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Bishop reached mandatory retirement age last Sunday and the guessing game begins PAGE 4 Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, leader of 1.8 million Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens, is stepping down after 16 years. What kind of priest is the church looking for to succeed him?

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Your primer for the Queens DA race Seven candidates to face off in Tuesday’s Democratic primary by Ryan Brady

Tiffany Cabán Public defender Tiffany Cabán leads the he seven candidates have been cam- race in small donations and has the support of paigning all over the borough for the city Democratic Socialists of America, months. And now, the Tuesday, June 25 Make the Road Action, One Queens IndivisiDemocratic primary for Queens district attor- ble, the Working Families Party and other grassroots groups in the borough, along with ney is just five days away. Voting sites are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens, Find out where yours is located at nyc.pollsite- Bronx). Cabán, who has amassed a formidable group of door-knocking volunteers for her locator.com. Given the borough’s ratio of registered campaign, is not accepting corporate camDemocratic to Republican voters, the prima- paign contributions. She is the only candidate ry’s winner is virtually assured the office, to call for the full decriminalization of sex work. The New York Times endorsed her which had been held by Richard Brown s v n Tuesday; U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders since his appointment by Gov. Mario o e t e es oon(I-Vt.) a nd Eli zabeth Wa r ren Cuomo in 1991 until he stepped Qu ( D -Ma ss.) d id t he sa me on down earlier this year for health Wednesday. reasons. He died on May 3. Although he pioneered some Melinda Katz alternative programs, the longtime Widely considered the frontrundistrict attorney rarely waivered ner in the race, Borough President from his hardline, tough-on-crime 201 9 Melinda Katz is the race’s top fundraiser. approach, even as chief prosecutors in other boroughs embraced policies oriented She has the support of the Queens County toward reducing mass incarceration. Most of Democratic machine and a long list of influthe candidates running to replace Brown want ential advocacy groups and unions, including to make the office a bastion of criminal justice 1199SEIU, Planned Parenthood, 32BJ and the reform, though they differ on the best ways of United Federation of Teachers. A former assemblywoman, councilwoman and lobbyist, accomplishing that. These are the seven candidates, in alphabet- her legal experience does not include any work in criminal court; Katz described herical order: Editor

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Guessing game for new bishop begins Forced by age to step down, head of Queens Catholics set to retire by Michael Shain Editor

Ending 16 years as the head of the Catholic Church in Queens and Brooklyn, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio last week submitted his resignation after reaching age 75, as required by church law. “I remember the words of Archbishop Thomas A. Boland who ordained me a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark when it came time for him to submit his resignation in the early 1970s,” DiMarzio said in an open letter published last week in The Tablet, the diocese’s official newspaper, explaining his imminent retirement. “He said that it was like having the Sword of Damocles hanging over his head. He was not very happy at that time.” The bishop, who turned 75 last Sunday, is not required to step down until the Vatican names a replacement. For instance, Bishop Thomas Daily, DiMarzio’s predecessor, remained in office for nearly year after his 75th birthday before the Vatican accepted his resignation in 2003. But because the Brooklyn diocese is one of the largest in the United States, serving more than 1.8 million Catholics, by church estimates, it is assumed papal authorities may have already done some soul searching and planning for DiMarzio’s replacement. “That is like the talk of the town,” the Rev. Francis Colamaria, pastor of St. Helen Church in Howard Beach, said of the bishop’s possible successor. “But no one knows. It’s not like a presidential campaign. It could be anyone,” he said.

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, head of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, submitted his resignation to Rome last weekend when he reached his 75th birthday. The naming of his successor has set off a whirlwind of church speculation. PHOTO COURTESY BROOKLYN DIOCESE The selection is effectively up to the papal nuncio, the pope’s ambassador in Washington, DC. After deciding on a successor, the nuncio takes the name to Rome and presents it to the pope for formal approval.

Calls to the nuncio’s office this week were not immediately returned. Speculation about the appointment ranges from bringing in a priest who has roots in Brooklyn or Queens — DiMarzio is from Newark and Daily was Boston-born — to perhaps a clergyman who is not Irish or Italian, as has been tradition, and could fit in more easily to a diocese where Mass is now conducted in over 50 languages. “This is a radically different place than when he took over,” Colamaria said. DiMarzio, who came into the job with a background as a steadfast proponent for immigrants, presided over the diocese while Catholic school enrollment took a steep drop. He closed and sold off struggling schools and created the academy system, where parochial schools were freed from direct control by parish priests. He also was responsible for replacing the generation of priests ordained in the 1950s and ’60s with young and, in some cases, foreign-born clergy. DiMarzio also took over the diocese during a tense period when Daily was being criticized for his handling of sex-abuse cases here and in Boston. He leaves at a more hopeful moment in the church’s history, said Colamaria. This year, for the first time in recent memory, there are more applicants for the diocesan seminary in Douglaston than beds, he noted. “Thirty-five guys are lined up for next year,” he said, Q “That’s a pretty impressive number.”

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The Parks Department wants you! “Hundreds of volunteers” will be needed next weekend to plant tens of thousands of salt-march grass plugs at a new park on Jamaica Bay in Broad Channel, officials said. The job is wet and muddy but, when it’s done, a new city park at the foot of the Cross Bay-Veterans Memorial Bridge will be fully ready to open later this summer. Reclaimed from an old boat yard that had been used as an illegal dump site, Sunset Cove is “a poster child” for how to create resilient parks in the most vulnerable parts of South Queens, said Alex Zablocki, executive director of the Jamaica

Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy. The conservancy as well as the American Littoral Society, Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, Broad Channel Civic Association and the Parks Department are sponsoring the ambitious, twoday plant-a-thon July 29 and 30 at Sunset Park, at W. 20nd Road and Shade Creek Road. They hope to get 74,000 plugs of marsh grass planted between the park’s new walking path and the water’s edge, about 12 acres of nearly barren shoreline right now. “This is the biggest planting day of the month for us and we’re going to need hundreds of volunteers,” Zablocki said.

Once completed, the park will be a flood barrier between the bay and Broad Channel as well as a refuge for wildlife. The park was created from a marina that had operated under a city license on the site for decades. After a lengthy court battle, the marina owner pleaded guilty to allowing construction debris to be dumped into the bay and was evicted in 2007. It took 10 years more to raise the $14 million needed to clean up the cove and create the new park. To volunteer, email catherine.laperche@parks.nyc.gov. or call (718) 392-5232. — Michael Shain

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All hail, top-rated Townsend Harris! Queens’ specialized school ranked No. 11 in nation: US News survey by Michael Shain Editor

Townsend Harris, long called the best public high school in Queens, has leapt up in the national ranking this year and been named one of the top 20 high schools in the entire nation. U.S. News & World Report, which publishes the best-known annual college and high-school ratings, ranks the Flushing high school No. 11 in the United States. Townsend Harris was ranked the No. 1 school in the city as well as New York State — beating out academic arch rival Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan — in the survey released last week. “We were stuck at No. 40 for a few years there, but this year we jumped to No. 11,” said William Rettig, president of the school Parent Teacher Association. The bragging rights associated with a high ranking in the U.S. News ratings are immense, he said. “Forbes and Newsweek do something similar,” said Rettig. “But U.S. News is the gold standard.” Queens had three other high schools in the top 20 in the city and state: • Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Long Island City ranked No. 3 in both the state and city;

Townsend Harris High School officials treated the entire student body to ice cream the day U.S. FILE PHOTO News & World Report’s annual high school ranking came out. • Queens High School for the Sciences at York College in Jamaica ranked No. 8 both in New York state and city; and • Scholars’ Academy in Rockaway Park ranked No. 13 in the city and No 15 in the state. Stuyvesant is ranked No. 2 in the city and state and 25th nationally. Because the admissions policies at the

city’s specialized high schools have been under pressure from Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, the rankings take on a special significance this year, Rettig said. Townsend Harris does not use the controversial Specialized High School Admissions Test for entrance, as do Stuyvesant and seven other elite schools in the city.

Its admissions are largely based on middle-school grades and state test results. But “all the elite schools are under attack,” the PTA president said. “The parents are galvanized by the idea that de Blasio is trying to undermine specialized schools and eliminate the merit system.” The principal, Brian Conlon, treated the entire student body to ice cream the day the survey came out, Rettig said. Other ranked schools in Queens include: • Queens High School for Language Studies in Flushing, rated No. 22 in the city and 66th in the state; • Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Jamaica, 27th in the city and 92nd in the state; • Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows, No. 28 in the city, 99th in the state; • Academy of American Studies in Long Island City, 35th in the city and 128th in the state; • Academy of Finance and Enterprise, 39th in city, 153rd in the state; • Bayside High School, 45th in the cty and No. 195 in the state; • Maspeth High School, No. 46 in the city and 200th in the state; aamd • Forest Hills High School, 49th in the city Q and No. 217 in the state.

