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Boro businesses see drop in fines by city Some say they’re being punished by agencies other than Consumer Affairs by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

ayo r d e Bl a s io l a s t Fr i d ay announced that the Department of Consumer Affairs has drastically cut down on the number of “onerous fines” given to small businesses — an assessment many in the Queens business community agreed with. “We have not gotten any calls recently about them giving out fines,” Simone Price, executive director of the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, said. According to city statistics, the DCA only issued 11,923 tickets during the last fiscal year, compared to 19,409 during the previous one. Revenue from the tickets dropped from $32.5 million to $15.7 million. De Blasio said that is partially because the agency now issues warnings for violations “that don’t cause immediate consumer harm.” He also spread out DCA inspectors across the city instead of putting them in neighborhoods that were previously “overbounded” by them. It was all done as part of the mayor’s “Small Bu si ness Relief Pack age,” wh ich he announced last July. “The Small Business Relief Package promotes fairness and transparency in enforcement and eases the heavy burdens already carried by our small businesses,” Queens Bor-

Most storefronts have seen a decrease in the number of fines issued by the city Department of Consumer Affairs, but some merchants are saying they’re still being financially punished by PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY other city agencies. ough President Melinda Katz said in a statement issued by the Mayor’s Office. Officials at the Sunnyside and Bayside business improvement districts said, like Price, that they have not heard from their merchants about DCA fines. “Usually we get a lot of calls if fines are going out,” Price said.

But Maria Thomson, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, said she’s still seeing arbitrary fining on the part of the agency. “We get stuck with a lot of the tickets,” Thomson said. “They should be a little more careful about who they issue them to.” Vishnu Mahadeo, president of the Rich-

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Review of compliant sites in five boroughs is ongoing, Wills says by Anthony O’Reilly

“client confidentiality/social services laws.” When asked what would happen if the sex offenders are Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) announced still living at Skyway by next month, Wills said, “We’ll be on Tuesday that new sex offenders were moved into the Sky- bringing a lawsuit. “There is no way you can leave sexual offenders someway Men’s Shelter in South Ozone Park, even though the city Department of Homeless Services promised a month ago where where they’re not compliant,” he added. “I can’t let the that the site will not host the offenders because it is less than residents of my district fall under false promises or governing by rhetoric.” 1,000 feet from a school. The councilman announced on Tuesday that the city is “They swapped four men out and swapped four men back undergoing a review of all sites housin,” Wills said at a press conference ing sex offenders to ensure they are not in front of the shelter. located within 1,000 feet of a school, as Two of the offenders are not can’t let the residents mandated by state law. allowed to have contact with anyone look forward to working with under 18, according to the state’s sex of my district fall under the“Iadministration on it,” Wills said offender registry site. The state’s of the review. “It is something that is website reveals that one of the false promises or going to take a lot of work by the offenders had “sexual contact” with governing by rhetoric.” administration.” a 6-year-old boy and another with a The DHS spokeswoman did not 10-year-old girl. — Councilman Ruben Wills respond to a follow-up email seeking Wills said he was told the city details on the review of the sites by had already planned to move the press time. four new offenders into Skyway Level 2 and 3 sex offenders have been living at Skybefore the DHS told him it would be removing them last way, a former motel located at 132-10 South Conduit month. “I have no other choice but to believe that,” the council- Ave., since 2011, at one point housing 52 of them. Wills man said. “I want to believe the administration did not and other lawmakers have been fighting to have them knowingly take more sex offenders as they moved those removed and seemed to score a victory last month when the DHS said it would be moving the offenders out and out.” A DHS spokeswoman said all sex offenders will be would not move any new ones in because the site is less moved out of Skyway by the end of the month. She declined than 1,000 feet from PS 124, located at 129-15 150 Ave. continued on page 15 to comment on why new offenders were placed there, citing Associate Editor

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New sex offenders were moved into the Skyway Men’s Shelter in South Ozone Park, Councilman Ruben Wills announced a month after the Department of Homeless Services said they would be moving 52 PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY offenders out of there.

Task force opposes planned left turn ban Petition asks DOT to not put drivers onto residential streets in Woodhaven by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A petition started by a Woodhaven business owner and the Woodhaven BID seeks to continue to allow motorists looking to make left turns onto Jamaica Avenue from Woodhaven Boulevard. The PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY DOT has proposed to take that option away as part of its SBS plan. would be fewer accidents at the intersection — which has been the scene of four fatal crashes since 2009. Other left-hand turns might be eliminated under the $200 million SBS plan, which seeks to put a dedicated bus lane along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. The project is expected to be finished by 2018. Thomson, however, said the danger will

now be on the residential streets motorists will be using to access the corridor. She added that because of the proposed ban, merchants along the avenue might see a decrease in business. “Once they pass Jamaica Avenue, they’re not going to come back,” she said. “We’re not going to have any shoppers on Jamaica Avenue.”

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A Jamaica Avenue business owner, along with the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, is collecting signatures on a petition asking the Department of Transportation to not ban key left turns onto the commercial corridor as part of its Select Bus Service proposal. “It’s going to be very detrimental to the community,” Maria Thomson, executive director of the Woodhaven BID, said in an interview of the proposed turning bans. “All that traffic will be going onto the residential streets. That’s going to be very dangerous for the families and the community.” The DOT in April laid out its plan to ban motorists on Woodhaven Boulevard from turning left onto Jamaica Avenue. Drivers would have to turn down residential streets if they wish to access the commercial corridor — motorists going southbound would have to turn down 86th Road and northbound drivers would have to use 85th Road. Although the DOT said it is looking at alternative plans for Jamaica Avenue, to be presented to the community in the fall, it is still looking at banning the left turns because traffic flow would be improved and there

Paul Capocasale, owner of Berkes’ Haven Trophies at 79-13 Jamaica Ave., is heading the Task Force Committee for an Informed, and Safer, Better Woodhaven, which is collecting signatures for the petition. “It’s an abuse of an agency to go through a neighborhood like Woodhaven that really has one main entrance and eliminate left-hand turns,” Capocasale, who has been in Woodhaven for about 30 years, said of the DOT’s plan. “It’s going to destroy the business district and we’re already struggling here.” Capocasale has collected roughly 20 pages’ worth of signatures from Woodhaven residents and business owners who are also against the turning ban. He echoed Thomson’s concerns that drivers will bypass Jamaica Avenue if they were not allowed to turn left onto it. “Why would people want to go back?” he asked. Capocasale added the plan does not take the surrounding residents or those who depend on their cars into consideration. Thomson said she is hoping the petitions will inform people who don’t already know the details of the SBS plan. “We’re trying to make sure everyone is Q aware of what’s going on,” she said.

They’re still making their voices heard South Ozone Park residents rally, again, to block ACS juvie house by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Residents of South Ozone Park have been hitting the streets every Saturday in protest of a planned juvenile detention center on a residential block in their community — and last weekend did it again, but bigger. Dozens of people showed up to show their opposition to the planned center at 13323 127 St., which would house 18 juvenile offenders under the state’s Close to Home program, and to show the city they will not go down without a fight. “They’re saying that it’s a done deal,” a resident named Eddy said, referring to the city Administration for Children’s Services, which implements Close to Home in the five boroughs. “It’s not a done deal. I mean you don’t have to be a college professor to know that this doesn’t belong here. Who would put a prison in between two houses?” The “prison” Eddy was referring to would house 18 juvenile offenders who would otherwise be placed in upstate facilities. Close to Home was enacted by the state in 2012. The contract for the South Ozone Park location was rejected by city Comptroller Scott Stringer in June and has since been resubmitted for review. By press time, the contract was still sitting on Stringer’s desk. A lawsuit filed by

South Ozone Park residents gathered last Saturday to protest the planned juvenile detention center on a residential block in their community. The contract for the location is sitting on PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Comptroller Scott Stringer’s desk. three residents and the South Ozone Park Civic Association seeks to block the placement of the center, alleging that it would impact people’s property values and quality of life. In between speeches and catchy rally cries in the parking lot of St. Anthony of Padua Church, located around the block

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ive credit to Mayor de Blasio for sticking to another of his campaign promises, one that’s highly important to the people of Queens. The subject is summonses issued to businesses, often for the most trivial of violations and even for things over which a targeted merchant has little or no control. Like when a customer throws an empty soda bottle into a regular garbage can instead of a recycling bin, and an inspector is writing a ticket before the shopkeeper even notices the violation. Or when a bodega owner photocopies the city’s rules on tobacco sales so there’s a sign at each of his registers, and then gets slammed because the ink is black rather than the requisite red. Under the Bloomberg administration, the city took a hard line on such violations, writing so many tickets that critics such as de Blasio said City Hall was obviously doing it for the revenue, not the wellbeing of the people. From fiscal year 2002 through 2012, city revenue from fines and forfeitures skyrocketed from $485 million to $820 million, de Blasio said in a report that helped propel his mayoral

run. He vowed to change that if elected, giving mom-and-pop merchants more warnings so they’d have a chance to fix violations without paying fines or losing time at work to fight them in court. And though more needs to be done, he kept his promise, announcing this week that revenue from summonses issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs dropped to $15.7 million in the last fiscal year from $32.5 million in the prior one. The number of tickets issued fell from 19,409 to 11,923. That is great news, as long as businesses are still being written up for actual health and safety violations. But you’ll note that $32.5 million is less than 4 percent of $820 million. What’s going on with other ticket-writing agencies? Sanitation, for example, has been driving merchants and residents in Woodhaven nuts by writing businesses up in the middle of the night for garbage left on the sidewalks after they’ve closed for the day. What can a merchant do other than clean up as soon as he gets in in the morning? We hope the new DCA approach spreads to other agencies quickly so everyone gets treated fairly.

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hy does the Department of Homeless Services insist upon misleading the community, further driving a wedge between City Hall and the people of Queens whose taxes pay the salaries of every single employee there? First came last year’s infamous promise from a top DHS official, at a public meeting in Middle Village, that it would not move homeless people into the former Pan American Hotel in Elmhurst because the law requires shelters to have individual kitchen facilities, and the hotel did not. Just over two weeks later, the city began placing the homeless in the Pan Am, without any forewarning to area residents or lawmakers. Then last month, the DHS announced that it would move out all the homeless sex offenders it’s been housing at the old Skyway Motel in South Ozone Park, because it suddenly realized having them there was illegal, as the building is less than 1,000 feet from PS 124. Councilman Ruben Wills, who has been leading the effort to get the sex offenders moved, said the DHS would be relocating them on “an expedited basis.” Not only has it failed to do that, it moved four new sex offenders in! We understand there is a homeless crisis in the city, and we’ve always been supportive of those who find themselves in that situation, holding a major charity drive for them every year. But the DHS has got to stop misleading the public and begin repairing the damage it has done.

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in either the New York State or the New York City budgets. Remarkable fiscal sense triumphed, at least this time. Neil C. Giannelli Woodhaven Editor’s note: The sentence referring to “more progress” was added by the article’s editor, and refers to a $444,000 state grant, study, workshops and renderings done for the QueensWay plan. Whatever one thinks of those, they are more than has been done toward the railway plan.

