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Police from the 106th Precinct conducted “Operation Silent Night,” targeting loud music in homes, backyards and cars last Friday through Sunday, utilizing social media to find trouble sites, and issuing dozens of summonses.

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DOE comes out against Avonte’s Law Agency says ‘there’s no one way’ to prevent students from ‘eloping’ by Tess McRae Associate Editor

vonte’s Law, a bill proposed by Cou ncil ma n R o b e r t C o r n e g y J r. ( D -Br o ok ly n) , wa s b r ou g ht before the Education Committee on Thursday and almost every spea ker a nd cou ncil member seemed on board, except the Department of Education. “We have some concer ns,” DOE deputy chancellor Kathleen Grimm said.

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Avonte’s Law would require the Education Department to place alarms on all District 75, prekindergarten and elementary school doors to prevent students from running out of the buildings, what the DOE refers to as “eloping.” In total, the schools that would be required to install the alarms hold approx i mately 60 0,0 0 0 students. The bill is named for Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old autistic boy who f led the R iver view School in Long Island City last Oct. 4 by running out of an open side-door. The incident sparked a search across the tri-state area which eventually led to the Rego Park teenager’s remains being found washed ashore in Whitestone. “We prefer to retain the discretion to decide which tools are appropriate tools in any particular building,” Grimm said before the committee, chaired by Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights). According to Grimm, the DOE revisited many of its safety protocols for a missing student and

made slight adjustments to ensure what happened at the Riverview School does not happen again. Cornegy said the minor adjustments are not enough. “I’m asking for a safety net,” he said. “After hearing your testimony, I’m actually a little bit more disturbed than I was coming in.” Though Avonte’s mother, Vanessa Fontaine, was highly visible in the media during the search, she did not make an appearance at the hearing. Instead, his grandmother Doris McCoy spoke. “They’ve held off too long,” she said. “Way before this happened to Avonte, it should have been done.” But Grimm said alarms cannot replace adult supervision and would not actually stop a child from leaving the building. Avonte escaped after running past a school safety officer twice. The building’s principal did not order a soft lockdown — despite protocol requiring one — and Fontaine was not alerted until almost an hour after he went missing. Police were not called for approximately 30 minutes. G r i m m added that ala r ms

The door Avonte Oquendo ran out of last October. A new bill would require District 75, prekindergarten and elementary schools to put alarms on PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE outside doors. would be more of a disruption than anything. “There is no one-size-fits-all response that will prevent a student from leaving a school building without permission,” she said. “We just want to retain discretion to place them where we feel

appropriate.” In addition, the DOE representatives said alarms could be distressing to students with sound sensitivity, which is often associated with autism. “A s you a r e awa r e, s o me continued on page 24

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In ‘Operation Silent Night,’ cops target loud music, track progress on Twitter by Stephen Geffon

The weekend initiative got off to a slow start. Last Friday night, the first night of the operation, weather interceded on The 106th Precinct tackled one of its biggest quality-of-life the cops’ behalf. “Looks like the rain is working exceptionally well, helping issues last weekend, using social media to connect with resito keep the noise down and under control,” Deputy Inspector dents making noise complaints directly. Operation Silent Night, the initiative that allows residents Jeffrey Schiff, the precinct’s commanding officer, tweeted at to report noise complaints via Twitter, conducted last Friday around 8 p.m. However, at 11 p.m. Schiff tweeted that officers had through Sunday, was touted by police brass as a success. The problem with loud music coming from backyards, addressed their first reported noise complaint in the vicinity garages and even vehicles has plagued communities in South of 118th Street and Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill. More noise violations were to follow. Queens for years. At 1 a.m. a restaurant in the vicinity of 107th Avenue and Frank Dardani, president of the 106th Precinct Community Council and the Ozone Tudor Civic Association, said the Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill was issued a criminal court summons for noise. Police officers issued a criminal issue has spread to other commands. “When I meet with other community council presidents, court summons for noise to the driver of an auto that was they say the noise problem is getting worse and we’ve had blasting music at 110th Street and Liberty Avenue in South this issue for a long time,” he said. “I’m sure there’s a lot of Richmond Hill at 2 a.m. Officers also issued a criminal court summons for noise to people who have moved out because of these problems. It the owner of a residence on 118th Street between Liberty needs to be addressed.” Police said they responded to 34 reported noise complaints 107th avenues in South Richmond Hill, according to Schiff. and issued 22 criminal court summonses over the three-day Day two of Operation Silent Night began with the arrest of a period. According to the NYPD, on 12 of the noise com- motorcyclist for reckless driving through traffic and riding on plaints they responded to the music was deemed to be at a the sidewalk at Liberty Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard in reasonable level based on sound meter readings. However, Ozone Park at 7:30 p.m. As the night went on, officers addressed several other noise those homeowners were advised that although reasonable, the complaints according to Deputy Inspector Schiff’s tweets. music was bothering their neighbors. At 8:30 p.m. a noise complaint was addressed with a summons to a homeowner on 110th Street between Liberty and 103rd avenues in South Richmond Hill; a complaint of a noisy block party at 114th Place and 149th Avenue in South Ozone Park was addressed by the police at 9 p.m. A half hour later, a criminal court summons was issued for noise on Lefferts Boulevard between Liberty and 107th avenuea in South Richmond Hill and another for excessive noise to the driver of a Lexus at 9:45 p.m. at 122nd Street and 107th Avenue in South Richmond Hill. Police issued summonses on Saturday to noisemakers on 124th Street, 102nd Street, 118th Street, 130th Street and 122nd Place. Schiff said that in several cases where residents The 106th Precinct’s commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, complained about loud music, police investigated and found it to be within the legal limits of kept tabs of the anti-noise operation on the precinct’s Twitter feed. SCREENSHOT TWITTER the law. Chronicle Contributor

Police issue a summons to a driver playing loud music in South Richmond Hill during “Operation Silent Night” on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY NYPD

Music from a residential backyard at Muriel Court and 107th Street in Ozone Park was corrected with a criminal court summons on Day 3 of Operation Silent Night, Sunday, at 8:30 p.m. More noise complaints followed. Police issued a criminal court summons in Lindenwood for music emanating from a residential garage on 89th Street between 151st and South Conduit avenues at 8:30 p.m. Several residents complained of loud music coming from a residence on 102nd Street between 103rd and Liberty avenues in Ozone Park — the same block where a complaint was lodged the night before. Police responded to the location and issued a criminal court summons to the homeowner. The last noise summons for the night was issued to a noisy neighbor on 88th Street between Liberty and 107th avenues in Ozone Park, Schiff tweeted. Detective Kenneth Zorn, 106th Precinct Community Affairs officer, said that the anti-noise team also responded to 911 calls. He noted that Schiff personally responded to all of the reported noise complaints over the weekend. “It sounds like it was very positive,” Dardani said. “Hopefully the word will be spread around that [Schiff] is not messQ ing around.” — Domenick Rafter contributed to this article.

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In an effort to help the NYPD battle crime and quality-of-life problems in the neighborhood, several Howard Beach residents are seeking to form a civilian observation patrol for the community. Joe Thompson, who is spearheading the plan to start the patrol, said he got the idea after a series of break-ins in Howard Beach in March. Though crime is down in the neighborhood — and the precinct as a whole — as compared to last year, the burglary spree caused some residents to be

Recruitment meeting slated for June 24 concerned about the safety situation. Police beefed up their presence in the neighborhood, but Thompson said residents are looking for more. “People are asking for help,” he said. “There are a lot of concerns down there. I think the civilian patrol would really help the neighborhood.” Thompson said he has 30 years of experience in community watch groups and was an auxiliary police officer for a decade. He has met with the 106th Precinct and elected

officials about the idea and said he has their support. The group, which is still in its early stages of for ming, would have to go through the proper training and follow the guidelines of community watch groups, which are put together by the NYPD community affairs office. The patrol would not carry weapons and would not take an action against criminals, leaving that for the uniformed officers. Civilian observation patrols exist all

over the city and are considered by the NYPD to be the “eyes and ears” of the community. Detective Kenneth Zorn, community affairs officer at the 106th Precinct, said civilian patrols existed along Rockaway Boulevard and in Ozone Park in the 1980s and 1990s. “We’re not new to this,” he said. The Howard Beach Civilian Observation Patrol will hold its first meeting and recruitment session on June 24 at 7:30 p.m. in St. Helen School at 157-10 83 St. The organization also can be found at the Twitter handle Q @HowardBeachCOP.

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Howard Beach plans to form civilian patrol by Domenick Rafter

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Bill aims to help rectify abandoned house issue Legislation would give state, city more power to repair homes, go after banks by Domenick Rafter

“We went through a couple of years where there were a lot of homes foreclosed Proposed legislation drafted by Assem- on, and then Sandy came and made that blyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) problem worse,” Goldfeder said. The problem now is that with these housseeks to give the government more leeway in dealing with abandoned homes, includes abandoned, banks or mortgage holders ing the roughly five dozen that exist in own them and in many cases they are outSouth Queens and the Rockaways, accord- of-state entities that care little about the property — if at all. ing to his office. “Just figuring out A byproduct of the who owns them is foreclosure crisis that half the battle,” Goldwas exacerbated by hat we’ve been told feder said. Hu r r ic a n e S a n d y, from city and He added that abandoned homes there are roadblocks have become a major state agencies is the state and city face p r o ble m r e c e nt ly, i n t r yi ng to force attracting squatters, ‘Our hands are tied.’” those who own the creating unsafe con— Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder home to do someditions and lowering thing about the the curb appeal of situation. neighborhoods. In the cases of the abandoned homes in Goldfeder said he first became aware of the problem after seeing an abandoned Howard Beach and Ozone Park, the owners home in Hamilton Beach last year. Vacant were in prison and out-of-state banks owned houses in Ozone Park and Howard Beach the properties, but did not respond to have become a haven for squatters and numerous calls from the state and city to criminal activity in the last few years. A board up the houses or fix them up. Goldfeder’s legislation would seek to similar problem occurred in Woodhaven, where a vacant house played host to a clarify ownership of abandoned properties party in 2012 that ended with a teenager and give the state attorney general more power in going after delinquent homeownbeing murdered a block away. Editor

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usinesses cannot afford a near doubling of the minimum wage from $8 an hour to $15 in the city, as Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito of Manhattan is seeking, or to about $13 an hour, as Mayor de Blasio advocates. But workers here can’t afford to live on $8 an hour either. What to do? Compromise. The minimum wage, when adjusted for inflation, is lower now than it was decades ago, which is absolutely unfair to hardworking men and women in entry-level jobs. Especially when the cost of living is as high as it is in New York City, that’s just not enough money to live on, and while many minimum-wage workers are in households where someone else is earning much better pay, not all are. At the same time, the city cannot afford to have a minimum wage so much higher than other areas of the state that a businessman or woman who wants to open a store in, say, Queens Village, decides it would be better to

just open it in Elmont, LI instead. Or the owners of existing stores might close some of them. Crain’s New York Business last week quoted the CEO of Apple-Metro, which owns 40 Applebee’s in the region, as saying he would probably close about 10 percent of them if the minimum wage went to $13 an hour, much less $15. They would be the chain’s “marginal stores.” Would that include the relatively new one in Jamaica, one of only two proper sit-down restaurants in the area? The other negative repercussion of a mandatory wage hike for those companies that keep operating, as businesses constantly point out, is that it can result in the hiring of fewer workers, since the money available for payroll is finite. State law already says the minimum wage will go to $9 an hour soon. Gov. Cuomo seems to favor $10.10, with future hikes tied to inflation. That sounds like a good statewide compromise: an improvement for workers that won’t close the places where they are employed.

That’s our Malcolm! :(

hile we understand the judge’s reasoning for granting a mistrial in the federal corruption case against state Sen. Malcolm Smith of Hollis and former Queens Republican Party official Vince Tabone, the move is a travesty for the people in the lawmaker’s district. This trial should have been wrapped up before the September primaries, in which Smith faces a serious challenge from former Councilman and Deputy Borough President Leroy Comrie, as well as bids by two other hopefuls. The people should have known if their senator really did try to bribe his way onto last year’s mayoral ballot, as alleged. Instead, they will have to wait until January for the senator’s trial to even

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Dear Editor: I’ve recently returned from Washington, DC, where I met with Rep. Grace Meng and staff members in the offices of Rep. Gregory Meeks, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen. Chuck Schumer about issues that may seem far from home, but are near and dear to core American values. One of them is the vital importance of supporting United Nations peacekeeping operations, particularly in nations like the Central African Republic — a country teetering on the brink of genocide. UN peacekeepers are desperately needed there — and in other volatile and terror-plagued nations around the globe — to restore law and order and save countless lives. Fortunately, the UN Security Council, with support from the United States, has approved a robust peacekeeping mission in CAR. But currently, the U.S. is in the red on its UN peacekeeping dues, and this year’s federal budget underfunds UN peacekeeping by $350 million. During our meeting, I urged Ms. Meng and, through their staff, the other legislators to address this growing concern and provide full support for peacekeeping funding. I am not alone in this conviction — a recent bipartisan poll found that two-thirds of Americans support full and timely payment of UN dues, including for peacekeeping operations. © Copyright 2014 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y.

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Rent: not too damn high Dear Editor: All signs are pointing to a rent freeze when the Rent Guidelines Board convenes this Monday to vote on the percentage increase that building owners of 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in the five boroughs can charge their tenants on one- and two-year leases.

begin. That means the primary and general elections will already have been held, and the new Senate already have been seated, without Smith’s constituents knowing if he is guilty of the crimes with which he has been charged. And it means the senator, who touts his community activities with the now-comically ironic catchphrase “That’s our Malcolm,” will continue serving under a cloud of suspicion, which is bad for his constituents. If convicted, he would automatically be expelled from the Senate. The blame for this mess lies with the prosecution, which did not turn over all its evidence to the defense as required. But of course it’s the common people who suffer. The government better get it right in January.

Mayor de Blasio made a rent freeze a campaign promise, and the RGB — including de Blasio’s five newly appointed members — last month took a preliminary vote that called for a 0 percent increase on a one-year lease. Unprecedented in the 45-year history of the rent-stabilization system, a rent freeze would hurt tenants, families and neighborhoods throughout Queens. It would also doom de Blasio’s 10-year housing plan — which calls for the protection and expansion of affordable buildings — even before it gets off the ground. A rent freeze would be debilitating to small building owners in neighborhoods throughout Queens. A fair and reasonable rent increase is the sole source of income that enables small building owners in Queens to repair and maintain affordable housing. They put the rent right back into their buildings — replacing heating systems and roofs, fixing leaks, making electrical repairs, and providing a host of other repairs and maintenance to apartments and their buildings so that families can live in quality, affordable housing.

