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National Dems talk IDC options for ’18 DNC’s Ellison favors outreach over party primaries — for now, anyway by Michael Gannon

Ellison told a crowd of 500 Democrats that he would prefer some IDC outreach — for now. “I would like to try and bring them back ormer U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill (D-Mass.) is famous for saying that “all into the fold — you catch more flies with honey than vinegar,” Ellison said, speaking at politics is local.” But local politics in Queens went national the Robert Ross Johnson Family Life Center. last Saturday, and could stoke at least some “If not, you have to give them primaries.” Ellison, the keynote speaker at the event interest in 2018. U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the and the last one to assume the podium, was far from alone, with deputy chairman of the possibility of prithe Democratic maries also voiced National Committee, by U.S. Rep. Gregosaid in St. Albans on r y M e e k s Saturday that New (D-Queens, Nassau), York st ate Demo Assemblyman and crats must deal one DNC Vice Chairman way or another with Michael Blake t he st ate Senate’s (D-Bronx) and State eight-member IndeDemocratic Commitpendent Democratic Experts are saying IDC members Tony Avella, tee Executive DirecConference. The IDC, which left, and Jose Peralta might not be as easy to tor Basil Smikle. Geoffrey Skelley, includes Sens. Tony defeat as some Democrats hope. FILE PHOTOS associate editor of Avella (D-Bayside) and Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), caucuses “Sabato’s Crystal Ball” of the University of and has a power-sharing agreement with the Virginia Center for Politics, said in an email Senate Republicans, giving the GOP control that “considering the curious situation of New of a body in which Democrats have a nomi- York’s upper chamber,” it is not surprising that nal 32-31 advantage. Democrat Simcha the 2018 race has attracted some attention. But he said the presence next year of ConFelder (D-Brooklyn) also caucuses with the gressional and U.S. Senate races will keep the Republicans. Editor

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, left, deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Basil Smikle, executive director of the New York State Democratic Committee, said breakaway state PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Senate Democrats are impeding the party’s agenda in Albany. IDC matter from becoming a national cause like the recent special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. “The IDC is a principal hindrance to full Democratic control of the Empire State’s ‘trifecta’ — the governorship and both state legislative chambers — so attempts by other

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Concerns of erosion at Rockaway Beach Activists say safety, tourism at risk as sand continues to wash away by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Almost five years after Hurricane Sandy, some Rockaway residents are concerned that their community is more at risk than it was before the storm. “We’re very concerned as we’re heading toward a very active hurricane season,” said Eddy Pastore, co-founder of Friends of Rockaway Beach. “The peninsula is really in a state of panic.” The issue at hand is that the sand in some parts of Rockaway Beach has eroded to the point “that there is actually no beach in some areas,” Pastore said. “We’re in a dire situation and [the city] is playing Russian roulette,” he added. Beach erosion occurs when waves and currents wash sand away from the shoreline, causing it to become narrower and dip in elevation. Rockaway is no stranger to this — in 1973, according to a New York Times piece at the time, 13 blocks of the beach had to be shut down until the sand could be replenished. A city official back then said the beaches “were quickly becoming a ‘natural disaster area,’” according to The Times. Just like in the 1970s, the waves today wash up all the way to the boardwalk. “At the ramp to go down, the sand was almost gone from underneath it,” said Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park). “I literally have not seen this. It’s unbelievable. You can’t help but see it and say, ‘Oh, my God.’” The beach activists and elected officials say it’s imperative that the city and the Army Corps of Engineers implement emergency safety measures to protect the peninsula’s beaches — such as the replenishment of sand and the construction of more rock groins and jetties to slow down the erosion. “I think we need to light a fire under everyone to get it done as soon as possible,” Pheffer Amato said. “This is an

As the waves continue to come in and out at Rockaway Beach, the sand continues to get washed away. Rockaway activists say the PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY erosion will affect the safety of peninsula residents, as well as tourism, if something is not done soon. emergency situation. We need emergency sand now.” The Army Corps is in the process of drafting a plan for jetties for the affected areas, but the approval process for that could take another two years. Following Sandy, the Army Corps placed 3.7 million cubic yards of sand at the beach. City Parks Department spokeswoman Meghan Lalor said in an email, “We are aware that erosion has been an issue on Rockaway Beach, particularly this season when we experienced higher tides than usual. We will continue to explore the possibility of more sand replenishment in Rockaway.”

The need for even more sand — the amount needed is unknown — and anti-erosion measures is twofold: the safety of Rockaway residents and ensuring a vibrant tourism scene. On the first issue, Pastore said, “It’s these beaches that break down the waves, and we don’t have that right now.” Pastore, along with fellow Friends of Rockaway Beach cofounder John Cori, led a rally at the beach late last month calling for the city, state and federal governments to take action. “This community could be crippled if we get a strong storm,” he said. continued on page 20

Ham Beach rezoning approved by Council Broad Channel too; mostly limited to single-family by Anthony O’Reilly

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The City Council on June 21 unanimously approved a rezoning of Hamilton Beach and Broad Channel, which permits the construction of single-family homes on most lots in the coastal neighborhoods. The initiatives were pushed through by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who urged the City Planning Commission to approve the plans at its June 7 meeting — even though the panel had more time to review them. The rezonings will take effect once signed by the City Clerk — which could happen in the coming days. Under the rezoning, future residential developments in Hamilton Beach and Broad Channel will be limited to one-family houses, with the possibility of two-family homes only on lots wider than 40 feet in the former area. In Broad Channel, new developments would be single-family only and the con-

Once the City Clerk signs the rezoning of Hamilton Beach and Broad Channel into law, only single-family homes will be permitted on most lots in both neighborhoods. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY str uction of community facilities with sle e pi ng a c c o m mo d at ion s wou ld b e prohibited.

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Larger homes are often less storm-resilient and out of character in the low-lying, shoreline neighborhoods. In Hamilton Beach, multifamily detached homes were built in the early 2000s after the city sold then-vacant lots to developers. “The structures were totally out of character for the neighborhood and continue to overtax the limited infrastructure we currently have in place,” New Hamilton Beach Roger Gendron said at a May 24 hearing of the CPC. Existing structures will be grandfathered into the communities. The plans received unanimous support from Community Boards 10 and 14 — which represent Hamilton Beach and Broad Channel, respectively — civic presidents and residents who spoke on them. “This is the culmination of many meetings at the local level,” Ulrich said in a previous interview with the Queens Chronicle. “It reflects the desire of the community to Q maintain its character.”

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Gov. Cuomo declares an emergency at MTA Promises $1 billion, fast-tracked repairs; rider groups take wait-and-see approach by Michael Gannon Editor

Gov. Cuomo last week promised massive and immediate assistance to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to address the rapidly deteriorating condition of New York City’s subway system. Now mass transit advocates and elected officials are waiting for the governor’s actions — and funding — to match his rhetoric. “The MTA crisis was years in the making due to neglect and underfunding by government leaders,” said state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), whose district is bisected by the N/W subway line. “[The] announcement by Gov. Cuomo is an encouraging first step, but significant questions remain regarding the source of this new capital funding and the continuing budget hole of several billions of dollars beyond the amount announced today.” Too often, Gianaris said, ambitious talk has not been followed by the necessary action. Gianaris wrote legislation that would create a three-year surcharge on individuals who live in counties the MTA serves and earn over $1 million annually to raise between $6 billion and $7 billion for emergency repairs and maintenance for the agency. Cuomo’s declaration on June 29 gives him authority to temporarily suspend “specific provisions” of state and local laws, including those regarding “contracts, leases, licenses,

The MTA already is offering discounted tickets and free subway transfers for Long Island Rail PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Road riders who avoid Penn Station during the billed “Summer of Hell.” permits or any other written agreements,” dealing with the necessary procurement and operations necessary to address chronic breakdowns in the aged subway system. Cuomo also is authorizing an additional $1 billion for capital upgrades. But Gianaris is not alone in his wait-and-see approach. While Cuomo is bringing in experts from

Paris, London, Istanbul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Toronto, Zurich and Copenhagen to get their best practices, the governor on Monday got some advice from right here in New York City from Gene Russianoff, staff attorney and chief spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign. “I’ve got a ‘show me’ attitude,” Russianoff

said in a telephone interview. “We’ll see if [the MTA gets] the money, and if they spend it on the right things — things that get the subway system in a good state of repair. Signals and tracks are at the core of that, and for years they have been left to decay.” The governor, according to the text of his press conference, said the MTA, through subways, buses, MetroNorth and the Long Island Rail Road, is responsible for one-third of the country’s public mass transit capacity. “The importance of the MTA, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, cannot be overstated,” he said. “It is the system that undergirds the entire economy of the State of New York.” The press conference came shortly after another rush-hour breakdown, this one involving a train heading into Penn Station stuck on the tracks due to a power failure. Cuomo again pointed to failure over decades to upgrade a system that first opened in 1904 “when the city’s population was 1.2 million people,” he said. “Much of our signal system was installed prior to 1937,” he said. “Roughly 30 percent was installed prior to 1965 and hasn’t been upgraded. Today, our transit system contains 80-year-old equipment in places. The technology was first designed in the late 19th century. The MTA’s replacement timetable currentcontinued on page 10

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Urgent Care hit by ill driver The West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department urged all motorists to be cautious when driving while ill, after an unwell driver crashed his vehicle into a Cross Bay Boulevard storefront last Thursday. The department reported on its Facebook page that the driver had a “medical emergency,” causing him to hit the front of

Excel Urgent Care of Howard Beach, located at 157-40 Cross Bay Blvd. There were no severe injuries, according to the vollies. The building sustained minor damages. “When operating a vehicle and you beome ill, please immediately pull over and call 911,” the department said.

The Department of Transportation is expected to soon start implementing safety measures on a crash-prone South Ozone Park corridor. According to a community notice issued by the agency, work on 115th Avenue from Rockaway Boulevard to the Van Wyck Expressway will commence sometime this month — it did not say when the project will be finished. The DOT, according to documents provided to the Queens Chronicle, plans to “tighten” 115th Avenue by adding a center median buffer — done by paint — and a parking lane stripe to “form standard lane width.” Right now, the combined travel and parking lane is 22-feet wide. By putting the markings down, there will be separate travel and parking lanes; both 10 feet wide in both directions. The DOT hopes this will reduce speeding on the avenue and decrease the likelihood of crashes. In addition to two fatalities in 2016, the agency said, there were 93 injuries — six

severe — and six people killed or severely injured along the stretch of road from 2010 to 2014. In April, the DOT announced the installation of a long-awaited four-way streetlight at 130th Street and 115th Avenue. It was at that intersection last July that South Ozone Park resident Zaalika Rasool was killed in a hit-and-run crash. Rasool’s husband was driving northbound on 130th Street when an alleged reckless driver going west on 115th Avenue blew a stop sign and hit the victim’s vehicle. Rasool was ejected from the back of the car upon impact and declared dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle allegedly fled but was found days later by 106th Precinct officers working on an anonymous tip. The man, Jairam Budhu, allegedly planned on leaving the state. Shortly after the crash, then-106th Precinct Commanding Officer Capt. James Fey made the request for a streetlight Q where Rasool was killed.

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P Stop the schoolyard spats EDITORIAL

he city breathed a sigh of relief last week when state lawmakers finally renewed mayoral control of schools, this time for two years. At least we get one year off from the drama in Albany that’s been keeping children, parents, teachers and everyone else on pins and needles. And it turns out the deal was even a little better than initially thought. While there was no increase in the total number of charter schools allowed in the city, 22 that had been approved but for whatever reason never opened or were closed down, will be able to reapply to reopen, according to The Wall Street Journal. So there can be a rise in the number of these nontraditional schools that do such a great job overall even without the artificial cap being changed. Never forget that most of these charters operate in less prosperous, minority-heavy communities where the regular public schools too often just don’t cut it. And that most — not all, but most — of the

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hicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had some nerve writing an op-ed piece in New York’s flagship paper, The Times, about how much better his little town’s subway system is than ours. Yes, our system is in crisis right now. And we’ll take Emanuel’s word for it that his is running better, that “last year, more than 238 million rides were taken on the system, which, unlike the ones in New York and Washington, has not been troubled by systemic failures, breakdowns and delays.” Two hundred thirty-eight million rides? Big deal. New York’s 1.8 billion are nearly eight times as many. And about 1.2 billion of those were on time. That’s a lot more moving of people. Nice try, Rahmmy. So your stations are well-maintained, are they? All 146 of them? Congratulations. New York has 472. As MTA Chairman Joe Lhota pointed out, we also have three times as much track as Chicago and the system runs 24/7. The “L”? Not so much. And as Lhota also noted, Emanuel has his own problems to deal with right now. Like that murder rate. Three hundred twenty-three killed through the end of June, in a city of 2.7 million. We lost 126, with a population more than thrice the size at 8.5 million. As bad as train delays are, being murdered at the station is quite a bit worse. Oh, and no doubt Emanuel is proud his Cubbies finally won another World Series last year. Now the city has six between its two teams. New York has 29. And that doesn’t count the two teams that left years ago. There’s a reason Chicago is called The Second City. Several, in fact.

