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Howard Beach remembers those who made the ultimate sacrifice PAGE 14 Warren Ostroff, right, grand marshal of Howard Beach’s Memorial Day Parade, salutes the American flag at the World War II Memorial at Assembly of God Church along with other parade attendees, veterans and service members during Monday’s march through the neighborhood, which brought out hundreds.

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Library discusses ex-officio status Vote on public advocate’s proposal now could be put off for months by Michael Gannon Editor

new state law will at least temporarily keep ex-officio members of the embattled Queens Library Board of Trustees from participating in matters involving audits, conflict of interest and whistleblower matters. And in a related matter from Thursday’s board meeting, a proposal from Public Advocate Letitia James to give her representative and other ex-officio board members a vote on board matters might not be voted on until the fall if it is included in an overall reassessment of the board’s structure and composition. The five ex-officio members include those representing James, Mayor de Blasio, Borough President Melinda Katz, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Comptroller Scott Stringer. They serve on board committees, but cannot vote as ex-officio members do on library boards in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The board on Thursday voted to adjust its bylaws as a result of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013, which overhauled the state’s rules and regulations for such groups. One of the new regulations requires that matters of audits, whistleblower accusations and conflicts of interest be handled only by “independent trustees.” Attorney Rebecca Brazzano, serving as counsel to the board, said the definition

Elisa Velazquez, counsel to Borough President Melinda Katz, disputes a legal interpretation during the May 22 meeting of the Queens Library Board of Trustees. Velazquez and appointees of the mayor, Council speaker, public advocate and comptroller are barred from voting on board PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON business, though their counterparts do so in Brooklyn and Manhattan. in the state statute does not allow board members who are employees of entities that have given money to the library in the last three years to be classified as

independent trustees. All five ex-officio members are employed by New York City, which provides the Queens Library with the vast majority of its

funding. Brazzano said her interpretation is far easier to understand if one just substitutes a different entity for New York City. “If a trustee is employed by the Bank of New York and the bank had given money to the board, that person certainly would not be considered an independent trustee,” she said, adding that it would be the same for TD Bank, Coca-Cola or any other potential benefactor. “While that may meet the letter of the law, I don’t think it was the Legislature’s intention to bar us from hearing these matters,” Elisa Velazquez, Katz’s proxy said. But Brazzano, Trustee Joseph Ficalora and other members said that it is the letter of the law with which the library must be in compliance by July 1. They said further inquiries will be made to the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. “This isn’t permanent,” Ficalora said. “We can always go back and change things after July 1.” A spokeswoman for Schneiderman said his office stands ready to assist any nonprofit seeking advice on applying the new regulations, but did not specifically comment on the library situation. Brazzano also said nothing would prevent continued on page 34

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DOE to also temporarily keep annex, but some parents are not satisfied by Domenick Rafter Editor

The city Department of Education announced late last week that it is planning to remove the trailers at Richmond Hill High School by 2016 and keep the school’s annex, scheduled to close next year, open — for now. But some parents say the move does not address the real problem of overcrowding in the long term. The plan would allow the DOE to remove trailers in Richmond Hill’s schoolyard that students were originally slated to move back into next year so a new high school can open in the annex, and allow the entire student body to fit in the century-old high school building in two years. The move comes after months of outrage from parents and staff at Richmond Hill High School who felt the decision last fall to close the annex and move students back into trailers at the school at 89-30 114 St. was an eleventh-hour slap in the face to the Richmond Hill High School community from the Bloomberg administration, who had unsuccessfully tried to close the school in 2012 and reopen it under a different name and

with a new administration. The annex at 94-25 117 St. is the former school building for St. Benedict Joseph Labré parish. The DOE opened the annex to allow for the trailers in Richmond Hill to be removed, though they haven’t been as of yet. Under the new plan, some Richmond Hill students — the DOE hasn’t decided which yet — will co-locate in the annex building with the new Epic High School, slated to open with its first freshman class in September. In two years, as Epic’s enrollment grows, the Richmond Hill students will be moved back into the main building. The DOE says the proposal will solve the overcrowding issue because enrollment in Richmond Hill is slated to drop over the next few years, freeing up about 200 more seats. Enrollment there will have dropped enough by then to allow the entire school to be housed in the building, eliminating the need for the trailers. But Vishnu Mahadeo, co-president of the PTA at Richmond Hill, said there is an uptick in students who want to attend Richmond Hill and the DOE should recognize that and keep the annex rather

than decrease enrollment. “We are not satisfied,” he said. “They have not consulted the parents.” Mahadeo noted that the new school slated to open in the annex, Epic High School, is meant to focus on black and Hispanic students and neither ethnic group has a large population in Richmond Hill, especially in the immediate community around the school. “That is not reflective of Richmond Hill,” he said. “That school should be over in South Jamaica.” Epic is also opening another campus at MS 226 in South Ozone Park, about a mile away. Cheryl Rose, the other co-president of the PTA, said parents and students were feeling “hurt” and “disheartened” by the DOE’s plans. “They gave us the annex to deal with the overcrowding problem, but they haven’t dealt with the problem,” Rose said. She said the plan will offer the school 200 seats in the annex, which now holds 374 Richmond Hill students, but she noted that the school can hold up to 400 students and Epic is only slated to have 94 seats continued on page 38

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Family hit by car at problem intersection Parents, officials warn city that safety situation outside PS 232 is critical by Domenick Rafter Editor

Students and parents crossing 153rd Avenue at 83rd Street last summer. The same location is where three people, including a child with special needs, were struck by a car Tuesday and where the community has been pleading DOT for a crosswalk and traffic light or stop sign for FILE PHOTO years. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and is not accused of any misconduct. But the incident has pushed the panic button at the school. “What is it going to take?” one parent asked Wednesday morning. “If this doesn’t light a fire under the city to do something,

what will?” Earlier this month, DOT officials joined sixth-graders at the school to put up signs made by the students around the school alluding to the dangers at the intersection. Parents and school off icials took the opportunity to point out the problem to the

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For years, parents, students and staff at PS 232 in Lindenwood and those living and working nearby have warned that the intersection of 83rd Street and 153rd Avenue is a ticking time bomb. For years their pleas have fallen on mostly deaf ears. The corner just northwest of the school has no traffic light or stop sign. It doesn’t even have a crosswalk, and yet to access half of the neighborhood of Lindenwood, residents often cross at that spot. The busy Lindenwood Shopping Center is across from the school and parents often park there while picking up or dropping off their children and cross the avenue on foot. For years the community has warned the city Department of Transportation that if something was not done soon, there would be tragedy. On Tuesday morning, that’s exactly what happened. According to sources, two adults and their special needs child were hit by a car at the intersection after leaving a meeting at the school. They were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with minor injuries and released Wednesday morning. One witness said the mother was thrown in the air by the force of the collision, but was not badly hurt.

agency’s representatives. At the time, PS 232 Principal Lisa Josephson said she feared a tragedy was imminent and noted that several near misses had already taken place at the corner. Part of the issue with the intersection is its layout. Though 83rd Street meets 153rd Avenue in a T-shape, the entrance and exit to the Lindenwood Shopping Center meets the intersection at an awkward angle on the north side of 153rd Avenue and would need to be factored into any light or stop sign placed there. Nevertheless elected officials, in light of Tuesday’s incident, are calling for DOT to come up with a fix ASAP. “Our children are put at risk each day that goes by without a traffic safety device outside PS 232,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who met with Queens DOT Commissioner Dalia Hall at the intersection, said in a statement. “The city needs to stop reacting to injuries near PS 232 and start preventing them.” Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said he was “outraged” that the problem has gone as far as it has. “This accident was preventable and I demand the DOT take real action now to make these streets safer,” he said. “For years, together with faculty and parents, we have begged for action, let’s hope they finalQ ly hear our calls.”

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the misadventure in Iraq and all the other conflicts whose survivors need the agency’s services. Studies show that at least 20 percent of the roughly 2.3 million veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or depression. Only half of them seek treatment, and only half of those receive “minimally adequate” treatment. Another 19 percent may have traumatic brain injury, while an estimated 7 percent have both PTSD and TBI. One recent study said 39 percent have a drinking problem. And none of that even touches on the often-devastating physical injuries many of those who still have a strong psyche have suffered. As we were all reminded by this week’s Memorial Day commemorations honoring those who never came home at all, the United States needs to be there for

its veterans. Wednesday’s report that 1,700 of them were on unofficial wait lists for care at the Phoenix VA hospital just reiterates the need for reform of the agency. While the situation there seems worse than anywhere else, including here in Queens, at the St. Albans facility, and the ones in Brooklyn and Northport, LI, it seems very likely the agency’s problems are systemic. The last thing we need is to force more young men and women into combat and thereby just add to the crisis. The president understands this, and the fact that the United States can no longer be the world’s policeman anyway. “We have to recognize that Afghanistan will not be a perfect place, and it is not America’s responsibility to make it one,” Obama correctly said Tuesday at the White House. Let’s bring our forces home, and then let’s make sure those who need care get it when they do.

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Fair’s civic legacy Dear Editor: I have greatly enjoyed reading your many stories about the 50th anniversary of the New York World’s Fair. I have shared memories with family and friends and even dug out an old World’s Fair button and guidebook. I would like to mention that a great community organization, which is also celebrating its 50th anniversary, was established as a direct result of the World’s Fair. Anticipating millions of visitors coming to Queens, the residents of Broadway-Flushing were very worried that homes might be converted into illegal boarding houses with front lawns becoming parking lots. A small group of concerned citizens joined forces and established the Broadway Flushing Homeowners Association. For half a century scores of volunteers have worked tirelessly to protect and conserve a beautiful community. They have been successful in supporting zoning regulations and defending a covenant designed to safeguard the integrity of the neighborhood. Their efforts have received many commendations over the years. I warmly salute the organization. Joe Brostek Flushing The writer is a longtime member of the BFHA. © Copyright 2014 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y.