Israel breaks the rules Dear Editor: It looks like the GOP plans to make political hay over Barack “Chamberlain” Obama’s Munich pact with Iran. Mike Huckabee is leading the charge… Obama is marching Israelis through the door of the oven! If he thinks referring to history will justify GOP attacks on Obama’s diplomatic skills, this writer can also play the game. The UN

General Assembly on Nov. 29, 1947, adopted a plan for the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, with Jerusalem internationalized. Note two Israeli violations of the UN plan. 1) The role of Jerusalem. To this day, the United States recognizes Tel Aviv as the capital. Israel has declared Jerusalem to be her capital. 2) Disputed territories are to be resolved through negotiations. Israel has defied the UN mandate by building thousands of settlements. Every U.S. president has told Israeli leaders to stop. Their reply: We will do what we must do. Now let’s see what Presidential candidate Huckabee thinks of all this. He said, “There is no room for a Palestinian state in the middle of the Jewish homeland, and Israel should be able to build settlements wherever it wants.” He added, “The question is should the Palestinians have a place to call their own? Yes, I have no problem with that. Should it be in the middle of the Jewish homeland? That’s what I think has to be honestly assessed as

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Schumer’s choice Dear Editor: When will Sen. Chuck Schumer finally let everyone know how he is going to vote on the agreement with Iran? It has been weeks since the deal was concluded, yet there has not been any com ment f rom him except to say that he is continuing to study the deal. There is a lot r id i ng on t h is deal with Iran, but also a lot riding for Sen. Schumer. One way or the other, his decision will affect his political standing. He must decide and let the American people and his colleagues know what his decision will be on this very important issue, which affects our country as well as the rest of the world. John Amato Fresh Meadows

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Trump keeps it real Dear Editor: Re “Trump, an embarrassment to his native Borough,” Editorial, July 23: There’s no need for anyone to feel embarrassed for Donald Trump. If not for him, politicians would still be running from issues they should be talking about, like illegal immigration and the shabby medical treatment of our war veterans, but aren’t. Just as Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham are free to denigrate Trump, Trump is free to return the favor. If he isn’t, the U.S. is no longer a free country. McCain created the ruckus by calling Trump’s supporters “crazies.” Why no apologies to Trump’s supporters? Graham called Trump a “jackass.” Who asked him to apologize? And what is all this apology crap about anyway? Communist Vietnam’s Hanoi Hilton was filled with captured soldiers who were tortured, yet when McCain received honors for his bravery, he never invited any prisoners to share them with him. Arizona honored him by electing him senator. Sadly, “character, courage and sense of duty” disappeared with the seat in the Senate. Since Obama was elected promising to transform America from a Democratic republic into a Socialist Nirvana, McCain supported him. He lied to his constituents by supporting amnesty for illegal aliens and more. Most shameful of all was his lack of interest in the terrible medical treatment of veterans at VA hospitals. As for Trump getting out of serving in Vietnam; is it possible to tell an Army doctor that you have a bone spur and have him take your word for it? Kerry served and gave the U.S. Army a black eye. The “national embarrassment” isn’t Trump. He does the people a favor by making government more transparent. It’s Obama badmouthing the U.S. and Hillary claiming she left the White House “broke.” Who on Earth is Councilman Eric Ulrich to suggest Trump’s name be removed from the Jamaica Hospital’s Trump Pavilion? Whose money does he think is paying for it? What has Ulrich personally contributed to the upkeep of Jamaica Hospital? Hospitals need more than baloney to survive. Has he anything to offer? Janice Wijnen Rego Park

It won’t be Trump Dear Editor: I did smile when I read two recent letters in support of Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations. One letter-writer took issue with Trump’s critics — including the Queens Chronicle — whose viewpoints, he said, are “those of unintellectual folks or people who are supporting their own self-interests” (“Chronicle slams continued on next page

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Dear Editor: As a devout atheist, I am humbled by our Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister’s insight concerning abortion as well as our Pope Francis’ progressive, realistic views of individuals and their right to be themselves. This is a far cry from what had hardened me to the damage done to mankind in the form of the many superstitions created by man each with the title of a different God or phantom of some sort as the omnipotent end all. All one has to do is look at the damage done to mankind through the ages and right up to the very present, fighting and killing in the name of the various chosen invisible invented ghosts. Following are the words of Chittister, nun, author and speaker: “I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. “That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We

need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.” Pray, do not try and convince the indoctrinated. It will be interesting to see if this letter reaches print. So be it. Nicholas Zizelis Bayside

virtually unrealistic.” In an article (Huckabee in the Holy Land) written by Stephen M. Walt in 2009, he presented the following views. “Given that current demographic trends suggest that Arabs will be a majority in the land’s not-too-distant future, Huckabee is either endorsing ethnic cleansing or calling for the permanent denial of democratic rights to the Arab residents of the occupied territories, which is a form of apartheid. Either way, he is no friend of Israel, and the policies he’s endorsing will do great damage to USA interests throughout the region. Folks, with foreign policy views like this, do you think Huckabee would make a good president? Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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A Big Heart, A Bigger Legacy I don’t love a lot of people. I like many, many people, but love is reserved for those who are very special in my life. I loved Charlie. My husband, who likes almost no one and loves even fewer than I, loved Charlie. I’m not even sure I am in that group. This past week had to be the hardest and most painful I have ever experienced. Charlie’s sudden passing hit our family like a freight train. I could find no words to comfort my children; no Charles D’Ambra words of comfort for my husband. All I kept thinking was how I would walk into Barosa and he would not be there to give me a compliment. Charlie was very big on giving out compliments. As soon as he would see me I would get a kiss and then a “I love your outfit” or “love, love, love the shoes!” Sometimes he would just tell me I was beautiful. When we were kids in our twenties, I never paid much attention to it, but now in my mid-forties, it has made an impact. It was something I looked forward to. He made me feel special. I remember a time I showed up all disheveled and messy. I was having a bad day. Charlie told me I looked pretty. I said I look awful. He said, “you always look good.” I realized then, it wasn’t about the actual compliment (because I really did look awful). It was Charlie’s way of telling me he loved me and wanted me to feel better. And I did feel better. I am not alone in this. Charlie did this effortlessly, made people feel special, whether they were family, friends or simply his customers. He touched everyone with his big personality and kind words. The proof was in how many came to his service; so many people, deeply saddened by his passing. I’ve been struggling with how I will keep him in my heart as time passes, how I will honor his life and keep his memory strong. Then I remember Charlie’s way with a passing compliment and it comes to me. I will tell at least one person something good about themselves daily. Whether it be a family member, friend, or store clerk, I will give someone a compliment every day. This is how I will honor my friend, Charlie. If all of us who loved him and mourn his loss join me in this, his memory will never fade. We will all carry a piece of him in our hearts forever. That will be Charlie’s legacy … and what a legacy it will be.

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But does such stuff a president make? And would those Trump supporters today really vote for him to be the president of the United States and leader of the free world if he ever got the nomination? I doubt it. Remember, we had a one-liner president with George Dubya Bush. He conducted our world affairs as a bully, a cowboy-talker who didn’t care much for the opinion of other nations. He was not a good public speaker, and made several huge public faux pas. They even wrote books about his f lubs. We laughed, but the world laughed at us. The problem for the Republicans is their ideas are bankrupt. They say they want to “take America back.” Back to what? Back to when 14 million people didn’t have healthcare and used the emergency rooms costing us billions of dollars? Back to when the right to marry wasn’t a civil right? Back to when Wall Street could play roulette with our money and cause another housing and stock market crash? Back to when a woman didn’t have the right to choose? Back to when there was no verifiable deal with Iran on the table to reduce their nuclear weapon capability and create a path forward to a safer world? Back to when we had no Social Security or Medicare and seniors were on their own for survival at age 65? Back to when we had no environmental regulations? There is no way back, only forward. To date, none of the Republicans offer any vision for a better future. Their platform is bankrupt and nobody wants to go back. Tyler Cassell Flushing

continued from previous page Trump,” July 30). Actually, they’re the viewpoints of those who support the interests of reality over wishful thinking. A loudmouth populist demagogue like Trump will not make it far, especially when he’s never held elective office in his life. Otherwise, he must establish a third party, run on his own, and invariably lose by a landslide. Those who believe that Trump is a viable candidate don’t know their U.S. history very well. Yes, Trump attracts a small posse of angry crazies who defend him, but the posse will find it impossible for their man to win most GOP primaries. Such a mob could take Wyoming, but Trump’s real chances of getting the nomination are nil. Benjamin Hamilton Rego Park

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GOP empty suits Dear Editor: As the Republicans gear up for the Fox televised candidate debate today, Aug. 6, we still see the Trumpster ahead in the polls. It’s expected that he will bring his reality show loudmouth tactics to the debate, and many will tune in to see the fur fly. Every other candidate is frantically pressing their staff for talking points and one-liners to take the Donald down a peg or two. The Fox entertainment audience is ready for red meat, and will most likely not be disappointed.

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Fighting crime with fun in South Queens 106th Precinct People in giant bubbles playing soccer, children riding ponies and frisbee tossing were common sights during the 106th Precinct’s National Night Out Against Crime at Police Officer Edward Byrne Park, located on North Conduit Avenue between 130th Place and 134th Street.

The residents of Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, South Richmond Hill and Howard Beach mingled with police officers and elected officials as people danced to music and enjoyed free food and treats. The cops topped the night off with a Bubble Q Ball victory, defeating area firefighters.

102nd Precinct The air was thick with the smell of barbecue and the sound of festive music at the 102nd Precinct’s National Night Out Against Crime event at the Buddy Memorial in Forest Park, located at Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill. The residents of Kew Gardens, Richmond

Hill, Woodhaven and Ozone Park were treated to free food and their children were able to enjoy a bouncy castle. Some residents walked away with a free watermelon, courtesy of the Gudwara Sikh Cultural Society. Civic organizations and elected officials showed up to join in on the fun. Q

102nd Precinct officers were keeping themselves busy Tuesday night by handing out food to hungry residents. Hot dogs and hamburgers were given out throughout the night out. The 106th Precinct’s finest gather for a group shot during the Night Out at Police Officer Edward PHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Byrne Park.

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Some residents take a breather from the festivities for an ice cream break, courtesy of Mister Softee.

Democratic district leader Frank Gulluscio brought his dog along, who said hi to Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association and Frances Scarantino, owner of Reach for the STARS daycare.

Assemblyman David Weprin with Donna Gilmartin, CB 10 member, and Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106 Precinct.

Frank Dardani, president of the 106th Precinct Community Council, joins in a game of Bubble Ball with Betty Braton, chairwoman of Community Board 10. The game involves kicking a soccer ball around while wearing giant, protective bubbles.

Children who came to the event got the chance to bounce around for a while, giving their parents a break.

While there was plenty of opportunities for people to get up and keep themselves entertained, some opted to kick back and listen to music.

Police officers weren’t the only ones handing out free food. The Gudwara Sikh Cultural Society was handing out free meals, and whole watermelons, to those who attended the event.

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Bike loop raises $15K for NYFAC, JDRF More than 200 riders participate in second annual event to help the two groups More than 200 bicyclists showed up to Howard Beach on Sunday to participate in the second annual “Bike Loop,” which raised about $15,000 for New York Families for Autistic Children, a nonprofit providing afterschool services for children with autism, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which seeks to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. “The day was a success, thanks in part to our 15 community and business partners who sponsored the ride, our cyclists and about 100 volunteers. Hope to see everyone next year,” Andrew Baumann, president and CEO of NYFAC, said in a statement. Riders gathered at NYFAC’s headquarters, located at 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd., at 9 a.m. and rode over three bridges in two boroughs, through the Rockaway Peninsula and along the Belt Parkway, completely around the western half of Jamaica Bay before returning to Howard Beach — a 20 mile journey. Matt Long finished the loop in 57 minutes. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), who participated in the event, and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) showed up to cut the ribbon. The West Hamilton Beach and Broad Channel volunteer fire departments helped with the event and radio stations Fresh 102.7 and WCBS Q FM were there too. — Anthony O’Reilly

More than 200 bicyclists take off on their 20 mile journey.

Back where they began. Bicyclists celebrate finishing the “loop” at NYFAC’s Howard PHOTOS BY DOMINICK TOTINO PHOTOGRAPHY Beach headquarters.

Andrew Baumann, president and CEO of NYFAC, left, stands with Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, Joe Mure Jr., a JDRF board member and New York Families for Autistic Children trustee, Derek Rapp, president and CEO of JDRF, and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.

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The city Department of Design and Construction last Thursday presented two alternatives for fixing chronically f looded James Court in Hamilton Beach — but in the end, residents expressed more support for a third idea proposed by Roger Gendron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association. Gendron, who does not live on James Court, proposed putting a wraparound bulkhead at the end of the block with a check valve that would prevent water from rushing into the street and moving all utilities and fire hydrants to one side of the street — they’re on both sides now. The bulkhead would have to wrap around the end of the block because there are wetlands there that cannot be built on, he said. “Does everyone agree with that?” Gendron asked about 20 people who live on the block, with most seeming to node their heads in agreement. DDC officials at the meeting did not comment on the idea. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who was in the City Council when the project was first proposed, said the DDC and the Department of Transportation now have to see if Gendron’s idea is feasible. “There’s a difference between what we like and what is capable of being done,” Addabbo said. “They’re going to start checking out what

Residents listen to city officials on plans for flood alleviation at James Court. The Department of Design and Construction proposed two ideas, but the civic president proposed a third that PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY seemed more popular among homeowners on the street. can be done.” A presentation on the proposal for alleviating flooding on the block was scheduled for last Thursday because the DDC failed to show up to the civic’s meeting on the topic last month. The project manager for James Court retired and his replacement was on vacation that week, Gendron said. “Things happen. The fault is solely mine,”

DDC spokesman Howard Pollack said at the meeting. Agency officials then ran down their first proposal for fixing the street, which at the south end has deteriorated. That proposal, which has been presented to the public before, includes installing bulkheads, raising the pavement by two feet and removing the curb to make the sidewalk level with the roadway.

