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B A ! O L A D R L A Pheffer Amato gets expanded RBL study OK’d PAGE 6 Following in the footsteps of her predecessor, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato secured an expanded feasibility study for bringing trains back to the long-dormant Rockaway Beach Rail Line.

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MTA fixes abound as Penn overhaul nears by Michael Gannon Editor

With a massive Penn Station repair project coming and a major summer transit nightmare anticipated, Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday proposed legislation that would give the state’s governor operational control of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The current board gives the state six of the board’s 14 votes with New York City having four. The remainder are filled by surrounding counties served by the MTA. Cuomo’s proposal would add two more seats appointed by the governor and give the chairman — also appointed by the governor — an extra vote, for a total of eight positions and nine votes under the executive’s purview. “The MTA is in a state of crisis,” Cuomo said in a statement issued by his office. “Historic underfunding leaves it with obsolete equipment going back to the 1940s. The bureaucracy is dysfunctional. The recent Penn emergency track closures on July 8 will be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back. The July 8 [Long Island Rail Road] and New Jersey Transit cancellations will drive more people into the subway system, in the middle of the summer. There is no quick or small fix for the MTA.” He said the current setup, from 1965, leaves no accountability. “While New York State has six of the 14 voting seats — that is not control,” he said. “In sum, let’s fix the fundamental and initial mistake — put someone in charge. The state

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With riders like these recently awaiting the No. 7 train in Jackson Heights losing patience, and massive construction delays coming, Gov. Cuomo is asking for effective state executive control PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. is the obvious entity to manage a regional network, and the state contributes a multiple of any other jurisdiction’s funding. “The simple fact is if no one has the responsibility and the authority, fundamental, rapid change of any culture or system is impossible,” the governor added. Initial reactions were mixed. Kathryn Wylde, president of the businessoriented Partnership for New York City,

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Familial DNA testing legalized in New York Vetrano family joyful; Legal Aid Society threatens possible suit to reverse move by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

The horrific killing of Karina Vetrano set off waves of heartbreak in Howard Beach and beyond last August. But on Friday, her bereaved family joined area leaders and police to celebrate a win for the families of future victims. With a 9-2 vote, the New York State Commission on Forensic Science legalized familial DNA matching, a powerful forensic technique known for breathing new life into cold murder probes. Investigators are now allowed to see if DNA from crime scenes has a close but not exact match with criminals who are in law enforcement databases, meaning it could be from a relative. “Today is very good day,” an emotional Phil Vetrano said at a press conference with neighborhood leaders by Spring Creek Park. His daughter died there after being sexually abused and strangled. “And a day for justice and a day for law enforcement,” he added. It was also a timely one, as Phil’s wife, Cathie, pointed out: Father’s Day weekend started that morning. “This is probably the biggest tool that New York State law enforcement has gotten since fingerprints,” Phil said. New York is now the 11th state in America to allow investigators to use the DNA tool. Although the commission’s decision

Ten months after her daughter’s killing in Spring Creek Park, Cathie Vetrano joined her husband and area leaders to celebrate the state’s legalization of familial DNA searches. The family crusaded for the forensic tool even after an indictment in their daughter’s case. PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY was joyful for the Vetranos and others in Queens, the technique has its share of critics. The Legal Aid Society of New York, which is defending Vetrano’s alleged killer, and the New York Civil Liberties Union have excoriated the technique. Both have

warned that it harms civil liberties and could criminally implicate innocent people. “We are reviewing all options — including litigation and legislation — to reverse this decision,” a Legal Aid spokesman said. Law enforcement here suppor ts the method. Along with the Vetranos, the

NYPD and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown had all advocated for it when police were still searching for Karina Vetrano’s killer. In the end, however, police arrested and a grand jury indicted East New York resident Chanel Lewis for her murder with traditional evidence including an alleged DNA match. Although their crusade for familial DNA searches began before an arrest was made in their daughter’s murder, the Vetranos stuck to it in hopes that future alleged killers will be caught. And that the victims’ families can get some relief. “There is no closure, there is no peace,” Cathie Vetrano said. “But there is satisfaction when a demon is put where he belongs in captivity away from harming any other human being.” Allies in Albany — Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) and state Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Phil Boyle (R-Suffolk) — supported the push, as did each of the five boroughs’ district attorneys and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill personally. Standing with the family Friday, the state lawmakers extolled the Vetranos for their dedication to getting the policy legalized, creating a positive outcome from an event so bleak. “Even through your grief and loss, you saw an opportunity to look out for others,” Q Pheffer Amato said.

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Before Aug. 2, 2016, Cathie and Phil Vetrano did not think they’d ever endure a living nightmare — late that day, their daughter, Karina, was found murdered in Spring Creek Park. “We thought that these kinds of things only happen to other people,” Cathie Vetrano said at the 106th Precinct Community Council meeting last Wednesday. For the next six months, NYPD detectives would conduct a manhunt for the man who sexually assaulted and strangled Karina — but they also went above and beyond by providing a sense of comfort to the grieving Vetrano family. “They are the only ones you can turn to,” Karina’s mother said. Cathie Vetrano especially thanked Det. Chris Quezada, a member of the 106th Precinct’s Detective Squad. “He kept me alive throughout this whole investigation in a very professional way,” she said. “He was there for me, in a way

that people cannot understand.” Quezada and the rest of the precinct’s detective squad received a special citation from the community council for his work on the investigation into Karina Vetrano’s murder, as well as his work on the Aug. 13, 2016 double-homicide of Imam Maukama Akonjee and his assistant Thara Uddin — the alleged killer in that case, Oscar Morel, was caught less than 72 hours after the crime — and other probes. Two days before that, the South Queens detectives and other members of the NYPD were honored by the Finest Foundation — a nonprofit supporting law enforcement agencies across the country — and NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. Karina Vetrano’s alleged killer, Brooklyn resident Chanel Lewis, was arrested six months and two days after the Howard Beach resident’s body was found by her father in Spring Creek Park. Cops were led to Lewis after Howard Beach native Lt. John Russo discovered he continued on page 17

Det. Chris Quezada, center, received a citation from the 106th Precinct Community Council for his work on high-profile murders, including that of Karina Vetrano. He’s joined by Lt. Frank DiPreta, left, the 106th’s special operations coordinator, Phil and Cathie Vetrano, Karina’s parents, commanding officer Capt. Brian Bohannon and council President Frank Dardani. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY

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Feasibility study for rail line is expanded Outside contractor to weigh in on the probe, due to be released in winter by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) gave bad news and good news to those who wish to see trains on the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line. The bad news? The feasibility study secured by former Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder last year won’t be released until this coming winter — it had been scheduled to be made public at the end of June. The good news? The probe will be widened and not only are New York City Transit and the Long Island Rail Road jumping on board, but the agencies and the MTA will have an outside contractor help evaluate the possibility of rebuilding a rail line there. “This is a huge deal,” Pheffer Amato said in a Wednesday statement. “Reactivating the RBL may be the best and most permanent fix for our transit issues.” The expanded study, according to the assemblywoman, will now have “the inclusion of specific criteria in the final report that are meant to better illustrate the feasibility of the proposal,” not previously included in the probe. Despite the news, the assemblywoman still faces an uphill battle to get a rail back to the right-of-way. Many people in Queens want to see the path between Ozone Park and Rego Park turned into parkland, known as the QueensWay — the

The feasibility study for the Rockaway Beach Rail Line has been expanded and will include an outside contractor, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato announced Wednesday. The lawmaker FILE PHOTO also launched an online petition. group behind that plan last month released renderings of what parts of it might look like and announced its plans to complete the first stretch by 2020. The state has provided funding to both the park and rail idea, but has given more to the former.

Friends of the QueensWay last December said in a letter to the MTA raised concerns of the elimination of parkland — specifically the Forest Hills Little League’s fields on Fleet Street — and possible disturbance to residents neighboring the line should the rail idea go through.

When trains were taken off the right-of-way in 1960, low ridership was responsible for the its decommissioning but Pheffer Amato argues the Rockaway peninsula is in desperate need of new transportation options — and not a park miles to the north. “And now — even though the Rockaway Peninsula economy is roaring back — there’s this narrative parroted by some in City government that a competing project idea to the QueensRail, the QueensWay, is likely to materialize,” she said in her statement. “But the demand for real transit never went away, and we think Governor Cuomo’s call for a singleseat ride from JFK to Midtown definitely is helping with momentum for restoring the RBRL.” The governor’s call Pheffer Amato mentioned referred to Cuomo wanting a oneseat ride from Manhattan to the South Queens airport — a think tank proposed the rail line being one of those, but the governor never mentioned that idea specifically. In addition to announcing the expanded study, Pheffer Amato launched a petition for those siding with the rail. The petition is at bit.ly/SouthQueensNeedsTransit. The assemblywoman asked her constituents to sign it “so we have options for transit for our children and grandchildren, and not have our transit decisions in fifty years be made by a Q development fad for skinny parks.”

They’re here: SBS lanes being painted Eric Ulrich: DOT turned a ‘deaf ear’ to the elected officials’ concerns by Anthony O’Reilly

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More bus lanes are appearing along Woodhaven Boulevard — this time, in Woodhaven by Forest Park. Workers with the Department of Transportation recently started marking the right lanes between Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South for buses only — similar to the existing ones from Dry Harbor Road to Metropolitan Avenue — going both ways as part of the Select Bus Service project for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. From Park Lane South to the Rockaway Boulevard/Liberty Avenue intersection, the lanes will then be along the median — where commuters will wait for their bus. The DOT is not planning the installation of bus lanes where the road becomes Cross Bay Boulevard but does anticipate “bus improvements” to the south including the relocation of some bus stops in Rockaway. A DOT spokeswoman said residents can expect even more work along the boulevard in the coming months. “Bus lanes on Woodhaven Boulevard are being re-painted following last year’s resurfacing,” the spokeswoman said. “Median bus station construction, fare machine installation, additional red bus lanes and street markings, and other items will be installed

throughout the summer and fall. We are currently wrapping up concrete work at 89th Avenue and construction is ongoing at Jamaica Ave and 91st Ave.” The project has been debated ad nauseam for years, with many transit advocates arguing it will be beneficial to all forms of transportation — cars included — and a number of South Queens residents stating that taking a lane of traffic away will only increase congestion along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. Woodhaven resident and civic activist Ed Wendell said he’s already seeing a slight impact on traffic. “It’s kind of tough to be a total judge about it because it’s not in effect yet,” Wendell said in an interview. “But I can tell you there’s been some effect on traffic, just with what they’re doing now.” Some residential streets, he added, have seen an influx of vehicles trying to avoid congestion on the boulevard — which was a concern of many SBS opponents. But one of Wendell’s main gripes is what he calls the lack of cooperation from the DOT on the project. “I never felt they really spoke to any of the groups,” he said. “I always felt they always spoke at them.” The civic activist isn’t the only one to think so either.