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We will not let up Dear Editor: The Wilpons and the Related Companies never had any intention of completing the Willets Point redevelopment plan adopted in 2008. They were given the contract by the Bloomberg administration without any input by Community Board 7, which had jurisdiction over Willets Point. What they really had in mind was a gambling casino, and when it became clear that would never come to fruition, the matter remained dormant. Thereafter they came up with a plan that was equally as absurd. They claimed they needed to convert the parking lot adjacent to Citi Field into a 1.4 million-square-foot mega © Copyright 2017 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

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shopping mall, so as to earn enough money to be financially able to complete the 2008 Willets Point plan. Apart from the fact all malls do not succeed, the Wilpons and the Related Companies are multibillionaire real estate developers, who did not need so-called megamall monies to do the job. The dishonesty of the claim became clear when all was said and done and a deal was worked out with the Bloomberg administration, the City Planning Commission and the City Council. The deal was such an outrageous raid on the New York City Treasury that, had it occurred during the Old West, they all would have been tarred and feathered and run out of town — and justifiably so. The developers were given the Willets Point property, acquired by the city for hundreds of millions of dollars, for $1; subsidies and tax breaks for well over $100 million and, most egregious of all, the right to

postpone the Willets Point plan until 2025 — some 17 years after it was initially approved. They also were able to reduce the share of affordable housing from 35 percent to several hundred units — and to walk away from any housing by forfeiting $35 million, a pittance to these multibillionaires, and walk away they would. The end result would be a mega-mall, no Willets Point development and most likely professional hockey and soccer stadiums, parkland and the little people be damned. Notwithstanding the New York State Court of Appeals having rejected the right to a megamall on land that was a part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park and was being sought contrary to the law, the issues may not be over, if there be any basis to reports they may seek permission from the Albany legislators to alienate parkland (“Next chapter for Willets Pt. unclear,” June 29, much). If that be their inten-

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tion, it will be opposed with as much vigor as the original opposition. It will be insisted there must be replacement of the any parkland taken for a mega-mall. It will also be fought on the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure level before not just the six community boards that have jurisdiction over any zoning changes to FMCP land, but before every community board in Queens County. If Wilpon and the Related Companies and their hack political minions think their intentions are a shoo-in, they are mistaken. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Jets take a knee on QB Dear Editor: The New York Jets, like the rest of the NFL, are content to let Colin Kaepernick not get a chance to play. However, unlike the rest of the league, the Jets quarterback was recently ranked the worst in the NFL. Josh McCown is a 37-year-old, 15-season journeyman quarterback who has had opportunities with several teams, but has yet to accomplish anything significant. Last season, in five games, he had a 72.3 quarterback rating, with six touchdowns and six interceptions. Meanwhile Kaepernick is a 29-year-old quarterback in his prime who led his team to the Super Bowl. Last season in 14 games, he had a 90.7 quarterback rating, with 16 touchdowns and four interceptions. With the evident disparity between these two men, how can it be said that the Jets’ ownership is really interested in winning for its team and its fans? Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

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The rich displace the rest Dear Editor: Re Neglah Sharma’s article on June 29 entitled “Coalition opposes area gentrification” (western Queens edition): I am writing as a concerned social work student currently enrolled in a social policy class. I believe it is important that articles like the one referenced above continue to be published to inform the public of what largescale development and rezoning would mean to the residents of Queens. Large-scale development like the rezoning of Long Island City, the Brooklyn Queens Connector and the Sunnyside Yards project, known collectively as the “Triple Threat,” are

touted as something that could revitalize western Queens and bring in revenue. However, the actual impact of such projects cannot be assessed without considering the implications for the current low-income residents in the area. It is not accidentally that many community organizations including the Justice for All Coalition, Queens Neighborhoods United and the Queens Anti-Gentrification Project all emphasize the large-scale displacement of low-income residents that will result from such projects. Proponents of these massive developments, such as the Friends of the BQX, propose that the projects will result in increased opportunities for the residents, provide jobs and increase mass transit alternatives. Nevertheless, these projects will undoubtedly result in an increase in property values, which will in turn raise rents and force current residents out of the neighborhood. To ignore the very present threat of displacement and gentrification is to ignore the struggles of the neediest and most vulnerable citizens. Before these plans are approved, all perspectives need to be taken into account, especially those of the residents. Finding ways to improve their day-to-day lives by increasing affordable housing opportunities in the area and creating jobs that pay a living wage are places to start. Additionally, not privatizing public land, yet reinvesting in those spaces for the benefit of the masses, is another way to promote equity. Pivotal steps that can be taken in the fight against inequality include providing accurate and timely information and raising awareness among the constituents. Wealthy investors and developers should not decide what is best for the residents of western Queens; the residents themselves should be given the opportunity to decide and voice their position. While it may be pitting an inexperienced David against a gargantuan Goliath, greater battles have been won with persistence, unison and a strategic community action plan. Alicia Rojas Ozone Park

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Dear Editor: Re your 02/29 editorial, “Joe Lhota: Just the right man to fix the subways”: Gov. Cuomo recently announced the MTA’s salvation by naming Joe Lhota as chairman and designated savior. Lhota got the MTA back on track after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 when running our mass transit system was his full-time job. But ONLINE that’s not tr ue today. His fullMiss an editorial or a time job is execletter cited by a writer? Want breaking news utive director of from all over Queens? N Y U / La ngone Find the latest news, Medical Center. past reports from all Maybe that over the borough and explai ns why more at qchron.com. he’s only taking one dollar a year for his MTA post. The MTA needs an executive director to run daily operations, a post not filled since Tom Pendergast left five months ago. Cuomo also misled us about available funds to overhaul the MTA. The Empire Center, a public interest group, says NY State has $5 billion in cash from legal settlements paid by big banks for fraud and money laundering. But rather than allocate that money to the MTA, our governor is spending it for upstate projects like a new bridge named after his late father. Our Assembly and state Senate members must demand that he redirect those funds to the MTA. If not, his 2018 re-election hopes are zero — the same value as a MetroCard. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Illegal conversions bill on Cuomo’s desk Law would make landlords provide valid CO prior to renting unit by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Illegal conversions are considered widespread in certain quarters of Queens. And landlords who rent any property with three or fewer units could soon have to give tenants a valid certificate of occupancy — which would show that they comply with the law — before they sign a lease or rental agreement. The logic of the legislation is that by getting a copy of the CO, tenants will see if the residence is up to code and safe, according to the office of Assemblywoman Pamela Harris (D-Brooklyn), the lawmaker who sponsored the bill in the Assembly. Having passed the Senate and Assembly, the measure has to be approved Gov. Cuomo to become law. New York City’s affordable housing crisis has made lessthan-legal units, which are often in basements and cellars, an attractive option for many working-class people. Signs of the unlawful residences include homes with more doorbells than the number of families allowed to live there by the zoning, and irregular numbers of satellite dishes or electric meters. Many call the units dangerous. When fires occur in illegally converted homes, the job of a firefighter can be made difficult. In 2013, a fire killed a Borough Park woman in her illegal basement apartment; 60 members of the FDNY worked for 45 minutes to get the blaze out. The property’s owner had previously been cited by the city for having an obstructed exit, according to Gothamist. A similar incident happened in Woodside in 2009: A blaze in an illegal basement unit killed three people, leading borough leaders to denounce the illicit residences. “These illegal conversions are an effort by unscrupulous property owners to make money at the expense of residents’

Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris’ bill to make landlords give prospective tenants a valid certificate of occupancy has passed both chambers of Albany and if signed by Gov. PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY Cuomo, will become law.

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MTA in a state of emergency continued from page 6 ly? Seven to 10 years per line. In total for the system, 40 to 50 years. “Today New York is the capital of finance, business, the arts, fashion, entertainment and culture and it just could not happen without the MTA,” he added. “But, we are now beginning to see what happens when mass transit systems break down. We have a painful precursor, with a series of breakdowns with Amtrak at Pennsylvania Station. Now, Pennsylvania Station, more than 600,000 people go through Pennsylvania Station every day. ... We have chronic problems at Penn Station. “We know the underlying causes of the problem. We know that decades of underinvestment, deferred maintenance and deferred modernization have caused the problem. We know this has now compounded from a surging ridership. More volume than the system was ever designed to hold.” Russianoff acknowledged the MTA perhaps should have had different priorities in recent years. “Let me say that as an advocate, it would be hard for me to say [focusing on] the Second Avenue subway was wrong,” he said. “In hindsight, maybe there should have been more on things more directly related to getting trains to run well and keeping the number of delays and disruptions to a minimum.”

John Raskin, executive director of the Riders Alliance, in an email last Thursday credited Cuomo for stepping up. “Riders are anxious to see what progress he will make,” he said. “For months, frustrated subway riders have been trying to get the Governor’s attention. Now Governor Cuomo has finally taken responsibility for fixing a broken system, and riders will appreciate his recognition that transit is in a state of emergency. The Governor is right that a solution to the transit crisis will require focused leadership and an infusion of new funds.” Raskin, however, would like Cuomo to identify the source of the $1 billion, and to state whether it is new money. “When and where will the State find the other billions that are needed to truly address the problem?” he asked. “How does a state of emergency fit into a comprehensive plan to fix public transit? Most importantly, when will riders begin to see i mprovements i n thei r d ay-to - d ay commutes?” In a related announcement on Thursday, the Long Island Rail Road Commuter Council said it has sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao calling on the federal government to provide financial assistance to the MTA and LIRR to defray the costs that will be associated with Amtrak’s planned two-month overhaul of tracks and signals at Penn Station. Q

safety — it must stop now,” Harris said in a prepared statement. Queens civic associations are widely against the units. The activists cite concerns of safety and parking and the impact on neighborhood infrastructure. For example, a big presence of children in a low-density neighborhood can create school overcrowding. But opinions vary on what the impact of the Brooklyn lawmaker’s legislation would be. Woodhaven civic activist Ed Wendell doubts it will make a dent in the issue. Though a potential renter might see the CO and decide against renting a particular place, he said, someone who looks at the same place after them might be less scrupulous. “They’ll go look for another place,” he told the Chronicle. “Someone will still rent that illegal conversion.” Harris did not immediately return a request for comment when asked how the law would be enforced. According to Queens Civic Congress President Kevin Forrestal, the assemblywoman’s bill is “well-meaning.” But he says that no matter what the laws are, a structural problem with the Department of Buildings makes fighting illegal units tough. “We have to change the culture in the Buildings Department,” he said, pointing to its dual responsibility of promoting and regulating development. “Most buildings departments just make sure things are built properly.” The Brooklyn lawmaker’s bill, which was carried by state Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn) in Albany’s upper chamber, reminds Bellerose activist Richard Hellenbrecht of a policy that the illegal conversion task force created by former Borough President Claire Shulman had discussed. One potential move that was proposed, he said, was requiring landlords to continued on page 12

Doctor slain in Bronx was borough resident GoFundMe page aims to help her family by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

The savage mass shooting at the BronxLebanon Hospital Center last week killed a beloved young doctor who called Hillcrest Estates home. Dr. Tracy Sin-Yee Tam, 32, was shot by a deranged former doctor while working a colleague’s shift last Friday. According to The New York Times, coworkers and friends of Tam visited her home on Sunday, some leaving flowers to honor her. “A young accomplished woman who has a bright future gunned down like that,” neighborhood civic activist Kevin Forrestal, who lived nearby Tam but did not personally know her, told the Chronicle. “She was at work caring for other people. It’s a terrible, terrible tragedy.” A GoFundMe page started by Ahmed Rezk, who says on the website that he went to medical school with Tam, had raised $38,384 as of Thursday morning out of a $50,000 goal to help the departed doctor’s family pay for “the funeral cost and other

A GoFundMe page has been launched to help the family of Dr. Tracy Sin-Yee Tam, who was killed last week, pay for her funeral and related costs. PHOTO COURTESY GOFUNDME related expenses.” Four hundred and eighty-nine people have donated since the website went up last Saturday, one day after the tragic shooting that killed the doctor and wounded six, ending with the gunman committing suicide. Q

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There’s still a long way to go, according to Kew Gardens Civic Association President Dominick Pistone. But there might be light at the end of the tunnel for the handful of small businesses facing an uncertain future atop the Lefferts Boulevard bridge over the Long Island Rail Road tracks. A little more than a month after the MTA first told the Kew Gardens store owners that the bridge their shops sit on might have to be demolished once their collective lease runs out with landlord Zee N Kay Management in 2020, the transit agency implied at a meeting with area leaders last week that it might be backing off that plan, at least somewhat. That’s according to Michael Cohen, a top aide to Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), who said the MTA is open to hearing out plans to build a support deck beneath the bridge in order to stabilize the aging structure. “This office considers it good news that the MTA has moved off the position that the bridge absolutely has to go,” Cohen said in a Wednesday interview. The span over the tracks connecting Austin and Grenfell streets is nearly 100 years old, and its age is obvious. In the Thyme Natural Market’s storage room, a hole opened up last year, allowing one to stare directly at the railroad below. Chunks of concrete occasionally fall from the bridge, as well, while many of the businesses often experience broken pipes and leaks, leading to costly floods. While the bridge would not be completely torn down — Lefferts Boulevard is owned by the city Department of Transportation — its MTA-owned sides flanking the street would be rebuilt from the foundation up.

