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Van Bramer seeks to curb sidewalk parking Bills would hit businesses ‘where it hurts’ for blocking pedestrians’ way by Suzanne Ciechalski

or most people, parked cars on city sidewalks are a regular inconvenience. But now, it may no longer be so easy to get away with. City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) recently introduced two bills aimed at cracking down on businesses that park cars on sidewalks. “When businesses use sidewalks as parking lots, it puts communities in danger,” the councilman said in a statement. Van Bramer cites pedestrian safety as one of the main reasons for introducing the bills. Often, he said, people are forced to walk out around the cars into some of the busiest streets in Queens, endangering their safety. He said that can be especially dangerous for the disabled or parents with children. Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) said that she’s always been an advocate for not parking cars on the sidewalk. “Sidewalks are for walking, not for parking or leaving cars on the sidewalks,” she said. Koslowitz said while she hasn’t received a tremendous amount of complaints regarding the issue, she does support the measures. Problem areas exist all over the borough, though, from Northern Boulevard to Flushing Avenue to Merrick Boulevard. In a statement,

Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica is one example of the widespread issue of cars parked on sidewalks. Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer hopes to eliminate it with the introduction of two bills that would crackdown on businesses that employ the practice. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Council Member Rafael Espinal Jr. (D-Brooklyn), chairman of the Council’s Consumer Affairs Committee, said the legislation is “simply about pedestrian safety.” Espinal is the co-prime sponsor of the bills. “I value our small businesses and the services they provide to the local community, but people shouldn’t have to walk on the street or through a maze of cars to get from point A to

point B,” he said. “Our city’s sidewalks are made for pedestrians, not for businesses to park their cars. This is an issue that has plagued many neighborhoods, especially in the outer boroughs and it’s time we take action.” Parking on sidewalks is already illegal, but the $115 fine that comes with it has not stopped city businesses from doing it. “Too often, these establishments figure in

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Goldfeder defends rail plan in W’haven Skeptics doubt train would take cars off roads, or see enough ridership by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Woodhaven residents last Thursday told Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) that they were skeptical of the plan to restore the Rockaway Beach Rail Line, doubting the proposed train’s ability to take cars off the road and attract riders to its line. “I don’t think people will get out of their cars for a train,” Vance Barbour told Goldfeder after the assemblyman addressed the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association on the proposal, “because where they commute to and from in Queens is not where this train line is going to go.” Goldfeder, who has brought the fight to bring back the defunct line into the spotlight since he was elected in 2011, responded by saying the train would take cars heading to Rockaway through Woodhaven during the summer off the road. He cited statistics that showed more than seven million people visited Rockaway Beach last year. “A portion of that was people getting into their cars,” he added. “That’s just a fact.” Goldfeder predicted the rail line — which runs from Rego Park to Ozone Park and has not run since 1962 — would be more effective in taking cars off the road than the city Department of Transportation’s Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. “I don’t think it’s going to work,” he said of SBS. “A reliable train service is very, very different, however.” The WR BA has asked the DOT to explore the possibility of putting buses on

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, standing, addresses the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association on the proposal to bring back the defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line, but not all members of the PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY civic were sold on the plan. the defunct rail line, something Goldfeder said he is not opposed to. Woodhaven resident Jose Vasquez also pointed out that many people have to drive to and from work because their route is not served by public transportation.

Goldfeder, who does not represent Woodhaven, admitted the rail line would not benefit everyone, but said it would pay off for the general population when all was said and done. He also cited studies that showed investment

in transportation pays off more than putting money into economic development and that people tend to either “move to communities where they can get better access to their jobs, or they get jobs that it’s easier to get to.” Goldfeder also told the audience the rail line is necessary to alleviate the transportation problems plaguing the borough and city, mainly overcrowded buses, trains and roadways. “We can’t keep putting patchwork and Band-Aids as a solution,” he said. “This idea that we can do nothing and a light will go on eventually is not going to work.” The assemblyman told the audience he will be sitting down with MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast in the first week of June to discuss “the parameters” of a feasibility study, which the MTA agreed to in March, looking into if a train could once again run on the right-of-way from Rego Park to Ozone Park. Alex Blenkinsopp, communications director for the WRBA, asked Goldfeder to keep three things in mind when deciding what the study will address: • Can there be a stop in Woodhaven?; • How will construction of the line affect neighboring homeowners?; and • How will property values be affected? “I agree with you,” Goldfeder told Blenk i nsopp. “I believe ever y neig hbor deserves a seat at the table and I believe every concern is real.” Critics of the rail plan point out reviving the line would involve alienating parkland, something Goldfeder said he is willing to do. continued on page 34

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Two community leaders have so far given positive reviews of new, state-of-the-art buses that last week rolled out onto the st reets of some Queens neighborhoods. The new fleet features extra-long accordion buses equipped with built-in Wi-Fi and USB charging ports. “I think that’s a good accommodation. I think it’s a good idea,” Councilwoman Karen Koslowtiz (D-Forest Hills) said. “If you’re paying the fare, you should be able to do what you want to do on those buses.” Seven buses hit the streets of Queens May 17 and more are expected, according to Gov. Cuomo. Starting last Wednesday, four to five of the vehicles are being brought to Queens per day with a total of 75 expected by the summer. They will be operating in Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, South Jamaica, South Ozone Park, Springfield Gardens, Rosedale and Far Rockaway.

“Today, we are reimagining the MTA for the 21st century and creating a transit system that will meet the needs of the next generation of New Yorkers,” Cuomo said in a statement. “New York is investing in the MTA like never before, and together we are recapturing the boldness and ambition that made this the Empire State in the first place.” Simcha Waisman, president of the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center, said he’s seen a couple of the buses since they first came to the area, but has yet to be on one. “They look really nice,” Waisman said. “Anything that improves transportation is really good in my opinion.” He added that the length of the buses may pose some problems for bus drivers making sharp turns onto narrow streets. “It’s really hard to make those turns,” Waisman said. “They may have to put a sign that says no parkQ ing x amount of feet so they can make it.”

New W-Fi enabled buses started rolling on the streets of Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill last week. The buses also have USB ports that allow commuters to charge their phones. The vehicles are also extra-long, allowing for more PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA riders per bus.

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Pols: Put bus lanes on the service road Officials urge DOT commish not to put bus lanes near the median by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Three elected officials representing a large stretch of Woodhaven Boulevard have asked the Department of Transportation to go back to an alternative plan for its Select Bus Service proposal. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) in a May 2 letter urged DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to utilize what is called Concept 1 for SBS from Rockaway Boulevard to Park Lane South. The DOT originally proposed three concepts for SBS and last March announced it is going ahead with Concept 2, much to the chagrin of some residents who oppose the plan. Others, however, support it. Concept 1 would have the dedicated bus lanes along the corridor be placed along the service road of Woodhaven Boulevard, rather than along revamped medians, as is being proposed by the agency. “This concept preserved parking along the service roads,” the politicians said in the letter, a copy of which was provided to the Queens Chronicle. “Residents in Community Board 9 and Community Board 10 found this option the most appropriate. Concepts 2 and 3, in our judgment and in the judgment of the community, would significantly increase traffic and decrease safety.” The stretch of Woodhaven Boulevard from Park Lane South to Rockaway Boulevard will be the only part of the corridor that has the median lanes, which also will require commuters to wait in the middle of the road on redesigned bus stops.

As the debate over dedicated bus lanes on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards escalates, a trio of politicians have asked the Department of Transportation to alter its existing FILE PHOTO plan for the corridor.

Existing rush-hour offset bus lanes in Rego Park and Forest Hills will stay in effect, there will be no bus lanes from Metropolitan Avenue to Union Turnpike and curbside, rush-hour lanes from Rockaway Boulevard to the Belt Parkway, where the dedicated bus lanes will end. The DOT’s press office did not immediately reply to an inquiry for comment on the politicians’ request. Alex Blenkinsopp, communications director for the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, thanked the representatives for sending the letter to the DOT. “Concept 1 certainly would be safer and less disruptive than Concept 2, though still not perfect,” Blenkinsopp said. The WRBA has been a fierce opponent of SBS as it’s proposed right now and fought a previous proposal to ban left turns from Woodhaven Boulevard onto Jamaica Avenue, which has since been dropped from the plan. Both the politicians’ letter and Blenkinsopp called for increased communication from the agency on the plan. Ulrich, Miller and Addabbo criticized the agency’s decision to go with the median lanes, despite community opposition to them. “We feel DOT did not sufficiently consider the community’s input when making this decision,” they said in the letter. Blenkinsopp said should the DOT go back to Concept 1, it then must seek “real community input regarding the plan.” Addabbo, in an interview, said he’s optimistic the DOT will go back Concept 1. “Until they start pouring the concrete, I’ll remain optiQ mistic that they’ll go back to this,” he said.

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P De Blasio’s school leadership EDITORIAL

ayor de Blasio may not be the best steward of the schools, as he and Chancellor Carmen Fariña seem to be working to reverse reforms made under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg and his education chiefs, but the state still must renew his control of the system. The alternative would be a disaster. That would be the recreation of the old Board of Education system, with all its attendant inefficiencies and lack of the accountability mayoral control was intended to provide. And who knows how the logistics of reintroducing it on the fly so the next school year could be properly planned would even work. True, de Blasio does not exactly inspire confidence in his leadership of the school system — with the exception of his excellent achievement in establishing universal pre-kindergarten. For that he deserves credit, though the battle over funding it fed the feud between him and Gov. Cuomo, which does not help the city’s case on anything. Graduation rates are up, but the revelations of gradefixing make the numbers questionable. Suspension rates are down, but apparently mostly as a result of more lax rules, as the behaviors that used to prompt suspensions

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are up, according to state statistics. Efforts to thwart the growth of charter schools, a welcome alternative to traditional ones, continue, including via de Blasio’s insistence that to get the space state law entitles them to, they sign a contract that would largely negate the independence that is their whole raison d’etre. There’s little question that the mayor’s default position is to ally with the teachers union, which sometimes puts its members’ interests above those of students, such as when it comes to dismissing teachers who don’t cut it or break the rules. Tenure rates are rising. And the administration is recentralizing power, taking away principals’ authority in some areas. All of this reverses worthwhile improvements Bloomberg insisted upon. De Blasio did not help his cause by skipping a second legislative hearing on mayoral control so he could go on the radio. Skeptical lawmakers want face time for these things. But still, we urge the Senate to agree to extend mayoral control, as the Assembly has. The voters will get to decide next year whether to renew de Blasio’s mayoral control of the entire city, and that should be enough. End the suspense and extend the mandate now.

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A veteran weeps Dear Editor: This past weekend while my wife was shopping at some of the local stores she encountered two veterans selling poppies. Judging from his age she surmised that at least one had to be from what is now called The Greatest Generation. After buying the poppy she said, “Thank you for your service.” She then looked down and placed her wallet back in her pocketbook. Looking up to say goodbye, my wife noticed a tear rolling down his cheek. Questioned as to why he was crying, he said, “Because no one ever said that to me before.” This is the Memorial Day weekend when many will be going to parades and ceremonies to honor our fallen heroes, as well as to the malls to shop. We will see many veterans. May I suggest that if you see a veteran wearing a hat or any garment signifying they were in the military, you thank him or her for their service. Bill Viggiano Williston Park, LI

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his page has been strongly pro-police over the years, but when they make a mistake, they make a mistake. And at least one cop did just that a few days ago, resulting in heartache and at least temporary financial loss for many. Before an “Ocean’s 11”-style crew of bold thieves broke into the Maspeth Federal Savings bank in Rego Park last Saturday night or Sunday morning, a resident of Fitchett Street, right behind the building, saw signs of what was to come. The burglars earlier had cut a hole in his family’s rear fence and left a ladder in the tight space between the garage and the neighbor’s garage in preparation for their dirty deed. He saw something and said something, calling the precinct Saturday. But no one came to investigate. If they had, they would have seen the obvious setup for the caper and could have taken the ladder as evidence and marked the hole in the fence, and another one a few doors down, with police tape. Presumably the crew would have seen that and called off the job. Instead a number of bank patrons lost the valuables in their safe deposit boxes, many irreplaceable. The error serves as a reminder that while police often have great instincts, sometimes the citizen’s voice warrants a little more consideration.