James Court homeowners reminded the DDC why they don’t like that idea. “People who are not familiar with that street are going to be speeding down it,” one resident said, pointing out that the sidewalk and roadway would be level. “There are so many children on that street.” Another resident, whose home was featured during the agency’s Power Point presentation, said the proposal would do nothing for her. Rich Lynch opposed the agency’s proposal to put fire hydrants on the side where parking would be. “We don’t want to lose anything on the roadway,” Lynch said. The near-unanimous opposition to that idea led DDC officials to outline what their Plan B was: to not raise the pavement, repave the street, place a 24-foot bulkhead at the south end and install catchbasins and drains in the roadway. Agency officials, comparing the two proposals, said the second one would be less effective in preventing flooding but that it would cost less and take only a year to complete — six months shorter than the former. Residents seemed more amenable to that proposal but didn’t understand why the agency thought it would be less effective. That’s when Gendron proposed a combination of the two ideas, also taking into continued on page 18

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continued from page 5 Eileen Lamanna, president of PS 124’s Parent Teacher Association, said she “couldn’t believe it” when she heard new sex offenders had been moved into Skyway. “I said ‘Are you kidding me?’” Lamanna said of her reaction when she found out new offenders had been placed there. “It’s like you take two steps forward and one step back.” She and Edna Fraylon-Shelton, a member of the South Ozone Park Civic Association West, thanked Wills for keeping an eye on the sex offenders at Skyway. “I’m very happy Councilman Wills is steadily following through to make sure that what is supposed to be done gets done,” Fraylon-Shelton said. “Because once you get lax, things go back to business as usual.” The councilman emphasized he would continue to make sure the city keeps to its promise of removing the sex offenders from the site. “We want to make sure they know we are watching,” he said. “We are diligently monitoring this and our community is diligently monitoring this.” Wills added he does not believe any other sex offenders are in the process of being moved to Skyway now, similar to the way they were moved there last month. “That’s not going to happen,” he said. Q

Potholes cost city $138M Scott Stringer: Worst offenders are Queens highways The city during a six-year period paid out more than $138 million in settlements to people who were injured or had their cars damaged due to potholes — and a major it y of those claims originated on Queens motor ways, accordi ng to a report from city Comptroller Scott Stringer. The Belt Parkway, Grand Central Parkway and BrooklynQueens Expressway were the top three sites where pothole claims originated, Stringer said in a report issued last Thursday — 706, 433 and 422, respectively. The Long Island Expressway was fourth with 405 and Queens Boulevard had 208. “Potholes are serious trouble,” Stringer said in a statement. “They deflate tires, break axles, and twist ankles, often at a significant financial cost to the City.” From fiscal years 2010 to 2015, roughly 12,300 claims for damage to cars and 5,900 for personal injuries were filed with the city, Stringer said. Of the 12,300 car damage

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The Grand Central Parkway, seen here before recent repaving, had the second-largest amount of potholes during a six-year period, according to a report by city Comptroller Scott Stringer. Because of the holes, the city shelled PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE out $138 million in settlements. claims, 3,590 or iginated in Queens, more than any other borough. Brooklyn was second, with 2,644. Stringer, in his report, said the Department of Transportation needs to improve its system for filling in potholes — adding that the average time to close one up was 6.7 days last fiscal

year, three times what it was the year before. “The City has taken a proactive approach to improving pothole maintenance, including pothole blitzes, targeted repaving, and material enhancements, and I commend DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg for all of her efforts,” Stringer noted.

“ Howeve r f i l l i ng p ot hole s remains an uphill battle.” The comptroller suggested the DOT explore the “complete reconstruction” of some city streets, continue the use of more durable materials when resurfacing roads and ensure repairs are done as quickly as Q possible.

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New bus lanes not part of SBS plan Lines, to be finished by month’s end, are part of DOT’s Congested Corridors Study by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Bus lanes are appearing along parts of Woodhaven Boulevard — but not as part of the city’s Select Bus Service plan. The Department of Transportation is painting “bus only” lanes along the corridor in both directions from Dry Harbor Road to Metropolitan Avenue in an effort to increase mobility as part of the agency’s Congested Corridors Study, a spokesman told the Queens Chronicle on Tuesday. The lanes are offset, one lane away from the curb, and will be in effect Monday to Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. for local and express buses. Signs alerting drivers to those hours will be put up later this month and the entire project is expected to be done by the end of August. “The bus lanes will improve bus travel times and reliability for the 30,000 daily bus riders on this corridor,” the DOT spokesman said in an email. There are some circumstances, however, in which motorists can cross into the lanes. “Vehicles can enter or cross over a bus lane to make right turns, access a curb cut or driveway within 200 [feet], enter a parking space, or to quickly drop-off or pick up passengers,” the DOT spokesman said. “Parking

Department of Transportation workers paint bus lanes along Woodhaven Boulevard from Dry Harbor Road to Metropolitan Avenue as part of the agency’s Congested Corridors Study. The PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY project is slated to be completed at the end of the month. will remain at the curb with the same regulations as existing.” Painting the lines and painting the lanes themselves red at times has been causing

traffic to slow down. The plan being implemented right now is separate from the agency’s $200 million SBS plan, which also seeks to put a dedicated bus

lane along the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard corridor — but for the entire stretch of it, not just a portion. Those lanes will also be along the main strip of the corridor, not on the offset lane, and will pick up passengers from bus stops on the median. The Q52 and Q53 express buses, not the local lines, will be the only ones able to use the SBS bus lanes. That plan isn’t expected to be put in place until 2018. The DOT spokesman said when the agency began the Congested Corridors Study in 2008, one of the suggestions to improve mobility along Woodhaven Boulevard was to install the bus lanes where they’re being placed now. The lanes were supposed to appear along the corridor last fall, the spokesman added, but were delayed to this year due to “weather complications and the absence of resources.” Frank Gulluscio, district manager for Community Board 6, said he has received phone calls from concerned residents who thought the lanes were part of SBS. At a meeting of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association last month, the CB 9 Transportation Committee Chairman said he, too, thought they were for SBS until he was told otherwise by DOT Queens Borough Q Commissioner Nicole Garcia.

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State Sen. James Sanders Jr. and Paul Samuelson used the same generalities in their op-ed last week, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bus rapid transit: just what Woodhaven needs,â&#x20AC;? to support BRT, also called Select Bus Service, as the city Department of Transportation while offering no specifics, merely claiming it has worked in other cities. Has SBS worked in New York? We still do not know because other than a few firstyear progress reports several years ago showing ridership increases and quicker bus trips, no recent data has been shared. In fact, except for a few routes, ridership has not only declined on SBS routes between 2013 and 2014, they are also more expensive to operate, each costing an additional several million dollars a year. The B44 SBS and M60 SBS are both well over a year old, but neither route has had a first-year assessment because of ridership decreases. Sanders and Samuelson dismiss new subway lines as impractical and extraordinarily expensive but do not mention studying the reactivation of existing rail lines such as the abandoned Rockaway Beach line, which would cost a mere fraction of a new subway line and may be a viable option to a $231 million BRT proposed for Woodhaven Boulevard, not a very low cost proposal. They also claim, without any proof, that BRT on Woodhaven will decrease traffic congestion rather than increase it. They only make a general statement that it works in other cities. Are those cities also eliminating 23 left turns? The backups that alone will cause will result in only one moving lane for through traffic when cars waiting to turn are backed up into one of the two through lanes at the few corners where left turns will be allowed. There are now four or even six lanes in each direction if you count turning lanes at major intersections. How will traffic flow smoother? How many will switch from their cars to the bus?

continued from page 14 consideration some features utilized on his block, which he said now only floods during major storms. City officials did not voice support or opposition to the idea, but said they would work with the DOT to design a proposal the residents could agree to. Queens Borough DOT Commissioner Nicole Garcia was present at the meeting, though she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak publicly during it. Addabbo and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who has continued to fund the awaited construction for the project,

Very few. The mistaken conclusion is if it works in other countries, it has to work on Woodhaven. If the modeling data shows quicker f lowing t raff ic, why h a snâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t t he DOT shared the results? Why hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the MTA shared the results of the transit forecasting model it is supposedly using? The DOT may be continually seeking input from the community as Sanders and Samuelson suggest, but it is not responding to questions. The Queens Public Transportation Committee has asked 60 of them, and hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t received a single response. As Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder pointed out in another article in the same issue, a state grant is available to study the feasibility of the parallel abandoned rail line only a few blocks away as an alternative to BRT. That would decrease travel times more without negatively affecting traffic. The MTA hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stated whether it will apply for that funding, although in its 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Looking Aheadâ&#x20AC;? report, the MTA specifically cited â&#x20AC;&#x153;Possible use of abandoned/underutilized ROW for new non-[central business district] Transit?â&#x20AC;? Why wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it apply, unless the the fix is in for BRT? Is it fear of what such a study might conclude? It is no coincidence that the same groups supporting BRT also support turning the rail line into a park. If BRT on Woodhaven is indeed a good idea, we need more than generalities. We need to know the extra benefits a $231 million plan has over the original $15 million SBS plan. Does it provide 15 times the benefit? If not, we need to take a closer look at Q the Rockaway Beach line. Allan Rosen is a retired director of bus planning for MTA New York City Transit and blogs for Sheepsheadbites.

applauded DDC and DOT for working with the community to come up with an idea for the block instead of implementing an idea without prior review. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re listening to the residents of James Court,â&#x20AC;? Addabbo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The city is not coming in here and saying you have to do this.â&#x20AC;? Ulrich said the block will â&#x20AC;&#x153;be the envy of the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;? when the project is completed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone is going to be saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey what about my block?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. He added that the residents needed something done as soon as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The situation as it stands now is unacQ ceptable,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Continuing their mission The DiMeglio sisters are continuing to work toward their goal of cleaning up Frank Charles Memorial Park in Howard Beach and the surrounding area. The Sanitation Department last Saturday cleaned up the dead end area of 165th Avenue near the park, weeks after Debra Ann and Sheri DiMeglio brought the deplorable condi-

tions there back into the spotlight. “Thank you Dept. of Sanitation,” the sisters wrote on their Facebook page, “Two Girls on a Mission for Charles Memorial Park,” which chronicles their goal of cleaning up the federal parkland. Sanitation blocked the area off to all motorists while workers cleaned the area, the result of which can be seen above.

Keith Kolm, the alleged “Boulevard Burglar,” is back behind bars after leading 106th Precinct officers on a wild car chase two weeks ago, according to Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff. Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, announced the arrest last Wednesday and on Tuesday told a Queens Ch ronicle repor ter Kolm was being sought for a grand larceny in Nassau County. More charges were brought against him when he allegedly led cops on a wild car chase, Schiff said, in which he sped 100 miles per hour down the Conduit in an effort to lose the officers. “We let him get away because we’d rather everybody be safe,” Schiff said. Kolm was spotted last week in South Ozone Park and arrested for reckless endangerment, according to the deputy inspector. As of Tuesday night, Schiff said, he was still locked up.

This is not Kolm’s first run-in with the law. In April, he was charged with stealing an ATM from a Key Food on Cross Bay Boulevard. Another chase, this one on foot, led to his arrest back then after he allegedly tried to lure police who were watching him away from his house by calling in a false 911 report. The Hamilton Beach resident was cuffed on a rooftop and allegedly found to be in possession of two pipes, each containing cocaine. He was released shortly after. Schiff, at a May meeting of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, said he did not believe it was a coincidence that Kolm’s release came shortly before 500 feet copper was stolen from the Howard Beach-JFK A train stop. No one has been charged in that case, however. Kolm’s father, James Kolm, was arrested in June for operating a motor vehicle Q with a suspended registration.

