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C M SQ page 1 Y K SOUTH QUEENS EDITION Serving Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, City Line and JFK Airport

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Town hall provides information on FEMA maps, Build It Back

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A town hall meeting organized by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn), at the mic, and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) gave Sandy victims in Howard Beach the opportunity to ask questions and get answers about the city's Build It Back program and what new FEMA flood maps will mean for their pocketbooks.

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Stop and frisk may soon be amended As two bills are passed by Council, the debate continues to heat up by Tess McRae Reporter

ndrew, a 23-year-old Queens resident, recalls vivdly what it was like to be stopped by officers as a high school student. “There have been a few times when cops cleared us out of an area,” he said. “Mostly this was in high school when we would be waiting for a friend in front of a bodega or something but there was one night in particular that stands out.” Andrew, who asked that his last name not be used, and three friends were on their way home from seeing a movie when they were stopped by police. “We got off the bus and were trying to figure out if we were going to just go home or get something to eat when these cops showed up,” he said. “There were two of them and they pulled their car up and asked us what we were doing so I told them and they searched us anyway. I kept telling them that we weren’t doing anything but they kept telling me and my friends to shut up and that they were looking for some guy who matched our descriptions.” Andrew and his friends, all of whom are black, were free to go after officers searched them but he still feels race played a major role in the incident. “If they had spent even a minute looking at us, they would’ve known right off the bat that we weren’t doing anything,” he said. “They acted before they knew and I don’t like to pull this card a lot but I think being black played a role. It definitely played a major role.” The role race plays in the controversial NYPD practice, stop and frisk, has been brought into question frequently over the years. The procedure that allows officers to stop, question

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and search any individual they deem suspicious has been hailed both as a anticrime miracle and abhorrent abuse of civil rights. On Wednesday, the City Council voted on two bills that would amend the practice in a way it has never been amended in the past. The two bills, referred to informally as the inspector general bill and the racial profiling bill, comprise the Community Safety Act and has been the subject of debate since it was introduced by Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn) in the fall. “No one is saying eliminate stop and frisk but we do want to amend it,” Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), who voted for both bills, said. “The issue is with how people are being treated.”

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The inspector general bill would open a new positon in the department that would oversee all stops made. “Putting an inspector general in place is an unnecessary spending of money,” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who voted against both bills, said. “Instead of spending money on another layer of bureacracy, maybe we should use that money to hire more cops.” Though many have critiqued the inspector general bill, the racial profiling bill has caused the most controversy. This bill adds onto the existing racial profiling bill by expanding who can be profiled and allows individuals who feel they have been profiled can sue but not for monetary gain. “We have to educate voters and Council members because this will lead to the courts taking over the police department and that is something I cannot stand for,” Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria), who voted against the bill, said. ”Now are there bad cops? Absolutely, I’ve prosecuted bad cops in the past. There are problems but this is not the answer.” Both bills were voted through by the City Council last Wednesday. The racial profiling bill was passed 34-17, just enough to overide a mayoral veto. Bloomberg does intend to convince the one Council Member needed to flip, thus killing the bill. “If these bills pass, we will become Chicago or Detroit,” Vallone said. “This is a fight for the lives and safety of our kids and our city.” While the Council vote is enough, if it holds, to override Bloomberg, the billionaire has vowed to do everything in his power, with the help of Police Comissioner Ray Relly, to sway the one council member needed to allow an override. continued on page 46

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Jeffries, Goldfeder host meeting, discuss FEMA maps, Build It Back by Domenick Rafter Editor

If the two previous town hall meetings in Howard Beach discussing the neighborhood’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy were any indication, many entered St. Helen’s Father Dooley Hall on Sunday afternoon prepared for a showdown; a raucous meeting of angry, frustrated and confused homeowners loudly expressing their concerns and obstacles in the recovery from the community’s worst disaster, perhaps in it’s history. But that’s not what happened Sunday. Whether it was the length of time since Sandy — almost eight months to the day — or the tone of the questions asked, the town hall meeting hosted by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), featuring representatives of the Department of Financial Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, yielded answers to a number of questions. Those inquires, including “Do I have to raise my house?” and “Will Build It Back, the new city-sponsored recovery program, help pay for what insurance and FEMA didn’t?” were not answered with “I’ll get back to you,” but rather something substantive. In a change from previous town halls, many of the residents’ questions were fielded private-

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), standing, asks Greg Coulson of FEMA, left, a question during a town hall meeting focusing on the recovery from Hurricane Sandy at St. HelPHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER en’s Father Dooley Hall on Sunday. ly after the meeting to allow for officials to clarify concerns from the past meetings. On the f lood map issue, FEMA was in the process of changing New York City’s flood zones when Sandy hit and the storm forced the agency to release preliminary

maps as they continue to work on permanent ones. According to their preliminary maps, most of Howard Beach moved from Zone X to the more at-risk Zone A. That left many residents confused as to what they needed to

do to satisfy the new requirements. Zone A residents are required to buy flood insurance and are advised to raise their homes so that the first floor is at the new flood levels, which in most of Howard Beach is either 10 or 11 feet above sea level. Most homes already in the neighborhood are not that high. “If you are in Zone A, you do not have to raise your homes unless your home has been substantially damaged,” said Greg Coulson, a representative from FEMA who was present at the meeting. “That means if you live in a $500,000 home, you must have occurred $250,000 or more in damages in order for you to have to raise your home.” “That’s all I wanted to know,” one woman shouted. “Thank you!” Final maps that will set the zones in stone could be finished as early as next year. FEMA representatives at a previous town hall said the final maps will likely look similar to the preliminary ones. Another man, who asked to have his name with held, wanted to know if the city’s Build It Back program would cover appliances lost in the storm in a second kitchen in his home. He said FEMA told him they would only cover the appliances in one of the two kitchens damaged. continued on page 21

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Sandy town hall yields some recovery answers

Rockaway residents want ferry to stay Phil Goldfeder delivers petitions signed by 3,000 people to City Hall by Domenick Rafter Editor

Bedway said. “It’s quicker and there is a lot nicer of a view.” Pat Hickey, who works at a courthouse in Manhattan, takes the ferry to work every day and dreads the idea of having to ride the A train once the ferry stops. “They have to keep it,” Hickey, who used to drive to Staten Island every day, said. “It’s so much faster and such a pleasant ride.” Goldfeder delivered the petitions to Bloomberg’s office directly and was joined by Danny Ruscillo, president of the 100th Precinct Community Council; Hank Iori, president of the Belle Harbor Property Owners Association; Rockaway resident Phil McManus; and transportation advocate Ronald Carroll on the ferry trip and at a press conference on the steps of City Hall Friday morning. “This is just common sense,” Ruscillo said. “We need more transportation options and this ferry service has been a big hit.” Goldfeder said the amount of economic activity the ferry would create would make up for the

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, bottom row left; 100th Precinct Community Council President Danny Ruscillo; Hank Iori, president of the Belle Harbor Property Owners Association; Rockaway resident Phil McManus, top row left; and transportation advocate Ronald Carroll deliver more than 3,000 petitions to Mayor Bloomberg calling on the city to continue ferry service to PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Rockaway permanently. amount the city would have to subsid ize. T he fer r y costs about $500,000 a month to run; the city’s chunk depends on fares. Bloomberg announced Tuesday

that the ferry will be extended until Labor Day. There are only three boats on weekday mornings and th ree on weekday af ter noons. continued on page 46

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Under two big white awnings that shade a bayside pier at Beach Channel Drive and Beach 108th Street, dozens of people lined up to prepare to board a Seastreak boat. Some were dressed in short shorts and tank tops — casual attire for a hot June day; others were in suits, carrying satchels and scrolling through emails on their smartphones as they stepped on board the craft. Forty-six minutes after the boat left the dock in the Rockaways, it was at Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan and the Rockaway denizens who paid the $2 fare to get on the boat, disembarked in the heart of New York City. Among them was Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) who with a number of Rockaway civic leaders took the ferry to City Hall to deliver 3,000 petitions from Rockaway residents asking to make the ferry service permanent. Seastreak, which r uns fer r y routes from Manhattan to New Jer-

sey and, during summer weekends, Martha’s Vineyard, has been providing service to the Rockaways since shortly after Hurricane Sandy to make up for the loss of the A subway. The storm washed out the A-train tracks over Jamaica Bay, shutting the line down until about five weeks ago. In the meantime the ferry — which had long been on the want list for many on the peninsula — has become quite popular. At least 100 cars were parked in the free lot across from the dock by the time the 9:20 a.m. ferry — the last of the morning boats bound for Pier 11 — left, but they only represent a fraction of those who take the ferry. Many more ride bikes or carpool to the dock. Marguerite Bedway has taken the ferry numerous times. The Rockaway Park resident chose to sit on the boat’s open upper deck during last Friday’s trip, sipping a soda and eyeing the rides at Coney Island as the boat passed the Brooklyn neighborhood. “It’s great, I hope they keep it,”

MoMA Rockaway dome closes

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For the last three months, the white dome that stood like a punctuation mark at the end of Beach 94th Street — the main route into the Rockaways from the Cross Bay Bridge — has been sort of a town epicenter for this section of the peninsula devastated less than nine months ago by Hurricane Sandy. The structure, called the VW Dome 2, was built by MoMA PS 1 and is a replica of a similar dome that had been at the museum’s Long Island City facility. The museum constructed it as a gift to the storm-ravaged community. The dome opened in late March at the end of the parking lot between Beach 94th and 95th streets, just steps from the beach. It has played host to community meetings and arts events throughout the spring. Originally scheduled to close by Memorial Day, MoMA PS 1 extended the life of the dome by another month, but decided to take it down at the end of June. The parking lot it sat in, which is owned by the city Parks Department, and is used by beachgoers. “The VW Dome 2, a Buckminster Fullerinspired geodesic dome, has served its purpose well,” Klaus Biesenbach, director of MoMA PS 1, said in an email sent to a number of Rockaway civic leaders last week. “But now the beach is back and for sure everybody worked very hard to get their

spaces, restaurants, stores, and concessions back to be the social heart around the splendid beach.” A weekend-long celebration was held at the dome for its closing featuring music Saturday night and thank yous from Rockaway civic leaders on Sunday morning. The dome’s opening in March featured a performance by singer Patti Smith, who lives in Rockaway Beach. Biesenbach also owns a home in the Rockaways. Local civic leaders were originally skeptical of the dome, but MoMA PS 1 allowed

residents to use it as a community center. The dome also played host to a number of community meetings focused on Sandy recovery. The dome also hosted events put together by the peninsula’s growing arts community, such as poetry readings and art contests. In May, the premiere of the movie trailer for the upcoming documentary “Jamaica Bay Lives” was held in the dome. On Memorial Day weekend, hundreds came to the dome to cast their votes for the best design for the Rockaway Barrier Beautification Project. Q

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he United States, on this its 237th birthday, is in the midst of a great debate over what to do about one of its most intractable problems: illegal immigration, and more broadly, the immigration system in general. The debate has been largely civil, with some sharp words on talk radio and the cable news channels — no surprise — but no violent protests, no crippling nationwide strikes, no clashes between those who oppose each other’s views. The question of whether to somehow legalize the millions of illegal immigrants in the country (the only answer) or deport them (impossible) is being decided in the halls of Congress, with input from the citizenry, as well as some of the undocumented themselves, not in the streets. The president is playing his role in the sedate manner that is his custom when he’s not giving speeches full of soaring rhetoric. A little more than half the country supported his reelection; a little less than half did not. While the dissenters largely haven’t changed their minds, they’re not storming the White House on this or any issue; they’re storming the airwaves, opinion pages and blogs. Contrast that with Egypt, where, as of this writing, the president is facing an ultimatum from the military to step

down. He’s only been in office for a year, being elected after a chaotic revolution brought down his predecessor. The streets of Cairo are rife with violence and chaos, as those on either side of deposing the president battle it out. The difference between the two nations is stark, and just one piece of the mountain of evidence showing that this country and the system of government at its foundation, despite some flaws, remain the best in the world. That’s worth noting on this and every July 4th, Independence Day. The Supreme Court just issued rulings on a major social question, the inevitable and desirable march toward marriage equality. As with the immigration debate, there are strong feelings on both sides of the issue. But it’s all three branches of our government, at all levels from the municipal to the federal, that are deciding our course. Violence has no place in the debate. In many other countries, it would. Some serious examples of government overreach, likely unconstitutional, were recently revealed by a whistleblower whom some consider a traitor. The result has been a national conversation about the proper limits of state power, not a coup or a civil war. Elsewhere, it could easily be different. In Florida a man stands trial for stalking a youth, fighting

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with him, pulling out a gun and killing him. The death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman was a tragedy, and may have been murder. A jury will decide. But it’s clear from the testimony so far that Zimmerman is getting a fair trial. That’s guaranteed here, but not everywhere. Here in New York, some officials seek to rein in the police just for searching too many people, even as violent crime plummets. Civilians, not the police, set policy. There’s no question the United States committed atrocities in the past, most notably the enslavement of Africans and the subjugation of the Indians. The struggles ensuing from these events continue to this day. And there are several areas in which other countries are outperforming this one. But over time, the United States has shown itself to be more forward-looking, more stable and more free than any country with even a tenth of its population. It was 150 years ago, in the midst of a crisis dwarfing any we see today, that Abraham Lincoln referred to the United States as the last best hope of Earth. He said that despite the evil of slavery, which he was about to outlaw, and a raging civil war. At the nation’s darkest hour, he was right to say it, and it’s still true today. Happy Independence Day.

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the community; and • bar monitoring of gang members because of the disparate impact based on sex and age, since nearly all gang members are males under 30 years old. The act was brought to the Council floor under an unprecedented “discharge vote” engineered by Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Democrats that bypassed the normal committee process — the first time this has been done since the establishment of the current City Council structure in 1989. This maneuver, which choked off debate and prevented any testimony by Kelly, Lynch and other police and union officials, highlights the shortsightedness of what the Council has done. While the act is apparently aimed at crippling the Police Department’s “stop, question and frisk” program, it goes far beyond that in allowing for lawsuits against a vast array of NYPD policies and tactics. Even if it were limited to stop and frisk, however, it would still be unacceptable, for that program has been an important part of drastically reducing the city’s crime rate over the last 20 years. Of course stops must be courteous and civil. But the bot-

tom line is that they get guns off the street and save lives — typically the lives of poor and minority children. Those fighting to end stop and frisk are imperiling the very communities they claim to be, and ought to be, protecting. Dennis Saffran Douglaston The writer is the Republican-Conservative candidate for City Council in the 19th District, in northeastern Queens.