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Queens building owners also Fair received back 19.2 cents on the dollar, keep other small businesses in the borough were deprived out of additional monies — thriving by hiring local contractors, painters, allegedly by Mr. Moses, who it is said hid plumbers, electricians and laborers, and they $1.5 million in assets ostensibly for park purchase refrigerators, stoves and other appli- improvements — casts not only a shadow on ances and materials from neighborhood supply his reputation, but credibility on any claim facilities. All these local companies provide there were in fact park improvements. FMCP was and remains the most neglected of any jobs to residents of Queens. Besides the economic impact, an enor- major municipal park, underfunded and mous chunk of the rent goes straight to the treated not as a park, but real estate up for grabs by business and real city’s coffers, which helps pay estate interests, courtesy of for city services. myopic politicians who have A vote for a rent freeze ONLINE difficulty remembering who would be tantamount to a tenMiss an editorial or their true constituents are. ant rent subsidy made on the article cited by a writer? These myopic politicians, nay backs of small Queens buildWant news from our other Neanderthals, have approved ing owners. Who subsidizes editions covering the rest allowing the multibillionaire Queens building owners to of Queens? 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While there may be merit in remembering increase on a two-year lease) would create massive disinvestment in affordable housing. some innovative aspects of particular exhibits This would lead to disrepair, loss and eventual at the 1964 Fair, in the absence of creating a abandonment of the quality affordable housing true legacy, “a great urban park,” there is in my opinion little cause for celebration. stock in Queens and other outer boroughs. When you look at the big picture, there is Benjamin M. Haber much riding on a fair and reasonable rent Flushing increase — which is why common sense, and not the politics of a rent freeze, must prevail Color TV history when the RGB takes its final vote on Monday. Joseph Strasburg Dear Editor: President, Rent Stabilization Association of I was reading your ninth article about the New York City 1964 New York World’s Fair and was Manhattan shocked to read the claim that color television was introduced there. No way! Color TV had been around since Jax Hts., USA? 1953, when the FCC gave the OK for color TV standards. Eisenhower was the first presiDear Editor: As a Korean war veteran I am incensed by dent to be broadcast in color, in June 1955. the absolute lack of patriotic pride in Jackson The 1955 World Series (Dodgers vs. Yankees) Heights. We seem to be inundated by racial was broadcast in color. TV Guide used to parades as well as this aberration of gay pride have a section listing all the color programs (in what?) but in all my years here, since schedules for the week in the late 1950s. My 1970 I have yet to see any military/veterans grandmother had an RCA color TV in 1958. parades. Please explain this anomaly to me, Walt Disney’s “Wonderful World of Color” began broadcasting in September 1961. It is as it just makes no sense whatsoever. Louis Oreamuno estimated that there were 1,600,000 color TV Jackson Heights sets in US households by 1964, representing The writer served in the 1st Cavalry in Korea. 3.1 percent of the population. There were still a lot of TV shows broadcasting in black and white in the early 1960s, The fair’s failure but to say that color TV was introduced in 1964 is incorrect. Dear Editor: Regular black-and-white TV was introRe “Legacies abound from World’s Fair” duced at the 1939 NY World’s Fair. President (June 12, multiple editions): The fair did not fulfill Robert Moses’ prom- Roosevelt was at the fair and his speech was ise that the event would result in developing broadcast live by TV cameras to the perhaps 50 sets in all of New York City capable of “Flushing Meadows as a great urban park.” Central, Prospect and Bronx parks are great receiving the broadcast. Larry Miller urban parks. Flushing Meadows Corona Park Middle Village is in fact the antithesis of an urban park, replete all sorts of alien structures that would not and Editor’s note: We meant that color TV was should not be allowed in parks that are the life- introduced at the fair to the general public, the blood of an urban society starved for use of 96.9 percent who lacked it in 1964. Also, see any articles in the series that you missed by open and passive space. That investors whose money built the 1964 clicking the World’s Fair tab at qchron.com.

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A federal judge on Tuesday granted state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and former Queens County Republican Party official Vincent Tabone a mistrial on federal corruption and fraud charges. Judge Kenneth Karas granted the defense motion after learning that a juror on the case would be unable to continue to serve if the trial were delayed a few weeks to allow lawyers for Smith and Tabone to receive and review transcripts of conversations that cooperating government witness Moses Stern had with his rabbi. The conversations, many of which transpired in Yiddish, were picked up by FBI listening devices. Defense attorneys argued that the conversations should have been turned over to them during the pre-trial discovery process, during which the government is required to disclose its evidence. Only former Republican Councilman Dan Halloran from Whitestone will continue with the trial. The New York Post quoted Halloran’s attorney, Vinoo Varghese, as saying that Halloran is “teetering on bankruptcy” and cannot afford the expense of a second trial. Karas earlier this month denied a motion from Varghese to allow Halloran to employ an insanity defense based on a 2012 operatin the former councilman underwent to remove a benign brain tumor. In the pretrial stage, Karas rejected a filing from Tabone’s defense team saying that his actions did not fit within the federal definition of fraud. Smith and Tabone will go on trial again on Jan. 5. All three were among six arrested in an alleged scheme by Smith, a career Democrat, to bribe his way onto the Republican ballot for mayor last year. Halloran is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in cash to act as a gobetween among Smith and Republican leaders in the city’s five boroughs. Three of the five county GOP organizations would have had to grant Smith permission to run as a Republican. Others arrested include former Bronx GOP Chairman Joseph Savino, plus Noramie Jasmin and Joseph Desmaret, the former mayor and deputy mayor, respectively, of upstate Spring Valley. Savino and Desmaret already have pleaded guilty to lesser charges, with Savino being required to testify if called on. The Chronicle was unable to determine by deadline how Tuesday’s ruling might affect Jasmin, whose trial was not to start until after those of Smith, Halloran and Tabone.

Former Councilman Dan Halloran, left, will resume trial on federal corruption charges next week. State Sen. Malcolm Smith on Tuesday received a mistrial, and will start FILE PHOTOS again in January. What is known is that Democratic politics in the 14th Senate District, where Smith is running for re-election, just became a lot more interesting. Had Smith’s trial continued on its planned course, it would have been over long before the September Democratic primary. A conviction would have resulted in Smith’s automatic expulsion from the Senate. But his new trial will not begin until a new Senate is seated next year. The primary ballot is expected to include attorney Munir Avery, former Councilman and former Deputy Borough President Leroy Comrie, retired U.S. Navy officer Bernadette Semple and attorney Clyde Vanel. Comrie is the overwhelming favorite among the four, with the county party endorsement and a growing list of labor union support. What should be very telling are campaign finance reports that are required to be filed with the state’s Board of Elections no later than July 15. Smith’s last filing in January listed about $21,000 cash on hand. But the state Legislature allows its members to use campaign funds for legal expenses. Even if he has been able to keep donations flowing as a seated, incumbent senator, the key figure will be cash on hand, or money still sitting in the bank. Much of Smith’s potential war chest is likely going to pay Gerald Shargel, a criminal defense lawyer who enjoys a national reputation. Comrie’s party and labor support also gives him access to funds and volunteers unavailable to Semple and Avery. Vanel, on the other hand, should be very well-funded. On his last report to the state, he listed a loan he made to his campaign of Q $100,000.

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With several Democrats from Southeast Queens in legal trouble over corruption charges the last few years, and investigations of his own behavior behind him, Meeks said he does not worry about voters taking out their frustrations on him. “If you look at those allegations, you will find they were all incorrect,” Meeks said. “The House Ethics Committee has cleared me.” He blames the New York Post and other right-leaning groups and individuals

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Cops cuffing dozens in crime crackdown In 106th Pct., felony arrests doubled over last year in the first week of June by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, the commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said his officers had made 22 felony arrests in the first week of June, double the number that was made during the same period last year. That statistic comes as crime fell 3 percent last month in the precinct over last May. Schiff told the June 10 meeting of the 106th Precinct Community Council that police arrested one person who allegedly committed four robberies in a two-hour span. Police also arrested an individual whom they allege was responsible for stealing jewelry that he pawned at area pawn shops. Police displayed the jewelry at the precinct and asked residents who had recently had their jewelry stolen to see if they could identify any as theirs. Four residents were able to identify some of the stolen jewelry. As part of their investigative techniques, police regularly go to area pawnshops and look at the jewelry that has been pawned and who pawned it, Schiff said. Cops have been dealing with an ongoing problem of teen crime. Police recently arrested five high school students who allegedly burglarized a home at 11 a.m. when Schiff said they should have been attending school. Also, on May 17 at 4:40 a.m. four teenagers

allegedly mugged a woman at 106th Avenue and 77th Street and took off running. Police caught up with them at Liberty Avenue and 76th Street and arrested them before they could make their escape on the subway. The precinct is also seeing auto parts being stolen from cars, he said. On May 9 at 1 a.m. officers arrested two men accused of stealing a headlight from a car at 109th Avenue and 108th Street in Ozone Park. Cops also say they found two hardened criminals while making simple shoplifting arrests. One was caught allegedly shoplifting at Home Depot in Ozone Park. It was later revealed that he had 15 prior arrests, including for robbery, rape and stolen vehicles, while another alleged shoplifter arrested in Waldbaum’s in Lindenwood had 35 prior arrests, including for burglary, auto thefts and possession of illegal drugs, they said. Lt. Frank DiPreta, 106th Precinct Special Operations Unit coordinator, also discussed the police response to last month’s quality-oflife complaints from residents. He said police went to a boarded-up house at 108th Street and 103rd Avenue in South Richmond Hill in response to a complaint that squatters were living there and leaving all their garbage outside around the house. DiPreta said that when officers went to the location they found the house to be boarded

up and secure and no squatter on the premises. However, he said police are aware of the situation and would continue to monitor it. A complaint was made about homeless individuals living under Belt Parkway overpasses. DiPreta said police checked the locations, but did not find any individuals living there and referred the issue to the NYPD Homeless Outreach Unit. DiPreta personally addressed a resident’s complaint about a homeless woman who hangs out in front of the Howard Beach Library, Waldbaum’s and CVS on Cross Bay Boulevard. He spoke to the woman, whose name is Josephine, who was outside Waldbaum’s knitting when he found her. DiPreta told her that people had complained that she was aggressively panhandling. She denied it. DiPreta advised the audience that since she was not violating any laws no enforcement action could be taken at the time. A parent complained about school buses parking illegally outside Our Lady of Perpetual Help School at 111th Avenue and 114th Street in South Ozone Park. DiPreta said that school buses are allowed to park in the vicinity of the school as long as the driver is in the bus and it is within school hours. He said there were additional complaints that the buses were blocking the crosswalks and intersections, but

Lt. Frank DiPreta, left, and Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, at the June 10 community PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON council meeting. police found no evidence of that. Another resident, who did not give her name, complained about graffiti on North Conduit Avenue between 127th Street and 114th Street in South Ozone Park. “That’s been on the list for cleanup forever,” she said. Police Officer Frank Reina, coordinator of the precinct’s auxiliary unit, which performs the graffiti cleanup operation, said that he is aware of the condition; however, he said the homeowners are not willing to give their perQ mission for it to be cleaned up.

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Three people were hospitalized with injuries after an altercation between two women led to pepper spray being released on a Manhattan-bound A subway train at the Howard Beach-JFK Airport train station Monday morning. Police believe the incident stemmed from an argument between the women that broke out around 9:30 a.m. as the train was traveling between Broad Channel and Howard Beach. One woman is believed to have sprayed the other with pepper spray, but the release of t he subst a nce af fected ot her passengers. The train was evacuated and at least 20 people reported eye irritation as a result. Three people were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with minor injuries. The incident concerned some residents nearby who feared an act of terror, especially considering the location of the event — at the subway station that connects to the AirTrain to JFK Airport, but FDNY officials on the scene quickly suggested the substance was likely pepper spray and that it posed no danger to anyone outside the Q train. — Domenick Rafter

The Queens College Office of Community Studies, which is spearheading a study on potential development along the Rockaway Beach LIRR line, will be handing out questionnaires to residents on or near the right of way this week. Surveys in both English and Spanish will be hand-delivered to 5,000 residents and 1,000 businesses from Rego Park to Ozone Park, as well as in Howard Beach and the Rockaways. Respondents have the choice of submitting completed questionnaires using self-addressed, postage-paid envelopes or going online to a web address printed on their questionnaire. The deadline to submit the survey is July 18. To ensure a truly random, but controlled, sampling of community members, only those who receive a printed, numbered questionnaire are eligible to complete it. Duplicate submissions will be invalidated. The Queens College study is separate from the ongoing QueensWay plans. Though the study is supported by advocates hoping to redevelop the line for transit, it is not pushing any Q option.

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106th Pct. Cop of the Month Police Officer Colin Dyer was honored on June 11 as the 106th Precinct’s Cop of the Month for his arrest of an individual who allegedly possessed an illegal firearm. On May 1 at 11 p.m. Dyer and his partner were patroling in the vicinity of 109th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park in heavy rain. They spotted a suspicious individual carrying a raincoat and shifting it from hand to hand as if something heavy was inside. Believing that he may be out to commit a robbery, the officers followed him for several blocks before stopping him, according to Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct. They asked him to unroll the raincoat, and as he

did he dropped it and a metal click was heard, Schiff said. According to police, the suspect , who had two prior arrests, took the coat and ran. After a three-block chase, the suspect was caught and arrested and the raincoat and a loaded firearm were allegedly recovered. Dyer had been honored in April 2011 for his arrest of an allegedly intoxicated driver with his young daughter inside the car, and again in January 2013 for his arrest of an allegedly intoxicated motorist with a gun. Honoring Dyer are Capt. John Ganley, left, precinct executive officer, Community Council President Frank Dardani and Schiff. — Stephen Geffon

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Parkway Hospital back on the block Condo plan for vacant facility not happening, city councilwoman says by Laura A. Shepard Chronicle Contributor

The defunct Parkway Hospital site is up for auction yet again! The Jasper Venture Group, a Manhattan-based real estate investment firm, had announced plans to build luxury condos at the location in May, which was auctioned off to 70-35 113th Street LLC in January. However, the developer declined to discuss the current situation. An employee of councilwoman Karen

Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) saw the site listed for an auction on July 11, in a real estate publication. The councilwoman’s office has not heard from the developer or Joseph Risi, the Queens Supreme Court-appointed referee, according to Michael Cohen, a spokesman for Kozlowitz. Cohen said he was “not surprised” to see it up for auction again. A firm called 70-35 113th Street LLC. won the initial auction on Jan. 10, with a $22.2 million bid, but failed to come up with the

money by the original closing date in February. Risi granted the bidder several chances and on May 29, he declared a default. “I’m fed up with it because the building looks disgusting and I would like to see it cleaned up at least,” Koslowitz said at the Community Board 6 meeting last Wednesday. She attributed Jasper Venture Group’s failure to develop the property to a misunderstanding of zoning laws. The area is zoned either for one-family houses or an institution.

