Queens Chronicle South Edition 06-08-23

SOUTH QUEENS EDITION

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Airport building to take in 500 asylum seekers

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CASHING IN Howard Beach handyman claims jackpot

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CREEK CONUNDRUM

Apparent swimmer death tied to boat rescue

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Wednesday,

SMALL WUNDERS

College museum lobby hosts summer show ‘Wunderkammer’

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PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Port Authority plans to transform an old postal warehouse at John F. Kennedy Airport into a shelter for incoming migrants, part of an effort to relieve the strain the influx is having on the city with state and federal property. On

private security could be seen patrolling the area and landscapers were prepping the grounds.

Parks Dept. proposal aims to keep Flushing Meadows accessible Multiday events at FMCP could be limited

by Sophie Krichevsky

Associate Editor

Anew proposal from the Department of Parks and Recreation seeks to limit the size and number of multiday, special events at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. If approved, it would also prevent large events from occurring at the park at the same time as Mets home games, among other provisions.

The changes, the department says in its proposal, are designed to keep FMCP available to the public. “Because FMCP serves a multitude of uses including stadiums, cultural institutions, concessions and attractions, the remaining space for everyday recreation, including for p ermitted events, is only about one-third of FMCP’s total acreage,” the plan reads. “Events of 2,000 or more people put additional burdens on FMCP’s resources and can restrict normally accessible areas of the Park and create parking and traffic congestion problems.”

Under the proposal, only two multiday events will be permitted to occur in Flushing Meadows per year; they cannot exceed 40,000 attendees per day. Events that did not occur the prior year would get preference for those two slots in hopes of promoting a wider variety of activities, but events that have at least a 10-year history would be allowed regardless.

“We’re excited that people are interested in utilizing Flushing Meadows ... as a potential

venue for large-scale events,” said Anthony Sama, executive director of the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park, “but we appreciate the city’s and the Parks Department’s understanding that the park is first and foremost a public space.”

As it stands, events at the park are not capped. The Governor’s Ball, which has been in the park since 2021, could see the negative effects if the plan is approved — in years past,

the festival has attracted about 150,000 fans over three days, making for an average of 50,000 each day. The Queens Night Market will not be affected, founder John Wang said, as the weekly event has an agreement with the New York Hall of Science, not the city.

The 40,000-person cap is purely a matter of capacity, the proposal says, noting that the World’s Fair Historic Core cannot accommodate more than that without impeding upon

other parts of park, like athletic fields and cultural centers. All large event applications will be required to submit a transportation plan under the proposal. The department considers those with 2,000 people or more “large.” Those events cannot conflict with games at Citi Field under the proposal.

Multiday events would not be allowed to conflict with the US Open or take place within a week of the tournament’s beginning and end; they cannot overlap with Citi Field events with 10,000 or more people, either. The proposal does not, however, note whether Mets games at Citi Field and the US Open themselves would be allowed to coincide, even as the overlap has caused immense traffic in recent years. A spokesperson for the agency said they’d be able to occur at the same time.

Jean Silva, president of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy, had other concerns: “My biggest complaint is, whatever they do for these events, how much money is coming back actually into Flushing Meadows Corona Park itself?”

The public comment period on the rule change is open until Friday, July 7, when the department will hold a public hearing on the matter at the Al Oerter Recreation Center in Flushing, starting at noon. To submit a comment, send an email to nyc.rules@parks.nyc. gov or visit rules.cityofnewyork.us. Q

A policy proposal could put limits on the number of multiday events held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park each year, among other possible changes. PHOTO BY DOMINICK TOTINO / FILE

Board to pen letter backing migrant concerns ahead of summer break Mail theft, parks and more at CB 10

by Deirdre Bardolf

Editor Community Board 10 met in person last week for the first time in months, just in time to break for the summer.

It had been so long that the board forgot to say the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the meeting, which one member made a point to call out.

Chair Betty Braton apologized and made a note to remember come September.

The meeting started out with a presentation from officials on the City of Yes, the mayor’s plan to modernize and update zoning regulations to help support small business, more affordable housing and sustainability.

United States Postal Inspector Kristin Walunas of the United States Postal Inspection Service also addressed attendees.

New York Attorney General Letitia James earlier this year issued a consumer alert regarding a recent rise in mail theft.

One of the tips Walunas gave was to send mail directly from the post office.

It might not be the most convenient option, she noted, but it is the most secure.

Walunas also recommended dil-

igently checking bank statements.

“Make sure you take a look at those checks that were canceled and those checks that were cleared from your account,” she said.

“Make sure you check regularly when you know you have outgoing payments that you’re expecting to see posted to your account, to see whether or not they do and if they do are they the right amount, because these are red flags,”

Walunas continued.

Reports can be made to the police and the USPIS, which also works with local law enforcement.

In community board news, Braton said the panel had received many letters about the plans to put migrants in public school gyms.

“We received letters from all over the district, doesn’t matter what part of the district you’re in, doesn’t matter what part of the city

you’re in,” Braton said of the objection to schools being used for migrant housing.

Nobody objected to the board writing a letter to the city agreeing with the letters it had received.

The city Department of Design and Construction notified the board of a sewer and distribution water main replacement project that is happening throughout the borough.

For Board 10, it will be happening on 115th Street between 149th and 150th avenues.

It’s a small project for the area but part of a much bigger one, Braton explained.

A mosque reached out to the board informing it of city Department of Buildings and other regulatory agency approval to erect a community center near Pitkin Avenue and Centreville Street.

“There was a plan approved but I don’t know whether it is for this particular project so we’ll be following up on that,” said Braton.

A project that would include renovations like new LED lighting to the 106th Precinct has been funded, something that the city Office of Management and Budget and Department of Citywide Administrative Services notified the board of.

Frank Dardani gave a parks update, including that the work on the tennis and basketball courts at Police Officer Edward Byrne Park was completed and they would be open soon, and also that work at Al Stabile Playground is not yet done.

Sidewalk renovations needed there fall under Department of Transportation jurisdiction, not Parks, Braton said. Q

Last meeting of the year covers noise complaints and weed shops 102nd Pct. council elects a new board

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

The 102nd Precinct Community Council held its final meeting of the year on Tuesday and voted in its new board.

Simcha Waisman was re-elected as president of the council, coming out ahead of challenger and former treasurer Sandra Datnarain with 29 votes to her 17. Joe Iaboni was elected vice president with 26 votes over Ranjit Singh’s 20. Pamela Maranzino was elected treasurer and Harbans Dhillon sergeant at arms. J. Richard Smith was re-elected as secretary.

Nominations took place last month and Capt. Jeremy Kivlin, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, noted it got “heated.”

At Tuesday night’s meeting, he said that all the candidates clearly cared a lot about their community and encouraged people to remain engaged even if they were not nominated to serve on the board.

“Regardless of the outcome of this election, you all are members of the 102 Precinct and the community here, and you all have a voice, no matter if you’re on the board or a member of the community,” said Kivlin.

He gave a special thanks to Sandra Datnarain and Ranjit Singh, who were not re-elected.

While results were being tallied, Kivlin gave crime updates and briefed attendees on plans for the summer.

Violent crimes are down for the 28-day period but there has been an uptick in car thefts.

The precinct has “far and away” the highest number of unreasonable sound complaints in the borough, Kivlin said. There is only one sound meter within the precinct and about nine officers trained on how to use it. Kivlin said he is in talks to get more of the meters.

Five officers and a sergeant have been placed on the Rockaway Beach

summer patrol.

As for illegal pot shops, Kivlin said the 102 was the first in Queens South to use undercover auxiliary cops to do underage buys.

Fifteen nuisance abatement actions were filed against such spots. Five were approved with one closed and four pending trial.

Simcha Waisman, left, Pam Maranzino, Harbans Dhillon, Joe Iaboni and J. Richard Smith were elected to the 102nd Precinct Community Council board. They are joined by Capt. Jeremy Kivlin, the commander, third from right.

PHOTO BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF

Community Board 10 met last week for the last time before summer break.

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Make Th is Your Freedom From Migraines Month

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Feds say former postal warehouse has adequate safety and security JFK hangar to take in 500 migrants

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

A hangar at John F. Kennedy Airport is set to welcome 500 asylum seekers, as Gov. Hochul seeks to take some of the “burden” off the city by offering state and federal property.

Last week, Hochul said her administration has been surveying all state assets that could help house the migrants. Those include SUNY dorms and shuttered psychiatric centers.

The utilization of the airport was contingent on approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, which gave the go-ahead on Monday.

The JFK hangar could hold around 500 people, Hochul told reporters last week.

“Our responsibility as a state was to offer the city various locations that could work if they need them to work,” she said.

“The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey asked if an old postal warehouse near JFK Airport could be used for non-aviation purposes,” the FAA said in a statement to the Chronicle. “The FAA found that the Port Authority had adequate security and safety plans in place.”

The Port Authority confirmed the plan made headway over the weekend.

“The Port Authority and the city made progress this weekend on a plan to use Building 197 at JFK as a short-term shelter for asylum seekers, which everyone is working to finalize as

soon as possible,” it said.

“In the meantime, we will continue to work collaboratively with the city and the state on this project.”

The news site The City last week reported that hundreds of cots and trailers with showers and bathrooms could be seen around Building 197. On Wednesday, the Chronicle observed a private security company patrolling the area and landscapers sprucing up the grounds.

The warehouse is located north of the airport terminals, just south of the Nassau Expressway between Rockaway Boulevard and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard.

HB handyman claims Mega Millions ticket

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

A record-setting Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Ozone Park in April has finally been claimed.

Johnnie Taylor, 71, of Howard Beach, has won the jackpot from April 14, according to the New York Lottery.

Taylor bought the $476 million golden ticket at Liberty Beer and Convenience in Ozone Park, near where he would often take the subway.

Taylor opted to take the cash value of the annuitized prize, a lump sum payment totaling $157,288,402 after required state and federal withholding.

Taylor, who stayed mum about his win to neighbors and media, recently retired from his job as a handyman in Manhattan.

He wants to travel, buy a new home and replace his 2012 Prius with a newer model hybrid vehicle, according to a release from the New York Lottery. He also plans to donate to his local church.

“It still doesn’t feel real,” Taylor told the lottery. His wife didn’t believe him either, until he showed her the numbers online.

“The New York Lottery congratulates

Mr. Taylor on winning this historic jackpot, the sales for which brought millions of dollars to New York’s public schools and lottery retailers across the state,” said New York State Gaming Commission Chairman Brian O’Dwyer in the release.

The Liberty Avenue convenience store will receive a $10,000 bonus from the New York Lottery for selling the ticket.