Bus lanes from Myrtle Avenue to Park Lane South in Woodhaven were recently painted by workers with the Department of Transportation. A civic activist and elected official blasted the DOT’s PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY lack of cooperation on the project. “There is a definite lack of responsiveness, at least based on my experience,” City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said at a meeting of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association last Thursday. “And I believe that trickles down from the top.” Ulrich said he, and other South Queens rep-

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P Government failures that are harming the people EDITORIAL

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dents — come from poorer areas that are home to underperforming schools. Why not allow more the opportunity? The state Senate wants to make a deal: Allow more charters in exchange for extending the mayoral control law. But the Assembly won’t do it, thanks to teachers union opposition and de Blasio’s influential voice. Unless those lawmakers changed their minds last night — doubtful but possible at press time — chaos and corruption will soon ensue. The fault for this also lies with Gov. Cuomo, who has not corralled the Assembly majority, members of his own party, to back the mayoral control-charter school deal. But Cuomo’s greatest failure is the state of the subway and commuter rail systems, over which he ultimately wields control, though the city also has a voice. The systems are way overburdened and underperforming thanks to neglect that stretches back to long before he took office, but that he never properly addressed. His attention has been elsewhere when it comes to infrastructure, focused on other worthy projects, such as bridge replacements; nice but unnecessary ones, such as turning said spans into light shows; and even illegal ones: lining state highways with those tourism signs that violate federal law, as he’s been told in writing.

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Dear Editor: Self-storage in Queens presents an efficient, secure and cost-effective way for local businesses to grow and succeed. The Department of City Planning’s proposal for a special permit for self-storage in Industrial Businesses Zones, including the seven IBZs in Queens, will harm Queens working families and businesses if it is adopted as proposed. We have not seen any evidence that restricting self-storage will help Queens retain or attract manufacturers in IBZs. But we do know that hundreds of local businesses, ranging from small manufacturers to home contractors to nonprofits rely on affordable and accessible warehousing solutions in the form of self-storage facilities. In fact, a recent survey showed that a 1,000-unit facility supports 300 local businesses, 47 percent of which are minority and women-owned businesses. Self-storage and manufacturing are complementary, rather than at odds as City Planning would have us believe. By utilizing storage units in various sizes, businesses can scale their warehouse space to the exact dimensions they need, with flexible leases, and thus save money while still having the opportunity to grow. Furthermore, if the city blocks self-storage developers from building on sites in the IBZs, other nonmanufacturing uses such as hotels, nightlife and entertainment have a much easier time proliferating in these areas. And in some © Copyright 2017 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y. 11374-7769.

Cuomo’s proposed solution is to take even more control of the MTA than he already has. But reducing city input on how the agency operates is no answer: more investment to expedite repairs is. Whether that should come from Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris’ proposed new tax on the wealthy or from redirected city and state spending is an open question; the fact that the state already is in charge is not. On the federal level ... where does one begin when discussing failure? The Trump administration is an utter mess, something even those who agree with his policies know. But healthcare is a good candidate for the biggest problem unfolding under Trump and his allies in Congress. Yes, Obamacare needed a lot of work long before The Donald took office. But the bill passed by the House would result in 24 million people losing their insurance; even Trump calls it “mean.” As for what the Senate is working on — who knows? It’s all being done behind closed doors. Meanwhile millions wonder what will become of their health coverage and insurers wonder what the rules will be. Education, transportation, healthcare. All major concerns, and all areas where our three chief executives simply are not cutting it. The Mets look great in comparison.

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Hustler Heastie hurts all Dear Editor: Re Anthony O’Reilly’s June 15 report “Senate passes Taxi Driver Protection Act”: A bill passed by the state Senate that would make assaults on for-hire drivers a felony faced an uncertain future in the Assembly as Albany’s legislative session drew to a close. Why? Because that body has a “culture” that opposes raising any penalties, said the bill’s sponsor, Flushing Democrat Ron Kim. The biggest obstacle is Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who opposed other bills to bolster

public safety, improve education and strengthen enforcement of ethics. He blocked an Assembly vote on a Senatepassed measure to impose tougher penalties on members of violent street gangs like MS-13. (“No Hugs for MS-13 Thugs,” New York Post, May 10). Heastie said “a better approach is to discourage people from engaging in gang violence in the first place.” Really? What about those who already belong to violent gangs? He blocked a vote on a Senate-approved bill to lift the cap on charter schools in exchange for allowing Mayor de Blasio to retain control of New York City schools. And he opposed legislation that would deny pensions to any state employee convicted of a felony committed on the job. Maybe he fears meeting the same fate as his predecessor, Sheldon Silver, who was convicted of federal corruption charges. Heastie is Shelly Silver 2.0, but with smoother edges. While blocking a number of key bills, he pushed passage of a bill that gave huge tax breaks to yacht and private plane

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owners. How many state constituents own yachts and private planes? Speaker Heastie proves that it pays to have a pal in high office. His 30-year friend Patrick Jenkins is one of Albany’s highest-paid lobbyists, who tripled his business after Heastie took office in 2015. (New York Post, Nov. 28, 2016). Corrupt Carl reigns with the aid of 106 other Democrats who occupy the 150-seat Assembly. They act like his chew toys, just as they did for Shelly. Among them are 18 Queens members who face re-election next year. Voters must ask them a simple question: Will you stand up for us, or bow down to the demands of King Carl? Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

this should be done, my suggestion is he should start the ball rolling by urging Mr. 45 to stop his hateful rhetoric. Trump makes vicious attacks on our CIA, FBI and Democratic leaders in his tweetstorms and made the outrageous remark that the media is the enemy of the people. After five months of his presidency, his approval rating is only 35 percent. If the Donald’s style of leadership — a “Your fired!” frenzy, lashing out at the press and critics, opposing popular issues such as the Paris accord and Obamacare — continues, his presidency will be recorded in history as the worst! Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Trump: guilty! Dear Editor: The Trump-Russia scandal is the focus of several investigations that may or may not uncover new disclosures. But no matter the results of these inquiries one thing is perfectly clear. Trump is guilty. No new information is needed about Russia’s covert hacking of the 2016 presidential election to determine that our president engaged in wrongdoing. From the get-go, Trump and his minions have claimed they had nothing to do with the hack and leak operation undertaken by Russian intelligence to help Trump become president. They have dismissed the matter as fake news and Trump has proclaimed, “Believe me, there’s no collusion.” But even if there was no collusion, a harsher verdict can be rendered. Trump, through his continued denial of Russian culpability during the months leading to the election (even though he was told that private experts and U.S. intelligence had already determined that Russia hacked the DNC), his lunatic accusation that the DNC hacked itself, and his encouragement to the Russians to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails gave support for Putin’s effort to undermine an American election. What we are talking about here is fire, not smoke. It is scandal, plain and simple. Martin H. Levinson Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: “Sunnyside rail project can work for city: EDC” (by Michael Gannon, June 8) will not work without significant transportation improvements. Both Amtrak and New Jersey Transit use the existing Sunnyside Yard for midday and overnight storage along with positioning of equipment for rush-hour service. The MTA, LIRR and Metro North have their own future potential plans to use portions of Sunnyside Yard for construction of a station. The MTA, LIRR, Amtrak, NJ Transit and Metro North Rail Road all will play a role in the success of any development plans for Sunnyside Yards. Few remember that in 1998 as part of the proposed MTA LIRR East Side Access project, construction of a passenger station was considered for Sunnyside Yard. It would provide access to not only Sunnyside but also the growing Long Island City business and residential district, Astoria and Woodside. Fast-forward 19 years to today. The MTA has still not advertised and awarded a contract for the new Sunnyside Yard LIRR station (which was to be built at Queens Boulevard and Skillman Avenue). Any future development plans utilizing the air rights over Sunnyside Yard should include the proposed passenger station. There has been incredible residential and commercial growth in neighborhoods adjacent to Sunnyside Yard. Imagine the benefits to both residents and commuters. Consider the possible travel options, including reverse commuting if a Metro North Rail Road connection from the New Haven line via the Bronx and Hell Gate Bridge on to Penn Station reached beneficial use along with LIRR Eastside Access to Grand Central Terminal. Both could provide service to a Sunnyside Yard station in December 2023 or some time in 2024. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI The writer worked for 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

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No deal — yet — on mayoral control If there’s no agreement, city schools will be run by Board of Education by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Albany lawmakers on Wednesday night, after the Chronicle went to press, were still debating whether mayoral control of public schools would be extended past June 30. The Legislature was set to return home at the end of June 21 for the rest of the year — with or without a deal on the law that gives the mayor authority over the public school system. Check qchron.com for any updates on the matter. Mayoral control was first authorized for seven years by the state in 2002 under then-Mayor Bloomberg. It was then renewed for another six. Since 2014, Mayor de Blasio has only been able to get a one-year extension. Should lawmakers go home without any agreement, mayoral control would expire on June 30 and the defunct Board of Education would be reinstated. The mayor would appoint two members to the central board and the borough presidents would have one pick each, and a chancellor would then be chosen by the panel. The following spring, elections would be held for district school boards. De Blasio, union officials and city lawmakers held a rally at the City Hall rotunda Monday to call on Gov. Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk) to come to a consensus. “Our childrens’ future hangs in the balance,” the mayor said. “This is something that unites so many of us. And New Yorkers, we have many strong opinions and we often have different opinions from each other but this is one where you find leaders of all stripes — elected officials, labor officials,

Mayor de Blasio on Monday spoke at a rally calling on state leaders to come to a consensus on mayoral control. At press FILE PHOTO time, no such deal had been struck. civic leaders, community leaders — in common cause because we do not want to go backwards.” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Council’s Education Committee and a former public school teacher, fears a return to the days “where the

turkeys meant for lunch were walking out the back door, and the pianos meant for art class were walking out the back door.” Majority Leader state Sen. John Flanagan (R-Suffolk) last Tuesday proposed three bills renewing mayoral control for one, two or five years, respectively — but each came with conditions that favor charter and private schools. All passed, mostly along party lines with only some Democrats voting in favor, but have no companions in the Assembly — which authorized a two-year extension along with an energy tax credit. Democrats blasted Flanagan for tying mayoral control to unrelated matters, which the majority leader defended. “I know there are deep-seated concerns of the current administration of the city of New York,” he said shortly before a vote was taken on his bills. “If anyone who walks out of here says we’re losing mayoral control, they don’t know how the legislative process works ... We have proven that we believe in mayoral control and we will extend it under the right circumstances.” But those in New York City, including critics of de Blasio, urged Flanagan to extend the law. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said “The crisis surrounding mayoral control of public schools is entirely [de Blasio’s] own making given his fractured relationship with Governor Cuomo and members of both parties in the State Assembly and Senate. “While I certainly hope Mayoral control is extended for the sake of our children, I also hope that New Yorkers will remember how we got into this mess in the first place,” Q Ulrich continued.