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However, the developer never filed for a variance or change to the zoning laws, which would enable it to build condos or apartments, according to Jeff Mulligan from the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals. Koslowitz told CB 6, “It seems that we want to be careful and we don’t want to push forward, we don’t want a homeless shelter, we don’t want something that is going to be a blight on the community.” She said it is difficult to rezone a single piece of property and that the situation is complicated because there is a school on the same block; Parkway is on 113th Street. “I certainly don’t want a public facility there, with a school right next door,” Kozlowitz said. Frank Gulluscio, the district manager of CB 6 said there have not been any recent developments and that he is “waiting with bated breath on this one.” Michael Perlman, chairman of the RegoForest Preservation Council, lamented the shortage of hospitals and quality health care in the borough and argued that the derelict, graffiti-covered eyesore should be renovated and technologically upgraded to fill the void. “Our elected officials and Mayor de Blasio should be advocating for their constituents who feel that way,” Perlman said. “Hopefully my vision and that of my neighbors and colQ leagues will come to fruition.”

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Build it Back office hours Beginning June 25, Build it Back representatives will be at state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.’s office at 159-53 102 St. in Howard Beach each Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Appointments are strongly suggested, but walk-ins are also welQ come. Bring all your paperwork.

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The Police Department announced a new ticket blitz against speeders and other reckless drivers Monday, the third such effort this year. The crackdown is targeting the “most problematic intersections around the city” and is running 24 hours a day through July 6, the NYPD said in announcing it. “Enforcement will focus on hazardous driving behaviors such as speeding, passing through red lights, driving while using a cellphone, driving while texting, making improper turns, disobeying traffic signs, and failing to yield to pedestrians,” a police statement said. “The NYPD strongly encourages safe driving and urges the public to use caution, to slow down and to be patient while driving on City streets.” Some reports said Queens Boulevard, known as the “Boulevard of Death” due to its large share of pedestrian fatalities, is a targeted area, but that could not immediately be confirmed. Police launched two similar crackdowns earlier this spring, one on May 13 and 16 and one May 26 through June 1. The latest, in effect for three weeks, is also the longest. The efforts correspond with Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative, in which he hopes to eliminate all pedestrian deaths from vehicular accidents over 10 years. The City Council recently passed a series of bills intended to enhance traffic safety, including one asking that the city’s default speed limit be reduced from 30 to 25 mph. A measure that would allow that is pending in the state Legislature, which is set to wrap up its session at the end of this week. Q

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Cops ready to tackle summertime issues 102nd Precinct to focus on traffic safety, adds patrols to Forest Park by Domenick Rafter Editor

Be safe this summer. That was the message Deputy Inspector Hank Sautner, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, delivered to the community council at its Tuesday meeting at the Richmond Hill Library — the last until September. Sautner said his officers have been, and will continue to be, cracking down on traffic infractions as part of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero program. “Last year we had six pedestrian fatalities in the command,” Sautner said. A mobile command post was set up at Jamaica Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard, considered to be the most dangerous intersection in the 102nd Precinct. “Anything we can do to reduce fatalities, we’re going to do it,” he said. Simcha Waisman, of the Richmond Hill Block Association, said he was concerned about pedestrian safety along Myrtle Avenue between Freedom Drive and Park Lane South within Forest Park. The stretch of road, roughly a third of a mile long, has no lights or traffic control and is notorious for speeding. Waisman said there was a fatality there many years ago “We should not wait for a fatality to do something there,” Waisman said. The biggest issues as of late in the precinct have been burglaries in City Line and stolen tires and rims in Kew Gardens, Sautner said. “City Line is difficult, we’re having some struggles over there,” he said.

Deputy Inspector Hank Sautner, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, speaks to the community council at its June meeting on Tuesday in Richmond Hill. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Police have worked with the 106th Precinct and 75th Precinct in Brooklyn to crack down on the drug problem and burglaries — much of which are stemming from one group of people. Arrests have been made and some of those suspects have been sent to prison, but issues remain. “We were optimistic that we cut off the head, but unfortunately

there are others trying to come up there,” Sautner said. At least five cars have had rims or tires stolen in Kew Gardens in the past week. The cars targeted were of various makes and models, but were all in the same area between Lefferts Boulevard and Forest Park north of Metropolitan Avenue. He urged residents to use their driveways if they have them. Sautner said he has added a third person to his Forest Park detail, which he created after a series of sexual assaults occurred there. New vehicles, including scooters, have been requested for the cops on patrol in the park. “They’ll be going around, you’ll see them there,” he said, noting that there will be seven-day patrols of the park and a special focus on problem areas, notably around Victory Field at Myrtle Avenue near Woodhaven Boulevard, where car break-ins have been common. Sautner told people who go to the park and see them on patrol to stop and talk to the cops and let them know of any concerns going on. “They’re out there and they want to be approached, good or bad,” he said. A resident who lives near 104th Street and 95th Avenue in Ozone Park complained that an auto body shop in the area is a nuisnance, revving the engines of sports cars there causing noise and odor issues for himself and other residents. “Even the dean at [High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture] has complained about it,” he said, further suggesting that a speed bump should be placed along 95th Avenue. Sautner said he would pay a visit to the area and suggested Q a traffic safety survey there.

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in finding two teenagers wanted in connection with a robbery at gun point on a Woodhaven street last weekend. On Saturday at approximately 5:30 p.m. on 81st Street, the suspects approached the victim, a 27-year-old female, displayed a f irear m and demanded her iPhone. She refused and was punched in the face by one of the suspects. Her phone was taken and the suspects then fled on foot. Police say both suspects are black males around 16 years old, between 5 feet, 6 inches and 5 feet, 7 inches tall. One suspect was wearing a white-andblue shirt and the other was wearing a red shirt. Issues with teenagers and criminal activity have been a common problem as of late in South Queens. At least nine teenagers have been arrested in robbery incidents in the past month in the 106th Precinct. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers. com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictQ ly confidential.

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102nd Pct. Cops of the Month Two officers were honored with the 102nd Precinct Cop of the Month award Tuesday night for several key arrests. Officers Rodney Rubert and John Sullivan apprehended two alleged burglary suspects in City Line on June 6, two more in another part of Ozone Park — one of whom was wanted for more than 50 burglaries citywide. Hank Sautner, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, said he believes the latter arrests were made in a situation in which

the experienced alleged burglar was teaching the second one. “This was, I think, training in the making,” he said. From those four arrests, Sullivan and Rubert discovered more burglaries that were not even reported and their police work helped nab a total of nine alleged burglars, said Sautner, left, who awarded the Cop of the Month honors to Rubert and Hamilton Tuesday night.

continued from page 6 state Legislature to enact a law like the one Goldfeder is proposing. “[Schneiderman’s] options are limited.” The legislation is being carried in the state Senate by Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester). Goldfeder said he expects a vote in the Assembly before the session ends on Thursday, but was not sure about the status in the upper house. Goldfeder is also pushing the City Council to pass proposed legislation that would give city agencies the ability to enter a vacant property, conduct cleanup and repair work and then bill the homeowner or financial institutions holding the mortgage. Further, Goldfeder has also asked Police Commissioner Bill Bratton to create a registry of abandoned homes that would serve as a resource for local precincts to monitor abandoned and vacant properties for any suspicious or illegal activity. In the situations in Howard Beach and Ozone Park, police only discovered the problems at the vacant houses when complaints were made. “Instead of waiting for a call, police can compile a list and do periodic searches,” Goldfeder said. “The idea is to be able to not only enforce the law, but prevent the problem from Q happening.”

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The debate over banning horse-drawn carriages in Central Park has gained momentum since Mayor de Blasio — an avid critic of the practice — entered office. On one side, animal rights activists call the carriage rides inhumane becau se of t he hot asphalt and tough city conditions the horses are forced to endure; on the other, car r iages are a novelt y and show the more romantic side of the city. Not to mention, thousands of people depend on these horses to work. “The horses are part of Central Park,” Natasha Kabanova, a Middle Village resident and carriage driver, said. “They are tradition, a landmark almost. The job sounds so simple but it’s not that simple. It is our life.” Most carriage drivers, including Kabanova, are outwardly against the Natasha Kabanova of Middle Village with her horse. COURTESY PHOTO ban and said the leaders pushing for legislation, including de Blasio, rural countries they are used for farming, harvesting and transportation. These people aren’t doing it for the horses’ sake. “Those people who want to do it, they who think this is cruel think having any understand what they’re doing,” Kabanova, animal is cruel. As far as they’re cona Russian immigrant who has been a driver cerned, having a horse pull something is for four years, said. “They have their own abuse. That’s not abuse, it’s what they’re bred for.” plans for the stable land.” He added that asphalt —which T here have been allegations made against de Blasio and the animal rights NYCLASS has said is dangerous for horses groups NYCLASS and PETA that removing to walk on — was created with work horses the horses would open up much-desired in mind, and that worrying about the wear land that could be used for new residential and tear is just ridiculous because each horse wears four shoes. or mixed-use buildings. Almost all of the horses used in Central “The mayor is absolutely after the land,” Paul McDaid, a Sunnyside resident and Park are draft horses, which were and condriver, said. “He has been pro-horse-drawn tinue to be used for towing heavy loads. “The horses like to work, they are carriages in the past as public advocate and in the City Council. But there are people hyper,” Kabanova said. “They get days off who financed his campaign who want to get but it’s better to work on a daily basis. If a hold of the Hudson yard area where we not, it’s like telling a kid they have to stay inside all day every day.” have two of our stables.” While the question of de Blasio’s motives As for animal cruelty, McDaid, who owns fives horses and has been driving for remains a mystery, Kabanova and McDaid 25 years, said there is nothing to worry said they believe the general members of animal rights groups believe what they’re about. “Horses actually built Central Park,” he doing is what’s best for the animals. “The leaders use public opinion and said. “They fought in wars, they’ve been in continued on page 54 construction. Even to this day in the more

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At PS 97Q, the Forest Park School, Woodhaven, the second-grade learned about Teddy Roosevelt and the Teddy Bear. In celebration, they all participated in a bear-stuffing event, making their own Teddy Bears! Parents and guardians were invited to participate in the event to help with the stuffing and dressing of the Teddy Bears! Credit for the event goes to the second-grade teachers. Mrs. Stalzer, who made all the arrangements, Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Delmar, Ms. Scalzetti, Mrs. Greene and Mrs. Del Valle — and to Principal Mrs. Custodio, the for her support!

KIDS CARE CLUB HOSTS “SENIOR PROM”

The Forest Park School Kids Care Club hosts a “Senior” prom for the Senior Citizens of Richmond Hill - Woodhaven. Twenty-three fifth-grade students were selected by art teacher, Ms. Buynak, to be members of the Forest Park School Kids Care Club based upon their leadership and caring characteristics. These students are: Judith Guaillas, Ripa Begum, Divya Rajan, Sabrena Tique, Justin Espinal, Isabel Farias, Emily Chen, Samantha Zavala, Karina Malkhan, Iftekar Emon, Gabriela Illescas, Dangeli Batista, Alejandro Martinez, Jenny Cajamarca, Alexander Valle Salazar, Tasnim Ahmed, Lucy Fang, Christopher Diaz and Lucas Amato.

The “Senior” prom was hosted by the club for the local senior citizen center which was supported by a grant they received from GenerationOn, a global youth service organization. With the assistance of, Ms. Buynak, club members made beautiful invitations, planned a menu, hired a DJ, ordered corsages and boutonnieres, and created a questionnaire to learn of the many historical events the seniors may have been involved in during their life. Prior to the day of the event, the club met on several occasions to make certain they covered everything. The responsibilities were shared among the club members each making certain they did their best.

The club members enjoyed an amazing time knowing that they made a difference. Many of the senior citizens came from other countries and did not even know what a prom was. Others could not attend their own proms as they had to quit school at an early age and go to work to help support their families. The seniors were also entertained by student Justin Espinal who sang for them. Ms. Pat Critelli, director of the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Senior Center, welcomed the club back as the seniors enjoyed their time spent with the students.

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Queens reps weigh in on Iraq crisis All Democrats, they back Obama, are cautious on force or oppose it by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

With Iraq being torn apart by sectarian violence that many analysts are calling a civil war, following nearly 10 years of U.S.led combat and occupation, the Q ueen s Ch ron icle t h is week asked all seven members of the House of Representatives who represent parts of this borough for their thoughts on the crisis. Five of the members were asked a series of questions over email, wh ile one, Rep. G reg Me e k s ( D - Q u e e n s , Na s s a u ) answered similar ones during an interview about his campaign. Two lawmakers, Reps. Grace Me ng ( D -F lu sh i ng) a nd Jo e Crowley ( D -Bron x , Q ue e n s) answered the written questions in detail, while three others, Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens), Steve Israel (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) and Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brookly n) issued overarching statements in response. Only Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) did not answer. Broadly speaking, they voiced support for President Obama’s response to the crisis and caution about any U.S. military action. None suppor t sending ground forces back into the cou nt r y, which the United States invaded in 2003 and occupied until 2011. “What we need to do is something other than just jump in there with air attacks without consider i ng what ef fect t hat might have,” said Meeks, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. “We don’t want to appear to be taking sides. This is sectarian violence, Sunni vs. Shia.” The violence in Iraq has been

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush has been deployed to the Persian Gulf in response to the chaos unleashed by fighters with the Islamic State of PHOTO BY LT. WINSTON LIKERT / U.S. NAVY, LEFT; AND SCREENSHOT COURTESY ISIS AL-FURQAN MEDIA VIA AL-AKHBAR.COM Syria and Iraq organization. waged against government forces, civilians and infrastructure by the Sunni Muslim Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also referred to as the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant. The Iraqi government is led by Shiite Muslim Nouri alMaliki, the prime minister, who promoted his sect’s interests over those of the Sunnis and other groups. Israel does take sides, supporting the Iraqi government, but he opposes any U.S. military action. “The U.S. should not put any boots on the ground or launch airstrikes,” he said. “At this point, I support providing military advisors and resources to the Iraqis.” The United States has deployed the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to the Persian Gulf and an nou nced that 275 troops were sent in to protect the American embassy in Baghdad, while the president considers fur-

ther options. “No amount of military intervention in Iraq will secure that country’s future,” which is up to its people and its leaders, Maloney said, adding, “I am pleased that President Obama does not support sending combat troops to Iraq and am very skeptical about the prospect of other militar y options.” C r owl e y s a i d , “A m e r i c a n troops have made extraordinay sacrifices over the past decade in striving to give the Iraqi people the opportunity to set their own path.” He too backs the president’s decision not to send in g rou nd forces and noted that other options to suppor t Iraqi forces a re bei ng considered , without opining on any of their merits. Meng, also a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said she is reluctant to support direct

