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C M SQ page 1 Y K SOUTH QUEENS EDITION Serving Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, City Line and JFK Airport

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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019

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Famed JFK terminal opens again — as a hotel

PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN

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Built in the heady, early days of jet travel, the TWA terminal is now a 512-room luxury hotel, with an authentic Lockheed Constellation aircraft rebuilt into a cocktail lounge parked out front.

NOT ENOUGH PLAYGROUNDS

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Woodhaven and Richmond Hill have been shortchanged

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Musical delves into the deep South of the ’60s

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What are the odds on sports betting? Addabbo pushes Cuomo to make mobile wagering legit this year by Michael Shain Editor

f you are a betting man — or woman — your lucky number this month is 17. S. 17 is the number assigned to a bill state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) submitted last week to legalize online sports wagering in New York State. Addabbo, who heads the Senate’s Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, held hearings last week in Albany on proposed legislation that would allow seven casinos in upstate New York to start taking action on college and professional sports almost immediately. “We wanted to give everyone a road map to how this could be done this year,” Addabbo told the Chronicle. The hearings were staged, more or less, for an audience of one, Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The governor has remained neutral in the debate over expanding gambling in New York beyond casinos as a way to balance the state budget. Without the governor’s approval, S. 17 is a loser. The stars of last Tuesday’s four-hour hearing were sports organizations themselves, including representatives of the National Basketball Association, Professional Golfers Association and the Buffalo Bills football team, all of which support sports betting. They are, for now, also asking for a cut of

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. held hearings in Albany last week to lay out “a road map” for getting New York state started on mobile sports betting. The NBA, PGA and other professional sports PHOTO COURTESY NYS SENATE teams testified they are in favor of it. the $100 million annual revenues that are predicted if New Yorkers are allowed to bet from home via cell phone or desktop computers. “Eventually,” said Addabbo, “they are going to want to have it in their stadiums, like in Europe.” At the heart of the argument for legalizing sports betting is that New Jersey already has

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It is too early to tell if the message swayed Cuomo. The Governor’s Office was invited to send a representative to the hearing. But a scheduling conflict prevented anyone from testifying, the office said. It was a polite way of saying Cuomo was not yet ready to talk specifics. Cuomo’s top aide for gambling issues, Roberts Williams, chairman of the State Gaming Commisssion, called Addabbo to apologize, said the Howard Beach lawmaker, a sign that the governor has not closed any doors. “I appreciate their willingness to talk to us about this,” said Addabbo. “They didn’t say no and walk away.” The bill, called a “first phase” in a statewide, online gambling operation, would authorize seven upstate casinos — four privately owned and three owned by Native American tribes, all upstate — to install computer servers to handle wagering. On-site sports gambling was legalized at the four upstate casinos in the last budget bill. “But mobile, that’s 80 percent of your business,” Addabbo said. “Casino? That’s not really doing sports betting.” Sponsored by Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-Mt. Vernon), a companion bill is pending Q on the other side of the state house.

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I’m not going to back new jail: Katz Political hot potato lands in lap of borough president after CB 9 vote by Michael Shain Editor

Borough President Melinda Katz, who is confronted with an especially thorny political decision just as her campaign for district attorney enters the homestretch, says she is opposed to the planned new jail in Kew Gardens. Last Tuesday, Community Board 9, which represents Kew Gardens, voted overwhelmingly to reject the city plan to build a new, 26-story jail just off Queens Boulevard, a hugely controversial idea that is making its torturous way through the city land-use review process. The vote was 28-0 with one abstention. “The Community Board’s opinion has been made loud and clear,” Katz said Wednesday in prepared statement. “While I look forward to holding a public hearing on the matter, I do not foresee a scenario in which I would vote in favor of this proposal,” she said. In January, in her State of the Borough speech, Katz came out in favor of closing Rikers Island but said she was “deeply disturbed” that people in the Kew Gardens neighborhood have not had “meaningful community engagement and input.” But until now, she had not indicated how she would vote on the mayor’s plan to build a jail facility behind the Queens County Criminal Court house.

At a raucus Community Board 9 meeting Tuesday, the outcome of a vote approving construction of a new jail in Kew Gardens seemed easy to predict. About a dozen speakers, representing PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN groups seeking the closure of Rikers, urged a no vote. Katz will have until mid-June, a week before the primary election in which she and six others are running for the Democratic nomination to replace the late Richard Brown, to make her decision formal. Brown died May 3.

The proposal is part of a wider plan to close down Rikers and create communitybased jails in four boroughs, a project that could cost as much as $30 billion, according to some estimates. The mayor’s plan is popular with law-

makers and community activists who want to see sweeping reform in the state’s criminal justice system. But it has been strongly opposed in the neighborhoods in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx where the city is proposing modern, new jails be built to replace Rikers. Tuesday’s CB 9 vote was preceded by more than a dozen, impassioned speakers urging the board to vote no on the plan. “Thirty billion dollars could be put to better use elsewhere,” said Sylvia Hack, cochairwoman of CB 9’s Land Use Committee and a principal author of the eight-page resolution the board passed withholding its approval of the plan. The CB 9 vote is the first of several required by the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. The borough president’s approval is the next one required by law. After Katz, the jail proposal goes before the City Planning Commission and then the City Council for approval. “Although the ULURP process is ongoing,” Katz said, “I continue to have deep concerns with the size, lack of meaningful com mu nit y engagement and plans to replace one bad institution with another.” Opponents of the new jail hope to derail, or at least cut back, the plan by the time it goes before the Council, which will be their Q last best hope for change.

No place to play in W’haven and RH Two South Queens neighborhoods among worst in NYC: comptoller by Michael Shain

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A playground is a kid’s office, more or less. But, according to city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Woodhaven and Richmond Hill have so few playgrounds, the children there practically qualify for unemployment. Those two neighborhoods, in fact, are among the worst in the city, according to a survey released this week. Jackson Heights is nearly as bad, the survey also found. The ratio of playgrounds in New York City to the number of kids under nine is “quite meager” when compared to other major American cities, the report said. But Woodhaven and Richmond Hill are categorized as “severely underserved” — more so than just about anywhere else in the city. The report says the blame lies in poor planning. “To a large extent, these disparities are driven by a failure to anticipate, prepare for and respond to changing demographics,” it said. In short, no one saw how fast the number of young children was growing in those South Queens neighborhoods. Queens communities like Astoria and East Elmhurst have a ratio of more than 25 playgrounds per 10,000 kids under 9. But Richmond Hill’s and Woodhaven’s ratio is just three

to 10,000, the report said. That’s the third worst in the city, behind two neighborhoods in South Brooklyn. Jackson Heights and North Corona have a ratio just under four playgrounds per 10,000 youngsters, fifth worst in New York. Stringer’s solution to the problem is to restart a program from the years when Mike Bloomberg was mayor. The project, begun in 2007, was called Schoolyards to Playgrounds. It identified neighborhoods where kids were not within a 10-minute walk of a play area. Nearby schools — usually with barren, blacktop play areas locked behind gates in off hours — were designated for conversion, resurfaced and decked out with equipment to become neighborhood playgrounds. After nearly a decade, the program has never reached even its three-year goal, 290 new playgrounds, the comptroller said. He now suggests expanding the Schoolyards to Playgrounds plan by at least another 100 locations and, over the next five years, to “specifically target the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn neighborhoods that have experienced a tremendous increase in their nine-and-under population and Q have far too few playgrounds.”

The London Planetree Playground on Atlantic Avenue is one of the few public spots in Woodhaven for kids to play. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN

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TWA Hotel opens after $265M redo Distinctive terminal, closed for two decades, back in business at JFK

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After a nearly 20-year nap, the TWA terminal at JFK International Airport — one of the masterpieces of 20th-century American architecture — came back to life yesterday. Gov. Cuomo and Borough President Melinda Katz cut the ribbon on a $265-million project that has transformed the golden- age-of-jet-travel terminal into a luxury hotel. All 512 guest rooms in t he hot el a r e sold out through the beginning of July, said the developer, Tyler Morse, who specializes in creating distinctive hotels. “This place has something for everybody,” he told the Chronicle, “airline geeks, architecture aficionados and people who just want a drink.”

Guests with reservations for the hotel’s first day mingled in the vast, open space of the terminal’s entrance with political officials, TV news crews and former TWA crew members who’d been specially invited to the opening ceremonies. The festivities served also as a sort of reunion for flight crews who used to work TWA’s routes. Here and there, it was possible to spot retired stewardesses dressed in their old uniforms. Guests for the hotel check in at the same counters that were once used for incoming airlines passengers. The opening of the hotel is one of the first pieces of Cuomo’s comprehensive plan to make over JFK with new, consolidated terminals and a more easily negotiable road system. The hotel, the only one on JFK grounds, is intended as a social center for the airport

Like no other building in the world, the former TWA terminal, above, was designed to resemble a bird in flight, even on the inside. The terminal’s ramp, left, was used in the movie “Catch Me If You can.” Developer Tyler Morse, below, with one of the hotel’s first guests. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN — where travelers can have a meal or a drink between f lights, as well as stay overnight. TWA shut the terminal down in 2000. A short time later, the airline itself went out of business, leaving behind a white elephant. The Port Authority decided in 2015 to entertain proposals for preserving the building by turning it into the lobby for a hotel. Morse, a California investment banker who also developed The High Line Hotel in Manhattan, won the competition. The building designed by architect Eero Saarinen, is one of the most recognizable pieces of modern architecture in the world

and a national landmark. Unfortunately, the terminal, financed by Howard Hughes, was almost immediately obsolete. Saarinen had designed it to accommodate prop planes. But by the time it was completed in the early 1960s, jets were taking over the skies. And the building was too small to handle them. Morse said the task of converting a Constellation aircraft into a 120-seat cocktail lounge may have been the most difficult part of the two-year project. Long lines formed Wednesday at the plane’s mobile stairways to get a glimpse of Q the interior.

Hevesi rep touts plan for homeless Says Gov. Cuomo is opponent of Home Stability Support legislation by David Russell For the latest news visit qchron.com

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The deputy chief of staff for Assembly man A nd rew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) touted the Home Stability Support plan, a proposed supplement for those facing eviction, homelessness or loss of housing due to domestic violence or hazardous conditions, at Monday’s meeting of the Forest Hills Community and Civic Association. “The scariest number we have seen throughout all this study is ... last year in New York 19,000 more people became homeless than stopped being homeless,” Kevin Wisniewski said, adding, “The vast majority are mothers who have been forced to flee their houses because of domestic violence and school age children.” The goal of Hevesi’s HSS plan is to

make sure residents are able to stay in homes to begin with rather than enter the shelter system. There are over 150,000 homeless children in the state and more than 80,000 households are on the brink of homelessness, Wisniewski said. He explained that prior to 1975, the rents of households on public assistance were paid in full. Now 171,000 households receive a shelter allowance and Hevesi says the money has failed to keep up with the rising cost of housing. For households of three including children, the shelter allowance ranges from $264 to $447 per month, while the actual cost of housing for two-bedroom apartments, which are suitable for households of three, ranges from $658 to $1,608 per month. Two-thirds of public assis-

Kevin Wisniewski speaks to the Forest Hills Community and Civic Association. PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL

tance households living in private housing have rents that exceed their shelter allowances. There are also rent supplements

that were described as “inadequate.” Within the city, HSS would cost $11,224 per year for a household of three, while shelter housing costs $38,460 for a family with children, Wisniewski said. And HSS would cost $9,865 per year for an individual in the city whereas shelter housing costs $25,925 an individual. With the plan, large numbers of people would be moved out of shelters, saving millions in temporary housing costs, according to Hevesi. “This is by no means going to solve all of our problems when it comes to homelessness. It’s just about taking that first step,” said Wisniewski, who added that the goal of HSS is to “stop the bleeding.” “We can’t focus on keeping people in affordable housing if they can’t

afford to get off the streets in the first place,” he said. The bill has been referred to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and is before the whole state Senate. But Wisniewski said, Gov. Cuomo has refused to increase spending on social services addressing the homeless crisis because he believes the shelter system works. He said there’s a “very good chance” Cuomo could veto the bill if it passes but the veto could be overridden. Wisniewski said 80 percent of the Assembly, half of the Senate, 10 Congress members and mayors across the state support the plan. “It’s really just Cuomo that’s the man in the corner right now,” he Q said.

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P Keep the senior centers open EDITORIAL

e’re all for finding something to cut in the rapidly growing city budget, which under Mayor de Blasio has consistently gone up each year far above the rate of inflation. But his idea of saving a mere $800,000 by closing down 12 senior centers and clubs, including four in Queens, doesn’t make much sense. First off the savings would be so miniscule they’re laughable: a little under nine 10 thousandths of a percent of de Blasio’s proposed $92.5 billion spending plan. In digits, that’s 0.00086 percent of $92,500,000,000. For that money, de Blasio would disrupt the lives of who knows how many seniors, and has already angered four City Council members in Queens alone, including three who serve on the budget negotiating team. That doesn’t sound like very smart politics. De Blasio wants to shutter senior centers or clubs at the Baisley Park Houses and Shelton Houses in Jamaica; the Bland Houses in Flushing; and the Astoria Houses. Here’s another funny part about the money: The Astoria Houses center is in the midst of a $500,000 upgrade. The next move is to close it?