Taylor’s prize is the largest Mega Millions prize won in the state since its launch in 2002. The previous Mega Millions win was a $437 million jackpot sold in 2019. Q

An official said the city is grateful to the state for working to secure and open the site for emergency respite.

Area councilmembers were not immediately aware of official plans to use the space but on an asylum seeker call Friday learned about the impending FAA approval.

Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park), who has been vocal about not using space in her district or neighboring federal land for migrant shelters, said the city has been giving elected officials only last-minute information prior to establishing such sites.

“While I am glad that this isn’t another hotel

in the middle of a neighborhood like we’ve seen elsewhere, I think we need to really address this problem at the root and eliminate NYC’s status as a right-to-shelter city once and for all,” Ariola said in a statement to the Chronicle. “There doesn’t seem to be any end in sight in regard to the problem at the border, but we as a city should start working towards reducing the influx of asylum seekers we are receiving and housing each and every day — an influx which is costing a tremendous sum of money to provide for, and which is putting enormous strain on our infrastructure.”

Mayor Adams recently requested permission from a judge for the city to be relieved of its “right to shelter” obligation.

In an interview last week, Adams said that, of 70,000 migrants that have come to the city, over 45,000 are still in its care.

The city has spent over $1 billion on them so far, he said, with only $40 million from FEMA. Other states, he added, got even more FEMA dollars, but end up sending the people here anyway. Adams also doubled down on the plan to use standalone school gyms as “respite” centers, saying it hasn’t been scrapped but was different than originally portrayed.

The city announced this week that it will begin housing migrants in places of worship.

Next, private residents could be paid to house migrants, Adams signaled. Q

Neighbors dead in early-morning DWI

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

Two friends were killed by a drunk driver in South Richmond Hill early Monday morning, according to officials.

A little after 4 a.m. on Monday morning, police responded to a call of a collision at 117th Street and 111th Avenue.

A preliminary investigation found that 22-year-old Tamir Khan, of 117th Street, was driving an Audi A4 at a high speed headed north on the block on which he lived. He allegedly blew a stop sign and hit a silver 2001 Toyota Camry heading west on 111th Avenue, which then spun into a pole.

Khan left the scene but returned 30 minutes later, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s Office. Police say he struck two parked cars as well.

In the Camry were Inderdeo John, 64, and Charles Harris, 71, who both lived on 128th Street, a mile from the accident.

John was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Harris later succumbed to his injuries.

Khan was taken into custody at the scene. Charges against him include manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault and

driving while intoxicated. His blood alcohol content was .09 percent, according to the DA’s Office. He was released on bail and must return to court on Friday. He faces 25 years if convicted.

“This was a horrific collision that we allege was caused by the defendant’s complete disregard for the rules of the road and for the lives of other motorists and pedestrians,” Katz said in a prepared statement.

“We will seek justice for the victims and their loves ones,” she added.

John’s Facebook profile says he was from Guyana and worked for a car service. A neighbor, Carolyn Dixon, wrote in a post that he would drive her around, including to distribute food during the pandemic and to the homes of families affected by gun violence. “I will miss you dearly,” Dixon wrote.

Charles Harris was a car enthusiast who often posted on Facebook about being grateful for “the little things” and for “another day.”

A family member, Tisha Harris, described him on Facebook as a father, husband, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend. “He was loved by many ... and will be truly missed,” she wrote. Q

About 500 migrants are set to be housed in a JFK Airport warehouse, above. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN

Camera shy Johnnie Taylor of Howard Beach claimed the record-setting April Mega Millions ticket. PHOTO COURTESY NEW YORK LOTTERY

After kayak rescue, body washes ashore

Missing swimmer linked to boating incident found Sunday, say sources

by Deirdre Bardolf Editor

A case of a kayaker in need of rescue near Hamilton Beach last week took an unexpected turn when police learned that a person swimming alongside him did not make it back.

A search ensued until Sunday, when a body believed to be the missing man was found.

Last Tuesday, a 32-year-old male fell off his kayak into the water and harbor police, emergency service and aviation units responded, NYPD officials confirmed. Scuba divers entered the water to help the man, who refused medical attention from EMS responders on the scene.

The New York sector of the U.S. Coast Guard also responded to the overturned craft near the Cross Bay Bridge in Charles Memorial Park around Tuesday night, a spokesperson told the Chronicle.

Only one person in distress was reported to the Coast Guard and a boat crew was dispatched to assist the NYPD, which was already responding. The Coast Guard then marked the case closed on its end.

But reports were made that there was also a swimmer in distress.

At a Community Board 10 meeting on Thursday, Capt. Jerome Bacchi, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, explained further.

The man in the kayak at first said he was by himself but then later said his friend was swimming next to him. “He assured us that the friend had made it to shore and was out of the water, as well as another witness; however, we believe at this time that he actually did not make it out of the water and right now is still missing,” Bacchi said.

He added that last Wednesday, May 31, harbor units and divers were searching Hawtree Creek Basin for the young man.

‘Green Team’ collab

Then, on Sunday morning, a body was found, Hamilton Beach Civic Association President Roger Gendron and the office of Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) confirmed.

The civic posted on social media that the family of the young man was at the park throughout the search, and also shared a flier about a vigil for him.

The flier named the person as Hugh “Sammy” Blythe.

Someone had included an Instagram handle, samuel_yaddi, on the flier, writing “come home man think positive always.”

The most recent post on that Instagram account was flooded with comments from the past few days saying things like “Rest easy” and included broken heart and dove emojis. Q

Yard sale event this weekend

The Great Woodhaven Yard Sale, hosted by the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, is back for its 10th year with more participants than ever.

The annual event will take place this Saturday and Sunday throughout Woodhaven and even in neighboring areas eager to cash in on the fun.

More than 80 households have signed up to participate and hawk their goods.

The event is free to participate in and will occur from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If it rains, it will only be held on Sunday.

Those interested can register at

thegreatwoodhavenyardsale@gmail.com, at info@woodhaven-nyc.org, on Facebook at The Great Woodhaven Yard Sale or at twitter.com/wrbayardsale.

For updates and the full list of participating locations, visit the Facebook page.

The page has some insight into what some sellers are offering, such as furniture and scratching posts for cats. One home has a huge collection of unopened Hot Wheels and other collectible toys, while another has real antiques such as art and sculptures. Q

— Deirdre Bardolf

The Green Team at PS 63 in Ozone Park started an impactful partnership this school year. The team, consisting of a select group of third- and fourth-grade students, facilitated by science teachers Marykate Meyer and Jill Flynn, have been part of a studentinspired collaboration with the Scholars’ Academy’s Green Team, above. Charlotte Harvey, a Scholars’ sophomore and president of the high school’s Green Team, inspired what PS 63 calls a successful collaboration.

In the fall, the PS 63 Green Team took a trip to Scholars’ Academy in the Rockaways.

While there they were able to learn more about sustainability by viewing the older stuudents’ garden and compost setup.

In May, PS 63 had the opportunity to return the favor and invite the Scholars’ Green Team and their facilitator, Jonathan Bradley, to take a tour of their garden. The Scholars’ Green Team got to see the PS 63 rain collection system and explore by completing a scavenger hunt.

PS 63 believes this partnership has led to tremendous growth both in the classroom and in the garden.

Idlewild Park poetry workshop

The Idlewild Environmental Science Learning Center will have a five-week ecopoetry workshop this summer at 222-02 149 Ave. in Springfield Gardens.

Funded by the New York Foundation for the Arts, the free series will run from 1 to 2:15 p.m. on July 22 and 29 and Aug. 5 and 12. A time has not been determined for the Aug. 19 program as of yet.

Emily Hockaday, of Glendale, a published poet whose second poetry collection, “In a Body,” comes out October 2023 under Harbor Editions, is the instructor for the ecopoetry series, which is for those 16 and up.

Located in Idlewild Park, the environmental learning center is run by the Eastern Queens Alliance, a federation of Southeast Queens civic associations.

Visit easternqueensalliance.org to learn more about the EQA. If interested in signing up for the ecopoetry series use the QR Code above or call (347) 824-2301. Q

— Naeisha Rose

PHOTOS COURTESY PS 63

A vigil was held for Hugh Blythe.

PHOTO COURTESY NEW HAMILTON BEACH CIVIC

NYPD harbor units searched for a missing swimmer last week. PHOTO BY PJ MARCEL

The state can’t even get selling weed right

If you’re sharp and have lots of friends, it can be fairly easy to set up shop as a pot dealer. You might start out by becoming the person who picks up for your pals. They’re all throwing in, say, $50 for an eighth of an ounce, but when you buy for four of them at once, you’re getting a half-ounce, and maybe it’s $150 instead of $200. Prices drop when you buy in bulk, just like at the store. You just made fifty bucks.

The next step is to not wait for your friends to need weed. You go get it ahead of time. Maybe you get even more, so your volume discount is bigger and once you do sell it, you make even more. And maybe you take the further step of getting your dealer to front it to you: to give you the goods and trust that you’ll pay later. Congratulations, you’re a drug dealer. As long as things go well, you could do this for years. They don’t always go well, but at least the weed trade historically has been less violent than, say, the cocaine business.

Now let’s say you’re the State of New York. Think you can help some folks with experience in both weed and the (more or less) honest business world go completely legit? Can you give them licenses to sell weed and dress it all up by calling it cannabis? Can you let farmers upstate grow the stuff and help them get it to market while it’s fresh? Can you

help fill state coffers the way it was done in the past by turning the numbers racket into something called the lottery and taxing the heck out of it? The answer to all this would be no. Not in any competent manner. Not like the guy who started buying weed for his friends and ended up with a Corvette.

It was more than two years ago that the state passed the laws setting up a system for legal recreational marijuana. We were to have hundreds of weed shops (er, cannabis dispensaries) by now; instead we have 12 statewide. What we do have lots of are illegal shops, more than 300 in Queens alone. Most have survived the legal threats made against them so far, while a handful have gotten busted — just as a few wildebeest fall prey to the lions but the herd thunders on.

The illegal dealers have product ready to go, getting it from wherever they’ve always gotten it from. Meanwhile the weed grown by the licensed farmers upstate is rotting away, leaving them unable to cover the loans they took out to get started. At the retail end, the state is supposed to be helping shops open yet the licensees need to use approved vendors for every little thing. So they’re being wildly overcharged for things like the renovations necessary to set up a new store in an old space, or for the security systems that are desperately

needed due to the nature of the industry. All this is making it nearly impossible for licensees to build successful businesses, especially when their competitors are selling simila r product for far less because they don’t face regulations, can act quickly and don’t have to add taxes to their prices.