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No more World’s Fairs Dear Editor: A third World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park? (“Dreaming of the World’s Fair, past and future,” Editorial, May 22) It is a foolish and misguided suggestion for myriad reasons. There is chaos in much of Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans and the Far East, so the event could hardly encompass “the World.” Fairs are notorious money losers. The 1939-40 New York City fair was a financial disaster, its bond holders receiving back 40 cents on the dollar. The 1964-65 fair was even worse, its bond holders receiving back 19.2 cents on the dollar. The second was such a disaster that in March 1965, a group of bankers and politicians asked showman Billy Rose to take it over. He declined, stating, “I’d rather be hit by a baseball bat” and “Cancer in its last stage never attracted me very much.” Furthermore, Robert Moses, the driving force behind the fairs, promised that at the

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redit goes out to Steel Equities and the E. Gluck Corp. for their willingness to accommodate residents’ concerns about what they’re doing at the former Leviton property in Little Neck. Steel Equities owns the site and leases it to Gluck, which makes watches. But they also made trouble, when an expansion turned out to be more than expected. Of particular concern was a wall on 262nd Street that, because it is on a hill, would have been a towering eyesore. The community rallied and area officials intervened. And what do you know, success! The companies agreed to shrink the wall, reduce the building’s profile and add 95 trees to the property. All without a lawsuit or other actions. If only more community-business disputes could be resolved in such a way, we’d all be better off. Well done.

end we would be left with a first-rate municipal park. That never happened. Instead we received a constantly underfunded park that has been the dumping ground, courtesy of myopic politicians who view it as real estate, for all sorts of structures that do not belong in a park. While Robert Moses did accomplish many laudable things for New York City, the fairs were not among them. A fair in FMCP would shut down the park for about five years, depriving the people of Queens of its use. FMCP is used mostly by the less-privileged who do not have summer homes in the Hamptons and most likely not even a backyard. And we can be sure at the end of a third fair, a variety of additional debris would be left. Frederick Law Olmsted, who created Central and Prospect parks, said: “If scenic parks are to be well placed, well bounded, well arranged and above all, well preserved, dealers must necessarily be excluded from management. Politicians also, if the work is

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Dear Editor: (An open letter to Queens Transportation Commissioner Dalia Hall) I’d just like to inform you of my position on proposed changes on Woodhaven Boulevard. Having a bus lane taking away a car lane for 12 hours a day will be a driver’s nightmare. There are over 100 percent more cars, vans and trucks than buses on the road. To have that many automobiles utilizing one less lane will cause more congestion and longer travel time for drivers (also more air pollution and more gas consumption). I am talking from experience Failing fair icons on the proposed 12-hour bus lane. I use Dear Editor: Nostrand and Rogers avenues in Brooklyn A world icon, the New York State Pavil- regularly and they’re a nightmare. ion, has been sitting in Flushing Meadows I would like to suggest eliminating for 50 years, just deteriorating. I watched as parking and meters between the hours 7 the Aquacade from the 1939 World’s Fair and 10 a.m. Monday to Friday going north was torn down to make way for a snack bar. on Woodhaven Boulevard to create your I watched as the boathouse on bus lane, therefore creating an Meadow Lake was torn down ext ra lane wh ich is more and rebuilt, all for the use of a ONLINE practical for better traff ic few boat clubs. f low. Then in the afternoon, Miss an editorial or At the subway entrance to from 4 to 7 p.m., do the oppoarticle cited by a writer? the park you can see the beautisite; eliminate parking and Want news from our other ful mosaics from the 1964 meters to create a bus lane editions covering the rest World’s Fair crumbling undergoing south. I hope this proof Queens? Find past foot. The Fountain of the Planposal is considered. It would r e p or t s , ne w s f r om ets and the Pool of Industry are work better for all. across the borough and full of garbage. And the Hall of If you go with your proposmore at qchron.com. Science rockets had to be al, please consider not having replaced because of neglect. it for 12 hours a day but only These are the treasures that should have during rush hours. If I can be any assistance made Flushing Meadows a showplace. These do not hesitate to call. Thank you. are places that could have created many jobs Howard Kamph over a period of 50 years, but have been President, Ozone Park Civic Association neglected and reflect the lack of foresight of Ozone Park city leaders for the treasures left in their care. If young people only knew what this park Religion is false was like at one time 50 years ago, they would ask why it has been neglected for so long. Dear Editor: Robert Hartling I’d like to start by apologizing to KrystyFlushing na Sevilla for my (in her words) “cruelty toward Catholic people” ( “Ou r faith attacked I,” Letters, May 22). Forgive me, I In the city, VA is OK meant to criticize all weak-minded people Dear Editor: who use any religion as the “crutch” it is. The Veterans Administration situation, I Ms. Sevilla wants me to examine more believe, is one of poor management of indi- resources, “then we can talk.” Does she vidual units. Many years ago the St. Albans mean I should “read the Bible” ? It’s a unit was notorious for delays, though the fairy tale written by men. She doesn’t care was OK. I have been going to the attempt to refute any of the facts in my Brooklyn unit for the last 20 years and the letter because she can’t. care there is second to none. They have Believe it or not, I was baptized, received always had the most caring and compassion- communion and was confirmed. Not long ate staff. I have had several emergencies, as after something magical happened. Did I well as surgery there. I have full outside receive the Holy Spirit? No, I grew up. insurance coverage and I don’t use it Religious fanatics want to pick and because of my satisfaction with the VA. choose the parts of the Bible that suit them What they do not tell you is that if you while disregarding all the atrocities comneed immediate care, just go to their emer- mitted in the name of “god.” If people enjoy gency room a nd, by my exper ience, the stories associated with their religion depend i ng upon t he sever it y of t he they should check out Mother Goose and patient’s illness, they will run blood tests, Hans Christian Andersen. As for the “warm cardiograms and X-rays within hours of seat” Ms. Sevilla believes is waiting for me, your arrival. They treat every soldier as a it’s called a recliner. And shouldn’t a “lovhero and I feel blessed that they take the ing god” forgive me if I’m wrong? After all, very best care of me. according to you, “he” created me. Tony Giampietro Robert LaRosa Whitestone Howard Beach

to run smoothly.” The mistreatment of FMCP would cause Mr. Olmsted to turn over in his grave. Any public official who buys into the nonsense of depriving people of a municipal park for years is, in my opinion, unfit to hold office. If they want a fair, they should find a nonpark venue. I doubt anyone including the Chronicle would support a World’s Fair in Central, Prospect or Bronx parks. FMCP, the little people’s park, should not be treated differently. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Airport workers stage rally in Kew Gardens Pay, benefits at issue in march on security company on Queens Blvd. by Michael Gannon Editor

Contract workers at Kennedy and LaGuardia airports ratcheted up the pressure on May 22 in their effort to secure pay raises and other benefits. More than 100 workers, many of them employed in security jobs, marched with supporters outside the Kew Gardens office building that houses Aviation Safeguard, a firm that supplies uniformed security personnel to airlines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union have been working for more than a year to help contract workers organize. The workers and supporters gathered at Borough Hall before marching across up the street to Aviation Safeguards’ offices. They entered the building in an attempt to give company officials a letter of support signed by former Mayor David Dinkins and members of the clergy, but were asked to leave. They did so and rallied on a knoll outside the building on Queens Boulevard, yelling “No justice, no peace!” “Specifically, the workers are demanding fair wages, health benefits and respect for their important work,” the letter stated. The letter reiterated that thousands of workers have expressed the desire for 32BJ to represent them.

A major issue is that some jobs pay employees higher hourly wages for contracts with the Port Authority than they do for the same work carried out for airlines. “We work just as hard as officers and cleaners contracted by the Port Authority, so why aren’t we earning wages and benefits on par with Port Authority subcontractors like Allied Barton?” airport security guard Michael Carey asked during a brief speech to the crowd. “I’m making the same $8.50 per hour that I was making when I was hired five years ago,” said after the rally. “Even a dollar increase wouldn’t be big, but it would help.” Pat Foye, executive director of the Port Authority, three months ago directed the four major airlines using Kennedy and LaGuardia to give $1 per hour raises for all contracted workers like Carey who make $9 per hour or less and to begin phasing in raises that will bring workers up to $10.10 per hour. The workers include those in security, cabin and terminal cleaners, wheelchair attendants and baggage handlers. A union spokesman said that to date, Delta and American airlines have agreed to the change and have begun paying “most of the workers” at higher rates. United and JetBlue, the latter with its headquarters in Long Island City, thus far have Q declined.

Michael Carey, an airport security guard, urged more than 100 contracted workers to demand better pay and benefits on May 22 at a Kew Gardens rally sponsored by Local PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union.

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Battle brews in 38th AD for district leader Miller aide, community activist vie for position in September primary by Domenick Rafter Editor

For years, voter turnout in the 38th Assembly District has been among the worst in the state. But two men are looking to change that and will square off this fall in the race for Democratic district leader. They’re hoping a competitive race will entice voters to become active. Angel Vazquez, chief of staff to Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), and Farouk Samaroo, a former candidate for Miller’s seat and veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, are both throwing their hat in the ring for the powerful party position. “It’s unacceptable that we have such low turnout,” Vazquez said. Samaroo expressed the same concern, saying he wants “to get people registered and get them involved.” The district leader job — a party position whose holders pick the party’s chairman, help pick judges, hire poll workers and help get candidates on the ballot — was left open by Al Baldeo, who was stripped of his title by the Democratic Party in the wake of an alleged straw donor scandal stemming from his 2010 run for City Council. “For a seat that is this important to South Queens, I think I’m a better fit,” Samaroo said, noting that he grew up and still lives in the district and has been politically active there since interning for former Rep. Floyd Flake at age 12. Vazquez, who says he has the support of Miller, the district’s assemblyman, moved from his native East Elmhurst to Woodhaven last year, but noted that he has had family in the neighborhood his entire life. “I’ve spent many holidays and have a lot of childhood memories from here,” he said.

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Conviction in parent murders Shane Jaggarnauth of Springfield Gardens is facing the possibility of life in prison without parole after being convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the Sept. 2011 shooting of his parents. Jaggarnauth also was convicted on May 22 of two counts of second-degree murder, and one count of second-degree criminal possession after a four-week trial according to a release issued by the office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. Brown called the crime “brutal and morally reprehensible.” Sugrim and Rosie Jaggarnauth were asleep in the bedroom of their Grayson Street home when Jaggarnauth and an unknown individual entered the room at approximately 4 a.m. and shot them. Sugrim Jaggarnauth was hit in the forehead at close range. His wife was shot once but was able to call 911 for help. Rosie Jaggarnauth was on the line with a 911 operator when she was shot three more times. Shane Jaggarnauth then called 911 and said he had been shot by an intruder who also murdered his parents. He was treated for a shoulder Q wound.