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The New York City Housing Authority would bus seniors to nearby centers under the mayor’s plan. As state Sen. Mike Gianaris noted, seniors at the Astoria Houses were excited to visit the upgraded center and are now despairing that they’ll instead be bused to an unfamiliar one nearly two miles away. The city claims the centers and clubs it would close are underutilized. But as Councilwoman Adrienne Adams of Jamaica pointed out, if true, that may be because they have been neglected for so long, like so much else in NYCHA buildings. It’s kind of like the way the prior administration stripped Jamaica High School of countless resources just prior to closing it, making sure its last classes suffered needlessly. Then there’s the law of unintended consequences. Councilman Peter Koo warns that if Bland Houses seniors are bused to the center planned for them, “cultural clashes” over food and language are possible. This closure of senior clubs and centers seems like a really poor plan that should be dropped. Along with the one to move inmates off Rikers Island. And the one in which de Blasio is a candidate for president.

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DMV rules for e-bikes Dear Editor: Both Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic have bills pending in Albany to legalize e-bikes. Well, we now have electric autos, so why not? First, are these vehicles going to be registered with the state and have license plates? Second, are they going to be required to have insurance? Third, are they going to be inspected to safely operate on the streets? Fourth, are the operators going to be licensed, by the state? These e-bikes will be operating exactly the same as motorcycles. They and their operators should be required to adhere to the same rules and regulations. Kim F. Cody Whitestone

Undocumented but licensed Dear Editor: Re “Driver’s licenses for all is fair, smart and safe,” Immigration Corner, May 9, multiple editions: I arrived at JFK without documents other than my nation of origin’s passport. With and only with that I was able to obtain my New York State driver’s license. I was amazed as to how benign the attitude from the state was. Having a driver’s license give the

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ver try to report illegal dumping to the city via 311? If your goal is to get the garbage cleaned up and not stick it to a neighbor, you may find it’s not worth the effort. A member of the Chronicle team reported a pile of construction debris, along with a truck tire for good measure, to 311 last Friday. It was left on the side of 63rd Avenue at Apex Place in Forest Hills, up against a chain-link fence that surrounds a privately owned “pocket park” where a nearby preschool takes the children to play. The edges of the green space see illegal dumping all the time. After he established the location and described the junk, the caller was asked if this was the first time someone had dumped debris there or if it is a chronic problem. Chronic, he said. Big mistake! According to the second of two people at 311 the caller spoke with (why two?), because the problem is chronic, the city will not be cleaning up the junk. It instead will ticket the responsible party — meaning the preschool, not whoever rolled up in the middle of the night and tossed the stuff. So now some of the wooden boards have fallen into the street and people are parking on them. Maybe that will get the city’s attention when the street cleaner rolls through? This really doesn’t seem like the best way for the city to handle the scourge of illegal dumping. Anyone have better ideas?

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Nadler wrong on Barr Dear Editor: So the House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jerry Nadler, has voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to give the committee an unredacted copy of

the Mueller report. Nadler, you will remember, was a champion in passing a law after the investigation into President Clinton to prevent the release of grand jury testimony and nonimportant incidental information that could embarrass people that was uncovered in an investigation. Now Nadler wants Barr to violate a law that he helped create, and release those very same materials? Barr, to his credit, has offered to let committee members view the whole report under secure conditions, but Democratic members refuse. Nadler has stayed insistent that the report must be released. He has threatened Barr and now holds him in contempt, causing a crisis of his creation. Refusing to follow an illegal order is not a crime, Mr. Nadler. Trying to force someone to break the law is illegal. Shame on you! Tim Austin Astoria

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He’s got awful cronies, too Dear Editor: Trump’s personal attorney William Barr said Trump was fully cooperative with the Mueller probe. Of course that’s just another lie. Trump refused to sit with Mueller for an interview, instead responding, “I do not recall” over 37 times to written questions pertaining to events in the last year. Yet he disgracefully mocked Christine Blasey Ford for not remembering minute details from 30 years ago! Trump has continually disregarded the rule of law. And Barr disgracefully does his bidding like a stooge. Disregarding subpoenas, ignoring Congress. Our nation is in a constitutional crisis. The GOP screams socialism yet thinks it’s OK for a CEO to make 400 times his employee’s salary. Not a shred of decency in that opinion. A living wage? Not while a Repugnantcan is in the Oval Office. Fairness and equality mean fairness and equality. Those words don’t appear in the GOP dictionary. The GOP thinks it OK that the average Amazon worker makes $28,466 per year — while CEO Jeff Bezos makes $4,475,885 per hour! Not a shred of decency in that opinion either. And enough about how well the economy is doing. The stock market is not the real economy. It’s just a sign of how the wealthy are doing. Forty percent of the market is owned by the richest 1 percent of the population. The bottom 90 percent of the population owns just 19 percent of stock market wealth. Remember White House security-clearance “whistleblower” Tricia Newbold, who’s worked for both Republicans and Democrats for 18 years? She’s being retaliated against by the Trump administration for doing her job. How? By her boss putting documents on the upper shelves of Newbold’s office. The action is juvenile and reprehensible. You see, Newbold is a dwarf. No matter what her precise height is, she will always have a much more dignified stature then the current occupant of the White House. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

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Dear Editor: Trump enjoys telling the public his presidency is all about “me” not “we.” Mr. 45, whatever happened to We the People? The Donald recently bragged unemployment had dropped to a 1969 low of 3.6 percent. That “may” be true, but we need to look at the big picture. Unemployment under Bush 43 hit a record high of 10.2 percent in 2008. Remember the Bush recession? When Obama (44) left office in 2017, that 10.2 percent had fallen 6.6 percent to 4.1 percent! Under Obama and Trump the combined unemployment was the result of “we” not “me”! While Trump will focus on surging market growth and jobs in 2020, Democrats will stress lack of economic security. The rising cost of medicine, home expense and college education and saving Obamacare will be their priorities. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

spirator remains free to enjoy weekly trips, at taxpayers’ expense, to Florida to play golf. The claim a sitting president is above the law and cannot be indicted for any crime, because it would interrupt the functioning of government, is something that does not exist anywhere in the Constitution. Our Founding Fathers had firsthand knowledge monarchies were above the law and could do no wrong. The Republic they created was intended to be the antithesis of a monarchy and they would be appalled at any claim a sitting president cannot be indicted for a crime because it would bring government to a standstill. Showing that such would not be the case was the fact the Constitution provided for a vice president or a speaker of the House to step into the office of presidency if necessary, so government would not come to a standstill. I am sure Donald Trump and William Barr, his personal attorney masquerading as an attorney general, know there is a difference between a democracy with the rule of law and a dictatorship, and not withstanding the difference, selected the latter. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Budget battle over Queens senior centers Four NYCHA facilities would be closed, merged under mayoral plan by Michael Gannon

But the administration is taking fire from all directions from the City Council. Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Four senior centers and clubs in Queens are among 12 in New York City Housing Authority Meadows) acknowledged that the Shelton complexes that have been targeted for closure Houses building is not a sprawling complex like some other NYCHA developments; and in Mayor de Blasio’s 2019-20 executive budget. The administration says the centers up for that its senior club is a modest one. “But it provides vital services,” he said. closure are underutilized, are in poor condition or both; under the mayor’s plan seniors in “And for the sake of saving a few bucks, the affected centers or clubs would be bused they’re going to force elderly residents to to ones nearby by the city’s Department for travel a half mile every day ... It’s just another effort to try and squeeze money out of the the Aging. In Queens, the sites on the list include the NYCHA budget.” Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaicenters or clubs at the Baisley Park Houses and Shelton Houses in Jamaica; the Bland ca) said the proposed $800,000 in savings is relative pocket change in the context of a $92.5 Houses in Flushing; and the Astoria Houses. billion budget, and In response to an that the Baisley Housinquir y f rom the even] of the 12 es center long has sufChronicle, the Mayor’s fered from neglect by Office submitted a proposed transfer the city. quote from the mayor “Of course when in last month’s budget senior centers are you don’t offer proaddress, and comments made by DFTA currently at more than grams and you don’t keep them in good Commissioner Lor100% utilization rate condition, people are raine Cortes-Vazquez going to stop coming during her testimony ...” — and then you say to the Council. they are under uti“There will be a — NYC Council Black, Latino lized?” Adams said. cost effective new and Asian Caucus “We’ve seen that cloapproach to providing seniors in public housing with access to senior sure method before in communities of color.” In response to de Blasio’s budget proposal centers rather than the ‘senior clubs’ that had been provided by NYCHA directly,” de Blasio last month, Council Speaker Corey Johnson said. “Those clubs, we found were underuti- (D-Manhattan) expressed disappointment that lized, could not provide the same quality of the mayor did not consider savings of $1 bilservice as our DFTA programs could. So, lion that the Council recommended in order to seniors will go to an established senior center keep some of its priorities funded. “We made a good-faith effort,” Lancman that specializes in supporting seniors. There’ll be free transportation provided that will also said of the Council’s counteroffer. “And we got save us money while providing a better prod- the back of the hand from the mayor.” And if the mayor’s intention is frugality, uct to our seniors.” “[M]any of these senior centers were not Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) meeting essential senior center health and and state Senate Deputy Leader Mike Gianaris safety standards,” Cortes-Vazquez said. (D-Astoria) are questioning why the Astoria “Many are not [Americans with Disabilities Houses center is set to shut down just weeks Act] compliant and have chronic leaks, flood- after a $500,000 refurbishment is going to be ing and sewage back-up. Additionally, several completed, with money Constantinides have low participation rates that resulted in secured from the Council in 2014. “Astoria Houses seniors’ excitement about higher than usual per-participant costs.” Editor

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The city also is proposing sending senior citizens from the Baisley Park Houses in Jamaica to PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON nearby facilities, citing underutilization.

The senior center at New York City Housing Authority’s Astoria Houses is wrapping up $500,000 in renovations — but could be closed in six weeks as the city seeks to consolidate what it has PHOTO BY STEVE MALECKI identified as 12 substandard or underutilized senior centers or clubs. moving into an upgraded center quickly turned into despair over these proposed budget cuts,” the councilman said in a statement issued with Gianaris. “Instead of paying for buses to another center almost two miles away, I ask the administration keep this center open to not disrupt the daily lives of Astoria Houses seniors.” “Seniors rely on this center for hot meals and recreation but even more importantly to foster a sense of community we cannot put a price on,” Gianaris said. “I urge the administration to do the right thing by our seniors and revisit this proposal so we can keep the doors open.” In a letter to de Blasio dated May 9, Gianaris and Constantinides, like Lancman, questioned the wisdom of taking money out of NYCHA. But they also asked how closing a newly renovated space saves money. Like Adams, they questioned the methodology for reaching the determination that the Astoria center is underutilized. “Work is expected to wrap up next month, and seniors were elated to leave the cramped space they occupied for too long,” they wrote. “To require them to operate in a small area during construction and then claim the center must close because of low turnout is a mischaracterization. This was a major project the resources of which would be wasted if this plan is realized.” The Mayor’s Office did not respond to a question regarding the officials’ concerns relating to the definition of underutilized. Nor did the office comment on Lancman’s question over how often buses would run between the affected housing complexes and the new sites. “If someone from one of these centers wants to go down when it opens, they can; if they want to go down at 11 a.m., they can,” Lancman said. “Now if they want to go to a center they have to get on a bus. Are they in school again?” By coincidence, Adams, Constantinides and Lancman all are members of the Council’s budget negotiating team.

Johnson, who has indicated a willingness to play hardball with de Blasio’s budget team in recent weeks, said the centers will be in play prior to the July 1 budget deadline. “This Council pledges to secure a budget that works for all New Yorkers, including our seniors,” Johnson said in an email to the Chronicle. “Many members of the city’s elderly population rely on NYCHA and DFTA senior centers for meals, classes and socialization. This Council has consistently pushed for improvements and extension of senior services, including the senior social clubs. The Council will do everything possible to advocate for aging New Yorkers, especially in the heart of Queens.” In its nearly five-page response to de Blasio’s budget proposal, the Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus included an appeal to keep all 12 senior centers open. The document says while the proposed replacement centers may be nearby, the plan does not take into account the difficulty of transporting seniors with mobile disabilities. “Many of the seniors at these centers have walkers or wheelchairs, and boarding and disembarking the bus daily would be not only arduous but also hazardous,” it reads. “Furthermore, as 7 out of the 12 proposed transfer senior centers are currently at more than 100% utilization rate, bringing in more seniors to these sites will only induce or exacerbate overcrowding.” Citing the Bland Center specifically, the caucus said it would be better to reinvest money at the targeted sites. “For Bland Senior Center, updating the facilities including the kitchen would then allow the ability to serve meals on site, which alone would increase senior attendance,” the statement said. A spokesman for Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) said Koo told the administration it would be a mistake to consolidate Bland into nearby Nan Shan, citing reasons such as cultural clashes over food and language, overcrowding and transportation complications for Q wheelchair bound seniors.