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They’re being called the most pro-tenant protections the state has ever passed. Gov. Cuomo signed a sweeping rent regulatory overhaul last Friday, two days before the expiration date of the older rules that the new legislation strengthened and expanded. The agreement represents a political defeat for New York’s powerful real estate lobby. Housing activists had been rallying in the state Capitol for weeks. Most — but not all — of their demands were met by the Legislature, which is under total Democratic control after a historic power shift last year. “We can proudly say that after so many years of fighting relentlessly to ensure all New York renters get the stability they need, the tenant movement is taking back the protections we lost as a result of decades of Republican and real estate control in Albany,” Housing Justice for All Campaign Coordinator Cea Weaver said in a prepared statement. The new law prevents owners of the city’s approximately one million rent-regulated units from stopping a tenant’s preferential rent and jacking it up to a market-rate one. State leaders agreed to end vacancy decontrol — a tool that allowed landlords to deregulate rent-stabilized units if their monthly rent reaches $2,774.76 in the city

and other minimums in different counties. Lawmakers also killed another policy used by owners to raise rates on rent-controlled units known as vacancy bonus. Under it, a landlord could increase a stabilized unit’s rent by 20 percent after a tenant moves out. Rent guidelines boards are also now prohibited from creating similar bonuses. Legislators also repealed high-income deregulation, a policy under which apartments are removed from the affordable housi ng stock when tenants make $200,000 or more annually for two years in a row. The law also limits the value of a security deposit to a single month’s rent. Lease application fees are banned; background check fees can now only go as high as $20. Pro-tenant activists sought to have the law changed so landlords could no longer radically hike rents on stabilized units by passing onto tenants the costs of work done under the Major Capital Improvement program. While state legislators did not get rid of the program, they narrowed its scope and limited MCI rent increases to 2 percent and lengthened the time over which they are paid. Among the legislation’s other provisions is allowing upstate municipalities with rental vacancy rates of 5 percent or less to opt

Parker Towers, a Forest Hills housing complex where rent-stabilized tenants live, and countless other buildings in Queens will be impacted by the rent-regulation overhaul passed by the state FILE PHOTO government last week. into rent control; the option was hitherto only available to New York City and Nassau, Rockland and Westchester counties. Lawmakers also repealed the statute of limitations defining when tenants can file overcharge complaints and makes property owners pay triple the amount owed if they

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Under an impossibly blue sky, a corner of Ozone Park was turned over last week to the memory of a kid who used to play there, FDNY Chief Ron Spadafora. Family, friends and fellow firefighters came in the hundreds to see a triangle on Rockaway Boulevard and 90th Street named in honor of Spadafora, who was in charge of safety operations at Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001 and died last year of 9/11-related disease.

“We are not here for how he died, but for how he lived,” said FDNY Chief John Sudnik. Officials estimate 190 firefighters have died since 9/11 from diseases contracted during the rescue and recovery operations at the World Trade Center site. “This street will forever bear his name,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who sponsored the authorizing legislation. “I can’t think of a better way to keep his memo-

ry alive.” Above, Spadafora’s family — with Ulrich, center, wearing the suit, FDNY First Deputy Laura Kavanagh and Sudnick, right — hold a replica of the street sign unveiled at last Friday’s ceremony. Brian Spadafora, his son, center row bottom, is hugged by an FDNY colleague. — Michael Shain

$92.8 billion budget approved for city Mayor says agreement ‘creates greater fairness for all New Yorkers’ by David Russell

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Mayor de Blasio, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan), Council Finance Chairman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and members of the City Council announced an agreement last Friday for an approximately $92.8 billion budget. “The Fiscal Year 2020 Adopted Budget creates greater fairness for all New Yorkers,” de Blasio said. “We’ve reached an agreement that promises to create a pathway to pay parity for our early childhood education providers to address recruitment and retention issues, expands services that prevent unnecessary detention and fights the widespread national attack on access to abortion care.” Aspects of the budget include $60 million toward retrofitting city buildings as part of NYC’s Green New Deal; $26 million toward placing 200 additional social workers in Department of Education schools, including mental health specialists, to help support students and provide necessary social and emotional support; $25 million for expanding 3-K for All by funding 1,900 new seats in the Bronx and Brooklyn for the next school year; increased mayoral funding for 2020 Census outreach staff and public awareness campaigns to ensure a fair and accurate count, $22 million for a total may-

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P Vote for DA and more Tuesday EDITORIAL

he national news media are caught up in next year’s presidential election, which only makes sense as the most unconventional chief executive in decades works to defend his seat against any one of two dozen challengers. But here in Queens, we have more immediate concerns. Who will be our next district attorney? On Tuesday Democrats will go to the polls to pick a nominee from a field of seven. They run the gamut, from people who’ve largely made politics their career to a longtime judge to crusading advocates for defendants. We are not taking a position here on whom you should vote for. We’re just taking the position that you should vote. In addition to the race for DA, there are also contests for a judgeship and for committeemen and women — those volunteers who can act as sort of bridge between the public and our elected representatives at the city, state and even federal levels. Often, behind the scenes, they’re the people who are instrumental in getting you that stop sign on the corner, even if it’s your member of the City Council who’s front and center when it comes to photos of the installation. So there are plenty of reasons to get out and vote Tuesday, when polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., though cer-

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Carranza vs. kids Dear Editor: Chancellor Carranza is a danger to the education of our students (“Carranza’s racial approach is wrong for schools,” Editorial, June 13). He believes in integration as an opposite to high standards instead of supporting both at the same time. Kicking Asian kids out of the testing schools to admit black and Latinx kids is divisive and counter productive. Instead the Specialized High School Admission Test should be maintained and new schools opened up that admit kids on grade point averages and state tests. Gifted and Talented programs should be funded at very high levels. The schools need reform, but so does society: Poverty is the fundamental cause of poor school results. The kids in low-income neighborhoods need realistic ambition: Their parents need good-paying jobs and the kids have to feel that one is waiting for them if they perform well in school. They should have enough to eat every day, internet and quiet to study ... Poverty is our key problem in education. Browbeating white people or substituting blacks for Asians in the select high schools will not produce significant integration or real progress for most of the 70 percent of students who lack a quality education. Jeff Schneider Brooklyn © Copyright 2019 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 responsiblefor 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., The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

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ur congratulations go out to Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, long known as one of the best schools in the city and this year listed as No. 11 across the entire nation in the well-respected U.S. News & World Report rankings, the gold standard. Townsend Harris came in as No. 1 citywide, beating even all of the “elite eight” high schools, including the venerable Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech, as well as all private schools. They’ve got nothing on Queens’ best educational institution. Just a few years ago, it looked like Townsend Harris’ status at the very top was endangered. An interim principal came under fire for mismanagement, but because students, parents and officials all cared so much about the school, she was forced out. Now everyone in the school community can be proud again under the leadership of Principal Brian Conlon. Several other Queens schools ranked high; see our report in this paper or at qchron.com. But Townsend Harris is tops, and we’re proud to know that one of the best places in the nation to be educated is right here.

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Carranza’s toxic crusade Dear Editor: Re your June 13 editorial, “Carranza’s racial approach is wrong for schools”: Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza is an out-of-control social justice warrior who plays racial roulette with our city’s school system to end what he calls its “toxic whiteness.” But he started his job on false terms in 2018 by breaking a three-year contract he signed with Houston’s Independent School District in 2016. Maybe he was lured by a $345,000 yearly salary, which tops that of his boss, Mayor de Blasio, by $86,250. He spends $23 million on a “Racial Equity” training program staffed by high-paid consultants, while those funds should be used to improve classroom instruction in poor-performing schools. The New York Post called him a “racial arsonist.” Carranza is NYC’s worst schools chancellor since Mayor Mike Bloomberg appointed former Hearst Magazines boss Cathie Black in 2011. She lasted 95 days on the job. How

much longer will Carranza survive in his job? Taxpayers and voters must urge an end to his toxic tenure ASAP. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Licenses for all mean money Dear Editor: Just days before Albany concludes for the year and lawmakers return to their respective districts, the fight to expand immigrant rights has intensified. The New York State Assembly made a historic move to support and further expand the rights of immigrant New Yorkers by passing A3675, also known as the Green Light Bill, which will provide undocumented residents across the state access to a driver’s license. Immigration activists and supporters of the bill like myself are working diligently to push lawmakers in the Senate to act on the Green Light Bill, which is beginning to gain momentum there.

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Expanding driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licenses will create a foundation for economic mobility to take place. According to the New York Smart Growth Coalition, which is made up of businesses across the state, empowering immigrants can strengthen New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy by adding $57 million to state coffers annually from registration, taxes and fees and $26 million in one-time revenue. Public safety will improve for everyone because drivers must pass written and road tests in order to become licensed as well as purchase insurance. In 2003 the state of New Mexico passed legislation expanding licenses to undocumented residents and saw a significant drop in uninsured vehicles and traffic fatalities. The Borough of Queens serves as the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world, with 47.5 percent of the population being foreignborn, which makes Queens one of the greatest benefactors of the Green Light Bill. I am hopeful that the Senate will show leadership on this bill before the close of session. If New Yorkers want to show their support to expand immigration rights to allow undocumented residents access to a driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, now is the time to call their state senators and urge them to support the Green Light Bill to reduce insurance cost and add to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. To them I say, your vote will be a true telling of whose side you are on and we will keep that in mind on your next election day. Chiedu Uzoigwe South Ozone Park

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The U.S. caused the problem Dear Editor: The United States should consider its own shameful history for establishing a policy for confronting the massive migration streaming toward our southern border. After the Civil War, African Americans living in the South were subjected to suffocating social, political and economic oppression, along with atrocious acts perpetrated by white supremacist terrorist gangs, such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Knights of the White Camellia and other â&#x20AC;&#x153;socalledâ&#x20AC;? militias. Instead of direct intervention, the federal government and the northern states chose a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hands-offâ&#x20AC;? stance, allowing former Confederates to manage their â&#x20AC;&#x153;Negro problem,â&#x20AC;? since those men were thought to be more familiar with managing the affairs of their states. That national decision destabilized the South for approximately a century, causing massive African-American migrations to the North and West, as they sought to escape the violence, oppression and injustice. Migrations are symptomatic of an extremely dire condition. People do not abandon their homes on a whim, and building a wall is not the solution. The three most powerful nations in this hemisphere â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the United States, Canada and Mexico should collaborate to resolve the destabilizing influences in Central America. If not, for many years to come, expect further migrations and other serious problems that stem from oppression, violence and despair. As part of the Monroe Doctrine, the United States claimed exclusive responsibility for the concerns of this hemisphere, in lieu of interference from other foreign powers. Since these destabilized countries are in proximity, more of this nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political might and resources should be allocated to the crisis in this zone. Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