But many in the community see those small businesses as a unique quirk that makes Kew Gardens special, and more than 3,400 people had signed an online petition as of Thursday afternoon to call on the transportation agency to come to a compromise. Koslowitz, Pistone and Thyme Natural Market owner Nathalie Reid told the Chronicle in May that the plan was to commission their own engineer to study the bridge, and according to Pistone, that’s what was done. Retired engineer Al Brand — himself the former president of the Kew Gardens Civic Association — recently took an in-depth look at the span and determined that the construction of a new deck below the bridge to act as support was logistically possible. “It is feasible and could be done, but it needs further study. It’s all very tentative at this point,” Pistone said. “But the MTA is crying poverty. They say they don’t have the money to do to the study, never mind construction.” It is unclear how much such work would cost, if a new deck could support the weight of the existing bridge and how seriously the MTA is willing to consider such a plan. Agency spokesman Aaron Donovan confirmed the MTA met with stakeholders last week, but declined to comment. Koslowitz told the Chronicle in a Thursday interview that the agency told her it would have an answer on the above questions by the end of the month. “They promised us it would be this month. By next week, we’ll call them to see if they have a date,” Koslowitz said. “If it’s possible, this would be the ideal situation.” One potential complication in Brand’s plan is the requirement that trains safely have enough room to pass below the bridge. Brand was unavailable to be interviewed continued on page 26

A Kew Gardens engineer has said building a new deck below the Lefferts Boulevard bridge could be a feasible solution when it comes to saving the span and the businesses on it. But whether PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA it’s a realistic plan is anyone’s guess.

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OLG goes out to the ball game O say, can you see, a group of Howard Beach children singing the national anthem at Citi Field? The members of the Our Lady of Grace youth choir, under the guidance of director Steven Enriquez, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” last Friday before the Mets took on the Philadelphia Phillies in the first of a three-game series.

Enriquez told the Chronicle the June 30 performance was the culmination of a ninemonth process that saw the 42 children — ages 8 to 15 — audition twice before being accepted. More than 400 tickets were sold so the singers and their family members c o ul d e nj o y t h e g a m e a f t e r t h e ir performance. The Mets won that day, 2-1.

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the policy be used in New York City, highlighting the safety benefits from it. “The permit process would be a way to make sure that they have to comply with certain standards,” the activist, who serves as executive vice president of the Queens Civic Congress, said. “It would ensure that the building is legal.” Last month, Mayor de Blasio signed a bill introduced by Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn) that establishes a $15,000 penalty for every illegal conversion that goes above the certificate of occupancy by three or more units. For situations with one or two of the conversions in excess of the CO, the bill does not Q change the penalties.

continued from page 10 sign an affidavit that the density allowed by the CO, such as one-family or two-family, is being complied with, and promising that the usage would not change. It did not become New York City law. In some Nassau County villages like the non-Queens section of New Hyde Park, rental occupancy permits have been used to make sure that housing is up to code. Compliance with regulations is required for many illegal conversions, like basement apartments with substandard ingress and egress. Hellenbrecht recommends that

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PHOTOS BY STEVE MALECKI

Fireworks fans in Queens had no lack of entertainment on the long July 4th weekend, with the Indepencence Celebration on June 29 at Astoria Park, top right, serving as the prelude to the annual Macy’s celebration on the Fourth. At top left, family members of Lane Middllemis, 8, and Rafi White, 9, strike a patriotic pose as they awaited Macy’s pyrotechnics on the East River, second row left. Back in Astoria, and the second row, young

children await the celebration with bubbles, while others sat patiently along the seawall waiting for nightfall. There were plenty of ways to relax in Astoria Park last week before dark in the shadow of the Hellgate Bridge, above, and the Triborough RFK Bridge, lower right. In the third row, center and far right, fireworks supplied by the famed Grucci Family light up the evening sky. At right, Macy’s show elicited ooohs and ahhhs all the way down to New York Harbor.

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The story of how three activists help make South Queens more patriotic by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

On July 3 about 10 years ago, Friends of Charles Park founder Dorothy McCloskey sat on a Manhattan-bound train, rather than preparing for her annual Fourth of July barbecue, on her way to the Art Commission. She had been told by architect John Calcagnile that they had to be at the panel that evening if the Friends wanted to achieve their years-in-the-making goal of putting a new, better flagpole at the center of Charles Park. “I was nervous because I was just sitting on the train saying, ‘What’s the Art Commission? I’ve never even heard of this,’” McCloskey recalled. But the activist went before the panel and later that day, the flagpole was approved for the federal park. That Old Glory, which can be seen by driving down 98th Street, has been a mainstay there for years, but, according to McCloskey, its origins are unknown to most in the community. “A lot of people think it just got here when that’s really not the case,” she said. “It took years of hard work and cooperation and we just want people to know where it came from.” Some of that cooperation came from Ray York Sr. and Ed Murray, both members of

Dorothy McCloskey, Ray York Sr. and Ed Murray stand at the flagpole the three fought for years to have installed at a central location in Frank Charles Memorial Park. PHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY the Broad Channel-based American Legion Post 1404, which has members from Howard Beach as well. “This is where we live and it’s where my pride goes into,” Murray said. The idea of putting a new flagpole in the park entered McCloskey’s mind about 20 years ago. One once sat at the eastern edge

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of the park, but the activists wanted to find a more central location for it. It took five years for help to do that to arrive, in the form of a $20,000 federal grant to renovate Charles Park — the crux of the plan being the installation of Old Glory where everyone could see it. The trio also had a little more inspiration

to show their patriotic pride — York’s son, Ray York Jr., a city firefighter, was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks. “He loved this area,” the elder York said. “He was always doing everything he could to help out.” And while plans for the Charles Park flagpole would take yet another five years to complete — during that time, McCloskey and others held countless meetings with the National Parks Service and other entities — the red, white and blue was able to fly in other parts of the community. “People were coming to me, asking if they could get money for a new f lag,” McCloskey said. “We were able to get one on Cross Bay Boulevard, we were able to get one for the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department.” But it was getting a new one for Charles Park that remained the ultimate goal. Renovation work on that did not start until 2008. Putting the flag where it could be seen from 98th Street was ultimately decided on by a member of the Gateway unit of the NPS. “He said, ‘Why not put it on 98th Street? You can see it all the way down the street,’” York recalled. Now, the three are looking to start a program to teach youngsters on how to properly care for the American f lag, such as the Q proper folding procedures.

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Malliotakis still has an ‘uphill battle’ Queens GOP to hold an ‘emergency meeting’ following Paul Massey’s exit by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island, Brooklyn) may have an easier path toward the Republican nomination for mayor, but getting to City Hall remains a difficult challenge for the GOP candidate. “She has a tough hill to climb,” said Brian Browne, political science professor at St. John’s University. “Any Republican is going to have a tough time.” Mayor de Blasio is well ahead of any named or potential challenger in the polls — a May 17 Quinnipiac survey said he had a 60 percent approval rating, his highest yet, and would defeat Malliotakis 64 to 21 in a potential race. The same poll said 84 percent of likely voters “don’t know enough about Malliotakis.” “Remember all those news stories about how Mayor Bill de Blasio was in political trouble? Well, he ain’t,” said Maurice Carroll, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, in a statement. “Stay tuned for a slam-bang mayoral election — four years from now.” The assemblywoman is now the presumptive GOP hopeful to take on Mayor de Blasio — there are some fringe candidates in the running — after real estate executive Paul Massey unexpectedly abandoned his bid for the GOP nomination last Wednesday, citing the challenge of fundraising. “Unfortunately, the cost of running for office

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is now the presumptive Republican mayoral nominee, after Paul Massey unexpectedly dropped out last week. The Queens Republican Party, which had FILE PHOTO, LEFT, PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY backed Massey, will now hold an “emergency meeting.” is extraordinary, and I do not see a path to raising the necessary funds to beat an incumbent mayor,” Massey said in a statement. “I am forever indebted to my family, team and my friends for their support.” Massey had support from the Queens and Bronx Republican parties, and was set to also

appear on the Independence Party line in the general election. Quinnipiac had de Blasio defeating Massey 63 to 21 in a potential race between the two. But it would be difficult for any GOP candidate to win citywide office, though it has been done before. Registered Democratic voters out-

number Republicans 6-to-1 in New York City. “Any Republican has an uphill climb, even against probably one of the worst mayors we’ve had in a very long time,” said Bob Turner, chairman of the Queens Republican Party. “We will need about 325,000 Democrats to come over to the Republican side. No easy feat, but we’ll see.” De Blasio would have to make “some huge misstep” to not be re-elected in November, Browne said. “The numbers just aren’t there,” Browne said. “And frankly, some things seem to be going well for him. Crime is down. He seems to have a good record to defend.” With Massey now out, the Queens Republican Club will host a meeting at which the district leaders will cast a vote on whom to support, Turner said. The format of the meeting, he added, is “to be determined.” Besides Malliotakis, the only high-profile candidate vying to defeat de Blasio is former cop Bo Dietl — who is running as an independent after he bungled his paperwork when he tried to run as a Democrat, rather than a Republican. He also tried and failed to get a Wilson Pakula — permission from three of the five borough Republican party leaders to run on the GOP line. The bombastic candidate was endorsed by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) in late April, but said he would take office Q as a Democrat if elected.

Two candidates wade into Queens BP race Everly Brown looks to primary Katz while Bill Kregler seeks the GOP line by Christopher Barca

dent is out of touch,” Brown said. “She’s only interested in Forest Hills and Kew Borough President Melinda Katz might Gardens. Queens is a big place and we need not be running for a second term unop- someone who cares about it all.” While scant on details, Brown said his posed this fall. One Democrat and one Republican have top priorities, if elected, would be to build each filed paperwork with the city Board of affordable housing, create jobs and redisElections, meaning Katz may first have to tribute homeless shelters around the borwin a Democratic primary in September ough, instead of allowing them to be concentrated in places before moving onto like Southeast the general election Queens. in November. “I’ve got a plan Everly Brown, a e’re fighting Goliath. fo r Q u e e n s . S h e Democrat, is looking But if you want change, never has and never to challenge Katz for have one,” he the second time in here’s your opportunity.” will said. “The only perfour years. son who can create He ran as a third— Bill Kregler, Republican candidate for change is me. I’m party candidate in Queens borough president indebted to no one 2013’s race for borbut the people.” ough president, On the Republican side of the race, New receiving just 6,000 votes compared to York City Fire Marshals Benevolent AssoKatz’s 183,000. Brown also ran unsuccessfully against ciation President Bill Kregler — also a forincumbent state Sen. James Sanders Jr. mer FBI investigator, police officer, fire (D-South Ozone Park) in a Democratic pri- marshal and 10-year Community Education mary in 2014, garnering a mere 22 percent Council District 24 member — recently announced his candidacy. of the vote. The Woodside resident, who was born in But in a Thursday interview, Brown said his primary opponent isn’t as popular as Laurelton, has hit the campaign trail in recent weeks, speaking before the Queens people think, giving him an opening. “I’m running because the borough presi- Village Republican Club — which, along

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New York City Fire Marshals Benevolent Association President Bill Kregler, left, and Everly Brown have recently declared their candidacies for Queens Borough President. They both face uphill climbs against incumbent Melinda Katz. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA AND, RIGHT, COURTESY EVERLY BROWN with the Queens County Republican Party, has endorsed him — and the Juniper Park Civic Association in June. In his address to the former, Kregler said, if elected, he will attempt to curtail the growing number of homeless shelters,

bike lanes and huge residential developments that have “stymied” the borough’s economy. “I felt like I had to run for borough president,” Kregler said. “This is a very unique continued on page 19

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Pols praise mayoral control renewal ... But blast the ‘embarrassing’ way the special session was handled by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Although a special session was called last week almost exclusively to renew mayoral control of schools, state lawmakers waited 24 hours after getting to the Capitol to vote on such a deal — causing some to become irked at the delay. “This extraordinary session is extraordinarily embarrassing for our state,” said state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) in a June 28 statement. “Make no mistake, this sorry chapter represents a dereliction of duty by state leaders who are failing to perform their most basic responsibilities.” The special session started last Wednesday, a week after the original ended, and for that afternoon and evening not much was done in the upper and lower chambers. Instead, legislators waited for Gov. Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx), state Senate Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk) and Independent Democratic Leader Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester) to hammer out a deal on mayoral control and extending certain taxes, such as property levies. “We sat around for six hours and did nothing,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), a member of the Education Committee. “The authority and the power to call a special session should be used to actually do legislative work, not for the leaders to go up and talk about a deal.” Gianaris said that time could have been used to work on other issues, such as the continuing MTA crisis. “Instead of saving our mass transit system and working on other important issues, we’re wasting taxpayer dollars so politicians can come to Albany and stare at each other,” he said in his statement. “It is an outrage of epic proportions.” For the Assembly, a vote on the overarching bill — which renewed mayoral control for two years and approved the renaming of bridges and highways — wasn’t taken until close to midnight. The deal did not lift the cap on charter schools in New York City, which the Republican-held Senate sought, but according to the Wall Street Journal allows 22 “zombie charters,” schools that never opened but were authorized by the state, to operate. “Last night, the New York State Assembly passed comprehensive bi-partisan legislation to meet the diverse needs of every community in New York,” Heastie said in a statement. “Working with Governor Cuomo, our successes include a twoyear extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, giving our educational system stability and allowing our school children to thrive.” The Senate did not take its vote until Thursday afternoon just before 2 p.m. Brian Browne, a political science professor at St. John’s University, called the wait “Albany being Albany.” “If you want to liken it to sports, the lawmakers don’t do anything until the last minute and in this case they didn’t do

Mayor de Blasio won a two-year extension of mayoral control last week, with no strings attached, such as a rise in the charter FILE PHOTO school cap. But not everyone is happy with the way the agreement was worked out. anything until overtime,” Browne added. “De Blasio was the beneficiary of a broken system.” Mayoral control was set to end at midnight, July 1. Without it, the city would have had to re-establish the Board of Education, with the mayor appointing two members and the borough presidents appointing one each to it. The panel would then had to have picked a chancellor, followed by elections for district boards the following spring. Elected officials and some education advocates said returning to the old system would have been a nightmare for the public school system’s 1.1 million students. “Providing a two-year extension gives the system an important measure of stability that’s key to initiatives that have produced record achievement,” Mayor de Blasio said in a statement. Before the deal was reached, many warned that the corruption seen under the old Board of Education would return. Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) recalled “pianos walking out the back door, and turkeys walking out the back door.” While mayoral control is “not perfect, it is a transparent system that benefits students, parents and educators alike,” Dromm, chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, said in a June 30 statement. “Albany must permanently reject the culture of waste, corruption and mismanagement that we saw under the old Board of Education. In the meantime, I am heartened by this development which will keep NYC schools on the road to success over the next two years.”