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Early voting sites questioned by pol Sen. Gianaris wants more of them; Addabbo discusses new process by David Russell Associate Editor

In January, Gov. Cuomo signed a bill allowing for nine days of early voting across the state and mandating a minimum number of early voting poll sites per county while establishing a standard of at least one poll site per 50,000 voters. Cuomo said, “at a time when the federal government is doing everything it can to disenfranchise voters, we are breaking down the barriers that have discouraged too many generations of New Yorkers from exercising their right to vote.” Early voting is meant to make the process easier for voters who have difficulty getting to the polls because of work or family obligations while reducing waiting times. The law doesn’t require one site for every 50,000 voters, however, saying each county could top out at seven. And that’s what Queens got. With about 1.2 million registered voters, the borough would get 24 sites under the one-per-50,000 standard. Now state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) says he wants the city’s Board of Elections to create more poll sites in Queens. “Seven polling sites for more than two million people is an affront to democracy. The Board of Elections plan deserves a recount,” he said. “We passed this law to make it easier for

State Sen. Mike Gianaris, left, is calling on the Board of Elections to add more sites for early voting. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. says the Senate will have to look for increased funding for FILE PHOTOS additional sites if early voting creates “long lines and a lot of waiting.” millions of New Yorkers to vote. The Board of Elections needs to step up so more New Yorkers will vote.” And Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, said the BOE was doing the “bare minimum” to implement early voting, especially in Queens.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is happy early voting was approved and is surprised it wasn’t done earlier. “I’d love to have more polling sites but everything is contingent upon funding because as you open up polling sites there’s a cost involved,” he said.

Addabbo acknowledged that officials are in uncharted territory and there might be some issues to work through. “This is our first venture into early voting and I don’t expect that’s going to go smoothly,” he said. “We prepared for everything and hopefully it does go smoothly, but I think you’ve got to be prepared for working out some kinks in the early incarnations of early voting.” What does he think will happen next? “Cross our fingers,” he said laughing. “If the few polling sites are not enough and more people are buying in — we don’t know who’s going to go to early voting,” Addabbo said. “We have no idea because this is our first time. “So if early voting creates a situation of long lines and a lot of waiting, then it sort of defeats the purpose. Then we’ll have to go looking for finding increased funding for additional sites.” He said the issue can be worked on after the first round of early voting. “There’s always room for improvement,” Addabbo said. He said the primary goal is to protect the integrity of the process itself, to decrease voter fraud and increase accuracy. “The bottom line is that’s the biggest picture so you hope this early voting is part and parcel Q of that,” Addabbo said.

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Advocates for foster care took to the steps of Borough Hall on Tuesday morning asking the city for funding for youth programs. “There are a lot of important challenges facing our country and our city that will take decades to resolve, that are too complicated,” said Bill Weisberg, executive director of the Forestdale child welfare agency. “This is not one of them. This is simple. We could solve this today.” Fair Futures, a coalition of nearly 100 child welfare agencies, nonprofits, foundations, advocates and young adults are hoping the city will be the first to offer one-on-one support to foster youth from middle school to early adulthood, as they noted only 22 percent of the city’s foster youth who age out graduate high school by age 21 and 20 percent will become homeless by 24. Weisberg said he pays the phone bills for his 20-year-old daughters. “They still need that helping hand,” he said. “They still need contact.” The coalition is asking the city to invest $50 million annually in a coaching program that supports foster youth from middle school to age 26 because the kids need a coach to help them navigate life as adults once they are out of the system. The program is funded with $12 million in private money and no city support, a

Bill Weisberg, executive director of Forestdale, speaks outside Borough Hall during Tuesday’s PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL rally asking the city for more funding for foster programs. coalition spokeswoman said. The City Council recommended $10 million to scale to $50 million in three years in their budget response but the mayor didn’t heed their advice in his executive budget. Now it’s up to lawmakers to include funding in the final budget.

“We need our city and state leaders to work with us, the nonprofit organizations that provide homes for children in need of foster care, to do more,” said Keith Little, CEO of SCO Family of Services. Little said SCO helped 96 percent of the 12th graders it serves graduate from high school.

“John F. Kennedy once stated that if you want to see the prospect of our future you must look at our children,” said Jahlika Hamilton of Forestdale, who spent eight years as a foster child. “And I realize being a foster child, we are part of the future.” Diego Marcus, from The Foundling’s Road to Success program, said he thinks foster care students need to be heard on a daily basis. “We need to start teaching these youths that you can choose your own story, your own dreams,” said Marcus, who will earn his associate degree in the fall. Nicole Wong, with New York Foundling, was a foster child for eight years and says the educational support needs to be at a higher level. She went through the education system without a tutor in part because she loved to read, but her brother was in program after program. “They didn’t know how to support a foster youth because they didn’t realize there were traumatic barriers,” she said. “They didn’t realize that moving from home to home every other year causes gaps in education.” Now the coalition will wait to find out how much money will be in the budget. “Help us,” Little said. “Resource us to be mentors and coaches that these children and youth need. When given guidance and support, Q these young people succeed. They soar.”

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Health Dept. shuts down Queens yeshiva Amid measles outbreak, Kew Gardens Hills school failed to comply with order by Ryan Brady Editor

Fighting the ongoing measles outbreak, the city has shut down eight Brooklyn yeshivas in recent months. Each, including one closed last week, has since been allowed to reopen after showing compliance with the city Health Department. And on Monday, the agency ordered the Yeshiva of Central Queens at 147-37 70 Road in Kew Gardens Hills to close. It is the city’s first yeshiva beyond Brooklyn to get shut down as authorities battle the outbreak. The school defied an order — given last Thursday in response to an exposure — to not let unvaccinated students in for 21 days. The person with measles who went into the yeshiva was an outside vendor, not a student or employee there, according to City Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing). Both lawmakers have been working with the school and city officials this week to get the YCQ in compliance with the Health Department so it can reopen. The school will have to stay closed until the city considers and approves a corrective action plan “that addresses the lapses in complying with” its order, according to the Health Department. The Chronicle could not get a comment

The Yeshiva of Central Queens is working on complying with the city Health Department after the agency ordered it to close earlier this week for violating an order aimed at fighting the measles PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY outbreak. from the YCH’s principal or attorney before deadline, though an employee who declined to give her name said on Monday that school officials are “completing paperwork” related to the closure. “The number of kids who are not vaccinat-

ed at YCQ is ... in the single digits,” Lancman said on Tuesday. “And those kids have been told they cannot come to school until they can get vaccinated.” Across the city, 98 people have been summonsed for failing to comply with the emer-

gency order issued by the Health Department to address the outbreak since the agency began issuing summonses last week. The de Blasio administration declared a public health emergency over measles on April 9. Eighty percent of the 498 measles cases diagnosed since the outbreak began in October have been in Williamsburg, Brooklyn ZIP codes. “Exposures outside of the Williamsburg neighborhood have not resulted in sustained transmission because of relatively high levels of vaccination in affected communities,” Health Department Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot said in a prepared statement. “Maximizing the number of individuals up to date with their measles vaccine is the best way to protect our communities.” Steps taken by officials in the New York City area to fight the measles outbreak have met an anti-vaccination backlash among certain residents of ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. But the sentiment isn’t common in Kew Gardens Hills, according to Lancman, who pointed to how the neighborhood is a mainly modern Orthodox one. “So, this is not a community where you’ll see a lot of anti-vaccination activity,” the counQ cilman added.

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Mom’s Day at Senior Center Seniors are among the most loyal shoppers at local merchants. So the staff of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District thought it a good idea to take advantage of Mother’s Day as a way to say thanks. The moms who were honored are members of the Woodhaven/Richmond Hill

Senior Center at the American Legion Post 118 on 91st Street. Live music and dancing was on tap, not to mention prize drawings. The senior center has 200 members and is operated by Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens. — Michael Shain

Gov. Cuomo chose Mother’s Day to sign into law a new bill that requires speed cameras to be installed around every public school in New York City. He brought his own mom, Matilda Raffa-Cuomo, to the jam-packed signing ceremony in Albany and surrounded himself with the some of the mothers who fought to get universal coverage for the school speed-camera program. “Something as simple as walking to and from school can be the most dangerous part of the day,” the governor said. “We have learned it the hard way. We have lost too many people, especially too many young people.” In the past four years, speed cameras covered about 140 school zones in the city. Under the new law passed last month by the Legislature, cameras will be coming to some 750 schools within two years. Crashes in school zones with speed cameras are down 21 percent since the program was begin in 2013, according to city

Within two years, speed cameras will be in FILE PHOTO place at all city schools. records. “It works,” said Cuomo, “and it is the right thing to do.” The hours of operation will also be expanded. Getting caught on camera driving faster than 20 mph in a school zone can bring a $50 fine during school hours, Monday to Friday. Under the new law, drivers can be fined for speeding anytime between 6 a.m. Q and 10 p.m., weekdays.

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CB 8 irked by lack of outreach on jail plan Board votes no on Queens Blvd. site, approves Kew Gardens Hills rezoning by Ryan Brady Editor

Kew Gardens, where the city plans to redevelop the old House of Detention on Queens Boulevard, is within Community District 9. But the neighboring community of Briarwood falls within Community District 8. And at her panel’s meeting last Wednesday, Community Board 8 Chairwoman Martha Taylor blasted the de Blasio administration for not reaching out to it to get input on the jail plan. “I found it appalling ... because Briarwood is closer and more impacted than any other community in this area,” she said. CB 8 also represents Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Holliswood, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills and Kew Gardens Hills. “We were never invited to be a part of any of the forums and meetings and discussions,” Taylor said, adding that when she and others on the board mentioned that fact to Department of Correction officials at one of the meetings, “they insisted that our people were invited.” But there were only three people from Briarwood there, Taylor explained, and they had been invited there by Community Board 9 rather than city officials. At last Wednesday’s meeting, CB 8 also unanimously voted against the House of Detention plan. If it is implemented, a 270-foot, 26-story jail

Community Board 8 Chairwoman Martha Taylor, with mic, blasted the city for not reaching out to residents of Briarwood about its plan to redevelop the nearby House of Detention facility in Kew PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Gardens into a Rikers Island replacement jail. housing Queens prisoners and all of the city’s female inmates will exist where the old Kew Gardens facility now stands. Three other new, borough-based jails are to be established in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan. Taylor criticized the plan for violating the character of the surrounding area. She also brought up how it will not bring many of the

female inmates close to the courthouses where their cases would be adjudicated and close to their loved ones. As the CB 8 chairwoman noted, placing the inmates in their own boroughs was a major objective of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration established in 2016 by then-City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viver-

ito, which created a roadmap for shutting down Rikers and building replacement facilities. Board member Kevin Forrestal also said the city’s plan “contradicts many of the goals” of the commission’s chairman, ex-Chief Judge of the state Court of Appeals Jonathan Lippman. Bright Limm, another CB 8 member, cited a few reasons for his opposition to the project: “the scale of this proposal” being too large for the surrounding area, “shady” real estate intrigue surrounding the Rikers jails closing, and a lack of community outreach from the de Blasio administration. “I for one would love to vote for a jail in my neighborhood if everybody has their say beforehand,” Limm said. Before deciding on the jail plan, the advisory panel voted 39-1 in favor of rezoning Kew Gardens Hills’ R2 districts into higher-density R2X ones. The proposal, which was created by area residents, would allow detached single-family homes to have larger footprints. Many people in the neighborhood, including parents of young children, say the change is necessary to accommodate growing families. In March 2018, CB 8 voted to co-sponsor the rezoning application, relieving the residents of the tremendous costs of having to pay out of their own pockets to carry it through the Q ULURP process.

