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Dissecting racial profiling in the city Social implications ‘stop and frisk’ and ‘stand your ground’ have on minorities by Tess McRae Reporter

top and frisk, the policy that allows police officers to search an individual they deem suspicious, has become a polarizing issue in both the City Council and the neighborhoods of everyday people. Stand your ground, the Florida law that allows a person who feels threatened to use deadly or physical force against the person deemed as an aggressor even if the “threatened” person was not attacked first or if there is an escape option, has also become an issue. Legally, the policies are completely different. Stop and frisk is a police initiative to deter crime on city streets and stand your ground is a means of self-defense. “They are not the same at all, legally,” said Rene Myatt, an attorney who runs her practice out of Hollis. “Other than Trayvon, it’s hard to compare the two.” But when George Zimmerman pulled the trigger and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, both pieces of legislation were almost instantly lumped together by New York City elected officials and residents on the grounds that they both rely heavily on racial profiling. “The mayor conveniently left out profiling when he spoke on the Zimmerman case and only discussed guns and gun laws,” said Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn), who sponsored the Community Safety Act, which would amend parts of stop and frisk. “These are issues we have to discuss but I think it’s a slap in the face to the nationwide discussion that’s going on now to veto a bill that has an enforceable ban on profiling based on what has occurred in the past. Mayor Bloomberg, everyone knows that Trayvon Martin was profiled and yet

Attendees applaud a statement made by Ken Cohen II, at a town hall on racial profiling. Many who sat in the audience thought it was important to find a solution to the large percentage of black men who are stopped and frisked. PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE

you are standing to veto a bill that is a ban on profiling.” The Community Safety Act includes two bills. The first would put an inspector general to oversee NYPD stops. The second has come to be known as the racial profiling bill and allows those who feel they were profiled when they were stopped to sue but not for monetary gain. According to Zimmerman’s lawyers, race played absolutely

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no role in the altercation between him and Martin. Similarly, the NYPD denies accusations of profiling minorities when they stop and frisk people. “I think it’s fair to compare the two because race is the underlying element for both of them,” said Queens College political science professor Michael Krasner. “Stop and frisk research that has been done shows it is very much about race and with Zimmerman, he was clearly profiling. He was frightened of black people. There was no probable cause to stop Trayvon that night. He was walking home with candy and a drink. Where in that is probable cause? There is none. He brought the irrationality and he brought the stereotype.” While the events that unveiled in Florida are still murky, there is plenty of data available on stop and frisk. According to the New York Civil Liberties Union black and Latino New Yorkers make up nine out of 10 police stops and 94 percent of police stops do not uncover any criminal activity. Mayor Bloomberg has said that these stops are often made based on descriptions but the NYCLU’s data determines that description-based stops make up only 12 percent of all stops “I would understand if these stops were happening and we were finding guns and making rightful arrests but that’s not the case,” Kenneth Cohen II of the Northeast Chapter NAACP said at a town hall held Tuesday on racial profiling. “W hy are we continuing a practice that has proven unsuccessful?” Under Supreme Court precedent, race can be used as a factor in policing, providing that the authorities demonstrate it is relevant to specific law enforcement goals. continued on page 32

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Former Duane Reade site on Cross Bay Blvd. will host new supermarket by Domenick Rafter Editor

South Queens residents looking for more food shopping options are about to get another one. The building at 163-20 Cross Bay Blvd. that was home to Duane Reade until it was damaged in Hurricane Sandy will have new life as a Key Food. A large sign outside the building advertised the store — Almonte’s Key Food — as coming soon. After the facility was flooded in Sandy, Duane Reade never returned and for months what would be done with the building, which is located at the site that was once the Waterview Diner, was an open question. Rumors circulated since the storm that Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Walgreens were eyeing the site, but all of the companies later denied they were looking at opening a store in the building. When the Key Food will open is still unknown. The company’s press office did not respond to requests for

comment as of press time. However, renovation work was being done inside the building as of Wednesday morning. The building, situated next to Staples, is accessed from the rear where there is a parking lot. A new supermarket would bring competition to the neighborhood, which has just one big chain serving it — Waldbaum’s, which has two stores, one at 156th Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard, about six blocks north of the Key Food site, and one in Lindenwood. “Key Food is good for me since it’s a block away from my house,” said Melissa Sivillo, a mother of two from Howard Beach who said she welcomes a new supermarket. Some residents say they prefer to go food shopping outside the neighborhood, patronizing stores like Pathmark in Ozone Park, Scaturro’s in Woodhaven and Stop & Shop in Glendale; all several miles from Howard Beach. Andrew Falzon, a Howard Beach

resident who regularly shops at Waldbaum’s, said the new Key Food will be a positive for that supermarket. “It’ll be good for Waldbaum’s to have some competition,” he said. “Hopefully, it will raise the quality in both stores so that in the end, shoppers will benefit from better-quality stores.” Ozone Park resident Melissa Planty suggested Howard Beach needs an even more diverse selection of stores. “If they were smart, they would bring in a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s to offset the Italian delis and generic supermarket chains,” she said. “It would be a totally different shopping experience for the neighborhood and much needed.” Another South Queens market, Met Foods at 102-02 101 Ave. in Ozone Park, recently became a Key Fresh market — a smaller version of Key Food. The company already had a large presence in southern Queens

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Key Food coming to Howard Beach

A banner hanging outside the former Duane Reade building at 163-20 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach promotes the Key Food that will soon be opening there, bringing competition to the neighborhood that is currently served by PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER two Waldbaum’s locations. with three stores in Richmond Hill — one on Lefferts Boulevard, another on Liberty Avenue and a

third on 101st Avenue — and two in South Ozone Park, both on LefQ ferts Boulevard.

Teenager stabbed on Woodhaven street Police say victim did not know suspect by Domenick Rafter Editor

Henry Sautner, the commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, was promoted to the rank of deputy inspector from captain last Friday. Sautner, seen here at a precinct community council meeting in February, lives in the Rockaways and took over as head of the 102nd last October. He began his career with the NYPD at Brooklyn’s 63rd Precinct

and worked at various locations in Brooklyn and with the Transit unit. Since taking over as commanding officer, Sautner has focused on quality-of-life issues, such as loud music and illegal parking, and domestic violence, which he blamed for the small spike in crime in the precinct this year so far. — Domenick Rafter

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The NYPD is searching for the suspect wanted in connection with a brutal stabbing of a teenager in Woodhaven Monday night. At approximately 11:25 p.m., a man in a hooded sweatshirt approached Natasha Martinez, 17, on 85th Street near 88th Avenue and stabbed her at least 10 times in the torso and back. Martinez, who was walking home from her job at McDonald’s in Ozone Park at the time of the attack, managed to crawl to her home and was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she is listed in critical condition, but she is expected to survive. Police say the victim did not know the attacker, who f led the scene after the stabbing. He was caught on surveillance camera walking north on 85th Street toward Jamaica Avenue, where he may have gotten on the subway. Police add that Martinez got a good look at her attacker, but they have not been able to

talk to her due to her injuries. A bloody knife, believed to be the weapon used against Martinez, was found inside the lobby of her apartment building. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidenQ tial.

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Conviction in 2010 robbery and murder

Suspects sought in spree of robberies

Victim was attacked by two men in cab by Domenick Rafter Editor

An Ozone Park man was convicted last week on charges that he robbed and murdered a man in a livery cab in 2010. Alex Gobardhan, 22, was found guilty of second-degree murder and seconddegree robbery and three counts of fifthdegree criminal possession of stolen property on July 24. His codefendant, livery cab driver Deevan Jagnarine of Jamaica, testified against Gobardhan and pleaded g uilt y to f irst- and seconddegree robbery with the promise of a recom mended sentence of 11 yea rs i n prison. According to trial testimony, Gobardhan and Jagnarine assaulted Matadin Ramnarain, 58, while he was a passenger in Jagnarine’s cab on Aug. 16, 2010. Ramnarain, who lived in Ozone Park, had been at a bar on 101st Avenue when a bartender called a cab to get him home safely at around 10:30 p.m. because he was intoxicated. Less than an hour later, police received

a call from a person who discovered Ramnarain lying unconscious in the vicinity of 89-12 Arion Road, a dead-end street near North Conduit Avenue just outside the schoolyard at MS 202 and near a heavily trafficked pedestrian bridge that leads to Lindenwood. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he died of cardiac arrhythmia due to cardiovascular disease along with blunt trauma to the head. Prosecutors argued successfully that Gobardhan and Jagnarine, acting in concert, punched Ramnarian in the face and robbed him of his cell phone, wallet and a gold bracelet, then dumped him on Arion Road. “This was a senseless crime in which an innocent victim was robbed of his wallet, cellphone, gold bracelet — and his life,” Queens DA Richard Brown said. Gobardhan faces up to 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on Aug. 14. Jagnarine will be sentenced Q Aug. 19.

Astoria, Flushing, Woodhaven stores hit Police are looking for two suspects wanted in a string of robberies that began in May and struck a half dozen stores across the borough f rom Astoria to Woodhaven. At least nine locations in two boroughs have been targeted by the same suspects, the NYPD said; six of those were in Queens and the three others were in Manhattan. The first robbery occurred in Woodside on May 11 at 7:05 p.m. The suspects held up Woodside Liquors at 68-18 Woodside Ave. Then on May 15 at 7:45 p.m., the same two suspects allegedly struck the Shorna Variety and Grocery store at 32-78 48 St. in Astoria. The thieves then allegedly robbed a Sun nyside store, Desai Convenience store at 39-45 43 Ave. on June 7 at 7:35 p.m. and two Flushing locations, the Gulf Gas Station located at 154-11 Horace Harding Expy. on June 10 at 11:10 a.m. — the only robbery that occurred in the morning — and Beverage Depot located at 166-01 Northern Blvd. on June 13 at

7:52 p.m. On July 21 at 9:22 p.m., the same two alleged thieves headed south and held up the M&N Deli Grocery located at 96-27 Atlantic Ave. in Woodhaven. The suspects are also wanted for three robberies that occurred on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on May 23, June 17 and July 21. The latter robbery occurred only about t wo hou rs before the one i n Woodhaven. In each case, the men — one armed with a gun — entered the locations and demanded money. No one has been injured as a result of the robberies. The suspects are both Hispanic, around 6 feet tall and weigh between 180 and 200 pounds. One has a tattoo on his left forearm. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto ny pdcr imestoppers. com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictQ ly confidential.