Corrections on â&#x20AC;&#x2122;44 tragedy Dear Editor: A letter by your reader Mr. Anthony G. Pilla, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before D-Day, tragedy,â&#x20AC;? published in your newspaper last week contains several inaccuracies. First of all, that tragic event, the D-Day dress rehearsal, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Operation Tiger,â&#x20AC;? took place on April 28, 1944 (and not on April 26). The exact number of Allied forcesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; casualties was 946 (not â&#x20AC;&#x153;almost 750â&#x20AC;?). Many people were killed not by the Germans, but by friendly fire (due to poor communications). Fortunately, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the lessons were leaned,â&#x20AC;? and the invasion in Normandy on June 6, 1944 was successful. Victor Maltsev Rego Park

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Dear Editor: America was born not by accident but conceived by deliberate design to guarantee freedom and liberty and to create an environment that nurtures creativity, self-reliance and responsibility and protects individual property rights. It is not by accident that America generated the highest standard of living on the planet. There is no doubt, however, that change is taking place. Instead of measuring the success of welfare programs by the decrease of participants, we promote, advertise and encourage participation in expanding entitlement programs. This environment nurtures dependency, dissuades self-reliance, personal responsibility and punishes success by limiting income and aff luence. Guaranteed sustenance from a beneficent master creates dependency and a comfort zone with a false sense of security. For the recipients, choosing self-reliance and selfsufficiency is not a priority; they are free from freedom. Redistribution of wealth sounds like a noble goal. It arises from the political notion that property is social, not individual. If a person does not own what he or she creates and produces, then who does? If everyone owns everything and everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wealth collectively, there will be continual conflicts about who gets what. The uniqueness and value of our Constitution is that it limits the power of government, whoever is in charge, and protects our individual rights and freedoms. Without the rule of law, we are subject to the rule of the mob. The economic crisis cannot be ended without resolving the question of property rights. We must protect and respect the citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prop-

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NY makes two major transportation moves Undocumented folks will be able to get licenses; e-bikes, e-scooters to be legal by Ryan Brady Editor

Joining 12 other states and the District of Columbia, New York on Monday legalized d r ive r’s l ic e n se s for u ndo cu me nt e d immigrants. With Democrats having won control of the state Senate last year to make Albany a blue trifecta, immigrant advocates had made winning the policy a major priority for this year’s legislative session. It became known as the Green Light campaign. Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz (D-Jackson Heights), a former Dreamer who cosponsored the bill, spoke about it on her chamber’s floor. “We’ve heard over and over again that our state stands to make more than $50 million in yearly revenue, that having licensed, tested, insured drivers will help protect our roads,” she said. “We have seen families like mine whose lives would be changed forever with this piece of paper. A ‘no’ vote is clearly not based on the merits, but rather, on a deep-rooted fear of backlash from constituents who may harbor anti-immigrant sentiments.” Immigrant advocacy groups across New York State had pushed for the bill. They weren’t alone. The Business Council of New York State, which touted the economic growth that the policy would create, was among the

Lawmakers in Albany passed a bill on Monday allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for and obtain driver’s licenses. The Senate also passed a bill to legalize e-bikes and e-scooters on Wednesday; the Assembly was expected to do the same after the Chronicle’s deadline. FILE PHOTO myriad other organizations who backed it. Powerful unions were also in favor. “We celebrate this important step to reinforce our state’s values to give everyone who lives here equal rights to work and live with dignity,” 32BJ SEIU President Hector Figueroa said in his own statement. State lawmakers largely voted along party

lines, though not all Senate Democrats backed it. Republicans characterized it as an extreme left-wing idea. It’s not a new one in New York, though. The Empire State actually used to let undocumented immigrants apply for and obtain the licenses but ended the policy in 2001 after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Wednesday, the last day of the state’s legislative session, brought another major transportation story for the state. The Senate passed a bill to legalize e-bikes and e-scooters, with the Assembly expected to do the same after the Chronicle’s deadline. The bill lets municipalities decide their own rules for the vehicles. State Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-East Elmhurst) and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) carried the bills in their respective chambers. Even with the state’s new action, city law still prohibits “throttle assist” e-scooters and some e-bikes. The Council will have to change the law if those vehicles are to be totally legalized in the five boroughs. The city does already permit “pedal-assist” bikes with batteries, like certain Citi Bikes. NYPD officers have often confiscated e-bikes from food delivery workers in the city and hit them with steep fines. The employees, many of whom are immigrants and members of minorities, organized to get the vehicles legalized. Other reasons cited as support for it include reducing traffic congestion and pollution from automobiles. Youths under 16 years old will still not be able to ride either of the vehicles legally. Shared e-scooters won’t be allowed in Manhattan, and neither they nor e-bikes will be allowed on the Q Hudson River Greenway path.

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Council members call out Carranza Mayor erupts at challenge to his school chancellor’s race rhetoric by Michael Shain Editor

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At Our Lady of Grace Church in Old Howard Beach, the ministry youth group marked two big events last week — the end of the school year and the departure of the Rev. Joseph Fonti, above, for a new assignment in Flushing. Fonti, whose main job is running the Cathedral Prep and Seminary in Elmhurst, has been assisting at Mass at OLG for six years.

But he is off to become pastor of St. Mel Church this summer. Because it was the final meeting before summer break, the group also staged a special ceremony in which the kids wrote down their hopes for the future, tied them to balloons and sent them skyward. — Michael Shain

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Middle Village) are both relative newcomers to the mixed-martial-arts world of city politics. Carranza was hired only 16 months ago, when Holden had been in office barely four months. But the two newcomers this week are at the center of a suddenly bitter fight over education policy in the nation’s largest school district, New York. Last Saturday, Holden sent a letter to Mayor de Blasio, co-signed by a bipartisan group of fellow Council members and two members of the state Assembly, warning that Carranza was “divisive.” The letter suggested that if Carranza did not tone down his remarks about the role of race in the system, “then someone who can unite this city and provide a quality education for all should replace him.” Queens Councilmembers Peter Vallone (D-Bayside), Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Peter Koo (D-Flushing) and Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) were among the co-signers. The mayor’s reaction to what Holden called “a letter of concern” was swift and blunt. “All the folks who signed that letter should be ashamed of themselves,” de Blasio told NY1, the local cable news channel. “ R ich a r d C a r r a n z a i s n o t goi n g anywhere.” “I was surprised by the letter,” said Alina Adams, an author of several books on the city school system and a regular writer for the

popular parents blog, New York School Talk. “Frankly, it didn’t seem politically savvy to send,” she said. “I wonder what they thought they would get out of it?” Holden, a former college professor and civic leader who had not held office before, said the impetus to write the letter came about two weeks ago, after three high-level officials, all women, at the Department of Education sued claiming they’d been demoted and replaced by three women of color who were less qualified. “The children in New York City — 70 percent of whom are black and brown children — get to see senior level administrators that look like them. What’s wrong with that?” the chancellor said in response to the suit. “This is the kind of atmosphere Carranza is creating,” Holden told the Chronicle. “I don’t think he understands how New York operates.” Drafts of the letter circulated among the signers for more than a week before it was fired off to the Mayor, he said. “We wanted to give the mayor a way out and not just say he should be fired right away,” Holden said. He said he was “surprised” by the mayor’s pointed response. “I thought it was insulting and nasty,” Holden said. Other members of the Council have come to Carranza’s defense, including Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Queens), whose district includes part of Ridgewood, and Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans). “Chancellor Carranza inherited a public school system with glaring racial disparities,” Reynoso said. He said he was “saddened” to Q see him “come under attack.”

US Open job fair on 6/24 State Sens. John Liu (D-Bayside) and Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), the United States Tennis Association and the Queens Public Library are hosting a US Open Job Fair on Monday, June 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Available positions include ones in guest services, courts and grounds, credentials, facility operations, box office, administration, information technology, access control, phone operations and the command center. Parking lot attendants and front desk workers are being hired, too.

In order to be considered for an interview, candidates should email their resumes to kathleen.cassino@usta.com. Once they have submitted their resume, the location of the job fair will be provided to them. The job fair will take place at a Queens Public Library branch. The location will be revealed to job applicants after they apply for a position. This year’s US Open tournament in Flushing Meadows Corona Park will start on Monday, Aug. 26 and end on Sunday, Q Sept. 8.

Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza emerge from a classroom after a visit to a school in Corona earlier this year. Some City Council members have written to de Blasio PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN urging him to get Carranza off integration issues and back to education.

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DEBATERS WIN The debate team from MS 202 in Ozone Park came in first place at the MSQI Debate School Championship Tournament, which took place at Brooklyn Law School on Thursday, June 13. Roberto Quesada finished in first place for the advanced tier, while Sajid Ibrahim finished in first place for the novice tier and Diana Diaz finished in first place for the bilingual tier. Also, Faith Buchanan finished in ninth place for the intermediate tier. The administration and staff at MS 202 would like to congratulate all the students who participated.