Free enterprise rocks Dear Editor: President Obama, Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand, Queens Congress members Meng, Crowley, Israel, Jeffries, Maloney and Meeks, along with other state and municipal elected officials, could have learned a great deal by having read your special section “Saluting the job creators 2013” (June 27). Virtually all the companies and organizations you profiled, including New York Construction Company, JetBlue, Dress for Success, Kaufman Astoria and Silvercup studios, NYDesigns, Resorts World Casino, the

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Pride and provocation Dear Editor: Now that more mature equality has been gained, will pride parades stop featuring — behind various help organizations, churches and the inevitable politicians — bars, almost naked people flaunting genitals and generally juvenile behavior? That feeds opposition ideas that the participants are truly not mature enough for the responsibilities they seek. Bill Page Gay Human Rights League of Queens County Flushing

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Dear Editor: I found it distressing to read about another city teacher who has molested and abused another innocent child. There are more teachers who have reached tenure and been accused of violating the rules of teaching but are not being fired, instead being sent off to so-called rubber rooms, some for years. I have a co-worker whose wife, Amelia, was let go because of friction with a vice principal. She had not made tenure and was pregnant at the time. She possesses a master’s degree in education and was dedicated to the children she was teaching. In my book this was not right. We are letting go of good teachers who are dedicated to the principles of education, while others couldn’t care less and do unspeakable acts against these children. This is so sad. New York City’s 1.1. million students are the ones who are paying the price. I say bring back the good teachers who care and kick out those who do not. Please bring back good teachers like Amelia who do care. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

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Dear Editor: I write to commend City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. for lobbying for an animal abuse registry database that would ban evil people convicted of animal abuse from owning pets in the future. The number of pets and animals physically abused by humans is so much greater than most people realize, mainly because the victims cannot speak and report their suffering. It is up to the good amongst us in society to stand up for their right to be safe from future abuse. In this regard, Vallone has come through big time; proving he is not just a member of the City Council but also a member of society with compassion for all. Vallone also has fought hard to bring animal shelters to locations throughout the five boroughs in an effort to end the killing of healthy and friendly cats and dogs that are euthanized by Animal Care and Control simply because there is not enough space to hold them. But in a shameless and secretive move, other members of the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg blocked his efforts and the efforts of several animal rescue groups, pet lovers and animal welfare organizations to accomplish this. This past June 22, concerned citizens showed their disgust at this heartless political ploy by protesting outside ACC headquarters. The fight to protect helpless cats and dogs goes on. All those interested in reducing animal homelessness and the killing of loving

future pets can visit local no-kill animal shelters here in Queens, like Bobbi and the Strays and Heavenly Angels, which save animals from death’s door and adopt them into their homes. And never buy from breeders, who as a group unnecessarily increase the pet population, squeezing out shelter animals from loving homes. Last but not least, write our local politicians and tell them the killing of healthy animals in city shelters must end. Timothy Caravello Richmond Hill

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organic food incubator, Claudine & Co., J&J Super Star Deli and Good Temps, along with thousands of others based in Queens, are role models to emulate. They have all already assisted our community which faces an 8 percent unemployment rate, with 7 percent more who have given up looking, along with many working part-time or minimum wage jobs, seeking better-paying full-time jobs. Don’t forget the thousands of vacant storefronts. Many of these firms provide work for construction contractors and their employees. They also collectively continue providing thousands of jobs and more for suppliers. All pay taxes and are our neighbors. The free enterprise system made our nation great. Economic growth and the creation of wealth comes from millions of small businesses such as the ones featured in your issue, without the assistance of “stimulus” taxpayer dollars. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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Much accomplished, much left undone Six Queens lawmakers rate the state lawmaking session they just finished by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

While they differ on the details, and some are more inclined to see a glass as half-full and some to see it as half-empty, state lawmakers from Queens largely agree that this year’s legislative session, which wrapped up last week, was largely productive but came up short in certain key areas, according to an informal canvass done this week by the Queens Chronicle. “I think overall we had a very good session,” said state Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park). “It was the third straight year we passed an on-time budget, with no new taxes and more money for education and healthcare. We accomplished a lot for the state, but we could have done better.” Goldfeder was the most optimistic-sounding of half-a-dozen lawmakers — three members of the Assembly and three senators — interviewed Monday and Tuesday. The least optimistic was Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside). “I consider it to be a disappointing session,” Avella said. “The major issues that we were talking about — campaign finance, the women’s equality bill — didn’t happen. The best thing you can say is that we passed an on-time budget for the third year in a row, but it’s not enough.”

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And the future does look bright. Queens Library is open to provide all those essential community services you rely on: computers and Wi-Fi, books and movies, homework help, job search assistance, consumer health information, classes, music, intelligent conversation and simply a great place to visit. Our newest offerings include downloadable e-magazines and downloadable audiobooks. The new library in Glen Oaks is already serving the community. A new library in North Flushing will open this summer. Your Queens Library is working hard to enrich your life. Thomas W. Galante President and CEO, Queens Library Jamaica

LI Jews stereotyped Dear Editor: I’m proud to represent an area of Long Island that has been the location for many famous movies and TV shows, including “Citizen Kane,” “Annie Hall” and the hit television series “Boardwalk Empire.” It’s even the setting for “The Great Gatsby.” Shamefully, it’s also now the location for a show whose characters are disgraceful, misleading, and fuel antiSemitic stereotypes: “Princesses: Long Island.” Full disclosure: I kind of enjoy reality TV. “Storage Wars” and “Pawn Stars” are among my guilty pleasures. So the idea of watching a reality show taking place in my own backyard wasn’t so far-fetched. I knew little about “Princesses” before sitting down to watch it.

Weighing in on this year’s state legislative session are Queens lawmakers Mike Gianaris, left, FILE PHOTOS Nily Rozic, Phil Goldfeder, Joe Addabbo Jr., Tony Avella and Mike Miller. Right in the center was Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), who cited new gun control legislation, called the Safe Act, an increase in the minimum wage and a bill to allow children to use sunscreen at school and summer camp as worthy accomplishments. The latter has yet to be signed by Gov. Cuomo, but Gianaris said it just makes sense to change “foolish” state regulations that list sunscreen as an over-the-counter drug, preventing its use at school or camp without a doctor’s note. The other two measures were signed into law earlier this year. “For me, the big thing this session was the Safe Act, because so many of my bills were incorporated into it,” Gianaris said. But, he said, a number of bills that should have gone forward did not, including the Women’s Equality Act, which would have addressed a number of issues including pay

Much to my dismay, the characters on the show spewed gross generalizations about the living and dating habits of unmarried Jewish women. And the stereotyping didn’t stop there. In one episode, the characters get together for a Shabbat dinner, an important tradition in the Jewish faith and culture. As a Jew, I can say with confidence this dinner was exactly the opposite of what the sacred Sabbath dinner is supposed to be. It was shown in the worst way possible, with excessive drinking and fighting. The characters do not shy away from any Jewish stereotypes and portray both Jews and Long Islanders in the most unflattering light possible. Yes, I know this is reality TV, but it’s still unacceptable. Jews have spent thousands of years trying to dispel stereotypes. We’ve been repeatedly persecuted based on falsities and gross generalizations. I’ve worked my whole life to combat this type of hatred. And I’m the product of grandparents who came here to escape the hate-driven pogroms of Russia. Therefore, I will not silently tolerate a show that paints Jewish women as stereotypes — money-hungry, superficial Jewish-American princesses. The characters on the show are welcome to live their lives however they choose, but I don’t want viewers to think they are, in any way, representative of Jews or Long Islanders. I, for one, will not be watching “Princesses: Long Island.” I hope others will join me in deciding this show is not the type of TV we should support. Steve Israel Huntington, LI The writer is U.S. Congressman for the 3rd District, which includes much of northeastern Queens.

equity between the sexes, abortion rights and campaign finance reform. He put the blame squarely at the feet of the Senate leadership, which is led by Republicans but includes a handful of Democrats that don’t caucus with their own party. “We saw a lot of issues left on the table that we were assured there would be progress on,” Gianaris said. “We didn’t even see a vote on them.” Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) also put the Women’s Equality Act and campaign finance reform at the top of the bills that should have been passed but were not. “New York State has always been a leader and always been at the forefront of women’s rights, women’s equality, whether it’s pay equity or a woman’s right to choose,” Rozic said, “and I think we need to maintain that reputation and that leadership.” The Assembly passed the Women’s Equality

Act as introduced, but the Senate broke it up into 10 pieces, passing nine but leaving the abortion section out. And since the Assembly passed the entire measure as one package while the Senate broke it up, there is no bill for the governor to sign, even on the nine items both houses put through. “It’s unfortunate,” said Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who differed with most of the other lawmakers interviewed for this article in that he saw no need for abortion to be part of the package, as it is protected by federal law. “Even if the Senate had voted on all 10 pieces, with the Assembly voting on it as one bill, it all would have been invalid anyway, so it was a waste of everyone’s effort. We would have been better dealing with the nine issues that really matter to women and really are issues now.” Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) voted for the entire package despite not supporting the abortion provision. “I’m pro-life, I’m not pro-choice, so I had an issue with the abortion piece,” Miller said. “But there were nine good parts in the bill, so I supported it overall.” Goldfeder said he expects the governor to call lawmakers back into session to address the Women’s Equality Act and other issues. For Goldfeder, his biggest concern was passcontinued on page 32

Police crack down on illegal truck parking More than 200 summonses issued by Domenick Rafter Editor

For the past year, one of the most brought-up topics at the 102nd Precinct Community Council meetings has been the issue of trucks illegally parking on neighborhood streets overnight. Residents who live on or near often desolate parts of Kew Gardens Road, Park Lane South, Woodhaven Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue have complained about the trucks, often as big as 18-wheelers — which are actually banned in most of New York City — parking on empty stretches overnight. In lieu of truck stops, drivers will often park their trucks and sleep in order to make an early delivery in the city. But many don’t know they’re breaking the law. Captain Hank Sautner, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, said his officers went after trucks illegally parked overnight on Atlantic Avenue last month, towing four tractor-trailers in one operation in late May. Sautner said more than 200 summonses have been issued for overnight parking in the 102nd Precinct between May 25 and

June 18 on Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica and Atlantic avenues. “We’re trying to identify these truck drivers,” he said at last month’s community council meeting. “If we find them in person, we’ll let them know that they can’t take up these spots.” Last week, three trucks were parked on Friday night along Woodhaven Boulevard southbound between 103rd Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, which is in the 106th Precinct’s command. The trucks parked on Woodhaven Boulevard last Friday were gone the next morning. Frank Dardani, president of the 106th Precinct Community Council, said there have not been any complaints about trucks parked along Woodhaven Boulevard, but there have been issues elsewhere. “We’ve had some complaints in South Ozone Park,” Dardani said. According to an NYPD source, those complaints stem from an ongoing issue with trucks parked overnight on the Van Wyck Expressway service road and North and South Conduit avenues near JFK Airport. Q

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New marshes in Jamaica Bay No downpour could keep the Littoral Society “Bayrats” from their appointed rounds — planting saltmarsh cordgrass on the newly-created Ruler’s Bar marsh in Jamaica Bay, above. The “Bayrats” are a group of young students hired by the Littoral Society for the summer to help with the project, including Andrew O’Reilly, top, working in the rain alongside a hungry shorebird. They spent last weekend seeding an eight-acre site,

which is being planted with 88,000 plugs of cordgrass to help reconstruct the eroding marsh. Aside from Ruler’s Bar, a larger 14-acre marsh named Black Wall is being seeded as well for comparison. Don Riepe, president of the American Littoral Society’s northeast chapter, said by next season the group should know whether the small plugs or just seeding works best in terms of survival and growth rates.

Summer photo contest! The Queens Chronicle’s fifth annual Summer in the Borough Photo Contest is underway, and you’re invited to join in! Take your best shots of children playing, workers working, lovely landscapes — whatever you think best says “summer in Queens.” Then send ’em on in. Our main requirement is that the photos be taken in the borough. Creativity is key, of course. We also ask that you give us all the details you can about your submission, especially the location, the names of any people in the photo, whenever possible, and when the shot was taken. Some entrants give us a whole

backstory, and that’s never a problem. And please tell us whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer. The winner will receive tickets to an offBroadway show or other family-friendly performance in or around the city, and will see his or her photo published in the Chronicle, along with more of the fine entries we know we’ll receive. They’re rolling in already. So send your high-resolution digital photos to peterm@qchron.com, or snail-mail prints to Queens Chronicle Photo Contest, 62-33 Woodhaven Blvd., Rego Park, NY 11374. The deadline is Monday, Aug. 26. Good luck! Q

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overwhelming. In addition to those thanked I’d like to especially thank Borough President Helen Marshall, former state Sen. Serphin Maltese and. Rep. Greg Meeks for their support. Through the years, my friends have gifted me with Carousel horses, which I display prominently on my desk and throughout our office. Claire Kramer gave one to me 20 years ago. She collected petitions for the Carousel and helped us from the beginning. Sadly Claire passed away, but I know that she is aware that all of our hard work has finally been rewarded. The 102nd Precinct has received 10 new officers. We received our fair share. We welcome them. Hopefully now Captain Hank Sautner will have the manpower to address noise complaints during the summer months. Now we are beginning the next six months of 2013. At this time we are still working on getting the Woodhaven Richmond Hill Senior Citizen Center fully repaired, as well as benches for Jamaica Avenue and promoting our “Taking Care of BIDness, Everything Avenue” branding. We are also working on getting surveillance camera rebates for business. As we observe our Independence Day this week, more than ever please fly our American Flag proudly above all others from your homes or apartments. Happy Birthday America. May God Bless Our Leaders, May God Bless Our Armed Forces and Disabled Veterans and May Q God Bless America.

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So here we are in July, can you believe that one half of 2013 has already past? It feels like yesterday that the Christmas lights and music along Jamaica Avenue were taken down and the bitter winter weather was upon us. Then we welcomed spring by attending a Mets game in May, with free tickets through Gene McCauley and the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation. June was a really active month beginning with our Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation Dinner Dance. The week after, there was a wonderful presentation of a film by St. Thomas the Apostle students and the Woodhaven Historical and Cultural Society featuring many Woodhaven leaders. I was privileged to be one of those interviewed and we spoke of Woodhaven past, present and our plans for the future. It was an excellent film. On June 18, I attended the 20th Citizens Police Academy Graduation Ceremony as the guest of Woodhaven resident and graduate Anandwaitie (Ana) Rampal, at 1 Police Plaza. It was so good to see and speak to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Chief Phillip Banks III, New York City’s chief of patrol. Congratulations to all the graduates. So far, the most important event of the year was the unanimous approval by the N.Y.C. Landmarks Preservation Commission of the Forest Park Carousel as a landmark. I was looking through the GWDC’s voluminous file of letters and petitions through 22 years to the

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS At the half year LPC. mark of 2013 The support for this designation was so by Maria A. Thomson

Summer Community Fun Day The rain held up for Friday’s Summer Community Fun Day in Howard Beach. More than 2,000 children attended the event, sponsored by S.T.A.R.S. Youth Center, which featured two inflatable bouncing castles, face painting, games, and arts and crafts. “It was a difficult year for all of us,” said Frances Scarantino, founder and president of S.T.A.R.S., “but especially for the neighborhood children. I wanted to start off the summer season with a fun and free event

for our area’s children.” Scarantino dug into her own pocket to pay for the rides, giveaways, all the prizes for the games and the other necessities when she was informed by the city Parks Department that there wasn’t enough funding. Enjoying the festivities here are Dania Sugranes, left, Sara Kaye, Logan Scrivanich, Scarantino, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, Samantha Simonian, Kylie Hastings, and in front, Kerry Scrivanich.