Take the case of Carson Grant, who owns a Queens packaging and shipping business and got a dispensary license in November. As reported by The New York Times, he can’t get the state to answer his most basic questions such as how much the process will cost him and where his loan agreement is. He’s not selling anything. Instead he’s distraught.

We hope the rumored crackdown on illegal pot shops will actually occur, just like most other law-abiding people must (the best thing about the last two days outdoors was that the Canadian wildfire smoke helped cover up the constant stench of weed we live with now). But when we speak with the authorities, they tell us it’s not as simple as you think to stop people from just flagrantly breaking the law every day.

We’ve been opposed to this whole thing from the start, from general legalization to giving those convicted of crimes the first licenses. But this is the path New York chose. Who’s going to fix the mess that’s been created?

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

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Having just witnessed a mugging on a busy street, one lined with homeless and unlicensed merchants, with crime in our precinct (the 115th) 44.9 percent higher than two years ago, and no relief in sight, it’s time for voters to clean out the Augean Stables. We need a governor, mayor and legislators who respect the rule of law and are willing to assure enforcement of it. My wife and I moved to Jackson Heights six years ago, and the quality of life here is cratering. The flood of illegal immigrants is swamping the lifeboat, and it’s time to say, “Enough!”

I’m a registered Democrat, but I won’t be voting that way unless I see candidates who reflect a respect for law enforcement and for their own fellow citizens.

Edward Leahy Jackson Heights

Go the American Way

Dear Editor:

Kudos to the residents of Corona for not limiting themselves to the prepared question slips distributed at the recent meeting with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“AOC talks asylum, debt deal and more,” June 1, multiple editions). Is it a democracy when people are escorted out for not adhering to a limited variety of prearranged questions? Obvious were the concerns

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over undocumented immigrants, drag queen story hours and the care of veterans and the costs to NYC residents for all the supportive services being offered. The chant “America First” was heard repeatedly and vociferously.

As for Fatima Mohammed ‘s CUNY Law School graduation hate speech accusing the NYPD of being fascist, using anti-Semitism and citing white supremacists and capitalism, she obviously missed the classes on constitutional law (“Grad’s hateful address shows CUNY needs real reform,” Editorial, June 1). There are many countries that wouldn’t have even afforded her the opportunity for the education she acquired, which should have left her with a respect and adherence to the American Democratic method. Change fueled by hate and the desire to tear down is not the “American Way.”

Bruce Carney Kew Gardens

Feed the elderly

Dear Editor:

Mayor Adams doesn’t seem to care that older New Yorkers are going hungry.

With an estimated 21 percent of the city’s older adults now living in poverty and one in 10 older New Yorkers facing food insecurity, the mayor’s proposed budget includes $12 million in drastic cuts to home-delivered and older adult center meal programs. This comes just as older New Yorkers are dealing with significant cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and rising food costs due to inflation.

With limited resources, many older New Yorkers, like those of us living in Queens, must make tough choices, sometimes between paying rent and buying food.

Instead of budget cuts, we need more investment in home-delivered and congregate meals at older adult centers. With expanded funding

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

for home-delivered meal programs, more homebound older New Yorkers would have two healthy meals per day, every day. No one should go hungry — especially our older adults.

Elaine Chen Holliswood

The writer is a volunteer for AARP-NY who has served in multiple capacities.

We did not OK hate speech

Dear Editor:

Re “Grad’s hateful address shows CUNY needs real reform,” Editorial, June 1:

On Friday, May 12, the CUNY Law School held its commencement in the Colden Auditorium at Queens College. Numerous schools and entities utilize this largest indoor auditorium in Queens for various events. Access is provided as a service to our fellow CUNY schools and the larger community in accordance with CUNY policy. Queens College had no involvement in any programming for the CUNY Law School commencement or any other such events. The college only provides a venue and any opinions expressed do not reflect the values of Queens College. We expressly reject antiSemitism, racism, bigotry or discrimination of any kind. We strongly support the May 30 statement issued by the CUNY Board of Trustees and chancellor about the hateful remarks by a student speaker at the recent CUNY Law School graduation.

Frank Wu President, Queens College Flushing

CUNY’s religious bias

Dear Editor:

I’m a CUNY Queens College alumnus. When I asked the administration why Christians were barred from preaching on campus but Muslims weren’t, I was ignored. At my request, the American Civil Liberties Union sent a representative from the NYCLU to the college to ask about this disparity. Unable to simply dismiss the ACLU, the school decided that Christians, too, could speak on campus. So please don’t be surprised by CUNY Law School’s choice of commencement speakers.

Howard Menkes Lindenwood

Defund CUNY Law

Dear Editor:

Re your June 1 editorial “Grad’s hateful address shows CUNY needs real reform”: CUNY School of Law, located in Long Island City, was founded in 1983 to provide legal education for low-income students. It has since morphed into a rat’s nest of radicalism and cesspool of anti-Semitism, underscored by Fatima Mousa Mohammed’s venomous graduation speech, which outraged some of the school’s alumni. Seven members of the law school’s first graduating class of 1986 signed a letter condemning “hate speech” and their alma mater that supported it.

Students and faculty have a right to express themselves however they choose, but not at taxpayers’ expense. CUNY gets one-third of its funding from New York State. Former NYC

Council President Andrew Stein (1986-94), a CUNY graduate of Brooklyn College, urged Albany to defund CUNY School of Law because taxpayers “should not bankroll antisemitism” (New York Post, June 1). He said the school should become a private institution fully funded by student tuition fees and alumni donations. “Cutting off government financing may help return CUNY’s law school to its proper mission of teaching students how to think about the law instead of propagandizing the students about who to hate,” Stein wrote in an op-ed.

CUNY’s rich legacy and promising future should not be tarnished by a college that abandoned decency and discipline. CUNY’s law school must either privatize or perish.

Richard Reif

Kew Gardens Hills

The writer is a 1962 Queens College graduate.

Neely was murdered

Dear Editor:

How is it possible that anybody could justify the murder of Jordan Neely by Daniel Penny on May 1? Neely was being loud and unruly. He threatened nobody. He touched nobody. He had no weapon. Penny and two other men restrained and subdued him on the floor of the subway car. What they should have done, at that point, was call 911 and have the police meet them at the next stop to arrest Neely.

Penny is not a police officer or law enforcement agent. What Penny proceeded to do, with the other two men holding him down, was put him in a powerful chokehold which ultimately killed him. (The medical examiner of NYC ruled the death to be a “homicide.”)

And, if one witness at the scene is correct, this killing would be even worse than the George Floyd killing. In that case, Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who is serving 40 years in prison for the murder, had his knee on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes. In this case, according to at least one witness, Penny continued his fatal chokehold on Neely’s neck for 15 straight minutes. A complete and criminal disgrace if true.

Finally, Penny’s defenders keep stressing that he’s an “ex-Marine” (i.e., he’s served our country). You know what his being an ex-Marine tells me? It tells me, he was “trained to kill.”

Robert Vogel Bayside

Don’t fear tech jobs

Dear Editor:

When most people think of tech jobs, they imagine young math and science whizzes working for big-name companies like Apple or IBM, or they think about the recent tech layoff headlines and assume the industry isn’t doing well. But a tech company isn’t the same as a tech job. And you don’t need to look like Mark Zuckerberg or live in Silicon Valley to work in tech. You can work in tech right here in New York City.

In fact, the NYC area is expected to see a significant growth of 12,869 tech jobs in 2023. The city’s tech job market offers a wealth of opportunities and promising career paths for individuals; however, a significant barrier is keeping job seekers from even considering these positions. That barrier is the confidence continued on next page

CUNY says schools did not OK fiery address

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Despite claims to the contrary, City University of New York officials did not approve the speech given by CUNY School of Law graduation speaker Fatima Mousa Mohammed last month, officials say.

Mohammed’s May 12 speech sparked controversy weeks later when it became more widely viewed, due to its criticism of institutions ranging from CUNY itself to the New York Police Department and the state of Israel. Mohammed called the law “a manifestation of white supremacy that continues to oppress and suppress people in this nation and around the world” and asked her fellow graduates to turn their joy, excitement and rage into “the fuel for the fight against capitalism, racism, imperialism, and Zionism around the world.”

After the speech was criticized by the CUNY Board of Trustees and chancellor, as well as Mayor Adams, some media outlets and other public figures, the CUNY School of Law Student Government said on Twitter that it had been approved by several officials including Dean Sudha Setty and Frank Wu, the president of Queens College.

Cop and civilian honors

The latter school provided the venue for the event, Colden Auditorium.

Queens College contacted the Chronicle after the Student Government claim was published in the paper’s June 1 editorial. Its press office said Wu had not seen or approved the speech and sent a statement from him explaining that the Flushing school only provided a venue for the graduation ceremony, as it does for many entities. The statement, published in this week’s Letters to the Editor section, said the college strongly supports the CUNY board and chancellor’s condemnation of Mohammed’s “hateful remarks.”

When the Queens Chronicle contacted Setty via email, it got an automated response saying she was away from the office. But CUNY spokeswoman Kathleen Lucadamo responded that “there was no approval given on this speech.” Q

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gap, and it needs to be addressed to keep the city’s tech job market growing.

This confidence gap stems from real and perceived barriers among over 55 percent of job seekers. One of the most prominent is that many individuals assume they need a mastery of complex mathematical concepts or scientific principles to pursue a career in technology. The truth is that while these skills are valuable in specific tech roles, they are not essential for every position. In fact, some of the most in-demand IT skills have nothing to do with math or science.

The numbers don’t lie. New York City is helping lead the tech job market, and now is the time for NYC residents to consider a career in tech. Just because you don’t live in the Tech Capital, or thought you were “bad at math and science” in grade school, doesn’t mean tech isn’t for you.

Hannah Johnson

Senior Vice President, Tech Talent Programs Computing Technology Industry Association Downers Grove, Ill.

MTA doubly ‘unfare’

Dear Editor:

Transit riders who have to pay two fares to get where they’re going are punished twice with every fare increase. This cannot continue indefinitely. Fare capping and

reduced fares for low-income riders and unlimited passes do not adequately address the problem. Using three buses for a short trip is punishment enough.

Since the pandemic, fewer riders are working five days, making unlimited passes less advantageous. More passengers are paying per ride. Almost $6 to travel less than a mile is too expensive. Many take longer two-bus trips to save a fare, rather than a shorter one involving a bus to a subway to a bus, or three buses.

You should pay a flat amount for traveling within 2 1/2 hours from when you enter the system until your final transfer is made.