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On Iran pact, it’s two against, six unsure Meng, Israel oppose nuclear deal; Queens’ other U.S. pols pondering by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

As President Obama intensifies his effort to get congressional backing for the nuclear pact Secretary of State John Kerry and the foreign ministers of several other nations negotiated with Iran, most federal lawmakers from Queens say they are still undecided about whether to support the accord. Two members of Congress who represent Queens, Reps. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Steve Israel (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) have come out against the pact, the former announcing her opposition last week and the latter declaring it on Tuesday. Among the other five House members whose districts include parts of Queens (only Meng’s is wholly within the borough), four said they were still studying the issue this week, as did both of New York’s U.S. senators. The office of Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) declined to acknowledge being contacted by the Chronicle when it c a nva s s e d t h e law m a ke r s fo r t h ei r opinions. Obama and the pact’s other supporters say it would halt or at least delay Iran’s development of nuclear weapons, while critics say it would do no such thing and would simply empower the Mideastern state by removing sanctions that have frozen much of its assets abroad. Of particular concern to many critics is Iran’s position that Israel should not exist,

O p p one nt s do h ave t wo vot e s i n making them wor r y the Islamic State could launch a nuclear strike against it. Queens. Meng said last week that while she They also cite Iran’s ballistic missile program to say it one day could attack Euro- commends Obama and Kerry for negotiating the deal, formally called the Joint pean countries or the United States. Supporters say that if Iran is found to Comprehen sive Pla n of Act ion , she be violating the accord, economic sanc- believes a better agreement could have tions can be reimposed on it; and that not been reached. “I believe the inspections procedures reaching an agreement would just give Iran free rein to continue developing set forth are f lawed — leading nuclear nuclear weapons — something that it experts assert that, pursuant to these procedures, inspectors would not necessarily denies doing at all. know whether Iran is manuAlthough it is an accord fact uring uranium comporeached by the United States nents for a nuclear weapon,” and several other nations, the pact is not being considered a ore study is she said in a prepared statement. “This is unacceptable. t reat y by Cong ress. T h at needed, Fu r ther more, I am deeply would require its approval by concerned that almost all of two-thirds of the U.S. senamany say. Iran’s nuclear infrastructure tors present when it is put wou ld remai n i nt act ; th is before them. Instead, Conle a d s me t o b el ieve I r a n gress earlier this year passed a law calling for both houses to approve or would simply resume its pursuit of a disapprove the deal with a simple majority nuclear weapon at the conclusion of the vote, or to not vote at all. As with regular deal in a decade’s time. “Finally, the immediate sanctions relief legislation, if the president were to veto a denial, a two-thirds majority in both hous- provided Iran in the deal would incentivize the funding of terrorism and lessen es would be required to override him. Most if not all elected Republicans Iran’s interest in restraining its nuclear oppose the deal, including the presidential ambitions over the long term.” After Meng announced her opposition, candidates, while Democrats are largely supportive. Though the GOP holds majori- the Chronicle polled Queens’ other federal ties in both houses, its members would lawmakers. On Tuesday afternoon, Israel’s need significant Democratic support to spokeswoman said he was undecided, in a statement in which he expressed skepticism reach a veto-proof majority.

about the deal. Later that day he told Newsday he will vote against it. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), whose leadership position among Democrats is seen as making his take on the deal a linchpin, remained undecided this week. “Senator Schumer is carefully analyzing the proposed deal because its implications are profound and far reaching,” his spokeswoman, Marisa Kaufman, said in an email. “He has a lot of questions about the proposal and when he comes to a conclusion, he will share his position and thoughts with the public.” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and the House members other than Israel whose offices responded — Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), Joe Crowley (D -Bron x, Queens), Hakeem Jeff r ies ( D -Brook ly n , Q ue e n s) a nd G regor y Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) — gave the Chronicle statements expressing similar sentiments. All said they are studying the deal, speaking with experts or both. “I am doing due diligence to thoroughly review the agreement and related diplomatic actions,” Meeks said. “I am traveling to talk with the [International Atomic Energy Agency] and our allies around the world. That includes speaking with [the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] and other entities. I will not make a decision until I have completed my due diligence. This is too important to Q make a quick political decision.”

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Money will be used for renovations, improvements at a dozen branches Borough President Melinda Katz on Monday announced that she is allocating $14 million in capital funds for renovations and technology improvements at 12 Queens Library branches — a year after she gave no money to the library system. “The millions of families who rely on the Queens Library services deserve nothing less than a world-class library system,” Katz said in a written statement. “The Board of Trustees — which the Mayor and I reformed in 2014 thanks to prompt state legislation — continues to move the Library in the right direction consistent with its educational purpose. This capital allocation will help ensure the Queens Library branches remain up-to-date and better able to serve its educational purpose as a community hub of learning, literacy and culture.” The $14 million will be divided as follows: • $3.8 million for the expansion of the Queens Library at Arverne; • $3.5 million for interior renovations at the Queens Library at Baisley Park; • $96,000 for security cameras at the Queens Library at Bay Terrace; • $500,000 for the upgrading of the HVAC system at the Queens Library at Douglaston/Little Neck; • $65,000 for security cameras at the Queens Library at Douglaston/Little Neck; • $81,000 for security cameras at the Queens Library at East Flushing; • $2.75 million for a second elevator at the Queens Library at Flushing;

• $800,000 for a roof replacement at the Queens Library at Ozone Park; • $78,000 for security cameras at the Queens Library at Rosedale; • $2.2 million for exterior façade and multi-purpose room renovations at the Queens Library at St. Albans; • $81,000 for security cameras at the Queens Library at South Ozone Park; • $95,000 for security cameras at the Queens Library at Steinway; • $122,000 for security cameras at the Queens Library at Woodhaven; As news of overspending under the leadership of former president and CEO Tom Galante spread last year, Katz allocated no money to Queens Library branches. She and Mayor de Blasio booted a bloc of pro-Galante trustees who refused to comply with the city’s efforts to reform the embattled system. Galante was fired by the reconfigured board in December. Bridget Quinn-Carey, interim president and CEO of Queens Library, said in a statement issued by the system, “Queens Library greatly appreciates the investment Borough President Katz is making in library infrastructure and technology. “Creating inviting, inspiring spaces and keeping our library buildings in a state of good repair protects the resources our community libraries offer, and ensures a welcoming and secure environment for millions of customers,” she added. Quinn-Carey was named in an audit released by city Comptroller Scott Stringer last month which detailed the

A year after she gave no capital funds to Queens Library branches, Borough President Melinda Katz is allocating $14 million for renovations, technology improvements and security FILE PHOTO cameras at a dozen sites. misspending by library officials. She and Galante allegedly used $310,000 of the library’s money in expenses that violated the system’s travel andpurchase policies between fiscal years Q 2012 and 2014. Most of the spending was his. — Anthony O’Reilly

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DA Richard Brown’s plan for $116 million Queens District Attorney wants to convert old jail into new office space by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

District Attorney Richard Brown says his three offices are bursting at the seams. And the most powerful prosecutor in the borough has his eyes set on the Queens Detention Complex, the former jail also known as the Queens House of Detention, at 126-01 82 Ave. in Kew Gardens. “It’s been empty since 2002,” Brown said in an interview with the Queens Chronicle on Tuesday. “The Department of Correction has told me they have no need for it, so it makes a lot of sense to renovate it and convert it into office space.” But how would Brown pay for such a project? With $116 million allocated to the Queens DA’s office by the federal Department of Justice as part of a $1.9 billion 2012 settlement that banking giant HSBC made in the wake of a money laundering scandal involving the company and Latin American drug cartels. As one of the lead investigative groups in the HSBC case, the Queens DA’s office received the highest amount of forfeiture funds out of any city agency, with the Manhattan DA’s office being allocated $76.9 million and the NYPD $9.4 million. Brown’s newfound sum of money, nearly quadruple his office’s yearly budget of $30 million, can only be used for capital upgrades, such as construction, not for personnel costs. And the DA said some of that money would be best put to use by building new office space. “We need more space,” he said. “The house of detention literally abuts the east wall of my office. It’s an investment that will be well spent.” Brown added that the former 467-bed, 10-story jail is sitting almost completely vacant, and the city’s website advertises the facility as a “wonderful place” to stage television and film shoots.

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown is calling on the city to support his plan to turn the mostly vacant Queens Detention Complex in Kew Gardens into sorely needed office space. The former jail hasn’t been used for such a purpose since 2002. FILE PHOTO

According to The Wall Street Journal, shows such as the HBO hit “Orange is the New Black,” a largely fictional show about an upstate women’s prison, often films there. While utilizing the building as a work space instead of cramming employees into three different offices, located at 125-01, 120-55 and 80-02 Queens Blvd., would be greatly beneficial to his staff, Brown said the city has protested the possible move because the DOC still maintains office space in the basement of the building. He doesn’t see the logic in that. “They apparently are [objecting] for what reason I

don’t know,” he said. “It’s something I’ve pushed for some time now.” However, in a press release issued on Wednesday, the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association said it opposed a possible DOC plan to turn the facility into an “overflow facility” to train over 200 new agency recruits starting this week. “The overflow facility, which has been shuttered for more than a decade, is operationally inadequate and impractical for the surrounding Kew Gardens community,” the union said. “The antiquated Queens Detention Complex is too small, lacks proper air conditioning, has dilapidated bathrooms and does not have the requisite training equipment to properly prepare the next generation of Correction Officers to do their jobs.” In addition to calling on Brown, Borough President Melinda Katz and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) to oppose the DOC’s plan, union president Norman Seabrook said training the recruits on Rikers Island, instead of in Kew Gardens, makes the most sense. The Mayor’s Office did not return a request for comment by press time, but Katz supports the DA’s idea, according to a spokesperson. “Borough President Katz strongly supports DA Brown’s plans to consolidate his three office spaces into one,” the spokesperson said. “Katz agrees it would utilize resources more efficiently, better serve the entire borough and, in the long-run, generate cost savings for the city There is hope for the DA’s plan, as he added he has a meeting scheduled with city officials next week, where he plans to discuss his proposal further. An additional project Brown is hoping to put some of the $116 million towards is the construction of a cybercrime lab, but the main obstacle is that he needs somewhere to put it. “Without office space, I can’t do much of anything,” Q he said.

Alleged killer of Forest Hills jeweler arrested MTA employee Charles Jordan faces charges in Aron Aranbayev’s death by Christopher Barca

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Police have slapped handcuffs on a suspect they believe allegedly ran over and killed Forest Hills jeweler Aron “Eric” Aranbayev on July 19. Ac c ord i ng t o aut hor it ie s , 46-year-old Charles Jordan, an MTA train operator, was arrested last Thursday and charged with second-degree murder, seconddegree murder with depraved indifference and leaving the scene of an accident nearly two weeks after the crash. According to reports, Jordan was arrested at his home on Long Island. Police did not immediately confirm what town he resides in, but a press release from District Attorney Richard Brown says Jord a n is f rom Val ley Stream. Aranbayev, a 40-year-old married father of four, was a highprofile jeweler at Rafaello & Co., his family’s operation in Manhattan’s Diamond District.

He was killed mere feet from his home near the intersection of 71st Avenue and 110th Street, where Jordan allegedly got into an argument with Aranbayev. Jordan then allegedly got into a 2005 Dodge Magnum, put the vehicle in reverse and then sped for ward, r unning the jeweler over, according to Brown. “The victim did n’t have a chance,” Brown said in a Thursday statement. “He was allegedly brutally rammed by a 1,000-plus pound, high-speed vehicle that v iole ntly t h r ew h i m t o t he ground ... This was a senseless, violent death that could have easily been prevented.” Some of Aranbayev’s clients included celebrities such as Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kevin Hart and Khloe Kardashian, as well as undefeated boxing legend Floyd M a y w e a t h e r, w h o d o n a t e d $10,000 to a reward fund last week for information leading to a suspect’s arrest. Rafaello & Co. also donated

$35,000 to the fund. Gabriel Jacobs, Aranbayev’s cousin and coworker at the jewelry company, released a statement on behalf of the business on the social media website Instagram after Jordan was arrested, thanking the NYPD for its efforts and well-wishers for their support in the wake of Aranbayev’s death. “We’d like to thank you all from the Rafaello & Co. family for your prayers and support in a time so difficult,” the company said. “We’d like to thank the NYPD for their hard work and dedication. We finally have some sort of closure and justice for my beloved brother. We have justice but it will not bring my brother back.” Brooklyn-born rapper Busta Rhymes, another client of Aranbayev, also memorialized his late jeweler and friend on the social media site. “I can’t believe they took my brother from me and from all of us,” Rhymes posted on Insta-

The late Aron Aranbayev, left, stands with undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather in a photo posted to the jeweler’s Instagram account. Aranbayev was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Forest Hills last month, allegedly by MTA INSTAGRAM PHOTO employee Charles Jordan. gram. “Eric, you were truly a shining light, bro. You always brightened up and lifted the energy in many situations. I love you and miss you tremendously my brother.”

According to MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz, Jordan, who was hired by the agency as a conductor in 2000 and promoted to train operator in 2006, has been susQ pended without pay.