Dept. of Ed. vs. Avonte’s Law continued from page 2 children with autism spectrum disorder can be particularly sensitive to environmental stimuli, such as noise,” Grimm said. “We have concerns regarding how the loud sound of a door alarm would affect these students.” The United Federation of Teachers is also skeptical. “The bell itself is not going to solve the problem,” Carmen Alvarez, vice president for special education at the union, said. “We just want to make sure that it’s tied into the bigger structure.” Alvarez emphasized that the UFT is

not opposed to the bill but would like the City Council to be cautious. Cou ncilman A ntonio Rey noso ( D -Brook ly n , Q ueen s) said school administrators should not be able to opt out of alarms as the DOE is suggesting. “We don’t allow a landlord to figure out whether or not they want an alarm,” he said. “It’s just there and it saves a lot of lives.” Since Avonte’s escape, several young children have “eloped” during school hours. Most recently, a 4-year-old in Brooklyn walked outside. She was found quickly,

U.S. militar y involvement but wants to reserve final judgment on the question until she gets more information from intelligence assessments she expected to see later this week. Maloney also made a point of saying she wanted to see more information about the threat the situation poses to U.S. interests and the options the administration is considering. Jeff r ies said he suppor ts a “strong and measured response” from the president without detailing what that would entail. He d id , however, t a ke t he opportunity to criticize former President Bush for launching the 2003 war, something Crowley and Meeks also did, while Meng, Maloney and Israel did not. Asked who is to blame for the crisis, Meng said, “Obviously ISIS is primarily to blame; there can be no reasoning with fanati-

but the school’s principal, who didn’t want to take any risks, had alarms placed on school doors immediately. The final price figured out to $1,500 — about $160 a piece — taken out of the school’s safety budget, but Education Chairman Dromm pointed out that with a number of the older school buildings having asbestos within the doors, that price could increase. “There is something wrong if kids continue to run out of school,” Cornegy said. “A lot of the students don’t want to leave school but they get outside, the door shuts behind them and then they can’t get back in. So the child wanders off in search of a teacher or parent.” The councilman referenced one inci-

cal terrorists.” She also said the Iraqi government is to blame for forcing the United States to withdraw, because it refused to grant American forces immunity from prosecution. Crowley also blamed Maliki and said he must restore stability. Asked if ISIS poses a threat to the United States, Meng said, “At the moment, I do not see ISIS as an existential threat to the U.S.,” though she wants to see intelligence repor ts before giving a final answer; and Crowley said he is concerned about its rising power and that the United States should be ready for any contingency if it develops into a threat to the country. In her answers, Meng also voiced caution about Iran, Iraq’s Shiite-led neighbor, and noted that the United States must support the Kurdish ethnic group, which has Q been an American ally.

dent when a young child’s teacher had been absent. The student left the building in search of the instructor. Funding for the legislation is included in next year’s budget plan, though Mayor de Blasio has not publicly commented on the bill. The reason for that may be due to the wrongful death lawsuit Fontaine recently filed against the city. But the bill is expected to pass through the Council without issue as Avonte’s Law has the support of 46 out of 51 members. The main concern is whether it will be passed in time for implementation to begin this summer. Cornegy wants alarms to be in place Q by the start of the school year.

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1964-65 World’s Fair left a lasting impression on all who attended by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

his is the last in a series of 10 stories commemorating the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows. This time we let our readers tell their remembrances. “I must have gone every week. We lived so close. My favorite was and still is ‘It’s a Small World.’ I used to sing the song all the time to tease my niece and nephew because I can’t carry a tune.” — Jeanette Foletar, Middle Village. “I remember a hot sunny day (I was 8 years old). We glimpsed all the spectacular attractions and many pavilions, the various sculptures displayed that we wanted to touch, the sound of people having fun, the music and the smell of food. We did not want to leave because we felt that no place could ever be as wonderful as the World’s Fair.” — Mamie Wong, Whitestone. “The Florida Pavilion had a porpoise show and the porpoise would hit plastic oranges out into the audience. I caught an orange and won a stuffed porpoise. After the Florida Pavilion we would ride the monorail and the log flume.”— Diane Ruppel, Woodside. “I was 10 years old and blown away by the fair. We had just emigrated from Israel. It was a real eye-opener, a marvel, and I remember the Belgian waffles.”— Jerry Karlik, formerly of Flushing, now Roslyn, LI. “We would take our three children almost every week to the fair and have dinner at a different country’s pavilion. It was such a wonderful time to share with children. The Pieta stood out for me, so historic and holy.” — Claire Shulman, the former borough president, Whitestone. “The fair was awe-inspiring. I loved the IBM egg. I was 15 and my uncle got me a summer job working as a busboy at the British Lion Pub there in 1964. A year later, my group, The Staffmen, played at the New Jersey Pavilion.” — John Piro, an organizer of the Pavilion Paint Project, formerly from Astoria, now Westbury, LI. “My friends and family visited the World’s Fair every weekend; we did not want to miss anything. On the last day of the fair the Turkish Pavilion was selling off some jewelry and I purchased a lovely Turkish necklace which I still have.” — Ann Mancaruso, Richmond Hill. “While there were some interesting exhibits in the 1964 fair, the Unisphere and several others, on balance it could not be judged spectacular. It was a financial disaster as was the 1939 fair.”— Ben Haber, Flushing. “During the World’s Fair I was a teacher of a third grade class in Brooklyn. We took the train and the 40 children saw the various countries’ pavilions, which was very exciting for them. It was truly the best part that the fair could be enjoyed by all ages and regardless of what one had to spend.” — Barbara Glassman, Sunnyside. “Going to the fair was one of the first dates

A scene at the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows shows one of the Brass Rail restaurants PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS HISTORICAL SOCIETY with the bubble top and the New York State Pavilion. I had with my future wife, Karen. The fair was wonderful and we enjoyed the German beer garden. It was the last time I dated anyone else.” — Jim Van Westering, Forest Hills. “My family attended the Worlds Fair in 1965. I was 11 years old. “My parents, brothers, sister, as well as my aunt and cousins from Springfield, Mo. visited the fair with us. We had VIP badges. There were so many exhibits to see.”—Alice Sachs Grgas, Bayside. “I believe the majestic nature and world theme of the fair impacted my life and subsequent career. You never know what memories in childhood bear fruit later in life. The memories of the World’s Fair let me, a 5 year old, know that there was magic and, I could have some of it. Living in Hoboken, NJ, attending the fair was my first visit to Queens. Subsequently in life I would reside and make a living in the same borough.”— Nick Master, South Ozone Park. “What stands out in my mind is the song, ‘It’s a Small World After All’ at the end of the Disney [Pepsi] pavilion. We were on a boat that took us all over the world and the last place had puppets singing “It’s A Small World After All” dressed in the clothing of different countries. It was magical!” — Rachel Epstein, Rego Park. “I was 11, living with my family in Staten Island. I had done my homework and knew every pavilion, where they were located and what I wanted to see. My parents did not stand a chance. Pepsi had “It’s a Small World,” Sinclair had the green dinosaur,

GM had Future World, GE the future and Ford, the Mustang. There were those flying saucers at the New York State Pavilion, you just had to go to the top!”— Louis Vastola, Howard Beach. “My father was contracted to provide store fixtures in the Pepsi Pavilion and I was given private rides on the “It’s A Small World” boat ride after the fair closed for the day. Other fond memories: calling from the family telephone booths located throughout the fair where a l l of u s we r e i n a n enclosed room and we were able to call ou r family in Ohio and all of us talk together, like a conference call. I remember everyone was so amazed that we could do that.” — Phil Konigsberg, Bay Terrace. “My greatest memories were from playing with my garage band, ‘The Parisians’ at several of the pavilions. I wrote to the fair corporation and got several invitations to play. We were four teenage boys from Corona just itching to play and the fair afforded us a great opportunity. We played at the NY State Pavilion twice, the Tiparillo band shell, the Port Authority band shell and the New Jersey State Pavilion.” — Rich Lando, Bethpage, LI. “I remember bringing my children to the World’s Fair and the most visited exhibit then, the Panorama in the New York City Pavilion. The Panorama still stands as one of the most unique exhibitions in all the Big Apple at Flushing Meadows.” — Carl Zimmerman, Oakland Gardens.

“My family was heading home to Liberty, NY from visiting relatives on Long Island on a Sunday evening. Suddenly we were in a sea of cars, all moving at a snail’s pace. By the time my father realized that we were in the lane for the World’s Fair, it was too late. So we arrived and stayed for a few hours. It was the best unplanned adventure I’d ever had. And the very first sensation as I walked in was the smell of something fresh-baked, unfamiliar, delicious … Belgian waffles!” — Michelle Rapkin, Ocean Grove, NJ. “When I was a senior in college, Ford called me as I was editor of the Michigan State News to say I was one of 44 college editors selected to drive a brand-new red Mustang. I had the car until I graduated. Then I asked Ford for a job at the World’s Fair. I worked in their public relations office and remember the fair as a very happy place, especially the Bavarian Beer Garden. The next summer, after I joined the Army, I was picked to be the information officer at the U.S. Army Exhibit and worked there for six months until the fair closed.” — Bruce Fabricant, Somers, NY. “It was a magical time back then, and a seemingly magical place. My cousin and I took pictures of each other “holding up” the Unisphere.” — Leslie Harrison, Rego Park. “Brass Rail had concession stands throughout the fair, the roof of which looked like big white bubbles. They offered mostly just hamburgers and hot dogs. I remember that a hamburger was 50 cents, which was considered expensive at the time. Also throughout the fair were machines that looked like scales. They were machines that would rejuvenate your tired feet! You could get around the fair by tractor trains, called Glide-a-Ride. These were operated by Greyhound and cost 25 cents. There were also four-passenger Escorters. You could engage the driver to take you wherever you wanted on the fairgrounds, or help you plan tours for $9 an hour. We all fell in love with the fair.” — Larry Miller, Middle Village. “It was an exciting place to go. I remember taking our daughters, 4 and 2, in strollers, At the time we lived in Elmhurst. They are nice memories, especially the Pieta at the Vatican Pavilion.” — Rita Ruggiero, Bayside. “I was 8 years old in 1964 and only have two memories of the fair: watching the opening night special and seeing views of the NY State Pavilion’s observation towers. Living in Wisconsin, I never got to the fair. I still find it fascinating. I must, considering the sheer volume of information that I’ve put together for nywf64.com and cowriting three books about the fair, having never attended it. The fair embodied the hopes and dreams of that time. There will never be a fair like it again. I do believe that the Baby Boomers who attended as children are beginning to realize what an amazing event it was and how lucky they were to have attended it.” — Bill Young, Q Sheboygan, Wis.

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Chronicle readers submit their photos from 50 years ago

Leslie Harrison had fun “holding up” the Unisphere. PHOTO COURTESY LESLIE HARRISON

Deborah and Donald Ogonowski, niece and nephew of Jeanette Foletar of Middle Village. The children are photographed outside the Chun King restaurant, where fairgoers PHOTO COURTESY JEANETTE FOLETAR could get a full Chinese meal for 99 cents.

The Sachs family of LeFrak City and relatives from Missouri pose at the Unisphere during the PHOTO COURTESY ALICE SACHS GRGAS fair.

A child’s admission to the fair. IMAGE COURTESY JOE BADALUCCO

Members of the Parisians Band from Corona perform at the New York State Pavilion. PHOTO COURTESY RICH LARDO

Taking a rest at the Astral Fountain are Anthony Castagna and his daughters, Rose Marie, left, and Carol of Brooklyn. PHOTO COURTESY CAROL CASTAGNA BIFULCO

John Piro performing at the NJ Pavilion in 1965. PHOTO COURTESY JOHN PIRO

Food must have been cheap at the World’s Fair if Mastro Pizza was offering a nickel discount. IMAGE COURTESY DIANE RUPPELO

A 20 percent discount ticket for Hollywood, California. IMAGE COURTESY DIANE RUPPELO

Nick Master, front, poses with his family, brother Rocky, left, mom, Leah, and sisters Jane and Anna, at the fair. PHOTO COURTESY NICK MASTER

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Rachel Epstein, left, with her sisters, Pnina and Debbie, and father, Herman Gershon, waiting for a ride on PHOTO COURTESY RACHEL EPSTEIN the monorail.

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Now he may rest in peace, at last Paratrooper killed on D-Day honored at his Middle Village gravesite

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Robert Naimoli has not been forgotten. On June 7, a group of about 50 relatives, veterans, and local officials gathered for a special ceremony at St. John’s Cemetery in Middle Village that paid tribute to the U.S. Army paratrooper, 70 years and a day after his plane was shot down over Picauville, France in the D-Day invasion. Only 25 years old when he was killed on June 6, 1944, Naimoli, whose Purple Heart was proudly displayed at the ceremony, was originally buried in France. Four years later, his remains were transferred to his resting place in the family plot. It was the same year that Naimoli’s mother passed away. Some at the ceremony speculated it was undoubtedly of a broken heart. The headstone bore only the family’s surname and the names of two female family members. For reasons that will likely remain forever a mystery, the hero’s name, along with those of several other family members buried there, had never been inscribed ... until now. Family members believe the omissions might have occurred simply because their ancestors didn’t have the money to have the job done. With the sun shining brightly overhead, and many in attendance seeking shelter under a makeshift canopy, Naimoli was honored by a color guard, gun salute, “Taps” and folding of the flag in a 20-minute ceremony that had more than one guest wiping a tear. The ceremony included the unveiling of the newly restored headstone, which had been lifted up, cleaned and updated at the very same place it has stood for seven decades. “Today was very moving,” said Michael Naimoli, who began the process of honoring his great uncle about two years ago, after Michael’s brother, Anthony Naimoli, discovered that the member of the 101st Airborne Division had been unrecognized for all those years. “We went into action to have his name added,” Michael Naimoli said. “It’s closure for my family. I feel like I did a great thing for someone who deserved it. He was part of the Greatest Generation.” Among the others on hand to pay tribute was Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), chairman of the Committee on Veterans, who said Robert Naimoli died “defending a lot of the freedoms we take for granted.”

Robert Naimoli died on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was honored this June 7 at his newly restored gravesite by his family and others including Vietnam veterans, above, a color guard, right, and City Councilman Eric Ulrich. Below is the certificate awarding him posthumously with the Purple Heart. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD EXCEPT TOP LEFT, COURTESY MICHAEL NAIMOLI

Representing Commissioner Terence Holliday from the Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs, Paul Schottenhamel, himself a former paratrooper, said, “It’s important we honor him. He put his life on the line. Jumping alone is scary enough. He volunteered to become a parachutist. That makes him even more special. He’s welcomed home from France at long last.” U.S. Marine Erik Naimoli, Anthony Naimoli’s son, who received the interment flag on behalf of the family, was obviously emotional following the ceremony. “I’m glad he’s finally getting the recognition he deserves. I’m honored to be a part of it,” he said. According to Michael Naimoli, members of the Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach and the Ozone Park American Legion helped put the ceremony together. U.S. Volunteers, a group that performs honorary duties across the country, and members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Queens Chapter #32, also participated in the commemoration. “This is more than we could have wished for. I’m sure Robert Q is resting in peace now,” Michael Naimoli said.

