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‘A’ RIDES AGAIN Subway to Rockaway will reopen May 30

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Howard Beach residents are concerned about bare and leaning trees

BRONX BOMBSHELL Yankees pitch in for new MLS team

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Trees homeowners say were damaged in Hurricane Sandy are leaning or are completely bare, but the city told them it won’t take them down unless they’re dead. Among those who are worried is Carla Errico, whose grandson, PJ, here mimicks the leaning tree in front of her home.

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‘MLS to Queens’ likely kaput with Yanks deal by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor

duo of megalith sports franchises, the New York Yankees and Britain’s Manchester City Football Club, announced on Monday Major League Soccer’s 20th franchise and second foray in the tri-state metropolitan area: New York City Football Club. As off icials from MLS, the Bronx Bombers, Abu Dhabi-owned Man City and Mayor Bloomberg congratulated each other during a Tuesday press conference rolling out the franchise, there was one notable absence: the Unisphere, which had become ubiquitous in the league’s push to build a home in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. How could a proposed location presented as something of an inevitability fall by the wayside so quickly? Sources say the league and club owners plan to slowly suffocate talk of a Flushing Meadows stadium through a series of distractions meant to push the mythical arena to the sports pages. There it will likely die a quiet death, where MLS hopes the Bloomberg administration will be spared the embarrassment of yet another ambitious failure. The process has already begun. The new club will merge two of sports’ richest franchises, with the Steinbrenners’ wealth and affiliated cable network merging with over $4 billion in estimated largesse from Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who owns Manchester City.

Manchester City Football Club Chief Executive Officer Ferran Soriano, left, Mayor Bloomberg, Hal Steinbrenner and Yankees President Randy Levine welcoming New York City FC. PHOTO COURTESY NYC Instead, the league unveiled a club that will literally be homeless for its inaugural 2015 season, with the use of a temporary home until a permanent location is identified and built. The league made much hay of locating its next franchise in Queens’ flagship park, noting the mass transit and demographics in play. MLS officials such as Commissioner Don Garber and President Mark Abbott at various points put an all-or-nothing air around a proposed $350 million, 25,000-seat stadium at what is currently the Pool of Industry. The administration played ball, lauding the soccer stadium in the mayor’s State of the City address and giving MLS the political backing

necessary to continue its push. As recently as last week, Bloomberg defended the proposed location of the stadium and suggested the old Flushing Airport site could be used as replacement parkland. Then things began to crumble. On Monday, all parties involved acknowledged the need to consider other possible locations. And nobody rushed to defend FMCP as a potential site. “It’s pretty clear that the league’s preferred site was Queens,” Garber said during a conference call announcing the new franchise. “That’s why we worked so hard on that. But there’s a lot of work that still needs to be done

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by Man City and the Yankees to get out in the community and meet with folks and then perhaps look at other options.” Parks advocates welcomed the newfound timidity towards Flushing Meadows. “What was obvious to us from the beginning was that the MLS proposal was simply another attempt by powerful billionaire friends and business associates of Mayor Bloomberg to steal our parkland,” said Paul Graziano of Save FMCP, a group formed to stop projects proposed for the park. According to sources who requested anonymity to maintain ties to the project, FMCP’s precipitous drop from essential to optional is fueled by a mixture of feasibility issues, unexpectedly strong opposition and face-saving on the part of all involved. The Pool of Industry site, it turns out, is fraught with regulatory and practical headaches, and the public needs its attention drawn away from a billionaire owner from Abu Dhabi. The stadium, however, reportedly carried the extra weight of being labeled a “legacy project” by the Bloomberg administration. Ditching the location in FMCP would invoke the mayor’s ire, but was a necessary repercussion. Sources said Bloomberg has expended significant political capital in trying to make MLS’s expansion franchise a reality. The potential scuttling of the FMCP stadium would add to the mayor’s list of failed proposals, continued on page 36

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Residents concerned about damaged trees City tells them it won’t remove those weakened during Hurricane Sandy by Domenick Rafter Editor

There’s a 20-foot sycamore tree on the curb in front of Carla Errico’s house on 90th Street in Howard Beach and Errico says it needs to go. Most of the tree is bare. A few leaves are growing on a branch in the middle of the tree.

The leaning tree in front of Carla Errico’s Howard Beach home.

Worse yet, the tree is leaning toward the street precariously and a section of the grass between the sidewalk and the curb is lifting up. Errico said she has called 311 and asked for the tree to be removed and later followed up, discovering that the city Parks Department had come, but said the tree was still alive and they won’t remove it. Errico disagreed. “It’s dead,” she said. “I don’t want it to end up in my living room.” Next door, another sycamore leans toward the sidewalk, similarly bare except for one or two branches. The issue of leaning trees — and their condition, as well as the conditions of many other trees in the neighborhood — is the latest quarrel between Sandy survivors and the city as the recovery from last fall’s hurricane moves forward. A block away from Errico, several tall sycamores, London planetrees, are completely bare. On the other side of the neighborhood on 99th Street, Gloria Aherns said she complained to the city about a 50-

foot tree directly across the street from her home. The tree was submerged in at least 5 feet of water for more than six hours during the storm. It is completely bare, but similar trees around it have started growing leaves just this past week, Aherns said. “I contacted the city and asked them to survey the trees in the area, but they said they don’t do surveys of neighborhoods,” she explained. In March, Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowksi said the agency would monitor trees in areas like Howard Beach and the Rockaways where salt water inundated the neighborhoods and plant life to see if trees survived. Aherns said her block, which runs adjacent to Hawtree Creek, is constantly battered by strong winds during coastal storms and is concerned that if the tree is dead or weakened, it will fall in the next strong storm. “I just wish they would be more proactive,” she said. A few blocks from Aher ns’ home, a number of trees on 97th

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Trees missing most, if not all, of their leaves are leaning over 97th Street next PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER to PS 146, endangering Howard Beach residents. Street next to PS 146 lean over the road. They are growing out of an abnormally high curb and the concrete and asphalt surrounding the trees appears to be lifting up. The trees also are mostly or completely bare.

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The A train back to Rockaways May 30 ‘Back to normal’ after Hurricane Sandy washed out tracks, bridge by Michael Gannon Editor

The devastated A train station at Broad Channel didn’t even take the line’s hardest hit from Hurricane Sandy. Gov. Cuomo announced last week that trains will be running to and from the Rockaways FILE PHOTO beginning on May 30. Some subway stations in Lower Manhattan remained out of commission for weeks since stations and tunnels throughout the system flooded. The Queens Midtown and Brooklyn Battery tunnels into Manhattan also flooded. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said both he and his constituents are hailing Cuomo’s announcement.

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Gov. Cuomo announced last week that A train subway service will be restored to the Rockaways on May 30, just over seven months after Hurricane Sandy destroyed tracks across Jamaica Bay and seriously damaged two stations. “Superstorm Sandy devastated the entire MTA network like no other storm, but the MTA did a remarkable job of restoring service following the storm and at the end of this month, the A line to the Rockaways will be up and running,” Cuomo said in a statement issued Thursday morning. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is spending $250 million on other Sandyrelated repairs and upgrades to lessen the impact of future storms on transportation, tunnels and repair effort. The storm hit the New York City area on Oct. 29, leaving hundreds of thousands without power, damaging thousands of homes and obliterating entire sections of the Rockaways and Staten Island. It destroyed the Broad Channel rail bridge, washed out more than 1,500 feet of track, completely flooded two stations on the A line and required massive repair or replacement of signals, switches and wiring.

also make the Rockaways’ beaches and other amenities a more viable option for visitors. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, who was temporarily forced to relocate his district office because of the storm, said he remains “cautiously optimistic” about the MTA hitting its target date. “The MTA has been doing a good job of keeping people in the loop throughout the recovery process,” he said, adding that the Rockaways and southern Queens will continue to struggle for the time being. Addabbo, who has long advocated ferry service as a travel option between the peninsula and Manhattan, said ferry service to and from Downtown and Midtown that was instituted last fall should be maintained and possibly expanded. “It was beneficial for people when the trains weren’t running, but it’s also a quick and pleasurable ride,” he said. “If we need to subsidize it at the city or state level, I’d like to look into that.” In recent interviews with the Queens Chronicle, Council Speaker and Democratic mayoral candidate Christine Quinn said ferry service should continue, while one of her opponents, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, said it should continue at least long enough to evaluQ ate ferries’ long-term feasibility.

Rockaway rallies for boardwalk, jetties Residents say city is not working quick enough to protect community by Domenick Rafter Editor

It’s been nearly seven months since Hurricane Sandy barreled through the Rockaways, devastating the peninsula, badly eroding the beach and leaving residents vulnerable to the raging Atlantic Ocean. And as another summer season — and with it another hurricane season — approaches, residents say the city hasn’t done much to help them. Gathering under two canopies where the boardwalk once stood, dozens of Rockaway residents held signs that read “People before Tacos” and “Jetties- $50-$70 million, lost revenue from Sandy? Do the Math.” Residents who gathered at the rally, organized by Friends of Rockaway Beach, called on the city to move faster in rebuilding the boardwalk and beach and constructing rock jetties, which some say lessened the devastation on the eastern end of the peninsula. Rockaway Beach has long rock jetties along the shore east of Beach 90th Street, but not west of it, where the

majority of the devastation was. “The city has rebuilt the concessions and the bathrooms,” Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said. “That’s great, but what we need is better protection, not these spaceships.” The “spaceships,” as Goldfeder and others termed them, are new raised pod-like structures at Beach 92nd and 87th streets that were constructed last week. Angelica Katz, Goldfeder’s chief of staff, said it was not clear what the new buildings will be used for, but published reports said they will be lifeguard stations. The Parks Department did not respond to multiple requests for more information. Most of the boardwalk that washed away in Sandy has not been rebuilt. The beaches are still badly eroded and Goldfeder said the Army Corps of Engineers is not scheduled to replace much of the beachfront that was destroyed until mid-June. Nevertheless, the city plans to open the beaches this Friday. Under the makeshift canopies, residents raised a banner, which

Rockaway residents gathered in the rain at Shore Front Parkway and Beach 94th Street to demand the city pay as close attention to protecting neighborhoods from future storms as it has on rebuilding concession stands at the PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER beach. had been signed by dozens of people, among them, state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), a candidate for borough president, who lent this support to the fight. Eddy Pastore, one of the founders of Friends of Rockaway Beach, said Mayor Bloomberg has left the Rockaways behind. “We are tired of being after-

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Build the soccer stadium in the Bronx he ongoing saga of Major League Soccer’s proposal to build a stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and the city’s apparent acquiescence in defiling Queens’ crown jewel with yet another massive structure, took two major turns this week. First, it was announced that in addition to the Arab sheikh who would be the majority owner of the new team that would play there, the New York Yankees would take a 25 percent stake in the franchise. That just adds to our contention that there is no way to justify Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to give our parkland away. Both the sheikh and the Yankees have extremely deep pockets, and if they want to build a stadium somewhere in the city, they can afford to buy the land to do it. Second, the Queens Chronicle has discovered that the proposal to build the stadium in Flushing Meadows, atop the historical Pool of Industry, may be dead already. Sources say MLS is finally looking at other sites, as it should have been doing all along, because of the fierce opposition its plan encountered from the people of Queens and the severe logistical and engineering problems the site poses in and of itself. We’re thrilled to report that MLS is now considering other

sites. But nothing is set in stone yet, and defenders of the park, from citizens such as Al Centola and Benjamin Haber, to groups such as NYC Park Advocates, to community newspapers such as this one, have to keep the pressure on. We must continue to make clear to all involved, especially City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, a key player because that section of the park is in her district, that building the stadium there is a nonstarter. The Yankees’ buy-in to the planned soccer team, to be called the New York City Football Club, brings to mind a great alternative site: the location of the old Yankee Stadium. The team was supposed to turn it into parkland, in exchange for building the new stadium on what had been a park, but it remains nothing but an eyesore (one more reminder that you can’t trust multibillion-dollar companies to live up to promises they make in exchange for public resources). It seems to us the old stadium site would make a fine location for a soccer stadium. Like Flushing Meadows, it’s easily accessed by car, bus or train. It’s got more than enough parking nearby — in fact the Yankees’ parking lot operators are defaulting on their bonds because they’re not getting enough business. And the Bronx, like some of the

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Not on our block Dear Editor: (An open letter to Community Board 10) Many residents of Lindenwood, especially those who live on the block of 80th Street where the new group home will be located, were surprised, if not shocked, that not only was a group home coming to their block, but that it was an accomplished fact without the Community Board 10 communicating this to the affected homeowners on the block, or to the greater Howard Beach community, before they voted unanimously to OK it! (“CB 10 OKs group home in Lindenwood,” May 9, South Queens edition.) For Nigel Cole, the Birch Organization’s deputy director for community services to say that “the group home will not have a negative effect of any kind, only a positive impact” at a CB 10 meeting after the cat was let out of the bag, so to speak, sounds like typical political rhetoric. Although group homes are a worthy endeavor as compared to institutionalizing developmentally disabled individuals, they are not openly or truly welcomed by nearby residents! Why? One reason might be that real estate values most likely will be negatively affected. Another reason is that the group home is not an “ordinary residence.” It is a service business conducted by a non-

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areas around FMCP, has the kind of demographic mix that promises a strong fan base for a professional soccer team. It sounds to us like a win-win situation. The mayor wants to give public land away for $1 to the superrich? Let him do it in the Bronx. He wants a new sports stadium to be part of his legacy? Let him put it next to an existing stadium that practically screams legacy due to its team’s storied history. Let the MLS stadium be built on the solid rock that makes up the Bronx, not the soft sand, fill and compressed ash that lie under the surface of Flushing Meadows. We fully support bringing Major League Soccer to New York City. It would be great to have another major sports franchise here, especially one with extra appeal to so many of our recent immigrants. We don’t like what the sheikh stands for, as a top government official in a backwards country that discriminates against all but the ruling class, but if that’s who the Yankees want to get in bed with, that’s their business. Our business is promoting and protecting Queens, and we’ll continue doing that for FMCP until it becomes not a matter of great reporting, but one of public record, that the misguided plan to build a stadium there is dead.