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Friends, family remember Charles Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ambra as a kind and giving person by Anthony Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly Associate Editor

The same two words were used by three different people to describe Charles Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ambra at his wake last Friday: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel sorry for anybody who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to know him. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry they missed him,â&#x20AC;? his cousin Michelle Pellegrino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were more like brother and sister.â&#x20AC;? Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ambra, 39, was supposed to depart on a cruise last Friday, Pellegrino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember I got a message from him and he said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she said. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ambra was found dead on July 29 of causes that were not immediately clear. Born on May 4, 1976, he was a Middle Village native who lived on 71st Street, went to Our Lady of Hope School and worked as a waiter at Barosaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Restaurant for nine years. But he served more than just food to customers and everyone who knew him. He consistently made them smile and laugh, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He always made you feel like a million bucks,â&#x20AC;? a family friend who identified herself as Lillian said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was the best.â&#x20AC;? And it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just friends and families who felt that way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charlie was a lovable kid. All the tough guys â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whoever, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; everybody loved Charlie,â&#x20AC;? Barosa coowner Joe LaRosa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one had a

Charles Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ambra, left, was remembered as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the bestâ&#x20AC;? by those who knew him. The Middle Village native and Barosa waiter died at 39 last week. He stands here with co-worker Kara PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE Pietrafesa and Joe LaRosa, co-owner of Barosa. problem with him.â&#x20AC;? It would be hard not to believe that. Three thousand people showed up to his wake and 700 people overflowed Our Lady of Hope Church, which holds 550 people, for the funeral last Saturday. His friend Peter said although he rarely

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The city Administration for Children’s Services is moving ahead with its plans for a juvenile offender facility in Queens Village. But so are the people in and around Queens Village. Last Friday, scores of residents gathered at the Church of the Living God in Jamaica to begin turning words into actions. State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) moderated a meeting aimed at recruiting residents to take specific, dedicated action to engage both the city and the owner of the property at 207-10 Jamaica Ave. Comrie wants to establish committees of volunteers who will conduct outreach to area residents and the city; another to work with the property owner on finding another tenant for the property for about three years as well as another site for an ACS facility; and those interested in preparing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the shelter, much like the one that has been filed to block a similar ACS project in South Ozone Park. ACS, under Gov. Cuomo’s Close to Home initiative, is looking to take youthful offenders from institutions upstate and move them closer to their families and communities. All will be teenagers who have been referred to the program by the Family Court system. They would have been charged more seriously had they been 18 or older at the times of their arrests. Comrie said petitions have been sent to city and state officials, but that he needed residents to keep the pressure on state and ACS officials. He and others recommended calling the governor’s office regularly, or on a daily basis if needed, at (518) 474-8390.

“When I go in there, I need numbers backing me,” Comrie told the crowd. Several residents asked that the number be repeated to make sure they had it right. The facility will have a higher level of security than an existing residence just a few blocks away. Several weeks ago three residents of a lower-security facility in Brooklyn went missing. All three have been arrested and charged in connection with an attack on a woman in Manhattan, including two of them charged with rape. An employee at the shelter, which was run by Boys Town and has since closed, is being investigated for falsifying records. But ACS officials have said the proposed Queens Village site would have much stricter personnel and electronic security, and that the teens almost never would be leaving the site, which is less than 40 feet from the nearest home on 207th Street. “While plans for this proposed facility are still being formulated, ACS expects to launch the second and final phase of Close to Home, Limited Secure Placement in the coming weeks,” an ACS spokesman said in an email. “Construction work is being completed on LSP facilities and we are continuing to work closely with the Comptroller’s Office to register the remaining contracts for our three non-profit partners who will be providing LSP services. We look forward to bringing additional justice-involved young people Q closer to home,” the spokesman added.

Correction The July 23 article “Russell Simmons shares life lessons” misstated where he is from. Q He grew up in Hollis. We regret the error.

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Some fired up over, some welcome new state cannabis manufacturing by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

Five companies out of 43 candidates were awarded state licenses to grow, manufacture and FILE PHOTO distribute medical marijuana on July 31. exactly the facility will be, a report by the New York Daily News suggested that it will be in a warehouse facility located at 30-02 Borden Ave., in the Blissville area of LIC. Nearby resident Miguel Cavanzos said in an email he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t warmed up to that thought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we deserve to have a say before this company can be allowed to open for busi-

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A little more than a year after New York Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Compassionate Care Act â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which made way for a medical marijuana program â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was signed into law by Gov. Cuomo, five organizations were deemed able to grow and sell medically sanctioned cannabis products last Friday. One of the companies is Bloomfield Industries Inc., which plans to establish an operating facility in Long Island City and have patient resource centers throughout the state. Forty-three companies vied for a license, according to state records. Only a handful of serious illnesses, such as AIDS, types of cancers or Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease, are permitted by the state to be treated with medical marijuana. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bloomfield Industries is honored to help deliver on the promise of the Compassionate Care Act for patients who are suffering throughout New York State,â&#x20AC;? Colette Bellefleur, chief operating officer of Bloomfield Industries, said in a press release. The press release also noted the company, which is headquartered in Staten Island, is now formalizing the exact location for a 230,000 square feet manufacturing facility, where cannabis will be cultivated, manufactured, packaged and housed. Operations are planned to be underway by this December. While the company would not say where

people to hang out around this area because they know they can have someone buy weed for them.â&#x20AC;? Bloomfield Industries noted in its press release that there will be video surveillance where products are kept. Its leaders also claimed the operation will bring 25 jobs to each area surrounding dispensaries and more than 100 for the manufacturing facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is welcome news for our economy when new jobs are created in our neighborhoods,â&#x20AC;? state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) said in an emailed statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I look forward to working with this new local business to ensure it is a good corporate neighbor to existing residents.â&#x20AC;? Ryan LaDuc, who lives near the Vernon Boulevard No. 7 train stop in Long Island City, said he has visited relatives who live in California and Colorado near dispensaries and has seen no negative effect on surrounding communities. He said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see this having a negative impact in Queens, either. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It does not up crime at all in the slightest but I can understand how people who have been living there for years and years might think this,â&#x20AC;? LaDuc, who stressed heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a marijuana smoker, said in a phone interview. He also noted the number of area factories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can see how people might think this adds to Q the sketchiness of the area, so to speak.â&#x20AC;?

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Dragon boats to ply Meadow Lake Annual two-day festival will offer plenty of entertainment for all by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

The colorful Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will return to Flushing Meadow Park this weekend with more than 200 teams participating on Meadow Lake. The 25th annual event will run Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine. Participants from across the United States and Canada will compete for cash and prizes during the two days of racing. Prizes will be given for a U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship including four roundtrip tickets to Hong Kong provided by Delta. Airlines. Other festival events consist of several special Invitational Cup races. The opening day parade begins at noon Saturday followed by the city championship races. This year’s races includes six new 10-person boats made in China and teams from various elected officials including Mayor de Blasio, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing). The NYPD, FDNY and other city agencies will also be represented. The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival is the largest multicultural festival in the metropolitan area and the biggest festival of its kind in the country, officials say. On shore, visitors will have plenty of

The competition is fierce between dragon boat racers as participants try to beat opponents during a heat last year on Meadow Lake. This year’s festival will be held Saturday and Sunday. FILE PHOTO

other entertainment and diversions including a food court, crafts demonstrations and informational booths. Saturday’s entertainment lineup starts with the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York,

followed by lion and dragon dancing teams officially opening the program. The afternoon performers include Hong Kong dancer Selina Chau; Jack Hsu’s band, Hsu-nami; Jane and Rob Lok offering comic dance num-

bers; Omny Taiko and five drums; and Shaolin Temple masters performing martial arts. Sunday’s program includes the FJ Music Fusion, a duo of Chinese musicians; the Casym Steel Orchestra; the New York Chinese Cultural Center dancers; Bailen, a family band; Giullari di Piazza Italian Folk Music and Dance Co. and more martial arts from the Shaolin Temple. The food court will feature grilled chicken, corn on the cob and Asian specialties including fish balls, steamed dumplings, yakisoba noodles, lo mein and lemonade. The teak boats used in the competition are custom-made in Hong Kong and weigh a ton. They feature a colorful dragon head at the front and a tail at the rear. Each team has 18 paddlers, a drummer and a steerperson. The festival commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a respected Chinese leader who was disgraced in ancient times and committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. Nearby fishermen tried to save him but they failed. The races symbolize the rescue attempts. Festival organizers suggest that visitors take public transportation to Flushing Meadows as there is no parking around the lake. Parking is available at Citi Field. A shuttle bus to the racing area will be available outside the subway station at Citi Field. Regular tranQ sit fees will be charged.

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Baby elk joins the herd The Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows Park welcomed a Roosevelt elk calf in June that is now on display. The calf brings the total number of elk in the herd to six. Roosevelt elk weigh approximately 25 pounds at birth. Adult bulls can weigh up to 1,100 pounds and females up to 700

pounds, making them the largest of all elk subspecies and one of the largest terrestrial animals in North America. They range from Northern California to southern British Columbia. Named for Theodore Roosevelt, they also are known as Olympic elk or wapti and can live more than 25 years in captivity.

Following reports of schools fixing grades of struggling students to allow them to graduate on time, city schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced on Tuesday the formation of a task force meant to ensure academic policies are adhered to. “By creating a Regulatory Task Force on Academic Policy and forming dedicated teams to monitor any concerning trends, we are once again sending a clear message that violating academic policies will not be tolerated,” Fariña said in a statement. “Schools violating our academic policies are not giving students the education they deserve, and I have zero tolerance for schools flaunting our policies.” Phil Weinberg, the Deputy Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, will be the head of the task force, which will craft biannual citywide reports on how schools are “implementing DOE guidelines” directly to Fariña. The review will “include an analysis of issues such as credit recovery and graduation requirements, both retrospective and real-time” and identify areas where schools

may need “additional suppor t and trainings.” A third party with no connections to the DOE will sit on the task force, in addition to department officials and an auditor from Ernst and Young. The DOE states that if any inappropriate actions by schools are spotted, they will be reported to the special commissioner of investigation. Schools must also create a plan, which must be approved by Fariña, to adhere to any academic policies they may be flaunting. Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Education Committee, applauded Fariña’s announcement in a statement issued on Tuesday. “I am glad the Chancellor is taking steps to nip this in the bud by creating a task force to further investigate this issue,” Dromm said. Several city schools have been criticized recently for illegitimately bumping up student’s grades in an effort to allow them to Q graduate on time.

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City money’s in place, but complete relief may take two decades for some Editor

Following decades of neglect, New York City has dedicated hundreds of millions of dollars to stopping or at least mitigating flooding in Southeast Queens, with more than $1.5 billion still to come. But it will not come soon enough for residents whose streets and homes sit on lowlying land with high water tables. Many residents also live on streets that are poorly paved and maintained with insufficient or no storm sewers. Residents of Bedell Street in Jamaica are tired of promises. On the morning of July 30, a brief but intense morning rain left about 100 feet of road and curb submerged under several inches of water just north of the intersection with 116th Street. That was prior to a heavy, sustained rain that would strike Queens later that afternoon. “It will sit there for about two days and then it will start to go down,” said Emile Mervin, who has lived on the street for the last five years. “This is small — in very heavy rain it comes up to this light pole,” he said, indicating one that would more than double the length of Thursday’s flood. “Sometimes it’s so deep cars get stuck there. The water doesn’t look so deep and they drive in.

Bedell Street in Jamaica resembled a canal following a brief rain shower on July 30. Residents PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON say it can be bad enough to stall cars following heavy rains. Sometimes the cars sit there for two days. ... Even if they would put in a small pump to move the water over (116th Street) ...” Mervin said he and his neighbors have called 311 and sent photos to elected officials and city agencies, generally to no avail. “They take our tax money,” said his

neighbor, Kirkland McGhie. “But they don’t care.” Bedell Street was one of four flooded sites discovered by the Chronicle completely by chance on July 30 during a walking tour of random sidestreets along the Merrick and Guy R. Brewer boulevard corridors.