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Some new faces will be at future meetings of community education councils in New York City. The members who will serve a two-year term on the CECs were announced last month and will begin to sit at meetings in July. The June meetings will be the last for those who chose either not to run, will not have children in city public s c h o ol s i n S e p t e m b e r o r we r e n o t re-elected. Unlike most other elections, the general public cannot cast votes in CEC races. Instead, three out of the five officers in public school parent teacher associations cast votes for their desired candidate. Nine members are elected that way and another two are appointed by Borough President Melinda Katz, who has not yet announced her decisions. Candidates must have at least one child in the public school system. One board member must have a child who is in English Language Learner classes and another with a son or daughter enrolled in an Individualized Education Program. A high school senior is also appointed to each CEC by the district superintendent — that member is not allowed to vote on items listed on meeting agendas. Each panel reviews educational programs

in the district, approves zoning lines and holds public hearings on matters pertinent to their respective areas. Here are the results for each Queens district: • In School District 24 — which includes Corona, Glendale, Ridgewood, Elmhurst, Long Island City, Maspeth and Middle Village — Dmytro Fedkowskyj, the former Queens representative on the Panel for Educational Policy, joins Jo Ann Berger, Henry Choi, Lucia Accardo, Carolina Gil, Luis Alban, Melissa Nieves, Rachel Ruiz and Andrea Hernandez; • In School District 25 — which encompasses Flushing, Whitestone and College Point — Joseph DiBenedetto got the highest number of votes, followed by Christine Coniglio, Kim Montgomery, Tina Tam, Lakashmi Ramasamy, Amy Hsiao, Raquel Ramirez-Esquivel, Victor de Los Santos and Robert Kapovic; • In School District 26 — representing the neighborhoods of Bayside, Fresh Meadows, Douglaston, Little Neck, Glen Oaks, Floral Park, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills and parts of Bellerose, Hollis Hills and Holliswood — the panel will include John Gavros, Adriana Aviles, Alan Ong, Michele Liu, Dilip Nath, David Wong, Karen Rose Scutt, Tanweer Ansari and Shengchao Yu. • In School District 27 — stretching

from Richmond Hill to Far Rockaway — Wendy Pratt-Hall will ser ve alongside Bianca Salcdeo, Lisa Johnson-Cooper, Ryan Price, Desiree Claudio, Oneska Jordan, Tiffany Doris, Maritza Henriquez and Dean Riddle; • In School District 28 — which in addition to serving Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens also represents the students of South Jamaica — Liz Chase, Olga Addison, Maria Fuentes, Kathy Osborne Chiu, Kimberly Coleman, Naureen Ahkter, Kathy McBride and Vanessa Caesar were all elected. • In School District 29 — which has parts of Bellerose and Holliswood and all of Briarwood, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens and St. Albans — will see Nicole Hammond, Gamal Byfield, Ericka Williams, Shani Reed, Francis Akinmoladun, Eboni Stewart, Mohammad Shahjahan and Nazia Noor serve on the board. • A nd in School District 30 — the bou ndar ies of which include Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City — KaTrina Har ris will be joined by Nuala O’Doherty, Valarie Lamour, Deborah Alexander, Ad r iana Ly nch, A mina Maiza, Diana Walcott, Roberto Cruz and Myrna Q Sobeyda Palacios.

Jamaica Water hearing June 28 The city’s Department of Environmental Protection is applying to New York State for permission to upgrade and modernize the wells and inf rast r uct u re f rom the old Jamaica Water Service as part of a plan to have a backup water system in the event of a d rought or an unforeseen emergency at the city’s upstate surface reservoirs. A legal notice obtained from the DEP website states that the cit y wants to renew an existing water supply/water withdrawal permit that is set to expire on Dec. 31. A public hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, at the Rober t Ross Johnson Family Life Center at 172-17 Linden Blvd. in St. Albans. All are invited to attend. The city bought the Jamaica Water Service in 1996. It includes 68 wells at 44 sites. The wells have a stated capacity of 62 million gallons per day, and the DEP notice says that its so-called InCity Water Supply Resiliency project do e s not ca l l for new wel ls or increased capacit y f rom existing Q ones.

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Using ‘other avenues’ to bust rowdy parties Capt. Bohannon says noise directive won’t affect the 106th Pct.’s job by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Capt. Brian Bohannon, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said last Wednesday that “nothing has changed,” in regards to how officers are allowed to respond to complaints of noisy parties and that cops will explore other ways to keep the peace in residential neighborhoods. “What has changed is the awareness in regards to what we are and what we are not allowed to do,” said Bohannon at the 106th Precinct’s Community Council meeting. The captain was responding to a resident’s concern over a New York Post article written last month that stated the NYPD cannot enter a house where loud music is playing unless they’re invited in by the homeowner. The directive was the result of a lawsuit filed against the city after officers, often without a warrant, ransacked homes and seized stereo equipment and other goods. The 106th Precinct receives more 311 and 911 complaints for excessive noise than any other quality-of-life issue during the warmer months. Previously, the command had a hotline specifically for noise issues but that was discontinued months ago. Bohannon said officers were “never allowed to do warrantless searches,” but that

Capt. Brian Bohannon last Wednesday addressed a memo from the NYPD regarding the enforcement of rowdy parties in residential areas, saying it would not change the way his PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY officers carry out their duties. getting per mission f rom homeowners almost never seems to be a problem anyway. “Ninety-eight out of 100 times we’re able to receive compliance,” he told the community council. And in the event they don’t, there are “other avenues” that can be utilized.

“If there’s an overcrowding situation we can go in, if it looks like there’s someone in need of medical attention, if we see they’re serving alcohol to minors,” he said. There are also ways to bring the partygoers outside. “If we see there are a lot of double-parked

cars, we start writing $115 summonses and that gets people outside pretty quickly,” the captain said. In regards to reported crimes in the precinct, it’s down or level year to date in every index crime category. Murders are even at two, rapes dropped from seven to three, robbery from 87 to 86, felony assaults from 93 to 84, burglaries from 113 to 108, grand larcenies from 242 to 195 and grand larceny autos from 51 to 40. The total number of index crimes as of June 11, 2016 was 595 — this year, it was at 518, a 12.9 percent decrease. While crime is down overall, there are some issues the precinct is keeping its eye on. Bohannon said Honda Pilots are the target for rim and tire thefts — previously, Honda Accords and other models were hit by thieves. The captain advised drivers who are able to put a wheel lock on and take the key with them. And on Tuesday, 106th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Mark Competello warned the Ozone Park Civic Association that teenagers are being targeted for snatch and grabs — where a thief takes an item from someone on the street before bolting away. “Just make sure they’re paying attention,” Q Competello told the civic.

NYPD commish holds court with the 104 Pct. O’Neill talks terrorism, pledges to keep pursuing quality-of-life issues by Christopher Barca

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Everything but a red carpet was rolled out for NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill’s visit to the 104th Precinct Community Council’s Tuesday meeting. But the former commanding officer doesn’t see himself as some sort of celebrity. To him, it was just another community council meeting, like the many he used to run during his time as a uniformed member of the force. “I was a precinct commander for six and a half years. I had the Central Park precinct, and, believe it or not, there’s a full-blown precinct there,” O’Neill told the approximately 100 people in attendance. “I guess I did well enough there that they actually gave me a precinct where people lived.” Arriving shortly after the meeting began to a loud round of applause — as well as a massive plate of cookies and other treats — O’Neill quickly jumped into a discussion of the myriad issues facing the NYPD today. His short speech prior to the lengthy question-and-answer segment focused heavily on the city’s status as a top terrorist target, with the top cop saying that threat is what keeps him awake at night. Citing recent attacks in European cities like London, Manchester, Brussels and Nice, O’Neill said he has no choice but to dedicate huge amounts of resources and attention to preventing similar incidents in New York. “In traditional crime, we’re doing well. But terrorism is something that truly does keep me up at night,” he said. “You’ve got to pay attention. I’m almost sorry to say that you really have to pay attention to what’s going on in the city.”

While he didn’t reference many specific anti-terror operations, O’Neill detailed his order for massive Sanitation Department trucks to encircle revelers attending last year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and New Year’s Eve gatherings in Manhattan six months ago in response to last July’s attack in Nice, France — a tactic he’s considering using again for next month’s Fourth of July celebration. In that incident, a terrorist drove a massive cargo truck at high speeds into crowds of people enjoying Bastille Day on a seaside promenade, killing 86 and wounding over 400. “Based on what happened in France, we had to create a ring of sand trucks to make sure there were no unauthorized vehicles there,” he said. “Those used to be my three favorite days of the year: New Year’s, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July.” O’Neill then took questions for about 20 minutes from residents looking for information about illegal massage parlor crackdowns, quality-of-life concerns and the presence of state police officers in the city. Kerry Ann McAdams credited the 104th Precinct for acting on information she provided them at a community council last year about a spike in massage parlors, leading to the command shutting down multiple locations. The Glendale resident even presented O’Neill with a letter she wrote praising the 104th Precinct, to which the top cop responded by emphasizing the importance of community council meetings. “Coming to these meetings, showing them that you’re really concerned about your community, really does make a difference,” he said. In discussing a citywide crackdown on illegal massage

NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill, right, speaks with Capt. John Mastronardi, the 104th Precinct’s commanding officer, during Tuesday’s precinct community council meeting. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA

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FDNY honors bravest of New York’s Bravest Queens firefighters feted at annual Medal Day ceremony in Manhattan by Michael Gannon

stone on April 24, 2016. Upon arrival, Dalgish saw an elderly man The Borough of Queens, as per usual, at a third-story window. With the nearest ladmore than held its own earlier this month at der companies on another call, Dalgish went the New York City Fire Department’s annual in and found the man, who told the lieutenant that his wife and son were still trapped inside. Medal Day on June 7 in Manhattan All information on the citations was pro- Re-entering the building still without the protection of a hose, Dalgish found the woman vided courtesy of the FDNY. Firefighter Louis Piazza of Ladder Co. 133 who was disoriented and about to jump from in Jamaica received the M.J. Delaney Medal a third-floor window. After leading her to safety he ordered a for rescuing an unconscious man from a hose line up to the third floor, resulting in the house fire on Jan. 21, 2015. Piazza was required to crawl in zero visi- son’s rescue. Capt. Gary Weinhofer of Ladder Co. 162 in bility past the heart of the blaze on a routine search. Shielding the man with his body as Queens Village received the Walter Scott they moved back past the fire, Piazza got the Medal for actions taken on June 29, 2016. Searching for a known victim with two man out through a rear door. He then placed his own air mask on the man and resuscitated firefighters and only a single hand fire extinguisher, Weinhofer learned via radio that the him alone until help came. Capt. Michael Sitler of Engine Co. 287 in hydrant outside was not working and that Elmhurst received the Shelly Rothman medal another would have to be used to set up a for his effort to rescue an elderly man from a relay. With flames rolling above their heads, house fire on March 21, 2016. Sitler, advanc- Weinhofer found an unconscious woman in a ing through heavy smoke and heat ahead of bedroom. He was moving her out of the apartthe only available hose line, dragged the ment when they were met by men with hose badly injured man to a staircase before hand- lines. Firefighter William Felten was off duty ing him off to EMTs. The victim subsequentwith his family at Rockaway Beach last Aug. ly died. EMT Lt. Craig Roeder, stationed in 13 when he was told by off-duty Battalion Queens, was awarded the Chief Ulyses Grant Chief Michael McGrath that four swimmers Leadership Medal for actions on April 19, were in distress in the ocean off of a nearby 2016 when, arriving at a house fire in Western jetty. With no radio he ran more than 250 Queens before firefighters, he ran into the yards before finding an on-duty lifeguard to building upon learning from witnesses that sound the alarm. Ignoring rough, choppy seas and without equipment, Felten dove into the people were trapped inside. Roeder found a disoriented woman holding water and pulled the first victim out. He was a baby and got them to safety. Still alone, he back in the water aiding the other three when went back inside to conduct a further search, Engine 329 arrived on scene to pull everyone rescuing the family’s dog that had been out. Felten was awarded the Chief Joseph B. trapped. Upon the arrival of firefighters, he Martin Medal. EMT Sean Emanuel, a resident of Elmset up a medical command on-site until he was relieved and taken to a hospital for medi- hurst, received the Tracy Allen-Lee Medal for saving a would-be jumper at an apartment cal treatment. Lt. Thomas Dalgish, stationed at Engine building in Manhattan last Aug. 20. Receiving a call for a possible drug patient, Co. 312 in Astoria, was honored with the Company Officers Association Medal for the Emanuel and his partner got to the 27th floor rescue of three people from a burning brown- when they were told a woman who had had a few drinks had locked herself on the balcony outside her apartment. She was covered with blood and saying she wanted to die. Emanuel engaged her in conversation as a maintenance worker u nlocked the door. Running onto the balcony, the EMT grabbed the woman as she was about to let go of the railing. Lt. Gregory Damato Lt. Ralph Longo, FF James Branch, FF Howayne Delisser, FF Ross Dubof Engine Co. 302 in ner, FF Garret Langdon and FF Erich Smith Editor