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An unlikely race for a seat on the bench Democratic primary for civil court judge in Queens on Tuesday by David Russell

the New York State Supreme Court. “The bench in Queens County does not reflect For decades, the Queens County Demo- the community.” Maldonado Cruz said the bench needs to cratic Party would select a candidate for a civil court opening and that person would evolve with the community and that public run unopposed in the primary. Not anymore. confidence is undermined when it doesn’t. She also said the system is biased against The party selection this year is Wyatt Gibbons, a defense attorney with more than 30 black and brown people but she is running years of experience in criminal and civil on more than just identity politics. “I represent many people from the comcourts, including time as assistant district attorney. He has been with the Jefferson munity, many groups that have been ignored,” Maldonado Cruz said. “Not Democratic Club since 1992 and has s v n the Latina community but I am j helped collect signatures and make o e t e es just inclusive of all types of races, genphone calls for the club. Five years Qu ders and creeds. It’s not just a ago, he let it be known that he had Latino issue. It’s all the commuinterest in becoming a judge. nities that have been ignored by “I think I can continue to help the Queens establishment.” people the way I’ve been doing, Gibbons, who would be the first just in a different position,” he Japanese-American elected to the said. 201 9 bench in Queens County, noted that But this year there is competition; attor ney Lumarie Maldonado Cr uz is because of strict rules, candidates can’t discuss their views. running. “We can’t talk about issues,” he said. She said the 2018 midterm upsets “gave her the courage” and a lack of diversity on “We can’t talk about where we stand on issues.” the bench “gave her the reason.” In that way, it’s not a typical campaign but “I want the job because I want to be representative of the needs of my community, one which is almost solely based on experiwhich had been ignored for the past few ence and Gibbons said he is “clearly the approdecades,” said Maldonado Cruz, who is priate candidate because of my experience.” Gibbons, who acknowledged he thought staff counsel at the Appellate Division of Associate Editor

With Addabbo from Day One, retiring by Michael Shain

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Pat McCabe, state Sen. Joe Addabbo’s (D-Howard Beach) longtime chief of staff and the calming voice on the other end of the phone when panicked constituents called his district office seeking help, is retiring at the end of the month. McCabe stayed out of the spotlight during all her 18 years working for Addabbo, though she ran the lawmaker’s official business with an iron hand. A volunteer for Addabbo’s first successful run for City Council in 2001, she joined his paid staff on the day he was sworn in, Jan. 1, 2002. In her first years, she performed most of the budget work for the office — including aiding local groups to write grant proposals for discretionary money from the city. In January 2009, when Addabbo was sworn in as state senator, she was named his top staffer. Hurricane Sandy, “the so-called Superstorm,” as she called it, and its aftermath was the most challenging moment of her tenure, she told the Chronicle in an email.

Pat McCabe at State Sen. Joe Addabbo’s Howard Beach office. PHOTO COURTESY NY SENATE “I will not miss having to get up and get out of the house every day, but I most definitely will miss the opportunity to be a contributing member of the community,” McCabe added. But the years have taken their toll. “It is hard to say that the body cannot do what the mind wants it to,” she said. “But issues with my legs make it difficult to get around these days.” Neil Giannelli, manager of Addabbo’s Middle Village office, will take over as Q chief of staff, she said.

Wyatt Gibbons, left, and Lumarie Maldonado Cruz are running in the Democratic primary for Civil COURTESY PHOTOS Court Judge on Tuesday. he would be running unopposed, said he’s been in front of more than 100 judges. “I think I know what makes a good judge and a bad judge and I like to think I’ll be a good one,” he said. Gibbons added, “I’m very confident in my experience, in my abilities. And I’m willing to put those credentials up against anybody at any time.” He also said, “You can guarantee that I’m

going to be fair. And I think that’s the most important issue.” Now comes an unlikely primary that will be decided by the voters. “At the end of the day, the courts belong to the people and we should be judged by people that come from the community,” Maldonado Cruz said. The primary will be held throughout Q Queens County on June 25.

Queens district attorney debate continued from page 2 in private practice he has fought for clients in cases involving wage theft, discrimination and other issues.

Gregory Lasak With many of his rivals trying to outf lank each other on the left, former Queens prosecutor and state Supreme Court Justice Gregory Lasak is a bit more tough-on-crime. As an ADA at Brown’s office, he prosecuted the perpetrators of heinous crimes like the 2005 Wendy’s mass shooting in Flushing and the 1995 College Point massacre. He has the backing of the Detectives Endowment Association, the Sergeants Benevolent Association and other unions, especially those representing law enforcement. The New York Post and Daily News endorsed him; Citizens Union and other civic groups have done the same, too. Betty Lugo A former Nassau County assistant district attorney, Betty Lugo co-founded and is a partner at the state’s first Latina-owned law firm. As a private practice lawyer, Lugo has worked on commercial, construction, real estate and white-collar defense litigation. She has said she would consider running as a Republican if she loses the June 25 primary, being a former member of that party. Assemblywoman Latrice Walker

(D-Brooklyn) and former Bronx Assemblyman Luis Diaz have endorsed her. Mina Malik Bringing an extensive criminal justice resume to the table, Mina Malik is a former prosecutor for the Queens and Brooklyn district attorney’s offices who served as the former head of the Civilian Complaint Review Board and a deputy attorney general in Washington, DC. All of the candidates have pledged to create conviction integrity review units, but Malik is the only one who has actually helped develop one, which she did in Brooklyn. She has been endorsed by CommUnity First President Oster Bryan, Democratic state Committeewoman Isabel Encalad a a nd my r iad com mu n it y organizers. Jose Nieves Most recently working as a deputy chief for the state Attorney General’s Office’s Special Investigations and Crimes Unit, Jose Nieves is a former prosecutor for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York. The city Department of Correction also hired him to prosecute officers at the Rikers Island jail complex for using excessive force against inmates. Nieves served as a U.S. Army Reserves captain for a decade and did a Q one-year tour of duty in Afghanistan.

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$65M allocated for capital projects by David Russell Associate Editor

Borough President Melinda Katz has unveiled her $65 million in fiscal year 2020 discretionary fund allocations for 80 capital projects throughout the borough. Here is a list of the programs to be funded. Cultural institutions Bowne House: $1,000,000 for visitor center renovations; Conrad Poppenhusen Association: $700,000 for historic light fixtures and a blue stone perimeter sidewalk; Flushing Town Hall: $800,000 for bathroom renovations; Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: $250,000 for the restoration of the exterior envelope of the Onderdonk House; Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning: $500,000 for an outdoor performance space; Louis Armstrong House: $500,000 for equipment for a new education center; Maspeth Town Hall: $1,700,000 for building renovations; New York Hall of Science: $750,000 for the construction of a new elevator; Queens Botanical Garden: $750,000 for the construction of the kids culture garden; Queens County Farm Museum: $1,500,000 for the construction of a new education center and $150,000 for the administration building; Queens Historical Society: $800,000 for the renovation of two rooms in the basement of Kingsland Homestead; Queens Theatre: $815,000 for a boiler replacement; RIOULT Dance New York: $42,000 for a theatrical lighting system for its black box theater.

CUNY CUNY Law: $1,000,000 for network system enhancement; LaGuardia Community College: $1,000,000 for library renovation phase II; Queens College: $1,000,000 for Colden Center infrastructure; Queensborough Community College: $1,000,000 for Americans with Disabilities Act restroom upgrades; York College: $1,000,000 for performing arts center upgrades. Hospitals and healthcare Community Healthcare Network: $700,000 for the initial outfitting of the Tree of Life in Jamaica; NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst: $1,000,000 for a labor and delivery suite and $25,000 for medical equipment; Floating Hospital: $201,000 for the initial outfitting of a new site in Long Island City; Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center: $880,000 for the renovation and expansion at 114-39 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica; Mount Sinai Queens: $511,000 for echocardiography equipment in Astoria. Housing Fifth Avenue Committee: $1,000,000 for ongoing construction of 159 units at Seventh Day Adventist in Jamaica/Springfield Gardens; Milton P. Browne Community Square: $1,000,000 for the development of a mixed-use affordable housing development in Edgemere; The Crossing at Jamaica Station: $1,000,000 for construction of affordable housing in Jamaica. Nonprofit services India Home: $1,025,000 for new site acquisition in Queens Village; Korean American Fam-

ily Service Center: $1,000,000 for the reconstruction of a domestic violence shelter; New York Blood Center: $283,000 for the construction of a new clean room in Manhattan; Queens Community House: $1,650,000 for the construction of community center in Forest Hills; Samuel Field YM&YWHA: $426,000 for the initial outfitting of a new site in Elmhurst. Parks All American Park in Broad Channel: $2,000,000 to replace an asphalt field with a natural turf; Bland Playground in Flushing: $ 3,0 0 0,0 0 0 for playg rou nd upg rades ; Brookville Park in Springfield Gardens: $2,000,000 for two baseball fields; Charles Memorial Park in Howard Beach: $250,000 for security cameras; College Point Sports Park: $2,000,000 for lighting; Crowley Playground in Elmhurst: $1,700,000 for new basketball and handball courts; Cunningham Park 210th Street Playground in Oakland Gardens: $3,000,000 for playground upgrades; Ditmars Playground in Astoria: $600,000 for an equipment upgrade, spray shower, benches and security lighting; Forest Park-Glendale Entrance: $700,000 for renovations; Frederick Judge Playground in South Ozone Park: $2,000,000 for playground upgrades; Halletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cove in Astoria: $450,000 for renovation of the handball court wall and adjacent fencing; Hamilton Beach Park: $250,000 for security cameras; Harold Schneiderman Playground in Howard Beach: $1,250,000 for playground upgrades; Hoover Manton Playground in Bri-

arwood: $1,195,000 for play equipment and spray showers upgrade; MacNeil Park in College Point: $220,000 to repair the remaining portion of fencing and seawall access; Nautilus Playground in St. Albans: $1,000,000 for playground upgrades; Playground LXII in Forest Hills: $1,100,000 for playground renovation; Sohncke Square in Woodside: $750,000 for renovations. Public safety FDNY: $750,000 for emergency generators at Engine 260 in Queensbridge; FDNY Foundation: $200,000 for the initial outfitting of new FDNY Foundation FireZone. Queens Public Library Lefrak Library: $1,500,000 for interior renovations. Schools Campus Magnet Educational Campus in Cambria Heights: $1,000,000 for a new public address system; Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside: $450,000 for a TV production studio; Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria: $170,000 for technology equipment for the auditorium; George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences in Springfield Gardens: $500,000 for the renovation of a classroom for the nursing program; IS 5 in Elmhurst: $100,000 for a gym upgrade; IS 25 in Auburndale: $400,000 for a schoolyard upgrade; IS 73 in Maspeth: $1,000,000 for an auditorium upgrade; JHS 194 in Whitestone: $700,000 for auditorium continued on page 22

