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PA ripped on JFK security breach Stranded swimmer walks undetected from bay onto runways, secure areas by Michael Gannon Editor

ed-faced Port Authority officials are calling for an investigation into just how a Howard Beach man was able to swim up to John F. Kennedy International Airport from Jamaica Bay and breach the security perimeter without being noticed last week. And in a scathing letter to Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye, the union representing PA police officers is calling the airport’s perimeter detection system an “expensive piece of junk with no value as a security deterrent” while manned patrols have been slashed outside the airport. Daniel Casillo, 31, was operating a personal watercraft in the bay on Friday evening, Aug. 10, when it became disabled. Unable to contact help, he swam for the nearest landmass, which happened to be the airport grounds. Casillo, wearing a bright yellow life vest, was then able to climb an 8-foot barbed wire security fence and cross at least one working runway at one of the busiest airports in the world. Despite a perimeter security system put in place by the Port Authority at a cost estimated by multiple sources to be in excess of $100 million, Casillo was able to walk undetected and unchallenged into an aircraft ramp area outside JFK’s Terminal 3, which houses

operations for Delta Air Lines. Shortly after being approached by a Delta employee and asking for help, he was arrested and charged with criminal trespass. He is free pending a court appearance on Oct. 2. JFK is protected by a Perimeter Intrusion Detection System produced by the Massachusetts-based Raytheon Company.

“An expensive piece of junk with no value as a security deterrent.” — Officer Paul Nunziato, president of the Port Authority PBA, on JFK’s perimeter security system

The system consists of sensors, motion detectors and closed-circuit television cameras that are supposed to be monitored by civilian security personnel who are not affiliated with the Port Authority’s own police department. According to the website of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, JFK covers 4,930 acres and has nine miles of runways and 30 miles of roadways. Representatives of the Port Authority did not return calls seeking comment on the matter, but did release a statement.

“The Port Authority took immediate action to increase its 24/7 police presence with round-theclock patrols of the facility’s perimeter and increased patrols by boat of the surrounding waterway,” it said. “We have called for an expedited review of the incident and a complete investigation to determine how Raytheon’s perimeter intrusion detection system — which exceeds federal requirements — could be improved. Our goal is to keep the region’s airports safe and secure at all times.” The Port Authority also operates LaGuardia Airport in Queens and Newark-Liberty and Teterboro airports in New Jersey. An expert on airport security matters, speaking to the Chronicle on the condition of anonymity, said while federal standards are in place, each airport — or the Port Authority in the case of JFK — is responsible for its own perimeter security, which is incorporated into an Airport Security Program, or ASP. The security expert said an ASP takes into account each airport’s unique footprint, location and possible security challenges. Each ASP must incorporate perimeter security, prevention and detection of unauthorized entry, and the presence and movement of both individuals and vehicles entering or already within so-called secured areas. The federal Transportation Safety Administration regulates each airport’s compliance and

The view from the water: A stranded jet-skier was able to penetrate deep into secure areas of Kennedy Airport last week after swimming in FILE PHOTO from Jamaica Bay. regularly conducts comprehensive security inspections. On Monday a spokeswoman for the TSA would say only that “the TSA is working with the investigating authorities” in the continued on page 22

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Garbage rules at North Conduit lot Owners received violations in 2007, but civic leader sees no change by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

A lonely cricket chirped its morning song, echoing over even the cacophony of airplane jets, auto engines, and the screech of passing subway trains. The cricket was the metaphorical needle in a haystack, lying hidden among the overgrown weeds and yellow wildflowers that grow without care. Seen on a map, the northwest corner of Cohancy Street and North Conduit Avenue looks like prime real estate. Located just off the busy Belt Parkway, adjacent to the Aqueduct-North Conduit subway station and steps from Aqueduct Racetrack and Resorts World Casino New York City, the site appears to be an ideal place for a general store, deli or restaurant. Every day, dozens of people stroll by heading for the subway. The site is passed by traffic heading west on North Conduit Avenue toward Cross Bay Boulevard and traffic into and out of Howard Beach looking to avoid

the busy boulevard. But no busy commercial or even residential establishment sits on the corner. Instead, the 35,000-squarefoot site is home to overgrown weeds, dilapidated buildings, a noticeable amount of litter and chirping crickets. The site belongs in a “hall of shame,” said Howard Kamph, president of the Ozone Park Civic Association, who has been seeking some maintenance of the plot, which has been vacant for decades. He said the site is not only an eyesore, but also a safety hazard, especially for commuters who walk past the area to and from the subway station at night and early in the morning. “Somebody could get pulled in the back of the building, get mugged, raped and murdered and no one would ever find your body,” Kamph warned. At one time, the corner was home to a business. A gas station and auto body shop sat on the site, with just the old garages remaining

as ruins representing a different time period. In winter months, the signs advertising “lubrication” and “repairs” can be seen, but in the middle of August, the entire garage is engulfed in greenery. Kamph said a newsstand existed on the site for a short time but did not survive. “There’s no parking,” he said. “All you get is customers who walk by.” The site is actually four different lots. Two are completely vacant while the other two host the abandoned service station, built in 1955, and a red brick building that looks like it was once a home, built about a century ago, according to Buildings Department records. Behind the site, a construction company does business, the only sign of any commerce in the area. The neighborhood surrounding the land is less dense than most of Southwest Queens. Unkempt meadows are just as common as homes here and the stretch of Cohancy Street just north of North Conduit Avenue is

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The vacant site at North Conduit Avenue and Cohancy Street in Ozone Park is the former site of a gas station and newsstand, and now plays host to PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER overgrown flora and crumbling buildings. devoid of sidewalks. For a time, furniture was sold on the site off the back of a truck that allegedly came from North Carolina, but that business was shut down in 2007 after the owner of the lot

was given a summons from the Buildings Department. That same year, Kamph contacted then-Councilman Joe Addabbo Jr. about the land and Addabbo continued on page 25

Parkgoers fret about motorcycle noise CB 9, Parks say no complaints filed by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

A passenger arriving at Kennedy Airport was arrested on federal narcotics smuggling charges after federal Customs and Border Protection officers allegedly found heroin in 38 packages of hair treatment that she was carrying. In a statement issued on Thursday, CBP officials said Emilce Cardona was arrested on July 25 after flying in from Colombia.

Authorities said the bags were packed in her luggage, and contained a pasty brown substance that tested positive for heroin. “This latest seizure demonstrates the steadfastness of the CPB officers on the ground to detect, detain and deter those who would try and import these illegal substances,” said Robert Perez, the agency’s director of field operations in New York.

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When the George Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park hosts concer ts, the acoustics are so good, the music can be heard in the streets of Woodhaven up to a mile away, but when Irish crooner Andy Cooney sang with his world-famous band during Irish Night on June 16, some of the concert could not be heard feet away. Concertgoers say people on motorcycles disrupted the concert, riding around the parking lot and allegedly riding near the bandshell itself. But Community Board 9 District Manager Mary Ann Carey said she never got any complaints about motorcycles disrupting the concert. “We haven’t received any complaints about motorcycles in Forest Park,” she said noting that there are no regulations against motorcycles being in the park. “They have to follow the same rules and regulations as other vehicles,” she added. Motorcyclists often use the parking lot

at the bandshell to ride around. The lot is usually empty unless there is an event at the bandshell or the carousel. A spokesman for the Parks Department said it also did not receive complaints about the motorcyclists from the June event and does respond to complaints in Forest Park. Carey said the Parks Department is lacking in enforcement off icers in Queens. Most of the few off icers assigned to the borough are on Rockaway Beach or in Flushing Meadows Corona Park during the summer and they do not work at night, when the park is notorious for being a haven for illicit sex and drugs. But she noted the park has been doing well this summer, hosting a number of events during June and July with more events planned for the fall, including a Back to School Festival at Victory Field on Sept. 6, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. She also said the long-awaited reopening of the carousel this year was a boon Q for the park.

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Soccer and casino dreams for Queens Separate proposals have a long way to go but could become reality by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

A proposed soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Park and a possible gambling casino in nearby Willets Point came to the fore this week, although neither proposal is likely to happen anytime soon. The plan to put a soccer stadium in the borough’s largest and busiest park was floated in June when Major League Soccer officials met with elected officials. The New York Post reported on Monday that MLS is nearing a deal with state and city officials to build a nine-acre $300 million, 25,000-seat facility and nine public soccer fields. Although no sources were named, the indication is that the only holdup is approvals by the state, city and Metropolitan Transportation Authority because public parkland is involved. The story said construction could begin early next year, once agreement is reached on replacing the lost parkland with the same amount of land elsewhere . But several individuals aware of the project, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Queens Chronicle that it was not a done deal and would take time to complete the negotiations and garner the approvals. One person indicated that the developers need to identify nearby parkland, which could come from MTA or Department of Transportation property, to replace the nine acres and add the soccer fields. Twenty games would be played and only when the Mets are out of town, with the season running from March to November. Parking is proposed at Citi Field, which is problematic. The Mets’ parking lot is located some distance from the proposed site of the soccer stadium. In addition, the Mets have their own plan for the future use of the lot; they want to convert it into a large shopping center

The Fountain of the Planets as it looked during the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Park. It could be the site of a FILE PHOTO $300 million professional soccer stadium. and parking garage. At this point, it is unclear if that plan is even legal, since the site is located on public parkland. The soccer stadium would be built at the Fountain of the Planets, one of the few remaining relics of the 1964-65 World’s Fair. Preservationists like Greg Godfrey, president of the Flushing Meadows Corona Park World’s Fair Association, is not happy about it. His group wants the fountain restored, not destroyed.

State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights), however, has been a big booster for the stadium. “It’s encouraging to see the progress that is being made on an economic development project that will create badly needed construction and permanent jobs,” Peralta said. “With a centrally located soccer stadium that has Citi Field and the United States Tennis Center as neighbors, and an extensive transportation infrastructure servicing the area, there is the potential to create in NorthCentral Queens a world-class sports and entertainment destination that is second to none.” A spokeswoman for MLS offered the following guarded statement regarding progress on the proposal: “We are thrilled about the prospect of being in Queens and bringing the world’s sport to the world’s park. We are in exploratory discussions with the city and with Queens officials and look forward to working with the community to build a worldclass soccer facility for all to enjoy.” The plan will have to undergo the uniform land use review process, a nine-month public procedure, so all who were interviewed agreed construction is not likely to begin for some time. Dan Andrews, spokesman for Borough President Helen Marshall, said MLS officials had met with her about six weeks ago. Marshall told them her concerns over parking. Also concerned about parking is Community Board 7 Chairman Gene Kelty. “Where would the overflow go?” he asked. He said the board has asked for a meeting with MLS, but nothing has been set up yet. “We want to hear what their plans are and how it will affect the expansion project at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center,” Kelty said. continued on page 26

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Kick off soccer, bench the casino his week two separate proposals to make northern Queens a bigger entertainment destination than it already is with Citi Field and the U.S. Tennis Center made news. We think one would be a great addition to the area, and the other, not so much. The first is a plan to build a Major League Soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Park where the Fountain of the Planets, a remnant of the 1964-65 World’s Fair, is now. It’ll be tough to see yet another relic of Queens’ past disappear, but the stadium would draw thousands of people to games, providing more wholesome family entertainment here in the borough and boosting the economy. Queens being home to so many immigrants, many of the most recent from countries where soccer is king, it only makes sense to build an arena for the sport here. As a spokeswoman for MLS put it, such a facility would “bring the world’s sport to the world’s park.” As it stands now, fans have to go to New Jersey, where the Red Bulls play, to watch professional soccer. The game that everyone else in the world aptly calls “football,” a game that’s getting more popular all the time among native-born Americans as well as immigrants, should have a professional home in New York.