The MTA’s irrational fear of losing revenue due to riders’ being able make a round trip for one fare has prevented this change. It is this same fear that did not allow universal bus transfers for 50 years and bus-subway transfers for longer. Most trips would still require two fares a day. Therefore, revenue loss would be minimal, if additional trips made do not neutralize the loss completely, since double fares are a huge deterrent.

Short round trips within a short time frame and one-way trips requiring three or four buses or a bus to a train to a bus should be made for a single fare.

Allen Rosen Brooklyn

The writer is a former director of MTA NYCT Bus Planning.

The 102nd Precinct Community Council held its final meeting before the summer break on Tuesday night and granted some high honors to end out the year.

Special Operations Lt. Christopher Estrella, top center, was awarded Supervisor of the Year by Capt. Jeremy Kivlin, right, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct. They are joined by council secretary J. Richard Smith.

Kivlin said Estrella, who grew up within the 102nd Precinct, is a “stalwart” there and has been involved with most major operations over the past eight years.

Police Administrative Aide Vanessa Yau, center third from left with Kivlin and members of the community council, was award-

ed Civilian of the Year. Since she started in 2010, Kivlin noted Yau, who has lived in Woodhaven and Howard Beach, has never once called out of work, even during Superstorm Sandy and the Covid pandemic.

The Cop of the Month awards went to Officers Nicholas Bellacosa, above left, and Christopher McHugh for a May gun arrest of an individual believed to be staking out a smoke shop to rob, said Kivlin.

Officer Giancarlo Pineda was honored as Cop of the Year but was unable to attend due to a family emergency. Pineda is on the public safety team, which Kivlin said combats violent crimes. “Hundreds of arrests: guns, robberies — you name it, [Pineda has] had it,” he said.

— Deirdre Bardolf

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Fatima Mousa Mohammed speaks at the CUNY Law graduation. CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW PHOTO

Ardila denies assault accusations in report

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

The independent review by a lawyer hired by Assemblymember Juan Ardila (D-Maspeth) investigating sexual assault allegations against the embattled lawmaker is complete.

The report — which relies on news articles as well as various interviews attorneys conducted with Ardila, at least one member of his staff and people who attended the October 2015 party where the events allegedly took place — questions whether the two encounters were nonconsensual.

“I did not sexually abuse anyone or engage in any sexual assault,” Ardila said in an extensive statement. He went on to say that he “consensually kissed two women at different times during that night” and he “categorically den[ies] the allegations.” As reflected in the report, Ardila said he regrets his previous statements and that he recalls the night differently, saying the lawmaker “steadfastly maintained that the contact was consensual.”

The report, compiled by attorney Stuart Slotnick of Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney and his colleagues, notes that none of the interviewees who attended the party “personally observed Ardila” engaging with either woman.

The women spoke with the New York Daily News, which first reported the contents of the review Monday evening, about the findings and Ardila’s portrayal of the night’s events. Both objected to his account; they declined to speak with the Chronicle about it further.

Ardila asserts in interviews included in the report that he believes Councilmember Julie Won (D-Sunnyside) is responsible for “pushing the allegations.”

The existence of the probe was first reported by the Chronicle March 31. Sources had told the Chronicle ahead of its article that the report had been completed, that Ardila had been found not guilty and that he planned to announce the findings.

It was on March 13 that the Chronicle exclusively revealed two women’s encounters with Ardila when they were still students at Fordham University and he had just graduated. Since then, the freshman lawmaker has faced calls to step down from numerous area political groups and elected officials, including Gov. Hochul.

The women, who have been granted anonymity by the media, said Ardila assaulted them at a party with Fordham students and alumni in October 2015. The first woman said Ardila “got handsy” with her on a couch when she was heavily intoxicated, proceeding to drag her toward the bathroom before a friend intervened. That friend, who was sober at the party and does not drink, corroborated her story, both in the Chronicle’s original report and in the News’ most recent one. Slotnick and his colleagues were unable to determine that friend’s identity and therefore did not interview her. While they did interview the first woman, she declined to discuss the night in question repeatedly; the report says neither she nor the second woman “substantively participated” in the review.

The second woman, whose account was relayed in a message meant to be shared with the Chronicle by the first woman, said Ardila took her into the bathroom and started kissing her and that when she pulled away, she saw he

Tells hired lawyers Won ‘pushing’ story

had exposed and was touching himself.

When the Chronicle inquired about the allegations in March, Ardila first said, “I don’t even know what this is.” He issued two formal statements in the 36 hours that followed, saying in the first that he “apologize[d] for [his] behavior” and that he “fully t[ook] responsibility for [his] actions” and was “committed to a process of accountability” in the second.

But Ardila attempts to walk those back in his most recent statement and in interviews with lawyers, whom he told he “had ‘no choice but to apologize.’”

“Mr. Ardila said that, as a progressive Democrat, whenever there is an allegation, ‘we’re expected to not refute it, believe women, and that women don’t lie,’” the report says. He told the lawyers he had originally drafted a statement that said his recollection of the party’s events differed from the women’s accounts, but that members of the Working Families Party and his staff advised him to exclude that line and to “take responsibility.”

“Mr. Ardila said he apologized for something he didn’t do and that he ‘apologized to someone [redacted] who felt hurt — that’s all,’” the document says. “Mr. Ardila said he wants his name cleared.”

His account contradicts the first woman’s. “Ardila recalled that while sitting and talking with [her], after taking selfies, the two kissed,” the report says. “After the kiss, [she] asked him to accompany her to the bathroom to help her with her costume zipper. Mr. Ardila believed that [her] request for help with her zipper in the bathroom was an invitation for more intimate contact.”

Ardila gave conflicting information as to the first woman’s level of sobriety within a single interview.

First, he says that she “did not seem drunk” when they began speaking and that she was “not unstable or wobbly” when they stood up from the couch. When the woman’s friend intervened, she “walked her away”; he said when the woman proceeded to play drinking games, she was “maybe drunk.”

At the same time, in analyzing the Chronicle’s March 13 story, the report makes a point of questioning the first woman’s reliability as a source by saying she “does not have a clear memory” of the party and the encounter. The first accuser acknowledged when the article was being written that she had “lost” her memory “about halfway through the night” because she was heavily intoxicated.

While Ardila said he may have taken part in some “light drinking,” both he and a friend interviewed for the review said he was not intoxicated.

A staffer of Ardila’s, who later spoke with lawyers for the probe, discussed the matter with the assemblymember when the accusations became public. The staffer told attorneys that the first woman’s “female friend ... stopped them and ‘c---blocked’” Ardila.

As the Chronicle originally reported, Ardila sent an apology via Instagram in January 2018. Asked about the message with his apology in

March, Ardila said, “Definitely no comment.”

Ardila told lawyers he sent the message because “he presumed” the first woman had learned he kissed another woman — the second victim — that same night and “because he was interested in her and they had not spoken in years.”

The second woman’s account does not align with the one in Ardila’s report, either. Ardila told lawyers he and the second accuser had been flirting and that there was “definitely chemistry between them.” He allegedly invited her into the bathroom, where they began kissing, and he “placed her hand on his crotch, over his pants.” Ardila says the woman reciprocated the kiss, but stopped after a few minutes, and said she couldn’t continue, citing her relationship at the time as well as involvement with another person, before they parted ways.

The second woman’s roommate told attorneys she had been told of the encounter by the second accuser, saying that she “believe[d] Juan took his penis out — not forcefully — just weird.” Though she told The Daily News she felt lawyers had asked leading questions, another interviewee who also heard the story from the accuser characterized it similarly.

The report says Ardila believed Won was “pushing” the allegations and that she was “guiding” the first woman, with him once saying Won is doing so “in an effort to damage his political office.” He also asserted that the councilmember “may have known before they broke in the press.”

As the Chronicle originally reported, the first victim sought out local media online after learning that Ardila holds public office, as she had moved to Queens just weeks before going public.

Asked for comment on the allegations made against her in the report, Won said in a lengthy statement to the Chronicle that she learned of the allegations “at the same time as the general public” and offered the first victim, a constituent of hers, access to resources for sexual assault survivors. She said Ardila “is desperately trying to push this narrative of a witch hunt against him.”

“Juan’s recent comments and his self-funded, ‘independent report’ continue to demonstrate his utter lack of remorse and his pathological hatred toward women,” the statement reads. Referring to her previous assertion that Ardila’s lawyers intimidated victims, she added, “Instead of engaging in the process of restorative justice as he pledged, Juan paid a high-powered law firm to intimidate and silence his victims, under the pretense of this ‘independent report.’”

After seeing Won’s statement Tuesday afternoon, Ardila sent an unprompted comment to the Chronicle, saying he was “disappointed but not surprised by” the comment, which he called “vitriol-laden, malicious, and factually inaccurate.”

“Councilmember Won has threatened me — in writing — on numerous occasions dating back to October 2022, when she learned that

one of my campaign staffers was working for her political opponent,” the statement reads, a point that was not included in the report Ardila’s lawyers compiled.

“She was among the first to falsely state I had admitted to misconduct and has spent the past two months harassing my staff, falsely telling them I’m under criminal investigation, falsely telling them I’ve been found guilty of assault, and even encouraging them to quit and join her re-election campaign.”

The New York Post first reported March 30 that the first victim was cooperating with a probe by the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit and the Office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Throughout the report released Monday, the attorneys say that the investigation’s existence is false because the 88statute of limitations’ expiration rules out any criminal charges being brought.

Ardila’s latest statement claims that Won twice prevented his office from holding a clothing drive for newly arrived migrants, which he said is “deplorable.”

“It is an absolute that women should have the safest environment to come forward with claims of sexual misconduct,” the statement concludes. “But those claims should be inquired before declaring that someone must be sentenced to the political death penalty.”

Asked why that information was not included in the report, Ardila said, “The report is independent, so what is or is not included in a report is not up to me.

“As for harassment of my staff, one statement she made to a new young staff member of mine in April was that I was a ‘pus*y’ that ‘won’t face the public.’ She also deceitfully wrote to that staffer that “I’m under investigation.”

Asked about the first woman’s assertion that she cooperated with law enforcement, Ardila said, “I made no mention of the woman who accused me. If you have knowledge from law enforcement sources at Manhattan DA or SVU that I am under investigation please let me know. Otherwise I refer you to the report.” Q

A rdila “steadfastly maintained that the contact was consensual,” the report says.