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profit entity that is definitely not reflective of the surrounding two-family community. Next to last, but not least, the fact that this appears to have been done before the word got out to the Lindenwood community, especially the affected 80th Street taxpaying homeowners, hints of the fears of the Birch Organization and CB 10 as to what would have been universal objections to the establishment of the group home. (The feeling is, “This was done behind our backs without us having any say whatsoever!”) Finally, many homeowners we have spoken to seem to have the feeling Lindenwood is the stepchild of the 11414 Howard Beach community in that we have been chosen to have more than our share of group residences, as opposed to Rockwood Park, Old Howard Beach and Spring Creek. Can the community board address all of the above? Dave Shlakman Howard Beach The writer says he speaks on behalf of many of his neighbors.

More green, less greed Dear Editor: How can Helen Marshall approve, and Michael Bloomberg say, “they’ve sold parkland in Flushing Meadows so that a soccer stadium can be built?” Parkland belongs to the state, and therefore the people. In the 1970s, part of Flushing Meadows Park was leased to a millionaire connected with the United States Tennis Association to build privately owned facilities. These multiple stadia are eyesores and are used for only a two-week annual event. David Dinkins was the mayor then. Why is Gov. Cuomo silent about a proposed soccer stadium? Doesn’t he have the say about giving away or leasing the people’s parkland for personal enrichment? The public is being betrayed by him and other elected officials in order to satisfy millionaires’ insatiable greed. With the city’s rapidly growing population, we need more greenery, not concrete structures in a park. Kiley Stendahl Rego Park

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Dear Editor: As a member of Rockwood Park Jewish Center, I was offended and angered by the article and front page of the Chronicle of May 16 depicting the center ONLINE hosting a raucous par ty Wonder if our report (“Hava tequila was truly outrageous? — synagogue is Judge for yourself! Find a par ty place, it in the South Queens neighbors say,” News archives at South Queens qchron.com, your spot edition). for news from all across As the writer the borough and more. describes in his outrageous article, the synagogue had no knowledge of the event, which did not take place in the synagogue as suggested by the article. You should get your facts straight before printing anti-semitic remarks. We had always had a good relationship with our neighbors and regret the incident. Lenore Greenberg President Sisterhood of the Rockwood Park Jewish Center Howard Beach

Love for all Dear Editor: I am appalled and distressed over the murder of Mark Carson, who was gunned down by alleged suspect Eliot Morales in Greenwich Village, all because he was gay. This has to stop. According to police statistics this murder is at least the 22nd anti-gay attack in the city. Anti-gay attacks are up 77 compared to the same period last year. This I find very sad. There has to be more tolerance for those of different lifestyles. My prayers go out to the family and friends of Mark Carson in this most difficult time. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

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Dear Editor: I am currently a student attending Penn State University. While taking a geography course on sustainability and human-environment systems, I spoke a lot about where I am from and what life is like at home in Saint Albans. Within a project that I was working on with a few of my classmates, we chose to do research in developing technology that does not require as much or any of the rare earth minerals that are predominantly controlled by China. China has control over about 95 percent of the world’s rare earth minerals. Having this much control, China is able to control the price of things that mean a lot to us, such as cars and cell phones. For example, dysprosium is a rare-earth mineral from which car batteries are made. Something simple as the raising cost of manufacturing a car battery could really harm the economy more than it already is. Despite the name “rare earth,” these materials are actually quite abundant. The issues lie in things like the control over those minerals, not being able to manufacture certain technologies in the United States due to not having direct access to the minerals, and the cost of transporting the already manufactured technology over to the United States. The transpor tation process alone is detrimental to our environment as it makes our already deep carbon footprints even deeper. Before there can be collective action there must be individual action. We should want to be able to sustain our environment for as long as we can. It is possible to achieve desirable sustainability and protect the environment for future generations without depriving ourselves of nature’s nutrients and life’s experiences. If community members could spend a little time finding ways to improve on sustainability and find better means of producing the products we love to rely on, we will be that much closer to achieving desirable sustainability. Kerwin Charles St. Albans

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Dear Editor: The horrific Benghazi tragedy on 9/11/12 which resulted in terrorists murdering ambassador Chris Stevens and three staff members will never be forgotten. It is a disgrace that Fox and GOP friends are making “political hay” from this sad ordeal. It’s obvious that this duo-team is out to manipulate a plot to kill Hillary Clinton’s political future. Listen to two Fox “falling stars.” Mike Huckabee predicted Obama would not complete his second term. Bill O’Reilly did not mince words: “Right now the only thing on Hillary Clinton’s resume is the murder of our ambassador.” O’Reilly hit a new low for “fair and balanced” FOX news! Here is what two GOP senators had to offer. Ron Paul (R-Ky.) said, “Clinton should never hold high office again.” It is obvious Sen. Paul’s goal is to eliminate Clinton, who would trounce him for president! Here is a stupid idea from Sen. James

Imhoff (R-Okla.): Obama is headed for “I.” Folks, he was even afraid to use the word “impeachment!” Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, invited (select) “whistleblowers” to his ... fishing expedition. If his intention was to bring down Obama and Clinton, he failed. His hearings have become a witch hunt with a tug of war over emails and talking points. Ambassador Thomas Pickering’s accountability review board studied the question of security. He said those talking points had no relationship with security. Readers please note, Obama requested $128 million in 2011 and $331 million in 2012 in security funds. The GOP House voted only $88 million! It appears to me that the “duo team” plans to use those emails and talking points as ammo for their assault weapon ... aimed at Obama and Clinton. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) visited tornado-ravaged Oklahoma on Wednesday to share his experiences in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and help out victims who seven months ago sent help to Queens. Goldfeder, whose own home was damaged in Sandy, as was more than 85 percent of his district, contacted Oklahoma State Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, who represents the city of Moore, Okla. in their state Legislature and offered to visit. While in Oklahoma Wednesday, Goldfeder spoke on the floor of the state House of

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Ex-rep. Weiner joins the race for mayor Scandal-scarred Democrat says he’s learned, will fight for middle class by Peter C. Mastrosimone

better than Anthony,” Abedin says in a closing shot as the couple sits on the stoop of Weiner’s childhood home. Weiner’s opponents in the Sept. 10 Democratic primary are City The race for mayor of New York City took a long-expected turn Tuesday night when Anthony Weiner, the former city coun- Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan), whom surveys cilman and congressman from Forest Hills, entered the contest show is the frontrunner, the only candidate polling above Weiner before he actually entered the contest, City Comptroller John Liu, with an announcement posted on YouTube. Weiner, who quit the House two years ago after sending lewd former Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio photos of himself to young women across the country via social and former Councilman Sal Albanese. The primary winner will face one of three Republicans in media and then lying to the public about doing so for two November, barring the entry of any other candidate on that weeks, said he had made big mistakes in his life but is side of the aisle: former Deputy Mayor and Metropolitan looking for a second chance. Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota, busiThe video opens with Weiner and his wife, Huma nessman John Catsimatidis or nonprof it founder Abedin, who was an aide to former Secretary of State George McDonald. Hillary Clinton, having breakfast with their toddler In either primary, if no candidate wins 40 percent of son. “Every day starts here, and it’s the best part of my the vote, a runoff election will be held between the top day,” Weiner says in a voiceover. “And then you step two vote-getters. outside, and New York’s like no other place.” 2013 Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion is After brief shots of typical New York scenes, a running on the Independence Party line. crowded sidewalk and a subway train, the video shifts to Having eyed a 2009 race for mayor until the City Council Weiner walking through his childhood neighborhood in Brooklyn and talking about growing up in the city, before getting into his changed the law so Mayor Bloomberg could run for a third term that year, Weiner has about $5 million in campaign funds on hand. vision for the future. An April 19 poll by Quinnipiac University showed he had the He laments the city’s high rents and housing prices and says good jobs are disappearing, schools aren’t all they could be and support of 15 percent of Democratic primary voters, while Quinn small businesses are being nickel-and-dimed to death by overreg- scored 28 percent. The other Democrats all polled below Weiner. ulation. He boasts of securing funding to hire more police offi- The survey also reported that 41 percent of all voters said he should cers and cover the healthcare needs of 9/11 responders as a con- enter the race for mayor, while 44 percent said he should not. Weiner was a boisterous and politically aggressive member of gressman, along with helping to pass the healthcare law of 2010. Citing a 64-point policy plan he recently released, Weiner the House known for strongly backing policies like the healthcare says he will focus on making the city more amenable to the mid- law, which he said would have been better if it had included a government insurance option. He was a frequent guest on TV political dle class. “We love this city, and no one will fight harder to make it continued on page 24 Editor-in-Chief

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Former church will be day-care center Will serve children with disabilities by Domenick Rafter Editor

A former Woodhaven church is being renovated and will reopen as a day care center for children with developmental disabilities. Christ Congregational Church at 85-27 91 St. has been closed for several years and is now being renovated by a Nassau County-based group called Kings Point High. David Esfhani, a representative of the developer, said the center, called the North Side School, will serve children with developmental disabilities from the Woodhaven area between the ages of 2 and 6. Construction has been moving along and Esfhani said they are working to acquire their certificate of occupancy and relevant licenses by the fall. “We hope to be open and operational by September,” Esfhani said. “The paperwork is harder than the actual construction.” The church has been closed for several years. Some residents expressed concern earlier this year when a number of trees

along 85th Road next to the church were torn down last month. “It’s a good investment in the neighborhood,” said Ed Wendell, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, who lives next door to the church. He said the church has been vacant for almost a year and even before that, has not had a regular congregation for decades. Wendell added that he and other neighbors were concerned when the trees were cut down, so he contacted Esfhani and asked him what was going on. “I wanted to reach out as a neighbor and let them know who I was,” he said. “It is much better than an apartment building.” Esfhani said he is also involved with plans to open a charter school in the neighborhood. The school would be located in a warehouse on 76th Street and Jamaica Avenue on the Brooklyn border known locally as “the lobster building,” because a company once sold lobsters wholesale there. Those plans are in the early Q stages, he said.

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Turning safety into an equestrian affair Politicians pressing police for a permanent stable in Forest Park by Tess McRae Reporter

Elected officials and community leaders are looking to make Forest Park safer and they may have found their answer: horses. “Installing permanent stables for police horses would be a great thing for the park,” J. Richard Smith, secretary of the 102nd Precinct Community Council, said. “We just need the funding for it which is going to be tough.” Over the past few months, two police horses have been brought to the park every morning by trailer in direct response to the case of a man who tried to rape a woman by tasing her. “That was the impetus, I think,” Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) said. “The attack prompted everyone to meet and discuss the issue of safety in the park. Part of that meeting involved horses but there is also the issue with streetlights that line the roadways that are not replaced when they go out and other concerns.” A couple of weeks ago, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), Miller and the Parks Department had a meeting to discuss permanently housing horses in the park. Miller said that he left the meeting feeling optimistic. Another proposal that has been thrown around is to move the Park Enforcement Patrol training facility, currently on Rikers

The old bridle path in Forest Park remains largely unused by riders but the park may soon house PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER police horses in an attempt to increase law enforcement presence. Island, to Forest Park. “Horses are good for the wooded areas but I want more police presence overall,” Crowley said. “Bringing the PEP training facility here will increase the number officers patrolling the area but I also would like NYPD officers on foot and in patrol cars.” While Miller said ideally he’d like to have

both the training center and the horse stables brought to the park, he has made the stables a priority. “I think moving the stables would be better because you’d have the Mounted Unit there permanently as opposed to the training center that would train park police and then transfer them elsewhere,” he said. “They’re both equally

important, but if I had to choose, I’d rather have the stables.” While elected officials were confident that a permanent facility for the horses is in the near future, Smith was skeptical. “We had a few ideas of where to place the horses, including the closed road by the Jackie Robinson Parkway and Myrtle Avenue, and even the buildings the Parks Department refers to as a maintenance area, but dealing with Parks is tough,” he said. “I hope we get them but we haven’t even gotten into designing the structure or even picking a spot for them to go, so it may be a while before we see anything happen.” The 102nd Precinct has stables but they remain unused and Commanding Officer Hank Saunter said they’ll likely stay that way. “There’s nothing to my knowledge that would indicate that they will ever come back to the 102,” Saunter said. While the plans to bring stables to Forest Park are still in their early stages, Miller said in the meantime, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly assured that patrol horses will continue to be transported to the park for as long as the community needs them. “The long-term goal is to get more people to utilize the park and the way we do that is to make the park safer,” Crowley said. “Increase police presence, make the park more attractive Q and then people will begin to come.”

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102 Pct. takes on truck issue Residents also ask cops to tackle squatter problems by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Captain Hank Sautner, the commanding officer of the 102 Precinct, opened Tuesday’s meeting of the community council by discussing an incident that occurred outside of his jurisdiction, the shooting death of D’aja Robinson in South Jamaica last weekend. “These tragedies are unfortunate, but these are the tragedies we work to prevent,” Sautner said, reminding the audience in the basement of the Richmond Hill library to be vigilant and careful. Closer to home, Sautner also talked about the 102nd Precinct’s recent cracking down on trucks parking overnight along major streets in the community, a problem constantly brought to his attention at past community council meetings. He said his cops have been focused on the issue. “We have issued 47 summonses for overnight parking,” Sautner said, noting that most were along Atlantic Avenue, while the others were mostly along Woodhaven Boulevard. The issue has been especially bad along stretches of roadway where there are few cars parked overnight, such as along Atlantic Avenue near 90th Street and again in Richmond Hill between Lefferts Boule-

vard and the Van Wyck Expressway and along Woodhaven Boulevard in Forest Park. He added that the one major crime that has seen an uptick this year is car theft, and some of that is truck theft. “I’m very concerned about trucks that have been stolen,” Sautner said. “It has been a problem that I’m taking very seriously. We don’t know why thieves would want trucks or what they will do with them.” He was thanked by one attendee for the crackdown against trucks illegally parking overnight. “It’s made a big difference,” the man said. The captain also took concerns from nearly a dozen residents. One resident of 101st Road in Ozone Park spoke with several of her neighbors about a vacant house on the block that has become a hangout for people whom she said were doing drugs and squatting in the home. “The house is in foreclosure,” said one of her neighbors. “It’s been a problem for almost two years.” A woman from Woodhaven said men on motorcycles were operating a social club in a garage on 75th Street and had even harassed her a few times. Sautner said he would make sure both issues are prioritized.

