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A city Department of Transportation employee hangs a sign outside PS 232 in Lindenwood Lindenwood, made by seventh seventh-graders graders at the school in collaboration with DOT, as part of the community’s ongoing push to make the streets around the school, especially at the intersection of 153rd Avenue and 83rd Street, safer.

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De Blasio’s proposal faces a budget GAAP

Proposals in mayor’s executive budget

Council largely praises $73.9M plan; comptroller, Wall St. identify problems by Michael Gannon Editor

he executive budget presented by Mayor de Blasio on May 8 was the first one in 20 years that was almost universally embraced by a heavily Democratic City Council upon receipt. But it also wipes out a $2 billion surplus; increases projected deficits by $5 billion through 2018; and was the first one in memory to have to undergo a radical adjustment in less than a week after the city Comptroller’s Office raised serious questions about de Blasio’s intentions to spread retroactive pay raises for retiring school teachers over four years, an apparent violation of state-mandated Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures, or GAAP. The mayor’s $73.9 billion request represents an increase of about $4 billion over the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30. “Budgets are not just a collection of numbers. They are not just accounting documents,” de Blasio said, introducing the plan.

“They reflect fundamental values. And if you ask someone what they fund, you will be able to see what they actually believe in. I think in this budget, you will clearly see what I believe in and what this administration believes in.” De Blasio’s plan holds the line on property taxes. Along with his much-touted $300 million universal pre-K program, it includes $145 million for middle-school afterschool programs; and calls for $20 million to beef up CUNY’s training in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, curricula. On public safety, the mayor wants $28.8 million for his Vision Zero traffic initiative; increases the bridge maintenance line item by $346 million and road resurfacing by $49 million; and redirects $70 million to maintenance and security at public housing projects. A long-held complaint of the Cit y Council under Mayor Mike Bloomberg was that of the so-called “budget dance” by which Bloomberg every year proposed

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“I lived it for eight years as a Council member,” he said. “It didn’t make sense to a lot of us. ... A nd instead of going through a dance and a Kabuki theater, [we] actually determined together some of the things that had to be in this budget.” continued on page 56

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Students work with DOT on signs as officials keep up fight for crosswalk by Domenick Rafter

workshops led by a Groundswell artist and field trips to DOT’s sign shop in Maspeth. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) informed PS For years, the corner of 83rd Street and 153rd Avenue in 232 Principal Lisa Josephson about the program that has been Lindenwood has frayed the residents’ nerves. There is no crosswalk across 153rd Avenue at the intersec- in existence since 2009. Last Friday, two signs designed by class 702 were unveiled tion. Nevertheless, people cross there all the time, among outside the school during a dedication attended by Addabbo them, schoolchildren going to and from PS 232. “The crossing guard is not allowed to cross anyone there and DOT officials, including Queens Commissioner Dalia Hall. The signs were placed only feet because there is no crosswalk,” Assisfrom the corner where the community tant Principal Kevin Collins said, addwants a crosswalk. ing that the school’s main entrance is t is an honor that we, The new signs feature a crosswalk, on 83rd Street. That means most children and parents cross at 153rd Avenue class 702, took this first “walk” signal and an illustration of PS 232’s main entrance. A student enters and 83rd Street. Cars often speed along step toward modifying the crosswalk as a car approaches and 153rd Avenue to catch the light at 84th checkered flags — a symbol of racing Street — the only traffic light in the this corner and making — by the school doors show that the seven-block stretch of avenue. sidewalk is the finish line. The words For decades, the school community it a safer place. ” “Alert and ready wins the race!” and officials have been trying to get a — PS 232 seventh grader Jamee Lopez emphasize safety for the students. crosswalk and stop sign or traffic light As the signs are not official, they do at the site. But so far the city Department of Transportation hasn’t moved on any permanent not face the street, but rather toward the school where students are reminded to be careful when crossing the street there. improvements there. Jamee Lopez, a student in class 702, said she was happy to So seventh-grade students at the school went directly to the DOT to get some safety improvements done themselves — take part in the signs’ creation and hopes they will expedite the construction of a crosswalk and stop sign or light at the sort of. Taking part in a program that allows students to create their corner. “It is an honor that we, class 702, took this first step toward own traffic safety signs, the students participated in a 14-session traffic- and pedestrian-safety lesson taught by a DOT modifying this corner and making it a safer place,” she said. DOT officials say the goal of the program is to teach students traffic safety instructor, followed by hands-on sign design Editor

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., left, speaks to students at PS 232 about traffic safety outside the Lindenwood school as Queens Transportation Commissioner Dahlia Hall listens. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER

about pedestrian safety and these signs are permanent. “You have a legacy,” DOT representative Theresa Barry told the students. “This sign will be here forever. If it needs replacement, DOT will replace it. You can come back 10 years from now and it will be there. You have made an impression on your community.” At the end of the event, Addabbo and Josepson showed Hall continued on page 23

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HB Mem. Day Cops: Party bus struck man on Rockaway Blvd. and fled Parade 5/26 by Domenick Rafter Editor

A police vehicle at the scene of Sunday night’s fatal hit-and-run incident at Rockaway Boulevard and 90th Street in Ozone Park.PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER vard. As a result, the cyclist was knocked to the ground and run over by the van. Cops allege that witnesses told them the van operator momentarily stopped and exited his vehicle, then returned to the van and continued westbound on Rockaway

Boulevard, fleeing the scene. Police could not confirm if the victim was hit by a second vehicle. “It may have been just an unfortunate accident,” said one police source. “It was dark, they probably didn’t see him. But

Plans for the annual Memorial Day Parade in Howard Beach were announced last week. According to Veterans of Foreign Wars Bernard J. Coleman Post 2565, the day’s events will begin at 9:30 a.m., Monday, May 26 with a Memorial Day Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church at 101st Street and 159th Avenue. The parade will then kick off at 11 a.m. in Coleman Square. Marchers are asked to be in position in front of the Howard Beach subway station at 10:30 a.m. The march will take its normal route through Old Howard Beach, visiting the neighborhood’s Vietnam War memorial at 99th Street and 157th Avenue, the World War II memorial at Assembly of God Church at 158-31 99 St. and then go to St. Barnabas Church at 159-19 98 St. The parade will end at Coleman Square. Refreshments will then be served at The Rail Bar and Grill in Coleman Square. Ice cream will also be served for children. According to parade organizers, 41 residents of Howard Beach have been killed in action serving in the Armed Q Forces. — Domenick Rafter

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Police a re look i ng for a driver who fled the scene of a fatal hit and run on Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park on Sunday night. At 9:37 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a bicyclist struck at Rockaway Boulevard and 90th Street in Ozone Park. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 40-year-old man, whose n a me p ol ic e h ave not yet released, lying on Rockaway Boulevard with severe head trauma. EMS also responded to the location and transported the bicyclist to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. Upon further investigation, cops said the victim was traveling westbound on Rockaway Boulevard approaching 90th Street on his bicycle when he sideswiped the passenger side of a black Mercedes Benz party van, which was also traveling westbound on Rockaway Boule-

that they didn’t stay at the scene is a big problem.” There have been no arrests as of press time and the investigation is ongoing. One resident who lives near the scene was at the site Monday morning. “Cars do often speed down this stretch, but there have been very few accidents as of late,” the resident said. She added that cyclists ride dow n Rockaway Boulevard often, but the width of the street usually keeps the bikes and traffic apart. “ I s e e t he m r id i ng a nd they’re usually far enough away from cars,” she said. “They’re often riding closer to parked cars.” According to crash data compiled by Streetsblog, Sunday’s accident marks the fifth time a pedestrian or cyclist has been killed by a motorist on Rockaway Boulevard between City Line and Rosedale since JanuQ ary 2013.

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CB 9 May agenda: buses and domestic violence Future of Woodhaven Boulevard, crime concerns discussed at Tuesday meeting by Domenick Rafter Editor

The plan for Select Bus Service along Woodhaven Boulevard and the epidemic of domestic violence in South Queens both sparked blunt discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of Community Board 9 in Kew Gardens. Cou ncilman Er ic Ulr ich (R-Ozone Park), a supporter of the Select Bus Ser vice proposal, defended it in front of a skeptical audience. Ulrich said Queens was the only borough to not have any Select Bus Service, a designation that allows certain bus lines to utilize dedicated lanes and have higher capacity vehicles, priority at traffic lights and a quicker fare-collection system to allow buses to make quicker trips on major thoroughfares. The MTA has already implemented Select Bus Service on Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island, Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, Webster Avenue in the Bronx and on several Manhattan streets, such as 34th Street. A service connecting Harlem to LaGuardia Airport

that would run along Astoria Boulevard is set to begin in the next few months. The M60 would run along that route and make stops in Astoria and East Elmhurst. The current plan on Woodhaven Boulevard as envisioned by the city Department of Transportation, t asked w it h redesig n i ng t he streetscape for the MTA to implement the bus service, would dedicate one lane for buses and right turns on between Metropolitan and Eliot avenues from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. Additionally, the DOT would like to install a curbside bus lane northbound approaching Liber t y Avenue and southbou nd approaching Rockaway Boulevard, which would also be in effect 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Parking would be allowed in the curbside lanes at other times. CB 9 member Sherman Kane said the plan could possibly take away parking spots and disrupt driveways along parts of Woodhaven Boulevard that are residential, specifically in Ozone Park, Woodhaven and Glendale “What’s this going to do to people with driveways who have to

back out into the bus lane? ” he asked the councilman. “Woodhaven Boulevard is a residential boulevard.” Ulrich said the plan as it stands now would not affect those areas yet and the first phase is only north of Metropolitan Avenue. But some members remained skeptical, casting doubts that faster bus service would help ease traffic on the congested corridor. “The traffic problem is due to the cars, not the buses,” said CB 9 member Marian Molina, who said driving from Woodhaven to Queens Center at rush hour now takes as long as 45 minutes, instead of less than 10 minutes at other times. “This is just going to make the situation worse.” Later in the meeting, Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence, spoke to the board about assistance available to domestic violence victims. The issue of domestic violence has become a crisis in the neighborhoods of South Queens, police say. The 102nd and 106th precincts

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was shot to death, allegedly by her husband, in their Ozone Park home. “This has been a major problem in this community and we hope the community board will help us combat it,” Pierre-Louis said. She said among immigrant communities and populations with certain cultures and religions, the topic of domestic violence is taboo. Her office deals with that and she noted that 14 languages are spoken in the continued on page 58

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hat began as criticism over one man’s relatively high salary and his institution’s decision to use less union labor as a cost-saving measure has now morphed into a full-blown crisis that threatens that institution’s very survival. We are of course speaking about the Queens Library. And the fault lies almost exclusively with the library. A vital part of life in Queens, and an institution widely considered one of the best of its kind anywhere, the library has been under criticism since late January, when the revelations about President Tom Galante’s $450,000 compensation, eternally renewing contract and part-time six-figure job began to be revealed. City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer of Sunnyside, the majority leader and chairman of the relevant committee, immediately called an oversight hearing. Queens Borough President Melinda Katz recommended to the Library Board of Trustees a series of reform measures, and came up with a package of legislation to be carried in Albany by state Sen. Mike Gianaris of Astoria and Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry of Corona. City Comptroller Scott Stringer began auditing the library. Eventually

the city Department of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation began a probe into possible criminality. Katz and Van Bramer called for Galante to take a leave of absence as the investigations go on, but he refused, and the board split 9-9 on forcing him to, so he remains in his position. Meanwhile the library has refused to give Stringer all the documents he seeks, citing a settlement it made in 1997 with then-Comptroller Alan Hevesi. And last week the board backed the library administration’s position, voting 9-7 to not turn over all the requested files. With that move, the board brought the controversy to a whole new level, in the opinions of Van Bramer, Katz, Stringer and this page. Van Bramer, who used to work for the library and has always been one of its biggest supporters, told the Chronicle this week that it is now fighting for its very survival, because it looks as if the library has something to hide, even as the city contemplates its budget for the next fiscal year. It’s time for this farce to end. The library must give up all its records so we can get back to knowing it as a shining jewel in Queens, not one that’s been so tarnished.

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hile Mayor de Blasio’s budget proposal raises several questions about issues ranging from expected healthcare savings to projected deficits, it answers one solidly, just the way we wanted it answered. Yes, the mayor is living up to his campaign promise to reduce the burden of excessive fines on small businesses, a welcome change from his predecessor’s practice. De Blasio’s budget plan forsees a drop in revenue from such fines of 8 percent when compared with fiscal year 2012, from $859 million to $789 million. That may not sound like all that much, but it’s a start. More promising is that he projects revenue from Health Department summonses issued to restaurants to fall 44 percent, from $54 million in FY 2012 to $30 million in FY 2015. Many of these fines have had less to do with health and safety than with generating revenue for the city. They have been crushing to many small businesses, the kind of shops that are so crucial to daily life in Queens. De Blasio recognized this as public advocate and a candidate for mayor. It’s good to see that he also does now that he’s in City Hall, and the change can only be good for the city.

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introduced a bill banning NYCHA from evicting tenants who are 61 or older, or who have lived in their apartments for at least 20 years. Albany’s lawmakers must pass it. But that’s just the first step toward sanity. If the Oly mpics had an event for st upidit y, NYCHA’s leaders would win a gold medal. They sat on $42 million in federal funds for security cameras, but paid a consulting firm $10 million for a 110-page report on housing project problems, information their tenants would gladly give them free. Their intelligence is as faulty as their buildings’ elevators, heating and plumbing. Don’t evict vulnerable seniors from their homes. Evict these moronic managers from their jobs. Richard Reif Flushing

First Responder Ave. Dear Editor: I think there should be one road for emergency vehicles such as police cars, fire trucks

and ambulances. This would enable emergency vehicles to help people who are in hazardous situations more quickly. Even though it would increase the amount of traffic on the streets of New York, it is more important to help people in great danger more quickly than to get to a certain location on time. The lives of many people could have been saved if the problem of emergency vehicle delays had been solved years ago. What do you think is more important, a person’s life or whether a person gets to the mall on time? I think the life of a person is way more significant. This is why I write to you. Fabio Magalhaes Whitestone The writer is a fifth-grader at Holy Trinity School.