Assemblymember Juan Ardila released a report on the sexual assault allegations against him Monday. NYS ASSEMBLY PHOTO / TWITTER

St. Albans students cautioned about guns

CM Williams and Queens sorority educate youth on armed violence

by Naeisha Rose

Associate Editor

June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, and to educate youth about the hazards of armed violence, Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans) and members of the Queens Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. held an event at Black Spectrum Theatre, which is in Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans, with students from Eagle Academy for Young Men of Southeast Queens, last Sunday.

“By educating our youth about the harsh realities of gun violence within our communities, we equip them with the power to reshape the narrative and forge a future devoid of its grip,” Williams told the Queens Chronicle via email. “Through knowledge, compassion, and resilience, they hold the key to a world where hope conquers fear and unity prevails over violence.”

Three films were screened for the students, according to Roslin Spigner, a DST sister and

the Democratic 33rd Assembly district leader (Part A): “Justice is Done,” which illustrates how deadly turning to a gun as a problem solver can be; “Getting Shot, the Real Deal,” a documentary featuring a trauma nurse from Harlem Hospital; and “Shoes on the Other Foot,” which depicts two young boys getting the shock of their lives after a robbery.

“Our partnership with Black Spectrum Theatre provided us with the opportunity to share with the community what gun violence looks like on a daily basis,” said Spigner, who was grateful to Carl Clay, the theater’s founder, for providing the movies to screen. “We also had a young man, Jeramiah Song Larrier-Cornelius, create [anti-gun] posters.”

Jordan Jackson and Jameek Roberts, two students at Eagle Academy for Young Men of Southeast Queens, which is located at 171-10 Linden Blvd. in St. Albans, shared their experience with gun violence at the event.

“Gun violence has affected me personally growing up,” Jackson said in a video provid-

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ed by Spigner. “My father, a former Marine and community activist, is now in prison. He was accused and wrongfully convicted over gun violence. Gun violence took my father away from me.”

Jackson said that he also has seen shootings firsthand.

“So my whole life I was surrounded by violence,” Jackson added. “I think that is a

problem, and as the councilwoman said, we can eradicate it.”

Throughout the event, members of the sorority and others wore orange in recognition of Gun Violence Awareness Month.

From Jan. 1 to June 4, there have been 76 shooting victims and 62 shooting incidents throughout Queens, according to stats from the NYPD. Q

“My father, a former Marine ... was accused and wrongfully convicted over gun violence.”

— Jordan Jackson, senior at Eagle Academy for Young Men of Southeast Queens

Members of the Queens Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. held a Gun Violence Awareness Month event at Black Spectrum Theatre last Thursday to educate students who attend Eagle Academy for Young Men of Southeast Queens about the hazards of gun violence. PHOTO COURTESY QUAC

At far left, two friends from Staten Island Tech have a laugh, one writing “You can’t stop our pride” on the other’s shirt. At near left, Ariel Mars and friend

The joyful, colorful event now known as the New Queens Pride Parade lit up 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights Sunday. Among the many who turned out was a group from The Floating Hospital, who made clear that everyone is welcome aboard, just as they are in the annual celebration.

The NYPD Police Band, which one veteran parade observer calls the best marching band in the city. Flying above it are the American, New York City, NYPD, pride and transgender flags. At left, pride flags on 80th Street, just north of the parade route.

Check out more great pictures from the New Queens Pride Parade online at qchron.com.

Members of the Queens Center for Gay Seniors haven’t lost their step.

Joining former City Councilman and Queens Pride Parade founder Danny Dromm are Councilwomen Crystal Hudson, left, Selvena Brooks-Powers, Julie Won and Lynn Schulman; Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velazquez. Dromm holds a photo of Julio Rivera, the gay Jackson Heights man whose 1990 killing led to the parade’s establishment a few years later.

Rehane await the parade kickoff in shimmering costumes.

A contingent from the Drag Story Hour NYC program, which sees queens read to children to promote inclusion, tolerance and a love of books.

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Above, Grand Marshal and City Councilman Shekar Krishnan greets longtime parade emcees Candy Samples and Marcus Woolen. At left, neighborhood activists Jim Burke and Oscar Escobar make a new — and new to the world — friend along the route.

Jamaica students were in freshman year at height of Covid-19 pandemic Many triumphs for York ’23 graduates

by Naeisha Rose

Associate Editor

A key theme throughout the 53rd graduation commencement at York College, held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, LI, on Thursday, was diversity of background and education.

CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodriguez was not able to attend the ceremony in person, but he did share a video message that was played on a jumbotron for the 1,084 graduates.

“Five hundred and sixty-one of you arrived at York as transfer students and 200 of you were born outside the U.S.,” Rodriguez said. “Many of you, I know, are the first in your family to earn a college degree. For some the road to graduation was a long one with many twists and turns.”

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), who took a few courses at York College, understood Rodriguez well as she attended classes on a variety of subjects there before earning a degree in psychology at Spelman College.

“York College was being built up back then and I had to walk through many construction sites,” Adams said. “My schedule was so vast it encompassed everything from music theory to English literature to psychology to mathematical statistics and more. Yes, I was very confused, y’all.”

Adams did not go to York College alone.

After raising her and her sister, her father went back to school and earned a degree in economics at the CUNY institution in 1981. In 2020, he passed away from Covid-19.

“Today, I present to you my dad’s yearbook,” Adams said to York College President Berenecea Johnson Eanes, who was left teary-eyed. “I dedicate this family heirloom to you and the archives of our beloved York College. With this dedication, I commemorate my beloved father.”

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, the son of a Jamaican immigrant, said he understood what many of the graduates felt.

“I’m the first to graduate both high school and college in my family,” Richards said. “I know that sense of accomplishment you all feel ... As I look around at you extraordinary graduates, I see the richness of the culture of our borough.”

Receiving the school’s highest honor, the president’s medal, was another 1981 alum, Dr. Deborah Persaud, director of the Division of Pediatric and Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University.

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“Dr. Persaud received her bachelor of science in chemistry from York College,” Eanes said. “She committed her professional pursuits toward changing the course of HIV infection in children globally.”

Earlier this year, the HIV research specialist and her colleagues led a study that reported on the first women to be in remission and likely cured of the disease via a specialized stem cell transplantation.

“I stand before you today as a testament of the American dream,” said Persaud, a Guyanese immigrant who came to the U.S. six months after finishing high school in her home country, with her transcript in hand. “Forty-six years ago — don’t do the math — the open admissions policy of York College is what gave me that passport.”

Nish-Hoa Mullings, the student government president, said that many of the students had a lot to adjust to, including the pandemic, which hit during their freshman year.

“Many of us had to reflect and find the courage to hold on,” Mullings said. “One of my best decisions during my time at York was joining

the Student Government Association. It was my newly found community amidst the chaos of navigating life through the pandemic ... It reminded me that we are one York.”

The highest academic achiever at York was valedictorian Lydia Chamberlain, an immigrant from rural Jamaica. After leaving a thriving teaching career in the island country, she enrolled at the CUNY school as a health education major. The substitute teacher intends to get a doctorate in mathematics education.

“Our reasons for choosing York are as diverse as our faces,” Chamberlin said. “Yet today we gather here to celebrate our achievements ... Friends, we should be proud of attainment. It was our hard work, dedication and commitment to obtaining our degrees that have ensured that we are all gathered here today.”

Other notable guests, students and faculty included Councilwoman Selvena BrooksPowers (D-Laurelton); salutatorian Victoria Persaud; parent and child graduates Amrita Seegobind and her son Simeon Seegobind, and Shana Corbett and her daughter Samori Ferdinand; national anthem singer Samuel Guillaume; CUNY ROTC’s color guard; and associate professor Lindamichelle Baron, who served as the mistress of ceremonies. Marzena Ksepka, the parent of Iga Flores, a student who died earlier this year, received her daughter’s posthumous degree. Q

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Felder says 29th CD needs openness

Singh seeks Dems’ nod in 29th District

Forest Hills native is a labor lawyer and former member of Community Board

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Ethan Felder remembers the surprise among family and friends seven years ago when he decided to leave the world of corporate law to become a labor union attorney.

“I represented everybody from building trades to transit workers, law enforcement to nurses,” he said in an interview last week. “And at a certain point, I felt an obligation to try and make an impact in service to the people and community in public office.”

The Forest Hills native and former sixyear member of Community Board 6 is challenging Councilwoman Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) in the June 27 Democratic primary, along with Sukhjinder Singh.

Felder believes Schulman has not been as open with the community as he believes a councilmember should be. Two examples he gives are this year’s education budget and the proposed study sought by proponents of pedestrianizing sections of Austin Street.

“The federal government is providing resources by way of investments all over the country post-pandemic and New York City elects to cut schools by $215 million,” Felder said. “That’s a wrong-headed move. It affects enrichment programs, teachers and most importantly, students all over the district, especially in areas that have economically disadvantaged students, not to mention the dearth of special needs spending. The councilmember voted for that budget. That is not a budget I would have voted for.”

The Transportation Committee at CB 6 has endorsed a request from some community groups and individuals for the city Department of Transportation to study reducing or eliminating car traffic on at least some portions of Austin Street. It has the backing of many seeking to reduce vehicular congestion and improve pedestrian safety, but has raised the ire of business owners and others.

“I haven’t seen an elected public official convene any sort of public forum or town hall on how this should happen and have a real debate,” Felder said. “I’ve attended meetings with the [Forest Hills] Chamber of Commerce, and I’m trying to elevate the dialogue in providing the different options the community has. This is an issue where we need to have prudent, careful and open dialogue. And we need a councilmember who’s able and willing to do the work of engaging the community on the way forward.”

A check of Felder’s platform includes expanding education programs, providing housing financing for some low-income residents and other things that would require large increases or massive reallocations in what the mayor says is a tight budget

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hill resident, community activist, says education is top issue

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Sukhi Singh of Richmond Hill says the desire to run for public office came upon him gradually.

“For the past couple of years I have been noticing that there are a lot of disparities going on,” Singh told the Chronicle in an interview last week. “I’ve been serving Richmond Hill and the Kew Gardens area for about 12 to 14 years as community activist. I am an associate with the Sikh Cultural Society ... I’ve been noticing we have a voice, but it is not being looked at as a voice.”

Singh is running against Councilwoman Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) and attorney Ethan Felder in the Democratic primary for the 29th Council District on June 27.

Singh came to the United States from his native northern India when he was 14, his family, like so many others, looking for better opportunities.

“There is a $110 billion budget that’s being negotiated,” Felder said. “I do reject the notion that the city is short on resources that we need, and that we need to proceed with an austerity mindset,” he said.

Felder said his first priority in January would appeal to his labor lawyer instincts. He accused Schulman of refusing to meet with city retirees who he said are having their retirement medical benefits privatized by the city moving them to Medicare Advantage.