Angel Vazquez, left, Assemblyman Mike Miller’s chief of staff, and Farouk Samaroo, a former Assembly candidate, both plan to run for Democratic district leader in the 38th Assembly District. PHOTO COURTESY ANGEL VAZQUEZ; FILE PHOTO

Vazquez, who has worked in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and for Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), said being district leader would only supplement his current job. “I think it’ll put me in a better position to represent the community directly and cut the red tape,” he said, further adding that as district leader, he would encourage “good people” from the communities in the district to pursue a career in public service. Vazquez noted that through his job at Miller’s office, where he said he wears many hats, he recently helped a destitute veteran who had nothing get benefits. “Working with the community, it’s amazing,” Vazquez said. “It’s one of the most amazing jobs I’ve ever had.” Samaroo, who served in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan for a year and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for

military merit, as well as six other decorations, said constituents in the district could count on him to fight for their causes. “I would be the most vociferous,” he said. “I won’t back down.” He took aim at the Queens Democratic Party, saying it works to avoid contested races to its detriment. “The organization still has an allergic reaction to competitive races,” he said. “I think the Queens County organization will be stronger if they had competitive races. They would have the best and brightest running.” The 38th Assembly District includes all of Woodhaven, most of Glendale and parts of Ridgewood, Richmond Hill and Ozone Park. Historically home to working-class conservative Italian, Irish and German populations — in 2001 it was the only district to vote for Republican Al Stabile over Democrat Helen Marshall for borough president — its demographics have shifted in the past decade, with fast-growing Hispanic and West Indian and South Asian populations moving in. Some Democratic sources noted the district leader race, with Vazquez, a Hispanic, and Samaroo, who is Guyanese, is a test of which growing community can get voters out. But Samaroo, who identifies as a Roman Catholic with a Hindu dad and a Muslim mother, said the race is not about ethnicity and rejected the notion that people should vote for him just on the idea that he is a West Indian running to replace a West Indian. “I’m an American first and foremost,” Samaroo said. Vazquez said the district leader needs to be accountable to everyone in the district. “The community as a whole should be the ones choosing who their leaders are,” he said. Petitioning for the Sept. 9 primary starts in the next few Q weeks.

Cops search for two in City Line slashing case Police say victim knew the suspects Police are looking for two men in connection with an assault that took place in City Line earlier this month. On Sunday May 18 at 4:45 a.m., at least two males approached a 26-year-old man, whose identity police have not released, outside a bodega at 74-23 101 Ave. and began punching and kicking him. One of the two male suspects, whom cops said the victim personally knows, pulled out a sharp object and slashed the man multiple times causing lacerations to his face, neck, back and hand. The suspects then fled the scene while the victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and listed in stable condition. Police are searching for two Hispanic men, one of whom was wearing a black baseball hat and white sweater. The other suspect was wearing a blue jean vest with a white T-shirt underneath. Police say his name is “Timmy” and he is also known by the nickname “Slime.” Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. Q All tips are strictly confidential. — Domenick Rafter

Cops are looking for these two men in connection with a slashing on May 18 in City Line. PHOTO COURTESY NYPD

Baldeo back in court July 28 The corruption trial for Ozone Park lawyer and former political candidate Al Baldeo goes back to court this summer. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said the two sides will be back before a judge July 28. Baldeo is on trial on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, attempted mail fraud, conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice for an alleged scheme to use straw donors to fund a 2010 special election campaign for City Council. Baldeo, who also ran for and nearly won a state Senate seat in 2006 and the same Council seat in 2005, finished fourth in the race, which was ultimately won by Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica), who was arrested on separate corruption charges earlier this month. Baldeo says he is innocent and is being unfairly singled out. He has argued that other candidates have not faced the same charges for the same acti. vities. He was recently stripped of his district leader position by the Queens DemQ ocratic Party. — Domenick Rafter

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Howard Beach remembers the fallen Annual Memorial Day parade salutes the sacrifices made in different wars

s it has done every Memorial Day for decades, Howard Beach gathered Monday to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Hundreds of people, including many veterans and active service members, paraded through Old Howard Beach under bright sunshine, stopping at the neighborhood’s memorials to those who died in World War II and the Vietnam War. The event started with a Mass at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church and ended at Coleman Square, where the 41 Howard Beach residents who have died in wars Q Wreaths are placed at the Coleman Square memorial. since 1898 were remembered.

Lawrence Genovese, left, and Joe Wagner, veterans of the U.S. Army and U.S. PHOTOS BY STEVE MALECKI Navy, respectively, salute during the playing of taps.

Grand Marshal Warren Ostroff with his son, Kevin, and grandchildren, Gabby, 10, and Zach, 6.

Retired Marine sergeant and parade organizer, Pat Connolly, left, with his nephew Lt. Gerald Connolly, U.S. Army.

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A good first year for Hawtree Creek MS MS 297 community says co-location has not been an issue since opening by Domenick Rafter Editor

Typically ribbons are cut on new organizations or new buildings before the first occupants set foot in the door, or at least shortly afterward. But MS 297, the Hawtree Creek Middle School, did things a little differently. The school opened last September, colocated at MS 226’s building at 121-10 Rockaway Blvd. with that school and PS 233, a District 75 school. Occupying one end of a hallway in the massive building, MS 297 — currently serving 95 sixth-graders with a principal, seven full-time teachers and a part-time secretary — barely had the equipment it needed nine months ago. Now it’s thriving. And that makes now the perfect time for a ribbon cutting, the staff says. “Last August we had only desks, chairs and curriculum,” said founding teacher Alex Parker at last Thursday night’s official opening celebration. “Now we have personality and community.” Students told the history of the school at the event, from Ms 297 Principal Maureen Hussey’s decision to start it, to the picking of it’s name, Hawtree Creek, a tributary of Jamaica Bay that separates Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach more than a mile to the

MS 297 Principal Maureen Hussy, center, celebrates with students and faculty after cutting the PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER ribbon on her school, which opened last September in South Ozone Park. south, but at one time traveled as far north as South Ozone Park. A legend inside the school is that the building sits on top of the creek bed. The celebration seemed far removed from the contentious public hearings in the same auditorium that preceded its existence. The co-location of MS 297 was not without controversy. MS 226 had bad experiences with co-locations before, and when the city Department of Education approved the new school for the site in March 2013, concerns over rival-

ries leading to fights, overcrowded rooms and negligence toward MS 226 emerged. But from most accounts, those situations have not come to fruition. “We’ve had no rivalries, which was one of our main concerns,” said an MS 226 parent, who did not wish to give her name. “Space is an issue, but we’ve made it work so far.” However, she did acknowledge she is still concerned about MS 226 being left behind. “These are both good schools and need to be treated equally,” she said.

Hussey said she’s seen co-locations work. Her previous job was at Marsh Avenue Expeditionary Learning School in Staten Island, a co-located school. Many of her former colleagues attended Thursday’s ribbon cutting. Next year, MS 297 will accept about 100 new sixth-graders and will add students until it reaches capacity at just over 300 students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades in 2015-16. The school will also add classroom space in an adjacent hallway. A high school focusing on black and Hispanic students, will also open next year in the school building, which the DOE said is still operating at under 100 percent capacity, at least for now. Epic High School South, one of two campuses to open in Queens, will welcome students at the MS 226 building. A second Epic campus will open at 94-25 117 St. in Richmond Hill, the former St. Benedict Joseph Labre School that has housed an annex of Richmond Hill High School for several years. Epic’s incoming principal, Darius Mensah, attended Thursday’s ribbon cutting and has been in contact with the administration of the building’s other schools, including Hussey. “We’ll make it work,” Hussey said. “I’ve spoken with [Mensah] and I think we’re Q going to work together really well.”

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More than 2,000 graduating students will gather on Friday at 10 a.m. for com menceme nt exercises at Queensborough Com mu nit y College’s athletic track in Bayside. Among the outstanding graduates are Yueting Chen who was one of 85 students to receive the Jack Kent Cook undergraduate transfer scholarship. She graduated early and is now attending Stony Brook University. Sandy Enriquez, who emigrated from South America, received an American Chemical Society scholarship. Another outstanding student is Stephen Jones, president of Student Government and a recipient of the CUNY Excellence in Leadership Award. Jones en rolled at the Bayside junior college in 2012, 43 years after earning his GED. Originally from South Jamaica, he left school at the end of eighth grade and enlisted in the Army at 17. He returned home at the age of 19 as a Vietnam-era veteran with no high school diploma and no job prospects. Jones eventually earned his GED and later decided to further his Q education at QCC.

Ulrich hosts veterans job fair Fifty businesses come to help those who served find work More than 100 veterans, reservists, and newly ret u r ned ser vicemembers f rom across the five boroughs attended a job fair for veterans sponsored by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), chairman of the Council’s Veterans Com mittee, to speak with 50 companies, small businesses, labor unions and other employers interested in hiring a hero. Large companies like Lockheed Martin to local employers like Resor ts World Casino New York City were on hand to help veterans look for work during the event this past Sunday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach. Current members of the National Guard and Reserve living throughout the five boroughs were also invited to look for work at the event. According to estimates from the NYC Department of Small Business Services, more than 11 percent of New York City’s veterans are unemployed — almost double the national average. Furthermore, this rate is even higher for post-9/11 veterans who returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan after service t o a la g g i ng e c onomy w it h l i m it e d employment prospects. “Veterans make outstanding employees,” Ulrich said in a statement. “They’re

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Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) on Wednesday accused state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of malicious prosecution, and said the AG’s office has placed him and others in danger by leaking false information that the councilmember wore a wire to aid investigations of other elected officials. Wills, speaking at Maranatha Baptist Church in Queens Village with his lawyers, referred to a May 11 article in the New York Post, in which the paper quoted “very high sources” saying that Wills had worn a wire. “I told this reporter that this was absolutely untrue,” Wills said, reading from a prepared statement. “The Attorney General’s Office has maliciously put out misinformation to tarnish my name, my reputation, and has put my safety and others’ in jeopardy by saying I wore a wire,” Wills said, adding that people’s lives have been endangered by the alleged leak. “If the attorney general is not going to take the responsibility for putting the information out there, then at the very least his office should have the decency to set the record straight,” Wills said. “I did not wear a wire, I would not wear a wire and if Mr. Schneiderman’s office has any proof that I did, I call on him to release it immediately.” Wills was arrested along with Jelani Mills, a relative, on May 7 on a 12-count indictment charging him with larceny and falsifying business records, among other charges. His arrest stemmed from allegations that he stole money from a state grant intended to help his former nonprofit organization called NY 4 Life. Other allegations include misdirecting city-generated matching campaign funds for personal use. In his statement, Wills said Schneiderman’s office asked him to wear a wire “on several occasions” and that he told them no each time. He said that after the grand jury convened in his own case, the AG’s office offered to disband the grand jury and dismiss the pending indictment if Wills would do a “Nelson Castro,” referring to the former Democratic Bronx assemblyman who recorded incriminating information on former Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson. “Because I refused again, the attorney general proceeded with his side of the story,” he said. Wills was surrounded at the podium by easels bearing images and news clippings from several civic and social programs, many for single parents, dating back to 2008. “All sponsored by what the attorney

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general calls a sham charity,” he said. Schneiderman’s office was unimpressed. “The people of New York expect and deserve a government that serves their interests and fights to ensure there is one set of rules for everyone, which is why Attorney General Schneiderman has prosecuted more than 40 individuals in corruption cases,” said a statement from the AG’s office. “He is committed to rooting out public corruption wherever it exists and will follow the evidence wherever it leads.” Steve Zissou, Wills’ lead attorney, said the councilman had made an accounting to Schneiderman’s investigators for just about all of the $33,000 state grant “within a few hundred dollars.” His response on the campaign funds was different. “We’re not going to argue that here,” he said. “We’re going to argue that in court.” He said that Wills has cooperated completely with all parts of the investigation pertaining to himself. Attorney Sally Butler, who also represented former state Sen. Shirley Huntley of Jamaica in the corruption case that sent Huntley to prison, believes that Huntley, Wills and potentially others are targets of a vendetta from an attorney general up for re-election. “This area controls a lot of votes, Butler said. “And there are a lot of black leaders here who do not necessarily support his reQ election.”

