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After residents have complained about cracks and holes along 153rd Avenue in Lindenwood, the Department of Transportation is getting ready to make badly needed repairs to it. The agency is looking into whether the street warrants a complete resurfacing project.

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Pols call for mayoral control extension De Blasio, Queens senators fear return to the Board of Education by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

ayor de Blasio isn’t the only one pushing for a renewal of mayoral control of the public school system. Some Queens state senators said on Tuesday they, too, want to see an extension of the law that gives de Blasio oversight of the education of school children. “Mayoral control is a critical tool that increases transparency, accountability and parental involvement throughout the New York City school system,” state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) said in an email. “I am hopeful the legislature will vote to extend mayoral control of schools in the remaining days of session and allow parents to have a more participatory role in their children’s education.” The extension of the law is coming down to the wire with only three weeks left for state legislators to get it done. The Democratic-controlled Assembly last month passed a three-year extension of the law, and Gov. Cuomo, who is lately at odds with the mayor over other legislative issues, has voiced his support for its renewal. State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) criticized Senate Republicans, who hold a majority in the higher chamber, for not holding a hearing on mayoral control.

Mayor de Blasio, left, along with Queens senators are pushing Senate Republicans, led by state Sen. John Flanagan, right, to renew legislation that gives the mayor oversight of the public FILE PHOTOS school system, known as mayoral control. “The Senate Democrats have asked really from January for hearings to be held and yet the Education Committee has not had a hearing,” Stavisky, a member of the panel, s a i d i n a n i n t e r v i e w. “ I ’m v e r y disappointed.” And according to state Sen. Joe Addabbo

Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who also sits on the Education Committee, there most likely won’t be one before the end of the month. “I don’t expect one in the last remaining weeks,” Addabbo said. If mayoral control is not renewed by June 30, the Board of Education, which previous-

ly oversaw the school system, will be reinstated. The board would be composed of two mayoral appointees and five others picked by the borough presidents, and a president picked by the board members. Each district would also have a board again. For the Queens senators, that would be a return to nontransparent boards whose members were only looking to further their own interests instead of those of public school students. “We had school board elections that had a very small turnout and produced results that were not compatible with strict ethical guidelines,” Stavisky said. “Not so much in Queens but in other parts of the city, there were those whose interests were their own personal gain and not the educational issues.” A day before the Chronicle spoke with the Queens senators, de Blasio held a press conference with business leaders calling on the Republican-controlled Senate to renew the legislation. “We’ve seen how much more quickly we can improve our schools and take action under mayoral control than anything we ever saw under the school board system,” de Blasio told reporters. The mayor touted several education initiatives — including Universal Pre-K and continued on page 26

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Joe Thompson, patrol head, cites lack of support from 106th Precinct by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Joe Thompson, president of the Howard Be a ch Civ i l ia n Obs e r vat ion Pat rol, announced on Monday his volunteer group will be disbanding on July 1, due to a lack of support from the 106th Precinct. “With very sad news, as of today, NYPD Community Affairs in Headquarters has left our application process up to the Commanding Officer of the 106 Pct.,” Thompson said in a statement on his group’s Facebook page, which was also texted to a Queens Chronicle reporter. “Since day one of the creation of our patrol he has never supported the idea and increased all of the qualifications to be sanctioned with the NYPD. Our members and board members have decided to leave the community issues to the NYPD, community leaders, public officials.” Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, as he has in the past, disputed that Thompson ever handed in the paperwork for sanctioning. “If and when all the official applications from the HBCOP are submitted to the NYPD, it will be at this time we will review and process said applications in accordance with our protocols,” Schiff said in a text message to a Chronicle reporter. “However, since no applications were ever submitted to us by

like the videos against the police you often the HBCOP, there is nothing for us to do.” The volunteer patrol had come under fire see the incendiary scenes that depict the recently after its lack of official NYPD police in a negative light,” Schiff said at that meeting. “However, an unedited versanction was reported by the Chronicle and sion of these videos will genThe Forum. erally show you the whole Thompson had disputtr uth and put ever yed Schiff’s assertion thing into its proper in a Facebook post context, this goes for showing an email O f f i c e r R e d d i c k ’s exch a nge b et we e n emails and for our offihim and Community cial precinct emails.” Affairs Officer Brenda Thompson, who startReddick, with the sube d t h e p a t r ol l a s t je ct l i ne “cit i ze n August and is a former p ol ic e a ca d e my,” auxiliary officer, later which he claimed claimed the emails showed he had been were about both the discussing the sancAcademy and NYPD tioning process with sanctioning. the precinct. The email exchange At a May 13 community precinct coun- After July 1, this logo will not be seen in could not be found on cil meeting, Schiff Howard Beach. The patrol is disbanding the patrol’s Facebook Monday afternoon. s a i d t h a t e m a i l due to a lack of support from police. Thompson originally exchange had to do FACEBOOK PHOTO came under scr utiny w it h t he Cit i z e n s’ Police Academy and had nothing to do with after The Forum, a competitor of the Chronibeing recognized by the NYPD as an offi- cle, published an editorial blasting the patrol leader for posting erroneous information cial patrol group. “Officer Reddick’s emails were misrepre- about a burglary on Cross Bay Boulevard on sented on a recent Facebook posting, just its Facebook page.

A week later, after coming under fire from supporters of the patrol, The Forum ran a story revealing that in 2001 Thompson pleaded guilty to enterprise corruption for promoting prostitution. Thompson later told the Chronicle he funded a family member’s illegitimate escort service, served no jail time for doing so and had learned his lesson. After that article was published, Thompson had said he was going to disband the group then but changed his mind after an outpouring of support from residents. This time, however, Thompson’s decision seems to be his final one. “Every night while our members patrol, we feel stress of no support and no one to count on,” Thompson said in a Facebook post. “Since they don’t need us, let them come up with a plan.” The patrol president, in addition to lamenting the lack of support from the precinct, has said the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association and other community leaders have not endorsed the group. In his statement announcing the impending disbanding of his group, Thompson said there were other patrol groups that “are working so close with their NYPD Pct. and Q not sanctioned with the NYPD.”

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‘No flying buses yet’ — MTA spokesman Agency’s response after pol blasts shuttle use during A train debacle by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

of whom were required to take the shuttles to get to a working subway stop. Goldfeder said staging the shuttles on main corridors could have proved fatal had there been any emergency in the area. “I had a conversation with the New York City Emergency Management office and I’ve asked them to work with the MTA to make sure that we have a much better contingency plan,” he said. “Because if this was Memorial Day weekend or God forbid an evacuation, many people would have died.” John Fazio, a Community Board 10 member and a Hamilton Beach resident, said the blockage of a lane along major corridors is a sneak peek into the future of the Woodhaven- Cross Bay Boulevard corridor when a dedicated bus lane is placed there in 2018 under the Department of Transportation’s Select Bus Service plan. “It’s going to be backed up past Queens Boulevard,” Fazio said.

Which way to the flying bus? An MTA spokesman said it was necessary to stage shuttle buses on major roads during last week’s A train outage, noting that there are no “flying buses” able to swoop in and pick up passengers. PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN

Under the SBS plan, a proposal Goldfeder is not in favor of, cars mostly would not be able to enter the dedicated bus lanes. Some fear that will lead to addit ion a l c onge s t ion a long t he

14-mile corridor. Goldfeder added last Wednesday’s disruption shows the need for additional transportation methods to and from the peninsula, which is Q considered a transit desert.

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MTA buses still need roads. Responding to Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s (D-Rockaway Park) anger at shuttle buses — being used to take commuters from the Rockaways to Liberty Avenue while the A train was out of com m ission last week — impeding the flow of traffic during mor ning r ush hour, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said, “As far as I know, we don’t have any flying buses that can just swoop in f r o m t h e s k y a n d p ic k u p customers.” “Staging nearly 100 buses on side streets in order to operate a shuttle bus service to accommodate the thousands of customers from the Rockaways was not an option,” Ortiz said in an email. “Also, the streets leading to the Beach Channel station are too narrow for buses, so we had to keep them on the Blvd.” Ortiz’s email was sent four days after Goldfeder lamented the MTA’s decision to stage the shuttle buses

on main corridors from the Rockaways to mainland Queens, blocking a lane of traffic at certain spots. “It is absolutely unacceptable to add insult to injury by blocking lanes of traffic to prevent families who are driving from getting to work as well,” Goldfeder said in an interview last Thursday. “The decision to run shuttle buses was a good one; the way that they did it was absolutely wrong and I think there needs to be accountability.” During a meeting of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association last Thursday, Goldfeder suggested staging the shuttles on side streets and moving them when customers needed to be picked up — the idea Ortiz dismissed in his email. The A train was out of commission from Broad Channel to Rockaway Boulevard last Wednesday due to the theft of 500 feet of copper wire near the Howard BeachJFK stop. The A train takes 40,000 customers to and from the Rockaways, according to the MTA, most

Floods still worry Lindenwood One is too many, as five boros hit with torrential rain Associate Editor

Flooding during torrential downpours, such as the rain that fell across the five boroughs Monday into Tuesday, is not an uncommon experience for Lindenwood residents. This week was no different. According to community officials, some homeowners had their basements and garages flooded during the downpour. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said he was aware of about eight complaints. Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, said there was “sporadic” f looding in houses from 79th to 83rd streets from 149th to 155th avenues. But for both, one house is one too many. “The DEP has a responsibility to the communities they serve,” Goldfeder said. “We need to do something that will finally fix this problem once and for all.” Although a longstanding problem, flooding in Lindenwood was thrust into the spotlight last April when the Spring Creek overflow facility malfunctioned. The water damage to people’s houses at that time was described by many residents as worse than Sandy.

As water came up in some people’s houses earlier this week, rumors instantly started to circulate that the Spring Creek facility had again malfunctioned. Chris Gilbride, a DEP spokesman, said in an interview that was not the case and that the agency has extra manpower at that location when it expects a large amount of rainfall. He said the sporadic flooding was simply due to heavy amounts of rainfall in a short time period. Goldfeder and Ariola now want to see the DEP work to make sure that Lindenwood residents never have to fear the rain again. “We need to be diligent that DEP services the catch basins,” Ariola said. “We want to make sure those catch basins are clean and that residents are comfortable that there won’t be overflow into their own houses. It’s something we have to remain diligent on.” Goldfeder said he would like to see a “comprehensive and regular” program to add ress f looding problems in Lindenwood. Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday signed a bill into law that will require the DEP to submit semiannual reports on catch basin cleanup and maintenance to himself and

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t’s easy to say, as much of the City Council seems to believe, that when violent crime is going up, hiring more police officers is the answer. But the city’s history over the last 14 years shows it’s not. The real answer has much more to do with what you do with those officers already on the force — and what you say you’re doing with them. The New York Police Department has approximately 35,000 officers. While down from its peak of 41,000 in 2001, it’s still the largest police department in the country by far. Yes, New York is also the nation’s biggest city, but among those with a higher ratio of police to residents are places like Chicago and Washington, DC, both of which have murder rates three times as bad as New York’s. That also shows that it’s not the number of police officers that is the most important factor in keeping violent crime down. But the biggest piece of evidence that murder rates can continue to fall even as police staffing is reduced is the city’s record. It’s true that in the 1990s, the Police Department was expanding and violent crime was falling, but even after 2001, as the department was steadily being reduced in size, the murder rate kept coming down every single year. Until this year.

Last year the city saw 328 homicides, the fewest since the early 1960s. Up until Tuesday, however, 135 have been reported so far this year, compared to 113 through the same point last year, a rise of nearly 20 percent. The statistics even show that a higher percentage of murders are being carried out with guns than has been the norm: nearly three out of four this year, compared with fewer than two out of three previously, according to the Daily News. And on Monday the NYPD’s chief of department, James O’Neill — second only to Commissioner Bill Bratton — admitted that the Finest are “struggling with homicides and shootings.” When’s the last time you heard the brass say something like that in public? The reason for all this seems fairly obvious. The new administration all but invited killers to carry more guns. Mayor de Blasio ran largely on a platform of drastically reducing the practice of stop, question and frisk, and once in office, lived up to his promise, all but ending it. Anyone who didn’t see that the result would be more criminals carrying guns because they had a better chance of getting away with it either has an agenda or doesn’t think logically. And the fact is the city could have cut down stops without

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making such a public show of it. That’s exactly what it had been doing in the last years of the Bloomberg administration, making fewer stops every year even as it defended its right to do so in court. The de Blasio administration instead caved in court and caved to the anti-police activists who claimed blacks and Latinos were being unfairly targeted for stops, when they actually were being stopped at a lower rate than that at which they commit the city’s violent crime. The mayor is downplaying the rise in killings, oddly saying, “I think we’re going in the right direction.” Really? By what measure? The murder rate would be a good measure, and that’s going in the wrong direction. The best way to combat the rising rate of homicide is to publicly announce that stop and frisks are going to increase, deterring criminals from carrying guns in the first place. The city doesn’t need to hire more officers, and it can’t afford to — not when a cop might work for 22 years and then collect 40 years’ worth of pension and health benefits. On-the-street gun control, known as stop and frisk, more federal gun control and a better message out of City Hall would do much more, and all without burdening generations of taxpayers with millions of dollars more in fixed costs.