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Howard Beach now in first evacuation zone To avoid confusion, city will identify areas by numbers instead of letters by Domenick Rafter Editor

Most of Howard Beach is now in the first priority evacuation area for hurricanes, according to new city maps that identify zones to be evacuated in the event of another major storm. The maps, which increased the number of zones from three to six, add another 600,000 people citywide into areas that could be evacuated in case of another hurricane, including tens of thousands in Queens neighborhoods originally not in the zones like Elmhurst, Woodhaven and Jamaica. According to the city, just under three million people — more than a third of the city’s total population on — lives in an evacuation zone. “The new zones incorporate the best available data and will help the city to more effectively communicate to those most at risk,” Cas Holloway IV, the deputy mayor for operations, said in a statement last month. Previously, there were three zones, A, B and C. Before Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg ordered the evacuation of neighborhoods in Zone A, which in Queens included most of the Rockaway Peninsula, Broad Channel, Hamilton Beach and the Hunters Point section of Long Island City. But Howard Beach, which suffered a devastating flood from Sandy’s storm surge, was not evacuated because it was part of Zone B, as were other areas that flooded including Rosedale and interior sections of Long Island City around Vernon Boulevard. After the storm, many in Howard Beach wondered why they hadn’t been evacuated. According to the city’s old guidelines, Zone B was to only be evacuated in the event of a hurricane classified as a category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, which measures the strength of a hurricane in categories 1 through 5, by windspeed. Sandy was a Category 1, but had the barometric pressure and storm surge common in a strong Category 2 or weak Category 3. The new evacuation maps give the city more f lexibility. There are now six zones, numbered 1 through 6 in order to avoid con-

fusion with FEMA flood maps, which use letters. Most of Howard Beach, including all of Hamilton Beach, Old Howard Beach south of 157th Avenue, the Rockwood Park section south of 159th Avenue and the southwest corner of Lindenwood will be moved into Zone 1, with Broad Channel and the Rockaways, Hunters Point South and Idlewild and Brookville parks in Rosedale also in Zone 1. All of the rest of the Howard Beach south of the Belt Parkway and western parts of Lindenwood will be in Zone 2. The rest of Lindenwood will be in Zone 3. Zone 2 will include most of Hunters Point, southern sections of Rosedale, Willets Point and Hallets Cove in Astoria. Sections of Brookville, Springfield Gardens and Rosedale south of the Belt Parkway are placed in Zone 3. The other zones 4 through 6, are lower priority. In southern Queens, Zone 6 goes as far inland as Woodhaven and Downtown Jamaica. Other somewhat low-lying parts of the borough and areas higher up, but still close to the shore, like Elmhurst, Corona, Maspeth, East Elmhurst and Bay Terrace — including the Queens Center mall and LeFrak City are also in zones 4 through 6. Previously, they were not in any evacuation zone. Some of the designated evacuee reception centers, such as Newcomers High School in Long Island City, John Adams High School in Ozone Park and York College, are right on the edge of Zone 6. Evacuations will no longer be based on the category of a hurricane, but rather on forecasted storm surge. Though Sandy was a Category 1 hurricane at landfall, the weakest on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, due to its size, previous strength and combination with another system, its storm surge was the size typical of a much larger hurricane. That caused the storm surge to submerge parts of the city identified as Zone B — including Howard Beach — and a few sections in Manhattan and Brooklyn that were classified as Zone C. Many of those sections were moved into Q zones 1, 2 and 3 under the new map.

Elmhurst, Corona and sections of Rego Park, including the Queens Center mall and LeFrak City, are part of Zone 6, the lowest-priority evacuation zone, but an area that could flood if a major MAP COURTESY NYC.GOV hurricane made landfall near the city.

Much of Howard Beach has been placed in Zone 1 of the city’s new evacuation map, meaning residents there would be evacuated first if a hurricane struck the city again. The new evacuation zones, numbered 1 through 6, go as far north as Woodhaven and Jamaica. MAP COURTESY NYC.GOV

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The city Department of Education has lost some students’ Regents exams due to a new and complicated grading system that sent the exams to Connecticut to be graded. The system, called “distributive grading,” was initiated by Mayor Bloomberg this year in light of last year’s cheating scandal at Stuyvesant High School, and bans teachers from grading their students’ exams. As part of the complicated procedure, Regents in Global History, US History, English and Living Environment were sent out of state to be scanned into a computer and sent back to New York via the internet so teachers could grade the anonymous exams. The scanning machines in Connecticut could not accomodate the size of large print exams that had been shipped out of New York. “These exams got lost on the way back to New York — we have an entire batch of missing tests because of the DOE’s incompetence,” Adam Bergstein, United Federation of Teachers Chapter President of Forest Hills High School said. The notice that advertised available positions to grade the Regents did not say having a teaching license was required. One teacher in the ESL department of Francis Lewis High School who graded the English regents reported that when the group of graders was asked how many had never graded a Regents before, half of those in the room raised their hands.

Tests lost after going out of state Arthur Goldstein, an ESL teacher and the UFT Chapter President at Francis Lewis High School, was told that those people with no grading experience were let go. The DOE claimed to void the exams they had graded, but Goldstein suggested that those graders may be one reason why some students received grades that were much lower than expected. Goldstein also explained how insulted he was by the DOE’s opposition to teachers grading their students exam because of their fear of cheating. “This line of thinking that because I spend a year with a kid — because I read his papers every day — I should not be entitled to evaluate this kid, it’s like saying I shouldn’t be taking care of my daughter because I care about her,” Goldstein said. “In fact I know my students better than strangers do. It’s just such a ridiculous thing and not only do they not let us grade, but they took the papers and stuck them on trucks and shipped them to Connecticut to be scanned. They added all these extra steps and paid millions to do it for no reason whatsoever. It’s mind-boggling how stupid this is,” he said. Goldstein explained that as an ESL teacher, he is familiar with common mistakes made by individuals learning English, but that another grader may not be. “A stranger won’t know the limitations of

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Comrie cites skills, experience for BP Councilman seeking nomination in four-candidate Democratic field by Michael Gannon Editor

C ou n c i l m a n L e r oy C o m r ie ( D - St . Albans) may not make the most noise of the Democrats running for Queens Borough President. But he includes his demeanor among the tools he says are necessary to lead the borough for the next four years. “You don’t need to scream and yell to let people know you’re upset about something, or have a passion for getting something done,” the three-term councilman said. “You don’t have to insult someone. I’ve banged on a table. I’ve yelled at the mayor. I’ve argued with the speaker, but I’ve done it in-house. “It’s not effective for me to stand on the steps of City Hall and berate the mayor,” he continued. “But it’s easy for me to go into City Hall and say I need a meeting with the mayor, and I’ve had that opportunity. Because I’ve been a person they feel is serious about getting things done, I have that entry with the mayor and his senior staff.” Comrie, who is being forced out of the Council because of term limits, believes Queens is on the cusp of an economic boom, fueled by an influx of new homeowners and

small businesses. “I’m running because I think I have the best set of tools to ensure growth, that economic development is done with a boroughwide flavor,” he said last week in an interview with the Editorial Board of the Queens Chronicle. “I think I have a great sense of the borough’s history, having worked here my entire career.” Comrie said his opponents all are accomplished public servants, but that his skill set, including gifts for listening and reaching compromise, is what is needed in the borough. He said the next borough president will have to be far more of an active, vocal advocate than Helen Marshall has been. “Helen’s style has been that of an educator, bringing people in and trying to find a balance in a quiet style,” he said. “But with the advent of what is going on, with a new administration in City Hall, new council members in the borough, the new borough president needs to be more of an activist. ... the needs of the borough have changed. The way of getting things done has changed as well. You cannot be a passive borough president.”

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Recently, it seems as if Comrie has been one of the few politicians from Southeast Queens who has not been caught under legal or ethical clouds. While he does say that there can be no tolerance for public officials who break the law, Comrie believes that minority elected officials nationally come under greater scrutiny from law enforcement. Comrie said a primary focus of his administration will be adding some 17,000 classroom seats, possibly necessitating creative planning and zoning, as well as agreements with developers, such as including schools on the ground floors of new developments. He will reopen the “war room” that former Borough President Claire Shulman kept to monitor land acquisition and construction progress on new schools. The St. Albans representative said the new leader will have to keep an eye on the ongoing development efforts led by the New York Mets ownership at Willets Point to make sure that things like the affordable housing component remain carved in stone with any agreement. He believes that the Unites States Tennis Association’s bid to expand its footprint in Flushing Meadows Corona Park can be worked out with a stronger commitment by

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bly members Barry Grodenchik and Ellen Young, and a grant from the state. The work will include new roofing, gutElected officials, representatives from city agencies and the Historic House Trust broke ters and leader pipes for drainage, wood ground last Wednesday on the $3.2 million wall shingles and weatherboard cladding; the restoration of the historic wood window restoration of Flushing’s Bowne House. “The Bowne House helped to shape our sash, doors and associate trim and shutters, history and now it is time for us to take care and new concrete footings to support new of its future for a new generation,” said steel columns. The first-f loor framing will also be Borough President Helen Marshall. The project will be managed by the city strengthened with additional wood joists Parks Department and the Historic House and steel inserted into and around the existing frame. Trust. The Bowne House is a mid-17th-century The funds were allocated by Marshall, the City Council, former Flushing Assem- Anglo-Dutch home with a largely in-tact collection of furnishings and even pewter. The house was built by John Bowne, a prominent Quaker and advocate of religious freedom, who emigrated from England to Boston in 1649 and eventually settled in Flushing. Bowne used the house as the first indoor meeting place for the Society of Friends while religious diversity was forbidden by Colonial Dutch law. In 2009, the Bowne House Historical Society donated the The Bowne House, which has seen better days, is under- hou se t o t he cit y’s Pa rk s COURTESY PHOTOS Department and it became the going a $3.2 million restoration.

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The work on the Bowne House includes new roofing, gutters and a reinforced frame. 23rd member of the Historic House Trust. The three organizations are now working on a phased restoration of the house, construction of a visitor’s center, archeological investigation of the site and redevelopment of the surrounding park. “The Bowne House, a historic City treasure, has been closed to the public for far too long,” said Comptroller and former Flushing Councilman John Liu. “This 17thcentury home is a pride of Flushing and should be celebrated by visitors from all Q over New York City.”

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the USTA to support the park, while still taking advantage of the numerous employment and economic benefits that the organization offers. He believes the soccer stadium proposed by Major League Soccer in the borough is dead with the New York Yankees reaching an agreement with the league. Comrie said his efforts on behalf of small business are both one of h is g reatest achievements while in office and one of the best assets he would bring to Borough Hall. Other achievements he pointed to on the Council include more than $100 million in investments in city colleges; improvements in every park in his district; and technological upgrades in every school he represents. He also said funding for libraries has been greater in the last 12 years than it had been in the previous 20. Comrie believes economic growth can be spurred if Queens takes further advantage of its cultural institutions, which he also takes credit for funding so they can thrive and expand. He would like to take the Restaurant Week theme used in a handful of neighborhoods and expand it throughout the whole borough to bring people to Queens by taking advantage of its myriad ethnic and internationally-themed restaurants. And he said the next borough president will need to be the one to bring all local, state and federal officials and the money they control to the effort to rebuild the Rockaways. “We need one vision,” he said. “You can’t have 20 different people with 30 different plans for the Rockaways. And the people must be involved. The shortage of hospital beds and emergency room space, he said, can be alleviated somewhat by fostering new medical practices that specialize in 24-hour, non-emergenQ cy healthcare services.

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Reservoir project left unfunded Despite presentation, department has no money to create a park by Tess McRae Reporter

The long-awaited Ridgewood Reservoir master plan proposal has f inally been presented. After years of testing, land surveys and f lora and fauna assessments, the Parks Department has come up with three possible uses for the Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park. At a special public meeting of Community Board 5, Katie Raschdorf, the consultant project manager, gave a presentation outlining what has been referred to as Phase II of the Ridgewood Reservoir Project. “These ideas are based on input we received from the community,” she said. “We took those comments and came up with proposals that we feel best honor the wishes of the community.” Attendees were excited to hear about a proposed water playground, visiting center and walking paths. There is just one problem. There is no funding for the project. “We’re asking those who like any or all of the ideas presented here to talk to your elected officials and tell them to help fund the project,” Raschdorf said. The three plans range from offering little access to greater access to the three basins. Concept Plan A features the least amount of renovating. The public would have access to the third basin through a gated ramp that would be locked after operating hours. Ecological and educational nodes would be placed along the pathway for tour groups and for people to lounge. The pump house and gate house that were used when the land functioned as a reservoir would become security headquarters and restrooms. “Plan A is the lightest touch,” Raschdorf said. “Basins 1 and 2 will remain untouched and Basin 3 will be accessible through the new rampway that was completed recently.” Plan B features everything in Plan A in addition to turning Basin 3 into an open lawn. Basin 1 would be 100 percent controlled access, meaning only tour groups would be permitted to walk through, and Basin 2 would allow canoe and small boat access. Finally, Plan C features even more access to the basins and includes a water-themed playground, rock climbing and an enlarged lawn for sports fields. “These plans aren’t set in stone either,” Raschdorf said. “You can say you like parts of Plan A but also want this part from Plan B.” Those who sat in on the meeting seemed optimistic after Raschdorf, who would not allow her photograph to be taken or provide her name for the press, presented the proposals. Her name was obtained through a Google search. But those feelings quickly waned when the lack of funding was mentioned.