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The need for immigration reform

ll over Queens, thousands of people are living in the shadows. They may be unable to enter the school their children attend, even in the event of an emergency. They may be working for pay far below the minimum wage or simply going unpaid for weeks on end. They may be afraid to call the police if they become the victims of crime. They might be called second-class citizens, but they’re not citizens at all, though many would like to be. They’re the illegal immigrants who have found their way into the country over the years and now want to stay here. Though they did break the law, we have no choice but to find a way to legalize and normalize them as the members of our society they already are. There are at least 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country, probably many more, and there is simply no way they could all be deported, even if that were anything other than a heinous idea. That’s why we were glad to see a bipartisan group of senators finally get together to craft a comprehensive immigration reform bill, a measure that passed the Democratic-led Senate by a commanding 68-32 vote on June 27. And that’s why we were disappointed, as usual, to see the Republican-led House of Representatives refuse to take a

similar approach, with members instead offering watereddown half measures or simply voicing their xenophobia. Now comes news that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn’t even going to send the bill to the House for consideration because he knows it is headed for defeat. House Speaker John Boehner says he won’t even let it come up for a vote. That’s not fair to the illegal immigrants or to American citizens, as it’s essentially a denial of democracy. No compromise between the two houses can be found if one won’t even consider what the other has passed. A delegation of House members including Majority Leader Eric Cantor just visited Queens and other places in the city to highlight our immigrant heritage, in a trip purposely devoid of policy discussion. We don’t know how he could come away from the visit without going back to Washington to tell his colleagues how people from all over the world live together here in relative harmony and that we must pass immigration reform “in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice [and] insure domestic tranquility.” Those words justifying the creation of the Constitution could just as easily explain why we need comprehensive immigration reform, the sooner the better.

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ayor Bloomberg’s heart was in the right place when he sought to ban oversized soft drinks loaded with sugar. They are incredibly unhealthy. But in this instance, he went about trying to promote good health the wrong way. That point was reiterated this week when the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division ruled that the lower court was correct to block implementation of the planned ban on unhealthy drinks over 16 ounces. A judge had earlier determined that the executive branch had no right to unilaterally prohibit such products, without action from the City Council. And, he said, the rule was arbitrary and capricious, because it would only apply to cityregulated stores, exempting state-regulated ones like 7-Eleven, with its iconic Big Gulps. That made it unfair to small businesses, and rather pointless. The city intends to appeal to the state’s highest court. We’d rather it gave up and focused on health education and persuasion instead of coercion to improve the public’s drinking habits.

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blink of electric power (or crash of my computers) in all the months since. If there were a problem with mismanagement of LIPA, blame for that would fall on Gov. Cuomo, since he appoints those responsible for overseeing LIPA. Cuomo’s assurance that it will be two and a half years before private greed plunders us is no comfort. The only explanation for the bum’s rush to throw LIPA and its New York State assets into private hands, into the hands of New Jersey’s PSE&G, is high corruption. Stephen Wohl Rockaway Beach

Rail love Dear Editor: There is even more good news to “MTA plans expanded bus, subway service” (by Michael Gannon, July 25, multiple editions). Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast and Long Island Rail Road President Helena Williams are providing funding which will support resumption of half-hour weekend service on

the Port Washington LIRR branch. This proves once again why it pays to live in Great Neck or Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Auberndale and other northeast Queens neighborhoods. Those of us in the know already moved to communities adjacent to Port Washington branch stations years or even decades ago. The Great Neck schools, along with those in nearby Queens neighborhoods, are some of the best in the Metropolitan New York area. We have great air quality along with a low crime rate, abundant parks, libraries, shopping, entertainment, movie theaters, hospitals and medical facilities. Riders on the Port Washington branch have far more abundant seating than LIRR commuters on other branches, and a quick 30-minute or less trip into Penn Station without having to change at Jamaica. We also miss most service disruptions. The return of half-hour weekend service on the Port Washington LIRR branch for riders is a nice gift to offset future planned fare increases in 2015 and 2017. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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Preventing terrorism Dear Editor: Please forgive our ignorance here in these United States. Most of us know very little about the Muslim religion. But are we wrong in concluding that like all religions, their Koran also lends itself to a variety of interpretations? From almost every day’s news broadcasts we see evidence that some Muslims practice their particular variety of Islam so fanatically that they see nothing wrong with maiming, even killing those who practice it differently. From what we have read, over the last few decades, they, the extremists, certainly don’t seem to like or respect non-Muslims to an even greater degree. So we would probably be wise to conclude that even if a small percentage of the Muslims among us were virulently anti-American, they would congregate with other Muslims especially at their houses of worship. Doesn’t it make sense to check out these people, who base their vitriol toward us from a religious standpoint, and who are potentially capable of mass murder, so that New York City law enforcement acts before, and not after? As the old saying goes, better safe than sorry. Dave Shlakman Howard Beach

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Dear Editor: If you missed the July 23 report that Daniel Wilson, ex-supervisor at the Indian Point Nuclear Plant, was charged with fabricating fuel tests on the emergency backup generators that are in place to prevent a nuclear meltdown, which would’ve turned our area into the next Three Mile Island or Chernobyl, don’t fret. It’s only because more important things needed to be covered by the current crop of news reporters. I’m speaking, of course, of Anthony Weiner’s penis, Alex Rodriguez’s steroid use and the current contents of the diaper worn by the “royal baby.” Robert La Rosa Whitestone

for the gangs out of a need for income and attachments to a “family.” Everyone, all of us, must speak to these problems or we will create a larger underclass of uneducated, unemployable “thuggees” who will never come out of the downward spiral we have sent them on. It’s time for all decent Americans, of all races and creeds, to stand together and demand our youth to act decently and achieve the high standards of education and behavior expected of a citizen of the greatest nation on earth. Stand your ground, America! Thomas J. Evans Long Island City

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Council passes a dozen Sandy bills Legislation seeks to tweak issues that arose before and after storm by Domenick Rafter Editor

A legislative package related to the city’s response to Hurricane Sandy, which sailed through the City Council last week, seeks to fix a number of issues that came up since the storm from adequate supplies at city shelters to tax assessments of damaged properties. A dozen pieces of legislat ion were approved by the Council on July 24 and sent to Mayor Bloomberg’s desk. They stemmed from months of testimony from Sandy survivors, responders and those involved in the recovery efforts on how to better prepare and recover from an emergency like Sandy in the future. “Sandy was an unprecedented storm — unlike any we’ve ever seen — but we only get to say that once,” said Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) in a press release. “It is imperative that we’re better prepared for future storms in order to keep New Yorkers safe and to protect our infrastructure. This legislation addresses key issues that are vital to protecting New Yorkers in all five boroughs so that the City is as prepared as possible for the next Hurricane Sandy.” Among the items passed were a bill that mandates the Office of Emergency Management Commissioner to develop a plan in consultation with community-based organizations to ensure that the public has sufficient access to food and water during emergencies.

One of the 12 bills passed by the City Council last week in response to Hurricane Sandy would require the city provide backup power to gas stations to prevent gas lines like the one seen here FILE PHOTO in Sunnyside a few days after Sandy. The plan will require that the public, private and nonprofit sectors’ roles in supplying food and water are clearly defined during emergencies, that the city coordinate the efforts of

these sectors, that personnel responsible for implementation are identified and that the public is aware of how to access these supplies.

A n o t h e r m e a s u r e a p p r ove d wo u ld require OEM to anticipate the operation of emergency shelters for short-, medium- or long-term stays depending on the level of the emergency and make sure the shelters are adequately stocked and staffed for the possibility of being used for weeks. The bill came in response to complaints from Sandy survivors who were left without a home or place to stay when shelters closed a few days after the storm. The bill may mean the city would have to find alternative locations for shelters besides schools for long-term needs. A separate proposal would further require better tracking of special-needs shelters, which were found to be lacking in coordination after Sandy. The plan would include a means for distributing bracelets or another type of wearable device with information about the shelter resident, such as emergency contacts and medications. In response to a week-long wait before the city conducted door-to-door outreach to homebound individuals in the disaster zone, the Council passed that bill requiring OEM to develop an outreach and recovery procedure to assist vulnerable and homebound residents before, during and after emergencies. The plan would include a description of how OEM will coordinate with relevant agencies, community-based organizations and service providers in order to provide information, continued on page 34

Cuomo steers storm aid to healthcare $200M allocated for clinics, child care, mental hygiene, senior centers by Domenick Rafter

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Gov. Cuomo announced last week that he would allocate $200 million in Sandy aid money toward child care, healthcare and senior centers damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy and unable to cover the entire cost for recovery. After the storm, much of South Queens’ health and human services facilities were left in ruins and all across the disaster zone — even nine months later — services are still scattered and struggling. The funding will come in the form of social services block grants and will cover structural repairs, renovations of facilities and costs that are child care-related as well as nutritional, such as kitchen appliances. “During and after Hurricane Sandy, New York State’s health and human service providers performed critical work for New Yorkers, and they conti nue to be essential resources to communities recovering from the storm,” Cuomo said in a press release last week. “These

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has allocated $200M in Sandy aid money to health care, child care, senior citizen and mental hygiene organizations damaged in Hurricane Sandy. FILE PHOTO

organizations serve the needs of many of the state’s most vulnerable residents including our seniors, children and low-income families,

and in their line of work, they have also suffered financial losses and damage to their facilities from the storm. This funding will provide the support they need to continue helping their communities, and I urge those impacted to apply for this assistance.” New York State submitted its funding plan to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services — the head of which, Secretary Shawn Donovan, is the federal gover n ment’s point person on Sandy recovery — on June 30, and the plan was approved by the federal agency on July 22 Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) praised Cuomo’s decision, and said he hoped some of it would go to Far Rockaway’s St. John’s Hospital, the only full hospital on the peninsula and the only one in the borough that suffered damage in Sandy. “In the aftermath of Sandy, St. John’s Hospital’s services were crucial for our community and they continue to be an essential resource

for our families,” he said. “I think a significant portion of this funding should go to St. John’s.” Goldfeder noted that the hospital not only serves Queens, but also some Nassau County neighborhoods. Cuomo’s decision was also good news to many who own daycare and healthcare organizations who are still looking to get back on their feet since Sandy. Many daycares and doctors’ offices operate out of private homes in heavily residential southern Queens that were badly damaged in Sandy and rebuilding has moved at a slow place. Frances Scarantino said her Howard Beach daycare center, Reach for the STARS, lost everything in Sandy and is still not up and running. “We’re at about 95 percent now,” she said, noting that before the storm, there were 16 children registered in her daycare. “I know some of them aren’t even back into their homes. We’ve been trying to accommodate them in different ways.” Scarantino said she would be

interested in applying for a block grant for her daycare center, but wasn’t sure if it would also cover the youth center, STARS, that she runs in Coleman Square. The center’s facility was flooded by nearly 10 feet of water in the storm. It opened a few months after the storm, but is still not operating back at normal. “We’re not 100 percent back in yet,” she said. “I paid for the costs of the fixes out of my pocket and took out loans.” Sephora Rosario, a spokeswoman for Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, said her organization will also be applying for grant money as part of Cuomo’s program to cover some of the costs endured by the Howard Beach Senior Center, whose former facility at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center was destroyed in Sandy. The center was later displaced and taken over by Catholic Charities. Healthcare and human service providers can submit applications for funding through Aug. 30 at Q nysandyhelp.ny.gov.