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Expand the AirTrain Dear Editor: Following up on a past editorial letter in which I had indicated my preference for neither a Queensway of pedestrian /commercial accommodation nor restitution of the old Rockaway Beach LIRR line as a north-south Queens transportation alternative, I would like to suggest that the best solution to public transportation inadequacies would be the expansion of the Air Train along the Van Wyck Expressway through Briarwood. The major source of traffic congestion and air and noise pollution along the Van Wyck Expressway and Woodhaven Boulevard has been the lack of public transit parallel to these two corridors. Robert Moses advocated parkways and expressways, and was no friend

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Mayor blocks free speech Dear Editor: (An open letter to Mayor de Blasio) During the recent ceremony at the boardwalk in Rockaway, your aides kept protesters holding signs at bay by setting up a so-called “Free Speech Zone” at the base of the boardwalk down a flight of steps, hundreds of feet away from the scene. If this is your idea of free speech as guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, you are badly mistaken. Free speech, like freedom of the press, are part of the liberties guaranteed to us since the founding of the nation. To call an area restricted from access by the public a ‘’free speech zone” makes a mocker y of our basic r ights. It is outrageous. You h ave promised ma ny t i mes to run an administration that is “transparent.” What happened in Rockaway Beach makes a travesty of that promise. We demand that you inform your aides that suppression of the press is against the law of the land and the policies of your administration. It violates the basic principles of democracy and of the time-honored tradition of openness at City Hall. Larry Seary President, New York Press Club Gabe Pressman Chairman, Freedom of the Press Committee Manhattan

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Move NY Fair Plan is the smart way to toll bridges available at all by Donovan Richards If you looked up the definition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;tran- times, not just on sit desert,â&#x20AC;? you might find a map of my weekends. (Move NY finally would City Council district, the 31st. One subway line, the A, has the sys- include the Far temâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst on-time performance. We Rockaway station have some of the longest commutes in the in the CityTicket nation, many starting on the Q5 in Laurel- program, a recomton, the Q77 in Springfield Gardens and mendation added the Q111 and Q113 in Rosedale before at my request.) â&#x20AC;˘ Fi n a l ly, it even getting to a subway station. There are two LIRR stops, priced up much higher would create a $375 million dedicated than the subway, with one not even eligi- fund for road and bridge repair, another feature missing from the Bloomberg plan. ble for the railroadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CityTicket program. These are all great for Queens resiWe deserve better. And I believe we can do better, but only if a smart program dents, and improvements that are long like the Move NY Fair Plan wins approval overdue. But some of my colleagues suggest the MTA wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fulfill these promisin Albany. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m urging my Queens col- es, or that the Legislature will skulk leagues, some of whom have reacted skep- away with some of the new revenue tically to the Move NY proposal, to take meant for transit. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where Schwartz and his colanother look at this ingenious plan developed by former DOT traffic commissioner leagues at Move NY have done some of their best work. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d commit the new Sam Schwartz, aka Gridlock Sam. Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan is actually a boon for our tolling money immediately to paying back borough, whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a subway strap- MTA bonds, which your subway and bus fares now cover. Those hanger, a LIRR commutbond covenants canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be er, a driver or all three. State law also Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an overview of he proposal would broken. would require the MTA the benefits in the plan: make service improveâ&#x20AC;˘ Move NY lowers benefit all Queens to ments before the new tolls by 45 to 48 percent on five crossings Queens commuters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; bus, tolls would begin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and state legislators could drivers use daily. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rail and car alike. make su re the MTA wor th repeating: The doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t violate the law. plan would lower tolls on No one likes to pay more money just to the RFK-Triboro, Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Marine Parkway and Cross Bay get around town. I understand that. But bridges. The Bloomberg scheme did noth- what I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand is why some offiing of the kind. Meanwhile, tolls on the cials dismiss the 87 percent of their conQueensboro would apply only to drivers stituents who are already paying everincreasing tolls and fares in favor of the 13 going below 59th Street in Manhattan. â&#x20AC;˘ Even before the toll changes go into percent who get free trips over the East effect, the Move NY Fair Plan would cre- River bridges. Those 87 percent have already seen ate new Bus Rapid Transit lines and add express bus and LIRR service, benefiting seven fare and toll increases since 2000, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll face another 15 percent hike if Queens. â&#x20AC;˘ Express bus prices would drop $1 a the Legislature doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come up with a ride â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a $10 weekly savings for regular new funding stream like Move NYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Meanwhile, drivers going over the East riders. â&#x20AC;˘ LIRR prices would go down for city River havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paid a penny for nearly a riders by making CityTicket discounts century. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen what happens when we neglect infrastructure in New York City, where the subways almost collapsed in the 1970s, and around the country. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too smart to let this happen to us again. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I support Move NY, and why I urge my colleagues to do Q the same. Donovan Richards is New York City Councilman for the 31st District, in Southeast Queens, and Tolls on bridges including the Throgs Neck, above, Chairman of the Environmental FILE PHOTO Protection Committee. would be reduced under Move NY.

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Cracked roads to get fixed, DOT says Agency to fix pot holes, examine possibility of resurfacing corridor by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Esther and Marty Golden won’t have to look at the cracks on 153rd Avenue much longer. The Depar tment of Transpor tation, responding to an inquiry about the poor condition of the corridor, said on Tuesday it’s preparing to fix holes along that stretch of road — but stopped short of saying it will receive a total makeover. “DOT will make pothole repairs as needed and we will review the street to see if resurfacing in the future is warranted for the corridor,” an agency spokeswoman said in an email. The Goldens, who live in a co-op on 153rd Avenue, told the Queens Chronicle the road has been a safety hazard for the past couple of months. “I haven’t fallen but I have tripped on it,” Esther Golden, a 35-year resident of the community, said pointing to several cracks and holes along the road. She said the street has been in bad shape for a few months but the onslaught of ice and snow this winter exaggerated the problem. “It only got worse,” she said. She does not know if anyone has been seriously injured tripping over the corridor.

Holey moley. Cracks and holes along the 153rd Avenue in Lindenwood are not an uncommon sight, some residents say. The Department of Transportation said on Tuesday they will make necPHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY essary repairs and look into the possibility of resurfacing the corridor. There is also a small sinkhole along the stretch, covered by two Con Ed safety cones. Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, said her organization made 311 aware of the sink-hole on May 28 and work had started on it, but was halted due to the rain.

Con Ed is doing work near the hole, Ariola said, but has no known connection to the road problem. The civic president said she’s alerted the borough president’s office and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) to the problem and has been warning motorists to use caution when driving near it.

Marty Golden said he saw a truck on the road two weeks ago, seemingly to repair the cracks and holes along the corridor. But to the resident’s dismay, the workers there only patched up a small crater in the street. “They fixed maybe a two-foot section,” Marty Golden said. “Not even the biggest part of it.” State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said he’s aware of the problem with that road. “It’s been described as a roller coaster,” Addabbo said. The senator said he believes fixing the problems there may require more work than just laying down some fresh asphalt. “It may be a longer capital project for the DOT,” he said. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said he’s brought DOT to the area to show them the problems the community faces, but can do nothing more than apply pressure. “At the end of the day you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink,” Goldfeder said. The DOT did not provide a timeline as to when the pothole repairs would be started along the corridor. The road is the main entrance into LinQ denwood from Cross Bay Boulevard.

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The stealthy conversion of the former Pan American Hotel into a homeless shelter one year ago this Saturday was the straw that broke the camel’s back. That’s according to state Sen. Joe Add abbo Jr. ( D -Howa rd Beach), who co-sponsored legislation, which passed the upper chamber on May 27, that would force social service providers to notify community boards and the City Planning Commission between 45 and 90 days before a location for a proposed homeless shelter is selected. The legislation would also call for the CPC to hold public hearings within 60 to 90 days prior to a decision on any proposed site that would house at least 10 residents or serve 50 nonresident clients per day If the shelter plan were to be denied, the application’s sponsor would be prohibited from reapplying to establish a facility at the same site for two years. The Department of Homeless Services modified its public notification policy last summer after

community uproar over the Pan Am site at 79-00 Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst, and elected officials and community boards are now told a week in advance of a shelter’s placement in their district. “The poster child for this bill is the Pan Am hotel,” Addabbo said in a phone interview with the Chronicle on Tuesday. “At that time, the mayor’s administration was determining sites and we had just a few days to inform our people. We don’t believe that’s good government. “That’s why these public forums are so important. There’s nothing wrong when it comes to public input.” Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), a co-sponsor of the Assembly’s version of the bill, which is with the Committee on Cities, said in a Tuesday phone interview the legislation will create transparency and force a “broken agency” to do its job. “The Department of Homeless Services has done a terrible job not only in working with the homeless, but also with the community,” Goldfeder said.

The conversion of the Pan American Hotel into a homeless shelter last June was the inspiration behind a recently passed state Senate bill calling for a more robust public notification system before homeless residences are placed FILE PHOTO in communities. The assemblyman also echoed recent calls by state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), a co-sponsor of the upper house’s passed bill, for the resignation of DHS Commissioner Gilbert Taylor. “I think it’s time for Mr. Taylor to move on and find other employment,” he said. “He’s shown that he can’t handle the homelessness crisis in New York.” Goldfeder added that the bill is

“gaining momentum” in the Assembly and that he is optimistic it will be voted on within the next two weeks. In a statement issued Wednesday mor n i ng, DHS spokeswoman Jaslee Carayol said the agency is steadfastly opposed to the piece of legislation. “DHS has a legal and moral obligation to provide temporary emergency shelter to all those who need it,” the agency said, “and we oppose

any legislation that could stop us from housing individuals and families that have nowhere else to turn.” The Senate version of the bill was introduced by Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester) and passed 51-8, with all seven Queens representatives voting in favor of the legislation. The CPC would not comment on the bill when reached by the Q Chronicle.

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Schumer’s bill seeks to stop metal thieves Sen. calls for reform after A train mess U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has introduced new legislation that aims to crack down on those selling illegally obtained scrap metal — such as the more than 500 feet of copper wire taken from the A train at Howard Beach-JFK last Wednesday. “It is time to put thieves who steal scrap metal from critical mass transit infrastructure, as well as homes and businesses, behind ironclad bars,” Schumer said on Sunday in a press release. “Every ounce of copper or metal stolen from New York’s critical infrastructure could cause the next big commuter delay, a subway line suspension or even a disaster. That’s why this plan must be enacted — because it takes the cold-hard-cash incentive out of the metal theft equation and would deter metal thieves before they steal.” Schumer’s bill, according to his press release, would require those selling scrap metal to have documentation proving they own the material they’re seeking to sell or have permission to do so; have recyclers keep documentation of all scrap metal pur-

chased; only allow sellers to give up to $100 in cash for scrap metal, and will have to pay customers by check, online payment or money order above that amount; and create “a specific federal crime of stealing metal from critical infrastructure.” The theft of the copper wire resulted in the suspension of A train service between Broad Channel and Rockaway Boulevard last Wednesday, forcing thousands of commuters onto shuttle buses. Although the most prolif ic, last Wednesday’s theft was not the only one this calendar year, according to the senator. He said there have been 12 such incidents in 2015 so far and 27 along Long Island Rail Road tracks in 2014, citing NYPD transit and MTA figures. “This proposal will safeguard New York families, schoolchildren, straphangers, business owners and first responders who are endangered by the stripped infrastructure, fires, and financial losses that occur as a result of these crimes,” SchumQ er said.