“If there is no funding then why are we even talking about this?” one man asked. When asked how much the projects would cost, many found Raschdorf’s answer to be, again, disappointing. “We do not have a cost estimation,” she said. The statement was met with groans and disapproving head-shaking. “We have had a big problem with Parks in the past,” attendee Lou Widerka said. “You made a great presentation but we have had many issues with the Parks Department. I will say that I am happy you were so thorough.” The board decided to revisit the subject in August when members will vote on each of the plans and come up with a recommendation. “I just hope that whatever the final result is, that it will contain as much of the land’s original character as possible,” Joy Fieldstadt said. “With so much going on in a city like ours, I think we deserve a quiet place with trees where people can go and just enjoy the land.” For now, the land sits surrounded by fenc-

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Queens customers lead city in use of solar power: Con Ed “Here Comes the Sun” isn’t just a classic Beatles song in Queens; it’s a call to save energy. Residents and businesses here use more solar power than those in the rest of the city, according to new figures from Con Edison. Queens customers of Con Ed have completed 284 solar projects, generating just over 6.5 megawatts of electricity, the utility said Monday. That compares to 192 installations in Brooklyn, which produce 4 MW; 77 in the Bronx for 1.5 MW; 65 in Staten Island for 982 kilowatts; and 61 in Manhattan for 956 kilowatts. Con Ed highlighted Dykes Lumber in Long Island City to tout the benefits of going solar. The firm put up solar panels when it moved in

cials decide to fund one of the projects. As the plans are in the early design stages, the Q future of the reservoir remains unclear.

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and is saving $3,000 a month on electricity, Con Ed said. Dykes is also the first of the utility’s customers in Queens to sell excess power back to Con Ed under the state’s “remote net metering” law. Dykes is glad to save money while helping protect the environment, compaQ ny manager Scott Franson said.

‘Civic Virtue’ lawsuit Community activist Robert LoScalzo of Whitestone has sued the city for allegedly withholding documents related to moving the “Triumph of Civic Virtue” statue from Kew Gardens to Brooklyn. The suit was announced by LoScalzo ally Jon Torodash, a candidate for City Council, on June 29. LoScalzo said the city failed to follow the Freedom of Information Law by not giving him all records about the controversial decision to move the sculpture from its longtime location near Queens Borough Hall. Q

New student loan rates double to 6.8% The interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans, which account for about 25 percent of all federal loans for college, doubled on July 1 to 6.8 percent for new borrowers. The increase puts the interest rate back where it was in 2007, before Congress began cutting it down over the course of four years, setting it at 3.4 percent in 2011. The rate for subsidized Stafford loans, which are granted based on financial need

to undergraduates only, now equals that for unsubsidized loans, which can be taken out regardless of financial need and are available to g r adu at e st udent s a s well a s undergraduates. The subsidized loan interest rate doubled because the law setting it at 3.4 percent sunset on July 1 and Congress did not act ahead of time to extend it. The rate change applies to new loans only. Each party blames the other for inaction, and published reports say lawmakers may reduce the rate retroactively after the July 4 recess. Q

State toughens teen texting-driving law Young drivers caught texting behind the wheel or using a hand-held cell phone now face the same penalties as they do for speeding or reckless driving, under a new law signed by Gov. Cuomo on Monday. Drivers with probationary and junior licenses will see their licenses suspended for 60 days when convicted of texting or using a hand-held cell phone while driving. Those convicted for a second time within six months of the restoration of their licenses will see them revoked for 60 days if they hold a junior license or six months if they hold a probationary license. The new penalties took effect immediately. On June 1, the state increased the points that go on the licenses of all drivers for texting and phone-related infractions from three to five. Q — compiled by Peter C. Mastrosimone

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continued from page 5 “The city’s Build It Back program is more f lexible on what it covers than FEMA,” Jeffries explained, noting that FEMA money is allocated based on federal regulations, but the Build It Back program, which is paid for using funds from the $60 billion federal Sandy recovery bill, is allocated based on city guidelines. “We don’t have the same living condition as the midwest or the south,” Jeffries said. “We live a different way.” Residents can apply for the Build It Back program by calling 311 or registering at nyc.gov/recovery. Two representatives from the state Department of Financial Services were also present at the town hall and met with residents after the meeting privately to discuss insurance issues and make residents aware of their rights concerning insurance. A number of people in Howard Beach have complained of home insurance companies not writing checks or holding up payment. In one case, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said an insurance policy would not cover any damage done to a home of one of this constituents because the house suffered flood damage, which insurance companies are not liable for, and flood insurance would not cover any damage not caused by a flood. “The insurance company would not write a check for roof damage caused by wind because the house was also flooded,” Q Goldfeder explained.

Voicemail captures strangulation More evidence in Astoria murder by Josey Bartlett Editor

A voicemail recording of Ivy-Leagueeducated Jason Bohn allegedly strangling his girlfriend to death in their apartment on June 23, 2012 leaked out over the weekend. Three days after the alleged beating officers discovered the bruised and bloody body of Danielle Thomas, 27, in her bathtub surrounded with bags of ice. Next to the tub were two handwritten notes signed by “J” allegedly saying that he was drunk when the incident occurred, but he loved her and was sorry. A man who is allegedly Bohn can be heard on the recording left on Thomas’s friend’s cell phone at 3 a.m. the night of the murder, as he repeatedly chokes the young ad executive for Weight Watchers. “Danielle, why did you call that number? You have five seconds and then … and then I’m going to kill you,” the voice says, asking about a 508 number in a voicemail, as first reported by the New York Post. Thomas can be heard screaming she loves him through choking sounds. There’s hard to decipher talk about how

her partner called and that he is her partner. It’s not clear if Thomas intentionally called her friend, according to the Post. Bohn was originally indicted on murder 2, but last July a grand jury handed up a murder 1 indictment that under the penal code infers the defendant caused intentional and depraved infliction of extreme physical pain. At the time the district attorney’s spokesman said evidence showing such torture would come out in trial. The recording may be part of such clues that would merit the tougher indictment, which carries the tougher sentence of life without parole. Bohn is due back in court July 29 with no trial date scheduled. Bohn, 34, a lawyer with a master’s from Columbia University and a rough childhood, met Thomas at the University of Florida, where he attended law school. She moved to New York to be with him in March 2012. Bohn allegedly beat Thomas before on June 7, 2012. While she was reporting the incident at the 114th Precinct, he allegedly called her cellphone and said he would hunt Q her down “like a dog in the street.”

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NYS votes for study on airplane noise by Laura A. Shepard Chronicle Contributor

Frustrated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Port Authority’s apparent indifference to the noise complaints of their constituents, the Senate and Assembly passed legislation last week, requiring the Port Authority to conduct a noise and land-use compatibility study of the areas surrounding the borough’s airports and make the results public by June 1, 2014. However, there is still a long way to go before the bill — which Gov. Cuomo has yet to sign— becomes law. The Port Authority’s jurisdiction includes both New York and New Jersey, so the legislation will not take effect until a similiar measure passes in New Jersey and Gov. Christie’s signs it as well. “We’re looking to force the Port Authority and the FAA’s hands into doing the study because of the impact on our communites,” Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) said. “We’re hoping to have them come out with accurate information and do the necessary noise remediation.” According to the FAA, the Part 150 study is a “voluntary undertaking” which an airport manager can have the Port Authority conduct to identify areas that are impacted by excessive noise, which would then be eligible for federal mitigation funding. According to a 2012 report from the Government Office of Accountability, the FAA has given out $5.8 billion to 481 airports for residential and public building noise insulation since

1981, but most of the funding goes to airports that have conducted voluntary noise compatibility studies. Such a study has not been conducted in New York City, but the Port Authority received $134 million between 2005 and 2011 to soundproof schools near the major airports. The measurements used are called DNL contours, which refer to the average noise level in an area. The maximum noise level allowed is 65 DNL. According to Port Authority data from 2009, there are 36,179 people and 12,080 homes within 65 DNL of JFK airport and according to 2008 data, there are 4,400 people and 1,500 homes within 65 DNL of LaGuardia Airport. Within the past year, coalitions have developed in affected communities throughout the metropolitan area to demand change. “In Southeast Queens, we’re bombarded by noise from planes going in and out of JFK,” said Barbara Brown, the chairperson of the Eastern Queens Alliance. “Victims of the noise deserve mitigation and the only way to get it is to do a study.” Brown said that she has been advocating for this study for over a year, in addition to protesting the expansion of JFK’s Runway 4L22R. “They can’t keep expanding and increasing the noise without trying to do something for the people,” Brown said. “JFK is in an urban area, so the Port Authority needs to account for the fact that people live immediately adjacent to the airport.” Brown noted that in Springfield Gardens,

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Group seeks proposals from nonprofits Attention healthcare nonprofits: AmeriCares, the nonprofit global health and disaster relief organization, is seeking grant proposals from nonprofit organizations in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for services related to the health needs of Hurricane Sandy survivors. Grants ranging f rom $ 25,000 to $150,000 will be awarded for projects improving health and access to care in storm-damaged communities. Funding is available for nonprof its offering medical and dental services, mental health services, mold removal, disaster case management and replacement of medical equipment that was destroyed by the storm. Repairs to medical facilities, dental clinics, nursing homes, group homes for the elderly or disabled and counseling/ treatment centers are covered. However, only repairs that were not covered by insurance will be eligible for funding. Priority will be given to proposals benefitting low-income residents, the uninsured, the disabled, the elderly and

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Assemblyman Ed Braunstein spoke about legislation requiring the Port Authority to conduct noise studies on communities impacted by airplane noise in New Hyde Park last Wednesday. COURTESY PHOTO

Rosedale and Laurelton the planes f ly low enough over homes, schools, churches, parks and playgrounds to make pictures fall off of walls. She added that 65 DNL is still very high and that the FAA and the Department of Defense are the only agencies to consider it an acceptable average. She said the funding requirements should be lowered to 55 DNL. “People deserve to enjoy their homes and space,” she added, “and we believe we’re getting more than our fair share of the noise.” Residents of communities across the Nassau border feel similarly, according to Assemblyman Ed Ra, (R-Long Island), who co-sponsored Assemblywoman Michelle Titus’ (D-South Ozone Park) bill. “Airplane noise has a tremendous impact on the quality of life in Long Island, Queens, and some parts of New Jersey,” Ra said. “We started off on our own separate roads and by getting together we were able to move the bill and now we hope to join forces with New Jersey.” Meanwhile, in New Jersey, state Senator Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) has introduced legislation calling for the Part 150 study, which is scheduled for a committee hearing and an identical bill sponsored by Grace Spencer (D-Newark) is making its way through their assembly. Ruiz said that there may be a senate hearing on the bill in late summer. According to Ruiz, people in Newark have complained about noise in the past and that the noise volume has increased. She said that she is working to schedule a meeting with the FAA to discuss the reasons for the increase. Ra pointed out that many of the affected communities are not accustomed to the level of noise they receive now, and that the recent uptick is due to changes in federal procedures. In Northeast Queens, residents are furious about changes in departure procedures from LaGuardia Airport Runway 13. The NextGen program, which incorporates GPS systems, requires pilots to hit waypoints in the sky, so planes consistently fly over the same houses. Braunstein said that he hopes that passing this legislation “will lead them to realize that they have to noise proof thousands of homes. Then they will finally reach the conclusion that there’s a better way to spread out plane traffic.” Senator Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Braunstein object to the FAA making changes without doing a full Environmental Impact Study, as federal law requires. Instead, the FAA issued a categorical exclusion, declaring that the changes

would not adversely impact the surrounding communities. Avella noted that they made this call by relying on computer simulations without placing noise monitors on the ground. New York has fewer than half of the number of noise meters as other metropolitan cities. JFK and LaGuardia combined have about 14, while Chicago’s O’Hare airport has 33. Avella and Ra said that there is already money in the Port Authority’s budget to conduct a study, but that the Port Authority is reluctant to do so because of the costs of mitigation or the possibility that they will have to reduce air traffic. A Port Authority spokesman refused to address this claim and said that the agency does not know how much the study will cost. “The Port Authority has collected data on aircraft noise in local communities surrounding its airports for decades to help the Federal Aviation Administration determine if steps can be taken to minimize the impacts. The agency will continue to comply with all federal and state regulations regarding noise monitoring and tabulating residents’ complaints for the FAA’s review,” the Port Authority said in a statement. Dr. Arline Bronzaft, who serves on the Mayor’s Council on the Environment as a noise expert, said the Part 150 study is a start, but that the negative impacts of noise on health, particularly sleep problems and cardiovascular disease, and quality of life are already well-documented. “We already know the noise is bothering people,” she said. “I feel that we have enough literature, let’s move on with this. We’re not saying ‘let’s get rid of planes,’ but let’s build quieter engines, change the routes, and install better windows.” Bronzaft said the study’s threshold of 65 DNL is already high and that the emphasis on averages fails to account for outliers, such as one loud plane at 6 a.m., which can disrupt a good night’s sleep. Bronzaft also spoke of the diminished power of the Environmental Protection Agency, since the Reagan administration shuttered the Office of Noise Abatement and Control, leaving citizens at the mercy of the FAA, “an agency that really does not care about the people on the ground.” “It’s like all the elected officials have been asleep at the switch,” Avella said. “This is the first step to bring them into line. We’re sure it’s going to show an impact. Then they’ll have Q to mitigate it.”