Browne called de Blasio the ultimate winner of the deal, especially since there was no rise in the charter school cap. “He got what he wanted and then some,” the professor said. “It’s the longest extension he’s had since he’s been the mayor.” Andrea Rogers, state director for the Northeast Charter Schools Network, blasted the deal in an emailed statement. “It is clear the Assembly Democrats remain resolutely against charter schools and their growth — despite the fact that many thousands of charter families are their constituents,” Rogers said. “Astronomical demand and a proven track record of success doesn’t always translate into common sense policy results in Albany. We are preparing for tough conversations to come as we fight for families desperate for great schools.” Since 2015, mayoral control has only been extended for one year at a time. The Senate this year passed three bills to renew it, for one, two and five years, respectively, but each came with conditions that favored charters and private schools. The Assembly passed a two-year extension, tied to the renewal of taxes. Browne noted the 2019 negotiations on the issue might be a little different, and possibly easier for de Blasio, if Democrats flip the chamber. Many Senate Democrats have called for the extension of mayoral control to be part of the budget talks, but the St. John’s professor disagrees. “I think far too much is lumped into the budget negotiaQ tions,” Browne said.

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The long-awaited corruption trial of Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) got underway on Wednesday. Wills has been charged with stealing money from a $33,000 state grant that had been directed to a nonprofit group he once headed, and for misappropriating more than $11,000 in campaign money for personal use. The charges were lodged by the office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in 2014. Wills is being tried at the Queens Criminal Courthouse in Kew Gardens. He faces up to seven years in prison if he is convicted on all charges. Wills has steadfastly denied the charges from the date of his arrest. The trial began after several false starts going back to last fall. The Daily News reported that Wills’ attorney, Kevin O’Donnell, stated in his opening statement to the jury that if the councilman is guilty of anything, it is carelessness regarding the accounting for state grant money.

After several delays, Councilman Ruben Wills’ trial on multiple corruption charges FILE PHOTO has begun. In a related matter, a Republican seeking the nomination to run for Wills’ 28th District Council seat asked a room full of Democrats on Saturday why they have not called on Wills to resign. Ivan Mossop Jr., during a questionand-answer session of a meeting with Democratic leaders and about 500 party members, was cut off by U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-QUeens, Nassau), who said the day was “a Democratic event.” Q

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Two candidates enter BP race continued from page 16 time, where elected officials decide that they know better than the people that voted them in. “We’re fighting Goliath,” he added, noting how his marshals association was one of the first groups in the region to endorse Donald Trump for president. “But if you want change, here’s your opportunity.” In introducing the candidate to his group, Queens Village Republican Club President Phil Orenstein said through chants of “Bill! Bill! Bill!” that Kregler should make an excellent challenger to Katz. “I can’t find a man who has better credentials or more sterling a reputation of integrity than this man standing beside me,” Orenstein said. But Brian Browne, assistant vice president for government relations and a political science professor at St. John’s University, said both Kregler and Brown should be considered massive underdogs at best. “Melinda Katz will be the borough president come January,” Browne said in a Wednesday interview. “She’s going to be just fine. She’s in a perfect position to continue her services.” In a statement issued Wednesday, Katz campaign spokesman Nathan Smith said the borough president has been a tireless

advocate for the people of Queens throughout her first term in office. “During her tenure as Borough President, Melinda Katz’s service to this community has been driven by the belief that what’s good for families is good for Queens,” Smith said. “As a result, Melinda has worked to improve families’ access to housing and employment opportunities, encourage smart growth and innovation in emerging hubs like Long Island City and Jamaica, and speed up the stalled recovery efforts for Rockaway families rebuilding from Sandy. “Melinda is focusing on building upon this important work,” Smith continued, “and is eager to start telling voters about these exciting accomplishments and her plans to improve the World’s Borough over the coming four years.” When it comes to fundraising, Katz will start the race with a $928,000 headstart, according to city campaign finance records. Neither Brown nor Kregler have any money in their war chest, per the most recent filing, but the Queens County GOP hosted a fundraiser for the latter two weeks ago at the Bay Terrace Country Club. The Democratic primary, open only to registered Democrats, will be Sept. 12. Q The general election is Nov. 7.

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‘Resistance Summer’ starts up in Queens 500 fired-up Democrats welcome Rep. Keith Ellison, DNC deputy, to St. Albans by Michael Gannon Editor

As the newly minted deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) had a message for party members in Queens of all stripes last Saturday: It’s time for the party to get to work. Democratic leaders and grassroots organizations are calling the next two months “Resistance Summer,” with concerted, coordinated efforts to oppose initiatives of the Trump administration and the agenda of congressional Republicans. The meeting room at the Robert Ross Johnson Family Life Center brought city, state and national party leaders face to face with party activists and just plain voters. While Ellison was the keynote speaker, the dais also included U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau), U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Public Advocate Letitia James, Assemblyman and DNC Vice Chairman Michael Blake (D-Bronx) and Basil Smikle, executive director of the New York State Democratic Committee. Topics ranged from the state Senate’s Independent Democratic Conference [see separate story on page 2 or at qchron.com] to a stark postmortem of the 2016 presidential election. “We need 24 Congressional seats to take

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, left, energized a crowd of Queens Democrats in St. Albans along with Basil Smikle of the New York State Democratic Committee, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, City Public PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Advocate Letitia James and U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks. back the House [of Representatives],” said Ellison, who Meeks said f lew into New York specifically to attend the meeting. “If we can get the nine [GOP-held seats] in

New York State, that’s a good start.” Meeks won re-election last year with well over 90 percent of the vote. Ellison acknowledged that parts of upstate New York are

Trump country and that more congressional seats are in play in the Hudson Valley and Long Island than in deep blue Queens. But he said preaching to the choir is more vital than some might think, as those in the room will be called on to play vital roles in keeping Democrats active and engaged. “We’re going to be in the Hudson Valley,” Ellison said. “We’re going to go to Trump Country, because I hear rumors that some folks in Trump Country have pre-existing [medical] conditions, and they’re not going to like losing their health insurance. “But we’re also not going to ignore Queens,” he said. Ellison, Blake and Smikle all told those assembled that every vote and every volunteer will matter. They said that people in the room will be counted on to do things like knock on doors in Nassau County in races where Democrats need to hold or turn seats down the ballot; or man phone banks to assist Democrats running places like the Hudson Valley. Ellison’s assessment of the 2016 election cycle was as subtle as a chain saw. “We didn’t have a messenger, and we didn’t have a message,” he said. “ ... We became the party of elections. We became the ‘every-four-years’ party.” If anyone in the room needed further continued on page 26

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continued from page 4 Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) hit on resiliency during a June 15 joint hearing of the Council’s Recovery & Resiliency and Parks & Recreation committees. “The ocean is eating up the sand and the beach in my district, and the homeowners, many of whom are not in their homes, are more at risk than they were the day before Sandy,” Ulrich told city officials at the hearing. “I have not heard a damn thing from City Hall. I believe they are allowing my district to disappear ... It’s almost like we don’t exist.” And he asked the officials to deliver a message to Mayor de Blasio. “When Mayor de Blasio comes to Queens to do City Hall in Your Borough, he better be bringing a few cubic yards of sand with him, and he better be reforming [Sandy recovery program] Build it Back, because when he comes to Rockaway in my district, he will not be welcomed in that part of Queens County,” he said. On tourism, Pheffer Amato noted more people than ever are coming back to Rockaway during the summer. “When I’m out there on my bike early in the morning, that parking lot is already full,” she said. But if the erosion continues, that could be threatened. The assemblywoman said the beach-goers from outside Rockaway may not be as familiar with the flow of

continued from page 2 from Democrats with an interest in improving the party’s “down-the-ballot” standing that took such a beating during former President Barack Obama’s two terms. Brian Browne, assistant vice president for government relations and a political science professor at St. John’s University, said picking off all eight members could be a tall order for Democrats. “[Marisol] Alcantara (D-Manhattan) already has an announced challenger,” Browne said. “But I don’t see Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) or Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) facing a primary. I do think Queens Democrats are very angry with Peralta for switching.” As for Avella? “Tony Avella has had a lot of challengers,” Browne said. Elenor Denker of Woodside is a member of Indivisible Queens, the local chapter of a national organization dedicated to countering initiatives of the Trump administration. She is one of the Queens Democrats displeased with members of the IDC. “I don’t even live in [Peralta’s or Avella’s] districts,” Denker told the Chronicle. “But if I vote Democratic and my senator joins the Republicans, he doesn’t represent me. People are disenfranchised.” Denker said the balance of power in the state Senate is very much a national issue, as the state is likely to be called upon to take

tides as those living on the peninsula. “It is a concern because people don’t know about tides,” she said. “So people can lay their blankets out, be lying on the beach and when the tide comes up, their stuff is washed away. It literally comes all the way. That whole community doesn’t fully understand what happens when there’s no sand.” Pastore and Pheffer Amato said this will be an issue beach activists work on for the rest of the summer, or at least until something gets done. The latter said she believes the powers that be understand the concerns. “It’s just a matter of making sure we’re Q next,” she added. “Let’s be next.”

Eddy Pastore, left, and John Cori rally at Rockaway Beach. PHOTO COURTESY EDDY PASTORE

up slack and fill gaps in programs and services that Trump and congressional Republicans are looking to pull back. Browne said it is still early for 2018 predictions. He thinks the Democrats will start by following Ellison’s lead on reconciliation as opposed to immediate intraparty warfare. He also said IDC members, individually and as a group, have one advantage. “They have a record of some success,” he said. “People come to them to get things done.” Skelley also said the inherent advantages of incumbency make it unlikely that all eight would be unseated. “Incumbents aren’t easy to beat for many reasons, including greater access to resources and voter familiarity with them,” he said. “Primary challenges where an IDC member is cast as a Democrat-in-nameonly could be dangerous to the IDC members.” But he added that a vulnerable incumbent might draw multiple primary challengers. “If that’s the case, divided intraparty opposition would likely make it easier for an IDC incumbent to survive with only a plurality of the primary vote,” he said. “There are some Southern states that have primary runoff elections if no one wins a majority, but that isn’t the case in New York. So add that to the other reasons it can be Q difficult to beat an incumbent.”

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Mayor, in blog post, argues the costs are tied to ‘my government service’ by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Some Queens civic leaders are outraged that Mayor de Blasio is asking the city taxpayers to pick up $2 million in legal costs accrued after investigators tried to determine if City Hall engaged in a pay-to-play scheme. “He’s a disgrace. The people of this city have watched Mayor de Blasio deplete the surplus left by Mayor Bloomberg, and have nothing to show for it,” said Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association and a Republican district leader. “Now he wants to not only ask us to dig deep to keep up city services, he wants us to dig deeper to pay his legal fees. It’s unconscionable.” In a blog post on Medium.com, de Blasio said he was “reluctant to ask taxpayers to shoulder the burden of my compliance with these reviews. But after giving this a great deal of thought, it has become increasingly clear that the most appropriate course of action is to let the City cover the costs for legal work tied to my government service, as it would for any of its employees in a similar situation.” The costs were estimated at “around $2 million,” by the mayor, while some published reports have but them at $2.1 million. From mid-2016 to March, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance and then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

Mayor de Blasio is asking the city taxpayers to pay $2 million in legal bills, after his administration was investigated for a possible pay-to-play scheme that he was cleared of. Some Queens FILE PHOTO civics are not thrilled at the decision. Preet Bharara investigated whether de Blasio solicited donations from donors in return for official favors and whether fundraising he organized in a failed bid to flip the state Senate from Republican to Democrat violated any laws.