That said, the stadium cannot be built overnight. Since it would be erected in a park, an equal amount of land elsewhere, nine acres, would have to be set aside as parkland. It also would require approvals from a number of city and state agencies. And the plan, at least what’s known of it at this point, could use some tweaking. It calls, for example, for patrons to park at Citi Field, but that’s quite a distance away from where the stadium would be built. Still, it’s a plan worth pursuing, with benefits that outweigh the costs. Not worth pursuing is another possible plan for northern Queens that made the news this week, a casino at Willets Point. There’s enough planned for Willets Point already, and there’s no need for a second gambling mecca in Queens. If the state legalizes Vegas-style gaming, as it seems inclined to do, Resorts World Casino New York, the popular new racino at Aqueduct Race Track, is the right location for it. Luckily, the Willets Point casino is not a serious plan that’s moving forward, like the soccer stadium, but simply a trial balloon that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver floated. We say stick a pin in it. Mayor Bloomberg and Seth Pinsky, president of the city’s Economic Development Corp., seem to agree. In this instance, we’ll place our bets with them.

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A landmark move he city Landmarks Preservation Commission did the right thing this week in landmarking Brinckerhoff Cemetery in Fresh Meadows, a vestige of some of Queens’ earliest European settlers. The site isn’t much to look at, but it’s what lies beneath that has historical and emotional value: whatever is left of the remains of at least 77 people, and markers over many of their graves, which a prior owner admitted burying to lessen the land’s significance. Barring an appeal unlikely to succeed, the landmarking prevents the current owner from building houses on the site. Next the city, or some private group, must come up with the funds to buy the land, restore it and show proper respect to our ancestors who rest there. The owner must be made whole, of course, but he also must be prevented from building any “Poltergeist” houses on land that is sacred to the history of Queens.

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Bet on Resorts World Dear Editor: In May, the Resorts World casino at Aqueduct topped the nation in slot machine revenue for the month, generating $57.5 million. Earlier this month, Resorts World shattered the weekly record for gross slot gaming revenue and taxgeneration in the State of New York, taking in nearly $15 million and sending $6.5 million in education funding upstate in just seven days, from July 1 to July 7. Resorts World is recovering tens of millions of monthly gaming dollars, which were initially going to casinos in neighboring states. With world-class gaming right here in Queens, there has not only been an influx of casino patrons, but an influx in tourists to the borough as a whole, which has been a boon to our local economy. New Yorkers and tourists alike are aware that they no longer have to travel to neighboring states to have a wonder-

ful world-class gaming experience, it exists right here in Queens. In March, the Assembly passed legislation as the first step in the process to amend the state constitution to allow for enhanced casino gaming at seven facilities across the state. The constitutional amendment would need to be passed again by both houses in the Legislature before it would go to voters in a referendum for approval. While there has been much discussion about other potential sites, should we really be gambling with established success? There is no need to look any farther than Resorts World at Aqueduct, a proven location and partner for enhanced gaming. Since they began operations, Resorts World has been a valuable community neighbor who has worked hand-in-hand with elected leaders, the NYPD and the community to ensure a seamless development at the Aqueduct facility. Given the right tools, Resorts World will continue to exceed every expectation, expand on their local workforce and stimulate our local economy. A majority of the nearly 1,700 jobs that were created by Resorts World were given to Queens residents; in addition, local businesses are thriving from the influx of visitors.

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Dear Editor: We all know how Gov. Mitt Romney offended his British host at the London Olympics. However, his biggest gaffe took place in Israel. Trying to win Israeli support for his presidential bid, he praised Israel’s national health system. He cited the excellent health of its citizens and the system’s low cost. Romney stated that their national health system’s cost was only 8 percent of gross domestic product, compared to the high 18 percent in the United States. What Romney overlooked was the kind of healthcare system that exists in Israel. Like Britain, Israel has a socialistic healthcare philosophy where universal coverage is required for all citizens; premiums are deducted from salaries; the government sets prices and regulations; and the health insurance industry is nonprofit. Sounds to me like Gov. Romney, the GOP candidate for president, likes socialized medicine. I wonder if the Tea Party folks in the Republican Party are aware of his road-trip gaffe. Yet Mr. Flip-flop Romney is telling his supporters that he intends to repeal Obamacare (Romneycare when he was the Bay State governor) on day one of his presidency. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

Ryan a great choice Dear Editor: Gov. Mitt Romney has just picked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) as his running mate, to which I say, kudos, great pick. Here is a true conservative and a true American who wants our country back on track and back to work. Ryan wants us to get back to the principles that have made us great. Like he said when he was in Norfolk, Va., “America is more than just a place ... it’s an idea. Our rights come from nature and God, not government.” We the people have a choice, and for me, it is the Romney-Ryan ticket who can lead us back to prosperity and growth. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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MTA mistreats disabled Dear Editor: The recent MTA construction of an auxiliary entrance/exit at the Briarwood-Van Wyck E-F subway station with a stairway is not compliant with the maximum extent feasibility standards for accessibility for persons with disabilities in wheelchairs. The Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Transportation Facilities apply to the construction and alterations of transportation facilities effective Nov. 29, 2006. Specifically, the standards for accessible routes (Chapter 4: 402) require “one or more of the following components: ramps ... elevators” for wheelchair accessibility. The projected construction of an elevator at this station also is noncompliant since its terminus will be the mezzanine, not the station platform. Therefore, upon final completion of this boondoggle accommodating the Van Wyck Expressway widening of the Kew Gardens Interchange Project, we shall have MTA essentially noncompliant with ADA standards effective in 2006. Wheelchair-bound persons with disabilities will be forced to dodge congested vehicular traffic along Queens Boulevard toward the Kew Gardens station, whose elevator is ADA-compliant at the station level. The present Van Wyck bridge and contiguous construction site is a nightmare of obstacles and dangerous vehicular traffic flow. I suggest a class-action lawsuit by persons with disabilities against the MTA for permanent noncompliance in Briarwood with the federal ADA standards for public transportation facilities. A protest of a thousand wheelchair-bound subway commuters here in Briarwood with summonses and complaints heading for the Federal District Court in Brooklyn would be a welcome event for the MTA. Joseph N. Manago Briarwood

low prices. If companies like Walmart are prohibited from operating in the city, the effect would be a tax on the poor and middle-class people Mr. Silverstein claims to represent. People would have to pay higher prices at existing stores, making it harder to stretch the money they have. No one is forced to work at Walmart. Liberals like Mr. Silverstein would rather see people unemployed than work at Walmart. Let the workers make that choice. Also, Walmart’s competition is mainly other large stores, not mom-and-pop stores. It should be pointed out that mom-and-pop stores usually offer low pay and little or no benefits. Why not complain about them? Is the city’s unemployment rate so low that we could afford to turn away potential employers? Mr. Silverstein should realize that if elected he would represent all the people and not just the unions. Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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Members of the Lindenwood Alliance do not want a liquor store in the Lindenwood Shopping Center and they voted to send a letter to the State Liquor Authority opposing the store’s application for a license at their August meeting. Alliance President Joann Ariola told the group gathered at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center on Monday night that the vast majority of the calls, letters and emails she received from Lindenwood residents were opposed to the opening of the liquor store, which is to be located in the former bagel store across the street from PS 232. Cathy Napolitano, representing the management company of the Lindenwood Shopping Center, said that before they entered into negotiations with the liquor store owners she contacted the SLA, and was advised that since the proposed liquor store was 338 feet from the school it met the agency’s criteria, which is 200 feet. “We proceeded with negotiations,” said Napolitano, noting that the shopping center store has been vacant for approximately two years. “In negotiating with various prospective tenants, our concern was that we had an entity that would blend with the other merchants,” Napolitano said, adding, “We never expected there to be any kind of opposition to the entity of a liquor store.” She told the members that management had executed a lease with the liquor store owners several months ago and they have a hearing scheduled with the SLA for Aug. 29. “We feel very conf ident that a liquor store will enhance the shopping center and offer services to the community. It’s unfortu-

nate that there has been so much opposition,” Napolitano said. John Springer, representing GNG Wine & Liquor and its owner Gurinder Singh, explained what he said were the benefits of having a liquor store in the community. “In terms of best use of that location the liquor stores are well lit, they tend to be clean and they don’t tend to have people congregating outside them. It’s not like a bar,” he said. “This is a nice clean type of store that doesn’t produce a lot of garbage,” Springer said. “It certainly does not comply with what the community thought would be something that would benefit the community,” Ariola said, acknowledging that the application comes within the letter of the law. She said that she was concerned about pedestrian and motor vehicle accidents with an increase of cars coming in and leaving the center. “I just don’t think that it is within the spirit of what the community of Lindenwood is interested in having,” she added. Lindenwood resident Joe Quijano said that there were already other liquor stores in close proximity, near the Lindenwood Diner on Linden Boulevard and on Cross Bay Boulevard. Noting that the owners of the proposed liquor store may get their liquor license approved by the SLA over the community’s objections, Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park) recommended that the Alliance keep the lines of communication open with the owners. Ariola agreed with that suggestion, so they could bring to the owner’s attention any continued on page 36

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Howard Beach seniors got talent Biannual senior center show featured poetry, jokes and a tap dance by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

or the past three years, the Howard Beach Senior Center has put together a biannual talent show featuring acts from many of its members showing off some of their noted talent. Their summer show this year took place on Monday, Aug. 13 at 1 p.m. in the senior center’s social room. The show ended with a “jam session” featuring Jimmy Di Napoli, who wrote a song about the Howard Beach Senior Center, which is performed at the beginning and end of each show. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far RockQ away) were in attendance.