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Correspondent The Songwriters Hall of Fame does not get the buzz that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame does for a number of reasons. The most prominent is that it does not have its own building as it’s given some space in LA’s Grammy Museum thanks to National Recording Arts & Sciences CEO and Bayside native Neil Portnow. That may change according to Songwriters Hall of Fame president and legendary tunesmith Jimmy Webb who told the audience at last month’s induction ceremonies held at the Marriott Marquis that the new owner of the Midtown pop music landmark, the Brill Building, will let the Songwriters Hall of Fame have displays in its lobby. Two rock legends, Elton John and Steven Tyler, made it very clear in their speeches that they considered induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame a far bigger accomplishment than the Rock Hall. Tyler, and his Aerosmith songwriting partner, Joe Perry, performed a blistering version of “Walk This Way,” and gave credit to Hollis’s own RUN-DMC for introducing their tune to a whole new audience. The Aerosmith duo weren’t the only classic rockers honored this year. Foreigner’s composing tandem of Mick Jones and Lou Gramm performed a pair of their hits, “Juke Box Heroes” and “I Want To Know What Love Is.” Billy Joel praised Foreigner and had fun with the fact that the band chose to emphasize the last word, “Is,” instead of “Love,” which is what he would have done had he written the group’s famous power ballad. Holly Knight is not as well known as she should be considering all of the “rocker chick” anthems that she has written including “The Best,” “Love Is A Battlefield,” “Never,” and “The Warrior,” which were respective hits for Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, Heart, and Scandal. Patty Smyth, who is married to tennis legend and Douglaston native John McEnroe, performed a rousing version of “The Warrior.” Her voice was as powerful as it was in the summer of 1984 when it was a hit record. There were some concessions to thepassing years however. Smyth was having trouble catching her breath when she started reading her testimonial for Knight off the Teleprompter. She also admitted that it was hard to read the words on the screen without her glasses. Another key difference between the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame is that the latter is not limited to paying homage to one style of music. Tony Hatch was arguably Great Britain’s answer to Forest Hills High School alum Burt Bacharach in the 1960s. Among the hits that he and Jackie Trent, his lyricist and ex-wife, composed were “Call Me” that was sung by Chris Montez; “You’re The One” which charted by the Vogues; Bobby Rydell’s last big hit, “Forget Him,” and the Searchers’ “Sugar And Spice.” Just as Burt Bacharach and Hal David utilized the talents of Dionne Warwick to produce many of

Elton John is shown accepting his award at the 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction COURTESY PHOTO ceremonies.

their hits, so did Hatch and Trent rely on those of their countrywoman, Petula Clark. Among the memorable Petula Clark classics are “I Know A Place,” “I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love,” “My Love,” “Don’t Sleep In The Subway” (“the subway” incidentally refers to an underground pedestrian walkway and not a commuter train system), and the best known of them all, “Downtown.” Petula Clark, who rarely performs in the US, surprised the audience by coming on stage to perform that 1965 international smash, and she still looks and sounds fantastic at 80 years of age. Hatch claims that the inspiration for “Downtown” came from a trip he made to Times Square in 1964. While their professional and personal partnership dissolved years ago, it was disappointing that Hatch did not acknowledge Jackie Trent in his acceptance speech. It was unclear as to why the Hall of Fame did not choose to honor Trent at the same time that they did Hatch. The late Sam Cooke’s civil rights anthem, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” that was released a few months after his untimely death in December 1964, received the Towering Song honor. Jordin Sparks sung it beautifully on the ballroom stage. It’s a shame that the evening ended on an uncomfortable note as the legendary Smokey Robinson made a very long and rambling speech honoring Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. The success that he had running the iconic label make it easy to forget that Gordy first garnered public attention as a songwriter. Smokey’s lengthy discourse created such a sense of antsiness in the crowd that the Teleprompter implored him in red to introduce Mr. Gordy with an exclamation mark numerous times. Either he couldn’t see the screen or willfully chose to ignore the not-so-subtle suggestion. Berry Gordy won the audience back however when he thanked Robinson for his heartfelt and overly long speech. He wisely kept his remarks brief so that the cast of the Broadway show, “Motown,” could get on the ballroom stage before midnight. P

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Managing diabetes and Medicare There are nearly 20 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association, and, of those, about 4.5 million have their health benefits through Medicare. If you or someone you care about is among them — or will be someday — there are a few facts you should know. Access to care and healthcare costs are a growing concern, especially with some important changes that took effect July 1 which may limit how beneficiaries get their muchneeded diabetes testing supplies. Under a new, national Medicare mail-order program, part of its Part B benefits, beneficiaries can have supplies delivered to their home only through a select number of contract suppliers; very select, in fact, as Medicare has reduced the number from about 300 to fewer than 20. Fortunately, there are solutions for those wanting to keep medications and supplies all in one place. Perhaps the most viable and smart option may be to pick up your supplies at your pharmacy. There are several reasons. A recent study found that pharmacist-led counseling programs for people getting certain diabetes medications improved medication adherence by 24 percent. Translation: There can

be significant health benefits from spending more time talking with your pharmacist. So a regular trip to a pharmacy to pick up diabetes testing supplies can be a good opportunity to ask important questions or discuss any concerns related to managing diabetes. Your pharmacist is an integral part of your healthcare team and often the most accessible. Here’s what Medicare Part B beneficiaries need to know about the changes. • Only select contract suppliers are eligible for reimbursement by Medicare for testing supplies sent to beneficiaries’ homes. For the complete list, visit medicare.gov. • Beneficiaries can pick up their supplies in person from a Medicare-enrolled pharmacy or supplier of diabetic testing supplies. • There will be no difference in cost between using a Medicare-enrolled pharmacy that accepts assignment and one of the 18 Medicare contract suppliers. One of the nation’s largest Medicare-enrolled providers of diabetic testing supplies, Walgreens, provides direct billing through Medicare and other supplemental insurance plans and 24/7 access to pharmacy experts who can help. Given the complexities of Medicare and myriad changes under healthcare reform, talking with

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your pharmacist may be the best way to find out which solution is best for you. Fo r f u r t h e r f a c t s a n d a d v i c e , g o t o P walgreens.com/Medicare. — NAPS

Tips on how to protect your house and family Protect your biggest investments: your family and your home. A few easy electrical safety steps can help ensure that your home continues to be a safe haven for your family. The Electrical Safety Foundation International recommends the following tips to help protect your home and family from electrical hazards and fires: • Regularly check all cords, outlets, switches and appliances for signs of damage or wear. • Use extension cords only temporarily. • Be sure that outlets are not overloaded with too many devices. They can overheat and start a fire. • Look and listen for warning signs of an electrical problem such as outlets and switches that are warm, or make crackling, sizzling or buzzing sounds. • Always replace fuses or circuit breakers with the correct size and amperage. And make sure all circuits are labeled correctly. • Consider having your breakers upgraded to stateof-the-art AFCI circuit breakers. Keep the electrical panel accessible so you can quickly shut off power in an emergency. • Install smoke alarms on every level of your home. Place alarms inside each bedroom and outside each sleeping area. Test them once a month, change the batteries at least once a year, and replace the alarm itself every 10 years. P For more electrical safety tips, visit esfi.org. — NAPS

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Most are relying heavily on Social Security, yet many don’t understand it. One in three don’t know that delaying when they start to collect Social Security benefits can increase their future benefit amount. Furthermore, nearly half incorrectly believe that an annual cost-of-living increase to their Social Security benefits is guaranteed and 36 percent falsely believe that full Social Security benefits start with their 65th birthday. To increase your chances of a good quality of life in your golden years, consider these five steps: 1. Know your full retirement age. Anyone born between 1943 and 1954, your full retirement age is 66. For those born after 1960, it’s 67. 2. Work as long as you are able. 3. Delay Social Security benefits as long as you can. Waiting until you’re 70 to collect Social Security could increase your payments by as much as a third. 4. Practice healthy living. Eat right, stay fit and see your doctor regularly. 5. Consider speaking to a professional retirement adviser. Social Security was never meant to be your sole source of retirement income. To learn more about Bankers Life, visit Bankers. com and for more about Social Security benefits, P visit SocialSecurity.gov. — NAPS

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Norm Barry cited changes in technology in a positive way, while Ruth, with her pup PHOTOS BY MARK LORD Crackers, voiced concern about the conflicts in the Middle East. continued continued from from page page 25 1 in 1977, Rego Park resident Lana also declined to give her full name. “Since Sept. 11, everything changed,” she said. “The world is not safe. Terrorism was never before. How can you talk about peace if you can’t trust people? It’s very scary. Innocent people go on tour, sit in a cafe, and get bombed. America trusts too many people. Immigration laws must change.” Fred J. Kaminski, who lives in Richmond Hill, finds the biggest changes have to do with the pace of life. “Things are rushing

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Juniper summer concert series Christopher Macchio will headline Italian Night, the opening concert of Juniper Valley Park’s 2013 concert series on July 9th at 7 p.m. In 2000, Macchio appeared as the principal tenor role of Arturo in Bellini’s “I Puritani” with the NYC Opera Nova company. He has also performed the leading role of Tony in West Side Story for the Long Island-based Creative Ministries. Also appearing with the tenor is Tony Valenti and his Italian band. The performance will take place at Juniper Valley Park at the 80th Street and

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Immigration reform here in Queens Legislation passed in Senate, to face tougher future in Republican House by Josey Bartlett Editor

Immigration reform will affect a large population in Queens. How many exactly is uncertain. Seven out of 10 of about 2,300,000 people living in Queens are foreign-born, according to the advocacy group Make the Road New York, with no definite number of how many people entered the United States illegally. The Pew Hispanic Center estimated 625,000 illegal immigrants lived in New York State in 2010 — or about 3.2 percent of all residents and 4.7 percent of the workforce. The national numbers fluctuate as well, with an estimate of 11 to 20 million living in the country. The decision on Thursday that 14 Republicans and all Democrats in the Senate supported — if passed in the Republican-controlled House and then signed into law by President Obama — would allow this hardto-track but large and impactful population to apply for a 13-year path to legalization. In exchange for legal status the bill would double the number of border patrol officers along the Mexican border and require 700 miles of fencing there. Border fortification and unmanned drones to track illegal border crossings would cost billions of dollars. The bill would also require the Department of Homeland Security to put a tracking system in the country’s 30 largest airports. Additionally, employers would have to use the government’s E-Verify program to ensure those on their payroll can legally work. Newly legal immigrants would also pay back taxes as well. Immigration and related problems have been tackled for about eight years. This time around, a 120-page package was crafted by a bipartisan group of senators called “The Gang of Eight,” including Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). “Our system is broken; we turn away people who create jobs and we let people come across our border who take away jobs from Americans. Our bill fixes both those problems,” Schumer said. Schumer said on the Senate f loor that newly legalized immigrants would add $150 billion to the economy in the next 10 years and $900 billion in 20. The Senator also touted 6.6 million new jobs. “This will have a tremendous impact,” youth organizer for Make the Road New York Natalia Aristizabal-Betancur said, adding the organization is against the border control measures. “Border enforcement and all these other add-ons, we find is a misuse of state and national tax money,” she said. “It’s not a perfect bill, but it is very well rounded,” Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) said. “My district is very diverse and has a lot of interest in this issue. I see the suffering from this,” Crowley said. “It gives these

A crowd gathers at the Jackson Heights office of Make the Road New York on Thursday to watch the Senate vote on immigration reform. The bill passed, but faces the Republican-controlled COURTESY PHOTO House before it can be signed into law. people who live in this subculture a vehicle to bring them out into the open.” “This is a good thing. This is a wonderful thing,” said Agha Saleh, a legal immigrant from Pakistan and the founder of the nonprofit Sukhi in Jackson Heights. “Those working illegally are not going to get proper pay,” Saleh said. “I call it immigrant slaver y when these undocumented workers need jobs, but don’t get paid as they should. You see it in these restaurants’ basements.” He would like to see these businesses and people paying taxes as well as illegal immigrants with criminal records deported. “It has some good things and some bad,” said Immigration Advocacy Services Executive Director Tony Meloni, who has seen a spike of interest at his office. Along with passage of the bill there will be a component describing qualifications, Meloni said. Many of these will be similar to the Obama policy directive, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which the president created a little over a year ago. The directive allows illegal students to apply for two years of deferred deportation. DACA and the immigration reform do and would require a clean record, application fees and a baseline of years the individual had to be living in the States. Unlike DACA the bill would not have an educat ion requ i rement or age, wh ich expands the opportunity for legalization from about 1.5 million people to an estimated six times that. Last time legalization bills were introduced in 2007, they required a measure of “good moral character” Meloni said. “They will probably use that template.” The idea is that the bill will cast a wider net not just for family members of citizens or just educated individuals.

“Whether it is highly skilled immigrants inventing new technologies or lower-skilled immigrants toiling in our fields — or all

Lost Regents continued from page 17 High school seniors signed waivers and graduation ceremonies were reworded to show that graduation was contingent upon the results of the Regents. “There’s a likelihood that you have hundreds of students who are going to have to wait until July or August before they even know if they passed a class or passed a Regents or will graduate at all because the DOE decided to basically look outside the city workforce to try to find a cheap source to scan grades into computers,” Bergstein said. Parents of one student whose Regents is lost emailed Mull to voice their outrage and ask what is being done to find the exam. The Queens Chronicle obtained Mull’s response which said, “Unfortunately, the exam scoring process was delayed beyond the expected schedule, and a small number of exams are continuing to be scored. We hope to be able to share an update soon, and final results will continue to be loaded for the remaining exams into early next week.” Mull and the testing coordinator, Marc Bush, did not respond to requests for comment. “The DOE doesn’t seem to be taking it with a seriousness or importance that it warrants and they really haven’t explained a clear explanation for how they are going to find missing exams,” Bergstein said. “They made a mistake and they broke what wasn’t broken and now they don’t seem to want to

those in between — immigrants have been an essential component to our American success story,” Schumer said. The bill introduces a merit point system, a tool countries such as Canada, the United K ingdom, Aust ralia and New Zealand employ. Age, occupation, education and family ties would be given different numbers of points. Unlike the 2007 proposal, the new one has two tiers, with one for highly skilled and the other for less-skilled workers, according to the Immigration Policy Center. All the specifics aside, the bill’s next step will be difficult. “I’m not holding my breath,” Crowley said of the legislation’s future in the House. “I’m skeptical right now because I think Republicans think it’s in their political interest not to pass the legislation, but it is important for our country to move forward.” “Mark Twain once said if you like sausages or laws, don’t watch either being made,” Meloni said. “We have seen this bill morph two or three times so we always wait until the end.” “Inaction is going to make them lose votes and party control,” Aristizabal-Betancur said. “We need to continue to voice our concerns and demand that our Council and Q Congress members are our champions.” take responsibility for fixing it. They’re going to try to find it, but nobody seems to know the procedure and process which will be implemented.” “They lost boxes of Regents — can you imagine if city teachers did things like that?” Goldstein said. “Bloomberg makes these outrageous gaffes and nobody says anything. It would be funny if it wasn’t so absurd, but this is emblematic of every reform Bloomberg has brought to New York City schools.” The grading system created by McGrawHill Education cost the city $9.6 million. “Money that could have been used to fix up deteriorating buildings or provide supplies for classrooms was wasted on contracting computer-scanned tests,” Bergstein said. “These poor kids are going to have to wait around to see if this incompetence can resolve itself and find what they lost.” “They don’t make anything better — they make things needlessly complicated and funnel money into corporations,” Goldstein said. “They help nobody except Bloomberg’s friends. I have not seen substantive improvement in education under Bloomberg and his band of people — none of whom are educators or teachers. I’m a teacher — I really know what goes on,” Goldstein said. He continued, “They never say they’re sorry. They never take responsibility. They cry for accountability but there’s none for them because being a reformer means never having to say you’re sorry. Their fanatic ideologies accomplish nothing — you watch this stuff happen before you and it’s like a Q catch 22.”