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Dinner dance and honoring our heroes by Maria A. Thomson Executive Director GWDC

Do you like good music? Or do you want to dance and hold my hand, like you’re dancing in the streets. Then you have to attend our GWDC’s “Spring is Here” Dinner Dance on June 6, celebrating our 35th anniversary. The dinner dance is to be held again at Woodhaven Manor at 96-01 Jamaica Ave. Our 2014 honorees include Rep. Nydia Velazquez, “Woman of the Year 2014,” in recognition and sincere appreciation for her concerned efforts in supporting with her friendship and leadership as our congresswoman on behalf of our Woodhaven Business Improvement District’s small business owners. Mathew Xenakis, president of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District will be named “Man of the Year 2014,” in recognition and sincere appreciation of his concerned effort, support and friendship to the GWDC and for his dedication to the Jamaica Avenue commercial strip, the WBID as president, and being a small business owner of the Park Place Florist and Greenery for over 25 years, Deputy Inspector Henry Sautner, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, will be given the “Award of Distinction 2014,” in recognition and sincere appreciation for his work as commanding officer and his dedication and commitment to our community, his continued support of the GWDC and his

activities which have contributed to making Woodhaven, “a Haven in the City.” George Smith will be given an “Honorary Woodhavenite Award 2014” in recognition and sincere appreciation for his many years as our dedicated businessman in assisting our GWDC sponsorship and presentation of our Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festivals through the past 22 years. Tickets to this fundraiser are priced at $65 each. Please call (718) 805-0202 for more information. Unfortunately, the WBID-sponsored “Small Town Memorial Day Observance scheduled for Thursday, May 22 at the Forest Parkway Plaza at Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue was cancelled due to inclement weather. In spite of the weather, yellow ribbons were placed on our Jamaica Avenue trees and our new Memorial Day wreath was laid at the World War II Monument. I hope that you had an enjoyable weekend and that you paused to remember those have fought and paid the ultimate price for the freedom that we in America enjoy. Remember, freedom is not free. Now make sure we continue to fly our American flags above all others and also wear your lapel pins. You can secure free lapel pins from our office. Call (718) 805-0202. May God bless our Armed Forces, our disabled veterans and may God bless America. Q

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Barring any last-minute surprises on Friday at a pre-trial conference, jury selection is expected to begin Monday morning in Westchester County in the matter of the United States of America v. Daniel Halloran, Malcolm Smith and Vincent Tabone. The three were among six people arrested 14 months ago in an alleged scheme by state Sen. Smith (D-Hollis) to bribe Republican officials in New York City in an effort to get his name on the Republican ballot for mayor in 2013. A spokesman for the office of Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said on Wednesday that opening arguments would be presented shortly after a jury is empaneled. The government’s case centers on an alleged effort by Smith, a lifelong Democrat, to receive Wilson-Pakula certificates from at least three of the f ive county Republican organizations. The certificates would amount to permission from Republican off icials for Smith to seek their party’s nomination. Halloran, the former Republican councilman from Whitestone, is alleged to have received $45,000 in bribes to act as an inter mediar y between Smith and GOP leadership in Queens and the Bronx.

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get the trial delayed until after this September’s primary, but federal Judge Kenneth Karas was unmoved. Lawyers for Tabone, the former deputy Q ue e n s Re publ ica n ch a i r m a n , f i le d motions early on saying that their client’s actions did not meet state or federal standards that allow a charge of fraud. As in Smith’s pleadings, Karas was unimpressed and allowed proceedings to go forward. Tabone, at a meeting with an undercover FBI agent who was posing as a real estate developer, allegedly frisked the agent to make sure he was not wearing a wire. He was not too thorough, purportedly missing a listening device. Former Bronx GOP Chairman Joseph Savino pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud in November. His plea agreement hinges on continuing and full cooperation with federal prosecutors, though the Chronicle has not ascertained if he will testify during the trial. Noramie Jasmin and Joseph Desmaret, the former mayor and deputy mayor of upstate Spring Valley, also were charged Jasmin will go on trial after Smith, Halloran and Tabone. Desmaret pleaded guilty to lesser charges in January. The statement issued by Bharara’s office did not say whether he had agreed to cooperate with investigators. Q

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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said police work and public safety are a partnership between the department and the community at the 47th annual Meeting of the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. In his talk, which took place at the Jamaica Center for the Performing Arts, Bratton addressed head-on issues of distrust of the NYPD in several of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minority communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are here to work for you,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot work for you if you do not work with us.â&#x20AC;? With that statement Bratton made clear his intentions on working with all elements to make the city better for all its residents. Bratton confidently said that his goal is to â&#x20AC;&#x153;collaboratively work with all the other elements of the criminal justice systemâ&#x20AC;? in order to mitigate any infractions in the community and its residents. The commissioner took questions in regard to the continuance of the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stop, question and frisk practices, which were a major campaign theme in last yea râ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s races for mayor a nd the Cit y Council. Under former Commissioner Ray Kelly, stop, question and frisk incidents increased

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Avonteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Law gets hearing date Author worried about implementation time frame by Tess McRae Associate Editor

Avonteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Law will finally see its day on the City Council f loor as the f irst committee meeting has been scheduled for June 12. The legislation would require alarms on the exits of all public schools to prevent students from leaving the building unattended â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an act that ultimately resulted in the death of 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo. Until Tuesday, supporters of the bill felt the City Council had been dragging its feet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had been waiting on a hearing by the chair and finally got one, but until today, they were moving slowly on it,â&#x20AC;? said Cou ncil man Rober t Cor neg y (D-Brooklyn), the chief author of the bill. The bill is expected to pass through the Council without issue as Avonteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Law has the support of 46 out of 51 Council members, but it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t passage that is worrying Cornegy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m most frustrated by the timing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This bill needs to be heard, voted on and then you have the implementation; getting these alarms in place. Even after the adoption, I still have a tremendous amount of work ahead of me.â&#x20AC;? Cornegy had hoped to implement the

bill in every school come September. The requirement would only apply to schools that hold pre-K through 5th grade as well as schools that have District 75 students. In total, these schools hold approximately 600,000 students. Meanwhile, several students â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both special and regular education â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have wandered out of their school buildings. One concern that Cornegy has heard often regards pricing and where the funds for the cameras will come from. Cornegy cited an incident in Brooklyn where a principal witnessed a 4-year-old

walk out of her school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She took it into her own hands to install alarms and it cost under $1,500 out of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safety budget,â&#x20AC;? Cornegy said. The councilman said ideally, other schools would pay for the cameras â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which figure out to $160 apiece â&#x20AC;&#x201D; using their school safety budget as well. As for the hear ing, to be brought before the Education Committee, Cornegy said he can only gain from what people have to say. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ever yone who puts for ward a bill thinks it is the greatest bill in the world, but this is why I look forward to the hearing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I get to listen to advocates who will share their ideas or concerns to make sure that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something we do not miss.â&#x20AC;? Cornegy added that there are not large holes in the bill that would stall it once it goes to committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I only see amendments that could be more inclusive and make the bill better,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the end, anyone Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spoken to with any level of sanity is just concerned with keeping children safe.â&#x20AC;? There has been no word on whether Avonteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, Vanessa Fontaine, will be among those testifying during the Q hearing.

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Decaying icon from 1964 World’s Fair gets boost from borough prez by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

ne of the most highly acclaimed structures of the 1964-65 World’s Fair — the New York State Pavilion — tragically has been allowed to badly deteriorate, but the 50th anniversary of the extravaganza has brought renewed hope that things are about to change. With the active support of Borough President Melinda Katz, a task force has been created to come up with ideas on how to raise funds to stabilize the pavilion, estimated to cost around $40 million, followed by possible reuse plans for the facility. The pavilion, which cost $12 million to build, was designed by noted architect Philip Johnson. It includes three observation towers, the Tent of Tomorrow and the Theaterama, now the Queens Theatre. They were among several buildings that were to be per manent str uctures after the fair closed and were acclaimed by the New York Times architectural critic Ada Louise Huxtable. Huxtable called the pavilion the fair’s “runaway success, day or night ... a sophisticated frivolity.” She went on to label the Tent of Tomorrow as “a carnival with class.” It was supported by 16 concrete columns that were 100 feet high. The roof of the elliptical Tent of Tomorrow was made up of colorful Plexiglas tiles for the roof and was the biggest suspension roof in the world. A $1 million terrazzo floor featured a 9,000-square-foot map of the state showing every Texaco station in New York. Each of the 567 panels weighs 400 pounds.

Performances from various groups and bands were held in the Tent of Tomorrow, which also included an exhibit by the New York State Power Authority, a fine arts museum, fashion shows and a restaurant. On the mezzanine level, visitors could meet with state legislators or stroll along a miniature highway lined with views representing the state, including a rose garden, small industries and exhibits from regional museums. The exterior of the circular Theaterama boasted art pieces from the world’s most famous Pop artists. One by Andy Warhol showing mug shots of most wanted criminals was too controversial for Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, who had it r e m ove d b e fo r e t h e f a i r opened. It was an election year and he feared a loss of votes from Italians. Inside the theater, movies were projected onto a 360-degree screen, showing popular state sights such as Niagara Falls and Jones Beach. The literal high spot of the fair was atop the tallest of the pavilion’s three observation towers. Its height at 226 feet was set by federal aviation officials because of the fairground’s proximity to LaGuardia Airport. “Sky-Streak” capsule elevators brought visitors up the sides of two of the towers from which New Jersey, Connecticut and most of Long Island could be seen. The middle tower featured refreshment stands, while the shortest was used as a lounge for visiting dignitaries. After the fair closed, the Tent of Tomorrow was used for public concerts and featured such performers as The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin and Steppenwolf. An estimated 5,000 fans attended the Grateful Dead show.