The captain also quickly mentioned the security situation in Forest Park, nearly two months after a woman was attacked while jogging on one of the park’s bridle paths. Sautner said that while the mobile command post that had been placed at Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue is now gone, mounted police and patrols in cars continue. “We are still in there,” he said. “Especially as the summer season comes around, we’re keeping up our patrols in the park.” The meeting also included a presentation from FDNY firefighters Tim O’Connell and Richard Duignan, who gave some tips for fire safety, including how to snuff out a grease fire in a pan, how to use a fire extinguisher and the dangers of extension cords and multi-outlets. “These are the most common cause of fires,” Duignan said, holding up examples of common extension cords and a multi-outlet. “But these are meant to be used temporarily. Do not plug in air conditioner, refrigerators, any appliance that could heat up the cord.” Duignan also suggested calling the Fire Department instead of, or along with, using a fire extinguisher. “Even if you have one of these, call us,” he said. “Let us put out the fire. That’s what Q we’re paid to do.”

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2021 when the PCB problem in a number of city schools was uncovered last September. In Staten Island, PCBs from a The city Department of Education announced Tuesday that light ballast leaked onto one student during the first week of it will significantly expedite the removal of polychlorinated the school year. The discovery of the chemical at IS 204 biphenyls, or PCBs, from city schools from the original 10- prompted a press conference featuring parents, teachers and year deadline to three and a half years from now — a total of members of New York Communities for Change, who announced the lawsuit against the city f ive years from the project’s 2011 that day. The New York Times reportstart date. ed the EPA has identified 48 cases of The announcement came as a result PCBs leaking from light ballasts in of a settlement between the city and ince the beginning of city schools this year. the activist organization New York “Since the beginning of this proCommunities for Change, which sued this proposed plan, I posed plan, I have always said that we the city last fall to move up the project would reassess the timeline once we after PCBs were found leaking from have always said that had a better understanding of the lighting ballasts in dozens of city we would reassess the work,” said Schools Chancellor Denschools, including IS 204 in Long nis Walcott. “We will continue to lisIsland City. timeline once we had ten to parents’ concerns and do as The colorless, odorless liquid is much as we can to build the best posused mainly in lighting ballasts in a better understanding sible school environment for our stubuildings built between 1950 and dents. We will also continue to dedi1978, when the Environmental Protecof the work.” cate enormous resources to this chaltion Agency banned the substance. It — Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott lenging project. By the end of this has been linked to cancer and diseases summer, we expect to have replaced of the nervous system. light fixtures in over 200 schools and The DOE said it was able to reduce the schedule by focusing the program exclusively on replacing buildings.” Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows), chairlight fixtures and looking for different processes to contract bids in order to speed them up. All outstanding work will be man of the Council’s Committee on Environmental Proteccompleted by 2016, instead of 2021 as originally proposed. tion, also applauded the agreement. “This expedited timeline for the removal of harmful The department says there are still 645 schools left in the city PCBs from lighting fixtures in hundreds of school buildings that need remediation. Parent groups and officials criticized the city’s deadline of is a common-sense agreement that puts this city’s schoolEditor

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At Willets Point, they come quickly and unannounced. And usually, they leave their mark. Local business owners claim city agencies conducted a sudden sweep of the Iron Triangle on Friday morning, shutting down nearly a dozen stores along 126th Street, right across from Citi Field. Now some business owners, who are tenants of the city, are claiming the Bloomberg administration is strong-arming them into vacating the property to allow

Jamshid Sabeti, left, points to DOB violations he claims were used to close his business but belonged to another property.

for the creation of the proposed redevelopment of Willets Point. The raid comes a week before Community Board 3 is set to vote on a plan that includes a 1.4-million-square-foot mall atop what is currently Citi Field’s parking lot. The redevelopment also calls for a mixed-use development that will include retail and affordable housing on the 23 acres the shuttered shops currently occupy. “We’ve never had issues with the city,” said Jamshid Sabeti, who owns a discount muffler site on the corner of 126th Street and 38th Avenue, just in the shadow of Citi Field. Sabeti said Department of Buildings inspectors came, and ordered his business to clear out immediately. “They told us if anyone enters, they’re going to be arrested,” he said. In some cases, the agency handed out orders to vacate that had been in effect since 2009 for construction work and structural instability. But for Sabeti’s business partner Akram Mohibi, the sudden and swift sweep by the city is endemic of life as usual under the Bloomberg administration. “There’s always been harassment from the city and the cops,” he said. The sudden sweep of the Iron Triangle left Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) scrambling to rectify the situation.

Shops in the Phase 1 area of Willets Point’s redevelopment were shuttered by the Department of PHOTOS BY JOSEPH OROVIC Buildings after the agency claimed numerous violations. The lawmaker was mostly concerned with allowing owners to have access to the interior of their businesses, where many of their supplies and, in some cases, customers’ cars, are located. “It is my first priority to help them regain access,” she said in a statement. “As we work on the future of Willets Point, we cannot

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102 Pct. Cop of the Month Police Officer Christopher Chance was named Cop of the Month at Tuesday’s meeting of the 102nd Community Council in Richmond Hill for the apprehension of a man who threatened a bouncer at a Richmond Hill nightclub with a fake gun. According to Captain Hank Sautner, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, Chance was on patrol during the overnight shift on the night of April 27 when a man threatened to come back to Flavor Lounge on

Hillside Avenue after a fight. A short time later he returned and threatened the bouncer of the club with what was believed to be a gun. After a brief standoff, Chance was able to apprehend the suspect and discovered the gun was a fake. In January, a man was shot to death near Flavor after a brawl that police say began at the bar. Presenting the award to Chance, left, are Sautner and the precinct’s new executive officer, Matt Hanrahan.

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It doesn’t say all that much for our political situation when it’s worth going out of our way to congratulate an honest politician. But that’s how it is. “Shocker! Post finds honest NY politician” a New York Post page 2 headline blared last Saturday. That politician is Queens City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), who blew the whistle on a builder’s alleged efforts to bribe him. Rather than take what Mike Wolfert allegedly offered to help expedite his Long Island City rock-climbing center project, Van Bramer reported him to the authorities. The city Department of Investigation then sent an undercover agent posing as a building inspector to see Wolfert, who allegedly gave him two cash payments. The first was allegedly the $94 that was all he had on him at the time, the second was allegedly $1,000. “I didn’t do anything super or spectacular,” Van Bramer told the Queens Chronicle. “I was honest, which is my responsibility as a representative of my district.” His modesty is as laudable as his honesty. But just as we did in high school English class, let us compare and contrast. JVB is allegedly offered some kind of bribe and calls in the authorities. Compare that with fellow Queens Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), who allegedly spent months taking cash payments in furtherance of a bizarre scheme to rig the mayoral election. “It’s all about the f---ing money,” Halloran allegedly said to an undercover FBI agent. Compare it to state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Jamaica), Halloran’s alleged partner in crime, who, according to the government, was bribing Republican Party officials in an attempt to be the party’s mayoral nominee, while promising some upstate village that he’d drop $500,000 in taxpayer money on a crooked road-building project. Compare it to Assemblyman Vito Gropez (D-Dirty Old Manville), who allegedly couldn’t keep his hands off the pretty interns, and got Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) to pay a couple of them $103,000 in our money to keep quiet. Gropez somehow thinks he’s going to run for a City Council district that includes a part of Queens. Please don’t. Compare it to convicted criminal Queens pols Shirley Huntley, Anthony Seminerio, Jimmy Meng ... oh, this gets so tiring. Just compare and contrast a public servant who, whatever you think of his policies, is carrying out his duties with honor, to those who seem to have to entered off ice for the payoffs and the ripoffs and the things nobody saw.

Should legal immigrants vote? Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) makes a compelling case for giving legal immigrants the right to vote in city elections — a more compelling case than those who have an immediate negative reaction to the idea might think. Dromm is the sponsor of a bill that would grant the franchise, in municipal voting only, to noncitizens who have been here at least six months. There are two points in favor of granting voting rights to legal aliens that opponents must take into consideration: fairness and history. We’re talking here about taxation without representation, an abuse by those in power that was the very driving force behind the American Revolution. Legal immigrants pay taxes but have no say via the ballot box on how their money is spent. Who wants to take the opposite position on taxation and representation than that of the founders? And there are more than a few examples in American history of legal immigrants having the right to vote. After the country’s founding, they did in many states, for decades. More recently, noncitizens living in New York were able to vote in school board elections from 1970 right up until those bodies were abolished in 2003. A few municipalities around the country still grant legal immigrants the franchise today. United States law bars noncitizens from voting in state and federal elections, and Dromm’s bill would not try to change that — though you could certainly see its supporters making that case down the road. Those supporters are legion in the City Council; 33 are listed as co-sponsors. The bill is before the Committee on Governmental Operations. The office of Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) said this week that it is reviewing the testimony from a hearing held on the bill two weeks ago, and did not comment further on when or if it will be voted upon. “It is my hope to get it out of committee and get it to the floor of the Council by the end of the year,” Dromm said. His philosophy on the issue? “I believe everyone who lives in our communities should be able to vote in our elections. People with green cards, asylum seekers — those are the people we’re looking to enfranchise.” He acknowledges the bill would cost the city money, though he doesn’t know how much because it hasn’t gotten to the fiscal impact stage yet. And he acknowledges it could change the political balance a bit but says doing that is not his goal. Dromm is proud to say he wants to be the Council’s most liberal member, and this is a liberal bill. But more conservative city residents can only oppose it if they agree there are times for taxation without representation. Q That should be a tough one for them.

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Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan shared message of hope with students P S 232Q, Long Island City, had the honor of hosting Mrs. Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a Holocaust survivor and co-author of “Four Perfect Pebbles,” an award-winning book about her childhood under Hitler’s rule. Students in the 7th and 8th grades had the unique experience and privilege of being “eyewitnesses to history” while listening to Mrs. Lazan’s moving firsthand account which she shares as an inspirational speaker who travels around the world along with her husband of almost sixty years. As detailed on her website, fourperfectpebbles.com, “her presentation goes beyond the

facts; she applies the lessons learned to society today. She asks her audience to be tolerant of others and not stereotype individuals based on religious belief, color, race or national origin. She stresses the importance of positive thinking as well as creativity and inner-strength when working to overcome adversity. She warns students to be true to themselves and not blindly follow the leader.” Students at PS 232 who read her memoir received a warm hug and a book inscription from Mrs. Lazan while all students took with them the life message of hope, courage and compassion. PHOTOS COURTESY P.S. 232

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Olympic gold medal winner Derrick Adkins visits school Derrick Adkins, gold medal winner in the 400-meter hurdles in the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, recently visited PS 232. Students in grades 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 got to hear how Derrick, born in Brooklyn and raised in Long Island, became an Olympic champion. Derrick shared his message that sports can be used to serve a greater good — that good, in this case, being the total character development of this nation’s youth. Today Derrick works for the New York Road Runners, and visits more than 100 NYC schools per year. He motivates students toward achievement in both their schoolwork and in their extracurricular endeavors. He speaks often on what he calls “The Olympic Mentality,” encouraging students to strive to be their “personal best selves” in the areas of academic success, their nutrition and fitness goals, as well as in their athletic endeavors.

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Our Woodhaven is so blessed, for we have beautiful Victorian homes. Due to our accomplishing rezoning of Woodhaven, these homes are now safe from being demolished and replaced by small apartment buildings. In Woodhaven we have access to transportation with local and express buses and our Jamaica Avenue elevated J train. Our train stations are being scheduled for complete renovation in late 2013 or into 2014. We have our beautiful Forest Park, with running tracks and horse trails, Victory Field and the “Jewel of Forest Park” our Forest Park carousel, which is now on the way to being landmarked. Woodhaven truly has it all and with all. We have our “Everything Avenue” where our Woodhaven Business Improvement District is “Taking Care of BIDness.” Our thriving shopping strip with mom and pop stores and larger stores contribute to our vibrant community. This is the reason that every year the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation sponsors our annual spring anniversary dinner dance where we honor great elected officials and store and business owners who contribute to our community. This year, the theme is “Happiness is Spring” so named for the warmth of spring that everyone enjoys at the end of winter. Our honorees for 2013 have led very interesting lives. So now to our winners. Woman of the Year — Melva Miller, director of Economic Development for Queens Borough President Helen Marshall. Melva is a consummate professional and has been so suppor tive of our GWDC and WBID’s stores and businesses and given us good advise and counsel. Man of the Year — Stephen Esposito, president of the GWDC. Steve is a Woodhaven boy, having been raised in Woodhaven, where his family still resides. He has been devoted in service of Woodhaven giving many hours of his time, efforts and guidance to our organization. Business owner of the Year — John Patel, owner of the Haven Card Shop (Hallmark). John has been on Jamaica Avenue for over 25 years. This store is a real family store with his wife and immediate family extending courteous pleasant service to all who shop in it.