Queens was well-represented at the FDNY’s annual Medal Day, including FF Peter Brady, top left, FF Sean Cosgrove, Lt. Thomas Dalgish and Lt. Gregory Damato; EMT Sean Emanuel, center left, FF William Felten, FF Sean Koellner and FF Gerald McManus; and FF Louis Piazza, bottom left, PHOTOS COURTESY FDNY Lt. Craig Roeder, Capt. Michael Sitler and Capt. Gary Weinhofer. South Jamaica was awarded the Vincent J. Kane Medal for rescuing a woman from a house fire last Aug. 22. Upon arrival frantic witnesses told Damato that someone was trapped in a house that was billowing thick black smoke from the front door and windows. Two NYPD police officers who attempted to enter the building were driven back by the smoke and heat. Going in before a hose had been set up, Damato searched deeper and deeper into the first floor before finding an unconscious woman in the living room. He pulled her to the door as conditions deteriorated, with the officers helping carry her to medical assistance that had arrived. Members of Engine Co. 298, Ladder Co. 127 and Ladder Co. 36 received the Lt. James Curran/New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation Medal for their actions in Jamaica last Oct. 3. Engine 298 was dispatched to a report of police dealing with an emotionally disturbed person who was threatening to blow up an apartment building. Upon their arrival smoke and flames were visible in multiple windows of a third-floor apartment. Lt. Ralph Longo’s had to get nearby emergency vehicles moved to a safe distance and string hose lines before attacking a fire that had gasoline and natural gas as accelerants. Witnesses said the subsequent explosion blew out all the windows, and the fire advanced to the fourth and fifth floors before firefighters got the upper hand. Longo and firefighters James Branch, Howayne Delisser, Ross Dubner, Garret Langdon and Erich Smith were honored. Sean Cosgrove of Ladder Co. 163 in Woodside received the Commissioner Edward Thompson Medal for rescuing and reviving a victim of an apartment fire last Oct. 7. Searching on the sixth floor, Cosgrove found an unconscious woman and began

dragging her out, removing her with the help of another firefighter. Cosgrove initiated CPR until they were outside and she was in the hands of medical personnel. She survived. Peter Brady, a resident of Belle Harbor, was awarded the Brooklyn Citizens Medal/FF Louis Valentino Award for actions in Brooklyn last Oct. 14. Finding an unconscious woman in respiratory distress in a back bedroom, Brady was told by radio that window bars would delay an exterior rescue. He dragged the woman until meeting up with Lt. Christopher Ganci, who helped get her to the street. She survived. The Hugh Bonner Medal/Honor Legion Medal was bestowed on Gerard McManus of ladder Co. 155 in Jamaica for actions taken last Oct. 26. Arriving at a house fire with a victim believed to be trapped, the FDNY found entry by the front door already impossible until a hose was set up. McManus and others forced their way through a fence and reinforced doors to gain entry by the back of the house. With no hoses yet set up and conditions deteriorating, McManus went in alone, searching three rooms in the darkness before finding a badly burned man. He was able to remove the victim and carry him 60 feet to the street. Sean Koellner of Ladder Co. 167 in Auberndale received the Columbia Association Medal for actions at a Flushing apartment building fire last Dec. 8. Due to the early morning hour and the difficulty he had forcing open an apartment door, Koellner believed a person was inside. Searching the apartment, familiar with the layout from previous employment with the city, he crept to where he believed he would find a bedroom. The search was complicated by vast amounts of clutter and furniture. Moving boxes in the bedroom he found and rescued Q an elderly woman.

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I hope that you had a very wonderful Father’s Day. My memories of this day when I was a youngster, as I have stated before, is that we went to church, then my mother cooked for what seemed all day. We then listened to classical and operatic music and had a delicious dinner. After some conversation and homework, it was off to bed so that we could get up early for school. When we did get up, our dad had left for work already to return late in the evening. So always know that your father, whether here with you or with you in spirit, will always love you, protect you and try to make your life easier. I hope that you shopped on Jamaica Avenue for Father’s Day and so on and all special days. There will be a big decision to be made soon — which proposal for the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line the Greater Woodhaven Development Cor p. should support There are really two to choose from: the QueensWay or bringing trains back to the line to bring transportation from the Rockaways into Manhattan. If the Queensway is chosen, it may become a security and privacy issue for

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continued from page 4 had been spotted in Spring Creek Park previously and was issued a summons for public urination and other offenses. Detectives then questioned the Brooklyn man, who allegedly confessed to the crime. If convicted, he faces a potential maximum sentence of life in prison. His DNA also allegedly matches strands found on Vetrano’s body, according to prosecutors and police. Despite that, The Legal Aid Society, which is representing Lewis, maintains his innocence and has vowed to question the evidence at trial. Cathie Vetrano, speaking to members of the community council, said the arrest brought the family “some peace. “And it’s not much peace at all, but we have the peace of knowing that he is where he belongs and he will not do th is to any of you r daughters,” she continued. She also thanked the civic leaders and residents who regularly attend the precinct council meetings. “It shows that you care about your children and your community,” she said. “God bless all of you for knowing that terrible things can happen and caring that they’re happening.” Q

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Should Rikers Island be closed? That was judiciously debated at a panel discussion hosted by the Queens Civic Congress on Tuesday at the Queens County Farm Museum. Those speaking in favor were Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills); Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Elias Husamudeen and James Quinn, a senior prosecutor for Queens District Attorney R ich a rd Brow n , m a de opp osi ng arguments. Lancman highlighted how expensive it is to run the facility and pay for people who live there: a $200,000 cost annually for each inmate, according to the councilman. Many of the ones who are there, he added, are only there because they do not have the bail money. “It is an extraordinary expense to have someone sitting at Rikers Island when they do not need to be,” he said. Lancman added that it costs “about $23 million a year to ship people back and forth” from the island jail system. Although Mayor de Blasio has announced his support for closing down the complex and replacing it with jails in each borough, the city has not come forward with a proposal to replace it. Koslowitz made a compassionate case for closing Rikers, for among other reasons allowing the families of prisoners to easily visit them; the corrections complex is isolated from

Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Elias Husamudeen makes the case for keeping open the Rikers Island jail complex, which Mayor de Blasio wants to close, at a panel discussion hosted by the Queens Civic PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Congress. the rest of New York City. “Bringing it into the community will let families be able to visit the people that are in there,” she said. Some opposed to closing the corrections

complex have observed how many communities throughout New York City would be very unhappy with, and would try to stop, a smaller jail coming to their neighborhood. Koslowitz mentioned that in Kew Gardens, a neighborhood she represents, a detention facility used to operate near the area’s courthouse. And to the surrounding community, it largely went unnoticed, she said. “For years, there were really no incidents,” the lawmaker said. To make herself clear, Koslowitz added that she was not advocating for a jail to be placed in Kew Gardens. Such a proposal could face tremendous blowback. As corrections union chief Husamudeen pointed out, some communities in New York City are resistant to even a women’s shelter opening in their neighborhood. The labor official pointed out that due to the island complex’s size, replacing it with buildings in other parts of the city would be extremely difficult. As an example, he mentioned one building on Rikers that houses 3,300 inmates. “In order to shut down and bring it to the boroughs, you would literally have to open three facilities to contain the 3,300 inmates in that one facility,” he said. Husamudeen added that while Rikers has been accused of having a “culture of violence,” other correctional facilities in the city are just as bad. “We have a jail on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn; there’s just as much violence in that

jail as there is on Rikers Island,” he said. If the victors of a debate are judged by the volume of the applause they receive, those against shutting Rikers down won: The audience clapped noticeably louder for Husamudeen and Quinn than the Council members. Serving as a rebuttal to Lancman’s comments about the bail system, Quinn displayed a chart showing that out of the Rikers Island inmate population on June 19 — 9,267 people — only 3,175 of them were “bailable defendants.” And the much-lamented violence at Rikers, he added, is not necessarily an unchangeable feature: “It’s only been in recent years that the violence level has gone up,” he said. The prosecutor added that the facilities which would replace Rikers Island would face enormous opposition from the Council members representing the areas proposed for them and members of the neighborhoods themselves. “Nobody wants these facilities in their communities,” he said. After the debaters made their cases, audience members weighed in on the issue and asked them questions. Juniper Park Civic Association President Bob Holden, who is running for the City Council, said that the people operating the jail system, not the system itself, are responsible for Rikers’ problems. “It’s the management, the building’s fine,” he said. “I hope it’s not a takeover by developQ ers who want to build property there.”

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More than 100 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 rank-and-file joined Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) to rally Tuesday against Charter Communications, which owns Time Warner Cable-Spectrum, using outof-state contractors while the union strikes. They say the practice is a violation of the corporation’s franchise agreement with the City of New York. “There are a number of tragic aspects to what is going on here,” Lancman said at a Charter satellite signal reception facility on 164th Street in Fresh Meadows, blocks away from Electchester, a residential complex constructed for electrical workers. “First and foremost is the fact that so many folks, 1,800, are out of work.” The franchise agreement that the company has with the city requires it to hire residents of New York City to the extent possible and recognize their right to collective bargaining. As Local 3 business representative Derek Jordan pointed out, times are tough for the union. With its members having worked without a contract since 2013, the syndicate started a general strike in late March when Charter proposed cutting or reducing benefits to the employees. “We need to maintain our pension and our medical benefits,” Jordan said. “We want to get back to the table yesterday.” And he cited the issue of hiring non-New Yorkers. “And it’s the fact that Charter, Spectrum has not only refused to negotiate with you all in good faith, not only forced you all onto the picket line, not only taken away your livelihood during this period of time, but has also in many cases taken your jobs and given them to folks who are out of state,” the councilman added as Local 3

members roared in agreement. The crowd jeered at enlarged pictures of Spectrum trucks with license plates from California, Texas and other states. Honking their support, dozens of cars and a fire truck on 164th Street showed the strikers their solidarity. So did representatives of Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) who spoke at the rally. Lancman has two demands for the telecom behemoth. One: Stop refusing to negotiate in good faith with IBEW Local 3 and work with it to agree on a “fair and reasonable contract” and two: Stop hiring out-of-state people. To the strikers’ applause, the lawmaker urged City Hall to aggressively enforce the franchise agreement: “I’ll tell you what: Nothing will get Charter’s attention as much as a letter from the city saying, ‘Effective on X date, we are terminating your franchise agreement.’” To be sure, Lancman pointed out that the de Blasio administration has done some work on the case. The city, according to Lancman, asked Charter about who it is contracting with. “The answer that they gave was inadequate and the City has had to go back and ask for more information,” the councilman said. The de Blasio administration did not immediately respond when asked if any plans to terminate the franchise agreement exist. In its response to the Chronicle, Charter said that what it is now offering to the union is a good deal. “Charter is offering Local 3 a generous compensation package that includes an average 22-percent wage increase and comprehensive retirement and health benefits, including a 401(k) that provides a dollar-for-dollar match up to 6 percent of eligible pay,” company spokesman

Class warfare hit 164th Street on Tuesday as strikers called on Charter Communications to not contract non-New Yorkers and PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY to negotiate a contract in good faith. John Bonomi told the Chronicle in an emailed statement. He also denied that Charter has refused to negotiate in good faith with the union. The company, Bonomi said, has “been at each and every negotiation session, up to and including the most recent, last Tuesday, June 13. We stand ready to meet and barQ gain in good faith at any time.”