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Trouble in transit Dear Editor: Many of us have had our fair share of “experiences” traveling at the hands of the MTA. It can be extremely frustrating and inconvenient dealing with unreliable buses, long commutes, poor scheduling, overcrowding and safety concerns. Also, the constant increase in fares is making public transportation unaffordable. Unfortunately, these problems make the normal, everyday travel of college students and the working class a nightmare, since riders can never anticipate what their commute will be like. NYPIRG, the New York Public Interest Research Group, is a student-directed research and advocacy organization across the state. Chapters raise awareness of many issues. Alongside the Straphangers campaign, students survey transit reliability and advocate for changes that especially affect students. In the recent past, NYPIRG has successfully advocated for things such as getting the Q30 and Q27 to stop directly on Queensborough Community College. With the help of the students, our group made the problem well known to the MTA and created change. The Queens College NYPIRG chapter recently organized a Trouble in Transit Workshop. The purpose was to invite students to discuss their public transportation experiences, concerns and grievances, as well as the things they would like to see implemented to make their travel better. Straphangers and NYPIRG coordinator Cate Contino facilitated the workshop. A detailed nonpartisan explanation of the MTA’s budget cleared the common notion that the department is actually out to torture the city while they laugh at us commuters. Contino was able to listen to campus-specific woes and, while asking strong questions in response, allowed students to decipher feasibility or the true need for their suggestions. A common complaint was the lack of places to purchase MetroCards in proximity to campus now that the bookstore has closed down and moved to an online retailer. Contino provided step-by-step advice for how students can create this change. In general, when it comes to having a more endurable transit experience, we encourage the public to not just complain, but to first learn, then speak out on these issues to make change necessary. Ashley Phillips Straphangers Project Leader for NYPIRG at Queens College Flushing

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Dear Editor: One Percenters are going to affect the daily commute of 40,000 vehicles. The numbers were not in front of Queens Community Board 4 when the members turned down the bike lanes on Queens Boulevard a couple of weeks ago, but they used their individual common sense to ascertain that there was something wrong with the picture presented by the Department of Transportation. In its presentation the DOT mentioned an average of 250 bicyclists go down Queens Boulevard each day. Through its website, we find that bicycle commuting in Brooklyn has increased by 75 percent between 2010 and 2014. If Queens Boulevard can see that kind of growth, an elite 1 percent of the vehicles traveling on that road will be bicycles, getting as much as 20 percent of the roadway blocked out for them. Let us not stop here and give DOT some more rope. If, and I say if optimistically, Queens Boulevard missed the boat in the bicycling growth of 320 percent since 1990, we are still talking about 3 percent of the vehicles on the road taking up that same 20 percent of road. So let me bring the rope back in. It is important to note that the vehicles I am mentioning are individual cars, trucks, buses and bicycles, but not passengers. A large number of motor vehicles going down this boulevard have more than one occupant, so it only takes a little extrapolation and common sense to figure out that we are putting two wide green stripes the length of the western section of State Highway 25 for less than 1 percent (at best) of the people. The mayor said that it is a no-brainer to put a bike lane down Queens Boulevard. Despite its reputation, Queens Boulevard is 10 times safer for bicyclists when compared to other busy avenues that parallel it in Jackson Heights and Elmhurst. At the stroke of a pen, Bill de Blasio has created an elite class of commuters at the expense of many. I applaud CB 4 members for using their brains and keeping common sense in a government that is supposed to serve all and not just

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enforce. An example of a bad law is the one requiring retailers to recycle plastic bags. When it first went into effect, many retailers did provide bins to collect bags. As people filled the bins with trash, I saw that within a few weeks, at least in Flushing, most retailers removed the bins. Now only a few bins still exist. In actual practice this law did not work and should be repealed. The solution that is easiest for New Yorkers to implement is to recycle plastic bags with the residential plastics recycling. I now see bags that are biodegradable but not made of paper, so I surmise that the technology exists to make bags from materials other than trees or petroleum. Perhaps in time a more environmentally friendly bag will replace today’s plastic bag. So I suggest that a combination of a voluntary rebate, better plastic bag recycling and more sustainable technology will achieve better long-term results than a governmentally imposed fee which may be too difficult to enforce. Maureen Chen Flushing

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Artwork from students at MS 226 in South Ozone Park was unveiled at Terminal 4 in John F. Kennedy International Airport on May 17, where it will stay for the thousands of travelers from across the country and world to see as they land in Queens. The school handpicked works of art from seventh- and eighth-grade students, such as Natalie Hoosain, at top, at the middle school to be shown off at the gallery. Much

of the work features famous sites throughout New York City. At center, students, school staff and airport officials cut the ribbon on the opening of the exhibit. Above, students show off their work at the opening of the gallery. More than 150,000 people travel in and out of Terminal 4 every day. — Anthony O’Reilly

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Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives. Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience. Let’s face it, your knees aren’t as young as you used to be, and playing with the kids or grandkids isn’t any easier either. Maybe your knee pain keeps you from walking short distances or playing golf like you used to. Nothing’s worse than feeling great mentally, but physically feeling held back from life because your knees hurt and the pain just won’t go away! My name is Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C., owner of Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center. Since we opened seventeen years ago, I’ve seen hundreds of people with knee problems leave the office pain free. If you’re suffering from these conditions, a new breakthrough in medical technology may completely eliminate your pain and help restore normal function to your knees.

Do You Have Any of the Following Conditions? • Arthritis • Knee pain • Cartilage damage • ‘Bone-on-bone’ • Tendonitis • Bursitis • Crunching and popping sounds Finally, You Have an Option Other Than Drugs or Surgery

Before the FDA would clear the Class IV laser for human use, they wanted to see proof that it worked. This lead to two landmark studies. The first study showed that patients who had laser therapy had 53 percent better improvement than those who had a placebo. The second study showed patients who used the laser therapy had less pain and more range of motion days after treatment. If the Class IV Laser can help these patients, it can help you too.

Could This Noninvasive, Natural Treatment Be the Answer to Your Knee Pain? For 10 days only, I’m running a very special offer where you can find out if you are a candidate for cold laser therapy. What does this offer include? Everything I normally do in my “Knee Pain Evaluation.” Just call before June 5, 2016 and here’s what you’ll get… • An in-depth consultation about your problem where I will listen … really listen … to the details of your case. • A complete neuromuscular examination. • A full set of specialized X-rays to determine if arthritis is contributing to your pain (if necessary). (If you have films please bring them for evaluation). • A thorough analysis of your exam and X-ray findings so we can start mapping out your plan to being pain free. • You’ll see everything firsthand and find out if this amazing treatment will be your pain solution, as it has been for so many other patients. Until June 5th, you can get everything I’ve listed here for only $37. The normal price for this type of evaluation including X-rays is $250, so you’re saving a considerable amount by taking me up on this offer. Remember what it was like before you had knee problems – when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again. Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle. Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323. Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can fi nd us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before June 5th. Sincerely, Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C. P.S. Now you might be wondering…

“Is this safe? Are there any side effects or dangers to this?” The FDA cleared the first Class IV Laser in 2002. This was after their study found 76 percent improvement in patients with severe pain. Their only warning – don’t shine it in your eyes. Of course at our office, the laser is never anywhere near your eyes and we’ll give you a comfortable pair of goggles for safety. Don’t wait and let your knee problems get worse, disabling you for life. Take me up on my offer and call today (718) 845-2323. For more information go to www.drgucciardo.com and click on the laser therapy tab.

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New research in a treatment called Class IV Laser Therapy is having a profound effect on patients suffering with knee pain. Unlike the cutting type of laser seen in movies and used in medical procedures, the Class IV therapeutic laser penetrates the surface of the skin with no heating effect or damage. Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle. Professional athletes like The New York Yankees and team members of the New England Patriots rely upon cold laser therapy to treat their sports-related injuries. These guys use the cold laser for one reason only…

It Promotes Rapid Healing of the Injured Tissues.

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Capt. Fowler remembered at PS 108 South Ozone Park school honors firefighter it was named after 16 years ago The memory of Capt. Vincent G. Fowler — a Rosedale firefighter who died from injuries he sustained after responding to a blaze in South Ozone Park in 2000 — will never be forgotten at PS 108, which 16 years ago named itself after the beloved firefighter. The school has made it an annual tradition to put on a performance for the firefighter’s family in his honor. This year was no different, as students for an hour and a half combined art with song, dance, athletic fashion and aerobatics for the school Q body and the Fowler family. — Rick Maiman

Karen and Ellen Fowler, Fowler’s sisters, address the PS 108 students. PS 108 students pay tribute to Fowler through a series of song and dance performances PHOTOS BY RICK MAIMAN in front of the school body and the Fowler family.

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Sen. — Focus is on re-election A week after Councilman Eric U l r ich ( R- Ozone Pa rk) set t he wheels in motion for a possible run for mayor, his predecessor told the Queens Chronicle he’s not looking to get his old job back anytime soon. S t a t e S e n . Jo e Ad d a b b o Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said in an interview his one focus right now is “reele c t ion” t o t he st at e’s h ig he r chamber. Addabbo’s fourth term ends on Dec. 31. Prior to being elected to that position in 2008, he served in the same Council seat Ulrich holds starting in 2001, succeeding Al Stabile. Ulrich in 2009 won a nonpartisan special election to replace Addabbo. The councilman on May 12 created an exploratory committee to look into the possibility of challenging Mayor de Blasio. With the creation of the committee, Ulr ich can now raise f u nds even before he decides whether he wants to opt for City Hall’s top spot rather than run for one more term in the Council before being term-limQ ited out. — Anthony O’Reilly

Student violinists at the school perform in honor of their namesake hero. The hour-and-ahalf-long ceremony featured various, heartfelt tributes to the fallen firefighter.

Principal Marie Biondillo talks of Fowler’s legacy.

Cop’s shooter gets up to 66 years Joseph Koch was off duty when he heard screams for help by Michael Gannon Editor

The man who shot an off-duty NYPD officer in Jamaica as the cop came to the aid a beating victim and her son has been sentenced to 59 1/3 to 66 1/3 years in prison. Jose Bernazard, 42, formerly of Ozone Park, was sentenced Friday by Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Deborah Stevens Modica. He was convicted in April of attempting to kill Officer Joseph Koch on Fathers’ Day in June 2013, and multiple charges connected with the attack on the woman Koch assisted. Koch was leaving a Fathers’ Day party on June 16, 2013, when a 10-year-old boy ran into the street screaming that his mother was being attacked. Koch ran to the woman’s home and confronted Bernazard, who grabbed for the officer’s off-duty weapon. During the struggle Koch was shot in one hand, the bullet shattering several bones. He then shot Bernazard in the abdomen. Aside from second-degree attempted murder, Bernazard was convicted of second- and third-degree assault, first-degree attempted assault, first-degree burglary, aggravated criminal contempt, seconddegree cr iminal contempt, cr iminal

Former NYPD Officer Joseph Koch sustained a career-ending gunshot wound protecting a beating victim while off duty in 2013. FILE PHOTO

obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, second-degree criminal trespass, fourth-degree criminal mischief and firstdegree stalking. Koch’s injuries ended his career with

the NYPD. He would be among more than 50 officers from around the country who were honored by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House in May 2014. Queens District Attor ney Richard Brown praised the sentence, calling Bernazard a danger to the public. “This individual showed a total disregard for the judicial system,” Brown said in his statement. “He broke into the home of his former girlfriend, assaulted both her and her young son and repeatedly ignored lawful mandates to stay away from her. And when he continued to harass and stalk her and a police officer intervened attempting to effect his arrest, the defendant shot him. In this case, a lengthy prison term was more than warranted and the defendant will likely spend the rest of his days behind bars.” Brown also praised Koch’s courage and sacrifice. “Adhering to his oath to serve and protect the public ... the police officer didn’t hesitate to act ... ” Brown said. “This injury, however, was severe enough that the law enforcement officer was forced to give up the job of his dreams — being a New Q York City Police Officer.”

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Party time at the old Republican Club? Residents say patrons of catering hall already disrupt the neighborhood by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The unfavorability rating of allowing dancing in the cellar of the old Republican Club is high among Richmond Hill residents and leaders. “I just don’t see this working in a residential community,” Sylvia Hack, Community Board 9’s Land Use Committee co-chairwoman, said. “It’s the experience we’ve had with places like this before.” The owners of the landmarked building at 86-15 Lefferts Blvd., which now operates as a catering hall called Oligarch, are looking to change the use classification of the cellar to Use Group 12 — meaning the space could be used for eating, drinking and dancing with a capacity of over 200. The owner, Mark Chulpayev, envisions a restaurant where people can dance. “It will not have an adverse effect on the area,” Chulpayev’s attorney, Michael Nacmias, said. Some disagree with Nacmias. Residents have emailed CB 9 with complaints about Oligarch’s existing operation, citing traffic problems and rowdy patrons. Other residents simply stated they were against granting the dancing permit to the owners without giving an explanation. Right now, Oligarch’s first floor and cellar

Community leaders expressed concern over an application to change the use of the former PHOTO BY PETER GREENBERG / WIKIPEDIA Republican Club, now a catering hall. operate as a banquet hall open only to private events. Changing the use of the cellar would open it to the public. That is what worries most CB 9 members and community leaders. “You can’t control who comes in when you open it to the public,” longtime civic activist and former CB 9 member Murray Berger said.

