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John Adams High School holds final graduation PAGE 5 Hundreds of graduates toss their caps during the last ceremony before John Adams closes at the end of the month, and reopens in September with a new name and different staff.

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Mayor, City Council reach budget deal Child care, fire companies and libraries no longer under threat by Will Sammon Chronicle Contributor

ayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council reached an agreement Monday on a $68.5 billion budget that would avoid tax increases, firehouse closings, widespread layoffs and the cutting of child care and after-school programs. The legislators reached the deal, which covers the fiscal year that begins July 1, days before the deadline. The City Council is expected to vote on the budget agreement this week. The deal left advocates and councilmembers grinning. “Our city is only as strong as our weakest citizens and it was important to me that our budgetary priorities served to empower and uplift middle-and working-class families who continue to struggle in the wake of this difficult economy,” said Councilman James Sanders Jr. (DLaurelton). Funding for day-care and after-school programs, which had been the topic of intense public pressure, was increased by about $150 million to a total of about $417 million. More than 50,000 children from low-income families will get day care, which is 7,000 more than initially planned. More than 30,000 slots for after-school programs were restored. The Campaign for Children, a group that has advocated against the proposed cutting of after-

school programs in the city, applauded the announcement. “This investment in child care and afterschool programs is an investment in our city’s future,” the campaign said in a statement. “We’re grateful that New York City’s leaders put children first in a difficult budget year.” While City Council offices are still awaiting confirmation of which programs will be saved, ones that are on the chopping block now have much more hope. “This good budget agreement will long be remembered as the ‘children and families’ budget,” said Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows). “It would have been a tremendous burden for those who rely on these services.” The Queens Community House Pomonok Center in Flushing, which held protests against budget cuts to its after-school program last month, was saved, according to Gennaro. “That was one that I was worried about the most,” he said. Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said that 300 after-school seats will be added in District 25. “That part of the budget is what I am most proud of,” Dromm said. Citing ongoing issues in his district, he was also proud of the fact that $4 million will be funded toward the Immigrant Opportunities Initiative, a measure that supports English-lan-

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guage education, citizenship and legal services for immigrants. In addition, $600,000 will go toward the City University of New York’s Citizenship Now! program, which provides similar services. Twenty fire companies that were threatened will be restored at the cost of $59.2 million. The budget agreement maintains the increases for education funding included in the Mayor’s May Executive Budget, which will allow the city to increase the total number of teachers in the school system this coming year by about 1,000, and maintain overall funding levels to schools, Bloomberg said. The jobs of 400 teacher aides were saved, partly because DC-37, the largest union of city workers, agreed to cut the amount of time they work each day by half an hour, said city Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Monday. The agreement also restored nearly $90 million, of a proposed $96 million cut, to public libraries citywide. All libraries will remain open at least five days a week. More than 600 library staff jobs were saved because of the agreement, according to Queens Library President Thomas Galante. More than 85,000 people signed petitions, wrote postcards and attended rallies over the past few months in Queens to support libraries, according to Galante. Funding for cultural institutions, such as

Budget highlights • Total spending: $68.5 billion • Day-care and after-school funding: $417 million (up $150 million) • Library funding: $6 million reduction citywide (proposed cut: $96 million) museums, rose slightly to $50 million. Although taxes were not increased, the idea that other fees such as parking meters and the cost of water would rise has been downplayed. “I don’t think that would happen,” Dromm said. “I’m hopeful that it won’t.” The budget was balanced with the help of cuts made in city agencies, about $2.5 billion in money saves from previous years and additional one-time revenue boosts from such things as the sale of 2,000 new medallions for city taxis, or licenses to operate cabs. The city was able to save $240 million in debt costs through low interest rates, and collected $70 million more than anticipated in permits, licenses and fees. continued on page 36

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At John Adams HS, a vanishing history Final class graduates from the Ozone Park school that closes this month by Domenick Rafter

onto Rockaway Boulevard on Tuesday morning, the 75-year-old high school vanished Once every June for the better part of the into history. John Adams was one of seven borough last century, hundreds of seniors have crowded the front lawn of John Adams High high schools closed by the city this year as School, dressed in gowns with mortarboards part of a restructuring program. Next year, atop their heads. Each one left grasping a the school will reopen as “Future Leaders diploma — the culmination of four years of High School at John Adams Campus.” The school joins other former high schools such hard work and dedication. This year, however, graduation had a as Jamaica and Beach Channel in being much different tone. Never again would stu- closed and restructured under the Bloomberg dents sit on the lawn in blue and white gowns administration with new names and largely and receive diplomas from John Adams High new staff. But the faces of the more than 500 graduSchool. When the class of 2012 walked out ates who walked across the makeshift stage on the school’s front steps did not read like those of a school’s last graduating class. With beaming smiles, this year’s valedictorian, Vhy Shelta Kewalder, and salutatorian Wynton Lewis addressed their fellow students to cheers and applause. Celebratory fists in the air were met with applause as the students lined up one by one to accept their diplomas, and exuberant cheers echoed through the crowd as fellow students accepted the many awards handed out to the Queens Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler presents the graduates. Queens Chronicle Excellence in Journalism Award to Symone And for the third year, and Simon, editor-in-chief of the school’s newspaper. the first under a new name, the Associate Editor

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, standing center, speaks to John Adams High School graduates about PHOTOS BY DOMENICK RAFTER pursuing careers they love. Queens Chronicle Excellence in Journalism Award was presented by Queens Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler. This year’s award was given to the editor-in-chief of the school’s newspaper, Symone Simon. Despite the celebratory atmosphere, the school’s closing was not far from the minds of those on stage on Tuesday. Principal Grace Zwillenberg, in her last year as principal, fought back tears as she officially declared John Adams seniors to have graduated and

hugged a few of her students as they walked across the stage after being handed their diplomas. She received accolades from Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway), the keynote speaker, who also told the graduating class to focus on what they love going forward. “Do what you love,” he said. “Because when you love what you do, you’re going to Q be great at it.”

Jeffries beats Barron in race for the 8th CD Brooklyn pol poised to represent Howard Beach and Ozone Park by Anna Gustafson

landed 28 percent. Jeffries now faces a Republican challenger Maneuvering around hundreds of fans in November’s general election, Brooklyn waving red, white and blue campaign signs, businessman Alan Bellone. Howard Beach and Ozone Park have been Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) made his way through a sea of volunteers, situated in the 9th Congressional District, reppoliticians and press on Tuesday night and resented by U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Queens, declared victory over Councilman Charles Brooklyn). During the redistricting process, when state legislators Barron (D-Brooklyn) are tasked with in the Democratic priredrawing the politimary race for the new ou know, the political cal lines for Assem8th Congressional Disbly, state Senate and trict, which includes pundits said this was Congressional disparts of South Queens. going to be a close race, tricts once every 10 “You know, the years, Turner’s dispolitical pundits said but that was before the trict was one of two this was going to be a in the state to be close race, but that was people had spoken.” axed — a byproduct before the people had — Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries of the U.S. Census spoken,” Jeffries said at reporting New York’s his campaign party in population had not grown as much as in other Fort Greene on Tuesday evening. According to unofficial results, Jeffries gar- states. Now, Howard Beach and Ozone Park nered about 72 percent of the vote in the dis- are drawn into the same district as such neightrict that was recently redrawn to cover borhoods as Bed-Stuy and Coney Island. Howard Beach and Ozone Park, while Barron continued on page 40 Senior Editor

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For Richmond Hill HS, a final goodbye Last class graduates from school that is one of seven in boro to close by Anna Gustafson

never again be known as Richmond Hill High School. At the end of June, the city will shutter It was, many repeated, not a normal gradua- the institution built in 1899 and reopen it in September with a new name — the 21st Cention ceremony. Yes, there were the words of encourage- tury School at Richmond Hill Campus — and ment, proclamations to pursue dreams and sto- up to 50 percent of the teachers replaced. “This is the class that has seen the ultimate ries of supportive teachers and parents who gave up everything in home countries so their change, but that is not what you should take away about your school,” RHHS Principal children could have something better. But the students who formed a sea of silver Frances DeSanctis told the hundreds of gradand burgundy in a Queens College auditorium uates gathered in the college’s Colden AudiTuesday morning were doing more than bid- torium in Flushing. Instead, DeSanctis urged students to “think ding their childhood adieu — they were saying goodbye to a high school that, 111 years after about those who have had an influence on you celebrating its first graduating class, would … the people you’ve come into contact with who, even for just a moment, can leave such an impression on us that it stays with us forever.” Richmond Hill is one of seven high schools in Queens to close this month, which Mayor Bloomberg and other city officials said they are doing because of low test scores and graduation rates. However, many legislators and educators in the borA percussion ensemble, including teacher Paul Ray, left, and graduat- ough say the closures ing seniors, performs during the graduation ceremony. follow limited funding Senior Editor

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facility speaking little to no English. At RHHS, the student body represents at least 59 countries — the school’s valedictorian, Arunan Naahanathan, and salutatorian, Leticia continued on page 37

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Enough of the annual budget dance e’d like to ask the mayor and City Council to stop torturing the people of New York. That’s what they do every year in the annual budget kabuki dance. Here’s the routine: The mayor, correctly, points out that the city is in deep fiscal trouble and says cuts will have to be made to keep the budget balanced. Then he proposes closing 20 fire companies, and the people go ballistic. And he proposes cutting the library budget drastically, and the people go ballistic. And he proposes cutting some other service — this year it was child-care and afterschool programs — and the people go ballistic. Rallies are held just about every day protesting one or the other of the reductions. Public safety is cited. The future of our children is cited. The need to teach English to new immigrants is cited. Last year it was the fire companies that took center stage, as Council members and residents protested their planned closures. This year it was the libraries and children’s programs that were the focus of most of the rallies. Young people across the borough would be left without anywhere to go or anything productive to do after school. Library branches would close, none of those that remained would be open on weekends, and hundreds of library workers would lose their jobs. The fire company closures didn’t get quite as much attention

this year as in others, but when they did, the idea was the same: People would die if a single one was shut because response times would increase. For weeks on end, ever since the budget was proposed, the people fretted. They deployed their children to protest. They wrote letters to the editor. They wrote to their Council representatives, who then issued press releases full of dire predictions and touting the absolute need to maintain or expand all city programs. Each Queens member has his or her own top area of concern. The whole show was great for community newspapers like the Queens Chronicle. We were never short of events to write about — though other stories of interest went uncovered as we scrambled to hit every rally and interview every potentially impacted group. Rallies always make for good photos, and many ended up on the front pages. And then what happened? As it does every year, the money was found somewhere and the cuts were restored. The Council members boasted of their success in preventing the worst. And we got to take a breather before the next time we’ll do it all again. What’s the point? Can’t we just focus on the expenditures that are really putting the city in dire straits, like public pension and healthcare costs, and stop this nonsense of cuts that never happen?