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State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in Jamaica on Tuesday, pointing to a still photo from a video purporting to show physical confrontations between protesters and people attempting to PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON enter the Choices Women’s Medical Center.

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State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing 14 people, including two women with ties to a Woodhaven church, over allegations that they have repeatedly blocked or obstructed access to a Jamaica clinic that provides medical services to women including abortions. The 32-page complaint, filed in federal court on Tuesday, also alleges that in some cases patients and staff have been verbally and physically intimidated and in some cases threatened. Schneiderman and city Public Advocate Letitia James announced the action at a press conference on Tuesday outside the Choices Women’s Medical Center on 148th Street. Schneiderman, clinic founder Merle Hoffman and others allege that people attempting to enter the clinic on Saturdays are subjected to verbal and physical abuse. “These tactics are very clearly illegal,” said Schneiderman, who said he worked as a volunteer at a clinic as a young man. “The law guarantees women the right to control their own bodies and access to the healthcare they need without obstruction,” a right he said is “firmly established in federal, New York State and New York City Law.” He said in some cases people entering the clinic are pushed into the building’s walls or must head out into the street to avoid protesters. The suit alleges that the incidents began in 2012. The named defendants include Angela Braxton and Jasmine LaLonde, said to be affiliated

with Grace Baptist Church in Woodhaven. The Chronicle could not contact the women for comment prior to deadline on Wednesday, and a man answering the phone at the church declined to comment. Other defendants include: • Kenneth Griep, described as senior pastor at Church at the Rock in Brooklyn; • Ronald George, pastor at Church at the Rock; • Patricia Musco, counselor and youth director at the church; • church member Randall Doe; • church member Osayinwense Okuonghae; • church member Anne Kaminsky; • church member Brian George; • church member Sharon Doe; • church member Deborah Ryan; • Sister Dorothy Rothar, said to be the founder of Bright Dawn Ministries in Brooklyn; • Prisca Joseph; and • Scott Fitchett Jr. Schneiderman’s website shows a video recorded by undercover investigators from his office allegedly showing harassment and physical confrontations. The suit is asking for a 16-foot buffer around the clinic; that the defendants be found to have violated federal, state and city clinic access laws; and to assess statutory or compensatory damages, as well as civil penalties. James and Schneiderman were joined by representatives of Planned Parenthood, the National Institute for Reproductive continued on page 21

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Three construction workers were injured, one of whom was trapped under thousands of pounds of rubble, after a crane dropped its load through the roof of an Astoria building Tuesday afternoon and caused a partial collapse, the Fire Department said. The men were working on 31-25 28 Road when the crane dropped materials being used for the project through the roof just after 3:30 p.m., the FDNY said. According to public records, a work permit was granted in December 2014 to add a third floor to the two-story building. A stop-work order now stands on the property. One of the individuals removed himself and another was found shortly after by emergency crews. The third was stuck in the basement of the building for almost an hour under â&#x20AC;&#x153;a few thousand pounds of materialsâ&#x20AC;? while workers sifted through the rubble, the FDNY said in a Facebook post. FDNY personnel crawled into the basement and administered drugs to the victim for pain relief while others dug through the materials to get him out. All three men were sent to Elmhurst Hospital Medical Center in critical but stable condition, where they remained as of press time. The swift removal of the construction

The FDNY worked to free a construction worker stuck in the basement of an Astoria home, after FDNY FACEBOOK PHOTO materials were dropped through the roof of a work site. workers from the site was praised by FDNY officials who responded to the scene. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our job was to keep the patient comfortable, pain free, and alive through the rescue operation process. Everyone did a great job and did what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to do. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what made this operation a success. Our training kicks in,â&#x20AC;? FDNY Rescue Paramedic Juan Henriquez said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many people put themselves in grave danger to save one person,â&#x20AC;? FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.

FDNY Lt. Frederick Ill said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a long process of lifting and cutting, but we train for this regularly. We stayed focused and stuck to our tactics. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a team effort. We all wanted to get the patient out as quickly as possible.â&#x20AC;? State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) said in a statement, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My prayers are with the workers who were critically injured this afternoon in Astoria. I hope for their full and speedy recovery and thank the brave men and women of the Q FDNY for saving their lives.â&#x20AC;?

Schneiderman continued from page 20 Health, NOW-NYC among others. Schneiderman said the requested 16-foot buffer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; roughly the width of the sidewalk around the property â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is not unreasonable. He said while federal courts have thrown out larger buffer areas, the requested distance can protect all parties involved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It protects protestersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; right to free speech, and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equally important right to have control over their ow n bod ies a nd h ave access t o healthcare,â&#x20AC;? he said. He also pointed out that far more than one court ruling has found that the right to free speech is not completely unabridged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blackmail is speech, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not protected,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fraud is speech, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not protected.â&#x20AC;? Hoffman said she opened the clinic in 1971, two years before the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New York was one of only five states that had legal abortion,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had patients coming over the bridge from New Jersey because it was a crime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had bomb th reats, death threats and multiple evictions. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Q still here.â&#x20AC;?

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Those sidewalk tents are, in fact, legal Required city permits cost $3,000 to $11,000 a day for a five-day stay by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

To some, those tents set up on Queens sidewalks by Verizon, various health insurance companies and other entities are barely noticeable; just innocent stands that vanish as quickly as they appear To others, they’re frustrating examples of corporate greed that hog parking spots or block sidewalks. But regardless of how one feels about them, they are, in fact, legal. With the proper permit, of course. “I can’t believe how far corporate greed can go these days,” Maspeth resident Paul Coughlan told the Chronicle in a June 8 email. “Now Verizon is allowed to put up kiosks and sell their products in residential neighborhoods? What licensing allows this? It’s disgusting.” Included in Coughlan’s email was a photo of a Verizon employee sitting under a tent that was both on the sidewalk and on 52nd Street, across from Windmuller Park in Woodside. By the time Coughlan drove down 52nd Street a day later, the portable kiosk was gone. But when the Chronicle sent the photo to the Mayor’s Office to ask if the tent was legal, spokesperson Natalie Grybauskas said yes, if the company acquired a

Tents like this Verizon one, seen on 52nd Street in Woodside earlier this month, are, in fact, legal, if the company interested in setting one up gets a street activity permit from the city to do so. Those permits can cost as much as $11,000 a day for five days. PHOTO COURTESY PAUL COUGHLIN street activity permit beforehand. There are two types of permits a firm can acquire by applying online in order to set up such a tent. The first, called “Street Event-Small,” costs $3,000 a day, normally runs for a maximum of five days and must be filed at least

Richmond Hill tot’s ’16 death ruled a homicide by Michael Gannon

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Already poor results under former Administration for Children’s Services Commissioner Gladys Carrion got appreciably worse last week when the city’s Medical Examiner ruled the 2016 death of a 3-year-old Richmond Hill boy to be a homicide. The NYPD announced last Friday that detectives’ investigation into the death of little Romeo Lewis is continuing and that no arrests have been made. Police were called to Long Island Jewish Hospital’s Cohen’s Children’s Center in Glen Oaks on July 28 last year for a report of possible child abuse. Officers allegedly discovered Romeo with bruises and trauma to his body. He had been brought to Cohen’s from Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. He died five days later. Published reports state that Romeo’s mother had a case history with ACS, and that he and two siblings had at one time been placed with their grandmother. Romeo is the seventh child in families known to ACS authorities to have died since June of last year. The agency was

investigated by the state beginning last September following the death of Zymere Perkins, 6, of Harlem. Authorities allege that he was beaten by his mother’s boyfriend. Last Dec. 3 Jaden Jordan, 3, of Brooklyn died after allegedly being beaten into a coma, also allegedly at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend. His death was the subject of a scathing report from the city’s Department of Investigation on the ACS’s actions in handling his case. There still has been no determination of a cause of death in Michael Guzman’s demise on Jan. 22. His family had been visited 13 times by ACS officials, with eight resulting in findings of abuse or neglect of children in the family. Zamair Coombs, 4, also of Brooklyn, died on Jan. 26 after allegedly being beaten by his mother with a broom handle for dropping an egg on the floor. In February of this year, the June 2016 death of 1-month-old Nichelle Warring of Brooklyn was ruled a homicide. The death of 16-month-old Bianca Abdul of Staten Island is under investigation. Q Carrion resigned in February.

t wo week s i n adva nce of the tent’s placement. The second, called “Street Event-Medium,” costs $11,000 a day, runs for the same amount of time and must be filed 30 days beforehand. Tents that only sit either on the sidewalk

or on the street are required to have the small permit, while ones that extend onto both, like the Verizon setup in Woodside, must have the medium one. “Different set-ups and configurations have different deadlines, rules and pricing,” Grybauskas said in a Tuesday email. “We typically only permit for at most 5 days because of community impact, but there are no legal maximums.” Ed Wendell, a civic activist in Woodhaven, told the Chronicle in a Tuesday phone interview that he sees tents like the one in Woodside regularly, but he never thinks twice about them. The same goes for many of the neighborhood residents he interacts with on a daily basis, as he said he can’t remember ever hearing a complaint about them. “Nothing like that has ever really come up, so I never really thought about it,” Wendell said. “We’ve got food carts that set up everywhere, and no one touches them. So as long as they’re behaving well, too, it’s fine.” He did say he “for sure” could see why some people would be against tents that take up parking, but added that there often are many other, more pressing matters to address than the loss of one parking spot. “I can’t imagine they would be very high up on the list of things to tackle,” he said. Q

NYPD commish visits the 104 continued from page 12 should no longer be enforced. However, he believes officers should controlling the woman is a much better have greater leeway in how they address strategy for breaking up such rings. “We have changed the way we’ve done relatively minor crimes. “With neighborhood policing, we’re business a bit,” he said. “We have to make sure we do our best to go up the food giving our officers discretion when they see a quality-of-life issue,” he said. “If chain as high as possible.” A number of quality-of-life questions you’re sitting on your stoop drinking a followed, ranging from loitering in the beer, do you think you should get a crimiRidgewood portion of Highland Park to a nal court summons? Probably not. “But qualit ylaw sig ned by of-life enforceMayor de Blasio ment, I’m telling last yea r easi ng you, is not going penalties for lowknow that this is a away,” he conlevel crimes. tined, as the Speaking just as community that’s truly crowd applauded. emphatically as he supportive of the NYPD. “Not as long as did about ter ror’m police ism, O’Neill We really appreciate it.” Icommissioner.” pledged quality-ofT h e me e t i ng life enforcement — NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill was a jovial one, will remain as big as O’Neill even of a priority for the cracked a few jokes, like pointing to the NYPD as it has in recent years. “If I didn’t take care of quality of life reporters in the room and saying, “You issues, I wouldn’t have been a command- shouldn’t necessarily believe everything ing officer for very long,” he said. “The you read in the newspapers.” But before he departed, he made sure NYPD is never stepping away from it.” When pressed by one questioner about to acknowledge the passion in which resiMayor de Blasio’s “de-emphasizing” of dents of southwest Queens show their low-level crimes and violations like public police precinct. “I know that this is a community that’s urination and littering, O’Neill shot back by saying neither de Blasio nor the NYPD truly supportive of the NYPD,” he said. Q believes laws prohibiting such actions “We really appreciate it.”