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n 2008 the Bloomberg administration declared 62 acres of property located in Flushing to the East of Citi-Field called Willets Point, on which there were located over 200 small auto-related businesses, a blight. Auto repair businesses in and of themselves cannot be considered a blight, much like a factory that manufactures soap. To the extent there was blight, it was caused by the City which for decades collected sewer rent from the owners notwithstanding there were no sewers and collected real estate and other taxes without in any way repairing the area’s infrastructure. The Willets Point plan approved in 2008 was clear and unambiguous. The city would acquire 62 acres in Willets Point either through the voluntary sale by property owners or if need be through eminent domain. The property would then be turned over to a private developer who would construct on the site retail stores, office buildings, a convention center, a school and luxury housing with a small portion set aside for affordable housing. The developer selected would be required to remove whatever contamination existed on a 23 acre area. There was no mention, I repeat no mention, of a 1.4 million square foot shopping mall at Citi Field or any connection to Citi Field. When the plan was approved in 2008 Bloomberg promised community input in the developer selection process. Bloomberg reneged on this promise, intentionally to keep in the dark a cabal he worked out with the Mets and Related Companies that while there would be several developers interested in the project, the Mets would be selected, and were in fact selected. Of all the developers interested in the project, only the Mets had access to Citi Field property by virtue of their lease. The Bloomberg cabal envisioned a 1.4 million square foot shopping mall at Citi Field and it follows all the other developers not having access would be shut out. Hence Bloomberg’s empty promise of community input in the developer selection process.

The developer selected for the 2008 plan knew it would be required to remove whatever contamination existed in the 23 acre Willets Point area. By accepting the plan, it is clear the Mets knew they would be obliged to clean up the site and it had nothing to do with a Citi-Field shopping mall. Ethan Goodman, an attorney for the Mets, at a hearing before Com-

This was compounded by additional misleading statements. The Mets now claim they need the mall to generate a financial engine with which to construct the 2008 plan, this from Wilpon a multibillionaire. If they thought they did not have the financial ability to construct the 2008 plan, why did they bother to bid for it, unless they knew down the line Bloomberg would deliver the mall? And what if the speculation a mall will be a financial success is not, does that mean the financial engine sputters out and the 2008 plan abandoned? The Mets failed to point out under the new Bloomberg plan, it will only be required to pay the City $1.00 dollar, that is right $1.00, for the Willets Point property. The City will also contribute $99 million taxpayer dollars, of which $40 million is earmarked for cleanup, a sweetheart deal that would make the infamous Boss Tweed tip his hat in admiration. So the claim a mall is needed to ensure Willets Point gets completed, is a lie. Tens of millions of taxpayer dollars were used to acquire Willets Point property and perhaps even more in the future. That this property is being sold to the Mets, a private for profit business for $1.00, on top of which they are getting about $100 million taxpayer dollars, is not just unacceptable. It is a raid on the City’s treasury and the most outrageous governmental malfeasance being perpetrated upon the people of this City in decades. Were this the old West, Bloomberg, as the architect of this taxpayer rip off, would be tarred and feathered and driven out of town together with all officials who sit idly by and let it happen. It is the position of the Mets supported by Bloomberg that since the Mets have a lease on Citi Field, it could pursue any land change it wishes without a ULURP and in fact there is no ULURP pending with regard to the shopping mall. Citi-Field and its parking area are located on Flushing Meadows Corona Park land and it is the position of he Mets supported by Bloomberg that because of the lease and notwithstanding a radical land use change from a parking area to a huge shopping mall, there is no obligation to replace park land. This is absurd and at least debatable which a transparent Mayor and Park Department would contest and litigate if necessary. Suffice it to say this will not occur given Bloomberg’s indifference to FMCP and the less-privileged people who need and use the park. The recent survey which states the acreage of FMCP is not 1,225 as thought, but 897.62 acres, should make it even more clear it is vital that every square inch of the park must be protected. The Mets claim without them and the mall, Willets Point will never get done. Nonsense. If the Mets walk away, that will demonstrate all they care about is a mall. Other developers will line up to do the job without a mall, and especially with a City contribution

of $99 million. It will get done without the Mets and without a mall. Further proof it is a mall that suddenly becomes paramount is evident from the Mets priority. (1) Clean up the 23 acre site. (2) Build a parking area there. (3) Move the Mets parking area to Willets Point. (4) Construct the 1.4 million square foot shopping mall. Housing goes on the back burner not to be done until 2025, if at all depending upon highway ramps getting built. The only roads capable of serving the area are Northern Boulevard, Roosevelt Avenue, the Grand Central Parkway and the Van Wyck Expressway, arteries that cannot be enlarged and are choked to capacity. Ramps to these arteries are akin to the infamous bridge to nowhere. Queens has many shopping areas — small, large and malls. Do we really need a shopping mall at Citi Field, one that will cause a traffic nightmare and one that even if it does business it will be at the expense of our long-term commercial merchants. If I were a merchant in downtown Flushing, Northern Boulevard or Roosevelt Avenue, I would hesitate to sign a longterm lease. Community Boards 7 and 3 pursuant to ULURP rules conducted hearings on the application. Board 7 approved the application 22 to 18, hardly an overwhelming endorsement. Board 3 rejected it by a vote of 30 to 1, with 1 abstention, clearly overwhelming. If we add the votes of Boards 7 and 3, the result is 48 against and 23 in favor, clearly an indication of where the public stands. At a hearing before Queens Borough President Helen Marshall when this was brought out, she claimed the Board 3 vote was irrelevant. She is wrong both under the law and common sense principles. ULURP section 2-3, which permits involvement of other community boards makes clear the relevancy of the Board 3 vote. Board 3 having proceeded pursuant to ULURP, its vote must be considered on an equal footing with that of Board 7 and indeed given its closer proximity than most of the Board 7 area, even greater consideration. When a land use change is being sought, relevant to that change is any fallout it may cause. Fallout may be purely local involving a small area or it may encompass a borough-wide area. If the corner grocer wants to enlarge a parking area for his or her customers, that would be an example of a minor fallout limited to a small area. A 1.4 million square foot shopping mall which the Mets and Related Companies claim would attract a borough-wide area is an example of a borough-wide fallout that has great relevancy not just limited to Board 7. It follows both under the ULURP and common sense principles, great weight must be given to a disapproval vote of 48 as compared to an approval vote of 23. The application consists of falsehoods, political back-room deals, has no merits and makes a mockery of the ULURP process. It should be rejected making clear the people are the constituents and not a coalition of big business and shady politics.

A public service message paid for by Benjamin M. Haber and Willets Point United, Inc.

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The cabal surfaced in 2013 when the Mets and Related Companies sought a change in the 2008 approved Willets Point plan. It sought through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) what it called a minor change in the 2008 plan. The change sought was to construct on the 23 acre Willets Point site a parking area, something that would be considered minor and not met with much opposition. In fact the change was not minor but major and devious. The parking area had nothing to do with any meaningful connection to the 2008 Willets Point plan, but to enable the Mets to move their Citi-Field parking area to Willets Point and on the vacated Citi Field area construct a 1.4 million square foot shopping mall, something that by no stretch of the imagination had anything to do with the 2008 plan.

munity Board 7 stated: “A vote against the plan is a vote against cleaning up Willets Point”. Since under the 2008 plan the Mets accepted, they knew they were required to clean up Willets Point without a shopping mall, Mr. Goodman’s statement was a scare tactic and misleading.

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The Case Against a 1.4 Million Square Foot Shopping Mall in the Citi-Field Parking Lot

Albany’s legislative session continued from page 10 ing bills to aid in the recovery from Hurricane Sandy and to lessen damage from such storms in the future. One bill he authored, to ease building regulations for homeowners in Breezy Point, which was devastated by fire and water, passed both houses and, Goldfeder expects, will be signed by the governor. But another, designed to “hold insurance companies accountable,” did not make it through the Senate. Goldfeder’s other top concern was the gaming bill that could end up legalizing casinos throughout the state but does not allow the expansion of Resorts World in Ozone Park into live table gambling. While the assemblyman said the bill “was a tremendous, tremendous disservice to the state and especially to Queens” because it disallows full table games at Resorts World, which he said would create about 1,000 jobs there, he voted for it. The measure will benefit the state overall, Goldfeder said, though “I think we could have done better.” The sentiment summed up what several of the lawmakers said of the session as a whole. All said they were glad to have passed the Safe Act, but most agreed it was rushed through and should have been better planned. It barred, for example, retired police officers from carrying weapons with clips of more than seven bullets — along with everyone else — even though most police firearms hold far more. Lawmakers had to amend it

after the fact to change that aspect of the bill. Most said they were disappointed the state did not legalize mixed martial arts, also known as ultimate fighting, a sport that’s allowed in every other state. The Senate passed a bill to allow it in New York, but the Assembly did not. “In the beginning when it first came out, it was very dangerous and very brutal,” Avella said. “But it’s much safer now. It still is a dangerous sport, but so is boxing. The Assembly wouldn’t pass it.” Asked to assign a letter grade to the legislative session, Avella gave it a C. Addabbo gave it a B, Miller a B-plus and Goldfeder a B-minus. Gianaris and Rozic both gave it an I for incomplete. All the lawmakers had particular issues they wanted to highlight, whether because they were glad action had been taken on them or were disappointed it had not been. Miller had drawn up a bill to combat cell phone theft by insisting that manufacturers include what would essentially be a kill switch that would shut down a stolen phone, making the theft of them not worth the effort. But, he said, he came to understand that’s a federal issue, so he contacted Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) to let him know he’s got a bill he’d like to see introduced in Washington. Avella said he was especially disappointed that the Assembly refuses to pass a bill that would see dangerous sex offenders classified before they are released from prison.

As it stands, they have 45 days before they have to be assessed, leaving communities vulnerable, he said. The Senate has passed the bill three years in a row, but the Assembly, where Miller is sponsoring the same legislation, will not act on it. Gianaris said he was glad both houses passed an extension of the film tax credit that benefits movie and TV studios in Western Queens, providing the area with more jobs. Rozic said she was excited to be serving her first term in the Assembly, and glad that three bills she sponsored had been passed. She was disappointed, however, that one of those did not make it through the Senate: a measure that would require the MTA to provide municipalities with records of all assaults that take place on its train and bus routes. The goal is to make the agency “have a plan for combating safety issues,” she said. Addabbo very much wants the state to pass a bill that would allow nonprofit groups to apply to the executive branch for funding to replace the member-item money that has been eliminated due to corruption cases surrounding it. He has spoken to the governor about the measure but it has gone nowhere in the Legislature so far, he said. Goldfeder is frustrated by Senate inaction on a bill that would prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from depositing soil contaminated with toxins in Jamaica Bay. He said the fact that ocean dumping is banned for such material while it’s allowed in the bay is “mindboggling.” All the lawmakers found something mindQ boggling in Albany during the session.

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Sex assault The Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding a man wanted for a sex assault in Flushing. A man armed with a gun in his waistband sexually assaulted a 46-year-old woman in the vicinity of Union Street on Saturday, June 22, at 4:50 p.m. The victim was transported to Queens Hospital Center in stable condition. The suspect is described as a white man in his 40s, about 6 feet tall and weighing 220 pounds. He was last seen wearing a light-blue T-shir t, shor ts, sneakers and a baseball cap. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential.

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ARTS, CULTURE C ULTURE & LIVING IVING

PHOTO COURTESY SEUNGHWUI KOO

“Narcissism 1” by Seunghwui Koo, top, and “The Artist” by Carol Crawford, bottom, two works featured in “Bridging the Gap,” a traveling Queens art show, will be at Flushing Town Hall until July 14 and then at La Guardia Community College and Queens Borough Community College art gallery.

40-artist show travels boro by Josey Bartlett

oot-tall sculptures of human bodies with pig faces, waxy and brightly colored as a new box of crayons, photographs of women in colorful costumes, a collage, magazine clippings making up the New York City skyline and a dress woven from plastic bags — these are just a few of the 50 works by 40 Queens artists that will be making their way through the borough. Many of the pieces have a common thread beyond the borough tie as well, with themes about gender, a certain country or heritage, beauty or the absurd and the city. “It is as full of different colors and styles as Queens itself — as interesting, dynamic and full of surprises as ... riding the 7 train. It all works together,” said Jon Garfield, treasurer of the organization producing the show, Long Island City Artists, a group of Queens artists who came together in 1986 to promote the borough’s talent. Nancy Rakoczy of Kew Gardens wove a dress from dis-

carded plastic called “Where Did I Become Invisible.” “I used discarded plastic bags because they are ‘invisible’ in our culture: We just don’t see them anymore, even if they wrap around our legs, and blow around in our neighborhood,” Rakoczy said. The white dress camouflages with the white wall it is hung on to speak to invisibility because of age, race, gender and social status, said Rakoczy, who has worked with this medium before, knitting capes and shrouds from plastic. The name of the piece and how it hangs limply also conjure a feeling of loneliness. Alejandra Regalado will be showing some of her works from a series of 1,000 photographs called “In Reference to,” which shows Mexican women living in the United States along with an object that connects them back to Continued page their native country. continued ononpage 37

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MOVING THROUGH

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Municipal Art Society sponsors a walk with Jack Eichenbaum: Flushing’s Chinatown, Saturday, July 20, 4-6 p.m. A destination and commercial center to rival its Manhattan antecedent. Taiwanese at its core, host to a variety of Chinese groups. See office buildings, hotels, condos, specialty shops, cultural institutions and malls. Restaurant tips distributed. $20; $15 MAS members. Registration required: mas.org. Information: (212) 935-3960.

“Bridging the Gap”—Long Island City Artists will be on display at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., through Sunday, July 14. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. $5, members, students and Long Island City artists free. Visit flushingtownhall.org.

THEATRE The Golden Dragon Acrobats special pre-season event, July 17-28, Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $28.95, family 4-pack $99. Wednesday-Saturday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. Maggie’s Little Theater, Fiddler on the Roof, July 13, 19 and 20, 8 p.m., July 14 and 21, 2:30 p.m.; St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, 79th Place between Metropolitan Avenue and Juniper Valley Road. (917) 579-5389, maggieslittletheater.org/tickets. $18, $15 seniors, $12 children 11 and under. “The Tempest” by Shakespeare, Hip to Hip Theater Company, Sunday, July 28, 8 p.m., Cunningham Park, 196 Street and Union Turnpike, Flushing. Free.

FILM The work of Jennifer Connelly, Johnny Depp, Slawomir Idziak, Eiko Ishioka, Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze, Ang Lee, Walter Murch, Jeannine Oppewall, Theadora Van Runkle and Julie Weiss, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Thursday, July 11 through Nov. 10.

MUSIC Queens Symphony Orchestra performs: Tuesday, July 30, Verdi selections, St. Johns University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Flushing; and Sunday, Aug. 4, a follow-up performance at the Forest Park Bandshell. All concerts are free. Visit queens symphony.org. Classical jam from the street to the concert hall, Queens Library at Richmond HIll, 118-14 Hillside Ave., Monday, July 8, 6 p.m.

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G

Villalobos Brothers redefining Latin music, Queens Library at Jackson Heights, 35-51 81 St., Saturday, July 13, 2 and 4 p.m. La Piccola Opera, Carmen (abridged), Queens Library at Forest Hills, 108-19 71 Ave., Saturday, July 20, 2 and 4 p.m. Music events at Cunningham Park, 196 street and Union Turnpike, Flushing: New York Philharmonic, Thursday, July 11, 8 p.m.; and Mitch Kahn celebrates the American songbook, Thursday, July 18, 7:30 p.m. Both free. friendsof cunninghampark.org.