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“Shrek, the Musical” in Qns. Music and theater came to Ozone Park for two nights only. The students of St. Mary Gate of Heaven School in Ozone Park performed “Shrek, the Musical” on May 15 and 16 for their annual theater performance. The show was produced by former St. Mary teacher Frank Gulluscio, the Demo-

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Boulevard burglar also the A train wire thief? Schiff speculates despite evidence by Anthony O’Reilly PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE

Scouting out some news A group of Cub Scouts from Pack 139 in Howard Beach, and one Daisy, stopped by the Queens Chronicle offices on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park last Thursday. Getting a brief introduction to journalism and a tour of the newsroom were Anthony and Madison Rao, Michael and Nicholas Dechiara, Donald and William Spallone, Tagan and Aeres Moran, Christopher Magliulo, Logan Afik and Vito Camporese. The Scouts met with several staffers, and

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Although police are still searching for the culprits responsible for stealing enough copper wire to snarl A train traffic last Wednesday, the 106th Precinct’s commanding officer has one candidate in mind: Keith Kolm, the alleged “Boulevard burglar.” Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, who heads the precinct, made the speculation during his monthly report at the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association meeting last Thursday. “He makes bail about two weeks ago,” Schiff said. “And now we have a massive copper wire theft. I don’t believe in coincidences.” Schiff added he has no hard evidence to connect Kolm to the crime of taking about 500 feet of the copper wire, which caused power outages at the Howard Beach-JFK stop and suspended service between Broad Channel and Rockaway Boulevard. Lt. Adam Kaszovitz, of Transit District

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explain how to protect one’s assets in the event that long-term care is needed. Joining him are Tania Navas and Betsy Pabon, both Medicaid eligibility specialists from Sunnyside Community Services in Queens, who will discuss their longterm care access program and various senior services. Seniors, service professionals, elected officials and interested citizens are invited to attend. The meeting is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Contact QICA at (718) 268-5954 for preQ registration.

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NYS Senate votes to raise penalties for sex offenders on public transit by Christine Spagnuolo Chronicle Contributor

Sexual offenders make what should be a simple commute to work or ride home at night on New York City subways a horrific experience, especially for women. “Subway grinders” and “gropers” are people who rub up against or fondle passengers without consent, especially when the train is crowded and victims have no way of escaping. Cases that are brought to the attention of police usually end up with misdemeanor charges. State Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island, Brooklyn), Mayor de Blasio (public advocate at the time) and Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Staten Island) decided that the consequences should be raised and offenders should have more to fear before they act. The subway grinder bill (A.1467/S.3243), which the Senate recently passed, would raise the penalty of these cases to a felony level. The legislation was drafted after a New York State Court of Appeals decision to allow serial subway grinder Darnell Hardware, 27, to get off without jail time. The three-time offender masturbated on three subway riders, each on a different train. The crimes were committed in 2002 and 2005, but Hardware once was tracked down years later. Felony charges were dropped because the existing law states that victims must be

Crowded train cars are where subway grinders easily attack. able to prove they felt threatened for a felony charge. He only faced a misdemeanor sex abuse charge that carried a maximum three-month sentence and wound up with zero prison time. “No one should be subjected to this type of disgusting criminal behavior, and higher penalties are needed to force these sexual deviants to think before they grope,” said state

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Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). “This bill we passed in the Senate would raise this type of reprehensible behavior to a Class D felony, which — depending on prior criminal record — could carry a punishment ranging from probation to a maximum of seven years in prison,” he continued. Addabbo believes the bill will make a

great difference even if it is not made law. “At least some stricture on the matter will be placed,” the senator explained. When asked if he thinks the higher penalty will lead to fewer occurrences, Addabbo responded, “Yes. The awareness of the seriousness of these offenses will be spread and an increase in penalty has usually resulted in reduced crime.” Much of the Queens population travels on the subways. It is a necessity for many and therefore it should be made as safe as possible. State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) said, “Commuters should not live in fear of humiliation or be threatened during their frequent trips in transit. It is critical that New Yorkers feel safe when using public transportation. Making these crimes felonies will make predators think twice before attacking unsuspected victims.” While the legislation has been approved by the Senate, it is under consideration by the Assembly Com m it tee on Codes. Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), a member of the committee, also agrees with the bill. “It is a problem, and raising the penalty will go a long way to help the situation. This is shameful behavior and I would like to see it stop,” Weprin said. If signed into law, the act will take effect Q 16 days later.

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The chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been talking to anyone he can get to listen to him about a $14 billion hole in his five-year capital budget. It is a problem Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast and riders dearly would like resolved before the state Legislature breaks for the summer on June 17. The MTA’s total proposal for construction, safety upgrades and other big-ticket items is $32 billion through fiscal year 2019. The budget is separate from system operating expenses. And a new round of fare hikes is tentatively scheduled for spring of 2017. Last Monday it was the turn of the City Council’s Finance Committee. “I needed to be here to sound the alarm, if you will, about a crisis facing the MTA and our city,” Prendergast told the panel. “Underfunding,” he said in a copy of his testimony furnished by the MTA. “Because just about everything you want to talk about today — safety, service, technology, train capacity and delays, countdown clocks, the Second Avenue Subway, you name it — it all starts with the capital program.” Prendergast said subway capacity alone has gone from 3.5 million riders per day when he was senior vice president for subways in 1994 to 29 separate days in the last quarter of 2014 with six million per day. He added that they have already cut $1 billion per year from operating expenses, with an additional $1.7 billion expected in 2018. “I believe that the city can and should do more to support its transit network,” Prendergast said. “... If you agree that the MTA is

indispensable to our city, you must accept that our underfunded capital program is our collective problem to solve.“ The state generally has been the primary source for such funding, but Prendergast said Monday that Washington also must step up. A spokeswoman for Gov. Cuomo, in an email to the Chronicle, said that the MTA already has received more than $1 billion in the current budget for capital programs, particularly in the Bronx. “Work on the MTA capital plan will continue with all stakeholders,” she wrote. The email did not specifically address a question as to whether the governor might call legislators back to Albany after the session to hammer out a deal. From Washington, Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) said Prendergast may be out of luck there too, at least temporarily. He said the majority party remains recalcitrant on infrastructure funding, particularly for public transportation. “Unfortunately, House Republicans have continued to shortchange mass transit needs at a time when dedicated federal support is crucial,” Crowley said. John Raskin, executive director of the Riders Alliance, laid the blame in Albany, saying that Cuomo and the Legislature must act before June 17. “With subway ridership hitting record highs, now is the time for Gov. Cuomo to confront the MTA’s needs head-on rather than kick the can down the road. Almost nine million New Yorkers take public transit every day. But Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers are functionally saying, ‘We don’t care enough about these people to keep this Q system running.’”

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Advocates gather to gain support of Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan by Christine Spagnuolo Chronicle Contributor

Gov. Cuomo’s bill to give tax credits to parents who send their children to private schools, including religious ones, has yet to have an Assembly or Senate sponsor, which is why a rally in search of support took place on Tuesday outside Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan’s office in Sunnyside. The principal, teachers and a few young students with their parents from St. Sebastian’s School gathered outside Nolan’s office holding signs that read “Education tax credits help all kids” and “What about our kids?” Others who are not affiliated with the school also attended to show their support. Although the weather was gloomy and rain continued to fall, the group stood its ground, held up its signs and hoped to make a difference. “I feel very strongly about the subject,” said Principal JoAnn Dolan. “This would benefit all students, not just those in Catholic schools. The passing of this bill would be absolutely wonderful.” The measure would provide families earning up to $60,000 a year tuition tax credits of up to $500, along with tax breaks for donors to private schools. Nolan was in Albany at the time of the rally, but the participants were pleased with the testimony

they made and were able to leave a message with Nolan’s receptionist. “We all pay city and state taxes that support public schools. We want support for Catholic schools, too,” said teacher Mary Agresto. Parents stood by with faithful smiles on their faces. For those who want to send their children to private schools with the intention of giving their children the greatest education and opportunities possible, the tax credit would be a huge benefit, they said. “It would make my life a lot easier,” commented mother Martha Horgan. “It’s i m p o r t a n t fo r go o d s c h o ol s t o b e affordable.” The hot issue also attracted those who are not a part of St. Sebastian’s faculty or student body. John Soto, 24, came from the Bronx to participate. He was informed by a friend that the rally was going to take place and felt that it was important to get involved. “Education is not getting the support it needs. This bill would give more opportunities to students and schools. It benefits everyone,” said Soto. “Lack of funding is an issue for low-income families that want to send their kids to private schools.” Barbara, 23, from Queens also shared some insight on the goal the proposal is trying to reach. “This is a chance to improve

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St. Sebastian Principal JoAnn Dolan, right, stands with her school’s teachers outside Assemblywoman PHOTO BY CHRISTINE SPAGNUOLO Cathy Nolan’s office. education — it would mean more afterschool programs, scholarships and other benefits,” she said. At the Shrine Church of St. Jude in Canarsie, Brooklyn, Cuomo explained some of the reasoning behind the proposal, telling the media on May 17, “There are some areas, frankly, where the public schools are not places where you would want to send

your children. Sending your child to one of these failing public schools is in many ways condemning your child to get a second-class education.” Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Rabbi Dovid Kupchik visited the state Capitol Tuesday to join the governor in encouraging lawmakers to pass the bill. Nolan’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Q

Port Authority taps LaGuardia developer $3.6 billion deal to turn airport into a ‘world-class’ entry to city by Michael Gannon Editor

An aerial view of LaGuardia Airport, which the Port Authority and Gov. Cuomo are planning to PHOTO COURTESY PANY&NJ turn into a premier gateway to New York City. master plan to redevelop LaGuardia into a 21st century, world-class airport that the state of New York deserves.” The broad goal is to replace older buildings with new ones featuring modern amenities including improved wireless and tech-

nology service for passengers, high-end shops and restaurant facilities. Cuomo’s Airport Advisory Panel, established by the governor last year, has been tasked with a design competition for LaGuardia to make the airport an appropriate entry

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“If I blindfolded you and took you to LaGuardia Airport in New York, you must think, ‘I must be in some third-world country.’” Back in February 2014, Gov. Cuomo took Vice President Joe Biden’s assessment of LaGuardia Airport with a sense of humor. But last week the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved a $3.6 billion proposal designed within about six years to transform LaGuardia into what the PA is calling a world-class facility with amenities that include upscale shopping and dining. But just how that money may be spent and what a new LaGuardia may look like still could be up in the air for some time pending recommendations from an advisory panel appointed by Gov. Cuomo with a charge to manage the airport’s new design. LaGuardia Gateway Partners, one of two finalists, was awarded the project. It is a consortium that includes Vantage Airport Group and Parsons Brinckerhoff, a Manhattanbased planning, engineering and construction management firm. “For too long, LaGuardia has been the stepchild of our region’s airports compared to JFK and Newark International,” PA Vice Chairman Scott Reicher said in a statement issued by the agency. “Today we took the first step forward, with a comprehensive

portal to New York City in terms of both amenities and appearance. A spokeswoman for the governor said the full report will go to the PA this summer. Its recommendations are not binding, but a number that already have been made public — an Air-Train link to the subway system, a people mover to connect all terminals, construction of a hotel on-site — all are considered as future possibilities in the statement issued by the PA, while leaving last week’s $3.6 billion agreement unchanged. Cuomo last week defended his panel’s work. “The Port Authority’s initial plan was to replace what was existing at LaGuardia,” the governor said in a statement issued by his office. “That was short-sighted; no one should want to replace a 1950s-style airport. My directive was not to rebuild what was but imagine and build what should be.” One major stakeholder on board with the entire project is Delta Air Lines, which is in the middle of a $160 million effort to modernize and connect Terminals C and D, with the aim of making LaGuardia its national hub for domestic and business travelers. “Delta fully supports the initiatives undertaken by the governor and the Port Authority ... to modernize area airports and improve the overall travel experience,” Delta spokeswoman Elizabeth Wolf said in an email to the continued on page 37

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City wants shuttles for Rockaway ferry Proposal seeks to ease access to waterborne transportation system by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The city is looking to have shuttles take passengers to and from the ferry stop in the Rockaways expected to launch in 2017. The Economic Development Corp. put out the request for shuttle service last Wednesday, seeking to connect the western peninsula communities of Belle Harbor, Seaside, Rockaway Beach, Arverne and Hammel to the dock at a to-be-determined lo cat ion on t he e a st e r n e nd of t he peninsula. The appeal was made as part of a broader request for proposals to provide the ferry service. Shuttle bus service is being considered for the Rockaway dock because, the city states, the area has “limited existing MTA bus ser vice connecting the Rockaway Landing to population centers” as well as a lack of parking spaces near the dock. The citywide ferry service, announced by Mayor de Blasio in February during his State of the City address, seeks to connect the peninsula, Astoria, South Brooklyn and the Lower East Side of Manhattan to the East River Ferry system — which has stops i n Man hat t an, Long Island Cit y and Brooklyn. Bus stops for the proposed shuttles in

The city is looking to have shuttles take commuters to and from the Rockaway ferry location, which is launching in two years. The service is sought after due to limited MTA service between FILE PHOTO the dock and populated areas of the peninsula. the Rockaways will be located where MTA buses pull up to receive their passengers, the city states, and will be free of charge. One member of Community Board 14, which covers the entire peninsula, said the shuttles are a good start to get riders from

one end of the Rockaways to the other but added there needs to be another dock to keep commutes to the boats shorter. “I think it’s a good idea,” Felicia Johnson said. “To me, it’s better than nothing.” Johnson, a Bayswater resident, said it’s

now up to Rockaway residents utilize the ferry service when it starts in two years — around the same time Mayor de Blasio and all Council members are up for re-election. “Now we have to come out and use it and show our numbers,” she said. The Rockaways last year decried the loss of a ferry that had been implemented after Superstorm Sandy while the A train was out of commission due to repairs. The city discontinued it on Oct. 31, citing low ridership and a high cost of subsidizing the service. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said in an interview that the addition of shuttle services to and from the dock is “great news ... but I wish they would have done it sooner. “The city has recognized the need for ferry service, but additionally they’ve recognized we need to increase accessibility to that ferry,” Goldfeder added. “So by including that in the RFP, it will increase ridership and ultimately make transportation better for everybody in Queens and the Rockaways.” The city states the shuttle service can be operated by the same entity that runs the ferry service or by a separate organization. Entities interested in operating the ferry service must submit their proposals to the Q city by June 12.