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A taste of the Old West in Howard Beach Curly Hall of the Federation of Black Cowboys always loved to ride horses by AnnMarie Costella

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earing a tan cowboy hat, red plaid shirt and red corduroy pants, R.W. “Curly” Hall, a man who said he always felt destined to be a cowboy, walks over to his horse, Sparky, and proudly demonstrates how the two communicate. Though Sparky is 17 years old, he follows Hall’s commands with great ease. He can count by striking his foot against the floor the number of times that you ask him to, shake hands by raising his heavy hoof and presenting it to you, back up, turn around, bow, give kisses and even remove your hat — all for a reward of a few tasty carrots. It’s clear from their interaction that Hall and Sparky are not merely companions, but good friends. He has another horse buddy named J. Diamond, 20, who salivates at the sight of a bag of carrots. The horse smiled for a visitor Monday, bearing all his teeth at Hall’s command. “His name originally was J.J., and one day a little girl who was out here riding said ‘Oh, he is so pretty and cute, he looks just like a diamond.’ And I thought, she’s right. His eyes sparkled and his coat was all shiny.” Hall goes to the stable every afternoon to tend to his horses. He is a member of the Federation of Black Cowboys, a group formed in 1994 by men who shared a common love of horses and wanted to celebrate the forgotten legacy of the Black West. Since 1998 the group has housed its horses at the Cedar Lane Stables in Tudor Park, located at 82-02 Linden Blvd. in Howard Beach. Many African Americans went west after escaping slavery, and more followed after the Emancipation. The cowboy lifestyle was appealing because they believed it was a profession where they would be less likely to experience racism, where a good work ethic outweighed one’s skin color. Cedar Lane Stables is home to about 50 horses of all ages and five ponies. They are fed twice a day — once in the morning, and once in

the evening, and their diet includes different types of grains. “The horses are generally very happy,” Hall said. “They don’t have to do much. All they have to do is walk around and then sometimes they are taken out by the owners to do parades and stuff. They have a very leisurely life.” The Federation of Black Cowboys gives back to the community in many ways including participating in the NYPD’s National Night Out Against Crime, an event the promotes safety, and giving pony rides at events held by the Baisley Pond Civic Association, The Sean Elijah Bell Foundation and other community groups. They give free tours to interested passersby and hold group clinics, for a small fee, to teach children about riding and caring for horses as well as how a horse farm operates. The federation is able to give its members discounted horse accommodations due to the money it raises from doing parades and other events, Hall said, but the cost of equine care varies. Hall, 69, a married father of three and lifelong resident of Jamaica, is cheerful, soft spoken, friendly and always ready to greet people with a bright smile and a “Howdy, pardner.” Growing up he remembers watching film and television cowboys like John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. “I said ‘I’d like to do that,’” Hall recalled. “I want to rustle up the cattle and move them down the prairie and all that type of thing. So, that was when the love was instilled into me.” When Hall was around 11 or 12, his mother took him horseback riding for the first time. After that, he was hooked and began riding every weekend with friends. At that time, it cost $1.50 per hour. It was also around that time that Hall went with his Cub Scout troop to a rodeo at the old Madison Square Garden and was mesmerized. “I saw the cowboys and I had a desire, but it was a just a dream,” Hall said. “I didn’t think then that I would be able to do that one day, because I was just a little fellow.”

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Curly Hall gets a kiss from his horse Sparky. In 1989, Hall’s friends told him about a place called “the hole,” a ranch located across the street from where Cedar Lane is today, populated by black cowboys and home to 150 horses. “There were cowboys of my color, which meant [race] didn’t mean anything. They were cowboys,” Hall said. “They were from my community, my neighborhood. They were guys who had horses and got together because of the love of it.” Hall leased a horse, because he didn’t have time to take care of one on his own, and he started riding at least three times a week. A few years later as his construction business started thriving, he got to ride less often. Hall eventually realized his lifelong dream in 2000, at the age of 57, when he participated

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in a rodeo in Philadelphia. “I said, ‘Wow, look at this. Things that I didn’t wish for, but things that I desired have come to me,’” Hall recalled. “It was my destiny.” After retiring three years ago, Hall has plenty of free time to dedicate to his favorite form of recreation. His background in construction even came in handy at the stables as he built some of the stalls on the property. “I was clean-cut at one time, but now I enjoy being dirty,” Hall said. “It’s really a more relaxing way of life. Being a cowboy is fun.” Hall got his nickname after he shaved his head for the first time while at a cowboy convention in Arizona. “I was losing my hair anyway. I was going bald,” Hall said. “And they all said, ‘We’re going to call you Curly.’” Q

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With August in full swing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning residents that some areas of the country are experiencing earlier and greater activity of the West Nile virus. Although New York does not appear to be among the high-risk states, August and September are considered the peak season for the virus, which can be fatal in some cases. So far this year, a total of 390 cases nationwide, including eight deaths, have been reported to the CDC. That is the highest number reported through the beginning of August since 2004. Almost 80 percent of the cases have come from Texas, Mississippi and Oklahoma. So far, one case has been reported in New York City, and the Staten Island resident has since recovered. Last year, the city reported 12 cases with two fatalities, both from Queens. Selected pesticide spraying in Queens this summer continues in areas with high concentrations of mosquito pools infested with the virus. Most have been over marshy areas. Approximately one in five people who are infected with the virus will develop flu-like symptoms with less than 1 percent developing a serious neurological illness such as encephalitis or meningitis.

People over 50 and those with compromised immune systems are at greater risk for serious illness. About 10 percent who develop such infections will die, health officials say. The best defense against getting bitten, according to the CDC and the city Department of Health, is to take the following precautions: • Use insect repellent when going outdoors. • Wear long sleeves and long pants during dawn and dusk hours. • Repair screens. • Empty standing water from pools, flowerpots, buckets and other outdoor areas where water can accumulate. They are breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The virus is considered very dynamic and the number of cases fluctuates from year to year. There was a low level of cases in 2011, while 2010 was considered an epidemic year. Weather is also a factor. High temperature promotes multiplication of both the West Nile virus and the mosquitoes that carry the disease. The virus was first discovered in College Point in 1999, when there were 47 cases throughout the city and four fatalities, most of them in Queens. Following the initial outbreak in Queens, the virus has spread across the country.

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Ulrich talks state Senate campaign Focuses on incumbent Addabbo, despite primary against party pick by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

It’s been three and a half years since Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) won a special election to replace Joe Addabbo Jr. after the latter’s ascension to the state Senate. Now, the 27-year-old Ozone Park native is running against his predecessor for the seat in Albany. The district — which includes Glendale, Howard Beach, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ozone Park — was in Republican hands for decades before Addabbo won it in 2008. It was redrawn to include conservative-leaning neighborhoods like Kew Gardens Hills, home to a large bloc of Orthodox Jews, and Breezy Point. The new lines make the district more competitive, and that attracted Ulrich, who had been lobbied to run for the seat in 2010 and also for the seat vacated by former Rep. Anthony Weiner in 2011, which was won by Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village). “This is a very competitive district; there’s a chance for me to serve in the majority conference in the State Senate,” Ulrich said during an interview at the Queens Chronicle office last week. “I think I can make a difference.” But county Republicans have not made the path clear for Ulrich. The Queens GOP establishment, led by Phil Ragusa, has been at odds with Ulrich, who supported former

Councilman Tom Ognibene’s attempt to wrestle control of the party from Ragusa last year. Ragusa has thrown his support behind Forest Hills attorney Juan Reyes in the GOP primary on Sept. 13. The primary challenge is one hurdle Ulrich has to clear before he can take on Addabbo in September. Ulrich warned Republicans would be throwing the seat if they nominated Reyes, since Ulrich already has the ballot lines of the Conservative and Independence parties and could only vacate the lines if he was nominated for a judgeship, which is impossible since he has no legal background. That would lead to Reyes and Ulrich splitting the GOP vote. Reyes has accused Ulrich of not being conservative enough and backing some issues Democrats support including raising the state’s minimum wage. Reyes opposes raising the minimum wage and said it would cost the state jobs, an argument Ulrich rejects. “Regionally speaking, the minimum wage is higher in several states adjacent to New York,” he said. “To say a husband and wife can pay a rent or a mortgage, can send their children to school, can afford the gas, tolls, taxes, fees, bills, on $7.25 an hour, that’s ridiculous, there’s no way.” Ulrich said he wants to run a campaign

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Pols meet with Macy’s about July 4 fireworks Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn politicians and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio met at Macy’s headquarters in Herald Square on Monday to discuss the future of the famed July 4 fireworks show. Macy’s moved the launch location in 2009 to the Hudson River to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s sailing up his namesake waterway. That year, the show was blocked from view for most of Queens by the Manhattan skyline. Since then, Macy’s promised advocates the move would only be temporary, but four Independence Days later, the barges that carried the Macy’s show still sat on the New York-New Jersey border. “The meeting was very informative. I learned more about the massive f ireworks show than I have ever wanted to know,” Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (DAstoria) said. Although informational, no agreement was made. “Nothing definitive,” Vallone said, adding that more meetings will be scheduled. De Blasio has circulated a petition asking for the fireworks to be moved back to the East River. In July, 1,000 people had signed.

specifically on issues and outlined his positions on a number of them. On gun control, Ulrich said the problem is not with New York’s gun laws, which he said are among the strictest in the country, but rather the laws in other states, especially in the South. He said many illegal guns found in the city come from out of state, where they are bought at gun shows. Ulrich also supports hydrofracking, providing scientif ic evidence shows it does not do harm and there is oversight from the Environmental Protection Agency. He said fracking has the potential of being a job creator upstate, which would boost revenue to state coffers. He praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s careful consideraCouncilman Eric Ulrich is running for the state Senate tion of fracking. “I think he’s doing what he does against Democratic incumbent Joe Addabbo Jr., but will best, sitting back, listening to both first face Forest Hills attorney Juan Reyes in the Sept. 13 PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE primary. sides,” he said. Ulrich criticized Addabbo’s vote for the MTA payroll tax in 2009 and said he was a he said. “I’m happy to be a party guy on the party-line voter in the Senate, while he would issues I agree with them on. I’m not afraid to not be and would stand up to GOP leader stand up to them when I disagree with him.” He noted that he is not in the county party’s Dean Skelos if he disagreed with his party. “I have made it known to [Skelos] and to leadership’s good graces. “This is the treatment that you get and I anyone else who wants to know that my first and foremost obligation is to my constituents,” continued on page 33

Seven charters eye Queens in fall 2013 Hearings on schools start this month by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Macy’s and politicians continue to discuss the future of the July 4 fireworks show. FILE PHOTO The Hudson River is a wider body of water, and unlike the East River, it does not have any bridges spanning it south of the George Washington Bridge, which makes it an easier place to park barges full of exploding fireworks. But the show was done on the East River for a number of years, and de Blasio believes an East River show is better for all residents of New York City, including Queens, where people in high-rises in Forest Hills and Flushing Q could have good views of the show. — Josey Bartlett and Domenick Rafter

Seven charter schools have applied to open in Queens in the fall of 2013 and are in the beginning of undergoing the rigorous approval process. The seven schools — 21st Century Preparatory Charter School; Angela Johnson Charter School; ASPIRE Charter School; Community Charter School for Success; the Whole Elephant Charter School; and the Science, Math, ArtsResearch Technology University Preparatory Charter School — have all submitted letters of intent to the state Department of Education in the second round of applications. As of Aug. 2, some of the schools are listed as not having completed their applications. The state will begin accepting a third round of applications this week. The public hearings for two of the schools have already been scheduled. A hearing on the 21st Century Preparatory Charter School is set for Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 6 p.m .at the office of District 26,

90-27 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica. The public hearing for the Community Charter School for Success, slated for District 27, which includes Southwest Queens and the Rockaways, will be held on Friday, Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. at Beach Channel High School in the Rockaways. Anyone wishing the speak at either hearing is asked to sign in by 5:30 p.m. All of the schools, except the Whole Elephant Charter School, are slated for Eastern or Southern Queens. The Whole Elephant is slated to be a bilingual Chinese/English school that will serve kindergarten through grade five and be based in Flushing. The state DOE will make a final determination on which charter schools can open in October. There is only one charter school opening in the borough this September. The Central Queens Academy Charter School is slated to open serving District 24 and English Language Learners in grades five through eight. It will be located in the forQ mer Montessori school in Elmhurst.

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Under its bylaws, the New York Police Department enforces a strict dress code policy; men are to be clean shaven and all officers must wear a hat. But for practicing Sikhs, those policies force a choice between a career in law enforcement and religious requirements. Sikhs are banned from cutting hair, according to religious doctrine, requiring the beards and the turbans. Now s o m e o ff i c i a l s a r e p u s h i n g M ayo r Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to change the policy to allow Sikh off icers to keep their beards and turbans on the job. The issue was reignited after the mass shootings on Aug. 5 in a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin. Gurdev Singh Kang, president of the Sikh Cultural Center in Richmond Hill, publicly asked for the policy to be changed while standing with Bloomberg and Kelly at a press conference the day after the shootings. His call has been echoed by Comptroller John Liu, a potential mayoral candidate in 2013, as well as elected off icials who represent Sikh communities. “In the wake of the Wisconsin killings, which have shocked the national conscience, our city can enact meaningful

inclusion of this community by changing NYPD rules to allow Sikhs to serve without having to forsake their turbans and beards,” Liu said in a statement last week. “Shouldn’t the NYPD, providing security in one of the most diverse cities in the world, proudly display its own diversity?”