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State snubs co-ops Dear Editor: The co-op and condo community were abandoned this past week as the legislative season drew to a close. Three vital bills affecting the lives of every co-op and condo owner were left on the scrap heap of an adjourned legislature. The working class residents and seniors living on a fixed income who mostly live in these communities struck out by a legislature and governor that threw them nothing but curve balls. Strike 1 was the failure to renew the decadesold J51 program that provides millions of dollars to co-ops to help build and maintain their aging residential infrastructure. Strike 2 was the failure to renew the city coop tax abatement program that provided co-ops with millions of dollars of tax relief as a way to partially correct the inherent unfairness of a tax system that taxes co-ops at significantly higher rates than single-family homes. Strike 3 was the failure to resolve the property tax valuation debacle of the past two years that led to double- and triple-digit increases in valuations on co-ops and condos throughout Queens. While Team Cuomo extolls the success of this legislative session and politicians embark on summer-long vacations, we will soon begin to hear self-aggrandizing stories of their legislative accomplishments via press releases and taxpayer-funded newsletters. When their failures are exposed, they will point fingers at © Copyright 2012 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.

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others to blame. The blame for this colossal failure must be shared by Gov. Cuomo and state Senate and Assembly leaders Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver — the proverbial “three men in a room,” and our elected officials whose “tireless efforts” on our part produced zero results. In business, you accept responsibility for failure and work even harder to produce better results next time. In politics you never accept responsibility for failures and simply point fingers at others or blame partisan politics. Where was the political leadership among our Assemblymembers to corral the Queens Delegation to march into Sheldon Silver’s office and demand action on these bills on behalf of hundreds of thousands of their constituents? These are not politically sensitive issues like abortion or same-sex marriage. They are simply extenders of existing laws which already have a wide range of support for their renewal. I can assure you that if the legislation had passed, each and every elected official would have issued a press release and taken credit for it. If they can take credit for success they must

What’s in a name? o seven Queens high schools held their final graduation ceremonies this week. Their doors will of course reopen in September, but with new names and some new staff. Here are a couple typical examples of what’s to come: The former John Adams High School in Ozone Park will reopen as Future Leaders High School at John Adams Campus. The former August Martin High School in Jamaica will be the School of Opportunities at the August Martin Campus. Talk about Orwellian. Does the city really expect children to learn more because they will be going to schools with utterly ridiculous names only a bureaucrat could love? It’s hard to see how all the strife caused by these closures and reopenings could possibly be worth it. A school by any other name is still a school.

assume some responsibility for failure. Until we begin to hold legislators accountable and not allow them to redirect blame to others, the dysfunction of Albany will continue. Co-op and condo owners will be paying a steep price over the next few years when their monthly maintenance assessments are forced to rise as a result of Albany’s dysfunction.Thank you. Bob Friedrich President, Glen Oaks Village Glen Oaks

The religious are right Dear Editor: Kudos on your coverage of the recent protest against Barack Obama’s HHS mandate (“Peaceful protesters make their point,” June 14, multiple editions). Barack Obama has some nerve telling the Catholics in America to compromise on issues like contraception, abortion, and sterilization. He pals around with his Hollywood buddies who believe that killing babies and letting homosexuals marry is not a big deal.

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Fed must rescue housing Dear Editor: Without housing the economy will continue to falter and perhaps fail. Housing is the backbone of the American economic powerhouse. Subprime mortgages made Wall Street bankers rich but created the black hole that has cost millions of jobs, a stagnant recovery and the political warfare that continues to polarize our citizens. Without housing there is no American Dream! Hank Paulson, as Bush’s treasurary secretary, pushed for TARP to purchase nonperforming mortgages from banks. That would have stabilized housing and fostered an economic renewal. Instead Paulson handed over TARP funds to banks who abandoned homeowners. The banks pocketed federal dollars recapitalizing themselves and refusing to negotiate reduction of principal or interest rates with homeowners lured into mortgages bankers knew would end in foreclosure. Obama’s stimulus package was dedicated to “shovel-ready” projects in the hope to employ workers and pass money through the economy spurring hiring. It worked only barely in an economy confronting millions of foreclosures. The refusal by some in Congress for a larger package limited the positive effects that could have been expected. The Fed became the resource of last resort. The Fed anted up to save banks, AIG and others. It has driven interest rates to historic lows. Yet the Fed playing political coward has failed to do what is necessary for housing. The Fed should have made it conditional for hat-in-hand banks to loan money to homebuyers and businesses. Low interest rates help no one if loans are impossible to acquire. More importantly the Fed could stabilize housing simply by refinancing underwater homeowners who have honored their commitments paying their mortgages. If the Fed is not bound to serve Americans, the voters have every reason to seek its demise. Edward Horn Baldwin, LI

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Thanks for helping vets Dear Editor: As a veteran of the U.S. Air Force from 2002 through 2008 and an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, as well as an active member of the VFW Queens County Council advocating on veterans’ issues, I must say thank you to the staff of The Chronicle for bringing up the issue of the unemployment rate among ONLINE our veterans returning home Miss an editorial or and the creation letter cited by a writer? of the SitWant Want news from our page (“Chronicle other editions covering seeking to match the rest of Queens? Find vets with work” past reports, news from and “Veterans: across the borough and Let us help you more at qchron.com. find work,” Editorial, June 21). I would also like to thank state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Mike Miller and their respective staffs for putting together the recent job fair held at Atlas Park, as this fair was by far the best I have attended but the issues go well beyond the unemployment issue. There is the misconception that all of our warriors run around in flak vests with M-4s chasing after insurgents. In fact the military is a self-sustaining environment which employs our young men and women in all types of occupations from someone trained as an electrician to an IT technician. So when our veterans come back home and our local and federal agencies point us in the direction of security firms paying minimum wage, it can feel like an attack on our pride. Also take into account that many of our warriors have families to support and minimum wage will simply not cut it. Another issue, as most civilians may not realize, is that the Department of Defense has a program called the transition assistance program. This program is not mandatory prior to separation but is crucial to bridging the gap between the military and civilian sectors, especially when it comes to the wording on

our resumes. There have even been similar programs set up by local government and private nonprofit organizations on the civilian side, but they are still deemed to be ineffective. As an example I had searched for some time post discharge and recently resumed my search, but have come up with a question of to what degree my experience, as well as that of other vets who have served under the most extreme of environments, still does not stand up to a newly graduated college student with no life experience. In closing, with the enactment of the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, most veterans are choosing college over the strenuous job search. With this new GI Bill, a veteran’s tuition is provided, as well as a generous stipend to cover our housing expenses, so no wonder most vets are no-shows at job fairs across the city and nation. We’d rather take something guaranteed to help support our families, instead of wasting our time searching for jobs given to the 99 percent who did not sign that blank check to Uncle Sam payable in the amount up to our lives. Ryan S. Graham Woodhaven

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The Catholics, conservative evangelicals, and Orthodox Jews are right. I’m sick of the sex-saturated Culture of Death that we are living in. I believe we need people like St. Joan of Arc in office, who will f ight to restore honor and basic human decency to this land of ours. I like everything people in the New York Constitution Party are saying. We need prayer in the schools, an end to abortion and pornography, and the right to own guns and perhaps someday fight against a tyrannical, oppressive government that is promoting things like the NDAA — the bill that almost certainly assures that the true patriots will be detained without due process. In addition, Planned Parenthood needs to be defunded immediately. So do many other unethical, immoral things our government is supporting. I wish people would stop amusing themselves to death and become “culture warriors” who will lead America back to God. If not, many will suffer eternal damnation. I hope you are not afraid to print this letter! Michael Mullaney Bayside

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U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan) had little trouble fending off her three challengers in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, garnering slightly less than 58 percent of the vote in the race for the new 7th Congressional District, which includes Woodhaven and parts of Maspeth. The 10-term congresswoman landed 57.5 percent of the vote, while Councilman Erik Martin Dilan (D-Brooklyn) received 31.8 percent, Manhattan economist Dan O’Connor garnered 8 percent, and Sunset Park district leader George Martinez won 2.6 percent of the ballots. No Republican has announced a run in November’s general election for the recently redrawn district, which covers a broad area, from parts of South Queens to such neighborhoods as Brooklyn’s hipster-heavy Williamsburg and Manhattan’s Chinatown. “I’m honored the working families of New York have placed their conf idence in me again,” Velazquez said in an email. “Together, we can continue our work to make housing more affordable, strengthen local small businesses and create jobs throughout our city.” The race was a contentious one, with a number of political insiders wondering if Dilan might be able to oust Velazquez. The congresswoman and the councilman touted numerous endorsements from political bigwigs — including President Obama for Velazquez and state Sen. John Sampson (DBrooklyn) for Dilan. Woodhaven and Maspeth have been in the 9th Congressional District, now represented by U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Queens, Brooklyn), but were moved during the redistricting process. Once every 10 years, state legislators redraw the political lines for state Senate, Assembly and Congressional districts.