DHS to CB 8: Tell us where to put a shelter City last year phased out its use of a Jamaica Hills hotel to house homeless by Ryan Brady

never had homeless shelters before,” she said. Plans for shelters in Queens have ignited Know of any good places for a new homeless shelter in Bri- intense opposition from neighboring homeownarwood, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Holliswood, Jamaica ers. Residents have protested proposals to house the homeless at locations in Blissville, Estates, Jamaica Hills or Kew Gardens Hills? If so, the city Department of Homeless Services wants to College Point, Glendale, Maspeth, Ozone Park and other neighborhoods. hear from you. In January, the city’s DHS Borough Director Amanda homeless population Nasner spoke to Community Board 8 hit a new peak, reachlast Wednesday, requesting that potene are going to open ing around 64,000. tial shelter locations within its district The DHS borough be recommended. shelters in communities director said that many “There is a homeless population that more would be without is coming into the system from this that have never had housing were it not for community,” she said. “And we want to homeless shelters the de Blasio adminisbe able to give them the opportunity to tration expanding sercome home. We want to be able to before. ” vices for tenants — shelter them closer to their schools or around 200,000 people closer to their social networks.” — Department of Homeless Services have received emerNasner explained that the de Blasio Borough Director Amanda Nasner gency rental assistance administration is opening more sheland city-funded legal ters as it phases out commercial hotels and cluster sites used to house the undomiciled under its counsel has helped about 70,000 stay in their homes. “Turning the Tide on Homeless Prevention” plan. But not everyone at CB 8 was impressed. In early 2018, the city stopped housing homeless families Department of Homeless Services Borough Director Amanda Nasner speaks at Board member Bob Harris asked, “If the Community Board 8’s meeting last Wednesday. with children at the Par Central Motor Inn in Jamaica Hills, a PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Community District 8 location. The DHS continues to operate system is working so well, why are there so “I think communities feel blindsided when we do open a different shelter in the district, though: the Briarwood Fami- many demonstrations against these shelters?” Nasner said the DHS is working hard to be transparent and shelters since they’re not part of the process,” the DHS offily Residence. Nasner said the DHS has announced 42 new locations across engage residents in neighborhoods where it intends to open cial said. “But this is how you can be part of the process. shelters. Aside from reaching out to CB 8, the agency sent let- We’re asking for sites. We’d like to hear from community the five boroughs, including some recently in Staten Island. Q members about sites you guys think are appropriate.” “We are going to open shelters in communities that have ters to elected officials in the area. Editor

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chairs at the same time because we were severely shorthanded. It ended up being a disservice to passengers and workers alike.” Eulen did not respond to email and voice mail messages left by the Chronicle prior to Wednesday’s deadline. Elected officials from Queens in attendance included Councilmen Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), who is chairman of the Council’s Labor Committee; Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Francisco Moya (D-Corona). “Denying these airport workers their lawful right to sick leave is petty, cheap and shameful,” Moya said. “Everyone gets sick. Providing paid sick leave isn’t a luxury, it’s simply acknowledging reality and responding humanely.” “At our airports, there are still pockets where a few employers feel that they can stifle the aspirations of workers fighting for dignity in their workplaces and fighting for economic justice,” said Rob Hill, 32BJ SEIU vice president and organizing director. “As they are showing with their complaints to the city, Eulen workers are not going to take these abuses lying down.” Q

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Maspeth native in heroic storm rescue Hero cops save three women, dog in Texas flood before car washes away by David Russell Associate Editor

Matthew Valli was patrolling with fellow Police Officers Benjamin Cochran and Kevin Perrydore in Austin, Texas on the stormy night of May 3 when they received a call about a woman near Williamson Creek, which was fortunately only seconds away from where they happened to be. “As soon as we pulled up we basically just see a car that’s stuck in the middle of the bridge and it had stalled out,” said Valli, a native of Maspeth. A woman was hanging out the passenger side of the car screaming for help as the rising water reached halfway up the tires. The decision was made to grab a rope and throw it along with a life preserver but the woman then said there were actually three women in the car. “I basically made the decision saying Austin Police Officer Matthew Valli, from Maspeth, makes a rescue during a storm in Texas on we’re not going to be able to throw this rope May 3. KVUE SCREENSHOT / AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT three times in an appropriate amount of time because I feared that if we took the time to held on until they could be dragged back. So enjoyed community service.” Mark remembers his brother lifeguarding throw it ... there were just too many people,” the woman had the dog, Cochran was holding onto the woman, Valli hung onto in the Boy Scouts. Valli said. “He always wanted to do something help“I told my partner, ‘Hey, I’m going to just Cochran and Valli was pulled to safety by ing the community,” Mark said. put on the life preserver and I am going to Perrydore. The car went into the creek. Was Valli scared? Valli said his favorite memory of Maspeth wrap this rope around me and I am going to “Not in the moment but afterwards I real- is hanging out at Frontera Park with the wade out into the water and we’re just going ized I could’ve died,” he said. friends he grew up with. to bring them up one by one.” “I think that most people have the idea He went to the Academy of American The first woman came out “pretty easily” and thought of, hey, one day I’m obviously Studies in Long Island City and could take as the flash flood became stronger. the Q67 r ight to his “Before I knew it, as I house though he would got the second person get off one stop early to out and she’s walking by, go to the park. she kind of gets swept a as he scared? “Not in the moment but afterwards I Valli said he did well little but able to get back realized I could’ve died.” in school despite being up and by the time we’re “lazy.” getting the third person — Austin Police Officer Matthew Valli on his rescue of three women and a dog “A lot of teachers out with her dog it just would get f r ust rated had already risen all the w it h m e b e c a u s e I way from my calves to my waist,” Valli said. “In a matter of seconds not going to exist anymore and what would wouldn’t study but I still scored very well on life be like without me? But it’s completely a lot of my tests,” he said. “It was just, I it rose almost 2 feet.” As the car started moving because of the different from actually — I seriously didn’t want to participate in class and I just heavy current, the third woman “kind of wouldn’t have existed possibly in the next didn’t want to do homework.” He attended LaGuardia Community Colfreaked out” and tried to hand the dog to couple of minutes in that event. And it’s just Valli, who grabbed its collar — but the collar one of those things where you have to sit lege and said he applied himself but decided down and just kind of embrace everything.” school wasn’t for him. snapped. Valli was crying when he got back to the “I never saw myself as an academic kind “She’s still in panic mode trying to get out of the car so as she’s handing me the dog she station house. “You have this huge emotional roller also flies out the window,” Valli said. “In that moment it was just, between not being coaster that you’re experiencing and you go able to have good footing with that much from sad to pissed off to laughing ... because water and just the current under your feet, you’re not sure how you really want to feel,” It took a Queens Criminal Court jury we all fell into the water. 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of person,” Valli said. “I always wanted to be hands-on. I always wanted to do something. I didn’t want to be stuck in an office all day.” He decided to join the military, following his father, who had been in the Army. “The military is good for discipline,” Ronald Valli said. “God knows I needed it when I was a kid. I was messing up with high school and I just wanted to hang out and stuff. And that cured my ass.” He added that he didn’t believe Matt needed that much discipline but it helped. Serving with the National Guard, Matthew Valli was stationed in Ronkonkoma, LI, with Bravo Company 642. He spent three of his five years in the military with Joint Task Force Empire Shield, an anti-terror unit. As a member of the task force, Valli patrolled metro hubs with several different agencies including Homeland Security, the NYPD, the Air Marshal Service and other city, state and federal bureaus. While working with them he decided he wanted to get into law enforcement. Ready to leave New York, he went to Texas and applied at the Austin Police Department and began actively patrolling about a year and a half ago. Valli said he didn’t really experience a cultural change that he had to become used to in Texas. “Through the military you meet so many people from different backgrounds and everybody’s there because it’s the military and you’re here and you mostly all get along together,” Valli said. He added, “Sometimes when I’m down here, it takes them a while before they even hear my New York accent just because being in the military so long you kind of just blend in.” Less than two weeks before the rescue, the Austin Police Department posted a photo of Valli holding some kittens on social media after he found them during his shift and brought them to the Austin Animal Center. “He’s got rescuing in his blood, it seems,” Q Ronald Valli said.

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and due process are honored.” When the allegations were first made public, Johnson kicked the Eastern Queens lawmaker off the Council’s budget negotiating team. Grodenchik is eligible to run for re-election in 2021. Elected to the Council in 2015, he was backed by the Queens County Democratic machine in a six-way special primary election to fill the seat vacated by Mark Weprin. He was also in the Assembly from 2003 to 2004. He was unseated by Jimmy Meng, who resigned in 2006 amid voter fraud allegations and years later went to federal prison for an unrelated scheme. Grodenchik’s career also includes work for the Borough President’s Office and as a lobbyist for the Parkside Group, a firm with close ties to the Queens County Democratic Organization. He’s not the only legislator on the City Council to face scrutiny from colleagues for misconduct. In response to accusations of sexual harassment last year, Councilman Andy King (D-Bronx) was forced to undergo publicly subsidized ethics and sensitivity training. Reports in April revealed that the Bronx legislator is now being investigated by the Council over new accusations of sexual harassment, violating nepotism rules, misusing city resources Q and other alleged misconduct.

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City Councilman Bar r y Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), who admitted to sexually harassing a female former staffer on Tuesday, won’t lose his job. But he will step down as Parks and Recreation Committee chairman and undergo harassment training that he will personally pay for. The Council’s Standards and Ethics Committee, chaired by Councilman Steven Matteo (R-Staten Island), had earlier this year investigated the allegations and found them credible. Grodenchik had been accused of making inappropriate comments about the woman’s weight, blowing her a kiss during a meeting with other staffers and repeatedly greeting her — and none of her colleagues — with a kiss on the cheek and a hug. Matteo had said that the Queens councilman’s treatment of the staffer “caused her embarrassment and left her to avoid attending meetings and council business conducted at City Hall,” according to the New York Post. The Standards and Ethics Committee initiated formal disciplinary proceedings against Grodenchik, but the process was halted on Tuesday. That’s when he reportedly admitted to the allegations during an executive session meeting of the committee. “I understand that my actions caused the

City Councilman Barry Grodenchik, having admitted to sexually harassing a woman who used to NYC COUNCIL PHOTO / FLICKR be on his staff, will not receive disciplinary sanctions. council staff member to suffer embarrassment, stress and discomfort, and emotional distress,” the Post quoted him as saying on Tuesday. The publication also reported that he walked quickly past reporters waiting outside the hearing room when he finished speaking. Via a spokesman, Grodenchik declined to comment for this story. Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhat-

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The Queens Chronicle and the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District held a pre-Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day tribute to four mothers in Southeast Queens last Thursday, celebrating their contributions to the community while hosting a meet-and-greet for businesses in the area. The ceremony took place in the parish house at Grace Episcopal Church in Jamaica. The honorees, top right, were Community Board 12 District Manager Yvonne Reddick, left, Grace Church volunteer Hazel Benn, 27-year CB 12 member Michele Keller and Alecia Jones, founder of New Beginnings Center of Hope for expectant mothers. Among others in attendance were, top row, Tonya Ince, left, of Ince Apparel Jewelry, shown assisting a customer; and Nikki Thomp-

son of Kandles by Nikki. Second row, Valerie Jordan and Stephanie Johnson of the Highland Care skilled nursing service chat with a visitor, while next to them the JFK Hilton Hotel makes a presentation. At right, Jones is joined by her colleagues. Above, the honorees are joined by Sutphin BID Executive Director Glenn Greenidge, left, Councilman Donovan Richards, Chronicle Account Executive Ree Brinn and Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler. Next to them New York Life and Kenyatta Lambie of Avon greet members of the crowd. Balloons and decorations were provided by Helium Image. Food was donated by Kaieteur Liberty Restaurant at 120-04 Liberty Ave. Cake was donated by Port Royal Restaurant and Bakery at 113-09 Sutphin Blvd.

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One month after rejecting a redesign of a new entrance to and pathway within Forest Park, Community Board 5 approved its own recommendations for the area during last Wednesday’s meeting. The project is designed to connect the path adjacent to Myrtle Avenue with the larger one deeper into Forest Park. Right now, the only connection is a small walkway next to a Jackie Robinson Parkway on-ramp. The board would like to see a 10-foot path, with one side for bicyclists and one for pedestrians instead of a 5-foot path. They’re also asking for bollards on the side of the road where cars enter the Jackie Robinson going to Long Island 5 feet apart. “Cars come in there very fast and we’re looking for protection for the walkers,” said CB 5 Parks Committee Chairman Steven Fiedler. The board also has an eye on security, noting that the Parks plan would have lightpoles 65 feet apart. “Our request is not 65 feet apart,” Fiedler said. “Our request is 30 but we’re gonna say sufficient lighting to make it secure and safe.” He added that the area is pretty desolate at nighttime.

A proposed project would make improvements to this pathway in Forest Park reached from the FILE PHOTO corner of Myrtle Avenue and Union Turnpike. During April’s board meeting, officials proposed a design that would cut picnic tables, grills and bike racks but Fiedler said they put back the bike racks. The initial design was presented to the board in November 2017. That version

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included separate pedestrian and bicycle paths, three exercise stations and a new tar path. The redesign proposed by the city in April eliminates those elements but included a 5-foot-wide pathway, light poles and traffic bollards. During the April meeting Fielder said, “You’re not pushing us on a plan we don’t like.” CB 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri said security has improved since 2017. “When we originally reviewed their plans, schematics, we talked about security cameras,” Arcuri said. “At that point in time they said they had no program or system. Since then through the office of Assemblymember [Mike] Miller (D-Woodhaven) there are security cameras spotted throughout Forest Park. So I think we should be asking for an extension of the security camera system through that pathway.” The Parks Department’s budget for the project was $2.39 million but it said contractors’ bids were in the $3 million range. The City Council provided $1.89 million of the funding and the remainder came from

the borough president. A Parks spokewoman told the Chronicle last month that “this project proposes a new pedestrian entrance and pathway into the park along Forest Park Drive from Myrtle Avenue connecting with the picnic, bandshell, and carousel areas. The new proposed entrance to the park will be enhanced with plantings and a seating area. The new pathway will be made from both concrete and asphalt and will feature new security lighting for enhanced safety.” The board also spoke about Deputy Inspector John Mastronardi, the former commanding officer of the 104th Precinct, who now has the same role in the 75th Precinct, where he began. “He did a great job with narcotics over there,” Arcuri said. District Manager Gary Giordano added, “For a long time, the 75th Precinct was one of the toughest precincts in the City of New York.” He said he checked statistics online and found that around 1990 the 75th Precinct had 75 murders a year. Last year there Q were only six.