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Liu also noted that other religious groups often need exemptions, such as Orthodox Jews. In 2009, the military made a religious exception for two Sikhs in the U.S. Army. The military banned beards in 1984 but had grandfathered in Sikhs who were serving at the time, including a colonel.

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Eight Queens residents were among 13 people indicted last week in connection with an alleged identity theft and counterfeit credit card ring operating out of the borough. In a statement issued on Aug. 8, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said the ring allegedly stole bank account numbers and other personal information to fund shopping sprees as far away as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Florida. The ring was allegedly headed by Isijola Olusegan, 21, and Darcel Kirby, 46, both of Elmont, LI. Olusegan was arrested in Texas ona Queens County warrant. Brown’s office identified the other defendants as Simone Abraham, 29, of Jamaica; Jamel Bartholomew, 27, of Rockaway; Michael Cruz, 31, of Queens Village; Nicole Freeman, 26, of Jamaica; Maiesha Lovejoy, 21, of Jamaica; Louise Morpeau, 21, of Hollis; Ari Parhan, 22, of Rockaway Beach; Sarah Powell, 24, of Queens Villlage; and Shanell James, 21, Michael Ferguson, 26, and Barakat Abiola, 23, of Brooklyn. The complaints allege that the defendants “defrauded scores of unsuspecting consumers, retailers and financial institutions” between June 24, 2011 and March 23, 2012. Brown’s office said the defendants were “variously charged” with crimes that include f irst-, second- and third-degree identity theft; third- and fourth-degree grand larceny; f irst- and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument; first-degree falsifying of business records; petit larceny; first-degree scheme to defraud; and fifth-degree conspiracy. “Credit card fraud and identity theft continue to flourish as more and more financial transactions occur over the Internet,” Brown said in a statement released by his office. “These crimes cost millions of dollars in losses to consumers, businesses and financial institutions and will be vigorously investigated and prosecuted.” The complaints allege that the defendants fraudulently obtained credit card account numbers through various means, and used the information to manufacture forged credit cards and identif ication cards. The cards were then given to “shoppers” who allegedly used them, along

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Swinging Time at St. Helen About 170 senoirs enjoyed a free concert of big band and swing music on Aug. 9 in the St. Helen School auditorium in Howard Beach as the Frank Pedulla and The Music Staff Swing Orchestra, shown above, played for the dancing crowd during the Arnie Mig Memorial Concert.

The concert was sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and local elder law firm Brady & Marshak. The concert had been planned for outdoors, but was moved inside due to threatening weather.

continued from page 2 wake of the JFK incident. Staffing, as opposed to relying on technology, has been a sticking point between the Port Authority and its Police Benevolent Association, the union that represents the PA’s police officers. A union spokesman has called for a thorough investigation of the matter by the PA’s Inspector General’s Office. Union President Paul Nunziato, in a four-page letter dated Aug. 13, asked that any probe include a comprehensive review of the contract with Raytheon and continued PA payments to the company for a PIDS system that he claims “manifestly does not function.” Nunziato’s letter states that whole sections of security fence have been destroyed by weather, with the system giving no indication over the course of months that the barrier was down. “We can show you repeated instances where the PIDS did not detect a breach,” said PBA spokesman Bobby Egbert. “And not a single instance where it did.” “The Port Authority has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a system that failed to detect a man wearing a bright yellow life vest who was looking for help,” Nunziato wrote. “This is not the first individual to gain access to the airside without setting off a PIDS alert. Imagine what a team of terrorists, not looking to be found, could do.” Nunziato, a PA police officer for more

than 25 years, is no novice when it comes to dealing with threats of terrorism — the Port Authority buried 37 of its officers who died responding to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. “I do not want my members to die in another terrorist attack,” the letter states. “I do not want the public to be endangered every time they use our facilities. I do not want to see my members forced from their homes by another round of 12-hour tours, seven days a week because the agency, yet again, failed to prepare for the inevitable attack on our facilities.” Speaking Tuesday night, Egbert, who also is a PA officer, said Casillo would have benefited from a working system. “He was able to climb a fence and may have walked up to two miles,” Egbert said. “If the system had been working it would have detected him and we would have come to him and given him aid.” Egbert also said cuts to land, marine and air patrol manpower in recent years should be taken by the public as a safety issue, not a bargaining chip during contract talks. Nunziato’s letter hammered home the same theme. “Let me be clear, I welcome any technology that will make our facilities more secure,” he wrote. “Again and again, Port Authority executives with no understanding of security deploy technology not to assist us in securing our facilities, but instead as a Q means of eliminating police.”

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Historic cemetery is landmarked Brinckerhoff burial ground finally receives designation from city by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

After more than a decade of waiting, the Fresh Meadows community cheered the news Tuesday that the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission landmarked the beleaguered historic Brinckerhoff Cemetery. “We are very happy and will now work with other groups to buy it,” said James Gallagher, president of the Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic Association, who has led the drive for landmarking. The property’s current owner, Le Dan Cai, wants to build two houses on the site and asked the LPC in the spring to make a decision on landmarking. The property has been eyed by the city agency for 12 years, but no action had been taken. Cai bought the land, which is located on 182nd Street, near 73rd Avenue, in 2010. The 45-by-120-foot site is now overgrown with ivy and there are no visible gravestones. The family cemetery dates back to 1730 with the last interment in 1872. “This cemetery, despite all the changes that have occurred around it, remains one of a handful of sites that directly ties New York City to its earliest days as a Dutch settlement,” said LPC Commission Chairman Robert Tierney. The burial ground had been sold illegally by

Members of the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission study a slide of the Brinckerhoff Cemetery in Fresh Meadows during a hearing in March. The site was approved for landmark status FILE PHOTO on Tuesday. the city in 1961 after being erroneously condemned for nonpayment of taxes. That owner admitted later that in the 1980s he buried the remaining gravestones to hide them. Efforts by the Queens Historical Society 12 years ago to purchase the site were unsuccessful and the property remained in limbo.

Though the property is now protected, Cai can claim a financial hardship and if granted it would reverse the landmark designation. But City Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) doesn’t believe that will happen in this case. “It would be a waste of the owner’s time and

money,” Gennaro said. “He got it at a relatively low price knowing it was a burial ground. The financial hardship claim is not going to happen.” Lisi de Bourbon, spokeswoman for the LPC, said that an owner must show the property is incapable of earning a net return of 6 percent. Since 1965, the commission has only had 16 hardship cases, with 13 granted. “There is no less sympathetic case than this one,” Gennaro said. “As to the owner, he will want to cut his losses since the property has zero development value. The price will be set accordingly.” The owner also could file a suit seeking to overturn the decision. The councilman said it’s unlikely the city would purchase the property, which was sold to Cai for $105,000. “No city agency would want to maintain it,” he said. “You could use city dollars to pay for the property and then turn it over to a nonprofit group to maintain it.” Although the Parks Department does own several historic burial grounds, most are within larger park facilities and some are maintained by private groups. Cai’s spokesman, Kelvin Zou, said Tuesday that no decision has been made yet on how to proceed with the property. Among those supporting the landmarking continued on page 34

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Milton G. Bassin, the longtime York College president credited with building the school from the ground up and saving it from closure during the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, died on Aug. 13. He was 88. Bassin was York’s second president and its longest serving, heading the school from 1971 through 1991, during which time he spearheaded construction of the campus in downtown Jamaica. When the school’s very existence was threatened, he exhibited what the current administration called “a steely determination and knack for bringing the external community together with the college community” to maintain it as a four-year school in Jamaica. “Without Milt Bassin, the York College campus in Jamaica would never have been built,” said Dolores Swirin, the school’s vice president for institutional advancement. “Thanks to Milt, thousands of students have received a high-quality education at a senior college in the heart of Southeast Queens. Milt won the deep respect of faculty, staff, students and the community for his work. He will be deeply missed by all of us at York.” Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 1923 to Russian immigrants, Bassin was a staunch advocate of a tuition-free City University of New York on behalf of students who, like himself, came from humble beginnings. Bassin earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from City College in 1944 and a master’s degree from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1954. He also served in the United States Navy. He began his CUNY career as an instructor in mechanical technology at New York City Community College, now New York City Technical College, and worked his way up the ranks from dean to dean-in-charge and eventually, president. He headed NYCCC from 1966 to 1971, when he took over at York. Under his leadership, York College graduated thousands of students who now serve as respected physicians, researchers, New York City judges such as Jeremy Weinstein and George Grasso; college professors — some of whom now teach at York; and numerous

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How’d my water bill go from $2K to $20K?! Public advocate holds hearing on mystery spikes, eyes reform of DEP by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

It’s not just the Biblical rainstorms of yesterday, and, it seems, much of this summer, that have many residents of Queens and the other boroughs feeling soaked — it’s also their water bills. And for many, it’s not just the routine rate hikes that have ranged from 5 to 15 percent for nine of the past 10 years. There are people out there getting socked with quarterly bills that are sometimes double, triple, or even 10 times as much as what they had been paying. The Department of Environmental Protection insists all the unexplained spikes are due to factors like leaks. But many home and business owners aren’t buying it, and neither is Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. They blame the automated meter readers the DEP has been replacing old-fashioned meters with. Last Thursday de Blasio held a hearing at his Manhattan office into the spikes in billing, and several Queens residents and business owners were among those testifying. One of those who spoke is Anthony Castorina, owner of The Alps Provision Co. in Astoria, a dried sausage manufacturer and wholesaler. Castorina saw his water bill jump from a little under $2,000 a quarter to nearly $20,000 after the new meter reader was installed. If unresolved, the spike just may be one of the things that drives Castorina to relocate to

New Jersey with many, but not all, of his 23 full-time employees. The Whitestone resident plans to expand and hire maybe 15 more people, but he just might do it in the Garden State because, he says, “New York is ridiculous now” when it comes to the cost of doing business — and a water bill that jumps 1,000 percent in one quarter is one more straw on the camel’s back. When Castorina first got a bill spike, he said, he called the DEP and the agency told him to get a plumber to search for problems like leaks. “He came and checked, and no leaks,” Castorina said. He didn’t find the agency to be all that helpful either, a complaint de Blasio said is just as common as complaints about sudden spikes in recorded water usage. “It’s hard to make an argument with the DEP,” Castorina said. “There’s a form, but you don’t know how to get to it.” Seeing de Blasio speak on television about his upcoming hearing, Castorina called his staff for help, and they helped him find the DEP’s complaint form. After that was filed, the agency said it would send someone out to take a look, on July 30, but no one ever came, he said. Next Castorina told his story at the hearing, which was attended by an Environmental Protection official and a pair each of city and state lawmakers, including Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck).