“They didn’t work in public service to get rich, but they have earned the dignity of a secure retirement with healthcare coverage that they have earned,” Felder said. “As a labor lawyer, I think this is something that needs to be addressed.”

The city has said the change will provide comparable coverage and save the taxpayers money. Felder believes Schulman, as chair of the Council’s Health Committee, could exercise jurisdiction and fight the switch.

Felder said the city needs to proceed cautiously before it continues down the path of a community jail in Kew Gardens by the courthouse as part of the replacement plan for Rikers Island, which is set to shut down in 2027.

“I don’t think anyone would say the situation on Rikers is acceptable ... It is a humanitarian disaster,” he said. “This needs to be thought through thoroughly, carefully and pragmatically so that we’re not re-creating what exists on Rikers right now.”

He also pointed out that the present-day Rikers Island population far exceeds the number of beds planned for the four new community facilities. Q

He attended Queens College and LaGuardia Community College, completing studies to be a medical assistant. But he decided to follow through on his secondary coursework in finance and accounting. He works in the financial sector and is married to a public high school teacher. They have three children. “We have a lot of concerns in Kew Gardens, a lot of safety issues,” Singh said. “There are shootings going on and there are killings. A lot of people are saying ‘Defund the police.’”

The major highlights in Singh’s platform, which can be found on his campaign website, reflect the concerns of many people in the district.

Singh is pro-police — “My brother has been on the job for 22 years” — but also wants to create safer streets by funding educational programs to tackle hate and violence.

He favors expanding rent stabilization laws and protections while cutting red tape for securing existing units, thus expanding housing opportunities. He also wants to ensure full language access in terms of all city agencies and government forms for all languages spoken in the district.

But he said education was the deciding factor in taking on Schulman.

The very first promise on his platform page is to “vote NO to ANY city budget that cuts funding for education.” It is a direct reference to the $215 million reduction to the Department of Eduction budget in the spending plan approved last June.

The school budget is personal.

“I am the only person in the race raising a traditional family,” Singh said. “I have a ninth-grader, a fourth-grader and secondgrader, two daughters and a son.”

Sukhi Singh

Singh also supports QueensLink, the proposal to rebuild a commuter rail connection from the Rockaways to central Queens along the right-of-way for the old Rockaway Beach branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

He says there is a vital need to increase transit access in central and southeastern Queens.

The trestles and in many cases remnants of the elevated tracks remain where they were left in 1962, when the route was discontinued. The effort to revive rail service took a hit last year when Mayor Adams committed $35 million to create a parkland trail at the northern end near the Forest HillsRego Park border.

But Singh is not deterred in his belief that the rail service restoration effort is not over.

“Perhaps it can be revived,” he said.

As for the cost, some of his policy proposals might add to existing government spending. Singh believes that some spending could be reallocated from existing uses.

As for his commitment, Singh said one can look at his decision to leave a well-paying career, as he would have to do if elected. He also said he would donate half of his first year’s salary to community organizations within the 29th District.

“My family eats well, but you don’t need to eat gold,” he said. “With my wife’s income and mine we will still get by.” Q

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Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School Congratulates the Class of 2023

Aiden Abenante

Joseph Acosta

Christopher Acosta-Calle

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EDC conducting study for different park spots ahead of new landing New Hunters Pt. ferry sites on table

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

The NYC Economic Development Corp. updated Community Board 2 last week on its search for an alternative site for the new Hunters Point South ferry landing.

The EDC first announced its intentions to replace the current landing — which sits next to the Hunters Point South Oval and is the oldest existing one in the city — back in 2019. Both in an effort to avoid service disruptions and due to its proximity to a Long Island Rail Road tunnel, simply replacing the existing landing is not an option, EDC Transportation Planner Nina Verzosa said at last Thursday’s meeting.

Plans to put the new terminal about 150 feet north, in Gantry Park Plaza, were met with much backlash last fall, in part because it would block the Manhattan skyline, prompting the EDC to launch a study looking into other options, which were presented last Thursday.

The first new option would be at the existing launch site, but would use a truss that would jut out from the side of the esplanade next to the landing. Option 2 proposes moving a few blocks south so that the landing is next to Luminescence, the waterfront art installation at 54th Avenue. Options 3 and 4 are closer to Newtown Creek, at 57th Avenue and Sec-

The Economic Development Corp. is studying new sites for the Hunters Point South ferry terminal, shown above. Option 0 is the existing site next to the Hunters Point South Oval. Option 1 would be at the existing site with a truss connection, Option 2 would be next to Luminescence by 54th Avenue, Option 3 would be by the outdoor gym at 57th Avenue and Second Street and Option 4 would be by the Newtown Creek Kayak Launch.

ond Street and the Newtown Creek Kayak Launch, respectively.

Given Newtown Creek’s status as a toxic Superfund cleanup waterway, board member Tom Mituzas asked whether Options 3 and 4

could cause further ecological harm to the site. Franny Civitano, vice president of NYC Ferry, responded by saying that is one of the things that will be investigated as part of the study. One of the benefits of moving from the cur-

rent docking site, Civitano said, is that it only allows for a 150-person vessel, whereas others might be able to accommodate a 350-person one. That, she added, would be helpful during peak hours.

Board member Sheila Lewandowski noted that Options 3 and 4 have the benefit of being accessible to nearby affordable housing.

Asked about the possible sites after last week’s meeting, Rob Basch of the Hunters Point Conservancy said he is in favor of Option 1.

Hunters Point Civic Association President Brent O’Leary, however, said his group supports putting the landing at 57th Avenue. “We feel that Option 3 is the best option as it doesn’t obstruct the view or place any burden on the full enjoyment of the park and its facilities,” he told the Chronicle via email.

According to the EDC, the study is still being conducted and is expected to wrap up this summer. A formal report on its findings should be complete by this fall.

Ultimately, where the ferry terminal goes is not up to the EDC, however. Because the sites are in the park, Civitano said, the Department of Parks and Recreation will make the final decision, though she said community input is crucial. “EDC is not interested in putting in a landing that is opposed by everyone,” she added. Q

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The Mary Louis Academy LET THE NUMBERS TELL OUR STORY

Congratulations to TMLA’s Class of 2023!

OVER $40 MILLION in merit-based scholarships were earned by the Class of 2023

80% of our Class of 2023 is enrolled in one or more Honors Courses

70 SENIORS earned Diploma Designations of Advanced Study in the following areas: American History and Civics, Art, Leadership and Service, Literary Arts, Pre-Medicine, Sports Medicine, and STEM

100% of our grads are attending college:

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80% of our Class of 2023 enrolled in one or more Advanced Placement Course

100% of our grads earned the highest Regents Diploma awarded by the State of New York, the Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation

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100,000 HOURS were donated in volunteer and community service programs by the Class of 2023

Craig, ’62 Met who threw first pitch, dies

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Roger Craig, who threw the first pitch in New York Mets history in 1962, died Sunday in San Diego. He was 93.

Craig, taken from the Los Angeles Dodgers with the Mets’ third pick in the 1961 expansion draft, was the starting pitcher on opening day in St. Louis, losing to the Cardinals, 11-4. He finished the year with a won-lost record of 10-24 for Casey Stengel’s lovable losers, followed by 5-22 in 1963, leading the National League in losses both times. “You gotta pitch pretty good to lose that many games,” Stengel once said in Craig’s defense.

“We are deeply saddened by the passing of original Met Roger Craig,” the Mets said on Twitter Monday.

Craig won World Series championships with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955, and in Los Angeles in 1959. After the 1963 season he was dealt to the Cardinals, earning a ring as the Cards beat the Yankees in 1964. Craig also pitched for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies in a career that ran from 1955 to 1966. He won another ring as a coach with the juggernaut

Night Market will raise funding for refugees

by Sophie Krichevsky

Associate Editor

For the second year in a row, the Queens Night Market will partner with the United Nations Refugee Agency for World Refugee Day.

The night market will donate a third of its proceeds from the weekly event on June 17, three days before the day dedicated to refugees, and patrons will also be able to donate to the agency upon entering. The evening’s entertainment will include performances from refugee artists.

1984 Detroit Tigers.

Craig managed for 11 seasons, winning a pennant with the 1989 San Francisco Giants, only to get swept by the Oakland Athletics in a World Series interrupted for 10 days by an earthquake that killed more than 60 people. As a manager and pitching coach he was an early proponent of the split-finger fastball.

The Dodgers, Giants, Cardinals and Tigers also posted Twitter memorials to Craig from his days in their uniforms. Q

“Since it launched, the Queens Night Market has represented over 95 countries through our vendors and their food, and many of those vendors, or their families, were refugees seeking asylum here in the US,” Queens Night Market founder John Wang said in a statement. “So, when the United Nations Refugee Agency asked if we’d be interested in collaborating, we couldn’t say yes fast enough.”

The fundraiser is part of the second annual “This is NY: Celebrating Our Immigrant Heritage and Communities” initiative. The citywide programming

intends to highlight the history, culture and experiences of immigrants and refugees throughout the city, and coincides with Immigrant Heritage Month.

The same night, the market will host Mayor Adams’ Breaking Bread, Building Bonds initiative, which seeks to unite New Yorkers in order to share aspects of different cultures. As such, City Hall will be inviting and paying for dinner for up to 150 people at Queens Night Market, Wang said in an email to the Chronicle. Q

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The Queens Night Market is partnering with the United Nations Refugee Agency on June 17. PHOTO BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY / FILE

St. John’s Preparatory School Congratulates Our Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Valedictorian

Name: Matthew Alvarez

School: St. John’s Preparatory School

Family: Maria and Michael, parents; Joshua, sibling

Home Neighborhood: Rego Park

Parish: Our Lady of The Angelus R.C. Church

Extracurricular Activities: Jazz Rock Band, Boys Varsity Volleyball, National Honor Society, Campus Life

Scholarships and Honors: Stony Brook Presidential and Valedictorian Scholarship, St. John’s University Merit Scholarship, Fordham Jogues Scholarship, Binghamton Presidential Scholarship

Post Graduation Plans: Will attend Stony Brook University. Intends to go on to medical school to become a doctor.

Anticipated Major: Health Science

Inspirational Quote: “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” — Albert Einstein

Salutatorian

Name: Savannah Finnerty

School: St. John’s Preparatory School

Parish: Immaculate Conception Church

Family: Juana and Michael, parents; Sara, Michael, and Andrew, siblings

Home: Astoria

Extracurricular activities: Varsity Softball, Campus Life, National Honor Society, Sunday School Assistant Teacher

Scholarships and Honors: Questbridge National College Match at Dartmouth College, Binghamton Presidential Scholarship, St. Bonaventure University Presidential Scholarship, University of Vermont Presidential Scholarship

Post Graduation Plans: Will attend Dartmouth College and hopes to later enter the medical field.