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Fire safety lessons at PS 19 in Corona The Hartford teams up with Mets for educational event at school by David Russell Associate Editor

In case of a fire, wake everybody up. Crawl down low to avoid smoke. Touch doors to see if they’re hot or cold before opening them. And once out of the house, don’t go back in, no matter what. These were the lessons given to more than 200 students at PS 19 in Corona who were deputized as part of The Hartford’s Junior Fire Marshals program last Friday, during an event, which also featured the Mets’ J.D. Davis and popular mascot Mr. Met. As part of the event, students, mainly ages 6 to 9, went into a trailer that simulates a real home fire, with a kitchen and bedroom, ending with an escape through the back of the trailer down a ladder with assistance of a firefighter. AnnMarie LaBreck, media and public relations director for The Hartford, said, “What we really hope is that when they go home tonight, they have an opportunity, when their parents say, ‘Hey, how was your day? What did you do in school?’ we’d like to believe that a high-touch, high-impact event like this is going to have them say ‘I learned about fire safety and oh, by the way, mom, you need to move the pot handle to the left or right. You can’t have it sticking out.’” The safety trailer shows examples of fire hazards in the kitchen, such as metal in the

microwave, a cereal box on the stove and curtains over the oven. The Hartford has been running the program since 1947 and has deputized more than 111 million children. LaBreck told the story of a 6-year-old girl in Ohio who had gone through the curriculum a week before a house fire occurred and the firefighter said it saved her life. “That’s why we do this,” LaBreck said. “And that’s why it’s so important.” The Mets third baseman and left fielder, Davis joined the students as they toured the safety trailer. “It’s a great program for kids just to be involved and get some knowledge, help their parents in a fire situation,” he said. The event also gave Davis a chance to do some work in the community in the midst of a busy baseball schedule. “It’s pretty cool just to be back here and wind down a little bit to give back to the community, hang out with some of the kids and have a good time,” he said. According to the company website, a home fire occurs every 90 seconds in the c ou nt r y a nd ch i ld r e n a r e t he most vulnerable. The Hartford, which started as an insurance company, has a goal to deputize five million more children by 2022. “If you make learning fun I think it resonates with kids and we’ve seen that time and Q time again,” LaBreck said.

Students at PS 19 pose with J.D. Davis, Mr. Met and Larry the Stag, mascot of The Hartford. Last Friday, a safety event was held at the school showing children fire hazards and what to do in PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL case of an emergency.

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Home improvement loans Volunteers from more than a dozen churches, synagogues, mosques, Buddhist temples and other houses of worship pitched in last weekend to help rebuild a house in South Richmond Hill for a singlemom homeowner from Brooklyn. Habitat for Humanity New York, the organization that is sponsoring the two-day event, called it “Build for Unity.”

The house on 132nd Street was in such bad shape, it had to be torn down and r ebuil t c omple tel y, s aid a Habi t a t spokesman. Among the faith groups were: Plymouth Church, St. Teresa’s Church, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Congregation Ansche Chesed and The Sikh Coalition. — Michael Shain

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upgrade; PS 70 in Astoria: $500,000 for an electrical wiring upgrade; PS 87 in Middle Village: $1,000,000 for a cafeteria upgrade; PS 89 in Elmhurst: $150,000 for a gym upgrade; PS 107 in Flushing: $450,000 for a room conversion into a media arts center; PS 111 in Long Island City: $500,000 for a schoolyard upgrade; PS 129 in College Point: $35,000 for SMART Boards; PS 223 in Jamaica: $1,000,000 for a schoolyard upgrade; PS 376 in Bayside: $35,000 for SMART Boards; Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School in Jamaica Hills: $696,000 for a library upgrade; William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City: $1,000,000 for Q a locker room upgrade.

continued from page 20 upgrade of audiovisual equipment; Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village: $300,000 for an auditorium upgrade; MS 137 in Ozone Park: $350,000 for construction of school bleachers; Pan American High School in Corona: $700,000 for a schoolyard upgrade; PS 2 in Astoria Heights: $150,000 to soundproof the cafeteria; PS 9 in Maspeth: $300,000 for a sensory gym; PS 19 in Corona: $1,000,000 for an auditorium upgrade; PS 37 in Laurelton: $600,000 for a schoolyard upgrade; PS 58 in Maspeth: $50,000 for a schoolyard

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play. “You see them in so many parks,” Koo said of the undomiciled. He will be taking a hard look at how the city does construction in green spaces. The councilman brought up how his former colleague, David Greenfield of Brooklyn, who used to head the Parks and Recreation Committee, highlighted how a particular 400 square-foot bathroom cost the city $2 million to build. “It was really just standard bathroom,” Koo called, adding, “You could build a single family house [with that money].” The lawmaker is also concerned with how long it takes for contracts to be assigned for Parks Department projects. “We have to find some way to change the procurement process,” he said. And, citing issues at green spaces in his own district, Koo said he will be looking closely at how the city maintains parks throughout the five boroughs. “For some reason, many parks are not well-maintained,” he said. “I don’t know whether the staff are doing a good job or not. We have to make sure everyone is accountable for their work.” Lengthy post-rain flooding at Kissena Park and other ones he represents have been problematic, Koo said. It’s one of the reasons why he secured $6.5 million to revamp Maple Playground on Maple Avenue by Kissena Boulevard. Unsightly tree pits, which he said are common in Downtown Flushing, are another problem that the councilman wants to zero in on in his new position. Another issue he intends to push is increasing public Wi-Fi connectivity in parks. “That’s something I want to do,” the councilQ man said.

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Out with graffiti in Ozone Park Tom Sawyer may have talked others into painting a fence for him, but volunteers from the Ozone Park Civic Association last week did the job themselves. In Centreville, where street sewer construction has disrupted the neighborhood for several years, the civic association grew tired waiting for the city to act on its

request to clean up the triangle at Albert Road and North Conduit Avenue. “So we decided to take this on ourselves,” said Joe Caruana, the association’s president. The waist-high weeds in the lot were cut back and the graffiti-filled fence repainted. — Michael Shain

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The Department of Transportation, last Wednesday at Community Board 5, shared its plan for a bus lane on the southbound side of Fresh Pond Road between Metropolitan and Putnam avenues effective from 2 to 8 p.m. A DOT spokesperson said in an effort to address concerns of businesses, parking will be permitted in the bus lane before 2 and after 8 p.m. and more parking is being installed to add more opportunities for customers shopping on the road to find spaces. Jason Banrey, the DOT’s Queens deputy borough commissioner, told the board the project was identified in the winter of 2017-18 and analysis was conducted. Implementation is scheduled to begin this summer. He said there have been about a dozen walkthroughs with elected officials, community board members and stakeholders. Banrey acknowledged that parking is at a premium in the area. “That’s something we want to be sensitive to,” he said. “At the same time, a general consensus for everybody that we’ve spoken to is that there’s a problem on Fresh Pond.” When Banrey asked the crowd if they drive, shop, have business or take a bus on Fresh Pond Road, virtually everyone in the audience raised their hand. “Bottom line is something needs to happen to address the congestion and mobility,” he said. “It’s something that our emergency services are looking forward to happening.” The plan was met with some skepticism, especially with the unpopularity of the Woodhaven Boulevard bus lanes fresh in the minds of many residents, despite the Q52 bus that runs there earning the only A rating in the city several months ago from TransitCenter. “Woodhaven Boulevard is a disaster,” said CB 5 member Michael O’Kane. “This is going to be the same thing. I can’t think of a better way to kill business on Fresh Pond Road ... who dreams this stuff up?” In a statement, Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) said, “My office went on two tours of the area and gave the Department of Transportation at least half-a-dozen recommendations to improve traffic flow before the drastic step of installing a bus lane. I’m frustrated with the DOT and I don’t know why they haven’t yet attempted to implement these minor changes, such as new turning lanes, removing one or two parking spots at certain intersections and synchronizing traffic lights. I am planning on organizing a meeting with local business owners and stakeholders to discuss how the proposed bus lane would affect them.” Banrey said the idea is to make the plan as community-centric as possible and that the DOT would come back to the Transportation Committee to make some amendments as a result of the feedback. The DOT spokesperson said, “Many of the suggestions we’ve received from area elected officials, businesses and the community are included in this plan. However, DOT believes that a la carte treatments like only adjusting signal timing will not address the severe conges-