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GJDC: friends, fun, fine food and spirits

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The Greater Jamaica Development Corp. hosted Brew N Chew, an after-hours business and social get-together on June 16 at the Harvest Room in Jamaica featuring distinct beers, wine and fine dining. At top left, Danielle Carter greets visitors with an array of beer sampling glasses. At top right, Phyllis Knight, Theresa Mazzarelli, Andrew McKessey, Carol Perez and Jasmin Vega toast a successful event. The group Prest4Time, second row left, entertains the crowd, while next to them, personnel from the Bluestone Organization kick back.

At one point, a young man is asked who is having fun, while at right Marquita Rivers and GJDC Senior Project Manager Meredith Hermann sample some of the grape. Above, in the third row, Ruby James and Classie Walker, left, enjoy the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entertainment. Next to them, Helga Campbell balances some brews for herself and a friend, while Paul Page, to the right, hits the dance floor. To the right, Valerie Stevens of the Jamaica Center Improvement Center toasts the town. Next to her, far right, Janey Chao shows off her dance steps.

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City looking to consolidate five facilities into one on Grand Avenue by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

It’s been five years since Hurricane Sandy flooded a pair of Brooklyn NYPD warehouses, destroying thousands of pieces of evidence and impacting numerous criminal trials in the process. To avoid such a disruption in the future, the NYPD is looking to consolidate its five such facilities across the city — including the Pearson Place site in Long Island City — into one warehouse in Maspeth. And while that plan has been public for about a year now, the NYPD came to Community Board 5 last Wednesday to fill them in on the details. “We have a great location here at 55-15 Grand Ave. that’s currently being used as a cardboard manufacturing location,” Bob Martinez, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of the Support Services Bureau, told the board. “They’re looking to relocate, so the property became available and it just happ e ne d t o b e t h at we’r e lo ok i ng t o consolidate.” Located not far from Newtown Creek, in the predominantly industrial section of Maspeth, the two-story cardboard manufacturing plant is approximately 320,000 square feet. But the NYPD’s plan involves knocking

Bob Martinez, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of the Social Services Bureau, presents Community Board 5 with the department’s plan to build a massive evidence warehouse on Grand Avenue in PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA Maspeth. down and rebuilding at least a section of the structure, while the rest of it will be repurposed by the department. According to the website of real estate firm Greiner Maltz, the plot of land is large enough to support a 770,000 square-foot development. The need for a consolidated site became painfully clear after Hur ricane Sandy

hammered the city in 2012, Martinez said, as the flood brought by the cyclone soaked about 6,000 barrels of “biological evidence,” along with 1,000 cars, 700 motorcycles and 4,000 bicycles. “We’re looking to operate almost like Amazon. It’s going to have a lot of technology,” he said. “Other police departments around the world are going to want to come

look at it. It will give us a big edge in storing biological evidence going forward.” The deputy commissioner admitted there could be a slight increase in traffic in the area, but the vehicles used by the NYPD to move in and out of the facility will mostly be vans as opposed to large trucks. Nina Carter, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ director of Leasing, said the Maspeth site was one of three finalists identified by the city after a yearslong canvassing of Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. It was selected because the businesses located at the other two plots would have had to have been bought out. “This was the most economical for the city of New York,” Carter said, adding the two departments are hoping the sale of the site will be finalized next year. Martinez said the facility’s opening will create approximately 30 jobs, while Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley said in her remarks to CB 5 that she supported the proposal. “I think it will be good for our community,” Crowley said. The NYPD takes in more than 500,000 invoices a year on average. Since 2011, it has processed over 2.4 milQ lion invoices of property.

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• The “Tenant Rent Increase Exemption” proposal would permanently freeze rents for all tenants (not just senior citizens and the disabled) with annual household incomes of less than $50,000 who pay half towards rent.

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Mets draft son of Edgardo Alfonzo The Indians, Mariners and Marlins select St. John’s University stars

The New York Mets selected Daniel Alfonzo, left, during last week’s MLB Draft, less than two decades after his father, Edgardo Alfonzo, played for the club. Also drafted were three St. John’s athletes. Speedy outfielder Michael Donadio, second from left, was taken by the Miami Marlins. Slick-fielding infielder Jesse Berardi, second from right, was selected by the defending American PHOTOS COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS AND, LEFT, FILE PHOTO League champion Cleveland Indians. Slugging catcher Troy Dixon, right, was picked by the Seattle Mariners.

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It seems like just yesterday when fan favorite and All-Star selection Edgardo “Fonzie” Alfonzo slugged 25 home runs, doubled 40 times and batted .324 for the World Series-bound New York Mets. But u nfor t u nately for fans of the Amazin’s, it appears Alfonzo’s son won’t be following in his father’s footsteps to Queens. Graduating Bayside High School baseball star Daniel Alfonzo was selected by the Mets in the 38th round — the 1,147th overall pick — of the MLB Draft last Wednesday, the last of three Queens residents to be chosen by a pro team. But the infielder informed the franchise this week he does not intend to sign a contract with them. Instead, Alfonzo will follow through on his commitment to Adelphi University in Garden City, LI. “Seeing my name in the draft, I take it as a motivation,” Alfonzo said in a statement released by the university. “I see it as a motivation to play at Adelphi and improve

on the field.” The Mets were hoping they had found a late-round diamond in the rough with Alfonzo, who was arguably one of Queens’ best high school baseball players during his career in Bayside. The fun-loving shortstop and third baseman led the school to its first ever Public School Athletic League city championship during his junior season last June, one year after leading the PSAL in home runs as a sophomore. While the Commodores were unable to repeat as city champions this year, Alfonzo enjoyed another great season, finishing his final high school campaign with a blistering .471 batting average and just eight strikeouts in 51 at-bats. “He’s a really, really talented kid. He plays third base, can hit, can do a little bit of everything,” Mets vice president of amateur scouting Tommy Tanous told MLB. com. “He’s a heck of a ballplayer.” Alfonzo joins McClancy High School stars Quentin Holmes and Charlie Neuweiler — both of whom were top 150 picks —

as the only Queens teenagers to be selected in this year’s draft. But when it comes to collegiate ball, the borough saw three more players get their names called. St. John’s University stars Jesse Berardi, Troy Dixon and Michael Donadio are all professional baseball bound, as they were drafted by the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners and Miami Marlins, respectively. Berardi, chosen in the 10th round with the 312th pick, led the Red Storm with 47 runs batted in this season while posting a career-best .356 batting average. The middle infielder and Commack, LI native, who is in the process of negotiating a contract, told Newsday he is ready to prove his worth as a ballplayer. “I’m excited for the opportunity to join a great organization,” Berardi said. “I’ve always dreamed of playing professional baseball.” He was originally picked out of high school by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 40th round of the 2014, but chose to play at St. John’s instead.

Dixon was chosen 10 rounds after Berardi last week, as the Mariners scooped him up with the 603rd overall pick in the draft’s 20th round. The New Jersey native had arguably one of the best seasons of any catcher in the country this year, leading all of college baseball with a .394 batting average among backstops. The versatile Dixon is also known as a solid defender behind the plate, as he threw out a stellar 50 percent of basestealers this year. Ten rounds after Dixon was chosen, Donadio was selected with the 899th overall pick. The Mount Sinai, LI native became the second player in school history to be named to the All-Big East Conference First Team all four years. Donadio, a speedy outfielder, is the Red Storm’s career leader in runs scored (195) and walks (138), while his 268 hits rank second in program history. As a senior, Donadio batted .374 and Q cranked four home runs.

George Russo put on NYRA’s board Longtime South Queens community activist George Russo can now add another job to his resume — New York Racing Association board member. Russo was appointed as the last member of the 17-member panel, which was reshuffled in April after it was reprivatized as part of the state budget. He was picked to serve on the board by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) at the suggestion of Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park). “There are many things to gain from a

strong partnership between NYRA and our communities, and I’m proud to be one of 17 directors tasked with making that happen,” Russo said in a statement issued by Pheffer Amato’s office. Russo is one of two picks by the Assembly speaker — the other was Georgeanna Nugent of Saratoga Springs. Pheffer Amato touted the appointment as a way to address concerns at Aqueduct Race Track in South Ozone Park. “I can’t imagine a better person to represent our area on the NYRA Board than

George Russo,” the assemblywoman said. “I’m very excited for him to bring his caring, smarts and problem-solving abilities to bear on the many issues impacting Aqueduct.” Russo, son of famous Howard Beach caterer Frank Russo Sr., is a lawyer by trade but has worn many other hats. He’s a member of Community Board 10, former member of School Board 27 and was president of the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens from 2007 to 2014. Q — Anthony O’Reilly

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New York & Atlantic will relocate ‘Track 11’ to East New York site by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

New York & Atlantic Railway’s noisy process of repairing locomotives and railcars will no longer occur within the Fresh Pond Rail Yard in Glendale. That announcement was made last Friday by Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) — an avid supporter of railway reform — and hailed by many of her colleagues, who said relief is finally coming to weary residents living near the yard. “NY&A’s plan to transfer its repair operations is good news for Glendale residents who have long been plagued by noise caused by these rail car repairs,” Meng said in a statement. “I thank NY&A for making this decision.” The railway will relocate “Track 11” — the repair track running along Otto Road for five blocks between 67th and 69th places — to an industrial area in East New York, which Meng says abuts the L train, NY&A’s East New York Tunnel and the company’s existing rail yard in that neighborhood. The locomotive and car repairs are often incredibly noisy, consisting of hammering, drilling, welding and the moving of heavy machinery. All Faiths Cemetery sits north of the track, but five blocks worth of two- and

New York & Atlantic Railway will no longer repair its trains and railcars on “Track 11” within the Fresh Pond Rail Yard. Instead, the noisy process, which takes place not far from dozens of FILE PHOTO homes, is being relocated to an East New York industrial yard. three-story homes sits just across Otto Road, merely a few dozen feet south of the section of rail in question. The relocation of Track 11 will be made by the end of the month. “We have h istor ically engaged i n improvements when we can do so in a way that allows us to preserve the benefits we

provide to our customers and residents of Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island,” NY&A President James Bonner said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing the postive collaboration evidenced by this project.” “Moving the railcar repair facility to Brooklyn is a huge win for this community,” Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley

(D-Glendale) added, “and lifts a burden off of homeowners perpetually dealing with noise and pollution in our community.” One group that didn’t celebrate the move last week was Civics United for Railroad and Environmental Solutions, a longtime critic of NY&A and its practices. In a statement issued on its Facebook page, the organization questioned whether simply moving where repairs are made will address the root of the issues plaguing the neighborhood around the rail yard. “Moving repair operations won’t fix poor training, supervision, car handling, and employees rushing through tasks without employing best practices that cause such excessive noise and vibration,” CURES said. “How will NYAR’s track use and operations at Fresh Pond Yard change once this repair facility moves? Is this change really going to yield net community benefits, like less noise?” The repair track relocation move comes after years of criticism from CURES, Meng and others for a variety of issues at the Glendale rail yard, including a July 2015 collision between a train and a truck, the railway not using the most environmentally friendly locomotives available and the strong odor given off by uncovered train Q cars full of comingled waste.