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lot to provide valet services, though some CB 9 officials said they have already seen cars on the sidewalk and taking up spots near neighbors’ homes. Chulpayev said he’s seeking to secure another parking lot in the surrounding area. Ivan Mrakovic, CB 9’s executive secretary and president of the Richmond Hill Historical Society, expressed concern that if the special permit is granted to the owners of Oligarch, it would run with the building and not the owner — meaning if Chulpayev sold it, the next owner could use the cellar as any establishment allowed under Use Group 12. Mrakovic said he’d like to find out if the permit could have a time limit on it, forcing the owner — whoever that might be — to come back to the community board every couple of years to revisit the issue. “If the answer comes back no, I’m voting it down,” he said. As part of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, CB 9 must vote on the issue at its June meeting. Chulpayev said he is open to the idea of placing a time limit on the permit. Hack, however, is vehemently against any Use Group 12 establishment in an area that is mainly residential. “These places don’t belong near residencQ es,” she said.

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Although last week’s event marked the off icial beginning of the relationship City Emergency Management Commis- between the racino and the city, it’s not the sioner Joseph Esposito hopes his agency first time the two have worked together durwill never have to utilize the Logistics Stag- ing times of distress. On Oct. 29, 2012 — one day after Resorts ing Area at Resorts World Casino, but last Friday he expressed gratitude that it’s there World celebrated its one-year anniversary — the OEM utilized its parking lot as a if an emergency ever occurs. “We are more ready than ever as a result logistics staging area in the immediate of this endeavor,” said Esposito at a press aftermath following Superstorm Sandy. “That tragic and unprecedented event conference announcing the formal partnership between the city and the racino. “It is opened the doors for the partnership you see here today,” said Ryan important that everyEller, president of one in this communiResorts World Casino ty work together to e are more ready New York City. stay safe.” than ever as a result Betty Braton, As Esposito and chair woman of community and raciof this endeavor.” Community Board no officials spoke of 10, said she knew the partnership, the — Joseph Esposito, commissioner of Resorts World was a parking lot of the city Emergency Management good neighbor South Ozone Park before Sandy struck, venue was set up as a makeshift Logistics Staging Area — a site but its assistance in helping South Queens used by OEM to deploy emergency response recover following it solidified that fact. “Resorts World stepped up again and services. Other LSA sites include Citi Field, Floyd again and proved what kind of a neighbor it Bennett Field, Belmont Raceway and the is,” Braton said. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Staten Island and Bronx zoos. The Resorts World Casino location will Beach) praised the racino as an entity that serve much of South Queens and the Rocka- has not only been kind to his constituents, ways, and other, unspecif ied par ts of but to himself as a neighboring resident. “Even as a neighbor, I know Resorts Queens, during emergency situations. At the parking lot there will be emergen- World has been a great neighbor to our comcy fueling stations, generators, pumps and munity,” Addabbo said. At the end of the press conference, shipping containers to be used to assist Esposito reiterated that he’d like to never affected communities. It will also be used to distribute materials have to call on the casino for help. “We hope we never have to use it,” the such as baby formula, blankets, bottled Q commissioner said. water and fuel to residents in need. Associate Editor

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Queens Dems tap Adams over Sanders Party backs Community Board 12 veteran over the incumbent senator by Michael Gannon Editor

The Queens County Democratic Party has formally endorsed Community Board 12 Chairwoman Adrienne Adams in her bid to unseat state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) in the 10th Senate District. Adams told the Chronicle in a brief phone conversation last Friday evening that party officials had met earlier in the day. The group i nclu d e d C ong r e s s m a n Jo e Cr owley (D-Queens, Bronx), who is the Queens County Democratic Chairman. The move was anticipated by several Democratic insiders after Sanders this past winter filed paperwork to challenge Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau). By the time Sanders canceled his plans to run for Congress, Adams already had declared her intention to run as a Democrat in the 10th District. The 10th District serves South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Rosedale, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, Springfield Gardens and most of the Rockaways. Adams, by her own description, is semiretired from a career in corporate executive career training, with clients including Fortune 500 companies. She has been on Community Board 12 since 2009 and chairwoman since 2012. In the last

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year she was appointed to the Queens Library Board and also serves on Borough President Melinda Katz’s Jamaica Now redevelopment initiative. Adams, in a subsequent statement, thanked the committee for its support. “Queens has some of the most dedicated public servants in New York State,” she said. “I’m excited to bring that level of dedication and integrity to the communities of Southeast Queens and the Rockaways. Together, we will

improve our schools, create good jobs and make sure our streets are safe.” A spokesman for Sanders’ campaign declined to comment on the party’s decision, but said the Sanders team expects him to have strong support throughout the district. Meeks confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in Queens politics in announcing his endorsement of Adams. “With gridlock at every level of government

from Washington, DC to Albany, we need strong leaders we can work together with to deliver for our communities,” he said in Adams’ press release. “That’s why leaders from across Queens came together today in support of Adrienne Adams’ candidacy.” He said Adams has a proven record of building consensus and working with others. Adams also has the endorsement of the Rev. Floyd Flake, who is pastor at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral in Jamaica as well as a former congressman — and a political heavyweight in Southeast Queens. Sanders, a city councilman for 12 years, was elected to the Senate in 2012. He won the party’s nomination defeating scandal-plagued incumbent Shirley Huntley in a primary. He also served three years in the United States Marine Corp. Back in December he filed with the Federal Election Commission to run against Meeks in the 5th Congressional District. Shortly afterward the senator was the subject of accusations of financial impropriety to federal officials by a self-described charitable organization in the Rockaways. The group to date has not responded to multiple requests by the Chronicle to clarify a number of questions about its accusations. Sanders and another Queens Democratic continued on page 26

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It may be smooth sailing on Lefferts Boulevard between Austin Street and Kew Gardens Road now, but that hasn’t been the case over the last few weeks for people living in the neighborhood. Talbot Street resident Jeffrey Herskovitz says the Department of Transportation’s “not acceptable and utterly insane” overnight e me rge ncy roa d r e s u r fa ci ng th roughout Kew Gardens has const a ntly kept h i m a nd h is neighbors up all night. “There are people with bloodshot eyes screaming out the window, cursing saying how crazy it is,” Herskovitz said in a Friday phone interview. “In the morning, us neighbors look at each other and we all ask, ‘How did you sleep?’” Much of Kew Gardens Road near Maple Grove Cemetery had been milled and resurfaced as of Tuesday mor ning, along with portions of Lefferts Boulevard, while work was ongoing on 82nd Road bet ween Kew Ga rdens Road and Queens Boulevard.

Herskovitz said the DOT provided little warning to area residents prior to work commencing, with the agency simply putting “ No park ing” sig ns on t rees shortly beforehand. “They put those notices on the trees like five minutes before,” he said sarcastically. “It gets to a p oi nt w h e r e it ’s n o t f u n ny anymore.” The Kew Gardens resident said he reached out to the office of Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) for more information “to no avail.” Koslowitz denied the claim in a Tuesday phone interview, saying a staffer called him back and left a voicemail for him. “The fact that he said we didn’t respond is not true,” Koslowitz said. When it comes to the milling and paving, the lawmaker said she understands the “long overdue” work can be disruptive, but the state of Kew Gardens’ roads were so bad that the project was a necessary evil. “It’s very hard for them to do work during the day because they’re routes people use,” she

said. “It’s very hard and I know it’s disturbing, but everyone knows the roads are so bad.” Kew Gardens resident E. J. Sydell, who lives a halfblock from Herskovitz, said she and her neighbors have been inconvenienced by the noise as well, but it’s something she’ll live with for a few n ights if it means her street is easier to drive on. “Of c ou r se we had the same noise Road resurfacing, seen being done on 82nd Road on Tuesday, has been ongoing in Kew p r o ble m , b u t we Gardens for weeks, but some residents say nighttime work in the area of Kew Gardens h ave t he at t it ude Road and Lefferts Boulevard has kept people from getting a good night’s sleep. that it has to get PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA done so just do it fast, eff iciently and be done DOT, but she, like Koslowitz, Queens DOT office is aware of already,” Sydell said in an email. recognizes it as something that the largely unavoidable noise and “I’ll take a few nights of noise.” traffic impact on the residents of simply needs to be done. Community Board 9 Chair“I know it has been a frustrat- Kew Gardens. DOT does publish woman Lisa Gomes told Her- ing week for all residents by the printed schedules of their intendskovitz in a Monday email that DOT’s start of milling the street ed work routes, but it is apparent the board did n’t receive any to prepare them for the new pave- they are a guideline only and are continued on page 22 advanced notification from the m e n t ,” G o m e s w r o t e. “ T h e

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State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) wasn’t happy that Mayor de Blasio skipped out on a Senate hearing on mayoral control in Manhattan last Thursday. “We made it easy for him. It was literally right across the street from where he works,” Peralta said in an interview. “Instead, he decided to go on radio.” When asked if the snub would lead to Senate Republicans rejecting any extension of City Hall’s oversight of the public school system, however, Peralta said that’s unlikely. The Senate Education Committee member predicts de Blasio will be given anywhere from one to three more years in control of the school system. In lieu of de Blasio, who at the time of the hearing appeared on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña took questions from senators on the topic of mayoral control. There was testimony from others during the hearing as well, including words from Queens Library President and CEO Dennis Walcott. Walcott served as president of the now-defunct Board of Education and deputy mayor of education and chancellor during the Bloomberg administration. “Mayoral control is about making the mayor, elected by the people of New York City, take responsibility for the education of our city and effectuate the best education possible for our children,” he said during his testimony. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) praised Walcott’s testimony, which highlighted how mayoral control is a much better system than the Board of Education. “It was a horror for our children,” Addabbo said. He also expressed disappointment that Fariña didn’t propose

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City trash talking as landfill deal dumped 30-year, $3.3B contract falls through upstate; DSNY seeking a new vendor by Michael Gannon Editor

City officials until this week thought they had a tentative agreement from a landfill upstate to accept up to 2,500 tons of solid waste per day. Now the reported deal has fallen through, and the city is weighing both the fallout and its options. Crain’s New York Business on Monday reported that the 30-year, $3.3 billion proposal would have sent the trash via rail to the Seneca Meadows in upstate Waterloo, between two of the Finger Lakes. Crain’s reported the Seneca Board of Supervisors voted to oppose a contract between the city and the landfill operator, a subsidiary of Progressive Waste Solutions. Messages left with town and county officials were not returned. But the DSNY emailed the Chronicle on Tuesday seeking “to clarify” the situation. “[I]t was the vendor that withdrew, not that the town voted it down,” according to a DSNY spokeswoman. “The Department of Sanitation is moving quickly to finalize a contract with another vendor.” Just what that means in the short- and longterm remains to be seen. The city is working on an initiative to eliminate the need to landfill solid waste by

The Department of Sanitation said it is seeking a new vendor after a $3.3 billion landfill deal fell through. City Council members in Queens still are trying to determine if and how a delay will PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON affect residents near concentrations of solid waste transfer stations. the year 2030. In the meantime, it has constructed marine transport stations in an attempt to ship more trash by barge and rail than by truck. The station at College Point is not yet open. Neither is the one on Hamilton Avenue in Brooklyn.

Cit y off icials conf ir med published reports that a delay in a new contract could likely delay the opening of the Brooklyn facility. A spokeswoman for Councilman Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Queens), who serves

continued from page 18 s u bje c t t o ch a nge a s t he wor k progresses.” Kenichi Wilson, CB 9’s Transportation Committee Chairman, told the Chronicle that he is impressed with how fast and effectively the DOT crews are working. “I’ve never seen a crew mill and pave streets so quickly,” Wilson said. A DOT spokesperson said the agency was not aware of any noise complaints regarding the resurfacing of Kew Gardens Road and Lefferts Boulevard, but that work in that immediate area is wrapping up this week. According to the DOT, milling crews will be dispatched today, May 26, to Curzon Road between Park Lane South and 116th Street, 81st Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Grenfell Street and 82nd Avenue between Kew Gardens Road and Austin Street. The spokesperson said work on those three streets is scheduled to occur between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. On Friday, milling crews will be working on 116th Street between 84th and Metropolitan avenues and 80th Road between Kew Gardens Road Q and Park Lane.

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as chairman of the Council’s committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, said he is reaching out to DSNY officials to see just what happened and what the next move is. Reynoso, with the majority of his district in northern Brooklyn, and Queens Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) represent two of the three districts in the city that handle roughly 80 percent of all the city’s trash, which is sorted at transfer stations like the ones along both sides of Douglas Avenue in Jamaica. Both councilmen have pushed legislation aimed at reducing the tonnage of trash in their districts, and with it the number of t r uck t r ips th roug h the su r rou nd i ng neighborhoods. Neither was able to say this week whether a delay on a new contract has the potential to increase problems. Advocates have pointed out that reducing the number of trucks trips to and from transfer stations would benefit both the health of people living in neighborhoods around transfer stations and the roads that the trucks travel along. Officials from the New York League of Conservation Voters, a major environmental advocacy group, could not be reached for Q comment.