The New York State Pavilion in all its glory during the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, PHOTO COURTESY NY WORLD’S FAIR CORP. with the Unisphere inset.

The tallest observation tower at the New York State Pavilion offered a view of the World’s Fair as PHOTO COURTESY NYC PARKS PHOTO ARCHIVE well as New Jersey, Connecticut and most of Long Island. From 1972 to 1974 the facility was used as a roller skating rink. By the mid-1970s, the tent’s panels started to fall and posed a safety risk. Instead of fixing the unique roof, the city removed the Plexiglas, starting a major deterioration of the terrazzo floor. The pavilion has been closed to the public since 1976, and the weather has taken its toll on the f loor map. Some areas are totally obliterated while others are crumbling. In 2007, a project to restore and preserve parts of the f loor was undertaken by the Parks Department and the University of Pennsylvania’s Architectural Conservation Lab under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Thirteen panels were selected. Five were restored and the rest kept in storage for future work. The remaining flooring has been covered for protection. Some of the restoration panels were on display last month when the city opened the pavilion to the public as part of the 50th anniversary celebration. Crowds totaling an estimated 2,500 people waited on line for hours to get a glimpse inside the structure.Most were enthusiastic about finding a reuse for the building. Since 2009, a group of volunteers known as the Pavilion Paint Project has been painting the exterior base and mezzanine of the pavilion to keep it looking good. John Piro, who helped organize the supporters, worked with the city to open the pavilion last month and was thrilled with the reception. “I am very encouraged by the support,” Piro said. “Everyone loves the pavilion and they don’t want it to go away.” He would next like to restore one of the

rooms in the base that originally served as a cafeteria or one that was an art museum. Another more recent group is also helping to plan for the pavilion’s future. Salmaan Khan, one of the organizers of People for the Pavilion, is a member of the borough president’s task force and believes that restoring the pavilion “is just a matter of time. “It will happen and Katz’s support is very valuable with her office providing $1 million,” Khan said. Raising additional funds from the state and federal governments is being investigated as well as private donations. A nother bit of encou ragement was announced last month by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which named the pavilion “a national treasure,” hopefully bringing more awareness to the pavilion and opening up avenues of funding. Earlier this year, the Parks Department held listening sessions to gather ideas from the public on what people want for the pavilion’s future. The overwhelming reaction was to preserve it. Parks spokesman Zach Feder said his agency posted the presentation shown at the sessions on its website and received nearly 800 responses as part of an online survey. “We have also been meeting with Queens’ elected officials about funding and will hold a public meeting to follow up on the listening sessions in the near future,” Feder added. After years of neglect, it now looks like the Q state pavilion may have a future after all. This is the seventh in a series of stories commemorating the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows.

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Residents rip Glendale shelter at testy hearing Samaritan Village, Dept. of Homeless Services not spared by angry crowd by Christopher Barca Reporter

After months of rumors, Community Board 5 discussions and angry statements from elected officials, it was finally time for the Glendale community to speak up regarding the proposed homeless shelter planned for 78-16 Cooper Ave. And its collective voice was loud and clear. With Department of Homeless Services’ Assistant Commissioner of Government and Human Relations Lisa Black and Samaritan Village Executive Vice President Doug Apple in attendance, over two dozen of the nearly 200 residents who piled into Christ the King High School on Thursday vehemently spoke out against the plan. They called the 125-family structure, proposed by Samaritan Village, to be built at the potentially contaminated site of a former airplane factory everything from “unsafe” a nd “d a nge rou s” t o “c r i m i n a l” a nd “disgraceful.” Steve McGarry, a 23-year Glendale resident, questioned the area sewers’ ability to handle hundreds of extra toilet flushes and showers per day, saying some residents’ basements flood “if a squirrel spits,” as well as the possibly toxic lot the building presently sits on.

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People pack into Christ the King High School’s auditorium before the hearing on the proposed shelter began. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA

Area residents Timon Kalpaxis, left, and Dawn Scala speak out against the proposed Glendale homeless shelter at last Thursday’s hearing attended by the Department of Homeless Services, PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA Samaritan Village and about 200 concerned citizens. “The fact that an environmental study has to be done to test the toxicity level at the building itself … means that you should have walked away,” McGar r y said. “To me, it’s criminal to house people, especially children, in an area where they will get sick.” DHS and the Briarwood-based human services agency have a f ive-year, $27 million contract in place regarding the operation of the shelter, but Black emphasized the deal is not final, as the environmental study of the plot has yet to be completed. The only way the deal would be finalized, she said, would be after the study is finished and the project is reviewed by City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office. Another Glendale resident, Timon Kalpaxis, echoed McGarry’s concerns about inadequate infrastructure, claiming the shelter would not only be out of place in

Library board talks ex-officios continued from page 2 an ex-officio member from serving on the board’s Audit Committee. As for restoring ex-officios’ voting privileges, which they have not enjoyed on the Queens Library Board since 1907, board members said they would be willing to take the matter up this summer at some sort of undetermined meeting aimed at examining the entire board. But that could mean a formal vote on James’ proposal might not take place until at least October due to the board’s summer break. Larry Schimmel, representing James,

said ex-officios, like the 19 voting members appointed by the mayor and borough president, are appointed for one purpose — to make sure the library succeeds and thrives. “I don’t understand what seems to be an ‘us-vs.-them’ feeling,” he said addressing the board. “In five years, every one of us might not be here. We couldn’t take over control of the board even if we wanted to. There’s no way the five of us are always going to agree on everything.” When asked afterward, he acknowledged that a good example is the current disagreement among their bosses over levels of police

an industrial area, but that Cooper Avenue itself and a lack of public transportation will lead to numerous safety issues. “It is quite problematic to try to put something with a very large footprint like a homeless shelter in there with 125 families,” Kalpaxis said. “If you take a look at properties around there, how much more development can the community stand? Does somebody have to die first on one of those roads before we take a pause and say ‘maybe that’s enough?’” The strongest words against the shelter were saved for the night’s final speaker, CB 5 District Manager Gary Giordano, who laid into DHS and Samaritan Village. “I think it’s disgraceful this plan has got this far,” Giordano said. “I don’t think you can pick a much worse site. Something very suspicious is going on here, in my mind.” Some speakers, such as CB 5 member staffing in Mayor de Blasio’s proposed budget. James and Mark-Viverito want to create 1,000 new positions on the NYPD; de Blasio, citing a tight fiscal situation, would rather not spend the $94 million right now, particularly as crime rates keep dropping with current staffing levels. James first proposed the library measure in March after controversy began to swirl around the library’s finances and some actions of CEO Tom Galante. The matter was tabled in the April meeting due to its coming up on the agenda well after 10 p.m. Some ex-officio members said that had the measure passed that night, a resolution to place Galante on leave would not have ended

Rich Huber, went so far as to say the partnership between Samaritan Village and DHS came about because of Samaritan Village President Tino Hernandez’s past employment in city government. The New York City Housing Authority chairman from 2001 to 2008, Hernandez was also the deputy commissioner for adult services at DHS from 1993 to 1994. “Does anyone not see the numerous conf licts of interest in this matter? ” Huber asked. When asked if Hernandez’s past positions had any impact on the tentative agreement, DHS simply stated Samaritan Village proposed the shelter the way any other agency would. “Samaritan Village made a proposal to DHS through its open-ended request for proposal. Anyone can do this,” the statement read. “We will continue to work with elected off icials and community members moving forward.” Samaritan Village did not respond to inquiries for comment by press time. Cou ncilwoma n Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale), state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) also voiced their opposition to the shelter at the hearing, with all th ree back ing up their constituents. “I think the transportation is inadequate, I think the site is inadequate environmentally and I do believe 125 families for that given area is just not appropriate,” Addabbo said. “The bottom line is a dialogue between those with the city and my constituents is critical.” Some residents brought up a proposal earlier this year to turn the closed Pan American Hotel at 79-99 Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst, which has since reopened, into a shelter. Black conf ir med the proposal was denied by DHS, citing the lack of a kitchen and a bathroom in each unit. Residents didn’t take too kindly to Black’s reasoning as some booed and shouted about the relative simplicity of renovating the hotel Q as opposed to the Glendale site. in a 9-9 tie, defeating the motion. In addition to legislation proposed due to the controversy, the FBI and the city’s Department of Investigation have opened a criminal probe that is taking more than a casual look at the library’s finances. A spokesman for James said the public advocate’s office is continuing to monitor the situation. A Katz spokesman said the borough president believes October is too long to wait for a vote on voting privileges, though she does believe that there are a number of things that could be properly addressed during some sort of initiative over the summer. Stringer’s office declined to comment Q last week.

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Ferry hits shoal in Jamaica Bay A demonstration ferry ride went awry in Jamaica Bay Wednesday afternoon when a Seastreak boat operating a charter cruise ran aground near the A train bridge off Broad Channel. The boat was carrying around 30 people, including a representative from Borough President Melinda Katz’s office, and Rockaway ferry advocates, such as Phil McManus, president of the Queens Public Transit Committee, on a tour to scout possible sites for more ferry service, including Far Rockaway and JFK Airport. No one was hurt. McManus said in an email that the FDNY evacuated the passengers. After Hurricane Sandy, the city began operating ferry service from Manhattan to Beach 108th Street. The route has been extremely popular with Rockaway residents and there have been calls to expand service elsewhere around the bay. A ssembly m a n Ph i l Gold feder (D-Rockaway Park) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), supporters of the ferry, quickly released statements saying Wednesday’s incident didn’t dampen their commitment to Q increasing service. — Domenick Rafter

Crowley stands firm against shelters Seeks moratorium on construction, a focus on vouchers by Christopher Barca Reporter

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) didn’t hide the fact that she’s vehemently against spending on homeless shelters last week. At last Tuesday’s meeting of the Queens Borough Board and last Thursday’s hearing over the proposed homeless shelter at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale, Crowley laid out multiple proposals on how to better address homelessness in New York City. After broaching the idea of an $80 million rent subsidy program being discussed in City Hall, Crowley proposed an all-out retreat in regards to homeless shelter const r uction, especially the planned Glendale building. “Why are we even thinking about $25 million for that project when we need to put everybody in permanent housing?” Crowley asked. “I just think there should be a moratorium against building any more [shelters] if we’re going to do a voucher system that gives people money towards rent.” Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been, who gave a presentation to the Borough Board on Mayor de Blasio’s $41.1 billion affordable housing plan, promised that a sizable amount of

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley laid out two proposals regarding future homeless shelter spending last week. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA funds allocated to shelters will be redistributed to affordable housing, but a moratorium wouldn’t be the best way to go. “Where are we going to put families that are homeless? ” Been asked, to

which Crowley said to put them in affordable housing. “Well, we don’t have affordable housing.” At last Thursday’s Glendale shelter hearing at Christ the King High School, Crowley took the proposed rent voucher idea a step further. “De Blasio is saying we want to put $80 million in a voucher program. What I’m saying tonight is $80 million is not enough,” she said. “We need to put $200 million into it. We need more money for a voucher program that will give families immediate service so they don’t have to live in a shelter.” According to the Wall Street Journal, the subsidy program would serve just over 800 families annually, for a total of approximately 3,200 families over four years, and families in which at least one parent is working 35 hours a week would be targeted. The city’s homeless shelter population reached a record high in January, with slightly more than 53,000 people seeking refuge in such spaces. The new rent subsidy idea is smaller than its predecessor, the Advantage program, which served 5,000 people until its Q funding was cut by the state in 2011.