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Hear ye! Hear ye! Calling all poets, fiction writers and writers of creative non-fiction! If your pen, or your keyboard, is mightier than your sword, and if you have ever been a resident of Queens — either now or in the past — the Newtown Literary Alliance encourages you to send in your best work for possible inclusion in its upcoming December journal. Submissions are being accepted through July 10, and, music to the ears of any struggling artist types out there, there is no fee. The alliance, named for one of the original towns that made up Queens before it became part of New York City in 1898, is a nonprofit organization

dedicated to supporting writers and writing in the borough. The journal, its flagship project, is published semiannually both in print and electronically, the main goal being to reflect the diverse voices of the borough’s residents. The publication, like the alliance itself, was founded in 2012 by a small group of writers to create a written record of the literary work being done in the borough. The staff consisted of all volunteers. The staff has since grown to around two dozen, and, since 2016, after the organization became a 501(c)3 organization and received a grant from the Queens Council on the Arts, they are now able to receive what the editor, Tim Fredrick, calls a “nominal amount” for their efforts.

The issues are published every June and December and include approximately 25 writers each. The alliance holds a launch reading at a Queens venue for each one. To mark the publication of the latest issue, #10, such an event will take place outdoors at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City on June 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. Admission is free and no reservations are required, though, due to limited seating, it is recommended that guests bring blankets to sit on. As for the future, Fredrick said in a telephone interview that “we’re really excited” about the prospect of continuing the group’s free writing classes for adults, teenagers and children at various Queens Library branches. Continued onpage page35 continued on

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Madeline Lovallo Painting Her Local World, with scenes of Queens, the city and beyond, by the Howard Beach artist, with many available for sale. Thru end of June. The Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info: (347) 8786614, madelinesstudio.pixels.com.

“Hablas y Te Salvas” (“You Talk and You Save”), about Alexis, an Ecuadorian-American storyteller from Queens experimenting with her solo show in an apartment near the 7 train, based roughly on the play “We Come Here.” Sun., June 25, 2 p.m., Tacuba Cantina Mexicana restaurant, 35-01 36 St., Astoria. Free. Info: (718) 706-5750, apacny.org.

“Toys & Games from the Attic and Beyond,” with more than 150 items including Queens-born Mr. Machine, Hess trucks, Lionel trains, Beanie Babies and more, with panels on their histories. Tue., Sat., Sun., 2:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment, thru Tue., July 18. Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5; $3 seniors, students; under 12 free. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org, bit.ly/2nBaJ8M. “Elements of Nature: Paintings by Denise P. Levine,” works meant to reflect nature and “provide a calming, restorative and healing message.” Thru end of June, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit. “Taking it to the Streets,” photos of 1950s New York, by Flushing photographer Frank Oscar Larson. Opening reception Sun., June 25, 1-3 p.m.; lecture Wed., June 28, 6-8 p.m.; thru Sun., Aug. 6, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Suggested $5; free students. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. “Summer through Greta’s Lens,” nature photography from single flowers to misty landscapes, all on 35-mm film and unaltered, by Greta Jaklitsch. Thru Tue., Aug. 29, Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested $2. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. Photos of Astoria & NYC, with a rotating selection of pictures by Astoria photographer Brian Sills, available for sale. Thru Thu., Nov. 30. QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

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Against The Wall Productions. Thu.-Sat., June 22-24, 7 p.m.; Sun., June 25, 3 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18; $15 seniors. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

“Marinella Senatore: Piazza Universale/Social Stages,” multimedia works by the Italian artist that refer public spaces where different communities meet and an ideal space where the future can be envisioned collaboratively. Thru Sun., July 30, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. “Charlotte Prodger: Subtotal,” with sound, video, works on paper and more linking disparate topics and sites; “Teresa Burga: Mano Mal Dibujada,” with drawings and sculptures by the Peruvian feminist artist; and “Sam Anderson: The Park,” with sculptures and videos that capture particular characters in mid-gesture, all as part of a larger network. Thru Mon., July 31, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $5 suggested; $3 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org. “Light Spectrum,” a sculpture made of repurposed lampshade frames transforming natural light into all colors of the rainbow, demonstrating the science of

Senior Ensemble Theatre, with seasoned citizens from several senior centers performing in a cabaret-style show. Thu., June 29, 6:30 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: (718) 7600686, queenstheatre.org.

MUSIC You can “write a love note to your neighborhood” Saturday as the Five Boro Story Project celebrates Long Island City and Astoria with stories, poetry, music and more celebrating Queens’ westernmost communities. See Special Events. PHOTO COURTESY SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK light and color. Thru Sun., Aug. 6., Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137 St., Flushing. Free. Info/ RSVP: (718) 961-8585, latimernow.org.

Hispanic Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $40; $37 students, seniors; $5 more at door. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

“Lorna Simpson: ‘Hypothetical?,’” a sound installation including text, photographs and mouthpieces from wind instruments, inspired in part by the constraints of spoken language. Thru Mon., Aug. 7, Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-0727, flcart.org.

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“Maureen Gallace: Clear Day,” paintings drawn from the American landscape and still-life traditions, but with elements that unsettle the reassuring sentimentality of the genres. Thru Sun., Sept. 10, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16. Info: (718) 7842084, momaps1.org.

DANCE Impermanent Landscape, a performance inspired by cubism, perspective, perception and impermanence that breaks the fourth wall, choreographed by Dance Entropy’s Valerie Green. Wed., June 28, 7 p.m., LIC Landing, Hunters Point S. Park, Center Blvd. and 51 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-3037, danceentropy.org. PHOTO COURTESY DANCE ENTROPY TangoMenaje: “La Cumparsita,” celebrating 100 years of the popular tango, with a live band, dancers, singers and chance for the audience to dance too. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 4 p.m. thru June 25. Thalia

Queensboro Symphony Chamber Music Society, performing Beethoven’s Piano trio “ Archduke” and Schubert String Quintet in C op. 956. Fri., June 23, 11:30 a.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free-will offering. Info: (718) 463-7700, facebook.com/qbsocms, qbsymphony@gmail.com. Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with rising soprano So Young Park, tenor Petr Nekoranec and baritone Hyung Yun; and Dan Saunders on piano. Sat., June 24, 7 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, (212) 362-6000, metopera.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” the 2016 epic sci-fi adventure set just before the original “Star Wars” film, about the mission to steal the Death Star plans. Wed., June 28, 8-10 p.m. (arrive before 7 to get a spot), the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Part of city Parks Movies Under the Stars series. Free. Info: (718) 393-7370, on.nyc.gov/2stJn5B LUCASFILM / DISNEY “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” the beloved 1971 musical fantasy starring Gene Wilder as an enigmatic candy mogul giving a tour of his incredible factory. Fri., June 23, sunset, LIC Landing, Hunters Point S. Park, Center Blvd. and 51 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 706-4696, cinemalic.com.

THEATRE “Savage in Limbo,” a play that moves from comedy to near tragedy, about the hopes and dreams of rootless young “losers” who hang out in a seedy Bronx bar, by John Patrick Shanley, performed by

Summer Festival, with historic games, crafts, bubbles and more. Sat., June 24, 12-4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org. Jamaica International Rest aurant Crawl, visiting Dominican eatery Puerto Plata and Portuguese Sangria and O Lavrador. Thu., June 22, 5-8 p.m., meeting at Puerto Plata, 149-17 Jamaica Ave. $30. Info: Edwin, (516) 502-5936; Glenn, (929) 330-4281, gjdc.org. PHOTO COURTESY GJDC LIC & Astoria Love Letter, with area residents telling true stories about the neighborhoods, poetry and music, by the Five Boro Story Project. Sat., June 24, 1-4 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org. continued on page 36

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Neither here nor there; or rather, here, but still there? Or maybe, not quite all here yet, but working on it. Perhaps: here, but cherishing there. The concept of home is both familiar and tenuous, and leaving a home to create one elsewhere can be jarring for a number of reasons. How long until a new home feels like home? Can a home cease to be home? Our memories of home can transport us back, but may leave us with false impressions, as places change without us — out of sight but not out of mind. “Almost Home: Between Staying and Leaving a Phantom Land” is an exhibition at the Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs in

‘Almost Home’ When: Through Sun., July 16 Where: Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City Entry: Free. (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org

Long Island City curated by Shlomit Dror, who has organized several group exhibits and held curatorial positions at a number of museums and organizations in the Greater New York area. In an essay accompanying the show, she describes its focus as, “a strong impulse to retain one’s otherness competes with an even stronger one to blend in.” This transitional space may be born of nostalgia, Dror writes, and quotes the author Svetlana Boym, “Nostalgia is a sentiment of loss and displacement, but it is also a romance with one’s own fantasy.” Karina Aguilera’s Skvirsky’s “The Railroad Workers/Los Obreros Del Ferrocarril” photo series is an investigation of the artist’s greatgrandmother’s journey on foot from Chota to Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1905. Maria Rosa Palacios undertook the difficult journey seeking work as a servant to a wealthy family, footsteps that Skvirsky would follow in for this series. In each photo of hers, Skvirsky overlays small archival black and white photos, fitting into the landscape and imagining the land as Palacios would have seen it, while the railroad was being built. Skvirsky’s exploration of this route and her attempts to frame her

The disembodied guide to a soundless traveler, Elham Rokni transcends her dislocation from her childhood home in Teheran in her video “41st Street,” left. At right, Wafaa Bilal’s “The Ashes Series” portrays a devastated homeland imagined out of the visions PHOTOS BY ONWHITEWALL.COM of strangers. own experiences to her great-grandmother’s adds a romantic weight to her journey, as if she is reclaiming a part of her ancestor’s narrative. Departure from one’s home is not always a decision of will but of necessity, as in the case of Wafaa Bilal. The Iraqi-born artist has

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For Richard Hinojosa, director of education at the Queens Theatre, the stories that senior citizens have to share are some of the best out there. “After 65 years of living, you’re going to have some interesting stories to tell,” Hinojosa told the Chronicle. And now, he’s found a way to get many seniors into the same room to tell their tales in an entertaining way that the general public can enjoy. The Queens Theatre will be holding the third “Senior Ensemble Theatre” next Thursday, June 29, where seniors from six centers in the borough will tell their stories through spoken word, song and other forms of performance art. “We try to touch on all the performing arts,” Hinojosa said. “We try to combine it into a cabaret.” The performance started with the Bayside Senior Center — this year, the participants are the SNAP Innovative Senior Center in Queens Village, the Angelo Petromelis Senior Center in Flushing, the Catholic Charities Howard Beach Senior Center, the Seaside Senior Center in Rockaway Beach, the Samuel Field Y Senior Center in Little Neck and the Corona Senior Center. Judy Ascherman, the program manager at Catholic Charities Howard Beach Senior Center, said the participants there have “been rehearsing for a while.

“I think it’s going to be a great performance,” Ascherman said. “Anything involving the arts is wonderful for older people to participate in.” Former Queens Chronicle sales manager Dave Abramowitz, a member of the Howard Beach center, plans on reading from an opinion piece he wrote while with the paper. His wife, Jenny, will enchant the audience with an operatic performance, which Ascherman described as “beautiful.” “She is fantastic,” Ascherman said. The program is made possible due to grants from Queens City Council members, such as Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) and Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), who sit on the Queens Interagency Council on Aging. Hinojosa encouraged all to come to the Queens Theatre and enjoy the free show. “They’re going to be in for a night of really fun songs to sing and good stories,” he said. “We’re going to be giving out lyric sheets to the audience and at the end of the night our piano player will get up and play a Q few songs.”