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The Legislature Can Solve the Housing Affordability Crisis It’s Time to Expand the City’s Existing Rent Freeze Programs If the Legislature expanded existing rent freeze programs to insulate low-income rent stabilized tenants from rent increases, the housing affordability crisis in the City would be addressed in a meaningful manner. Instead, with the rent laws up for renewal in June, the Legislature seems more intent on using landlords as scapegoats rather than coming up with real solutions to this very real problem. The Legislature should pass legislation to create the Tenant Rent Increase Exemption (TRIE) program. TRIE would freeze rents for ALL stabilized tenants whose household incomes are less than $50,000 per year and who pay more than 50% of their income for rent. Any rent increases that would otherwise be payable by the tenants would be paid to landlords by the City in the form of property tax credits. TRIE IS NOT A NEW IDEA. TRIE would be similar to the long-existing SCRIE and DRIE rent freeze programs, which already protect over 72,000 stabilized tenants from rent increases, at a current annual cost of $176.8 million. WHO DOES TRIE BENEFIT? Approximately 200,000 stabilized tenants- 20% of all stabilized apartments- would be eligible for TRIE. TRIE is a subsidy for tenants, enabling them to remain in their apartments. TRIE IS AFFORDABLE. Based upon the participation rates in those programs, 46% of the total number of eligible tenants are likely to apply and receive the subsidy. At that rate, the anticipated cost in year one would be $14 million, increasing to $72 million in year five. By comparison, in FY ’17, the City spent $250 million for “one shot” emergency rental assistance grants for over 53,000 tenants, in addition to the billions spent to house the homeless. THE TRIE LEGISLATION IS NOT NEW. The State Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed this legislation TWICE- in 2015 and again in 2016. Shockingly, TRIE was never put to a vote in the Assembly. Equally shocking, many of the members of the Assembly who, in fact, sponsored the TRIE bill at that time, now seem to have a case of collective amnesia about TRIE. Instead of a groundswell of support, we hear only silence.

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TRIE, like SCRIE and DRIE, would be targeted to benefit those most in need. And, rather than spending BILLIONS of dollars to help tenants after they face eviction or become homeless, TRIE would keep them in their homes. After all, isn’t that everyone’s goal?

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So, what causes your seasonal allergies to move from typical symptoms — like nasal congestion, puffy eyes and throat irritation — to that whirling sensation that can knock you off your feet? The most common spring allergy culprits are pollens from a variety of trees and grasses, as well as mold, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Because there can be millions of pollen particles and mold spores in the air, finding allergy relief can seem nearly impossible for some, says allergist Dr. Michael Foggs, ACAAI president. But by knowing what triggers your allergy symptoms and how to avoid these allergens, you can be on your way to a sneeze-free season. Knowing more about the spring allergy season can also help you fight symptoms. ACAAI allergists have put together the five things you should know about spring allergies. • Allergies are on the rise — Every year more adults and children are diagnosed with allergies. There are several speculations about this increase, including climate change and increased allergy awareness. Studies have also shown pollen counts are gradually increasing. Even if you never had allergies in the past, you can develop them at any time. That lingering cold may be allergies and you should see your local boardcertified allergist for testing and treatment. • It matters when you medicate — If you fall victim to spring allergies annually, you should begin taking your medication two weeks before symptoms typically begin. Keep an eye on the pollen counts in your

area. Even if the temperature doesn’t feel like spring, there could already be pollen circulating in the air. To be better prepared, you can track your symptoms with MyNasalAllergyJournal.org. • There isn’t a cure, but there is something close — Unfortunately, there is no cure for spring allergies. However, immunotherapy (allergy shots) provides symptom relief while modifying and preventing disease progression. Immunotherapy can also be tailored for an individual’s needs. So if you’re allergic to pollens, dust and pets, allergy shots can provide you with relief from these allergens. • Symptoms can be severe — Runny noses, itchy eyes and sneezing aren’t the only symptoms of spring allergies. If you are coughing, wheezing and have trouble breathing, asthma might be one of your allergy symptoms. In fact, an estimated 75-85 percent of asthma sufferers have at least one allergy. Asthma attacks can be life-threatening. Aside from avoiding allergens, you should also be under the regular care of an allergist and use medications as prescribed. • When in doubt, get checked out — Not every cough is due to a respiratory infection. And colds shouldn’t be blamed for every runny nose. If you find yourself battling unwanted symptoms for more than two weeks, it is likely time to see an allergist to get tested, diagnosed and treated. Allergies and asthma are serious diseases and that’s nothing to sneeze at. Misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment can be dangerous. Q — Brandpoint

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According to Dr. Sherry Farzan, codirector of the Center for Childhood AsthSince 1984, the Asthma & Allergy Foun- ma at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s dation of America has declared May to be Center in Great Neck, LI, asthma “can be National Asthma & Allergy Awareness dangerous,” sometimes leading to respiratory distress. But the news isn’t all bad. Month. “We’ve acquired a lot of new tools” that It’s no wonder — this is peak season for the staggering number of individuals who can prevent hospitalization, she said, among them injectable treatments. suffer from either or both conditions. There are various ways the disease can be The foundation indicates that more than 60 million Americans have asthma or aller- diagnosed. One involves a breathing test gies, which frequently go hand in hand. An which, according to the doctor, can deterestimated 26 million, including six million mine “how well a patient can blow air out of children, suffer from asthma; many more the lungs.” Asthma sufferers can’t do that as well as healthy individuhave various kinds of als. allergies. Patients with asthma “These conditions can y controlling the are f requently given be challenging to maninhalers as part of their age. But it’s important to allergies you can ongoing treatment. remember your condicontrol asthma.” “We educate patients tion doesn’t define you,” about the different kinds the foundation indicates — Dr. Purvi Parikh of inhalers and when on its website. each should be used and That’s where specialists in the field can be most helpful, offering how to use them,” the doctor said. They include what she calls “rescue” advice on how to deal with either condition. Asthma, a noncurable but controllable medication, taken in acute situations, such inf lammatory disease of the airways, is as with shortness of breath and tightness in thought to be caused by a combination of the chest, and “controller” medication, genetics and environmental factors. Symp- which is taken on a regular basis for “persistoms include persistent coughing, wheezing, tent asthma,” even when a patient is not showing symptoms. shortness of breath and chest congestion. Chronicle Contributor

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Dr. Purvi Parikh, left, and Dr. Sherry Farzan point out that new treatments for asthma have COURTESY PHOTOS become available. “Asthma is a chronic condition like blood pressure,” Farzan said, and medications need to be taken to keep it under control. According to Dr. Purvi Parikh, allergist and immunologist with the Allergy & Asthma Network, a nonprofit patient education and advocacy organization, allergies are the most common cause of asthma. “By controlling the allergies you can control asthma,” she said. Like Farzan, Parikh touts the new medications that are available, including biologics, which she described as a new class of injectables, generally reserved for the most severe cases. Parikh, who has multiple offices including one in Forest Hills, also addressed various types of allergies in terms of such envi-

ronmental triggers as pollen, mold, cats, dogs and, yes, cockroaches, the latter of which she said can even cause asthmatic symptoms. Symptoms of allergies include itchy or watery eyes, rashes and a stuffy nose. Through testing on the skin and, possibly, of the blood, allergies may be identified. Treatments, depending on symptoms, must be tailored to each individual patient, Parikh advised, and may take the forms of pills, sprays or inhalers. Long-term treatments include immunotherapy, or allergy shots, which she said can “get rid of the underlying cause.” Nobody is born with allergies, she pointed out. Rather, they develop over time and tend to run in families. Many allergies result from a combination of genetics, chance and lifestyle factors, the doctor said. Distinguishing between an allergy and a common cold is a frequent dilemma. “A lot of times we can’t figure it out,” Farzan admitted, suggesting that if symptoms appear every spring and are long lasting, chances are allergies are involved. If accompanied by fever and a very sore throat, the cause is more likely to be some kind of infection. Anyone suffering from breathing problems should “never take it lightly,” Parikh said. “We still see deaths daily. Seek mediQ cal attention.”

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A stuffy nose. Scratchy throat. Difficulty breathing. It’s bad enough when spring allergy season reaps its ugly head, but when the things in your home trigger your asthma and allergies too, you feel like you’re in an endless battle to feel healthy. “Many household goods are hidden sources of asthma and allergy triggers,” says Dr. Cary Sennett, president and CEO of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. “Fortunately, you can breathe easier by shopping smarter. By keeping a few tips in mind, you’ll be able to select products that reduce the likelihood of flares or attacks.” Dr. Sennett and the experts at AAFA offer these shopping tips to limit asthma and allergy triggers in your home. 1. Look for the Asthma & Allergy Friendly mark. By being selective in what you purchase, you can dramatically impact asthma and allergy triggers in your home. The first step when shopping is to look for AAFA’s Asthma & Allergy Friendly certification mark. This strict scientifically based program was created 10 years ago to test products from cleaning supplies to toys and more to ensure they’re suitable for families with asthma or allergies. Feel confident when you look for the mark in stores or online. For a full list of products and where to find them, visitaafa.org/certified. 2. Avoid trouble cleaning product ingredients. Removing allergens in the home requires regular cleaning, but oftentimes the cleaning products themselves can trigger asthma and allergy attacks. It’s best to avoid products with strong odors. If you must use strong cleaning products, try wearing a mask that covers your nose and mouth. 3. Buy breathable bedding to sleep well. You spend one-third of your time in the bedroom, so it’s important to purchase products that won’t trigger your allergies or asthma. Look for bedding where the outer fabric is an effective

allergen barrier, plus it can easily be cleaned to remove allergen accumulation. Additionally, bedding must be breathable to ensure comfort and contain no chemicals known to trigger asthma and allergy symptoms. 4. Research air cleaners and humidifiers that boost air quality. Good indoor air quality is vital for families living with allergies and asthma. First, look for the Asthma & Allergy Friendly certification mark. For humidifiers, look for options that maintain appropriate moisture levels while sanitizing the water. For air cleaners, look for independent testing that proves the device reduces allergens from the air by removal and not just redistribution. 5. Use a high-quality vacuum regularly. Vacuuming once a week is important for reducing allergens, but if you don’t use a good vacuum you may simply be redistributing those irritants throughout your house. A certified vacuum will have a high-quality air filtration system that captures even microscopic particles. Furthermore, the vacuum should not release irritants when you have to change the bag, either. 6. Give toys that inspire smiles rather than cause sniffles. For children, a favorite teddy should provide comfort, not sniffles and sneezes. Unfortunately, doctors often recommend removing stuffed toys from children with asthma and allergies. Because stuffed toys are similar to filled bedding products, they can house dust mites and other allergens as well as contain dyes that could irritate a child’s sensitivities. Look for toys that earn the certification. This means that the toy can easily be cleaned to remove allergen accumulation and contains no chemicals known to trigger allergies or allergens, plus the colors will not bleed from rubbing or saliva. For more smart shopping tips, including what to look for in washers, dryers, paint and more, download the AAFA Certified Products Guide Q ataafa.org/certified. — Brandpoint

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Difficulty breathing can be a terrifying experience for anyone, and especially for parents watching their children suffer. People experience breathing issues due to weather, allergies or illness. But for children and adults who have asthma, breathing troubles can be a regular occurrence. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology says children who have recurrent wheezing, chest tightness, cough or shortness of breath may have one or more forms of asthma. Asthma can make it challenging to breathe and typically occurs when the lungs swell, fill with mucus and airways become smaller. The Kids Health resource says some people have described asthma as feeling like breathing through a straw. What is asthma? Asthma is the leading cause of chronic illness in children, affecting roughly seven million children in the United States alone, and the numbers are steadily rising, says WebMD. It can occur at any age, but most children are diagnosed by age 5. Why people get asthma is generally a mystery, but it tends to run in families. Those who have a history of asthma or allergies tend to get asthma. Allergists may perform skin or blood tests to see if children have allergies that can trigger asthmatic symptoms, advises the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Symptoms of asthma Asthma can have multiple causes and symptoms. AAAAI says coughing, recurrent bronchitis, wheezing and shortness of breath, especially when exercising, are common symptoms. Some people may notice a whistling sound With accurate diagnosis and treatment, children with asthma can live when breathing out. Also, frequent colds that settle in healthy lives that include physical activity. the chest may be indicative of asthma.