GOP’s Benghazi BS Dear Editor: After 18 months of Benghazi-BenghaziBenghazi and 13 hearings by eight GOP House committees, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)

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Dear Editor: Sometimes the major daily newspapers have a lot to learn from community papers like yours. That’s especially true in the coverage of education stories. You keep your editorials on the editorial page and the unadulterated news articles where they belong. But such journalistic integrity is not to be taken for granted. Witness one tabloid in particular. Unlike them, you would never use language like “twisted war,” “spewing hatred,” “sabotage rant” and “satanic details” to describe a calm, clear-headed and accurate clarification of a proposed contract from a union president to his members. Isn’t inflammatory language like that a bit over the top? And doesn’t it tell more about a paper that used it (it should be slightly renamed the Compost) than about its intended target: the United Federation of Teachers? Either the folks whose employer has been publishing since the days of Alexander Hamilton haven’t a clue what those words really mean or they are distorting them to suit their agenda. The problem is bigger than one paper. The problem is endemic in the media, which seems to believe that “the end justifies the means.” In other words, propaganda or a warped version of what they know to be the truth is okay if the readership or viewers are swayed their way. These enemies of public education and unions could care less if our kids get caught in the crossfire. That’s another thing they have in common with the self-proclaimed, darklyfunded “reformers” whom they caress in their editorial-laced news “reports.” If the UFT existed a millennium ago, these tabloids and their abettors would have praised the Vikings for torching their union hall. Despite what these crooked headliners print, the fact is that the teachers union is without fail, distraction or contradiction, up front and above-board in all it says and does. To its members and the general public alike. That’s true whether cameras and microphones are on or off. Now the city and the union are not at each other’s throats. They have a sensible working relationship not because of convenience or necessity but because they all know the struggle is not about them. It’s about the kids. Protecting those kids from the f lirtations of the anti-public school lobby. Therefore every blow that is struck against the anti-public school henchmen is an act of conscience and a moral duty. Ron Isaac Fresh Meadows

Reagan and Russia Dear Editor: As the Crimea annexation plays out, some hawks long for the days of Reagan. If only President Reagan was alive, he would tell Mr. Putin to “get out of Crimea or else,” they say, or George Bush would have threatened Putin with cowboy-speak, and Russia would back down in fear. Fat chance! The hawks always see threats as the answer to world conflicts. It doesn’t matter continued on next page

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Dear Editor: U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has suggested that Gov. Cuomo may have interfered with the probe of the Moreland Act Commission. One must ask, however, if Bharara himself is not open to criticism. The near worldwide collapse of the banking system several years ago was caused by one thing only: bank fraud, a real crime. A decade ago, the U.S. attorney indicted Martha Stewart on insider trading charges, to divert attention away from the Justice Department’s refusal to prosecute the banker gangsters. Similarly, today, Mr. Bharara, evidently at Attorney General Eric Holder’s insistence, has refused to prosecute banker criminals, and instead, also at Holder’s insistence, has focused on the entirely irrelevant diversion of insider trading, which is a victimless crime, assuming it is even a real crime. The biggest scandal going on now is that, while the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Treasury inspector general have issued subpoenas for files from a JPMorgan Chase internal investigation of 90 employees who interacted with the Madoff firm, Mr. Bharara, at Holder’s insistence, is blocking those subpoenas. Presumably, JPMorgan Chase has hired Covington & Burling as its legal counsel. Does the possibility exist that when Bharara leaves government service and enters the private sector, he will choose Covington & Burling as his employer? C&B partners get at least $2 million a year. Not bad! If Mr. Bharara is the authentic opponent of corruption he portrays himself as, let him prove it by overruling Holder and let him cease obstructing the subpoenas of both the OCC and the Treasury Department’s inspector general. Clifton Wellman Elmhurst

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decided to appoint a select committee to investigate — Benghazi! Why pay lawyers more tax dollars for another merry-go-round of political theatrics? Boehner said a new email smoking gun will reveal new light. I think not! Just a side note. Under Bush-43 many embassies were attacked, with numerous killings. Why did the GOP Congress avoid hearings? Folks, when you look past the smoke and mirrors, the Republican House plans reveal two political strategies. 1) Destroy Hillary Clinton’s chances to become America’s 45th president. 2) Revenge! Republicans want to link Obama to a new political scandal — Benghazigate! This would allow, for the third time, a GOP House impeachment of a president. (Andrew Johnson and William Clinton). By removing Barack Obama from office, they would get even for what the Democrats did to Richard Nixon over his 1972 election: Watergate scandal! Kudos to Congressional Democrats for their decision to not “partake” in Speaker John Boehner’s clever political ruse! Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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union supported him in the election. The right wing has an ongoing war on the unions today. At this point in time, we need to rely on negotiation and our G7 partners in Europe to determine the course forward in dealing with the Ukraine situation. Our nation is war weary. We failed in the Vietnam War, fought a needless “war of choice” in Iraq launched under the false claim of weapons of mass destruction, and we’re finally winding down our forces in Afghanistan. We’ve wasted trillions of dollars on wars, and left hundreds of thousands dead and injured in our wake. It’s time we pay attention to what is needed and wanted here at home and stop being the world’s policeman. Tyler Cassell Flushing

continued from previous page whether the dispute affects us or not, they just want us to show ‘em who’s boss by flapping our jaws and flexing our military might. They see Reagan as the man of steel, savior of the free world, and the guy who single-handedly toppled the Soviet Union. Europeans, however, and those more in the know, credit the Helsinki Accords as being the main force for causing the Soviet demise. I would believe the Europeans, who live there. The right wing loves to credit Reagan because it gives them a hero. They don’t talk about Reagan’s raising taxes more than any other president, cutting and running in Lebanon, selling arms to Iran and illegally funneling money to the Contras, or giving three million illegal immigrants amnesty when he said, “I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here.” He was the guy who spent billions on the military, and taught Dick Cheney the phrase “deficit spending is meaningless.” It was Reagan who started the hatred for the gover n ment. Reagan’s con-game experiment in trickle-down economics, giving more money to the wealthy, has been a dismal failure, and is still having disastrous effects on our infrastructure, middle class, and the lower income brackets today. Declaring war on unions, Reagan fired 16,000 air-traffic controllers in a labor dispute, and this was after their

Where’s our park? Dear Editor: What happened to the Spring Creek-Starrett part of Gateway National Park? The park ends at Floyd Bennett Field and picks up again in Queens, where the sign reads “Gateway National Park Recreation Area/ Jamaica Wildlife Preserve.” We have a 70-foot-high, weed-covered mound of dirt and a sign that reads “Natural Reclamation Area.” Where is our share of the promised national park? Judith Durah Spring Creek, Brooklyn

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The phrase “hurry up and wait” has been prominent in the week since Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) was arrested amid allegations that he stole state grant money and campaign funds. A spokeswoman for New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Wills’ next scheduled court date is June 6, but that it is unlikely to deal with anything other than procedural matters. Schneiderman’s prosecutors convinced a grand jury to hand up a 12-count indictment. Jelani Mills, said to be a relative of the councilman, also was charged in the complaint. Some of the money Wills is accused of stealing allegedly includes $11,500 in matching campaign funds received from the city, which for qualifying candidates matches smaller donations from individuals on a 6-to-1 basis. In his recent call for reforms in Albany, Gov. Cuomo has supported implementing a New York City-style public financing system for state races. The method is being tested this year in the race for New York State comptroller. It will not apply to Cuomo, who likely is going to square off in November against Rob Astorino, the Republican county executive of Westchester. Cuomo’s office did not respond to multiple messages left in the last week asking for com ment on whether the accusations against Wills have tempered his enthusiasm for similar measures. One who still supports the city’s system is state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). Within days of Wills’ arrest, the New York Post ran a story stating that Addabbo received $6,000 in campaign contributions from state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis).

Councilman Ruben Wills’ next court date is on PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON June 6. Smith goes on trial with former Republican Councilman Dan Halloran in less than three weeks on federal corruption charges. The Post said numerous state Senate Democrats received donations from Smith, who subsequently was voted in as Senate majority leader. Addabbo chuckled when asked if he thought he would be called as a witness in the Smith case. But he was serious when he said that such contributions were f lying around on both sides of the aisle at the time, and that a New York City-style system could bring about exactly the type of reform Cuomo claims he wants. “You need that kind of reform,” he said. “I’ve been through the city’s system when I was on the Council and I work with the state system now,” he said. “The city’s system is tougher. “My campaign treasurer has done both, and he’ll take the state system any day. It’s Q so much easier to comply with.”

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Jeffries meets the press in Brooklyn First-term congressman represents 8th CD, including much of S. Queens by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

“How do you download the power of the federal government into the district you represent?” That’s a key question Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) has been asking himself and trying to answer as he serves his first term in Congress. Citing as examples the ongoing battle over federal funding meant to aid Hurricane Sandy victims and the rebuilding effort here, and the successful effort to delay planned flood insurance premium increases, Jeffries told reporters, “There’s a very significant local connection to what happens in Washington and people at home.” He was speaking during a roundtable discussion recently held at his district office in Brooklyn, one that covered everything from the Sandy funding to hospital closures, the federal budget, aid to the needy, immigration law and those areas where members of the House can find some bipartisanship. Jeffries focused much of the conversation’s start on efforts to save struggling hospitals in Brooklyn, and then shifted to the disbursement of Sandy aid. “In the view of myself and of many of my colleagues in Congress, the city has failed” in its efforts to assist residents still recovering

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries at his district office in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He represents two large swaths of Brooklyn, including its south shore, as well as Howard Beach and some other parts of PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE western South Queens. from the storm, he said. “Build it Back has been a disaster. ... The federal government provided billions of dollars, and the city must do its job to ensure the funds make it out to the

communities I represent to help people get back on their feet.” Jeffries spoke shortly after it was revealed that the government may reallocate some

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The city’s tentative contract with the United Federation of Teachers may have the support of the mayor and the head of the union, but some of the UFT’s members are not happy, with one teacher calling it “highway robbery.” Arthur Goldstein, UFT chapter leader at Francis Lewis High School, said the deal, which members will vote up or down, was not being met with positive praise from the teachers at his school. “I cannot predict how the entire city would vote, but I can tell you my members are not happy for it and will probably vote against it,” he said. At issue are plans to pay out the retroactive pay raises over the course of the next six years, a stipulation that has left many teachers wondering if they will get the raises at all. “In some cases, they won’t be paid out until 2020,” said one Queens high school teacher. “But the contract expires in 2018. What happens then? Can the city not honor the pay raises after that?” City Comptroller Scott Stringer said that retroactive pay for this year would have to be paid out in the current budget year and Mayor de Blasio agreed Tuesday

to reallocate $725 million from the Fiscal Year 2015 budget to FY 2014 in his budget request to cover the 2014 raises. A Flushing elementary school teacher said she was concerned about the possibility of teachers leaving the profession before 2020 not getting their retroactive raises. “I certainly hope to be teaching for decades, but a lot can happen between now and 2020,” she said. “I could get married and my husband could get a job in California. What happens then, do I not get the money the union is telling me I earned?” She is also concerned about the stipulation about healthcare savings. The deal does not lay out specific steps that would be taken to save on healthcare. That left some wondering if they will contribute more and how much. “It’s not that I mind contributing to my healthcare, but how much and when?” she said. “If I end up having to contribute more before I get any of the raises, then this deal is worse for me than the status quo. I can’t vote for this until I have more information.” But one of the most serious concerns teachers expressed relates to teacher discipline. Goldstein said it was his biggest issue with the contract deal. As part of the agreement, teachers in the

Absent Teacher Reserve will get a one-day hearing for any infraction they are accused of, Goldstein explained. “It appears to me that we are going to have a two-tier due process,” he said. “I believe all teachers should be treated equally and under this deal, that doesn’t seem to be the case.” Goldstein said many teachers in the ATR end up there for nonserious infractions and a one-day hearing makes it harder to call witnesses in defense. “Any teacher can become an ATR teacher at any time,” he said. “[Mulgrew] hasn’t defined what is problematic behavior.” But some say that a one-day hearing could make it easier for ATR teachers to get back into the classroom. Further, Goldstein said he felt the union should have been tougher if it was planning to make concessions to the city. “If we accept this contract with all these financial compromises, why can’t we negotiate lower class sizes?” he said. “Why not make that the price of this contract?” The process of how the vote will take place is not entirely clear. According to the UFT, ballots will be mailed to each school, but the union did not offer a speQ cific timeline.

funds that were expected to provide Sandy relief, an issue he and two other New York City congressmen addressed at a press conference the next day. He said he hopes the reforms Mayor de Blasio is implementing on Build it Back will fix the program, and also touted the success he and other members of Congress had in putting off flood insurance premium hikes that he said would have hit people “like a freight train.” Two other issues Jeffries raised that he said are priorities for him are immigration reform and federal spending. The congressman serves on the House Judiciary and Budget committees, the key panels on those issues, respectively. Jeffries supports changes to immigration law that would include legalizing undocumented aliens already here. “If we can get comprehensive immigration reform passed, it can lead to a path to citizenship for many people in the 8th District in Brooklyn and Queens,” he said. And while Jeffries said he has found common ground with Republicans on some issues, he blasted the House GOP majority and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) on their spending plan, which he said contains cuts that would hurt the country deeply. continued on page 37

Lunar New Year bill OK’d Queens elected officials announced Tuesday that the state Senate has passed a bill allowing the city Department of Education to close schools on days when a considerable portion of st udents a re li kely to be absent because of a cultural or religious holiday such as Lunar New Year. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn). It was co-sponsored in the Assembly by Ron Kim (D-Flushing) and passed earlier this year. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) said that since Lunar New Year is one of the most significant cultural holidays for Asian ethnic groups, most schools end up wasting significant educational resources by remaining open despite a large number of students not in attendance, while Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) said: “The passage is a tremendous step forward for equality in our state.” Kim indicated the bill allows school districts more freedom to accommodate the needs of their students. “It will provide relief to families who often struggle with pulling their kids out of school on important, though not nationally recognized, holidays,” he added. The governor must still sign the Q bill before it becomes law.

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Patrol Borough South remembers the fallen Families and NYPD brethren pay tribute to those who died in the line of duty by Michael Gannon Editor

Patrolman John Kennedy of the 100th Precinct was killed in 1922, struck by a train while pursuing Prohibition era bootleggers. Inspector Thomas Boylan died in 1952, hit by debris from a plane that crashed after missing the runway at Idlewild Airport. Det. William Capers was killed in 1972 by friendly fire in a burglary arrest gone horribly wrong. Edward Byrne’s murder in 1988 galvanized a city against the drug trade. Officer Renee Dunbar of the 103rd Precinct died not in the September 11 attacks, but from cancer she contracted working at the site of the World Trade Center in the weeks and months afterward. They and 25 others were honored on May 8 by the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Queens South in its first-ever Line of Duty Memorial service held at Immaculate Conception Church in Jamaica. The Catholic Mass was attended by family members of officers killed in the line of duty as far back as the 1970s.