Turner loses Senate bid It’s off icial — Rep. Bob Turner (RQueens, Brooklyn) will have to f ind another line of work in January, or go back to retirement. Turner, who won the 9th District congressional seat in a special election after former Rep. Anthony Weiner resigned, lost his bid to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate on Tuesday. He wanted to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in November, but was easily defeated by Wendy Long, an attorney in Manhattan. Long took 66 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results from the

city Board of Elections, while Turner won 26 percent. George Maragos, the Nassau County comptroller, got 8 percent. Turner’s district is being eliminated at the end of his term, one of two to suffer that fate in New York State because of a relative decline in population growth compared to other states. District lines were redrawn this year by state officials, based upon the results of the 2010 U.S. Census. Before beating Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) for Weiner’s seat, Q Turner was a retired TV executive. — Peter C. Mastrosimone

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No more bumpy rides for many in S. Queens Major roadwork being done, Ulrich and DOT commissioner announce by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

Donning neon yellow vests and flanked by construction workers happy to take a short break from toiling in last week’s heat wave, city Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said the paving work being done throughout South Queens will bring much-needed relief to an area that has long suffered from deep potholes and uneven roadways. “We’re turning up the heat on our community operations here,” Sadik-Khan said at a press conference held last Thursday on 101st Avenue near 80th Street in Ozone Park.

Construction workers repave 101st Avenue in last Thursday.

The commissioner, who was joined by Queens DOT Commissioner Maura McCarthy and Deputy Commissioner of Roadway Repair and Maintenance Galileo Orlando, said the department is paving 300 miles of roadway in Queens, including 40 miles in community districts 9 and 10. “In Queens, we’ve also filled 52,000 potholes, including 8,700 in community boards 9 and 10,” Sadik-Khan said. “That’s a lot of potholes — and a lot of paving.” Ulrich has been urging the DOT for the past two years to conduct work in South Queens — much of which has not undergone major paving for more than two decades. “Most of the time we’re complaining about things, but today we say thank you,” Ulrich laughed. “ … After a lot of time and frustration, people are happy it’s finally being done. The whole neighborhood is being transformed.” A number of streets — which Ulrich called “some of the worst in our community boards” — are being repaved, or have been already, including 101st Avenue from Drew Street to 88th Street, 103rd Avenue from Woodhaven Boulevard to Ozone Park Liberty Avenue, 106th Street from Park Lane South to

Councilman Eric Ulrich, left, DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Queens DOT Commissioner Maura McCarthy, and Deputy Commissioner of Roadway Repair and Maintenance Galileo Orlando PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON speak about major roadwork in South Queens. Jamaica Avenue, 102nd Road from 84th Street to 90th Street, 90th Street from Rockaway Boulevard to Liberty Avenue, and 80th Street from 101st Avenue to Liberty Avenue, among many others. “This is more work than has ever been done before” in the district, Ulrich said.

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Cruising Jamaica Bay in summer Wildlife abounds as work continues to regrow salt marshes by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

The weather was perfect Sunday as about 150 people set sail for a three-hour tour, but this was no “Gilligan’s Island” rerun. Sponsored by the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society, the event allowed participants to enjoy the sights of Jamaica Bay. Led by naturalists Don Riepe and Mickey Cohen, the narrated tour aboard the Golden Sunshine out of Sheepshead Bay delved into the water’s dwindling salt marsh grasses — 44 acres a year are lost — and the so-far successful but tedious attempts to regrow them. Of course, birds were high on the agenda and those on board were able to see oystercatchers, gulls, terns, egrets, herons, osprey and peregrine falcons. The 26-square-mile bay is home to 335 species of birds and 66 species of fish. Other cruises will be held this summer. For information, go to Q alsnyc.org and click on “field trips.”

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After serving as president of the 102nd Precinct Community Council for the past seven years, Maria Thomson lost her bid for re-election last week. Council members attending the meeting at the Moose Lodge in Richmond Hill elected Lachman Budhai as the group’s new leader. Budhai is a member of Community Board 9, on the Queens Borough President’s General Assembly and the community liaison of the Federation of Hindu Mandirs. Richard Smith, chairman of the CB 9 Parks Committee, was elected as the council’s secretary, replacing Ana Ramphal. Council First Vice President Harbani Dhillon, Second Vice President Ranjit Singh and Treasurer Sandra Datnarain were re-elected to their posts. “It’s been a pleasure being your president and I thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to serve you,” said Thomson, the executive director of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation, the executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, a Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association board member, and a 25-year CB 9 member. In other meeting news, a group of Richmond Hill and Woodhaven residents frustrated with being subjected to loud music from their

Capt. Martin Briffa, standing left, observes Police Officers Jose Serverino, front left, and Joseph Martins, front center, count the 102nd Precinct Community Council election ballots. PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON

neighbors came to last week’s meeting to ask police to quell the noise that has been disrupting their quality of life. The residents said the problem seems to be throughout the precinct. Capt. Martin Briffa, the precinct’s execu-

tive officer, acknowledged that noise was a big problem in the precinct and said police were trying to address it. He added that officers were concentrating their efforts on chronic noise locations in the

precinct. The captain told the audience that on Saturday, June 16, he was scheduled to work from 3 p.m. to midnight, but ended up working until 6 a.m. because of the large number of noise complaints. He said there were 17 complaints between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., and police issued 11 summonses for noise violations. The captain encouraged the attendees to call 311 with the location of where the loud music was coming from so police could respond. He added that the precinct has a dedicated noise-complaint response car for just such problems. An analysis of 311 reports for CB 9, where the precinct is located, indicates that there were 3,295 noise complaints from June 2011 to date. With July 4 just a few days away, Briffa reminded the residents of the Police Department’s “no tolerance” policy on fireworks. “We will seize any fireworks and automobiles” transporting them, Briffa said. According to the NYPD, in 2011 the Police Department confiscated more than 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks citywide, ranging in size from sparklers to professional pyrotechnics. Police also arrested 70 individuals and seized six vehicles in connection with the transport of illegal fireworks. “We want everyone to enjoy the Fourth in continued on page 42

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go towards NYFAC, a nonprofit that works with autistic children and their families from throughout the borough. Among those attending were state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., above second from left, Assemblyman Mike Miller, above center, NYFAC President Andrew Baumann, and civic leader Frank Gulluscio.

Food drive underway by Maspeth church The Queens Hunger Project is in response to the growing problem of hunger in Queens. The Glendale-Maspeth United Methodist Church has adopted two places that provide food for the hungry. The f irst is the United Methodist Center in Far Rockaway, a soup kitchen and food panty. They provide between 100 and 120 nutritious meals daily Monday through Friday and food packages Tuesday and Thursday depending on how much food they have on hand. Missions Chairperson Hellen Block and other church members volunteer there every week.

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Meng wins big; will run on issues Lancman comes in a distant second in 6th Congressional Dist. primary by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Assemblywoman Grace Meng of Flushing handily defeated three Democratic opponents Tuesday in the 6th Congressional District primary. The unofficial count was 51 percent for Meng, 28 percent for Assemblyman Rory Lancman of Fresh Meadows, 16 percent for City Councilwoman Liz Crowley of Middle Village and 5 percent for Dr. Robert Mittman of Bayside. The surprise announcement in March that veteran Congressman Gary Ackerman (DQueens, Nassau) would not seek re-election caused a scramble in the Queens Democratic Party to support a replacement in the newly created 6th District. Meng was the choice. The new district extends from Flushing, Fresh Meadows and Bayside to Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale. Ending a spirited campaign to win the Democratic nomination, Meng, 36, said at her victory party Tuesday night at Plum restaurant in Bayside that she will continue to fight hard to win the election in November. She will face Republican City Councilman Dan Halloran of Whitestone. Contacted Wednesday, Halloran offered the following statement: “Congratulations to Assemblywoman Meng for her hard-fought

victory last night. Assemblywoman Meng will be a worthy opponent and I look forward to a spirited campaign in the fall. I look forward to discussing our different visions for Queens. “Assemblywoman Meng wants to raise taxes and spend into oblivion. I want to lower taxes and fees and balance the budget. Assemblywoman Meng wants another failed government stimulus. I want to help the private sector create jobs and grow” Speaking to Democratic elected officials, campaign volunteers and other supporters, Meng challenged Halloran to join her in running a campaign based on issues. “There will be no race or religion or scare tactics,” she said. The candidate told fellow Democrats that what they had in common is “hard work, family, faith and the belief that government is for the good” and went on to say: “We must do more to protect these values.” Meng thanked Ackerman for his support, saying “he’s a tough act to follow with a 30year Broadway run.” She called her parents “a moral compass” when she was growing up and thanked her husband, Wayne Kye and sons, Tyler, 4 and a half, and Brandon, 3, for their love “which keeps me grounded.” Kye, a dentist at New York University,

Grace Meng , top, beat Ror y Lancman and Liz Crowley to win the Democratic nomination for the 6th Congressional seat. FILE PHOTO AND PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON AND DOMENICK RAFTER

said he didn’t mind being “bachelor daddy” during the campaign. “I’m just ecstatic,” Kye said. “We are both hands-on and both help with the kids, but she prepares dinners for a week because I’m a terrible cook and love to eat.” But he’s taking the campaign, “one step at a time. For now, we’ll recoup and prepare for the fight,” Kye said. Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), who heads the county Democra-

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Advocate will give business attire to battered women by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

Now it’s the women’s turn. Kevin Livingston, a bank employee and community advocate, who recently collected business attire for gang members as part of his 100 Suits for 100 Men program, has now set his sights on the female residents of Southeast Queens. He calls his new initiative, what else — 100 Suits for 100 Women — and instead of gang members, he will be helping battered women in shelters who need assistance in order to find employment. “I’m not an organization,” Livingston

Also resume-writing, self-esteem classes said at the June 20th Community Board 12 meeting. “I don’t have a 501(c)3. I’m not incorporated. This is something I’m doing from my pocket. I’m not here for applause.” As with his initial project, launched in December, the program will provide outreach and job training as well as clothes. It will include resume-writing assistance and self-esteem classes and will culminate with a job fair. Livingston, a business officer at Carver Federal Savings Bank in Jamaica, who

admits to only having an eighth-grade education but has achieved success through hard work and dedication, has been trying to generate interest in his programs by speaking about them at several Community Board 12 meetings. “I wish I had more support from the community,” Livingston said. “I need people that are honest and real and really want to help me get these kids off these streets.” Livingston, 33, planned to hand out 70 suits from his first venture to people turn-

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ing in weapons at the gun buyback program last Saturday at St. Benedict the Moor Church in Jamaica [see separate story] and the remaining 30 will go to members of the Bloods street gang at the South Jamaica Houses. “It’s been an uphill battle to get brothers to change when they are used to living a certain way,” Livingston said. “It hasn’t been easy, but I’m very passionate about this.” And he’s not just doing suit drives and job outreach. On Monday, Livingston and some volunteers were to take 35 recent high school graduates to a live taping of the television show “106 and Park” where they were to hang out with the son of Sean “P. Ditty” Combs, a trip made possible with the help of City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans). The dropoff locations for the suit drive are the Sean Elijah Bell Community Center at 107-52 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica and Marvelous Cuts at 132-08 111 Ave., also in Jamaica. For more information, contact Q Livingston at (347) 472-2519.