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

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RHHS annex to stay ... for now PHOTO BY RANDY NOVICK

Now taking the field ... American Softball, the Howard Beachbased league for challenged and handicapped adults, is kicking off its 2014 season with a exhibition game this Sunday. Players from the league, which include adults from all over Queens with mental and physical disabilities, will face off against players from the Long Island Bombers, a Nassau County-based league for the blind and visually impaired. The game will start at 10 a.m. at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center at

111 North Oceanside Road in Rockville Centre, LI. “We are excited to have the Long Island Bombers join us in this one-of-a-kind event,” said Randy Novick, founder and CEO of American Softball. “Both teams are composed of inspirational people and we are honored to give them an opportunity to play the great American sport of softball.” Last year, 60 players took part in the American Softball league, which holds events weekly from May through August in “fun, noncompetitive social environments.”

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continued from page 5 filled next year, leaving close to 100 seats empty. The DOE said the creation of Epic was in response to input from the community, an assertion Rose denies. “We’ve petitioned the neighborhood and no one we’ve asked was approached by the DOE,” she said. ”We have asked them to give us some evidence that the community wants this school. They have not provided this.” Rose hopes either way the DOE will follow through on getting rid of the trailers, noting that they have outlived their original lifespan. During a public hearing in Richmond Hill High School’s annex at the former Apr il, school off icials said St. Benedict Joseph Labré school building will remain black mold had been found in open for two more years to be co-located with a new some of the trailers and they high school approved last year. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER we r e c onc e r ne d a b out t he effects the trailers, which have been on in 2012, and the percent of students graduthe site for over a decade, may have on ating with a Regents diploma increased students’ health. from 42 percent in 2010 to 58 percent in Mahadeo said Richmond Hill, which for 2012. years suffered from a low graduation rate But that school has had three principals and overcrowding, is on an upswing. in the past three years and has seen a spike According to an education impact state- in the number of suspensions recently. ment released by the DOE in November, The Panel for Educational Policy, the Richmond Hill’s four-year graduation rate policy-making body of the DOE, is slated Q rose from 57 percent in 2010 to 60 percent to vote on the proposal on June 17.

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“A Queen Mother of Reality” by artist Pawel Althamer at Socrates Sculpture Park aims to be both a work of art and a platform for creative dialogue.

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Queen Mother as an exotic leader with colorful flowers and found objects adorning her like fabric or tattoos. The figure is almost the exact opposite of who the real Queen Mother is said to be, except for the sculpture’s face which bears the same creased and tough exterior with smiling eyes. Much like Blakely, the real beauty of the piece is inside. Three steps and a low-angled ramp lead into the chest of the sculpture — not far from where her heart would be. What look like old bus seats are bolted down on either side of the interior and colorful ribbons streak along the sculpture’s belly. Along the walls are stained-glass portraits of female leaders, including the classics such as Susan B. Anthony and Frida Kahlo as well as more recent leaders including First Lady Michelle Obama and activist Cecily McMillan — who was recently sentenced to jail for assaulting a police officer during the peak of Occupy Wall Street. Continuedonon page continued page 43

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by Tess McRae hose who live outside of Harlem may be unfamiliar with “Queen Mother” Dr. Delois Blakely, but the former nun has been a huge presence since she was sworn in as the Community Mayor of Harlem by thenMayor Giuliani in 1995. Now she is making a presence in Queens, a very big one. The piece, “Queen Mother of Reality” by Pawel Althamer, is a massive, mixed-media sculpture of Blakely reclining in the southern section of the park overlooking the waterfront. Blakely is known to be a bit of a firecracker. She traverses through Harlem in colorful African dress from 6 a.m. until dark, helping tenants fight their landlords and encouraging residents of the neighborhood. Photos of the 72-year-old show her as a woman with a big heart who does not take nonsense from anyone. She is a hard worker with a weatherworn face and a soft smile that creeps all the way up to her eyes. And yet, the sculpture created by Althamer portrays the

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Park, every Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 8-16. Contact: Mike Glasgow (917) 442-0479.

Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures by Bundith Phunsombatlert, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, located on the lawn between the Unisphere and the Queens Museum, on view thru November.

After-School Environmental Science Enrichment Program, Eastern Queens Alliance, Idlewild Park Preserve Environmental Science Learning Center, Series of hands-on science workshops focusing on wetland and estuaries; 149-20 Springfield Lane, Rosedale; meets Mon., Wed., Fri., 3:30-5 p.m., thru June 14. Ages 8-12, $8 per session, $21 per week. Contact: (347) 824-2301, info@easternqueensalliance.org or eqa-ippc.com/ science-in-the-park.html.

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

THEATER

Drama workshop, with instructor Lisa LaGrande. Poppenhusen Institute, ages 8-12; 114-04 14th Rd., College Point, Sat., thru June 28, 10-11:30 a.m., Free. Contact: (718) 358-0067.

“We Women Do It Better! (¡Nosotras lo hacemor mejor!),” Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, May 30-June 29. Performances en el Español; Fri., 8 p.m. & Sat., 3 p.m. Performances in Spanish: Sat., 8 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m. $27 adults, $25 students/seniors. Info/tickets: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

MUSIC Astoria Symphonic Choir, memorable Broadway music, Trinity Church, 31-18 37 St., Astoria, Sat., May 31, 8 p.m. $20 online; $25 at door. Contact: astoriachoir.org. “An Evening of French Jazz in the Gardens” The Church-in-the-Garden sanctuary, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, Sat., May 31, 6 p.m. $20 suggested donation.

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“Wings of Song” concert series, jazz and swing, Broken Reed Saxophone Quintet, St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills, Sun., June 1, 3 p.m. Suggested donation: $12 adults, $10 students/seniors. Contact: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.com. 50th Anniversary Concert, Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra, Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd., Sun., June 8, 2 p.m. $5 adults, $3 students/seniors, available at the door. Contact: (718) 374-1627, fhso.org. Con Brio Ensemble concert, Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202, Wed., June 11, 2 p.m. Free.

DANCE “Retrospectiva,” an evening of flamenco, Spanish classics & zarzuela by the American Bolero Dance Company, Tony Bennett Concert Hall at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, 35-12 35 Ave., Astoria, Sat., May 31, 8 p.m. $28 adults, $20 seniors, $12 students/ children. Contact: (718) 392-8888, ambolero.com.

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Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Indie teams: Wed. & Thurs. 7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for the whole night. Info: secrettheatre.com.

Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures by Bundith Phunsombatlert in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

AUDITIONS “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Free Synagogue of Flushing Community Theatre Group, 136-23 Sanford Ave., Mon., June 9 & Wed., June 11, 7:3010 pm; callbacks, Thurs., June 12. Be prepared to sing & dance, rehearsals begin in August (Tues. & Thurs.), performances in Nov. Info: (516) 354-5210, (516) 521-5500. “South Pacific,” Theatre By The Bay, Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside, Tues., June 10 & Thurs., June 12, 7:30 p.m. Be prepared to sing (bring sheet music), dance & read lines from the script; rehearsals begin July 31, performances in Nov. Info: (718) 428-6363, Mon.-Thu., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., theatrebythebayny.com.

LECTURES Drinking History: A Pint of the Past, Beer & Home Brewing in 19th Century New York, King Manor Museum, 150-30 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Sun., June 29, 3 p.m. Free, reservations required. Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, programs@kingmanor.org, kingmanor.org/events. Elder Law: Learn How to Protect Your Assets, Ronald Fatoullah, Esq., elder law attorney, Fresh Meadows Library, 193-20 Horace Harding Expy., Mon., June 16, 6 p.m. Free.

Blvd., Bayside, Sat., May 31, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $45 pp.; Our Lady of Fatima Church, 25-02 80 St., Jackson Heights, Sat., June 7, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $45 pp. Info/register for both: (631) 360-9720. Italian for Beginners, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, every Tues., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60 pp. Contact: (718) 478-3100. Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128. DJ classes, Mainline, 218-12 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, 1st & 2nd week of every month. Once a week, four sessions, classes in beat mixing and MC techniques. Call: (718) 479-4848. Regents review classes, Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Register for June classes in: integrated algebra, geometry, global history & geography, living environment/biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, U.S. history & government, algebra 1, algebra 2/trig. Contact: (718) 335-6049, between 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Open House, St. Luke’s Nursery School & Pre-K, 87-34 85 St., Woodhaven, Fri., June 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Preregister for Sept., free UPK for children born in 2010 (full & half-day); nursery school for children born in 2011. Call: (718) 296-6683.

Defensive driving courses, for insurance and point reduction: American Martyrs Church, 79-43 Bell

LP FAM’s youth basketball program, Queens Transition Center, 142-10 Linden Blvd., South Ozone

Boy Scout Troop #119, St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, 79 Place off Juniper Valley Rd., Middle Village, meets every Tues., 7:15-9 p.m. New members welcome.

SPECIAL EVENTS 22nd Annual Queens Pride Parade & Festival, celebrating a “World of Pride.” Parade: 84 St. & 37 Ave., Jackson Heights, ending at 75 St. Festival: 37 Rd. from 74 to 77 sts., Sun. June 1, 12 p.m. Celebrate the accomplishments of the global LBGT community in Queens and the struggles that still need to be addressed. Grand marshals include the NYC Council’s LBGT Caucus. National Women’s Health & Wellness Awareness Day, Queens Sickle Cell Advocacy Network, 207-08 Hollis Ave., Queens Village, Sat., May 31, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Info/register: (718) 712-0873, qscan.org. Comedy Night, featuring Moody McCarthy, Dave Konig & Jonny Lampert, Howard Beach Judea Center, 162-05 90 St., Howard Beach, Sat., May 31, 9 p.m. $36 in advance, $40 at door. RSVP: (718) 845-9443.