FLEA MARKETS Richmond Hill flea market is held on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 117-09 Hillside Ave. Call (347) 709-7661 or visit richmondhillfleamarket.com.

Pet advocacy day, Forest Park Bandshell parking lot, Saturday, July 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. License your dog, $8.50 with vet certificate of spay or neuter, $34 without. An evening with former NY Yankee Roy White, Monday, July 15, 7 p.m., La Bella Vita, 106-09 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park. $50. Call (718) 835-6161.

Free hour-long yoga classes are offered at Astoria and Gantry Plaza State parks in July, August and September. PHOTO COURTESY YOGA ROOM

Our Lady of the Angelus, flea market every Sunday in the soccer field at 98-05 63 Dr., Rego Park, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Call (718) 897-4444. St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City, outdoor flea market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, July 14. Call (718) 729-8957.

HEALTH Astoria health fair and farmer’s market, Wednesday, July 17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 14th Street through 31st Avenue on 31st Road.

MEETINGS AARP Chapter 2889 meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at noon at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 69-60 Grand Ave., Maspeth.

CLASSES Free hour-long yoga classes at: Astoria Park, 21 Hoyt Ave. N, Saturdays, July 20 and Aug. 24, 10 a.m.; Gantry Plaza State Park, 4-09 47 Rd., Long Island City, Sundays, July 14, Aug. 11, 11 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 8 5:30 p.m. Call the Yoga Room at (718) 274-0255.

Instructors from Flotilla 12-01 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, “America’s Volunteer Guardians,” About Boating Safety class, Fort Totten, Bayside, Sunday, July 21, 8:30 a.m. $65. Call Mike Kaff (917) 952-7014 or Ralph Traub (347) 3365866, 12-01@verizon.net. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, hosts dance with instructions every Monday and Friday from 7:15 to 8 p.m. and a social dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Call (718) 478-3100. Cost is $10.

FOR KIDS Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, hosts: Animal Care Trainee, Saturday, July 13, 10 a.m. to noon, ages 8-12. $21. Children will have hands-on experiences and learn all about the needs of the APEC’s animals.; Storytime Safari — Fish Fun, Saturday, July 13, 1:30-3 p.m., ages 3-7. $18. Listen to a story about Fish Fun followed by craft/activity time. Snack, meet animals and take a trail walk. Adventure Hour — Fish, Sunday, July 14, 1:30-2:45 p.m., ages 18-36 months. $16 per child (parent included). Socialize and learn about fish, live animals, art projects, outdoor play, trail walks and music. Preregistration required for all programs. Call (718) 229-4000 or visit alleypond.com.

Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., hosts a singles social and dance for singles over 45 from 2-6 p.m. on Sundays, July 21 and Aug. 18. $10. Call (718) 897-6255. Screening of “Hands of Steek,” at Devil Science theatre, an interactive event where the audience plays drinking games and makes fun of terrible movies, Thursday, July 18, 10:30 p.m., Laughing Devil Comedy Club, 47-38 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Call Daniel Reynolds (407) 276-6724, devilscience@gmail.com. $5. Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, 84-20 Jamaica Ave., hosts a free poetry workshop every third Tuesday, until Monday, Dec. 16. Email cabbz@aol.com. Afternoon Composting: Weekly Food Waste Drop-Off at the Broadway Library, 40-20 Broadway in Long Island City on Saturdays at 1 p.m. Call (718) 721-2462. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, hosts: (Knot Only) Knitting Circle, Mondays, July 15, 29 August, 12, 26, September 9, 23, 6-8 p.m. Adults. $5 per session. All knitters, crocheters or crafters welcome. For adults who know how to knit. Call (718) 2294000 ext. 214 or visit alleypond.com.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES

Coed mixed-level line dancing for adults, Cambria Heights Community Church, 116-02 220 St., Cambria Heights, Saturdays, July 6 and 20 at 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. $10 per session. Call (646) 229-0242.

Children’s workshop, Cunningham Park, 196 Street and Union Turnpike, Flushing, Sunday, July 28, 7:30 p.m. Free.

SPECIAL EVENTS

The Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside, hosts: Qi Gong, Mondays at 10:45 a.m.; topical club, Mondays through Fridays at 12:30 p.m.; Wii time, Mondays and Thursdays at 12:45 p.m.; Music with Dee, Mondays at 1 p.m.; beginner’s drawing, Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.; aerobics, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m.; drawing and painting, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; yoga, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; bingo, Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m.; tai chi, Wednesdays at 2 p.m.; dance fitness and “You Be the Judge,” Fridays at 10:45 a.m. Plus music appreciation, current events discussions, card playing and more. Call (718) 224-7888.

Drama workshop with Scott Klavan at Central Queens YM and YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest HIlls, Thursdays, July 18 and Aug. 15, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10, $8 members. Call (718) 268-5011.

NY Surf Week, July 17-21 at National Blvd. Beach in Long Beach. Surf and skateboard competition, art show, movie premiere and concerts. nysea.com/nysurfweek.

Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, 92-47 165 St., details its safety program about rent, Medicaid and food stamps. Call for an appointment at (718) 657-6500. Free.

Watercolor classes at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. All techniques, beginners to advanced. Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $25 per session. Call (718) 969-1128.

Mario the Magician, magic and music, Queens Library at Cambria Heights, 218-13 Linden Blvd., Saturday, July 27, 3 p.m.

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Rounding out summer with community theater by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Unlike in years past, when community theater groups took summers off, this year there are enough shows to fill two editions. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in store for August. To see a full synopsis see the June 27 edition of the Queens Chronicle or visit qchron.com. The HCJ Teen Drama Group presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything Goes,â&#x20AC;? Cole Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical about romance and gangsters on a 1930s cruise ship, as its annual summer attraction. Under the direction of Kevin McAuley, the cast is led by Jessica Lausell as evangelistturned-nightclub singer Reno Sweeney, Jeffrey Tierney as Moonface, aka Public Enemy #13, and Zach Bravo and Julia Sandke as the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief love interests, Billy and Hope. Musical director is Paul Johnson, with choreography provided by Nicole Bilbao. Performances at Holy Child of Jesus Parish (Msgr. Murray Auditorium, 111-11 86 Ave., Richmond Hill) are on Aug. 8 at 7 p.m., Aug. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m., and Aug. 11 at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $10; $8 for children under 12. For more information call (718) 847-1860. To celebrate its grand reopening fol-

Liam MacLarty, left, Katira Campos, Rich Weyhausen, Nick DeCesare, Stef Morisi, Hayley Adkisson (seated in front), Fred Kaminski and Michelle Ricciardi are among the cast of PHOTO BY MARK LORD First String Playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Play On!â&#x20AC;? lowing the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, the Rockaway Theatre Company is staging â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rockaway Cafe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Come-

back!,â&#x20AC;? a musical revue. Directed by John Gilleece, with musical direction by Jeff Arzberger, the show will be

performed at Fort Tilden, Building T4, Rockaway, on July 19, 20, 26, and 27 and Aug. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. and July 21 and 28 and Aug. 4 at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $20; $15 for seniors, students, children under 12. Call (718) 374-6400 for more information. A taste of the often hilarious difficulties in mounting a production will be provided by The First String Playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; presentation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Play On!,â&#x20AC;? a comedy by Rick Abbot. Making his directorial debut with this show, Steve Morisi was taking no chances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I stacked the cast with all good talent,â&#x20AC;? he said. The ensemble consist s of Hayley Adkisson, Katira Campos, Nick DeCesare, Andrew Benjamin, Fred Kaminski, Mary Lynch, Liam MacLar t y, St ef Mor isi, Michelle Ricciardi and Rich Weyhausen. Performances at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 70-01 Kessel St., Forest Hills, are on Aug. 10 and 17 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. General seating tickets are available at the door for $10. The theater is air-conditioned. Get more information by emailing First Q StringPlayers@Gmail.com

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In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on Their cash loans program is straightforward her ring from another area shop, but was looking and simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone to get a better deal. In what may be viewed who has a bill due and a check on the way,” as poor business acumen, she told her new Goldberg said. “But we make sure they have a prospective buyer what her previous offer was. game plan to buy their jewelry back before the Still, after examining her piece, he offered her end of the term. Sometimes these are people’s $1,600. He did so, as he says, “...because that’s heirlooms we’re talking about and we respect what it was worth.” that.” The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry manufacturing. They understand that people get Buying would purchase, like a handbag or antique into situations where they just need a little cash furniture, they can help find a buyer on their eBay fast to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying store. Elias consults with the customer to find a Service hopes to help out in the most honest way target price and let the Internet they can. auctioneers handle the rest. STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re doing the community a service,” For anyone who has ever MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm Elias said. “We’re in the business dealt with the hassle of selling SAT. 10am 5pm of helping people who are in a and shipping an item on eBay SUN. by Appointment tough spot. They can come to — all the forms involved in our store and know that we can setting up a user and paypal educate them on what they have and we’ll give account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice Jewelry them what their items are worth. When that Buying charges to do all the work is really a woman told me her previous offer, it made me bargain deal. wonder how many times this happens — how “At the end of the day, I just want people to many people who really need that money get feel comfortable doing business with us. People taken advantage of?” have this conception of gold buying stores as Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg these slimy places with slimy people, and they’re less than a year ago, and already they’re seeing typically right. But we want to be different. I don’t a lot of repeat customers and referrals. This is think it’s cool to see someone buy a ring for a sign to them that they’re doing something right $200 and put it in their counter for $800. We — the pawn business typically deals in one-time don’t do that.” transactions but Elias is determined to break that Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located at mold, building a reputation on trust. 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of “Everyone around here is buying gold these operation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 days; you can go into the barber shop down the pm and Saturday 10 am to 5 pm; Sunday– private road and sell your jewelry. The problem with all appoinments are available. Call for more these places is they treat everything like it’s a Q information (718) 830-0030. one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said. - ADVERTISEMENT -

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Kids experience the outdoors at APEC by Laura A. Shepard Chronicle Contributor

There’s no time like summer to get out, explore and play with animals. The Alley Pond Environmental Center in Douglaston offers a variety of programs for children of all ages to appreciate nature throughout the summer. A matrix of trails radiates from the APEC on Northern Boulevard, winding through the surrounding estuary, woodlands, salt marsh and meadow. All trails are extremely easy to walk on and have points to stop and learn about the varied ecosystems. APEC is also home to a collection of animals, which children can observe, pet, and play with, including birds, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, turtles, lizards and snakes. Some were rescued from the surrounding area. There are also rooms set up for arts and crafts, playtime and story time. Rosemarie Favuzza-Papachristou, the head of education at APEC, said the goal of the center’s summer programs is to “provide children with a seasonal hands-on experience in a relaxed nature setting.”

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APEC hosts classroom visits for camps and programs for children with special needs, as well as “mini-camps,” which are about two hours per day twice a week. Session one begins on or after July 8, and Session two starts around July 29. The weekly classes vary based on childrens’ ages. For example, the Wee Sprouts program for 18-to-23-montholds is designed to expose young children to nature by playing, petting the animals, and going on mini-nature walks and Toddler Time, for 24-to-35-montholds, incorporates crafts, stories, and short nature walks. Both involve parental participation. APEC is piloting a program for fourthand fifth-graders, this summer, called Alley Pond Pioneers, which will take the children out to the surrounding wetlands and on beach cleanups, among other activities. “All programs offer an animal component and an outdoor component,” Favuzza-Papachristou said. “Children in city schools don’t get the chance to explore nature and touch live animals.” Programs for all ages inbetween also seek to connect children with the environment through age-appropriate activities. There will also be additional programs on the weekends, such as Storytime Safari, where 3-to-7-year-olds will listen to a story about Fish Fun and do a relevant craft activity, followed by a nature walk, on July 13, from 1:30-3 p.m. The continued on page 39 00 continued

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Works that span and travel the borough continued continued from frompage page 33 00 The women of ages about 13 to 80 are pictured in front of a white background just as their object is shown. Only their expression, always a relaxed pleasant, but no-teeth expression, and their dress give any extra information about them. Mary Giancoli, a photographer of 34 years, took photographs of the annual festival celebrating indigenous culture in Cuetzalan, Mexico. She traveled to the country for a solo exhibition of her work in Puebla, a city about two hours from Mexico City, and decided to stay for the wellknown October festival. The photos show strong women preparing

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and participating in the event. She met with the women who don the traditional white skirts with bright colored embroidery and create the woven wares. “I had seen a lot of Mexican traditions in New York and I wanted to see them in the native country,” said Giancoli, who can trace part of her lineage to Mexico. “It’s also about coming of age and mysticism as well. It’s about women too.” Amy Winter, director and curator of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College, selected the pieces. Only a few works didn’t fit into the collection since LICA and Winters wanted to cast a wide net, bringing in a diverse array of photography, sculpture, paintings and installation works. The show began at Flushing Town Hall last Thursday and goes until July 14. Then the show will be split in two. Half will go to LaGuardia Community College from Sept. 12 to Nov. 20 and to Queens Borough Community College art gallery from Nov. 7 to Jan. 19. LICA will host an artists’ talk on Saturday, July 13 at 2 p.m., the day before the show wraps up at Flushing Town Hall. Q

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boro SENIOR ACTIVITIES The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30; free computer classes, Mondays at 12:30 p.m.; Eldercise, Tuesdays at 10 a.m.; massage therapy, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thursday of month. Call Karen (718) 456-2000. Computer classes are being held at Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Senior Center, 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. For seniors 60 plus. Call John at (718) 559-4329 to register. Activities at the Clearview Senior Center, 20811 26th Ave., Bayside, are held Monday-Friday. Call (718) 224-7888. The Selfhelp Latimer Gardens Senior Center, 34-30 137 St., Flushing, offers ballroom dancing, Mondays, Wednesdays through Fridays at 10:30 a.m. to noon; tai chi, Tuesdays at 10 a.m. to noon; English as a second language, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. to noon; Ping Pong, exercise and mahjong, Mondays though Fridays. Call (718) 961-3660. The Innovative SNAP of Eastern Queens Senior Center, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village, offers Lunch and Learn Cinema Talk: A film series discussion group on Tuesdays, July 9 and 23 between 12:30 and 4 p.m. $7.50 per class or $25 for the series. Call (718) 454-2100 or visit snapqueens.org. 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, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Call (718) 657-6752.