South Richmond Hill Construction worker Civic is ending: prez for ‘prison’ arrested Group can’t find exec board members by Anthony O’Reilly

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It’s the end of an era. After more than 20 years serving the residents of South Richmond Hill, the civic association for the area will be holding its last meeting on June 18, because it cannot find anyone to serve on its executive board. “I have asked members of the civic to take an Executive board position; however, at this time no one wants to dedicate their time to run the civic,” Margaret Finnerty, the longtime president of the South Richmond Hill Civic Association, said in an email on Tuesday. “I have enjoyed the close relationship I have had with the elected officials, city agencies commissioners, the 106 Police Department, Community Board 10, my sponsors and of course my members.” State law requires that civic associations have an executive board consisting of a president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Annual elections are held for each position. In addition to nobody else wanting to

take the time to run the civic, Finnerty herself said she cannot because she is planning on enjoying retirement. “The decision of giving up the civic was quite difficult for me,” she said. “However since I retired in January I am looking forward to traveling with my husband and possibly relocating.” She previously served as the parent coordinator for School District 27 before retiring earlier this year. The civic has been led by Finnerty since 1993 until its end. Last October, the civic hosted a gathering where $2 million in coupons were clipped and sent to troops in action overseas — the sixth time they held such an event. The group, which held its monthly meetings at the South Ozone Park Knights of Columbus hall at 135-45 Lefferts Blvd., was honored by South Queens elected officials for its work helping overseas troops. Finnerty is a member of CB 10, a position she’s held for more than 25 years. Q

Perp punched man taking pictures: DA by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A man doing construction on the proposed juvenile detention center in South Ozone Park has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a nearby resident for taking pictures of the work, according to a district attorney spokesman and Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica). Andrix Suarez, a Bronx resident, was arrested on April 30 for allegedly punching South Ozone Park resident Philip Kinnard on April 17 outside the under-construction center at 133-23 127 St., according to a criminal complaint obtained by the Queens Chronicle. Suarez is charged with third-degree assault and second-degree harassment, according to the complaint. He is due back in court on July 13, according to a DA spokesman. According to a press release from Wills issued on Tuesday, Kinnard was taking photos of Suarez and other construction workers at the site while a stop-work order was in effect on the property, which upon

completion will hold 17 juvenile offenders under the state’s “Close to Home” program. Suarez threatened to “strike” Kinnard if he did not stop taking pictures and did so as the resident was looking at the worker through his lens, according to Wills. “I urge [the Administration for Children’s Services] to bring its supposedly “robust” oversight of Sheltering Arms and its sub-contractors to bear, and unequivocally declare that acts of intimidation against members of the community in South Ozone Park will not be tolerated,” Wills said in his press release. Suarez is believed to be a worker for a construction firm subcontracted by Sheltering Arms, the proposed operator of the detention center. The center has garnered the ire of the community, where many call it a “prison” and there is a pending lawsuit seeking to prevent its opening. An ACS spokeswoman did not return requests for comment on Suarez’s arrest by Q press time.

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not be limited to converting two-way streets to one-way streets; education and outreach. And, as appropriate, posting signs regardFaced with the growing problem in his district of trucks illegally using residential ing the permissible use of certain routes by side streets off of designated truck routes, trucks. The study is due no later than Jan. 1, 2017. Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) sponVallone spokesman Lionel Morales sored a bill to put a stop to the practice. “How many times have we heard that resi- acknowledged that truck-route laws already dential streets are supposed to be residen- exist, and that the councilman, like most of tial?” Vallone asked in a press release after his colleagues, already knows where the his bill was approved unanimously by the troubled routes are. Still, he said, Vallone’s bill promises genCouncil on May 27. Unfortunately, Vallone pointed out, the uine action. “The study will city Department of formally bring the Transportation as a DOT in to review the matter of policy does aven’t they already infor mation,” not post so-called Morales said. “If we “negative signage,” done study after study give them the inforsuch as “No Through on a problem everyone mation from council Trucks.” members, community The result, Vallone knows is a problem?” boards and civic leadsaid, is many truck ers f rom specif ic drivers seek to short— Joe Moretti locations, they can en their routes by come in, study it and illegally going off designated truck routes and shorten their confirm those claims.” Joe Moretti of Jamaica wishes Vallone trips with more direct routes over residential more luck than he has had trying to get the streets. Compounding the problem, Vallone said, is DOT, the police or anyone else to enforce that the NYPD can be wary of enforcement, rules against trucks that use northbound 170th such as summonses, in places where there are Street as a shortcut between Jamaica and Hillside avenues. not adequate signs warning drivers. “One, I do not understand why a bill is The bill, Introduction No. 315-A, requires the DOT to “study compliance” of drivers even needed, considering that there already along designated truck routes, as well as areas is a law that trucks, with the exception of where drivers routinely wander off the local deliveries, are not permitted on residential streets to begin with, and must use marked path. “Based on the study, the department shall truck routes,” Moretti told the Chronicle. institute measures [emphasis added] designed “The problem is not the law — the problem is lack of enforcement and DOT refusing to to increase truck route compliance ...” continued on page 37 The measures could include, but would Editor

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One man was killed and two other individuals were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. According to police officials, last Saturday around 2:38 a.m., there was a 911 call reporting a shooting in the rear courtyard of 40-15 12 St., on the property of the Queensbridge Houses. When officers arrived, they found a 23-year-old man, unconscious and with a gunshot to his back, and a 29-year-old woman with a shot in her arm. The male victim, later identified as Jahhad Marshall of Astoria, was transported to New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and was later pronounced dead. The female victim was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center and is in stable condition. A third victim, an 18-year-old male, was later found to have suffered a shot to his right leg and was separately driven to Metropolitan Hospital Center. He is in stable condition, police said. NYPD officials said Saturday that there are no arrests and the investigaQ tion is ongoing.

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Neighbors of a youth detention facility planned for Queens Village have accused the city and state of not being open and up front about their intentions. Bob Friedrich does not want opponents of the project to be accused of the same thing. Friedrich, president of Glen Oaks Village, and other civic leaders are planning what they hope is a massive rally at noon on June 6 outside the old Merrick Academy building at 207-01 Hillside Ave. The city’s Administration for Children’s Services wants to house 18 teenagers in the old school as part of Gov Cuomo’s Close to Home initiative. “This is a neighborhood prison,” Friedrich said last week at a meeting of the Community Council for the NYPD’s 105th Precinct. “The only crimes where they would not place a person there is murder or rape.” The Queens Village Civic Association also is sponsoring Saturday’s rally. Close to Home aims to take teens from the city and house them here, closer to their families. Many now live upstate in facilities that can be several hours away by car. ACS officials last month said teens

selected for the Queens Village residence would live and attend school on-site, and would seldom leave the grounds except under heavily monitored circumstances. The intention is to keep the children close to their families and neighborhoods in a effort to ease their transition back to the community once they are permitted to leave custody. All were placed under the city’s care by family courts, not the criminal system, although all the offenses for which they were arrested would have resulted in criminal charges had they been at least 18 at the time of their arrests. ACS currently is planning six such sites in the city, with Queens Village being one of two in Queens. The second, in South Ozone park, is the subject of a lawsuit to stop it. Friedrich and others speaking at the 105th Precinct said it is a failure of elected leaders that ACS had been able to move so far and so quickly with its plans before residents and civic leaders were notified. “This program has proceeded under the radar,” Friedrich said. Eve n D e put y I n s p e c t or M ich a el Coyle, commanding officer of the 105th

Precinct, said he had no advance notification that the facility was being planned. The building also is less than 40 feet from the nearest residential homes on 207th Street, and is within blocks of two other ACS facilities, bringing up accusations from residents that the city has oversaturated the neighborhood. “The city has more regulations about where you can and can’t locate a bar with strippers,” Bobby Sher, president of the Board of Directors of the United Veterans Mutual Housing Co. at Bell Park ManorTerrace, said at the precinct. ACS, in a statement to the Chronicle last month, said 278 teens went missing from less secure facilities in 2013, a figure that dropped to 171 last year. Almost all were fou nd to have gone home, according to authorities. They said the local police precinct is notified in the event a teen leaves without permission, though the community at large is not. “They assure us that this facility will be far more secure, but they have failed to lay out a set of security protocols to the neighborhood nearby,” Friedrich said in a follow-up email to the Chronicle on Q Tuesday.

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of corruption would re-emerge if we went back to the old system of governance.” Senate Republicans have offered de Blasio a one-year extension, but with the condition that Albany lawmakers would have to approve the city’s education budget. “It would put the Legislature in Albany in charge of New York City public schools, which would not be in anyone’s interest,” de Blasio said of that proposal. Senate Republicans are also looking to tie the extension of mayoral control to a bill that would raise the cap on the number of charter schools in the five boroughs. State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) said he wants Cuomo to mediate the issue.

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JFK duo stole electronics: DA Two JFK Airport employees have been charged with stealing $90,000 worth of electronics from a warehouse there, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a press release last Friday. Kason Alexander and Akanni Martin, both of Brooklyn, are charged with second-degree grand larceny and second-degree criminal posession of stolen property for allegedly taking cameras, lenses, memory cards, tablets and other accessories from a warehouse at the South Queens transportation hub. The two were caught after Alexander was caught urinating in a Brooklyn street by a police officer. The officer then saw the duo get into a car with the allegedly stolen goods inside. Both face 15 years in prison if conQ victed of the charges.

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Alex S. Blair Salutatorian attending Rensselear Polytechnic Institute

2474 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11229 www.stedmundprep.org 718-743-6100 ST.E-067128

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Regina T. Locicero Valedictorian

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Catholic schools today: why they’re right for your child One of the most important decisions in life for all parents — Catholic and nonCatholic— is that of choosing the education that will most benefit their children. Consider the following reasons a Catholic school is right for your children. Catholic schools: • have a proven record of academic excellence; • work closely with you for the good of your children; • continue the religious formation of your children begun in your home; • have clear and precise goals; • provide a challenging atmosphere; • maintain a secure environment; and • have educators who believe that all children can succeed.

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Building on over 200 years of inspiring students, Catholic schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens and the Archdiocese of New York offer an excellent, nurturing, values-centered education in a structured environment that helps children realize their full potential as human beings. The schools provide superior academics, rooted in a strong moral framework, to children of all backgrounds; develop character and a love of learning; ERIA AV N

model and encourage respect for one another; emphasize generosity: celebrate creativity and support the joyful development of reflective, young men and women. Catholic schools teach Gospel ideals which permeate the substance and structure of the lessons. They share the faith through daily prayer and the regular celebration of Mass as a school community and foster a spirit of Christian service as an expression of our concern for the needs of others. Catholic schools offer a technology-enhanced, forward-focused curriculum. They integrate interactive whiteboards, high-speed computers and science equipment into classroom instruction, preparing students to compete in an increasingly complex world. The students are motivated to do their best and develop their talents, find meaning in their lives and build on their strengths to achieve success in school and beyond graduation. Catholic schools provide students with skills and inspire the self-discipline and confidence needed for them to take their places as compassionate leaders in their communities and in society. The Catholic school experience is an unparalleled opportunity to develop a child’s mind, heart and soul. Q — courtesy americancatholic.org/newsletter and adnyeducation.org

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Named valedictorian, now what? The title of valedictorian is an honor that only one person from each school receives every year. Planning the right speech requires forethought and creative ideas. The person in school who receives the highest grade rank is named the valedictorian and it is customary for that student to give a speech at the commencement ceremony. The speech serves as a farewell to the graduating class and often remarks on the possibilities for the future. A valedictorian speech is an opportunity to address the entire class and highlight class camaraderie. The valedictorian is serving as the voice of all the graduates, and should include them in the speech. Here are some ideas to consider when drafting a valedictorian speech: • Be short and to the point. Chances are there will be a number of different speakers on commencement day. Attendees will appreciate brevity. • Use a current point of reference, such as acknowledging something making headlines or a favorite celebrity, as a way to break the ice. Be sincere and try to inject some humor into the speech. As a speaker you can refer to this point initially and at the summary of the speech as well. • Talk about what the school has provided for you and favorite moments throughout the last few years. Then open up the speech about how friends and fellow graduates made the experiences even more poignant. • Be sure to thank teachers and mentors who played a role in your success. Feel free to call out a special person who went above and beyond to help make you the person you are today. • Praise fellow classmates and their accomplishments. • Talk about plans for the future and refer to how the education provided offers a stable basis for jumping off into jobs and future projects. • Thank your audience for their time. These are just basic guidelines that can be customized and personalized Q depending on the person and the audience. — Metro Creative Connection

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A partial list of college acceptances: Boston College Boston University Brown University Catholic University of America Clemson University Cornell University CUNY-Macaulay Honors College Fairﬁeld University Fordham University George Washington University Lafayette College Lehigh University

New York University Northeastern University Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Providence College Purdue University Quinnipiac University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rochester Institute of Technology St. John’s University

Stevens Institute of Technology Stony Brook University Syracuse University Texas Tech University University College Dublin University of Alabama University of Arizona University of California University of Colorado at Boulder University of Connecticut University of Dayton University of Massachusetts

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Xaverian is proud to have ﬁve seniors who earned acceptance to Cornell University this year!