Walking for family and a friend Members of the Ozone Howard Little League Pee Wee Boys along with the OH Bulldogs 06 Travel Softball Team on May 22 traveled to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, LI to participate in the Long Island Kidney Walk in suppor t of Tim McCabe, a Howard Beach resident and

recent kidney transplant recipient. McCabe, back row in the black hat, seen here with his family and the two ball teams, walked together as Team Kidney Krusaders and Team Bulldogs 06-McCabe Strong. McCabe and his wife, Christine, have two sons, Ryan and Timmy.

Richmond Hill-based Amar Marketing Enterprises III has filed an application to construct a four-story, sevenunit residential building at 81-14 101 Ave. in Ozone Park, city records show. Paperwork filed with the Department of Buildings last Tuesday calls for a 5,012-square-foot structure where a metal garage now stands. There will be two units on the ground, second and third floors and a single unit on the fourth f loor, the application states. The lot is located approximately two blocks from the 80th Street A train stop and is in the middle of two houses. At press time, the DOB had not made a r uling on the developer’s Q application. — Anthony O’Reilly

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The SEP band has been busy performing concerts at school as well as outside of school. The SEP Stringed Ensemble was debuted this year during the school’s annual spring concert. Musical pieces they played included Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and Rodriguez’s “La Compasita” during the concert. The concerts this year also showcased the school’s Big Band, Symphonic Orchestra and the Latin Jazz Ensemble. The audience danced to popular songs such as “Dancing in the Streets”, “Respect” and “Fly Me to the Moon.” Along with the orchestra, students were featured as they sang songs such as “Three Little Birds”, “No Woman No Cry” and “Jammin.” The concert ended to the sounds of thunderous applause and a standing ovation. The SEP Big Band also played at the 43rd Annual International Food Festival in Manhattan on Sunday May 15. Under the direction of Joseph Gucciardi, the SEP Big Band played on the 55th Street Stage to entertain all those who attended the festival.

Co-directors of SEP plays and teachers of IB Theater, Ms. McEvoy, Mr. Odonnell along with Mr. Panico, SEP theater assistant, chaperoned the trip.

This year the students performed at El Caribe Country Club during the school’s Emmaus Society gala dinner. The guests at the dinner remarked how they sounded so professional.

St. Edmund Prep HS students in IB Theater and members of the Theatre Club traveled to Manhattan to see a special student-matinee performance of “Dear Evan Hansen.” The off-Broadway musical is about a young man struggling with the everyday pressures of being a teenager. After the performance, students had the rare opportunity to participate in a talk-back session with some of the actors in the show.

Most students join the SEP band not having prior experience and, yet, by the end of their first year they are playing difficult musical pieces to packed audiences. All performances and concerts were directed by Mr. Joseph Gucciardi, SEP music teacher and band director.

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they collected, above. “I wasn’t expecting this much,” said Magliulio of the number of toys she collected at her school and throughout the community. Magliulio reached out to Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) to coordinate the dropoff last week. At top, the Scout, center, next to Officer Bear, is joined by her fellow Scouts, her family, the precinct’s domestic violence unit, Capt. James Fey, the precinct’s commander, far left, and Kevin Tschirhart, communications director for Ulrich, back row, second from right.

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her support in and around Jamaica, Sanders is a native of the Rockaways and has enjoyed a great deal of support there. The endorsement does give Adams access to funding and Queens party volunteers for activities such as gathering petition signatures. Adams has two accounts on file with the state Board of Elections, though both were set up after the last deadline for financial disclosure, and thus report no activity. The next filing deadline is July 15. Sanders, in his January filing with the state, reported $23,681.64 on hand in his Senate account. His final financial filing with the Federal Elections Commission Q reported $56,761 on hand.

continued from page 18 Party insider called the accusations a political hit job orchestrated in response to his challenge of Meeks. Barring either candidate being denied access to or kicked off the ballot for legal or technical reasons, the Democratic primary in the 10th District appears to be in the offing on Sept. 13. The Queens Democratic Party has a history of successfully challenging nominating petitions of non-endorsed candidates, though many remain on the ballot. While Adams can likely expect much of

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Make sure to mark your calendar for the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.’s 37th Anniversary Dinner Dance. Ladies are encouraged to wear warm spring colors to keep with the “Spring into Woodhaven” theme. At these dinner dances we honor our great elected officials, business owners and contributors to our community that make it great. Our honorees for 2016, as I stated before, are so important to Woodhaven. These very special people are, drum roll please: Woman of the Year Borough President Melinda Katz and Man of the Year Sal Simonetti, chief of staff for Councilman Eric Ulrich. These awards are being given in sincere appreciation of their efforts and assistance to the GWDC. The Businessman of the Year is Victor Hui of Dexter Wine and Liquors because of his friendship and leadership as a lifelong resident of Woodhaven and son of a small store owner family-owned business, which he has revitalized. Our Business of the Year is The Woodhaven Manor and its owners, Mandeep Singh and Sangita M. Patel. This is in appreciation for their concerted efforts as the new owners of the Woodhaven

Manor and the major investment in beautifying this veritable catering hall. The Special Recognition Award is going to Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct. This award is given in appreciation of his leadership as commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct and for his commitment to the safety and well-being of Woodhaven. Tickets for the June 10 event, to take place at the Woodhaven Manor at 96-01 Jamaica Ave., are only $65. Please call (718) 805-0202 for reservations and more information. LED lights are being installed on residential streets, as well as Jamaica Avenue. They give off more light and will really keep residents and shoppers safer. These lights are being funded by Katz and Ulrich. Also, the 102nd Precinct has just received 12 more police officers, which totals 26 assigned to the precinct within the last two months. Finally we are getting the number of officers that we need. Now, with new bright lights and additional police officers we will feel much safer in our homes and in our streets. May God Bless our armed forces, may God bless our disabled veterans, may God bless our NYPD and may God bless our Q America.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Getting ready to ‘Spring into Woodhaven’

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Bike lanes delayed by DOT in Brooklyn Elmhurst civic leader wonders why the same wasn’t done in Queens by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The Department of Transportation’s plans for bike lanes along Clinton Avenue in Brooklyn is vastly different than the agency’s proposal to put bike lanes along Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst. But there is one similarity between the two: strong community opposition. A meeting of Brooklyn Community Board 2’s Transportation Committee got heated on May 17, as nearly two dozen residents fiercely opposed to the bike lane plan — which would also convert a portion of Clinton Avenue into a one-way street — made their voices heard. A second meeting to allow the dozens more who wanted to speak an opportunity to do so was scheduled for May 19, but it was canceled after the DOT volunteered to restructure the plan and conduct further community outreach. In Elmhurst, a raucous Community Board 4 meeting on May 10 saw the members vote nearly unanimously for safety improvements Queens Boulevard, just without bike lanes, an opinion shared by many neighborhood residents and civic voices. However, Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and cycling activists said the success of bike lanes along Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside gives the Elmhurst plan even more legitimacy, a sentiment they’ve been declaring for months. One day later, however, Mayor de Blasio issued a statement saying he was ordering the DOT to continue with putting bike lanes on the boulevard as planned. Elmhurst United co-founder Jennifer Chu wants to know why Queens didn’t get the same treatment as Brooklyn. “Obviously the mayor has his own agend a, wh ich he intends to pu rsue regardless of the wishes of his constituents,” Chu said in a Tuesday email. “Just like his zoning changes, which was opposed by the majority of NYC’s com-

The Department of Transportation is moving forward with its plan to put bike lanes along Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, but one area civic leader is asking why the agency didn’t delay the plan PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA as it did in Brooklyn. munity boards, he is ramming the bike lanes down our throats. “For some reason,” she continued, “he is intent on putting bike lanes on Queens Boulevard, regardless of whether the neighborhood wants them or not, whether it’s good for the community or not and whether it makes sense or not.” A DOT spokesperson said Tuesday there is no comparison between the two projects, as they are very different and are at differing stages of planning. “Clinton Avenue is a proposal in its early stages,” the spokesperson said. “DOT is still gathering community input, including many comments heard at last week’s meetings. We are compiling the feedback received and continuing the conversation with stakeholders as we deter mine the next steps for Clinton Avenue.” The plan for Queens Boulevard — which features three lanes in each direction plus a service road — between 74th Street and Eliot Avenue calls for turn

bans, installing dedicated bike lanes, parking lane strips and stop lines at transition lanes and the removal of 88 underutilized parking spaces, among other safety improvements. Along Clinton Avenue — which has only one lane of traffic in each direction — the DOT hopes a two-way protected bike lane integrated into the area’s bike network and various intersection safety improvements will reduce instances of speeding and bicyclist and pedestrian conflicts with motorists. Robert Perris, Brooklyn CB 2’s district manager, said the DOT offered to present its updated plan at the board’s Ju ne meeting. W hen asked if he thin ks there’s a chance the city will push the proposal through no matter how CB 2 votes, Perris said he didn’t believe so but that it was certainly possible. “We have a good working relationship with the DOT,” Perris said. “I like to think that our treating them respectfully

means them treating us the same way.” According to the DOT, over 1,100 online surveys about the Clinton Avenue project were filled out and 64 percent of respondents said they were in favor of it. But Perris said many area residents noted targeted outreach to those living on the block wasn’t done, leading the DOT to table the proposal temporarily. He added that his board has “always been supportive” of bike lanes, but he isn’t surprised the city is taking such a hard line when it comes to projects within other panels’ districts. “Some seem to sort of relish in that,” Perris said, adding he wasn’t referencing Queens CB 4. “Like they aren’t doing their job if they’re not sticking it to somebody.” According to Chu, Elmhurst has the right to feel scorned by de Blasio, who she said was acting like a “totalitarian d i c t a t o r ” l o o k i n g t o s t r i k e d ow n opposition. When asked if she thought Clinton Hill — an increasingly gentrifying, uppermiddle class neighborhood — was receiving preferential treatment, Chu said politics certainly could be a reason why the bike lane plan was scrapped in Brooklyn but not Queens. “Elmhurst is not as wealthy as Clinton Hill and Elmhurst also has a lot of immigrants, many of whom might not be eligible to vote or who are not accustomed to exercising their right to vote,” she said. “So de Blasio might be trying to woo potential campaign donors and voters by heeding their wishes in Clinton Hill, while bulldozing over those in Elmhurst he feels won’t be ‘useful’ to him. “But then again,” she continued, “it might not be anything about these two neighborhoods specifically, but rather that he has forsaken Queens in general and favors Brooklyn overall.” Neither Community Board 4 Chairman Lou is Wal ker nor Dist r ict Ma nager Christian Cassagnol were available for Q comment as of Wednesday.

Untaxed cig raid nets over 900,000 smokes by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

If all 945,934 residents of Delaware were given one untaxed cigarette allegedly possessed by Ling Shi and He Wang at the time of their arrest last Tuesday, the two men would still have enough smokes left over to supply nearly half of the NYPD with one. According to District Attorney Richard Brown, Shi, a Maspeth resident, and Wang, a Middle Village resident, have each been charged with violating the state’s cigarette and tobacco products tax law and fifth-

Maspeth, Middle Village men charged degree conspiracy for illegally hoarding and distributing over 961,000 smokes. Brown said police executed a search warrant on a 51st Avenue home in Corona on Monday, where they recovered 3,594 cartons containing over 700,000 individual cigarettes from the basement. A Monday search of a vehicle registered to Shi uncovered another 150 cartons, containing more than 30,000 smokes, he said. Receipts for storage units were discov-

ered in the car and subsequent warrants executed on two bins at Stop & Stor in Elmhurst last Tuesday revealed 1,156 more car tons, containing 231,200 untaxed cigarettes. “The illegal sale of untaxed cigarettes is a million dollar industry — a business venture that cheats the city and state out of much needed revenue,” Brown said in a statement. “Schemes like the one alleged here mean every taxpayer must dig deeper

to pay higher taxes. Each stamp on a legal pack of cigarettes represents both excise and sales tax that would have been paid to both New York State and New York City.” All cigarette packages sold in the city must bear a joint New York City/New York State tax stamp. Only a licensed stamping agent can possess untaxed cigarettes and place the tax stamp on the packages. Wang and Shi were released on their own recognizance after last Wednesday’s arraignment. They both face up to seven years in prisQ on for the scheme.