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Gay and Jewish siblings of Gay and Jewish Victims of Domestic Homicide/Violence meets in Forest Hills. All are welcome. Call (917) 561-4252. Nar-Anon is a self-help support group for 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. Call 1(800) 9840066, or visit nar-anon.org. Bereavement groups for the loss of a spouse, facilitated by a licensed social worker. Central Queens YM&YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call Pamela Leff: (718) 268-5011 ext. 621. The Lupus Alliance of Long Island and Queens meets once a month on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Flushing. To attend and for more information, Alliance members can register by calling Paula Goldstein at (516) 802-3142. Anyone with Lupus and family members are invited to attend an Education Day on Saturday, June 1

SPORTS from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration is required in advance. A fee of $10 per person for members and $15 for nonmembers includes a light breakfast, handouts and lunch. Call (516)826-2058. Try a NEW way OUT of FAT with Overeaters Anonymous, Thursdays at 11 a.m. at Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Dr. Gam-Anon is a 12-step program for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177. Emotions Anonymous, an emotional support group, will be held on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Victoria Congregational Church, 148th Street and 87th Avenue, Briarwood. Call (718) 938-8869 or (917) 312-7150. Free caregiver support groups at Queens Community House, Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Call (718) 226-5960 Ext. 226 Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meetings are held seven days a week. Al-anon meets every Sunday at noon at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park. A free schizophrenics anonymous self-help support group will be held on Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Rd., Rego Park. Call (718) 896-3400. Problem with cocaine or other mind-altering substances? For local Cocaine Anonymous meetings call: 1 (212) COCAINE (262-2463). Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings are held every Friday from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, Fr. Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park.

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. Contact Deslyn Dyer at (718) 478-8274 or visit satchmo.net. 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 or email artslistingsqchron@gmail.com.

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Hardaway should help by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The Knicks selected Tim Hardaway Jr. as their first pick in last Thursday’s NBA Draft. If the name rings a bell, it is because he is the son of former Golden State Warriors and Miami Heat star guard Tim Hardaway. The junior Hardaway is seven inches taller than his dad, but the Knicks are undoubtedly hoping that his outside jump shot is as good as his father’s and that he is a better rebounder and defender. The following day Hardaway made an appearance at Citi Field, where he tried his luck at the Mets’ indoor batting cage. His swing was awkward but he kept making solid contact. He admitted that he wasn’t much of a baseball fan and did not play Little League. The trip to Flushing gave the newest Knick a chance to chat with media and fans in a relaxed setting. Tim was extremely personable as he displayed a quick wit and showed no signs of being a prima donna in spite of growing up in privilege, as well as being a star player at the University of Michigan, which coincidentally is also Mets CEO Fred Wilpon’s alma mater. The Brooklyn Nets made Duke center Mason Plumlee their top pick. He reminded their scouts of another Duke center who had success with the team back in the 1970s,

Mike Gminski. Plumlee’s biggest drawback may be his name which sounds more like that of a partner at a white-shoe law firm than an intimidating 7-foot center. Former NBA and Christ the King star, as well as Corona native, Craig “Speedy” Claxton was one of the many celebrity attendees who attended a consumer goods trade show, the Art of Luxury, that utilized the glitz of sports to help bring attention to the products of budding entrepreneurs. The event was held at Clyde Frazier’s Wine and Dine Restaurant, and the Knicks legend and restaurateur made an appearance as did 76ers first-round pick center Nerlens Noel and actress-model Carissa Rosario. Speedy was worried about the future of his fellow Queens native and Hofstra alum, back up 76ers guard Charles Jen kins. “Charles should play on the Sixers NBA Summer League team if they don’t draft a point guard,” he said. “He should skip it if they do because their top pick will get all of the playing time.” The Sixers did select guard Michael Carter Williams out of Syracuse in the first round but they also traded their All-Star guard Jrue Holiday to New Orleans last Thursday. I am sure Speedy is advising Charles to play in the Summer League so he Q can display his talents.

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Terror in Flushing, on July 4 by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

On July 4, 1940, electrician William Strachan discovered a ticking suitcase in a ventilation compartment on the second floor of the British Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. He immediately summoned the police. NYPD detectives William Federer and Frederick Morelock arrived first. July 4, 1940: The body of NYPD Det. Joseph Lynch Morelock bravely carried the suitcase in lies on the ground at the World’s Fair, as Det. Ferhis bare hands through the crowds of dinand Socha is being transported to Flushing sightseers outside the British Pavilion, Hospital for his wounds from a bombing. around the Italian Pavilion, to a deserted and warped a metal fence. The nearby spot in the rear near the Polish Pavilion. NYPD detectives Joseph J. Lynch and crowds of people were unaware of the Ferdinand A. Socha of the bomb and event, assuming the noise was just part of forgery squads arrived next. Lynch cut a the Fourth of July celebration. Nobody ever stepped forward to claim hole in the bag and said “It looks like it’s responsibility for this terrorist act. It is the real goods.” Moments later, at 4:45 p.m., the bomb still treated as an open, unsolved cold exploded, killing Lynch and mortally case. It was 24 years later, at the start of wounding Socha, who struggled to stand the 1964-65 World’s Fair, that the detecup but collapsed. He later died at Flushing tives’ deaths were recognized on a Hospital. The force of the bomb stripped plaque dedicated to their memory for Q the leaves off a nearby maple tree and bent being killed in the line of duty.

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walk, on July 13, from 1:30-3 p.m. The following day, from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m., Adventure Hour for 18-to-36month-olds will be all about fish too, with art projects, play, and trail walks. Favuzza-Papachristou said the programs also incorporate academic skills, including reading, math and science. Programs for younger children also emphasize fine and gross motor skills. “The childen thoroughly enjoy it,” she said. “It’s a nice break from traditional classes. Inner city children don’t often get to enjoy nature, to get up close, Q touch it, smell it and hear it.”

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Hillside Hotel LLC Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/15/2013. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Singh Harjinder, 74-35 Grand Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ON TRACK DRIVING SCHOOL LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/03/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 5911 Madison Street, #2A, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

4701 35TH ST. LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/8/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Frank Debono, 500 E. 83rd St., NY, NY 100287208. General Purposes.

JDU Real Estate LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 2/21/13. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 84-20 55th Rd, Elmhurst, NY 11373. General Purposes.

PARKASH 1014 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/9/13. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 172-14 89th Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice Of Formation of 8504 Management LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State (SSNY) on 05/21/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 42-30 Forley Street 2/ FL, Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: LAJ ENTERPRISES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/12/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 189-17 Keeseville Avenue, Saint Albans, NY 11412. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PRECISION POINT SECURITY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/24/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 2060 STEINWAY ST., APT. 3L, ASTORIA, NY 11105. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DeUrn LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/30/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MPF 2038 PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/03/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 69-14 167th Street, Flushing, NY 11365. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RNS CL AIMS CONSULTANTS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/08/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 604699, Bayside, Queens, NY 11360. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

INDEX NO.: 14182/2012. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE. MORTGAGED PREMISES: 14940 RALEIGH ST., JAMAICA, NY 11417 (BL#: 11554-30). Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ONEWEST BANK, FSB, Plaintiff, -againstCONSTANTINO MONTERO, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows of her, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU,”JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10” inclusive, the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the persons, tenants, occupants, or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $235,000.00 (with an amount not to exceed $270,250.00) and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Queens on August 10, 2007 at CRFN No. 2007000413372, covering premises known as 14940 Raleigh St, Jamaica, NY 11417 - Block 11554; Lot 30. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant CONSTANTINO MONTERO, the foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. RUDOLPH E. GRECO JR. of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed on May 31, 2013, with the Complaint in the County of Queens, State of New York. The property in question is described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Park Avenue (Raleigh Street) distant 278.46 feet north of the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side of Park Avenue with the northerly side of Old South Road (now Albert Road); RUNNING THENCE westerly at right angles to Park Avenue, 100 feet; THENCE northerly and parallel with Park Avenue, 25 feet; THENCE easterly and again at right angles to Park Avenue, 100 feet; THENCE southerly along the westerly side of Park Avenue, 25 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Dated: New Rochelle, N.Y. May 29, 2013.. McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. By: Mark Golab, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210 New Rochelle, NY 10801. p. 914-636-8900, f. 914-636-8901 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE. NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT. YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-226-5697 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS. Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DEVIVO HEATING & COOLING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/15/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 161-43 84th St., Howard Beach, NY 11414. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of New Da Tong Realty LLC. Art. of Org. filed w. Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/18/2013. Office loc: 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, C/O William X. Zou, Esq., 136-20 38 Ave., Suite 10D, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Stop-and-frisk bills look to level playing field continued from page 2 Bloomberg’s tactics have led to heavy criticism. Most recently, on his morning show, the mayor commented on stop-and-frisk data he believes has been twisted by Community Safety Act supporters to make it seem as though officers unfairly stop minorities more than white people. “There is this business, there’s one newspaper and one news service, they just keep saying, ‘Oh it’s a disproportionate percentage of a particular ethnic group,’” he said on his radio show last Friday. “That may be, but it’s not a disproportionate percentage of those who witnesses and victims describe as committing the murder. In that case, incidentally, I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little.” Council members and activist groups by and large criticized the mayor for his statements. “For him to say that shows that he’s not reading the bill and is only using his own small-mindedness to focus on what he thinks is right,” Comrie said. “He’s not dealing with the reality here and for him to say what he said shows that he really needs to spend more time refocusing his whole opinon-making process.” Since making the comments, the mayor has not apologized but rather continued to support his claim. According the New York Civil Liberties Union, out of the 97,296 stops made by officers in 2002 — the year the practice was implemented — 82 percent of the cases were innocent. The number of stops continued to rise through the years and yet at any given time, no less than 86 percent of stops resulted in an arrest, a found weapon or a fine. In 2012, the number of stops dropped dramatically from 685,724 in 2011 to 532,911 but the number of innocent stops

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Homicide rate falls yet further Homicides in the city, already at a record low rate since reliable records have been kept, are on track to fall even further this year, according to a New York Times story citing Police Commissioner Ray Kelly as the source. The number of killings in the city during the first half of 2013 was 154, The Times reported Kelly as saying, compared to 202 at this point last year. The total number of homicides in 2012 was 419, but if the rate so far this year holds, the figure for 2013 could be about 25 percent below that. That compares to the record high of 2,245, sometimes recorded as 2,262, that the city experienced in 1990. Since then, murders and most other violent crimes have been steadily decreasing. Last year’s number of homicides was only one-fifth of the 1990 total, and this year’s could end up as little as one-seventh if the trend holds. “In my business, in our business, this is miraculous,” The Times quoted Kelly as saying. “These are lives that are being saved.” The new figures come out as the city is undergoing a sharp debate over the future of the Police Department’s stop-questionand-frisk policy, with the City Council seeking to rein in the practice [see separate Q story].

rose from 88 to 89 percent. Despite the rise in percentage, the number of white people who were stopped in 2012 rose slightly, leading some to believe that the NYPD is cleaning up its act. According to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s office, the likelihood a stop of an African-American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out of every 49 stops of white people. In comparison, only 1 in 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans produced any kind of contraband. “While I grew up trusting police officers, there are communities who don’t feel the police are on their side,” Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) said. “Every African American that I know has been stopped or has a family member that has been stopped and there is something wrong with that. We want to address that issue.” “I can absolutely see that in other areas the police may be rougher,” Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), who supports the inspector general bill but voted down the racial profiling bill, said. “In this area, I am thrilled with our police captain. I feel safe here and I want to continue to feel safe and I am afraid that if the profiling bill goes through, crime will get bad again.” What’s more, those who opposed the bills have said that the high percentages are due to crime statistics. “The mayor and some Council members have said more people of color are stopped because they matched certain descriptions but only 16 percent of stops are based on descriptions of a person,” Johanna Miller, the interim advocacy director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said. “The numbers do not balance out at all. If they did, 80 percent of the people being stopped would not be walking away

without a fine or arrest.” While the debate remains heated and outcries from either side continue, the mayor only has 30 days to veto and convince enough Council members to change their mind. “The mayor and police commissioner have put out a lot of lies,” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said. “These bills are going to improve policing and improve relations with the community being policed. I have been stopped a couple of times because of my sexual orientation even though I show them my credentials. We’re not making this stuff up.” The NAACP has come out in support of both bills but feels it’ll take more than legislation to improve relations between the police and certain communities. “It’s going to take a lot of work, and the NAACP has met with Chief [Phillip] Banks [III] and we are working towards certain goals,” Kenneth Cohen, a representative from the NAACP, said. “We are willing to sit at the table but if the cop isn’t willing to sit, it’s going to be hard to get people to trust their police officers.” “I don’t see why it has to be one or the other,” Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) said. “We should be able to have stop and frisk without going against a person’s civil rights. I’m not saying it’s not a useful tool but it needs to be fixed.” What it will take to improve community and precinct relationships without forgoing crime prevention is unclear though many Council members suggested things like sensitivity training and placing more veteran cops in high-crime areas. “The main problem is the way people are being treated,” Comrie said. “The people feel like they are disrespected and that the police have created a hostile environment. It’s not whether or not stop and frisk is a bad tool, it’s the way peoQ ple are treated in the name of stop and frisk.”

Rockaway ferry petitions continued from page 5 Weekend service operates, but costs $15. Goldfeder praised Seastreak’s service, but noted that other companies may be interested in any permanent service. He said the city may have to put out a Request for Proposals for a permanent contractor. Rockaway had a ferry service in 2009 that shut down after several months. Goldfeder said that service was too expensive and service was not very good. The city put in $1.5 million into that service. Goldfeder acknowledged that the MTA

did a good job bringing the A-train back and the ferry was not a replacement for it. “It’s just good to have options,” he said, noting that he’s still firmly behind reactivating the Rockaway Beach LIRR line. “And the ferry is a quicker option for many.” After the press conference, Goldfeder, Ruscillo, Iori, McManus and Car roll returned to Rockaway via the A train and arrived back at the ferry terminal — an hour and 12 minutes later, nearly a halfQ hour longer than the ferry ride took.

Commuters on the ferry from Rockaway to Lower Manhattan on Friday morning. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER

Remembering Henry McCoy Henry McCoy, a retired NYPD lieutenant and a civic, religious and Democratic Party leader for decades, was remembered recently following his death on June 17 at age 86. McCoy lived in St. Albans for 42 years. “He was a distinguished leader in his community and understood the tenets of civic engagement and participation,” said state Sen. James Sanders (D-Jamaica). “He dedicated his life to making a difference in the lives of those around him and continued to do so until the very end.” McCoy served in U.S. Army, and joined the NYPD in 1957, retiring as a lieutenant in 1981. He was a lead plaintiff in the lawsuit that opened up the depar tment’s super visor y ranks to minorities, and was in charge of the Youth Division in Harlem, encoursging young men to join the NYPD. “He was a leader in the heroic struggles of the Civil Rights Era and a prominent advocate for our communities,” said Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans). “He was a beautiful man,” said Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), “always straight up, honorable and respectful, even when you disagreed.” Q

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