Also in attendance was a legion of school crossing guards in tribute to Lorraine Elliott, who was killed in 1980 at the Intersection of Lefferts and Rockaway boulevards when she was struck by a driver who did not see her in the early morning glare. Assistant Chief David Barrere, commanding officer of PBQS, thanked the family members in attendance. “Your loved ones had the courage, the pride, the strength and the dedication to duty,” he said. “They did not become heroes because they died, but because of how they lived. ... You’re part of our family.” Others honored included: • Hubert Allen, 100th Precinct, struck by a car on patrol in 1927; • Arthur Fash, electrocuted in 1928 while trying to protect civilians from a fallen trolly line; • Howard Barrows of the 105th Precinct, hit by a car directing t raf f ic at Mer r ick Road a nd Spr i ngf ield Boulevard i n St. Albans in 1930; • John Ringhauser, 102nd Precinct, killed in a crash responding to a burglary in 1931;

• Herbert Haucke, 103rd Precinct, killed by a hit-and-run driver in Jamaica in 1934; • Clarence Clark and Victor Cooper of the 105th Precinct, killed in a 1938 car accident on the way to a reported larceny; • Francis O’Hara, 102nd Precinct, killed with Emergency Services Officer Peter Kundsen in 1946 in a gas leak explosion; • William Von Weisenstein, 101st P reci nct, st r uck as he at t e m pt e d t o avoid a t r u ck heading for his pat rol car in 1948; • Andrew Reynolds of the 107th Precinct, killed in an accident chasing a driver who had twice tried to run him over in 1955; • Sgt. Donald Wiseman, 107th Precinct, ejected from his patrol car in a crash at the intersection of Main Street and the Grand Central Parkway in 1955; • William Long, 103rd Precinct, shot and killed by a car burglary suspect near 165th Street and Archer Avenue in 1956; • Anthony Graffia, 106th Precinct, shot during a pharmacy robbery in 1968;

• `Kenneth Nugent, 103rd Precinct, shot in 1971 as he walked in on a robbery; • Timothy Hurley, 103rd Precinct, shot th ree times in an ambush as he and his partner, William Cutter, responded to a robbery in progress; • Thomas Pegues, shot in the back in 1974 by the passenger of a driver being arrested for a suspended license; • Robert Cox, 107th Precinct, fell into a coma in 1977 after a foot chase and strugglewith a prisoner. He died three months later; • William Flood, PBQ, was killed in a robbery while he was off duty in 1977; • Robert Sorrentino, 101st Precinct, shot chasing suspects in a Far Rockaway robbery in 1980; • John Scarangella, 113th Precinct, shot in his cruiser after he and his partner, Richard Rainey, pulled over burglary suspects in 1981; • Scott Gadell, 101st Precinct, shot in a gunfight while reloading his revolver in June 1986; • Joseph Alcamo, 100th Precinct, killed in a car accident responding to a call in March 1992;

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Built on an old rail line, Parkland Walk in London offers clues to proposal here by Domenick Rafter

barriers, like fences or bushes, in backyards which are placed to make it more difficult and less appealing for criminals to climb off f one proposal for the old Rockaway the walk and into yards. Beach LIRR line comes to fruition, a Michael Radford, vice chair man of 3.3-mile-long stretch between Rego Friends of Parkland Walk, said he built a Park and Ozone Park that has been fence with a trellis on top. abandoned since 1962 would become a park “Burglars hate clambering over somesimilar to Manhattan’s High Line. thing like that because it’s flimsy,” he said, To say the proposal is controversial may be adding that some residents have chosen to an understatement. The idea for the park — put prickly bushes or trees with thorns at and a competitive plan to reactivate the railtheir property line as a means of discourroad — has created a lot of opposition among aging trespassing. residents living along the stretch, especially in But that’s on private property. On the Woodhaven where backyards abut the right of trail, it’s a different story. way and many residents moved in after the Since Parkland Walk is a nature preserve, trains stopped running. Concerns over privathe flora along the trail is all natural, often cy, safety, noise and the proposals’ effect on overgrown. Mason said another problem property values have driven the opposition. Parkland Walk has is residents introducing But proposals like the QueensWay are not plants to the preserve from their own backnew. Besides the High Line, there are a numyards adjacent to the walk. ber of other similar parks around the world. “We really discourage that,” he said. “We These greenspaces are being used by firms involved in the QueensWay study as models Along the Parkland Walk, homes are just several meters from the trail, as close — and even closer in want to keep this all natural.” some spots — as homes in Woodhaven and Rego Park would be to the proposed QueensWay. Among the other issues, Radford said, is for their plan. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER conflict between bicycle riders and walkers One of those greenways is Parkland Walk — a problem the QueensWay planners have in London, a similar rail-turned-park project Both are located in urban environments Walk has multiple designations to protect it foreseen by planning separate paths along that first opened in 1984 in a residential secwith a suburban flair. The neighborhoods on different governmental levels. The trail is part of the trail — and dog owners who don’t tion of the British capital. Like the proposed QueensWay, Parkland that Parkland Walk meanders through — a nature preserve, part of a greenway that pick up after their pets. Residents who live near the line interWalk runs very close to homes and in some Highgate, Crouch End, Upper Holloway and encircles London, and a local park. Financially, it is taken care of directly by viewed by this reporter while he was on a cases apartment windows look directly onto Finsbury Park, about four miles north of the path. But the parallels between that trail Central London — are similar to Rego Park, the two local borough governments whose vacation in Europe, had few complaints Forest Hills and Woodhaven in their housing areas it passes through — the London bor- about it, but several did mention the opposiand the proposed QueensWay don’t end there. “I know it sounds funny, but Queens and stock and demographics. Most residents live oughs of Haringey and Islington, which tion that arose when the plan to build it was London have a lot of similarities,” said in single-family homes and commute to Cen- Mason said had been “quite good” at taking unveiled more than 30 years ago. “I work in [Central Adam Lubinsky, a principal at WXY design tral London by train or bus for work, but trav- c a r e of t h e p a r k , though budgets are London] and spend firm, and a co-leader of the QueensWay el locally by car or by foot. The demographics are diverse, especially getting tighter. most of my day in the study, who lived less than 100 yards from “British local govhustle and bustle of the Parkland Walk for almost a decade. “That’s on the eastern end of the trail, home to c it y,” s a i d Ve r it a part of what makes the Parkland Walk a many families and immigrants. The com- e r n m e n t i s b e i n g munities have a wide variety of familiar squeezed and it’s gotMcHale, who lived next really interesting comparison.” issues, including, mostly notably, ten worse,” Mason to the park for several s a id , a d d i n g t h a t scarce street parking. years, but said some of Due to Parkland’s proximity to groups like Friends of her neighbors, who homes, the issue of privacy has Parkland Walk have have been in the comalways been present, Lubinksy tried to fill in the gap munity for decades, said. Many homes along Parkland with volunteers to help opposed the construcWalk, especially in Highgate, are cover maintenance so tion of Parkland Walk closer to the trail than homes in government can focus in the 1970s. Woodhaven and Rego Park would o n s a f e t y a n d Graffiti is an issue on Parkland Walk, but is “They still are not infrastructure. be to the QueensWay. f u l ly c o m fo r t a ble mostly tolerated by residents. Mason noted that Chris Mason, secretary of the PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER with it,” she said. Friends of the Parkland Walk, is other parks in London “But they haven’t said one of the residents whose back- have received the limited amount of funds anything bad about it.” yard is up against the trail. He said given to maintenance, which really focuses Janet Worth said her parents lived along there isn’t much concern from resi- on cleaning and infrastructure, and the bor- the line in Crouch End when the proposal to dents as far as privacy or security oughs have a mandate under British law to turn it into a park was being debated in the goes and that some residents have keep the park environmentally safe. Howev- 1970s. They were opposed to it. even built their own routes onto the er, since Parkland Walk is designated as a “Mom and dad fought it, they thought it nature preserve, the plant life along it is was a terrible idea,” Worth, whose parents path — illegally. One problem Parkland has is allowed to grow naturally and that keeps have since passed, said. “They never really residents who enroach onto the some maintenance costs down. grew to like it, but it has not brought all the On safety, Parkland Walk does have a problems they worried it would.” land and “steal” parts of the nature graffiti problem, but much of it is tolerated. preserve for their own gardens. She noted that in some cases, what works “If there is anything crude or vile, we with Parkland Walk, notably its prioritization Government involvement is also an issue. One main point of opposi- cover it up,” Mason explained. by the local governments, may not apply Police have also adopted a program called everywhere. tion to the QueensWay is that the city has not provided resources for “secure by design,” in which the actual “A park like this requires a lot of finanParkland Walk is about four miles from Central London in Queens parks and won’t for the design of a park is done in a way to discour- cial commitment,” she said. “In Britain, that age criminal activity. QueensWay either. neighborhoods similar to Central and South Queens. has never been a major problem. I’m not Q One such example is the construction of sure how it would go in America.” Mason noted that the Parkland MAP COURTESY GOOGLE MAPS Editor

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Two A train stops shut one way until August Closures due to Liberty Ave. ‘el’ overhaul

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T he 88th St reet-Boyd Avenue and 104th Street-Oxford Avenue subway stations along the A line will be closed to eastbound service until mid-August for reconstruction work, the MTA said last week. The two stations along the Liberty Avenue elevated subway line are being overhauled with new lighting, better platforms, enhanced safety features, and upgraded communications, which the agency says will create significantly better conditions

for customers. The stations closed Monday and will remain shut to trains heading for Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway through Aug. 18. Manhattan-bound service at both stations will be unaffected. Following the completion of this phase of the project, the MTA says work will move over to the Manhattan-bound platforms at these two stations, tentatively scheduled to begin in September 2014. The $39 million project, which was first

proposed in early 2012, calls for improvements at the five stations on the Liberty Avenue elevated line: 80 Street-Hudson Street, 88 Street-Boyd Avenue, Rockaway Boulevard, 104 Street-Oxford Avenue and 111 Street-Greenwood Avenue. There will also be new lighting in the mezzanines, and new ar t work at the stations. The MTA also plans on installing an elevator at the Lefferts Boulevard station. The construction contracts were awarded

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Some residents say their homes flood even when Spring Creek facility works by Domenick Rafter Editor

For Lindenwood residents, there was no doubt that the April 30 flood, which struck the neighborhood during a heavy rainstorm, was abnormal. But while the city asserts that flood was due to a failure of the sewer overflow facility in Spring Creek, some residents say there is still a problem and the city is ignoring it. James Noto spoke to the Queens Chronicle about flooding problems at his home on 153rd Avenue three weeks before the flood. His home has repeatedly been a victim of water, though never as bad as what happened late last month. On the night of April 30, Noto was walking off a plane with his family from Florida. When he arrived home in Lindenwood, he drove up to a nightmare. “There was water up to my shins in the street,” he said, adding that he had to carry each of three young children one at a time to the house through the water, as well as their luggage. “The children were petrified.” At least four feet of water f looded his basement, ruining family photos — some dating back decades — computers, entertainment equipment and other personal items. The water entered the basement with such force that a refrigerator was tossed around like a plastic toy.

Decades of family photos dry out after being damaged by the April 30 flood in James Noto’s basement in Lindenwood. While the city blamed the flood on a failure at the Spring Creek sewer overflow facility and not lack of infrastructure, Noto and several of his neighbors stand by their PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER assertion inadequate sewers are the problem. While that flood was devastating, Noto said his house gets water even during lighter rainstorms. “I don’t know if it’s because I’m on the corner or what, but I’m not the only house this happens to,” he said. The basement in the house across the street from Noto took on a small amount of

water in at least two storms — a heavy rain in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy. Noto’s home also saw some water in those events, though nothing like this past April 30. Adrienne Lasaponara’s home f looded during Hurricane Irene and was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. She has had water in her home several other times, including on

March 30 — one month before the flood. She called 911, but she was told it wasn’t an emergency. Her home was also struck hard by the April 30 storm. Lasaponara, a lifelong resident of Lindenwood, said last month the flooding has gotten worse in the past decade or so and the increase in flooding coincided with the development of new apar tments along Spring Creek, built during the 1980s and 1990s. A city Department of Environmental Department spokesman said last week that the sewer system in the neighborhood was adequate and DEP Commissioner Emily Lloyd echoed those comments at Community Board 10 on May 1. But Noto said the city is wrong, that there are problems with the sewer system and they to look more deeply at the problem before it gets out of control and sends the neighborhood into a decline. He added that according to a letter sent to him by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), the DEP did some work on catch basins on 80th Street, but not near his house, which he said are often filled with water long after it rains. “I want to stay here, raise my kids here, I don’t want to leave,” Noto said. “Some people want to leave. We can’t live with his threat hanging over our heads every day.” Q

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Library board backs Two of three groups denial of documents didn’t endorse Weprin Will not comply with comptroller’s Assemblyman’s boast on S. Asians demand, infuriating elected officials a bit premature, unclear, they say by Peter C. Mastrosimone

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Continuing to defy the city comptroller and insisting on adhering to an agreement reached with one of his predecessors in 1997, the Queens Library again decided last Thursday to withhold documents that are being sought for an audit. The library administration has refused the requests of Comptroller Scott Stringer to provide all financial records for the audit, which was prompted earlier this year by revelations about library spending and operations, brought to light primarily by the Daily News. On May 8 the Library Board of Trustees voted to continue refusing Stringer, passing a resolution that said it would only provide those documents it agreed to make public in a 1997 accord with then-Comptroller Alan Hevesi. Another resolution, which would have forced the administration to provide all the documents Stringer wants, was voted down. The resolution that passed was offered by Trustee Mary Ann Mattone, and the one that failed was brought forward by Trustee Judy Bergtraum. Library spokeswoman Joanne King confirmed the votes but could not say what the tally on either was, saying the institution does not release those. The library, though it provides a municipal service, is a private, stateauthorized entity under contract with the city. The comptroller has taken the library to state Supreme Court to negate the agreement with Hevesi and force it to provide all documents. The board’s insistence on maintaining the library’s position prompted scathing criticism from Stringer, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside). “What happened last night at the Queens Borough Public Library was a disgrace,” Stringer said in a prepared statement issued Friday. “It is a shame that the members of the Queens Librar y board who voted against their own colleagues’ resolution have continued to embrace library management’s anti-transparency policies.” “By failing to pass [the Bergtraum] resolution, this board has put itself firmly on the wrong side of any resident of Queens who wishes to see their library run properly,” Katz said. “This institution continues to move f u r ther and f u r ther away f rom accountability at the exact moment it should be embracing transparency.” Van Bramer, interviewed Tuesday, said he is “incredibly disturbed” that the board voted against complying with the comptroller’s request. He said he was told the vote against Bergtraum’s resolution was 9-7 and that he