University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of San Diego University of Scranton University of South Carolina University of Tennessee University of Texas University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Villanova University West Virginia University

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Some fast facts about Saint Edmund Preparatory Catholic high school prepares students to excel The Catholic high and supportive. It is enhanced by extracurschools in the Diocese ricular activities and enrichment programs of Brook ly n / Q ueens that help students develop academically, SECTION a nd A rchd iocese of physically and socially. New York offer rigorCatholic schools educate a diverse group ous, high-quality academic education in an of adolescents reaching out to include all environment formed by nationalities, races and the faith and values of ethnicities. The schools the Catholic Church. are steeped in the Cathatholic high schools They are close-k nit olic tradition, but are communities where a also welcoming places are well-known for committed faculty is for people of other dedicated to maximizMany students in academic excellence, faiths. ing the potential of Catholic high schools each student. are not Catholic. 98 percent of our Catholic high schools Catholic high schools seniors graduate boast exper ienced are located throughout teachers and a range of all five boroughs, each and 98 percent go with a distinct identity. educational technology Some are located in the that includes laptops on to college..” heart of city neighborand Smart-boards. They — Dr. Joseph Gerics, hoods and others on also promote success, Associate Superintendent for subu rba n ca mpuses. with percentages of Secondary Education Some are coeducational, graduating seniors in others are all-gi rls’ the upper 90s and an schools and others are all-boys’ schools. equally great percentage of those graduates Q The common thread is academic excel- pursue post-secondary education. lence developed in a Christ-centered envi— courtesy buildboldfutures.org ronment that builds character. The academic Catholic Schools in the atmosphere of these schools is challenging Archdiocese of New York RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS

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Saint Edmund Preparatory High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school for young men and women. The mission is to instill the Gospel values in our students so as to empower them to become confident, self-disciplined, active participants in society. As an International Baccalaureate World School, the goal is to provide a highquality education which encourages the development of skills to live and work with others globally. Students who have been awarded the IB diploma have earned as many as 36 college credits. The program has 32 full IB diploma candidates and has joined forces with the NYC Food Bank where students will be fulfilling the Creativity, Action, and Service component of IB. St. Edmund Preparatory offers a rigorous curriculum designed to meet the needs of all our students. Advanced placement courses and, through its partnership with St. John's University, collegelevel courses, STEM, robotics, a fine arts curriculum that includes dance and band, and the offering of Chinese/Mandarin as a foreign language are examples of the broad and challenging academics. An International Scholars Honors Program, a College Exploration Program, an Internship Pro-

gram, a Teaching Program, a Summer Outreach Program and the addition of the Harvard Model Congress allow students to experience life outside of the Prep. Students embrace the call to service as they serve the homeless in Philadelphia, cook and serve a Thanksgiving meal to those less fortunate in New York, donate to award-winning school blood drives and participate in collections for necessities such as socks, toys, blankets, and coats The school has three state-of-theart science labs, two technology labs, Smart boards and a “Bring your own devices” program for students. The Library Media and Fine Arts Center houses a technology lab, band room, art studio, weight training room and dance studio. In addition to a complete varsity athletic program, Prep has added crew, a competitive rowing team. The school offers over 50 clubs and activities including art, technology, STEM robotics, the Euro Challenge, the Investment Team, dramatic/musical performances, and the award-winning, literary magazine and yearbook. For more information or to schedule a buddy day, please contact the admissions office at (718) 743-6100 ext. 5064 or visit our website Q stedmundprep.org.

Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School Conducted in the Educa onal Tradi on of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart

Presents and Congratulates its Graduation Class of 2015

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Congratulations to the Class of 2015!

“High school is for four years; the Prep is forever.” ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd., Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 (718) 423-8810 www.sfponline.org STFR-067120

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With great pride we recognize our stellar seniors who have earned over $134 million in scholarships!

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• You sign up for traditional Medicare for convenience. Traditional Medicare includes Part A, hospital services, and Part B, medical services. Many first-time enrollees also buy a prescription drug Part D plan and supplemental insurance, or Medigap. “You may think it’s easier to just enroll in the traditional package of Medicare benefits, but your costs can really add up.” Nearly 16 million people enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans in 2014, an increase of almost 20 percent since 2012, according to data provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Medicare Advantage plans offer an alternative to traditional Medicare. They can replace several plans with one form of healthcare coverage. “You can see some incredible cost savings by taking a look at Medicare Advantage plans,” says Blazier. You can find services and resources to compare Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare plans on the web. • You look for shortcuts by choosing a family member or friend’s Medicare plan. “It’s easy to enroll in Medicare,” says Blazier. “Maybe a little too easy.” But it’s not uncommon to have buyer’s remorse once the coverage begins and it’s clearer how much or how little the plan covers. Some of the biggest mistakes happen when individuals turn 65 and enroll in Medicare for the first time. It can be challenging to find accurate, upto-date information in order to make fair comparisons among all the options. But doing some research, especially with the help of a Medicare specialist, can mean big savings that more than makes up for the extra effort. Experienced Allsup Medicare specialists can help individuals and caregivers with a Medicare P plan selection at Medicare.Allsup.com. — Brandpoint

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Council backs senior savings on Albany’s agenda Resolutions press breaks on rent hikes, property taxes by Mark Lord Chronicle Conributor

On May 27, members of the New York City Council voted in favor of three resolutions calling on the state to help more seniors and people with disabilities stay in their homes. The three nonbinding measures all back measures that are included in a single bill which, according to the office of Assemblyman Michael Den Dekker (D-Jackson Heights), a co-sponsor, is “currently active in committee” in Albany and “was amended just this week.” One resolution calls for legislation that would renew laws passed in 2014 which raised the maximum annual income level to $50,000 for an exemption from rent increases. An estimated 52,000 households in the city are benefitting from the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption program, including 10,995 in Queens, while some 9,000 households citywide and 1,429 in the borough benefit from the Disability Rent Increase Exemption program. Unless the legislation is approved, the provisions will automatically be repealed in July 2016. “The sunset provision on the legislation that increased the income threshold puts many seniors in a precarious position and threatens their ability

to remain paying affordable rents in future years,” said Councilmember Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), a co-sponsor of the resolution. “Eliminating the sunset provision would grant much needed stability to those who benefit from these programs.” Councilmember Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), another co-sponsor, said through a spokesperson, “Without these programs, individuals could find themselves out on the street. Rents could go up and seniors could find themselves unable to afford the rent.” Den Dekker believes that “too many people in Queens and throughout New York City depend on SCRIE and DRIE” to allow the eligibility increases to expire. “It would be a disservice to them and this community to reduce the eligibility,” he said. Also passed in the Council were two taxrelated resolutions, which call on the state to increase the income threshold to $50,000 from $37,399 for both the Senior Citizen Homeowners’ Exemption program and the Disabled Homeowners’ Exemption program. Those provide property tax exemptions for seniors 65 and over or for disabled individuals who are owners of one-, two- and three-family homes, condominiums or cooperative apartments. Each program offers reductions on the

assessed value of a home on a sliding scale, based on income, between 5 and 50 per cent. “If homeowners cannot afford to pay their tax bills, they’re going to lose their homes,” Koslowitz’s office said. “These are seniors or disabled individuals on low fixed incomes.” In supporting the resolutions, Vallone said, “Increasing the income threshold for the SCRIE and DRIE programs was a great start. However, homeowners that benefit from the SCHE program are no less deserving of an income threshold adjustment, especially considering that even minor adjustments to Social Security or disability assistance can cause a homeowner to lose their SCHE benefits.” Neither Council member would speculate as to the bill’s chances of passing the Legislature, but each stressed the importance of the Council’s actions in approving the resolutions. “It’s all or nothing in Albany,” Koslowitz’s representative said. “We have no instincts. We simply do not know.” But, the aide added, “Without the resolutions, Albany would not consider the bill. That’s why the resolutions are so necessary.” Vallone agreed. “When the largest city in the state passes a resolution, it sends a strong message to the state about the importance of a spe-

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Flushing House hosts Elder Law seminars As in prior years, Flushing House has scheduled three “Elder Law Seminars” for Spring 2015. These seminars will focus on how changes brought about by the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Re-Design/Expansion in New York State are impacting health care and home care services for seniors. Medicare changes arising from the ACA will also be explored, as well as asset protection trusts and estate planning. Ann-Margaret Carrozza, the noted elder law attorney, gave the first seminar on Saturday, May 30. Seniors should know how to protect their homes. Carrozza explored asset protection trusts for primary residences, and estate tax planning, in light of Federal estate tax changes. She also advised seniors how to get the long-term care they need through Medicaid, while still protecting their assets. Ronald Fatoullah, the noted elder law attorney, will give the second seminar on Saturday, June 6. Medicaid eligibility rules are rapidly changing. Fatoullah will give an overview of the Medicaid program and explain how to protect one’s assets in the event long-term health care is needed. He will also review five essential legal documents that seniors should have — the importance of a (i) last will and testament (ii) power of attorney (iii) health care

Ann-Margaret Carrozza, left, Ronald Fatoullah and Maria Alvarez. and Medicaid Re-Design and Expansion in New proxy (iv) living will and (v) living trust. Maria Alvarez, executive director, NY State- York State, are impacting the scope, choice and Wide Senior Action Council, and Eric Hausman, delivery of benefits and services for older adults. an independent Medicare consultant, will give the Hausman was the former lead trainer for third seminar on Saturday, June 13. Their topic is New York State’s Health Insurance Information the entire range of beneficiary issues, i.e., how Counseling Assistance Program, providing changes to coverage through Medicare, Managed training to Medicare counselors across the Care and Medicaid, under the new rules of ACA state. He also previously worked in Medicare — Advertorial —

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‘Love & Mercy’ is a fine look at Beach Boys’ Wilson