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Regular skin cancer screening: an ounce of prevention The Skin Cancer Foundation estimates that one person dies from cancer of the skin every hour in the United States. Skin cancer can be essentially divided into two categories: melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and both types have been increasing at alarming rates worldwide. The risk factors for the development of skin cancer include light-colored skin, eyes, and hair, ultraviolet radiation (sun) exposure, tanning parlor use, smoking, increased age, immune system suppression and certain genetic diseases. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer, followed by squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) usually appears as a skin-colored to reddish bump on sun-exposed skin, such as the face, scalp, arms and legs. While less common, lesions on sun-protected skin may also be seen, particularly in patients who frequent tanning parlors. BCC usually doubles in size yearly and can invade into surrounding tissue with a destructive effect. It can also very rarely spread to other organs (metastasize) if left untreated. Multiple surgical and nonsurgical therapeutic options exist, and these must be discussed with your dermatologist. Early detection and treatment is the key to prevent disfiguring lesions. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common cancer of the skin. It

usually appears as red, scaly bumps in a similar distribution as BCC, but it is more aggressive and may metastasize, particularly in patients with a compromised immune system. A precursor to SCC is called an actinic keratosis (AK). These lesions can be cured with freezing techniques performed in the office and/or topical creams, which underscores the utility of early detection. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. It often resembles moles, but some lesions can be skin-colored or pink. The ABCDE rule of melanoma indicates that melanomas are typically asymmetric, have irregular borders, irregular color, a diameter greater than 6 mm and evolve. It should be noted that not all melanomas have these characteristics, so a regular complete skin exam with a dermatologist is crucial to detect these lesions when they are curable. While everyone is at risk, those with fair skin, history of excessive sun exposure and sun burns, increased number of moles, and family history of melanoma are particularly prone to acquiring this type of skin cancer. Outdoor a nd i ndoor t a n n i ng f u r ther increase one’s risk of developing melanoma. There is an alarming increase of melanoma among young women, possibly due to increased use of indoor tanning salons in this age group. One can avoid harmful sun exposure by avoiding the midday sun (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.),

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Cancer terms to know A cancer diagnosis can be difficult to understand. When diagnosed with cancer, men and women are often told many things about their disease, and the terminology used can be confusing. The following are some of the terms those diagnosed with cancer are likely to hear in discussions with their physicians. • Ablation: Treatment that removes or destroys all or part of a cancer. Ablation may also be performed to remove or stop the function of an organ. • Adenoma: A benign growth starting in the glandular tissue. • Advanced cancer: This describes stages of cancer in which the cancer has spread from where it started to other parts of the body. Cancer that has spread only to nearby parts of the body is known as locally advanced cancer, while cancer that has spread to distant parts of the body is known as metastatic cancer. • Basal cell carcinoma: The most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma begins in the outer layer of the skin known as the epidermis. Basal cell carcinoma typically develops on sun-exposed areas, such as the head and neck. • Benign: Nonmalignant and not life-threatening. A benign tumor is not cancer and will not spread to other areas of the body. • Biopsy: The removal of a tissue sample to determine if cancer cells are present. • Carcinogen: Any substance that causes cancer or promotes its growth. • Carcinoma: A cancer that begins in the lining layer of organs. The American Cancer Society notes that 80 percent of all cancers are carcinomas. • Chemotherapy: A cancer treatment option that employs drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy is often used to treat cancer that has spread or

come back or when there is a strong chance the cancer will come back. • Five-year survival rate: The percentage of people with a given cancer who are alive five years or longer after diagnosis. • Grade: The grade of a cancer indicates how abnormal its cells look under a microscope. Different grading systems exist for different types of cancers. • Immunosuppression: A state in which the immune system is weak and unable to respond the way it should. Immunosuppression may be caused by some cancers or cancer treatments. • In situ: In place, localized and confined to one area. This is a very early stage of cancer. • Invasive cancer: Cancer that has spread beyond the layer of cells where it initially began and has grown into nearby tissues. • Lesion: An area of abnormal body tissue. This term may be used to describe a lump, mass or tumor. • Lipoma: A noncancerous tumor made of a fatty tissue. • Localized cancer: Cancer that is confined to the organ where it started. • Malignant: Cancerous. Tumors that are malignant are likely to cause death if they are untreated. • Metastasize: The spread of cancer cells to one or more sites elsewhere in the body. • Oncologist: A doctor with special training in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. • Recurrence: The return of cancer. • Sarcoma: Cancer that starts in connective tissue, such as cartilage, fat, muscle or bone. • Stage: The extent of cancer, which is usually Q assigned a number from I to IV. — Metro Creative Connection

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Skin tags are often harmless. can be removed quite easily. When removing skin tags, the risk Doctors have long been urging patients to be aware of changes to for infection is rare. Even though it is their skin, which could be indicative a relatively simple procedure, and of illness, including skin cancer. one that many people take into their own hands, skin tag W h e n p e r fo r m i n g removal is best left to self-inspections, some a doctor, who will people may discover numb the area before sk i n g row t h s t h at removing the skin tag. look unsightly or give Ligation is a techthem pause. Oftennique where a piece of times these growths suturing thread is tied are skin tags. at the base of the tag A sk i n t ag, also to staunch circulation known as a fibroepiand allow the tag to thelial polyp or acrodry up and fall off on chordon, is a small, its own. b e n ig n t u mor t h at Cryotherapy freezes for ms pr imar ily in the skin tag. Electrical areas where the skin cauterization or surgicreases, like the groin, cal removal with a neck and armpit. Skin scalpel also can take tags are usually no bigger than a grain of Skin tags routinely form on the place. If a skin tag seems rice. However, skin neck and other areas of the body that bend and crease. out of the ordinary, tags can be larger. grows large or changIn many cases skin tags are just harmless blemishes on es shape or appearance, this may be a the skin. However, some may need to sign of something more dangerous. be removed depending on their loca- Consult with a family practitioner or tion or if any irritation is present. a dermatologist to rule out cancerous Q Skin tags often scab over and fall off skin lesions. on their own over time, but they also — Metro Creative Connection

using protective clothing and regular sunscreen (SPF 30) application. Sunscreens come in two types — physical blockers and chemical blockers. While they are both composed of “chemicals,” the physical blockers are minerals (such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide) that sit on the skin surface and reflect ultraviolet rays, offering better protection. It is important to note that, to offer maximum protection, sunscreen has to be reapplied at least every two hours and every time the skin gets wet. As in other cancers, prevention strategies are of utmost importance. Routine skin cancer screenings and close surveillance of individuals at high risk for melanoma lead to early recognition, treatment and cure. Individuals with risk factors for the development of skin cancer should have complete skin exams by a dermatologist 1-2 times per year. Additionally, numerous opportunities for free skin cancer screenings exist across the nation. In collaboration with the Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign, doctors from the Mount Sinai Department of Dermatology will be offering a free skin cancer screening at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY on Sunday, July 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The doctor is encouraging beachgoers to take this potentially lifesaving step by coming to obtain a completely free skin exam without the need of an appointment.

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Father Frank Spacek, Chaplain at Christ the King High School, Middle Village (an alumnus of the class of ’88 Alumni), installed six new Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion at the Endof-Year school Mass. Each of the six had completed the liturgy workshop sponsored by the Brooklyn Diocese at Bishop Ford on Saturday, April 26 and were approved by their pastors as suitable candidates. The Eucharistic Ministers will distribute Holy Communion at all the school Masses and be eligible to serve in their home parishes according to the need and discretion of their pastors. Installed Eucharistic Ministers above are: left, Aaron Arana, second from left, Edison Cahuana, Meagan Fontanez, Elizabeth Quagliariello, Frankelly Rosado and Juan Obregon, shown with Campus Minister Sister Elizabeth Graham, left, CK Chaplain Father Frank Spacek, center, Principal Peter Mannarino, right.

New York City is one of the most unique places in the world; and not always for the reasons people think. It’s more than our food, our neighborhoods and our amazing entertainment options that make us special. Our city possesses 520 miles of coastline — more than Miami, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco combined — according to the 2013 report “A Stronger, More Resilient New York.” Four out of our five boroughs are islands and our fifth borough is a peninsula, surrounded by “blue highways.” These blue highways, our rivers, not just our subways and our buses, can help solve our transportation challenges in the years ahead. For this reason, as we continue to rezone and redevelop our waterfronts in places such as Astoria Cove, we need to make sure these projects include the infrastructure — such as boat slips and piers — that make waterborne transportation possible. Queens Community Board 1 held a hearing last week to gather public comments on the Astoria Cove project. This week, during the board’s monthly meeting, members voted against the original plan and said they would like an amendment for a ferry study to be included. If realized, the Astoria Cove development would create thousands of residential units, a supermarket, restaurants, cafes, a school and substantial waterfront open space for people to enjoy. The large amount of waterfront development and focus on green space makes this development tomorrow’s gem of Queens. But the biggest challenge will be getting people in this community connected to other parts of the borough as well with neig hb or i ng b o r ou g h s , e s p e cia l ly Manhattan. Current residents of the Astoria and

Resiliency continued from page 12 coastal areas, both protecting local residents from the next big storm while creating jobs and restoring habitat for wildlife.” The funding is part of a wider investment into 54 projects up and down the eastern seaboard, including in New Jersey, Long Island and other parts of New York City focused on resiliency that came to the forefront in the wake of Sandy. “We were happy to get two projects out of the 54; they’re going to do a lot for the bay,” Riepe said. He s a id Sa nd y a nd t h e Ob a m a

Ravenswood public houses in the area must wal k more than a mile to get to the nearest subway. Affordable and frequent ferry serv ice wou ld help those Astoria resid e nt s a nd m a ny others. Additionally, our subways, buses and commuter lines are already operating at capacity, even before all of the new developments, such as Astoria Cove, are built. The popularity of the East River ferry and growing popularity of the Westside ferry demonstrate that people are willing and eager to use ferries as part of the way they get around, and Astoria Cove should be no exception. Furthermore, ferry infrastructure is important to have in place as a part of our overall emergency preparedness efforts. We saw in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the blackout of 2003, the transit strike of 2005 and 9/11 that ferries weren’t just a transportation choice, they were a necessity. Ferries were able to help provide emergency transportation services to people who would not have been able to get to work or to get home. For all of these reasons, the community board must make sure the developers keep the plans in place to include water taxi piers as part of the Astoria Cove project. Otherwise, we are missing an opportunity to continue building a water infrastructure that will eventually connect all waterfronts into one large community. The benef its are too large to be Q ignored. Roland Lewis is President and CEO of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance.

administration’s focus on federal urban parkland has resulted in more funding for recreation at Gateway and even a new school focused on resiliency slated to be established in the Rockaways. “Jamaica Bay is really on everyone’s radar right now,” Riepe said. Jewell visited Sunset Cove on Monday — her first trip to Jamaica Bay since she visited Riis Landing in the Rockaways last summer to announce federal support for the resiliency school. Riepe said Jewell also helped plant dune grass in the marshes on Monday. “She seemed to enjoy it,” he said. “She said she likes to get out of the office now Q and then.”

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Beach Channel wins first ever baseball title After Sandy left their lives in ruins, the resilient Dolphins are champs by Christopher Barca Reporter

A little less than 20 months ago, Hurricane Sandy rendered some of the Beach Channel High School baseball players homeless. Coach John Mangieri was even forced to stay with his in-laws for six weeks because his Howard Beach home was too badly damaged. Now, the 12 Rockaway high school ballplayers are more than just survivors. They are champions, too. After being knocked out in the first round of the Public School Athletic League B Division playoffs the last three years, Beach Channel finally got over the hump. Led by timely hitting and clutch defense, the Dolphins defeated Bronx Science 7-5 in nine innings to win the city baseball championship at Yankee Stadium last Thursday, the first in school history. “There were a lot of distractions last year. It was a horrible time in their lives,” Mangieri said of his team’s ability to overcome such adversity. “But this was a tremendous experience for them. This will stay with these kids for a long time.” If it weren’t for one of the more dramatic plays of the city high school baseball season, the real-life rags to riches stor y wouldn’t have had such a happy ending.