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‘Safeguard your stuff’ — NYC Transit MTA launches campaign to stop electronics theft on city subways The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its New York City Transit division are launching a new public service campaign urging subway riders to keep a close watch over their personal electronic devices while in the system. The “Safeguard Your Stuff ” campaign features color posters that have begun showing up in cars and stations reminding riders to stay alert, exercise discretion and remain aware of their surroundings in order to avoid becoming victims of crimes of opportunity for underground thieves. The program is being coordinated with the NYPD, which has been reporting increases in thefts of personal electronic devices in the subways and on the streets. MTA off icials said light and compact electronic devices have become the favorite targets of opportunistic thieves who take advantage of riders who fail to pay attention to their surroundings. The posters, with warnings in five languages, warn customers to be especially vigilant when seated or standing near doors. “Unfortunately, these items have become tempting targets for thieves and what we are seeking to do with this campaign is remind

our customers to take extra care when using them by being watchful of their environment,” said NYC Transit President Thomas F. Prendergast in a statement issued by his office on Monday. The campaign was developed in consultation with the NYPD, based in part on a video they produced earlier this year educating customers about device safety The videos addressed the issues of vigilance and situational awareness when using electronic devices in the subway. “Enforcement and public awareness are both critical to combating thefts of iPhones and other electronic devices on the subway,” NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said in the joint statement. “This campaign reminds transit riders that when you are aware of your surroundings, and guard your electronic devices, you help protect yourself against would-be thieves." More than 2,000 of the “premium square” posters are being installed on subway cars throughout the system. The campaign will also appear in the On the Go! Travel Station rotation as well as on Station Advisory Information Display S.A.I.D screens when they Q read “Good Service.”

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TKO Dance Academy gave everyone a ticket straight to Vegas at their 4th annual dance recital held on June 9th, 2012. The show, entitled “VIVA LAS VEGAS,” was presented by over 180 students to a packed house at Beach Channel High School. The students and teachers dazzled and amazed all their guests to an entertaining 50 numbers.The auditorium was beautifully decorated with balloons, slot machines, uplighting, and four widescreen TV’s. Special thanks to Kareem Hills, Tommy Tibball, the staff, family, friends, and students for putting on a great show. Want to continue the fun? Join us for summer classes July 23, 2012. Call for info 718 845-5678, check us out on the web at tkodanceacademy.com or stop by 95-12 101 Avenue in Ozone Park, NY 11416.

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TKO Dance Academy would like to congratulate Kareem, Tommy and their entire studio for all the accomplishments they have achieved. Tommy Tibball received a ticket straight to Vegas this year at the New York auditions for “So You Think You Can Dance Season 9.” After a grueling Vegas week he made it to the top 50 finalists. We know where our favorite and best dancers are, right here at TKO. Kareem and Tommy will be taking their # 1 competition team to the Hall of Fame Dance Competition Nationals July 9th, 2012 in Chicago. Good Luck to all of them. This year’s competition team has already received top awards at all the regionals they have attended. Some of these awards include Starpower FDC People’s Choice Award for “The Moment” Teen Contemporary Group, 1st place overall Junior Group “Eden”, 1st place overall Senior Group “All I Want.” Kareem and Tommy have also received Top Choreograpy, Entertainment, and many special judges awards. As they close out their 4th year, they are already getting ready for their 5th and hopefully most fabulous year yet. Come and join us, register for summer classes or join us in August for fall classes and competition.

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Congratulations graduates! PS 232 students in Howard Beach celebrated their graduation from eighth grade on June 25. Among the accolades given was the Civic Leadership Award, presented by Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, above right, to Kathryn Moya and Tiffany Beneduce. Students held a variety of graduation

activities in recent weeks, including a party at Roma View earlier this month. Additionally, a barbecue for graduates and their parents was held on June 12. The Queens Chronicle would like to extend a warm congratulations to all the graduates and wish them the best in their future endeavors.

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The Howard Beach Senior Center, 156-45 84th St., will host a dance party every Tuesday. A full hot lunch will be served at 12 p.m. followed by dancing to a DJ, which will begin at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The total cost for the party, including a full hot lunch and refreshments is $3. For information, call (718) 738-8100. Q

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Car accidents are a driver’s worst nightmare. When they happen, finding a reputable auto body shop to make the repairs can be a hassle. That’s where No. 1 Auto Body in Howard Beach comes in to save the day. For nearly 40 years, the shop has been providing top-of-the-line quality repairs using the latest technology. Frank Falanga, the owner of No. 1, has 40 years of experience, and manager Richie Teich has 25 years. Falanga started out at a shop in Brooklyn, then took over the property where No. 1 stands. The shop crew can work on 20 cars inside the 5,000-square-foot shop and can store 20 more outside the building, so you never need to worry about incurring any more damage to your vehicle while it is at the shop. With auto body shops all around the borough, No. 1 differs from the rest by putting the customer first. “We care more. We really take pride in our work,” Teich said. “It’s all about the customer, making them happy.” Falanga agrees. “We’re both on top of the work,” he said. “Some shops aren’t like that. They just have a bunch of guys working in the back.” The shop offers framing and unibody work done by specialists using the Hunter Alignment System, which measures a pulled frame after a collision. Drivers know they’re in good hands when they go to No. 1 — and the proof is in the lifetime warranty guaranteeing the work on all cars that leave the shop. “We guarantee every job from the body work to the paint,” Teich said. “If the cus-

tomer is not happy, we do whatever we can to make it so they are.” Though the automobile industry is always changing, with new cars and new technologies appearing every model year, No. 1 keeps up to date with everything. The shop has platinum and gold certifications from I-CAR, which, as its website says, is “an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to training the collision inter-industry.” Members learn about insurance, vehicle manufacturers and other related industry services from I-CAR. No. 1 also takes a different route when it comes to paint. Instead of the standard solvent paint used by many other shops, its workers use a water-based system. “It was for the environment and it works better,” Falanga said about the choice. He further explained that the paint matches the factory colors better. “It keeps the toxins down,” Teich added. After all the repairs are done, No. 1 makes sure each vehicle sparkles before the owner gets back behind the wheel. “All cars are cleaned and detailed before leaving the facility,” Falanga said. No. 1 Auto Body accepts insurance from Allstate, State Farm, Geico and Liberty Mutual. The shop is conveniently located just half a block from the JFK AirTrain stop in Howard Beach. The shop’s address is 102-08 159 Road. It can be reached by phone at (718) 835-0168, and the fax number is (718) 848-5399. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. So if some careless oaf bangs into your ride, come on down to No. 1 Auto Body, and they’ll make sure it Q looks like new again in no time.

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Pols limit access to teacher evals Cuomo says new law will protect educators’ privacy by Anna Gustafson

ments of them based upon their students’ standardized test scores, public for the first Queens education officials and legislators time last February. The Senate passed the threw their support behind a bill Gov. Cuomo measure 58-1, and the Assembly voted in signed into law Monday that limits the public’s favor of it 118-17. “This law strikes the right balance between access to teacher evaluations, saying the move will protect educators’ privacy while still a teacher’s right to privacy and the parents’ and public’s right to know,” Cuomo said in a preallowing parents to see the ratings. Mayor Bloomberg, however, slammed the pared statement. Still, Bloomberg railed against the law, saylaw, saying it shields important information ing it keeps the from the public. public in the dark “In comparison to the — including parteacher evaluations that e’ll make sure that ents who want to came out earlier in the know the ratings year, this is more fair and every parent gets the for teachers their equitable,” state Sen. Joe information, whether child could have Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard year. Beach) said in reference they would have called the“Ifollowing believe that to the governor’s bill, parents have a which mandates that an or not.” right to full diseducator’s evaluation only — Mayor Bloomberg closure when it be available, with the comes to informateacher’s name attached, tion about their to the parents or guardians of children in that child’s education, and I am disappointed that instructor’s class. Members of the general public will be able this bill falls short of that goal,” Bloomberg to access the annual evaluations, but without said in a prepared statement. “Evaluations are important resources for parents, princithe teachers’ names. Cuomo pushed legislators to pass the bill pals and teachers alike, and parents need after a New York Post lawsuit forced the city information to make good decisions about to make the evaluations, which included the their children’s schools.” The mayor was so irate that he announced names of about 18,000 teachers and assessSenior Editor

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in his weekly radio show last Friday that he plans on requiring city schools to call every parent or guardian with the ratings for their child’s teacher. “We’ll make sure that every parent gets the information, whether they would have called or not,” Bloomberg said on the show. Cuomo said he believes “the f inal bill reflects much of [Bloomberg’s] perspective.” The release of the assessments earlier this year was controversial, and officials with the city Department of Education, as well as the United Federation of Teachers, have stressed the reports’ wide margins of error — 35 percentage points for math teachers and 53 percentage points for reading instructors, on average. In addition, legislators and educators raised concerns about releasing teachers’ names, and the UFT has documented a number of reports of instructors being harassed at their homes because of the data. For example, the teachers’ union reported that an educator at PS 11 in Woodside, who received one of the lowest scores in the city, had to call the police a number of times to get reporters to leave the area outside her home. Isaac Carmignani, president of Community Education Council 30, which covers schools in western Queens, including PS 11, said he too agreed with the law. “It sounds better than what we had,”

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Carmignani said. “They were releasing information that was meant to be internal and an evaluation tool.” A number of high-ranking education officials have thrown their support behind the bill, including state Education Commissioner John King Jr. and Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch. “Teacher and principal evaluations help teachers and principals improve their practice, which in turn helps students improve their performance,” King said in a prepared statement. “Public disclosure of individual ratings would just get in the way of that progress. Chancellor Tisch, the Board of Regents and I have repeatedly stressed our opposition to the disclosure Q of individual ratings.”