St at e A sse mbly m a n Dav id We pr i n (D-Fresh Meadows), facing a potential challenger of South Asian descent, last week touted the endorsements of three organizations representing residents who trace their lineage to or have immigrated from that part of the world. But it turns out two of the three endorsements, announced in a late March press release from Weprin’s spokesman, were not real. The Bangladesh American Public Affairs Front apparently has endorsed Weprin in his run for re-election, and not his possible opponent in the Democratic primary, Ali Najmi, an attorney from Glen Oaks. So too has a women’s group cited in the release. But two other organizations touted in the st atement say they d id not ma ke a n endorsement. One, the Alliance of South Asian American Labor, said in a Twitter post that it has not yet made an endorsement in the race but will do so after considering the candidates. It posted the tweet in response to a Queens Chronicle story last week about Najmi’s candidacy, in which Weprin touted his backing among the South Asian community. The press release quotes Mazeeda Uddin, a leader of ASAAL, as saying that Weprin’s reelection would bring success to many people, as he will fight for women’s rights and human’s rights. Uddin’s statement concludes, “He is our future.” The group could not be reached for comment for this story. Weprin’s spokesman, Eugene Noh, said he does not understand why the group would disavow what he termed “a resounding endorsement” from Uddin. “I don’t know what the story is there,” Noh said. The other endorsement-that-wasn’t allegedly came from the Sikh Cultural Society. The

City Comptroller Scott Stringer isn’t begging the library to release all its financial records, he’s demanding it do so in court. But the Board of Trustees backed the library’s stance last week, via a resolution offered by member Mary Ann Mattone, below. PHOTOS BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE thinks the one approving Mattone’s was the same. “Any attempt to avoid transparency by hiding behind old ag reements just makes it seem like there’s something to h i d e ,” s a i d Va n Bramer, who chairs the Council’s main library oversight committee, is the majority leader, and worked for the library before winning elective office. He added that the only way for the library to get out of the crisis it faces is transparency. “They’ve lost the faith and confidence of a lot of elected officials and people who care a great deal about the library system and are usually the biggest supporters of the library system,” he said. King provided a prepared statement asser ting that the librar y “believes in accountability and transparency” and pointing out that it has released all the documents it is required to under the 1997 agreement, as well as its Worker’s Compensation Fund. She added in an inter view that the library has provided all documents related to spending of public funds, just not those dealing with private monies. The library gets about 80 percent of its funding from the city, with the rest coming from the state and federal gover n ments and pr ivate continued on page 26 donations.

State Assemblyman David Weprin, left, may face a challenge from attorney Ali Najmi. Who has more support among voters of South FILE PHOTOS Asian descent is an issue. group’s president, Gurdev Singh Kang, was quoted in the Weprin press release as saying he is “very happy to support” Weprin’s reelection, because the assemblyman cares about the needs of the community, including minorities and is hardworking and honest. “You are like a brother to our Sikh community,” Kang said in the announcement. “We give you our vote and support.” Reached after last week’s story ran, Kang said that the Sikh Cultural Society cannot make endorsements because it is a religious organization. Kang said he personally backs Weprin, but did not intend for his endorsement to be mistaken for that of the group. Like all legislative districts, the one Weprin represents, the 24th, was redrawn following the 2010 Census, to lines that took effect for the 2012 election. Running from Glen Oaks down to Briarwood and Richmond Hill, it now has a substantially larger share of residents of South Asian descent than it did before. Some members of the South Asian community gathered in Jamaica earlier this week to claim they are not being represented in the district, or in the Queens Democratic Party as a whole. Q Najmi declined to comment.

Another NYC Olympics bid Acting in his capacity as a private citizen, a former top city official is petitioning Gov. Cuomo to consider backing another bid by the city to host the Olympics, this time the 2024 games, the Financial Times reported on its website Wednesday. The plan, proposed by Daniel Doctoroff, who is chief executive of the Bloomberg LP media group and was a deputy mayor under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, is “focused on” Queens, according to the Financial Times report. The article had no details on the plan, and the Queens Chronicle could not dis-

cover any elsewhere by press time. But the piece said Doctoroff’s plan would “move the city’s only convention center to Queens” and that he hopes to “transform 167 acres of rail yards” — the size of the railroad complex in Sunnyside. The project would also include building “tens of thousands” of units of housing, the Financial Times said. A key goal of the plan is economic development. The article said Cuomo is assessing the idea but that a bid for the 2024 Olympics is not something the office of Mayor de Q Blasio is considering.

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continued from page 5 the intersection and pressured her to put a crosswalk and stop sign there. Addabbo took part in a rally last June calling for a crosswalk at the intersection. Last fall, a temporary sign was placed at the intersection warning drivers to slow down, but that has since been removed. Josephson said she wants something permanent there, preferably a traffic light. “We really hope the city does something there before it’s too late,” she said. “Just a few weeks ago, we had a lady with a carriage crossing who nearly got hit. She even tripped and almost fell.” A s s e mbly m a n Ph i l G old fe d e r (D-Rockaway Park), who has also been pressuring the city to place a crosswalk with a stop sign or traffic light at the site, said the DOT’s work with the students was progress and showed that they were paying attention to the problem. “School officials, parents and community leaders have been fighting for safer streets outside of PS 232 for years and we are finally seeing results,” he said in a statement. “I applaud the Department of Transportation for stepping up to protect our children. Placing more signage is a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done. I will continue to work with the DOT, Principal Josephson, and the parents of P.S. 232 until a more permanent Q solution is made.”

Huntley set for release Former state Senator serving federal wire fraud sentence by Michael Gannon Editor

With one Queens politician being arrested last week and two more set to go on trial in federal court in June, one also is set to be freed from federal custody this month. The New York Post reported this week that former state Sen. Shirley Huntley will be released from a halfway house at the end of May, 10 months into a 366-day prison sentence for corruption. Huntley, 75, represented Jamaica before losing a 2012 primary to now-state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park). She pleaded guilty in February of last year to a charge of wire fraud in connection with the embezzlement of nearly $88,000 from Parents Information Network, a phony nonprofit organization and was sentenced in May. In April of last year Huntley received a term of five years’ probation on state charges of filing false paperwork related to a scheme to steal state grant money from Parents Workshop. That also was a bogus nonprofit, founded in 2006 and operated by Lynn Smith, Huntley’s niece, and Patricia Savage, a former aide to the senator.

Smith and Savage both pleaded guilty to reduced charges in February 2013. So did David Gantt, a consultant. Huntley made further news before going to prison last year when it was revealed that she allowed the FBI to record conversations she had in her home with nine people between June and August of 2012. The list included state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis), who goes on trial for federal corruption charges with former Republican Councilman Dan Halloran on June 2. Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) and state Sen. John Sampson (D-Brooklyn) also were recorded at the Huntley home. Wills was arrested last week for allegedly stealing a portion of a state grant to NY 4 Life, a nonprofit he once supervised; and for misappropriating $11,500 in matching city campaign funds. The state grant for NY 4 Life was secured by Huntley while Wills served as her chief of staff. Sampson was arrested last year on a nine-count federal indictment. Huntley agreed to help the FBI in 2012 after agents confronted her with conversations they had recorded on her tapped cell phone. Law enforcement sources told the

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Assembly ma n Ph il Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) is requesting that Con Edison allow access to a vacant property adjacent to MS 137 in Ozone Park, for add it ional pa rk i ng a nd school activities. Goldfeder drafted a letter to Con Ed CEO John McAvoy on Monday asking for permission for the school to have access to the empty parcel of land located on 98th Street between 109th Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, which is owned by the utility. Goldfeder said the space has not been utilized by the company for several years. The lot is next door to the school. In his letter, Goldfeder stated that allowing access to the lot for the middle school would add additional parking, which is often difficult for teachers and parents coming to the school to find on the residential streets nearby. It would also give students another place for outdoor activities, he said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Allowing access to the vacant lot for parking will help encourage parents to be more involved in student activities with their children,â&#x20AC;? Goldfeder said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every organization has a responsibility to the communities they are located in and a small gesture from Con Ed will go a long way in easing parking congestion for residents of Ozone Park and parents visiting the school.â&#x20AC;? A Con Ed spokesman said the utility had not yet received the letter as of Tuesday but will address the issue once it reviews it and will reach out to Goldfeder personally on the matter. MS 137, also called Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Heroes, serves around 1,900 students in grades three through eight. It is one of the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newer schools, opening at 109-15 98 St. in 2002. The school building is nestled between the Aqueduct section of Ozone Park and the A train viaduct just south of Rockaway Boulevard. School officials did not offer comQ ment on Goldfederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter.

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rough winter. The event will take place on June 6 at Woodhaven Manor, 96-01 Jamaica Ave. As in all previous years, we honor our great elected officials, storeowners, business ow ners, and cont r ibutors to ou r community. Our 2014 Honorees include Rep. Nydia Velazquez, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woman of the Year 2014, in recognition and sincere appreciation for her concerned efforts in supporting with your friendship and leadership, as our congresswoman on behalf of our Woodhavenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small business and store owners. Mathew Xenakis President of the WBID will be honored as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man of the Year 2014,â&#x20AC;? This being in recognition and sincere appreciation of his concerned effort, support and friendship to the GWDC. Deputy Inspector Henry Sautner, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, will receive the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Award of Distinction 2014â&#x20AC;? in recognition of his dedication and commitment to our community. His continued support of our GWDC organization and activities has contributed to making Woodhaven, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Haven in the City.â&#x20AC;? George Smith will be given the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honorary Woodhavenite Award 2014â&#x20AC;? in recognition and sincere appreciation for his many years as our dedicated businessman in assisting our GWDC sponsorship and presentation of our annual street festival through the past 22 years. He has demonstrated his dedication and commitment to our community. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Mike Miller will be given Awards of Appreciationâ&#x20AC;? in sincere appreciation of their concerned effort, support and friendship to the GWDC as our state representatives and dedication to Jamaica Avenue and to Woodhaven. Tickets for the dinner dance are $65 per p e r s o n . C a l l ( 718 ) 8 0 5 - 0 2 0 2 f o r reservations. Now make sure we continue to fly our American Flags, especially for Memorial Day above all others and also wear your lapel pins. May God bless our Armed Forces, our disabled veterans and may God bless Q America.

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Eugene Donohue Jr. is the captain of the football team at John Adams High School, Ozone Park, and does community service as vice president of the school’s key club. This powerfully built young man is a middle linebacker and a tight end who had two touchdowns on offense, but is really defined by his 63 tackles on defensive. He has been chosen as an all-borough linebacker. He has been playing football since he was 7 years old, as his father was a running back at nearby Beach Channel High School, so one could say the game is in the genes. He was also on the JV basketball and varsity track teams. Eugene credits his father, mother, Leo (the owner of the Flex Gym down the street from John Adams) with helping him, as well as school coaches Larry Jones and Steve Pineda. The coaches not only helped him to understand the game better, the awareness of how the game is played, and of the colleges available to him. Then there are his friends and his girlfriend who believe and drive him to succeed. He gives back to his community through his volunteer work with the key club. Some of their activities have been collecting Pennies for Cancer, the Cookies for Cancer Drive, collecting money for UNICEF and he donated his own money to victims of Hurricane Sandy because some of his classmates suffered from this disaster. He even helped the father of a friend to demolish his storm-ravaged house. Academically, he has an 88 grade point average, is in the National Honor Society and is thinking of a career in astronomy, oceanology or meteorology. The University of Wisconsin is pursuing him and he is considering attending LIU-Post and Marietta College. Football Coach Jerry Weitzen says that Donahue is “the heart and soul of our team. Eugene has been a leader and an example of what hard work can accomplish. I am looking forward to the upcoming season being a success which Eugene, our shining light, will have made possible.” A philosophical saying Donahue likes is, “Some of the best things in life come through challenges.”

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, was prompted by revelations about and criticism of library financial practices under its president and CEO, Tom Galante. Among the criticisms are that Galante’s salary and benefits, which total just under $450,000, are excessive; that he may not be giving the library his full attention when he is working a side job for a Long Island school district that pays him another six figures each year; that renovations to the Central Library in Jamaica included unnecessary luxuries for his office; and that his ties to a contractor who has gotten a number of construction jobs from the library make it appear as if there is a potential conflict of interest. The revelations prompted Katz and Van Bramer to call for Galante to take a leave of absence until all the investigations are concluded, but he hung onto his position when the Library Board voted 9-9 on the question, maintaining the status quo. One Queens official, state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), says he should step down altogether. Others have not issued public statements. The library has responded to the crisis by saying Galante does an excellent job and that his pay is in line with that of other CEOs of nonprofit organizations of similar size and scope. Galante says he’s a workaholic who manages to do both his jobs well, and that he never does work for the Long Island school district, Elmont, on library time or using Q library resources.

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Willets plans show a lot of parking lots Schematics obtained by the Chronicle were reportedly not shared with CB 7 by Tess McRae Associate Editor

The Willets Point project, undertaken by the Queens Development Group, has been controversial from the very beginning. Residents, elected officials, urban planning experts and others went back and forth on what the best thing for the underdeveloped area would be. Even the plan approved by the City Council in November 2013 was hardly embraced by everyone — and remains the target of legal action seeking to block it. But the QDG assured the community that it would maintain transparency as best it could throughout the project. A contract between Community Board 7 and the developers was drawn up which required, among other things, the QDG to meet quarterly with CB 7 to update board members on the project. Though the two parties have been meeting, it appears that some information may have been withheld during the most recent meeting two weeks ago. Plans obtained by the Chronicle, dated Dec. 6, 2013, show that schematics for phase one of the Willets Point redevelopment project were submitted to the Economic Development Corp. before the last update meeting. Adding up to almost 100 pages, the plans show floor-by-floor layouts of the planned

A schematic of phase one of the Willets Point redevelopment project. The mall and entertainment center are to the left of Citi Field, while the hotel and commercial buildings to be located MAP COURTESY NYC EDC to the right of the stadium. hotel, entertainment center, shopping mall, parking garages and outdoor lots. “As far as I know, we didn’t receive the schematics,” CB 7 District Manager Marilyn Bitterman said. “If we had, we would have discussed it at the meeting.” The district manager said a representative

of the QDG — a partnership between Sterling Equities and the Related Companies — contacted her office earlier this week but did not say any new paperwork or plans had been filed or approved by EDC. Bitterman added that the schematics fall under the information the QDG is required

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to share with the board. QDG could not be reached for comment but EDC, which is not contractually obligated to meet with the board quarterly, could not confirm if the plans have in fact been approved and finalized by EDC. The mall, hotel, entertainment center and smaller commercial buildings are nothing new. The QDG shared their ideas for the area more than a year ago, though the specifics had not been known by everyone. The plans show the mall will take up much of Willets West while the hotel — which will be 13 floors, including a rooftop bar — and smaller commercial buildings intended for restaurants, sit east of CitiField. But what may be most surprising is the vast amount of parking in the plans. According to the schematics, around 6,000 spots in garages and outdoor parking will be created, taking up a hefty share of the 23 acres the city intends to turn over. Only 10 percent of that land has been obtained so far. Almost all the land east of Citi Field will be a large outdoor lot, with two more parking lots sitting to the north. There is no sign of where the intended residential buildings and school would be placed as they are slated to be built around Q 2025 during phase two of the project.