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continued from page 12 debate shows, where he staunchly promoted Democratic positions. Prior to becoming a congressman, he had served as a city councilman for seven years. Scandal drove him from the House of Representatives after he sent a woman a sexually suggestive photo of himself on May 27, 2011 via Twitter, in a way that allowed the public to see it. He initially claimed that someone had hacked his Twitter account and that the picture was not of him. But more photos of the congressman only partially clothed emerged, and on June

Business of the Year — Woodhaven’s Scaturro’s Food Market. All of our residents consider Scaturro’s our own. Scaturro’s has been a mainstay on Jamaica Avenue being one of the oldest stores in Woodhaven. This familyowned business and their employees (remember George?) have assisted residents with attentive courtesy through the years. Special Recognition Award — Dr. Paul Fish, veterinarian and owner of the Animal Clinic of Woodhaven. Dr. Fish came to Woodhaven over 25 years ago, making a substantial investment in a large property in Woodhaven. The clinic became an anchor to the area of our avenue and still remains one today. Since Woodhaven loves their pets, a veterinarian was a welcome addition to our community treating rescue animals and strays from Woodhaven streets. These are our 2013 honorees. Because of their ambition and hard work they each epitomize American success stories, right here in our little Woodhaven. So mark your calendar for Friday, June 7, the social event of the year, the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation’s “Happiness is Spring” 34th Anniversary Dinner Dance at Woodhaven Manor Caterers, 96-01 Jamaica Avenue. The music will be by Superior Sound Entertainment. Tickets are $65. For tickets or to make reservations, call (718) 805-0202. Attend and enjoy! Notes: Our Woodhaven Senior Citizens Center in the Woodhaven Volunteer Ambulance Corps opened, but then had to close because of water damage. We are watching Engine Co. 294 very carefully because the budget process will affect this firehouse. Don’t accept being battered. Call the Queens district attorney’s office at (718) 286-6550, hotline number 1 (800) 621-HOPE (4673). The GWDC Memorial Day observance will take place on Thursday, May 23, at 7 p.m. at the Forest Parkway Plaza area at Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue. Please continue to fly our American flags above all others especially for Memorial Day. Finally our prayers go out to Moore, Oklahoma for their great losses. To contact us go to: mailto:Gwdcbid@ hotmail.com or Gwdcbid@hotmail.com. May God bless our leaders, our armed forces and our disabled veterans and may God Q bless our America. 6 he admitted in a teary press conference that he had been carrying on sexually charged online relationships with half a dozen women. “I’ve brought pain to people I cared about the most, and people who believed in me, and for that I am terribly sorry,” the seven-term congressman said at the time. Criticism and pressure for him to resign mounted, and on June 16 he announced that he would step down as of June 21. Republican Bob Turner of Breezy Point won the seat in a special election. But then the district, which straddled Queens and Brooklyn, was eliminated during reapportionment. Weiner and his family moved from Forest Hills to Manhattan after the scandal. Q

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Facing five Dem rivals for mayor, Council speaker makes her case by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

“This is a totally obvious statement, but being the mayor of the City of New York is a tough job, and people need to make sure they have somebody who’s tough enough to lead, but smart enough to listen and to lead in a collaborative way.” That’s how City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) responded to the first question asked of her during an interview last Thursday with the Queens Chronicle editorial board: the old standard, “What makes you the best candidate?” “I’ve demonstrated all that as speaker in the City Council,” the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination continued. “No one who is running in this race, with all due respect to them for all their years of service, can show you the record of consensus building and delivering that I can in my time as speaker of the City Council.” Quinn’s opponents in the race are Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, former Councilman Sal Albanese and, officially as of Tuesday night, former Rep. Anthony Weiner. Speaking before Weiner announced he was entering the race, Quinn said she expects the Sept. 10 primary will go to a runoff between the top two vote-getters, as mandated by law if no candidate garners 40 percent of the vote.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, in Queens, details her platform. “I’ve always assumed there would be a runoff,” she said. “When you have five, maybe six people in the race, it’s just very mathematically hard to get to 40 percent.” The speaker said she is happy with the polls showing her support around 28 to 30 percent

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of Democratic primary voters. In the latest Quinnipiac University survey, her closest rival was Weiner at 15 percent, though he hadn’t yet announced his candidacy. Asked about her top issues, the first one Quinn brought up is encouraging the creation

of more affordable housing — for the middle class, not just the lower classes — using a combination of federal grants and borrowing, along with capping property taxes on developers who build it. “If we can forego a small amount of tax revenue but get middle-class housing, that’s a good deal,” she said. On another top issue, education, Quinn criticized the Bloomberg administration’s policy of closing schools in need and reopening new ones in the same buildings, something her opponents also are denouncing. “When a school has to close, it’s a tragedy,” she said, adding, “We spend $20 million a year closing and reopening schools.” The speaker said she would prefer an “early-warning system” when a school is in jeopardy, one that would then see it receive more resources to improve, rather than face closure. And, she said, improvements have to be given a chance to work, citing a school in her lower Manhattan district that was shut down just six months after a new principal was brought in to turn things around. Quinn’s positions on other issues — and in some cases lack thereof, at least publicly, include: • establishing more city-backed food markets in neighborhoods that lack stores selling fresh produce, and having more of them continued on page 38

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ighteen students from Richmond Hill HS visited Italy this past spring break. This is the second year in a row that students from Richmond Hill HS have gone on trips to Europe during spring break. This effort is spearheaded by Ms. Elena Karabelas and Ms. Amy Restifo, two social studies teachers at Richmond Hill HS. This year, the trip was especially amazing (despite the incessantly rainy weather) since the new Pope was just chosen. The students visited Rome, the Vatican, Florence, Pisa and Venice. Last year students went to France and England, and next year, the two teachers have planned a trip to England, Scotland and France. PHOTOS COURTESY RICHMOND HILL HS

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On Sunday, May 5, the Richmond Hill HS boy’s tennis team and Richmond Hill HS girl’s tennis team participated in the Austim Speaks Walk held at Citifield in Flushing. Students raised several hundred dollars. According to the team’s coaches, participating in this walk is a way of teaching good sportsmanship. Indeed, Richmond Hill HS is one of the most active schools doing community service.

Right to left, Ms. Korobkova, Margarito Hilario, Brian Ramratan, Yogianand Lochan, Rosa Flores, Jennifer Corrales, Owen Sanchez, Doris Arevalo, Mr. Madera and Dennis Prado.

On Thursday night, May 9 the Richmond Hill HS boy’s tennis team, accompanied by coach Ms. Korobkova, went to the USTA courts by special invitation to watch the CUNY men’s tennis teams finals (Baruch College vs. College of Staten Island). While there, the students received free T-shirts, official US Open tennis gear, and job offers to work at the US Open this upcoming season. The students were also given pointers on playing tennis by the college teams and were treated to a free dinner. Students were very excited about the prospects of working at the US Open this summer.

Margarito Hilario, left, Miguel Ortega, Lorenzo Lorenzo, Yogianand Lochan, Owen Daniel Sanchez.

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Dozens get first look at ‘Jamaica Bay Lives’ Trailer for documentary about bay’s history and environment premieres by Domenick Rafter Editor

For many who live around Jamaica Bay, life has been separated into two eras: before Hurricane Sandy and after. The significance of last October’s storm on the history of the bay and its surrounding communities was clear during the premiere of the trailer for “Jamaica Bay Lives,” a documentary produced by Dan Hendrick, vice president for external affairs at the League of Conservation Voters and an author who penned a book about Jamaica Bay. The trailer premiered Sunday inside the PS 1 VW Dome 2 in Rockaway Beach. The nine-minute long clip, which featured interviews with former Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Dan Mundy Sr. and Dan Mundy Jr. of Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers and Don Riepe, president of the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society, includes footage filmed before Sandy and discusses environmental issues and everyday life for residents around the bay. Much of the f ilm is dedicated to the wildlife that calls the bay home, the history of the body of water, including its descent into the reputation it garnered for being polluted, and the effect JFK Airport has had on the ecosystem there. But the trailer ended with scenes shot the day after Sandy that included damage in Broad Channel and interviews with residents. Hendrick, who lives in Sunnyside, said there is still a lot more work left before the

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entire film can premiere, including more interviews and the editing process, and more fundraising for the venture. He said filming should continue through the summer, and he is aiming for a 2014 release. “This has been a big undertaking and I couldn’t have done it without your help,” Hendrick told the audience that included Mundy Sr., Riepe, Rockaway author Vivian Carter, Queens Council on the Arts Executive Director Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, MoMA PS 1 Director Klaus Biesenbach, Council members Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park). Dozens of Rockaway residents attended the screening as well. “Certainly after the storm, there’s more to be told,” Hendrick added. Those who took part in the film praised it. “We couldn’t be happier to be working with Dan and to make this f ilm happen,” Mundy Sr. said. “I’m very excited to see what happens with it.” The f ilm is being produced independently by Hendrick, who said he and the crew were still fundraising to f inish the project. Filming continued even on the day of the trailer’s premiere, with the Don Riepe, president of the Northeast Chapter of the American documentary’s director, Littoral Society, in yellow jacket and Vivian Carter, Rockaway-based David Sigal, joining author, in glasses, were among those who attended the premiere for Riepe on a marsh the trailer of “Jamaica Bay Lives” inside PS 1’s VW Dome 2 in Rockaway restoration project off Q on Sunday. Broad Channel.

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Howard Beach seniors celebrate volunteers Center holds annual party, and reflects on a tumultuous year by Domenick Rafter Editor

or Catholic Charities’ Howard Beach Senior Center, the past year has been one of ups and downs, and the theme at last Thursday’s volunteer party seemed to be a simple one — survival. More than 100 people turned out for the center’s annual party honoring the volunteers who help out. The party featured pizza donated by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). The senior center has been in its temporary location at St. Helen’s Father Dooley Hall since Hurricane Sandy forced the members from their home at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center. Catholic Charities later took over the senior center and will move it into a new facility in the former Bernard Fineson Developmental Center on Cross Bay Boulevard, which is being converted into senior housing. The move is expected to happen in Q mid-summer.

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Mary Santoni shuffles playing cards during the senior center’s volunteer party at St. Helen’s Father Dooley Hall on Thursday.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., left, Ann Gulluscio and her son, Democratic district leader and Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio.

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Queens fields host softball league for developmentally disabled adults by Andrew Benjamin Chronicle Contributor

On a Saturday afternoon at Kissena Corridor Park, Field 10 plays host to a good old American softball game. On one side is the Mets and their opponents are the Yankees. There are pre-game stretches and the StarSpangled Banner. But you won’t see David Wright or ARod wielding a bat. Instead of high-paid a t h l e t e s , R a n d y N ov i c k i s g iv i n g a n opportunity to developmentally disabled adults to put on an exciting game of America’s pastime. “There’s nothing like this anywhere else,” said Novick, the current American Softball League’s founder, who is from Howard Beach. Started in the 1990s as the Achievers of America by a friend of Novick’s, whose son was developmentally disabled, the league dissipated in 2010. Two years later, Novick restarted and renamed it when counselors from group homes contacted him hoping to see the league come back. Since then, American Softball has gotten sponsors from small businesses to big retail chains such as Modell’s, as well as support from politicians such as state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). Each weekend from now through Aug. 25,

American Softball League players line up for a group photo after a game at Kissena Corridor Park. PHOTO BY ANDREW BENJAMIN

40 men and women ranging from ages 22 through 70 come from group homes such as Little Flowers and Lifespire to play. Scores are kept and while everyone is having fun, the players take the game seriously. At the end of the games, everyone is given a trophy, which for many of the players, is the best part. “It’s something they really look forward to on the weekend,” said Marie Policard, a counselor from Lifespire. “It’s also great

recreation for them.” Novick can’t do it all alone, so to assist him, coaches come by and volunteer their time to help players run the bases or give them advice. Izzy Prosa of Howard Beach is in his second year of coaching. “It’s something I just want to do for the handicapped,” he said. “They’re really enjoying themselves when they come out here.” While they get a good turnout of players

from Queens, American Softball hopes to expand to all five boroughs and even nationally to help serve the handicapped, said executive director June Moses. “There’s a need to expand to all five boroughs,” she said. “If that happens we can have interleagues where they can play each other.” The players themselves can’t even contain their joy when they go on the field. Steve Sullivan is one of the players who really looks forward to coming out to every game. At Saturday’s game, he made five hits. “I like to hit the home runs,” he said. “Randy is a great coach.” Michael Fillyaw from Little Flowers in Springfield Gardens is another player who looks forward to making home runs. And he did so when he went up to bat.“We have a lot of energy,” he said. “I enjoy going up there and batting.” For Novick, nothing makes him feel as good as when he sees how much fun “[his] kids,” as he affectionately calls them, are having. “I get complete satisfaction helping them out and socializing with them,” he said. “Seeing the smiles on their faces; there is no other feeling like it. For more information on the American Softball League, including making donations or sponsoring the team, visit their website at Q americansoftball.org.