Members of the Beach Channel High School baseball team hold up their championship banner after defeating Bronx Science at Yankee Stadium to win their first Public School Athletic League PHOTO COURTESY JOHN MANGIERI B Division city baseball crown last Thursday. Down to their final two outs, Bronx Science was able to erase a 5-3 deficit after a drive to center field by Daniel Bonfiglio tipped off outfielder Antonio Moccia’s glove. Normally a very solid defensive player, Moccia overran the ball and couldn’t quite make a difficult leaping catch. Two runs

scored on the play, forcing Mangieri to pull Kelly Aponte, his star senior pitcher, from the game. With the bases loaded and one out, Bronx Science’s Alex Grun hit a long fly ball to Moccia. He made the catch in moderately deep center field for the second out and launched a perfect throw to catcher Joe

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Ice Jewelry: where the owners can relate to their clients

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

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

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QueensWay trail likely to raise nearby home values estate agents on or by Candace Damon In a June 6 opinion piece for the near the Burke-GilQueens Chronicle, titled “On 98th Street, man Trail in metrowe say ‘No way to QueensWay,’” Neil politan Seattle found Gianelli shared his opinion of the pro- that multi-use trails are an amenity that posed QueensWay project. To bolster his (negative) opinion of the helps sell homes, project, he cites an 11-year-old study by Pro- increase proper ty fessor Noelwah Netusil of Reed College in values, and improve Portland, Ore. He ignores multiple other the quality of life. studies of trails and urban parks more com- The study furtherparable to the QueensWay, including several more concluded that on average, property in New York, does not make plain Professor immediately adjacent to the trail is slightly Netusil’s findings, and fails to grasp the easier to sell, and property near the trail broader economic development potential of sells for 6 percent or more. • A survey of residents adjacent to trails the QueensWay for hundreds of thousands of residents in central Queens, the entire in Metro Denver, conducted by the Conservation Fund and the Colorado State Parks borough and city. First, about that Portland study: Dr. Trails Program, found that the effect of Netusil found that proximity to a regional neighboring trails was beneficial rather trail system running through industrial than detrimental. Our own experience both here in New areas depressed property values immediately adjacent to the trail by about 6.8 percent. York City, and in other dense American She stated both in that paper and subse- cities suggests that well-designed, wellquently that her result might very well be a maintained linear parks — a better characterization of what the function of the type of QueensWay is intended trails studied, how disto be than a “trail” — tance from the trail was measured, and the kinds ost studies show a are highly likely to create modest, but signifiof properties through benefit to areas cant property value in which the trail passed, residential areas. Local among other factors. with walking trails. examples include the Moreover, Dr. Netusil High Line, where we found that although property values immediately adjacent to the have shown the increment in value to be trail dipped, property value elsewhere in the about 6 percent vis-a-vis other more transit-accessible areas of Chelsea, and Hudson surrounding neighborhoods increased. I write as the director of a team of eco- River Park. Likewise, values of homes in nomic development and real estate consul- Atlanta adjacent to the BeltLine have tants at HR&A Advisors that has been appreciated relative to homes elsewhere in retained by the Trust for Public Land to the same neighborhoods; a 2008 paper out examine a range of potential impacts of of Georgia Tech suggests that those values building the QueensWay. We have estimat- began to increase once it was clear that the ed that, in contrast to the types of trails BeltLine was likely to become a reality examined by Dr. Netusil, the QueensWay is (i.e. before it had actually been built). Dr. Netusil herself has recently noted likely to increase residential values along its path modestly. We suggest that the incre- that her results cannot be used to predict the ment in value could range from 1 to 7 per- probable results in Queens, and that context cent. We believe that the higher end of that matters. Along the QueensWay, the context range is likely to be seen for properties clos- is: a linear urban park built through a resier to the Queensway and in the area south dential neighborhood in New York City, akin to other such parks built in the city and of Forest Park. Our estimates are based on review of lit- in other similar cities. Given that context, it erature, our own long experience analyzing is clearly more likely that positive value will the economic impact of public investments accrue than not. The QueensWay can be a 21st-century and advising on the feasibility of new urban open space creation, and review of New park for a 21st-century Queens: increasing York City-specific data. The literature access to open space for underserved neighborhoods, creating alternative transportaincludes some of the following studies: • A 2007 study of 10,000 homes in San tion options, showcasing the borough’s Antonio, Texas, conducted by Temple Uni- diverse cultures and businesses, and demversity professors, found that homes in onstrating a new model for park partnerneighborhoods with greenbelts (or green- ships in moderate- and middle-income Q neighborhoods. ways): “add about four percent to value.” Candace P. Damon is vice chairwoman • A study conducted by the Seattle Engineering Department of residents and real of HR&A Advisors.

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Kenny Brawner S Ray Charles

Kenny Brawner as Ray Charles. He will perform at Flushing Town Hall on June 20.

by Tess McRae Before Ray Charles, crooners were the big players in the music business. Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby had a hold of the airwaves. The crooners were about the lyrics and sang their songs the same for every performance. But when Charles and artists like him began to rise, music shifted its focus from words to sounds. The blind piano player was not a stranger to scandal — he fathered 12 kids with 10 different women and was a heavy drug user during the beginning of his career — but was beloved because of his hollering, soulful voice and fusion of gospel, blues, R&B and jazz. His persona and iconic style led to many impersonation acts, including Kenny Brawner, who will share Charles’ story and music with Queens when he performs at Flushing Town Hall. Brawner may not live a life of scandal or be an international celebrity — he’s a middle-school teacher at IS 189 in

Flushing — but he has a 12-piece orchestra and three vocalists to back him up. Impersonating Charles is no easy task, as musicologist Henry Pleasants once said. “It is either the singing of a man whose vocabulary is inadequate to express what is in his heart and mind or of one whose feelings are too intense for satisfactory verbal or conventionally melodic articulation,” Pleasants said. “He can’t tell it to you. He can’t even sing it to you. “He has to cry out to you, or shout to you in tones eloquent of despair or exaltation.” In other words, Ray Charles is all about the performance. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to put on a show just like Charles but Brawner is not naive enough to even try. Sure, looking at him on stage, it is clear to the viewer that he is performing Ray Charles songs in his style but there is still enough of Brawner in the show that it does not feel like a novelty performance. Continuedonon page continued page 43

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The Quilter’s Showcase, NYC Parks “Arts, Culture & Fun” series, world-renowned, award-winning quilters display their cultural & creative works in an interactive showcase, Roy Wilkins Recreational Center’s Garden, 177-01 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica, Thurs., June 26, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info: (718) 276-8686 or RSVP: cultureartsfun@parks.nyc.gov.

Summer Solstice & Festival de las Flores, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Sun., June 22, 12-5 p.m. Free with admission. Displays of silletas (floral tapestry) and botanical sculptures; petting zoo, arts & crafts, live music. Contact: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. Strawberry Festival & Two-Penny Auction, Grace Episcopal Church, Clintonville St. & 14th Ave., Whitestone, Sat., June 21, 2-5 p.m. $7 adults, $3.50 children under 12. Info: graceepiscopalchurch.org.

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

“LGBTQ Immigrant Voices,” music, dance, performance art & more, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Sat., June 21, 7-9 p.m. $15 pp. Info: flushingtownhall.org.

“Maldita Pared,” a photographic exhibition by Jacqueline Herranz-Brooks, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave., Miller Gallery, on display thru July 26.

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“Between the Lines,” a group exhibition by Zaun Lee, TJ Volonis and Scott Fitzgerald, connected by a shared interest of line, plane and pre-determined structure; thru July 12, Crossing Art, 136-17 39 Ave., Flushing. Info: (212) 3594333, crossingart.com. Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures by Bundith Phunsombatlert, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, located on the lawn between the Unisphere and the Queens Museum, on view thru November.

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

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

AUDITIONS “Shrek The Musical,” HCJ Teen Drama Group, Holy Child Jesus School, 111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, Mon.-Tues., June 23-24, 7 p.m. Actors, singers, dancers, set and stage crew; rehearsals begin June 29 from Sun.-Thurs., 7-10 p.m. Performances Aug 7-10. Info: (718) 847-1860, hcjteendrama@gmail.com.

LECTURES Drinking History: A Pint of the Past, Beer & Home Brewing in 19th Century New York, King Manor Museum, 150-30 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica,

World-renowned, award-winning quilts will be on display at the Roy Wilkins Recreational Center’s Garden in Jamaica on Thursday, June 26. Sun., June 29, 3 p.m. Free, reservations required. Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, programs@ kingmanor.org, kingmanor.org/events.

Italian for Beginners, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, every Tues., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60 pp. Contact: (718) 478-3100.

“Telephone Inventor, Antonio Meucci and the Age of Invention,” Tony DeNonno, historian, Bella Italia Mia, Christ the King High School, 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., CNL Anne+Henry Paolucci Center, Door#10, 3rd Floor, Middle Village, Sun., June 22, 12 p.m. $5 members, $7 nonmembers.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

Nutrition, guest speaker Dr. Rita Harper, Sisterhood of the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Mon., June 23, 12 p.m. Free. Contact: (718) 459-1000.

CLASSES Free English & civics class, Flushing Jewish Community Council, McGoldrick Queens Library, 155-06 Roosevelt Ave., Mon., July 7, 4-7 p.m. Register: (718) 463-0434. Free dance/fitness classes, a week of free classes for children & adults includes: belly dance, boot camp, break dance and yoga, EC Squared Studio, 80-20 Roosevelt Ave., Suite 207, Jackson Heights. Info: (646) 508-4818, (646) 229-5867, ecsquarestudio.com.

DJ classes, Mainline, 218-12 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, 1st & 2nd week of every month. Once a week, four sessions, classes in beat mixing and MC techniques. Call: (718) 479-4848.

KIDS/TEENS Drama workshop, with instructor Lisa LaGrande. Poppenhusen Institute, ages 8-12; 114-04 14th Road, College Point, Sat., thru June 28, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Contact: (718) 358-0067. LP FAM’s youth basketball program, Queens Transition Center, 142-10 Linden Blvd., South Ozone Park, every Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 8-16. Contact: Mike Glasgow (917) 442-0479. Boy Scout Troop #119, St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, 79 Place off Juniper Valley Rd., Middle Village, meets every Tues., 7:15-9 p.m. New members welcome.

“When Harry Met Sally,” free outdoor screening, Tribeca Film Festival, AT&T and Rooftop Films, Socrates Sculpture Garden, 31-34 Vernon Blvd., LIC, Tues., June 24, 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.). Info: tribecafilm.com/filmforall. 35th Annual Gregorian Festival, St. Gregory the Great, 88th Ave. on the northbound service road of Cross Island Pkwy., Bellerose, Thurs., June 19-Sun., June 29. No admission charge. Info: sgtgfestival.com.

COMMUNITY Barbecue, United Community Civic Association, Central Lounge (patio), 20-30 Steinway St., Astoria, Thurs., June 19, 6:30 p.m. $50 donation pp. Block party at the Kaufman Arts District, backlot of Kaufman Astoria Studios, 36th St. & 35th Ave., Sat., June 21, 4-10 p.m. $35 pp. Info: queenscouncilarts.org. Car wash, Redeemer Lutheran Church youth group, at the school, 69-26 Cooper Ave. (enter on 69th Place), Glendale, Sat., June 21, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $5 cars, $7 vans. Info: (718) 456-5292. “La Dolce Vita,” Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society gala, Hollywood Avenue home of Peter & Arlene Angelilli, Douglaston, Sat., June 21, 7:30 p.m.-12 a.m. Attendance limited; tax deductible reservations: dlnhs.org. 10th Annual Ramadan Tent Celebration, Turkish Cultural Center Queens, parking area under arches of the elevated No. 7 train, between 45th & 46th sts., Sunnyside; Sat.-Sun., June 28-29 at 7:45 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Greenmarkets — Socrates Sculpture Park: Vernon Blvd. & Broadway, Long Island City, every Sat., through Nov. 22, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: grownyc.org/socratesgreenmarket. Astoria: 14 St., between 31st Ave. & 31st Road, every Wed., July 9-Nov. 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: grownyc.org/astoriagreenmarket.

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Queens guys help make ‘Jersey Boys’ a good flick by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Since so many people have seen “Jersey Boys” on Broadway, let me state at the outset that the movie is a completely different experience. Whereas the stage version placed those great Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons songs front and center, with the story of the group’s ups and downs as a device to give some space between the tunes, the movie takes the opposite approach. And it does it with a little help from our friends in Queens. “Jer sey Boys” opens with 17-year-old Frankie Castelluccio (John Lloyd Young) working as a barber’s apprentice in Belleville, NJ, a rough and tumble suburb of Newark. One of the shop’s best customers is Gyp De Carlo (Christopher Walken), a local crime boss, who takes a liking to young Frankie and is very impressed with his vocal talents. He can’t help but tear up when Frankie sings “My Mother’s Eyes” while giving him a shave. One of Frankie’s buddies is

Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza), who is a petty criminal and errand boy for Gyp. On the positive side, Tommy is a pretty good guitarist who enjoys playing gigs with his buddy, fellow guitarist Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda), who also runs afoul of the law. The two of them seem to take turns doing stretches of time at Rahway State Prison. It is Tommy who is rock certain that Frankie will be a star and asks him to join his band. Frankie accepts and shortly after adopts the stage surname Valli. After years of struggling, the guys hit it big when they ask Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen), who lives in a more upscale part of New Jersey and is more worldly than the other guys, to join what will soon be called the Four Seasons. Gaudio is not only a terrific keyboardist but an extremely talented composer who wrote such signature Four Seasons tunes as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Dawn” and “Walk Like a Man,” among countless others.

As is often the case when a struggling band composed of friends finally achieves success, the real problems then come to the sur face. The extrover ted Tommy is foolishly allowed to control the finances. The Four Seasons are arrested in Cleveland because Tommy did not pay the hotel bill the prior year. Even worse, the guys discover just before a 1966 appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” that Tommy is in deep hock to a gambling syndicate. With the assistance of kindly Gyp and Frankie’s generous vow to pay his high sixfigure debt, the group is able to continue, albeit without Tommy. Frankie’s personal life is in upheaval as well as his wife, Mary (Renee Marino), berates him for being an absentee father (playing 200 dates a year on the road will cause that) while his daughter, Francine, starts hanging out with the wrong crowd — which will lead to tragic consequences. Clint Eastwood, obviously, is

Warner Bros.’ “Jersey Boys,” the story of Franki Valli and The Four Seasons, stars John Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza and Christopher Walken, and PHOTO COURTESY REDCARPETNEWSTV.COM was directed by Clint Eastwood. well-known as an actor, but he is widely respected as a director as well because he never lets scenes dawdle. He also makes sure that we get to appreciate the different personalities of the group, from the brash Tommy to the man of few words Nick (who is responsible for

those fun deep-bass vocals on the Seasons’ hits), to preppy Bob to the easygoing and eager-to-please Frankie. Young starred as Valli in the original Broadway production, and he can still hit those high falsettos. continued on page 44 00 continued

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Members of the First String Players in “A Revue for You: From Stage to Screen” rehearses PHOTO BY PAUL MORISI for their July show.

Queens community theater heats up for summer by Mark Lord qboro contributor

Gone are the days when summertime meant a dearth of community theater productions on stages around the borough. In fact, more than half a dozen attractions are on tap to open between now and when the leaves of autumn begin to fall. First up this season, one of the rare nonmusical shows, is a classic that resonates as much today as it did in its earlier incarnations as both a television drama and an acclaimed motion picture. In a stage adaptation by Reginald Rose, “12 Angry Men” follows the interactions among a group of jurors, each with his own prejudices, as they consider the case of a young man on trial for murder. Presented by Theatre Time Productions, the play will be performed in the round, under the direction of Kevin Vincent, who also stars as a juror who fights to assure that justice will be done. His primary adversary, an extremely opinionated man who displays more than a touch of sadism, will be played by Bernard Bosio. Tim Reifschneider is the foreman of the jury. Performances: June 21, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. and June 22 and 29 at 3 p.m. at Colonial Church of Bayside located at 54-02 217 St., Oakland Gardens. Tickets: $17; $15 for seniors and students. More: (347) 358-8102. From The First String Players comes “A Revue for You: From Stage to Screen,” an intimate evening that celebrates songs from Broadway and the silver screen.