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New rules on tobacco sales take effect by Peter C. Mastrosimone

there are some smoking-related products that may still be sold to those 18 or over. Those include herbal cigarettes, pipes, shisha that does not contain tobacco, rolling papers and other smoking paraphernalia. The law raising the age for cigarette sales — not for smoking itself, which those 18 to 20 may still legally do — was signed by Bloomberg last November. Anti-smoking activists in Queens and elsewhere hailed it as another good step to reduce the scourge of tobacco use. “I think that it is very important for the minimum age to be raised to 21,” advocate Phil Konigsberg of Bay Terrace said as the bill was working its way through the legislative process. “It is very important that we stop the tobacco industry from getting what we call a ‘replacement smoker.’” Many advocates at the time had hoped the bill would also require retailers to keep tobacco products out of sight, in another effort to keep young people from starting to smoke, but that part of the measure was dropped. Earlier this year, other anti-smoking measures took effect, including one that made it illegal to sell cigars that come in packages individually, and to sell individually wrapped cigars for less than $3. Such cigars are a favorite among some marijuana smokers who empty out the tobacco and replace it Q with the weed.

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As part of the city’s ongoing drive to improve the health of residents and save money spent on care, the new law restricting the sale of cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to people at least 21 years old will go into effect Sunday. The minimum age to buy cigarettes has been 18 for decades, but among the last bills signed by former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who made smoking restrictions a hallmark of his administration, was the one raising the age to 21. According to the city, 80 percent of smokers here start before they turn 21. “By increasing the minimum legal sales age, more New Yorkers will reach adulthood without experimenting with or becoming addicted to nicotene,” officials said in a statement. A letter from the health commissioner, Mary Bassett, and the first deputy commissioner of consumer affairs, Alba Pico, recently went out to retailers to make sure they know of the change, as well as others that took effect in March. “If you do not comply, your business may be subject to fines, the loss of your license to sell cigarettes and store sealings,” the letter warns in bold type. A failure to post city-issued signs noting the age requirement and what products it

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Three serious medical conditions associated with hearing loss Think you might have hearing loss? It turns out procrastinating about that hearing test appointment may put more than just your hearing at risk. Primary care doctors now know hearing loss may be a symptom of another, more serious medical condition. Over the past decade, studies have linked hearing loss to three concerning co-morbidities:

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Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Poor cardiovascular health causes inadequate blood flow throughout the body. “One of the first signs of a problem is blood vessel trauma to your inner ear resulting in damage to fragile hearing nerves,” says Dr. Patricia Ramirez, an audiologist and trainer at Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. “The outcome is hearing loss, particularly in the lower frequencies.” A recent study showed a “significant association” between low-frequency hearing loss and the dangerous effects of cardiovascular disease, including strokes, coronary artery disease and heart attacks. Because of this, you should immediately report it to your primary care doctor if you have a hearing test that indicates hearing loss — especially in the low frequencies. He or she may recommend a complete cardiovascular workup.

Dementia Despite the results of multiple studies linking hearing loss to the onset of dementia, many people are unaware that untreated hearing loss poses a threat to cognitive health. But studies have shown the more profound the hearing loss, the greater the possibility of cognitive decline.

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People with diabetes are two times more likely to suffer hearing loss than those without the condition. Diabetes actually encompasses a group of diseases associated with high blood glucose levels caused by an inability to produce or use insulin properly. Nearly 26 million Americans have a form of diabetes. Research measuring the ability to hear at the low, mid and high frequencies in both ears found a link between diabetes and hearing loss at all frequencies, with a somewhat stronger association in the high-frequency range, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. It appears the damage is more common in patients with Type 2 diabetes, which represents approximately 95 percent of cases in the U.S. Another significant study tested 5,000-plus individuals and found more than 30 percent of those diagnosed with diabetes also experienced hearing loss, according to the NIDCD.

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year the Republicans retook the majority in the House. He said that under Clinton, such public investments resulted in the creation of 20 million jobs, while under Bush, 650,000 jobs were lost. “We have to invest, make significant cuts and figure out ways to close tax loopholes for the oil and gas industry; those aren’t necessary,” Jeffries said, without saying where spending reductions could be made. But while the congressman blasted the GOP on the budget, he said he has found areas of bipartisanship, and that he has been pleasantly surprised by how much a member of the minority party can do in the House, compared to the situation he witnessed in the state Assembly, where he previously served and Democrats rule the roost. It was a point later reiterated, without prompting, by Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), in an interview with the Chronicle editorial board. Meng is also a freshman who previously served in the Assembly. Jeffries said he and many Republicans alike see the need to reform the criminal justice system. He serves on a bipartisan task force he said is trying to address “the overcriminalization of America,” especially regarding “the failed war on drugs.” And, he added, members of both parties agree on the need to reform the National Security Agency, which has come under fire for its vast data collection programs, both foreign and domestic. “In my humble opinion, the NSA is out of control,” Jeffries said, “and I’ll say that with the knowledge that the Q NSA is probably listening right now.”

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Cops nab three teens wanted for robbery Police: Victim was mugged at knifepoint by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

A week after cops arrested an alleged k n i fe -w ield i ng p e r p et r at or i n Sout h Richmond Hill, officers from the 106th Precinct nabbed a trio of teenagers for a n a l lege d robb e r y at k n i fe p oi nt i n Ozone Park. According to police, at 5 p.m. on May 7, a 19-year old man was standing in front of John Adams High School, when he was approached by the three teens. One of the suspects allegedly walked up to the victim, punched him in the face and demanded that he give up his cell phone. According to an NYPD spokesperson, when the victim refused, the per petrator allegedly pulled a knife from his belt and again demanded the victim’s cell phone, wallet and neck chain. The other two suspects, who had been acting as lookouts, allegedly surrounded the victim. The NYPD said the victim produced his cell phone and wallet and one of the suspects snatched the chain from around his neck. Officers responded to the 911 call and as a result of their investigation and canvass of the surrounding area, all three of

The knife police say was used in last week’s PHOTO COURTESY NYPD robbery. the alleged perpetrators were apprehended and arrested and the victim’s property was recovered. T he N Y PD spokesper son said t he alleged perpetrators, whose names police did not release, were all charged with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property. Q

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New FDNY commish a Whitestone guy Daniel Nigro, a 32-year veteran, back to serve the dept. he loves by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Mayor de Blasio didn’t go far in his search to find a new Fire Department commissioner, choosing Daniel Nigro, a 32-year FDNY veteran from Whitestone who can’t wait to get on the job. Nigro, 65, who retired from New York’s Bravest in 2002 as chief of department, the highest ranking uniformed fire official in the city, is a survivor of the 9/11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. “Every day, New York City’s bravest rush toward danger to protect our children, parents and neighbors, and the FDNY’s heroic men and women deserve a leader who shares their unwavering commitment to this noble profession,” said the mayor in announcing his selection last week at the FDNY’s Fire Academy at Randall’s Island. “In the after math of 9/11, Daniel led the FDNY through some of its darkest days with an unrelenting determination to rescue and protect our fellow New Yorkers ... and I know Daniel has what it takes to lead the FDNY forward,” he added. Nigro responded that the mayor has outlined a strong vision for the FDNY, “one that provides for all our residents equally and reflects our city’s diverse communities, and I look forward to making this vision a reality.” Ensuring safety, increasing diversity and maintaining swift response times are the mayor’s stated goals for the department, and in an interview with the Chronicle on Monday, Nigro reiterated their importance. “We must serve the people, respond quickly and ensure fairness to everyone,” he said. “We will have an open-door policy and we have already started to move

Daniel Nigro, the new FDNY commissioner, outside his Whitestone home with his Fire Department helmet. PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN forward to recruit more minorities.” The new commissioner has even promised to look at ways of adding more women to the FDNY. He noted that carrying heavy loads has been an obstacle to females in

the past, “but we have to look at how they do it in the military and in other cities,” Nigro said. “We have to be open to ideas.” Speaking from his home in Whitestone, where he has lived with his wife, Lynn, for more than 40 years, the new commissioner said he can’t wait to start on his new job: “When the opportunity arose, who could say no to the Fire Department?” Nigro said he couldn’t do it without the support of his wife, who knows he won’t be around as much now that he’s to head the FDNY. “My wife realizes it’s my passion and she is supportive,” he added. A native of Bayside, Nigro attended Bayside High School and Baruch College. He and his wife have two daughters, three grandchildren and another on the way. They often babysit. Prior to 9/11, Nigro served as chief of operations for two years. He is credited with successfully merging the city’s Emergency Medical Services into the FDNY in 1996. On 9/11, Nigro was trapped with his nephew, also a firefighter, when the first tower went down. His wife reported shortly afterward that they were stuck in a doorway and Nigro kissed his nephew good-bye, because he thought they would die. But the two were eventually able to escape and continued their efforts to save lives. He became chief of department six days later, succeeding his close friend Peter Ganci, who died at the WTC. Nigro retired a year later following a dispute over tenure. After retiring, he became a consultant and served on Q several nonprofit boards.

Early release for McLaughlin Disgraced assemblyman may be out in 3 months by Liz Rhoades

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Cor r upt Flushing politician Brian McLaughlin may get out of prison in three months after a federal judge last week reduced his prison sentence to six years, from the original 10-year term. McLaug h li n, who had ser ved as assemblyman for the 25th District from 1993 to 2006, pleaded guilty to racketeering and other charges, admitting he took more than $2 million from several sources, including a Little League baseball program, his own political campaign funds and the New York City Central Labor Council, where he had served as president for 10 years. He acknowledged using the money to finance a lavish lifestyle with a second home on Long Island, a boat, membership at a country club and a number of mistresses. McLaughlin, 61, is now serving his sentence at a low-security prison in Otisville, in upstate New York. But last week Federal District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan announced he was rewarding the former politician for cooperating with the government. According to court papers, prosecu-

Brian McLaughlin on a Queens Chronicle FILE PHOTO cover after he was charged. tors said that McLaughlin’s help — by wearing wires and taping conversations — assisted the government in putting away state Sen. Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio of Ozone Park and David Rosen, CEO of the MediSys Health Network, which

operates Flushing and Jamaica hospitals. Sullivan also credited McLaughlin with working as a counselor in prison for drug addicts and alcoholics. The disgraced politician has served almost five years of his sentence and it is expected he will get further time off for good behavior. It has not been determined yet whether McLaughlin will have to go to a halfway house after being let out He will be on supervised release and under the scrutiny of probation for three years after his prison time is over. Probation will also be monitoring his employment situation as part of the supervised release. K nowing he faced a racketeering charge, McLaughlin agreed to wear the wire and record talks with Seminerio in 2007, when it was learned that Seminerio was taking consultant’s fees from hospitals. The recordings showed that Seminerio had received nearly $1 million from various clients, including Rosen. Kruger is serving a seven-year sentence, while Rosen was convicted of bribing Kruger and others and was sentenced to three years. Seminerio got a six-year sentence and died in prison in Q 2011.

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From masterpieces to modern Pop style, something to satisfy all tastes by Liz Rhoades

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ne focus of the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows was art. Fairgoers could see paintings by Goya and Michelangelo’s famous “Pieta.” But a few of the artworks specifically designed for the fair were controversial, and some of them remain there today. Five sculptors were commissioned to create works that would stay in the park after the fair ended. They were Theodore Roszak, Paul Manship, Marshall Fredericks, Jose de Rivera and Donald De Lue. Roszak designed “Forms in Transit,” a 43-foot-long aluminum and steel sculpture that looks like a plane and is also meant to show the concept of motion and change. It reflects one of the fair’s themes, space exploration, and is located near the New York Hall of Science. There has been some deterioration over the years and portions of a damaged wing were removed in 1970. Fredericks designed “Freedom of the Human Spirit,” a large bronze statue showing male and female figures with wild swans heading skyward. It, too, evokes space exploration. The artist gave his interpretation of the piece: “I tried to design the work so that it was as free of the earth, as free in space as possible ... The thought that we can free ourselves from earth, from the material forces which try to restrain and hamper us, is a happy, encouraging and inspiring one, and I sincerely hope that my work will convey this message.” It is located between the Unisphere and the Billie Jean King Tennis facility. The Parks Department hopes to get funding to restore its finish. De Rivera’s abstract and kinetic sculpture, “Free Form,” consists of a curvilinear tapered band of stainless steel on a steel pin atop a black granite pedestal. Inside is a motor which causes the sculpture to slowly revolve. It was restored in the 1990s and is located between the Queens Museum and the USTA. Perhaps the most controversial sculpture, “The Rocket Thrower,” was designed by De Lue and almost didn’t arrive in time for the fair’s opening 50 years ago. It, too, reflects space exploration. The 43-foot-tall bronze features a muscular man hurling a rocket into the sky with his right hand and reaching for a constellation of

The New York State Pavilion’s Theaterama was decorated with artwork by contemporary artists. Andy Warhol’s “Thirteen Most Wanted Men” was removed before the 1964 World’s Fair opened. Shown before the fair opened is Robert Rauschenberg’s “Skyway,” left, Alexander Liberman’s PHOTO BY LIZ RHOADES “Prometheus” and Robert Mallary’s “The Cliffhanger.”

gilded stars with his left. De Lue was a late entry to the fair corporation, which sanctioned it, and his work was later cast in Italy, arriving just in time for the fair’s opening. But critics were less than enthusiastic about it. New York Times art reviewer John Canaday said the piece was “the most lamentable monster, making Walt Disney look like Leonardo Da Vinci.” World’s Fair President Robert Moses did not agree and told De Lue: “This is the greatest compliment you could have ... Canaday hates everything that is good.” The statue was restored last summer and is located north of the Unisphere. Manship’s artwork did not fare as well as that of the other four commissioned sculptors. His contribution was the Armillary Sphere that stood in a reflecting pool adjacent to the Unisphere and the New York City Building, now the Queens Museum. The bronze work, with some gilding, was a classically styled sphere adorned with the signs of the zodiac. According to Jonathan Kuhn, director of art and antiquities at the Parks Department, several pieces were vandalized and stolen in the late 1960s and early 1970s and secondary castings were made of the signs of the zodiac. O n Sept. 25, 1980 the remainder of the entire piece was cut up and stolen. Two of the original signs of the zodiac, “Aries the Ram” and “Taurus the Bull,” were recovered in 1990 from private collectors and Kuhn plans to include them in a summer exhibition, “Forms in Transit” was designed to convey motion in space. “Tomorrow’s World: The New PHOTO COURTESY NYC PARKS York World’s Fairs and Flushing

Meadows Corona Park,” opening at the Arsenal Gallery in Manhattan on June 25. Despite the loss of Manship’s sculpture, Kuhn said there are only a handful of city parks with as many monuments as Flushing Meadows. “They relate to the fair and we take them seriously,” he said. An unexpected priceless artifact that was given to the fair is the Whispering Column of Jerash. It was donated by King Hussein of Jordan, who visited the fair right after it opened. The 25-foot-high stone pillar stood next to the Pavilion of Jordan and features a modified Corinthian capital that was erected in AD 120 by Romans in the ancient Jordanian city of Jerash and was part of the Temple of Artemis. It is located west of “The Rocket Thrower” and is the second-oldest antiquity at a city park. The other is an Egyptian obelisk in Central Park. One of Moses’ greatest artistic achievements was securing the “Pieta” from the Vatican. He personally persuaded Pope John XXIII to allow the display of the masterpiece, which had never been removed since it was installed in 1499. A replica can now be seen in the Queens Museum. Moses was also able to persuade the government of Spain to send works of Goya, Velazquez, El Greco, Picasso and Miro that helped make Spain’s pavilion a standout. The New York State Pavilion — which is getting a lot of attention lately over the drive to save it rather than let it continue to decay — featured a hot-bed of contemporary artists in 1964. Commissions went to such Pop artists as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Wa rhol, Rober t I nd ia na a nd Rober t Rauschenberg.