Both prosecutors said the administration violated the spirit of the law but could not find any criminality in the mayor’s actions. “It’s outrageous, first of all that he got off,” said Bob Holden, president of the Juniper Park Civic Association and a City Council

hopef ul taking on Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) in the Democratic primary. “He got off by the skin of his teeth essentially. It really does add insult to injury, not only do we have a corrupt mayor, but that the taxpayers are footing the bill.” Richard Hellenbrecht, the executive vice president of the Queens Civic Congress, argued legal expenses should only be covered if the matter at hand “falls within the scope of your job. “To do something that is not within the scope, which this appears to be, it shouldn’t be covered,” Hellenbrecht added. But the mayor argued that the fundraising investigation is tied to his responsibilities as City Hall executive. “Employers have a legal and moral responsibility to cover the costs of representation when employees are doing their jobs, like we were,” de Blasio said. “It’s true in the private sector and it’s true in government.” Holden, though, believes that’s not the case. “That’s not really his performance in office, it’s very different,” he said. Another $300,000 in legal bills — which de Blasio said is not tied to government service — will be paid for “with private dollars donated to a legal defense fund,” the regulations of which will be determined by the City Q Council.

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Waiting for the next shoe to drop on Medicaid by Michael Gannon Editor

Elected officials and senior advocates in Queens don’t know what will happen next, now that Senate Republicans in Washington have pulled their latest healthcare overhaul bill from the table. But they appear to be universal in their dislike of what they have seen so far. Barry Klitsberg, president of the Queens Interagency Council on Aging, is among those who are concerned. “I would love to see the details of the new bill,” Klitsberg said Wednesday. “What was contained in the first bill did not bode well for seniors and people in general,” he said. In a statement issued last Friday, Nancy LeaMond, executive vice president of AARP, lambasted the Senate bill, as well as one passed in May by the House of Representatives. “As with the House bill, the Senate bill would cut Medicaid funding, impose an age tax by exorbitantly increasing insurance costs for older Americans, and does nothing to lower healthcare and drug costs,” she said in the statement posted on the group’s website. According to the Congressional Budget Office, Medicaid spending under the withdrawn Senate plan would be 26 percent lower than now pro-

jected in 2026, and approximately 35 percent lower in 2036. Under existing law, Medicaid spending is projected to grow 5.1 percent per year for the next 20 years “in part because prices for medical care would increase.” The most recent Senate proposal would increase spending by 1.9 percent per year through 2026 and 3.5 percent per year in the following decade. In a statement from her office, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said the Senate GOP’s bill would mean higher insurance rates for seniors, millions booted from Medicaid and the end of mandated care for those with pre-existing medical conditions. “Healthcare in America should be a right, not a privilege,” Gillibrand said. “The decision to pull back a vote on the disastrous GOP healthcare bill was the right one. But make no mistake, just like the House of Representatives did after their initial failure, I take Majority Leader [Mitch] McConnell (R-Ken.) at his word that he will bring the bill back to the floor.” Gillibrand acknowledged that the existing Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, “is not perfect and is far too expensive for many in our state.” She favors a law that would allow people to buy into Medicare at an affordable cost.

While the U.S. Senate pulled a bill with projected Medicaid cuts just before the July 4 break, many from Queens are wary about what PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON may replace it. Mayor de Blasio, in a statement issued by his re-election campaign, also offered McConnell’s caucus no quarter. “Make absolutely no mistake about it: Senate Republicans may have pulled their ‘health care’ bill, from consideration last week, but this fight is far from over,” de Blasio said. He is as convinced as Gillibrand that an equally unpalatable bill is in the offing. A statement on the website of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), long an opponent of the

current Medicaid system, said costs for the existing system, left untouched, would grow 75 percent in the next 10 years. Ryan said the House budget saves money by converting funding to block grants that states can tailor to their individual needs, ending “the misguided one-size-fits-all approach that has tied the hands of so many state governments.” “Because Medicaid’s reimbursement rates have been ratcheted down to below-market levels, the care that Medicaid patients receive is often substandard,” Ryan wrote. “Offering states more flexibility for their Medicaid beneficiaries will remove the stigma Medicaid recipients face, and allow them to take advantage of a range of available options. Several of the nation’s governors have made innovative proposals to fix Medicaid. The House-passed budget encourages further efforts in this direction.” While he is waiting to see what kind of bill ultimately will come from the Senate, Klitsberg said many things being bandied about, such as annual or lifetime caps on Medicaid, are worrisome. “That is problematic because you can have one illness and use up all of your benefits,” he said. “One spell of illness for someone with a chronic condition, or an acute condition that becomes chronic. P “That doesn’t sound good,” he said.

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Songwriters Hall inducts Chicago stars, Motown founder by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

While the induction ceremonies for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have lost some steam over the years in terms of interest, the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which is held in New York every June, keeps gaining momentum. A key reason that interest has been trending upward for the Songwriters Hall of Fame is because it honors composers from all parts of the musical spectrum as was once again evidenced in the Class of 2017, inducted June 15. The rock/jazz band Chicago has been going strong for nearly 50 years thanks to its tight brass sound, stellar vocals and talented composers in its history, such as Peter Cetera, Robert Lamm and James Pankow. All three were supposed to be honored at the Marriott Marquis that night but the bitterness between Cetera and the remaining members of the group has not lessened in the 32 years since he left to pursue a solo career, which has been fairly successful. He refused to attend but Lamm and Pankow did. “Harry Truman” was a Top 40 hit for Chicago in the spring of 1975 that was penned by Lamm. Like a lot of Americans at the time, he was livid at how Richard Nixon, who had resigned the presidency months earlier, both abused power and lied to the

American people. Truman, our 33rd president, known for his plain-speaking candor, had died three years earlier. I asked Lamm on the red carpet preceding the event if he and his Chicago bandmates would be dusting off “Harry Truman” for concerts in light of recent political events in our nation. “It’s funny that you should ask that because we have started performing it again and the audience seems to love it,” he said. Berry Gordy is best known, of course, for being the founder of Motown Records, which launched the careers of Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and countless others. Before he founded Motown, Gordy was a songwriter who worked by day on the automobile assembly lines in Detroit. Among the pre-Motown hits that he wrote or co-wrote were Jackie Wilson’s “To Be Loved” and Marv Johnson’s “You Got What It Takes.” The royalties from those Top 40 hits provided the seed money for Motown. Gordy has received numerous awards in past Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremonies but Ironically most of them were in the lifetime achievement category and none were for his songwriting talents, a fact that gnawed at him. In his acceptance speech which was peppered with good-natured jabs at the SHOF finally correcting its oversight and acknowledging his composing talents, Berry Gordy made it

clear that he always considered himself first and foremost a songwriter. I joked with Berry on the red carpet that his “Money (That’s What I Want),” which was a big hit in 1960 for Barrett Strong and would later be covered by the Beatles and — in tongue-firmly-incheek style — by British band the Flying Lizards in 1979, was a favorite of the James Pankow, left, and Robert Lamm of Chicago attended Trump administration. Gordy laughed the Hall of Fame ceremony, but old bandmate Peter Cetera heartily and shook my hand. did not, as the acrimony between him and the group It is hard to be considered underrat- remains, 32 years after he left. WIKIPEDIA PHOTOS ed when you are inducted into any hall of fame, but a good case can be made that the who hails from England and has become a fixture Minneapolis songwriting and production team of on the pop charts, was this year’s recipient. James “Jimmy Jam” Harris and Terry Lewis fall I asked him if he is still able to live a normal life into that category. They are best known for pro- and go places without fear of being mobbed. “I ducing Janet Jackson’s catchy 1980s hits. The have come up with ways of doing that but I singer/actor Usher reminded us of that when he wouldn’t try to do that here in Times Square,” performed “Let’s Wait Awhile” before making his Sheeran said. “There are too many British tourists tribute speech. Harris and Lewis then performed here!” he said with a smile. “Human,” which was a huge hit for the British Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter became the first hip-hop new wave group the Human League in 1986. It’s inductee in the organization’s history. He couldn’t a shame they did not mention one of my favorite attend in person because his wife, Beyonce, was ’80s R&B groups who had hits with their tunes, about to give birth, but President Obama prepared the S.O.S. Band. a filmed induction speech. The 44th POTUS joked The Songwriters Hall always bestows the Hal that he was the first president to play hip-hop David Starlight Award to a young composer who music in the Oval Office and that he felt confident P has achieved some notable success. Ed Sheeran, he remains the only one.

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Getting ready for some summer fun Extra socks? Check. Toothbrush? Check. Photo ID? Check. What else could you be forgetting? All travel requires some level of planning, but for seniors taking to the road or sky this summer, a little extra planning can go a long way toward ensuring an enjoyable vacation. Before embarking on your next adventure, consider these tips to make certain you have all your bases covered, from health to happenstance. 1. Keep your health in check: Make sure your doctor checks pre-existing medical conditions before you take extended travels and carefully manage conditions throughout your vacation. Also, pack enough of your medications to last the entire trip and keep them in the original prescription bottles labeled with your name. Keep in mind that sitting for extended periods of time, whether you are driving or flying, puts you at risk for developing blood clots in the veins of your legs. Be sure to stand up and walk for a few minutes every hour to minimize your slight chance of getting a blood clot. Make sure you stay well-hydrated throughout your trip by drinking at least two to three liters of water per day. Staying hydrated during long flights can also minimize chances of getting a blood clot. 2. Lighten your load: Pack light when possible to give your legs and back a break from hauling

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luggage around town or between flights. If you have to bring a second bag, make it a small one that can easily stack on top of your roller bag. However, it’s wise to pack a backup for some of your most important items. If you’re traveling with a family member or friend, make sure you each have a cell phone. Pack a spare pair of glasses if you’ve been known to misplace them in the past. Bring spare batteries for hearing aids if you think they may be running low.

3. Keep in touch: Whether used to confirm reservations or contact authorities in case of an emergency, a cell phone can be the ultimate travel safety net. Consumer Cellular (consumercellular.com), the exclusive wireless provider for AARP members, provides cost-effective, nocontract wireless service and cell phones to meet subscribers’ unique needs. 4. Act your age: Seniors can often get discounts on attractions, events, meals and more by simply showing a photo ID or AARP membership card. Seek out discounts before you travel and make arrangements accordingly. Also, continue to ask about discounts throughout your vacation — you may save a few bucks here and there. 5. Leave time for recovery: A vacation should be fun and relaxing, but intensive driving or time zone changes can leave a traveler feeling exhausted. When outlining your trip itinerary, consider that you may need time initially to rest from your travels or recover from jet lag. Whether you’re embarking on a weekend getaway or taking the trip of a lifetime, spend a little extra time to consider the unique requirements you may have specific to your age, health and capabilities. Follow these five simple tips for a smooth, stress-free vacation experience and turn travel into a revitalizing fountain of youth. P — Brandpoint

Athletes of all ages can enjoy sports Age doesn’t have to stop older men and women from enjoying their favorite sports. In fact, remaining active can improve physical and mental health. If a doctor has confirmed that it is okay to participate in sports, these activities can help men and women 50 and older enjoy friendly competition and physical activity. • Fishing is more than just a leisurely day at the lake. Casting and reeling in your catch provides a good workout for the arms, legs and core muscles of the body. If you fish on the water, rowing out to your lucky spot provides additional cardiovascular exercise. • Golf is enjoyed by people of all ages. Requiring a combination of strategy and skill, golf also pays several physical dividends. Play at your own pace, taking your time walking from hole to hole so you can enjoy the sunshine and soak in the beauty of the course. • Swimming is attractive to seniors because it works the muscles and provides a cardiovascular jolt without putting any strain on the joints. A few laps around a pool works your whole body. • Cycling can be part of almost anyone’s routine. You can ride a bicycle in competition or for pleasure. You can even vary your route depending on how physically intense you want the ride to be. Don’t abandon your love of sport just because Father Time is catching up with you. Many sports can be P enjoyed by athletes of all ages. — Metro Creative Connection

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St. James is one step closer to landmarking LPC calendars old Elmhurst church, paving the way for a designation by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Civic leaders in and around Elmhurst have been fighting for St. James Episcopal Church to be landmarked seemingly since the house of worship was first built more than 280 years ago. And those years of advocacy may finally be paying off. The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 9-0 on June 27 to calendar the house of worship at 86-02 Broadway, clearing the way for a future public hearing and official vote on granting landmark status for the church. “Wonderful news,” the Newtown Civic Association said on its Facebook page. “Let’s continue working together to get our h i s t or y r e c og n i z e d , c eleb r at e d a nd preserved.” Built in 1735, the single-story wooden church was originally constructed to house Anglican worshippers in what was then called Newtown. According to the New York Landmarks Conservancy, members of the congregation included the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Moore, the first president of Columbia University, and the Rev. Dr. Samuel Seabury, Jr., the first American bishop. Come 1848, the congregation outgrew the small structure and moved into a new build-