The group’s first noncomedy since making its debut in 2010, this original show will feature direction by Paul Morisi, musical direction by Joseph Martin and choreography by Marisa Femia, and will spotlight solos and group numbers from such attractions as “Guys and Dolls,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Camelot.” Performances: July 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. and July 13 at 2 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy located at 70-01 Kessel St., Forest Hills. Tickets: $10 general seating. More: (718) 268-6143. A week later marks opening night for one of the world’s most acclaimed musicals, “Fiddler on the Roof,” a presentation of Jaben, USA, SuperNova Productions and the Josephine Foundation. Set in an impoverished peasant town in Tsarist Russia, the story centers around Tevye, the dairyman, and his efforts to maintain “Tradition,” as introduced in the show’s iconic opening number. Other popular songs to emerge from the show include “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset” and “Matchmaker, Matchmaker.” Performances: July 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26 at 8 p.m., July 19 at 2 p.m. and July 20 at 3 p.m. at the ICC Theater located at 7200 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. Tickets: $25 general admission; $40 VIP reserved seating. Dinner on July 19 or brunch on July 20 for an extra $30. More: (516) 205-8169. Next week, more summertime community theater productions, including “Shrek: The Musical” and “Bye, Bye Birdie,” will Q be featured for the month of August.

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Kenny Brawner and band ‘Mess Around’ with Ray continued from from page page 00 39 continued His show is a reminiscent love letter to Ray Charles’ music that celebrates the life of one of the godfathers of blues and, by extension, early rock ‘n’ roll. Brawner does not overlook the darker side of Charles. He fully embraces that the musician lived a rough life and made many mistakes, but even with that acknowledgment, the performance is not any less fun or entertaining. Brawner plays the piano full-out for every song, glazing over any mistake with speed and soul, much like Charles and other piano players of the time. A personal favorite is Brawner’s version of “Mess Around,” an early hit of Charles with an up-tempo stride piano melody in the vein of Pete Johnson.

‘Kenny Brawner is Ray Charles’ When: June 20 at 7 p.m. Where: Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Blvd. Tickets: $20; $10 students flushingtownhall.org

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Left: The Queens teacher plays one of Ray Charles’ hits during his popular show “Kenny Brawner is Ray Charles.” Right: Kenny Brawner PHOTOS COURTESY FLUSHING TOWN HALL and six players and singers from his 15-member band. The Queens teacher is supported by a killer ba nd of a ll ages, races a nd genders. Watching the group of 16 on stage, it almost seems like they’re playing for no

one else but themselves as Brawner encourages his band forward, leading the way down “Blues Lane.” Though Brawner is only scheduled to perform at Flushing Town Hall for one

night , t he showma n ha s concer t s throughout the year and is scheduled to play at the B.B. King Blues Club in Manhattan and other venues around the city Q in the summer and fall.

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COMMUNITY Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wed. of each month, 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers. Doggie boot camp, Crocheron Park, Bayside, every Sat. thru Oct., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. dogschoolny.com.

FLEA MARKETS St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at 110th Ave., Jamaica, every Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Vendors welcome. Contact: (718) 332-0026. Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens.

MEETINGS Community Board 3, second annual outdoor board meeting, Diversity Plaza, 37th Road, between 73rd & 74th Sts., Jackson Heights, Fri., June 19, 7 p.m. Info: (718) 458-2707. National Council of Jewish Women/Lakeville Section, guest speaker Lauren Hersh, director of “Equality Now,” about the international scourge of human trafficking. Clinton Martin Park, Marcus Ave., East of New Hyde Park Road, Mon., June 23, 12 p.m. Contact: (718) 343-6222. AARP meetings: Open to the general public. Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m. Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, 12 p.m. Contact: (718) 672-9890. North Shore Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America, LIJ Hearing & Speech Center, 270-05 76 Ave., New Hyde Park, every third Wed. of month, 6:30 p.m.

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Have a loved one with memory loss? Selfhelp Community Services Inc., 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Stimulating program – One, two, three or four days a week; half-days are also available. Call Ellen Sarokin or Cathy O’Sullivan: (718) 631-1886. Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center (Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center), 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Email & the Internet, computer class for seniors 60+. Call: John (718) 559-4329. Bereavement Group for Seniors, Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc., SNAP, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4, CBU 29, Queens Village, eight-session group, Mon., 2:15 p.m. For those who have recently lost a loved one. Contact: Marion (718) 454-2100. Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Regular weekly hour-long classes: jewelry

making, Mon. at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mon. and Thurs. at 10:30; Eldercise, Tues. at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wed. at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thurs. at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fri. at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Mon., Tues. and Fri. at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thurs. of month. Monthly buses to Yonkers. Contact: Karen (718) 456-2000. Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers: computer classes, all levels, beginners to advanced, including: 21st century technology and the latest gadgets; and Microsoft Excel (separate class); fitness classes in Zumba, aerobics, line dancing, yoga, tai chi, lower-body toning, sit and be fit; recreational activities (daily bingo, singing, watercolor painting, bus trips, meals and more). Contact: Hindy at (718) 894-3441. Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, free SNAP screenings for all seniors 60+. Eligibility check and application help. Info: (718) 591-3377, Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 12310 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Contact: (718) 657-6752.

SUPPORT GROUPS Caregiver support groups, Queens Community House, 108-25 62 Drive, Forest Hills. & Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Do you provide help to a family member, friend or neighbor? Could you use some help yourself? Free support services. Contact: Anne Attanas, LMSW, (718) 268-5960, ext. 226. Women’s Support Group, Center for the Women of New York, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Room 325. Thurs. (weekly) 6:30-8 p.m. Registration required. Free. Contact: CWNY (718) 793-0672, centerwny@yahoo.com. Job placement assistance, ANIBIC, 61-35 220 St., Bayside, a nonprofit organization serving children and young disabled adults in the community with job & apartment placement. Narcotics Anonymous Drug problem? Call Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meeting 7 days a week.

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‘Jersey Boys’ continued from from page page 41 00 continued Although he would be the obvious choice to be the center of attention, and he does a fine job in the film, “Jersey Boys” belongs to Piazza, who captures our attention as the funny and philosophical bad boy of the film, Tommy. “There were only three ways to get out of our neighborhood: Join the mob, join the Army or get famous. We got two out of three!” he says early in the movie, and at the end of it he adds, “People remember the past the way they need to!” The film may be called “Jersey Boys” but there were a lot of Queens guys involved in its production. Screenwriter Rick Elice grew up in Fresh Meadows and attended PS 173, JHS 216 and Francis Lewis High School. “I knew I wanted to be in the film business because I loved going to the Century and the Utopia movie theaters growing up,” he told me at a press junket for the film. Piazza, who got his big break playing Lucky Luciano on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” is from Maspeth and is a graduate of Archbishop Molloy High School. “I knew some characters from my neighborhood and Molloy, but there was no one who reminded me of Tommy,” he said with a laugh.

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Walken grew up in Astoria but did not attend the junket. Ironically, he plays De Carlo as a mild-mannered and reasonable man instead of as a hot-tempered mobster — which goes against how one might think Walken would portray a wiseguy. Just about the only flaw in “Jersey Boys” is a plot anachronism that has Valli singing “My Eyes Adored You” to his young daughter when in fact the tune wasn’t written until a decade later. “Jersey Boys” is solid entertainment that Q shouldn’t disappoint anyone.

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Close, but no Cup by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Since few expected the Rangers to go very far in the NHL playoffs, it’s easy to rationalize their five-game loss to the Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup Final. That’s cold comfort, however, to both Rangers players and fans, who will undoubtedly ruminate on three overtime losses preceded by blown third-period leads and punctuated by questionable referees’ calls. Two particular referee calls may have been the turning points in the series. After losing the first game of the series, the Rangers were up 4-2 in the third period of Game 2 when LA’s Dwight King tipped in a shot past Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. There was considerable physical contact and it appeared to everyone but the ref that Lundqvist was the victim of interference and that King’s goal should be disallowed. It counted, however, and the Kings went on to win. Fast forward to Game 5 and the Rangers were up 2-1 in the middle of the third period when Blueshirts right winger Mats Zuccarello was called for a tripping penalty, though in fact he appeared to be the victim of a trip. The Kings went on the power play and quickly scored to tie it up, and then of course won the game and the Stanley Cup in double overtime. As livid as Rangers fans may be over those calls, one has to assume their frustration is

nothing compared with how NHL Commissioner and former Forest Hills resident Gary Bettman and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts feel. I am not saying Bettman was pulling for the Rangers, but I think it’s safe to say he was rooting for a long series, as was Roberts, whose company owns NBC Sports. More games between teams from the country’s two biggest markets mean more ad revenue and greater exposure for hockey in the sports marketplace. The Stanley Cup Final always overlaps the NBA Finals but the NBA always draws far higher ratings. The NBA places all of the games on broadcast television (ABC is the rightsholder) while the NHL curiously lets Comcast put a number of Stanley Cup Final games on the hard-to-find cable NBC Sports Network, and this year those were Games 3 and 4, played at Madison Square Garden. NBC Sports executives told me that they were willing to trade off ratings points in order to bring awareness to their cable outlet, which badly trails the self-dubbed Worldwide Leader in Sports, ESPN. “You have to have live games in order to bring eyeballs to your network,” one NBC public relations official told me. The next NHL action in our area will be the annual Islanders’ rookie “Blue & Orange” scrimmage at Nassau Coliseum on July 10. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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End of the line for the BRT’s trains by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

In 1896 the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. was chartered to control various street railways and transit lines in Brooklyn. It took over the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad and the Kings County Elevated Railroad. Within 10 years the BRT had absorbed five more railroads. It was doing so well by 1913 that, along with Interborough Rapid Transit, it signed a contract with the city to increase sin- The Fresh Pond Road ground-level train station gle-track mileage from 296 to 620 at 67th Avenue, looking east, on May 21, 1914. miles over five years. The companies were prohibited from charging more than 5 numbered, as the next year the line became cents on any part of the system but were elevated. The superstructure and new tracks permitted to issue free transfers between went up fast, cheap and quick. The BRT’s success was short-lived, however, as it intersecting lines. At left in the photo are the BRT repair declared bankruptcy after suffering heavy shops for its fleet of trains. They were later financial losses following the horrible Nov. rebuilt and renamed Fresh Pond Depot, 1, 1918 Malbone Street wreck in East Flatwhere city bus repairs are made. An east- bush that took so many lives. At right are a boot black and theater that bound train from here would take you to Metropolitan Avenue and leave you next to are long gone, and the intersection has been obscured in the darkness of “the El” for Lutheran Cemetery, the end of the line. Q The ground-level station’s days were almost 100 years now.

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

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BEAUTY POP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/19/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Andrew Vagenas, 161-19 29th Avenue, Suite 2, Flushing, New York 11358-1049. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 6/9/14, bearing Index Number NC-000388-14/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ETHAN ( Middle) THEODORE GEORGE (Last) WRIGHT. My present name is (First) ETHAN (Middle) GEORGE (Last) WRIGHT (infant). My present address is 141-28 183rd St., Apt. 01, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. My place of birth is Queens, NY. My date of birth is July 22, 2013.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GABRIEL & PELAEZ, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/24/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 72-11 Austin Street, PMB No. 406, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of AMF Associates Real Estate LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/26/14. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Michael Accardi, 34-10 56th St., Woodside, NY 11377, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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

File No.: 2013-3320/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO: Tetyana Mykolayivna Yarmak A/K/A Tetyana Mykolayivna, Consulate General of Ukraine in New York, Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of LEONID PACHOLUK, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of LEONID PACHOLUK, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 119-15 97th Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of LEONID PACHOLUK, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 2014 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $52,011.66 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 5.5% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 27th day of May, 2014 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County Margaret Gribbon Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000 95-25 Queens Boulevard 11th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have Accounting Citation a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS, INDEX NO.: 16581/2011, Date Filed: 5/22/2014, MORTGAGED PREMISES: 103-21 170TH ST., JAMAICA, NY 11433, BL#: 10224 – 3, Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS, HARTFORD FUNDING, LTD., Plaintiff -against- EMRAN HOSSAIN, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, 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 of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE IRS, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this 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. 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 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. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $500,950.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Queens on January 28, 2010, at INSTR. NO. 2010000032725, covering premises known as 103-21 170TH ST., JAMAICA, NY 11433 - Block 10224; Lot 3. 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. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant EMRAN HOSSAIN, the foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Augustus C. Agate of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and dated April 23rd, 2014. Dated: New Rochelle, NY, May 19, 2014. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C. By: /s/____, Leroy J. Pelicci, Jr., Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210, New Rochelle, NY 10801, p. 914-636-8900, f. 914-636-8901. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE: NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-877-226-5697 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS: Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

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GOTHAM BEDROCK I LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/29/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 93-16 71st Dr., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: JNG MEDIA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/26/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Grace F. Management, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/2/12. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Box 4093, Hempstead, NY 11551. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: KIDS’ ATHLETICS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/12/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Carlos Vargas, 5308 32nd Avenue, 1st FLR, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

North Carolina, Wake County. File No. 14CVD02307. In the General Court of Justice, District Court Division. Michael P. Centeno, Plaintiff, vs. Joan R. Manrique, Defendant. Notice of Service of Process by Publication. To Joan Manrique, take note: that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, by the plaintiff herein, the nature of which is as follows: Absolute Divorce based upon one year’s separation. You are required by law to make defense to such pleading within forty (40) days from the date of the first publication of this Notice. If you fail to do so, the plaintiff will seek the relief sought herein. This the 3rd day of June, 2014. Signed: Brian S. Demidovich, The Law Corner, 211 E. Six Forks Rd., Suite 205, Raleigh, NC 27609. Published June 5, June 12, June 19, 2014.

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

LIANG MANAGEMENT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/05/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 136-17 41st Ave., 1st Fl, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RED CANVAS FILMS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/18/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Alberto Diaz, 90-19 88th Ave., Apt. B14, Woodhaven, NY 11421. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of ics fitness LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on April 07, 2014. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC, 23-57 31st Drive, apt 2, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MB STORE 3 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/08/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: the LLC, 40-22 Main Street, Rear Space, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TOP LINE ENTERPRISES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/19/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: THE LLC, 109-51 134th St., S. Ozone Park, NY 11420. Purpose: all lawful activities.

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

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

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

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New Howard Beach, Sat 6/21 12-2, 164-11 91 St. Lg Hi-Ranch on 40x100 lot. 4 BR, 2 full baths, family room, EIK, LR, DR, laundry room. H/W fls throughout, terr, deck, gar, pvt dvwy. Reduced $629K. A must Astoria, totally updated, 1 BR, see! Jerry Fink RE 718-766-9175 close to trans, credit score req, Ozone Park/Centreville, Sat 6/21, 750 or above, no smoking/pets. 12-2, 95-04 150 Road. Greentree Town House Condo. Unique 1,800 516-713-8616 sq ft unit, lg LR, FDR, 4 BR, 2 full Howard Beach, exclusive agent baths, closets galore, SS appli, terr for studios & 1 BR apts, absentee front & back, 1 car gar, $419K. L/L. Call Joe Trotta, Broker, Connexion I RE, 718-845-1136 718-843-3333 Searingtown, Sat 6/21, 1:30-4, 27 Howard Beach/Lindenwood, 2 Searingtown Rd. Lg Colonial on BR duplex, new cherry kit 122x100 lot, updated throughout, w/granite countertops, parque fls ceramic tiled kit & baths, HW fls, thruout, closets galore! Updated LR w/fireplace, circular dvwy, 2 bath, $1,600/mo. Agent car gar, Herricks School District, REDUCED! $749,800. Connexion I AnnaMarie 917-682-5222 RE, 718-845-1136 Howard Beach/Lindewood, newly renov, exc loc, 6 rms, 3 BR, 2 baths, pvt ent, many extras, $1,900/mo. 718-738-5555

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Howard Beach/Rockwood Park. Walk-in 1 BR, EIK, no smoking/ pets $1,200/mo, incl all. Owner 917-881-1176 Ozone Park, 1 Fl, 1 BR, 1 bath, heat & hot water inclu, pay own electric, use of backyard, $1,200/mo. 917-658-1964 or 631-539-9102

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HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD On 89th Street. Garden co-op, 1st floor. Mint 1 BR. 4 years young. Kitchen and bath, pet friendly! Close to all. Asking $125K negotiable.