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As summer vacation gets closer, many parents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in fact, parents of more than 10 million children â&#x20AC;&#x201D; make the decision to send their children to summer camp. While some families have already decided on a camp, others are still exploring their options. For these families, it can be diff icult to choose â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially when the diversity of camps today reflects the diversity of America. There is truly a camp for every child, ever y interest and every budget. The American Camp Association recommends that parents ask the following questions to get a better feel for which camp experience best suits their child: 1. What is the campâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s philosophy and program emphasis? Each camp has its The American Camp Association recommends that parents ask own method of constructing questions to get a better feel for which camp experience best programs based on its philos- suits their child. ophy. Does it complement your familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s philosophy? Does the camp 6. What about references? Parents focus on learning through competition or shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to ask for references. through cooperative learning? How does the This is generally one of the best ways to camp handle homesickness and other adjust- check a campâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation and service ment issues? record. 7. Is the camp accredited by the ACA? 2. What is the camp directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s background? ACA recommends directors pos- Why? Why not? ACA-accredited camps sess a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree, have completed meet up to 300 health and safety standards. This does not guarantee a risk-free in-service training within the past environment, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some of three years, and have at least the best evidence parents 16 weeks of camp adminhave of a campâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitistrative experience ment to a safe and nurbefore assuming the turing environment for responsibilities of their children. director. For more information 3. What training do about a summer camp counselors receive? At experience, or to f ind a a minimum, camp staff camp, parents can visit the should be trained in safety ACA website at CampParents.org. regulations, emergency procedures and communication, behavior manage- This online resource for families includes ment techniques, child abuse prevention, expert advice, information on health and appropriate staff and camper behavior and safety and ACAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s searchable database of over 2,400 ACA-accredited camps. specific procedures for supervision. Contact Public Relations at pr@ACA4. How are behavioral and disciplinary problems handled? This is where camps.org to interview an ACA spokesperthe directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s philosophy comes through son for more information about the essenloud and clear. Do they use positive rein- tial camp experience. forcement? What are the rules and conseThe American Camp Association works quences? to preserve, promote, and enhance the 5. How does the camp handle special camp experience for children and adults. needs? For a child with special require- ACA-accredited camp programs ensure that ments, parents should ask the camp direc- children are provided with a diversity of tor about needed provisions and facilities. educational and developmentally challengIs there a nurse on staff? A designated ing learning opportunities. There are over place to store insulin or allergy medicine? 2,400 ACA-accredited camps that meet up Are special foods available for campers to 300 health and safety standards. For with restricted diets? Every question is more information, visit ACAcamps.org. Q important. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; American Camp Association

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Helpful tips for parents from the ACA It seems that we cannot turn on the TV or open a newspaper without hearing a discussion on the state of the economy, corruption and loss. Not only is this constant negative bombardment emotionally exhausting, it gives the impression that everything is just a mere flush away from being sucked down the giant bowl of economic failure, and leaves us wondering “What is left?” Well, the good news is that not everything has headed south in a hand-basket. Yes, America, a tradition prevails that we can still count on — there is still summer camp. American summer camps have been weathering economic climate changes for nearly a century and a half, and have remained viable throughout good times and bad because of the strength and value in their mission to change lives for the better. The camp experience is an American tradition because of the value camp adds to the lives of kids. Camp helps children: • Grow emotionally • Develop values like respect, honesty, caring, and sharing; • Develop critical skills, such as leadership, independence, personal responsibility; • Participate in physical activities and exercise; • Connect to nature; • Form authentic relationships; and • Take healthy risks in a safe and nurturing environment. It is because of these types of positive outcomes that summer camp has retained its value with American parents for nearly one hundred and 50 years. Camp is a legacy worth preserving. Research provides evidence that all children benefit from the camp experience, and that now, Q more than ever, camp is an essential part of a child’s development. — American Camp Association

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Coping with homesickness Parents don’t have to feel helpless if homesickness strikes when their child is away at camp. The prescription for camper homesickness is a simple solution of preparation and patience. Board-certified clinical psychologist Christopher Thurber conducted a study on homesickness with a group of campers. According to his results, homesickness is the norm rather than the exception, with 83 percent of the campers he studied reporting homesickness in at least one day of camp. Since most campers suffer from homesickness, Thurber and the American Camp Association suggest the following tips for parents to help their child deal with it at camp: • Encourage your child’s independence throughout the year — sleepovers with friends and long weekends away from home can help. • Involve your child in the process of choosing a camp — your child will have ownership in the decision.

• Discuss what camp will be like before your child leaves — role-play situations. • Send a letter or care package ahead of time to arrive on the first day of camp. • Pack a personal item such as a stuffed animal or family photo. • Don’t use bribery — the reward of camp should be your child’s new-found independence. • Reach an agreement ahead of time on calling each other. When a “rescue call” comes from the child, offer calm reassurance. Avoid the temptation to take the child home early. • Talk with the camp director about your child’s adjustment to the camp environment. If you are a parent, child or family searching for ACA camps or expert advice from camp and child development professionals, visit ACA’s website, acacamps.org. or call the toll-free number, 1 (800) Q 428-CAMP. — American Camp Association

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Trying to improve neighborhood streets Mayor’s rep speaks on free graffiti removal services provided by city by Tess McRae Reporter

A representative from the Mayor’s Office says there are plenty of options for Queens residents looking to improve their neighborhoods, but not everyone is convinced. “Graffiti is one of the biggest quality-oflife issues, but people don’t always know what to do when they see it in their neighborhood and they feel helpless in these situations,” Claudia Filomena, the Queens director for the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit, said. “We’re trying to get the word out that these options are there and available for you to take advantage of.” Filomena, who spoke before the 112th Precinct Community Council meeting last Thursday, showcased the Graffiti Free NYC program that was established in the mid-to late 1990s and provides free graffiti removal services for commercial and residential prop- Yoshi graffiti on the tarp that surrounds the old Civic Virtue statue site is an example of damage to a property with no specific address, making it difficult to report to 311. Jon Torodash, candidate erty owners. PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE “All you have to do is sign a waiver, for City Council, said he has been trying to get the paint removed for weeks. whether or not you have graffiti on your property at the time, and submit it,” she said. happened on DOT properties, residential subways and buses. The slow incursion of “Whenever you see graffiti you call 311 and properties, and no one is coming out there and graffiti and trash buildup into any area is a troubling indicator of neighborhood decline, report it, and we will go out and clean it for no fines have been issued.” Filomena explained that in certain situa- correlating with increased crime and lowered free for as long as you own the property. So if you have graffiti on your fence one week, we tions, such as a vacant lot, the Department of property value. We don’t want the problem to creep in: It should be aggressively pursued.” come and clean it and then three weeks later Sanitation can clean up the property. A resident of Jamaica, who did not attend “But in Queens you have a lot of buildings you have graffiti on your fence again, we’ll that have just been abandoned and we try to the meeting, had similar thoughts. clean it again.” “It’s downright nasty the way some of these Filomena said the services are only offered do as much as we can,” she said. “Because between March and November, as the paint you have a lot of absentee landowners and streets look,” Gretta Harison said. “Some peoand the washing solution do not work properly property owners in the area, it makes it diffi- ple probably say they’re used to it, but that’s cult. We can bill them, but at the end of the not a good thing. We shouldn’t be used to if the temperature is below 55 degrees. But while many attendees at the meeting day, they can choose to ignore the f ines. trash all over the place and last time I checked, seemed interested in the program, there were a Unfortunately it’s kind of just a Band-Aid. We Queens was part of the city that Bloomberg can also reach out to the banks that own those represents. It seems like he forgets that somefew skeptics in the audience. “It’s not free,” one audience member mut- properties but many of them are out of state times.” “There are areas in Manhattan that have tered under his breath. “Nothing is free, you and don’t always come up with the best solutrash and graffiti as well,” Felomina said at the tions either.” pay for it when you pay taxes.” “It is obvious that Manhattan and certain meeting. “We want to help property owners City Council candidate Jon Torodash areas of Brooklyn and Queens are better main- and residents keep their neighborhoods clean brought up his own concerns. “Jamaica has a tremendous trash problem tained than others, and it’s simply not right,” and I know that in the Jamaica area there are a and it has since been growing along Queens Torodash wrote in an email after the meeting. lot of issues with trash but there is only so Boulevard and there have been individuals “Although Jamaica is not technically ‘in my much that we can legally do. We encourage who have been documenting it,” he said. “It’s district,’ it is a hop, skip and a jump from the anyone who sees trash or graffiti to call it in.”

Torodash was not satisfied. “It amazes me how Queens Borough Hall can be strewn with trash, a broken handrail, peeling paint on its flagpole and unwashed graffiti for months (on the tarp over Civic Virtue’s former site) but still the city could muster $100,000 to pay for yanking the Civic Virtue statue away from City Hall and come up with $20 million for a glass atrium where healthy cherry trees once stood,” Torodash wrote. “It’s really not that complicated: Inspectors must seriously ramp up their issuing of citations and pass enforcement up the chain of command quickly to deal with the repeat and serious offenders who flout the law.” The Mayor’s Office is not the only agency offering graffiti removal programs. Council members Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Jimmy Van Brammer (D-Sunnyside) and others have funded programs for their districts. “It’s nice that the city is working to clean up neighborhoods,” Sheila Greer of Kew Gardens said. “The fact that they’re trying shows a lot.” “I think there is a problem with trash and graffiti but it’s nowhere near as bad as it was 20 or 30 years ago,” Sky Garret of Springfield Gardens said. “If you remember the 1980s when crack was everywhere, you remember it was worse than now. I’m not saying we’re all good here but I think it’s getting better. We can’t rely only on Bloomberg. He’s too busy closing schools to worry about this. All politicians need to get involved.” In addition to the graffiti removal program, Felomina mentioned that community service, Boy and Girl Scouts or any other group that would like to host a graffiti cleanup can do so by getting in contact with the 112th Precinct or any other precinct. The city will provide brushes, rollers and up to 26 gallons of paint for free. “You just need written permission from the property owner,” Felomina said. “Getting permission is particularly important. We don’t want people cleaning storefronts without talking to the property owners but it’s a great way Q to get involved.”

New Jersey clothing drive not a scam Despite suspicions, fliers handed out in Forest Hills are from a legit organization by Tess McRae Reporter

Residents in the Rego Park and Forest Hills area may have noticed a neon orange flier on their doorstep, advertising a clothing drive. The flier claims the drive, sponsored by the New Jersey State Organization of Cystic Fibrosis, will “help New Jersey children breathe easy.” But one resident became suspicious after she didn’t receive an official tax receipt. “I have a ton of old clothes that I wanted to donate, so I put a bag of them in front of my house as the flier instructed,” Debbie Bergerson of Forest Hills said. “The paper said

that they would pick up the clothes between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and that they would leave a tax receipt when they came to pick the clothes up.” Bergerson said when she arrived home there was no receipt, causing her to grow suspicious. “Then I called the 800 number on the flier and it went to voicemail,” she said. “I left several messages but got no response.” Bergerson said she suspected a scam but further investigation showed that the clothing drive was indeed sponsored by the Organization of Cystic Fibrosis, sort of. “We have a vendor who handles the clothing drive,” Debra Sikkema, the executive director of the organiza-

tion, said. “They collect the clothes and then we get a set amount of funds for the organization. The amount varies since it depends on how much clothing is collected. Obviously, the more clothing that is collected, the more funds we receive.” Sikkema said the funds come from selling the clothing overseas, a strategy used by clothing drives held around the country. While the flier doesn’t explicitly state what will be done with the clothing, the New Jersey State Organization of Cystic Fibrosis is not breaking any laws by selling the items. Sikkema would not provide the name of the vendor but Q said they can be reached by calling 1 (800) 915-9955.

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The Queens County Democratic Party on Monday announced its endorsements three three citywide candidates, as well as its pick to be Borough Hall’s next occupant. The borough’s Dems, led by Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), are backing former Councilwoman Melinda Katz for borough president, Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) for mayor, Resham Saujani for public advocate and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer for comptroller. “I am honored, humbled and deeply grateful for the support of the Queens County Democratic Party and our great chairman, Congressman Joe Crowley,” Katz said in a statement. “Together, we are building a campaign that will truly represent all of Queens and our wonderfully diverse communities, great neighborhoods and the limitless potential that exists in our borough.” Katz emerged as a surprise choice to some after published reports on Friday pointed to Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), one of her five opponents, as the county’s likely pick. The Queens Dems are the second countywide party to announce endorsements after the Bronx, with Manhattan’s committee deciding to leave endorsements to individual clubs. The endorsement of the party usually carries with it a substantial “get out the vote” operation and increased odds of winning the primary, set for Sept. 10 this year. “The unrivaled diversity of Queens and the cohesion of the county Democratic Committee make this endorsement a key victory for our campaign,” Quinn said in a statement. “Queens County Democrats understand that we need a mayor who has a vision for improving the lives of middle class New Yorkers and those aspiring to enter it, and a candidate who doesn’t just talk about getting things done, but

actually has a record of results.” Saujani snatched the endorsement from a diverse field; her four opponents include state Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn) and Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Brooklyn). “I’m incredibly proud to have the support of the Queens Democrats in my campaign to create opportunity for all New Yorkers as public advocate, and I want to thank Representative Joe Crowley for his friendship and commitment to so many residents here in Queens,” she said. “As the daughter of immigrants, I am especially humbled to join with diverse voters in Queens to elect the first South Asian in the history of the City of New York.” County Dems also made what some consider a surprise endorsement in the 19th Council District race to replace outgoing and embattled Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), picking political scion Paul Vallone. “Now more than ever is the time to restore integrity and trust to the 19th City Council seat,” Vallone said. “I am humbled and privileged to have the district-wide support of our elected officials, district leaders, as well as our community and civic leaders.” The party also selected District Leader Costa Constantinides as its candidate for the 22nd Council District in Astoria being vacated by Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria.) “I’m very honored to have the support.” Constantinides said Wednesday. The endorsement came as one of Constantinidies’ two opponents in September’s Democratic primary, Anthony Meloni, dropped out of the race this week due to “personal reasons, party unity and family considerations.” He added that he felt it was important for him to stay in his current job — executive director of Immigration Advocacy Service and New York Anti Crime Agency — in the wake of recent hate crime attacks. The third candidate, Astoria attorney John Q Ciafone, remains in the race.