Department of Transportation representatives Kyle Gebhart, standing left, and Jason Banrey address Community Board 5 last Wednesday to give an overview of the planned bus lane for PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL Fresh Pond Road as CB 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri Jr. looks on. tion and safety concerns which currently exist on Fresh Pond Road. The plan we’ve crafted, and adjusted multiple times during our 15 community meetings, is a comprehensive design which aims to address the concerns for bus riders and motorists using Fresh Pond Road. The design was tailored to incorporate feedback from hundreds of interviews with bus riders, surveys with local businesses and other community stakeholders. It’s a robust, multi-layered plan that considers bus lane hours of operations, metered parking net gains for customers and businesses, and other enhancements to best mitigate the traffic-choked transit corridor.” Earlier in the year, Mayor de Blasio announced the Better Buses Action Plan with a goal of speeding up buses 25 percent by 2020. The plan identified 24 priority projects across the city and Fresh Pond Road came up in the segment between Metropolitan to Putnam avenues, identified due to really slow buses in the area, according to project manager Kyle Gebhart. “Buses in this segment travel about 3 miles per hour, which is slower than walking speed,” he said. The area is heavily utilized by buses, including the Q58, which is the busiest bus route in the borough. Gebhart said the really slow bus speeds start in the afternoon from 1 to 7 p.m. and high ridership is from 2 to 8 p.m. The halfmile from Metropolitan to Putnam has continuous southbound traffic backup in the afternoon and evening. The DOT visited every business between Metropolitan and Putnam avenues, giving 65 surveys, showing 61 percent of businesses said their average delivery takes under 15 minutes; 66 percent want more delivery zones; and 35 percent said they see some of their delivery vehicles park on side streets. In April, the DOT conducted a survey of double-parked and illegally parked vehicles; 74 percent were personal vehicles and two-thirds

planned to stay for five minutes or less; 78 percent supported shorter-term parking zones. There was also a parking study done with Woodbine to Madison streets in Ridgewood used as an example, with its two-hour metered parking from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and no loading zones. The median stay was 18 minutes and six vehicles doubleparked. The median stay for the double-parked vehicles was three minutes. The DOT also looked at Menahan Street to Grove Street on the southbound curb with alternate side parking. The average stay was three hours and 41 minutes. With use for long-term storage, only two spaces turn over per hour between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. The proposal is for a curbside bus lane from Bleecker Street to Putnam Avenue active from 2 to 8 p.m. on Monday to Friday, allowing buses to bypass congestion, providing a dedicated southbound vehicular lane for area residents to access the commercial core and residential

neighborhood and improving traffic flow for all vehicles. The plan would “still provide a dedicated lane for vehicles in order to access businesses and go where they need to go,” Gebhart said, adding that it’s not just to help the bus but to also help traffic make right turns on bus lanes. Gebhart gave examples of success with existing, single-direction curbside bus lanes. On Fulton Street, in Brooklyn, from Lafayette Avenue to Grand Avenue — 14 blocks — buses ran 22 percent to 31 percent faster during its peak. And on Utica Avenue, from Bergen Street to Atlantic Avenue — three blocks — buses ran 17 percent to 26 percent faster during its peak. The proposal includes considerations for new part-time loading zones on some blocks, additional metered spaces on spurs, studying signal timing on Fresh Pond Road and bus stop consolidation. The bus lane would repurpose 70 spaces during its night peak, including 55 metered spaces and 15 alternate side parking spaces. That would be mitigated by 61 new metered spaces on spurs with two-hour metered parking from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and alternate-side parking at other times. Grove Street would be converted from no standing anytime zones to a designated loading zone. There would be new loading zones at key locations and daylighting at approaches to the Fresh Pond Bus Depot. Bus stop spacing is also under review as the existing stops are in five stop pairs with each about two blocks apart with most ridership at Putnam and Metropolitan avenues. The proposal calls for four stop pairs with each about three blocks apart. Three pairs would be retained, one pair would be moved for even spacing and one pair would be eliminated. The stops at Linden and Gates would be eliminated and then the focus would shift to the ones farther north down the block, which should result in opening up space for parking and having buses at more appropriate lengths. Edgar Mantel of CB 5 asked if the DOT would consider using the lanes from 3 to 7 p.m. instead of 2 to 8 because of all the movement from schoolchildren and parents but was told Q it’s better instituted from 2 to 8 p.m.

Going green The TD Bank branch in Howard Beach donated $1,040 to the St. Helen Catholic Academy last week as part of a nonprofit fundraising program. The money will be used to expand the school’s Reflection Garden, which is maintained by students under the supervision of St. Helen’s green-thumbed pastor, the Rev. Francis Colamaria. The funds came from the bank’s Affinity Membership program, which awards nonprofit groups donations based on the number of their members who open accounts at the bank. — Michael Shain

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he human fa scination with nature is a perverse history. It’s all on lurid display now in “Hope is the Thing With Feathers, Art of the Natural World,” at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, at Queens College in Flushing. The individual works in the exhibit are beautiful, but taken within the context of modern environmental peril, they can also be terrifying object lessons. Guest curator Louise Weinberg has collected artworks that reflect the human relationship with nature ranging from as far back as about 1082 until 1964. The oldest is a mummy case, loosely dated AD 1081 to 332 BC, created for a falcon,

the newest Andy Warhol’s “Flowers.” “The exhibition and public programs form a platform in which to discuss the crisis facing our environment today and for generations to come, and how we must alter our point of view to embrace new global solutions and personal patterns of behavior,” the gallery notes say. Warhol’s aggressively happy “Flowers,” serigraph on paper, can be a starting point. In our modern, sterile, indoor lives, we could see it as a homage to the extremes of color found in the floral palette. Flowers, in particular, can surprise us in the extreme, displaying colors in the natural wor ld we might rush to say are so other worldly they can’t be found in nature... but there they are!

Yet given what we know of the rapid destruction of species these days, will it ultimately be a sick representation, a trophy of something conquered, devoured and destroyed? Let us hope, as the title of the exhibit exhorts, that the story has a happy ending. Collectively, or individually, we have toyed with nature the way she toys with us, loving her to death. Harold Anchel’s “Wind,” a lithograph on paper, illustrates a bit of where our antipathy may have come from. A girl-woman, perhaps in her very late teens, struggles against a very heavy wind. It must be a hurricane or near-tornado ; she strains for ward at a severe angle, her coat dragging behind in the onslaught. continued on page 31

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admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“Summer Exhibition,” with works by more than 50 artists in various media from painting to sculpture, photography and more. Thu., June 20 (opening reception 5-8 p.m.)-Fri., July 27, The Factory LIC, 30-30 47 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 392-0722, licartsopen.com.

Boulevard Film Festival IV, with blocks of short films of all kinds, from documentaries to comedies and more. Thu.-Sun., June 27-30, various times, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $10 per block; closing party free. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

“Escape: Celebrating the Great Outdoors,” with paintings created en plein air that represent the artists’ intimate communion with the landscape; with a portion of proceeds going to The Nature Conservancy. Thu., June 27 (opening reception 6-9 p.m.)-Thu., Sept. 5, Eleventh Street Arts, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 392-5164, eleventhstreetarts.com.

LECTURES/TALKS

“Soft Territories,” with woven fabric works by four artists exploring themes of movement, migration and locality and creating spaces of softness, warmth and shelter. Through Sun., June 23, Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave., Maspeth. Free. Info: (718) 489-6285, knockdown.center. “Nancy Spero: Paper Mirror,” with works by the feminist artist spanning more than 50 years, in multiple media; and “Zheng Guogu: Visionary Transformation,” with 12 works that refashion the traditional Buddhist meditation paintings called thangkas. Both through Sun., June 23, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; kids under 17 free. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org. “Timberline,” with works by Nicholas Arbatsky that appear to float above the printed surface, just out of range of the viewer’s focus. Through Sat., June 29, Topaz Arts, 55-03 39 Ave., Woodside. Free. Info: (718) 505-0440, topazarts.org.

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Author Talk: 80th Anniversary of the Whitestone Bridge, with “Images of America: Whitestone” author Jason Antos on the history of the span to the Bronx and gateway to the 1939-40 World’s Fair. Thu., June 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $5. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org.

KIDS/FAMILIES Summer is here — or at least it will be on Friday, the summer solstice — and folks will be celebrating at Socrates Sculpture Park on the East River with an array of activities ranging from astronomy to craft-making to story sharing. See Special Events. PHOTO COURTESY SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK win-Ternbach Museum, at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org. “Flowering Trees of Victorian Richmond Hill,” with paintings of homes and gardens done en plein air by Irene Buszko. Through Sun., June 30, 1-4 p.m. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested donation $2. Info: (718) 3596227, vomuseum.org. “Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan,” with more than 80 works by the artists and friends Isamu Noguchi and Saburo Hasegawa who sought to make modern art through “true development” of Japanese traditions. Through Sun., July 14, The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org. “Urban Dance,” with photographs that capture the global dynamics and transforming experience of cities worldwide. Through Sun., July 21, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org.

“World Involution,” with works by Colombia native Rocard Cardenas Mo that evoke the countryside while grappling with encroaching urbanism. Wed., June 26 (opening reception 6-8 p.m.)-Sun., July 7, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 sug., free students, teens. Info/RSVP: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org. RICARDO CARDENAS MO “Hope is the Thing with Feathers: Art of the Natural World,” with works in multiple media from around the world, from the days of ancient Egypt to modern times. Through Thu., July 11, God-

MUSIC Queens Jazz Orchestra, with legendary Jazz Master Jimmy Heath’s 17-piece band performing, on the theme “It Ain’t Over Yet.” Fri., June 21, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $42; $20 students; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. Carol Sudhalter’s Astoria Big Band, with the director on baritone sax and flute, a guest vocalist and more. Sat., June 22, 7 p.m., Sunnyside

Reformed Church, 48-03 Skillman Ave. Free will donation. Info: (718) 426-5997, sudhalter.com.