“The DEP took my information at the hearing, but I still haven’t heard anything,” Castorina said. He added that he has paid the bills, since the DEP can put liens on properties where they go unpaid. During the hearing, the DEP insisted that of all the thousands of automated meters it’s installed, none have any technical problems, a contention Castorina said drew laughter from some in the crowd, including at least one elected official. It’s the agency’s insistence that none of the usage spikes are incorrect, and the way it allegedly treats complainants like Castorina that de Blasio is seeking to address through three bills his office is drawing up. As the public advocate, de Blasio can introduce legislation in the City Council just like any of its regular members. “The DEP isn’t even admitting there’s a problem,” de Blasio, who is a Democratic candidate for mayor next year, said in a phone interview Wednesday. “Their motto could be ‘The customer is always wrong’ at this point. Some of these cases are outrageous. Two people from two boroughs got bills showing 1,000 gallons were used overnight; that’s impossible. The DEP is simply not willing to work with the consumer.” To change that, de Blasio’s three bills would: • simplify water bills so customers can more clearly see when spikes in usage are recorded

and so the appeals process is more clear; • force the DEP to do its own inspections of plumbing at no cost when people experience sudden cost increases of more than 100 percent, rather than making customers hire private contractors; and • bar the agency from placing liens on properties when people don’t immediately pay “extraordinary, unusual or disputed charges.” Asked how much it might cost the city to always do its own inspections, de Blasio said he hadn’t come up with a figure yet, but that the agency charges $180 to do the job now and “the quicker we resolve these bills, the quicker the revenue comes into the city.” Asked how the city could force payment of legitimate bills without the power to place liens, he said, “I’m not looking to take that power away from the city, I just don’t want it to be used so readily when there is a true dispute.” De Blasio said his office had received roughly 500 complaints about water bill spikes before the hearing, 158 of them from Queens — more than any borough other than Brooklyn, which yielded 192. The public advocate encourages anyone else whose water bill has jumped unexplainably to contact his office at (212) 669-7250 or via email at gethelp@pubadvocate.nyc.gov. A video of the hearing has been posted at Q youtu.be/tn4vGoEZ7mQ.

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Texter tks 2nd @ nt’l comp Kent Augustine, 16, of Jamaica has some of the fastest fingers in the country when it comes to texting. The teen took second place in the 6th Annual LG National Texting Championship, held in Times Square on Aug. 9. Augustine, center and inset, who can type 3.5 characters per second, started texting when he was 10 years old and, on average, he sends 300 texts per day. He won $10,000. “Texting is one of the most popular forms of

communication and yet it continually surprises us just how fast these kids can draft and send out a message,” James Fishler, LG’s senior vice president of marketing, said in a prepared statement. Claiming the top spot at the electronic giant’s contest for the second consecutive year was Austin Wierschke, 17, of Wisconsin, third from right. He received $50,000. — AnnMarie Costella

continued from page 6 “Also, who is the clientele for the games? The ticket prices may eliminate locals from attending.” Also on Monday, the Daily News reported that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) is looking at either Coney Island or Willets Points for a casino. The story indicated the Bloomberg administration is privately backing Willets Point as a suitable location. The state Legislature took the first step toward authorizing up to seven casinos in the state with New York City set for one. Plans are not expected to come to fruition until next year. City officials, however, were quick to deny their interest in the Willets Point location. Seth Pinsky, president of the city’s Economic Development Corp., told the Chronicle on Tuesday there is no interest in having a casino there. “We have not sought a casino at Willets Point and are not seeking a casino at Willets Point,” Pinsky reiterated in an email. “Our goal remains to develop Willets Point in a manner that is ultimately consistent with the zoning passed in 2008.” During a press conference on Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg offered the following denial: “As God as my witness, I never heard anybody suggest either [location] and nobody certainly asked me. But you know, listen, I’ve always been reticent to

support gambling because I think it is a very regressive way to tax the public.” Willets Point United, a group of land owners and business owners who do not want to move, are against both the casino and stadium proposals. “As far as Willets Point is concerned, gambling at Willets Point is a bad bet — and if the administration signs off on it they will be doubling down on irresponsible planning,” the group said in a statement to the Chronicle. “EDC has already jettisoned any semblance of the ‘next green neighborhood’ by its promotion of the Mets Mall, the elimination of affordable housing and living wage, and the inclusion of a gambling casino would be the toxic frosting on the EDC cake.” Regarding the soccer stadium, WPU said, “The city still faces an alienation challenge on the Mets Mall, and if one thinks that a 62-acre development at Willets Point will overrun the existing road and mass transit infrastructure, imagine the addition of a soccer stadium and a casino. They will be airlifting fans out of Flushing Meadows by the time this harebrained scheme is done.” Kelty said he doesn’t trust the EDC and believes the city would back a casino at Willets Point, “if the price is right.” He noted that ULURP would also be required before the plan could move forward at Willets Point. “It will also affect traffic in Q the area,” he added.

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Lindenwood teen puts art to cloth Nicole Cotto, 18, uses her drawing skills to promote local hip-hop by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Eighteen-year-old Nicole Cotto of Lindenwood likes to draw. One day she took out her pencil and a pad and sketched a cartoon — a profile of a boy, hat backwards, tongue out, X’s as eyes. She named the character “Ruthless Kidz.” To help promote Ron Teri, an aspiring hip-hop artist from Howard Beach and Cotto’s boyfriend, she and her friend Aman-

da Pereira thought of putting the drawing on T-shirts and selling them at his concerts. With the help of Ron’s manager and brother-in-law James Kilkenny, she bought the equipment she needed to make the shirts and produced them to sell at the concerts. They turned out to be a hit. They decided to make more in various colors and sizes.and with that, Kilzone Apparel was born, joining a hip-hop clothing industry that is known for its long his-

tory of fashion staples, from tracksuits in the 1980s to large gold chains in the 1990s and brands like FUBU and Rocawear. The name of the clothing line comes from Kilkenny’s entertainment company, Kilzone Entertainment, which manages Teri and two other local hip-hop artists, Joe D and Mason. The rappers have performed a number of concerts around the metropolitan area. Cotto, a native of Ozone Park and a

graduate of PS 232 and Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology, described the goal of Kilzone Apparel to be “an urban clothing line originated from the minds of a younger generation with an old-school vibe.” She said the T-shirt business is starting locally, with friends, family and Kilzone’s fan base as their main customers. Recently, Cotto’s artwork received some local attention when she and Pereira manned a vending both at the Our Lady of Grace feast in Howard Beach to sell their shirts. They also gave out window decals featuring the drawing to promote it. Now, Cotto said Kilzone Apparel is working on trademarking her drawing and creating a website to sell the shirts publicly, and eventually they hope to sell them in stores as well. For the upcoming winter months, Cotto said they are planning on selling crew-neck sweaters, hoodies and beanies, all popular articles of clothing in the hip-hop community. Q

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Tina Charles has played basketball for the No. 1 high school team in the country at Christ the King in Middle Village, won a Division I national championship at the University of Connecticut and was a No. 1 draft pick and rookie of the year for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. And now, to that already impressive resume, Queens’ favorite daughter of the 2012 London games has added an Olympic gold medal. Charles, born in Jamaica, and fellow Christ the King alumna Sue Bird were key performers as the United States women capped off a perfect 8-0 tournament in London on Aug. 11 with an 86-50 drubbing of France. The win gave the U.S. women their fifth consecutive gold medal and extended the team’s Olympic winning streak to 41 games. Charles finished the tournament with 84 points. Official statistics from the “London 2012” website list her team-leading 59 rebounds as third-most in the tournament, and her 7.4 per game fifth-best. Bird finished with 49 points, including 11 against France in the gold medal game. Bird’s seven three-point shots in London led the U.S. squad, and her 36 assists and 4.5 assists per game were both second-most in

the tournament. Bird will add her new bauble to a trophy case that already contains Olympic gold medals from Beijing in 2008 and Athens in 2004. It is the first Olympic medal for Charles. Two other women on Team USA with ties to the borough did not fare quite as well in their events, though Alysia Johnson Montano came awfully close. Montano, who was born in Queens but grew up in California, took fifth place in the finals of the women’s 800-meter run, coming in a scant 1.74 seconds behind gold medalist Marlya Savinova of Russia. The former NCAA and United States national champion in the event, Montano missed the silver medal by seven-tenths of a second, and the bronze by 0.34 seconds. In the women’s 10-meter platform diving competition, Brittany Viola earned her way to the semifinals, but did not make the cut for the last day of the competition. The daughter of former New York Mets and St. John’s University pitching star Frank Viola, she finished 15th overall in a field of 28 semifinalists. Ruolin Chen of China took the gold. Viola’s performance was good enough to make her the highest-ranking U.S. woman in the event, placing her one slot ahead of teamQ mate Katie Bell of Columbus, Ohio.

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Students, Groundswell and the DOT will unveil work on Aug. 31 by Josey Bartlett Associate Editor

The High School for Arts and Business’ once-drab, g ray outside wall now has something to show off. Students ages 14 to 21 with the publicar t foundation Groundswell’s Summer Leadership Institute worked diligently with the city’s Department of Transportation and the high school on creating the educational mural since July 5 and will unveil their final product on Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. The school is located at 105-25 Horace Harding Expressway North at 108th Street, next to the Long Island Expressway. Though no fatalities have happened at the congested Corona corner, DOT community coordinator Michelle Kaucic said there have been some close calls — hence the mural project. Through studying the neighborhood and the busy intersection — where cars enter, exit and cross under the expressway — the muralists decided vehicles need to slow down and obey the speed limit. There is also a yield sign on the street corner where the mural is being erected that drivers fail to acknowledge, Kaucic said. “I did the most important part in the mural, the 3 [on the 30 mph sign],” student worker Christian Montufar said. “Maybe they will drive a little slower to take a look.”

Christian Montufar, a graduate from the High School for Arts and Business, is part of the team PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT painting a mural alongside of the Horace Harding Expressway. The vibrant, multicolored mural combines the ideas of art and business — the focus of the high school — with traffic safety. Two large figures on the center left were designed by Arts and Business student Ivonn Bernal, 16. The concept, she said, is that the boy who isn’t painted in yet has drawn the whole mural.

“The student [the boy in the mural] has made his art come to life,” said Bernal of Elmhurst. In the mural a man in a suit with the camera around his neck and the computer screen as his head is the boy in the mural’s creation and combines the concept of art and business,

Bernal said, and the scene around him has various aspects of driving safety — yield signs, winding roads and the oh-so-important speed limit. In July the students, who work 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for $7.50 an hour, participated in onsite seminars about driving precautions and driving impairment. The project is funded by a New York State’s Stop DUI grant. “We talked about why people do what they know they shouldn’t,” Kaucic said. Students sketched during the workshops, while lead artists with Groundswell, Yanna Dimitrova and Olivia Fu, compiled the drawings to make a cohesive mural. Next the 11 students, two artists and Kaucic of the DOT made a grid of the work. Each box of the grid duplicates a section of the smaller cohesive image. Then they set to work with acrylic paint to fill in the boxes. “It’s sort of like coloring in a giant coloring book,” Dimitrova said. In addition to educating the public and making the corner safer for the neighborhood and the school, the students have formed friendships. Many of the student employees come from Queens, but others come from Brooklyn and Manhattan. “Painting the actual mural is great and we get to hang out with friends,” said Esther Yuabov, 14, from Flushing. “We’ve formed a Q relationship.”