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they want with the property and then, in effect, it would reverse the landmark designation.” Previously, the new owner of the site, located on 182nd Street near 73rd Avenue in Fresh Meadows, has said, based on the previous owners’claim that there are no remains left at the cemetery and that they should be allowed to build two houses on the site. Williams also added that it’s very possible that the question of a possible “hardship” is one of the issues that may have played a part in this latest delay in the vote. In a separate interview, Simeon Bankoff, executive director of HDC, said that although he’d like to see Brinckerhoff landmarked sooner than later, he appreciates the LPC being cautious. “It’s a good thing,” Bankoff said about the delay in the vote. “Landmarks is really trying to figure out how to deal with this thing … They’re trying to do their due diligence.” Speaking generally about the landmarking process in New York, Williams reported that there are 107 historic districts in the city with only 10 in Queens. Although there are more than 1,400 individual landmarks in the NYC, only 70 are in Queens. “As Queens is the largest borough, we’re underrepresented when it comes to landmarks, and that’s yet another reason why Brinckerhoff Cemetery is so important,” she said. Manger spoke briefly and reaffirmed his commitment to restoring and ultimately landmarking the historic burial ground that holds the remains of his deceased family members. He said that he wants to go back to the cemetery and restore to honor and respect the 77 souls buried there. continued on page 42

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showed up later and identified herself as “Fan Liu.” The complaint additionally alleges that the Allegiance investigator returned to the warehouse just after midnight on April 6 and said he wanted to make a purchase. Allegedly told by defendant Jiang that he was required to purchase at least six of each item, the investigator selected six knapsacks, twelve watches, six umbrellas, twelve pencil cases, twelve caps, eighteen toy cars, twelve action figures, six toy laptops and six toy guns, which Jiang told him would cost $365. The investigator

then allegedly gave Jiang $365 in exchange for the selected items. It is further alleged that on the afternoon of June 11, the Allegiance investigator returned to the J & L warehouse for a prearranged meeting with Jiang to make additional purchases of Rovio and Disney Toys. This time it is alleged that he selected six toys that would cost $222. The investigator then allegedly gave Luo $220 in exchange for the selected items. Finally, it is alleged that the investigator telephonically contacted Jiang on June 20 and arranged to meet her that day at the

warehouse. When Jiang was observed entering the warehouse, detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s NYPD Squad executed the search warrant. It is alleged that merchandise seized during the execution of the warrant, as well as the items purchased on the previous visits, all bore counterfeit-registered and active trademarks of Rovio and Disney. It is additionally alleged that many of the products were not products sold by either company or their licensees, and that many of the products were packaged in inferior Q materials.

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Three individuals at a Flushing warehouse were arrested Monday for their alleged involvement in the illegal distribution of trademark-counterfeited toys with an estimated retail value of between $300,000 and $500,000. District Attorney Richard Brown said, “The defendants are accused of not running some small mom-and-pop operation but, rather, a well-organized business that catered to retailers throughout the metropolitan area. Such trademark counterfeiting defrauds the toy industry of millions of dollars in worldwide revenue and rips off honest consumers who purchase these fake and typically shoddily made toys.” The defendants are Ying Jiang, 38, of 144th Street in Whitestone, and her employees, Deqiang Luo, 49, of 22nd Road in Whitestone, and Haiwei Chen, 54, of Prince Street in Flushing. The three defendants were arraigned on June 21 before Queens Criminal Court Judge Deborah Stevens Modica on a criminal complaint charging each of them with firstdegree trademark counterfeiting, a Class C felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Luo and Chen were released on their own recognizance and bail was set at $5,000 for Jiang. They were ordered to return to court on July 10. A cour t-authorized search war rant drafted by the DA’s Economic Crimes Bureau was executed on June 20 at J & L Trading’s warehouse, located at 15-17 132 St. in Flushing. The warehouse, which measures approximately 40 feet by 100 feet, was allegedly stocked to capacity, floor to ceiling, with cardboard boxes – the vast majority allegedly containing toys bearing the trademarks of Rovio Entertainment Ltd. (the creator of the Angry Bird franchise), Disney Enterprises, Inc. and others. According to the criminal charges, on the morning of March 28, an investigator from Allegiance Protection Group, Inc., a private investigation and security f irm, went to J & L Trading’s warehouse, which is accessible via a loading dock or a connecting showroom, and observed numerous toys bearing trademarks of Rovio, Disney and others on display shelves in open cardboard boxes, as well as knapsacks and other toys bearing trademarks. While there, the investigator is alleged to have met employee Luo, who gave him a business card for his employer, Jiang, who

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Richmond Hill High School Naahanathan said. “ … Richmond Hill High School is a special place. It’s not only a building, it’s a home. We are family. We all are better people because of our time at Richmond Hill High School.” Like his colleague, Naahanathan said his family’s support has made a world of difference when it comes to his academic success. “You brought us to a place where you didn’t know anybody, or have a job, and you did it all so your sons could have a better life,” he said to his parents in the audience. Throughout the ceremony, which included a video presentation that flashed photos of smiling students dressed up for their prom and arms flung around each other at picnics, educators and students wiped away tears when they mentioned this was the school’s final graduation ceremony. “As I prepared this speech, I flipped through the yearbook and recalled all of the events,” DeSanctis said. “ … I was always so proud when I attended any of these events.” The principal urged students to “always respect diversity — it is a beautiful thing,” and told them that she had “achieved her career goals, and now I hope you can achieve yours.” “It was a great run,” DeSanctis said after the ceremony. “It’s been my greatest Q privilege to be here.”

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50 Cent injured in car crash Rapper 50 Cent, formerly of the South Jamaica Houses, was injured in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway on Monday night, according to his website, thisis50.com, which shows him on a stretcher and wearing a neck brace. The hip-hop artist, born Curtis Jackson, was rear-ended by a Mack truck while in his bulletproof SUV, according to the website post by Corentin Villemeur, new media manager at GUNIT Records. Jackson’s driver, Bruce Miller, was also

injured when the SUV almost tipped over. Both were taken to New York Hospital Queens. Jackson was treated for minor back and neck injuries. “He was released this morning and is doing fine,” a spokesperson for Jackson said in an email Tuesday. Miller is reportedly still in the hospital. The driver of the truck allegedly told police officers that his load had shifted, which caused him to lose control of the vehicle, according to Q Villemeur’s post.

continued from page 18 friends when she hopefully becomes our next Congresswoman,” Lancman put his name forward as a candidate for the open 9th Congressional seat after the resignation of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner last summer, but was passed over by the Queens Democratic Party for Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck), who was later defeated by Republican Bob Turner. Lancman was passed over again in favor of Meng. “What we built here as a campaign that started from scratch, really starting without the infrastructure of the county organization, is something we can be really proud of,” he said. Though he announced he would not make another run for his now redrawn open State Assembly seat, Lancman said his political career was not over. One supporter at his victory party suggested he should run for mayor in 2013, but Lancman denied he had ambitions for that office. It is more likely that he will seek the seat of Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) when he is term-limited out of office next year. The pro-Crowley crowd at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall in Flushing was upbeat as early returns placed her ahead of, then neckand-neck with Meng. But the crowd quickly turned silent as

Meng appeared on the large screen television to declare victory at 10:23 p.m. Crowley came out about a half hour later after calling Meng to congratulate her. She thanked her family, staff and supporters for their help over the previous weeks. “It may not have come out the way I would have liked, but this is a great day,” Crowley said. “It’s been a roller coaster. And we proved one thing — that parties and leaders do not pick candidates. The people do, and the people have chosen Grace Meng.” Crowley was not encouraged by her cousin, Joe Crowley, to run for the seat and he endorsed Meng. Shortly afterward, Liz Crowley announced she planned to run for the same seat. On Tuesday night, his presence was apparent at Meng’s victory party. Liz Crowley vowed to do whatever she can to help Meng and other Democrats get elected in the fall. She also said she would be getting back to some of her regular routines both in the City Council and at home. “Do you know how much Chinese food and pizza my boys have been eating in recent weeks?” Crowley said in reference to her teenage sons, Dennis and Owen. Q “We have to do some barbecuing.” Domenick Rafter and Michael Gannon contributed to this story.

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continued from page 5 The councilman had yet to call Jeffries to concede as of late Tuesday night, and, according to other published reports, said he was not going to because of “the way the campaign was run.” While Barron landed the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Ed Towns (D-Brooklyn), who now represents much of the area in the new 8th Congressional District — though he covers no parts of Queens — Jeffries received the backing of numerous borough legislators, including U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (DHoward Beach). A number of political heavyweights came to support Jeffries on Tuesday night, including mayoral candidate and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson, Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. “With Hakeem, we’ll have a chance to change the culture in Washington, which is just toxic,” Thompson said. The Democratic mayoral candidate added that his support for Jeffries was “not about a no to Charles, but a yes to Hakeem.” While Barron had told the Queens Chronicle that he would focus on South Queens, his background as a former Black Panther who has made racially incendiary comments drew concern from

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Environmental art: past, present and future by Josey Bartlett reen and eco are terms we hear thrown around in conjunction with any product ranging from cars to laundry detergent, but this summer’s exhibition at Flushing’s Crossing Art, Going Green II, doesn’t use green in the generic sense. These art pieces in the second annual show don’t save the world — perhaps artist Peter Hiers rids a few roadways of discarded tires — but instead deal

with the environment in the larger sense, Assistant Gallery Director Maria Boobis said. The pieces look at the environment from many angles and mediums as well as depict the environment of the past, present and future. New Mexico-based artist Marietta Patricia Leis’ sprawling exhibit ( there are about 20 separate pieces ranging in size and format) represents the past. Her monochromatic green canvases titled “Green” seem to depict a past world of abundance and untouched vegetation many urbanites don’t have too much familiarity with. She created the exhibit based on her travels in Thailand. These paintings are also accompanied by little waxy sculptures that look like

presents tied with a ribbon, and poems. Another artist of the past category is New York City-based Elly Cho. Her black and white, looping video, titled “Visual Kinematics: a State of Art,” of an ever-changing forest complete with the sounds of running water and chirping birds, shows a world without people. Next the viewer sees the current world. Hiers takes discarded tires from the side of the road and reheats, folds and manipulates them into intricately twisted wall sculptures. His tires have gained some prestigious recognition abroad as well as right here in the city at the continued on page 47 Whitney Museum.