Increasing asthma rates No one is sure why more children are now developing asthma than before. It could be because parents are more in tune with symptoms and seeking treatment. Others surmise that increased time spent indoors being exposed to indoor air pollution, dust and secondhand smoke may be to blame. Oversanitation, or not enabling children to be exposed to enough bacteria and viruses to boost their immune systems, is another theory. Testing for asthma Apart from allergy tests, a doctor may recommend a pulmonary function test to see how air flows through the lungs. Chest X-rays may highlight other symptoms, and doctors may test for inflammation. Managing asthma There is no cure for asthma, but it can be managed effectively with lifestyle changes and medications. Treatment depends on the severity and frequency of symptoms, advises ACAAI. Quick relief medications can quiet the wheezing and coughing that occurs during an attack. Long-term medications help with internal inflammation. Inhalers and nebulizers are commonly used to deliver asthma medications. ACAAI says that most asthma medications are considered safe when used as directed. In addition to medications, asthma patients are advised to get flu immunizations, avoid allergy triggers and routinely wash their hands to avoid colds and other respiratory illnesses. With accurate diagnosis and treatment, children with asthma can live healthy lives that include physical activity. School-aged children can control symptoms both at home and at school Q with the help of parents and school administrators. — Metro Creative Creation

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Motown legend in Jamaica Martha Reeves at the Black Spectrum Theatre by David Russell Associate Editor

“Dancing in the Street.” “Heatwave.” “Jimmy Mack.” “Quicksand.” “Nowhere to Run.” Martha and the Vandellas found fame in the ’60s with the iconic Motown record label founded by Berry Gordy. “We sang about love,” Martha Reeves said at the Black Spectrum Theatre in Jamaica last Friday night. “We sang about happy times.” She added, “At Motown it wasn’t loud. It was profound.” Reeves was giving an address about being a successful entertainer, one originally scheduled for January but delayed due to bad weather. Longtime radio host and moderator Bob Law noted, “the music was so memorable.” Law then said the opening lines of The Temptations’ classic “My Girl” and asked the crowd “What can make me feel this way?” Everyone responded, “My girl.” So what exactly is a Vandella anyway? There was a Van Dyke Street in Detroit. And one of Reeves’ favorite singers was Della Reese, whom Reeves had seen sing “Amazing Grace” in church. “[She] shook the rafters and I fell in love with her,” Reeves said.

Last Friday Reeves sang an Aretha Franklin medley, one that she had in her act before taking it out and then eventually deciding to put it back in. “Aretha walked down the aisle in her full length mink coat with her entourage of about seven people and met me in the dressing room and said, ‘Hey girlfriend. I heard you singing my songs.’ So I said, ‘You won’t hear that no more,’” Reeves recalled. She was worried she had offended The Queen of Soul. “But then I got the same feeling when I saw somebody sing my song,” Reeves said. The biggest hit on the charts for Martha and the Vandellas was “Dancing in the Street,” which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 but wasn’t originally intended for them to sing. It was supposed to be for Marvin Gaye. Reeves, then a backup singer for Gaye, watched as he practiced the song. “As good looking as he was he could ignore people real good,” she said. “He didn’t mind me standing there staring at him.” “He looked over and saw me and said to William Stevenson and Ivy Hunter, the cowriters of the song ... ‘Hey, man, let’s try this song on Martha.’ “I didn’t even know he saw me. He had

married Berry’s sister so I know I wasn’t eligible to be nothing to Marvin Gaye except for background singer.” She did a take but then was told the recording machine wasn’t on. “I wanted to kill,” she said. Then came the second and final take. “The next time I did it, it had fire in it because I was a little bit angry,” she said. The popular song set off some controversy, with some people thinking that Reeves was a Black Panther and the tune was a call to riot. “It became kind of an anthem for the revolutionaries,” Law said. Reeves recalled a concer t with Smokey Robinson in Alabama, one in a segregated concert hall with both Amer- Martha Reeves holds up a copy of the Queens ican and Confederate flags present. Chronicle touting her appearance at the Black She said that as Robinson played Spectrum Theatre. PHOTO BY DUNDEE HOLT “Mickey’s Monkey” the audience startSharing a story close to Mother’s Day, ed dancing with each other — black and Reeves recalled some advice she received. white together. “Mamma taught me when I came off Reeves, who became a council woman in Detroit in 2005, was honored by Rep. Greg- stage, come off stage,” Reeves said. “When ory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) as well as the lights go off, go off stage and be yourrepresentatives for state Sen. James Sanders self ... do the best you can the first time so Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) and Councilwom- you don’t have to be ashamed or embaran Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) during the rassed or have to do it again. If you did the Q best you could, that’s all you could do.” Black Spectrum event.

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CTK 2023 scholarship winners Christ the King honored its Class of 2023 freshman scholarship winners last Friday evening. The winners in alphabetical order are Marko Babic, Isabelle Baksh, Justine Calcada, Layla Charon, Adonis Cusu, Sebastian Cusu, Jacqueline Demirjian, Xavier Espada, Valentina LaPorta, Alex Mansueto, Laila Morales, Madison Orllana, Nicolas Silva, Alexandra Syta, Tyler Timmerman, Monika VonCyga and Nicole Wisniewski. Adonis Cusu was awarded The Richard Hartman Memorial Scholarship. Wisniewski was awarded The Thomas V. Ognibene

Memorial Scholarship. Espada was awarded The Bernard G. Helldorfer Memorial Scholarship. Syta was awarded The Robert Normandia Memorial Scholarship. The Cav. Peter Cardella Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Calcada and Mansueto. The Constance DelVecchio Maltese Memorial Scholarships for the Arts were awarded to LaPorta and Timmerman. “We look forward to having them at Christ the King for the next four years,” said Steven Giusto, assistant principal and director of admissions at CTK. “I am confident they will be doing great things.”

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The times were a-changin’ Musical delves into the deep South of the ’60s

An intimate story that plays like an epic, the musical,“Caroline, or Change,” in what is believed to be its Queens debut, is being brought powerfully to the stage by the Astoria Performing Arts Center. The show focuses on Caroline Thibodeaux, a hardworking, long-suffering African-American maid, and her relationship with the Jewish family for whom she works, in par ticular 8-year-old Noah, whose mother has recently died. But it’s also about much, much more. Lending unusual breadth to the story is the backdrop against which it is set: the deep South during the social upheaval of the early 1960s. This is a slice of history come to life, a tale of

an America on the verge of, yes, change. As used in the show’s title, the word takes on multiple meanings. It not only refers to what is happening in the country, but to the loose coins the young boy is always leaving in his pants pockets, as well as the personal changes some of the central characters must face. The book and lyrics are by Tony Kushner, known for his politically charged writing, who pushes plenty of emotional buttons here. Setting his words to music is Jeanine Tesori, who has provided a wide range of sounds, from gospel and Motown to more than a touch of klezmer. This is a nearly sung-through musical, with limited spoken dialogue. As such, the vocal prowess of its perform-

ers is vital, and the show, seen in its final preview last Saturday afternoon, does not disappoint. LaDonna Burns is a powerhouse as Caroline, from her op ening a c a pp ella notes to a n esp e c ia lly memorable late-in-the-show musical soliloquy in which she talks to God, imploring, “Don’t let my sorrow make evil of me.” Also in good voice is Marcie Henderson, who personifies Caroline’s Washing Machine, one of several appliances that spring to life. Tony Perry is a flashy Dryer (as well as the Bus that announces the assassination of JFK), while, as the Radio, Amanda Bailey, Joel Rene and Nat talyee Randall are a Supremes-like trio who ser ve as a Greek continued on page 33

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS

turing multiple dance troupes and post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Valerie Green. Sun., May 19, 7 p.m. $15; free teens. Both part of monthly series at Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

Open studio, with works by numerous artists in various styles and creative businesses, food and drinks. Fri., May 17, 7-10 p.m., One eyed studios, 1639 Centre St., Ridgewood. Free. Info: (347) 7408409, oneyedstudios.com.

Queensboro Dance Festival, with troupes from the borough performing as part of a tour running through Oct. Fri., May 17,Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 15310 Jamaica Ave. $10 suggested. Info: (929) 282-0620, queensborodancefestival.com.

LIC Arts Open, with multiple exhibits and artists opening their studios to the public. Through Sun., May 19 (open studios Sat.-Sun., May 18-19), various Long Island City locations. Free. Info: (718) 5816477, licartsopen.com.

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“Nancy Spero: Paper Mirror,” with works by the feminist artist spanning more than 50 years, in multiple media; and “Zheng Guogu: Visionary Transformation,” with 12 works that refashion the traditional Buddhist meditation paintings called thangkas. Both through Sun., June 23, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; kids under 17 free. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

The Queens College Choral Society will hold its 78th Annual Spring Concert Saturday, performing works by Brahms and Mozart. See Music. COURTESY PHOTO

“Timberline,” with works by Nicholas Arbatsky that appear to float above the printed surface, just out of range of the viewer’s focus. Through Sat., June 29, Topaz Arts, 55-03 39 Ave., Woodside. Free. Info: (718) 505-0440, topazarts.org.

jing Guitar Duo performing as part of the seventh annual National Chamber Music Month. Fri., May 17, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $12; $10 students; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Solitude” — Photographs by Agron Jashari, with cityscapes, landscapes and more by the Brooklynbased lensman. Through the end of May, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

Oratorio Society of Queens Spring Concert, with Vivaldi’s “Spring” and “Gloria” and Mozart’s “Requiem.” Sun., May 19, 4 p.m., Our Lady Queen of Martyrs RC Church, 110-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. $40; $35 seniors, students; $10 kids. Info: (718) 279-3006, queensoratorio.org.

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Fiddlers Green folk music, with the Long Island quartet playing traditional Irish, Scottish, English and American songs. Fri., May 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. $15; $10 seniors, students. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org.

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

“Conspiracy of Goodness: How French Protestants Saved Thousands of Jews During World War II,” about an isolated community, Le Chambon, that saved 3,500 Jews from Nazi Germany and Vichy France. Through Fri., May 24, Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, qcc.cuny.edu/khrca.

MUSIC Chamber Music America, with Mickey Bass and his New York Powerhouse Ensemble and the Bei-

Queens Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble, performing music of the Spanish-American War, followed by reception. Sat., May 18, 5 p.m., the Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free with RSVP. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org. Queens College Choral Society Spring Concert, the 78th annual, with performances of Brahms’ “Schicksalslied” (“Song of Fate”) and Mozart’s Mass in C minor. Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $20. Info: (718) 997-3849, qcchoralsociety.org. Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra, with works by Moscheles, Haydn and Offenbach (as arranged by Manuel Rosenthal). Sun., May 19, 2 p.m., Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. $5; $3 seniors. Info: (718) 374-1627, fhso.org. Queens Symphony Orchestra: Baroque Bass, part of the QSO’s free spring and summer concert series. Mon., May 20, 7:30 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 85-45 96 St., Woodhaven. Free. Info/RSVP (required): (718) 738-1083.

THEATRE “Relic, or, I Was Bubbie’s Favorite by Joel Feinman (as told to Lojo Simon),” a comedy about an out-of-work actor finding a relic in his grandmother’s attic that gives him fame and fortune. Through Sun., May 19, various times, Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20; $18 seniors. Info: (718) 7600064, queenstheatre.org. “Queens of the Night” (“Reinas de la Noche”), an LGBTQ musical cabaret story about resilience, love and inclusion. Fri.-Sat., May 17-18, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 19, 4 p.m. Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $45 advance; $48 at door; $42 advance students, seniors; $45 at door; $40 all Fri. only. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org. “Caroline, or Change,” a musical about the uneasy friendship between a young Jewish boy and his family’s black maid in 1963 Louisiana, by the Astoria Performing Arts Center. Each Thu.Fri., 8 p.m.; each Sat., 2 and 8 p.m. through May 25 (post-show discussion after Sat., May 18 matinee), Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30 Road, entrance on 21 St. $25; $20 students, seniors. Info: (718) 706-5750, apacny.org. “Godspell,” with youngsters from Sunnyside and Jackson Heights helping Jesus Christ spread his message through games, storytelling, songs and more, by Unity Stage. Sat., May 18, 6 p.m.; Sun., May 19, 3 p.m., PS 212, 34-25 82 St., Jackson Heights. $20; $10 teens, seniors; $5 kids 5-12. Info: (917) 548-1086, unitystage.org.

DANCE Take Root, with Edgar Cortes Dance Theater and Dance Visions NY. Fri.-Sat., May 17-18, 8 p.m. $17; $20 cash at door; $22 credit card; free for teens as part of Teen Arts Week. Fertile Ground, fea-

Stand-Up for Science, with real scientists performing comedy acts for the first time in “an evening of laughter, learning and libations.” Sat., May 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m. (doors open 6:30), New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $15. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org, scienceriot.org.