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Bridge plan continued from page 12 this week, but Cohen said he believes there must be at least 16 to 18 inches of space between the bottom of any new deck and the tops of passing trains. Pistone added that the KGCA is behind Brand’s plan, as it would be any other idea that saves the bridge businesses. “If this can be done, we are in favor of it, obviously. It preserves the buildings and that part of downtown Kew Gardens,” he said. “But if someone comes up with some other way of doing it that accomplishes the same thing, we’re good with that too.” Asked if he felt any sense of relief that the MTA is willing to hear out Brand’s plan, Pistone said he is still frightful the agency will not renew the master lease it has with Zee N Kay Management. “I’m relieved,” he said, “but I would feel a little better if they backed off on not renewing the master lease in 2020.” Reid told the Chronicle on Thursday that she didn’t know the details as to what exactly is being proposed to save the bridge, but she is encouraged by the effort by those in the community to do so. “The good thing is that someone is saying this can be fixed and they don’t have to tear anything down,” Reid said. “So we’re keeping our fingers crossed.” Q

The old St. James Episcopal Church building in Elmhurst, built in 1735, has been calendared by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, meaning it’s one step closer to receiving such a landPHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY mark designation. It is the oldest structure in Elmhurst. ing nearby, converting the old house of worship into a Sunday school and community center. Four decades later, the school underwent massive renovations after a storm destroyed its clock tower, including the construction of a new roof and the restoration of its siding and windows. Nearly a half-million dollars

worth of further refurbishing was completed just over a decade ago. The former church has been used in recent years as a meeting place for groups such as the Girl Scouts and Alcoholics Anonymous. The original St. James Episcopal Church is the oldest building in Elmhurst and the

Developer scoops up Entenmann’s site Deal worth $11.8M done on June 15 by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

A high-profile real estate development group responsible for a number of sites around the five boroughs has bought the former Entenmann’s Bakery Outlet shop on Queens Boulevard in Woodside to the tune of nearly $12 million. According to city records, the Chetrit Group purchased the 70-50 Queens Blvd. lot for $11.8 million on June 15, just eight days before the store closed its doors for good as its lease expired. Real Estate Weekly, which first reported the sale, said the Chetrit Group has yet to develop plans for the site, which contains the building and a parking lot. Matthew Fotis of Marcus & Millichap, the brokerage firm who helped finalize the deal, told Real Estate Weekly that the sale is “symbolic” of how neighborhoods east of Long Island City are becoming more and more attractive to developers. “Investors view the border of Elmhurst and Woodside as a viable location to build new rental or condo products. It’s

not quite as valuable as other areas of the city, but it is certainly getting a lot of attention,” Fotis said. “The price per buildable square foot is still at a level where there are some developers who feel they can make sense out of a rental here.” The property is zoned R7X with a C2-3 overlay — a zone seen in places like Long Island City — which allows for a residential development up to 125 feet tall with a commercial use on the building’s ground floor. The Chetrit Group is in the process of developing a 48-story residential tower in Manhattan’s growing Hudson Yards neighborhood, as well as a massive South Bronx housing and retail complex and a 324-unit apartment building at the site of the former Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica. Joseph Chetrit, one of the company’s heads, also led investment groups that purchased Chicago’s 110-story Sears Tower, renaming it the Willis Tower, and the Sony Tower on Madison Avenue in Q Manhattan.

second-oldest surviving religious building in the city — as well as the oldest Anglican house of worship in the five boroughs. The landmarking process won’t take almost 300 years, but it could be some months before the old church could receive such a designation. According to LPC spokeswoman Damaris Olivo, next for the building is a public hearing — which has yet to be scheduled — at which area residents can testify for or against landmarking, followed by another agency vote. After the City Planning Commission reviews and reports on the proposal, the City Council will have up to 120 days to modify or disapprove the designation. Should the mayor then approve the plan, the old Elmhurst church will officially become a landmark. “Out with the old and in with the new does not pertain to something this old,” Community Board 4 District Manager Christian Cassagnol said. “The history of Elmhurst is so rich and this is at the top of the list of things that deser ve to be recognized. “The St. James Episcopal Church may not be as aesthetically pleasing as the new Elmhurst Library across the street is,” he continued, “but that doesn’t mean it is any Q less important.”

Ellison Queens continued from page 20 motivation, Blake offered two numbers. “One-thousand, forty-two,” he said. “Since 2009, 1,042 is the number of seats Democrats lost [down ballot] nationally in eight years. The second number is 217 — that is the number of counties in the United States that voted twice for [President] Barack Obama and then voted for Donald Trump. If you think all of Donald Trump’s supporters are racist, sexist, ignorant people ...” Ellison said the party took some voters for granted and ignored others until it was too late in 2016. Meng, who recently was in Georgia to campaign in the special election in the state’s Sixth District — which was fought tooth-and-nail with candidates receiving tens of millions of dollars from out of state — said she saw signs of that. “One woman told me she hadn’t heard from the Democrats in years,” she said. Ellison said that is not a mistake he intends to let the party repeat, alluding to another experience Meng had last fall prior to the election. “We should not be sending Grace Meng to Philadelphia’s Chinatown three weeks before the election when we haven’t been there in years,” he Q said.

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4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 City of Water Day family events splash into Queens July 15

by Victoria Zunitch

waterfalls sculpture” or make art projects and costumes. Those who prefer to soak up sights and sounds can learn about the history of the waterfront from the Greater Astoria Historical Society or watch the Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts perform river-themed Bangla dance and music. The City Parks Foundation’s Coastal Classroom will lead waterfront ecological explorations. From 1 to 2:30 p.m., waves of Manhattan Kayak Circumnavigat ion par t icipant s will m a ke l a n d f a l l at t h e b e a c h f o r l u n c h . Photographers and sketch artists are particularly encouraged to document the event. And from 12 until 3:30, people can get a behind-thescenes look at what it takes to organize Continued page continued onon page 31

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live near the water, perhaps while cruising around Bayside or gazing at Flushing Bay? Oh, right! New York Cit y is, of course, swimming in water. In Queens, which dominates the northwestern region of the largest island in the continental U.S., we are surrounded by the East River, Flushing Bay, Jamaica Bay, the Long Island Sound, Newtown Creek and, of course, the Atlantic Ocean. For part of our history, the city’s people were alienated from the waterfront by industrialization, but as author and New York City Parks Department analyst Sergey Kandinsky notes in

his 2016 book “Hidden Waters of New York City,” much of the waterfront has been returned to the public in the form of parks and ferry docks. On July 15, you can celebrate and discover our cit y’s liquid a sset s at the Water front Alliance’s 10th annual City of Water Day Free Family Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The alliance is a coalition of nearly 1,000 groups promoting ecologically sound recreational and commercial use of the waterfront in the New York and New Jersey region. The biggest pool of festival events in our borough will take place riverside at Socrates Sculpture Park and its nearby beach, on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Creatives can help with a “giant magic

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Long Island City. Sat.-Sun., July 8-9, 12-7 p.m. (different performers at different times), Hunters Point South Park, Gantry Plaza State Park, Queensbridge Park and Socrates Sculpture Park. Free. Info: insitudancefestival.com.

Secret Garden Art Festival, with works by NYC celebrity, museum-held and upcoming artists including Peter Tunney, Pablo Caviedes, Eduardo Terranova, Sivan Dayan, Toni Erm, Adriana Varella and more; plus entertainment, lectures, public art and jam sessions. Sat.-Sun., July 8-9, 15-16, 2-10 p.m., sTudio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, Rockaway. Free; July 8 VIP reception $50. Info: (646) 629-2653, secretgardenart.info.

FILM “Zootopia,” the 2016 3-D computer-animated comedy adventure about a world of anthropomorphic mammals and what happens when a young rabbit becomes a cop in the city and works on a mystery. Tue., July 11, 8-10 p.m., 111th Street Lawn (near Playground for All Children), Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: allianceforfmcp.org/new-events.

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“Almost Home,” with works in various media on moving from one place to another and the senses of displacement, nostalgia and more that relocation evokes. Thru Sun., July 16, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

See It Big! Spielberg Summer, with several of the director’s hits, including “Saving Private Ryan,” “Schindler’s List” and “Minority Report.” Thru Sun., July 16, varying days and times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15 each film; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

“Toys & Games from the Attic and Beyond,” with more than 150 items including Queens-born Mr. Machine, Hess trucks, Lionel trains, Beanie Babies and more, with panels on their histories. Tue., Sat., Sun., 2:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment, thru Tue., July 18. Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5; $3 seniors, students; under 12 free. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org, bit.ly/2nBaJ8M.

Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks will be among the headline acts at the Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World 2017 festival, which brings music and all kinds of family-friendly activities to Flushing Meadows on Saturday. See Special Events. PHOTO BY MARC A. HERMANN / MTA

“The Lavender Line: Coming Out in Queens,” a multimedia exhibit on the LGBTQ rights movement in Queens, largely drawn from the collection of City Councilman Danny Dromm. Thru Sun., July 30, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

“Angry Birds Universe,” with attendees using slingshots to propel balls with the images of characters from the video game series, learning about its creation and about real birds, and more. Thru Sun., Aug. 27, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“Marinella Senatore: Piazza Universale/Social Stages,” multimedia works by the Italian artist that refer to public spaces where different communities meet and an ideal space where the future can be envisioned collaboratively. Thru Sun., July 30, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

“Summer through Greta’s Lens,” nature photography from single flowers to misty landscapes, all on 35-mm film and unaltered, by Greta Jaklitsch. Thru Tue., Aug. 29, Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested $2. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

“Charlotte Prodger: Subtotal,” with sound, video, works on paper and more linking disparate topics and sites; “Teresa Burga: Mano Mal Dibujada,” with drawings and sculptures by the Peruvian feminist artist; and “Sam Anderson: The Park,” with sculptures and videos that capture particular characters in mid-gesture, all as part of a larger network. Thru Mon., July 31, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $5 suggested; $3 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org. “Innovative Concepts to Origami,” with abstract and creative works of Hiromitsu Kuroo in the traditional Japanese art, some quite large. Thru Mon., July 31, Resobox, 41-26 27 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 784-3680, resobox.com. “Light Spectrum,” a sculpture made of repurposed lampshade frames transforming natural light into all colors of the rainbow, demonstrating the science of light and color. Thru Sun., Aug. 6, Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137 St., Flushing. Free. Info/ RSVP: (718) 961-8585, latimernow.org.

MUSIC Slick Rick the Ruler and GrandWizzard Theodore, with hip-hop pioneer Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters, once of the Get Fresh Crew, rapping and vinyl manipulator Theodore Livingston, leader of the old Grandwizard Theodore & the Fantastic Five, providing the beat. Fri., July 7, 7-9 p.m. (6 p.m. workshop), Springfield Park, 184 St. and 146 Terrace, Springfield Gardens. Free. Info: (212) 360-1399, cityparksfoundation.org. Full Moon Drumming Workshop: African Drumming with Vado Diomande, with workshop and drum circle jam, all outdoors. Drums provided; must call to reserve one. Sun., July 9, 7 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $25. Info/ RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. PHOTO BY ROBERT ESSEL

Prest4Time & Comedian, with the Jamaica-based band playing smooth jazz, R&B, classic soul and more; plus comedy; part of Jazz on the Lawn series. Thu., July 13, 7 p.m., Black Spectrum Theatre lawn, Roy Wilkins Park, 177 St. and Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com. “A Mexican Affair,” a romantic celebration of the relationship between Mexico and the U.S. and their cultural interchange, with live jazz, storytelling, food and more, created and performed by Rafa Reyes. Fri., July 7, 9:30 p.m., The Paper Factory Hotel, 37-06 36 St., Long Island City. $25. Info: (718) 3927200, convergencescollective.org. Sharon Cuneta, the popular Filipina singer, actress and TV personality, along with comedian Ai-Ai delas Alas, Antonetthe Tismo of “The Voice Kids Philippines,” musical director Louie Ocampo and Christine Allado of “Hamilton” in London. Sat., July 8, 8 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $79-$149 ($50 more for VIP meet and greet, photo). Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org. St. Albans Jazz & R&B Festival, with Leon and the People, Alyson Williams, Lala and Freddie Dugard and the Bartlett Comtemporaries, hosted by Kool Bubba Ice. Sat., July 15, 4:30-10 p.m., St. Albans Park, Merrick Blvd. between 115 and Sayres aves. Free. Info: (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com.