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For more information, call (718) 961-0030 or email info@freesynagogue.org.

Joseph LoGuirato’s sketched collection of historic structures around the city will run through June 30 at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14 Rd., College Point. Call for hours: (718) 358-0067.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The Wednesday Night Singles Group of the SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, invites you to social evenings with special guest speakers on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers.

The Queens Botanical Garden presents the Jamaica Estates Association Art Show “The Artist Within: The Urge to Create” on view through Sept. 30, Tuesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery of the Visitor Center and Administration Building, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.

Join Dancing Under the Stars every Wednesday through Aug. 1 at Little Bay Park roller hockey rink, Cross Island Parkway between Utopia Parkway and Totten Avenue, in Bayside from 7-8:30 p.m.

A children’s art exhibition will run through June 30 at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. Exhibition hours: Thursday and Saturday 1-4 p.m. In conjunction with Queens College’s Year of Turkey, the Queens College Art Center is presenting a group show in which 27 contemporary artists look at the evil eye through June 29. Gallery hours are Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m.-4:40 p.m. Closed weekends and holidays. Free and open to the public at Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, college entrance at 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

AUDITIONS The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.

FILM The “First Fridays” program at the Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City, offers monthly evening events every first Friday with free admission and beginning this year, film. At 6 p.m. visitors may participate in “Center of Attention,” a guided discussion of a single work of art on view at the museum. The film program begins at 7 p.m.

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MEETINGS Independent Business Women’s Circle of LI and Queens meets Tuesday, July 10 at noon at Brandywine at the Savoy, 55-15 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck. Topic is: “The Secret to Making your Business Look Bigger Using the Internet.” Cost is $20 nonmembers/$5 members. Contact ibwc.ymail.com or call (631) 754-6640. Free public speaking/effective communication meetings are held on the first, thirds and fourth Saturdays of the month at 10 a.m. Learn to be

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comfortable speaking before an audience. Meetings are held at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference room A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway. Contact club vice president membership at (646) 748-8290.

FLEA MARKETS The Richmond Hill flea market held at the old RKO theatre, 117-09 Hillside Ave., is open every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit Richmondhillfleamarket.com or call (347) 709-7661 for more information and directions. St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City, outdoor flea market will be held on Sunday, July 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

CLASSES Join Yoga in the Park Saturday, June 30 at 9 a.m. at Little Bay Park roller hockey rink, Cross Island Parkway between Utopia Parkway and Totten Avenue, in Bayside. Bring your own mat. A defensive driving course for insurance and point reduction will be given at Holy Family Church, 17520 74 Ave., in Flushing, on Saturday, July 7 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For information and registration call (631) 360-9720. The cost is $45. The Queens Community House, Pomonok Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, is offering Zumba with Nando Zee on Thursday nights at 6 p.m. for $10 per person. Participants must wear sneakers and be at least 16 years old. For information call Amy at (718) 591-6060. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, teaches ballroom dancing every Monday

and Friday night from 7:15 to 8 p.m. followed by a social dance. Cost is $10. The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street on the first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month. For information, visit flushingcameraclub.org. The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes, all mediums. Daytime and evening adult classes are offered Monday-Friday; daytime children’s classes are offered during the weekend. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue. Cost: $75 for adults, for four sessions, $75 for children for eight sessions. Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709. A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing. Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212. Ongoing drawing class every Wednesday 1-4 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Instructor, Marc Jasloff. Call (516) 2237659. Fee: $25 per class. The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has expanded its GED preparation program to include free adult classes. Tracks vary in length from 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance test results. Contact the YW and sign up for the next placement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at (718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserve your placement exam seat. Mindfulness Meditation one-hour class with Rabbi Michael Weisser at Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd., on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Louis Armstrong shares his birthday with America. So before the fireworks, Louis Armstrong House invites you to Louis’s house at 34-56 117 St., Corona, on July 4. The museum is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Special birthday historic house tours will be given. Children under 12 will enjoy a complimentary cupcake to celebrate too. As an added bonus, at 1 p.m. in the garden, author Randy Fertel will read excerpts from his book, “The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak: A New Orleans Family Memoir.” Admission is $10, $7 for seniors and children. The Queens Alliance Baseball League and the Queens Kiwanis Baseball League have combined to provide recreational baseball, as well as tournaments in the RBI, Pony, Federation and Greater N.Y. Sandlot. Any teams or players looking to play baseball in a local competitive league can call (718) 3667717 or (718) 821-4487 for more information.

TOURS Historic New York: The Fort Totten Tunnel Tour will be held at Fort Totten Park, Cross Island Parkway between Totten Avenue and 15th Road, in Bayside on Saturday, June 30 at 1 p.m. Follow signs to Visitor Center.

SUPPORT GROUPS A bereavement group will meet this summer at the Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Pre-registration is a must. Call (718) 2251144. Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings are held every Friday from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Resurrection Ascention Pastoral Center, Fr. Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park. Nar-Anon is a self-help support group or anyone affected by a loved one’s use/abuse of drugs. The group meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the basement lounge at the Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. For information, call 1(800) 984-0066, or go to nar-anon.org. Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meetings are held seven days a week.

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Free summer screenings under the stars by Kori Tuitt Chronicle Contributor

This summer families can pack their blankets and huddle outside to enjoy free outdoor movie screenings at Socrates Sculpture Park, the Queens Museum of Art, Noonan Park in Sunnyside and Astoria Park. Socrates Sculpture Park, at 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, will have its 14th Annual International Film Festival, which also includes music, dance and food. The sculpture-filled park that overlooks the Manhattan skyline will host screenings every Wednesday from July 4 until Aug. 22 at sunset. Before the screening cuts to scene one on July 4, a live stream of fireworks will hypnotize audience members while Moon Hooch, a trumpet band, performs. Food from John Brown Smokehouse will be available for nibbling that evening as well. There will be live music and dance performances before each screening at 7 p.m. if the weather permits. But if mother nature does not cooperate, Aug. 29 is the rain date.

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The movies range from 1964 to 2012 and offer a breadth of international film-making. They include “Soul Kitchen,” a German film about a GreekGerman restaurant owner, and “Senna,” which is about race car driver Ayrton Senna’s endeavors in Brazil. The Queens Museum of Art, located near Queens Theatre at 14 United Nations Ave. South in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, also has a culturalthemed movie series dubbed Target Passport Fridays. Its 8th annual film screening will be held every Friday from July 6 to Aug. 24 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The event will also feature live performances. If it rains, do not hesitate to show up because the event will just be relocated inside the museum. The highlighted locales, in order of film screening, are Haiti, Mexico, Cuba, Egypt, the West Indies, Taiwan, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The live shows will correspond with the themes of the movies. For example, when the Taiwanese film “Fishing Luck” is screened on Aug. 10, the NaiNi Chen Dance Company will perform,

People enjoy a film and the city skyline backdrop for free at Socrates Sculpture Park. PHOTO COURTESY SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK

and so will the Taiwanese Ensemble of New York. Also, when “Fire in the Babylon” is screened on Aug. 3, a performance by Something Positive Dance, an African Caribbean dance organization, will celebrate 50 years of independence for

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The sculptures at the Sky View Center in Flushing are not reasons to visit the mall on their own, but nevertheless represent a nice perk of a trip to buy shoes or escape 100degree temperatures. The 30 large scale, neon plastic bears by Spanish artist dEmo are scattered throughout the shopping space. These shiny teddies have traveled the globe from the 2010 Venice Biennale to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Cuba and to the Drissien Gallery of Munich, among a long list of locations. “They look a little like gummy bears,” a spokeswoman for Sky View Center, Erin Lagasse, said “It’s bright, engaging and brings a smile to everyone’s face,” artist Eladio De Mora,

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having to drag them there. known as dEmo, said. The bears are the 80,000-squareSometimes the bears, which stand 2 and a half feet up to 6 and half feet tall, blend foot mall’s first art program, which in with the colorful signs and storefronts in enhances a rotating plethora of seathe mall, but for the most part the bears sonal decor displays. The new art make their presence known from high and decor programs are an effort to keep the mall fresh, so above a onevisitors want to come story tall back to see what new pedestal or t’s bright, engaging detail might be added, neatly standand brings a smile to Hilla said. ing in a line “Shopping is so much staring down everyone’s face.” more than just shopping, at shoppers and as m anager s w e walking in the — Artist dEmo need to be aware of front doors. The bears on the ground floor give this,” he added. The mall also will enact a Facepatrons a more face-to-face experience book campaign intertwined with the with the works. “You experience the art more than if bear exhibit, which will ask patrons they were in a gallery space,” General to find how many pink (or small, or green, etcetera) bears there are and Manager Ed Hilla said. Although not encouraged, many kids like submit an answer with the hopes of to hug the bears, said the show’s curator, winning a gift card. Before moving inside, the bears got from Flushing’s Crossing Art, Maria Boobis. Lagasse said she remembered as a kid her some fresh air earlier this month in an sister would be bored to tears at art gal- exhibition in the outdoor park area at leries. The dEmo bears, she said, are a way the luxury condominiums attached to Neon bear statues pepper the Sky View Center Q to introduce the little ones to art without Sky View Center. PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT halls in Flushing.