Their works were hung on the outside of the Theaterama, now the Queens Theatre. By far the most controversial was Warhol’s “Thirteen Most Wanted Men.” It showed screened mug shots of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives. New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller heard about the display and had it removed before the fair opened, believing it would not be good for votes since many of the men were Italian. Warhol later made a small set of the shots and nine of them are now on display at the Queens Museum. Lichtenstein depicted a comic-strip woman leaning out a window, while Indiana designed a blinking sign that read “EAT.” Rauschenberg created “Skyway,” a montage of American history in the 1960s featuring President Kennedy. There were also plaster creations, a chrome-plated steel hanging and a wood, clot h a nd pla st ic work t itled “ T he Cliffhanger.” There was something for every art lover at the fair — from Michelangelo’s masterpiece to contemporary sculptures and Pop art. And the size and scope of many of them Q made them hard to miss. This is the fifth in a series of stories commemorating the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows.

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he largest arts festival in Western Queens, the LIC Arts Open, is back in action and this time, a lack of No. 7 train service will not get in the five-day event’s way. After months of begging the MTA to suspend track work during the weekend of the festival, founder Richard Mazda saw his wish came true, making this year’s festival even more accessible than last year’s. “The reality is that the art-going public rarely comes to Queens except to see the international artists in the museums, which we’re certainly proud to have,” Mazda said. “But Queens itself is home to a community of talented artists from the emerging like Stef Duffy, to rising stars like Luba Lukova, to celebrities like Matthew Barney and Joel Shapiro. “Our goal with the festival is to raise the profile of our local artists, to ensure they have a platform, too.” There will be dozens of shows, events, exhibits and open studios from May 14 to 18 but here are some highlights that art lovers should not miss. For those looking to not only take in but also take home some art, 10Squared will host an auction for works that artists created specifically for the festival. Bidding begins on May 14 and ends at 9 p.m. on May 18. During the 8 p.m. closing party at Gotham Center, at the corner of Queens Plaza South and 28th Street, the works will be sold at a silent charity auction with proceeds going to help fund the Queens Council on the Arts “High School to Art School” program and the LIC Arts Open. Pieces that would normally sell for thousands of dollars will go for as little as $110. If bidding is not an interest you possess, the opening reception for Luba Lukova’s exhibit “Drama on Paper: Posters for the Stage” kicks off on May 14 at The Local, LIC, located at 13-2 44 Ave. continued on page 47

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May 17, 4 p.m. $55 pp, includes wine, cheese, fruit & snacks. Contact: (718) 474-0896, littoralsociety.org.

Artworks by Abdias Nascimento, works by the Brazilian artist, author, playwright and senator, Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum, 405 Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, through June 21. Free.

Periodontal disease seminar, Steinway Family Dental, 35-20 Steinway St., Astoria, Sun., May 18, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Diagnosing, understanding and treating periodontal disease. RSVP: (718) 728-3314.

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MUSIC “To Bird & Dizzy with Love,” Queens Jazz Orchestra, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Fri., May 16, 8 p.m., $40/$32 members; $20 students; package $120/$100 members (reserved table for 2, wine & snacks). Pre-show discussion with music director & conductor Jimmy Heath at 7:30 p.m. Info: flushingtownhall.org. Sufiana Live in Concert, fusion ensemble from all over the world who effectively blend Sufi tradition with Indian & western musical styles, PS/IS 266, 74-10 Commonwealth Blvd., Belllerose, Sat., May 17, 6:30-9 p.m. $25 pp. Info: (732) 331-5240. 3rd Annual Queens New Music Festival, Queens Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City, Fri.Sun., May 16-18. All-access festival passes, $50; one-day $30; single performance tickets $20. Info: queensmusicfestival.org. Annual Spring Concert, Oratorio Society of Queens, Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Sun., May 18, 4 p.m. $30, $25 students/seniors, $10 children 12-under (with an adult). Info: (718) 279-3006, QueensOratorio.org. Peter LaRosa performs Broadway, presented by Sisterhood of Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., Mon. May 19, 2:30 p.m. Call: (718) 352-7900. “Women Composers,” Carol Sudhalter’s Astoria Jazz Band, Sunnyside Reformed Church, 48-03 Skillman Ave., Sat. May 24, 7 p.m., donations accepted. Info: sudhalter.com.

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“Night Must Fall,” a thriller, Douglaston Community theater Company, Zion Church Parish Hall, 243-01 Northern Blvd., Fri.-Sat., May 16-17 at 8 p.m. $17 adults, $15 students/seniors. Call (718) 482-3332. Special benefit for Zion Church, Thurs., May 15; wine & hors d’oeuvres, 7 p.m.; show at 8 p.m. $25 pp. Info/ reservations: (718) 225-0466, zion11363@aol.com. Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Indie teams: Wed. & Thurs. 7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for the whole night. Info: secrettheatre.com.

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“To Bird & Dizzy with Love,” the Queens Jazz Orchestra’s homage to Charlie “Bird” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, comes to Flushing Town Hall on Friday, May 16. Ko-Ryo Dance Theater, a studio presentation, Fri.Sat., May 16-17, 8-10 p.m. $15. Contact: (718) 9563037, greenspacestudio.org/takeroot.html. Fertile Ground New Works Showcase, Sun., May 18, 7-9 p.m. New works showcase for emerging and established artists. $10. Contact: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org/tickets.html. “Mexico en Primavera,” Thalia Spanish Theatre, with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, thru May 18, Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 4 p.m. $35, $32 students & seniors, Fridays all tickets only $30. Info/tickets: (718) 7293880, thaliatheatre.org.

LECTURES Drinking History: A Pint of the Past, Beer & Home Brewing in 19th Century New York, King Manor Museum, 150-30 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Sun., June 29, 3 p.m. Free, reservations required. Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, programs@kingmanor.org, kingmanor.org/events.

CLASSES Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128. DJ classes, Mainline, 218-12 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, 1st & 2nd week of every month. Once a week, four sessions, classes in beat mixing and MC techniques. Call: (718) 479-4848. Regents review classes, Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Register for June classes in: integrated algebra, geometry, global history & geography, living environment/biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, U.S. history & government, algebra 1, algebra 2/trig. Contact: (718) 335-6049, between 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

KIDS/TEENS LP FAM’s youth basketball program, Queens Transition Center, 142-10 Linden Blvd., South Ozone Park, every Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 8-16. Contact: Mike Glasgow (917) 442-0479. After-School Environmental Science Enrichment Program, Eastern Queens Alliance, Idlewild Park Preserve Environmental Science Learning Center, Series of hands-on science workshops focusing on wetland and estuaries; 149-20 Springfield Lane, Rosedale; meets Mon., Wed., Fri., 3:30-5 p.m., thru June 14. Ages 8-12, $8 per session, $21 per week. Contact: (347) 824-2301, info@easternqueensalliance.org or eqa-ippc.com/science-in-the-park.html. Drama workshop, with instructor Lisa LaGrande. Poppenhusen Institute, ages 8-12; 114-04 14th Rd., College Point, Sat., thru June 28, 10-11:30 a.m., Free. Contact: (718) 358-0067. Boy Scout Troop #119, St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, 79 Place off Juniper Valley Rd., Middle Village, meets every Tues., 7:15-9 p.m. New members welcome.

SPECIAL EVENTS Subway Series fundraiser, to benefit Queens Community House, Modell’s Clubhouse at CitiField, 123-01 Roosevelt Ave., Corona, Thurs., May 15, 7 p.m. $250 pp. Guests get to watch the game inches from the field, along the warning track in right field. Tickets: queenscommunityhouse.org. LIC Springs! block party, hosted by the Long Island City Partnership, Vernon Blvd., between 50th & 46th aves., Sat., May 17, 1-6 p.m. Events & activities, free performances, art displays, culinary features & family-friendly fun; rain or shine. Free. Jamaica Bay ecology cruise, 3-hour narrated tour of Jamaica Bay led by Don Riepe, on the Golden Sunshine, from Pier 4 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Sat.,

Highway to Health festival, South Street Seaport, Fulton St., between Water & South Sts., Manhattan, Sun., May 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. HealthCorps Highway to Health festival showcases neighborhood resources and promotes healthy lifestyle & benefits. Contact: (212) 742-2875, healthcorps.org. Wine tasting fundraiser for Alley Pond Environmental Center, Papazzio Restaurant, 39-38 Bell Blvd., Bayside, Mon., May 19, 6:30-9 p.m. $65 pp. Free babysitting at APEC from 6:15-9:45 p.m. for participating parents (children must be potty-trained). Stroke Risk Assessment Day, Lang Auditorium, New York Hospital Queens, 56-45 Main St., Flushing, Tues., May 20, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May is Stroke Awareness Month, free blood pressure assessment by a nurse or physician’s assistant and receive a heart healthy meal. Volunteer Chinese & Spanish interpreters present. Must schedule appointment in advance, call (800) 282-6684. Queens County Bird Club, presentation on threatened and endangered bird species at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Wed. May 21, 8 p.m. Free, light refreshments served. Info: qcbirdclub.org. World’s Fair Train Show, watch model trains through a display which includes a mini World’s Fair Unisphere; Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Sat.-Mon., May 24-26, 10 a.m.5.p.m. Free with general admission. Contact: (718) 886-3800, education@queensbotanical.org. Comedy Night, featuring Moody McCarthy, Dave Konig & Jonny Lampert, Howard Beach Judea Center, 162-05 90 St., Howard Beach, Sat., May 31, 9 p.m. $36 in advance, $40 at door. Reservations: (718) 845-9443.

COMMUNITY Astoria spring festival, sponsored by the Astoria Restoration Association, 31 St., between Ditmars Blvd., & 21st Ave., Sun., May 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. It’s My Park Day — Clement Moore Homestead Park, 45th Ave. & Broadway, Elmhurst, Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Give the park some TLC, bring a paint roller & pan if you have one, wear old clothing. Info: (917) 396-1310. Forest Park Classic 4 Mile Road & Trail Race, presented by Forest Park Runners Club, Sun., May 18, 10 a.m. start, Woodhaven Blvd. & Forest Park Drive. Register/application: forestparkrunners.org.

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Get an ice-cold beer at Glendale’s brewery by Andrew Benjamin qboro contributor

Nestled in the small and rather residential community of Glendale on 77th Street is a new, unlikely neighbor. The street, mostly populated with houses, isn’t welcoming a family or a newly married couple, it’s welcoming a brewery. Finback Brewer y — na med for a beached whale that washed ashore in Breezy Point a few years ago — opened its tasting room on Saturday afternoon. As a part of their opening, they had food and an open bar for beer connoisseurs and newbies alike to taste Finback’s drinks and take a tour of the new facility. The founders of Finback, Kevin Stafford and Basil Lee, both from Brooklyn, are longtime fans of beer and wanted to throw their hat into the local craft mix. “We have a passion for beer,” said Lee, who is originally from Rhode Island and whose background is in architecture. “There’s a great home-brewing communit y in the cit y. Ever yone brews, everyone talks about what they do. New York City needs local craft beer and we

Finback Brewery has several types of beers on tap for visitors to sample and customers PHOTO BY ANDREW BENJAMIN to purchase. thought, ‘Let’s make it happen.’” At the opening, Lee and Staf ford s e r ve d u p m o re t r a d i t i o na l b rews

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“In a few months we might try different things,” Lee said. In addition to the featured beers at the opening, the founders of Finback will also release a new summer stout and pale ale in the coming weeks. Stafford, who was a graphic designer in Boston, started making beer when he got a home-brew kit for Christmas eight years ago. “I was always into beer, going to beer festivals and drinking new beer whenever I could,” he said. He started brewing so much that soon his apartment was filled with beer cases. Staf ford spoke with Lee and they decided to turn their passion into a job. The duo first looked for space in Brooklyn, which already has a slew of breweries that cater especially to the hipster neighborhoods. Various obstacles including cost and adequate space prevented them from renting in any of the popular Brooklyn neighborhoods. So instead, they turned to Glendale — right on the border and fairly accessible continued on page 49 00 continued

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More than clowns and elephants, this circus has soul by Tess McRae qboro editor

It’s circus season in Queens and while trapeze artists swing to and fro under the big tops, UniverSoul Circus has a little more to offer. The show is one of the country’s only all-minority circuses. From the very beginning when Sifiso the clown, from Johannesburg, South Africa, steps out with his whistle, asking the crowd to clap along with him, it’s clear the UniverSoul Circus is unlike any other. “You know what they say, you can’t have new school without old school,” Daniel “Lucky” Malatsi, the host of the UniverSoul Circus, shouted with the audience.