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Teen girl shot and killed on city bus D’aja Robinson dies as gunman fires at Q6; $22,000 reward set by Mollie Galchus Chronicle Contributor

The city joined Shadia Sands this week in mourning D’aja Robinson, her 14-yearold daughter who was killed by gunfire on Saturday. “She was my only child — my heart, my everything,” Sands said Tuesday at a press conference near the Sutphin Ave. bus stop where she was killed when a gunman fired at least nine shots into a Q6 bus. “I don’t know where to go from here,” she said. “I don’t know why somebody would do this to her.” There is a $22,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) and Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) held a press conference with numerous religious and community leaders in front of the makeshift memorial at the intersection of Sutphin and Rockaway boulevards in Jamaica where Robinson was killed. The politicians stated that gun control laws need to be strengthened and asked for the public’s assistance in finding the perpetrator of the crime. “When anyone’s daughter is lost, all of our daughters are lost,” Quinn said. “When

Shadia Sands, fourth from left, is supported by family, friends, clergy and community leaders including Community Board Chairwoman Adrienne Adams, second from left, City Council Speaker PHOTO BY MOLLIE GALCHUS Christine Quinn, and Councilman Ruben Wills, right. any child’s life is taken, all of our children’s lives are taken in some way.” Robinson’s family deserves to find out who is

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Akram Mohibi, owner of a Willets Point muffler shop, he claims was wrongly shuttered, PHOTO BY JOSEPH OROVIC showing his corkboard of city permits and licenses. continued from page 20 city,” he said. Rodriguez falls into a sizable class of business owners who had their landlords sell the ground from underneath them as the city was acquiring land for the redevelopment of Willets Point.

Rodriguez pays rent to the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The redevelopment of Willets Point in its current iteration passed CB 7 two weeks ago, and faces CB 3 today at 6 Q p.m. at 107-20 Northern Blvd.

responsible for the crime, and she also stated that the city is committed to ending gun violence on the streets. Robinson was shot in the head shortly before 9 p.m. after boarding a Q6 bus on Sutphin Boulevard near Baisley Pond Park. The high school freshman had just left a 16th birthday celebration with her friends at Onyx Lounge on Rockaway Boulevard, a few blocks away from the shooting, and was headed to another party. Police and EMS responded to the scene and Robinson was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Nine shell casings were found, along with bullet holes on the bus. No arrests have yet been made, but NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks III, speaking Monday night at a meeting of the 113th Precinct’s Community Council, said the case is a top priority within the department. “I’ve been to numerous crime scenes like this, and if you’ve been to one, 10, 30 or 40 you never get used to it,” Banks said. “You have a 14-year-old girl with her whole life ahead of her and it was taken away for no reason.” Friends of the gifted singer and dancer immediately took to social media to express their grief. Multiple memorial pages on Facebook that were created for Robinson, who was called Asia by her friends, have attracted thousands of followers. “Good Morning, Asia. Everyone remember to wear purple, blue, or pink today in memory of Asia. Good luck to the people that attended school with Asia. She’s gone but never forgotten,” the page’s status reads. Local rapper and author QueenzFlip

created a fund for Robinson’s family after f inding out about the shooting through Facebook messages from her family. “Once I got the message, I put up a post on Instagram, sending my condolences,” he said. “I found out she was a fan of mine. I wanted to bring light to the situation.” He added that his mother, Marie Deluse, who is involved with the nonpartisan grassroots movement Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, plans on attending Robinson’s funeral to help honor her and bring attention to the organization. Sands described her daughter as a loving, caring, and helpful person who always had a smile. Multiple posts on the Facebook memorial page echoed that description. “Why pull a trigger on a girl with a smile on her face?” one post asked. “She was living so right, so young with a future.” Many people who did not know Robinson sent their condolences on the memorial page as well, helping to make up the 70,000 members of the group. Wills expressed ongoing efforts to address gun violence, in addition to a recent allocation of $4.8 million in programs such as Cure Violence whose goal is to combat violence in areas with high crime. He added that he and Quinn are “working on legislation right now that we are hoping to present to the City Council and have a hearing on at the beginning of June that will begin to direct resources to these communities.” Wills called the shooting heinous and senseless, but emphasized that Saturday’s shooting was the first incident of gun violence in the South Jamaica Cure Violence target area in more than 250 days. Published news reports have attributed the shooting to gang related-violence between the EBK and Snow gangs. According to police sources they cited, the target of the shooting was a girl who was with Robinson on the bus. At the Community Council meeting on Monday night, Banks said there have been problems with witnesses. “There are people who were on the bus who are not coming forward,” Banks said. “Some people have a problem talking with the police? Tell someone else. Send an anonymous letter. Call us. Email us. Right now getting the information is more important to us than the name of the person giving it.” The fund for Robinson that is being administered by QueenzFlip and his mother through their corporation T “Flip” R, LLC can be found at facebook.com /dajarobinsonfund. This Facebook page includes the link to the PayPal information needed to send a donation. Sentiments to the family can also be sent by email to dajarobinson Q fund@gmail.com.

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Muppets find a home in Astoria New Museum of the Moving Image gallery to house Henson puppets by Josey Bartlett Editor

Although Miss Piggy made a convincing pitch for the planned Muppets gallery at the Museum of the Moving Image to be devoted to her solely, to her reluctant acceptance the honor will go to her creator. “I guess that’s OK,” Miss Piggy said to Mayor Bloomberg at Tuesday’s announcement of the expansion. “He certainly does deserve it.” The family of the late Jim Henson — the artist and puppeteer behind the Muppets, Sesame Street and other iconic children’s programs — donated nearly 400

hoods and characters that make our city so extraordinar y,” Bloomberg said. Artifacts from every major film and television production in which Henson played a key creative role during his lifetime — from “Sam and Friends” to “Fraggle Rock” and “Labyrinth” — will be shown in the new exhibit. This includes 200 puppets such as Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Elmo, Ernie, Ber t, Count von Count, Gobo Fraggle, the Swedish Chef, and Statler and Waldorf. And these puppets are not new to the neighborhood. The five-year national tour of the traveling “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” concluded at the museum in 2012. Also, the Jim Henson Workshop, whe r e n ew m u p pets are created, is located in the neighborhood where Astoria meets Long Island City, just a few block from Kaufman PHOTOS BY JOSEY BARTLETT Astoria Studios,

puppets, costumes, props, clips and storyboards to the museum, which in turn will build a 2,200square-foot gallery on its second floor devoted to the memorabilia. More than half ($2.75 million) of the project’s $5 million price tag comes from the city, Bloomberg said. “It’s only f itting that this extraordinary collection of puppets, costumes, props and more should find a home in New York, where imagination and free expression are part of the fabric of our city, and where anyone who’s watched an episode of Sesame Street sees the inspiration provided by the vibrant neighbor-

The late Jim Henson with a few of his creations, on a video clip.

Museum of the Moving Image board members and staff, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, third from left, Mayor Bloomberg, members of the Henson family and other guests celebrate the planned Jim Henson gallery. where Henson’s successors f ilm Sesame Street. But the neighborhood didn’t always look like it does now. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) remembers riding down the once-desolate 35th Avenue as a kid, where the Museum of the Moving Image now is located.

“Because of the arts ... we now have a thriving and bustling avenue,” Van Bramer said. On Tuesday Bloomberg also made the point that museums create a $28 million industry for the city, which about 52 million tourists visited last year. The gallery is planned to open Q in December 2014.

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Maria Alvarez, Executive Director, NY StateWide Senior Action Council – Ms. Alvarez will address the entire range of beneficiary issues, i.e., how changes to coverage through Medicare, Managed Care and Medicaid, under the new regulations of ACA and Medicaid Re-Design, will impact the scope, choice and delivery of benefits and services for older adults.

Saturday, June 8, 2013 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

Ronald Fatoullah, Esq., Elder Law Attorney – Medicaid eligibility rules are rapidly changing. Mr. Fatoullah gives an overview of the Medicaid program and explains how to protect one’s assets in the event long-term health care is needed. He will also review five essential legal documents that seniors should have. He will explain the importance of a (i) last will and testament, (ii) power of attorney, (iii) health care proxy, (iv) living will and (v) living trust.

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continued from page 2 alongside the scuttled West Side Stadium, part of the infamously flawed push to host the Olympics in 2012. That follows nearly $2 million in literal capital MLS spent in lobbying for the stadium. Scrutiny of the site revealed over a dozen regulatory hurdles stood between the stadium concept and reality, including six borough community boards and elected officials at the city and state level. Throw into the mix the needed approvals of up to a dozen federal, state and local agencies. The required replacement parkland also proved problematic. Early reports indicated the league was eyeing the dingy coastline next to the Flushing River. But ecological studies showed the cost of remediation to be prohibitive, a source said, leading MLS to look elsewhere. A new location, the old Flushing Airport, was then proposed. But lawmakers and community groups blasted the site, calling it too far removed from the community FMCP serves. “The airport would provide park space in a community that could certainly use it,” said state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), whose support is integral in making the FMCP stadium a reality. “But it’s too far away from families in Corona, Flushing, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst to make up for the loss of open recreational space in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.” The lawmaker promised to oppose any alienation that substitutes acreage in Flushing Meadows with Flushing Airport. Then came reports of Sheikh Monsour’s now clear ownership, tying him to the dubious human rights and ethical practices of his United Arab Emirates home. Flushing Meadows Corona Park began looking like a stadium too far. According to sources with close knowledge of MLS’s plans, a gambit was needed to give the franchise a fresh start. Cue the pinstripes. The inclusion of the Yankees came as a surprise to many. Manchester City and the Bronx Bombers already had an established business partnership through Legends Hospitality, the Yankees’ sports and entertainment company. The Yanks serve dual purposes. Sources said the Bronx Bombers let

the league save face, legitimizing a project otherwise burdened by the anti-gay, antiwoman habits of the UAE. Garber stood by Monsour, saying, “We as a league have lots of great owners and go through a very comprehensive process to vet and ensure all of our owners are abiding by the rules of the league and are aligning with the vision and positioning of Major League Soccer.” Yankees President Randy Levine comes as part of the deal, bringing the expertise of having successfully navigated a parklandfor-stadium swap in the Bronx to create the new Yankee Stadium. He acknowledged the value of his acumen in a conference call with reporters. Activists like NYC Park Advocates and Save FMCP’s Geoffrey Croft point to Levine as reason for caution to all thinking it’s time to sit back and relax. The fight for those looking to stop the stadium is not over. “You don’t want to let up,” Croft said. “At the same time, MLS seems to be very aware, as well as the mayor, that the Flushing Meadows site is not going to happen.” The game plan going forward, according to sources, calls for a focus on teamrelated news. It already began with the appointment of former U.S. Men’s National Team captain Claudio Reyna as NYCFC Director of Football. Sources say the media push will continue, with overtures to Queens, and perhaps a token offer of good will in the form of rejuvenated soccer fields — part of the original bait for the stadium proposal. “I think what you heard is a lot of work has been done in Queens,” Levine said during the Monday conference call. “We’re just going to step back for a second — I’m not going to step back, I’m goint to take a step forward. The Yankees and myself have been doing this for a while. We’re just starting and give us a little time.” Step back indeed. Levine’s words were the last time Queens was mentioned in regards to NYCFC in two public events since the revelation of the club. A day later, the Mayor, Garber, Man City and Yankee officials gathered to fete the new franchise. None uttered the words Q “Flushing Meadows Corona Park.”

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Residents, pols to take on DEP by Michael Gannon Editor

Elected officials and civic organizations from throughout Southeast Queens are sponsoring a rally outside the borough offices of the city’s Department of Environmental Protection beginning at noon on Friday, May 24. The focus of the rally is a 12-year fight by local residents to get the DEP to restart pumping from wells initially belonging to the old Jamaica Water Service, which the city acquired and began phasing out in 1996. Since then groundwater levels have risen by more than 30 feet, leaving many streets and some whole neighborhoods prone to flooding during any heavy or sustained rain. The DEP has told community leaders repeatedly that groundwater problems are not the agency’s responsibility. Officials also have said that they intend to restart the pumps in 2018 when a water tunnel from upstate is shut down for repairs. But less than two weeks after Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (D-Jamaica)

announced a bill that would require the DEP to pump out the wells at a community meeting in February at York College, agency Commissioner Carter Strickland Jr. and Joe Martens, commissioner of the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, met in Albany with Scarborough and state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) to discuss further options. Following that meeting, Scarborough said the DEP’s stated cost to pump out the wells was between $300,000 and $500,000 per year, a substantial drop from the roughly $1 million figure given to the assemblyman by the agency prior to the Feb. 28 meeting at York. The same $1 million figure had been conf irmed to the Queens Chronicle as being “about right” by a DEP spokesman on March 1. The Queens office of the DEP is located at 59-17 Junction Blvd. in Corona. Further information may be obtained by calling Scarborough’s office at (718) 7235412, or the Queens chapter of the National Q Action Network at (718) 949-9500.

Jobless rate dives in a genuine improvement by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

The unemployment rate fell substantially in Queens, along with the rest of the city, state and nation as a whole, in April, according to the state Department of Labor, marking a true improvement that was also reflected in the number of people actually working. The jobless rate in Queens dropped to 6.9 percent in April from 7.8 percent in April 2012, according to figures the state released Tuesday. The new rate also showed an improvement over March’s 7.7 percent, but year-to-year comparisons are the most valid measure because of seasonal factors. The progress was not due to people going off unemployment and just dropping out of the workforce, as some recent dips in the jobless rate — including one reported for March — may have been. There were 1,046,300 people working in Queens in April compared to 1,037,100 in April 2012, marking the same nine-tenths of a percentage point improvement as that seen in the unemployment rate. Similar progress was seen citywide,

where the jobless rate fell to 7.7 percent from 8.8 percent one year earlier; statewide, where it dropped to 7.3 percent from 8.1; and nationwide, where it dipped to 7.1 percent from 7.7. The workforce grew markedly in all those areas save the city as a whole. The numbers also revealed continuing extremes among Queens’ neighbors: Nassau County had the state’s second-best jobless rate, 5.8 percent, while Bronx County had the third-worst, 10.5 percent. In Manhattan, the rate was 6.5 percent, the best in the city. The state’s monthly jobs reports and other Q data are available at labor.ny.gov.