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Tires and paintings; all for the green of it continued from page 43 00 “He takes something that is destroying the world and makes some aesthetically pleasing,” Boobis said. Another artist in the show who reused discarded items is Brooklynbased Christina Massey. She layers found articles of clothing on top of each other and then tears away pieces, exposing swatches of thick cloth below. Boobis says these pieces are constantly changing. If Massey’s works from the show do not sell (all items are on sale for around a couple $100 to $5,000) the artist will likely rework the art by adding or subtracting more layers. Lastly the third category of art is

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from artists who visualize the environment of the future. Yeon Ji Yoo Park, a Queens resident who teaches at Queens College and for the Queens Council on the Arts, created mossy, half-plant, half-animal creatures titled “In the Darkness.” These sculptures pose in the middle of the gallery like giant chickens made of moss. Another duo who envision the future environment are videographers Lorin Roser and Nina Kuo. Their two 3D videos, “Bubbling Pond” and “Manchu Couple–Storm in a Bottle,” envision what a future world will be like. The videos look somewhat barren and isolating. The exhibit is a juried show comprised of 70 artists who applied; eight were selected. The show ran along with the Queens Art Express — a boroughwide art show where galleries hosted four artists who envisioned the future of healthcare. Each gallery hosted opening night events with all proceeds Q donated to various causes.

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Problem with cocaine or other mind-altering substances? For local Cocaine Anonymous meetings call: 1-(212) COCAINE. The Center for the Women of New York is now accepting registration for a new session of its Women’s Support Group. The group meets at Queensborough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 325, Kew Gardens, every Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. To participate no prior group experience is needed and there is no fee. For information and an interview appointment, call the Center for the Women of New York at (718) 793-0672. The Queens Counseling Services of the Foundation for Religion and Mental Health announces a free Women’s Support Group on alternate Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. at the Kissena Jewish Center, 43-43 Bowne St., Flushing. If you are experiencing anxiety, fear or stress and are searching for a venue that can provide understanding, compassion and respect, call to register at (718) 461-6393. The Queens Counseling services and LISUN of the Foundation of Religion and Mental Health announces a new mourning and bereavement group to be held on Saturdays form 1-2 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone. For further information call (718) 461-6393. Co-dependents Anonymous (women only) meets every Friday at 10 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, 85-18 61st Road, Rego Park. Schizophrenics Anonymous meets on Sundays at 10 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64th Road, Rego Park.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES An exercise class for seniors. meets Saturdays at 9 a.m. at the SNAP of Eastern Queens Senior Center, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4 on the Creedmoor Community Campus, Queens Village. For more information call Kathleen at (718) 454-2100.

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The Woodhaven Senior Center, 78-15 Jamaica Ave., announces free exercise classes at the center. Stay Well on Monday includes stress reduction; yoga on Thursday includes meditation time. The center is open five days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. United Hindu Senior Center, 118-09 Sutter Ave., South Ozone Park, offers free vegetarian lunch, health promotion, nutrition education, cards and games, mammograms and blood pressure screenings. In addition, we provide transportation for many seniors via bus. For more information, call (718) 323-8900. The Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center, 68-52 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, welcomes all seniors age 60 or above. Enjoy a daily healthy meal at noon. On Fridays there is a free lunch. They offer an array of activities such as bingo, movies, exercise, oil painting, yoga, line dancing classes, dancing to a live band, sing-a-longs, health presentations, blood pressure checks, and monthly birthday celebration and theme parties.

The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The center offers a variety of activities and exercise classes including Wii sports, billiards, bingo, computer classes and monthly bus trips. For information, call Karen at (718) 456-2000. The Howard Beach Senior Center invites seniors aged 60 and older to become members. The center offers exercise, yoga and tai chi classes, billiards, creative writing, crafts, weekly dances with a DJ, painting and sketching classes, bingo, ballroom and line dancing, Wii bowling and computer classes. The center also takes many trips, including a monthly excursion to Atlantic City. It is located at 156-45 84th St., use the 85th St. entrance, open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is served at noon. For more information, call (718) 738-8100, or visit their new website at howardbeachseniorcenter.org. Activities at the Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26th Ave., Bayside, are held Monday-Friday. For more information, call (718) 224-7888. The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramic, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. For more information, call (718) 657-6752.

VOLUNTEERS The Louis Armstrong House, the longtime home of the great musician Louis Armstrong, is a national historic landmark located on 107 St. in Corona. It is open to the public as a historic house museum and needs volunteers to assist in the Welcome Center. For information, contact Deslyn Dyer at (718) 4788274 or on the web: satchmo.net.

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Changes in Subway Series by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Since 1999 the Mets and the Yankees have played two three-game weekend series at each other’s parks. There are rumblings that starting next year, the teams will play each other four times instead of six because the Houston Astros will switch from the National to the American League so that each league will have 15 clubs. While Mets and Yankees managers over the years have fretted that six games is too many to play against a team in another division, most New York baseball fans (even Mets fans who see their team lose more often than not) enjoy the excitement the games bring. While Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey claims that he prepares for the Yankees the same way he does the Pirates or the Padres, first baseman Ike Davis echoed the sentiments of most Mets and Yankees players when he told me prior to Friday night’s game, “We feed off of the energy of the crowd.” While baseball fans are obviously most concerned with how their favorite team does, there is a huge business component to the Subway Series. The ticket sales and accounting departments of both teams have to love the six games the Amazin’s and the Bombers play every year. The matchups have proven to be ratings gold for Major League Baseball’s national TV partners. ESPN has been broadcasting at least one Sunday night Mets-Yankees contest since the

home-and-home weekend series began. Fox Sports does the same for the Saturday games. Delta Air Lines has certainly made a big investment in our local teams as it is “the official airline” of each. Gail Grimmett, the senior vice president of Delta’s New York operations, rightfully states that there are very few brand loyalties stronger than that between a baseball fan and his or her team and she hopes that loyalty extends to fans of a team’s official airline. Yankees centerfielder Curtis Granderson appeared at the annual Delta Dugout fan festival Friday morning. He’s quickly become the “go-to guy” when corporations need a Yankee to represent them. Curtis is the spokesman for Cloudbreak’s NY Yankees Fragrance, and MLB asked him to appear at a recent press event to promote its 2012 All-Star Game ad campaign. He took on the role of game show host for a Yankees trivia contest and interacted with the contestants with wit and warmth that would make Drew Carey and Wayne Brady proud. He did not deny an interest in a potential showbiz career. “I will look at all opportunities that present themselves,” he said. Former Mets and Yankees pitching great Dwight Gooden will be signing autographs this Saturday at beautiful First Energy Park in Lakewood, NJ before the Phillies’ South Atlantic League farm team, the Blueclaws, take on the Q Hagerstown Suns.

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Jamaica’s ID Precision Watch bldg. by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

The Samuel Field YWHA, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, is seeking individuals who would like to volunteer their time to teach a class in the older adult services or computer department. Applicants should have some experience either teaching or working in their field of interest, but those with a specific hobby they would like to share are welcome to apply. To volunteer, call (718) 225-6750, ext. 233.

LISTING INFORMATION Items for the Community Calendar must be sent two weeks before the date of the event. Listings should be typed, from a nonprofit organization, either free or moderately priced, and be open to the public. Keep the information to one paragraph. Because of the large number of requests for the free calendar listings, we cannot include every event submitted. Send to: Queens Chronicle, Community Calendar, P.O. Box 74-7769, Rego Park, NY 11374, fax to (718) 205-0150.

One of the unofficial landmarks you pass as you travel on the Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica is the former ID Precision Watch Case and Precision Components Co. building. The structure looked more like a New York World’s Fair pavilion, with its art The ID Precision Watch Case Co. and its famous deco porthole windows, glass block win- clock, inset, which was illuminated in red and dow walls and curved arch flowing lines, blue neon, in July 1953. than the home of a manufacturing plant ally it fell into disrepair and vandalism. In for watch cases and gear mechanisms. The building was so large it had two 1989 the building was rescued by The mailing addresses, and ID Precision Grand Ayatollah Al-Khoei, who transemployed thousands and rented out space to formed it into The Imam Al-Khoei Islamic other watch companies. Its claim to fame in Center for charitable and educational functhe 1950s was its four-foot neon clock made tions. It also contains a mosque. On New Years Day 2012 a frustrated by the Modern Clock Advertising Co., installed as a public service to help keep unemployed truck driver allegedly threw a passing travelers from missing their flights Molotov cocktail at the building — reportat Idlewild Airport, now JFK. Thousands of edly because he wasn’t allowed to use the bathroom. He was quickly arrested and commuters relied on it too. In 1965 the company incorporated in charged with a hate crime. The necessary repairs were made, and Alabama and started moving operations south, renting the building out to all kinds of members continue to worship here and do Q light manufacturing companies. But eventu- good works in the community.