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Brazen bank burglary baffles cops, customers Criminals target safe deposit boxes at Maspeth Federal in Rego Park by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The band of stealthy, sophisticated criminals targeting banks across Brooklyn over the last five years have made their way to Queens. And customers of Maspeth Federal Savings’ Rego Park branch are terrified as to whether their safe deposit boxes were the ones pillaged over the weekend. A crew of daring crooks cut a hole in the roof of the 64-19 Woodhaven Blvd. bank, above the room containing the safe deposit boxes and teller’s cash, constructing a wooden shelter over it in order to avoid detection. In the early-morning hours on Sunday, the burglars broke into the bank through the hole and brought dozens of boxes onto the roof, stealing their contents before fleeing. The theft was discovered by Maspeth Federal employees Monday morning, with the venue closing to allow authorities to investigate inside. According to a law enforcement source, video from within the bank shows at least one man descending from the ceiling before putting a substance on the lense of the security camera, effectively disabling it. The source added the bank’s alarm system was working at the time of the burglary but it didn’t go off, possibly because it was circumvented by the thieves. Late Monday morning, uniformed officers were seen guarding the rear of the Woodhaven Boulevard bank while outside the front entrance, a half-dozen angry customers banged on the locked front door and demanded answers. “My whole life could be ruined,” said one man, who declined to give his name or discuss the contents of his safe deposit box with the media. “What’s the deal with this?” A Rego Park resident named Dorothy said she and the other customers standing outside had yet to hear from bank representatives about their boxes, something she finds unacceptable. “I don’t have money or anything but I have important papers,” Dorothy said. “Just let me know what’s happening.” The burglary appeared to be planned well

A police officer stands guard outside the rear door of Maspeth Federal Savings’ Rego Park branch on Monday. A crew of professional burglars entered the bank through a hole in the roof PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA obscured by the black, wood box. in advance, as the perpetrators had cut a neighbor’s fence and hidden a ladder inside a small space between his garage and the one next door. The neighbor, John Grecco, said he noticed the ladder’s presence on Saturday morning and reported it to police. “I saw the plywood box on the roof. The ladder was painted black and the box was painted black, so it got me suspicious,” Grecco said in a Tuesday interview. He said the officer he spoke to over the phone took his information but the precinct did not deploy anyone to the scene. “Maybe they should have dispatched a car,” the Rego Park man said. Capt. Robert Ramos, the new commanding officer of the 112th Precinct, said he was conducting an internal review into how Grecco’s tip was handled. “We’re definitely looking into it,” Ramos said in a Wednesday phone interview. “We’re taking it serious.”

Other fences in the neighborhood were also cut — seemingly to create an escape route for the bandits. “The way they went about it, they were very professional,” Grecco said. “This area was definitely cased, scoped and mapped out. It’s definitely nerve-wracking.” The NYPD’s chief of detectives, Robert Boyce, said the heist was most likely carried out by the same professional crew responsible for nine other similar bank heists across the city’s two easternmost boroughs over the last five years. The first burglary in the pattern occured on Jan. 16, 2011 with the most recent crime prior to the one in Rego Park being the April 2016 theft of around $400,000 and the contents of about 100 safe deposit boxes from an HSBC branch on 13th Avenue in Brooklyn. In five of the nine cases — one of which occurred at 75-15 31 St. in Jackson Heights on Dec. 28, 2013 — the criminals broke in but didn’t steal anything, according to police.

But in each case, the crew made holes in either the roof or wall of the bank to gain entry. Maspeth Federal said in a Wednesday statement that it appears that a majority of the bank’s safe deposit boxes — all of which are covered by insurance as part of the rental agreement — were not breached and appointments will be scheduled for next week with customers who had their items burglarized. “As we determine if a customer’s box was breached or not, we will be reaching out to them on an individual basis to schedule appointments to come to the bank,” the bank said. “We expect to begin notifying customers today or tomorrow.” Maspeth Federal said the investigation — jointly conducted by the FBI and the NYPD’s Major Case Squad — concluded on Wednesday, but the branch will remain closed “indefinitely” to allow for structural repairs and a review of the building’s security systems. “We know this has been a traumatic experience for our customers and employees,” the bank continued, “and we are working to schedule these appointments as quickly as possible now that the bank premises has been Q returned to us.”

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Brutal assault on two men in Ridgewood by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Police are searching for a Hispanic man, left, who attacked two brothers, knocking one out and robbing both, in Ridgewood on April 30. SCREENSHOT COURTESY NYPD

Cops are on the hunt for a man who viciously attacked two brothers in Ridgewood, knocking one unconscious, late last month. According to authorities, a Hispanic male in his late teens or early 20s snuck up on two unsuspecting men — identified by CBS as 45-year-old Antonio Calle and his brother, 47-year-old Hernan Calle — on Madison Street shortly after 2 a.m. Right as Antonio turned around, the

One victim knocked out, both robbed suspect clocked him with a brutal punch, knocking him out instantly. As his brother bounced off a fence and fell to the ground, Hernan tried to fight the attacker. But according to CBS, he was more concerned with helping Antonio than getting involved in a physical altercation. The attacker left him no choice, however, grabbing him and pushing him up against the fence.

Police said the suspect — who stands about 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 160 pounds — stole both their cell phones and wallets before fleeing. He was last seen wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-8477 or submit a tip online at Q nypdcrimestoppers.com.

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continued from page 2 we already have laws on the books regarding parking on sidewalks.” In 2011, the Chronicle followed the community’s issues with the practices at Star Nissan in Auburndale, including cars parked on the sidewalk. While the owner promised to make changes in favor of the community’s demands, cars are still parked on the sidewalk five years later, according to Henry Euler, first vice president of the Auburndale Improvement Association. He said the issue is not limited to Star Nissan, claiming that multiple businesses in the area are guilty of the same offense. “I have been told by the police that these dealerships have been repeatedly warned about this illegal practice and that vehicles have been towed at times,” Euler said. “The problem persists, however.” Holden said similar problems exist in his area, where American Towing and Collision in Maspeth has been parking cars on the sidewalk for a long time. The civic organization has fought against it for over a decade, to no avail. “Despite tickets, towing and a ton of press, they continue to block sidewalks in the community. Pedestrians have to walk through a maze to simply walk past the area,” Holden said. Company representatives could not be reached prior to the Chronicle’s deadline. “Kudos to City Council Majority Leader

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Woodhaven Boulevard. “I could schedule the second coming of the Messiah and all the people in this room will say is, ‘Whoa, where’s Jesus Christ going to park?’” he joked. “There are too many cars in Queens.” One Woodhaven resident likened the rail line to the AirTrain, which connects Jamaica to John F. Kennedy International Airport, saying the Rockaway Line would prove to be unprofitable. Goldfeder vehemently disagreed. “You can’t say because ridership on that is low that a train that runs through Central Queens isn’t going to work,” he said. “You’re literally talking apples to oranges.” Responding to a question, Goldfeder said he would try to keep the fare of the Rockaway Beach Rail Line as low as possible, saying he would like to see a ride on it cost the same as a subway trip. “If it was $10 I’m not sure how many people would be able to afford that, myself included,” he said. The assemblyman added transportation infrastructure must be built in the city as it continues to add new developments in the five boroughs. “In good conscience you can’t continue to build and develop ... we can’t do that if we’re not addressing transpor tation,” he said. “We’ve hit our capacity for traffic. That’s not just for Q cars, either.”

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Advocates cheer as Army Corps of Engineers completes cleanup work by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Flushing Bay has been cleared of its two abandoned barges. “As of today, we are glad to announce that this project will be finished today,” U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) said Monday at a press conference at the World’s Fair Marina, referring to a plan carried out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to remove the barges. The congressman was joined by officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, the USACE, as well as community advocacy groups like Friends of Flushing Creek and Guardians of Flushing Bay. The process’ completion was confirmed to the Chronicle by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District on Tuesday. Crowley issued a stern warning to whomever is responsible for the two barges languishing there. Advocates for the creek demanded their removal last fall. “To those who think they can leave their waste, large or small, in this bay or any waterway in New York City for that matter, know this: We will find you,” said Crowley, though he said an investigation into the matter had proved inconclusive. “We will make you pay for the damage that you’ve caused to our environment.”

Because of a cleanup effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, two abandoned barges in Flushing Bay — which were illegally abandoned in the water by an unknown party — finally have PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY been removed. The congressman added that his office is offering a $10,000 award for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for abandoning the sinking barges in the bay. “Really, what’s happened here is that the U.S. Treasury was robbed of almost a million dollars to remove this debris and that is

criminal, in my opinion,” Crowley added. In December, the congressman wrote a letter to Col. David Caldwell of the Corps of Engineers, asking for the removal of the barges. Caldwell, who spoke at the press conference, praised the congressman in his remarks. “He’s been a strong advocate for

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this community and has been constantly directly engaged with me to move this forward,” he said. Last December, the USACE completed a dredging project for the bay’s navigation channel. “Flushing Bay is one of those assets and resources that has been increased over the years, yet is no longer impaired by these derelict barges,” the colonel said. The barges had been drifting in the bay and decaying in the water for months, releasing materials like Styrofoam into the bay, polluting both the water and the nearby shore. “We definitely cannot neglect the area of Flushing Bay,” Akila Simon, head coach for the Empire Dragon Boat Team, which uses the water, said. “It’s something that we utilize year after year. Though most at the press conference discussed the issue with the derelict barges, one activist mentioned the greater issue of pollution in the bay. “Our goal is to, as we remove something as awful as this, make sure no city agency, no state agency, no one, is releasing additional pollutants into the water, ” Alex Rosa of Friends of Flushing Creek said, after thanking Crowley, the USACE and advocacy groups like Riverkeeper that focused on Q the issue.

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Last Sunday’s street fair in Astoria, cosponsor ed by the Museum of the Moving Image, Kaufman Astoria Studios and the Theatrical Teamster s Local 817 let folks check out t he mag ic of mov ie -mak ing closeup. At top, a stuntman demonstrates movie falls. Above, makeup ar tist Dani Fonsec a works on actress and

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The leadership at Community Board 13 meant two presentations on Monday night to be helpful for dealing with trees that need to be removed, or those that have broken up residential sidewalks. But for many board members and residents, the conversations came back to their own experiences or those of friends who have had sidewalks and other property damaged by city trees, which had to be dealt with at considerable cost. Craig Chin from the Department of Transportation discussed the Trees and Sidewalks Program, for which homeowners can register. If the damage is caused by a tree, and is considered severe enough, the city will replace the sidewalk. But the program has limited funds, and priority is based on things ranging from the amount of pedestrian traffic to the condition of the tree. Chin did say that if a homeowner chooses to repair the damage, the city can work with contractors and expedite things like per mits. That left one board member bewildered. “Seventy-five dollars for a permit, and $900 to fix damage that the city caused,” he said. Joseph Kocal, a forestry expert with the Department of Parks and Recreation, said officials’ primary concern when dealing with complaints is public safety, followed by protecting and preserving healthy, viable trees. He said when they get a 311 complaint

about a dead tree, they work to inspect and remove that tree within 30 days. “Except when there are wires,” he said. “Then we call Con Edison and we work on their schedule.” He said current practice is to conduct routine tree pruning in each neighborhood every five years. As for stump removal once a tree is taken down, he said the fastest way is to request a new tree on the spot through 311. Borough President Melinda Katz also paid a visit to the meeting, and among other things said she has notified the city that she disapproves of the application to construct a Lubavitch school, synagogue and community center on Francis Lewis Boulevard in Cambria Heights. The site borders Montefiore Cemetery, a highly impor tant location within the Lubavitch movement as it is the final resting place of Grand Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, who led the world congregation for decades and is considered by some followers to have been the Messiah. Katz said it just would not be compatible with the residential neighborhood of singlefamily two-story homes. “When you’re in a neighborhood, you need to take a look around at what everyone else is doing,” she said. Katz also said she was disturbed that the city appears intent on ramming bicycle lanes into existence on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst even after they were flatly rejected by Community Board 4. Similar community board opposition recently delayed a bike lane Q, proposal in Brooklyn.

Community Board 13 on Monday celebrated progress toward a new 116th Precinct after decades of trying. Bess DeBetham, left, Councilman Barry Grodenchik, CB 13 Chairman Bryan Block and CounPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON cilman Donovan Richards display a cake the councilmen brought.