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Readings, writings and rhythmic verses continued from page 31 He also hopes to see the alliance present monthly events, including workshops, readings and other literary activities. At Sunday’s event, the featured readers will include Rob Hill, a longtime resident of Ridgewood whose work in the latest publication is flash fiction, a style typified by extreme brevity. Some samples consist of only a few words, with social media allowing for a rapid spread of the genre. Also on hand to share their work will be Omotara James, Meghan E.B. Lin and Phil Demise Smith. Another date to keep in mind is July 16, when Newtown Literary will host a roving workshop and reading at Socrates. According to Fredrick, the event will encourage participants to use the sculptures as inspiration for their writing. They will make three or four stops along the way and have ample opportunity to not only do some writing on the spot but also to share their creations. Devotees of all things literary should also revel in Prose Night in Jackson Heights, scheduled to take place on Aug. 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Espresso 77, when contributors from the two most recent Newtown Literary journals will share their writings. Anyone wishing to submit literary works for the upcoming edition should be aware that preference will be given to those not previously selected by the publication. Only previously unpublished work will be considered, with the recommended word limit set at 10,000. Poets may submit up

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continued from page 32 Sacred Heart Parish Festival, with bounce houses, face paintings, carnival games, fashion show, vendors, student performance, movies, gaming, food and more. Sat., June 24, 11 a.m.7 p.m., Sacred Heart Parish, 115-50 221 St., Cambria Heights. Free. Info: (718) 528-0577, sacredheartny.com. Sing for Hope Pianos, with the custom-painted instruments located in public places for anyone to play. Thru Sun., June 25, Hunter’s Point S. Park, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Paul Raimonda Playground, Flushing Town Hall, Yellowstone Park, Queens County Farm Museum, Roy Wilkins Recreation Center, Sorrentino Recreation Center, Rockaway Beach Boardwalk at Beach 86th St. Free. Info: (212) 966-5955, singforhope.org. Riis Settlement Summer Benefit, with food, beverages and music, to aid the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement social services group. Tue., June 27, 6:30-10 p.m., Hunters Point S. Commons Rooftop, 1-50 50 Ave., Long Island City. $50. Info: (718) 784-7447, riissettlement.org.

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SOCIAL EVENTS Israeli folk dancing, with instruction for beginners, in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. Each Mon., 7:30 p.m. (beginners’ instruction); 8:30-10 p.m. (intermediate dances), Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows. $10. Info: (718) 380-4145, hillcrestjc.org.

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continued from page 33 Bilal with painful, foul-smelling paintballs from a deafening semi-automatic gun. The 60,000 gunshots fired over the 30-day period and the constant verbal abuse from the chat room on the webpage resulted in posttraumatic stress for the artist. That same desperate sense of alienation marks Bilal’s two pieces in Dror’s exhibition. Called “Chair” and “Hospital,” from his weighty photo series “The Ashes,” the photos are captures of miniature models the artist designed based on photojournalists’ images during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Iraq War, which Bilal opposed, was reminiscent of the Gulf War, which forced the artist to become a refugee. Each of the scenes depicts a place where a violent act has recently occurred, and instead of people populating the images, Bilal has placed 21 grams of ash, a reference to the weight one’s body supposedly loses as the soul departs it. In Elham Rokni’s video work, “41st Street,” we experience her former home through the eyes of others as she guides them from her memory down childhood paths and to her father’s shop and where she thinks her grandmother’s home is. Adding a layer to the video is the removal of all audio from the cameraman’s side of the dialogue, whose identity has been concealed

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PROBATE CITATION FILE No. 2015-4288/A SURROGATE’S COURT-QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Blanche Klein deceased, if living and if any of them be dead, you their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Public Administrator of Queens County. A petition having been duly filed by BIAGO V. MURATORE, who is domiciled at 20 GALAXIE LANE, SELDEN, NEW YORK 11784. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, QUEENS County, at 8811 Sutphin Blvd., Room 62, Jamaica, New York, on August 10, 2017, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of BLANCHE KLEIN a/k/a BLANCHE ANNA KLEIN, lately domiciled at 48-56 58th LANE, WOODSIDE, NEW YORK 11377, admitting to probate a Will dated OCTOBER 16, 2002, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of BLANCHE ANNA KLEIN deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to: BIAGO MURATORE. Dated, Attested and Sealed June 12, 2017. HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Lee J. Coulman, Acting Chief Clerk. FRANK D. SCHARF, Attorney for Petitioner, 230 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 660, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10169 Address of Attorney. 212-867-8200 Telephone Number [NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.]

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In the 1950s through 1970s, it was often said the neighborhood of Ridgewood seemed to be the only place in Queens where “an old man’s” drinking bar existed on every corner. Although this was not true, the area did have more taverns and bars than any other neighborhood in the borough, statistically speaking. The popular corner saloon at 70-20 Fresh The Harmony Tavern, 70-20 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, sumPond Road originally mer 1947. was a driving school but quickly became Al’s Tavern in 1934 after succession of entrepreneurs tried other Prohibition was repealed under President businesses here like Chic Knitwear and Roosevelt. Following World War II, the Home Run II. Today, this high-profile spot name changed to The Harmony Tavern and on Fresh Pond Road is home to a “We Buy it became a popular spot for the new gener- Gold” establishment. As businesses come and go, it seems to show proof that in the ation of veterans. Q As the clientele passed or moved away, a end, gold is king.

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The Mets may not be America’s team but they sure seem to be to Blue Cross Blue Shield. As hard as it is to believe, Mets players are seemingly getting hurt at a faster rate than they were in either 2015 or 2016. It is a forgone conclusion that ace pitcher Noah Syndergaard won’t be back until after the All-Star break, while closer Jeurys Familia will be lucky to get back on the mound by Labor Day. Few expect team captain and third baseman David Wright to ever play a game again. And last Wednesday, the Mets suffered a trifecta of injuries in their 9-4 win over the Cubs. Starting pitcher Matt Harvey was pulled after four innings and three mammoth home runs. But what was most galling to manager Terry Collins was that he had to ask his pitching coach Dan Warthen if Harvey was capable of throwing fastballs, as he was unable to crack 90 miles per hour on his heater. It turns out the Dark Knight is suffering from a bout of dead arm, and you have to wonder if the one-time toast of the town is now over the hill. It was deja vu for center fielder Juan Lagares, as he broke his thumb diving for a ball. If this sounds familiar, it’s because the same thing happened last year, too. But the biggest blow was hot-hitting second baseman Neil Walker tearing a ligament in his leg running out a bunt

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"WATERFRONT" Corner 1 family, 3 BRs, 1 1/2 baths, 20x80 lot w/2 car garage. Large dock, fits 5 boats, 30x22 deck over water. New siding w/architectural roof. Asking $489K

Hi-Ranch, on 40x100, 4 BRs/2 full baths, pvt. dr, 1 car garage. Asking $719K

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96-10 101st Ave., Ozone Park, NY 11416

Tel: 718-848-4700 Fax: 718-848-4865 kwrliberty@gmail.com

JOHN DIBS Broker⁄owner

LITTLE NECK Best Priced Home In Little Neck! 3 BRs, LR, DR, Kitchen, Full Bath Complete With Party Dvwy & Beautiful Yard With Concrete Patio. Asking: $725,000

OZONE PARK Nice Detached One Family Close To “A” Train. 2 BRs, 2 Baths, LR, DR, Kit & Gar. W/Party Driveway. Asking: $489,000

Contact Glenda Inestroza For More Information 646-325-3627

GLENDALE GLENDALE Contact Beautiful Move-In-Condition 2 Fam. In Well-SoughtBrand-New Beautiful 2 BR Apartment Near “M” Train, Angela Orlando After Section of Glendale. 2 Kits, 2 LRs, 3 BRs, 3 Baths, Eat-In-Kit With Stainless Steel Appliances, For More Office. Complete W/Nice Yard, Party Dvwy. & Gar. Hardwood Floors, CAC, Granite Bathroom, and An Attic! Asking: $679,000 Information Asking: $2,200/mo Contact Anthony Fernandez Contact Rosanna Russo 516-669-6119 For More Information 646-881-4165 For More Information 347-801-4407 RICHMOND HILL

RICHMOND HILL Mint Condition 2 Family In The Heart of Richmond Hill. 3 BRs, 2 Kits, 2 Baths, 2 LRs, Open Porch & Party Driveway. Asking: $669,000

Contact Nancy Yen For More Information 718-938-1298

Contact Fardeen Hamid For More Information 347-218-2168

LINDENWOOD

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LAURELTON

Beautiful And Large 3 BR Apartment On Tree-Lined Block In A Quiet Section of Lindenwood, Asking: $2,100/mo

Sunday June 25th 1-3 pm 97-23 83rd Street

OZONE PARK Unique 2 Family Semi Det. With Party Dvwy & 1 Car Gar. New Kit. & New Bath, Large Rooms, In Move-In-Condition! Asking: $829,000

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Contact Danny Pooran For More Information 347-605-1370

Beautiful 1 Family Complete With Pvt Dvwy And Det. Garage, LR, DR, Eat-In-Kit, 3 BRs & Full Bath. Asking: $469,000

Contact Chris Snyder For More Information 347-698-6763

Call Paul Deo For More Information 347-581-9863

Contact Milady Fernandez For More Information 917-686-4595

KEW GARDENS

HOWARD BEACH Det. Frame Colonial On 30X100 Lot With 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Full Fin. Bsmnt, Laundry Room, LR, DR, Kit & Porch. Nice Fenced-In Yard With Large Shed! Asking: $489,999

Contact Valerie Shalomoff For More Information 646-533-8142

Contact Carolyn DeFalco For More Information 917-208-9176

Contact Giovanni Belen For More Information 516-647-8372

OZONE PARK 100% Brick Two Family Close To “A” Train, Buses, Highways & Casino. Perfect For Any Type of Office or Business! 3 BRs, 2 Full Baths, 2 Kits, LR/DR & Pvt Dvwy. Asking: $569,000

Contact Paul Deo For More Information 347-581-9863

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WOODHAVEN

Mint Condition 1 Fam. In The Heart of Centreville. 4 BRs, 2 Baths, New Kit With Granite Counters, Maple Cabinets & Stainless-Steel Appliances, Formal DR, Large LR, New Baths, Full Bsmt, Pvt Dvwy, Garage & Deck! Asking: $569,000

Beautiful Renovated 2 Fam. Brick House 4 BRs, 2 Baths, 2 Kits, 2 LRs & 2 DRs, Fin. Bsmnt With A Separate Entrance, 1 Car Gar. And Dvwy That Fits 2 Cars. Asking: $809,000

Saturday, June 24th 1-3 pm 135-24 94 Street

Pristine Huge 3 BR/2 Bath Co-op Newly Renovated With “NYC Luxury Feel”. Building Has 24 Hour Doorman, Sundeck, Gym, & Laundry On Every Floor, Near Subway, LIRR, Express Buses & Shopping! Asking: $675,000

BELLERROSE Spacious Living In Quiet Neighborhood With A Very Good School District! 1 Family: 3 BRs, 2 Baths, DR, Kit, Full Fin. Bsmnt, Attic & Pvt Dvwy. Asking: $749,000

Contact Carolyn DeFalco For More Information 917-208-9176

Contact Max Levy For More Information 917-254-5420

FLUSHING Legal 2 Fam. With Multi-Use Potential Located In Excellent Section of Flushing Close To Shopping & Public Transportation. 4 BRs, 2 Baths, 2 Kits, 2 LRs, 2 DRs, Full Fin. Bsmnt & Pvt Dvwy. Asking: $1,500,000

Semi Det. 1 Family With Attached Garage & Pvt Dvwy & Porch. Huge LR, DR, 2 BRs, & Full Bath. Conveniently Located Bear Public Transportation, Major Highways & Shopping Areas. Asking: $590,000