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remaining trees at the construction site and found a number of complicating factors involved in transplanting existing trees from this location, including age, size, and season.” The season refers to a decrease in a tree’s chances for survival if it is transplanted after winter when it has entered its growing season. “In summary, although tree transplantation may be attempted for some of the smaller trees located in the courtyard, most factors indicate that replacement with an adequate number of younger, healthy trees would have a higher probability of success,” the report concluded. The statement from City Hall said that final consultation among the Borough President’s Office, and the city’s Department of Design and Construction and Department of Citywide Administrative Services determined that the risks and costs involved with transplanting the trees indicated that it would be better to remove them and replace them once the atrium is complete. “I guess trees don’t count unless they are part of Mayor Bloomberg’s ‘million tree’ initiative,” Croft said. The city said more than 50 new trees would be planted, though would not comment on how old or how large they will be, nor how long it would take to replace the ones that had become an attraction behind Borough Hall. They were a favorite of brides and wedding photographers who participated in marriages at the building. They have been replaced by entrepreneurs who have set up decorated trellises that can Q be used in pictures.

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continued from page 18 wear that with a badge of honor. It only strengthens my independence,” he said. Ulrich said he supports tax credits for parents who send their children to private schools and wants to find a steady revenue stream for education money that would be lost by the credit, saying that would be the first bill he proposes as a state senator. The 15th Senate District includes a large population of Orthodox Jewish and Catholic families who send their children to private schools. He said he supported Gov. Cuomo’s creation of a new pension system, Tier VI, and said the state can save money by rolling all public employees into the state pension system. Many are not a part of it because they are in patronage positions, he said. Both Reyes and the campaign arm for the Senate Democrats have criticized Ulrich for his association with John Haggerty, who was convicted in 2010 of laundering money from Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s re-election campaign. Ulrich did not deny he has a friendship with Haggerty, whose brother Bart worked in Ulrich’s office for a time, but said Haggerty has no connection whatsoever to Ulrich’s campaign. “I don’t throw my friends under the Q bus,” he said.

Bookbag ’em, Karen! City Council member Karen Koslowitz is surrounded in her Forest Hills office by some of the school supplies for homeless children collected in Volunteers for America’s “Operation Backpack.” Koslowitz’s office was one of three desig-

nated dropoff points in the borough, and gathered in more than 50 backpacks and hundreds of other individual donations ranging from notebooks to art supplies. The supplies were delivered to Volunteers for America on Wednesday.

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Glendale reacts to shelter rumblings Group discussed Cooper Ave. site with owner; city has no proposal by Michael Gannon Editor

The city’s Department of Homeless Services said Tuesday that it has not received a proposal for a multiple-dwelling homeless shelter for 76-18 Cooper Ave. in Glendale. But many residents and some elected officials believe that the rumored shelter is much more than a rumor. Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (DMiddle Village) addressed the matter in a letter to her Glendale constituents last week. Crowley wrote that she had recently spoken to the owner, Michael Wilner of Wilner Realty Management of Jericho, LI. She stated Wilner confirmed that he has had contact with a nonprofit organization with interest in bringing a shelter to the property, once a factory, which has been vacant for about 20 years. Crowley’s letter said the property’s zoning designation does not allow for residential buildings but does permit hotels — and that the city has recently interpreted that to allow shelters on similar sites. The councilwoman stated her blanket opposition to any such designation in her letter, saying she would like to see it used for some form of community center or recreational use. Her chief of staff, Lydon Sleeper, reiterated her position in a statement issued on Tuesday. “The council member does not support

The owner of an old factory site at 76-18 Cooper Ave. has discussed the property with a group interested in creating a homeless shelter, though city officials have received nothing formal, and PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Glendale residents are ready for a fight. any attempt to put a multiple-dwelling shelter on Cooper Avenue and will do everything in her power to prevent it,” Sleeper said. Wilner’s group also owns an adjacent property on Cooper that is undergoing work for a soon-to-open sports apparel/recreation business and a bistro.

Wilner could not be reached for comment, though he told Crowley that the site is on the open market. Kathy Masi, a member of the executive board of Community Board 5 and president of the Glendale Civic Association, said Tuesday that she and her neighbors are taking

nothing said by city agencies or developers on faith. “If people are talking about it like this, there has to be some validity to it,” Masi said. “Clearly the owner of the property has been in discussion with a city agency. We can’t get a straight answer.” She also said the property is located near several schools. “It’s a factor,” she said. “PS 87, PS 49 and PS 128 are all within a short distance of this facility.” She confirmed that CB 5 has not received any contacts on the subject from the city, Wilner or a potential operating entity. But opposition is growing and getting organized. Petition drives are underway. “New York City has recently been dropping shelters in the middle of residential neighborhoods with little or no notice,” she said. “We’re going to have to be ahead of them.” And it appears that Glendale will be able to count on its neighbors should a shelter move beyond rumors to the proposal stage. “We’re girding to join them to fight this if that is what’s necessary,” said Lorraine Sciulli, first vice president of the Juniper Park Civic Association in Middle Village. “We may not have a formal meeting about it until we know something further, but we’re going Q to stay on this.”

about the landmarking; a welcome development and justified.” The two distant cousins want the headstones recovered and put back and if some are missing, for each grave to be marked in some manner. Gallagher said he has been in touch with organizations such as the Queens County Farm Museum and Maple Grove Cemetery and others to help with purchasing the property. He has a commitment from Manger that the St. Nicholas Society will help. “We must act quickly,” Gallagher said. “We need to form a nonprofit to administer, develop and maintain the area.” He also plans to meet with Borough President Helen Marshall for input on funding. Gennaro said that the landmarking “was the big domino. I’m confident we’ll be able to preserve the site befitting its history.” He also would like to uncover the gravestones. “We need to preserve and learn from the site with dignity,” Gennaro added. “It’s a treasure trove.” Twelve other cemeteries in the city have been designed as landmarks in the past. In Queens, they include: the Lawrence Graveyard in Astoria, the Lawrence Cemetery in Bayside, the Moore-Jackson Cemetery in Woodside, Prospect Cemetery in Jamaica, Remsen Cemetery in Rego Park and the Richard Q Cornell Graveyard in Far Rockaway.

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continued from page 24 efforts were two Brinckerhoff descendants, William Manger Jr. and Matthew Brinckerhoff. Manger, a banker who lives in Manhattan, testified in favor of the proposal at an LPC hearing. The Brinckerhoffs were prosperous Dutch farmers, who had large land holdings in the borough. Reached on Tuesday, Manger said he was thrilled the site had been landmarked. “I am very pleased,” he said. “The LPC did the right thing.” The descendant believes a group will come together to buy the site. “I’m optimistic they will be able to do it and I plan to stay involved with this,” Manger added. He said it could take “a whole lineup of people” to provide funding and that the city could help and make it a public-private partnership. Matthew Brinckerhoff, a Manhattan lawyer who lives in Brooklyn, discovered that his grandmother, six times removed, named Aeltie, was the first to be buried at the site and hers was the only gravestone written in Dutch. A 1919 city survey of the site found 77 graves, recorded the inscriptions and pinpointed their locations. The last known photograph of Aeltie’s gravestone was taken in 1935. “It’s undeniable that there are remains there,” Brinckerhoff said. “It’s fantastic

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‘Blue Bloods’ in Astoria There were lots of NYPD officers and Department of Parks employees by the waterfront in Astoria Park and milling around the Olympic-sized pool on Monday morning. However, as one real Department of Parks

employee pointed out, “many are phony.” The iconic Queens park was used as the location for the police-drama the “Blue Bloods.” In the show Tom Selleck, inset, plays the NYPD police commissioner.

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Forest Park carousel fundraiser set NY Carousel Entertainment, LLC, operator of the recently re-opened Forest Park Carousel, will host a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association’s New York City Chapter, on Friday, Aug. 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Forest Park Carousel on Forest Park Drive just west of Woodhaven Boulevard. They will be donating 100 percent of all proceeds from carousel rides that evening to the Alzheimer’s NYC Chapter. Visitors can have unlimited carousel rides, including face-painting for $10 — or enjoy individual rides for $3. There will be a raffle, including some great prizes and a Q magic show.

Senior computer classes in Howard Beach The Howard Beach Senior Center will host computer classes for beginners, intermediate and more advanced senior citizens. The cost is $25 for a six-week course. Anyone interested in taking the class should call Judy at (718) 738-8100. Q

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

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The biggest winner of the 2012 Olympics had to be gymnast Gabrielle Douglas. The London Games were not yet over when she inked a $100 million endorsement deal with Kellogg’s and her face was quickly plastered on Corn Flakes boxes. She also made the cover of People. Douglas hails from Virginia Beach and I guess it’s safe to say that Mets third baseman David Wright is now the second most famous athlete from the Tidewater area. Even though she did not earn a medal, track & field star Lolo Jones should also clean up on the endorsement front because of her modelesque looks. Jones has bristled at the notion that she is the Anna Kournikova of track because she has actually won some competitions, whereas Anna never even won a Mickey Mouse tennis tournament. No athlete ever had more economically riding on the outcome of one game than U.S. Women’s Soccer goalie Hope Solo. Last year she watched millions of dollars in endorsement deals fly right out the window when the U.S. team blew a pair of late leads and lost to Japan in the final game. She quickly learned that in this country you might was well come in 200th if you are going to finish second.

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When someone mentions Broadway in Queens, most think of the largely commercial strip that runs from Astoria to Elmhurst. But there’s another Broadway, one that curves through one of the most unusual neighborhoods in Queens, the Hamilton Beach section of Howard Beach. Driving down Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, one can see Shellbank Basin just to the east. But a second inlet, Hawtree Basin, is secluded from view — just as Hamilton Beach, the neighborhood between Hawtree and the western edge of Kennedy Airport, is secluded from the rest of Queens. Hamilton Beachers have always been independent. When their post office refused to join the greater Jamaica Postal District as a substation or branch in 1927, it got shut down, but the name remains. Also unusual for Queens, street numbers on Broadway run from 1 through 155. Houses in Hamilton Beach were built just a few feet above the tide, and sewage disposal and street surface drainage have always posed problems. Records show the area was originally inhabited by German-Americans with names such as Strumpler, Miller, Schmitt,

An old mining town out west? No, it’s Hamilton Beach, off Hawtree Basin, in April 1950. Scheuermann and Winkelmann. By the 1960s the names had changed to O’Shaughnessy, O’Toole, Smith and Kelly — IrishAmericans with a great love and passion for the grassy bay and fishing. Today 143 Broadway, along with three adjacent parcels on the canal, is up for sale as a “handyman’s special” for $249,000. It could be a desirable place, and a challenge, for an independent and rugged person with Q a love of nature.

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Solo, and her equally photogenic teammates, Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan, certainly knew what the stakes were when they met Japan in a rematch last Thursday in London. This time they did not blow any leads as they held on for a 2-1 victory for the gold. You can be sure that their business agents’ phones have been ringing off the hook. The Mets unveiled the 2013 All-Star Game logo earlier this month and it now has a permanent place under the centerfield scoreboard. I think it’s an eyesore. It’s basically the Mets’ Manhattan skyline and bridge logo (no problem there) marred by “ALL STAR GAME” in oversized letters below. At the press conference, Deputy Mayor Patty Harris claimed that the game will have upwards of a $200 million positive economic impact for the area. Tim Brosnan, the Major League Baseball vice president of business affairs, promises that New York charitable organizations will have their coffers enriched by at least $5 million. Flushing native, longtime Maspeth resident and host of Sirius XM’s morning “Roto Experts” fantasy sports show Scott Engel will be hosting a panel that includes Heisman Trophy winner and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Tony Dorsett at this weekend’s Fantasy Football Fest taking place at Q the Atlantic City Convention Center.