FILM “Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” an exclusive version for science centers and museums of the 2019 documentary about the mission that landed men on the moon for the first time 50 years ago, with never-before-seen footage. Fri., May 17-Fri., June 14, 2 p.m.; Sat., June 15-Tue., Jan. 21, 2020, 3 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6; $5 kids, students, seniors, plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 6990005, nysci.org.

“Dog City,” the 1989 canine gangster comedy for which Jim Henson won an Emmy, with experts Fred Buchholz and Tom Newby on hand to discuss the Henson effects that were used. Sun., May 19, 2 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 7776888, movingimage.us. JIM HENSON CO.

TOURS/HIKES The Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tour, with a museum educator leading a dynamic experience exploring the puppeteer and filmmaker’s work on “Sesame Street,” “The Muppet Show,” “Fraggle Rock” and more. Each Sat. through June 29, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $20; $16 seniors, students; $14 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 7776888, movingimage.us. continued on page 34

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If you are looking for the latest art rooted in African-American history, then the “Alexandria Smith: Monuments to an Effigy” exhibit at the Queens Museum is for you. Smith’s works take the history of the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground and the Macedonia AME Church in Flushing as a departure point to explore the lost narratives of African-American women. “I think it’s just a unique way of honoring women, black women in particular,” Smith said. “It’s truly unique and experiential in that way, and I hope that it’s also transformative.” The works are done in multiple media,

‘Monuments to an Effigy’ When: Through Sat., Aug. 18 Where: Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Entry: $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, kids. (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org

with everything from sound, object-sculptures to fabric-like created sculptures. The cornerstone and centerpiece of the exhibit is the sculpture of a series of pigtails known as “The Rooting Place.” According to Smith, the work brings all the pieces together as it provides the foundation of black girlhood and womanhood. “For me, the pigtail sculpture symbolizes the first moment of recognizing not only your difference but your power,” she said. “I think for a lot of black women, specifically, it comes through hair and the recognition of the texture of your hair and the difference between the way that your hair curls as opposed to other people and other images that are more dominant in the media.” Smith was born in the Bronx and earned her bachelor of fine arts in illustration from Syracuse University, a master of arts in art education from New York University and a master of fine arts in painting and drawing from Parsons The New School for Design. Although she has shown her work in group exhibitions at numerous venues, “Monuments to an Effigy” is a first for her. “It’s my first museum solo exhibi-

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Artist honors the unnamed in black history

A section of Alexandria Smith’s “GloryGlory...,2019,” above, PHOTOS BY ANGEL ADEGBESAN and, inset, “The Rooting Place.” tion,” Smith said. “I’ve been in museum shows before but they were group exhibitions. So, this is my first installation. It’s my baby of my firsts.” With her exhibit, Smith honors the memories of the unnamed women who were

interred at the burial ground, particularly in a piece titled “GloryGlory...,2019.” This piece is a mixed-media collage installation on canvas and wood that is in three tiers. According to the exhibit, the lowest tier, continued on page 35

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And the award for the longest title of a new play goes to “Relic, o r, I w a s B u b b i e ’s Favorite by Joel Feinman (a s told to Lojo Simon),” now having its world premiere run at Queens Theatre, where performances continue through May 26. The play, itself, developed at the theater last year through its New American Voices Reading Series, is much more economical, running a tight 90 intermissionless minutes. It is played on a nearly bare stage, and it features a single actor, the likable Adam Green, who has a field day play- Adam Green is the sole performer in the new play “Relic, or, ing all the parts himself, I was Bubbie’s Favorite by Joel Feinman (as told to Lojo PHOTO BY JAY ROGERS/QUEENS THEATRE Simon).” including Feinman. It is around Feinman’s discovery of a family heirloom — the relic of fame, power and religion. It comes to the the title — that the play revolves. It is, predictable conclusion that being a celebrity admittedly, quite a shocking little thing that doesn’t ensure happiness. While dealing he finds hidden away in his bubbie’s — his with universal issues, it does so with a heavgrandmother’s — attic, about which no fur- ily Jewish bent, and should appeal particularly to anyone who knows the meaning of ther details will be offered here. Suffice it to say that coming into posses- words like “zayda,” “schmendrick” and sion of it makes Feinman, a 39-year-old “shochet.” And if you happen to live in out-of-work actor, an instant celebrity, with Rego Park you’ll find an instant connection. Much of the success of the perforthe opportunity to become rich beyond his wildest dreams. It also threatens to put a mance rests with Green, who embodies a further strain on his relationship with his sis- wide variety of characters — male and ter, a lawyer married to a doctor, and, ulti- female, young and old, Jewish, British, mately, it helps Feinman discover what is French and Italian. Some portrayals work more successfully than others, with his really most important to him. The play, by Simon (of the title), and turn as Feinman’s great aunt from Lithuadirected with precision by Will Pomerantz, nia being a particular standout. He’s also addresses such relevant issues as success, memorable as a psychiatrist who sounds very much like Dr. Ruth and as a gruff-voiced theatrical agent. A highlight of the evening comes toward the end when all the characters When: Fri.-Sat., May 17-18, converge, testing Green’s ability to Sat., May 25, 8 p.m.; switch voices on a dime. And throughSat., May 18, May 25, 2 p.m.; out he engages in easy banter with Sun., May 19, 3 p.m.; members of the audience. Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m. The lighting (Steve Wolf) and sound Where: Queens Theatre, design (Mike Waschenko) are effective, 14 United Nations Ave. South, helping to create the appropriate Flushing Meadows Corona Park ambiance. Tickets: $20; $18 seniors. (718) 760-0064, The play, seen at last Thursday queenstheatre.org night’s final dress rehearsal, is recomQ mended for ages 14 and over.

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continued from page 29 chorus with plenty of soul. Randall doubles as Dotty, a young maid who has enrolled in college, bringing an abundance of personality to the role, while trying to offer her friend, Caroline, advice: “You got to let go of where you been, you got to move on from the place you’re in.” Rene also makes for an enchanting Moon, clad in white from head to toe and singing in a clear operatic voice. Sabatino Cruz makes an auspicious APAC debut as Noah, emoting with understanding and managing to overcome vocal strain in a musically taxing role. Lauren Singerman puts on a happy face as Rose, his woebegone new stepmother,

‘Caroline, or Change’ When: Each Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m.; each Sat., 2 p.m., through May 25 Where: Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30 Road, Astoria Tickets: $25; $20 seniors/students. (718) 706-5750, apacny.org

while Scott Mendelsohn is appropriately dour as Stuart, his despondent father. Gordon Stanley sings strongly as Rose’s opinionated father, who comes from up north to visit the family at Chanukah time. Sharae Moultrie is Caroline’s rebellious teenage daughter, Emmie, upon whom falls the task of bringing the story to its optimistic conclusion. Director Dev Bondarin’s staging takes full advantage of the expansive set, designed by Christopher Swader and Justin Swader, replete with platforms, stairs and a ramp that allow for multiple scenes to unfold simultaneously. She keeps the action moving without interruption (save for an intermission), allowing for maximum impact. Music director Minhui Lee leads a crackerjack band that plays continuously throughout the show, while Kemar Jewel’s choreography evolves naturally, effortlessly and

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A moving tale of the South in the civil rights era

Lauren Singerman addresses LaDonna Burns in “Caroline, or Change,” with Navida Stein, Greg Horton and Sabatino Cruz, also at left, in the background. On the cover: Nattalyee Randall, Joel Rene and Amanda Bailey serve as a Greek chorus in the show. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL DEKKER unintrusively. This is not a “happy” musical, but it packs a wallop that will leave audiences feeling

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TOURS/HIKES Bird Walk with NYC Audubon, an exploration of avian life at the Queens Botanical Garden and how resources like food, shelter and water are provided there. Sat., May 18, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students; $2 kids over 3. Info/registration (required): (718) 8863800, queensbotanical.org. Bell Boulevard History Crawl, with historian Jason Antos leading participants in a “then and now” trip past various points of interest from 36 Ave. to the Long Island Rail Road station. Sat., May 18, 12-2 p.m., meeting at the Cobblestone House, 35-34 Bell Blvd. $10. Info/RSVP: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Bell Blvd Food & Music Fest, with more than 35 restaurants offering cuisine of all kinds, live music of many genres, dancing, skee ball, mini golf, other games and more. Sun., May 19, 2-6 p.m., Bell Blvd. between 38 and 43 Aves., Bayside. $30 (for food; all else free); $12 kids; $40 day of; $15 kids. Info: (718) 423-2434, baysidevillagebid.com. Science Fiction Festival, with story time, performances, virtual reality demos, comic and zine workshops and more, in conjunction with the Coronate! cultural festival and the Queens Museum “Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas” exhibit. Sat., May 18, 1-7 p.m. (certain events at certain times; Coronate! 1-8 p.m.), Corona Library, 38-23 104 St. and Corona Plaza (Coronate!), 40-04 National St. Free. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

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

LECTURES/TALKS “Walking Queens,” with author Adrienne Onofri discussing her book about 30 tours of the borough’s diverse communities, historic places and natural treasures. Sun., May 19, 2 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $5 suggested. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. From Ruin to Rebirth: The Death & Life of Flushing & Flushing Town Hall, with historian R. Scott Hanson focusing on their transformation from the urban decline of the 1970s to today. Sun., May 19, 2 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Lewy body dementia, with information on “the disease you’ve never heard of,” which causes a progressive decline in mental abilities, by Norma Loeb of NYU Winthrop Hospital, at open meeting of National Council of Jewish Women/Lakeview Section. Tue., May 21, 12 p.m., Temple Tikvah, 3315 Hillside Ave., New Hyde Park, LI. Free. Info: (718) 343-6222.

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

SOCIAL EVENTS Yoga at Grover, with refreshments, free yoga mats and other giveaways, by City Councilman Antonio Reynoso, All Yoga and the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corp. Sat., May 18, June 1 and June 8, 10 a.m., Grover Cleveland Playground volleyball court, Stanhope St. and Grandview Ave., Ridgewood. Free. Info: (718) 963-3141. Saturday night dance, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, top 40 Italian and Latin music, food and more. Sat., May 18 (and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100.

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

SUPPORT GROUPS Free peer-led community mental health group, held by Recovery International. Each Mon., 6-7:45 p.m., Howard Beach Library, 92-06 156 Ave. Info: Certified Peer Specialist Holly Weiss, (347) 906-1260. Queens Chiari/Syringomyelia Support Group, with all invited. Tue., May 28, 6 p.m., Springfield Gardens United Methodist Church, 131-29 Farmers Blvd. Free. Info/RSVP: Ruth Williams, (718) 740-5805, ruthwill2010@hotmail.com. PTSD for veterans and service members: Reach out to a anonymous support group in your area. Info: 1 (800) 273-8255. Bereavement groups for assistance dealing with loss and the process towards healing, with others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Registration req’d. Info: (718) 268-5011, ext. 160, olderadults@cgy.org.

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21st Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff(s) vs. Natasha Phang, et al., Defendant(s) Index No. 24026/10. In pursuance and by virtue of an amended judgment of foreclosure and sale in the amount of $544,639.59 plus interest and costs duly granted by this Court and entered in the Queens County Clerk’s Office on the 12th day of July, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee, duly appointed in this action for such purpose, will expose for sale and sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder therefor at 8811 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, Queens County, Courtroom #25 on the 7th DAY OF JUNE, 2019 at 10:00 A.M., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed in and by said judgment to be sold and in said judgment described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated as Block 10211 Lot 57. Said premises known as 168-68 92nd Rd., Jamaica, NY 11433. Premises sold subject to provisions of the filed judgment and terms of sale. SUBJECT TO restrictions, covenants, etc. of record, prior lien(s), if any, and an easement contained in Deed recorded June 12, 2008 in CRFN 2008000235440. Joseph F. DeFelice, Esq., Referee, Bradshaw Law Group P.C., Attorney(s) for Plaintiff, Office address, 321 Broadway, 5th Floor New York, NY 10007 212-327-1524

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Notice of Formation of PAUL AARONSON, MD, PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/06/19. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of PLLC: 109-23 71st Rd., Forest Hills, NY 11375. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Paul Aaronson, M.D., 430 E. 56th St., Apt. 8B, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Medical practice.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE INDEX NO.: 702469/19. At an IAS Part 39 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at 25-10 Court Square, LIC, NY, on March 19, 2019 PRESENT: HON. LESLIE J PURIFICACION, J.S.C. ESTATE OF CATHERINE ROTH, Petitioners, -against- ROBERT BOYCE, K ATHERYN BOYCE and COLUMBIA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Respondent. Upon the verified petition of SUSAN EARLEY and THOMAS EARLEY, verified Januar y 24, 2019, and on affirmation of DANIEL KOGAN, dated January 21, 2019 all pleadings and proceedings previously had, let all persons interested show cause before this court at the Centralized Motion Part, at the Courthouse located at 25-10 Court Square, LIC, NY, on July 11th. 2019 at 9:30 a.m., why an order should not be made, pursuant to RPAPL Section 1931 discharging the record between Petitioner, ESTATE OF CATHERINE ROTH and Respondents, ROBERT B OYC E , K AT H E R Y N B OYC E , dated September 30, 1981, and recorded in the Office of the City Register in Reel 1374, Page 668; plus the mortgages between COLUMBIA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION and ROBERT BOYCE and K ATHERYN BOYCE, dated September 1, 1977 and recorded. Service of a copy of this order and a copy of the papers upon which it is granted by regular mail upon the City Register, County of Queens and the Secretary of State of the State of New York on or before May 23rd, 2019 and the publication of the order in Queens Chronicle, 4 weeks, a newspaper published in the County of Queens by May 23, 2019, shall be deemed sufficient service. ENTER: HON LESLIE J. PURIFICACION, J.S.C.