Anticipated Major: Biochemistry

Inspirational Quote: “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela

NASA names NYSCI a star of the eclipse

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

The next solar eclipse will occur on April 8, 2024, but NASA and the New York Hall of Science aren’t waiting until then to get people excited about it and bring outer space home to the community.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected NYSCI to host a series of astronomy-related community events in the run-up to the event.

As part of NASA’s Next Gen STEM program — that’s the next generation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — NYSCI has been designated as a “community anchor” that will serve as a “local hub bringing NASA STEM and space science to students and families in traditionally underserved areas,” the science museum at the edge of Flushing Meadows Corona Park says.

“The sky is our learning lab and a solar eclipse is a free science experiment that everyone can — and should — experience. It’s the perfect opportunity to bring the community together and share exciting, understandable STEM ideas,” NYSCI President and CEO Margaret Honey said in

City, feds strike deal on Wolff-Alport land

Ridgewood property a Superfund site

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

New York City has agreed to remediate radiation-contaminated property it owns in Ridgewood on and near the old WolffAlport Chemical Co. site under a deal announced Monday by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

The land at 1125-1139 Irving Ave., which still is occupied by some businesses, was designated as a federal Superfund cleanup site in 2013.

ous substances from communities that have been disproportionally burdened by environmental health hazards,” he added.

EPA Regional Administrator Lisa Garcia concurred.

a prepared statement. “We are thrilled to continue our strong working relationship with NASA and experience the majesty of the 2024 solar eclipse with children and families across New York.”

NYSCI will host community events related to the eclipse between July and September. What those are and when they will be held has not yet been determined. NASA will provide a grant of nearly $40,000 to develop and hold the events.

During the eclipse itself, NYSCI will host a community-wide viewing event. Don’t look without eye protection! Q

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Starling soldiers on

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

One reason the Mets won 101 games in 2022 was the All-Star season outfielder Starling Marte enjoyed. Unfortunately, Marte, who had suffered a fractured rib playing for the Miami Marlins in 2021, fractured a finger, getting hit by a pitch by Pittsburgh Pirates hurler Mitch Keller last September. He missed the rest of the regular season and the Mets collapsed. He was on the roster for the Wildcard series against the San Diego Padres but could not properly grip a bat.

After the season, Marte contended with more serious medical issues. After complaining of leg pain, doctors discovered torn tendons near his groin. He had surgery in November.

It is not surprising that Marte has not been the offensive force in 2023 he was in 2022. I spoke with him during batting practice last Wednesday. “I am not 100 percent physically, but most baseball players have to play with some kind of pain,” he said. Marte should be commended for his candor, but the accumulation of injuries is having a detrimental effect. He feels confident he will feel better as the season goes on. Fans would be wise to be patient and understanding.

My colleague, SiriusXM Fantasy Sports air personality and Flushing native Scott Engel, asked Marte about players he idolized growing up in the Dominican Republic. Former Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez’s name quickly came up.

BI mentioned how Martinez is proud the Dominican Republic was one of the few countries to accept Jewish refugees during World War II, a fact of which many are unaware. “He likes to tell that story and for good reason,” Marte said.

On Wednesday morning, Mets outfielder Mark Canha, who is more likely to have a postplaying career with the Food Network than ESPN, visited Flushing’s PS 201 to discuss healthy eating. That night, Canha drove in all four runs with a homer and a double as the Mets beat the Phillies, 4-1. The following day, he slugged another home run, leading the Mets to a series sweep. The Mets may want to send Canha to more schools for the September playoff push.

Mets broadcaster and Cardozo High School alum Howie Rose threw out the ceremonial first pitch Wednesday night to coincide with his surprisingly realistic bobblehead, which was given out to fans in honor of his Mets Hall of Fame induction three days later.

Rose’s toss to catcher Francisco Alvarez was wild and bounced well before home plate. Mets television voices Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez had some good-natured fun giving him “the business.” If it is any consolation, Howie was Sandy Koufax compared to the first pitch South Jamaica native Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson threw at Citi Field in 2014. Q

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The statement from U.S. Attorney Breon Peace also said that the city has agreed, as part of a consent judgement, to reimburse the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection $1.6 million for remediation work done since 2012.

The Wolff-Alport lot, near the border with the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, hosted the company from 1920 to 1954. Among its activities was the processing of monazite sand. Residues from the process contained radioactive materials including thorium and uranium, according to the press release, as well as their decay products such as radium and radionuclides.

During World War II, Wolff-Alport supplied radioactive materials to the federal government for use in the Manhattan Project as U.S. and German scientists raced to create the atomic bomb.

But it also routinely dumped radioactive waste into the New York City sewer system or buried it on-site until 1947.

The EPA began investigating in 2012 when radon gas leaks were discovered on the site.

“This action protects New York City residents and communities from exposure to hazardous substances including radioactive waste at the Wolff-Alport Site,” Peace said in a press release of just over two pages.

“This settlement demonstrates that this Office and our Environmental Justice Team are committed to addressing environmental concerns, including the removal of hazard-

“This agreement tackles the continued cleanup of radioactive pollution on the Cityowned portion of the Wolff-Alport Chemical Company Superfund site and pays back EPA $1.6 million for its vital work to safeguard public health,” Garcia said “Today’s settlement takes us one step closer to completing our cleanup of this site so that one day it will be restored land that is ready for reuse and economic activity.”

But Gary Giordano, district manager of Community Board 5, which has Ridgewood in its district, pointed out that the city did not always own the land covered in the agreement.

“I guess this is going to be one of those situations where a property owner is getting penalized for something that they did not cause,” Giordano said. “The City of New York didn’t dump the radioactive materials in the ground or in the sewer system. But very often, those that own the property that is contaminated have to pay for the cleanup.”

While contaminated soil will have to be removed from the site and whole sections of the sewer system in the area will have to be replaced, officials have been saying since 2012 that the property also poses no immediate threat to area residents, businesses or their employees.

The consent judgement also states that the city will make “periodic payments” to the EPA for future oversight costs related to the cleanup of city-owned property.

It also includes a statement of work that establishes the parameters of the city’s work commitments on the site.

Further information on the site can be found on the EPA’s website at cumulis.epa. gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo. cfm?id=0206479. Q

The New York Hall of Science’s ties to NASA go beyond the space rockets parked on its grounds.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN / FILE

Congrats CLASS OF 2023

Wishing you continued success and abundant opportunities in all of your future endeavors!

The Callahan Family, the Board of Trustees, and the Faculty, Staff, and Administration

by Kristen Guglielmo

Art and history lovers in Queens do not have to travel to Manhattan to look at breathtaking, diverse and culturally significant works of art. The Godwin-Ternbach Museum, located at Queens College, is running an exhibition titled “Wunderkammer I: Simple Pleasures” that seeks to reveal the breadth and vitality of manmade objects among diverse cultures across a period of over five thousand years.

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museum lobby hosts summer show

“I was fascinated by the juxtaposition of bringing objects together from different cultures,” said Louise Weinberg, the museum’s co-director, curator and director of exhibitions and collections. Weinberg organized “Wunderkammer” by carefully sifting through the museum’s collection of over 7,000 objects and artifacts.

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“It’s encyclopedic,” she said of the collection. “It was hard to pick what to display, but I focused on bringing a variety of pieces out. We’re not telling their stories, but letting the viewer make associations based on how they perceive the objects.”

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were both ricacies and of its foundations from in-Ternbach embracing

The exhibition’s main purpose was to honor the mission and values of Frances Gray Godwin and Joseph Ternbach, the namesakes and founders of the museum. Godwin was a beloved professor of medieval art and Ternbach a renowned art restorer. They were both extremely passionate about sharing the intricacies and history of art. Through the collaboration of its founders, the museum was able to attract donations from world-class art collectors. Today, Godwin-Ternbach keeps the legacy of its founders alive by embracing a teaching aspect. “We want to reach out and bring students in, along with the public,” Weinberg shared. “We often have classes throughout Queens College come in and use our objects as a teaching collection. Students are able to handle and study works of art without constraints.”

While the museum is open to the public, it normally only operates while college classes are in session. However, even though school is out, “Wunderkammer” welcomes visitors over the summer.

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Gene Simmons rocked Jackson Heights before KISS

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Chaim Witz was born in Haifa, Israel, on Aug. 25, 1949 to Ferenc “Feri” and Flora “ Florence” Witz. In 1957, at age 8, he left with only his mother and immigrated to New York. Chaim changed his name to Gene Klein, adopting his mother’s maiden name. They settled into an apartment at 33-51 84 St. in Jackson Heights.

Gene attended PS 92 and Pulitzer JHS 145 before going on to Newtown High School, where he sang in the choir. As a teen he led an alcohol- and drug-free life, never wanting to shame or disappoint his mother. He played at the Beehive Club on Northern Boulevard in Flushing, adopted the stage name Gene Simmons and practiced the guitar for hours on end. He played in various bands while selling old used comic books to make money.

He formed a rock group called Wicked Lester, eventually leading to the “ultimate rock band,” KISS, which released its first album in February 1974. The rest is history.

Simmons has worn his demon costume and

makeup since the 1970s, except for the band’s unmasked era from 1983 to 1996.

He married Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed and they had two children. Always involved in new projects, he shows no sign of slowing down. KISS was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Q

The childhood home of Gene Simmons, bassist and lead singer of KISS, at 33-51 84 St. in Jackson Heights, as it looked in the 1950s.

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Trans photo exhibits get personal, and political

by Jessica Meditz qboro contributor

Pride Month’s origins are in New York City, and Culture Lab LIC is one of the local organizations to keep the tradition alive.

This year, the nonprofit’s Pride Month lineup includes “Breaking Boundaries: 50 Years of Images,” an exhibition highlighting the work of Mariette Pathy Allen — who has dedicated decades to photographing the transgender, gender-fluid and intersex communities.

“Breaking Boundaries,” curated by Orestes Gonzalez and Jesse Egner, showcases Allen’s encyclopedic work documenting the personal lives of transgender people all over the world since the late ’70s.

Her photographs dive deep into a community that was once underrepresented in society, and remains marginalized today.

“There’s trans people everywhere, and she’s helped change people’s attitudes surrounding that community,” Gonzalez said in an in-person interview. “Mariette actually helped people know that there was a trans community that was often overlooked, or that people didn’t even know existed. She changed how people view the variety of the sexual spectrum that’s out there in the world.”