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They’re about as common around the borough as bodegas and one-way streets — people dragging shopping carts loaded with empty cans and bottles down the streets, weaving through parked cars and lining up in parking lots at shopping centers. Often they’re the best proof of when a neighborhood’s recycling pickup days are: Mondays in Laurelton, Wed nesdays in Astoria and Ozone Park or Saturdays in Bellerose. What they do is completely legal and widely accepted as a reality in a city as economicly diverse as New York. Some are living in extreme poverty and are looking for cash just to eat, while others are just looking for an extra buck. Often residents don’t seem to mind the intrusion into their garbage pails and place bottles and cans next to pails to make pickup easier. But these collectors are also the target of scammers, who using box trucks or vans, will try to buy the cans and bottles from them for less than they’re worth. Many don’t speak English well — or at all — and are easily taken advantage of. Though can collectors will usually go to redeeming centers at supermarkets, some stores have a limit on how many cans and bottles they take back for the deposits. Often the collectors have more cans and bot tles than stores will allow them to redeem. That’s when scammers make their move. Driving around in large white box trucks or vans capable of holding hundreds of cans and bottles, they offer an amount to a collector for their entire stash that is often well

below what they could be redeemed for, take the cans and bottles, turn them in for the full deposit and walk off with the profit. They often stop collectors at or near supermarkets in parking lots or schoolyards. That reality has led the City Council to pass a bill that aims to protect can collectors from being victims of scammers. The legislation, which passed the Council overwhelmingly on July 24, would make it illegal for people to collect bulk recycling in vans or trucks and subject violators to fines as high as $1,000 or even have their vehicles impounded. The bill, which was sponsored by five b or ou g h c ou nci l me mb e r s — D a n ny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Peter Koo (D-Flushing), Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) and Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) — awaits Mayor Bloomberg’s signature or veto, but it had the support of a veto-proof majority. Ulrich said he threw his support behind the bill af ter w it nessi ng some of the scamming. “These people just drive around and will offer to buy them for less than they’re worth,” he said. “Collectors can collect $300 at one time and these scam artists are swindling them out of that money.” Ulrich noted that he once called the police after witnessing scammers trying to cheat a collector near an Ozone Park school and the cops later impounded the truck. “I’m not against people trying to make money, but I’m against people being cheated,” he said. If signed into law, the bill will go into Q effect Jan. 1, 2014.

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Community network shows women what to buy at the supermarket by Tess McRae Reporter

“How many of you see the advertisements for Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine and think that they are healthy options?” Maegan Ratliffe asked a dozen women in the dairy section of Key Food. Almost half of the women nodded, unsure if their answer was correct. “Well let me tell you that these frozen meals, whether it be Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice or anything, they are packed with sodium,” Ratliffe said. The women were stunned. Ratliffe is the director of nutrition for Community Healthcare Network and on July 30, she, CHN President Catherine Albate and fellow nutritionist Wilda Souffrant took a group of women on a hands-on tour of the Key Food grocery store, located just west of the Jamaica Shopping district. CHN is a nonprofit that provides access to affordable and comprehensive community-based primary care and mental health and social services. Many of the women qualify for WIC or SNAP benefits. “Everyone thinks a diet translates to I want to lose weight so I can fit into that dress or I can look better and really it’s about eating the right foods to stay healthy,” Albate said. “If you’re overweight or obese,

Director of Nutrition for the Community Healthcare Network Maegan Ratliffe, left, with CHN President Catherine Albate, center, shows shoppers the hidden preservatives and fat content PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE found in a typical jar of peanut butter. you’re at risk of getting many, many diseases like diabetes or heart disease and cancer. Our nutrition campaign is about getting people to make healthy choices and to read the labels and stay away from the processed foods, but it can’t happen overnight.”

In New York City, more than 23 percent of adults and over 20 percent of elementary school-aged children are obese. Some of the highest obesity rates are in the lowincome neighborhoods where CHN health centers are located.

“We want to empower low-income families to shop smarter and make healthier choices, enabling them to cook meals that are both delicious and affordable,” Ratliffe said. “Our aim is to teach our patients how to maximize the benefits they receive through public nutrition programs like SNAP and WIC, so that a family of four can eat well for around $21 a day.” In an effort to promote good health and cater to women who cannot afford to buy organic, whole-food products, the group was challenged to only “spend” $150 to prove that a week’s worth of shopping can be done. “Eating healthier and preparing your foods helps you be more aware of your intake,” said Gwendolyn Little, a client with CHN, who loves to eat vegetables now. If you break it down and you know it’s lettuce and tomatoes, its better than eating something that’s processed with supercalafragulistic or some other kind of chemical that we can’t pronounce.” Additonally, CHN will be releasing a cookbook called “Everyone’s Plate” that will provide healthy remixes to favorite meals. “The book takes meals that many of the women enjoy making that aren’t exactly healthy and shows them how to make them in a healthier way,” Albate said. The book is available for download only on CHN’s nutrition site. Visit chnnyc.org for Q details.

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For people in Howard Beach wearing hearing aids, listening just got a lot easier in two neighborhood businesses. Dr. Carol Letzter, owner of Harmony Hearing & Speech Center in Howard Beach, has provided two new hearing loops — amplification devices that help people with hearing aids — to the Cross Bay Diner and Cross Bay Chemists. The hearing loop provides a magnetic field which picks up an audio signal and sends it to the t-coil in an individual’s hearing aid or cochlear implant, creating speech that is clear and discrete because background noise is eliminated. Letzter, a long-time Howard Beach resident, joined the Help Loop America Campaign last year and helped provide St. Helen Church in Howard Beach a hearing loop last December The Help Loop America Campaign is advocating for the use of hearing loops in all types of businesses and public areas like restaurants, libraries, train stations and houses of worship. The goal is to provide an environment that eliminates the background noise that hearing-impaired people experience even when using a hearing device. The loop can be installed permanently — like the one that Letzter and her team installed at St. Helen Church last December — or just put on a table top like the ones at Cross Bay Diner, which received them on July 24, or a counter, like the one installed at

The Grand Street Bridge over Newtown Creek will fully close on Aug. 3 and 10. The Department of Transportation Division of Bridges announced that the closure is necessary to perform structural and mechanical repairs, including repairs to the deck. Mechanical work will be performed on the centering pin drive chain and drive motor brakes. Due to the full closure, vehicular and pedestrian traffic will be detoured to the adjacent Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. Message sign boards will be placed on each side of the bridge at least seven days in advance of the work in order to notify the public. This is the second time the Division of Bridges has shut down the Grand Street Bridge this year. It was also closed for several Saturdays in April for similar work to be done. The DOT has said in the past that Sat u rdays are specif ically chosen because they are low-volume traffic days. The two-lane crossover will be Q closed from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Meet the Karate Kid Jobless rate rose in June, from Howard Beach UNEMPLOYMENT WATCH

but then it always does by Peter C. Mastrosimone

Medalist Aidan Lok, 7, trains in Astoria by Victoria Zunitch

May, and the reason is usually because of new graduates entering the workforce, and also because of students getting out of school,” she said. Another 4,400 people in the borough got jobs in June, while another 4,400 became unemployed. The increases mean there were 1,051,500 people working in the borough in June, while 88,400 were unemployed. That compares to 1,035,700 and 97,500, respectively, in June 2012. Across the entire city, there were 3,677,800 workers and 349,900 unemQ ployed people.

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If you’re out of work and hoping to win the lottery, you just might consider playing combinations of the numbers 4, 7 and 8. The three digits appear again and again in the state’s latest unemployment and workforce figures, those for June. The unemployment rate in Queens that month was 7.8 percent, up from 7.4 percent in May but down from the 8.6 percent of June 2012. Citywide, the rate dropped to 8.7 percent from 9.6 percent the year before; statewide it fell to 7.6 percent from 8.7 percent; and nationwide it dipped to 7.8 percent from 8.4 percent. Unemployment always rises in June, largely because new graduates are entering the workforce, according to Elena Volovelsky, an economist with the state Department of Labor. Volovelsky said that in examining the last 10 years’ worth of employment data, she’s never seen an exception to the rule. “There has never been a June when the unemployment rate was lower than in

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One of Queens’ own has just won, for the third year in a row, a cluster of national karate titles in both freestyle and traditional forms, or routines. For 7-year-old Howard Beach resident Aidan Lok, that’s simply how he wanted to spend the first two weeks after the end of second grade. “There isn’t just one reason I like karate,” Aidan said. Naming just one, he said, “It’s a lot of exercise.” Aidan, who attends the STEM Citywide Gifted Academy at PS 85 in Astoria, recently told his dad Simon Lok that he likes that he gets to travel when attending competitions. “He also very clearly likes winning as well,” Simon Lok said. And win he does. Aidan spent Fourth of July week taking six gold medals out of the six contests he entered in his age group at the National Sports Karate Association’s (NSKA) US Open World Martial Arts Championships at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Florida. He won for weapons use in each of three divisions, Traditional, Creative and Extreme. He also won for kata, which is an all-out fight against imaginary opponents, again in the Traditional, Creative and Extreme divisions. NSKA competitions are a departure from traditional karate, encouraging use of multiple styles of martial arts and requiring some acrobatic maneuvers. It yields forms similar to fight scenes found in Hollywood movies, Simon Lok said. Yet six championships in extreme karate events didn’t quite start the summer for this self-motivated brown belt. The following week, Aidan also won first place in four out of five events in the more traditional style of karate at the 2013 USA National Karate-do Foundation’s National Karate Championships in Greenville, SC. He won for Short Weapons, Long Weapons, Okinawan Kata and Open Kata. The one event in which he didn’t place was kumite, or sparring, a fast but controlled demonstration of technique against one live opponent. Training and competing in both the traditional and free-style types of karate is an unusual, if not rare, path for any karate enthusiast to take. “What we’re doing is pushing the boundaries of what karate can be,” said Simon Lok. “To my knowledge, nobody actually competes in both,” except Aidan. To compete this way, Aidan trains with a variety of instructors. Sensei Kai Leung, founder of the Shotojuku Karate Dojo in Astoria, and his staff are Lok’s primary teachers. He also studies Peking Opera Acrobatics with Sensei James Luk to enrich his performance in the Creative and Extreme divisions and goes outside the dojo to study weapons with Sensei Cleveland Baxter at the Baxter Karate Dojo in Westchester. Aidan’s interest in karate began with a viewing of the original 1984 movie, “The Karate Kid,” starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, because it was available for home viewing around the time that the 2010 Jaden Smith ver-

Aidan Lok looks all business wielding a weapon called a bo at the recent US Open World Martial Arts Championships. PHOTO COURTESY SIMON LOK sion was only available in theaters. Aidan also had a pre-kindergarten friend starting recreational karate lessons in Forest Hills, and his mom, Lai Cheung, thought it would be fun for the two boys to participate in an activity together. After a few months, the parents realized Aidan was “pretty serious” about it, and they began looking for a new dojo so their son could study in a serious environment, Cheung said. The child’s enthusiasm has spread throughout the family. Both parents signed up for karate classes when they realized the intensity of Aidan’s interest. “It’s just that we’re not nearly as good as he is,” Cheung said. Now, the whole family wears brown belts earned at the Shotojuku Dojo and spends an average of 10 hours per week on karate, including some private classes for Aidan. Next up for Aidan is an August NSKA competition in Washington, DC, a weapons seminar that same day, and working on a new kata called Kururunfa. For a karate outsider watching Aidan’s very first lesson in Kururunfa with Sensei Kai Leung, it would appear to be a perfectly polished and impressive display by a seven-year-old. He displays the same relaxed happiness and good humor as a peer about to enjoy a Good Humor bar, concealing the amount of work it will take to get the kata just right. “It will take three to six months to get there,” Simon Lok said. Leung told Aidan during the lesson that the kata will take time because he has not yet “found his opponent.” But he does appear to Q have found his passion.