DANCE InSitu Site Specific Dance Festival, with 24 NYC-based companies performing everything from solos to presentations involving 35 dancers, at various sites in four parks, to strengthen, bridge and celebrate the diverse communities of

KIDS/TEENS Little Naturalist Storytime: A House for a Hermit Crab, with kids 5-6 learning about sea creatures, making a craft, meeting animals and taking a nature walk. Toddler Tales: Duckie’s Rainbow, with kids 3-4 and one parent exploring a rainbow of colors in nature, making a craft, meeting animals and taking a nature walk. Both 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Sat., July 8, Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $21 each. Info/pre-registration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

“Princess Particular,” a comedy about a girl who’s used to getting what she wants when she wants it, with fun tunes and important life lessons; one of the longest-running theater shows in Queens. Sat., July 8, 2 p.m., The Secret Children’s Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $10 children; $15 adults; $40 family 4-pack. Info/tickets: (718) 392 0722, secrettheatre.com. PHOTO BY REIKO YANAGI Make It: Book Binding, with kids 6 and over learning how to make their own notebooks and exploring different bookbinding techniques using common household materials. Sat.-Sun., July 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 1:30-2:30 p.m., 3-4 p.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, college students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. continued continued on on page page 00 32

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Dozens of performers from 24 New York City-based dance companies will entertain visitors all along the Long Island City waterfront on June 8 and 9 in the Insitu Site-Specific Dance Festival. The festival was organized by Svea Schneider, executive director of the Kinematic Dance Theater. It will feature established and emerging contemporary and urban dance companies whose members will use area parks and their amenities as their stage. Venues are slated to include various locations in Hunter’s Point South Park, Gantry Plaza State Park, Queensbridge Park and Socrates Sculpture Park. The performers will twirl around benches, swing through playgrounds, bounce on

‘Insitu Dance Festival’ When: Sat. and Sun. July 8 to 9 noon to 7 p.m. Where: Various locations, western Queens waterfront Entry: Free. insitudancefestival.com

sidewalks and breakdance in tight spaces, according to the organizers. Other locations within the parks include a ferry landing, piers, shorelines, railways, picnic tables, walkways, promenades and more. Performances will range from solos, duos and quartets to group works with casts as large as 35 dancers. Area residents who participated in a three-month community dance workshop, co-hosted by Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement at Queensbridge Houses, will also perform in the festival. As the organizers want the weekend event to be immersive as well as dynamic, audience members will, at times, become part of the action. The goal, Schneider said in an email announcing the event, is “offering audiences a fresh and exciting way to experience contemporary dance in public spaces through dance and create community through the arts “It is an initiative to strengthen, bridge and celebrate the diverse communities living along the LIC waterfront by using dance as a tool for deeper community

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Members of the Loni Landon Dance Project will be among those performing along the PHOTO BY NIR ARIEL Western Queens waterfront the weekend of July 8 and 9. engagement,” the festival’s founders said in a press release. “At the same time, Insitu creates a supportive platform for artists to develop new

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Marked by lots of Disney and an unusually high rate of genderbending casting, the community theater summer season is about to get underway. While most of the productions are musicals, things kick off with the First String Players’ production of “Enter Laughing,” a farce based loosely on the early life of legendary performer Carl Reiner. Aaron Gallagher heads the cast as an aspiring young actor, here named David Kolowitz, whose parents (played by Mary Lynch and Kevin Abernethy) would prefer to see him follow a different path. Fred J. Kaminski is his tolerant boss, Mr. Foreman, with Frankie Guida, Rebecca Cantor, Amy Rubinson and Penny Yilmaz as other individuals who are involved, to varying degrees, in David’s life, all under the direction of Chris Martens. Performances at Our Lady of Mercy (70-01 Kessel St., entrance on Juno St., Forest Hills) are on July 13, 14, and 15 at 8 p.m. and July 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10. More: firststringplayers@gmail. com or (718) 268-6143. Maggie’s Little Theater presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” an early Andrew Lloyd Webber creation, featuring Gary Ducoing in the title role and Dena Civello as the Narrator. Supporting players include James Gillespie as Jacob and Mark York as Potiphar. Don’t be surprised if some of Joseph’s brothers turn out to actually be “sisters” in this rendering. Lindsay Levy and Joe Annese

co-direct, with Levy providing the choreography and Sarah Glassman serving as musical director. Performances at St. Margaret Parish Hall (66-05 79 Pl., Middle Village) are on July 22, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. and July 23 and 30 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $20; $15 seniors 65 and older; $12 children 11 and under. More: maggieslittletheater.org or (917) 579-5389. Four shows kick off in August, including Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” by St. Gregory’s Theatre Group, featuring all the popular characters: Sarah Manas as Ariel, Joe Mendez as Prince Eric, Kelly Pipa as Ursula, Matthew DiSiena as Sebastian and Carnell E. Angel as King Triton. Direction is by Kathy Rollo Ferrara; Jon Riss is musical director; Deanna Mayo choreographs. Performances at St. Gregory the Great (242-20 88 Ave., Bellerose) are on Aug. 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 6, 12 and 13 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $18; $15 seniors, students; $9 children under 12. More: tickets@sgtg.org or (718) 989-2451. Opening the same date is another Disney attraction, “Beauty and the Beast,” courtesy of the HCJ Teen Drama Group. Director and choreographer Christine Breviario and musical director Paul Johnson put a cast of five dozen talented teenagers through their paces, with the title roles filled by Christine Skorupa and Harry Singh. Performances at Church of the Holy Child Jesus Msgr. Murray Auditorium (111-02 86 Ave., Rich-

Choreographer Lindsay Levy leads the cast of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through their paces during a rehearsal; while at lower left, Louis DiBono, left, Christine Skorupa and Harry Singh belt out a tune for “Beauty and the Beast”; and below, Fred J. Kaminski gets up close and personal with Frankie Guida in “Enter Laughing,” as Aaron Gallagher looks on. All will be performed on community PHOTOS BY MARK LORD theater stages in Queens this summer. mond Hill) are on Aug. 3 at 7 p.m., 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. and 6 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $12; $10 seniors and children. More: hcjteendrama@gmail. com or (718) 847-1860. The same weekend will see the arrival of “1776,” that most patriotic musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, with many of the Founding Fathers played by women in this JC Players production. Barbara Auriemma directs, Frank Auriemma is musical director and Christine Hinz is the choreographer, with a cast headed by Frank B. Auriemma as John Adams

and Alan Perkins at Benjamin Franklin. Performances run Aug. 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. at Glendale-Maspeth United Methodist Church (66-14 Central Ave., Glendale), and Aug. 6 and 13 at 3 p.m. and Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. at Community United Methodist Church (75-27 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village). Tickets: $20; $15 seniors and children. More: jcplayers.com. A splashy retrospective revue, “It’s a Musical,” marks 15 years of Broadway Blockbusters productions, with a cast headed by Andrew J. Koslosky, who also

directs, and Richard Masin, Dan Stravino and Alyssa Pitaluga, who co-choreographs. Musical direction is by Patrick White. Performances at the Theater at the Immaculate Conception Center (7200-7250 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston) will take place on Aug. 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 at 8 p.m., Aug. 5 and 12 at 2 p.m., and Aug. 6 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $25 general admission; $40 VIP seating. Dinner or brunch are available at certain performances for an additional $30. More: thejosephinefoundation. org or (347) 556-3325. The Gingerbread Players present “The Lady of the Hall,” based on the BBC TV comedy series “Keeping Up Appearances,” for two performances on Aug. 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 6 at 2:30 p.m. All the show’s regulars are here: Onslow, Liz, Emmet, Daddy, Richard, Rose and Daisy, played by a cast headed by Kinga Nowak, Max Wingert, Terri Matassov and Sonya Rice. Johnny Culver directs. Performances are at St. Luke’s Church (85 Greenway South, Forest Hills). Tickets: $15; $12 seniors. More: gingerbreadplayers.org or Q (718) 268-7772.

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continued from from page page 00 27 continued and support the more than 100 kayakers circling Manhattan from members of the Long Island City Community Boathouse. Near the seashore, the American Littoral Society will lead a hike at 10 a.m. around East and West ponds at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel. The refuge hosts migrating shorebirds, waterfowl, skimmers and other seaside wildlife and flora. The visitors center is a family-friendly resource, with restrooms and a gift shop. If you want to help shore up the health of our waters, meet at the Falchi Building at 31-00 47 Ave. in LIC to help stencil storm drains around the Dutch Kills tributary of Newtown Creek with messages to discourage dumping. The activity is being spon-

City of Water Day When: Sat., July 15, varying times Where: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge; two sites in western Queens Entry: Free. (212) 935-9831, waterfrontalliance.org

sored by The Newtown Creek Alliance, Riverkeeper, The Gowanus Canal Conservancy and The SWIM Coalition — whose name stands for Stormwater Infrastructure Matters — to educate the public about the sewer system and to mitigate the flood of street litter that ends up in local waterways. Anyone inspired by the circumnavigation kayakers to hit the water can go to a walkup public paddling event the LIC Boathouse has set for the next day, July 16, at Anable Basin, located at Fifth Street and North Basin Road. The group has been sponsoring such kayaking and canoeing events for the past decade and also gives courses on the same. Numerous other City of Water events will take place all around the five boroughs on July 15, with the center of activity being Q Governors Island in New York Harbor.

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C M SQ page 32 Y K File No.: 2016-1479/C, CITATION, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO: Gladys Boghossian, Sirapy Boghossian, Dr. Boghos Boghossian, Alice Boghossian Ghazzi, Armenian Church of Holy Martyrs, Tania Boghossian, Stephen Ovanessoff, Tamara Ovanessoff Stephan, Antoine Boghossian, Attorney General of the State of New York. The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of Sylva Kazandjian, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of Sylva Kazandjian, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 61-35 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village, NY 11379, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Sylva Kazandjian, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 20th day of July, 2017 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $73,010.64 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 5% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(3); and why the Last Will & Testament dated September 4, 1996, copy attached, should not be admitted to probate; and why the Letters of Temporary Administrator issued to the Public Administrator should not be revoked; and why Letters of Administrator CTA should not be issued to the Public Administrator; and why the net residuary estate should not be paid pursuant to the Last Will & Testament as follows: STATEMENT OF PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION $5,000.00 to Armenian Church of Holy Martyrs 1/6 of the residue to Antoine Boghossian 1/6 of the residue to Gladys Boghossian 1/6 of the residue to the Estate of Alex Boghossian 1/6 of the residue to Alice Boghossian Ghazzi 1/6 of the residue to Stephen Ovanessoff 1/6 of the residue to Tamara Ovanessoff Stephan Dated, Attested and Sealed 26th day of May 2017, HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County. Lee J. Coulman, Acting Chief Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court. GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., (718) 459-9000, 1981 Marcus Avenue, Suite 200, Lake Success, New York 11042. This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation Lindytown Films, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/06/2017. 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: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

MindSight LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/23/2016. 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: MindSight LLC, 3560 74th Street 703, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

PRISMFUSE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/10/2017. 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: Gabriel Hitt, 72-11 Austin Street, MB# 328, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. SHAKE THE DUST LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/16/2017. 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: Spiegel & Utrera P.A., P.C., 1 Maiden Lane, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10038. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World 2017, celebrating the jazz legend’s legacy with music by Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks, members of the DapKings and the Havana Roots Collective; plus DJ, beer garden, carnival games, face-painting and other family activities. Sat., July 8, 1-8 p.m., near and inside Queens Theatre, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free; preferred seating $20; VIP access $50. Info: (718) 760-0064, armstrongswonderfulworld.com. Patriotic Picnic Fundraiser, with food, beverages and music from opera to indie folk, to benefit Kingsland Homestead, home of the Queens Historical Society. Attendees encouraged to wear red, white and blue. Sat., July 8, 1-4 p.m., 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $15; $20 at door. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org. COURTESY PHOTO

Canoeing Willow Lake, with adults and kids 8 and over paddling along with Urban Park Rangers. Prior canoeing experience preferred. Sun., July 9, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., meeting near baseball field 13, off Meadow Lake Drive, just north of 69 Road-Jewel Ave. overpass, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: (718) 3521769, nycgovparks.org/events. Family Adventure Race, with teams of one parent or guardian and up to two kids 8-13 running and performing other tasks such as javelin throw, jump rope, basketball free throw and more. Sun., July 9, 9 a.m. (first race), 10 a.m. (second race), Fountain of the Planets (near Unisphere), Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info/registration (req’d): (718) 760-6999, sports@cityparksfoundation.org. St. Josaphat’s trip to Tropicana casino, Atlantic City, for gambling, shopping, walking the boardwalk. $32; get back $25. Wed., July 12, leaving 8:30 a.m. Info: Joy, (917) 921-7631.

TOURS/HIKES QueensWay Bike Ride, the 4th annual, along the streets adjoining the old LIRR route some hope to turn into a park, with several brief stops and hikes on the tracks. Sun., July 9, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., meeting at the Shalimar Diner, 63-68 Austin St., Rego Park, ending at Aqueduct Race Track, South Ozone Park. Free. Info/RSVP: (646) 854-QWAY (7929), thequeensway.org. World’s Fair History Walking Tours, with volunteer docents telling the stories behind the New York State Pavilion, Hall of Science, Queens Zoo Aviary, Carousel and more. Sun.,

July 9, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., meeting at the Unisphere. Also every second Sunday of the month through October. Free. Info: (718) 7606437, nycgovparks.org/events, vickie.karp@ parks.nyc.gov. Bus trip to Green-Wood Cemetery, with private, two-hour Civil War trolley tour, sponsored by the Friends of Maple Grove. Sat., July 8, meeting 9:15 a.m., returning c. 4:30 p.m., near cemetery gate at Lefferts Blvd. and Kew Gardens Road. Bring lunch; water, snacks provided; play Civil War trivia on the bus. $30. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Meditation sessions, for spirituality and relaxation. Thu., July 13, Fresh Meadows Library, 19320 Horace Harding Expy.; Thu., July 20, 27, Hollis Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave.; Mon., July 10, 17, Auburndale Library, 25-55 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing; Mon., July 24, 31, St. Albans Library, 191-05 Linden Blvd.; all 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info: (917) 517-0669. Stargazing Wonders — Astronomy Night, led by seasoned professor Mark Freilich, with Q-andA, info packet and viewing session, for adults and kids 9 and up with an adult. Attendees may bring telescope or binoculars. Sat., July 15, 8-10 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Rain date July 22. $16. Info/pre-registration (req’d): (718) 2294000, alleypond.com.