DANCE The Jamaica Dance Festival, with several troupes performing. Sat., June 22, 7 p.m., Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. between 150 and 153 Sts., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 657-2605, abetterjamaica.org. “Tango + Tango,” a celebration of the passion and elegance of both new and traditional tango. Fri.-Sat., June 21-22, 8 p.m.; Sun., June 23, 4 p.m. Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $45; $48 at door; $42 students, seniors; $45 at door; $40 all Fri. only. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

COMEDY

Queens International Children’s Festival, the fourth annual, with musical performances, science challenges, dance and more. Sat.-Sun., June 22-23, 12-4 p.m.(certain events at certain times), Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. Free. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org, jamaicapac.org. Kickin’ it for Autism, with kids 5-12 on the autism spectrum playing soccer and participating in a social event, with water and snacks provided. Sat., June 22, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Our Lady of Hope Field, 61-27 71 St., Middle Village. Free. Info: tinyurl.com/kickinitforautism.

TOURS/HIKES The Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tour, with a museum educator leading a dynamic experience exploring the puppeteer and filmmaker’s work on “Sesame Street,” “The Muppet Show,” “Fraggle Rock” and more. Each Sat. through June 29, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $20; $16 seniors, students; $14 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Dave Hill: History Fluffer, with the comedian, writer and musician giving “first-person” accounts of different historical periods and getting called out on his tall tales by Jim Biederman and Jodi Lennon. Wed., June 26, 7:30 p.m. (also Wed., July 24 and 31), QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $10. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

FILM “Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” an exclusive version for science centers and museums of the 2019 documentary about the mission that landed men on the moon for the first time 50 years ago, with never-before-seen footage. Daily through Tue., Jan. 21, 2020, 3 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6; $5 kids, students, seniors, plus

Diamondback Terrapin Walk, a search for the turtles and talk about their annual journey and efforts to help their offspring make it to the water. Thu.-Sat., June 20-22, 3-4 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit. PHOTO BY RYAN HAGERTY / WIKIPEDIA

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by Mark Lord qboro contributor

The borough’s daylong celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots that pushed the LGBTQ+ rights movement to the forefront is set for June 22. Its centerpiece in a day of activism, reflection and community conversation, part of a citywide initiative, is “The Stonewall 50 Plays,” a collaborative effort involving Queens Theatre, Queens Museum and America’s longest-running grassroots theater company, The One-Minute Play Festival. Beginning at 2 p.m., the staged reading of 50 one-minute (or less) plays by as many LGBTQ+ playwrights will provide “a chance to reflect on where we’ve been, where we

‘The Stonewall 50 Plays’ When: Sat., June 22, 2 p.m. Where: Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Tickets: Free. (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org

are right now, and where we might be going,” according to the event’s creator, Dominic D’Andrea. Among those represented is Jonathan Alexandratos, a self-described “non-binary pansexual playwright,” whose entry is entitled, “The World They Made.” Its author described it as a two-character piece that involves, most simply, “a non-binary who buys a sweater at Target,” assuring that “a lot more comes out” during the course of the play. A resident of Astoria, Alexandratos sees the event as “a pushback against people who say we shouldn’t exist. The festival is recognition of the fact that the violence must stop. Art has always done this.” Several teams of directors and actors are in charge of staging the plays. Nathaniel P. Claridad is directing no fewer than 10 of the pieces. Claridad agreed with D’Andrea that “it’s a good time to take stock of how far we’ve come and what needs to change.” Suggesting that each of the plays offers a unique point of view, Claridad believes this is “a good time to listen to these voices.” One might think that directing such

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Celebrating LGBTQ+ rights, in a New York minute

Fifty plays of one minute or less each will be read at the Queens Museum Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which ushered in the modPHOTO COURTESY THE 1-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL / GRANT MCGOWEN ern gay rights movement. short works might pose particular difficulties, but not so, according to Claridad. “It’s all about clarity,” said Claridad, whose name in Spanish, coincidentally, means exactly that. As is the case when directing a full-length play, Claridad said

each of these plays must have a beginning, a middle and an end, with the director “making sure the moment is complete.” Linking many of the pieces, Claridad said, is the theme of “generations of community”: continued on page 33

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It’s mostly musicals in theaters this summer by Mark Lord qboro contributor

Summer has always been a time for the kids, a notion that is reflected in many of the productions slated to hit the community theater boards during the upcoming warm weather days. No fewer than five popular Broadway musicals are on their way, along with a rarely seen century-old comedy. The season kicks off with Maggie’s Little Theater’s production of “The Addams Family,” a stage adaptation of Charles Addams’ iconic cartoon, centered around a ghoulish family with a fondness for all things macabre, featuring the music and lyrics of Andrew Lippa, who earned a Tony Award nomination for his efforts. All the much-loved characters are on hand: Gomez (to be played by Thom Harmon), his wife Morticia (his real-life wife Virginia Harmon), their daughter, Wednesday (Tara Mangione), Grandma (Miriam P. Denu) and the rest. The show features, among other unseemly doings, a gathering of all Addams family members — living, dead and undecided, a potion that brings out a person’s dark nature, some surprising announcements, a love song sung to the moon, a kidnapping and, yes, even a passionate squid. Amanda Montoni directs, with musical direction provided by Paul Johnson and choreography by Jonathan Mora. Performances at St. Margaret Parish Hall (66-05 79 Place, Middle Village) are on July 6, 13, and 19 at 8 p.m. and July 7, 14 and 21 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $20; $18 seniors 65 and over and children 11 and under. More: Visit maggieslittletheater.org or call (917) 579-5389. Broadway Blockbusters Productions brings to the stage the classic musical “Bye Bye Birdie” for an eight-performance run beginning July 19. This rollicking show centers around an

Elvis-like pop singer who is being sent off into the army, and the teenaged fan who is selected to give him a farewell kiss on national television. From the pens of Charles Strouse (music), Michael Stewart (book) and Lee Adams (lyrics), it has a score that includes such hits as “Put on a Happy Face,” “Kids” and “A Lot of Livin’ to Do.” The cast, under the direction of Andrew J. Koslosky, is headlined by Paul Inglese as would-be English teacher-turned-songwriter Albert Peterson; Jessica Lausell as his devoted secretary, Rosie; Rosario Amico as hipswivelin’ Conrad Birdie; Melanie Henderson as his No. 1 admirer, Kim; and Richard Masin as her put-upon father, Harry MacAfee. Patrick White serves as music director; the choreography is provided by Tara Mangione. Performances at The Theater at the Immaculate Conception Center (7200 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston) are on July 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 at 8 p.m., July 20 and 27 at 2 p.m. and July 21 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $40 VIP; $25 general admission. Dinner and brunch options are available at certain performances for an extra $30. More: Visit thejosephinefoundation.org or call (347) 556-3325. “Newsies The Musical,” which had a healthy run on Broadway beginning in 2012, will come our way courtesy of the Holy Child Jesus Teen Drama Group, opening Aug. 1. Based upon the Disney film of a similar name, which, in turn, was inspired by an actual New York City newspaper boys’ strike of 1899, the show features a score composed by Alan Menken, known for such other Disney musicals as “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin,” as well as “Little Shop of Horrors.” Under the direction of Christine Breviario, who also choreographs, the new production will have music direction by the ubiquitous Paul Johnson. As of press time, casting was still underway. Show dates at M. Murray Hall (111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill) are Aug. 1 at 7 p.m., Aug. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m., and Aug. 4 at 3 p.m. T i c ke t s : $12 ; $10 seniors and children 12 and under. More: Visit facebook. com/hcjteendrama or call (718) 847-1860. Arriving one day later is another popular Disney title, “Beauty and the Beast,” also with a score by Menken, one that

Maggie’s Little Theater is staging “The Addams Family,” above, this summer, while The Gingerbread Players are putting on “The Dover Road,” featuring, below, Andrew Dinan, left, Mike Miller and Suzanne Schick. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD includes the title tune and the infectious “Be Our Guest.” The JC Players production features Sara Svezia as the nonconformist Belle, who yearns for adventure; Charles Hinz as a prince who turns into The Beast; Austin Auriemma as his chief adversary, Gaston; Andres Caamal as the kindhearted but rebellious Lumiere; Dolores Voyer as the motherly Mrs. Potts; and Mark York as Belle’s father, Maurice. Another Auriemma — Barbara — directs, while a third member of the family — Frank — serves as music director. Christine Hinz is the choreographer. Performances are divided into two locations: Glendale-Maspeth United Methodist Church (66-14 Central Ave., Glendale) on Aug. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 4 at 3 p.m.; and Community United Methodist Church (75-27 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village) on Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 11 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $20; $15 (children and seniors) More: Visit jcplayers.com or call (917) 647-7526. Beginning Aug. 8, the world’s favorite green ogre pays a return visit to the borough, thanks to the St. Gregory’s Theatre Group production of “Shrek The Musical.” Based largely on the popular animated DreamWorks motion picture, the show features pop-oriented music by Jeanine Tesori and a clever book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Jay Braiman plays the title character, who is sent out into the world at the age of 7,

forming an unlikely friendship with a talkative donkey (to be played by Shala Hunter). Together, they set off to rescue a princess named Fiona (Hannah Pipa). Also on hand is Paul Thomas as the evil and vertically challenged Lord Farquaad. Kathy Rollo Ferrara directs and choreographs, and Jon Riss serves as music director. Performances take place in The Oakroom at St. Gregory the Great Church (242-20 88 Ave., Bellerose) on Aug. 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 11, 17 and 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $18; $15 seniors/students; $9 children under 12. More : Visit sg tg.org or call ( 718 ) 989-2451. The lone nonmusical on the agenda is A.A. Milne’s “The Dover Road,” a 1921 comedy concerning two couples who take a trip down a strange untraveled road, where reality is described as being much more than a step away. What could possibly be in store for them? The ensemble cast, under Johnny Culver’s direction, includes Suzanne Schick, Kinga Nowak, Mike Miller, Andrew Dinan, Debbie Smith and Bart DeFinna. Performances at St. Luke’s Church (85 Greenway South, Forest Hills) are on Aug. 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 4 at 2:30 p.m. An additional performance may be added, on a date to be determined. Tickets: $15; $12 groups of 6 or more. More: Visit gingerbreadplayers.org or call Q (718) 268-7772.