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responsible for his severe loss of hearing in his right ear. I ran into actor John Stamos shortly after the Just as Brian had to battle his dad in his 20s, Fox Television upfront in Manhattan last month, he had to take on a new bully in his 40s, psywhere that network showed off its new shows chotherapist Dr. Eugene Landy (Paul Giamotti). to media and advertisers. Stamos is best known As the movie forthrightly points out, Wilson for his work on the old ABC sitcom “Full House,” always had mental issues, and Landy managed and he will star this fall in a sitcom titled to make himself Brian’s guardian, one who mon“Grandfathered.” itors every aspect of Wilson’s life and doesn’t In addition to acting, Stamos has carved out give him a moment of privacy. Dr. Gene even a musical career as a drummer and has played tags along on Brian’s date with Melinda Ledbeton many Beach Boys recordings and handled ter (Elizabeth Banks), a car saleswoman Brian percussion duties at their concerts. I asked him meets and takes an immediate liking to. if he had seen “Love & Mercy,” the biopic on While Melinda knows of Wilson’s musical Beach Boys founder and key composer Brian accomplishments, she is no rock groupie. She is Wilson. “No, I haven’t seen it yet but I plan to. attracted to his refreshing lack of guile. He says It’s a tough story to tell,” he replied. exactly what he is thinking without a filter. When Bill Pohlad, the director of “Love & Mercy,” Melinda sees Landy overmedicating Brian to the would certainly concur with Stamos’ statement point that he is almost a zombie, she decides to that Wilson’s life story is not an easy one to con- take legal action against him to get Brian emanvey. In an unusual casting twist, there are two cipated from his clutches and possibly even get actors portraying Wilson. Paul Dano is the young the doctor thrown in prison. Brian, who creates some of the most memora“Love & Mercy” works for a variety of reasons. ble music of the mid- to late 1960s, while John The script is true to the Beach Boys’ wellCusack is the Brian Wilson of documented history and even the mid-1980s, whose best days adds a few chestnuts that musically appear to be behind longtime fans may not know, and whose life has spiraled out such as that the inspiration for of control. “Good Vibrations” was Brian’s Interestingly Pohlad elected observation to band mate Love not to tell the story sequentially that dogs can pick up vibes as but rather have the younger and to whether people like them or older Brian Wilsons alternate not. scenes. Thankfully the toggling The acting is top-notch, as between the mid-’60s and midDano gives Brian a boyish ’80s does not make it harder to charm as he struggles with the concentrate on the story. If any“genius” tag, while Cusack thing, it makes Wilson’s lifelong plays him as a catatonic who is PHOTO COURTESY IMDB.COM/MEDIA struggles even more poignant. slowly trying to gain the courBy late 1965 the Beach Boys had established age to take charge of his life. Banks is superb as themselves as reliable hitmakers who espoused the heroic Melinda, who would eventually an idyllic, youthful California world of surfing, become Brian’s wife. The real scene stealer cars and attractive girls. Twenty-three year old though, as is his custom, is Giamotti, who tackBrian, however, wanted to write about more les Dr. Landy in a manner similar to the way J.K. adult topics and begins the process of creating Simmons portrayed the fictitious music profesone of the most revered albums of all time, “Pet sor Dr. Terence Fletcher in “Whiplash,” which Sounds.” Sadly, the album was akin to a prophet earned him an Academy Award for best supwithout honor at the time, as the Beach Boys’ porting actor this past February. Both characlabel, Capitol Records, did not truly support it. ters exude charm one moment and psychotic Nor did Brian’s cousin, frequent co-writer, and anger the next. Perhaps timed for the release of this film, Beach Boys front man Mike Love (Jake Abel), who was understandably concerned about Wilson has released a new album, “No Pier Pressure” (Capitol). The album contains the messing with a successful musical formula. Brian’s biggest nemesis, however, was his quintessential high-wailing harmonies Beach dad, Murry Wilson ( Bill Camp), a musician Boys love as exemplified by “Sail Away,” which manque who was jealous of his son’s success is featured during the film’s closing credits, and enjoyed criticizing and humiliating him any and “Saturday Night,” in which he duets with chance that he could. Even worse, Murry was a Fun’s Nate Ruess. At 72 years young, Brian physically abusive brut who would routinely Wilson still knows how to make well-crafted P pummel Brian as a boy. He may have been pop music.

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A daiquiri-themed eatery inside Resorts World Casino that was the scene of a multiman brawl on its opening day about two months ago has been shut down, the bar’s chief operating officer said. “At this point it’s clear they’re not going to reopen it,” Joe Pando, the Fat Tuesday executive, said last Thursday of the casino’s decision. The location shut down on May 24 and the decision to do so was made by racino officials, Pando said. The eatery opened in early April to heavy fanfare, but quickly got out of control. Pando said two women got into an argument while on line waiting for drinks, and their isolated incident quickly escalated into a brawl involving dozens of people that went viral on social media. Two men, including a South Ozone Park resident, were arrested following the incident. While the brawl ensued, a man allegedly discharged his firearm in the parking lot. He was later caught but Queens District Attorney Richard Brown declined to prosecute him due to a lack of evidence. Other incidents, though less publicized than the initial one, took place during the short time the bar was there, Pando said. Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct which patrols the racino, confirmed that cops have been called to the eatery for help controlling belligerent customers but that none of the instances ended in an arrest. “There was casino staff getting harrassed by the clientele,” Schiff said last Thursday. “There were some disruptive incidents. Some of t he p e ople we r e not ve r y cooperative.” A Resorts World Casino spokesman did not respond to requests for comment on the

An eatery inside Resorts World Casino where a multi-man brawl took place in early April has FILE PHOTO been shut down. bar’s closing by press time. But Pando said it’s possible officials there saw the “clientele that was frequenting” Fat Tuesday and decided it was not a good match for the South Ozone Park gaming mecca. “They’re always very anxious about matters of security and damage control,” Pando said of the racino, which last Tuesday was in the news again after a woman was shot and killed in its parking lot by her ex-boyfriend, who was later killed by cops in Brooklyn. The Fat Tuesday executive said he was disappointed in the decision to shut down the location, but understands why the racino decided to do so. Fat Tuesday has more than 50 locations across the nation. The Resorts World one Q was its first in New York City.

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photographs and videos of truck traffic along his street since fall 2014. The Chronicle, at the request of a DOT spokeswoman, submitted a handful of questions on sign policy to the department via email early Tuesday afternoon. The DOT did not reply prior to the Chronicle’s deadline on Wednesday. Morales, however, said the bill, if signed into law by Mayor de Blasio as expected, would compel the DOT to act, up to and including installing signs that it now does not, simply as a matter of policy. “The wording of the bill makes sure it would be a matter of how DOT responds, Q not if,” Morales said.

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LaGuardia continued from page 21 Chronicle. “[Their] efforts are aligned with our own ongoing commitment to providing an exceptional customer experience for anyone traveling to New York for business or pleasure.” Delta also is spending more than $1 billion to make Kennedy Airport its international hub. The consortium making up LaGuardia Gateway Partners includes financial heavyweights such as Citigroup Global Markets and Wells Fargo. Preliminary plans for the new central

terminal would expand it from 835,000 square feet to more than 1.3 million. Available area for security screening would triple. Concessions now occupy 70,000 square feet, with only 10 percent available once passengers have passed through security. The new terminal B is slated to have 97,000 square feet, with 95 percent in the post-security areas. The PA said site investigation will begin this summer, as will negotiations with the airlines that call Terminal B home. All project agreements are scheduled to be brought before the PA board for approval between October and December. Construction is expected to begin in the Q first quarter of 2016.

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Forest Hills parents with kids looking for spots in either PS 196, above, or PS 144 have joined forces with mothers and fathers fighting overcrowding in Long Island City, Manhattan and Brooklyn FILE PHOTO schools, forming a group called Overcrowding Advocacy for Zoned Schools NYC.

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Free Parking Available or by Train M or R to 63rd Drive Station 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 and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can. “For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11 am - 7 pm the rest. For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10 am - 6 pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. 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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Education advocates, assemble! The parents of Forest Hills students unable to get into their zoned schools for kindergarten have joined forces with families experiencing similar problems in Brooklyn and Manhattan, creating a group called Overcrowding Advocacy for Zoned Schools NYC on Facebook. Co-founder Kristin Gorman, of Forest Hills, said uniting with the frustrated parents of PS 78 in Long Island City, PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights and PS 199 on the Upper East Side gives them a better chance to be heard by the Department of Education and the Mayor’s Office than if each group of parents went at it alone. “It came about because a few of us saw that other schools were experiencing the same thing,” Gorman said. “I reached out to some of those parents and asked what’s happening. A group of people who want the same thing have a much louder voice than just a few.” According to a DNA Info report from April, 93 kids were on PS 199’s waitlist, the longest in the city. Gorman, the mother of a 3-year-old, hopes the fervor of the 66-person group will attract the attention of elected officials citywide, as only then will tr ue school reform be possible. “Obviously, we want to get our elected officials on board and we think that’s really the only way we can accomplish things here,” she said. “What we really need is to get the Mayor’s Office on board.” While many Forest Hills parents and elected officials such as Borough President

Melinda Katz and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) have advocated for temporary trailers at the schools, Gorman said the new group doesn’t plan to push for the portable classrooms at each school. “I don’t think there’s really going to be a consensus,” she said. “But I think most parents would be OK with trailers as long as their kids get into their zoned schools.” A group meeting has been planned for June 8 to discuss strategies for specific schools, with a location to be determined. According to Forest Hills mother Pam Chowayou, a co-founder of Forest Hills Zoned K for All Kids, all 72 children on PS 144’s waitlist have now been placed in the school and just 19 students wait for spots in PS 196, down from 65 just a month ago. Chowayou said her group is encouraged by the number of kids getting seats in their zoned schools, but still plans to fight for trailers in the short term and building extensions in the long term. “We have to keep up the fight until every kid is in their zoned school,” Chowayou said. “We have a lot of momentum right now, but until that 19th child is in, the fight is not over.” The city announced last week it would be cutting pre-K seats at each school to allow for more kindergarten spots. Parents in the group said Borough President Melinda Katz toured PS 144 and PS 196 on Monday with DOE officials to survey how much space the schools need. A n i nqu i r y for com ment was not returned by Katz’s office by press time on Q Wednesday.

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WONDROUS WHIMSY Clowning around at fantastical Flushing Meadows carnival by Victoria Zunitch

formances including props such as unicycles, magical illusions with accompanying live music and zany and quick-witted antics from the other clowns scheduled to perform. For a few dollars each, kids can take a spin on some carnival rides or play games. For those not attending as a party, unlimited ride wristbands are available on weekdays for $17. “This way, people in Queens don’t have to schlep to Coney Island,” Galst said. The Fantasy Forest has been growing since NY Carousel took over the concession about three years ago, said Technical Manager Ramon Serra. Resident Renee Chin held her son Gavin’s fourth birthday celebration in the Fantasy Forest tent on Sunday. She said she found the venue simply by walking past one day. Continued page continued onon page 43

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ueens parents looking for that Coney Island atmosphere without the commute can find some summer fun at the Fantasy Forest in Flushing Meadows Corona Park throughout the season. Admission is free for those who want to roam the grounds, as are the shows on Sundays and holidays, said David Galst, managing director of NY Carousel Management, which runs the seasonal event. This summer’s lineup includes Cido the Clown, Matias the Magician, Bonkerz the Clown, Champu the Magician, Zabo’s Circus Show, The Magical Georgie Pie, Skats the Clown, the Amazing Captain Faust and Omar’s Fourth of July Birthday Party. The show schedule is available on the Fantasy Forest website. Whenever you go, the operators promise a day of fun, with upcoming per-

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Magali Reus, Michael E. Smith and Erika Verzutti, three solo shows. Thru Aug. 3. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

Short films by women immigrant film makers, presented by NYC Women in Film and Television. Fri., June 5, 6 p.m. Onderdonk House, 18-20 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. Info: (718) 456-1776.

“NUDE: A figure drawing exhibition,” with the human body as inspiration. Thru June 15. Eleventh Street Arts, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: eleventhstreetarts.com. “Art in the Garden: Nature & Science in Dialogue,” with collages by Emily Barnett. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Thru July 19. Free with Garden admission. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

THEATRE “Fertile Ground New Works Showcase,” featuring works by different choreographers. Sun., June 7, 7-9 p.m. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. $10. Info: Jill (718) 956-3037, jill@greenspacestudio.org, greenspacestudio.org/ FertileGround.html. “Tales of Brer Rabbit,” a Free CityParks PuppetMobile Puppet Show presented by Briarwood Action Network. Wed., June 10, 10:30 a.m. Hoover Park Playground, Manton St. between 83 Ave. and Main St., Briarwood. Free. Info: briarwoodactionnetwork@ gmail.com, briarwoodactionnetwork.com. “Dancesanity Stars IV”: An annual dance show. Fri., June 19, 8-10:30 p.m. Tony Bennett Concert Hall, 35-12 35 Ave., Long Island City. $35. Info: Sol Dance Center (347) 935-3955, sol.dancecenter@ gmail.com.

MUSIC Maple Grove Cemetery 140th anniversary concert, with a group of 12 extremely talented musicians and singers. Sat., June 6, 7 p.m. Celebration Hall at the Center, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info: (347) 878-6614.

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Con Brio Ensemble concert, with works by Bach, Schubert, Schumann and more. Thurs., June 11, 2 p.m. Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, #202. Free. Info: (718) 459-1277. “Jazz Up in the Sky”: An evening of entertainment with world-famous vocalists on the roof of the Flushing House. All proceeds go to house residents. Fri., June 19, 7-11 p.m. 38-20 Bowne St. RSVP by June 15. $100. Info: (347) 532-3025. “Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World 2015,” featuring Lauren Hill, Rebirth Brass Band and more, by Kupferberg Center for the Arts. Sat., June 20, 12-8 p.m., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. DJ sets at Queens Museum, special exhibit from the Armstrong House, family activities, food trucks and more. Register/info: armstrongswonderfulworld.com.