In 1978, Allen befriended a trans woman

named Vicky West, who invited her to photograph Fantasia Fair, a conference for transgender and gender-fluid people to express themselves freely. That experience would be what fueled her to document trans history across the U.S. and abroad, authoring four books, making public presentations and participating in radio and TV appearances to advocate for gender-nonconforming people.

Allen’s work on display at Culture Lab LIC includes her travels to Cuba, Burma and Thailand, where she spent years photo-

At left, a couple with their fancy Ernie and Bert dolls at the Fantasia Fair in Provincetown, Mass., in the 1990s. Above, Mariette Pathy Allen with photos she took in Cuba, Burma and Thailand. PHOTOS

graphing international trans communities and their respective cultures.

She’s also documented trans people locally over the years, from scenes as public as an early ’80s Pride Parade in Manhattan to as intimate as the Queens bedroom of a trans woman named Monique in 2002.

“The importance of this exhibition in this retrograde, evil political climate, can’t be exaggerated. We hope that by presenting transgender and nonbinary people as relatable, caring and creative, we can help to dis-

pel the misinformation and fear of gender and sexual non-conforming people,” Allen said in a press release. “I am very grateful to the Culture Lab LIC’s Plaxall Gallery for giving me the opportunity to have this retrospective of some of my work on gender variance.”

Adjacent to Allen’s exhibition in the gallery is a related installation, titled “Breaking More Boundaries: A Group Exhibit Inspired by the Work of Mariette Pathy Allen.”

“Breaking More Boundaries” features the work of 47 artists selected by Allen, Gonzalez and Egner, as well as two invited artists: Jess T. Dugan and Zackary Drucker. Most of the artworks are for sale.

Influenced by Allen, all pieces in the exhibit tell the stories of gender expansive people, a concept Gonzalez feels is essential in an age where antitrans legislation and rhetoric are present.

“We have to keep an eye out on what’s happening with the right and take action against these people trying to control how people live,” he said. “It’s great to see families bringing their children here and enjoying the exhibit together, teaching them that different types of people do exist.”

The gallery is located at 5-25 46 Ave. Both exhibits are free to visit and will be open during gallery hours through July 30. Q

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The exhibition is located in the museum’s lobby, while the rest of the museum is closed off until the fall exhibitions are ready.

“Wunderkammer” contains over 80 objects, ranging from antiquities to modern art. There are multiple display cases, each focusing on different materials, such as wood, ceramics, ivory and bone, metals and glass and stone (“Wunderkammer” means cabinet of wonders in German). Highlights

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include the ivory and bone display, where spiritual images are carved into ivory sculptures.

“I was interested in thinking about the idea that ivory was always a precious object and used mostly for spiritual reasons,” Weinberg explained. “Today, we can look at these objects and understand they came from a spiritual place, but we know we have to think about it differently due to what we have done to animals with tusks and bone. Conservation of resources is important, and we have to think about the pillaging of taking away from nature.”

Other highlights include a marriage coffret from 14th-century Italy (donated by Ternbach in honor of Godwin), an Egyptian canopic jar with a painted face, which was used by ancient Egyptians to store and preserve organs during mummification, a Japanese figurine with a movable head from the Momoyama Period, original sculptures by artist Chaim Gross, a bundle of Kissi pennies from Africa and a sculpture made of real eggshells and lacquer on copper.

“In all of these displays, you see the universality of symbolism and how people honor their culture through common

“Wunderkammer” artifacts are arrayed in display cases in the Godwin-Ternbach Museum’s lobby. On the cover: Among the items exhibited are pieces by unknown artists from ancient Egypt, medieval Italy and Momoyama-Period Japan and, top right, by Chaim Gross in 20th-century America.

objects for personal use,” Weinberg commented. “We are the only collection of this type in the borough of Queens. There is no other comprehensive collection like ours — I like to call us a hidden jewel.”

“Wunderkammer I: Material Pleasures”

is on display through Jan. 11, 2024. Support is provided by the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Kupferberg Center for the Arts and Queens College, CUNY. For more information, visit gtmuseum.org. Q

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PHOTOS BY KRISTEN GUGLIELMO, ABOVE, AND COVER, BY ARNOLD KANARVOGEL

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN

TRUST A, Plaintiff against LAWRENCE LYONS, et al

Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 31, 2023, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at steps of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on June 30, 2023 at 10:00 AM.

Premises known as 6-41 Beach 65th Street, Arverne, NY 11692 a/k/a 6-41 Beach 65th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11692. Block 16026 Lot 31. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situated, lying and being at Far Rockaway, Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $448,380.89 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index No 723027/2021. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 11th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Referee will only accept a certifi ed bank check made payable to the referee.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY MOREQUITY, INC., Plaintiff against CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 29, 2018, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the steps of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on June 23, 2023 at 12:15 PM. Premises known as 158-11 96th Street, Howard Beach, NY 11414. Block 14166 Lot 55. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $356,888.84 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 705317/2021 f/k/a 12717/2009. Cash will not be accepted at the sale. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 11th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Referee will only accept a certified bank check made payable to the referee.

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007WM1 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff, vs. SABRINA EDERY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ANN LEWITINN, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 25, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the outside steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY on June 30, 2023 at 12:00 p.m., premises known as 1352 Dickens Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 15665 and Lot 38. Approximate amount of judgment is $905,788.55 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index # 703799/2021. The Referee shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s COVID-19 policies concerning public auctions of foreclosed properties. These policies, along with the Queens County Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term website. Austin

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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action To Foreclose A Mortgage Index #: 718865/2019 Nationstar Mortgage LLC D/B/A Mr. Cooper Plaintiff, vs Cheryl Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Ilyas Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Valerie R. Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Artemus Scott, Jr. As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Wahjeeda Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Unknown Heirs As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The IRS, TIAA F.S.B. FKA Everbank, City Register Of The City Of New York, Queens County, New York City Environmental Control Board, Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., Citibank (South Dakota) N.A., Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, LVNV Funding LLC APO Chase Bank USA N.A., New York City Parking Violations Bureau, John Doe (Those Unknown Tenants, Occupants, Persons Or Corporations Or Their Heirs, Distributees, Executors, Administrators, Trustees, Guardians, Assignees, Creditors Or Successors Claiming An Interest In The Mortgaged Premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 516 Beach 72nd Street Arverne, NY 11692

To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. To Ilyas Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, and the Unknown Heirs As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Phillip Hom of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Third day of May, 2023 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Long Island City. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage dated November 1, 2006, upon the premises described below, executed by Artemus Scott (who died on September 26, 2018, a resident of the county of Queens, State of New York) to secure the sum of $163,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at CRFN 2006000661193 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on November 30, 2006. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed November 7, 2007 and recorded on November 19, 2007, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2007000576303. The Filed: Queens County Clerk 10/28/2022 08:49 AM Index NO. 718865/2019 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 74 Received NYSCEF: 10/28/2022 mortgage was subsequently modified on June 20, 2017. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed May 28, 2020 and recorded on October 5, 2020, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 20200002770317. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed June 19, 2020 and recorded on October 5, 2020, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2020000270318; The property in question is described as follows: 516 BEACH 72ND STREET, ARVERNE, NY 11692. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: May 26, 2023 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 76627

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Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/05/2023. Offi ce 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: ILAN SASSON, 69-25 MANSE STREET, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Spear Forest Hills LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/8/23. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 31 E 32nd St, 4th Fl, NY, NY 10016.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 724633/2021

Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Mortgaged Premises: 10834 UNION HALL STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11433 Block: 10149, Lot: 57 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN ADAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; ELLINGTON ADAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; WILLIE ADAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; BETTY BARNHILL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; BRENDA CAMERON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; SHIRLEY ADAMS MOODY, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; ROBERTA ADAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; LATAWN ADAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; THOMAS DUKE, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; ANTWAINE ADAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; ROMMELL ADAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; SHELMAR ADAMS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF PEARL ADAMS A/K/A PEARL A. HARRIS A/K/A PEARL ADAMS HARRIS, and any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specifi c lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOODS LLC (“SN”); THE BROOKLYN UNION GAS COMPANY D/B/A NATIONAL GRID NY; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ANTOINE ADAMS AS JOHN DOE #1; SHEA DAVIS AS “JOHN DOE #2”; TERRENCE CLARK AS “JOHN DOE #3”; JULISSA RIVERA AS “JOHN DOE #4”, “JOHN DOE #5” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last eight names being fi ctitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a defi ciency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $469,342.50 and interest, recorded on July 01, 2006, in Instrument Number 2006000367975 , of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York., covering premises known as 10834 UNION HALL STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11433. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who fi led this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: May 24, 2023, ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC, Attorney for Plaintiff, Matthew Rothstein, Esq., 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, NY 11590. 516-280-7675

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 714704/2021 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Property: 34-21 100TH STREET CORONA, NY 11368 Block: 1734 Lot: 40 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ALT-A TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-6, Plaintiff, v. MANUEL PEREZ; ROSA ASITIMBAY; PEDRO CARDONA, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specifi c lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA); COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT; CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY VIRTUE OF UNPAID TAXES OR LIENS OF PEDRO CARDONA; JUAN PEREZ AS “JOHN DOE #1”; MERCY PEREZ AS “JOHN DOE #2”; “JOHN DOE #3” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last ten names being fi ctitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the Complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a defi ciency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $593,600.00 and interest, recorded on June 07, 2006, in Instrument Number 2006000315804, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York., covering premises known as 34-21 100TH STREET, CORONA, NY 11368. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who fi led this foreclosure proceeding against you and fi ling the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: May 9, 2023 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC By: Ankit Mehta,

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE3, Plaintiff, -againstWaveny Alexander aka Waveny Agath Alexander aka Waveny A. Alexander individually, Administrator and Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Tina Alexander, Shaneza Alexander, Tyrone Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Jael Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, John Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Dorell Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Oneal C. Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Egbert B. Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Terrence Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Brent Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Hazel Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Michelle Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Teshina Jade Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Anthony Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Eon Shane Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Delon Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander and Egbert Alexander’s, unknown heirs-at-law, nextof-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Adverlight Collections, Inc., Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of AmericaInternal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Cavalry SPV I LLC, LR Credit 10, LLC, Defendants. Index No.: 703843/2021 Filed: May 19, 2023

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $491,200.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens on June 17, 2005 in CRFN 2005000350105 covering premises known as 146-45 181st Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York May 18, 2023 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP /s/BY: Linda P. Manfredi, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-065730-F00

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