UniverSoul Circus When: May 15-18, times vary Where: Roy Wilkins Park, 177th St.& Baisley Blvd., Jamaica Tickets: $23.35 and up, universoulcircus.com

That’s right, there is no traditional ringmaster wearing a red-sequined jacket and black top hat. Lucky brings his own swag to the show. The host’s philosophy — blending the new school with the old school — was prevalent throughout the show on Mother’s Day. UniverSoul Circus takes the classic circus acts and sights — elephants, tightrope walkers and acrobats — and puts a twist on them. For example, the Willy Family Highwire Act from Colombia was a typical tightrope performance until one walker performed a routine to Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” while wearing the King of Pop’s signature glittery glove and jet-black fedora. The entire show was a party and the crowd loved every minute of it. While each act had a moment that completely captured the attention of the audience — the Zhenjiang Acrobatic Troupe from China performed stunts that did not seem to be humanly possible — Sifiso stole the show. Unlike most clowns, Sifiso does not wear makeup; instead he relies on his

A member of the Willy Family Highwire Act dances on the tightrope to Michael Jackson’s PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE “Billie Jean.” physical humor and quick improvisation to entertain the crowd. Communicating only with a whistle, Sifiso makes the cheesiness one might associate with clowns completely disappear and all that’s left is a hilarious performance that leaves the audience howling

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LIC Arts Open is back and better than ever continued from from page page 00 43 continued The artists of 5Pointz come back home to Long Island City for a special talk at the Jef frey Leder Galler y, located at 21-37 45 Road, accompanying their exhibit “Whitewash.” The panel of street artists will discuss the effect of working on walls and the scale of their work as well as the impact of their art on the street and the challenges of moving to canvas after 5Pointz’s destruction. “The Po p Cult ur e Po p - u p Ar t & Shops” is taking over Coffeed to bring together artists, arts and crafters, fashion designers and poets. Guests will weave their way through installations while listening to music and poetry and sipping on a beer, coffee or wine. Homemade goodies from the rooftop farm overhead will be provided and the first 10 guests receive a complimentary drink and gift bag. The party starts at 6:30 p.m. on May 16 at 37-18 Northern Blvd. If you enjoy laughing at someone else’s pain, you may want to stop by The Local at 13-2 44 Ave. on May 17 at 8 p.m. for “BATSU!” the city’s only live Japanese game show.

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Four “warriors” — all performers from the comedy group Face Off Unlimited — battle to avoid electric shocks, paintball gunshots and

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art, a DJ and light show at 5-25 46 Ave. Special musical guests include performers from Captain Beefheart, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Dream Syndicate, Fleshtones and rapper Jason Lalor on May 17 at 8 p.m. The Loc al will hos t the “Queens World Film Festival 2014 Best of the Fest Films” on May 17 starting at noon and running on a loop every two hours. The Closing Party at Gotham Center will bring all of the artists and guests together for food from the Crescent Grill and music by Messenger-Grau. To acc o m m o dat e t h e numb er of shows, the LIC Arts Open will provide free private shuttles from the court house to Vernon Boulevard, the Falchi Building, Studio 34 and Queens Plaza. Everything during the weekend is free except the Queens New Music Festival — $20 for a single performance, $30 for the day, $ 50 for the weekend. Most exhibits and open studio hours will run from 12 to 6 p.m.; openings will run from 5 to 10 p.m. A full schedule and explanation of all the events can be found at Q licartsopen.org.

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Queens College Reading Series, reading of original works written by creative writing class; Astoria Bookshop, 31-29 31 St., Astoria, Tues., May 20, 7 p.m., Free. Contact: (718) 278-2665.

Luau Party, hosted by Nativity B.V.M. Columbiettes, Church Hall, 91 St. & Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park, Sat., May 24, 12 p.m. $15 includes buffet lunch, drinks, dessert. RSVP by May 19 to (718) 843-1046.

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Willets Point walking tour, Sun., May 25, 4 p.m., walk to the area from central Flushing to understand political, economic & ecological issues. Register: mas.org/tours. Whitestone Veterans Memorial Day Parade, the oldest parade in Queens, Mon., May 26, ceremony on field at 149th St. & 15th Drive, 12 p.m., followed by parade at 1 p.m. Doggie boot camp, Crocheron Park, Bayside, every Sat. thru Oct., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. dogschoolny.com. Bus to Empire Casino in Yonkers, St. Josaphat Leisure Club, 35th Ave. & 210th St., Bayside, Thurs., May 29, $25 pp. Call: Joy (917) 921-7631.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, free SNAP screenings for all seniors 60+. Eligibility check and application help. Info: (718) 591-3377, Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center (Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center), 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Email & the Internet, computer class for seniors 60+. Call: John (718) 559-4329.

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MEETINGS North Shore Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America, LIJ Hearing & Speech Center, 270-05 76 Ave., New Hyde Park, every third Wed. of month, 6:30 p.m. Next meeting, May 16, guest speaker from HearMore Co. & hands-on demo. Free, coffee & light refreshments served. AARP meetings: Open to the general public.Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m. Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, 12 p.m. Contact: (718) 672-9890. Chapter 4163, Ozone Park, Christ Lutheran Community Center, 85-15 101 Ave., last Tues. each month, 12 p.m.

FLEA MARKETS Renaissance Charter School, 35-59 81 St., Jackson Heights, Sat., May 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Contact: Francine Smith, (718) 476-3590, ext. 106; fsmith@renaissancecharter.org. Redeemer Lutheran Church, Parish Hall, 69-07 Cooper Ave., Glendale, Sat., May 17, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. or later (end time varies). Donation drop-offs, Fri., May 16, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Contact: (718) 229-2065. IS 93 PTA, 66-56 Forest Ave., school cafeteria, Ridgewood, Sat., May 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at 110th Ave., every Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Vendors welcome. Contact: (718) 332-0026.

SUPPORT GROUPS Caregiver support groups, Queens Community House, 108-25 62 Drive, Forest Hills. & Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd. Do you provide help to a family member, friend or neighbor? Could you use some help yourself? Free support services. Contact: Anne Attanas, LMSW, (718) 268-5960, ext. 226.

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

Center for the Women of New York, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Room 325, Job Club, Wed. (once a month) 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free, get firsthand info on job leads. Women’s Support Group, Wed. (once a month) 6:30-8 p.m. Registration required for either program. Free. Contact: CWNY (718) 7930672, centerwny@yahoo.com.

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to Brooklyn and Queens folks alike. “When I saw the space, I was like ‘Wow,’” said Lee. “It’s big, it’s clean, it feels comfortable, there a lot of local people.” Even though the location is far from where they live, Lee has developed a soft spot for the surrounding community. “I really appreciate it because it serves a very local community and I like the fact that if people want to come they’ll come,” Lee said. “It’s not like you’ll be strolling around a hip neighborhood and pop in, you have to make an effort to come here,” he said. Craft breweries, especially in Queens and Brooklyn, have been seeing a wide boost in popularity among beer aficionados, who have been turning away from the massive, established distributors such as Anheuser-Busch, Coors and Miller. Lee compared the “local brew kick” so many young city residents are on to the “farm to table” movement so many people opt for instead of factory farming. “People want good quality food,” he said. “They want to know who made it, they want to know it wasn’t made in

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some factory far, far away,” he said. “They want to know that people within the community are making this stuff with the best ingredients and putting in their passion and effort.” The brewery, which hosts tours each week, is open Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 6 p.m. Those looking for more information on Finback Brewer y or interested in visiting the facility visit their website: Q finbackbrewery.com.

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Ice Jewelry: where the owners I HAVE OFTEN WALKED can relate to their clients Howard Beach flooding

is nothing new by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park.

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

by Denis Deck

The sewer system in Howard Beach was one of the most difficult problems facing successive administrations in Queens Borough Hall. By 1940, Old Howard Beach had been developed with many houses on streets that didn’t even appear on planners’ maps for the area. In most instances they were built only a few feet above the tide. Starting in the early 1950s, Sherman Selly’s Rockwood Homes development was built on the west side of Cross Bay Boulevard, creating what residents called New Howard Beach. There were still no officially approved sanitary or storm sewers in the new development. Young World War II veterans who bought the homes wrote to the Veterans Administration complaining of the common floods disrupting their lives. They had to hire scavenger services to pump out their overflowing cesspools. Washing machines and other home appliances became taboo for fear of waste matter backing up into sinks. In 1954 a 1,500-unit housing development was planned near Shore Parkway.

Houses are reflected in the water in the street at 158th Avenue and 88th Street, Howard Beach, facing east, December 1953. Developer Efrem Kahn (1904-1996) of Douglaston agreed to install sanitary and storm sewers at a cost to himself for his new Lindenwood project, solving part of the problem. Finally in the late ’50s, through the repeated efforts of Ed Orenstein of the Rockwood Park Civic Association and James Braton of the Howard Beach Civic Association, sewers and storm drains began to be installed elsewhere in the area. Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on South Queens, and Lindenwood flooded badly a couple weeks back, apparently due to the failure of city equipment in Brooklyn. Newer residents can only imagine how it Q was when there were no sewers at all.

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The Giants drafted Syracuse University defensive tackle and Flushing High School alum Jayson Bromley in the third round of the National Football League Draft last Friday night. He joins Marco Battaglia, Kevin Boothe, and the Harmon brothers, Ronnie, Kevin and Derrick, as part of the small fraternity of Queens natives drafted by NFL teams. While some self-proclaimed experts were perplexed as to why Big Blue selected him so soon, Giants general manager Jerry Reese expects Bromley to have immediate impact. While no GM is perfect when it comes to player selection, Reese’s record, particularly when it comes to defensive players, is pretty good. The Giants first-round pick, Odell Beckham Jr., is a speedy receiver from Louisiana State University who attended the same New Orleans high school as Peyton and Eli Manning. The Jets’ first choice was safety Calvin Pryor from the University of Louisville. NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock correctly stated that the hard-hitting Pryor had a great moniker, “The Louisville Slugger.” Eric Ebron, the witty tight end from the University of North Carolina, said that while he was excited to be joining the Detroit Lions he was envious of those NFL players who play for teams in states where there is no income tax.

His mood brightened when he learned that Detroit-area real estate is rather inexpensive. University of Central Florida QB Blake Bortles, who has one of the great alliterative names in sports, was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars, who had the third pick. He admitted a key reason the Jags chose him was weak ticket sales, and having a local college hero as their quarterback should improve business. Oklahoma State cornerback Justin Gilbert, who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns, declared that the NCAA has to modify its arcane rules and increase stipends to athletes who give up a lot of study time to practice and compete. “There were times when I had no money to eat,” he said to a stunned press corps. This is actually a common problem for student athletes, as they risk sanctions if they accept a free meal from a coach or alum booster. Fellow cornerback Kyle Fuller, a finance major from Virginia Teach who was drafted by the Chicago Bears, echoed Gilbert’s sentiments. University of Michigan tackle Taylor Lewan, who was selected by the Tennessee Titans, defended the current NCAA policy forbidding compensation for student athletes. “It has worked well for all of these years,” he stated. It should be noted that Lewan grew up in Q the wealthy Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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All Work Guaranteed

All Major Credit Cards Accepted INSTALLATION • SANDING • Repairs • Staining • Refinishing • Bleaching FREE ESTIMATES ALL WORK GUARANTEED Lic./Ins. 25

718-850-8798

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Call 917-755-2507

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ONE STOP

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• Window & Door Replacement

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• • • • •

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Call

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J.S.V. ELECTRIC Inc.

Prices!

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Family Owned For Over 35 Years

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718-849-2206

Est. 1938

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EST. 1985

Small Jobs Welcome

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sq. ft.

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USDOT#1406075NY

PAINTERS & TILES R US

C.J.M. Contracting Inc.

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• • • • •

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

★ Expert Workmanship ★ ★ Professional Service ★

AS LOW AS ¢

Siding • Windows • Roofing • Fences Kitchens • Baths • Basements • Decks Doors • Awnings • Patio Enclosures Brick Pointing • Concrete Stucco

SPRING SPECIAL Gutters - Leaders Siding

SERVICE

Residential

Cleaned, Repaired & Installed

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HANDYMAN

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• • • • • •

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Commercial

WOOD FLOORS

RAINBOW ELECTRIC

$20.00 with this ad

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• Aluminum • Plastic • Fabric

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✁

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ROOFING & HOME

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• • • •

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ALEXIS

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• • • •

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LIC NYC #1474832

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ng • Painting

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EXPERT T WINDOW REPAIRS WINDOWS COMPLETELY INSTALLED $ 00

199

VINYL S SI SIDING SALE! Call For Special FREE Estimates or Visit Our Showroom

22500

per 100 Sq. Ft.

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718-845-9023

• Roofing • Doors • Masonry

• Siding

Capping Available

FREE ESTIMATES

Anniversary

• Window

Only

Give Us A Call To Spruce Up Your Property For Spring. 38 Weekly Maintenance Available

Weber Home Improvement

All Work Proudly Guaranteed

A&M Imbriano LANDSCAPING, Inc. SPRING SPECIAL

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• Kitchens & Bathrooms

• • • • • • • • • •

LICENSED & INSURED

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Celebrating Our 30

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Roofing • Siding Windows • Cement Work Basements & Bathrooms Violations Removed Lic. and Insured

718-598-9754

FREE ESTIMATES 33

J&B HOME IMPROVEMENTS th

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Brickwork • Pavers • Concrete • Waterproofing Sidewalk Violations Removed Anthony Interior • Exterior

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ROOFING & SIDING

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We Remove

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Insulated Garage Doors

HUGE CLEARANCE SALE • Steel • Entrance Doors • Wood • Gate Operators • Raised Panels • Parking Systems

• Storm Doors • Security Doors • Maintenance Free Doors

Sales & Service For All Major Brands Wholesale & Retail BROKEN SPRINGS, DOORS, CABLES Authorized Distributors & Installers For:

$25.00 COUPON With Installation of Any New Garage Door Expires 05/22/14.

Nassau H0448990000 24

RUBEN’S PAINTING FINE BRUSH INTERIOR-EXTERIOR Houses & Apartments • Plastering • Taping • Skim Coating • Paper Hanging & Removal FREE ESTIMATES FULLY INSURED

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CASSEL & & FREYMUTH, FREYMUTH, INC. INC. CASSEL Serving Queens For Over 50 Years

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Fully Licensed & Insured

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC GARAGE DOOR OPENERS

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• Kitchens • Bathrooms • Plumbing • Electrical • Ceramic Tile • Sheetrock

SPECIAL ON

• Painting • Plastering • Concrete Work • Carpentry • Crown Moldings • Hardwood Floors • Basements

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718-426-2977 646-244-1658

MASONRY ROOFING & RAFFAELE Specializing in: CARPENTRY Concrete & Masonry • Steps • Porches

7 18 - 598 -2 6 34 917- 806 -1 2 4 3

SENTURY PAINTING

Years Experience

INTERIOR SPECIALISTS

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Starting at $99 per rm, 3 Rm. Min.