Family strawberry festival, with live music, crafts, classic cars and a pie-eating contest. Sat., June 13, noon to 4 p.m. Onderdonk House, 18-20 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. $5 adults, children $1, toddlers free. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

“The Beatles-1965”: Re-live the Beatles’ 1965 Shea Stadium concert. Sat., June 6, 1 p.m. Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, Long Island City. $5. Info: (718) 278-0700, astorialic.org. Award-winning short Israeli films, presented by the Central Queens Y. Mon., June 8, 3:30 p.m. 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. $8 sug- In an exhibit at the Queens Botanical Garden, artist Emily Barnett draws gested donation. Info: (718) 268- from forms and themes in nature and science. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN 5011, ext. 151, cqy.org.

AUDITIONS “Footloose The Musical,” HCJ Teen Drama Group seeks actors, dancers, singers, set designers and stage crew. Auditions Mon.-Tues., June 22-23 (callbacks June 25), 7 p.m. Church of the Holy Child Jesus Monsignor Murray Auditorium, 111-02 86 St., Richmond Hill. Info: (718) 847-1860, hcjteendrama@gmail.com.

LECTURES “Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust” by Dr. Scott Miller of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center, Queensborough Community College, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside, Sun., June 7, 1 p.m. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, qcc.cuny.edu/khrca/lectures. “World of the No. 7 train,” a tour with Jack Eichenbaum. Sat., June 13, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $42. Info: (718) 961-8406, jaconet@aol.com. Queens County Bird Club presentation, Wed., June 17, 8-10 p.m. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info: Nancy Tognan (718) 225-8064, nancy.tognan@ gmail.com, qcbirdclub.org. Learn How to Enter Film Festivals, presented by Queens Council on the Arts. Wed., June 17, 6:30-8 p.m. 37-11 35 Ave., Astoria. $10. Info: (347) 505-3010, queenscouncilarts.org/ attention-filmmakers-how-to-enter-film-festivals/.

SPECIAL EVENTS Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua. Three friars from the Pontifical Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua will bring a relic to Holy Family Church, 175-20 74 Ave., Flushing, Wed., June 11, 10 a.m.noon. Info: (914) 263-8841.

Summer solstice festival, celebrating the summer solstice by making ice cream the old-fashioned way, with sun-inspired crafts and historic games. Sat., June 20, noon-4 p.m. King Manor Museum, 150-3 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 2600545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org. “Metamorphosis,” by the Big Apple Circus. Cunningham Park, Union Tpke. at 196 Place, Fresh Meadows. Shows thru Sun., June 14. Starting at $20. (888) 541-3750, bigapplecircus.org.

Annual science & technology fair, hosted by CEC District 29. Sat., June 6, 9 a.m. Renaissance Middle School - IS 192, 109-89 204 St., St. Albans. Info: (718) 341-5408, cdec29q.com.

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CultureFEST, Sat., June 6, 12-8 p.m. Our Lady’s Catholic Academy, 109-55 128th St., South Ozone Park. Info: Karen (718) 641-1316, knca@aol.com, olcacademy.net/culture-fest-2/culture-fest.

National Trails Day, a 7-mile hike in Alley Pond Park. Sat., June 6, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Alley Pond Park House, Winchester Blvd. near Union Tpke. Free. Preregister: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com/trails.

“Cultural Immigrant Festival,” celebrating Hispanic culture and hosted by The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens. Sun., June 7, 2:30 to 5 p.m. PS 69, 77-02 37 Ave., Jackson Heights. Free. Info: (718) 261-7664, LACCQ@aol.com.

Volunteer tree count, surveying 200 square blocks in Ridgewood. Sat., June 6, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 18-82 Woodbine St. Register at nyc.gov/parks/ treescount. Take 20-minute online course. Info: Maryellen (718) 381-3366.

Hike from Roosevelt Island to Queensboro Bridge, taking about five hours beginning on Roosevelt Island and leading to Astoria’s Socrates Sculpture Park, Rainey Park and Queensbridge Park before returning to Manhattan by walking across the Queensboro Bridge. Sun., June 7, 10:30 a.m. at the Roosevelt Island tram at 59th St. and 2nd Ave. in Manhattan. Free with MetroCard swipe. Info: Tom Bergen (917) 7275507, tom.bergen@yahoo.com.

Family fun community health fair, Sat., June 6, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Essential Dental, 256-20 Horace Harding Expy., Little Neck. Free. Info: Dr. Deepti Gupta (718) 428-7780, essentialdentalpractice@gmail.com.

Queens Chamber of Commerce 52nd Annual Day at Belmont, networking event. Wed., June 10, noon. Belmont Park, 21-50 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont, LI. Info: (718) 898-8500, sganosis@ queenschamber.org. Queens Art Intervention Kickoff, highlighting art projects. Fri., June 12, 6:30-8 p.m. Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave., Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 505-3010. queenscouncilarts.org/ queens-art-intervention-kickoff. 8th annual Walk/Run Health Forum, Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation. Sat., June 13, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Roy Wilkins Park, Merrick & Foch blvds., Jamaica. Registration: early bird fee $25 before June 7 ($30 afterwards). Info: (718) 6573173, scacorpint.org.

Saturday night dance, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., June 6, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. $8 members, $10 nonmembers. Call: (718) 478-3100. Blood drive, hosted by the St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council 5911. Sun., June 7, 8:45 a.m.2:45 p.m. St. Anastasia Parish’s Father Smith Hall, 45-245 St., Douglaston. Info: Fred Bedell (718) 347-0874, Giuseppe Petruso (718) 428-0462. State Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. mobile office hours. Bring your questions and concerns. Thurs., June 11 (more dates later in June), Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Drive., 5:30-7 p.m. Contact: Frank Fazio (718) 738-1111. Paper shredding & e-waste recycling event, sponsored by state Assemblymember Michael Den Dekker. Sat., June 13, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. shredding; e-waste until 4 p.m., Waldbaum’s/Modell’s Shopping Center, 77 St. between 30 and 31 Aves. Info: Den Dekker’s office (718) 457-0384. continued on on page page 44 00 continued

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A closer bond to music, through interaction by Silas Valentino qboro contributor

On any Saturday afternoon in Astoria, a Queens or Manhattan-bound train will whiz by the Broadway Library once every four minutes. At the ground level, these passings only offer occasional faint screeches or a blast of cold, dead air, but in the library’s basement, where members of the Queens Symphony Orchestra have set up for their performance, the consistent interruption and rattling enters the musician’s chamber and influences the arrangement. Manning the French horn and acting as the nonchalant leader of the woodwind quintet is Francisco Donaruma, a seasoned

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musician who serves as the principal French horn in the American Ballet Orchestra at Lincoln Center. Donaruma has donned a crisp, pale-colored suit and addresses the modestly sized audience to explain the structure and genesis behind that day’s seven-part suite, “La cheminée du roi René,” or “The Fireplace of King René,” by composer Darius Milhaud. “The first part is,” began Donaruma, then cut off by the 3:03 p.m. train. But he’s quick to recover. “The first part is the subway.” He grinned before explaining how the performance and demonstration would be orchestrated. Audience interaction and education is central to many of the programs hosted by the Queens Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra finished its season of free Library Demonstration Series and lectures but will put on many concerts over the year with a goal to serve and introduce a diverse community to orchestral music. The small-scale concerts are part of the Southern Queens Concert Salon Series, with the next performances on June 13 and 18 in Broad Channel and Hamilton Beach, respectively, having interactive, educational talks

exploring the pieces played and their composers. The Family Series concerts are also especially enriching. This summer, the orchestra will have several concerts aimed at families, including an annual gala in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 11; a Summer Solstice Festival at Socrates Sculpture Park on June 21; and a Great Lawn concert at St. John’s University on July 28. The hour-long demonstration at the Broadway Library mirrored this interactive spirit that runs through many Queens Symphony Orchestra performances; it was split into halves, with the woodwind quintet beginning by performing its suite accompanied by short breaks filtered in where each musician has an opportunity to explain his or her part. The ensemble included Miriam Lockhart on clarinet, Lucille Goeres on flute, Atsuko Sato on bassoon, Donaruma’s on horn and Marsha Heller on the oboe. “This is an oboe, not an elbow,” said Heller as she presented her wind instrument to the crowd. She removed the small, wooden reed that continued on on page page 45 00 continued

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you like re d, t here’s no light bulb moment. You just like red.” She also waxed poetic about jazz as an “intelligent” music form, comparing it to mathematics — likening jazz to trigonometry with its a higher permutation of basic rhythms — and other genres to addition, subtraction and multiplication. She also compared the music to language. “With jazz we have a basic alphabet and with that alphabet we can write words and with those words we can write sentences and we’re free to write whatever sentences we want,” she said. “One musician can take the same alphabet and write completely different sentences.” The elegant evening will also feature the talents of Christi Gehrisch and The Lowdown Stompers, Steve Peppas and Q The Luck Tones.

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Classic carnival magic, right in Queens’ backyard continued continued from frompage page00 39 “They’re nice, they’re so helpful,” Chin said. Party guests receive wristbands covering all rides and a private tent for eating or taking cover from the sun. The Corona Cobra Coaster is tame enough for the faint-hearted and billed as the only roller coaster in Queens. There’s also an incurably cute train ride, the Corona Choo Choo. The Curillo family enjoyed the Queens Motor Speedway racing car ride, while

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young Conor Fee snagged the first seat on an af ternoon run of the Corona Cobra Coaster. The carousel is the centerpiece ride. It has serious Queens credibility, having been created for the 1964-65 World’s Fair by cobbling together two old carousels from Coney Island, Brooklyn. Older kids seemed drawn to the carnival games, the most popular of which is the Rising Waters water gun race with plush-toy prizes. When the woman running the Ring Toss was short on customers, she was happy to cheer on the kids playing other games. The Basketball Shoot-Out was predictably popular with dads and kids. And the classic Hi-Striker game, where one must swing a sledgehammer hard enough to ring a bell, would be a layup for Superman and is within reach of the average Super Mom. The site gives off that laid-back Queens vibe. Food and treat vendors are still available just outside the gate to the amusements area. This past Sunday, popcorn, ice cream, cotton candy, frozen ices and barbecued chicken, pork and corn on the cob were all available within a one-minute Q walk of the entrance.

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continued continued from frompage page00 41 stuck out of the side she blew into and demonstrated how defunct the oboe sounds without this inch-long component. She asked members of the audience if they had ever heard of an oboe before, suggesting maybe in Disney’s “Aladdin” or in a snake charmer melody. “People ask why,” said Heller, in reference to the obscure oboe. “Because no one can imitate it.” Almost too perfectly to be planned, as the quintet reached the final note on the suite’s last movement, titled “Madrigal Nocturne,” the 3:37 p.m. train rattled by, giving this first section of the demonstration an appropriate finale. Then, the woodwind quintet packed up and was replaced by Nir Ben-Gal, who toted a nylon-stringed guitar and a kora: the 800-year-old, West African guitar-meetsharp instrument. Ben-Gal began with the guitar, citing its structure and cultural significances. “Each culture takes the guitar and takes it to a new place,” he said. This initial guitar demonstration served as an excellent juxtaposition to that of the kora, which has 21 strings and is composed of whatever objects its original players could wrestle together: fishing string, sticks and

goat skin, all centered around a calabash base. Ben-Gal grasped the kora with two side rods, similar to the joysticks found on an arcade game, and delicately plucked using only his thumbs and index fingers. It sounded sweet and rhythmic and was comparable to certain moments in the “Game of Thrones” soundtrack. The subway train pulled through, slowly erupting as it turned east from Steinway Street, and this growing interruption caused Ben-Gal’s face to scrunch. He closed his eyes and fought the tension almost as if he was in a duet with the city Q that surrounds him.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DANA TORRES-BURNS, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/30/2015. 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.

Notice of Formation of HWL Management LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/25/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 35-19 150th Street, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activity.

55-05 FLUSHING STREET LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/27/15. 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, 59-22 55th St., Maspeth, NY 11378. General purpose.

CLEARVIEW AND NORTHERN, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/14/15. 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, 13401 20th Ave., College Point, NY 11356. General purpose.