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The Long Island Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, which includes councils from both Brooklyn and Queens, held its Annual Charity Ball at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach on Saturday May 18. The event raised $7,500 each for two organizations: Faith in the Future, which helps poor families afford a Catholic high school education for their children, and Mercy Homes, which aids young children

and young adults who are mentally and emotionally impaired with housing and education. Celebrating, top, are Knights of Columbus Long Island Chapter officers Joe Marino, left, Joe Peluso, Denis O'Shea, Bertrand Derrick, Father Richard Ahlmeyer, Frank Strauch, David Crum and Lou Pepe, and above, Sister Kay Crumlish, standing, director of Mercy Homes, with three volunteers.

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Elmhurst); and • not taking a position on whether table games should be allowed at the Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park. Addressing another frequent criticism of her, that she too often supports Mayor Bloomberg, Quinn said, “The mayor and I have a very productive working relationship. We don’t want City Hall to be Washington.” She noted that they have sometimes differed, as on teacher layoffs he proposed that she said no to and changes in city policy toward the homeless she opposed. Knowing her audience, Quinn then pointed out that, for example, the editor and publisher of a newspaper should work together Q rather than be at odds.

continued from page 25 accept food stamp cards; • providing more funding from the Mayor’s Office to keep hospitals open; • reducing the regulatory pressure on small businesses to keep them open and “stop the Duane Readeing of New York”; • having greater oversight of the Police Department to ensure stop, question and frisk is done constitutionally; • not taking a position on the proposal to build a soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Park, out of deference to area Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

Artist Rainy Lehrman created this bottle sculpture using Tracey Emin's instructions “What Would Tracey Do?” which were written in 2007.

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS Artists ‘do it (outside)’ at Socrates Sculpture Park by Josey Bartlett Also, the person who wrote a set of directions cannot be involved in the realization of it and, for the most part, the artworks must be destroyed after the exhibit so they can’t become “standing

exhibition pieces or fetishes.” Although the creations are destroyed the directions live on and each interpretation of the instructions must be fully documented.

Hundreds of the scores have since been translated into nine different languages, dispersed, subsequently used by hundreds of artists and this year published, along with documentation of the many “do its,” in a book, “Do It: The Compendium.” Some of these directives are penned by famous artists such as David Lynch, Ai Weiwei, Yoko Ono and Paul McCarthy. And although different artists are interpreting the same set of words, the idea behind “do it” is that even reproductions are unique. “‘Do it’ is less concerned with copies, images or reproductions of artworks, than with the human interpretation,” according to the exhibition introductory text. “No two iterations of an artist’s instructions are ever the same.” Continuedonon page continued page 44

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Twenty years ago Swiss curator Hans Ulrich Obrist started “do it.” Supposedly he was having drinks with two artists, Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier, in Paris when the idea of the ultimate “work in progress” show was birthed. The backbone of “do it,” which has been shown in 50 venues worldwide but is being shown for the first time in New York City at Socrates Sculpture Park through July 7, consists of directions that each artist must follow. The original threesome invited 12 artists to create works based on written “scores,” or instructions, telling participants how to make their contributions. There are “rules of the game” that forbid one artist from always following one set of directions. Obrist didn’t want an artwork to have a “static character.”

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Redeemer Lutheran Church, 69-07 Cooper Ave., Glendale, hosts grocery bingo on Sunday, May 26 at 1 p.m. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Call (718) 456-5292.

“Gravity of the Sculpture: Part II” will remain on display at The Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, through July 3. Call (718) 937-6317, email david@dorsky.org or visit dorsky.org.

The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, hosts a summer book sale on Saturday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact admin@thecitg.org, (718) 268-6704 or visit thecitg.org.

Photographer Walker Evans’s “Havana 1933” collection will be on display at LaGuardia Community College, 31-10 Thompson Ave., Long Island City, through May 29. Free. Visit laguardia.edu.

Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, hosts a knitting circle on Mondays, June 3 and 17 from 6-8 p.m. for adults only. $5. Pre-registration required. Call (718) 229-4000.

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On Friday, June 7 at 8 p.m., Murder By Marriage, a comedy-murder-mystery dinner show, will be held at Riccardo’s, 21-01 24 Ave., Astoria. $45. Call (718) 721-7777.

Interested performers are invited to audition for Theatre By The Bay’s production of “Guys and Dolls” on Tuesday, June 4 and Thursday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside. Rehearsals begin in August. Call (718) 428-6363 or visit theatrebythebayny.com.

THEATER Once Upon a Time presents “Peter Pan, the musical tale of the boy who wouldn’t grow up” on Sunday, June 2 at 3 p.m. at 87-61 111 St., Richmond Hill. $7 adults, $5 children. Call (718) 8469182 or (718) 849-6594. “Fame Jr.,” a musical performance by JHS 189 students, will be performed free of charge on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Contact (718) 463-7700 ext. 222.

MUSIC On Saturday, May 25 at 8 p.m. the Queens Jazz Orchestra celebrates the musical genius of Adderly, Jacquet, Basie and Ellington, all historical jazz legends who lived in Queens, at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Prices vary. Call (718) 463-7700 ext. 222.

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A day-long seminar entitled Overcoming Anger and Bitterness will be held at Faith Baptist Church, 10501 37 Ave., Corona, on Saturday, May 25 from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (718) 598-4528.

Watercolor classes at the National Art League, 4421 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. All techniques, beginners to advanced. Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $25 per session. Call (718) 969-1128.

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Foundations in Astronomy workshop series will be offered on Sundays, June 9, 23 from 1-2:30 p.m. at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $50 for series. Pre-registration required. Call (718) 229-4000 or visit alleypond.com.

AARP Chapter 2889 meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at noon at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 69-60 Grand Ave., Maspeth. City View Pharmacy’s free spring walking club meets Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Thursdays at 6 p.m. through May 30 at City View Pharmacy, 23-07 Astoria Blvd., Astoria. Call (718) 545-2550.

The 10th NYC Musical Saw Festival will be held on Saturday, June 1 at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 31-18 37 St., Astoria. $10. Visit musicalsawfestival.org.

There will be Queens Public Hearings on allocation of federal funding to combat poverty and support community-based programs, held at Elmhurst Hospital, 7901 Broadway, on Saturdays, June 1 and 15 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (212) 676-8208.

The Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra hosts a concert on Sunday, June 2 at 2 p.m. at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. $5, $3 seniors and students. Call (718) 374-1627.

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FLEA MARKETS St. Josaphat’s R.C. Church of Bayside will hold a rummage sale plus ethnic Polish bake sale on Saturday, May 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, May 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 35th Avenue and 210th Street, Bayside. Call (718) 224-3052. There will be a flea market at Transfiguration Parish Hall, 64-14 Clinton Ave., Maspeth, on Sunday, June 2 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call (347) 339-1362. Richmond Hill flea market is held on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 117-09 Hillside Ave. Call (347) 709-7661 or visit richmondhillfleamarket.com.

Queens Library at Hollis, 202-05 Hillside Ave., hosts a reptile “Edventure” with Erik Callender for children ages 6 and up on Friday, May 24 at 4 p.m. Free. Call (718) 465-7355. Clown duo Bolo and Claus will per form at Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Avenue South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, on Sunday, May 26 at 1 p.m. in English and 3 p.m. in Spanish. $14, with Family Flex pass, $10. Call (718) 760-0064. There will be a summer star party astronomy night held on Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m. at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Adults and children ages 7-12 welcome. $14, $8 per child. Pre-registration required. Call (718) 229-4000 or visit alleypond.com.

Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, hosts dance with instructions every Monday and Friday from 7:15 to 8 p.m. and a social dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Call (718) 478-3100. Cost is $10.

SPECIAL EVENTS St. Luke’s Nursery School, 87-34 85 St., Woodhaven, holds an open house through Friday, May 24 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Visit the 3- and 4-year-old classes and register for September, as well as for Mommy and Me classes. Call (718) 296-6683. Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., hosts a singles social and dance for singles over 45 from 2-6 p.m. on Sundays, June 9, July 21 and Aug. 18. $10. Call (718) 897-6255. Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., hosts its movie festival showing of “Hope Springs” on Thursday, May 30 at 2 p.m. $2 donation. Contact (718) 352-7900 or email info@baysidejewishcenter.org.

Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance announces a walking tour of Sunnyside Gardens. The tour meets Saturday, June 8 at 11 a.m. by the flagpole in J.V. Daniels Park, 52nd Street between Roosevelt and 43rd avenues in Sunnyside. $20. Call (646) 298-8669. A spring fling car show and blood drive will be held on Sunday, June 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Maspeth Federal Savings Bank, 56-18 69 St. Call (917) 682-5362. Free.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES The Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside, hosts: Qi Gong, Mondays at 10:45 a.m.; Wii time, Mondays and Thursdays at 12:45 p.m.; Music with Dee, Mondays at 1 p.m.; beginner’s drawing, Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.; health education, Tuesdays at 10 a.m.; aerobics, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m.; yoga, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; bingo, Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m.; jewelry making, Wednesdays at 1 p.m.; tai chi, Wednesdays at 2 p.m.; stay well exercise, Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.; tropical club, Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.; Scrabble, Thursdays at 12:45 p.m.; dance fitness and “You Be the Judge,” Fridays at 10:45 a.m.; ceramics, Fridays at 1 p.m.; a movie “Parental Guidance,” Friday, May 24 at 12:45 p.m.; jokercise, Tuesday, May 28 at 12:45 p.m.; history with Hy, Thursday, May 30 at 10:15 a.m.; and current events, Friday, May 31 at 12:45 p.m.; Call (718) 224-7888. The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., hosts: Memorial Day picnic party with music and dancing by Tommy Mason, Tuesday, May 28; a seminar by Perry Funding about reverse mortgages, Wednesday, May 29 at 10:30 a.m.; and a mini-trip to Coney Island, Thursday, May 30. The center will be closed on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day. Call (718) 456-2000.

Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, 84-20 Jamaica Ave., hosts a free poetry workshop every third Tuesday, until Monday, Dec. 16. Email cabbz@aol.com.

Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, 92-47 165 St., details its safety program about rent, IT 214 tax form, Medicaid and food stamps. Call for an appointment at (718) 657-6500. Free.

Afternoon Composting: Weekly Food Waste Drop-Off at the Broadway Library, 40-20 Broadway in Long Island City on Saturdays at 1 p.m. Call (718) 721-2462.

Computer classes are being held at Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Senior Center, 4525 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. For seniors 60 plus. Call John at (718) 559-4329 to register.

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Travel through music without leaving Qns. Flushing Town Hall then moved on to bring audience members to Korea and People love mash-ups. There’s the bi Greece; Jamaica and Spain; Africa and bim bop taco (Korea meets Mexico), the Peru; and now wrapping up the travels is Beatles meet Bob Marley (“Let It Be” and the fifth mash-up, when the Dominican “No Cry” mix), sculptures that are paint- Republic meets Saint Vincent and the ings and paintings that are sculptures. Grenadines on May 31. The list goes on of mix-ups and mashMerengue band Kompalsa will represent ups, and Flushing Town the Caribbean counHall has been getting try, the Dominican in on the fun with its Republic. It’s a large Cultural Crossroads seven-person group When: Friday, May 31, 8 p.m. series, featuring musiplaying music that Where: Flushing Town Hall cians from different makes you want to 137-35 Northern Blvd. countries coming shake your booty. Tickets: $15/$10 members and students together to jam. And in the spirit (718) 463-7700 The programming of crossroads The flushingtownhall.org started in early April Chief Joseph Chawith two bands, one toyer Dance Co. from India and one from Brazil. Velly and The Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble will Bahia featured Axe music from Bahia (one perform their Garifuna-inspired beats. of Brazil’s 26 states), which prides itself on This culture is decended from the indigeits African roots with energetic drumming, nous people of Carib, Arawak and West dancing and a homage to the deities. African people who still live in St. Vincent The Orishas brought music from India and the Grenadines. with its traditional lush melodies and what The Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble is a Flushing Town Hall described as a strong Brooklyn-based group. Their most popular spiritual connection. songs use lots of flutes and drums and for

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Audience members dance to the beats of African and Peruvian music in the fourth PHOTO COURTESY FTH installment of Cultural Crossroads at Flushing Town Hall. the most part have a mellow beat. This will be paired with the energetic swaying and rhythmic dancing of the Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Co. But the professional dancers won’t be the only ones grooving. There is an instructional part of the program when the talent teaches the audience how to move. Guests

are subsequently able to practice what they learned and just have fun during the jam session at the end of the show. “It really entices people to get up out of their seat,” said Flushing Town Hall spokeswoman Malika Granville.”It’s an open dialogue and geared to getting peoQ ple moving.”

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Connecting with nature, self and others by Josey Bartlett qboro Editor As part of Queens College’s Year of India, it is looking at the meaning of namaste through a very wide lens. “It’s a character study of the inner life of the person and the respect for the whole living world,” curator Suzanna Simor said. Namaste can mean a lot of different things. It’s a traditional greeting used in India, but it’s not just a “hello.” Namaste when translated from ancient Sanskrit gives thanks for all living and nonliving things — for all people, nature and self. The works in the “Friendly Gestures: Namaste,” an exhibit at the college, range from a sculpture of a bridge to a video of someone walking through the woods, to leaves painted directly on the wall, a painting that looks like a tapestry and many others. Some pieces connect to Indian culture while others take a broader look at the meaning behind namaste and celebrate self-identity and interpersonal connections. For the exhibit, artist Xico Greenwald spent several days painting a plant directly on the wall, which he named, simply enough, “Plant.” The painting doesn’t have a lot of detail — just a sketch, made with all the same muted green, of a couple of leaves and a stem. In places it’s possible to see where parts were erased.