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Can you believe we are into August already? Where did the time go. Finally the humid weather has passed and we are now enjoying sunny days with low humidity. As I have stated before, I love the summer but be warned, the sun can damage your skin, so do your sunning in moderation with a good sunscreen even while shopping on our Woodhaven Business Improvement District’s Jamaica Avenue. Be careful for even with our elevated train, the sun still streams through and reflects off the sidewalks. As to our WBID, many have asked me about the mechanism of this program. The WBID was formed 20 years ago — as an outgrowth of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation because of the deteriorating appearance of Jamaica Avenue from Dexter Court to 100th Street. Our avenue was dirty, with graffiti on gates and storefronts, making the area appear dark and dangerous. The GWDC had, prior to the inception of the WBID, proposed new lighting for Jamaica Avenue. This project was funded and our new unique lighting was installed, facing the sidewalk instead of the street. With this new lighting it lifted our residents sense of security. Then, a small group of property owners and community leaders explored a new concept to improve our avenue. It was the formation of a Business Improvement District. This BID consisted of property owners voluntarily paying

the avenue. It took this small group of volunteers seven years to gain approvals and to progress to the point that it was signed into law by then mayor David Dinkins. One of our founding members, Howard Strauss (owner of remember Ebees?), had all in attendance that day sign the picture of our mayor signing the law. Next week more history of our WBID and the GWDC and what they do for Woodhaven. Note, when you sit on a bench in the Forest Parkway Plaza be aware that it was the GWDC that had it placed there. So shop our Woodhaven’s WBID all along the 25 blocks of Jamaica Avenue — our everything avenue — where we are taking care of business. Congratulations to our 102nd Precinct commanding officer, Captain Henry Sautner now Deputy Inspector Sautner. A well-deserved promotion, at our professional 102nd Precinct. At the George Seuffert Bandshell on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 5 p.m., the Queens Symphony Orchestra presents patriotic tunes and popular classics. On Thursday, Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m., hear Charlie Thomas’ Drifters. Spend an evening listening to the golden years of The Drifters featuring Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer Charlie Thomas. At Highland Park, near Jamaica Avenue and Elton Street, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 8 p.m., Movies under the Stars “The Lorax,” and on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m., hear “Hey Dango.” May God bless our leaders, and may God Q bless America.

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Seniors and boro prez candidates Predominantly female audience in Sunnyside likes Katz’s plan by Josey Bartlett

would be a strong, won’t-back-down voice for the borough. There are also the persistent verbal jabs Queens borough president candidate forums between Vallone and Avella, with Katz also have developed a pattern. They usually last for about an hour with taking her aim at the state senator from time to Republican candidate Tony Arcabascio assur- time for allegedly dodging questions. Last Thursday’s debate at Sunnyside Coming the audience he’s a businessman not a politician with a humble, but intelligent air. State munity Services was no different. The questions were about senior conSen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) talks about cerns — issues that are very relevant his hands-on approach with anecdotes to the 200 elderly individuals there about buying meals for seniors and eating lunch and listening to the using a chainsaw to cut fallen debate. limbs in the aftermath of HurriA Community Board 2 member cane Sandy. Former Councilwomoutside the building said it was no an Melinda Katz sticks to the facts coincidence the debate took place at and sturdy plans for the future noon in the center’s cafeteria space. drawing from her experience as forWhen the forum ended the predomimer Borough President Claire Shulnantly female audience seemed to be mostman’s director of community boards. Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) reit- ly in the Katz camp. “She seemed to know more,” said Julia Urgo. erates he’s best for the job because of his commitment to safety as the chairman of the Coun- “She spoke as a strong woman.” “I like how she talked about housing,” said cil’s Public Safety Committee and that he Yvonne Rodriguez, adding she hopes whoever wins the election will continue Borough President Helen Marshall’s tradition of attending the many South and Central American parades and events. “I wish I could take a little bit from everyone,” Mary Robinson said. Marie Konecko said Vallone and Katz seem to be at the front, but “Tony [Avella] is Tony Arcabascio, left, state Sen. Tony Avella, Melinda Katz and fighting very hard.” All candidates pledged to Councilman Peter Vallone talked senior care in Sunnyside. Editor

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About 200 seniors listened to how the four borough president candidates would address senior PHOTOS BY JOSEY BARTLETT issues if elected. keep funding for senior programs and would plan to create a citywide registry of homebound seniors so the government would know where these individuals are during a natural disaster. Katz pointed out that Marshall used $1.6 million in the 2013 budget to keep five senior centers from shutting down and four adult daycares up and running, to illuminate that the position, which is often considered just a show pony spot, has power and that she plans to continue this tradition. Avella wants a senior center in every neighborhood. As city councilman he donated 5 percent of his salary to senior centers in his district. Arcabascio wants to create public and private pa r t nersh ips i n wh ich f ra nch ised companies such as Con Ed would give

seniors a discount. Vallone exemplified his strong advocacy by saying he would be in the Access-a-Ride office, which is in Borough Hall, asking about certain people and problems. All candidates agreed the public bus service for seniors and those with disabilities has lots of kinks. Katz said if elected she would have a monthly transportation meeting looking at which transit lines were packed, which were empty and at what intervals they run so “we can deal with the consistent problems.” Avella would like to see the Metropolitan Transportation Authority split up so each borough could have more control over its buses and trains. Q “It’s too big,” he said.

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The city’s plan to ban the sale of soda and other sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces in certain establishments is indeed a case of executive branch overreach, the state Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled Tuesday. The decision upholds the March findings of state Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling, who ruled in a suit brought by business associations that the prohibition is arbitrary and capricious and that the city Board of Health has no authority to “limit or ban a legal item under the guise of ‘controlling chronic disease.’” Only the City Council could do that, Tingling said. The city plans to appeal the Appellate Division’s ruling to the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest.

Prodded by Mayor Bloomberg, the Board of Health had passed a rule barring establishments the city reg ulates f rom selling sugar y drinks larger than 16 ounces starting March 12. That would include independent grocers but exempt stores including 7-Eleven that are state-regulated because they don’t prepare food on the premises. “The simple reading of the Rule leads to … uneven enforcement even within a particular city block,” Tingling said in his ruling, which prevented the regulation from taking effect. Bloomberg said his goal is to fight obesity and the health conditions it can lead to. “Since New York City’s groundbreaking limit on the portion size of sugary beverages was prevented from going into effect on March 12,

more than 2,000 New Yorkers have died from the effects of diabetes,” the mayor said in a prepared statement after the Appellate Division let Tingling’s decision stand. “Also during that time, the American Medical Association determined that obesity is a disease and the New England Journal of Medicine released a study showing the deadly, and irreversible, health impacts of obesity and Type 2 diabetes — both of which are disproportionately linked to sugary drink consumption. Today’s decision is a temporary setback, and we plan to appeal this decision as we continue the fight against the obesity epidemic.” The lawsuit was brought by a group of business organizations led by the New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and including the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce, which argued that the rule “is a reckless, ill-conceived, top-down regulation that has little chance of meaningfully affecting the city’s purported health objectives. “ Following the Appellate Division’s ruling, the American Beverage Association said in a statement, “We are pleased that the lower court’s decision was upheld. With this ruling behind us, we look forward to collaborating with city leaders on solutions that will have a meaningful and lasting impact on the people of New York City.” Several elected officials, including City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D -St. Albans), leader of the Queens delegation, had argued against the ban, saying it would have a negative impact on small Q businesses.

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New York’s Finest are preparing for the 30th annual National Night Out Against Crime festivities throughout the borough Tuesday night. All precincts in Queens will participate in the event, which is held in all 50 states and U.S. territorities. The goal is to strengthen the relationships between the police and the communities they serve. There will be games, pony rides and bouncy castles among other activities for children and Officer McGruff the NYPD mascot, will make an appearance at some locations. Most precincts will also serve hot dogs and other treats. To help residents protect themselves and their families from criminals, the police will distribute safety information, teach crime prevention courses and hold demonstrations. In Forest Park, the 102nd Precinct will have a bouncy house by the Buddy Memorial Monument, near the corner of Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be free food to eat and police officers and local politicians to schmooze with. Special guest Calypso Rose is singing at Jamaica’s Rufus King Park, where the 103rd Precinct is hosting a barbeque from 5 to 9:30 p.m. The precinct will bestow the annual Charles A. Davis award, which is named for a policeman who was killed in the line of duty. There will be a candle lighting at 9 p.m. to symbolize togetherness against crime. T h e 10 4 t h P r e c i n c t i s g iv i n g o u t

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Sunnyside pigeons forced to fly elsewhere Mitigation system planned below three No. 7 elevated stations by Josey Bartlett

machine that emits an annoying sound heard by birds but not by humans. The Health Department has been moniAlthough polka dots might be in, white bird splatters on the suits of commuters are toring these dirtier stations and issuing fines to people who feed the pigeons — an not. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sun- illegal act. At the 52nd Street stop, disseminyside) allocated $2,500 from his discre- nated bread crumbs has caused a rat infestionary funds to install pigeon mitigation tation, Van Bramer said. Sunnyside resident Regina Shanley, who systems under the elevated No. 7 tracks at has been “pooped on more times” than she the 46th, 52nd and 61st street stations. “There is a war on pigeon poop being can count, walks her dog, Woodside, in the waged,” Van Bramer said. “This is a battle area. “I’m afraid he’s going to get sick from that we need to win.” During the next three months boards will it,” she said. Van Bramer answered questions on Tuesbe nailed above pipes to cover convenient day as to if the project was a meaningful nesting and perching spots. Metal sheeting will cover doorway mold- use of funding. “I’m doing what my constituents want,” ings and other good resting spots and lowvoltage wiring will rim the edge of the ele- he said. “It beautifies the neighborhood. vated tracks to create difficult and uncom- The pigeon crap doesn’t speak well of our fortable perches. The minimal shocks will neighborhood.” And if the pigeons flee to other populatnot hurt the birds, Van Bramer said. The two poopier locations — the 52nd ed areas? “We will follow them,” he said. and 61st st reet — will also receive a T he space below t he elevated t r ack s doesn’t just serve as a li m i nal space for straphangers, but over the last few months ser ved as a per formance space for the “ M a ke Mu sic New York” concert series and for a public ar t display that doubles as workout equipment at 40th Street. Installation of the mitigation system has begun at the 46th Street A pigeon poop mitigation system aims to stop the birds at three station and should be Sunnyside No. 7 elevated train stations from taking aim at finished at all three by Q PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLET T the end of October. passersby. Editor