COMMUNITY Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Long Island City, Dreamers & Visionaries, Lecture Hall, Mon. June 2, 7 p.m. The Legacies of William Steinway, Chester Carlson, Ethel Merman & others. $5, free for members. Astoria Village Walking Tour, Socrates Park main gate at Vernon Blvd. & Broadway, Sat. June 7, 11 a.m. See what remains of Old Astoria Village. $20, $15 for members. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Whitestone Memorial Field, 149th St. & 15th Drive, Fri., June 6, 11 a.m. Followed by luncheon for all veterans at Whitestone VFW Post 4787, 19-12 149 St. RSVP: (718) 746-0540. Grocery auction, Emanuel Church, 91st St. at Woodhaven Blvd., Woodhaven, Fri., June 6, 7:30 p.m. $8, includes fifty chances to win groceries of your choice! Info: (718) 849-1153.

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Take a shortcut through Shakespeare’s classics by Mark Lord qboro contributor

The kookiness that ensues during Parkside Players’ production of “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr Abridged” is announced long before the play begins at Grace Lutheran Church in Forest Hills. First, there’s the stage design, a giddily cluttered abstraction consisting of little more than a few black boards and seemingly tons of paper that provide the perfect setting for what is to follow. Then there are the “Did you know?”

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signs plastered around the auditorium bearing hilarious pieces of trivia about the Bard. And, just as the action is about to begin, one of the three performers, all of whom begin by playing themselves, makes the usual precurtain announcement in a most unusual and entertaining way. Once the actual performance begins, it manages to touch upon all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays and teasingly even mentions his large output of sonnets. Everything moves at such a breakneck pace that, by the end of the evening, it leaves one feeling exhausted, giddy, entertained and grinning ear to ear. The play, clearly a labor of love, was a collaborative effort among three writers — not counting The Man himself — Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, clever folks all. There are topical references all over the place — Ross and Rachel from “Friends” are seen as the modern-day Hamlet and Ophelia — and enough puns and groaners to please even the most demanding fans of such.

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Actors Johnny Young, Nili Resnick and Kevin Schwab perform in the Parkside Players’ COURTESY PHOTO production of “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr Abridged.” There are also visual gags aplenty. Look down for a second, and you’ll likely miss something; there are puppets, pratfalls and a whole lot of slapstick. The surprises keep coming all evening. “Othello” is presented as a rap, “Troilus and Cressida” is told through interpretative dance, and the crux of the second act,

“Hamlet,” gets the entire audience involved. “Titus Andronicus” — or, as it’s called in the show, “Titus Androgynous” — becomes a macabre cooking show. Among the comic highlight s are a “Macbeth” that is performed with decidedly exaggerated rolled r’s and, variations continued on page 45 00 continued

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There will be drink specials, gift bags and raffle prizes. Those wishing to participate in the clothing The NY Funny Songs Fest was originally founded swap are asked to bring a bag of clean, summer as a sanctuary of sorts: a hilarious and toe-tapping clothes. Attendees can take as many clothes home sanctuary. as they’d like. In addition, the first night will also “There are about zero places dedicated to comedy feature an out-of-towner’s showcase as well as a music,” said Jessica Delfino, the festival’s founder. sci-fi-themed musical set. “There are a ton of theaters where you can perform, “We’re really putting it out there that this is a but they aren’t ideal. I loved thing,” Delfino said. “Comedy the idea of having a home music has got its own vibe and base to help create a commuwe want to get it more into the nity and bring attention to mainstream.” When: Thurs., May 29, comedy music.” The Brooklyn resident said 6 to 10 p.m. Now in its third year, the performing with nonmusical festival will take place in comedians can be rough and Where: The Creek and The Cave, Brooklyn, Queens and Manthat many act “a little weird” 10-03 Jackson Ave., LIC hat tan over this weekend toward comedic music. Tickets: $10; $12 at the door; and will feature quirky “There is a lot that goes into day pass: $25; $30 musicians from all over the it,” she said. “The timing of at the door world who play an array of the song, giving people the nyfunnysongs.com instruments, including the time to laugh, can be a weird piano, guitar and ukulele. little element. A lot of comedi“We have something for ans get to tell a bunch of little everyone,” Delfino, a comedy musician herself, said. jokes in their set; we have to write a three-minute “We have a night of dirty songs, an all-women’s joke that gets a lot of laughs and sounds good too.” show, all kinds of things.” Descriptions and times for the Brooklyn and Kicking the festival off, there will be an opening Manhattan shows are available on the festival’s Q night party and clothing swap from 6 to 7:30 p.m. website. qboro editor

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MEETINGS North Shore Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America, LIJ Hearing & Speech Center, 270-05 76 Ave., New Hyde Park, every third Wed. of month, 6:30 p.m. AARP meetings: Open to the general public. Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m. Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, 12 p.m. Contact: (718) 672-9890.

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. Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center (Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center), 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Email & the Internet, computer class for seniors 60+. Call: John (718) 559-4329. Bereavement Group for Seniors, Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc., SNAP, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4, CBU 29, Queens Village, eight-session group, Mon., 2:15 p.m. For those who have recently lost a loved one. Contact: Marion (718) 454-2100. Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 12310 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Contact: (718) 657-6752. Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers: computer classes, all levels, beginners to advanced, including: 21st century technology and the latest gadgets; and Microsoft Excel (separate class); fitness classes in Zumba, aerobics, line dancing, yoga, tai chi, lower-body toning, sit and be fit; recreational activities (daily bingo, singing, watercolor painting, bus trips, meals and more). Contact: Hindy at (718) 894-3441.

SUPPORT GROUPS Caregiver support groups, Queens Community House, 108-25 62 Drive, Forest Hills. & Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd. Do you provide help to a family member, friend or neighbor? Could you use some help yourself? Free support services. Contact: Anne Attanas, LMSW, (718) 268-5960, ext. 226. Center for the Women of New York, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Room 325. Job Club, Wed. (once a month) 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free, get firsthand info on job leads. Women’s Support Group, Wed. (once a month) 6:30-8 p.m. Registration required for either program. Free. Contact: CWNY (718) 7930672, centerwny@yahoo.com. Job placement assistance, ANIBIC, 61-35 220 St., Bayside, a nonprofit organization serving children and young disabled adults in the community with job & apartment placement.

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Shakespeare’s works continued from page 41 00 on “Hamlet” which begin on a high and keep topping themselves. None of this would work as well as it does without the camaraderie that exists among the play’s three actors, Nili Resnick, Kevin Schwab and Johnny Young, who play multitudes of characters of every age, sex and temperament. In a daring risk, the trio directed themselves, which could have had disastrous results but somehow works. Resnick is not a natural clown in the way Young and, especially, Schwab are, but she is just as game. She can, in fact, be quite endearing, oftentimes reminiscent of comedian Rita Rudner, delivering lines with feigned innocence. But it’s the two men who own the evening. Putting to use a wide variety of voices, not to mention an almost equal number of wigs, they switch gears constantly. They no sooner make an exit then they reappear from the other side of the stage. It would be difficult to count the number of times someone falls flat on his face. One major issue: While much of the evening comes across as improvisation — at times it appeared the entire show was about to derail, though it never did — the

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

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

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Philadelphia as they take on the Phillies for five games. Citizens Bank Park is one of the nicest ballparks around and it still looks pristine even though it has been open for 10 years. Admission to a Phillies home game used to be a hot ticket but the last two years have not been kind to this aging team. Tickets for games at Citizens Bank Park have become more plentiful, which is good news for Mets fans who are willing to take the 100-mile trip. A further bonus for Mets aficionados is that their heroes seem to hit a lot better in South Philadelphia than they do in northern Queens. While at Citizens Bank Park, be sure to visit Bull’s Barbecue, which is operated by former Phillies slugger Greg Luzinksi. To the best of my knowledge no ballplayers have been felled by stomach issues eating the cuisine there. That apparently was not the case with the Shake Shack at Citi Field, where allegedly Mets first baseman Lucas Duda and Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg suffered food poisoning from undercooked hamburgers. Duda proved to be a good sport as he was photographed a few days later in a Shake Shack T-shirt. He was well aware of the importance of Danny Meyer’s restaurant to the Mets organization. Sandberg helped the Mets out as well by also wearing one when he was feeling better. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Palmer’s candy store in Rosedale: a big success by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

At the intersection of Brookville and Francis Lewis boulevards in the heart of Rosedale stood the Joseph Palmer candy and stationery store. The shop at 138-59 Francis Lewis Blvd. was a community staple for many years. The Palmers worked 14 to 16 hours a day in their business. They could walk to their store from their home at 2 Jefferson Ave. in Valley Stream, LI. They always had loving, gentle cats in the store which would greet the customers The Joseph Palmer candy and stationery store, located at 138-59 Francis Lewis Blvd. in Rosedale, summer 1949. and keep away the mice. Their humble business gave them enough money to enable their daughter None lasted. They apparently didn’t enjoy Beatrice to graduate from Long Island Uni- the success of the Palmer family. Ads show the location is once again availversity in Brooklyn. After the Palmers left, this hot corner able, for $3,800 a month in rent. It might be location went through a succession of busi- a good idea for an entrepreneur to open a nesses — a real estate office, petroleum candy store similar to the one that did so Q company, insurance company and deli. well for so long on this busy corner.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 5/13/14, bearing Index Number NC-000248-14/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) NIGINA (Middle) MOR (Last) KHASIDOVA. My present name is (First) NIGINA (Last) KHASIDOVA AK A NIGINA KHAFIDOVA. My present address is 91-20 86 STREET, Woodhaven, NY 11421. My place of birth is Tajikistan. My date of birth is August 06, 1985.