On 108th Drive in Jamaica between 164th Place and 167th Street, several patches of flooding were along both sides of the street, an uneven, poorly maintained road that is pockmarked with potholes and asphalt patches with no indication of the last time it had been repaved. Foch Boulevard, west of Merrick, is wellpaved with well-kept homes on both sides of the street and a landscaped median down the middle of the road. But late in the morning of July 30, the westbound lane was covered with several inches of water as one approached the intersection with 170th Street. A storm drain on the corner along 170th appeared to be blocked beneath the surface, with several inches of water just sitting on top of it. A resident who declined to give her name, said, like Mervin, it is usually much worse in heavy or sustained rains. “It’s usually both lanes, and the whole intersection,” she said. Mervin said residents of 159th Street, a block north and a block west of Bedell, “have it almost as bad as we do.” A visit to the stretch of 159th north of Meyer Avenue proved him right. Harold Burkett has lived in his home for 50 continued on page 28

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Flooding, though better, still a problem in Southeast Queens continued from page 27 years. And how long has flooding been a problem? “Fifty years,” he said. “My mother started this fight.” The road flooding that Thursday was not nearly as bad at Bedell, but still was clearly visible in several places. The street is poorly and unevenly paved, with no curbing on the east side for more than 200 feet extending north of Meyer. Burkett said the city has told residents it will not do certain work until the owner of the property on the eastern side — a steel company — puts in sidewalks. Burkett said things were worse until about three or four years ago when the city installed a handful of storm drains near where 159th, Meyer and Linden Boulevard meet — drains that sit uphill from the homes of Burkett and his neighbors. “It’s a little better,” he said. “All that water would come down here. People’s basements would fill up. One time everybody just took all the things from their basements that were ruined and put them out on the street. Mayor [John] Lindsay came down here to see it — that’s how long this has been happening.” Lindsay was mayor from 1966 to 1973. Burkett said the drains still do not prevent continued flooding and sewage backups into people’s homes with enough rain. Adrienne Adams, chairwoman of Community Board 13, said the four sites visited by the Chronicle “are literally a drop in the bucket of what local homeowners, businesses, churches and others have endured for decades.” “The locations that you observed under flash-flood conditions last week and many others have been sitting on a much-delayed, extensive “urgent” project repair list provided to the Department of Environmental Protection by Community Board 12 for years,” Adams said in an email to the Chronicle.

One long-time resident of 159th Street says battles with flooding — and the city — go back PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON more than 50 years. “As a matter of fact, areas from Meyer Avenue/Linden Boulevard to South Road include the oldest projects on the books,” she continued. Adams said the projects were initially eligible for federal stimulus funds “but the funding mysteriously disappeared a couple of years ago in favor of allocation by DEP elsewhere. “As a result of decades of willful disregard by responsible city agencies with respect to flooding in Southeast Queens, the most insignificant rainfall can cause immense damage to basements, living rooms, offices and various other dwelling spaces,” she wrote. The DOT said in an email that it inspects locations and addresses any defects with pothole repairs or other measures. The DEP

Groundwater and neglected paving both appear to contribute to flooding problems on 108th Drive in Jamaica.

did not respond to a request for comment. Changes have come, and more are coming. Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), before recently stepping down from his brief tenure as chairman of the Council’s Environmental Protection Committee, secured a commitment of $1.5 billion from Mayor de Blasio and the DEP to address flooding in the region. Richards, during his re-election campaign in 2013, made no secret that flooding was one of the main reasons he intended to pursue the environmental committee chairmanship. Whole sections of Brookville on both sides of the 147th Avenue corridor have received or are in the process of getting new storm sewers and newly paved roads.

Nearby Springf ield Pond has been dredged, and millions are being spent to improve flow into and out of the pond while improving the engineering, the flora and other conditions to prevent sedimentation. City DEP Commissioner Emily Lloyd, returning last year to the post she once held under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, has been a regular presence and a candid voice at churches and civic meetings in Southeast Queens in the last 20 months. She has said that it could take up to 20 years to extend the city’s storm sewer system throughout all of Southeast Queens. In places that can’t wait, the city has installed experimental “reverse seepage basins” in places with high water tables in an effort to divert some away from the surface. Some things are a bit more complicated than just getting money allocated. State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), in a brief interview last Friday night, said Bedell and 159th are among the areas with high levels of groundwater just beneath the surface. Already-high groundwater levels were exacerbated beginning in 1996, when the city purchased the old Jamaica Water Supply Co. and gradually stopped pumping out tens of millions of gallons of groundwater per day. DEP officials said the groundwater level in some areas rose 35 feet between 2001 and 2007. The city plans to begin pumping from some of the old JWS wells in 2018 when one of the city’s main water supply tunnels is shut for repairs that will take several years. But efforts to restart pumping on a larger scale have raised concerns in and brought threats of legal and legislative retaliation from Long Island, where officials fear the impact of pumping on their own residents. And their most powerful backer is state Sen. John Flanagan (R-Smithtown), the Senate Q majority leader from Suffolk County.

An otherwise picturesque section of Foch Boulevard seems to cast a poor reflection on flood control efforts.

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High temperatures are only expected to reach the mid-80s over the next week or so, but you never know when another heat wave might hit Queens and the rest of the city. When it does, senior citizens will be among those most vulnerable to suffering ill health effects from the heat. To help protect older people, various groups, public and private, offer advice on not falling victim to high tempertures. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these tips on one of its web pages, cdc.gov/extremeheat/seniors.html: • Stay in air-conditioned buildings as much as possible. Contact your local health department or locate an air-conditioned shelter in your area. • Do not rely on a fan as your primary cooling device during an extreme heat event. • Drink more water than usual and don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink. • Check on a friend or neighbor and have someone do the same for you. • Don’t use the stove or oven to cook — it will make you and your house hotter.

• Wear loose, lightweight, light-colored clothing. • Take cool showers or baths to cool down. • Check the local news for health and safety updates. • Seek medical care immediately if you have, or someone you know has, symptoms of heat-related illness like muscle cramps, headaches, nausea or vomiting. The city’s Office of Emergency Management also provides a number of tips on staying well in extreme heat, along with some sobering reminders of what can happen when people are left vulnerable. “Heat waves are particularly dangerous for children, seniors, people with cardiovascular disease, and people taking psychotropic and other medications,” the OEM says at nyc.gov/ html/oem/html/hazards/heat.shtml. “In July and August of 2006, extreme heat waves gripped New York City, claiming 46 lives and disrupting power throughout pockets of the city. In France, a blistering heat wave in August 2003 left an estimated 15,000 dead, many of whom were seniors. In July 1995, a two-week long Chicago heat wave — which saw the heat

index peak at 119°F — claimed 465 lives. More than half of the victims were 75 or older.” The agency also notes that, according to the CDC, social isolation and the inability to care for oneself put a person at greater risk. Many of the OEM’s tips are virtually the same as those offered by the CDC, but the city bureau does include some the federal agency does not list, and elaborates on others. The extra tips are: • Avoid strenuous activity, especially during the sun’s peak hours — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you must engage in strenuous activity, do it during the coolest part of the day, usually in the morning between 4 and 7 a.m. • Cool showers or baths may be helpful, but avoid extreme temperature changes. Never take a shower immediately after becoming overheated — extreme temperature changes may make you ill, nauseated or dizzy. • Seniors and others who may be sensitive to extreme heat should contact friends, neighbors or relatives at least twice a day during a heat wave. • Drink fluids — particularly water — even if you do not feel thirsty (people with heart, kid-

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As men and women age, they can experience certain physical changes and health challenges. Vision impairment is one condition that many associate with aging, and cataracts are a primary concern for those of middle-age and older. Today, more than 22 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts. According to the National Eye Institute, by age 80, more than half of all Americans will either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery. A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s lens that blocks or changes the passage of light into the eye. Normally the lens is clear, which allows light to pass through to the back of the eye, so that a person can see well-defined images. If a cataract forms and the lens becomes covered with an opaque film, light cannot pass through easily. The result will be fuzzy vision, almost like looking through a fogged-up window. If cataracts are not treated, an individual may eventually lose most of his or her vision. One or both eyes can be affected by cataracts. In the case of both eyes being compromised, one eye is usually worse than the other. The primary risk factor for developing cataracts is age. The older a person is, the greater the risk. However, there are several other risk factors as well. • intense heat or long-term exposure to UV rays from the sun; • certain diseases, such as diabetes; • obesity; • high blood pressure; • inflammation in the eye; • hereditary influences; • long-term steroid use; • eye injuries;

• other eye diseases; and • smoking. Prevent Blindness America provides free information to the public on everything from cataract basics to tips on what to expect from cataract surgery. Visit preventblindness.org/cataract or call its toll free number at (800) 331-2020. And, as part of its new Healthy Eyes Educational Series, PBA offers a specific online module on cataracts, including a Power Point presentation and guide. The organization shares this information about cataracts: • early symptoms of a cataract may include cloudy or blurry vision; • lights may cause a glare, seem too dim or seem too bright; • sufferers may also find it difficult to read or drive, especially at night; and • individuals may have to change their eyeglass prescriptions often. There are no medications or other treatment options besides surgery to correct cataracts. In the United States, cataract surgery has a 95 percent success rate, and patients often have 20/20 or 20/40 vision post-surgery. Cataract surgery is also the most frequently performed surgery, often performed as an outpatient procedure. It is widely recommended to get regular eye exams to check for cataracts early on. “By getting a complete, dilated eye exam, your doctor can discuss with you the best strategy to protect your vision well into the future,” said Hugh Parry, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness America. “We encourage everyone, especially those ages 40 and older, to make their vision a priority by P scheduling an eye appointment today.” — Metro Creative Connection

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Beware buying medicines online The internet has made it possible for consumers to buy just about anything without ever leaving their homes. Whether looking for a pizza or a car, consumers can find whatever they need with a few clicks of the mouse. But buying merchandise online always comes with a degree of risk, and that’s especially so when buying medicine over the internet. Not all websites that sell medicine are trustworthy, and many physicians feel buying medicine online is never a viable option. Recognizing the risk involved in such a transaction, the Food and Drug Administration offers the following advice to consumers consider purchasing medicines over the internet. • Learn about medicines before ordering. Consumers should learn as much as possible about the medicines they plan to purchase before placing an order. Know what the medicine looks like, including its color, texture, shape and packaging. If the medicine has a particular taste or smell, make note of that before

taking any medication purchased over the internet. • Know what you’re buying. Many websites that sell medicine are perfectly legal and trustworthy. However, just as many, if not more, websites sell medicine that has not been checked or approved by the FDA. These drugs might contain the wrong active ingredient or too much or too little of the active ingredient, making them ineffective and possibly even deadly. These faulty sites appear just as credible as their legitimate counterparts, but sell ineffective or dangerous drugs to consumers who don’t know what they’re getting in return. In an effort to increase awareness among consumers purchasing medicine online, the FDA purchased and analyzed a host of products that were sold online as Tamiflu, which is used to treat some types of influenza infection. The active ingredient in Tamiflu is oseltamivir, but in one package purchased by the FDA online the drug they received as Tamiflu contained none of the active ingredient oseltamivir.

Similar problems were reported by consumers who purchased Ambien, Xanax, Lexapro and Ativan over the internet. Instead of receiving these drugs, consumers received products containing the foreign version of Haldol, a powerful anti-psychotic drug that sent consumers to the emergency room, where they were treated for a host of ailments. When shopping for medicine online, the FDA notes the following signs of a website that’s trustworthy: • the site is located in the United States; • the website is licensed by the state board of pharmacy where the web site is operating; • the website offers a licensed pharmacist available to answer any questions; • the website provides accessible contact information that allows consumers to talk to a person if they have any comments or questions; • the website has an accessible and understandable privacy and security policy for its consumers; • the website does not sell consumer

Purchasing medications over the internet might be convenient, but it also carries substantial risk. information without consent; and • the website only sells prescription drugs to consumers with an existing prescription.

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On a hot, busy Tuesday in commercially dense Flushing, Queensites looking for a few free-time activities might assume their either shopping or eating. best choices include i How about a quiet garden afternoon instead? Perhaps one would enjoy sipping iced tea and creating art at a Victorian home with — or without — the kids. kid One block off Northern Boulevard, at 149-19 38 Ave., the Voelker Orth Museum, Bird SancGarden offers an air-conditioned, retuary and Ga stored house and a large outdoor garden with manicured paths, benches and its very flowers, man own beehive. museum has run a series of Tuesday afThe museu Creativi-Tea” outdoor events ternoon “Garden “Ga both young and old to enjoy aimed at attracting attra the grounds aand learn more about the museum. Visitors can drink iced tea and create art Visit from 12:30 until 3:30 p.m. fro “We decided to do it in the garden because it’s a way for people tto connect with nature,” said Deena Bak, museum educator. The Victorians were enamored of the natural world and this was reflected in their home gardens, Bak said. flec was designed to be a low-key way The event w individuals and families to get to know the for individual museum and experience the yard and garden the Victorians did, with a focus on nature. way the Victo event was focused on making art out A recent ev of nature. The yard was spotted with tables offeropportunity to create leaf rubbings, prints ing the oppor from cut-up vvegetables and other natural objects, hammered leaf prints. and hammere event attracted predominantly, though The last eve exclusively, adults, which turned out to be not exclusive bit of strength and patience was refitting — a b hammer paint-colored leaves hard and quired to ham long enough for f artists to express their visions. Youth Employment Program Several Summer Sum interns helped with the projects, explaining methrefilling paint. ods and refilli Continued onpage page37 continued on by Victoria Zunitch

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Ridgewood Youthmarket, farmers market every Sat. thru Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Veteran’s Triangle, Cypress Ave. between Myrtle and Putnam aves. Info: twitter.com/nycyouthmarkets.