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millions in revenue in the last decade because of the illegal market that has developed due State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) has to the higher cost of cigarettes in the city. “We need to stop the black market sales so introduced legislation that would establish a task force to battle the black market on cheap that retailers who sell cigarettes are not concigarettes which he says is hurting store own- tinually victimized,” Kim said. “Since 2003, ers, and the city is partially responsible for we have lost around $250 million in revenue each and every year — and that’s in New creating the problem.. Joined by the leadership of the Small Busi- York City alone.” Avella said 69 percent of cigarettes sold in ness Congress and small business owners at a New York State are press conference in illegal and said the city Downtown Flushing on shares partial blame for Friday, Avella said the fostering the problem cigarette black market by raising taxes on cighurts legitimate busihis criminal activity arettes without further nesses and some of the enforcement against money goes to terrorist creates unbalanced illegally sold groups like Hezbollah and unfair competition cigarettes. and Hamas. “That’s a huge black “This criminal for law-abiding stores market,” he said. “The activity creates unbalCouncil doesn’t go far anced and unfair comthat do pay taxes.” enough and doesn’t go petition for law-abiding —State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) after the black market, s t or e s t h at d o p ay which is the big taxes,” Avella said. problem.” T he t ask force Kim said his group would consist of nine members, including the New York State does not oppose city regulations on cigaattorney general, and would examine and rettes, including higher taxes and new proinvestigate issues related to the sale and dis- posals to raise the minimum age to buy cigatribution in New York State of tobacco prod- rettes to 21, but that the city also needs to go ucts for which required tax has not been paid, after the black market those laws create. “We’re not against that,” Kim said. “That’s including unlawfully manufactured cigarettes, those smuggled in from low-tax juris- lawbreaking. But what we are saying is that dictions, and tobacco products from conve- they have to regulate the black market first, nience stores, cargo ships and planes and then they can apply those regulations on us. truck hijacking. The task force will be able to The city is putting the cart before the horse.” He pointed out that the administration hold public hearings and propose legislation. The bill, which does not have an Assembly does enforce other, less serious, regulations. “I have one store owner who received a version, is supported by the Small Business Congress, whose president, Sung Soo Kim, $1,300 fine because a sign he posted was not Q said small businesses have lost hundreds of conspicuous,” Kim said. “That’s crazy.” Editor

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DOT installed 39 racks in CB 6 area this summer; CB 12 and 13 are next by Domenick Rafter

Most of the racks are along Queens Boulevard or busy, populated areas near the If you’ve noticed the little round wheel- boulevard, such as Austin and 108th streets. like apparatuses popping up in Rego Park One bike rack on Continental Avenue adjaand Forest Hills and wondered, “What are cent to the Forest Park LIRR station has been regularly crowded with bicycles since those?” read on. The city Department of Transportation has its installation. Mosquera said DOT will soon install the installed at least 39 bicycle racks in the Community Board 6 area — which includes Rego racks in community districts 12 and 13, which Park and Forest Hills — this summer and the include the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Laurelton agency says the next and Bellerose. location for the racks hey do it by request, Yvon ne Redd ick , will be Southeast CB 12’s district managQueens. so they’re placing er, said she was aware DOT spokesman Nichola s Mo s q u e r a them where they were that the bicycle racks were coming to the said the CB 6 racks requested.” neighborhood and that were installed followmost of the locations ing a positive response — Yvonne Reddick, district manager, were requested by busito the proposal from Community Board 12 ness owners. board members. “ T hey do it by The location of the racks are decided by request from store own- request, so they’re placing them where they ers, employees or residents, the DOT says. CB were requested,” she said. “We haven’t been 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio said he told when they will be inst alled yet, visited each new bike rack in the board area however.” Many in Southeast Queens drive, but and knew of only one, which was installed on Yellowstone Boulevard, that was requested by Reddick said there has been a noticeable a store owner. The others may have been sug- increase in bike ridership in the area. “We’ll make use of the racks,” she added. gested by store employees who bike to work or The only controversy that has arisen over residents living nearby, Editor

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New fines for texting and driving in effect by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Texting behind the wheel will now get you a bigger penalty. Last Friday state legislation became effective which increased fines for texting-whiledriving and using a cell phone while driving. For a first offense, the maximum fine increases to $150; for a second offense committed within 18 months, it is now $200; and for a third or subsequent offense committed within 18 months, the maximum fine jumps to $400. The minimum fine for all is $50. The fines come after the Department of Motor Vehicles increased the number of points earned against an individual’s driving record upon conviction for texting while driving and cell-phone related infractions from three to five as of June 1. The new law imposes the same penalties on drivers with probationary and junior licenses for texting while driving and using a handheld cell phone that they would receive for speeding and reckless driving: 60-day suspensions for first convictions, and for convictions within six months of a suspended license being restored, revocations of junior licenses for 60 days, or six months for probationary licenses. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), a supporter of the bill, said the law is, “certainly a step in the right direction for safety purposes.”

Some suggest penalties be higher “We can go further,” Addabbo added, manipulative, visual and cognitive distracnoting that there are other things that dis- tion — a trifecta of dangerous activities,” tract drivers, such as eating, reading and said Robert Sinclair Jr., manager of media putting on makeup while driving. He said relations for the AAA of New York. “Credit there might be broader legislation pertain- goes to Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature for enacting the toughest anti-distracted driving to that down the road. “It takes a fraction of a second to possibly ing law in the nation. Cuomo signed the cause an accident or bill into law July 1. injury,” Addabbo said. There was also Assemblyman agreement among Ph illip Gold feder f they fine them $500, area residents who (D-Howard Beach), a interviewed that co-sponsor of the dismaybe it would sink in.” were t h e n e w p e n a lt i e s tracted driving legiswere needed to curb lation, said he was — Ellie Greenberg, Lindenwood resident distracted driving. proud to have joined Judy Ascher man, his colleagues in supwho drives to her job porting and voting for in Howard Beach, said s we e p i n g c h a n g e s and implementing stricter penalties that he that distracted driving causes accidents. “As a driver I think it’s terrible that peosaid will deter drivers from texting behind the wheel to ensure the safety of the state’s ple are texting while driving,” she said. “Hopefully, when the penalties are higher roadways. “Too many accidents are caused by dismaybe it will teach some people not to do tracted drivers and the signing of this bill it.” She said that the penalties must come with will finally change the law and save countincreased enforcement. less lives,” said Goldfeder. “If there’s nobody to enforce it, it’s not The American Automobile Association of going to help,” she noted. New York agrees. Howard Beach resident Matty Cordova, “The new penalties ref lect the extreme danger of texting while driving, which is a who has been driving for 56 years, who also

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On the road again — Charleston, SC by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Correspondent

Historic Charleston, SC was a battleground during both the American Revolution and the Civil War. The 1779 Battle of Charleston was one of the last British victories over the American colonists. And just over four score years later, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union when state officials, unhappy with the election of President Abraham Lincoln, met in Charleston on Dec. 20, 1860 and voted to leave. Lincoln retaliated by having the Union Navy blockade Charleston. Confederate forces retaliated by shelling Fort Sumter, a key Union outpost in Charleston Harbor, on April 12, 1861, and the Civil War was underway. While that history is well-known, fewer know that Charleston was a bastion of religious tolerance from its founding in the 17th century. Prior to 1800 there were more Jews living there than either in New York or Philadelphia. Congregation Beth Elohim was founded in 1740, and its current home, a magnificent Greek Revival structure, was completed a century after that.

The oldest continuous house of worship in Charleston is St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, which opened in 1761. Both George Washington and Robert E. Lee attended services there. Charleston officials have always been concerned about preserving the city’s rich history and have strict regulations over the construction of new buildings, which require them to be in an antebellum style. You can certainly walk all over Charleston’s sizable historic district, from its battery, where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet to form Charleston Harbor, to its famous City Market, where vendors sell food, clothing and the market’s most famous product, sweetgrass baskets. While exercise is certainly encouraged, I heartily recommend guided tours of the area to get the most out of your visit. If you want to learn Charleston’s history and simultaneously feel as if you are back in the 18th century, I highly recommend Palmetto Carriage Tours, which use horse- and muledrawn coaches. It is best to take a ride in the early morning before the city’s heat and humidity kicks in.

A great way to beat the heat as well as learn about the city’s maritime history is to enjoy a 90-minute Charleston Harbor Cruise that goes around Fort Sumter. If you want a more personalized excursion, Janice Kahn, a lifelong Charlestonian, will take you in her car and not only show you points of interest such as the famous military college, the Citadel, but also give background stories and anecdotes that very few know about. You’ll feel like an area insider after spending a couple of hours with her. Kahn Tours can be reached at (843) 556-0664. The South Carolina Aquarium opened on the Cooper River in May 2000. While there aren’t any big mammals such as whales and dolphins here (you can generally see a dolphin in Charleston Harbor), there are lemurs, various sharks, area fish and even an albino alligator. The Charleston RiverDogs are the Yankees’ South Atlantic League affiliate and play their home games at Joe Riley Stadium, which opened in 1997. The season runs from early April to Labor Day. The RiverDogs got a lot of attention recently when Alex “A-Rod”

The Mills House, located on Charleston’s Meeting Street, is near to all the PHOTO COURTESY EXPLORECHARLESTON.COM city’s many historical sites. Rodriguez played a few games there. Aside from history, Charleston is getting known by foodies for its fine restaurants, which have attracted James Beard Award-winning chefs. Fleet Landing, located right on the Cooper River, has a large festive outdoor dock, and is renowned for its reasonably-priced, freshly caught seafood. I recommend the crab cake and the shecrab soup. The Charleston Grill and 82 Queen are fine-dining restaurants that offer both seafood and chops. There is a wide array of lodgings that fit all budgets. The Mills House, located on Meeting Street, is close to the histor-

ical sites and has spacious rooms, an outdoor pool and a complimentary breakfast for all guests. If you want a five-diamond experience without having to pay through the nose, Charleston Place, located across the street from Congregation Beth Elohim, is highly recommended. Queens’ own JetBlue started service from JFK to Charleston last February and the flying time is roughly 90 minutes. JetBlue has two daily flights. For additional information, log onto explorecharleston.com or call the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors P Bureau at (800) 868-8118.

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Applying for Social Security Disability Insurance is a complex procedure. Many people find that getting PHOTO COURTESY BRANDPOINT help from a disability advocate or lawyer can help ease the process. through payroll taxes, SSDI provides vital financial support for Americans with severe disabilities and chronic health conditions. Workers earn coverage for SSDI and other Social Security benefits through payroll tax contributions, and may only become eligible for benefits if they have earned coverage and their health prevents them from working. Currently about 8 million Americans receive SSDI benefits. While the number of people receiving SSDI benefits has risen recently, the increase

was expected, and experts say that influx will level off soon. Baby boomers reaching the disabilityprone years of their 50s and 60s account for much of the increase. The growing number of women in the workforce also accounts for much of the rise, as they are now eligible for benefits in greater numbers than ever before. The rise in retirement age has also contributed to the increase. Benefits are modest. On average, SSDI pays individuals just $1,132 a month and families just $1,919

a month. The requirements to qualify for benefits are very strict. Applicants must present extensive medical proof of significant disability. In fact, qualifying disabilities are so severe that about one in five men and one in six women receiving SSDI will die within five years of receiving benefits, and those eligible for benefits are three times more likely to die than other people their age, according to Kathy Ruffing of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Applying for SSDI benefits is a complex process, especially for people who are unfamiliar with how the system works or who are already dealing with significant illness or injury and the emotional and financial strain that accompanies poor health. Many people find that getting help from a disability advocate or lawyer can help ease the process and relieve some of the stress. Securing approval for SSDI benefits took Miller 35 months. His experience is far from unique. Miller’s disability meant that after spending his entire career taking care of the homes of others, he wasn’t even able to perform needed maintenance on his own home. After nearly three years of waiting, he is finally able to use the benefits he earned while working on other peoples’ homes, to hire someone to repair his own home. To learn more about Social Security Disability Insurance and to find help navigating the applicaP tion process, visit nosscr.org.