SOCIAL EVENTS Italian Charities of America dances, with food, drink and more. Sat., July 15 and 29, 8 p.m.-12 a.m., 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $10. Info: (718) 478-3100.

MARKETS Flea Market & Fun Day, with items, food and beverages for sale and fun activities for kids. Sat., July 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Ridgewood Library, 20-12 Madison St. Free. Info: (718) 821-4770. Flea Market, with food and beverages also available. Sat., July 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Tables: $25. Info: (718) 478-3100. Queens Craft Brigade, the debut market for a group of local makers, with fashion, jewelry, crafts, food, art, and more. Sun., July 9, 12-5 p.m., 31-35 41 St., Astoria. Info: queenscraftbrigade.com.

CLUBS “Hooks & Needles” Crochet & Knit Club, with participants bringing projects, hooks, needles and yarn, or working on charity projects. Every Thu., 6:30-9 p.m., Big 6 Shopping Center, 60-10 Queens Blvd., Woodside (entrance inside shopping center, up one flight, down hall to left of 99-cent store). Info: Lorraine, (917) 817-4037.

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Dance festival 29 continued from page 00 members of the public. Organizers said the event was made possible through the cooperation and assistance of the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation; the New York State Department of Parks, Restoration and Historic Preservation; Socrates Sculpture Park and others. Community partners include Hunter’s Point Parks Conservancy, Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, Friends of Queensbridge Park, The Chocolate Facto-

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06/20/17, bearing Index Number NC-000279-17/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) KAYANN (Last) IMARI. My present name is (First) KAYANN (Middle) KASCEILA (Last) BURRELL AKA KAYANN K. BURRELL AKA KAYANN BURRELL. My present address is 132-21 Springfield Blvd., Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. My place of birth is JAMAICA, WI. My date of birth is June 23, 1988.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06/20/17, bearing Index Number NC-000126-17/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) MOHAMMAD (Middle) YOUSAF (Last) MIRZA. My present name is (First) MOHAMMAD (Last) SALEEM. My present address is 138-93 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Rosedale, NY 11422-1704. My place of birth is PAKISTAN. My date of birth is January 01, 1955.

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, QUEENS County, on the 16th day of MAY, 2017, bearing Index Number NC216/17, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of MANJIT SINGH. The city and state of my present address are 78-26 265th Street, Floral Park, NY 11004; the month and year of my birth are March 10, 1950; the place of my birth is Punjab, India; my present name is RAGHBIR SINGH.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06/19/17, bearing Index Number NC-000309-17/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) RAFAEL (Last) CRUZ. My present name is (First) RAFEAL (Last) CRUZ AKA RAFAEL CRUZ . My present address is 145-62 223 Street, 2ND FLOOR, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NY. My date of birth is August 07, 1977.

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PROBATE CITATION FILE No. 2015-4288/A SURROGATEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COURT-QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Blanche Klein deceased, if living and if any of them be dead, you their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Public Administrator of Queens County. A petition having been duly filed by BIAGO V. MURATORE, who is domiciled at 20 GALAXIE LANE, SELDEN, NEW YORK 11784. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Court, QUEENS County, at 8811 Sutphin Blvd., Room 62, Jamaica, New York, on August 10, 2017, at 9:30 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of BLANCHE KLEIN a/k/a BLANCHE ANNA KLEIN, lately domiciled at 48-56 58th LANE, WOODSIDE, NEW YORK 11377, admitting to probate a Will dated OCTOBER 16, 2002, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of BLANCHE ANNA KLEIN deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to: BIAGO MURATORE. Dated, Attested and Sealed June 12, 2017. HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Lee J. Coulman, Acting Chief Clerk. FRANK D. SCHARF, Attorney for Petitioner, 230 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 660, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10169 Address of Attorney. 212-867-8200 Telephone Number [NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.]

D.R.L.Â§Â§111(3), 111-a(6), 115(9), Adoption Form 4 ( Notice of Proposed Adoption) 10/2004. File No. 10782, Docket No. A184/2017. Summons & Notice of Proposed Adoption. FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF PUTNAM. In the Matter of the Adoption of A Child Whose First Name is ISABELLA NAOMI TO: ERNESTO MENDOZA VAREL A, 108-17 36th Avenue, first floor, Corona, NY 11368. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition praying for an order approving and allowing the adoption of an adoptive child whose first name is ISABELLA NAOMI, who is alleged to be your daughter, and whose full name and date and place of birth is set forth in a Schedule annexed to the petition for adoption herein, together with an agreement to adopt and consents to the adoption pursuant to the Domestic Relations Law, has been filed with the Family Court of the State of New York, Putnam County, Two County Center, Carmel, New York. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE a hearing on the petition and issue of whether you have abandoned the child will be held at the Court on the 10th day of August, 2017 at 9:30 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock a.m. at which time and place all persons having any interest therein will be heard. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that your failure to appear my constitute a denial of your interest in the child which may result, without further notice to you, in the adoption or other disposition of the child.____ signature of Petitionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney, Vladislav Tomic, Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Name, 50 Main Street, Suite 1000, White Plains, NY 10606, (706) 202-1993.

Notice of formation of 971A LAFAYETTE LLC Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 2/17/17. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: 2724 Mill Rd., Brooklyn NY 11234, Purpose: any lawful purpose

Audstandard Holdings, LLC, App. Of Auth. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/7/17. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 115 Rte. 46, Ste. G51, Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046. General Purpose.

ALEX HOMETECH LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/05/2017. 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, 82-57 165th Street, Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Merrick, Sun 7/9, 1:30-3:30PM, 2058 E. Kirkwood Ave. Lovely 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charming vintage Colonial with rocking chair porch. Original HW fls & molding trim thru-out. French doors w/ beveled glass & hardware, high ceilings, pictured rails, screened-in porch, 3-year-old kitchen with granite, S/S appli, walk-in pantry, 3 year- old-boiler. French drain & sump pump, 2 car det gar. C21 Amiable II, 718-835-4700

Howard Beach, Hi-Rise Co-op, 5 rms, 2 BR, 2 new baths, FDR, track lighting. CALL NOW! Howard Beach Realty, 718-641-6800

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Howard Beach/Lindenwood, just renov, lg studio, EIK, granite countertops, S/S appli, new bathroom, excellent closet space, heat & electric included, no pets/smoking, $1,200/mo. Credit check required! Owner, 917-533-9609

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 05/12/17, bearing Index Number NC-000198-17/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) RENITA (Last) RUFF. My present name is (First) RENITA (Last) HALL AKA RENITA HEATH AKA RENITA RUFF. My present address is 191-22 NASHVILLE BLVD., Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. My place of birth is BRONX, NY. My date of birth is July 18, 1958.

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La Casina nightclub: tribute to a bygone era by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

A former Jamaica nightclub with a big art moderne roofline was erected in the 1930s to attract patrons to it from Jamaica Avenue. Billed as the “Showplace of Long Island,” La Casina opened in 1933. It stayed open throughout the rest of the 1930s, and stands today on 160th Street, a living remnant of a bygone era of both architecture and nightlife. Records show the building, La Casina at 90-33 160 St. in Jamaica, in an undated photo. whose style was sort of a sim- It remains a monument to the art deco-art moderne age. pler, clearer version of art deco, was owned by a J. Wolf. It was trans- building was acquired by the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. in 1993. Twenty years ferred in 1940 to Antonio Tampano. Whether either was involved in the actual later, in 2013, it went back on the market nightclub business is unclear. During World again, for $750,000. But the one-story building is not attracWar II, under a slight name change, La Casino restaurant closed. Tampano sold the tive to developers, as it was landmarked in property to Polly Foundations Long Island 1996; nothing can be changed without the Beauty Supply. Through the 1960s the struc- approval of the New York City Landmarks ture was owned by the Ellen Howard Corp. Preservation Commission. Today it is a denAfter the real estate slump in the 1980s, the tal office owned by YNON Realty LLC. Q

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Knicks ax Jax by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Normally in sports, when someone gets fired or traded, there are rumors days in advance. But when the Knicks fired Phil Jackson as its team president last Wednesday morning, the story broke at best hours earlier. It wasn’t that the ousted team president didn’t deserve his fate, but the timing was surprising. Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan recently renewed Jackson’s option for two more years and he has long stated that he had given Jackson full autonomy in running the Knicks and that he trusted his five-year plan. The understandable question is “What changed?” Jackson has always been less than enthused about Carmelo Anthony, even though Dolan remained enamored of him. Perhaps it was a lack of available options, but Jackson, then new with the Knicks, signed Anthony in 2014 to a five-year maximum contract with a crippling no-trade clause. He has not stopped badmouthing the team’s marquee player since then. If that weren’t demoralizing enough, Jackson then threw a public temper tantrum when forward Kristaps Porzingis — the Knicks’ 2015 first-round draft choice and one of its few success stories over the last two years — blew off his end-of-season exit interview with him. I’m sure Dolan would have liked more discretion from the ousted team president.

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Although it is merely conjecture, I suspect Jackson’s personality rubbed Dolan the wrong way. Whereas former New York Rangers general manager Glen Sather knew how to schmooze with JD, I think Phil likely declined invitations to mingle with Dolan and his buddies. Jarrett Allen, the Brooklyn Nets’ first-round 2017 NBA Draft pick, threw out a ceremonial first pitch before Friday’s Phillies-Mets game. He admitted that he didn’t play baseball growing up, which showed when he made a high, arcing pitch. The good news is that he looks like he knows how to shoot free throws. Allen went to the University of Texas but did not know Cardozo High School alum Royal Ivey, who graduated from there. Royal had a 10-year NBA career; he is now an Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach. Hopefully, they’ll introduce themselves when their teams meet. Mets manager Terry Collins was asked on Sunday about his team having to play the Nationals at 11 a.m. on July 4. “Some of these guys haven’t played a game that early since they were in the Gulf Coast League!” he laughed. I was saddened to learn of the death last week of former Mets pitcher Anthony Young, who lost 27 straight decisions from 1992-93, but always stayed upbeat. The team requested a Q moment of silence before Friday’s game. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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1 Family Ranch - just the shellcompletely gutted from Sandy, sold with additional lots across the street of 20x80 which can be used for parking, boat storage, etc. N6QK8S

Lovely 1920’s charming vintage Colonial with rocking chair porch. Original hardwood floors and trim thru-out. French doors with beveled glass and hardware, high ceilings with picture rails and screened-in porch. 3-year-old kitchen with granite and stainless steel appliances. Walk-in pantry. 3-year-old boiler. French drain and sump pump. 2 car detached garage.

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Custom large Colonial, huge MBR w/ luxury bathroom, premium floors, radiant heat and CAC unit on each floor, gourmet kitchen w/hi-end appliances, 3 more beds, 3 baths, study, 41x107 Asking $989K

Mint California Hi-ranch, 4 BRs, 2 baths, pavers front and back. Large LR w/gas "wood-burning stove." Beautiful renovated kitchen and bath. Asking $799K

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OZONE PARK Greentree Condo. Mint condo featuring an open floor plan, kit. w/S.S. appliances, quartz countertop, LR, DR, MBR w/private bath, 2 baths, 3 BRs, driveway & garage.

Large Brookfield style Hi-ranch, 4 BRs, 3 full baths, sunken living room, in-ground saltwater pool

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH All new mint AAA "Waterfront Home" Colonial amazing views, 3 BRs, 2 baths, huge kitchen & living room, kitchen features new granite countertops, custom center island, new cabinets & stainless steel appliances, 2 new baths/Jacuzzi, tiled floors. Reduced $799K

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

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HOWARD BEACH Co-ops & Condos For Sale HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD • Garden Co-op – 3 BRs, 1 bath (freshly painted), 2nd floor, new refinished wood flooring, party room (fee) . . . . . .$199K • HI-Rise Co-op – 2 BRs, 1 bath, w/terrace. All updated . . . . . . . .$219K • Garden Co-op – 2 BRs, 1 bath, gorgeous open kit/DR concept, wood cabinets, porcelain floors, granite, SS appl., washer/dryer. . . $259K IN CONTRACT

HOWARD BEACH/HAMILTON BEACH

Corner Cape 50x100 w/4 BRs and 2 full baths, large backyard, new hot water tank & heater, large unfinished basement. Asking $649K

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Beautiful 4 BR, 2.5 bath, Colonial, gourmet kitchen, in-ground pool, 40x110. Reduced $874,900K

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

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