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Artist Soonae Tark stands with her paintings “Gathering,” right, and “Sending” at Yegam Art Space in Flushing.

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rtist Soonae Tark’s acrylic paintings are just as fun as their names might suggest — “Sugar candy,” “Gathering,” “Orange in an orange” and “Love you.” The titles might not be unique — though much more intriguing than “untitled 1”— but, the style is all Tarks. The Seoul, South Korea-born painter shifted her look to stacked-up blocks 16 years ago when she moved to the United States. She began playing with shape and color

with doodles on paper, she said. Tark continues to draw to keep disciplined in her craft, and as a remedy for painter’s block. Some of her drawings will be displayed at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning for eight weeks beginning in September. Those original drawings started with sharper square blocks that eventually morphed to the rounded rectangle that can be viewed at Yegam Art Space in Flushing though Sept. 8. The paintings in this exhibition range in canvas type — wood, Plexiglas, typical fabric canvases and paper — and in size, from a half foot by half foot to a couple feet tall. Tark paints these stacks of rounded rectangles in towers that look like in real-life

they would topple over more easily than a wobbly Jenga column. However, on Tark’s canvases the pillars look surprisingly sound. “They are very stable and have harmony,” said Yegam Art Space curator Dong Hee Lee, adding that the works remind her of Stonehenge. The appearance of balance doesn’t always rely on the size of the shape, but on color as well. The darker-colored shapes ooze a sense of heft whereas the creamcolored and yellow blocks, no matter how large, seem to float. “Color has weight,” Tark said. “White versus black balances out.” Continuedonon page continued page 43

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Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709.

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

Mindfulness Meditation one-hour class with Rabbi Michael Weisser at Free Synagogue of Flushing, 4160 Kissena Blvd., on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Free. For more information, call (718) 961-0030 or email info@freesynagogue.org. The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has expanded its GED preparation program to include free adult classes. Tracks vary in length from 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance test results. Contact the YW and sign up for the next placement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at (718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserve your placement exam seat.

AUDITIONS The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates. The Queens College Choral Society is seeking new members for its 2012-13 concert season. Auditions for new members will take place on the following Wednesdays in Room 246 of the Music Building at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing: Aug. 22 from 6-8:30 p.m. and Aug. 29, Sept. 5 and Sept. 12 from 6-7:15 p.m. Rehearsals are held from 7:30-9:45 p.m. on Wednesdays at Queens College and will begin on Aug. 29. A new member welcome party will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 19. Auditions consist of basic singing skills; no preparation is necessary.

THEATRE Theatre By The Bay, the community theater group of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside, will present a full-day festival of readings of original plays on Sunday, Aug. 19 starting at 1 p.m. General seating with admission to any or all of the plays in the festival is $10 payable by cash or check only. For more information call (718) 428-6363, Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A Queens performance for Theater for the New City’s 2012 Street Theater tour, “99% Reduced Fat, or, You Can Bank On Us,” an operetta for the street, will be offered free on Sunday, Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. at Travers Park, 34th Avenue between 77th and 78th streets, Jackson Heights.

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Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107 St., Corona, announces a jazz program with Lucky Dogs on Saturday, Aug. 18. Held in the Armstrong Garden at 2 p.m. the concert features a traditional jazz band that plays and promotes the music of Louis Armstrong. Tickets are $15 and include historic house tour. Queens Jewish Community Council presents Jewish Music Under the Stars on Wednesday, Aug. 22 with a Bukharian Festival at 7 p.m. at Cunningham Park, Union Turnpike and 196th Street in Fresh Meadows.

FLEA MARKETS St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish continues to run its outdoor flea market every Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but will be closed on Sunday, Aug. 19. It is located at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Union Turnpike in Jamaica.

A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing. Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.

Craftspeople demonstrate crafts from the 1800s at the King Manor in Jamaica on Friday, Aug. 17. PHOTO COURTESY KINGMANOR.ORG

HEALTH Join Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, for its seventh blood drive on Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 2-8 p.m. Call (718) 229-4000 ext. 200 and speak to Liz to schedule an appointment. Free babysitting available to those parents who need it.

MEETINGS Southeast Queens Camera Club meets at Roy Wilkins Park, 177-01 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica, Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. with Introduction to Digital Photography on Aug. 21 and Aug. 28. Bring camera and manual. Free public speaking/effective communication meetings are held on the first, third and fourth Saturdays of the month at 10 a.m. Learn to be comfortable speaking before an audience. Meetings are held at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference room A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway. Contact club vice president membership at (646) 748-8290.

CLASSES The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, is offering a jewelry-making workshop on Friday, Aug. 24 from 1-2:30 p.m. Instructor Lynn Hanousek will cover basic jewelry-making techniques for working with memory wire and beads. Participants will be able to create something to wear for fall wear or for their gift collection. Workshop fee is $4 and $3 for members. All supplies are provided. This summer, members of St. Josaphat Parish’s Women’s Craft Club are offering free instruction in knitting, crochet, needlepoint and holiday crafts for youth. This opportunity is open to children ages seven and up (and their parents/guardians), and all materials will be supplied. The Craft Club meets every Tuesday in August from 1 to 3 p.m. in St. Josaphat’s Parish Hall, next to the church on 35 Avenue off 210 Street in Bayside.

The New York State Safe Boating class will be taught by qualified U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors at the Thai Rock Restaurant, 375 Beach 92 St. in Rockaway Beach on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fee is $65, learning materials and lunch included. For more information, call Mike Kaff at (917) 952-7014 or email 12-01@verizon.net. To register online go to Flotilla 12-01’s website at uscgaux1201.org. Astronomer Mark Freilich will offer an astronomy class on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 8-10 p.m. at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, for ages 7 and over. Cost is $10 members, $12 non members, $7 for children ages 7-12. Pre-register by calling (718) 229-4000. Free English classes will be given every Saturday through Sept. 8 from 10-11 a.m. at New People’s Church of NY, 46-04 162 St., Flushing. To reserve your seat, register online at newpeopleschurch.com/english.php. The Queens Community House, Pomonok Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, is offering Zumba with Nando Zee on Thursday nights at 6 p.m. for $10 per person. Participants must wear sneakers and be at least 16 years old. For information call Amy at (718) 591-6060. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, teaches ballroom dancing every Monday and Friday night from 7:15 to 8 p.m. followed by a social dance. Cost is $10. The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month. For information, visit flushingcameraclub.org. The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes in all mediums, adults, children, days, evenings. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue. Costs are: adults, $75 for four sessions; children seven years and up, $50 for four sessions.

Ongoing drawing class every Wednesday 1-4 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Instructor, Marc Jasloff. Call (516) 2237659. Fee: $25 per class.

REUNION Bayside High School class of 1962; 50th year reunion on Sunday, October 7 to be held at the Courtyard Marriot at Laguardia, from 2-6 p.m. For information contact EileenTorraca@yahoo.com

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

SPECIAL EVENTS A farmers market will be held every Friday until fall from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dalia Avenue off Main Street, near the Queens Botanical Garden. Meet craftspeople as they demonstrate crafts from the 1800s on Friday, Aug. 17 and Saturday, Aug. 18, both noon to 4 p.m. at the King Manor, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. On Sunday, Aug. 26, the 31st Street Festival, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Astoria, will be held, on 31st Street between Ditmars Boulevard and 21st Avenue, from noon to 6 p.m. Food vendors, craft vendors, games rides, North Shore Animal League mobile pet adoption and general vendors. Fun for the whole family. Call (718) 444-6028 for more information.

SUPPORT GROUPS Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings are held every Friday from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, Fr. Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park.

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New plays get first crack at stage time by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

The Theatre By The Bay Original Plays Festival, running all day on Sunday, should be a playgoers delight, offering a halfdozen works that have been expanded, revised or written specifically for the event, including dramas, a children’s musical and a fable that borders on operetta. The pieces will be performed with scripts in hand. Some works will be staged, while others will be read by actors seated informally across the stage. “For the longest time I wanted to broaden the work we do,” said the group’s producer-director, Lawrence Bloom, who organized the event. Bloom’s own contribution to the festival, scenes from a drama-in-progress called

Original Plays Festival When: Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. Where: Bay Terrace Jewish Center 13-00 209 St., Bayside Tickets: $10, (718) 428-6363 theatrebythebayny.com

“Dreamer’s Lullaby,” takes on a “Twilight Zone” feel while relating the tale of a special train and one man’s desire to hop on board. Bloom wrote the two-act play, produced in 1964, while he was a freshman in college. Now, he has taken the title and “started from scratch,” he said, but kept the basic concept. “I’ve had 50 years to think about it,” Bloom said. For Michael Chimenti, preparation on his piece, “Johnny and the Thinking Machine,” also harkens back to his college days. “Being an actor, I was always on the lookout for a new piece to perform,” he said. During that time he was introduced to a short story called “Ickitwick,” a fantasy about a little boy who encounters a machine with a heart. “This would make an adorable show for kids,” he thought, and it’s been on his bucket list ever since. A few years ago, Chimenti was involved in a community theater production where he met Frank Sanchez, a young musician with a shared interest in playwriting. Together, they began to adapt “Ickitwick” for the stage.

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Andrew Anton, left, Drew Luback, Lila Edelkind, Isabel Robin and Michele Mazzocco in the Orginal Plays Festival will perform six unique works with scripts in hand. PHOTO BY MARK LORD

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Giuseppe Purich bounded up to the podium at Astoria Pool on Aug. 8 to receive his award for Outstanding Swimmer and Male Senior Citizen, during the venue’s annual celebration. Last November, Purich, 84, suffered from a stroke that left the right side of his face paralyzed. However, the avid swimmer, who joined Astoria Pool’s Senior Splash program in 2006, wouldn’t let this obstacle get in his way. “He is in awesome health,” Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. said. “He could probably play volleyball with me.”

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The stroke also affects Purich’s balance and muscle strength. He says swimming has helped him manage back and leg pain, and regain mobility and balance. Purich participates in the 31-year-old program’s water exercise class and “seniors only” lap swim for about an hour each session. During July and August, Senior Splash offers water aerobics, water ballet, instructional swimming and other classes — 184 seniors signed up this year. On average about 65 individuals participate. Purich, who constantly chews gum to keep his jaw moving, mostly swims freestyle with the aid of flippers, but at times tries out the continued continued on on page page 00 44

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butterfly, said Blanca Saravia, a seniors program leader with the Department of Parks and Recreation. And although he rarely participates in the water ballet, with specialized choreography by Saravia, he occasionally joins the “learn to swim class,” she added. Purich is an advanced swimmer, but the back-to-basics class allows him to focus on lower-body strength. Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. presented Giuseppe Purich with “He consistently comes. the award for 2012 Outstanding Swimmer/Male Senior Citizen He only has missed twice at the Senior Citizen/Special Populations Celebration Day at PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL Astoria Pool. this year,” Saravia said. A veteran of the Italian marines, Purich moved to New York in participant Mary Tompkins said. Seniors have full rein over a third of the 1970s from Venice, Italy. He worked in construction for 10 years and the Olympic-sized pool from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. three days a week. The midfor the Transit Authority for 18 years. The swimming program, organized dle of the pool is open to the public by the Department of Parks and Recre- and the far end is for individuals with ati on, C om m uni ty Board 1 and disabilities, which allows Parks and Catholic Charities, has given seniors Recreation employees to give them and the disabled a time and place to specialized attention. “I would like it every day,” senior exercise and socialize since 1981. Q “It gives a sense of community,” participant Maryann Farrell said.