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City offers more data on campaign finance The city’s Campaign Finance Board has upgraded its online databases to make it easier for the public to see where candidates’ money is coming from and where it’s going. The improvements include information on independent expenditures for the first time. Users can, for example, search for all contributions made by any individual to any candidate, or they can get a detailed summary of how an independent organization has spent money either for or against a given candidate. The public can find the data at nyccfb.info, by clicking on the button marked “press.” The CFB is also encouraging New Yorkers to vote in its #IVoteNYC Sticker Contest, designed to promote civic pride. Residents can pick their favorite sticker design on the NYC Votes Facebook page, also reachable through nyccfb.info, Q through Aug. 5.

NYHQ kickin’ it with pro soccer’s Cosmos The revived New York Cosmos, who will play their first game in the North American Soccer League on Aug. 3, have selected New York Hospital Queens in Flushing as their official medical center. That means NYHQ will provide care to Cosmos players and that the two entities will jointly hold events such as youth health and wellness clinics in Queens, they said in a joint announcement on Tuesday. The Cosmos will be playing at Hofstra University on Long Island and hope to build a new soccer stadium adjacent to Belmont Park, on the Queens-Nassau border. Plans by another soccer league to build a stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park appear to have been killed due to public opposition, though no official statements Q to that effect have been made.

Qns. pol eyes racy ads Prompted in part by an energy drink company’s aerial banner featuring a scantily clad woman, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) is asking the city to regulate advertising more aggressively, with an eye toward

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Bill seeks Sandy aid for co-ops, condos Rep. Steve Israel (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) is introducing legislation that would allow condo and co-op associations to receive grants to repair damage from Hurricane Sandy, the same as other homeowners are able to get. The Federal Emergency Management Agency sees condos and co-ops as businesses, so they may only apply for Sandy-related loans, not grants. Israel said he had tried to convince FEMA to change its policy but now must resort to legislation. While condos and co-ops are common in New York, they are not in most parts of the country, and federal rules often do not treat them the same as other homes. Israel was supported in announcing his bill by state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), a candidate for borough president; City Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens); and northeast Queens co-op presidents Warren Schreiber Q and Bob Friedrich.

No shark for you! Great whites and hammerheads may be on the mind as the nation prepares for Friday’s onenight-only big-screen showings of B movie hit “Sharknado” and the Discovery Channel’s popular annual Shark Week programs, which start Sunday. But there’s one arena in which the people of New York State should be getting a little less shark action now. A new law just signed by Gov. Cuomo bans the possession, sale or distribution of shark fins, which are used to make a soup that is considered a delicacy in Chinese culture. State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) lauded the governor for signing the bill in a prepared statement this week. She also said an informal survey by her office found no restaurants in Flushing that offer shark fin soup, and she thanked both the proprietors and their patrons for doing their part to protect sharks and their Q vital role in the ecosystem. — compiled by Peter C. Mastrosimone

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Inside and out: two ideas of immigration House GOP’s Cantor tells family’s immigration story in Jackson Hgts. by Josey Bartlett Editor

As members of the Senate and the House, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), spoke about immigrants and their family’s ancestry inside the Jewish Center of Jackson Heights, immigration activists who were not permitted inside chanted outside about giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. Saturday was the last stop on the Becoming America Congressional Pilgrimage, led by The Faith and Politics Institute. The group of 15 mostly Democratic representatives, co-led by Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), visited places like Ellis Island, Gracie

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told his Jewish immigration story on Saturday as part of a tour of several locations in New York City that highlighted America’s immigrant heritage.

Mansion and the African Burial Ground National Monument to highlight the nation’s immigrant heritage. Diaz-Balart and Cantor were the only Republican participants. The tour purposely left out any discussion of legislative proposals. Last month a bill that would create a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in exchange for stiff border control passed in the Senate and the issue is being debated in the House. Many say the bill won’t have much traction in the Republican controlled House, with some representatives saying the full bill will probably be broken into several smaller bills. Cantor spoke of his grandmother, a Jewish immigrant, raising her sons in the segregated South. She owned a grocery store that she ran on her own after Cantor’s grandfather died. “She seized on that promise of being an American,” he said. He did not mention his position on the bills, but outside immigration reform was exactly what people were talking about. “We want to send a clear message that we want a path to citizenship,” said Jacqueline Esposito, New York Immigration Coalition director of immigration advocacy. Ralliers held several feet tall black and white photos of unauthorized individuals and chanted “Undocumented. Unafraid.” Natalia Mendez joined the group. Her son Marco Saavedra is one of the nine undocumented individuals known as the Dream 9 being detained in Eloy, Ariz., after trying to enter the United States from Mexico to protest the deportation of 1.7 million people during the last five years. “It’s important they hear my voice,” Mendez said in Spanish. “We want reform not based on militarization

Natalia Mendez stood outside the Jewish Center of Jackson Heights, where several Congress members were speaking inside, holding a sign saying “Bring my son Marco home.” Marco Saavedra, one of those in the group known as the Dream 9, is being detained after trying to cross the Mexico-United States border without legal papers in an act protesting the 1.7 million PHOTOS BY JOSEY BARTLETT deportations carried out by the Obama administration. of borders but family unification,” said Katherine Debaris, a political science student living in the United States illegally for three years. “It’s 11 million or 11 million,” meaning she wants citizenship offered to all illegal immigrants in the States, not a bill that would only give that to a few. Cantor is writing legislation with Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-Va) called the Kids Act

that would probably create a path to legalization for the about 1 million illegal immigrant students who were brought here as children. Both legislators voted against the similar Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act in 2010. The pilgrimage is modeled after a tour of civil rights sites in Selma, Ala., led by the Q Faith and Politics Institute.

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Racial profiling paired with stop and frisk continued from page 2 In 2003, historic but ineffective rules were passed by former President George Bush to address racial profiling. While this was the first time racial profiling was limited by the federal government, the rules failed to provide a real enforcement mechanism for federal officials who engage in profiling. But for people, it is difficult to curb profiling of any kind. It is natural to look at all individuals encountered, process them, judge them and determine if they are a threat or not. Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing), who voted against both bills in the Community Safety Act, cited this inability to prevent profiling as part of the reason he voted no. “We cannot change the way people or these officers think,” Reverend Calvin Gibson, the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church said. “I will agree with Koo on that but we can control their actions. You can think whatever you want to but you don’t have to act on those thoughts and the way the NYPD has it set up right now, they are racially profiling in their minds and in their actions.” The town hall was held at Gibson’s church to discuss racial profiling. Two attorneys, including Myatt, and representatives from NYCLU and the NAACP made up a panel of experts and each had almost identical opinions: racial

profiling is wrong and stop and frisk has got to go. “Racial profiling is a policy,” said Victoria Brown, a professor and attorney who has been stopped twice while driving around Jamaica Estates. “We can choose not to combine stop and frisk with racial profiling but that hasn’t happened yet. The idea of a post-racial America is a misnomer.” Approximately 50 people attended the event and while there was anger towards a handful of city agencies and elected officials — especially Koo and Bloomberg — many were looking for a solution and not a soapbox to stand on. “Look, I get that there is problems with the police and with racial profiling but to tell you the truth, when I see certain black men in my neighborhood, I’m scared to go over there because I know what they’re doing,” one mother said. “I know the boy down the block is selling drugs but I’m scared to talk to him about it. How do we stop these kids before it gets to the point where they’re stopped and frisked so we don’t have any more of our boys in prison?” Throughout the room, people shouted out solutions and protests but then a librarian stood up and quietly walked to the front of the room. “I have worked at the library for some time now and I will tell you that years ago, parents used to take their kids to

the library for the day,” she said to a silent audience. “Now these parents send their kids to the library and are walking away from the problem. I drive around at 8, 9, 10 p.m. and those same kids that were in the library are running around the streets or the housing complexes because for them, they’d rather be on the street than at home and the parents prefer it too.” After the librarian spoke, several people echoed similar thoughts. “What happened to the village?” one man said. “We need to bring the village back because it’s gone and who is responsible? We are responsible. When I grew up, in my area, there was no nonsense, the adults in the community kept an eye on you as well as their own children but now people do what they want to do and nobody wants to do anything about this problem.” Although racial profiling may never be solved, many of the panelists stressed the impor tance of voting in November. “Yes, we have Obama but there are consequences to that,” Brown said. “We are being poked at, we are being indicted, we are being prosecuted. So make sure you think of that when you go in that voting booth and you pull that lever because if we don’t care, the politicians won’t care.” Q

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Mosquito woes revealed Bellerose residents say the Department of Health is ignoring their neighborhoods and they are inundated with mosquitoes. At a press conference last week organized by state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who is running for borough president, residents said the city must do more. They are concerned that Bellerose has not been sprayed for West Nile virus since 2011 and is not yet scheduled to be sprayed this year. “Every summer, the West Nile virus presents a dangerous threat to the residents of this area. Yet, it is simply unacceptable that every year the city does not devote more resources towards combating this very real problem,” Avella said. “While their neighbors to the north and west get sprayed, residents in Bellerose are left to combat these mosquitoes on their own.” The DOH issued the following statement, which read in part: “Though we are conducting regular surveillance in the area, we have not yet seen West Nile virus activity in Bellerose. Spraying is only conducted in an area where there is a high risk of West Nile. These mosquitoes do not transmit West Nile virus.” Q — Liz Rhoades

Council passes Sandy bills continued from page 10 supplies and transportation to vulnerable and homebound individuals. The plan would include a description of how to utilize existing lists of homebound and vulnerable individuals maintained by organizations and agencies, and a process to inform vulnerable and homebound individuals about how they may be included on these lists. Further legislation aims to require the city to install backup power systems to keep transportation infrastructure, such as traffic lights and street lights, running; establish procedures and criteria for deter mining when there is a fuel shortage and when rationing is necessary, and that those involved in rescue, recovery and cleanup efforts will have priority in obtaining fuel; help small businesses recover from emergencies by quickly identifying resources to help and keeping stock of those businesses in need and establish community-centered recovery plans. Cou ncilman Leroy Com r ie (D -St. Albans), who proposed that bill, said community-based recovery plans are important because different parts of the city often have different needs. “My legislation will make sure OEM will focus on those communities we know will need the most help,” he said in a statement. “By requiring OEM to create a

central hub in every borough, we will be able to understand what each community needs and be able to send the proper resources to them in an efficient and timely matter.” Finally, the Council passed legislation to establish better rules for OEM to report to the Council it’s plans and procedures before, during and after emergencies; and establish a tax rebate for homes devastated by Sandy. The latter bill stems from a complaint that arose in the spring in damaged neighborhoods, including Howard Beach, where property taxes went up on homes that were damaged because the properties were assessed before Sandy. “It would seem like that would be something that’s automatic,” Quinn said during last week’s floor debate. “But it wasn’t and this legislation will take care of that.” For Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria), the bills were a culmination of a years-long process that was laughed off by many before Sandy. “We had hearings in 2005. We had hearings in 2009 asking, ‘Are we prepared for a hurricane?’” Vallone said during the Council debate on July 24. “When we did, people called us ‘Pollyannas,’ and said we were looking for headlines. But we were right to hold those hearings.” He said the storm’s response could’ve been a lot worse if it wasn’t for those Q hearings.