Brooklyn, New Lots, Sat 6/21, -Owner12-3 964 Ashford St. New listing. 917-995-7582 Beautiful totally renov, 2 family. 1 Fl 1 BR duplex, w/ full fin bsmnt, full bath, EIK. 2 & 3 Fl duplex, 3 BR, 1 1/2 baths, terr, H/W fls, pvt dvwy. Asking $539K. A must see! OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND. Best selection of affordable rentals. Full Jerry Fink RE 718-766-9175 / partial weeks. Call for FREE Howard Beach, Sat 6/21, brochure. Open daily. Holiday Real 12:30-2, 98-07 165 Ave. Colonial, Estate. 1-800-638-2102. Online all brick, 8 rms, 4 BRs, 3 baths, reservations: www.holidayoc.com jacuzzi, fireplace, olive wood fls, sub zero refrig, commercial stove, 50x100, pvt dvwy & gar. Diamond cond. Howard Beach Buy or sell at AARauctions.com. Realty, 718-641-6800 Contents of homes, businesses, vehicles and real estate. Bid NOW! Classified Ad Special. Pay for 3 AARauctions.com Lights, Camera, weeks and the 4th week is Auction. No longer the best kept FREE! Call 718-205-8000 secret.

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Real Estate Misc. SECTION #206-FOR FORMAT OF AFFIDAVIT. W & R GROUP LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/21/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 35-60 161st St., Flushing, NY 11358. General Purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: WINE TRAIL IMPORTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/25/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Joseph S. McAlinden, 68-32 Ingram Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Large Hi Ranch on 40X100 lot. 4 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths, Family Room, EIK, Living Room, Dining Room, Laundry Room, Hardwood floors throughout, Terrace, Deck & Garage with Private Driveway. MUST SEE! NEW LOW PRICE CHANGE! Asking $599K

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New Listing! Beautiful, one of a kind Stucco Colonial, Full Fin Bsmnt, 1st floor - EIK with Commercial Grade SS appliances, Living Rm, Formal Dining Rm, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Full Bath; 2nd floor - 2 Bedrooms, Master Bath, Walk-up Attic, New electric and New Plumbing - Vaulted Ceilings, Fireplace, In-Ground Pool, Pool House, Pvt Driveway. MUST SEE! Asking $825K

New Listing! Beautiful 2 Bedroom Condo located in the South Gate. Large Rooms, Fully Renovated, 2 Full Baths (1 - with Huge shower & Custom Bench, 2 - Soaker Tub), Kit Fully Renovated with S.S. Appliances, Under Cabinet Lighting, Slide out for Pots & Pans, Granite Sunk-in sink, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Custom Storm door leading to Huge Terrace. All closets fully renovated from container store, Carpet throughout, All doors are solid wood with custom handles & door stoppers. A MUST SEE!

Lovely Brick Colonial on a 39x100 lot, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Updated EIK, Full Unfinished Basement, Hardwood flrs, Close to Trans./Train. Must See!

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Spacious 1 Bedroom Garden Apartment, New Kitchen, Updated Full Bath, Hardwood flrs, Excellent Condition, Convenient to All Transportation. Must See!

Lovely Garden Coop, 3 Bedrooms converted to 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Living Rm, Dining Rm, Pets allowed. Must See!

Lovely 3 Bedroom Condo, All renovated Kitchen with Granite Counter Tops and island, with 1 tier and Cabinets, Stainless steel Appliances, Skylight, Hardwood flrs, Living Rm, Dining Rm, 2 Full Baths - Jacuzzi in Main Bath renovated with Natural Stone. Must See!

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New Listing! Beautiful, Totally Renovated 2 Family, Basement & 1st floor is a 1 Bedroom Duplex with Full Finished Basement, Full Bath, EIK; 2nd & 3rd floor Duplex has 3 Bedrooms & 1 and a 1/2 baths, Terrace, EIK. Both have Brand new S.S. Appliances & Hardwood floors throughout, Private Driveway. A MUST SEE! Asking $539K!

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Spraying on for skeeters As a precaution, the city Department of Health has begun spraying larvacide in marshy, natural areas of Queens. Spraying began Wednesday and was expected to continue Thursday and Friday, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., depending on weather. In case of bad weather, spraying will be done a day later or through June 23. Alley Pond Park, the abandoned Flushing Airport, Dubos Point and Edgemere Park in Queens are the targets for spraying. The areas selected are common breeding grounds for mosquitoes and due to their inaccessibility by trucks, they will be treated from a low-flying helicopter. The DOH has found high mosquito populations in the marsh areas of the cit y, wh ich of f icia ls s ay c ou ld increase due to hot and wet weather conditions. The agency monitors for West Nile virus, but the mosquitoes most likely to carry it are not active until August. Meanwhile, the Health Department is asking residents to eliminate standing water on their property so that Q mosquitoes can’t breed there.

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Queens carriage drivers continued from page 22 manipulate it,” Kabanova said. “There are some people who took the side of these groups who may not understand horses. People who deal with horses every day, they take our side but often they are not the people who are as involved on Facebook as the others are.” As a replacement for ca r r iages, NYCLASS proposed having drivers use vintage-looking electric cars. McDaid and Kabanova shudder at the thought. “I’m not a car driver,” Kabanov said. “I’m a carriage driver.” Contrary to popular belief, the horses do not work relentlessly. Drivers will not take their animals out if it is too cold or warm and each horse spends at least five weeks in Pennsylvania in Amish country. McDaid said his horses often get furloughed for even longer, up to six months. “These are the best-regulated animals in New York City,” McDaid said. “They are checked thoroughly by vets, we have five agencies looking over the business. This is easily one of the most regulated businesses in the city. The only reason we’re here is because we’re running a fantastic business.” Both drivers are confident that in the end, the City Council will do the right thing, but want to guarantee that in the meantime, activist groups won’t sway people too much.

Paul McDaid has driven carriages for 25 years and owns five horses. COURTESY PHOTO “Sometimes, it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the oil, you know? They make a lot of noise,” McDaid said. “But I have kids, adults and other people come up to me all the time to pet the horse and tell me how healthy they looked.” A recently released Quinnipiac poll shows 66 percent of cit y residents approve of the carriages, a two percent increase from last year. “We welcome inspection,” McDaid said. “If there really is animal cruelty Q going on, shut us down today.”

Jamaica Est. pilot, 53, dies A father of f ive f rom Jamaica Estates was killed Tuesday morning when the single-engine plane he was f lying went off course and crashed into an East Patchogue, LI backyard. Hanan Shoshani, 53, of Kent Street was heading to MacArthur Airport in Islip, but radioed to the controller that he had no visibility and was attempting to return to Republic Airport in East Farmingdale. The airplane nearly hit a house that was occupied by a woman and her baby at the time of the crash. There were no injuries and only a minor fire. Born in Israel, Shoshani lived in Jamaica Estates for about 20 years, a neighbor said. He ow ned several stores, including a clothing shop in the Bronx and jeans and sneaker stores in Queens, according to published reports. Shoshani was active with the North Shore Hebrew Academy on Long Island, where his children attended school. He was also a member of Congregation Beth El in Fresh Meadows, where his f u neral was held Wednesday morning. Interment will Q be in Israel.

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HOWARD BEACH Colonial All Brick. 8 rooms, 4 BRs, 3 Baths, Jacuzzi, fipl, olive wd fls, sub-zero ref, comm stove. 50x100, pvt dr & gar. Mint condition. Call Now!

Det Colonial, 7 rooms, 3 BRs, 3.5 bths 40x 100, cent air, sprinklers. Above ground pool/deck, gazebo, new granite kit & bths, H/W fls, MINT condition, many extras. MUST SEE!

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi Ranch. 9 rooms, fireplace. 3/4 BRs, new kit, 2 new baths, CAC, garage, pvt dvwy, large den.

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

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ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch, 3/4 BRs, new kit, 2 new full baths, crown molding, new roof, skylights, pvt dvwy, new Reduced $629K cond. Simply Mint! $719K

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Large colonial on 122X100 lot, updated throughout, ceramic tiled kitchen and baths, hardwood floors. Living room w/fireplace, Circular Driveway with 2 car garage, Upgraded electric. Pack-like backyard. Herricks School REDUCED District. $749,800

HOWARD BEACH Mint AAA, new construction 2009. All Brick Colonial. 4 BRs, 3.5 baths. All REDUCED new LR with fireplace. 9’ ceilings 1st & 2nd floors. Full finished basement & separate entrance. Pvt dvwy & detached 1-car gar. IG sprinklers, PVC fencing & wrought iron gates. Pavers in backyard. Reduced $799K

ROCKWOOD PARK All New Hi Ranch, granite countertops CT steel RA NTEKS HOWARD BEACH stainless O C app. Deck ROCKWOOD PARK IN 2 WE Charming 3 BR Colonial on great overlooking yard, stone corner lot 100x40. 3 BR, 1.5 gas fireplace. baths. Large sideyard. In ground pool EXCLUSIVE 7 blocks to Crossbay Blvd. with pavers in yard & PVC fence. In-ground sprinklers. Asking $669K MUST SEE! Asking $749K

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

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Mint grey brick stucco pavers. High Ranch with 4 BRs & 2 1/2 baths. Granite floors (2nd fl.). Stainless steel & Lucite inside rail entrance. New boiler & hot water heater. Custom front door. Asking $789K

Greentree Townhouse Condo. Mint condition, 3 BRs, 2 full baths. Large rooms, 2 terraces, front & back.

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

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HAMILTON BEACH Detached 2 Family, 2 BRs per floor. Home all redone, includes 25x80 attached lot. $359K REDUCED

Greentree Townhouse Condo. Unique 1,800 square foot unit. Large living room, FDR, 4 BRs, 2 full baths. Closets galore, stainless steel appliances, terrace front and back. 1 car garage. $419K

OLD HOWARD BEACH Adorable, quaint, nautical-designed 1 BR, 1 bath Cottage with HOWARD BEACH OLD HOWARD BEACH large bedroom in ROCKWOOD PARK attic. Lots of Mint all brick Cape on Unique/Contemporary 5 BRs/4 full baths. Cathedral ceilings & skylights, walk-in. 60x100. 3 BRs, 2 full baths. windows. Wood Has Radiant Heat. Granite kit countertops, New granite and stainless REDUCED floors. French SS appl, wood-burning frplc. 5th BR is a tremendous Master Suite. IGP & pavers. Too appliances. 1 Jacuzzi bath. Full doors to deck from liliving i room, finished basement. 2 car pvt much to list. This is truly a must see! Asking $209K Asking $659K Asking $1.2 MIL dvwy.

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

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• Extra Large L-Shaped Studio, updated, 2 to choose from! .$72K • Spacious One Bedroom Co-op with updated kit. & bath. ...Only $105K • Mint XL 1 BR, EIK................ $115K • All updated. 1BR. Garden (1st fl.) HOWARD BEACH Dogs OK. ............................. $129K OLD SIDE • Mint 2 BR Hi-Rise. Granite/ Mint Colonial, all redone 7 years ago. 3 BRs/3 stainless steel .................... $159K full baths. All new EIK, hardwood floors, full • Hi-Rise 2 bedroom, 2 bath plus finished basement, deck. $669K terrace, freshly painted. ... $159K RICHMOND HILL • Mint (all new) 2 BR, 1 Bath with terrace. Granite & stainless appl Detached ............................................. $189K • Largest 3 bedroom/2Bath Co-op, 2 Family 1st fl., HW flrs, pets OK. ..... $199K

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Victorian. HOWARD BEACH 37x100 lot. LINDENWOOD CONDO ROCKWOOD PARK REDUCED • Greentree Condo. 2nd fl., mint 3 Hi-Ranch on 40x100, 3 BRs/2 full HOWARD BEACH 7 BRs, 3 BRs/2 Baths, 2 Terraces ...$349K HOWARD BEACH baths over 2 BRs & full bath. LR full baths, ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK OZONE PARK OLD SIDE & kit w/cathedral ceilings. Home Oversized 50x100 lot on amazing unfinished CENTREVILLE CONDO Cape on 50 x 80 lot. 4 Beautiful 5 BR Home, 3 full baths, totally redone. Sliding doors to block. Dormered Cape featuring BRs, 1 bath. Full unfinished full fin bsmnt w/sep. ent., deck off 5 BRs, 3 full baths, full unfinished basement, private driveway. • 4 BR, 2 bath, 2 terrace, plus backyard, 2 car gar, all paved basement. Asking $479K dvwy. Only $678K 1st fl, new appl, 2 car gar. $659K basement. Asking $599K 2 car garage. $675K garage ................................. $419K No Water Damage from Sandy

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BELLEROSE This Spectacular Det 1 Fam. Home Is Totally Renovated In Desirable Bellerose Area W/Attractive New Brick Front. It Features LR, DR, Designer Kit W/Granite Countertops, Stainless Steel Appliances, 4 BRs, 3 Baths. Hardwood Floors, Central AC & Heat, Full Fin. Bsmt, Private Dvwy & Gar., Conveniently Located Close To All. Call Ali Rashid For More Info 646-981-3829

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KEW GARDENS HILLS Beautiful Duplex Apt In Mint Move-In Condition, 2 BR, 1 Bath, Combo Kit., Very Quiet Tree-Lined Environment

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Large Hi-Ranch On Nice Block, Newly Refinished 1st Floor with Brand New Kitchen and Bath, Asking $599K

Beautiful Updated/Ren. Colonial 1 Block From Springfield Blvd and Merrick Blvd. Shopping Area, This Home Has Hardwood Floors, New Kit. and Sits On A 40 X 100 Lot with Pvt. Dvwy.

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1 Family Home, Mint Condition, Fin. Basement, 20 Min On L Train To NYC Asking $469K

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