“How Cats Took Over the Internet,” takes a critical look at the online feline phenomenon. Opens Fri., Aug. 7. Thru Jan. 31. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $6-$12. (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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“Good Humor,” an interactive art installation experimenting with the physical and psychological aspects of ice cream. Sat., Aug. 8, 3-11 p.m., Sun., Aug. 9, 3-9 p.m. Flux Factory, 39-31 29 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 669-1406, fluxfactory.org. “Altered Appearances,” images that are not always what they appear to be. Thru Jan. 4. Thurs.Mon., noon-5 p.m. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. (718) 9370727, flcart.org. “Landscape and Flower Paintings,” captures close-up views of intimate forest settings. Thru Oct. 25. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $4 adult, $3 senior, $2 students. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. “Viewing Room,” featuring artist Michael Stevenson’s “The Fountain of Prosperity.” Free. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org. “Robert Seydel: The Eye in Matter,” a hybrid of the visual and literary. Thru Sept. 27. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. “Leading the Way: Six Outstanding Women of Queens,” spotlighting the borough’s female icons. Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5, $3 seniors/students, members free. Info: (718) 939-0647, ext. 17, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

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“Mary Poppins,” directed by Amanda Dupuy, St. Gregory’s Theatre Group. Fri-Sat., Aug. 7-8, Thurs.Sat., Aug. 13-15, 8 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 9, 16, 2 p.m. St. Gregory’s Gregorian Hall, Cross Island Pkwy. North and 87 Ave., Bellerose. $7-18. Info: (718) 989-2451, tickets@sgtg.org.

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15th annual Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Jazz Concert, presenting swing and Dixieland music. Sat., Aug. 8, 2-7 p.m. Under the Sunnyside Arch, 46 St. between Queens Blvd. and Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. Free. Info: Sunnyside Shines (718) 606-1800, sunnysideshines.org. Summer 2015 Katz concert series, sponsored by Borough President Melinda Katz. Sun., Aug. 9, 6:30 p.m., Queens Symphony Orchestra, George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park, Woodhaven Blvd. and Forest Park Drive, Woodhaven; Sun., Aug. 9, 5 p.m., “The Tee-Tones” doo-wop concert, Little Bay Park, Totten Ave. at Cross Island Pkwy., Bayside; Sat., Aug. 15, 6 p.m., “British Dependency” reggae concert, Rockaway Beach Park, Seagirt Blvd. and Beach 17 St. Free. Info: queensbp.org/katzconcerts.

DANCE “Tablao Flamenco” 2015 Summer Finale, LICbased American Bolero Dance Company presentation. Fri., Aug. 14, 8:30-10:30 p.m. The Chian Federation, 44-01 Broadway, Astoria. Adults $25; seniors (65 yrs & up)/students $20; kids (under 17) Contact: (718) 392-8888, info@ambolero.com

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“All About Your Vision!”: health chat with a professional ophthalmologist. Mon., Aug. 10, 1:30 p.m. Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org.

COMMUNITY Steinway Family Dental Center Day, free preventative dental care for students of all ages from 7 thru college. Fri., Aug. 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. by appointment only. School ID is required. This event is meant for new patients who do not have dental insurance. 32-50 Steinway St., Astoria. Call (718) 728-3314. Jamaica Arts & Music Summer Festival (JAMS), Fri., Aug. 7, 6 p.m., Rufus King Park on Jamaica Ave. Sat., Aug. 8, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Jamaica Ave. from Parsons Blvd. to 170 St. Street festival with ethnic foods, entertainment and multi-cultural events. Info: (718) 526-8700, go2ccj.org. Charity car wash, Sat., Aug. 8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whiestone. Info: Rev. Brian Blayer (718) 767-6305, gracechurchwhitestone@verizon.net. ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, all begin at 7 a.m. Sun., Aug. 9, 147-17 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica; Sat., Aug 15, 55-52 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood. Info: petlanddiscounts.com.

“Holding Up Half the Sky,” Chinese theatre, opera and puppet spectacle spanning 2,000 years of history. Sat., Aug. 8, 2 p.m. $8, free for members. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Movies on the Waterfront, Every Mon. 8:30 p.m. Astoria Park’s Great Lawn, Shore Blvd. between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. Aug. 10: “How to Train Your Dragon”; Aug. 17: “Ghostbusters” Free. Info: (718) 728-7820, centralastoria.nyc.

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Blood drive, in memory of Joseph Cierzniewski, Flushing Letter Carriers - Branch 294. Wed., Aug. 12, 3:30-8 p.m. Knights of Columbus Joyce Kilmer Hall, 35-79 160 St., Flushing. Must meet eligibility requirements. Info: Tony Paolillo (718) 264-8494.

Waterfront concert series 2015. Every Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Astoria Park’s Great Lawn, Shore Blvd. between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. Aug. 6: “Dancin’ Machine” (disco era). Aug. 13: “Spit Fire” (rock ‘n’ roll). Free. Info: (718) 728-7820, centralastoria.nyc.

“Pepper, Silk, and Ivory”: Learn about the Jews of the Far East and India with scholar-author Rabbi Marvin Tokayer. Sun., Aug. 9, 2-4 p.m. The Sephardic Jewish Center of Forest Hills, 67-67 108 St., Forest Hills. $5. Info: (718) 268-2100.

Ridgewood Tree Count 2015, Sat., Aug. 15, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association is counting street trees on over 400 blocks. Volunteers welcome. Info: Maryellen: (718) 381-3366.

SUNY Queens Educational Opportunity Center Open House, Sat., Aug. 15, 10 a.m. Given by York College, the Queens EOC will prepare residents with low to moderate income to receive high school equivalency diplomas, college prep and training for employment. 158-29 Archer Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 725-3320. Toys for Tots Cruise Night, East Coast Car Assn., Thurs., Aug. 13, 5-9 p.m. The Shops at Atlas Park, Cooper Ave. and 60 St., Glendale. $10 donation for cars (must pre-register), spectators free. All donations directly to St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Bayside. Info: Harold (718) 974-4119, Lou (917) 682-5362. Atlantic City Caesar’s Casino bus trip. St. Josaphat’s Church, 34-32 210 St., Bayside, Thurs., Aug. 20, bus leaves at 9:30 a.m. $30, give back $20. RSVP: Joy (917) 921-7631.

KIDS/TEENS Games galore: Children and teens age 8 and up play console and board games. 3:30-5 p.m., every Fri., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing. Info: (718) 359-8332. Preschool children’s programs: Monday Magic Learn & Play, every Mon., 3-4:30 p.m., Bay Terrace Center, 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. Gym and Creative Exploration, every Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Little Neck Site: 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. $5 per family. Info: Amanda, (718) 423-6111 x242, ASmith@sfy.org. Play4Autism Martial Arts program by New Beginning Tae Kwon Doe, 64-64 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Program every Sat., 12-1 p.m. $25. Info: (718) 894-7777, play4autism.org.

CLASSES Free yoga classes, Idlewild Cricket Field in Springfield Gardens 223 St. and 148 Ave., Sat., Aug. 8, 15, 22, 29, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Arrive 15 min. early. Info: Eastern Queens Alliance, (347) 8242301, easternqueensalliance.org. Astoria Park: Every Wed., 7 p.m., thru August 26. Enter at the parking lot and proceed toward the river. The group meets in the grassy area to the right of the path. Info: (718) 545-2550, cityviewpharmacy.com. Free art classes: Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com. continued on page 00 38

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Wives and merchants come alive across Queens by Christine Spagnuolo qboro contributor

In the times of William Shakespeare, plays were written for the common people; the theater was in an outdoor setting so people could watch some of the Bard’s best work at the marketplace or town square. That very idea is what inspired Woodside’s Hip to Hip Theatre Company to produce a series called Free Shakespeare in the Park, which comes to various outdoor spaces in Queens this summer. “The Merchant of Venice,” directed by David Mold, and “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” directed by Murray McGibbon, are being performed in parks throughout borough until thee bo boro roug ug gh un unti till Au Aug. g 16. g. 16.

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Mystical and cerebral, ‘Eye’ ties fiction and reality trendy stationery, stitch the past to the viewer’s present. In a calm exhibit at the Queens MuseAlso, a sense of fun permeates. In um, a collection of tidily displayed frames observing “Man in rum hat with moth,” seems to vibrate with contained worlds. the viewer, likely seeing it from left-toAt first, it may take a moment to wrap right, first sees a speech bubble with a one’s head around what the late artist fatty golden slab — butter, no doubt — and poet Robert Seydel, featured in “The plopped in the middle. At the bottom is a Eye in Matter,” is doing; the work, over moth, or a butterfly. 100 collages, drawings and writings, is a Animal symbolism is a delightful core of fictional first-perthe exhibit, with son account of Ruth t h e ha re, b rown Greisman, Seydel’s and earthy, standalter ego who is ing for Ruth and inspired by his aunt, other creatures repa real Queens resiresenting others in When: Thru Sept. 27; Wed.-Sun., dent of a “small her life. In one colnoon-6 p.m. a p a r t m ent ” who la ge, a t ex t ure d Where: Queens Museum, New York had the same hare leaps toward a City Building, Flushing name. The exhibit sphere in the sky. Meadows Corona Park spot light s Rut h’s S e y d e l ’s u s e o f “journals,” among postcards seems to Entry: Free with admission; other works. Often, grip that sense of (718) 592-9700, text becomes artb e i ng j e t t i s o n e d queensmuseum.org work, with vibrant forth into the pencil or ink illusunknown, linking trations around letters. with distant — yet now, not so faraway A stream of Seydel’s writings crowns — worlds. the wall, forcing eyes upward. It’s an Heads seem to be another motif; they appropriate effect, as up is where Seydel are often replaced, as if subjects are occuwill take you. pied in other realms. But the evocative collages, which For Queens residents, the exhibit can appear small but pack power, are seem- be a fun hunt in combing through Seyingly welded into intricate, satisfying lay- del’s works for icons and mentions, such ers. Some evoke Tarot cards, with a simi- as Hell Gate Bridge. lar shape and an undercurrent of mystiThe curators Peter Gizzi, Richard Kraft cism, as if we tap into Ruth’s dreamworld. and Lisa Pearson note Seydel had an Vintage photos, treated here more like “expansive, alchemical imagination and respected heirlooms than fodder for eclectic body of knowledge.” It shows. Q

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Art and tea time, just as the Victorians had continued from page page 00 33 on top, then the leaf and then the paper. continued from Jane Zhang, a rising senior at Townsend In a modern annex, visitors served themHarris High School, worked the printmak- selves iced tea and hid from a typical July ing table, which quickly attracted some of afternoon’s brief moments of heat and the youngest children. quick, sunny drizzles. Chunky cuts of corn, leaves and other Several museum hands were on deck the flora were available to be dipped in paint day of the event. Docent Phyllis Ger was for printing in on hand to provide abstract or realistic tours. Another patterns on paper. museum educator, Brothers Isaac, 4, Urte Schaedle, was and Ben, 6, enthusipersuaded to guide a When: Tues., Aug. 11, a s t i c a l l y c o ve r e d visitor to the muse12:30-3:30 p.m. their papers with um’s bee colony. Where: Voelker Orth Museum, vibrant colors. In addition to the 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing At another corner Tuesday CreativiEntry: $3 per session, $6 per of the table, sisters Te a e v e n t s , t h e family; (718) 359-6227, Aislinn, 5, and Xela, museum will hold vomuseum.org. 3, labored carefully its Honey Harvest over their prints. Festival on WednesAt the hammered day, Aug. 19 from leaf print table, visitor Jacqueline Colson 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. settled in for an extensive session. The Museum Director Debby Silverfine said method called for dipping a leaf in a light the museum’s next big project is docucoating of paint, turning it upside down menting its restoration project by gathering and covering it with a paper towel. Eventu- and cataloguing photos, blueprints and Forest Hills brothers Isaac and Ben make prints with Voelker Orth intern Jane Zhang, a ally, she and an unrelated 10-year-old had other documents. a meeting of artists’ minds: They decided In the event of rain, Aug. 11’s “Garden rising senior at Townsend Harris High School. On the cover: A young participant stands to Q PHOTOS BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH get more leverage over her paint-coated Korean vegetable. to upend the process, with the paper towel Creativi-Tea” will move inside.