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Missing teen The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Jamaica boy. Dante Staine, 12, was last seen at his home at 161-19 122 Ave. on July 19 at around 3:25 a.m. He is described as 4 feet, 11 inches tall, weighing 100 pounds and was last seen with tan shorts, a white T-shirt, gray sneakers and a long black wig. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering T IP577. All tips ar e s tr ic tly confidential.

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irk Gostkowski and Greg Cicchino of the Variations Theatre Group say they are thriving at their home in Long Island City. The former Manhattanites remodeled the old U.S. Chain Company factory into a versatile black box theater for putting on plays and opened last November. Now they’re rolling out a red carpet for their first film festival, which they hope will draw LIC residents and the artistic community from around the five boroughs. “People come to see films that don’t come to by Laura A. Shepard

see plays,” Gostkowski said. The festival will feature more than 70 independent films, a mixed bag of narrative features, documentaries and shorts. Some are by local filmmakers, while some are foreign. Some feature celebrities and some casts are all unknown. Despite having concerns about the future of independent films and finding a successful business model, Gostkowski and Cicchino are optimistic about the film festival. “In the outer boroughs indie theater is thriving because of the low rent,” Gostkowski said.

Cicchino said there is a whole community of people in New York City who seek meaningful theater experiences and want to be challenged. The theater company gravitates toward “muscular theater”— performances that “punch you in the gut” — and cause a visceral response. “We want people to know that they can come to us,” Cicchino said. “We’re in the neighborhood and it won’t cost them two to five days’ work.” “There’s something here everyone can enjoy,” Continued onpage page39 Gostkowski said. continued on

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Free Shakespeare showing “The Tempest” and “Love Labor’s Lost”: Sunnyside Gardens Park, 48-21 39 Ave., Sunnyside, Fridays, Aug. 2 and 9, 7:30 p.m., children’s programming at 7 p.m.; Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, Sundays, Aug. 4 and 11, 6:30 p.m. Contact: Andrea Rose, sunnysideshakes@ gmail.com, (718) 672-1555.

FILM Movies at Cunningham Park, 193rd street and Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows, Thursdays, starting at 8 p.m.: Aug. 8, “The Lorax;” Aug. 15, “North by Northwest;” Aug. 22, “Les Miserables;” Aug. 29, “Kinky Boots.” Free.

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MUSIC JAMS under the stars, a free outdoor concert beginning the Jamaica Arts and Music Summer festival, Friday, Aug. 2, 6 p.m., Rufus King Park, Jamaica Avenue, between 150 and 153 streets, Jamaica. Information: Tyra Emerson, collaborative23@verizon.net, (718) 526-8700, go2ccj.com. Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial concert, Saturday, Aug. 3, 12:30-7 p.m., 46th Street (Bliss Street) and Queens Boulevard, under the Sunnyside Arch. Free. Information: sunnysideshines.org. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, “Music in the Garden,” Saturday, Aug. 10, 6:15-7:45 p.m.. Bring a blanket and snacks. Free with Garden admission. Call (718) 886-3800. Queens Symphony Orchestra performs: Verdi selections, Sunday, Aug. 4, Forest Park Bandshell. All concerts are free. Visit queenssymphony.org.

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Ana Rodrigues, ana_m.rodrigues@mountsinai.org, (718) 267-4333.

City Parks Foundation, Summerstage, free. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, Thursday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m., The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series; 5Pointz, 45-46 Davis St., Long Island City, Sunday, Aug. 11, 5 p.m., Back to the Roots — Kool Herc at 5Points celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Hip-Hop.

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

Community welcome and musical concert, St. James Episcopal Church, 84-07 Broadway, Elmhurst, Saturday, Aug. 3, 4-6 p.m. Reception follows. Contact: (718) 592-2555.

FLEA MARKETS The Ridgewood Youthmarket, an urban farmstand supplied by local farmers and operated by youths to provide fresh healthy foods to the community, intersection of Myrtle and Cypress avenues, Saturdays, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. until November 23. St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., outdoor flea market, Sunday, Aug. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call (718) 729-8957. Indoor rummage sale, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Jamaica Avenue and 88th Street, Woodhaven, Saturday, Aug. 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Call (718) 847-1353.

LECTURE What’s new in breast cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, Thursday, Aug. 1, 5:30 p.m. Steinway Library, 21-45 31 St., Long Island City. Free. Contact:

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Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, hosts: hiking club monthly meetings, Mondays, Aug. 26, Sept. 23, 7 p.m., Adults only. Membership Required. Call (718) 2294000 or visit alleypond.com.

FOR KIDS Play4Autisim, programs for kids on the Autism Spectrum: “Kidz Into Action” street hockey program, Fridays in August, Juniper Valley Park, Juniper Boulevard between Lutheran Avenue, 71st Street and Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Martial arts class, Tiger Schulman’s Martial Arts, 73-25 Woodhaven Blvd., Glendale, Thursdays to Aug. 22, martial arts gear available for $50. Small registration free for both programs. Contact: Grey Vasicek, greg@ play4autism.org, (718) 894-3400.

CLASSES Summer Sunrise Yoga, Wednesdays in August, 6-7:15 a.m., BambooMoves, 107-40 Queens Blvd., Suite 206, Forest Hills. Donation $5. Information: Melissa Seigel (347) 684-0451. Free hour-long yoga classes at: Astoria Park, 21 Hoyt Ave. N, Saturday, Aug. 24, 10 a.m.; Gantry Plaza State Park, 4-09 47 Rd., Long Island City, Sunday, Aug. 11, 11 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 8 5:30 p.m. Call the Yoga Room at (718) 274-0255.

The East Coast Car Association 15th annual summer slam car show and blood drive, Sunday, Aug. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Maspeth Federal Saving Bank, parking lot, 69th Street off Grand Avenue, Maspeth. Rain date, Aug. 11. Information: Bob (917) 385-2322, Lou (917) 682-5362, eccatoysfortots.org. All donations go to St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children. The ECCA will also exhibit classic cars at: the Shops at Atlas Park, 80-00 Cooper Ave., Glendale, Monday, Aug. 5, 5-9 p.m., Tuesdays, Resorts World Casino, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., South Ozone Park, 5-9 p.m., Proceeds benefit St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside. Call (917) 683-5362. An evening ride on the Forest Park Carousel to end Alzheimer’s, Friday, Aug. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive, Woodhaven. Unlimited rides and face painting, $10; individual rides, $3 donation. Contact: Carol Lacks, Carollacks@aol.com, (917) 881-3358. Free car wash, Saturday, Aug. 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, Clintonville Street and 14th Road, Whitestone. Information: Brian Blayer, revblayer@gmail.com, (718) 767-6305. Demonstrations of crafts from the 1800s, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 16, 17, noon-4 p.m., King Manor, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. kingmanor.org/events. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, hosts: (Knot Only) Knitting Circle, Mondays, August, 12, 26, September 9, 23, 6-8 p.m. Adults, $5 per session. All knitters, crocheters or crafters welcome. For adults who know how to knit. Preregistration required. Call (718) 229-4000 ext. 214 or visit alleypond.com. Wrap up party for the College Point Relay for Life, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 7:30 p.m., College Point Ambulance Corps, 123rd Street and 18th Avenue. Contact collegepointrelay@gmail.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS St. Josaphat’s leisure club trip to Aqueduct Casino, $25, Thursday, Aug. 29. Contact: Joy, (917) 9217631. Meets at the church, 34-32 210 St., Bayside.

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hills, piling on top of each other — about 10 years ago. A gigantic show opened on Monday at “You can’t tickle someone that you don’t the see.me gallery. know,” said Grassi, a member of the online Seven hundred and fifty paintings and see.me community for about 6 months. photos all neatly tucked into the sparse, “There is a trust involved and you have to be white-walled 1,000-square-foot Jackson close to capture that, which makes it interestAvenue location. ing, but a little creepy.” Seems a little cramped, but not the case “They’re childlike activities that look here. The organization shows its treasure strange as an adult,” he said. trove of works in “The Story of the CreSee.me, formerly known a s Ar tist s ative” by looping them on about 10 flat- Wanted, is a social network for creative screen televisions throughout the gallery. types who want to put their artworks out Artists like Jonathan Grassi, whose tickling there. For the current show, the organizaphoto from the series “Don’t” was chosen tion picked about 1 percent of the works for the show, like the format, which allows displayed on the site, outreach coordinator them to skip the framing and printing costs. Annie Laurie Malarkey said. Grassi began documenting adults acting “The show is a way to engage users like children — being tickled, rolling down more,” Malarkey said. “It can be hard to book a gallery show for artists.” The large show created that opportunity. The photographs of photos and furniture and paintings show everything from wakeWhen: through Sept. 10, weekdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. boarders landing a flip to graffiti, snow-covered trees and sculptural paintings made out Where: See.me gallery of circuit boards. 26-19 Jackson Ave., LIC Photographer Maria Fitzsimons exhibited Tickets: Free, www.see.me her photo “Red Bag” from the series “From qboro editor

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the Hip” that captures images from the perspective of a child by shooting all pictures, as the title suggests, from the hip. Her project started two years ago when she began taking photos with her 6-year-old cousin. “I loved seeing his world,” Fitzsimons said of the moment that launched her project. “Red Bag” shows an older man in autumn light winding his way through the arches of an Astoria apartment complex off Crescent Street, carrying the titular object.

“It makes you wonder, ‘What is he doing?’” she said. See.me artists come from about 100 different countries and range from the young to the older — and many of them attended the opening held on the Lower East Side on July 25. Not all 2,000-plus people who attended could have fit in the LIC gallery, and even with the larger space, it reached capacity 30 minutes after the doors opened. A testament to the popularity of the social network — and maybe also to an open bar. Q

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Bob Baldori, left, and and Bob Seeley in “Boogie Stomp!” The film will be featured at the PHOTO COURTESY CHAIN THEATRE Chain NYC Film Festival in LIC. evokes the things he loves about going to the movies, primarily the communal experience which he finds lacking in this era of online viewing. They plan to sell popcorn and ice cream in the lobby, which is decorated with

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boro SENIOR ACTIVITIES Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers: computer training classes, all levels, beginners to advanced, including: 21st Century Technology, teaching use of iPods, smartphones, e-readers, tablet computers, and other latest gadgets; and Microsoft Excel (separate class); fitness classes in Zumba, aerobics, line dancing, chair and mat yoga, tai chi, lower-body toning, sit and be fit; recreational activities (daily bingo, singing, watercolor painting, bus trips, daily meals and more). Call Hindy at (718) 894-3441 or visit the Center. Computer classes for seniors, registration Friday, Aug. 9, 10 a.m., Selfhelp Maspeth Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave. (718) 429-3636. On the way to a healthier you, Thursday, Aug. 8, HANAC JVL-Ditmotsis Vallone Senior Center, 27-40 Hoyt Ave., Astoria, free. Contact: Ana Rodrigues, ana_m.rodrigues@mountsinai.org, (718) 267-4333.