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St. Michael’s To Dedicate Wall Of Remembrance St. Michael’s Cemetery, along with Creter notice an increase in genealogy research by Vault Construction Company, has built a Wall families trying to find the location of deceased of Remembrance to honor those who were relatives. Increasingly, families wanted a buried at the cemetery without a monument way to memorialize members of their family or memorial of any kind. The wall is an expan- who had been long forgotten. Due to the sive 10-feet-high and 200-feet-wide struc- nature of the burials in the church lots, it ture with over 4,000 names etched in honor was not possible to place headstones or other and features Dakota Mahogany and Pearl memorials. In 2012, cemetery management began planRose granite, custom built stone columns, a stamped concrete and brick paver walkway ning a large memorial that would become and custom granite benches for seating – a sanctuary for those who were searching for long-lost relatives; all surrounded by a a place to ref lect on magnificent landscape. the memories of those It also features a lifewho helped make this size granite statue of a city and this country praying woman placing what it is today. One f lowers on a grave. of those relatives was This beautiful memoPete Smith, currently rial is being donated by residing in The NethSt. Michael’s Church & erlands, who reached Cemetery and will be out to the cemetery in dedicated on June 4, 2012 trying to locate 2016 at 3 pm. St. Michael’s Ceme- “The Wall of Remembrance” at St. his Great Uncle James Michael’s Cemetery, to be dedicated Hoffman. St. Michael’s tery is owned by St. on June 4, at 3 pm. PHOTO BY VINNY DUPRE was able to locate the M i c h a e l’s C h u r c h at West 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue records of his great uncle; however, the family in Manhattan. St. Michael’s Cemetery was was hoping that there would be some memofounded in 1852 by The Reverend Thomas rial in the cemetery. The cemetery staff informed Mr. Smith that McClure Peters. The Rev. Peters found appropriate land for they would be building a memorial wall and his a cemetery in Newtown, Long Island, now in great uncle’s name would be on it. When the East Elmhurst. The purpose of St. Michael’s wall was built and the inscriptions completed, Cemetery was to provide a dignified final they sent a picture of the completed wall to him resting place for people of all faiths and a place and the following was his response: “This is really great! After so many years for parishioners of St. Michael’s and members of not knowing it means a lot to our family to of other religious and charitable institutions. These religious and charitable institutions have a place where he can be honoured. More purchased plots of land in the cemetery to than 72 years he didn’t have a name and was bury the poor with the intent of maintaining missing [sic] by his mother, father, brothers their property in perpetuity and to continue and sister and other family members. “More than 72 years nobody knows what to bury in these lots without a memorial or monument. Unfortunately, these institutions happened to him. With his name on the wall were not able to keep up with perpetual care of remembrance, it feels like a kind of resurpayments and stopped using the land. St. rection, it feels like he is back in the arms of Michael’s was falling into disrepair from World our family. Thank you, thank you very much. War II to the late 1980s and these lots were On behalf of the Hoffman family, Pete.” “We hope that you will join us on Saturday, June 4, becoming unsightly. St. Michael’s Cemetery began to improve 2016 at 3 pm for a dedication ceremony and in the early 1990s and has since become a refreshments to reveal ‘The Wall of Rememreal asset to the community. In the early 21st brance,’” said Ed Horn, Community Relations century, St. Michael’s management began to Director, St. Michael’s Cemetery. STMC-069624

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On May 18, the Department of Education’s Panel on Educational Policy granted a one-month postponement of a vote that could have placed a charter high school inside of Jean Nu zzi IS 109 beginning in September. And elected off icials from Queens, who requested the delay in a letter dated May 11, say they are hopeful the move will allow time for an agreement to place the New Visions charter school in a building of its own, while assuring funding for long-needed renovations and upgrades at IS 109. St at e Se n. L e roy C om r ie (D-St. Albans) and Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) have been manning the Queens officials hope a delayed vote gives them the time barricades in opposition to the to avoid the co-location of a charter high school in Jean FILE PHOTO co-location with parents from the Nuzzi IS 109. Jean Nuzzi PTA ever since the co-location announcement was made by the Heights) and state Assemblywoman Alicia DOE this past winter. Hyndman (D-Springfield Gardens). Both told the Chronicle in the past week Speaking Monday night at a meeting of that they have spoken with Schools Chan- Community Board 134 in Cambria Heights, cellor Carmen Fariña since the May 18 Katz said she is as convinced as the others postponement in an effort to broker some that a solution can be found that will avert a sort of compromise concerning the Queens co-location while still getting IS 109 needVillage school. ed improvements. “The PTA has gathered 1,500 signa“It was never designed to be a high tures,“ Grodenchik said. “We would like to school,” Katz said of the 90-year-old buildmeet with the PEP before the next meeting ing at 213-10 92 Ave. [on June 22]. Maybe by then a vote won’t Grodenchik said he actually considers be necessary.” upgrades to 109 “a totally separate matter.” Borough President Melinda Katz signed He said Lorraine Grillo, president and the May 11 letter along with Comrie, Gro- chief executive officer of the School Condenchik, Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. str uction Authority, was at the school Albans), City Council Education Commit- recently to take a firsthand look at what is Q tee Chairman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson needed.

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St. Michael’s Cemetery, along with Creter Vault Construction Company, has built a Wall of Remembrance to honor those who were buried at the cemetery without a monument or memorial of any kind. The wall is an expansive 10 feet high and 200 feet wide structure with over 4,000 names etched in honor and features Dakota Mahogany and Pearl Rose granite, custom built stone columns, a stamped concrete and brick paver walkway and custom granite benches for seating – all surrounded by a magnificent landscape. It also features a life-size granite statue of a praying woman placing flowers on a grave.

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Executives from the major television networks gathered in New York last week to make presentations of their 2016-17 programs to advertisers and the media in a mid-May ritual known as the upfronts. While the emphasis was on primetime offerings, sports was front and center as well. Fox, which finally said goodbye to “American Idol,” made sure everyone knew it would be the home of Super Bowl LI (the NFL is going back to Roman numerals for its big game again), as well as the 2016 World Series. In September Fox will launch a new drama called “Pitch,” which imagines what it would be like if Major League Baseball had a female pitcher. The show’s executives are from Philadelphia, so it’s safe to say that the 2014 exploits of then-13-year-old Mo’ne Davis in the Little League World Series were an inspiration. Major League Baseball, which has long had a partnership with Fox, sees this show as a great way of expanding its fan base. MLB is letting the show use San Diego’s Petco Park along with team names and logos to give it a more realistic feel. Former big leaguers Gregg Olson and Royce Clayton are serving as technical advisers. ESPN touted the fact that it offers more hours of live programming than any other network, and that attracts premium advertisers.

Hollis native and ESPN “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith paid tribute to his former debating partner, Skip Bayless, who is rumored to be joining Fox Sports 1. Smith told me after the presentation that he has four or five replacements in mind for Bayless’ spot. “And yes, my mom still lives in Hollis, and so I go back to visit frequently,” he added. ESPN always adds glitz by bringing star athletes to its upfront. Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard was on the stage of the Minskoff Theater with SportsCenter host Scott Van Pelt. I ran into Noah afterwards and asked him if he was aware of 5-year-old Ashtin Gerberg of Wilmington, NC, who has become a social media sensation. Ashtin, with his long blond hair, is known by the nickname of “Mini-Thor” thanks to his uncanny resemblance to Syndergaard and his blazing fastball. “Oh yes. The kid has excellent mechanics,” Noah said with a smile. Turner Entertainment is making a big bet on video game competition doing for it what the X Games did for ESPN a generation ago. TBS will be having a Friday night “ELeague” show as gamers compete for big money. ESPN also has a few e-sports shows in the hopper, but its CEO, John Skipper, is not going all in the way that his Turner counterpart, David Levy, is. Q Levy is aware that this is a very risky bet. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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The Pan Am, before the shelter by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

In March 1962 the well-known, long-established Pace Oldsmobile Dealership sold its valuable Queens Boulevard frontage property to Arthur Adelson of Adelson Industries, a publicly owned real estate construction, investment and development company. Frank Moss, its president, announced an ambitious $2 million project between 51st and A March 1962 artist’s rendering of the Pan American Motor Inn, at 79-00 Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst, Hillyer streets. Their project was to be called the which was set to open at the end of that year. Pan American Motor Inn, a sevenstory luxury motel. It contained 216 rooms, first motor inn in the development of a chain an outdoor swimming pool and a health they were proposing along the Eastern Seaclub. There was also a dining facility for board. The architectural firm was Brodsky, 250 people and a meeting room, while the Hopf and Adler of New York City. The motel never achieved superstar status rooms were air-conditioned and came with free television and free parking. This loca- in Queens as they had hoped. After a succestion was selected as strategic for it was to be sion of buyers, it was always in the red. In the nearest major hotel facility (within two 2014 the city turned it into a homeless shelmiles) to the planned 1964-65 New York ter, just like its former competitor down the World’s Fair and the New York Mets’ new block, once called the Mets Motel and later the Metro Motel. A sad ending for a building stadium (within 1.5 miles). Q Adelson and Moss said this was to be the that once held so much promise.

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at 69th Street and Grand Avenue. Maspeth Federal Savings is a sponsor. The College Point parade, which starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, will assemble on 28th Avenue just east of College Point Boulevard. The route will end at MacNeil Park, where there will be a brief memorial service. Monday, May 30, will see nine parades and ceremonies. The 27th annual Laurelton Memorial Day Parade begins at 9 a.m. at the intersection of Francis Lewis and Merrick boulevards. It concludes at Veterans Memorial Triangle at 225th Street and North Conduit Avenue. Sponsors include the Laurelton Lions Club, Colonel Edward O. Gourdin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5298, American Legion Benjamin Moore Post 1946, the Garden Club of Laurelton, Federated Blocks of Laurelton, and Concerned Citizens of Laurelton. The Little Neck-Douglaston parade, billed as the nation’s largest, begins at 9:30 a.m., with marchers gathering at Father Smith Hall at 245th Street and Alameda Avenue. The grand marshal is retired Marine Lt. Gen. Richard Mills. Honorees will include FDNY Deputy Commissioner Robert Sweeney, Borough President Melinda Katz, realtor Mohsen Zandieh, and veterans Jay Culter, Michael Howley, Samuel Mantilla and Dan McSweeney. Continuedonon page continued page 45

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Queens marks Memorial Day with a dozen parades

While Memorial Day has roots going back to 1868 and the end of the Civil War, sons of Queens have given their lives for the country in every war or conflict going back to the American Revolution. And whether they died at the hands of Redcoats in the Battle of Brooklyn, in a jungle in Southeast Asia or a firefight in the mountains of Afghanistan, communities throughout the World’s Borough will be paying tribute this weekend to their sense of duty, their courage and their sacrifice. Forest Hills, Maspeth and College Point will host their commemorations on Sunday. The Forest Hills parade begins at noon at the corner of Metropolitan and Ascan avenues. It goes along Metropolitan to Remsen Memorial Park at Trotting Course Lane. The grand marshals will be NYPD Community Affairs Det. Gigi Redzematovic of the 112th Precinct and Lt. Col. Thomas Sullivan, commander of the 389th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Fort Totten, who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maspeth’s parade begins at 1 p.m. at Walter Garlinge Memorial Park at the intersection of 72nd Street and Grand Avenue. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., and a candlelight vigil was already held at 8 p.m. Monday

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boro EXHIBITS “Rodney McMillian: Landscape Paintings,” 12 abstract paintings on bed sheets and an untitled video, provoking questions about class and identity. Thru Aug. 29, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org. “Sanctuaries,” wall-scale reinventions of natural Colombian landscapes by Tatiana Arocha, serving as refuge and warning. Thru Aug. 7, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $4; $3 seniors; $2 students, children over 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, info@queensbotanical.org. “Queens County Parks: Urban Landscapes,” photos by Paul Melhado. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Thru May. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit. “Residents,” new works that invoke, challenge and celebrate the classical tradition, by nine recent grads of Grand Central Atelier. Viewing by appointment, Mon.-Sat., thru June 3. Eleventh Street Arts, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: eleventhstreetarts.com. “Beautiful Object: Upsetting Still Life,” contemporary paintings and sculpture challenging traditional notions of what makes up a still-life work. Thru June 5. Jeffrey Leder Gallery, 21-37 45 Road, Long Island City. Free. Info: (917) 767-1734, jeffreyledergallery.com. “Different Roads — Same Destination,” improvisational sculptures made from discarded byproducts of the consumer culture. Thru July 10. Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org. ARTHUR SIMMS

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“In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New,” works of creative fantasy differentiated by distinct material approaches. Thru Aug. 1. $5 suggested admission; $3 students; free to Long Island City residents. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., LIC. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org. Lionel Maunz, dystopian sculptures made of rugged, brutal materials such as cast iron, concrete and steel. Thru Aug. 29. MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org. New Talent Showcase, watercolors by Cindy de la Cruz and photos by Julia Skyba, all related to the Voelker Orth Museum. Thru July 17, Tue., Sat., Sun., 1-4 p.m., at the museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested donation $2. Info: (718) 3596227, vomuseum.org.

No, sorry, Sir Paul McCartney, left, Sir Elton John and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber are not playing Queens next week, but a performance of their works, called “Music of the Knights” because they’re all knighted, will be held here May 29. PHOTOS BY JIMMY BAIKOVICIOUS, DAVID SHANKBONE, EFFIE / WIKIPEDIA JamaicaFlux: Workspaces and Windows, large-scale display of visual art installed along Jamaica Ave. Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. Free. Info: (718) 658-7400, jamaicaflux.info.