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Queens native helped FIFA probe: reports Blazer, Forest Hills High alumnus, went from soccer bigwig to informant by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

In 2011, Chuck Blazer was given an ultimatum. Be arrested on the spot for tax evasion and other charges or help the federal government with an investigation into FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, according to multiple published reports. Blazer, a Forest Hills High School alumnus whose parents owned and operated a Rego Park bodega, reportedly chose the latter. With his help, U.S. Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service officials last week announced the arrest of nine FIFA and five corporate officials on racketeering conspiracy and corruption charges. “The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a press release announcing the arrests. The 14 arrested are accused of using their positions to obtain more than $150 million in bribes and kickbacks “to obtain lucrative media and marketing rights to international soccer tournaments,” according to the DOJ. The majority of the tournaments under scrutiny took place in the region the U.S. Men’s Soccer team plays in, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbe-

an Association Football. Soccer is widely known as football in countries other than the United States. Also revealed in the DOJ’s press release were the guilty pleas of Blazer, who previously served as both general secretary of CONCACAF and the U.S. representative on the FIFA executive committee, and five other defendants. The onetime Queens resident on Nov. 25, 2013 pleaded guilty to “racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, income tax evasion and failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts,” the DOJ stated. His indictment states he and others would offer and accept “payment and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments and bribes in connection with votes of the FIFA executive committee to determine the host nation for World Cup tournaments.” As a member of the FIFA executive committee, Blazer was able to vote on which nations would host the World Cup, the international tournament of 32 men’s soccer teams from across the globe that takes place every four years. He faces up to 15 years in prison upon sentencing. That is despite reportedly being an informant for the federal government during its investigation into the FIFA officials. At the behest of federal officials, according

to published reports, Blazer secretly recorded secret meetings with his FIFA colleagues in which the alleged corruption was discussed. It is heavily believed that his work for the federal government led to last week’s arrests. Blazer’s work with CONCACAF and FIFA ended in 2011 and 2013, respectively. The international body suspended him two years ago when it found he had received $15 million that was used to buy and rent luxury apartments. That $15 million wasn’t all just for himself. He used at least some of it to buy space for his cats in Trump Tower, according to published reports. When he wasn’t spending on his feline friends, he was traveling abroad and rubbing elbows with international dignitaries. Many of those trips were chronicled on his personal blog. His health is reportedly declining now. The former Queens resident was found in a hospital room by a New York Times reporter last Wednesday. He mouthed to the reporter, “I can’t talk.” An attorney for Blazer had no comment for the Times. The FIFA bust is the first major case for Lynch, whose confirmation was delayed until April due to a political stalemate between Republicans and Democrats over President Obama’s controversial executive orders on immigration, which Lynch supports.

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Her interim successor as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Kelly Currie, and published reports claim the 14 nabbed last week will not be the last in the United States’ investigation of FIFA. Lynch had been investigating FIFA as U.S. attorney because the illegal payments are believed to have involved U.S. banks. Though not charged with any wrongdoing, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced on Q Tuesday he will be resigning.

St. John’s in search of new athletic director Chris Monasch set to resign; NBA executive eyed as his replacement by Christopher Barca

resigning, the Daily News reported the Athletics Department head was forced out after various missteps, including This spring has been a season of shakeups within the St. not supporting the university President Conrado “Bobby” John’s University Athletics Department, and it just got Gempesaw’s decision to replace head men’s basketball coach Steve Lavin with school hoops legend Chris Mullin even busier. Athletic Director Chris Monasch will resign at the end of in March. Monasch also alienated former St. John’s golfer Keegan the month after serving in that capacity for a decade “to purBradley, now one of the PGA sue new leadership opportunities” Tour’s brightest young stars, when elsewhere, the Jamaica school he fired longtime golf coach Frank announced last Thursday afternoon. Darby in January and hired Mal His decision to resign, effective Galletta III instead of Casey Calmi, June 30, comes in the midst of one whom Bradley recommended. of the school’s most successful In an interview with Golf.com years athletically, as the men’s basin March, the 28-year-old St. ketball, softball and baseball teams John’s alum had choice words for a l l q u a l i f ie d for t h e NCA A Monasch, saying he didn’t care Tournament. much about the school’s secondary “I am most proud of the many sports. achievements of our student-ath“I’m pretty disappointed with letes over the last ten years,” the school,” said Bradley, arguably Monasch said in a statement. the school’s most recognizable for“They have embodied what stumer athlete playing professionally dent-athletes should strive for in today. “Chris Monasch doesn’t their respective sport, in the classreally care about the golf team. He room and serving the community. I never did when I was there.” want to thank all of the coaches, The 2011 PGA Championship administrators and staff for the winner even removed the school’s support they gave to assist our stulogo from his golf bag this year. dent-athletes in achieving so much Monasch also ran into trouble in over the last decade.” St. John’s Athletic Director Chris Monasch, right, While the school said in its state- is resigning from his post at the end of the 2012, when Associate Athletic ment that Monasch would be month. FILE PHOTO Director Brian Colleary was fired

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by the Jamaica school for allegedly scalping men’s basketball season tickets acquired from St. John’s and pocketing the profits. A 1981 graduate of St. John’s, Monasch was hand-picked by former university President the Rev. Donald Harrington, who resigned in 2013 after an embezzlement scandal, to lead the Athletic Department a decade ago. The departing athletic director was on hand in Omaha, Neb. two weeks ago to watch the St. John’s baseball team win the Big East Tournament and was present, along with Gempesaw, at Yankee Stadium last Wednesday as Mullin threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Yankees’ game against the Kansas City Royals. “We appreciate the many contributions that Chris has made to St. John’s University particularly to our athletics program,” Gempesaw said in a statement. “He has provided leadership to ensure the success of our student-athletes both on and off the field of play.” Under Monasch’s watch, the university’s athletic profile improved significantly, with both Red Storm basketball teams and the baseball, softball and lacrosse squads each enjoying multiple successful seasons. The university said a national search to find Monasch’s replacement will begin immediately, but according to Yahoo Sports, St. John’s alumnus Pete D’Alessandro, the general manager of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings since 2013, is likely to succeed him. D’Alessandro served as a video coordinator on legendary Red Storm coach Lou Carnesecca’s staff before being hired by Mullin, then the Golden State Warriors general manager, to serve as the NBA franchise’s director of basQ ketball operations in 2004.

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Game at MCU Park in Bklyn. Sunday by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The Public School Athletic League “A” Division city baseball champion will reside in Queens this year. The only thing left to determine is which school brings home the trophy. Forest Hills High School and JHS 202, the Robert Goddard School of Communication Arts and Technology in Ozone Park, will square off at MCU Park in Brooklyn at 2 p.m. on Sunday, with the winner laying claim to the PSAL city championship. JHS 202, the 20th seed in the bracket, has been an underdog throughout the entire 32-team tournament so far. The Ozone Park squad went just 9-7 in the regular season, according to the PSAL’s website, but have kicked it up a notch in the post season. They have surrendered just five runs thus far, knocking off 13-seed Queens Vocational and Technical High School 10-0 in the first round, 4-seed All City Leadership Secondary School 4-2 in the

second round, 12-seed Life Sciences Secondary School 7-0 in the quarterfinals and 9-seed Community Health Academy of the Heights 4-3 in the semifinals last Sunday. Meanwhile, Forest Hills took care of business early in the tournament, beating the 30-seed International High School at Prospect Heights 12-0 in round one, 14-seed Institute for Collaborative Education 7-1 in the second round and 11-seed South Bronx High School 6-5 in the quarterfinals before upsetting 2-seed In-Tech Academy 5-3 in the semifinals. The Forest Hills Rangers went 14-2 during the regular season and registered two victories of JHS 202, its division rival, the first being an 8-2 win on April 6 and a 6-5 victory on May 11. The Rangers’ 2015 season represents a substantial improvement over last year, as Forest Hills went just 4-12 during the 2014 regular season. Meanwhile, JHS 202 spent last year in the PSAL’s developmental league, finishQ ing with a 7-0 record.

Tenth Taste of LIC a hit The annual celebration of all the delicious things the booming neighborhood of Long Island City has to offer took place Tuesday night on the East River Waterfront at Gantry Plaza State Park. The event, which united almost 60 neighborhood establishments proffering delectable edibles such as beer, cupcakes, fruit trifle, fresh oysters and more was once again hosted by the Chocolate Factory Theater. There was also an array of international cuisines. The gala also honored Michelle Coffey of

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It rained heavily this week, but the June 1 start of hurricane season reminds us that it could be a lot worse. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Hurricane Connie, which brought the heaviest rains seen in more than 50 years to New York City. During its passage it dropped 5.32 inches of rain within 20 hours. LaGuardia Air por t was closed and flooded with a foot of rain. The hurricane formed on Aug. 3 and traveled north, hitting 145 mph in the Lesser The Queens Boulevard underpass at Woodhaven Boulevard, Antilles, Puerto Rico and the Rego Park on Aug. 11, 1955. Bahamas. By the time the storm’s rains reached New York City on the city. Homes and subways were flooded. It finally dissipated on Aug. 15, after Aug. 10, it was steadily weakening, turning into a minimal hurricane. However, 225,000 causing $86 million in damage in 1955 dolhomes lost power between New Jersey and lars. Due to its destruction, the name Connie New York, an estimated 100,000 in the city is retired, never to be used again for an Q alone. Overall there were 74 fatalities, 11 in Atlantic Hurricane.

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The main reason Mets fans were more optimistic about the 2015 season than they were about things a year earlier was that ace pitcher Matt Harvey would be returning to the mound at CitiField after missing all of 2014 recovering from Tommy John arm surgery. Harvey’s comeback was not just a New York story but a national one, as he graced the cover of USA Today Sports Weekly and was the subject of an ESPN documentary, “The Dark Knight Returns,” that aired just before the start of the 2015 season. A further tribute to his celebrity power was his appearance last Thursday night on Comedy Central’s “Daily Show,” hosted by rabid Mets fan Jon Stewart. The days that Matt has been scheduled to start a game each have been described by many in the media as “Harvey Day” as if they were holidays for Mets fans. With the season one-third over, it’s safe to say Harvey has been fairly good but clearly not as great as the hype would leave you to believe. Legendary NFL coach Bill Parcells famously said, “You are what your record says you are.” Harvey is 5-3 going into this week. Yes, like all Mets pitchers he rarely gets good offensive support and has gotten no-decisions in games that he deserved to win. On the other hand, he has given up a lot of

ill-timed home runs, such as the three-run bomb in the fourth inning Friday night off the bat of Marlins first baseman Justin Bohr. Harvey was perfect for the first three innings but became rattled when Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon bunted for a base hit to lead off the fourth and then promptly stole second base. The Pittsburgh Pirates lit up Harvey the previous week. Even the lowly Philadelphia Phillies have not cowered in the two games in which they have faced him. There is no argument that Harvey is exciting to watch, but he is not yet Tom Seaver or even Dwight Gooden. Let’s drop the “Harvey Day” hoopla for now. There will be action at Citi Field this Sunday even though the Mets will be in Phoenix, as the ballpark will host “Legends of Wrestling.” Bill Goldberg, Bret Hart and Ric Flair are just some of the big names that will take part. It was very classy of the Yankees to invite new Red Storm men’s basketball coach Chris Mullin to throw out the ceremonial first pitch last Wednesday. WFAN air personality Craig Carton claimed the Mets asked St. John’s to purchase a large bloc of tickets in exchange for honoring Mullin. A Mets executive told me that was blatantly untrue. A lot of SJU fans obviously live here and would buy tickets without Q prompting. I believe the Mets in this case. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Cannot be combined with any other offer. With coupon. Most makes and models. Save $11 - Reg. $29.95. Expires 07/31/15.

Cannot be combined with any other offer. With coupon. Most makes and models. Expires 07/31/15.

WHEEL ALIGNMENT

Increase Gas Mileage

Jimmy Kolm, with 30 years experience and factory certified and trained, will perform a computerized 4-wheel alignment. He will personally give you a computer printout stating the specs before he begins and what the specs are when he is completed, for the perfect alignment.

1895

PREMIUM BRAKE SPECIAL INCLUDES:

• Wagner® Quick Stop Brake Pads & Labor • Check Hoses & Calipers • Rotors Extra

7995

Cannot be combined with any other offer. With coupon. Most makes and models. Reg. $139.95. Expires 07/31/15.

Cannot be combined with any other offer. With coupon. Most makes and models. Reg. $79.95. Expires 07/31/15.

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TIRE CENTER

GARANTEED LOWEST PRICES! $

16000

Mail-In Rebate On 4 New Tires

FREE

4-Wheel Complete Alignment

With purchase of 4 new tires

Not to be combined with any other offer. With coupon only. Expires 07/31/15.

LIBERTY BELL TOWING 24-HOUR TOWING & ROAD SERVICE Wheel Lift & Flat Bed Service - Damage Free Local and Long Distance - New Equipment - Highly Trained Drivers Approved: AAA,

Geico,

Allstate, Signature, Service Provider

Quality Drivers Wanted

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J U N K CA R R E M OVA L C a l l Fo r I n f o r m a t i o n 917- 5 67-2 3 4 4

86-25 LIBERTY AVE., OZONE PARK • 718-323-9984

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