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

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

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Fredonia, Berklee, and the New School, and Zlabinger tries to make the program prepare students for college as much as possible. “This band is run like a real band. We do real gigs, we play real music,” Zlabinger said, adding that he asks the students to be responsible for putting away their belongings after rehearsal and “thinking like a section.” “I look at it very holistically because I think the students who have had the most success after realized that and took it to heart that music is a people business — you can’t just play well — you have to interact.” Participant Michael Decena said, “It was the vibe that got me back. It’s a friendly environment — it makes me a better player, I came back for the music, my friends. I came back here more for growth as a musician,” adding that this program is more challenging than his high school band. This weekend will mark the seventh year the band has performed at Louis Armstrong’s house — a day filled with dancing and singing, by audience members, in the backyard. “It’s a really fun experience because

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the audience is happy and the audience is usually what makes us want to play — what makes us strive to play this beautiful music that we do,” Angulo said. Cox said playing lead trumpet in the Queens home of Armstrong almost feels like a spiritual event. “I call Louis the original jazz musician — no Louis Armstrong, no jazz,” Zlabinger said. “It’s a real honor for us to play at his home and in his home you can still feel his spirit, so it gives these students a new appreciation for Q where this music came from.”

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DAC LEE LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/2/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Kwong L. Lee, Manager, 45-24 216th St., Bayside, NY 11361. General Purposes.

21 LINDEN PLACE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/3/2013. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10702 Jamaica Ave., Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

BEACHWALK LLC App. for Auth. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/12/2013. LLC was organized in CT on 6/7/2013. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to 18 Nawthorne Rd., Old Greenwich, CT 06870, which is also the principal business location as well as the required office in CT. Cert. of Org. filed with SSCT, State Capitol, Rm 104, Hartford, CT 06106. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DARALIZ REALTY LLC, a domestic or foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/08/2013. NY Office location: Queens County, SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC service upon him/ her to the LLC, 183-79 Liberty Avenue, St. Albans, NY 11412. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 3JS MANAGEMENT, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/26/13. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/25/13. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Urban American Mgmt., Attn: Jana Schmidt, Esq., 590 56th St., West New York, NJ 07093. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State for the State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

BRADDOCK INDIA KITCHEN LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/11/2013. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 239-17 Braddock Ave, Bellerose, NY 11426. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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

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533 48th LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/26/13. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 533 48th LLC, 25-19 Borden Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: General.

Notice of Qualification of BRICKMAN 48TH AVE LIC LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/15/13. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/28/13. Princ. office of LLC: 30-02 48th Ave., Long Island, NY 11101. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Brickman Associates, Attn: Steven H. Klein, 712 Fifth Ave., 6th Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ECOGROWTH HOLDING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/24/2013. Office location: New York 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, 401 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10013. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of 2 UP LLC. Article of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/22/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon her is C/O the LLC 136-20 38th Avenue, Ste. 11G, Flushing NY 11354. Purpose of LLC: to engage in any lawful act or activity. Street address of Principal business location is: 7-15 119 Street, College Point, NY 11355.

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SQ page 48 NOTICE OF ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY IN RE: The license to practice massage therapy of Shu Yuan Sun, L.M.T., 144-31 41st Avenue, Flushing, NY. 11355 CASE NO.: 2013-05571 LICENSE NO.: MA 70942 The Department of Health has filed an Administrative Complaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting, R. Shaffer Claridge, Assistant General Counsel, Prosecution Services Unit, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C65, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3265, (850) 2454444. If no contact has been made by you concerning the above by September 5, 2013, the matter of the Administrative Complaint will be presented at an ensuing meeting of the Board of Massage Therapy in an informal proceeding. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending this notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on the notice. Telephone: (850) 245-4444, 1-800-9558771(TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (V), via Florida Relay Service.

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Notice of Formation of FX HOLDING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/9/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: F&T Group, 136-20 38th Ave., 12th Fl., Flushing, NY 11354, Attn: Earle Tockman, Esq. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Hillside Hotel LLC Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/15/2013. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Singh Harjinder, 74-35 Grand Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373. Any lawful purpose. JDU Real Estate LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 2/21/13. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 84-20 55th Rd, Elmhurst, NY 11373. General Purposes.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 9834/2012 Date of Filing: 5/9/2012 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon County in which premises are situated. SUMMONS Tax Lien Foreclosure Block: 10161; Lot: 30 a/k/a 104-52 164th Street NYCTL 2011-A TRUST and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON as Collateral Agent and Custodian, Plaintiffs, -against- THE HOLY TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST INC., ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, COMMISSIONER OF LABOR – NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, TANYA WARTERS, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, “John Doe No. 1” through “John Doe No. 100” inclusive, the names of the last 100 defendants being unknown to plaintiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the tax lien premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon the subject property, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Notice of Nature of Action and Relief Sought. The Object of the above entitled action is to foreclose a Tax Lien in the original Tax Lien Principal Balance of $150,823.04 with interest as described in a certain Tax Lien Certificate dated November 16, 2011 and recorded in the Office of the City Register for the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, on November 23, 2011 in City Register File Number (“CRFN”) 2011000408634 upon premises described as follows: ADDRESS: 104-52 164th Street BLOCK: 10161 LOT: 30 COUNTY: Queens The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Tax Lien described above. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the county where the Property being foreclosed upon is located. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Plaintiff who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and complaint and protect your property. Sending a payment to the Plaintiff will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: May 7, 2012 New York, New York THE LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS P.MALONE, PLLC By: Thomas P. Malone, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 1540, New York, New York 10165, Ph: (212) 867-0500 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is being served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Court dated July 2, 2013 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office

SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KEVIN WONG, GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON AND PROPERTY FOR SAl KWAN WONG, AN INCAPACITATED PERSON INDEX NO. 20800/05 Pursuant to an Order of this Court dated July 9, 2013 by Hon. Lee A. Mayersohn, a Justice of this Court, an Application to Sell the Premises at 85-60 261st Street, Floral Park, New York being a plot 40’ X 100’ will be made on the 13th day of August, 2013 at 9:30 A.M. at I.A. Part 20 of the Supreme Court at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435. Said Property is presently under Contract, subject to the approval of the Court for the price of $660,000.00. CONTACT ALFRED POLIZZOTTO, III, ESQ. OF POLIZZOTTO & POLIZZOTTO, LLC, ATTORNEY FOR THE GUARDIAN AT 6911 18TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11204, TEL. NO. (718) 232-1250

Notice of Formation of Kedar Capital Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/21/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: LAJ ENTERPRISES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/12/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 189-17 Keeseville Avenue, Saint Albans, NY 11412. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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On the site of the old Curtiss Field, just over the Queens-Nassau border on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream, the first openair automobile movie theater (as it was originally called) opened on Aug. 10, 1938. It was the first drive-in in New York State and the 15th in the United States. The Sunrise Drive-in was the brainchild of Michael Redstone, originally Rothstein (1902-1987). Redstone is a literal translation of the German-Jewish name Rothstein. His company, Redstone Theaters, would later become National Amusements, and his son, Sumner Redstone, would turn it into a global media giant. With the construction of LaGuardia Airport on the site of North Beach in Queens, Curtiss Field became obsolete. Nearby Queens residents were very pleased as they no longer had the old noisy prop planes buzzing above their heads. The 12-acre tract accommodated 500 cars per showing. The basis of the parking was the arrangement of semi-circular ramps which would elevate the front and depress

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The sun was setting on Aug. 10, 1938 as patrons anxiously awaited the first movie to be shown at the state’s first drive-in theater, located just steps from Queens. the rear of each car so the occupants could see over the cars closer to the screen. Many a Queens resident had their very first date here. But not everything went well. Over the years some teens fell asleep with the engine running and fumes leaking into their cars, killing them. Lawsuits ensued, along with higher insurance costs, and the theater closed down in 1978. It was replaced by the Sunrise Multiplex Cinema, which can show many movies at one time, thereby increasing profits tremendously. Unfortunately Queens residents will never again know the thrill of being in a car with a first date watching a movie, at least Q not around here.

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judges award for “Creative Choreography,” first place in their dance-style categories, and received three 5-star awards. The Petite Team placed second in the national title in their age division, received the first-place trophy in their dance-style category, and received a 5-star award while the Teen Team took home a special judges award for “Fluidity in Dance,” two first place trophies in their dance styles, and received six 4 3/4- Star awards.

The Mets, a team starved for outfielders who can hit, selected Brandon Nimmo, an 18-year-old from Cheyenne, Wyo., with their first pick in the 2011 Major League Baseball amateur draft. Mets fans may be disappointed that Nimmo has not followed in the superstar footsteps of phenoms Bryce Harper and Mike Trout, who are more or less the same age as he is but have already been making their presence felt in the big leagues. Both of them were in the starting lineup at the recent All-Star Game at Citi Field. Nimmo was also at the ballpark for the All-Star festivities, but he was there for the Futures Game, which spotlights minor leaguers who are expected to be the major-league stars of tomorrow. Whereas Mets fans were hearing the names of pitchers Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler years before they arrived in Flushing, the same can’t be said for Brandon Nimmo. Last year he batted .248 for the Brooklyn Cyclones, and this year he’s hitting around the same for the Savannah Sand Gnats, the Mets’ South Atlantic League affiliate, which is a level above the NYPenn League, where he played last year. I had a chance to watch Brandon play last weekend and chat with him while I was visiting Savannah, Georgia’s oldest city.

What I found unusual is that after every at-bat he would jot notations in a journal. I asked him if that is something that Mets management wanted him to do. “No, I just like to do that,” he said. “I am a student of the game, and writing down which pitches were thrown to me at various counts and game situations helps me with my hitting.” Brandon admitted that he had some butterflies in his stomach when he was playing in the Futures Game but was thrilled to be selected for the All-Star Game kickoff event. “Playing at Citi Field in front of a big crowd certainly establishes confidence,” he said. “I am hoping that one day I will be playing a lot of games there.” Parris Island, SC has long been the home of one of the largest Marine Corps recruit training facilities. Many baby boomer wrestling fans such as myself first heard of it thanks to popular bad guy wrestler Sgt. Slaughter (real name Robert Remus), who played the role of an intimidating drill instructor in the ring as he hurled insults at both his opponents and fans. Sure enough, at the Parris Island Museum located on the Marine base, Remus, a reallife former jarhead, is given his due on the Corps’ alumni celebrity wall of fame. Legendary Mets pitcher Tom Seaver is also honQ ored on the wall.

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Charming cape on 50x100, HOWARD BEACH 4 BRs, 2 Full baths, Full CONDOS Basement, Brand New IGP, CAC, Upgraded thruout. Only $595K • Beautiful 3 BR/ 2 Bath

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HOWARD BEACH/ OLD SIDE Large Det Cape, 4 BRs, 1 Bath, 40x100. Asking $449K

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