: Make a Scented Sachet!, with kids crafting floral sachets; best for ages 3 and up but adults welcome too. Sat., May 4, 1-4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org. 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.

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Notice of Formation of Tidy & Organized Cleaning Services LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/22/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: TIDY & ORGANIZED CLEANING SERVICES LLC, 138-49 BARCLAY AVE., FLUSHING, NY 11355. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

W&Y Union Realty LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on March 27, 2019 office in Queens Co. SSNY Desig. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to V. Y. Wang, 43-73 Union Street, Suite C-B, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Real Estate Management.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 01-19-18, bearing Index Number NC-001136-17/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ESTEFANIA (Last) REA. My present name is (First) ESTEFANIA (Middle) REA (Last) SALINAS AKA ESTEFANIA REA. My present address is 40-35 67TH ST, APT 53, Woodside, NY 11377 My place of birth ECUADOR. My date of birth is April 29, 1994.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 04-02-19, bearing Index Number NC-000043-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk,located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) KEREN (Last) EDWARDSROBERTS. My present name is (First) KEREN (Last) ROBERTS AKA KEREN EDWARDS- ROBERTS. The city and state of my present address are South Ozone Park, NY. My place of birth TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. The month and year of my birth are August 1976.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 02-28-19, bearing Index Number NC-001343-18/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) QADAR (Middle) ABDUL (Last) SYED. My present name is (First) SYED (Middle) ABDUL (Last) QADAR AK A ASYED QADAR AK A QADAR A SYED AKA SYED A QADAR AKA SYED-ABDUL QADAR AKA A SYED QADAR. The city and state of my present address are Queens Village, NY. My place of birth PAKISTAN. The month and year of my birth are August 1953.

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The story behind Little Neck’s storied movie house

Blame Rhame by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Last week started as well as you can ask for the New York Mets as they won the first two games of their three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets were enjoying a rare laugher in the second game, winning 9-0, when manager Mickey Callaway figured this was as good an opportunity as any to bring in reliever Jacob Rhame, one of the pitchers who shuttles between the parent team and their AAA affiliate, the Syracuse Mets. Rhame possesses a blazing fastball. Unfortunately, he has yet to show any control of it. He reminds one of Charlie Sheen’s Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn character from “Major League.” He even wears the requisite glasses. Rhame had quickly gotten two outs in the ninth inning when Phillies slugger Rhys Hoskins stepped to the plate. Instead of keeping the ball down on him, Rhame threw a couple of high hard ones that, intentionally or not, buzzed around his scalp. Mets announcers were not reticent in criticizing him for waking the Phillies up before the series had concluded. Their sense of foreboding proved to be correct as the Phillies came to play the next night and beat the listless Mets 6-0. Adding insult to injury was the fact that Hoskins hit a two-run home run and took his sweet time rounding the bases. Even the most ardent Mets fans couldn’t

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The Van Nostrand family, a wellknown name in the Little Neck area for over a century, was starting to thin out in the 1920s, and its heirs began selling off parts of its land holdings. Meanwhile, the growing little neighborhood needed a movie theater. That’s how the Little Neck Theatre at 254-18 Northern Blvd. came to be built on Van Nostrand property in January 1929. The movie theater’s first manager, Paul Raisler, was born in Dabrowa, Poland in June 1895, arrived in New York in July 1913 and got a job as a gas fitter. Shortly after taking the oath of American citizenship in 1928, he made the career change to movie-theater management. Described as short, jovial and likable, he was dedicated to making the movie experience even nicer. He was so good at his job apparently that he and partner opened the Utopia Theater at 187- 02 Union Tpke. in

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take issue with him over that. If the season goes south for the Mets this will be considered a major turning point. Rhame received a two-game suspension from Major League Baseball and he quickly filed an appeal. Some waggish Mets fans on social media were imploring MLB officials to make it longer. Callaway wanted Jacob deGrom to start in the worst way on Friday night against the Milwaukee Brewers — and that’s exactly what he got as the 2019 Cy Young award winner surrendered five runs in four innings. To his credit, deGrom did not blame the nearly three-hour rain delay for his troubles but rather his inability to execute pitches. Still, you have to wonder why Callaway was so hellbent on pitching deGrom on a cold and wet night when he was coming off the injured list after resting a sore elbow. Seth Lugo, who has excelled in the past as a starter, told me before the game that he never turns down a starting opportunity even on short notice and was willing to pitch again on Friday night had Callaway asked him. On a happier note, former Mets first baseman Ed Kranepool, whose kidney issues have been well-documented, has found a compatible donor for a transplant that will take place in Q Stony Brook on May 7. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Mint High Ranch, 4 BRs, 2 full baths, Stucco exterior, granite countertop, pavers front and back, triple driveway new fencing. Reduced $899K

Totally unique, mint 2 fam. on the water, 41x110. Featuring 3 floors, walk-in mint 1 bed apt. with granite kit, custom island, SS appl., wine fridge. Gorgeous bedroom, tiled throughout. Middle floor boasts a huge custom kitchen, granite counter, new cabinets, SS appl., double wall oven and much more. Spacious living room, bedroom and sliders to huge terrace for beautiful sunsets. Master suite and mint 1/2 bath on top level. Dock to 4 boat slips. MUST SEE. Reduced $999K