THEATRE Flying Solo Festival, various performances by single individuals. Thu.-Sat., May 26-28, The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18. Info/ tickets: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com. “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a comedic musical about middle school kids’ struggles and dreams, by Astoria Performing Arts Center. Thu., Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m., thru May 28, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St. $18; $12 students, seniors. Info/tickets: (718) 706-5750, apacny.org. “You Can’t Take It With You,” the 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner about an eccentric family, love and the government, by the Parkside Players. Fri.-Sat., May 27-28, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 29, 2 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., June 3-4, 8 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 103-15 Union Tpke., Forest Hills. $17; $15 seniors. Info: (718) 353-7388.

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Queensboro Symphony Chamber Music Society, featuring Dvorak’s American Quartet and Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Wed., June 1, 10:30 a.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free-will offering. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY PHOTO Rooftop live blues by Solomon Hicks, the young guitarist, vocalist and songwriter from Harlem. Thu.,

May 26, 6 p.m., Melrose Ballroom, 36-08 33 St., Long Island City. Free ($20 minimum per person with table reservation). Info: (718) 255-6921, melroseballroomnyc.com.

18 months and older. Sun., May 29, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $8 per family, plus admission. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Afro Tango, music, song and dance in the Africanderived South American genre. Thru May 29, Fri., Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 4 p.m., Thalia Hispanic Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $40; $37 seniors, students. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

In the Neighborhood, Saturday Sculpture workshop with Yana Dimitrova, on what makes a city, with kids designing their own neighborhoods and then creating bridges to make a city. For kids 5-13 and their families. Sat., May 28, 12-3 p.m. (different workshops each Sat. thru Sept. 26), Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

“Music of the Knights,” with Broadway veterans performing songs by Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, accompanied by the Queens Symphony Orchestra. Sun., May 29, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $40. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

AUDITIONS Jackson Heights Community Chorus, a multicultural all-volunteer group seeking sopranos and tenors with some choral experience. Contact: Juan Valencia, (917) 200-5779.

FILM “Norm of the North,” a 2016 animated comedy adventure about an oddball polar bear fighting a developer to save his Arctic home. Part of Movies Under the Stars series. Fri., May 27, dusk, Astoria Heights Playground, off 30 Road between 45 and 46 sts. Free; bring chair or blanket. Info: nycgovparks.org. “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” the 1971 Robert Altman movie with Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and David Carradine that turned the Western on its head. Sat., May 28, 2 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

KIDS/TEENS Little Makers: Bugging Out, exploring the world of insect habitats and using recycled materials to “create a home for our crawly friends!” For kids

Young Discoverers Club — Forest Findings, exploring Alley Pond Park and meeting animals that live in deciduous forests. For kids 8-12. Sat., June 4, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $25. Info/preregistration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS ¡Oye Corona!, a celebration of culture with music, dance, workout time, art-making workshops and more. Sat., May 28, 1-6:30 p.m., Corona Plaza, Roosevelt Ave. at National, 104 sts. Free. New event last Sat. each month thru summer. Info: queensmuseum.org.

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Recording endangered languages, with speakers invited to help document them with stories, conversations, with facilitator from Endangered Language Alliance. Sun., May 29, 12-5 p.m., Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. RSVP (encouraged; not required): perlin@elalliance.org. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. continued on page 46

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Flowers aren’t the only things budding at the Voelker Orth House in Flushing — artistic careers are also in bloom. A new showcase at the 19th-century historic house features the work of two of the museum’s former volunteers, Cindy de la Cruz and Julia Skyba. On Sunday, May 22, the Voelker Orth served tea in its garden and hosted a concert by pianist Christine Smith and cellist James Acampora, a musical duo known for their classical music with a jazz and Latin flair. In the hour beforehand, the house was as busy as the bees in its garden hive. As visitors trickled in, volunteers arranged tables and chairs around the lawn, prepped savory and

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sweet snacks and began laying table settings. Early-arriving guests peeked into the dining room or parlor, where Smith and Acampora were warming up in top form, and were greeted with Skyba’s warm photos and de la Cruz’s ethereal watercolors. Both series highlight the effort and care that Voelker Orth’s volunteers put into their work. As a nonprofit, the museum relies heavily on its steadfast community of volunteers and visitors to hold its dozens of events and art shows throughout the year. With its current showcase, museum director Debby Silverfine decided to highlight two emerging artists who have worked with Voelker Orth in recent years. “We work with such talented young artists, and they do such quality work for us, we thought they were of a level we could share with our public,” said Silverfine. In addition to the originals hanging on the walls, de la Cruz’s paintings are also featured in a small booklet that the museum has had printed. Titled “Weeds at the Voelker Orth Museum,” the book pairs the painter’s watercolors with text descriptions about where to find and how to eliminate the most common weeds found on the grounds. The museum asks all of its volunteers to contribute a few

Christine Smith on piano and James Acampora on cello warm up for a Sunday concert, PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN framed by Julia Skyba’s photographs. hours weeding, and Silverfine recalls de la Cruz’s counter-offer: “Cindy said to me, her very first day, ‘I’d rather paint the weeds than pick them.’ And I just said, ‘Okay!’” Skyba’s work serves as a chronicle of many

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This summer, all the borough’s a stage by Mark Lord qboro contributor

There was a time when most local community theater stages remained dark during the warm weather months, but no longer. Between now and August, theatergoers will have a dozen or so new productions with which to satisfy their thirst for live entertainment, including three Pulitzer Prize winners, several classic musicals, a few straight plays, even a couple of musical revues. Oh, yes, there will also be two, count ’em, two, productions of “Grease,” proving that show’s enduring popularity. So, how to explain the new trend in summertime fare? In most cases, it’s just a matter of simple logistics. “The Gingerbread Players have often wished for more leeway in scheduling productions around the church’s very busy calendar,” explained Louise Guinther, a longtime member of the Forest Hills troupe that performs at St. Luke’s, which is about to present its first summer show in its 40-plus year existence. “It was only recently that air-conditioning was installed in the parish hall, so that we could count on comfortable conditions for the audience,” Guinther added. “Summer stock is historically a staple of theater, so I guess this is our version.” Similarly, the newly formed Royal Star Theatre, which evolved last year from the longstanding FSF Community Theatre Group, took the opportunity to plan a June show when its new home space was available. And, according to the group’s artistic director, Maryellen Pierce, “It gives adults as well as kids something to do during the summer. It starts the summer off with an uplifting event.” So, it’s time for a look at what’s upcoming in local theater, in a pair of articles, this week and next. Already regaling audiences with its tale of an eccentric family whose routine is disrupted with the arrival of a daughter’s fiancé is the Parkside Players’ production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “You Can’t Take It With You,” now in its final two weeks.

Bryce Klatsky, Kim Guarino and Daniel Walstad in the Royal Star Theatre’s “Side by Side by Sondheim.” PHOTO BY MARK LORD

The Kaufman and Hart chestnut from 1936, directed by Mark Dunn, features a large cast headed by Ronald Hellman, Shana Aborn, Lori Feren and Brett Hunter. Remaining performances at Grace Lutheran Church (103-15 Union Tpke., Forest Hills) are on May 27 and 28 at 8 p.m., May 29 at 2 p.m., June 3 at 8 p.m. and June 4 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17; $15 for seniors. For more information, call (718) 353-7388. Agatha Christie’s mystery comedy, “And Then There Were None,” known more familiarly as “Ten Little Indians,” is the first summer play production for The Gingerbread Players. Jean Tessier directs the ever-popular tale of a group of individuals who, one by one, get killed off. Performances at St. Luke’s Church (85 Greenway South, Forest Hills) are Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 7 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $15; $12 for students, seniors and groups. For more information, call (718) 268-7772. A pair of musical revues are on tap, the first being “Side by Side by Sondheim,” a compilation of songs from the early works of the much-respected Stephen Sondheim. The cast of The Royal Star Theatre production, under the direction and musical direction of Paul Johnson, has been expanded from the traditional four to nine, and features Christian Barnes, Amanda Doria, Kim Guarino, Bryce Klatsky, Regina Lim-Fischedick, Edwin Palacio, Elizabeth Shapiro, Jillian Smith and Daniel Walstad. Amanda Montoni provides the choreography. Performances at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy School Auditor ium (179 -14 Da lny Road, Ja ma ic a Estates) are June 4, 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. and June 5 at 3 p.m. Tickets in advance are $18 ($15 for seniors 62 and over and children 12 and under); $2 more at the door. For more information, call (718) 428-8681. Several classic musicals will delight audiences once again this summer, representing various generations of musical theater. A musical fable of Broadway, “Guys and Dolls,” with Frank Loesser’s brilliant score that includes “Luck Be a Lady” and that comical masterpiece “Adelaide’s Lament,” opens July 16 at Maggie’s Little Theater. Nic Anthony Calabro, who also choreographs the production, is big-time gambler Sky Masterson. His intended, the ultrareserved Sarah Brown, is played by Alex Jamison. The show’s other romantically linked couple are played by Alan Perkins and Dolores Voyer. Barbara Aur iemma direc t s. Frank Auriemma is musical director. Performances at St. Margaret Parish Hall (66-05 79 Place, Middle Village) are July 16,

Ronald Hellman as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof and Lori Feren as his granddaughter, Alice Sycamore, in a rare moment of tranquility at a Parkside Players performance of PHOTO BY MARK LORD “You Can’t Take It With You.” 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. and July 17 and 24 at Holy Child Jesus Teen Drama Group, for talented thespians 13 to 19, will present their 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20; $15 for seniors; $12 for rendition of “Grease” — which after all is set children under 11. For more information, call at a high school — with direction and chore(917) 579-5389. ography by Christine Breviario and musical The Auriemmas will be at it again come direction by Paul Johnson. August with their production of “Grease,” The show will run at Church of the Holy this time with the JC Players. Child Jesus Msgr. Murray Auditorium (111-02 Barbara will be at the helm and Frank will 86 Ave., Richmond Hill) on Aug. 4 at 7 p.m., once again be leading the band. Christine Aug. 5 and 6 at 8 p.m., and Aug. 7 at 3 p.m. Hinz will devise the choreography. Tickets are $10 ; $8 for seniors and In the lead role of Danny Zuko will be children. For more information, call (718) Q yet another Auriemma, Austin, who will 847-1860. appear opposite Jennifer Cove as the everSee Part II of the summer theater preview innocent Sandy. Angel Vail will be the in next week’s qboro. tough-talking Rizzo and Anthony Edward George Faubion is taking on Kenickie. Performances are at two locations: Aug. 5 and 6 at Glendale-Maspeth United Methodist Church (66-14 Central Ave., Glendale) and Aug. 7, 13 and 14 at Communit y Unite d Methodist Church (7527 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village). Tickets are $18; $15 for seniors and children. For more information, Terri Matassov, left, Andrew Dinan, Jillian Smith and Debbie Smith call (917) 647-7526. in rehearsal for the Gingerbread Players’ production of “And Then At the same time, There Were None.” PHOTO COURTESY THE GINGERBREAD PLAYERS

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continued from page 41 In Howard Beach, the parade sponsored annually by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2565 will kick off from its accustomed starting point at Coleman Square at 11 a.m. Marchers will proceed throughout the neighborhood before returning to Coleman Square. They will begin assembling at 10:30. The Rosedale Community Parade will begin at 11 a.m. at 243rd Street and Mayda Road, and marching to Veterans and Vietnam Memorial Squares at Sunrise Highway and Francis Lewis Boulevard. The grand marshal is NYPD Community Affairs Det. Jovoda Cooper of the 105th Precinct. The parade will be followed by a barbecue at Laurelton-Rosedale Legion Hall Post #483 at 135th Avenue and Brookville Road. Sponsors include Post #483 and the Rosedale Civic Association. The Woodside Memorial Day Parade, sponsored by Catholic War Veterans St. Sebastian’s Post 870, will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the Woodside Vietnam Veterans Memorial Square, at the corner of 57th Street and Woodside Avenue. They will march to Doughboy Plaza for the

concluding ceremony. The parade will be preceded by a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church at 58-02 Roosevelt Ave. The John V. Daniels VFW Post 2813 of Woodside and Sunnyside also will begin its ceremony at 11 a.m. on Monday at John Vincent Daniels Square, located alongside Roosevelt Avenue at the corner of 51st Street and 43rd Avenue. The event will include prayers and the ceremonial firing of rifles. The Glendale-Ridgewood parade, organized by the Allied Veterans Committee of Ridgewo o d a nd G l enda l e, a ls o begins at 11 a.m., starting at Myrtle Avenue and 70th Street in Glendale. World War II veteran Herman Hoehing will be the grand marshal. The Broad Channel parade will commence at 11:30 a.m., with the route including Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 94th Street. At noon, the Whitestone Veterans Memorial Association parade with gather at Whitestone Memorial Park. Parade participants are expected to include American Legion Post 131, Jewish War Veterans Post 415 and Veterans of Q Foreign Wars Post 4787.