Notice of Formation of Pushing Strings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 175-31 Devonshire Road, Jamaica Estates, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORM ATION OF L IMI T ED L I A BIL I T Y COMPANY. NAME: S. H MARKETING Articles of GROUP, LLC. Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/04/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: the LLC, 15-24 College Point Blvd., College Point, NY 11356. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SURLAK TAXI, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/1/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Lakhwinder Singh, 82-01 255th St., Floral Park, NY 11004. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Vigliotti Productions, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/28/14. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 23-39 23rd St., Floor 2, Astoria, NY 11105, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PKG 2813 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/11/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 28-29 119th Street, Flushing, New York 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RONA L. PLATT, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/09/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 213-01 75th Avenue, #5A, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SSAM BBQ LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/19/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: the LLC, 4545 Center Blvd., Apt. 2608, Long Island City, NY 11109. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: URGENT TOV DRUGS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/26/14. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2114. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Kalb & Rosenfeld P.C., 283 Commack Road, Commack, New York 11725. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: WINE TRAIL IMPORTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/25/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Joseph S. McAlinden, 68-32 Ingram Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of ALESUND I LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/13/14. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/18/14. Princ. office of LLC: 11000 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica. NY 11420. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given that a cabaret liquor license, #TBA, has been applied for by 7951 Albion, LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a cabaret with one additional bar. For on-premises consumption under the ABC Law at 79-51 Albion Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11372.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/18/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: the LLC, 61-11 159th Street, 1st Floor, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: VIMSHOES4, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/1/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 164-01 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of CEMA, LLC Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 1/30/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Fang Zhou, 40-50 192nd Street, Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

C & C MATH FACTORY L.L.C., Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/25/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Craig Tan Chu and Charles Allen Mills, 11-02 49th Ave., Ste 4B, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Qualification of 322-57 LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/20/14. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/28/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Michael D. Grohman, Esq., Duane Morris LLP, 1540 Broadway, 12th fl. NY, NY 10036. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, June 04, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from Pandbakery Inc., to continue to, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 2285 31st Street, in the Borough of Queens, for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, ATTN: FOIL OFFICER, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004.

CONZA & MCNAMARA, LLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 4/15/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 94-01 101 Ave., Ozone Park, NY 11416. Purpose: Law.

DONG CAI, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said DONG CAI, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; MING KWOK, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said MING KWOK, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Augustus C. Agate of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on January 23, 2014, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by DONG CAI and MING KWOK to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA in the principal amount of $55,000.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on December 5, 2003, as CRFN: 2003000491399. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association has purchased the loans and other assets of Washington Mutual Bank, formerly known as Washington Mutual Bank, FA (the “Savings Bank”) from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, acting as receiver for the Savings Bank and pursuant to its authority under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 1821 (d). Therefore, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is now the real party in interest in the proceeding. Said premises being known as and by 6-05 BEACH 67TH ST, ARVERNE, NY 11692. Date: January 14, 2014. Batavia, New York, Tanisha Bramwell, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

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Notice of formation of 77TH STREET REALTY GROUP LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/22/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: the LLC, 60-53 Woodhaven Blvd. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: any lawful act.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2010-8T, Plaintiff, -against-, NANCY B. NEARMAN A/K/A NANCY NEARMAN, if she be living, or if she be dead any heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through Ricardo Campbell, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein; BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE BAY CLUB CONDOMINIUM, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants. Filed: 2/22/13, Re-Filed: Index No. 3447/13. Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as place of trial Venue is based upon County in which premises are being situate SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. If you fail to so appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: Elmsford, New York, February 20, 2013. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2010-8T AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Karen B. Olson, Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliott, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Phone: (914) 3453020. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2010-8T IS FORECLOSING AGAINST THE OWNER OF THIS PREMISES. IF YOU LIVE HERE, THIS LAWSUIT MAY RESULT IN YOUR EVICTION. YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT A LAWYER TO DISCUSS ANY RIGHTS AND POSSIBLE DEFENSES YOU MAY HAVE. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Janice A. Taylor, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered Oct. 4, 2013 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office, Jamaica, NY. NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT. THE OBJECT of the above-entitled action is to foreclose a purchase money mortgage to secure $136,000.00 plus interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk/City Register of the County of Queens on March 1, 2004 in CRFN 2004000124907 covering the premises described as follows: 2 Bay Club Drive, Unit 21H, Bayside, New York a/k/a Block 5893, Lot 2017, Unit 21H. The relief sought in the within action is final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against any Defendants in this action except Nancy B. Nearman a/k/a Nancy Nearman.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 2522, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/18/03. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2090. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 24-65 38th Street, #2A, Francis Lewis Blvd., Astoria, New York 11103. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 8943/12 Date of Filing: April 8, 2014 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -against-

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS H & R Block Bank, a Federal Savings Bank, Plaintiff, against Jesus Guevara; et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 5, 2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435, in Courtroom #25 on June 20, 2014 at 10:00AM, premises known as 84-12 108th Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 11417 All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in Borough and County of Queens, City and State of NY, Block: 9143 Lot: 6. Approximate amount of judgment $447,206.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 17858/2012. Nicole Katsorhis, Esq., Referee; Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff, 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: May 8, 2014 1093828 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 06/12/2014

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Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless is proposing to collocate antennas on an existing building, with an overall height of 82 feet, located at 8020 Broadway, in Queens, Queens County, New York. Public comments regarding the potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30-days from the date of this publication to: Andrew Maziarski - IVI Telecom Services, Inc., 55 West Red Oak Lane, White Plains, New York 10604, CulturalResources@ ivi-intl.com, or (914) 740-1930 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GABRIEL & PELAEZ, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/24/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 72-11 Austin Street, PMB No. 406, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: THE GRILLY GRILL, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/16/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of ics fitness LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on April 07, 2014. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against Apts. For Rent the LLC, 23-57 31st Drive, apt 2, Astoria, NY 11106. Channel, Lg 1 BR, 3 fl of pvt Purpose: any lawful purpose. Broad home for rent by owner.

IKARIA CONSTRUCTION LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/30/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 87-22 254th St., Bellerose, NY 11426. General Purpose.

Jung & Yoo, CPA PLLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 3/19/14. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 213-41 38th Ave, Bayside, NY 11361. Purposes: Public Accountancy. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: KIDS’ ATHLETICS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/12/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Carlos Vargas, 5308 32nd Avenue, 1st FLR, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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HOWARD BEACH HAMILTON BEACH Beautiful Mint Colonial, 3 BRs, 2.5 baths. 2005 new construction, 1st fl all ceramic tiles, granite counters. Lots of cabinets, new H/W heater/boiler, all new appl, wood fls. 2nd fl oversized Master BR w/cathedral ceilings & full Master BR, 2 more large BRs. House equipped w/ Sprinklers. Asking $420K

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

Reduced $429K

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

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

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HOWARD BEACH Mint AAA, new construction 2009. All Brick Colonial. 4 BRs, 3.5 baths. All REDUCED new LR with fireplace. 9’ ceilings 1st & 2nd floors. Full finished basement & separate entrance. Pvt dvwy & detached 1-car gar. IG sprinklers, PVC fencing & wrought iron gates. Pavers in backyard. Reduced $819K

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

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

Cape on 50 x 80 lot. 4 BRs, 1 bath. Full unfinished basement. Asking $479K

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ROCKWOOD PARK Hi-Ranch on 40x100, 3 BRs/2 full HOWARD BEACH baths over 2 BRs & full bath. LR OLD SIDE & kit w/cathedral ceilings. Home Beautiful 5 BR Home, 3 full baths, totally redone. Sliding doors to backyard, 2 car gar, all paved full fin bsmnt w/sep. ent., deck off dvwy. Only $678K 1st fl, new appl, 2 car gar. $659K

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Charming 3 BR Colonial on great corner lot 100x40. 3 BR, 1.5 baths. Large sideyard. 7 blocks to Crossbay Blvd. Short walk to bus. In-ground sprinklers. Asking $669K

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

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Large Empire Style Hi-Ranch, 27x55 on 41x100 lot, 4/5 BRs, 3 Cape with 4 BRs & 2 full baths, det 1 car gar, IGP, full fin bsmnt w/wet bar, full baths, new boiler, hot water heater, new CAC. Asking $639K new full bath, ALL NEW! $559K

block, 6 BRs, 2 full baths, full basement, private driveway. $589K

All New Hi Ranch, granite countertops stainless steel app. Deck overlooking yard, stone gas fireplace. In ground pool EXCLUSIVE with pavers in yard & PVC fence. MUST SEE! Asking $749K

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD CO-OPS • Extra Large L-Shaped Studio, Updated, 2 to choose from! ............. $72K • Spacious 1 BR Coop with updated kit. & bath. ............... Only $105K • Mint XL 1 BR, EIK ......$115K • All updated.1BR. Garden (1st fl.) Dogs OK. .......$129K • Mint 2 BR Hi-Rise. Granite/ stainless steel ..........$159K • Hi Rise 2 BR, 2 Bath plus terrace, freshly painted. .... ..................................$159K • Mint (all new) 2 BR, 1 Bath with terrace. Granite & stainless appl .... $189K • Largest 3BR/2Bath Co-op, 1st fl., HW flrs, pets OK. ..................................... $199K CLO

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK All new top to bottom, Hi-Ranch on 40x100, 4 BRs, 2 Baths, Granite Kitchens, Stainless Steel Appliances, New Baths, New Roof, CAC, New Pavers. Only $679K

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High Ranch on 40x100, 4 BRs, 3 full baths, new kitchen, granite countertop, & SS appl. MUST SEE! $659K

Old-Side- All brick Colonial, 3 BRs,2 full baths, full-fin. bsmnt w/radiant heat, kit. w/ S.S. appl, commercial stove, Waterfront fireplace, sliding doors to rear deck, eck built in BBQ, IGP, boat dock. Reduced $949K

Large, charming Colonial on 33x100 lot, featuring indoor porch, finished attic, 4 BRs, 4 baths, 2-car detached garage. $599K

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch, 3/4 BRs, new kit, 2 new full baths, crown molding, HOWARD BEACH new roof, ROCKWOOD PARK skylights, pvt Mint grey brick stucco pavers. High Ranch dvwy, new cond. with 4 BRs & 2 1/2 baths. Granite floors (2nd fl.). Stainless steel & Lucite inside rail Simply Mint! entrance. New boiler & hot water heater. Custom front door. Asking $789K $719K RICHMOND HILL

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MIDDLE VILLAGE/- EXCLUSIVE Investors dream!! Legal 8 family building REDUCED with additional Mint all brick Cape on parking lot, 60x100. 3 BRs, 2 full baths. HOWARD BEACH/ garages, New granite and stainless excellent LINDENWOOD appliances. 1 Jacuzzi bath. Full condition. Large 3 BRs/2 bath co-op, finished basement. 2 car pvt Call for more dvwy. hardwood floors, 1st floor. Pets Asking $659K OK. $199K information. HOWARD BEACH READY TO ROCKWOOD PARK REDUCED

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Adorable, quaint, nautical-designed 1 BR, 1 bath Cottage with large bedroom in attic. Lots of windows. Wood REDUCED floors. French i room, doors to deck from liliving Asking $209K

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