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and “Footloose” are the two featured films of the event. The family-oriented park will allow friends to reminisce while enjoying the flicks. It also will have chairs for the audience. Astoria Park at Shore Blvd. between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool will show films every Monday in August at 8:30 p.m. Among the movies is the Disney classic “The Lion King.” For more information on the screenings, visit socratessculpturepark.org, queensmuseum.org, sunnysideshines.org Q or centralastoria.org.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: TANDY’S DISTRIBUTION CENTER NA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/16/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RHR Distributor, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/1/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 61-12 70th St., Middle Village, NY 11379. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: HEAVEN HOSPITALITY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/13/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 137-08 REDDING ST., OZONE PARK, NY 11417. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARTMENTS BY VIRTUE OF DEFAULT, by LEONARD LOMBARD (the “Shareholder”) under his Proprietary Leases, for the 11 Apartments listed below (the “Apartments”), which are located at 1 Station Square, Forest Hills, New York, 10 Station Square, Forest Hills, New York and 2 Dartmouth Street, Forest Hills, New York, between Station Square Inn Apartments Corp. (the “Cooperative”), as Lessor, and the Shareholder, as Lessee, which default resulted in the termination of the Proprietary Leases on December 21, 2009, and the cancellation of the common stock of the Cooperative (the “Shares”) appurtenant to the Apartments. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cooperative, as the holder of the first lien on the collateral hereinafter described, will sell the collateral at public auction on July 10, 2012, by William Mannion, Auctioneer, D.C.A. #796322, subject to the conditions set forth in the terms of sale which will be available, upon request, from the undersigned, and such revisions thereto which may be announced at the start of the auction. Said public auction will commence at 2:00 p.m. and will be held at the offices of the undersigned, at which time the Shares attributable to the Apartments together with the respective Proprietary Leases appurtenant thereto, will be sold as individual units with the sales of the individual units (the “Individual Sales”) to be held consecutively. The Individual Sales, however, shall not be final and are expressly made conditional upon the sale of the Shares and Proprietary Leases as a single unit (the “Bulk Sale”), which Bulk Sale shall occur immediately following the Individual Sales on the same date, time and place. In the event that the amount bid for the Shares and proprietary leases at the Bulk Sale is higher than the aggregate amount bid for the Shares and Proprietary Leases attributable to the Individual Sales, then the Individual Sales shall be null and void and of no force and effect and the Shares and Proprietary Leases shall be sold to the highest bidder at the Bulk Sale. The Cooperative reserves the right to reject any and all bids that are for an amount that is less than the amounts due from the Shareholder to the Cooperative, including maintenance, assessments, late fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses, administrative fees, and other charges or amounts due to the Cooperative. The approximate amount due to the Cooperative, in connection with each apartment is set forth below. The collateral consists of shares of capital stock in the Cooperative attributable to the following Apartments, together with all right, title and interest to the appurtenant Proprietary Leases: ADDRESS 1 Station Square 1 Station Square 1 Station Square 1 Station Square 2 Dartmouth Street 2 Dartmouth Street 10 Station Square 10 Station Square 10 Station Square 10 Station Square 10 Station Square

APARTMENT NUMBER 202 213 214 601 M33 M37 R33 R35 R36 R43 R45

NUMBER OF SHARES 26 48 25 31 19 23 21 19 21 18 18

APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF LIEN $12,323.15 $17,468.93 $12,089.22 $13,492.65 $10,685.84 $11,621.46 $11,153.60 $10,685.84 $11,153.60 $10,451.96 $10,451.96

The collateral will be sold “as is” without representation or warranty and is subject to, among other things, the rights of any rent-stabilized or rent-controlled tenants to occupy certain of the Apartments pursuant to applicable laws and regulations. The Cooperative reserves the right to bid, to become the Purchaser at the sale and, without deposit, to credit against the purchase price bid all sums due to it from the Shareholder and to adjourn, delay or terminate the sale. WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP Attorneys for Station Square Inn Apartments Corp. 270 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 (212) 545-4600

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THE BASIS OF VENUE IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED IN QUEENS COUNTY U.S. BANK, N.A, Plaintiff, -againstMOHAMMED MOLLAH; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE AND MORTGAGEE OF RECORD; ADVISORS MORTGAGE GROUP LLC; TARIQ REZA; AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; BANGLA ESTATE, INC., BASHIR RAHMAN, “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Amended Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the amended complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following notice is intended only for those defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. The amount of the Debt: $437,092.38 consisting of principal balance of $417,000.00 plus interest of $14,998.93, escrow/impound shortages or credits of $3,202.06; Broker’s Price Opinion, inspection and miscellaneous charges of $471.35; attorney fee $925.00 and title search $495.00. Because of interest and other charges that may vary from day to day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. Hence, if you pay the amount shown above, an adjustment may be necessary after we receive the check, in which event we will inform you. The name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed: U.S. BANK, N.A. Unless you dispute the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, within thirty (30) days after receipt hereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the herein debt collector. If you notify the herein debt collector in writing within thirty (30) days after your receipt hereof that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of any judgment against you representing the debt and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to you by the herein debt collector. Upon your written request within 30 days after receipt of this notice, the herein debt collector will provide you with the name and address of the original creditor if different from the current creditor. Note: Your time to respond to the supplemental summons and amended complaint differs from your time to dispute the validity of the debt or to request the name and address of the original creditor. Although you have as few as 20 days to respond to the supplemental summons and amended complaint, depending on the manner of service, you still have 30 days from receipt of this supplemental summons to dispute the validity of the debt and to request the name and address of the original creditor. TO THE DEFENDANTS: MOHAMMED MOLLAH: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises. Dated: December 19, 2011 s/Mitra Paul Singh, Esq. Mitra Paul Singh, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Attorneys for Plaintiff 51 East Bethpage Road, Plainview, NY 11803, Phone: (516) 714-2585 The original summons was filed on 9/24/08. THIS IS AN ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE ENCUMBERING THE REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 1 BROADWAY, HOWARD BEACH, NEW YORK AND FOR UNJUST ENRICHMENT.

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Patriotic group opens new chapter The Daughters of the American Revolution launches in Jamaica by Kori Tuitt

ebrate and raise the level of patriotism.” When she was head of the Manhattan chapter, the group’s New York State regent requested that she increase the organization’s presence in Queens. Ludlam added, “We have all been encouraged to grow the organization — to add members.” There are five chapters in Manhattan, one in Staten Island, two in Brooklyn and now two in Queens. The Bronx is the only borough without a chapter. Kelly said it would be nice to have a branch in the Bronx, which will probably be the organization’s next step in expansion. There are no plans to add another Queens chapter anytime soon because the members are still working on developing workshops for the Jamaica chapter, Kelly said. Starting in the fall, Kelly hopes, the chapter will host monthly sessions that will offer free research on one’s genealogy. The sessions will be open to all — not just members — who are interested to find out if they have a family patriot — someone on the American side during the Revolution. Those whose parents or grandparents are immigrants can still learn about their family history, despite not having a patriot in their family. She added that the German Genealogy Group on Long Island has been very helpful

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The Daughters of the American Revolution opened a new chapter on June 12 at the Prospect Cemetery Chapel at York College in Jamaica — the first chapter the organization has founded in eight years. The launch of the Increase Carpenter Chapter makes two chapters in Queens. The Major Jonathan Lawrence Chapter is located in Jackson Heights. One of the reasons the launch was held at the Prospect Cemetery Chapel was because 53 patriots are buried there, said Cate Ludlam, vice regent of the chapter and president of the Prospect Cemetery Association. The new chapter took about six months to start, despite the fact that the national organization allows a maximum of two years to complete a launch. The DAR, which was founded in 1890, is a women’s service organization that aims to promote American patriotism and preserve American history. Even though the chapter opened in Jamaica, Wilhelmena Kelly, the chapter’s regent, said the group is not conf ined to Southeast Queens. “I hope to just raise the general awareness of the history of the borough,” Kelly said. “It’s a commitment to commemorate and cel-

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The officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s new chapter in Jamaica are Wilhelmena Kelly, left, regent; Cate Ludlam, vice regent; Jane Ferrone, treasurer; and Lynn Luehrs, registrar. PHOTO BY WALTER KARLING

to the organization because its services are not limited to people of German descent. Members of the DAR participate in several service activities, which are up to the discretion of the individual, Kelly said. Those include raising money to send calling cards to soldiers overseas and providing Christmas gifts to veterans. The organization is open to

all women who are at least 18 years old. Kelly said she hopes that through the expansion the value of history will be rekindled because Americans owe their patriots recognition. “Even though it was 200 years ago, it’s important that we do remember them,” Kelly Q said.

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HOWARD BEACH/OZONE PARK Howard Beach, 3.5 Rm 1 BR Apt, Terrace, Laundry Room on Premises, and parking.

Large quaint colonial on 40x100, 4 Beautiful Large Hi-Ranch (50x25) on 100x45 Lot, 3 BRs, 2 Full Baths, HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD BRs, 2.5 baths, LR w/Enclosed Porch, Lg Manicured Lawn, Pvt Dvwy & All Brick, 2 Family 6 over 6 plus store, Fireplace, EIK, Fin Bsmnt, Pvt Dvwy Balcony. Asking $569K Oversized Garage. $659K for 4 cars. $539K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

$619 REDUCED TO $599K

• Studio .............................. $49K • 1 BR Garden, 1st Floor, Low Maintenance ................. $100K • 2 BR w/Dining Room, (Garden) in Courtyard, Low Maintenance ..................$136K

HOWARD BEACH CONDO

Waterfront Custom Luxury Home • 3 BR, 2 Bath Town House, 2 on 80x100 lot, Center Hall w/5 Indoor Garages + 2 Outdoor BRs and 5 Full Baths. Master Suite Parking Spots, Dogs OK, Low w/Attached Office. Full Fin Bsmnt Maintenance ................. $299K w/recreation room & 1 BR Apt.

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Detached Hi-Ranch, 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, 1 Car Garage, Great Block, Walk to schools. Asking $599K

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2 Fam Det Brick, 2 BRs over 3 BRs, 2.5 Baths full fin bsmt, Pvt Driveway, 40x100 lot.

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDE

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No Job Too Big or Too Small

COLLISION SPECIALISTS We Only Use ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED PARTS

Where perfection is not an accident... And at Sonny’s Collision Specialists that’s what we offer our customers - PERFECTION! We know how stressful it can be when you are without your vehicle. At Sonny’s you will never be dissatisfied - in fact we’re so sure, that we offer you a rental vehicle

at our expense if you’re not completely satisfied with our work when we return your vehicle.

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SPECIALIZING IN COLLISION AND THEFT REPAIRS

OUR UNLIMITED LIFETIME GUARANTEE “If You Are Not Completely Satisfied We Will Put You In A Rental Vehicle at Our Own Expense Until We Satisfy You!”

• FREE 24-Hour Towing With Any Collision Repair • We will deliver your vehicle upon completion • Rental Cars Available • Paintless Dent Removal • Computer Color Matching • Laser-measured Unibody Straightening • Full Down Draft European Heated SPRAY BOOTH USI ITALIA

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We are not only a State-Of-The-Art Repair Facility, Our On-Staff Insurance Adjusters Will Help Settle Your Claim & Insure Prompt Service Reporting Your Claim.

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