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Veterans and residents of Howard Beach salute those who have fallen in service to the United States at Memorial Day services in 2014. A dozen communities in Queens will pay tribute to those lost this May 29-30. On the cover: Some young patriots show their FILE PHOTO, ABOVE; COVER PHOTO BY STEVE MALECKI colors during the 2014 Maspeth parade.

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boro continued from page 42 Public walkup paddling, free kayaking and canoeing by LIC Community Boathouse. No experience necessary, minors only with parent or guardian. Donations accepted. Mon., May 30, 1-4 p.m., Hallets Cove, Vernon Blvd. and 31 Ave., Long Island City. Info: licboathouse.org.

Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 Cross Bay Blvd., across from Stop & Shop. Basic beginner computer classes every Fri., 10:30 a.m. New craft class, every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m. Art class with certified teacher, every Thurs., 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-2:30 p.m. Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch served at 12 p.m. Info: (718) 738-8100.

Grocery auction, 50 chances to win groceries of your choice, plus coffee, cake, door prizes, 50/50. Fri., June 3, 7:30 p.m., Emanuel United Church of Christ, 93-12 91 Ave., Woodhaven. $10. Info: (718) 849-1153.

The YIQV Senior Center, with tai chi, yoga, pilates and low-impact exercise and educational programs. Open Mon.-Fri., 141-55 77 Ave., Flushing. Info: (718) 263-6995.

Trip to Atlantic City, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Lefferts-Liberty. Leaving Sat., June 11, 8:30 a.m., from Queens County Savings Bank, 82-10 153 Ave., Lindenwood; going to Taj Mahal. Refreshments, movie, raffles on bus. $45; $35 cash back. Contact: John, (347) 730-9638; Marie, (347) 255-2450. Charity car wash and car show, featuring car club classics and high-end imports like Ferraris to benefit area children’s charities. Sun., June 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Queens County Savings Bank, 82-10 153 Ave., Lindenwood. $10. Info: (917) 607-3961. Queens International Night Market, outdoor food bazaar with no item over $5, merchandise too. Every Sat. thru Aug. 20, 6 p.m.-12 a.m., New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: queensnightmarket.com.

TOURS Ridgewood Reservoir, a walk around the lush forest and freshwater pond at the 50-plus-acre site in Highland Park, by NYC H2O. Meet in parking lot at 1 Vermont Place, Glendale, Sat., June 4, 10 a.m. Free. Info/RSVP: nych2o.org.

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SUPPORT GROUPS Caring for a loved one with dementia? Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39 St., Sunnyside. English speaking caregivers suppport group, every Tue., Spanish speaking caregivers suppport group, 2nd & 4th Wed. of every month. Contact: Shyvonne Noboa (718) 784-6173, ext. 440. Contemplating suicide? The Samaritans provide 24-hour confidential emotional support for those feeling suicidal or depressed. Call: (212) 6733000; samaritansnyc.org. PTSD for veterans and service members: Reach out to a anonymous support group in your area. Info: 1 (800) 273-TALK. Overeaters Anonymous meets weekly for weight loss and other issues. Info: oa.org. Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 112-06 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, Tue., 7:30-9 p.m. Call: (718) 564-7027. Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Drive, Thu., 12:15-1:40 p.m. Call: Adele (718) 896-4756. Sat., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Contact: Marion (718) 937-0163 or library (718) 459-5140. GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing): Find peer-lead grief support for those who have lost a loved one to substance abuse. Meetings held once a month. Info on date, times and location: nycmetrograsp@gmail.com. Bereavement groups for assistance dealing with loss and the process towards healing, with others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call: (718) 268-5011, ext. 160, or email olderadults@ cgy.org; registration required.

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Anxious, nervous, depressed? Recovery International can help. Meetings every Thu., 2:30 p.m., Fri., 3:30 p.m. Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Info: recoveryinternational.org.

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

Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144.

SNAP of Eastern Queens Innovative Senior Center for adults 60+. 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village. Classes — Exercise every Mon.: advanced, 11 a.m.; beginners, 1 p.m. Every Tues.: magic and ABC computer class, 10 a.m. Every Wed.: armchair yoga, 9 a.m.; Zumba gold, 10 a.m. Every Thurs.: creative writing, 11 a.m.; painting, 1 p.m. Every Fri.: fall prevention, 10 a.m.; women’s discussion group, 11 a.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous, daily meetings around Queens for those with a drinking problem. Info: (718) 520-5021, queensaa.org. Have a loved one with memory loss? Selfhelp Community Services Inc., 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Stimulating program – One, two, three or four days a week; half-days are also available. Call Ellen Sarokin or Cathy O’Sullivan: (718) 631-1886.

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10 Devil’s purchase 11 Brutus’ being 16 Snare, for one 20 “Monty Python” intro 23 Recipe meas. 24 “Eureka!” 25 Quaint and unpretentious 27 Wrigley product 29 Director Spike 30 “SNL” announcer Pardo 32 Like some jacks

34 Nassau’s islands 37 America’s uncle 39 Stare 42 Place to heal 44 1945 conference site 45 Palm starch 46 Fellow 48 Fat 49 Oklahoma city 50 Commotions 53 Sphere

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continued from page 43 moments or small details. Said Skyba, “I wanted to show how a life at Voelker Orth looks like through my eyes.” A joyous Halloween storytelling, a raised glass at Oktoberfest — in Skyba’s photos, the viewer feels like a part of the Voelker Orth family. If there’s one thing the Voelker Orth museum does best, it’s fostering a communiQ ty of passionate visitors and volunteers.

Early visitors to a recent tea and concert at the Voelker Orth House browsed the photographs and watercolors on display PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN in the parlor.

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

Hear From The Experts at FREE FLUSHING HOUSE Seminars Ann-Margaret Carrozza, Esq., Elder Law Attorney – will discuss protecting one’s home Saturday, against long-term care claims while retaining control over it, as well as how to use a trust to June 4, 2016 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. protect assets and qualify for Medicaid home care one month later. In addition, she will discuss the role of Spousal Refusal to protect a family’s assets.

Saturday, June 18, 2016 2:30 to 4:00 pm

Maria Alvarez, Executive Director, NY StateWide Senior Action Council and Eric Hausman, an Independent Medicare Consultant – will give the 3rd seminar. Alvarez will update Patients’ Rights Issues for NY seniors. Hausman will discuss Medicare and related insurance, i.e., Medicare Parts A and B, Medigap/Medicare Supplement Insurance, Medicare Advantage/ Medicare Health Plans, Medicare Part D and EPIC, etc.

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Ronald Fatoullah, Esq., Elder Law Attorney – will speak about the five essential documents Saturday, every senior should have. Learn the importance of living trusts, wills, power of attorney, health June 11, 2016 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. care proxies, plus living wills. Understand why these documents are essential parts of any estate, elder law and financial plan. Learn how a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust can protect your assets and your home.

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CAMELLIA MILK TEA, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/08/2016. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Corporate Filings of New York, 90 State Street STE 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 05/16/16, bearing Index Number NC-000037-16 /QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of ( First) JULIE (Last) CABRERA. My present name is (First) YULENNY (Last) CABRERAHSU AK A YULENNY CABRERA, AK A Y ULENN A CA BRER A My present address is 132-03 SANFORD AVENUE, Flushing, NY11355. My place of birth is DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. My date of birth is February 08, 1982.

Notice of formation of D’EMPLOI, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/18/16. Office loc.: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 1852 Flushing Ave., #2, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Mgmt. shall be by a manager. Purpose: To produce highquality handmade products.

Notice of Formation of L & J Gonzalez, LLC Articles of Organization filed Secretary of State (SSNY) 4/07/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom precess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of precess to 4030 73rd Street, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Nor thern Boulevard Automall, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/19/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 56-15 Northern Blvd, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: General.

Notice of formation of SAU N TAM LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/19/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 84-18 249th St., Bellerose, NY 11426. Purpose: any lawful act.

Northside 16 LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/14/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 3925 61st St #770081, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: General.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 04/06/16, bearing Index Number NC-001274-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) SINH (Last) TRUONG. My present name is (First) SAM (Last) TRUONG AK A SINH KY TRUONG, AK A SINH TRUONG My present address is 2806 213TH Street, Bayside, NY 113602535. My place of birth is VIETNAM. My date of birth is October 10, 1968.

Safe Step NYC, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Stipe Nejasmic, 35-43 37th St, LIC, NY 11101. Purpose: General.

SLIGOTTE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4 /21/2016. Of fice location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to BUSINESS FILINGS INCORPORATED, 187 Wolf Road, Suite 101, Albany, NY 12205. General purpose.

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Members of the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. on May 18 welcomed Pierna Ana Sanchez, top center, the New York director of the Regional Plan Association. The RPA advocates revitalization and growth in the tri-state area. Sanchez spoke to members of plans under development to improve marketing of the region to business; conduct a building analysis of under-

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utilized real estate; and a study on upgrading mass transit. Among GJDC members in attendance were the Rev. Patrick O’Connor, top left, GJDC Chairman Peter Kilka, GJDC Executive Director Hope Kight and GJDC member Elliot Sander. Above, Knight makes a presentation to to GJDC members.

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Waterfront Resort Lifestyle Stunning Custom 3 Story Steal/Stucco-Built Home with All The Opulent Amenities, New Bulkhead, 2 Boat Docks, Above Ground Pool, 2 Patios, Central Air, Ceramic/Hardwood Flooring, Spa Bath, Custom Kitchen, Custom Pavers, LR, DR, Lg. EIK, 4 BRs, 2½ Baths.

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Colonial (New construction) 3/4 BRs, 2.5 Large unique Split-level/Colonial featuring 4 baths, finished attic, pvt. dvwy., deck, large BRs/4 baths, full ﬁnished ½ in-ground baseyard, bsmnt will be ment, 1 car sheetrocked, ingarage, private ground sprinklers, driveway, in-ground pool, new PVC fencing, CAC, sprinkler stainless steel system. appliances Must see!! Reduced $769 $779K NEW LISTING!

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HOWARD BEACH (143 Broadway) LAND Large waterfront property (69x155) 4 lots altogether. Located on Canal.

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Large Hi-Ranch on oversized 45x100 lot – featuring 4 BRs/3 full baths, w/updated kitchens and baths. Park-like backyard with screened porch.

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High Ranch on large 55x100 lot– Walk-in area (All new) with enclosed porch- 3 BRs, 2 full baths, CAC, impeccably clean, move-in cond. $749K CONR-069480

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK DIAMOND CONDITION. BROOKFIELD STYLE. High Ranch, 5 BRs, 3 full baths, high-end appliances: Viking stove, granite & stainless steel appl, new HVAC (5 ton unit) heating system, new siding – roof – electric panel 220 (40 breakers), crown moldings, full - CCTV surveillance system, audio/video and much more. Come and view this beautiful, elegant and pristine home.

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Very unique and deceptively large 2 family/3 story house. 5 BRs/3 full baths and 2 half-baths, ¾ house completely renovated in 1993. CAC on 3 flrs, Mitsubishi units in walk-in, wall units in front apt. A 24½ x 15 extra BR with ½ bath. PVC fencing. Impeccably kept and maintained Asking $789K

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50x100 Cape. 4 BRs, 2 full baths, Large All Brick unfinished basement, move-in condition. Detached Colonial Asking $699K 4 BRs, 2.5 baths, 1 BR on first level with large living room, dining room, 1 bath, 2nd floor has 3 BRs & 1 bath. Finished bsmnt. with ½ bath & pvt. dvwy., 1 car gar. 30x100.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Large custom Colonial, 50x100, featuring, 3 BRs, 2 baths on top floor. master BR is huge and also master bath. Master bath has 2 walk-in closets and second BR has walk-in closet. 1st floor has 1/2 bath, formal DR. LR has (gas fireplace), CT den & beautiful RA T kitchen. ON C IN Granite countertops, 1st floor has radiant heat– A must see!

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Boater’s/Fisherman’s dream. Very cozy completely renovated: new kitchen w/ wood cabinets & new appliances, new boiler & hot water heater, new siding/ roof/walls/ ceilings & floors. Back, side and front decks. Dock holds 2 boats. Den on 1st floor can be BR. 3 BRs/1 full bath.

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Brick custom Colonial on 45x100 lot, top floor features 4 BR, 2 full baths, master is huge with walk-in closet and master bath with Jacuzzi, terrace overlooking yard. 1st floor large formal dining room, mint kitchen, granite countertops, cherry wood cabinets, subzero frig, S.S. appliances. Full fin. bsmnt, magnificent yard with in-ground pool

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