Mint AAA Hi-Ranch. 3 BRs/2 full bths. 3 zone radiant heat, porcelain tiles in 1st floor, gas Heat Glo fireplace, quartz countertop, top floor all GE Cafe series kitchen, SS appl., granite counter. All new kitchen and bath, 2 separate electric 220 boxes, tankless water heater, sec. cameras, hi-hats throughout, ductless AC, Pella sliding Asking $899K doors, no Sandy damage

HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

OZONE PARK - 11417

Mint High Ranch, move-in-cond, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, 1st floor, 2 large rooms, full bath, laundry room and heating system, central air, sliding glass doors to lg. yard with in-ground pool. 2 1/2 ft. to 5 1/2 ft. shed w/ elec. Garage, 2nd fl, 3 BRs, 1 bath. Large mint kitchen, cathedral ceilings in living room with hi-hats, dining area, living room, beautiful arched Andersen windows in front. Asking $ 819K

Mint Hi-Ranch, on 40x100, (all redone), 4 BRs and 3 full baths, featuring custom pavers, stripped new roof. New kitchen w/ stainless steel appl., granite countertop and island. Large patio on 2nd floor with new awning length of house. Asking $789K

WANTAGH, LONG ISLAND

HOWARD BEACH

Nestled across from Duckpond Drive Park this is a lovely (move-in condition) mint large expanded Cape. 4 BRs/2 full bths on 80x92 lot. Large extended den with sliding glass doors to a beautiful park-like yard with pool. 1st floor, 2 BRs, 1 bath, 2nd floor 2 BRs, 1 bth, attic for storage. Asking $499,999

HOWARD BEACH / LINDENWOOD HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

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Co-ops & Condos For Sale

• Hi-Rise Co-op. 1 BR/1 bath, washer/dryer on each floor. IN CONTRACT...............................................Reduced $159K • 1 Bed Co-op. MINT. ....................................... Asking $189K • Hi-Rise Co-op. Large unit in totally redone building. 3 BRs, 2 baths, living room w/L-shaped dining room. IN CONTRACT..................................................Asking $262K • Hi-Rise Mint AAA. 2 BRs/2 full baths, plus terrace, mint granite & SS appl. kitchen. 2 new baths. IN CONTRACT..................................................Asking $299K

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Lovely Cape on 50x100, featuring 4 BRs, 2 full baths, basement, 2 driveways, garage & large yard. Reduced $775K

1 family SD, 2 BRs, 1 full bath. Charming Low Ranch with full basement, indoor porch, living room, formal dining room, Eat-In Kitchen. Reduced $429K

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Large lovely 1 fam home on 37x190, brick, 4 BRs, 3 full bths, on the water w/ dock to hold 3 boats and gazebo with water and elec. Leaving all furniture (if desired), many pluses. Must See. Asking $859,000

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OPEN HOUSE Saturday, 5/4 • 12-2pm 101-47 105th St., Ozone Park, NY 11416

Beautiful 3 bedroom home is in move-in condition with open floor plan for the LR , DA, & Kitchen. Free-standing fireplace. Also included is Lot 1281 Block 14247 40x80 behind the home. Call Agent Terry 347-628-3758

A Three Bedroom Colonial with one and a half bathrooms and a full basement plus a huge backyard.

HOWARD BEACH

Hi-Ranch on a 50x100 Lot, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, updated kitchen and bathrooms, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, hardwood floors throughout, high ceilings in living room, beautiful landscape lot, huge family room on first floor, lots of closets and garage with private driveway!

OZONE PARK Location! Location! Two adjacent lots on Block 11348: Lot 6 (17.42 X 105) has 1 family house with double income and Lot 5 (19.6 X 104.9) has private driveway with parking for 8 cars with 3 car garage. Combined taxes for both lots is $3896. Two block walk to Liberty avenue “A” train to NYC. Three block walk to PS 63. Six blocks to Cross Bay Boulevard buses and shopping. JFK and casino close by. Belt Parkway and Nassau Expressway minutes away. This one will not last! Call agent Natalie 347-935-7064

NEW LISTING!

GLENDALE

Beautiful newly renovated semi-detached 3 bedroom Colonial with 2 full bathrooms. A 2-year-old brand-new kitchen with stainless steel appliances and ceramic tile in kitchen. Hardwood floors and crown molding throughout, party driveway with a 2 car garage. Lots of natural sunlight throughout. Roof is less than a year old. NEW LISTING!

HOWARD BEACH

Own Your Piece Of The Rock With This 40 ft. Dock. Beautiful outside patio with a huge side garden. A 2 family, 3 level house all above ground. Totaling 7 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, modern family room with updated kitchen, stainless steel appliances, a patio, 4 terraces and a 2 car garage! garage with private driveway!

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EAST MEADOW

Beautiful Five Bedroom Colonial, Recently Renovated. Kitchen has stainless steel appliances with center island and granite countertops, new windows and doors, solar panels installed. New wood floors throughout. Huge backyard with above-ground pool. NEW LISTING!

HOWARD BEACH

A Waterfront Corner Lot. Anchor your 90ft. vessel along your 100ft. property line in a deep water canal. Your piece of the rock includes water rights along with a beautiful 2 family house with 3 levels above ground. Totaling 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, modern family room with updated kitchen, stainless steel appliances, a patio, 4 terraces and a 2 car garage!

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OZONE PARK

Jerry Fink Real Estate • 163-33 Cross Bay Boulevard • Howard Beach, NY • www.jfinkre.com