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Feelin’ all Wright by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

In all the excitement of the trade deadline and reliever Jenrry Mejia’s second suspension for steroids use last week, the return of third baseman and still Mets franchise face David Wright to Citi Field, even if it was just for informal workouts and to meet with the media, was a big story that kind of got overlooked. With the exception of the first two weeks of April, David has missed the entire season because of a balky back. Extensive medical tests revealed that he was suffering from a malady called spinal stenosis. This is a condition in which dorsal nerves can become compressed because of a narrowing of space near the spinal column, causing numbness or severe pain. Wright told the press that he has been undergoing therapy and felt certain he would return to the Mets this season. He conceded that he has had a few bad days but they have been outnumbered by the good ones of late. “It’s not an injury from which you recover; it’s a condition which has to be managed,” he somberly stated. I asked Wright if his condition is similar to arthritis in that those who suffer from it generally have little warning when it will flare up. He wasn’t sure but did add one distinction. Whereas weather can affect an arthritic condition, it has no bearing on spinal stenosis. As if to prove his point, he picked a very hot and

humid week to come back and work out. Baseball’s most famous player agent, Scott Boras, was also at Citi Field last week. I asked Boras, who has a degree in pharmacology, about steroids and whether it is possible for players such the vilified Mejia to use them inadvertently, such as by taking ordinary prescription medicines. “Athletes should always check to make sure that NSF, an international certification group that tests for anabolic steroids, has given its approval to any supplement,” he said. He added that even if someone failed to do due diligence, it’s highly unlikely that an athlete would unwittingly use a product containing anabolic steroids because they are very expensive to manufacture. It would be the equivalent of eating beluga caviar by accident at a local diner. Boras felt that many young players get bad advice from mentors they have known for a long time and completely trust. Sadly, that trust can often be misplaced. “Steroids are not physically addictive but they can be psychologically addictive,” he added. If a player is doing well, whether it be a hitter belting more home runs or a pitcher striking out more batters, it can be very difficult to stop using steroids because their confiQ dence may suffer. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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When Motor crossed Little Neck by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Little Neck originally was a big clam and oyster fishing area, a leader in a business that once employed thousands. But pollution killed the industry by the early 1900s. Around the same time, William K. Vanderbilt, whose estate straddled Little Neck and Lake Success, was sponsoring the Vanderbilt Motor Cup Races, the first in 1904. A new invention, the automobile was the plaything of the rich. A parkway on which to drive the cars had to be built, and it ran through much of Queens. Wealthy families used the parkway and special Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were issued each year in addition to the regular New York State issued plates. Construction of the Grand Central and Northern State parkways in the 1930s doomed the private Motor Parkway. The last year the special plates were issued was 1938, and then the LIMP Corp. dissolved. Today the plates are highly sought collectors’ items. During World War II, Queens Borough President James Burke ordered the 14-ton steel girder from the Motor Parkway over-

Borough President James Burke directing the salvaging of a 14-ton steel girder from the Long Island Motor Parkway overpass at Little Neck Parkway, July 30, 1942. pass above Little Neck Parkway to be removed as scrap for the war effort. Some of the old Motor Parkway in Queens is now a walking and cycling trail, while some has been obliterated. Only the eastern section, in Suffolk County, still exists as its own roadway. Correction Due to an editing error, the July 23 I Have Often Walked column misstated the meaning of “vleigh.” Also spelled vlaie or vly, it is Dutch for a low-lying marshy area. Q We regret the error.

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continued from page page 00 35 continued from Wives of Windsor” at Bayside’s Crocheron Park on July 23, the crowd was composed of many people sitting in folding chairs and a good number of people lounging on picnic blankets or beach towels on the grass. People also brought their own snacks and drinks, and some adults even brought wine. Children, teens, adults and seniors alike came to the production and seemed to have a great time. The actors and actresses are extremely animated and keep the show fast-paced. The “stage” is a simple setup but well-lit, so that when the sun goes down the show is still bright and clear for everyone to see. And the performers use small, hidden microphones on their clothing or on headpieces so there is never an issue hearing the lines. “Coming to Queens, we had to be prepared to deal with any challenges out of our control like passing planes or helicopters, cars and ambulances driving on the nearby streets,” explained McGibbon. They rehearsed in Central Park to get used to the noises of the city, and were able to adjust. “Theater is a necessity, not a luxury,” McGibbon said. “You don’t have to be

wealthy to understand and learn from a play while having a fun night out.” Upcoming shows, all at 7:30 p.m., include “Merchant,” on Thursday, Aug. 6 at Crocheron Park in Bayside; “Merry,” on Friday, Aug. 7 in Sunnyside Gardens Park in Sunnyside; “Merchant,” on Saturday, Aug. 8 at Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City; “Merchant,” on Sunday, Aug. 9 at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City; “Merry,” on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the Voelker Orth Museum in Flushing; and “Merry” on Thursday, Aug. 13 in CunQ ningham Park in Bayside.

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188-12 Linden Blvd LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/7/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Kenneth Khan, 107-57 123rd St., Richmond Hill, NY 11419. General purpose.

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86-02 Park Lane South LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/26/08. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Walter J. Lee, P.O. Box 150399, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. General purpose.

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ANNIE’S HOUSE OF HSUS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 07/01/2015. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 173-24 Fairchild Ave., Flushing, NY 11358, which is also principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Brown International, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/15/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Miriam Brown, 13912 34th Rd Apt B6, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: General.

GLENRIDGE PROPERTIES LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/18/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 7607 79th Street, Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

PARK ASH 1630 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/11/2015. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 17214 89th Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of SUNNY LIFE LLC, a limited liability company. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/19/2015. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to c/o THE LLC, 6148 220TH STREET, BAYSIDE, NY 11364. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ANTAI LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/08/2015. 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 ANTAI LLC, 47-38 160TH ST., FLUSHING, NY 11358. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CCL GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/12/2015. 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 YI CHUN CHEN, 185 COLONIAL AVE., UNION, NJ 07083. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HABU LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/04/2015. 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 HABU LLC, 3083 CRESCENT STREET, SUITE #2B, ASTORIA, NY 11102. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Queens Garden Management LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 05/21/15. Office Location: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 3 Claridge Cir., Manhasset, NY 11030. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

Atlanta Century Home Adult Day Care Fund, LP Cert filed with Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/15. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 13619 Franklin Ave., #4A, Flushing, NY 11355. Term: until 12/31/99. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of East 165th Street, L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/3/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP, 1425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556-1425. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2099. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of INFR A STRUC T URE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/24/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RK ROCKAWAY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/24/2015. 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 MARC STEINBERG, 880 FIFTH AVENUE, APT. 4B, NEW YORK, NY 10021. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SeaWatch Plantation Owners Association, Inc. v. Estate of Stephen Leigh Markman, Stuart Preston Markman, Scott L. Markman and Ronni Lynn Foster. Civil Action No. 2015-CP-26-2253 Court of Common Pleas, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Horry County, South Carolina TO: Scott L. Markman YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above referenced Civil Action within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Summons and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff’s attorney at the following address: Butler Law, LLC Attn: Dan V. Butler, Esq. 1293 Professional Drive, Ste 224 Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 For your information, the Complaint was filed March 25, 2015 with the Clerk of Court for Horry County, South Carolina. You can obtain a copy of the Complaint from the Office of the Horry County Clerk of Court located at 1301 2nd Ave, Conway, South Carolina. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Answer must be in writing and signed by you or your attorney and must state your address, or the address of your attorney if signed by your attorney. BUTLER LAW, LLC Dan V. Butler, Esq. 1293 Professional Drive, Ste 224 Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Ph: (843) 855-3157 Fax: (707) 348-1560 Email: dbutler@butlerlaw.net Attorney for the Plaintiff

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Bayside RE Group LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 03/20/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Law Office of Yeung & Wang PLLC, 39-01 Main Street, Ste 509, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful act.

FIORITO FAMILY REALTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 05/13/2015. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 87-30 96th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 2827 Long Beach Rd., Oceanside, NY 11572.

Laura NG, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/10/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 68-56 Groton St., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General purpose.

Notice of Formation of SEAVIEW C DEVELOPMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/15. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: Douglaston Development, 2nd Fl., 42-09 235th St., Douglaston, NY 11363. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity

Notice of Formation of SELECTSTARFROM SOLUTIONS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/13/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 4-74 48th Av, Apt. 17L, Long Island City, NY 11109. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Theodora Drakopoulou, 4-74 48th Av, Apt. 17L, Long Island City, NY 11109. Purpose: Any lawful activity

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Y & G PROPERTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/01/2015. 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 Y & G PROPERTY LLC, 516 CLEARVIEW DR., SOUDERTON, PA 18964. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BREATHE ART LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/17/2015. 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.

First LIC LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 7/13/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 35-16 154th St., Flushing, NY 11354. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of MP Horizon, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/19/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 42-01 235th Street, Douglaston, NY 11363. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SEIGE GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/21/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SPACE MINNOW LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/29/2015. 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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SURROGATE’S COURT QUEENS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CITATION FILE NO. 2014-1862 CITATION – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: To the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributes of Denise Meadows, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributes, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Damian Meadows, Ernest Meadows, Queens County Public Administrator. A petition having been duly filed by Marc Marino, as agent for MTAG Services, LLC, who is domiciled at 8609 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 325, Vienna, Virginia, 22182. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on September 10, 2015, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Denise Meadows lately domiciled at 96-04 57th Avenue, Rego Park, New York, 11368 in the County of Queens, New York, granting Letters of Administration upon the estate of the decedent to Ernest Meadows or Damian Meadows, distributes of the decedent, and if they fail to qualify, then to the Public Administrator of Queens County and if they are permitted to renounce, then to the nominee, Steven Schultz, Esq., upon duly qualifying or to such other persons as may be entitled there to. (State any further relief requested) The authority of any eligible distribute or the Queens County Public Administrator or the proposed nominee under the letters to be issued is limited to the Representation of the Estate of Denise Meadows in the tax lien foreclosure case entitled NYCTL 2008-A Trust v. Walter Adams, pending in the Supreme Court for Queens County under Index Number 33952/09. Dated, Attested and Sealed, July 15, 2015. Honorable Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate, and Margaret M. Griffon, Chief Clerk. Name of Attorney for Petitioner: Amy E. Korn, Esq., Tel. No. 212-237-1014 Address of Attorney: Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, 156 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019. Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you.

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Call for safer city vehicles Lancman wants crash-avoidance technology used by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

The city maintains 28,000 vehicles and last year there were more than 5,000 collisions causing 584 injuries. Lancman explained that the technology acts as a bionic eye for drivers, alerting them of impending danger. Also favoring the proposal is Transportation Alternatives. Its executive director, Paul Steely White, said at the press conference that such technology is an important part of the Vision Zero effort. The bill is of particular interest to HsiPei and Amy Tam Liao, of Fresh Meadows, whose 3-year-old daughter, Allison, was killed by a private vehicle while she was legally crossing the street with her grandmother almost two years ago in Flushing. “As members of Families for Safe Streets, we understand the devastating impact traffic violence has on not just the victim who is injured and needs to learn how to walk again, but also for surviving family members who need to learn how to live again when their loved one is killed by a multiton vehicle,” they said in a joint statement. “We’re glad to see the city testing out the many tools available to make our Q streets safer,” they added.

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Reducing vehicle accidents and the city’s liability by utilizing existing technology makes sense to Councilman Ror y Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), who is pushing officials to initiate a pilot safety program in some of its fleet. The councilman and Public Advocate Letitia James, who jointly introduced legislation in May for the project, held a press conference last week in Manhattan spelling out its benefits. “From Broadway to Queens Boulevard to Atlantic Avenue, everyday New Yorkers are still at too high a risk of being killed or injured by a motor vehicle,” James said. “We must examine every avenue to reduce crashes, which is why we must examine and test collision avoidance technology that could help save lives and taxpayer money.” Under their proposal, 100 city vehicles, mostly police cars and garbage trucks, would be fitted with technology that would be placed in the blind spots of vehicles and trigger alarms alerting drivers of imminent danger. The cost would be $500 to $1,500 depending on the vehicle, Lancman

said. The bill also calls for studying its effectiveness after the pilot ends and identifying costs saved. It’s been estimated that the equipment could reduce overall accidents by 60 percent and frontal collisions by 95 percent. Although city buses would not be included in the program because they are operated by the state, Lancman said Monday that the MTA may do a pilot project of its own. He is optimistic that the proposal will be approved in the fall. Or, he said, the de Blasio administration “might just go ahead and do it themselves” because of the mayor’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate pedestrian fatalities. The councilman said the technology is very sophisticated and more advanced than now in use in certain automobiles. Some cities already use the equipment in buses. Lancman believes the cost of installing the safety devices would be “a good deal for the city and would have a huge impact” on city coffers. Over the last seven years, the city had to pay out more tha n $ 88 m illion for i nju red pedestrians, he said.

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