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STAMMTISCH PROPERTIES LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/22/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Werner Lehner, 69-46 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385. General Purposes. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MAKIDIGITAL LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/31/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 2162 Crescent Street, No. D8, Astoria, New York 11105. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: KRDC CREATIVE ARTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/15/2012. Office location is New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 29-19 21st Avenue, #C10, New York, NY 11105. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Name of Foreign LLC: VJ Designs LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 5/10/12. Office loc.: Queens Co. LLC formed in DE: 2/29/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205. DE addr. of LLC: 108 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: 786 K & C LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/25/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 170-09 84th Rd., Jamaica, NY 11432. The general purpose: For Any lawful purpose.

Andre Smikle, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/13/12. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 133-24 Laurelton Pkwy, Rosedale, NY 11422. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of BIG APPLE DIALYSIS MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/12. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 23-14 College Point Blvd., College Point, NY 11356. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: Jodumutt G. Bhat at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

FLYING PANTS STUDIOS, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/9/12. 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, 89-17 69th Rd., Apt. 2B, Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: A2H LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/13/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS INC., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: A.S. Wings LLC. Application for Authority was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/05/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 21 Greene Avenue, Amityville, NY 11701. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

KOZANI REALTY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/04/2002 Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 24-14 24th Ave, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: KOZZY KORNER JAMAICAN RESTAURANT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/23/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Lavern Collins, 145-07 Frankton Street, Rosedale, NY 11422. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Healthy Options 4 Kids LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/3/12. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 8510 160th St., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of VALARIE MICHELLE DECOR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/12. 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, 4035 67 St., Apt. 31, Woodside, NY 11377. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Valarie Baser, at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: BISTRO AT THE POINT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/24/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to, William Woo, 511 Old Post Road, Edison, NJ 08817. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: LAFLECTION WEDDING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/15/12. The name was amended to LAFECTION WEDDING LLC on 05/09/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 35-56 Main Street, Flushing, New York 11356. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Abounding Enterprise, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/28/07. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 182-30 Wexford Terrace, Ste. #L-12, Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: General.

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Index No.: 680/12 Date of Filing: July 18, 2012 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, Plaintiff, -againstKAREN WASHINGTON AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL CROSS; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL CROSS DECEASED AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS WHO MAY BE DECEASED AND THE RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSONS, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-atlaw, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL CROSS DECEASED AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS WHO MAY BE DECEASED AND THE RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSONS, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widows or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; STATE OF NEW YORK; ‘’JOHN DOES’’ and ‘’JANE DOES’’, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service of this summons is made by delivery upon you personally within this state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on June 18, 2012, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by SAMUEL CROSS and LIZZIE CROSS to JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, bearing date April 21, 2008, in the principal amount of $544,185.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on May 19, 2008, in CRFN: 2008000201198. Said premises being known as and by 534 GRASSMERE TERRACE, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691. Dated: May 2, 2012 Batavia, New York Virginia C Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state. ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

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7116 PENELOPE AVENUE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/22/2012. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 71-16 Penelope Ave., Middle Village, NY 11379, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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159-40 100TH STREET LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/25/12. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 86-31 250th St., Bellerose, NY 11426. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 159-40 100th St., Howard Beach, NY 11414.

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION, FAMILY PART, PASSAIC COUNTY DOCKET NO.: FM-02-2054-12 TO: CARLOS IVAN GARCIA, Defendant. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED in a Civil Action filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey by PAULINA GALEANO (et al., if more than one plaintiff) as plaintiff(s) against CARLOS IVAN GARCIA (et al., if more than one defendant) as defendant(s). This lawsuit was instituted to obtain a divorce between Plaintiff and Defendant. R. 4:4-5(a)(3)(A)). If you dispute this lawsuit, you or your attorney must file a written answer or a general appearance in accordance with R. 5:4-3(a) and proof of service on or before 35 days from today with the deputy clerk of the Superior Court for the county listed above at the following address: SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY - PASSAIC COUNTY COURTHOUSE - 401 GRAND STREET, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY A $135.00 filing fee payable to the Clerk of the Superior Court must accompany your answer or motion when it is filed. You must also send a copy of your answer or appearance to plaintiff’s attorney at the following address: 434 21ST AVENUE, PATERSON, NJ 07513 A telephone call will not protect your rights; you must file and serve a written answer or appearance (with fee) if you want the court to hear your defense. If you do not file and serve a written answer or appearance by the deadline noted above, the court may enter a judgment against you for the relief plaintiff demands, plus interest and costs of suit. If judgment is entered against you, the Sheriff may seize your money, wages or property to pay all or part of the judgment. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may call the Legal Services office in the county where you live. If you do not have an attorney and are not eligible for free legal assistance, you may obtain a referral to an attorney by calling one of the Lawyer Referral Services attached hereto. JENNIFER PEREZ Superior Court Clerk

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Notice of Qualification of JMDH REAL ESTATE OF MASPETH PARKING, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/30/12. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/04/12. Princ. office of LLC: 15-24 132nd St., College Point, NY 11356. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 1220 N. Market St., Ste. 806, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

CHENG GOURMET RESTAURANT, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/18/2012. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 421 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: 12-31-2060.

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Notice of Qualification BKS MERGER, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/12/12. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/25/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 17-17 Troutman St., 254, Ridgewood, NY 11385, also principal office address. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with the DE Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: CROSSTOWN REALTY HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/30/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 43-10 39th Street, Long Island City, NY 11104. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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A new level of style and comfort Transit retiree gives his home a makeover, thanks to Housing Rehabilitation Assistance HRA-approved contractors are done to the homeowner’s satisfaction.” Soto cer tainly is. “I’m quite pleased with the work and would definitely recommend them to anybody interested in spending a little money to fix up their house,” he said. Soto’s home, built in 1920 in a hilly section of the Bronx, provides a perfect example of how utilizing HRA can help the homeowner. Though solid overall, it had a roof that leaked for years, a drafty foyer, some bad floor joists and a small kitchen that needed a modern makeover. It wasn’t that Soto wanted to upgrade the home he’s lived in for 27 years just for himself. With his daughter and his grandchildren having moved out for a place in the suburbs a few years ago, he’s decided it’s getting near time to sell. So he needed more curb appeal and a more inviting interior, one where the kitchen and foyer matched the quality of other rooms he remodeled himself over the years. He will miss his home, but Soto has been retired for nearly 23 years and says it’s time to move to an apartment where someone else can take care of the maintenance. “I’m fixing it up for the next owner,” he said. “It’s cozy and I love it, and if it wasn’t for the snow and the grass and everything else, I’d stay here. But I don’t need a house. It’s just me; the kids are gone, and it’s time to move on.” Until he does sell, Soto’s enjoying a new level of comfort and style provided by those HRAapproved workers he’s so glad to be employing. The first thing they did was replace the roof, taking care of the leaks. On the inside, the kitchen was the first part of the project to

be finished. Formerly a bit drab, it now features new granite countertops and complementary floor tiles in soft, eye-pleasing earthtones, rich real-wood cabinets, a ceramic brick backsplash and wall treatment, a gleaming stainless steel stove, new lighting, energy-efficient windows and a new door. “I love these cabinets; they still smell like wood,” Soto said as he made himself dinner one recent night. “These are not the cabinets you buy in your local Home Depot. And the ceramic brick is beautiful; it’s a beautiful selection.” It’s not just the parts you see that have been upgraded, though. The HRA-approved crew removed and replaced all the walls, the floor, the joists below it and the ceiling. Because the home had settled over the years, when they replaced the rafters they also had to raise the floor. To make up for the difference, they then lifted the ceiling a little, allowing those new wood cabinets to fit as well as they do. Since the kitchen juts out of the rear of the house, and none of the secondfloor rooms are above it, they were able to make the adjustments without causing any other issues. That’s how it is with the contractors HRA suppor ts — they respond to whatever unique needs a client has. The only thing Soto decided to change after the kitchen was done was the color of the door, so he was repainting that when he received a visitor recently. Soto just couldn’t resist getting in on the work somehow. “I love projects,” he said. In the foyer, which looks out over the hilly street, the crew removed the old ceiling, walls and front windows. They replaced any beams that had rotted because of the

Soto’s HRA-approved contractors replaced inefficient windows in the foyer with a beautiful new bay window, adding tremendously to his home’s curb appeal.

Soto enjoys his cozy new kitchen, but decided to repaint the door.

Tito Soto likes to see people working, especially in these difficult times. So when he decided it was time to do major renovations on his house — more than he could do himself, though he’s always working on some project or another — he was glad to hire the crew of construction workers that has been doing the job. “They’re hardworking guys, very hardworking guys,” said Soto, who learned something about hard work during his 32 years as an electrician for the MTA. “I’m happy to be putting people to work with the way the economy is. I told them every day, ‘I’m glad to see you guys working.’” Soto didn’t select the crew all on his own, however. The company was prescreened for him by the group that helped make the entire project — and the jobs it created — possible: Housing Rehabilitation Assistance. HRA is the organization that’s helping homeowners all over the city and on Long Island do the home renovations of their dreams, by not just screening for the best contractors but working with banks to get the loans for major projects, finding extra financial assistance for clients who qualify, explaining the tax breaks that come with energy-efficient door and window treatments and new insulation — and ensuring that the job is always done right by holding contractors’ payments in escrow until clients certify that they’re absolutely satisfied. “The services offered by the HRA extend beyond just financial assistance for home improvement projects,” an administrator with the program explains. “We have implemented numerous processes to ensure that projects completed by

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Rich wood cabinets, granite countertops and ceramic brick make Tito Soto’s kitchen more inviting than it’s ever been. leak and put in a beautiful new bay window that gives the home’s curb appeal a major boost. Since there’s nothing like a first impression, that window alone will have a big impact on prospective buyers. “It’s a tremendous, tremendous difference,” he said. “Without a doubt, just seeing it adds value to the house.” Like many HRA clients, Soto found out about the program through a card that came in the mail. Deciding it was worth checking out, he called and met with HRA representatives, who explained how the program works. “T hey were ver y amiable,”

he said. “They make you feel comfortable, because it is a big investment.” He received financial assistance for the window treatments and help with getting the loan that covered most of the project, and has remained in touch with his HRA representative as the work continues. “I would recommend them to anybody,” Soto said. To find out if you qualify for the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance program, just call HRA toll-free at 866-791-6302. Tell them you read about the great job they’re doing for Tito Soto, and they’ll be sure to give you the same level of excellent service.

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Waterfront Custom Luxury Home OZONE PARK/CENTERVILLE • Park Village Condo, 2 BRs, on 80x100 lot, Center Hall w/5 2 Baths w/Terr, W/D, Low BRs and 5 Full Baths. Master Suite Common Charge, 1 Deeded w/Attached Office. Full Fin Bsmnt Parking Spot.................. $269K w/recreation room & 1 BR Apt.

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WOODHAVEN NORTH Charming Brick Victorian on 40x100, 6 BRs, 3.5 Baths, Wood Moldings, Stainglass Windows, Manicured Yard, Pocket & French Doors, Private Driveway, 2 Car Garage, New Roof. Asking $699K

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Garden Co-op 1st fl, 2 BRs, Pet friendly dogs ok, Updated kit and bath, Hardwood floors, Storage room, Laundry room on premises. Reduced $149K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDE

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