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She prevails for a moment, but it’s difficult to imagine her making it to any safe destination any time soon, given the predicament displayed. Dumb and reckless giants, we use, hunt, eat, wear and profit from all manner of flora and fauna until they go extinct, and then grieve and gnash our teeth over the loss. A mummy bundle mask, a Wari piece from Peru, has an eerie similarity to today’s manga and anime characters and is a reminder of our ability to stand in awe of the power of nature. The piece is made from undyed natural fibers, hair and feathers, an

‘Hope is the Thing With Feathers’ When: Through Thu., July 11 Where: Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing Entry: Free. (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org

item that ancient peoples are thought to have used to appropriate nature’s power. We are also stewards who conserve, protect and defend Mother Nature’s gifts, forming maniacally codependent relationships with domestic pets, creating agricultural ecosystems that endure for countless years, and worshipping, across human history, all manner of flora and fauna in our art. Was the falcon mummy case a resting place for a beloved animal? No doubt. Yet falcons were also used for work. Enslaved, if you will. What kind of a life did that falcon

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Nature as represented over hundreds of years

Works in the “Hope is the Thing With Feathers” exhibit, left, range from a mummy bundle mask from the Wari culture in Peru to Andy Warhol’s “Flowers.” On the cover: PHOTOS BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH, ABOVE; AND FILE PHOTO, COVER “Wind,” by Harold Anchel. have? At least we know the species survives to this day. Emily Dickinson’s poem, which gave the exhibit its title, is painted in full on a wall of the exhibit. “‘Hope’ is the thing with

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BOROUGH BASED JAIL SYSTEM A public hearing has been scheduled to provide the public with the opportunity to comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Borough Based Jail System. The hearing will be held in conjunction with the City Planning Commission’s citywide public hearing pursuant to ULURP. Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 10:00 A.M John Jay College of Criminal Justice Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, New York 10019 Written comments on the DEIS will be accepted through Monday, July 22, 2019, and may be submitted at the public hearing, or to the contact person below. New York City Department of Correction Attn: Howard Fielder 75-20 Astoria Boulevard, Suite 160 East Elmhurst, NY 11370 Email: boroughplan@doc.nyc.gov

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If the settlement is approved, the City of New York will pay $585.00 to each class member who ﬁles a successful claim, with the possibility of a supplemental payment up to $415.00. Additionally, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) shall conduct one additional training session on how to properly document and notice property seized from mobile food vendors, and establish when applicable new DOHMH staff members will be trained in due course after they are hired on properly documenting and noticing property seized from mobile food vendors. IF YOU WISH TO OBJECT TO THE FAIRNESS OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, YOU MAY APPEAR AT AUGUST 13, 2019 AT 4:00 PM OR SUBMIT WRITTEN OBJECTIONS BY JULY 23, 2019 TO: Clerk of the Court United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 500 Pearl Street New York, NY 10007 IF YOU ARE A CLASS MEMBER BUT WISH TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST IN WRITING BY JULY 23, 2019 TO: Matthew Shapiro Urban Justice Center 40 Rector Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10006 For further information or to get a copy of the full settlement notice or the settlement agreement, contact the Urban Justice Center at 646-602-5681 OR mshapiro@urbanjustice.org.

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continued from page 29 one play deals with an older gay man and a younger gay man; another focuses on a mother and daughter. It’s important, Claridad added, that younger people “interact with those who came before us ... who paved the way.” While many of the plays set to be performed feature two characters, some have as many as four or five, Claridad said. Many of the actors appear in several pieces, all under the direction of a total of five directors. According to Claridad, “We’re creating space for the queer community. Anyone is welcome to listen and learn about the queer experience.” “It’s important for us to create this body of work,” Jonathan Alexandratos said D’Andrea. is one contributor to “We hope the “ T h e S t o n e w a l l 5 0 community will COURTESY PHOTO walk away with Plays.”

the robust experience of thinking very vividly about history, celebrating and acknowledging each other and their experience. We hope this work plants the seeds of many conversations to come.” Free tickets for “The Stonewall 50 Plays,” to take place at the Queens Museum (located in the New York City Building in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), are already sold out, but anyone wishing to attend may still be in luck. The museum suggests arriving early on the day of the performances, as some seated tickets may open up. In addition, a limited number of standing room spots in the mezQ zanine will be made available.

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Subway series hero Vargas by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

When the 2019 season began most Mets fans dreaded the notion of Jason Vargas starting a game. He was routinely whacked around in most of his starts the previous year although he did finish fairly strongly. They’re singing a whole different tune this year as Vargas has been the team’s most consistent starter. It’s safe to say Mets rooters value a win over the Yankees more than they do a win over almost any other team and therefore he earned a lot of goodwill from them when he beat the last Tuesday in the second game of the Subway Series day-night doubleheader at Yankee Stadium after the Bronx Bombers had torched Zack Wheeler in the first game. If the Mets are to make a serious run for the division title they are going to need the 36-yearold Vargas to continue his rejuvenation. Mets third baseman Todd Frazier, who grew up in Toms River, NJ, has not gotten the slightest bit nonchalant about the Subway Series. “I have been on both sides of it and I love the fact that fans of both teams are jamming a stadium,” he said. “You can’t really be from this area and not get excited by it.” Yankees reliever Adam Ottavino, who grew up in Park Slope, did not quite share the Toddfather’s enthusiasm. When I approached him in the Yankees clubhouse, he was staring down at

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Robert Fulton Cutting Jr. was born Dec. 27, 1886 in Manhattan. After receiving a degree in engineering he and a fellow engineer named Bowden Washington of Hempstead, LI, started a business in 1922 making receivers and transmitters for steamships to use in ship-to-shore radio telegraph communications. They were shut down by Westinghouse for copyright infringement in 1924. Not missing a beat they decided to enter the marketplace of the radio, a new invention. They named their company the Colonial Radio Co. By 1925 they had 200 workers. They expanded, buying up other businesses in upstate New York, with locations in both Buffalo and Rochester. Washington died in 1931 at the age of 38 and Cutting continued to grow the company. Colonial was making radios under the Sears Roebuck label. They were making car radios for Chrysler and General Motors. By 1934, production figures were over 150,000 units per year.

The Colonial Radio Co., 10-52 11 St., Long Island City, summer 1942. At their peak in 1940 they had 1,762 employees and 631,000 radios were produced. When the U.S. entered World War II in 1941 they started contracts for the production of military communications equipment. By April 1942 they converted to total 100 percent military production. In 1944, Sylvania bought out Colonial, ending their 20-year history. Cutting passed away at his Manhattan residence on Dec. 4, 1967. His wife, Mary, followed in 1971. Both are buried in a mausoleum in Green-Wood Cemetery. His only child, Grace, passed away in Glen Q Head, LI, in 2005.

his iPad and basically said that this was just another game. He did admit that when he was younger he liked to get on Mets fans during the Subway Series because his childhood team, the Yankees, generally got the better of the guys from Queens. Ottavino’s Mets counterpart, Seth Lugo, told me in the Mets clubhouse at Yankee Stadium that he treats playing the Yankees the same way he would any other Major League Baseball team but admitted to having butterflies in his stomach the first time that he came to Yankee Stadium. “You can’t helped but be a bit intimidated when you think of all that Yankees history,” he said candidly. Mets utility player JD Davis told me last week how much he was looking forward to the Subway Series and he was further pumped by the police escort that the team bus got traveling across the RFK Bridge from Citi Field to get to the Bronx. “I wish that I could cut through traffic all the time like that!” he laughed. Yankees reliever David Hale, a Princeton University alum, is thinking about post-playing career. “I was an economics major and I want to get an MBA degree when my playing days are over. I even go through the GMAT review guides during the off-season. My goal is to be a Q baseball team executive down the road.” See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Single Fam. w/ Hardwood Floors & A Wood Burning Fireplace PRICE: $549,888

2 Story Detached Colonial, 3 BRs, 3 Baths w/Pvt Drwy & Backyard PRICE: $625,000

2 BR Co-op, Wood Floors & Plenty of Closets. PRICE: $385,000

Single Family Features 3 BRs, 1 Bath & Garage PRICE: $379,000

Contact Hussein Hosni for more information 347-537-7221

Contact Valerie Shalomoff for more information 347-730-3347

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Contact Isabel Zenocratti for more information 917-915-5618

Contact Devon Singh for more information 646-597-2172

BROOKLYN 2 Fam. Home Features 4 BRs & 3 Baths PRICE: $599,000

Split Level Single Family Features 4 BRs & 3 Baths PRICE: $680,000

Contact Indira Persaud for more information 917-509-2874

Contact William Ostrow for more information 516-225-7279

WANTAGH BROOKYN Totally renovated 2 fam home. Fin. bsmnt 8’ ceilings, Pvt yard, 2 car garage & much more. PRICE: $1,188,800

Contact Rose Deo for more information 917-496-1819

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Detached Mind Condition 2 Bedroom 1 Bath w/ Fin. Bsmnt & Pvt Driveway PRICE: $569,000

Well Maintained, Upgraded Single Fam. home, 3 BRs, Hardwood Floors throughout. PRICE: $568,000

Contact Theresa LaBoccetta for more information 347-531-9060

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FAR ROCKAWAY This Charming Home Offers A Great Open Concept Along w/3 BRs 2 Baths & Driveway For 5 Cars. PRICE: $769,000

Mint Condition Det, 2 Fam. Home w/Pvt Driveway.