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

HAMILTON BEACH

LINDENWOOD

Large 2 Family Corner Colonial With A Full Finished Basement, 3 Over 3 Plus A One Bedroom Walk-in. Private driveway & attached one car garage with 3 additional legal parking spots on the side of the house. Has updated bathrooms, hardwood floors throughout and tile in kitchen.

LINDENWOOD

$709K

Extended kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Two newly updated bathrooms. Crown and chair molding throughout. New electric wiring 6 years ago, new high hats and ceiling fans.

Lovely One Bedroom, One Bathroom Co-op. Close To Transportation!

Beautiful Newly Renovated Semi-detached 3 Bedroom Colonial With 2 Full Bathrooms. A 2-year-old brand-new kitchen with stainless steel appliances and ceramic tile. Hardwood floors and crown molding throughout, party driveway with a 2 car garage. Lots of natural sunlight throughout. Roof is less than a year old.

Totally Renovated 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Co-op With A Terrace.

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

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OPEN HOUSE Saturday, 5/18 • 12-2pm, 89-36 83rd Ave., Glendale, NY 11385

OPEN HOUSE Sat. 5/18 • Sun. 5/19 • 12-2pm, 102-13 163rd Drive, Hamilton Beach, NY 11414 Beautiful 3 Bedroom Home Is In Move-In Condition With Open Floor Plan For The LR , DA, & Kitchen. Free-standing fireplace. Also included is Lot 1281 Block 14247 40x80 behind the home. Call Agent Terry 347-628-3758

GLENDALE

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

The story of the Silver Crest Milk Co. by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Shia Schwartz was born in Austria in 1858 and immigrated to the United States in 1882. His wife, Katie, 12 years his junior, was born in Russia in 1870 and immigrated to New York in 1885. They were married the next year and both received their U.S. citizenship in 1919. Shia is a boy’s Hebrew name meaning “Praise God.” Schwartz, however, went by Charles. Schwartz bought seven cows and 40 acres in Middle Village, then referred to as Elmhurst, and started The Schwartz Milk Co. To run the farm he had six sons, Abe, Benjamin, David, Jacob, Max and Arthur. The last child to be born was a daughter named Frieda. In 1936 under New York’s eminent domain laws they were forced to sell off much of their property and close the farm so Eliot Avenue could be extended and new housing built. But in 1937 members of the family built a milk pasteurization and bottling plant on an irregular 77-by-161-foot property on 80th Street between Caldwell and

The rear of Silver Crest Milk Co., 80-22 Caldwell Ave., Middle Village, seen from Eliot Avenue and 80th Street, summer 1941. Eliot avenues getting their milk from upstate farms. They choose the name Golden Crest Milk Co. but were blocked by the Borden Co., which owned that name. Their second choice was Silver Crest Milk Co. The tall Silver Crest tower served as a direction marker for all to see. As the older generations passed away, their heirs discovered that the property could be worth more than the milk bottling business. In 2004, the Silver Crest Milk Co. was sold to Walgreens, and in 2007, a drugstore opened on the site, ending a page in old Middle Q Village history.

SPORTS

BEAT

From good luck to bad by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

NBC Sports appeared to be the chief beneficiary of the Kentucky Derby controversy when stewards overturned Maximum Security’s apparent victory after the horse interfered with others on a turn and awarded the win to longshot runner-up Country House. Because of the extra TV time, NBC recorded its best ratings for the Derby in nearly 30 years because. That certainly bodes well for this Saturday’s Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the second leg of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. There is a lot of interest in seeing whether Maximum Security could cross the finish line first or if Country House is a horse of destiny. NBC Sports CEO Mark Lazarus must have been thinking about the best-laid plans of mice and men last week when Maximum Security’s owners announced they would skip the Preakness and Country House’s team pulled their horse out of the race with respiratory issues. Without either a rematch or Triple Crown story angle, TV ratings will likely sag. Oh, yes, New York Racing Association officials are disappointed as well because the Belmont Stakes has suddenly lost some luster, although both Maximum Security and Country House are expected to run. The PGA Championship, taking place this weekend at Bethpage State Park’s Black

Course, has long been the most overlooked of golf’s four major tournaments (the Masters, the US Open and the British Open being the other three). There is a lot of consternation in the conservative golf community about moving it from August to May for reasons ranging from TV ratings to weather. All of that changed when Tiger Woods, the most famous golfer since Arnold Palmer, won the Masters last month. Jim Nantz, the longtime face of CBS Sports, said in a media conference call that the PGA won the lottery when that happened — as did CBS Sports. Going to the PGA Championship? The LIRR will have frequent service between Jamaica and Farmingdale, where shuttle buses will run to Bethpage State Park. New York Mets reliever Jeurys Familia, who had a rough early season before going on the injured reserved list for shoulder soreness, has returned to active duty. Manager Mickey Callaway likes how Familia’s pitches sink but is frustrated with the number of walks he has issued. “He needs to make those pitches look like strikes a little longer before they break,” he said during his Saturday pregame press conference. With Justin Wilson injured, Callaway has no choice but to use Familia in high pressure situations whether he, or Mets fans, like it or not. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II 82-17 153 RD Ave., Suite 202, Howard Beach, NY 11414

718-835-4700 69-39 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385

718-628-4700 • OPEN HOUSE • Anthony of Amiable II Sat. 5/18 • 12-2pm • 86-29 155th Ave., 6D

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• Lindenwood • • Ozone Park • Renovated Space For Rent, All Utilities Included. Good space for doctor, real estate, hair salon, nail salon etc.

Beautifully renovated Unit!!! Bright, spacious and cozy 1 bedroom featuring crown molding, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, custom blinds, walk-in closet. Fully furnished if buyer wishes!!!

164-22 97 St., Howard Beach, NY $629,000 1 Fam. with Bsmt. & Driveway

1824 Madison St., Ridgewood, NY $1,589,000 X-LG 6 Family Brick

SATURDAY 5/18 • 12 - 2:00pm 6070 Woodhaven Blvd., 6B, Middle Village, NY $765,000 3 BR Condo with 1 Car Garage

568 Grand St., Williamsburg, NY $2,700,000 2 Family + Store

88-16 164 Ave., New Howard Beach, NY $799,000 1 Family Brick / 2 Levels

• OPEN HOUSE • Margaret of Amiable II Sat. 5/18 • 12-2pm • 24 West 16th Road

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• Broad Channel • Newly Renovated Waterfront Property!!! Laminate floors, new tiled bathroom, beautiful kitchen cabinets. Entire house redone 6 years ago. Large outdoor deck, attic storage, storage shed, driveway, walk to park, tennis courts, Gateway National Park, 20 mins to JFK, Rockaway Ferry to Downtown Manhattan. ©2019 M1P • CAMI-075856

• Lindenwood • One Bedroom Cooperative With Terrace Needs TLC Being Sold “As Is”. Great opportunity to custom design your own space. Monthly maintenance is $845.44 and includes heat, hot water, cooking gas, electric, real estate taxes and Cable. Laundry room on lobby level. Intercom & buzzer vestibule entrance. Park benches and playground on common grounds. Conveniently located near shopping center, park, and public bus and express bus to Midtown NY.

• Lindenwood • First Floor One Bedroom Garden Cooperative In Prime Location. This dog friendly cooperative has great space with a formal living room, dining room area; large 16 x 11 bedroom; and great natural light. The monthly maintenance of $727.63 includes all utilities: heat, hot water, cooking gas and electricity. Located near shopping center, park, airport, major expressways and express bus to Midtown NY.

SATURDAY 5/18 • 1:30 - 3:00pm SUNDAY 5/19 • 2:30 - 4:00pm 1009 Lorimer St., Greenpoint, NY $2,060,000 2 Family / 4 Levels

CAPJ-075465

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• Lindenwood • Welcome To Lindenwood Owners Corp. Beautiful well-maintained grounds. This unit entertains 2 large bedrooms, lots of closet space thru-out. Spacious living room, dining area and kitchen with access to a large terrace with wonderful tree-lined views. A wonderful place to call home with easy access to everything.

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Serving Howard Beach

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HOWARD BEACH

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

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

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

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

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD

Asking $189K

HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH / LINDENWOOD

CONR-075851

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

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

Commercial Space For Rent Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach • 850 sq. ft. All new tiled office with bath. $2,750/mo.

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1 Bed Co-op For Sale. Mint, all redone beautiful kitchen with granite countertop and SS appliances, new bathroom, crown moldings throughout, move-in cond.

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

Co-ops & Condos For Sale

OZONE PARK - 11417

Commercial Storefront 2000 sq. ft. Open floor plan with 3 extra rooms, tiled throughout, 1/2 bath, previously hair salon all updated, 250 amps, 7 1/2 tons for C/A and heat, 6 parking $7,400 spots.

WANTAGH, LONG ISLAND

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

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

HOWARD BEACH CROSSBAY BLVD.

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OZONE PARK

BROOKLYN

HOWARD BEACH

OZONE PARK

BROOKLYN

2 Fam. with Driveway, Gar. Deck, Updated Kitchens & Baths. $ 899,888

Three Story Brick 20X60 Building,4 BR Apartments On Ea. Flr. $1,250,00

Diamond Condition Corner Prop. Totally Ren. & Updated. $ 829,999

Carolyn DeFalco 718-848-4700

Completely Rebuilt 3 Fam., Parking in the Rear for 4 Cars. $949,000

Rene Rose 718-848-4700

Carolyn DeFalco 718-848-4700

Legal Two Family In Excellent Condition $949,000

John Dibs 718-848-4700

Michael DeFreitas 347-526-8049

LONG ISLAND CITY

VALLEY STREAM

BROOKLYN

FAR ROCKAWAY

OZONE PARK

2 Fam. House, Fully Renovated $549,000

2-Fam. Att. Brick w/Ground Level Walk-In, Garage, $949,000

20 Unit Building. 15-2 BR Apartments. 5 BR Apartments. $ 8,000,000

2 Story Mixed Use Building. This Is A Great Income Producing Property $457,888

High Yield, 8-Fam. Property Centrally Located On Irving Ave In Bushwick $3,198,888

Nissim Levy 917-254-5420

Theresa LaBoccetta 347-531-9060

Natasia Pagoulatos 917-335-1143

Chatter Singh 646-354-0799

Marco LaPadura 917-846-0433

S. OZONE PARK Well Maintained, Upgraded & Generously Spacious 1 Fam. Home 3 BRs, $568,000

Fardeen Hamid 347-218-2168

RICHMOND HILL N.

FAR ROCKAWAY

BROOKLYN

FRANKLIN SQUARE

2 Fam. Detached Private Driveway. $ 899,000

3 Bedroom, 1.5 Baths, Bsmnt & Gar. Lots of Sunlight Streaming In. $284,900

1 Family with Store. $759,800

Subhas Ramroop 347-581-5596

A Wood Burning Fireplace and a Spacious Backyard to Keep You Entertained. $549,888

Pedro Duarte 646-552-4422

Anthony Fernandez 718-848-4700

RICHMOND HILL

HOWARD BEACH

5 BRs, 2 Baths $700,000

2 BR Condo New Floors, New Ceiling Lights, New Appliance $440,000

2 Fam. Home. 5 BRs, 2 Baths. $679,000

Raj Pardal 646-533-9262

Waqas Mahmood 551-580-2088

ELMONT

WOODHAVEN

BROOKLYN

This Home Offers 3 Floors, Plus A Bsmnt With Separate Entrance. $639,998

2 Family Home, 4 BRs, 3 Baths. $599,000

Lourdes Marsans 305-333-0741

Indira Persaud 718-848-4700

Richard Hayes 516-852-4207

Hussein Hosni 347-537-7221

JAMAICA

FOREST HILLS

1 Bedroom Co-op $141,000

1 Bedroom Co-op $395,000

Monique Evans 917-892-2755

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JOHN DIBS

BAYSIDE

S. OZONE PARK

Co-op With Lots of Closets, Windows, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, $529,777

100% Brick Semi-Det. 2 Fam. Home W/Driveway & Gar. $649,000

Isabel Zenocratti 917-915-5618

Paul Deo 347-581-9863

GREAT NECK Det. 3 BR Cape, Full Bath, Kit/Din. Area. $825,000

Marco LaPadura 917-846-0433