718-209-9576

FREE ESTIMATES - INSURED 718-357-4719 21

Provisionhomeimprovement.com

N.Y. Lic #1456192

Benjamin Moore Paints Sheetrock • Skim Coating Wallpapering Removal • Plastering Faux Finishes • Taping

30 Yds.

20 Yds.

$650

BIC #4227

$850

PAYMENT ON DELIVERY! Please call

718-323-5435

347-480-6371 Lic. NYC #1234512

Senior Citizens US Veterans NYPD & FDNY $20 Off Final bill with clipping

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Lic/Ins. 23

Mon. - Sat. 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Lic. Nassau #H1111999998

Empire

Restoration & Contracting Corp. Brick Work • Pavers • Concrete • Waterproofing • Tile Work Violations Removed • Roofing • New Home Construction 21

www.allboromason.com

email: allboromason@gmail.com

WINDOWS Easy Tilt Easy Cleaning

Thermal Insulated Double Hung Windows

$249

Installed With Capping up to 101 UI

FINANCING AVAILABLE

SIDING

ROOFING

A+ Rating

- Tree Removal - Tree Pruning

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL

Spring Special 3 Hrs.

For

$55

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NO SERVICE CHARGE WITH REPAIRS

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646-533-9982

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PETE'S PAINTING

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Applicants Must Apply in Person at: 2383 Blackrock Ave., Bronx, NY 10462 Contact: Roger Izzi at 718-828-2472 ext 201 or rizzi@cbttrans.com 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

DOG GROOMERS WANTED

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★

DRIVERS ★ (TRUCK)

Must have 5 yrs Truck Driving exp. Only 4-day work week. Mon-Thurs. Salary $700/wk. 401K, Med., Dental benefits & Uniform. All trucks brand new automatics. Call-A-Head is accepting all licenses. Clean license req’d. Apply M-F, 9am-7pm at Call-A-Head Corp. 304 Crossbay Blvd., Broad Channel, NY 11693

FULL/PART TIME EXPERIENCED Limo Driver Wanted. Clean TLC License. Call 347-322-4155

Help Wanted

HIGHLY EXPERIENCED CONSTRUCTION WORKER NEEDED

P/T MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST

Min. 15 yrs exp. Specializing in ALL interior & some exterior work. MUST have knowledge of plumbing & electrical. MUST have caravan & own tools. Great pay depending on experience.

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has immediate opportunities for experienced PACU & OR RNs. • Please Call • 718-322-9800 LOOKING FOR A MECHANICAL ENGINEER OR MECHANICAL DRAFTSMAN WITH KNOWLEDGE OF AUTO CAD FULL OR PART TIME AVAILABLE -QUEENS AREA-

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Moving Sales

Legal Notices

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Mayor de Blasio’s budget continued from page 2 “The executive budget ... is a strong start and represents the shared commitment between the Council and the administration to deliver for all New Yorkers while remaining fiscally responsible,” said Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan). Council Finance Chairwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) said the proposal mirrored many of the Council’s own priorities, and that additional hearings and negotiations will begin this week. Mark-Viverito was disappointed that the mayor did not include universal free lunch for all public school students. She and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), in a statement to the Chronicle, were unhappy that de Blasio did not fund the Council’s call for 1,000 additional police officers. Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) also wanted more money for EMS personnel. “With an average EMS response time for life-threatening emergencies exceeding nine minutes, our officers are spread too thin,” she said. The most controversial and thus far troublesome part of the budget has been the tentative labor deal reached with the United Federation of Teachers, announced days before de Blasio made his presentation. The pact, if approved by the union,

would be for nine years, retroactive to 2010, and give teachers a 18 percent raise. De Blasio said much of the increased costs would be covered by $3.4 billion in cost savings other unions are projected to get over the next three years assuming their contracts are roughly comparable to that of the teachers. But while the annual cost-saving targets have been agreed to by UFT leadership, there are not yet any specifics as to where those savings will come from. In a text of his presentation, de Blasio did not directly answer a question about how healthcare savings will be accounted for, and how the city would proceed if it is determined that the goals are not being met. “These savings will happen, period,” he said. “They are guaranteed. What’s clear is there is a menu of ways to get there, but there is an arbitrator process that guarantees the outcome.” Provided, of course, that the city would both institute and win any arbitration process. Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Education Committee, did not respond to a request for comment on the healthcare savings. But Koslowitz was not concerned, saying she on the whole is pleased with how the budget process is going, and that it is not uncommon to have to make continual adjustments to budgets based on things

like labor contracts. Messages left at the offices of Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Republican Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R-Staten Island) were not returned. But it was due to someone in his own party — Democratic Comptroller Scott Stringer — that de Blasio was forced to make a major adjustment. At a joint teleconference on Monday, representatives of the mayor and the comptroller said de Blasio would have to t a ke $725 m illion f rom the Labor Reserve Fund to place in this year’s budget to pay for retroactive raises for teachers who will retire between June 30 of this year and October 31, 2020. The as-yet-unratified agreement with the UFT had the city spreading out the payments for retroactive raises for those teachers between 2015 and 2018. While representatives of de Blasio and Stringer attempted to put as pretty a bow on the situation as possible, portraying it as a disagreement between two schools of thought on accountancy, Stringer’s people counseled the Mayor’s Office in recent days that the plan would run afoul of the state laws that mandate the use of GAAP standards. The money must be paid now because GAAP standards consider the retroactive raises to be an expense incurred this fiscal year. The payments affect an estimated 10,000 teachers but will not change the terms or cost of the proposed contract.

A precondition of the teleconference was that any information could be attributed only to the offices of de Blasio and Stringer, and not the individuals making the presentations. A de Blasio representative said the move did have the positive impact of sightly reducing projected out-year deficits in the next four years. And while de Blasio has acknowledged the need to tackle structural deficits in the city budget through FY 2018, his plan has at least one Wall Street heavyweight concerned. The credit rating firm Moody’s Investors Service issued a statement Monday calling de Blasio’s executive budget “credit negative” because it doubles the city’s projected deficit for FY 2016 and 2017, and triples it for 2018. “The plan is credit negative because it shows how personnel costs drive the city’s budget and challenge its finances, even in a strong economy,” Moody’s’ report said. Moody’s cited city Office of Management and Budget deficit figures of $2.2 billion in FY 2016; $2 billion in 2017; and $3.2 billion in 2018. OMB’s February forecast for the three years combined was just under $2 billion, though Moody’s ack nowledged those figures did not include the full costs of labor contracts that can be anticipated through “pattern bargaining,” or the city’s general practice of awarding similar pay increases to all municipal Q unions in a given contract cycle.

HOW THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IMPACTS OLDER ADULTS The Future of Medicare and Medicaid in New York Ann-Margaret Carrozza

Hear From The Experts at FREE FLUSHING HOUSE Seminars Ann-Margaret Carrozza, Esq., Elder Law Attorney – Seniors must know how to protect Saturday, their homes. Carrozza explores asset protection trusts for the primary residence and estate tax May 31, 2014 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. planning, in light of Federal estate tax changes. She will also update seniors on how to get the

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long-term care they need through Medicaid, while still protecting assets.

Ronald Fatoullah, Esq., Elder Law Attorney – Medicaid eligibility rules are rapidly changing. Saturday, Fatoullah gives an overview of the Medicaid program and explains how to protect one’s assets June 7, 2014 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. in the event long-term health care is needed. He will also review five essential legal documents that seniors should have – the importance of a (1) last will and testament (2) power of attorney (3) health care proxy (4) living will and (5) living trust.

Ronald Fatoullah

Saturday, June 21, 2014 2:30 to 4:00 pm

Maria Alvarez, Executive Director, NY StateWide Senior Action Council – Alvarez addresses the entire range of beneficiary issues, i.e., how changes to coverage through Medicare, Managed Care and Medicaid, under new regulations of the ACA and Medicaid Re-Design/Expansion in New York, are impacting the scope, choice and delivery of benefits and services for older adults.

– FREE Handouts, Refreshments For All Attendees – Maria Alvarez

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Howard Beach-Rockwood Park • Sat 5/17, 12-3pm 164-47 86 St.

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OZONE PARK/ CENTREVILLE OUR EXCLUSIVE! 1 Family. All redone. 6 rooms, 3 BR. 2 kit. & 2 bath. Full fin bsmnt. House is beautiful. Pvt dvwy. Rear deck. Full det. Must sell! Call Now!

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Forest Hills vet is now in the ‘loop’ Howard Beach audiologist donates hearing device to Dr. Greg Nelson Dr. Greg Nelson, a veterinarian at Boulevard Animal Clinic in Forest Hills, recently r e c eive d a p or t a ble countertop hearing loop on May 9, donated by D r. C a r o l L e t z t e r, director and owner of Har mony Hear ing & Speech Center, located in Howard Beach. Letzter donated the hearing loop to the animal clinic as part of her participation in the Help Loop America Campaign. Hearing loops provide a m ag net ic f ield i n Boulevard Animal Clinic receptionist Jackie Cruz with puppy BB and the which an audio signal new hearing loop, left, donated to the clinic by Dr. Carol Letzter, right, can be picked up by an holding her office’s mascot Tori, with Dr. Greg Nelson. PHOTOS COURTESY DR. CAROL LETZTER individual’s hearing aid that contains a T-coil, or telecoil. Even when a person with a hearing to hear important health information about loss is using a hearing device such as a hear- their pets and the hearing loop will ensure ing aid, the user may still encounter difficul- that they are hearing information that perty hearing in noisy environments or where tains to their pet’s care,” said Nelson, who is the acoustics are poor, resulting in echoes the doctor for Letzter’s cat Tori, the official and reverberation that make speech hard to mascot of Harmony. understand. “A hearing loop is the only assistive lisA hearing loop eliminates all background tening device which provides clear transnoise, allowing the person wearing a hearing mission of the speaker’s voice directly into device such as a hearing aid or cochlear the user’s hearing aid or cochlear implant, implant to receive a signal that is clear and as long as the device has a T-coil,” Letzter discrete. explained. “A T-coil can be installed in a Hearing loops may be portable, such as hearing aid very inexpensively or at no the one now being used at the animal clinic, charge at all. It is the only simple compoor permanent, where an entire room is nent that provides universal advantages to looped. a ny h e a r i n g a id r e g a r d le s s of t h e Boulevard Animal Clinic is the first vet- manufacturer.” erinary practice in New York to offer indiLetzter has donated similar loops to other viduals who have difficulty hearing a porta- businesses and institutions, including Cross ble, wireless countertop hearing loop. Bay Diner and Cross Bay Chemists in HowQ “It is very important for my clients’ owners ard Beach and St. Helen Church.

CB 9 meeting continued from page 6 agency, which operates a facility at 126-02 82 Ave. in Kew Gardens. Pierre-Louis also noted that the city’s efforts to combat domestic violence also focus on children, who can be permanently affected by these incidents. “Some of these children grow up to think violence is part of any relationship,” she said. Addressing a question about what to do for a victim who doesn’t want help, Pierre-Louis said her office is trained to offer help to those who tell them that.

“We can provide the resources needed for a victim who says, ‘I’m not leaving,’’ she said. Pierre-Louis also pointed out that although victims of domestic violence are disproportionately women, there have been men who have sought help. One fatal domestic incident in the 102nd Precinct last year involved a man murdered by his girlfriend, whom he had a restraining order against. The girlfriend pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is serving a five-year prison sentence. If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, call 311 for New York City’s Domestic Violence Hotline. Q In emergencies, call 911.

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HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD (Bayberry Condo) Corner unit. 3BRs, 2 baths. 2 BR Duplex Apt. Updated kit. & bath. Plenty of closets plus walk-in closet. Walk-in is a 1 BR unit with updated kit. & bath. Sliding doors to yard. Pvt dvwy & garage.

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Corner all brick Ranch (on 109x105), 3 BRs, LR, DR, Full Bath, Full unfinished bsmnt, New boiler & h/w heater. Pvt dvwy. House needs updating. Lot is subdivided. Can be sold as one or separate house alone on (39x70) @ $498K or $755K. Survey available on request.

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Corner high Ranch on 40x100. 5 BRs, 2 full baths.

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Mint AAA Colonial, Legal 2 Family being used as 1, 4 BRs possibly 5, 2.5 Baths, New Kit, LR w/Parquet Fl, New Baths, Top Fl has Master REDUCED Suite, Full Fin Bsmnt w/OSE, New Appl, Must See! $549K

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Mint “All Brick” split-level Colonial 40x110. 4 BRs, 3 new full baths. New custom EIK w/island. Huge FDR. Tiles 1st fl. & HW flrs upstairs. Pavers front & back. Pvt. dvwy. IG heated pool. All redone. 4 years includes windows, kit., baths, CAC, boiler & roof.

OLD HOWARD RD BEACH Hi-Ranch (mother/daughter), 3 BRs, 2 baths. Home has plenty of upgraded materials. Whole house freshly painted. New kit with stainless steel appliances. Refinished floors & new carpet. Serene backyard. Garage door opener. Double pane windows. Asking $469K

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HOWARD BEACH Mint all stucco Hi-Ranch on 48x73 lot. OLD SIDE 3/4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, LR w/cathedral Beautiful 5 BR Home, 3 Full Baths, ceilings & skylights. Updated Kits Full Fin Bsmnt w/Sep Ent, Deck off & Baths. Walk-in fully finished w/ 1st Fl, New Appl, 2 Car Gar. $659K separate entrance. $695K ED

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Detached 2 Family Victorian. 37x100 lot. HOWARD BEACH 7 BRs, 3 ROCKWOOD PARK Full Baths, Oversized 50x100 lot on amazing unfinished block. Dormered Cape featuring 5 BRs, 3 full Baths, full unfinished basement, private driveway. basement. Asking $629K 2 car garage. $675K

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch, 3/4 BRs, New Kit, 2 New Full Baths, Crown Molding, HOWARD BEACH New Roof, ROCKWOOD PARK Skylights, Mint grey brick stucco pavers. High Ranch. Pvt Dvwy, New with 4 BRs & 2 1/2 baths. Granite floors (2nd fl.). Stainless steel & Lucite inside rail Cond, Simply entrance. New boiler & hot water heater. Custom front door. Asking $799K Mint! $719K RICHMOND HILL

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