“I ... believe that the power of painting comes from a connection to the pulse of life, not from a clever concept, and working from still lifes offers me that,” Greenwald said in an artist’s statement. “As I work, a range of feelings and memories seem to emanate from the still life and I strive to communicate those sensations in my work.” Greenwald brought his young daughter to college while he worked on the installation, Simor said, which she felt was in keeping with the idea of namaste. Rikki Asher, a Queens College faculty member, travels to India often. During one of her trips she made the pilgrimage to the Bodhi tree where Buddha is said to have reached enlightenment. While there she painted the fallen heartshaped leaves in pastel purples and greens continued on page 00 46

‘Friendly Gestures: Namaste’ When: through June 27, hours vary Where: Rosenthal Library Art Center at Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing Tickets: Free queenscollegeartcenter.org

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house black,” which Becky Sellinger More than 60 instructions were brought to fruition at the park. David Lynch wrote instructions on used for the all-outdoor showing (it’s the first time the show was exhibited how to create a gridded board on which all the boxes are filled with identical in that way). objects. However, each of these things Ono in 1996 wrote “Wish Piece.” “Make a wish,” she wrote. “Write it are made to seem different by giving down on a piece of paper. Fold it and tie them different names. The artist for this it around a branch of a Wish Tree. Ask exhibit picked names from Bridget to Sean and Matt to your friends to do name the bricks the same. Keep he glued in each wishing, until the of the squares. branches are covWhen: through July 7, open all year Ly n c h d i d n ’ t ered with wishes.” 10 a.m. to sunset specify height, Artist Marie Where: Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC so artist Jory Lorenz interpreted 32-01 Vernon Blvd. Rabinvitz decidthe instructions. A Tickets: Free, (718) 956-1819 ed to make the tree in the park piece about 12rustles with about 50 wishes from a “$” to “no poverty” feet tall. Like many of the exhibitions at and a little drawing of a pair of pants. McCarthy instructed Daniel Roberts Socrates Sculpture Park, the works in and James Haddrill to dig ditches and “do it” become more fascinating the more you read. paint the dirt silver. Theses pieces are simple and not an The second half of McCarthy’s directions are performative, such as “Use ordinary type of beautiful, but the idea your head as a paintbrush” and “Paint behind the show is intriguing and worth Q all windows, doors and mirrors in your a stroll through the park.

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ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL For more than 150 years, St. Francis Preparatory has provided intellectual and spiritual growth to young men and women who seek the finest Catholic education available. The Class of 2013 has continued on Prep’s century and half old tradition of excellence in academics and achievement in athletics and extracurricular activities . They “chased perfection” while remaining true to the guiding Franciscan principles upon which Prep was founded.

The Class of 2013 like those before them proved that high GPAs, SAT scores, and college acceptance are only part of the story. “Excellence” has a great deal to do with the education of the whole person. Developing the capacity to care for and respond to the needs of “the least of their brothers” makes them excellent people.

“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” - Vince Lombardi, St. Francis Prep Class of 1933 The Class of 2013 raised money for over a dozen local charities, as well as for our “sister Franciscan school” in Lare, Kenya. They did this while also continuing hands on ministering to those in need right here in New York City through our Soup Kitchen and Midnight Run programs. Through our Franciscan Immersion Experience they have touched hundreds

of lives in Camden, NJ; Centerport, NY; and Green Bay, Wisconsin. In athletics, our current graduates have achieved State, New York City, and Brooklyn-Queens championships with Step-Squad, Cheerleading, Girls Tennis, Girls Volleyball, Girls Softball, and Gymnastics.

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The Selfhelp Latimer Gardens Senior Center, 3430 137 St., Flushing, offers ballroom dancing, Mondays, Wednesdays through Fridays at 10:30 a.m. to noon; tai chi, Tuesdays at 10 a.m. to noon; English as a second language, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. to noon; Ping Pong, exercise and mahjong, Mondays though Fridays. Call (718) 961-3660. The Innovative SNAP of Eastern Queens Senior Center, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village, offers a wide array of programs and services including: healthy lunches, current events, diabetes self-management classes, yoga and the Reminiscence Groups. Receive information on benefits and entitlements or share your life story in a safe, private setting. For information and transportation call Kathleen at (718) 454-2100 or visit snapqueens.org. The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Call (718) 657-6752. Activities at the Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26th Ave., Bayside, are held Monday-Friday. Call (718) 224-7888. The Brooks Senior Center, 143-22 109 Ave., Jamaica, hosts a healthy lunch from noon to 1 p.m., activities such as Wii sports, bowling, bingo, laptop classes, exercise, ceramics, cards and board games, blood pressure checks, trips, monthly nutrition presentations and monthly birthday celebrations and theme parties. Suggested contribution is $1.25. For more information call (718) 291-3935.

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Prince Room, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. Cost is $6 for lunch. The program includes yoga instruction, discussion groups, card games, bingo, birthday celebrations, guest speakers and holiday celebrations. Call Dr. Roz Gold at (718) 229-7511. Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center (Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center), 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, has a special Saturday program, open every other Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for all seniors, especially South Asians, offering basic computer classes, basic English,

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The Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., is offering free Chinese language classes Thursdays at 1 p.m.; its very first Dear Abby Group Thursdays at 11 a.m.; free ESL classes for Chinese speakers, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-10:30 a.m.; and the Knitting and Crochet club Thursdays at 1 p.m. for beginners and experts. Call the Pomonok Senior Center at (718) 591-3377, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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and sparkly silvers and golds. Asher mounted these quick artworks on small cards, which she handed out to others. “It was a nonverbal gesture of peace, connectivity and compassion of the moment,” Asher said in her artist’s statement. A few of these works are displayed at the gallery. Mary DeVincentis’ “Tara,” which shows someone gently tugging on a vine connected to a seemingly floating hibiscus, looks at nature as well as traditional Indian art with the golden outlines of the hand and a patterned background that evokes traditional Indian motifs.The position of the fingers look to be in a mudra hand position. (Mudras are hand gestures in Hindu and Buddhist teachings often used in yoga to convey certain meanings.) Theresa DeSalvio takes a much less literal look at the word namaste, but for the curators, her oil painting of a strong woman with blue hair and unwavering eyes, “Wonders,” conveys feelings of selflove and confidence. “She’s very strong, but although you don’t see the outside world there is a connection to it,” Simor said. Some of the more unusual pieces in the

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show are Jeanne Wilkinson’s “Mushroom House,” a sculpture with Barbie and Ken dolls inside a cave-like dwelling, and Andy Slemenda’s “Likewise Painting” a swirl of pastel-colored paints on Styrofoam. Both show a connection to the outside world as well as making some unique (and pretty to some) images out of the simplest of materials. They are also examples of materialism and a statement on detriments to the environment — two corrosives to the namaste values. “Namaste is about respect for the whole Q world,” Simor said.

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The Subway Series, which gets underway on Monday at Citi Field and concludes Thursday at Yankee Stadium, is a great way to take stock of our two Major League Baseball franchises. Last June the Mets dropped five out of six games against the Yankees, which served as a warning that their supposed terrific first half when they won 46 games was a mirage. This year the Mets are not teasing their fans, as they have been playing at the low level that was expected of them before the season began. The Yankees, on the other hand, have been near or at the top of the American League East standings despite the loss to injuries of such household names as Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Texeira and Curtis Granderson. Granderson has returned to the team but was replaced on the disabled list by veteran pitcher Andy Pettitte. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has long proven to be a master at picking up inexpensive spare parts, while his Mets counterpart, Sandy Alderson, dithers when it comes to making moves to help his organization’s big league team, preferring to sell the fans on the notion of a bright future. Yes, Cashman has greater f inancial resources to work with than Alderson, but the difference in the success of the two teams

can’t just be attributed to payroll, particularly in this injury-plagued season for the Bronx Bombers. Corporate culture plays a big part in distinguishing the two teams. The Yankees have no tolerance when it comes to making excuses for failure. That does not seem to be the case with the Mets. Mets first baseman Ike Davis, who had a rough first half in 2012, has been struggling even worse in 2013. There has been talk of sending him down to the minor leagues. Of course, if Ike could get hot against the Yankees, that would atone for a multitude of sins for a lot of Mets fans. Ed Kranepool remains the longest-tenured player in Mets history, as he played first base for them from the end of 1962 right through to the end of 1979. Citibank hired Kranepool to appear at the annual borough restaurant showcase, A Taste of Queens, held last Tuesday at Citi Field, to sign autographs and chat with attendees. Kranepool identifies with what Davis is going through because he was sent down to the minor leagues in 1970, a mere year after the Mets won the World Series. “Baseball is not an easy game,” Kranepool said. “One difference, however, between Ike and myself is that he has been in the lineup, whereas Gil [the late Mets manager Gil Hodges] did not Q play me much that year.”

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Niederstein’s hotel, in Midville by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Middle Village was given its name because it was midpoint between points on the East River and Jamaica. The area was served by a trolley, which was replaced by the B53 bus in 1949. One of the last surviving landmarks of old Middle Village was Niederstein’s, a hotel at what became 69-16 Metropolitan Ave. Officials didn’t file and keep records in the 19th century like we do today, but the building is estimated to have gone up in 1835. New wings were added over the years. In 1850 the Common Council of New York City forbade burials in the city, which did not then include Queens. St. Paul’s German Lutheran Church on Sixth Avenue opened up a cemetery in 1852 right next door to the hotel, which was called Schumacher’s at that time. The hotel became famous as a stopover for funeral parties on their way back from the cemetery before the advent of the automobile. In 1888 the hotel was sold to John Niederstein for $28,000 and the name was

Niederstein’s at 69-16 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, in 1949. changed. Early in the 20th century it was owned by his relatives John and Henrietta Gabriel. It became famous for weddings and social, fraternal and political events. It was owned by a succession of relatives until June 1969, when it was sold to Horst Herink and his young brother Reiner. Reiner Herink left his job as a history professor at Queens College to go exclusively into the restaurant and catering business. Under the Herinks’ ownership the 19th-century open wooden porch was enclosed to make more room for dining. Horst Herink died suddenly in 1994. Reiner Herink decided to sell in February 2005, at the height of the real estate boom, to Tom Clark, a Burger King and Arby’s franchisee. In September 2005 Niederstein’s was demolished, closing the book on a chapQ ter of Middle Village history.

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Howard Beach, Sat 5/25, rain date Sun 5/26, 9-3, 162-35 85 St, MULTI-FAMILY SALE. Variety of things!

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laughter, education, and security. Expenses paid. www.DonaldAndEsther.com. (Se habla espanol)1-800-965-5617.

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8409 Queens Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/20/13. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 84-09 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: General.

Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 3/18/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The PLLC, 36-09 Main St., Ste. #204B, Flushing, NY 11354 which is also the principal business location. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: Samara Consulting Group, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/27/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 6844A 136th Street, Flushing, NY 11367. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: RINGADINGLE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/22/2013. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Michele Buchholz, 25-21 23rd Street, Apartment 15, Astoria, NY 11102. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: L’ESPRESSO IMPORT GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/29/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 56-75 49th Street, Maspeth, New York, NY 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Valdez Logistics LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Ave., 13th Fl., NY, NY 10011, also the registered agent. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: CPV DEVELOPMENT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/08/2013. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 12-61 150th Street, Whitestone, NY 11357. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: NEE REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/02/2013. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 15-03 126th Street, College Point, NY 11356. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

G.I.L. Northern Enterprise, LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 5/4/05. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Peter H. Kim, 150-17 Northern Blvd, 2nd Fl, Flushing, NY 11354. General Purposes.

WHL REALTY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/06/2013. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Hui Zhen Li; Fong Keng Wong, 51-12 71st St., Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RTISAN COFFEE PROJECT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/29/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Edgar M. Ortegon, 4628 Vernon Boulevard, Suite 502, Long Island City, New York 11101. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Whitfield Surveys LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 2/11/2013. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 35-08 24th Ave., Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HCT REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 135-11 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Registration of WHISPER PARTNERS, L.P., Cert of Limited Partnership filed with the SSNY on 04/17/2013. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 8206 34th Ave., #12G, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date upon which LP is to dissolve: 04-15-2113.

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ANTIQUES & HOBBIES SAME LOCATION FOR 25 YEARS WE BUY ANTIQUE TOYS, TRAINS, COSTUME, JEWELRY, PAINTINGS, STERLING SILVER, SMALL FURNITURE PIECES AND DECORATIVE ITEMS.

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HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM HOME 6-8 weeks. ACCREDITED. Get a Diploma. Get a Job! No Computer Needed. FREE Brochure. Our Classifieds Reach Over 1-800-264-8330 Benjamin Franklin 500,000 Readers. Call 718-205- High School www.diplomafromhome.com 8000 to advertise.

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PLEASE CALL LORI, 718-3244330. I PAY THE BEST, MOST HONEST PRICES FOR ESTATES, FURNITURE, CHANDELIERS, LAMPS, COSTUME JEWELRY, WATCHES (WORKING OR NOT WORKING), FURS, COINS, POCKETBOOKS, CHINA, VASES, GLASSWARE, STERLING SILVERWARE, FIGURINES, CANDLESTICKS, PAINTINGS, PRINTS, RUGS, PIANOS, GUITARS, VIOLINS, FLUTES, TAG SALES, CLEANOUTS, CARS

Garage/Yard Sales

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LEGAL NOTICES

REAL ESTATE

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HOLLYWOOD EAST, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 4/25/03. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Ramesh Sarva CPA PC, 109-17 72nd Rd., #6R, Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of Arcade Affiliates, LLC. Notice of Conversion of Arcade Affiliates, a partnership, to Arcade Affiliates, LLC. Certificate filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/26/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 136-48 39th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of 2715 24TH Ave Realty LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/24/13. Office: Queens. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to 20-09 46TH St., Astoria, NY 11105. Purpose: any lawful activity.

ST UDFINDER HOME INSPECTION LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/27/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Roberta Raeburn, Manager Member, 22615 77th Ave., Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of 3236 48TH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/22/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Neophytos Evagora, 31-16 30th Ave., Ste. 304, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: any lawful activity.

AYBAR ( NY ) LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/07/2013. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Ben Rasabi, 145-11 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

CITARELLA FILM LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/19/13. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1716 Gates Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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